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A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
AND PATRIOTISM
BY
ELLA LYMAN CABOT
FANNIE FERN ANDREWS
FANNY E. COE, MABEL HILL
MARY McSKIMMON
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
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PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
DuBiNG the four years since the first edition of this
book was printed, the world has been moved, shaken,
recreated. The war began with indignation against the
invasion of an innocent nation. That indignation has
ignited the world. In its flame lesser issues have turned
to ashes. Precious ideals emerge purified and new-seen,
purged of formalism, stripped of convention.
Chivalry to the weak, hberty of choice, self-govern-
ment, membership with one another, self-sacrifice,
truth to one's pledges, — we cannot use these phrases
any longer without seeing Armenia, Belgimn, Poland,
Alsace-Lorraine.
This Course in Citizenship and Patriotism, pub-
lished in 1913, was an expression of the belief of a
group of teachers and school officers of varied experi-
ence that citizenship, chivalry, good will, honor, and
firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right,
not only could but must be taught if our nation was to
siu^ve. The new edition has been changed to meet the
changes in spiritual experiences of these enlightening
years. It is, we believe, in full conformity with the
spirit of President Wilson's message to School Officers,
a message that has the sanction of a command. **I
urge that teachers and other school officers increase
materially the time and attention devoted to instruc-
tion beariQg directly on the problems of community
and national life."
The Course in Citizenship deals at the outset with
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simple problems of home and neighborhood commmiity
life, as they touch and mould Uttle children; it goes on
in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades to civic and na-
tional problems; in the seventh and eighth grades it
enlarges the outlook to that of international |:ies and
duties, those ties and those duties of which the United
States can never again be unmindful. That such a study
is of value is almost self-evident.
Soldiers must win the war, but it is largely parents
and teachers who must make the war worth winning.
The precious generation of children whose fathers and
mothers have borne the sacrifice, they it is who must
see to it that these dead have not died in vain.
Ella Lyman Cabot, Editor.
Fannie Fern Andrews,
Fanny E. Coe,
Mabel Hill,
Mary McSkimmon.
CONTENTS
Introduction: By William Howard Taft . . . . xi
To THE Teacher: By Ella Lyman Cabot
The Need of a Course in Citizenship XV
Plan of the Course xvi
Relation to the School Currciulum xviii
GRADE I
Home: By Mary McSkimmon
Introduction 1
September: Kindness to Playmates 2
October: Kindness to Animals 8
November: Responsibility for Cleanliness and
Care 12
December: Making Others Happy 16
January: Faithfulness 20
February: The Kindness of Great Men .... 27
March: Generosity SO
April: Kindness shown by Good Manners . 35
May: Avoiding Quarrels and Making Peace 40
June: Protection and Care of Plants and
Flowers 4r
GRADE n
School and Playground: By Mary McSkimmon
Introduction 47
September: Sympathy 47
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October: Obedience 02
November: HELPFUiiNESs 65
December: Gratitude . 58
January: Other Homes than Ours 62
February: Childhood of Great Men 65
March: Keeping One's Word 68
April: Helpfulness to the Old and Feeble . 72
May: Peace among the Children .... 76
June: The Golden Bule 81
GRADE m
The Neighborhood: By Ella Lyman Cabot
Introduction . 86
September: Who is My Neighbor? 87
October: Ways of Service 90
November: Perseverance 93
December: Hospitality 98
January: Thoughtfulness and Respect for Au-
thority 102
February: Fair Play and Unselfishness . . .104
March: Good Work 109
April: Cheerfulness under Defeat and Suf-
fering 114
May: Peace among Neighbors 119
June: Working Together 124
GRADE IV
Town and City: By Mabel Hill
Introduction , , , . 128
September: The Influence of the Home .... 180
CONTENTS
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October:
November;
December:
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
The Influence of the School . . • 1S6
Care of Public Property 142
Public Health and Public Charity . 148
Fire and Police Department .... 154
Obedience to Community Laws . . . 160
Loyalty to Public Officials . . . .164
Good Will among all Classes of Citi-
zens \ 169
Good Will among all Communities . . 175
How We can Help our Communities 180
GRADE V
The Nation: By Ella Lyman Cabot
Introduction 185
SEPTiaiBER: Pioneers 187
October: The Contribution of Each Race to
American Life 193
November: Government by the People . . • . 198
December: E Pluribus Unum 202
January: Responsibility of Each Citizen . . . 205
February: Great Americans 210
March: Social Service 215
April: Patriotism 219
May: Friendship with Other Nations . . 223
June: . How We can Serve Our Country . . 227
GRADE VI
American Ideals: By Fanny E. Cob
Introduction
September: Sympathy and Courtesy . . . .
