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Show HI OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD INTEREST THE HI YOUNG MINI) EVERYWHERE. H Ever realize that we in America have been H trained in nlmost everything except citizenship? H Wo nre told that it is our "duty" to vote, and that j Is the Hum total of our training in the most nee- j cssnry of civic virtues. ! Schools should interest the young mind In public men, in the machinery of government, in- Hfl dlcato to them how they have a hand in it, nnd that if all net conscientiously tho government HH ennnot help being in response to their will. H If they take no Interest in public men, public HS issues nnd tho machinery of government, the Hfl latter will degenerate to that "invisible govern- H nient" which lion. Elihu Root recently referred H to so dramatically. HH Our republican form of government demands Hfl intelligence by its citizens not the intelligence flB of culture generally, but tho ability to discern HH the good and ill tendencies of government nnd HH strike out boldly for the good. HH Wo need moro interest in American citizen- flH ship, and not an overweening interest in Amcri- HH can dollars. "I am an American" should bo tho HH greatest words in tho lnnguago to every Amcri- HH can. HH And every American should be a good citizen HH in works as well as in hnme. Yes, let's tench Hfl citizenship in tho schools. It's about time. |
