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Show I PLEASE ANSWER A class of aliens, preparing for American citizenship at a night school, was required to answer these questions in an 'cxamiuaiion : "What is the constitution of the United States ' , "When and where was the constitution adopted? :-' j . What was the first amendment to the constitution?1 ' How many amendments has the constitution? Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? How many votes in the electoral college? If retention of your citizenship depended upon a perfect score, how many of these questions could you answer correctly offhand. Mr. American? Still, it is conceivable that a man may be a 100 per cent Ameri :an without making a 100 per cent grade on these questions. Most of these aliens will, in the end, forget most of the facts they are learning learn-ing now, but it is enough that they retain the spirit of i.he institutions institu-tions that. we call American. |