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School Citizenship PARENTS - FACULTY - FRIENDS- On behalf of the forty-four members of the 1952 graduating class, I wish to welcome you to this-Our Graduation. It is only fitting that you our parents, faculty, and friends, be at this great occasion. You have provided many opportunities for us throughout all our school years. Among the many opportunities and one of the most important, is citizenship. But what is being offered to our students in the line of citizenship? Are they able to live as free citizens in our schools or are they tied to a strict law of silence? For example, in some schools when the students are dismissed they are to leave the building in files as if they were first and second grade students. Is this citizenship, are the students free and do they have the freedom to exercise or are they like prisoners who do as other folks say? Some schools have detention rooms where students are placed after they have done something wrong. Detention rooms are like solitary confinement cells, and after the student has been placed in these rooms, he learns nothing. Wouldn't it be better to have a person to act as a councilor and give the student who has gone wrong a bit of guidance, rather than to punish him and to take the chance that he won't go wrong again? Of course, the task of teaching citizenship cannot be wholly placed on the teachers' should- ers. The students have a responsibility. Their part in citizenship is to carry on regular work and activities, to obey and enforce laws, and to be punctual. The lessons must be learned thoroughly, thoroughly doesn't mean lust to have the questions answered but to have the lesson so com- pletely Iearned that the student could lead class discussion if necessary. To do this a pupil must learn the power of concentration, which is another great aid to citizenship. One must study the task so that it may be a completed iob. Not only in studies must a completed iob be done, but also in other activities such as athletics. For girls and boys alike, every school offers some type of athletics. In athletics a person has a chance to develop himself, not only physically but mentally, he must learn to take defeat when it comes and not to loose his temper, and he must be able to think fast, for when a tight spot comes in a game, he must know what to do and how to do it. For those who do not play on the teams that represent the school, there is an intramural program planned. Thus, stu- dents participating in intramurals are also getting their citizenship training. In school a student has a great chance to develop his sense of responsibility by seeing that his studies are done, 'by helping other students and accepting the position of an officer in some organization. The classrooms must offer a chance to live together, to think together, and to work to- gether in order to build better citizens for today and for the future. Classrooms aren't places iust to learn the lesson, but are places for the students to think and to live. Perhaps there is no school in the United States that does not let its students vote in one way or another. What is better citizenship training than voting? In many schools each class takes an annual trip. Traveling on these all day trips gives the students another opportunity to live and learn together. Inviting outside speakers to come to the schools is a fine way for the students to learn and to broaden their understandings. Hearing from persons who have actually witnessed the happenings always gives a person a better chance to form his own opinion. These are only a few of the many opportunities for the students but are they receiving these opportunities and even more for good citizenship? Are we living up to the ideals that were set up by Earl James McGrath, United States Commissioner of Education, when he said, Citizenship to the growing child comes to mean pretty much what the community shows it means. The best way to teach young people the meaning of our democratic freedoms is to demonstrate by our own example that we have mastered the three R's of citizenship-RIGHTS, RESPECTS, and RESPONSIBILITIES. Grace Monfort ..23..
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