T H E CH EM AW A A M ER ICAN
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better how to work together, the welfare of our country is ad
vanced.
1. In whatever work I do with others, I will do my part and
will help others do their part.
2. I will keep in order the things which I use in my work.
When things are out of place, they are often in the way, and
sometimes they are hard to find. Disorder means confusion,
and the waste of time and patience.
3. In all my work with others, I will be cheerful. Cheer
lessness depresses all the workers and injures all the work.
4. When I have received money for my work, I will be
neither a miser nor a spendthirft. I will save or spend as one
of the friendly workers of America.
The Ninth Law is the Law of Kindness
The Good American is Kind
In America those who are of different races, colors and condi
tions must live together. We are of many different sorts, but
we are one great people. Every unkindness hurts the common
life, every kindness helps the common life. Therefore:
1. I will be kind in all my thoughts. I will bear no spites or
grudges. I will not think myself above any other girl or boy
just because I am of a different race or color or condition. I
will never despise anybody.
2. I will be kind in allm y speech. I will hot gossip nor
will I speak unkindly of anyone. Words may wound or heal.
3. I will be kind in all my acts. I will not selfishly insist
on having my own way. I will always be polite. Rude people
are not good Americans. I will not trouble unnecessarily those
who do work for me. I will do my best to prevent cruelty,
and will give my best help to those who need it most.
The Tenth Law is the Law of Loyalty
it probably is superior to any other for expressing
exact shades of meaning and putting thought into
words forcefully. This is because it is rich in synon
ymous terms, due to its having been made up largely
by words borrowed from other tongues.
Now that international relationships have been
greatly extended and national horizons have been gen
erally widened, a need for a language adapted to com
mon world use has been recognized. Prof. Raleigh
of Oxford believes that English, because of its rich
vocabulary, is better for this purpose than any other
existing language. To illustrate how it can be used
to express given ideas in several different ways, he has
composed the following:
“ Thus you can begin or ccmmence or initiate an
undertaking with boldness or courage or resolution.
If you are a workman or laborer or operator, you can
ask or request or solicit your employer to yield or
grant or concede an increase in the earnings or
wages or remuneration which falls to the lot of your
fellow or companion or associate.
“ Your employer is perhaps old or veteran or
superannuated, which may hinder, or delay or retard
the success of your application. But if you foretell or
prophesy or predict that the war will have an end or
close or termination that shall not only be speedy or
rapid or accelerated, but also great or grand or mag
nificent, you may perhaps stir or move or actuate him
to have ruth or pity or compassion on your mate or
colleague or collaborator. ”
The Good American is Loyal
If America is to become ever greater and better, her citizens
must be loyal, devotedly faithful, in every relation of life.
1. I will be loyal to my family. In loyalty I will gladly obey
my parents or those who are in their place. I will do my best
to help each member of my family to strength and usefulness.
2. I will be loyal to my school. In loyalty I will obey and
help other pupils to obey those rules which further the good of
all.
3. I will be loyal to my town, my state, my country. In
loyalty I will respect and help others to respect their laws and
their courts of justice.
3. I will be loyal to humanity.. In loyalty I will do my best
to help the friendly relations of our country, with every other
country, and to give to everyone in every land the best possible
chance.
If I try simply to be loyal to my family, I may be disloyal
to my school. If I try simply to be loyal to my school, I may
he disloyal to my town, my state and my country. If I try
simply to be loyal to my town, state and country I may be
disloyal to humanity. I will try above all things else to be
loyal to humanity; then I shall surely be loyal to my country,
my state and my town, to my school and to my family.
And he who obeys the law of loyalty obeys all of the other nine
laws of the Good American.
SAYING THINGS IN ENGLISH
Foreigners find our language among the hardest of
all languages to learn and it is open to criticisms on
various scores. Once learned thoroughly, however,
INTERESTING FACTS
Peacock or peafowl belongs to pheasant family and
is a native to southeastern Asia. In wild state these
birds are most frequently found perching in trees but
in domesticity they spend more time on the ground.
Female lays from 29 to 30 eggs in nest on ground.
Young are difficult to rear in cold climates. Males
and females look much alike until about the age of
two years when beautifully marked tail feathers of
former begin to develop. These feathers reach full
development at age of about three years and give bird
remarkably beautiful appearance, feathers being strik
ingly marked by colors of blue and gold. Peafowls
were once grown for food but now they are kept
principally as curiosities and for their beautiful feath
ers. Because of its proud strutting habits peacock is
generally regarded as symbolic of vanity and pride.
The antiquated method of breaking war history up
into “ battles” can’t be applied to this war which was
virtually one continuous battle. Nor is it proper to
name the generals who led, for wars are no longer
conducted by individual leaders but they are directed
by general staffs of officers. Accurate figures of
losses are not yet issued and it would be misleading
anyway to assign stated losses to any particular
“ battles.” Students of this war will have to wait till
peace is well here before a calm and comprehensive
survey of the conflict a,s a whole can be made.