280
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October: Honesty 238
November: Courage to Overcome Difficulties . 241
December: Regard for the Truth 246
January: Reverence 250
February: Self-Control 258
March: Regard for Civic Beauty 263
April: Thrift and Industry 267
May: Heroes of Peace 271
June: The Working Members of Society . 276
GRADE VII
The United States and the World: By Fannie
Fern Andrews
Introduction 282
September: Our Beginnings in Europe .... 284
October: The Influence of Europe on Our
Early History 291
November: The United States in the Napoleonic
Period 297
December: European Interest in Spanish America 800
January: The United States a Melting-Pot for
Races 304
February: The Influence of the United States
ON Asia and Africa 307
March: The United States and the American
Continent 311
April: The United States and the World's
Culture 315
May: The United States and World Broth-
erhood 318
Ju:&fE: American Ideals yet to be Achieved 322
CONTENTS ix
GRADE Vin
The World Family: By Fannie Fern Andrews
Introduction 326
September: National Characteristics 328
October: Each Nation's Contribution to the
World 332
November: "Above All Nations is Humanity" . 337
December: Interdependence of Nations .... 342
January: Justice and Honor between Nations . 348
February: Effects of War between Nations . . 354
March: Growth of Law as an Agency for
PROMOTING Good Will 359
April: Agreements between Nations . . . 362
May: World Conferences Leading to World
fedeila.tion 367
June: How can we be of Service in the
World Family 374
INDEX . ; 881
INTRODUCTION
I HAVE great pleasure in writing the introduction to
this course in citizenship. It has been prepared by
teachers who know, much better than I do, the capacity
of the child, during the eight years from six to fourteen,
to take in the ideas that this course seeks to inculcate.
In this respect it is a practical work. The reputation and
experience of its authors insure this. I have been given
the privilege of reading many of the chapters of the
book and of examining with care a synopsis of its con-
tents and its general plan of arrangement. These justify
my expressing an opinion in regard to it from the stand'
point of one who is profoundly impressed with the neces-
sity for stirring in the heart of the child patriotism and
an ambition to do effective public service as a citizen.
In the early years, the lessons given are simple, with
the intention of promoting kindness to one's fellows and
to animals, and helpfulness at home and in school, and
are well calculated to neutralize the natural tendency in
the child to selfishness.
The chapter on manners struck me as admirably
adapted to remedy a growing evil among children
trained in American homes and in American schools.
The danger of the coming generation is a lack of respect
for authority and a lack of sense of obligation to ob-
serve the rights and the comfort of others. Cardinal
Newman said that a gentleman was one who gave an-
other no unnecessary pain. I am sorry to say that with
the lax home discipline and the undue prominence and
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demoralizing importance that we give to the wishes and
whims of our children, it is of the highest importance to
refresh the curriculum of our primary schools with in-
struction, iterated and reiterated, upon this very im-
portant part of a child's character, which cannot but seri-
ously affect the future man or woman. We hope and
believe that there is a wide improvement in the increase
of the fraternal spirit and of the social sense. Nowhere
can this progress be clinched for the next generation so
well as in our primary and intermediate schools. There
is no necessary connection between democracy and rude-
ness and slouchy conduct and manner. There is no
necessary connection between democracy among adults
and in government and a lack of discipline in our schools.
There is no necessary causal connection between an
abolition of privilege, caste and class, and bad man-
ners. The strikes among school-children that we have
noted in the public press in various important cities are
a most discouraging sign of the kind of discipline that
these children have had at home and in the schools. It
is just such an evil that this course in citizenship will
help to remedy.
When we reach the higher grades of the course, an
examination of the poems and stories used, and the
methods adopted, to arouse patriotism in the boys and
girls, strongly commends them. Of course, a child cannot >
be given a proper preparation for good citizenship unless
love of country is implanted in his heart. The struggles,
courage, self-sacrifice, and heroism of our ancestors as
pioneers in winning the East and the West, and in the
Revolution, in the War of 1812, in the Civil War, and in
the present World War are all legitimate instrumentali-
ties with which first to awaken the interest of the child in
INTRODUCTION xiii
the story, and then to give his country a personality,
for which a concrete affection is thus inspired in him.
I am glad to observe, too, that in a number of the
chapters there is brought home to the child the neces-
sity for siding with, sympathizing with, and actively
aiding, officials charged with the execution of the law.
In the Anglo-Saxon idea of government there was a
sense of personal responsibility on the part of the private
individual for the proper conduct of government and of
identity with it. The part that a jury took in the admin-
istration of justice in the English law was a significant
illustration and enforcement of this personal respon-
sibility. In continental monarchical forms of govern-
ment, however, the state was an entity different from
the people, and the ordinary subject had the view that
the government should have agents to enforce the law
and that he need have no anxiety or care in regard to
it. There are lessons in this book, which if absorbed by
the child — and they are simple enough, it seems to me,
for him to absorb them — will certainly fix in his mind
the identity of his interest with that of the government.
Then there is a most wholesome course on our duty to
welcome to this country, as a refuge, the poor and con-
gested peoples of other countries, who will show their
appreciation of the opportunities given them by becom-
ing law-abiding, patriotic citizens and contributing, in
their sturdy industry, prudential virtues, and civic ac-
tivity, to the general welfare.
Then there are much-needed lessons in this course to
impress upon the youth who are to receive them the idea
that we are not the only people in the world; that we
should earnestly cultivate friendship and sympathy with
other peoples, and that we should only enter war for a
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righteous cause, but that when we do we must sacrifice
everything, our Hves if need be, to win the victory and
maintain the right. These lessons will also arouse the
proper aspiration for a settlement of international dis-
putes by peaceable methods.
