Reading High School - Ranger Yearbook (Reading, MI)

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Again, this was the spirit which animated that little group of colonists, who preferred the unknown hardships of the new world to the certain tyranny of the old In order that our country may continue th1s proud record of self reliance, each one of us has a special obligation The young citizen yet in school who rehes on himself, who does honest work in school, never cheating or shirkmg, who IS always ready to do a little more than is actual ly required of him who thinks for himself, acts rightly because he favors right action such a citizen is domg his part in helping to achieve our national ideal of self reliance Another great American ideal is the spirit of democracy the democratic equahty of rights and prlvrleges as citizens Every young cltrzen has an equal opportunity to do all that his abilities permit His talents, almost without exception, are the only measure of his opportunltles We don t ask who IS backing the young man, what hrs family connec tions, rehglon, politics, etc We ask only What can the boy do? What has he learned ancil how?has he prepared himself to fulfill his part as a worker in the great world hive of in ustry To quote from Theodore Roosevelt Our democracy means that we have no privil eged class no class that IS exempt from the duties or deprived of the privileges that are implied 1n the words American Citizenship Free pubhc educatlon is one of the ideals greatly cherished by the American people for it is through our system of public schools that the most effective means of securmg equahty of opportunity is effected America believes that education ls not the privilege of the few, but the right of all and education is the key which unlocks the door to most of hfe s opportunities Another characteristic of our national l1fe is the ideal of common of society shall lead happy and comfortable lives H1storv tells us that for centur1es it was only the few who shared m the happiness and comforts of c1v1l1zat1on, while the great multitude toiled in mlserv, want and lgnor ance Our modern rdeal of humamty requlres that all men shall share in these benefit The one supreme object of our American c1v1l1zat1on is to give man, woman and child equlal opportunltles in striving for comfort happiness and culture for all rn hfe worth see mg Still another characteristic of our national hfe IS the ldeal of international peace N country has done more than our own towards promoting the movement which aims to abolish war and estabhsh Justice and fratermty So terrlbly destructive IS modern war fare, so burdensome to the people the expense of armies and navles that the world 19 slowly turmng toward arbitration as a substitute for the blind and terrible decision of war Patriotism the greatest of our national 1deals comprehends all the rest Love of country is a sentiment common to all peoples and ages but no land has ever been dearer to its people than our own America No nation has 1IlStlllIt1OIlS more deservmg of patriot ic loxe In conclus1on, an exemplary American c1t1zen is one who alms to conduct hlmself so that the community state and nation 1n which he hves may be advanced, remembering that he is a part of it not merely a subject of it He recognizes and respects the rights of others obeys all the laws has a proper respect for the officers of the law and co operates with them 1n enforcement of the law votes at every election bearing in mmd that his ballot in time of peace is as essential as his bayonet ln time of war The respons1b1l1t1es of American c1t1zensh1p a umted people who stand shoulder to shoulder for all that promotes the c1v1c, educational moral and spiritual betterment of this most wonderful land under God s blue canopy of Heaven America Helen Kolhoff Foot prmts Did you ever hunt rabblts in the snow? 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3131313131 13131313-1313131 131 13131313131-31313131 13131313131 13131313131 1313131 1313131 1313131313131-313131 The Roman orator, Cicero, once declared that the proudest boast which any man could make was that of being a Roman citizen So in our time, the greatest thing of which anyone can boast is that of being a citizen of the United States Who then, are the cit izens of the Unlted States? Our national constitution declares that every person born or naturalized in the Umted States, and subject to its laws, IS a citizen The citizen by birth naturally has considerable to his advantage, being surrounded from birth with environment and opportunities which tend to foster Americanism, he breathes its very atmosphere But let us consider briefly the class of citizens who have become such by naturahzation A noted writer once referred to the United States as the melting pot into which all races and tongues in the world are cast, so that out of them mlght be made a new nation, wlth quahtxes derived from all who form a part of It To be sure, in a way we are all immigrants with the exception of the Indian, for our ancestors came from some part of Furope but there is a great difference between a group of immigrants who know the laws and customs and speak the language of the people with whom they associate, and the immlgrants who form themselves into groups or close kmt colonies, clinging bhndly and obst1nately to their Old World traditions, habits and ideals Our former immigration came from northern or western Europe and for the most part fitted readily into the hfe and customs of America, but the present 1mmigrat1on is different, coming largely from Southern Italy Austria Poland and Russia, from countries whose standard of living IS far below that of the United States They are clannish and stay