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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1927)
February 1927 THE UNITED AMERICAN Page Threes 'OTiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiminiimiiiiiiiiiitimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiftmitijiiimiinimmiimiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiinitiiiimniiiiim I Assets j | | | f | | | | ! | | | | | | | 1 ! | | | | ! | | | I AM HEN A MAN seeks a posi- v * tion in competition with many others he may attribute his success in “landing” the job to any number of things in his life: a sense of humor, a dislay of alertness and a ready grasp, a personality that attracts the one who is making the selection, or, it may be purely the magic in- fluence of a mutual friend. Though all these elements may play a chance part in our attainments and may be credited as assets of no mean value, there is, after all, one thing in life that outweighs all the other qualities and without which all other attributes, including educa- tion, are but frail mooring posts, and that one thing is— Character! Character is not a matter for ready display, it’s a matter of quality. The veneer may have been wrought by a master hand, but if there is a trace of decay in the substance which it so care- fully covers, it will not take long before the veneer peels off, leav ing the damaged goods pitifully wanting, in a setting where per fection is the acme of a com mendable desire^ Capital, with character back of it, is a blessing. Capital, without character to direct it, is a curse. When found together in a busi ness enterprise, success is as sured, though it may be tardy in arriving. Those who have fol lowed the modern trend claim that capital can no longer claim independence of character, and attain material achievement. Financial houses which form erly considered capital on its own merits and took no stock of the character behind it, have com pletely revised their plan of anal ysis. Character has become as important a factor as capital itself. Character will not depreci ate, but capital will, in the hands of the unscrupulous. Men with the happiest smiles, the keenest sense of humor, the most wonderful alertness, ready grasp of every problem and personality that sparkles with brilliancy, all backed by a thor ough education, will, in the finale, fail to attain the biggest and most worthwhile things in life, if they are deficient in character. 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, of Ashland State Normal School. Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.) Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer Oifices and Publishing House Labbe Building, 22”% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon Phone Broadway 6600 Vol. 5 œeuous 22 Feb., 1927 Number 5 CONTENTS EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— Renegades to The Highest Ideals; Mass Formation Against Intolerance; An Honest Friend; A Commendable Prayer for Americans; The Virtue of Cheerfulness; Cultivating the Public Taste for Salacious News; Giving; What is a Ford?; etc. ................. NATIONAL ASSETS OF AMERICA DEPENDS ON STABILITY OF OUR FAITH ........................................... By H. J. Langoe ASSETS ..................................... LINCOLN, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE ............................. By Edwin Markham CULTIVATING THE WEED OF COMMUNISM ........... By H. J. Langoe WELCOMING THE NEW CITIZENS ........................................... ... , By H. J. Langoe AT THE CROSSROADS OF LIFE................ THE COMMONWEALTH OF OREGON ........... By A. C. Strange, Ashland State Normal A QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN BORN BITS OF HUMOR .............. | | i 3 | I I I | I 4 I 5-7 | 8-9 | 16 17 I | f | I 10-15 1 18 19 Subscriptions, twelve issues, Two Dollars yearly; single copies, twenty cents. Remit by United States Mone y Order,, Express Money Order or 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 al 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. 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