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.
The Editor will be glad to consider contributions; but a stamped and
addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu
scripts is desired.
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland,
Oregon, under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879.