St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP Its Advantages and Obhqatlons HAVE always been tna tlcful that I am an Amertcan but I never fully real1zed all the benefrts I emoy as a crtrzen of the Unrted State unt1l I started to enumerate them When only a chtld I learned how to pledge allegrance to our flag Trme and trme agam I heard the stones of the great men of our natlon I loved Amerlca because I had been taught to love her and for no other reason As 1 grew older and learned more about our government I found new reasons for that love of my country I came 1n contact w1th people who had l1ved rn fore1gn nattons and who had renounced therr allegrance to these natlons to become Amencan cmzens These people had suffered under thelr former rulers and now fully apprecrated the wonderful country m whlch they were allowed to ltve Thelr enthuslasm brought to me an Amertcan born cltrzen the full TGCI11ZCtllOIl of all the beneftts I moy IH thts capaclty The country ln whrch I l1ve 1S a democracy the hlghesf form of pO11l1CG1 orgamzauon We ourselves are the guardrans of our own llberty and happt ness We are granted lrberty to l1ve our hzes wrthout umust or tyranmcal re stnctrons We may speak our thoughts freely worshrp as we please and hold our property free from fear of confrscatlon or 1nvas1on The lfberty we en1oy however IS a lrberty under law W'e all prlde ourselves on the part we have m the malcmg of the laws under whlch we llve Nerther our Federal nor our State laws may deprlve any person of llfe l1berty or property wrthout due process of law Under our COI'1Sl11L111OH ana the B111 of Fhghts we emoy every prtvllege possrble rn a unlfed natlon In return for all these pnvlleges we have a moral obllgatlon to our coun try It IS our duty always to uphold the honor of our own Umted States We should all be true cmzens takmg an actlve part m our gow ernment by votlng tn all the elecuons As Amencas commg generatron we the youth of thls great naflon should pledge ourselves to study her past hrstory w1th d1l1gence m order that we may Judge her present polrcres w1th understandmg and meet her future problems w1th courage Qutslde of th1s and 1n obedlence to self rmposed law our government demands our alleglance Thls 1 but a mall pn o to pay for the securlty and llberty lt offers Margaret Wall 41 I ALI 1 ' V 1 . . 1 . ll Y O1 - 1 - 1 , . - 1 - 1 , V . 1 1 1 .X . 1 . - - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . , I 1 , 1 1 1 . . , f 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 -1 F 1 O1 . . S S C , f 1 W 1 - . , 1 1, . . 1, ,. , 1 1. M1l,N1 . - .1115

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LITERARY

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