by themselves, they have little or no idea of what democracy and self government mean and many of them have no idea of staying here permanently but plan to go back ln a few years and hve at ease the rest of their lives Therefore, should we not take great pre caution as to the quahty of the lmmlgrant who comes to make his home with us? Our present immlgration law limits the annual immigration from any country Asia tics excepted, to 3 per cent of that nationality who were here in 1910 The maximum num ber of immigrants who may be admitted in any one year IS 357 803 At this rate in the next fifty years we would increase our population to nearly 180 000 000 Is not our im migration pohcy a bit too elastic? Our present immigration act is based on a numerical idea, all nationals wlth certain physical and mental provisions are equally desirable and She has no numerical basis She selects her immigrants as to her needs and quoting from the Right Honorable W L Macklnzie, Premier of Canada We re after quahty, rather than sheer quantity stamlna, the kind of people who will assimilate readily with us, who think as we thmk who are sympathetic with our form of government, educatlons, instxtutlons and ideals We have the power to exclude anybody we don t consider desir able We can shut off immigration completely, we may leave the gates agar, or we may leave them wide open to all Like Canada, should we not adopt a selective and restrictive immigration policy and look more to the moral and physical fitness of the alien? Compulsory citizenship is not always satisfactory Citizenship does not come from mere formahty, it is a matter of the heart The ahen, to become a real American must know America, its traditions, its history, its ideals and its institutions We must Amer icanlze the allen before the alien alienizes America As to America s ideals, one which might be considered as foremost among its many, and whnch has characterized our national life, is self rehance When Columbus flung to the breeze the sails of his frail craft and ventured upon that unknown ocean from which, according to the behef of his age, there was no return he displayed the chief characteristic of the Amerlcan people the spirit of self rehance s-3-5-3-3-3- -3-3-5-3-X-3-5-xi, L L L L I L L L L L L ' I rf- ,- CD II as ID L 5 B L ' l - 2 f Q.. V f' cb O I. Pl. 99 I P 03 D I Q L Q.. 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Each of these srx men drd somethmg to benefit mankrnd So must we rf we are to obtam real success and so leave our Iastrng foot prmts Each of us has a chance for a start towards success We take rt or let rt alone, as we please and wrth that chorce, open the doors of opportunrty or close them forever for few men are truly great few men make therr mark rn hfe unless they hare that fundamental, Fducatron You may sav that l rncoln attended school but lrttle but you surely remember that rt rs told of hrm that he used to borrow all books wrthrn hrs reach and copv the chorce thoughts whrch he studred untrl he had them memorrzed The book he studned most was the Brble, whrch truly rs a great teacher Others more fortunate went to school and obtamed the best knowledge of the trme Surely rt rs true that rn order to be really great one must hare an educatron Therefore make the most of your opportunrtres throw yourself rnto the task and lay firmly the corner stone But educatron alone cannot make a man great He must have nerrt, ambrtron lNo one can com lete a task and do rt rr ht unless he rs filled wrth the ambrtron to whrch he rs dorng He must throw hrmself heart and soul rnto the task He must be wrllrng to grve up some pleasure and devote hrs trme solely to hrs work Then he must have determrnatron He may make a brrllrant start wrth hrs ambrtron but rf he lacks determlnatron hrs efforts amount to very lrttle He must not stop when an obstacle comes up before hrm He must work doggedly on and go over the top The man who strcks has the sense to see He can make hrmself what he wants to be If he ll off wrth hrs coat and prtch rrght rn Why the man who strcks can t help but wrn Frnally he must have a fine sense of rrght and wrong and hrs conscrence must be hrs gurde rn whatever he attempts No one who uses foul means to help attarn hrs goal wrll ever garn the respect or love of the people He may thrnk that the bad spots are all smoothed over but murder wrll out and he rs sooner or later brought up before the pub llc rn hrs true colors and thus hrs foot prmts are soon obhterated Hrs name rs erased from the mrnd of the publrc and hrs so called good deeds are no longer regarded as such For example A ruler burlds up a great emprre He rs lauded to the skres Hrs name rs on the lrps of everv man woman and chrld but, suddenly he falls from hrs prnnacle of honor and when hrs name goes down rn hrstory rt rs wrth the starn of havrng been a cruel drshonest man thoughtful only of hrmself and wrth hrs eyes open only to hrs own garns Such wrll be the end of any man usrng lrke means to reach hrs goal I shall sum up my thoughts rn a few words Frrst of all let us strrve to leave a lastrng foot prrnt when we pass from thrs world To make rt such the deeds whrch leave rt must be somethmg beneficral to mankrnd I ct us remember that one must have Frrst a good motrve second Educatron thrrd the Ambrtron to begrn the plan fourth the Determrn atron to carry rt through and fifth, a keen sense of rrght and wrong wrth the wrll power to do only what rs rrght Qurely frrend you asprre to some wo thy end Surely you have some deflnrte goal rn vrew You know how to make your mark I charge you so lwe Esther Dygert L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L , .... 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