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THE UNITED AMERICAN
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Nordicism
'T'HE MOST recently imported
A European propaganda is
Nordicism. It is an inflated and
odious form of egotism and self
consciousness, with a poisonous
flavoring of race-conceit, which
America would have been much
better off without. Its reactions
chiefly consist of antagonism and
it serves most excellently the
purpose of engendering intole
rance and snobbishness. Shoots
of the old Nordic stock in Amer
ica a-plenty have taken an over
dose of the imported dope and
they are busily engaged in mak
ing themselves as ridiculous as
possible.
The race-pride that is creative
of an urge to cultural attain
ments has nothing in common
with the manifestations of that
type of Nordicism which infests
America at the present time and
bears every earmark of the jingo
race-appraisement that breads
conflict. Those who judge men
and their inherent qualities for ,
citizenship by the land of their ]
birth, their shape of head, color
of hair and shade of skin, are
applying civic measurements
that are new and unwelcome in
the United States.
Nordicism is nothing short of
a declaration of war on all other
races. It is the last word in
international bad manners. It
challenges the accomplishments
of every non-Nordic citizen in
America and repudiates his con
tributions to American progress,
industrial and cultural attain
ments. Nordicism is responsible
for many grievous contentions
dividing America at the present
time. To eradicate the disease and
the effects of Nordic propaganda,
every citizen of Nordic strain
must take stock of himself and
his race and discourage its
further spread.
The race pride that lends itself
to constructive accomplishments,
that radiates the good example in
the conduct of every member of
the race, conducive to fellowship
and good will, needs no defense.
The Nordic simplician who boasts
of his racial superiority may
not know it, but by his conduct
he stands repudiated according
to the code of conduct which
governed the ancestral home of
the Nordic race.
AMERICAN
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
Issued Monthly in the Interest of
Americanization and Adult Education
H. J. LANGOE, Editor
Associate Editors:
Charles M. Herlihy, State Superviser Adult Alien Education, Massachusetts
(President Department Adult Education, National Education Ass’n. U. S.)
William Chandler Smith, Chief State Bureau Immigrant Education, New York
(Chairman Editorial Board “Interstate Bulletin”)
Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut
R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio
Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio
A. C. Strange, Superintendent of Public Education, City of Astoria, Oregon
Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.)
Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer
Offices and Publishing House
Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
Phone Broadway 6600
Vol. 4
22
Oct.,
1925________ Number 1
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
The Community Chest as a Dispensary with a Human Soul;
Tamanaweis; “Narcyl” a new Anaesthetic; Woodrow Wilson
Memorial; Restoring the Banished Two Dollar Bill; Finland
as a Lumber Manufacturing Competitor; Long-Winded
Sermons; Customers as Capital, etc.........................................
SHAKING THE FAITH OF A NATION THROUGH FOOLISH
LEGISLATION ............................................................................
By H. J. Langoe
NORDICISM .............. ....................................................
WHEN TONY THE GREEK BECAME AN AMERICAN TEACHER
By Mary Merrill Foster
THE SILENT STORY OF AN ANCIENT CRATER.........................
IN THE FIRE OF THE AMERICAN CRUCIBLE.............................
By H. J. Langoe
BECOMING AN AMERICAN ..................................... ..........................
By A. C. Strange, State Director of Americanization Schools.
QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN-BORN ......
OBSERVING THE WORKINGS OF THE PRESENT NATURALI
ZATION LAWS....................... 1 . • •:......................................... •
By Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Cleveland, Ohio.
BUILDING A BETTER CITIZENSHIP.................................................
By D. A. Skeen, in the Lions Club Magazine .
SUCCESS .......................................................................
By Prof. Joseph Rolling, Patchogue, N. Y.
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