| Show HAVE THE CHILDREN TAUGHT THE MEANING OF THE FLAG the little ritual in fit it ling flag drill sorce which will probably rob bo be I 1 d in the den denser er colo publeo to schools i 1 quite q u ite tho tile beet best of thu the kind h I 1 nd vet 3 pt proposed kropi sed ond and the advocate ad acate ocate would like to it taught in tho school ef of this state it consists of the following brief stir starlei lei of as 03 and an ewers Q why do wo e enxuto tile hag flag A bucauto vo 0 o desire to honor it Q why should wo ve honor iti it A it stands for forever everything thing the t la Is good and elevating in our form of government it represents lib erty justice and equal opportunities la in life for nil all time those who live under tta its tolda folds Q how ilow can wu vo bet be t show our devotion dos atlon to tho tile hog flag A by our determination I 1 nation to become law abiding and honest OHM cit lons of our country Q abo oro are the traitors to our o 0 flag A L every ery citizen who strikes at tit our hag flag by force form of arms or by breaking the aa s that have boon made for its protection those who sell their voa votes or buy votes of others or in uny any way violate ft a public ardt are even een more dangerous than those who iho would openly lire fire upon our nog flag the plan as in in las Anti vias county cout ity culo colo rado where dr grass introduced it Is to have tho the little children follow this by reciting a poem tho the grammar grain and high school grades by repeating instead the following pledge A I 1 prociso that when I 1 om ant old enough to voto vote I 1 will dolend the honor of the ling ing at the ballot box tl ti 11 t I 1 will never eoll sell my vote note or buy tho the vote of another ano theror or permit tho the election laws to bo be broken it I 1 cau prevent the same that I 1 will not remain silent if it I 1 know of dishonesty in publeo affairs but that I 1 will put forth every effort to havo has 0 tho the guilty public exposed and that I 1 will alwa s remember that birot of all I 1 am ulu an american citizen whose whoso duty it Is to place the welfare of my country above freedor greed or personal ambition in these woys ways I 1 myself to keep our flag a unsullied it a prejudice against the pledge form were met it would be 1 simple to alter thia this so that it should become a libil part rt of the tho catechism Q 2 what Is your duty aa as a future citizen ato solemnly colemn ly resolve that when I 1 am old enough to vote ote etc Patrio patriotism instilled in to such a it way that it becomes unthinking devotion to names and symbols with ideas Is of doubtful value but the patriotism patrio tista which euch such a service aa na thia this will arouse 1 N intelligent ond nn I 1 with a high ideal of what a free goern government ment means thinks the denver times the definition of treason la Is especially pec ally lally aloft teach our young people the sacrilege of bolst lug or saluting ea the flag while one Is in tho the remotest wit dav assisting in the defilement ol 01 the political or electoral machinery think of agitating for laws to prevent the use of the fing for advertising pur purposes roses while white doing onoe ones bust to ove ide the will of the people through the corruption of a the great grent need today Is 1 a citizenship as loyal to ideas und and principles aa as to the bunting I 1 THE RED WHITE WRITE AND BLUE SHOULD THRILL EVERY HEART AND THAT HEARTS 8 BEST GLOW SHOULD ALWAYS BG BE A PLEDGE THAT A GOVERN MENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE TUB PEOPLE AND POR FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH 11 |