Running through the book is a correct appreciation of
the great benefits that we have received from past gen-
erations and of the importance of preserving them. The
poems and stories have been selected with care, and are
an earnest of the success with which the book can be
used. Beginning with the municipal government and
then dealing with the state and federal government,
the lessons explain our complicated political system in a
simple way. Of course, the interest of the child will first
be most easily caught by object lessons in the functions
that are daily performed before his eyes in all the mul-
tiform activities of a properly conducted municipal
government; and, with this as a basis, the further ex-
planation of his relation to the state and federal gov-
ernments becomes a matter of easy ascent.
To the authors of the book, all who realize the capital
importance of a proper preparation of the coming gen-
eration for useful citizenship should feel a debt.
William H. Taft.
New Haven, Connecticut.
TO THE TEACHER
THE NEED OF A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Who am I? Where am I going? Who is my neighbor?
What ought I to do? Every child sooner or later meets
these questions along his path and on his answers hang
the issues of his life. To anticipate the direction of the
unique life of each child, and to go with him hand in
hand a little way — this is the hope of parents and
teachers. They must not only be ready with living
answers to his questions when they are asked; they
must through every year prepare the way for both ques-
tion and answer by an attitude of expectation. A teacher
does not say to her pupil, "You are the child of your
parents. They have done much for you. How can you
repay it?'* but she herself never forgets the need of
instilling loyalty and devotion to the family. Quietly
and persistently she drops seeds of appreciation, and in
daily ways of suggested service she tends and waters in
every child the opening leaves of good will.
"For we are members, one of another," that is her
constant creed for herself and her class. "With good
will doing service," that is the spirit of her daily lessons.
[The greatest gift from teacher to pupil is an enlarging
and enduring standard in his relation to work, play,
family, friends, citizenship. Even at six years a child is
old enough to feel that he is a member of the school and
of his home, and is eager to serve them both in minute
but precious ways. Year by year his world widens and
he is ready to accept new ties as his own. Throw a peb-
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ble into a stream. From a small center the ever-widening
circles radiate till they reach the most distant shore. So
loyalty to the simplest ties may enlarge circle by circle
in the stream of a child's growing life till it reaches the
shore of good will among all men.
PLAN OF THE COURSE
Our theme is, therefore, that of citizenship governed
by good will and expressed in service. We begin in
Grade I with the Home as a center. Through the year
by story and poem and above all by definite suggestions
for helpfulness, the teacher will strengthen the chil-
dren's devotion to their family. In Grade II the School
and Playground are taken up. Both are of absorbing
interest to little children and in both they need to see
meanings and opportunities greater than they have
appreciated. Already in very concrete ways they can
be shown how significant in our towns are the public
schools, how much thought and money are spent for
them, how year by year the schools point onward to new
opportunities. In Grade III the children will be ready
to take pleasure in recognizing and beginning to help the
neighborhood that bounds their little world. The para-
ble of the Good Samaritan told at the beginning of the
year gives the keynote for neighborliness.
In these first grades the spirit of helpfulness and good
will is suggested through stories, poems, and deeds of
kindness rather than by direct teaching about home,
school, or neighborhood. In the fourth grade boys and
girls can begin to know what a town or city stands for
and to see as parts of a whole its different departments :
fire, police, health, charity, street, school, and govern-
ment. The age of hunger for fact has arrived. We can
TO THE TEACHER xvii
take advantage of it and develop responsibility in re-
spect to laws and officials.
In Grade V we reach out to the nation as a whole. In
every instance we try to relate the historical struggles
and achievements with the struggles and achievements
of everyday life. When our subject is the heroic virtue
of pioneers, we not only give examples from the brave
deeds of early settlers, but show how every one of us is
called on to be a pioneer in new courage, in advanced
and difficult standards of honor, in self-forgetting
loyalty.
Grade VI is also given to patriotism because this is the
central duty of citizenship. Without our homes and our
country we are but strangers on the earth. Until we love
our country warmly and intelligently we are not fit to
leave the public schools. The need of our time is, in
Professor James*s stirring words, "to inflame the civic
temper." We can do it only by giving to the youth of
our land clear, concrete, intimate knowledge of his
country's history and by calling on him for his uttermost
service. Grade VI accents American ideals: honesty,
sympathy, courtesy, industry, courage, self-control, rev-
erence, a sacred regard for the truth.
In Grade VII we show how the life of our nation,
from its beginning to the present day, has been closely
interrelated with the great world movements. This
study will point out to the pupil that even the most dis-
tant countries are closely linked to ours. We show also
that a citizen of the United States, the melting-pot of the
nations, has peculiar obligations in strengthening the
ties of human brotherhood; that our national ideals can
be realized only if we do our share in promoting the
spirit of good will.
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In Grade VIII we point out each nation's contribu-
tion to the world's work; the acts of friendship, justice,
and honor among nations which have drawn them
together; and the remarkable growth of agencies such as
international conferences, treaties, and the Hague Court
of Arbitration, which are making the world one great
family. We show the necessity for cooperation on the
part of each and all. The course ends with suggestions |
as to how each one of us can link his individual life /
to the life of the whole through good will and active i
service.
RELATION TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
This material can be used in many ways. We will
suggest a few.
