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Show What Young America Thinks "What Americanism Means To Me," is the topic chosen for this month's discussion, with Shirley Penney and Sherman Thorpe as our guest writers. ' , , , " 'I Am An American!' How proud I am to be able to say those few simple but meaningful words. I often wonder what my life would amount to if I were not an American. Would freedom and democracy be engraced in my life? , To me, Americanism means my life. What kind of a life it turns out to be is what my own heart and ambition makes pi 111111, A" ' " ' .'(.. it. How thankful I am to be able to worship uoa in my own way, and when I am older, I will be able to vote for the leaders in government. These things are important, and if this freedom were not mine, life would be empty and useless. How many of us appreciate our wonderful land, and how many of us realize how blessed we really are? Ask yourself the question, 'What if I were rot an American?', and maybe the next time you see yoar beautiful flag bravely waving over your home ana country, you will feel just a little prouder to know that you are an American!" TtalK.'ffi the privileges America ?S& heritae-e I possess. To rne these privileges are the guiding lacwr w my putns for the future. I know that my dreams of , the "" ambitions for a career in some profession could not be attained as well, if at all, if I lived in some other country. In America a person can become what he wants . .,, ... .i' ii..-4. Vv;iiJoa There IS T fZ,'T.- 1 in America a ycisuu vn u'vu'"',1,'; , . to become within the limits of his abilities. There is certainly no regimentation here to hamper a person from progressing. anTi Here, everv citizen is given a priceless education This education 'not only teaches him the fundamental basic studies, but it also broadens his outlook on lite-Even lite-Even at my age, I am exercising my rights as a citizen every day. I am allowed to vote for class officers, attend the church of my own choice, expound ex-pound mv opinions of current events, besides expressing ex-pressing my own ideas concerning government and t . .-; . .1 1 ' 1 : y'V 1 I POlitin'my opinion all these civic activities help to establish and main-tain main-tain SiSYigii ?yPe of individualism which has made America tne great nation it is today." |