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T H E SCH O O L R E PU B L IC IN IN D IA N SCH O O LS.
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own legislature, executive and judicial officers, and be instructed how
to do these th in g s, and th a t we be given a ch arter defining these rights
and duties;
T h at we m ay be ta u g h t, day by day, th e rig h ts and duties of citizen ­
ship, and the spirit of equality, justice, and kindness, on which they
are based;
I hat our teachers, as they train us to be independent in the solving
of m athem atical problem s, shall train us to deal in the same way with
the civic and social problem s which arise daily in our m idst;
\ \ e ask this most especially for these two reasons:
h irst, th a t we may enjoy at th e present tim e th e pleasures and all the
advantages of tru e dem ocracy, and at once begin active service for the
welfare of ourselves, our schools, our com m unity, and our country; and
second, th at we may be fully prepared, and in the habit of perform ing
our civic duties, w hen we arrive at the age of tw enty-one years and
come into our full heritage of ad u lt citizenship.
PLED G E.
R ecognizing th a t it is a g reat privilege which has been granted to us,
we solem nly prom ise th a t we will be loyal, obedient and faithful to
every branch of our governm ent from th a t of the U nited States of
A m erica and our State, to our own local School Republic, and to all
law ful au th o rity ; th a t we will endeavor to make good laws and to ob­
serve them ; th at we will use our best ju d g m en t in choosing officers:
th a t when chosen to any office we will accept the responsibility,
and perform the duties to the best of our ability; th at we will en co u r­
age and help our officers w ithout reference to the way our individual
votes may have been cast; th at if sum m oned to appear in court we will
com ply, and give every reasonable assistance to enable the ju d g e to
discover the tru th and to arrive at a ju st decision, w hatever our relation
may be to the case: th at we will abide bv the ju d g m en t of our court, when
approved by the principal of our school; and th a t we will, to the best of
our ability, perform faithfully all the d u ties of citizenship.
JUD ICIAL.
L E G A L T E R M S A N D F O R M A L IT IE S — SOM E LAW T E R M S .
A n A r r e s t , in the School Republic, generally consists in the police­
m a n 's saying to the person to be arrested, “ I arrest you for breaking
the la w .-' T here is generally no place of confinem ent, and the police­
m an has no occasion to touch the offender. It am ounts to a notifica­
tion th a t he will have to be tried by th e C ourt for the w rong lie has
done.