1. Morning exercises and talks. Probably the most
frequent use of this course in citizenship will be in the
morning exercises. In the stories, suggestions for talks,
and the bibliography, every teacher will find treasures.
Morning exercises may drop into drowsy routine; they
may be significant events in a school. This course gives
an opportunity to use them for consecutive and definite
ends. Can we not, day by day and year by year, deepen
a child's conception of his family, his city, and his na-
tion— his human ties? Citizenship is a cold word on
lips ignorant of the fire at its heart, a dim word to eyes
half closed. But follow the path of devoted citizens and
patriots. Watch Clara Barton leaving home and friends
to plunge gladly into hardship and horror in the flooded
Ohio Valley; look at Lazeer gently and resolutely lay-
ing down his life in Cuba that yellow fever may be
conquered forever. Patriotism is a word of perilous
beauty.
TO THE TEACHER xix
Trace back even a little way the efforts of valiant
leaders to bless all people with free education, the march
of the pioneer across a bewildering continent, the devo-
tion of the scientist pressing through dark problems to
the light of knowledge, the blood-stained toil of laborers
in mines and tunnels to make our progress swift, our
lives secure, the fathers' struggle to give their children
bread. Every advance has meant courage, sacrifice,
cooperation. Thinking of these things, our gratitude
rises with outstretched hands claiming the right of
service.
2. Reading and stcyry-telling. Many teachers will like
to associate the course in citizenship with reading, liter-
ature, and story-telling. In our extracts and references
throughout this course we mean to use literature that is
beautiful, moving, and of lasting value. Tolstoy's story,
"Where Love is God is," to take one instance, illustrates
with rare vividness the blessings of kindness to our
neighbors. Such stories may be used with great advan-
tage as reading-lessons.
All children love stories. We can use, for example,
when teaching "obedience," the delightful story of
"Raggylug," in Ernest Seton Thompson's Wild Animals
I Have Known, and every child in the class will drink it
in, moral and all. A moral alone is sharp and bitter as
salt without soup, but a moral shaken and stirred into a
genuinely good story adds flavor that the child himself
appreciates.
3. Dramatization. This plan can be of assistance in
pageants, in plays, and in the celebration of anniversa-
ries, birthdays of great men, and special occasions. Pic-
tures, too, and, where available, the educational pic-
tures of the biograph illustrating historical events and
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various forms of social service, can be used to make the
lessons more vivid.
4. History and geography. The connection of this out-
line with history and geography will be clear when we
glance at the plan from Grade V to Grade VIH. When
the class is studying colonial history the heroic virtues
of the early settlers will add appropriate stories. The
subject of courage can be illustrated by the story of
Daniel Boone, and that of self-control by Washington's
conduct after the disastrous defeat of St. Clair. Geog-
raphy will be well remembered if it is lighted up by a
study of racial characteristics and of national flags and
songs.
5. Civics and citizenship. Throughout our course the
accent on good citizenship is marked. In Grades IV and
VI especially the outline will lend itself to lessons in
citizenship, but the subject is never lost sight of and we
believe that the material in definition and support of
good citizenship will be a help to every teacher. Our
nation cannot afford to have indifferent, ignorant, pre-
judiced, or corrupt citizens. The inspiration of teaching
leaps out of the hope of fanning a great flame of patriot-
ism that shall burn all corruption from politics. Every
child in our nation belongs in the teacher's care. If she ,
can instill and inflame in him love and loyalty to his
ties, she will have rescued and redeemed the nation.
6. Ethical training. Some schools already have defi-
nite periods for moral lessons. To them this outline
offers a progressive course and many concrete illustra-
tions. Our plan has a single center, the increase of sym-
pathy and good will from year to year. There are no
"don'ts" in the foreground; it is positive and not nega-
tive, and above all, it dwells not on the self-conscious
TO THE TEACHER xxi
idea of virtue for its own sake, but on such loyalty to our
actual ties as shall demand every inch of virtue we can
acquire.
All good ethical teaching will inevitably reach across
from school to home and from home to school. The
teacher aims to make the children more helpful, more
sympathetic, more obedient at home as well as at
school. Her lessons on hygiene and cleanliness should
make the daily care of children easier for the parents;
her constant exemplification of the spirit of helpfulness
suggests to children what they can do to help at home.
Our course aims directly to make vivid to children the
value of their own homes, and to help them see their
homes as part of the working community. In carrying
out the plan of this course, parents and teachers can
join, the parents following at home and encouraging by
home reading the development of good will, which the
teacher is strengthening at school.
Unless ethical instruction passes into ethical action,
it is worse than useless. Therefore, this course has been
planned to give opportunities both for action and train-
ing in grasping the principles of right-doing. The spirit
of good will grows by service. In every grade we suggest
special forms of helpfulness suited to the age and oppor-
tunities of the children; — e.g., in Grade II ways of serv-
ice to the old and feeble; in Grade III ways of service in
helping the neighborhood. The older boys may well
express their service through civic clubs and the younger
boys and girls in Bands of Mercy. In every case the
teaching must crystallize into habits of right action.
7. Incidental teaching. The use of this outline as an
aid in teaching reading, history, geography, civics does
not in the least preclude incidental teaching. Often the
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very best occasions for instilling moral lessons come
through some incident in school or in the neighborhood.
