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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1926)
THE UNITED AMERICAN Page Three Brotherhood “The crest and crowning of all good - Life’s final star is Brotherhood.” T F WE ARE to attain a more 1 perfect status of citizenship in America the most direct way to obtain it is to develop a keen sense of brotherhood. By permitting the ideals upon which brotherhood rests to be come submerged in the morass of suspicion, jealousy and race antagonism, we have obscured the precepts of brotherhood in citizenship and made an open bid for disintegration. By the same token we have divided our people on denominational issues and religious wrangles have been permitted to rule our political actions, with the result that pas sions have governed in our selec tion of officials, and in the mak ing of our laws. In like measure the ¿itizen of foreign birth and the citizen in the making have felt the pang of ostracism and suffered the con tumely of those who claim prefer ence because of American birth. The better state will be a myth until we learn to live the vir tues we acclaim, and practice the principles that foster and cultivate brotherhood. Brother hood is the synonym of all that is good and fine in this sphere of mortal man. In the language of the Master of Men brother hood is the most worthy attain ment in human life. His philo sophy of brotherhood contains every substance of the divine teachings He left as His inherit ance to struggling humanity. The heartbeat of America is a call for brotherhood- It is the leaven in citizenship. It kindles that feeling of oneness that makes possible a nation. It generates that subtle sense of love and sympathy without which there can be no true patriotism. It cultivates faith and confidence and makes no distinction between dialects, or accents of speech. It knows no preference between the native and the foreign born. It radiates a finer sense of obligation and responsibility. The spirit of brotherhood will eventually stifle the cry of discontent, strife and hate and in the ulti mate bring us a full measure of contentment and happiness. Colors by Munsell Color Services Lab AMERICAN A Magazine of Good Citizenship Issued Monthly in the Interest of Americanization and Adult Education H. J. LANGOE, Editor Associate Editors: Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut (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”) Charles M. Herlihy, State Superviser Adult Alien Education, Massachusetts R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization Schools, Portland, Or. 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 Number 9 EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— Where the Immigrant Problems Multiply and cause Grief; Government Official Recommends Modifications in Present Immigration Law, etc................................................................ SOLVING THE IMMIGRANTS PROBLEMS BY PRACTICAL MEANS OF EDUÇATION ........................................... By H. J. Langoe BROTHERHOOD THE ULTIMATE METHOD BY WHICH THE IMMIGRANT MAY BE ASSIMILATED ................................................................. By H. J. Langoe THE TOLL WE PAY ON BROKEN PROMISES............................... CRIME, THE CANCER THAT IS GNAWING AT THE VITALS OF SOCIETY ............................................................................ By Dr. Alexander Lyons, Brooklyn, New York THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ................................. By A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization THE COMMONWEALTH OF OREGON ............................................ By A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization PROTECTING THE PUBLIC LANDS FROM SELFISHNESS AND GREED ....................... . ............................................................ By Col. Henry S. Graves, Former Chief U. S. Forest Service QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN BORN.... BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME-CIRCLE AND FIRESIDE Subscriptions, twelve issues, TwoDollars yearly single copies, twenty Money Order or cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express ~ Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal Union, fifty cents additional should be added. Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more than three months, One Dollar each. Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and aj- ways write plainly. 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