Show students write themes on americanism the following are two of the outstanding themes written by mr nobert whistlers whittlers Whitt Whit lers tiers nin ninth th grade civics class on THE responsibilities of 0 a good american citizen one of the most fundamental duties of a good citizen is to be loyal to his country in time of war and in peace wo we should never fail to vote and to vote tor for good honest people will anybody deny that voting Is another citizenship duty indeed it Is both a duty and a a privilege americans have approximately one halt half ot of the eligible voters voted in the last election we should be interested in what is going on in our com community unity in our state in Wes washington hington and a all over the world we citizens should be interested in our government ern ment because we have so much at stake learning how to watch tor for inefficiency and graft and how to do something about this is part of our duties as citizens this Is especially true today when the tendency Is to hand over so many new duties to the government aud the appropriation of such enormous sums of money for it to spend we should respect the laws whether we like them or not and help the authorities when they are trying to enforce a la law w we should make sure that that we believe in is set down in bill of rights in constitutions and in national and state laws aws america believes in rule by law and must ever guard against rule by the will of officials colleen smith k A good citizen must be loyal to his country in time of war and in time of peace he must bo be loyal to his elders and the ones over him we should observe our national holidays such as memorial day fourth of july and armistice day when you are of age you should get out and vote and keep informed about important questions the interests and happiness ot of mankind are not advanced when one man tries to climb to success on the backs of others only when men work together when each man plays his part to the best of 0 his ability can the general welfare of 0 mankind be improved it Is my duty as a good american citizen to love my country to support its constitution t to 0 obey its laws to respect its flag and to defend it against all enemies let us its be faithful and true patriots from day to day so as we may be ready to servo serve our country in w whatever vh at way we can hazel harddng |