The opportunities due to special events should always
be used. We believe, however, that our book will sug-
gest stories or acts that will help the teacher to make
even more graphic and permanent the lessons of any
special occasion.
A teacher may find it preferable to use the topics for
each year in a different order from that we have assigned.
The marking by months is meant to be suggestive only.
The teacher may change the order of subjects, repeat
any topic if it seems to her wise and take, if it is best,
more or less than a single month on any topic. We do
not think of our course as a narrow-gauge road along
which every teacher must go, stopping at each station
on schedule time. It is rather a series of beacon lights in
a wide field, but with a definite goal to be attained at the
end of the year.
Great ideals are invading our time. Welcomed or
rejected in their weak and humble birth, the ideals
of democracy and good will are yet destined to flower
anew, blossoms in the twentieth century from a peren-
nial vine. By imparting and by living in the spirit of
citizenship every teacher becomes a branch of the great
tree of democracy whose roots penetrate from land to
land. In her teaching of the ideal of democracy and
good will she expresses our perpetual gratitude to the
world.
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A COUESE IN CITIZENSHIP
GRADE I
HOME
By MARY McSKIMMON
INTRODUCTION
The one great theme for the year is Kindness. The
ideal of kindness is to be woven into all the relations of
the child and directed especially toward his home, his
playmates, and that part of the animal world with which
children come in contact. In this year the work will
be successfully accomplished when the child's life finds
its natural expression in activity controlled and beauti-
fied by kindness toward all who come within the circle
of his little world.
Stones to he used in this grade
Child^s Book of Stories, Penrhyn W. Coussens. Duffield.
For the Children's Hour, Caroline S. Bailey and Clara
M. Lewis. Milton Bradley Co.
Mother Stories and More Mother Stories, Maud Lindsay.
Milton Bradley Co.
How to Tell Stories to Children, Stories to Tell to Chil-
dren, Best Stories to Tell to Children, Sara Cone Bryant.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
All About Johnny Jones, Verhoeff. Milton Bradley Co.
Old Deccan Days, Mary Frere. Joseph McDonough Co.
« ; A COIJRSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Tlie Siltet Cr&wn, and The Pig Brother, Laura E.
Richards. Little, Brown & Co.
The Fables of JEsop, Joseph Jacobs. The Macmillan Co.
Collections of poems containing helpful material
The Land of Song, Book i, Katherine H. Shute. Silver,
Burdett & Co.
Open Sesame, Book i, Blanche W. Bellamy and Maud
W. Goodwin. Ginn & Co.
A Book of Verses for Children, E. V. Lucas. Henry Holt
&Co.
Three Years with the Poets, Bertha Hazard. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Graded Poetry, Alexander and Blake. Maynard, Merrill
&Co.
Poems by Grades, Ada van S. Harris and Charles B.
Gilbert. Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Listening Child, Lucy W. Thacher. The Mac-
millan Co.
Poems Every Child Should Know, Mary E. Burt, Dou-
bleday. Page & Co.
SEPTEMBER: KINDNESS TO
PLAYMATES
For the Teacher:
WHAT IS GOOD
JOHN BOYLE o'rEILLY
"What is the real good?"
I asked in musing mood.
GRADE I: HOME 3
Order, said the law court;
Knowledge, said the school;
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love, said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page;
Freedom, said the dreamer;
Home, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier;
Equity, the seer; —
Spoke my heart full sadly:
"The answer is not here."
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard:
"Each heart holds the secret;
Kindness is the word. "
Suggestions for morning talks
(Put these ideas into daily practice whenever opportunity presents
itself.)
How to show kindness to playmates.
By helping to put on coats and overshoes.
By refraining from tale-bearing when things go wrong
while at play.
By letting new children and smaller ones share in the
games.
By helping the teacher make shy newcomers feel at
home.
By learning to play, and to pass up and down stairs,
or through rooms and corridors without running
into one another.
By sharing candy, cake, and fruit with a playmate
before tasting it.
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By keeping pleasant, instead of sulking, when one
can't have one's own way.
Read: "The Horse's Prayer," in English for Foreign-
ers, Book II y p. 119, by Sara R. O'Brien. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
Poems to read to children
"Mabel on Midsummer Day," Mary Howitt, Poetry
for Children. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Fairies of the Caldon Low," Mary Howitt, Book of
Famous Verse. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Children's Hour," Longfellow, R.L.S. No. 11.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Nurse's Song," William Blake, Poems, The Mac-
millan Co.
"Lullaby of an Infant Chief," Scott, Poetry for Chil-
dren. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Old Gaelic Lullaby," Unknown, The Land of Scmg, i.
"A Good Boy," "Foreign Children," "A Good Play,"
"The Lamp Lighter," Robert Louis Stevenson, A
Child's Garden of Verses. Charles Scribner's Sons.
"Suppose," Phoebe Cary. See Grade II, p. 77,
DEEDS OF KINDNESS
EPES SARGENT
Suppose the little cowslip
. Should hang its golden cup.
And say, "I 'm such a tiny flower,
I *d better not grow up;"
How many a weary traveler
Would miss its fragrant smell !
How many a little child would grieve
To lose it from the dell !
