| Show jj ii Public Schools Should Emphasize Citizenship Our Our public schools should give an mere isis emphasis to training m matters of citizenship in practical l matters writes James M lit Ogden Attorney General State of Indiana In the United States Daily He con con- continued continued continued in m part Our high schools should instruct In the meaning and purpose of political cal parties that they are not ma- ma machines ma machines chines to be 00 manipulated for gaining office and influence but are the agents to be used in voting for and rutting into effect principles of gov gov- gov- gov government government and that voters operate through parties in selecting theIr public servants There should be he a course in polI- polI poll t t c t cs in every colle college e for at least one hour a week and it should be one of I tie the studies that each student in col- col coll col college lege l e should be required to take Everyone Every one is or should expect to bea be bea bea a voter oter To be bo an intelligent t voter th voter must understand politics from rom both a theoretical and a practical practical standpoint It should be indelibly impressed upon every ery student that he owes O a duty to devote a reasonable amount of his time to ta the political life of the community in which he lives and if he f neglects this that it unfits him to tole toLfe le in a free community lie He should be tau taught ht that the American n cItizen should hould work in tn politics in a practical l manner and should follow the high high- est eat principles of honor and justice The student should understand that there is the high and honorable profession of politics or public service ser ser- serIce ser service vice Ice and that thit th it it is a profession wIth intellectual qualifications and ethical standards stand Then there should be an increasingly increasingly large number to ta make thIs study who do not necessarily hs have hse e m in mind the holding of an office The course of study should include a c re C ire ire ire- ireful ful and minded fair investigation of questIOns which arise in m political life but on which both voters and office officeholders officeholders officeholders holders are now compelled to guess what is right or follow their prejudice preJudice prejudice dice on the matter because nobody illy re know thes facts or what hat the effect of n a certain would could be Such s a course of or study should fit men to enter cil life with Ith high Ideals and purposes yet et with Ith capacIty to sen serve e humanity not under ideal or theoretical conditions but under con con- conditions conditions con conditions as M they actually dually exist today and which winch must be met as they do eXist Such a course cannot do its service if it is a SOl t of or training school of political l expediency Let our citizenry learn that offices do not c 1 exist t that they may be fined filled but that the they e exist as branches of departments of government gO Let thorn look upon the service as coun coun- county county county ty commissioner mayor major ma or or member of some board as a patriotic ervIce ser ser- service vIce |
