The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., January 01, 1926, Page 3, Image 3

JANUARY 1926
THE UNITED AMERICAN
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Political Allies
TN MOST states of the Union
* where alien colonies from
time to time have developed into
civic problems we find any num­
ber of large nationality settle­
ments virtually in control of ur­
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
ban sections and vital centers, or
Issued Monthly in the Interest of
we find them similarly situated
Americanization and Adult Education
in vast rural districts, where for
H. J. LANGOE, Editor
miles around the land has been
Associate Editors:
colonized by immigrant nation­
Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut
alities whose holdings are amply
(President Department Adult Education, National Education Ass’n. U. S.)
protected by powerful syndicates.
William Chandler Smith, Chief State Bureau Immigrant Education, New York
Only those of the colonizing
(Chairman Editorial Board “Interstate Bulletin”)
nationality group who agree to
Charles M. Herlihy, State Superviser Adult Alien, Education, Massachusetts
R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio
the specific nationality code of
Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio |
settlement regulations can be­
A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization Schools, Portland, Or. |
come integral parts of the colony
Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.)
and share in the distribution of
Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer
its wealth and patronage.
Offices and Publishing House
Within the colony boundary
Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
Phone Broadway 6600
other foreign nationalities and
tongues are frowned upon. From
Vol. 4 voiuine0“3 22
January, 1926
Number 4
the old world they have brought
along their native ideas of su­
periority, one nationality over
the other, hence they are suffici­
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
ently prejudiced against each
Building together; George Washington and the Pacifists;
other along imaginary lines— I
The Humanizing Spark; The Municipal University; Bound­
involving standards of culture,
ary Monuments as Guardians of Peace Between the Nations;
racial background and religious
The Migration from Farm to City; France invites Norwe­
contentions — to recognize a
gian Immigration, etc., ..........................................................
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boundary line between one an-
THE ONLY MEANS OF MAKING AMERICA SAFE FOR AN
other, as much as they in com-
AMERICAN MINDED PEOPLE ........................
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mon object to any incursion or
By H. J. Langoe
colony invasion by “the Ameri-
POLITICAL ALLIES .........................................................
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cans.” The colony concessions to
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN AMERICANIZATION ............................
4
By Hulda Youngberg, Oakland, California
American conformity are still
VALUING CITIZENSHIP TRAINING ...............................................
5-6
limited to outward appearance
By H. J. Langoe
only. The alien people who, in
ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN RETROSPECT ...................................
6-7
spite of their deficiency in
THE
MAKING
OF
AMERICAN
CITIZENS
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8
American knowledge, have be­
By A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization
come naturalized, invariably hold
THE COMMONWEALTH OF OREGON ...........................................
9
the balance of the voting power
By A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization
of the allied nationality colonies,
EDUCATING THE NIGHT SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ............ 1......
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whose people have learned how to
By Grace MacCormack and Susis Corpstein, San Francisco
pool their strength to obtain
PROGRAM OF ADULT EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA .............
14-15
By Ethel Richardson, Cal. Supervisor, Immigrant Education
political concessions.
“THE UNFORTUNATE NATIVE BORN” .......................................
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Though not Americanized —
By Marion E. Yeatman, Crockett, Cal.
that matter having been entire-
QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN BORN ......
18
ly overlooked as an essential
BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME CIRCLE ................................
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element in their qualifications
for citizenship — these natural-
Subscriptions, twelve issues, TwoDollars yearly; single copies, twenty
ized aliens, who are technically
cents. Remit by United States Mone y Order, Express Money Order or
Americans, naturally set a for-
Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal
eign stamp upon that branch of
Union, fifty cents additional should be added.
American
government
over
Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more
which they have a margin of
than three months, One Dollar each.
control by sheer voting strength.
Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad­
The social and political life and
vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and al­
expression of such a community,
ways write plainly.
in which foreign tongues prevail,
The Editor will be glad to consider contributions; but a stamped and
addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu­
will generally in everything else
scripts is desired.
but in outward appearance, be a
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland,
replica of the old country.
Oregon, under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879.
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