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Suppose the glistening dewdrop
Upon the grass should say,
"What can a little dewdrop do?
I 'd better roll away;"
The blade on which it rested.
Before the day was done,
Without a drop to moisten it.
Would wither in the sun.
Suppose the little breezes,
IJpyon a summer's day,
Should think themselves too slight to cool
The traveler on his way;
Who would not miss the smallest
And softest ones that blow,
And think they made a great mistake
If they were acting so?
How many deeds of kindness
A little child may do,
Although it has so little strength.
And little wisdom, too !
It wants a loving spirit.
Much more than strength, to prove
How many things a child may do
For others, by its love.
THE QUEEN BEE
THE BROTHEBS GRIMM
A king once had two sons who were thought to be
very clever; but they wasted their time and money and
never did very much good in the world. They had a
younger brother, whom they called "simpleton" be-
cause he was quiet and simple.
They made fun of him, telling him that he would
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never get along in the world because he was not a?
clever as they were.
One evening they all went out for a walk together,
and in their path they found an ant hill. The two elder
brothers wanted to upset the ant hill, so that they could
see the little ants running about in their fright and
carrying away their eggs to a safe place. But the simple-
ton said : —
"No, no; let the poor little things alone. Don't spoil
their nice house."
Then they went on until they came to a lake where
a great many ducks were swimming.
The brothers wished to catch one to roast, but the
simpleton said : —
"Please leave the poor birds in peace. I cannot bear
to have you kill any of them. "
So the ducks were left to live, and the three brothers
walked on again until they came to a bee's nest in a
tree, with honey running all over the trunk.
The two brothers wanted to light a fire under the tree
to smother the bees, so that they could take away the
honey, but the younger brother begged them not to.
"Leave the poor things in peace, " said he. "I cannot
bear to think of their being burnt. "
Again they listened to him, even though they thought
him stupid; and they all walked on until they came to
a castle.
Inside the castle they found an old man who seemed
to be very deaf. When he saw them he did not say a
word, but led them to a table covered with good things
to eat. After they had eaten and drunk as much as they
wished, he showed them beds where they could sleep.
The next morning the gray old man came to the
eldest brother, made signs to him to follow, and led him
to a stone table, on which were written three sentences.
The first sentence said : —
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"In the wood under the njoss are hidden a thousand
pearls lost by the king's daughter. Whoever can find
them all in one day before the sun goes down will free
the castle from its spell. But if he should search and
not succeed before sunset, he will be turned to stone."
The eldest brother read these words and decided to
try. He looked all day, but at sunset he had found only
a hundred pearls, and was therefore turned into stone.
In spite of this, the second brother made an attempt
and began his task in the evening, so that he looked all
night. By sunset next day he had found only two hun-
dred pearls and was turned to stone like his brother.
At last the simpleton had to look for the pearls, but
he was very unhappy at having to do it, for he thought
that he was so much stupider than his brothers that if
they had failed, of course there could be no chance for
him.
As he sat thinking about it, he saw coming toward
him the ant king, whose life and house he had saved.
He had brought with him five thousand of his ants, and
it was not long before they had found all the pearls,
and piled them up in a large heap. Then they went
home, hardly waiting for his thanks. They had been
glad to help him and thus show their gratitude.
When the simpleton went back to the castle with the
pearls, he was given another task to do. It was to bring
from the bottom of the lake where it was sunk, the key
of the princess's sleeping room.
Of course, he could not possibly hope to do this by
himself, but when he went down to the lake he found
there the very ducks that he had saved from being
killed. They knew him at once, and when they heard
what he wanted, they quickly dived to the bottom of
the lake and got the key for him.
Now the third thing he had to do was the hardest of
all. He had to go into the room where the king's three
8 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
daughters were sleeping, find out which was the young-
est, and wake her. They all looked so much alike that
he could not tell them apart. The only difference was
that before going to sleep the eldest had eaten barley
sugar, the second a little syrup, and the youngest a
spoonful of honey. But how could he tell which had
eaten the honey? Just as he was wondering what he
should do about it, in came the queen bee he had seen
the day before. She quickly flew to each of the sisters,
and lit on their lips as if they were flowers. And, of
course, she knew all about honey because she made it
herself, so she could tell which one had eaten the honey.
She remained sitting on the mouth of the youngest.
Then the boy knew which sister to waken. The castle
was freed from its spell in a moment, and every one who
had been turned to stone was changed back again.
You may be sure the older brothers no longer thought
their younger brother was a simpleton.
OCTOBER: KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
For the Teacher:
THE DIVINE IMAGE
WILLIAM BLAKE
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
All pray in their distress,
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
Is God our Father dear;
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
Is man, his child and care.
GRADE I: HOME 9
Suggestions for morning talks
How should you treat your dog, if you want him to love
you?
Pat him kindly.
Speak to him gently.
Why does pussy dislike to have you pull her tail? Why
does she purr when you stroke her fur the right way?
What three things must you remember every day if
your pets are to be glad they are yours?
To feed them at the right time.
To give them plenty of clean, fresh water to drink.
To give them a good warm bed at night.
Did you ever think how much the toads and frogs and
turtles and birds must suffer when they are fright-
ened and hurt?
How can you try to be a friend to every animal you see?
How can you help the birds?
