Will Your Child Become A Good Citizen Parents arents Must Insist That Children Learn earn More o of Go Government No man ah should uld expect to m make ke a a success of any business or top any profession without first spending much nuch of ot his bIs youth in familiarizing himself with its problems To become become be- be come ome a a l lawyer wyer he must study law lawor aw for or years To fit himself to inherit his ils fathe fathers father's s 's business he must work himself up in that business from the bottom ottom filling menial and humble positions in various departments in order to learn every detail of the firms firm's affairs affair And we allow our children to grow up p to be citizens and attain the right ard nd responsibility of vote without attending any preparatory school of citizenship What does the child learn in school concerning the government of his country How much is is' he taught of political of economy of the problems of f industry distribution and commerce commerce com corn merce or or of the amalgamating of races aces Does really Does he really know on fin- fin high shing high school the difference between be be- tween the great political parties Does he know the duties and responsibilities of th the governmental off for whom he soon will willbe be called on n to vote Know Enow Ills His I Government Yet he he will willbe be a tap taxpayer yer some someday someday lay day day day- and out of his earnings must come ome the money to pay for lor any ariy extravagances ex ex- of at those officials To become a lawyer or a doctor one ne must be able to pass PaS a rigid ex ex- If It he cant can't pass it he be isn't allowed to practice And yet a man can vote or hold government office office office-in in other words wordE practice the profession of politics polItics- without fitting himself to practice it either ither as voter or governmental official cial ial cial Yet upon politics the common welfare depends more than upon any other profession T To enter college a girl or boy mus must pass ass Latin and mathematics exams but mt as far as I know no thorough knowledge of government and economics eco ceo industry commerce and statute statute stat stat- ute law is required What does the average child chil know enow upon graduation about his own United States where he is going to toive live ive for the rest of his life Ufe on on whose police pollee protection he must he-must must depend fo for his safety on whose opportunities h he must rely for lor his living with whose taxes he must be burdened He knows all about George Washington Wash Wash- ington and the cherry tree a good gooc deal about the American revolution something of the Civil war something something some th thing ng of the Pilgrims the color an and names of most of the states prInted printe on his school map a few ew capitals capitals- a few boundaries He has He-has has a vague idea ide that we vc are all of at the same race with much the same interests mostly something vaguely called Sax Anglo ons with a few looked down upon as immigrants Pioneers and Pi PH grims it grins it sounds good and brave Value of at His Vote Americas America's pioneers were always alway brave They hey had to be The They wouldn't have had the courage t teave to leave eave their own country i if the they hadn't been endowed with plenty o of initiative imagination hope zest ambition am am- and and stubbornness America Americ is s made up of dozens of different races never conformists or merely merel docile law abiding people Independent ent Individualists we are by inherit inherit- inheritance inheritance ance with widely videly varying interests No wonder we are hard to govern Almost impossible I say until every child chUd is taught the problem problem- taught aught the characteristics good am amad and bad ad of his people of whom he ha has every reason t to be proud but whom he ic must learn to understand in order orde to help to govern Not until we insist that our children chil- chil dren acquire the understanding o of government can an we hope to escape the he clutches of oZ unscrupulous and create a true democracy demo