JULY 1925
THE UNITED AMERICAN
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PICTURES
qpHE ARTISTS’ portraits in
paint and the printers’ su
perb productions in ink have
played a vital part in the shaping
of the destinies of the world and
the individual.
Pictures inspire either good or.
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
evil—they constitute a force of
Issued Monthly in the Interest of
silent suggestion that is beyond
Americanization and Adult Education
verbal description. The cultured
H. J. LANGOE, Editor
in castle or cottage select paint
Associate Editors:
ings and pictures that tend to
Charles M. Herlihy, State Superviser Adult Alien Education, Massachusetts
elevate the mind. In the domi
(President Department Adult Education, National Education Ass’n. U. S.)
ciles of those with a fondness
William Chandler Smith, Chief State Bureau Immigrant Education, New York
(Chairman Editorial Board “Interstate Bulletin”)
for wicked things you will find
Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut
the kind of pictures that suggest
R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio
pleasure in degradation.
Geo.
A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio
The masterpeaces are too
A.
C.
Strange, Superintendent of Public Education, City of Astoria, Oregon
costly to be in the possession of
Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.)
the ordinary wage-earner, but
Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer
modem commercialism brings
Offices and Publishing House
excellent copies within the reach
Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
of the humblest home.
Phone Broadway 6600
There are too few original
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paintings to go around, but there
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are millions of excellent reproduc
tions and the wealth of a picture
that is beyond the appraisement i
of wealth invariably becomes I
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
the possession of the humble toiler
Night School Students May Now Obtain Degrees; The Henry
who may enjoy its inspiration
Ford “Business”; The Service that is Backed by Loyalty;
Music an Essential Element in the Development of Good
though it is only a “print.” What
Citizenship; Cashing in on Old Models; New Music to come
fuller appreciation could an artist
from America; America’s Decrease in Farm Population;
ask for than that which is
A Woman’s Campaign Costs; Prison Rum-Running; Was
bestowed upon his conception of
Solomon’s Ophir in Peru?; Rubber Going Up; The Little
Fellow’s Aggregate Tax-Power is America’s Main Support;
an enobling motive by those mil
Russians Minting Gold; Paid in Full, etc........................
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lions who are without the means
THE STATE SHOULD NEVER BE MADE A PARTY IN
to own it done “in oil ?”
RELIGIOUS DISPUTES ...............................
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The picture that is most widely
PICTURES ...................................................
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FLOATING COLLEGE TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WORLD,
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known to those in the common
ADULT EDUCATION IN ALABAMA ..........................
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walks of life has the highest
By Clutie Bloodworth........'...........................
value. Publishers of papers and
Director Explanation, State of Alabama
books have long recognized the
A STORY OF MAN AND CREATION IN THE LANGUAGE OF
AN ANCIENT PEOPLE ...............................
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value of the picture. The educa
QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN-BORN .......
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tor knows its educational worth
DIVERSIFIED FARMING BRINGS PROSPERITY TO NORTH
and the clergyman finds the edi
DAKOTA FARMERS, ...............-..................
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By Frank Ridgway, in the “Chicago Tribune”
fice without it lacking in its inspi
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rational power. “To unlock the
AMERICAN FIELDS AND FORESTS RAVAGED BY FOREIGN
average mind use the pictorial
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key” says the advertising special
BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME CIRCLE AND THE FIRESIDE
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ist. Quoting Sir Joshua Reynolds
“a room hung with pictures is
Subscriptions, twelve issues, TwoDollars yearly; single copies, twenty
a room hung with thoughts” and
cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express Money Order or
Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal
in the language of Ben Jonson
Union, fifty cents additional should be added.
“Whosoever loves not a picture is
Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more
injurious to truth, for the picture
than three months, One Dollar each.
is the invention of heaven.”
Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad
Place a few good pictures on
vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and al
the walls of your home or your
ways write plainly.
room to take the place now
The Editor will be glad to consider contributions; but a stamped and
addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu
vacant or decorated with pictures
scripts is desired.
of a doubtful meaning. Many
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland,
people whom you ask to enter
Oregon, under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879.
will judge you by your pictures.
AMERICAN
CO N T E N T S