In summer by keeping shallow pans of water for them
to drink from and bathe in.
In winter by fastening a suet bag to a tree. Watch
for the chickadees, woodpeckers and juncoes. Some
of them will find it.
Poems to read to children
"Hiawatha's Childhood," Longfellow. R.L.S. No.
13-14. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Piccola," Celia Thaxter. See Grade II, p. 60.
**I Love Little Pussy," Jane Taylor, in Three Years
with the PoetSy Hazard. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Thank You, Pretty Cow, " Jane Taylor, in TKree Years
with the PoetSy Hazard. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Mary's Lamb," S. J. Hale, in Poetry for Children,
Houghton Mifflin Co.
10 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"Who Stole the Bird's Nest," Lydia Maria Child.
Graded Poetry Selections. Educational Publishing Co.
"The Little Ladybird," Caroline B. Southey. Nature
in Verse, for Children. Silver, Burdett & Co.
"The Lamb," William Blake. R.L.S. No. 59. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
"A Night with a Wolf," Bayard Taylor. See Grade III,
p. 89.
"St. Francis to the Birds," Longfellow. Voices for the
Speechless. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Playing Robinson Crusoe," Kipling, Just So Stories.
Doubleday, Page & Co.
THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT »
Long ago a man owned a very strong Ox. The owner
was so proud of his Ox, that he boasted to every man
he met about how strong his Ox was.
One day the owner went into a village, and said to
the men there: "I will pay a forfeit of a thousand pieces
of silver if my Ox cannot draw a line of one hundred
wagons."
The men laughed and said: "Very well; bring your
Ox, and we will tie a hundred wagons in a line and
see your Ox draw them along."
So the man brought his Ox into the village. A crowd
gathered to see the sight. The hundred carts were in
line, and the strong Ox was yoked to the first wagon.
Then the owner whipped his Ox, and said, "Get up,
you wretch! Get along, you rascal! "
But the Ox had never been talked to in that way, and
he stood still. Neither the blows nor the hard names
could make him move.
At last the poor man paid his forfeit, and went sadly
I From Jataka Tales, Ellen C. Babbitt. The Century Co.
GRADE I: HOME 11
home. There he threw himself on his bed and cried:
"Why did that strong Ox act so? Many a time he has
moved heavier loads easily. Why did he shame me be-
fore all those people? "
At last he got up and went about his work. When he
went to feed the Ox that night, the Ox turned to him
and said: "Why did you whip me to-day? You never
whipped me before. Why did you call me * wretch' and
'rascal?' You never called me hard names before."
Then the man said: "I will never treat you badly
again. I am sorry I whipped you and called you names.
I will never do so any more. Forgive me."
"Very well," said the Ox. " To-morrow I will go into
the village and draw the one hundred carts for you.
You have always been a kind master until to-day. To-
morrow you shall gain what you lost."
The next morning the owner fed the Ox well, and
hung a garland of flowers about his neck. When they
went into the village the men laughed at the man again.
They said: "Did you come back to lose more
money?"
"To-day I will pay a forfeit of two thousand pieces
of silver if my Ox is not strong enough to pull the one
hundred carts," said the owner.
So again the carts were placed in a line, and the Ox
was yoked to the first. A crowd came to watch again.
The owner said: "Good Ox, show how strong you are!
You fine, fine creature!" And he patted his neck and
stroked his sides. At once the Ox pulled with all his
strength. The carts moved on until the last cart stood
where the first had been.
Then the crowd shouted, and they paid back the
forfeit the man had lost, saying: "Your Ox is the strong-
est Ox we ever saw." And the Ox and the man went
home, happy.
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THE SNOW-BIRD 1
FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN
When all the ground with snow is white.
The merry snow-bird comes,
And hops about with great delight
To find the scattered crumbs.
How glad he seems to get to eat
A piece of cake or bread !
He wears no shoes upon his feet.
Nor hat upon his head.
But happiest is he, I know.
Because no cage with bars
Keeps him from walking on the snow
And printing it with stars.
NOVEMBER: RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CLEANLINESS AND CARE
For the Teacher:
GRADATIM
JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND
Heaven is not reached at a single bound;
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies.
And we mount to its summit roimd by round.
Suggestions for morning talks
Why should children have clean bodies?
To keep well.
» From Little Folk Lyrics. Houghton Miffin Co.
GRADE I: HOME IS
To be self-respecting.
To be pleasant companions.
Why should they brush their teeth thoroughly every
day?
Teeth not cleaned are not pleasant to look at.
Unclean teeth decay easily.
Decayed teeth lead to sickness.
What can even the smallest children in school do to
make themselves clean and so help to keep well and
strong?
Come to school every day with clean hands and face.
Brush their teeth every day.
Keep their hair well brushed.
Clean the nails after washing the hands.
Bring a handkerchief to school every day. Use it
before school begins.
How can little children help to keep their clothes neat
and tidy?
By hanging up coat and hat as soon as they come in.
By trying to find the clean places on the crossings,
so as not to step in the mud.
What other things will clean children remember?
Never to throw paper on floors or sidewalks or play-
grounds.
To help their teachers keep the school always clean
and beautiful.
Never to put pencils in the mouth.
Never to wet the fingers in the mouth in order to
turn pages of books or to handle cards.
Never to spit on floors or on sidewalks.
Never to mark with chalk any fences or buildings.
Never to scratch desks.
Never to swap gum or suckers.
14 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Poems and stories to read or tell to children
Clean Peter and the Children of Grubbylea. Trans. by-
Ada Wallas. Longmans, Green & Co.
Goops and How to be Them, and More Goops, Gelett
Burgess. F. A. Stokes Co.
The Pig Brother, Laura E . Richards. Little, Brown & Co.
"Billy, Betty and Ben as Soldiers." The Golden Ladder
Book. The Macmillan Co.
TOM, THE CHIMNEY SWEEP »
Once upon a time there was a chimney-sweep, and
his name was Tom. He lived in a great town where
there were plenty of chimneys to sweep; he could not
read or write and he never washed himself, for there was
no water in the court where he lived.
Tom and his master, Mr. Grimes, set out one morning
for Harthover Place, where they were to sweep the
chimneys. Mr. Grimes rode the donkey in front and
Tom with the brushes walked behind. Soon they came up
with a poor Irishwoman, trudging along with a bundle
at her back. She walked beside Tom and asked him all
about himself, till Tom thought he had never met such
a pleasant-spoken woman.
At last they came to a spring; there Grimes stopped,
clambered over the low wall, knelt down, and began
dipping his head into the spring, and very dirty he
made it. Tom was picking the flowers as fast as he
could, but when he saw Grimes actually wash he
stopped quite astonished, and said, "My! master, I
never saw you do that before."
"Nor will again, most likely. T was n't for cleanliness
I did it, but for coolness. I 'd be ashamed to want wash-
ing every week or so, like any smutty collier-lad."
1 Abridged from The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley.
GRADE I: HOME 15
"I wish I might go and dip my head in," said poor
little Tom.
"Thou come along," said Grimes. "What dost thou
want with washing thyself? " — and he began beating
Tom.
"Are you not ashamed of yourself, Thomas Grimes?"
cried the Irishwoman.
Grimes seemed quite cowed and got on his donkey
without a word.
"Stop," said the Irishwoman. "I have one more
word. Those that wish to be clean, clean they will be;
and those that wish to be foul, foul they will be. "
How many chimneys Tom swept at Harthover Place
I cannot say, but he lost his way in them, came down the
wrong one, and found himself in a room the like of which
he had never seen before. The room was all dressed in
white, white curtains, white chairs, and white walls.
Then looking toward the bed he held his breath with
astonishment. Under the snow-white coverlet, upon
the snow-white pillow, lay the most beautiful little girl
Tom had ever seen.
"She never could have been dirty," thought Tom,
and then, "Are all people like that when they are
washed?" And he looked at his own wrist and tried
to rub the soot off. Looking roimd, he saw close to
him, a little ugly, black, ragged figure with bleared eyes
and grinning white teeth. What did such a little black
ape want in that sweet young lady's room? And be-
hold, it was himself reflected in a great mirror.
And Tom for the first time in his life found out that
he was dirty and burst into tears of shame and anger.
He turned to sneak up the chimney again and hide, but
upset the fender and threw the fire-irons down with a
great noise. Under the window spread a tree, and Tom
went down the tree like a cat and across the garden to-
wards the woods.
16 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
The under-gardener, mowing, saw Tom, threw down
his scythe, and gave chase. Grimes upset the soot bag
in the new gravel yard; but he ran out and gave chase
to Tom. Tom ran on and on; he was far away from
Harthover, having left the gardener and Grimes be-
hind. Through the wood he could see a clear stream,
and far, far away the river. Then he fell asleep and
dreamed that the little white lady called to him, "Oh,
you're so dirty; go and be washed"; and then he heard
the Irishwoman say, "They that wish to be clean, clean
they will be."
All of a sudden he found himself between sleep and
awake, in the middle of the meadow, saying contin-
ually, "I must be clean, I must be clean." He went to
the bank of the brook, and dipped his hand in, and
found the water cool, cool; and he said again, "I must
be clean, I must be clean." And he put his poor, hot,
sore feet into the water; and then his legs. "Ah," said
Tom, "I must be quick and wash myself."
DECEMBER: MAKING OTHERS
HAPPY
For the Teacher:
SERVICE '
EDWARD ROWLAND SILL
Fret not that the day is gone.
And thy task is still undone.
'T was not thine, it seems, at all:
Near to thee it chanced to fall.
Close enough to stir thy brain.
And to vex thy heart in vain.
I From Complete Poems. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE I: HOME IT
Somewhere, in a nook forlorn.
Yesterday a babe was born :
He shall do thy waiting task;
All thy questions he shall ask.
And the answers will be given,
Whispered lightly out of heaven.
Suggestions for morning talks
There is excellent material that will arouse little chil-
dren to the festival spirit of Christmas, in Christmas in
Olden Times, and in Many Lands, by Evelyn D. Walker
(W. M. Welch & Co., Chicago). The second part is of
great value to the primary teacher in awakening the
interest of little children in the Christmas customs of
Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, France, Italy,
Germany, etc. Many of these pretty festivities could
be represented by home-made devices, and by a few
dolls dressed m the costumes illustrated in the volume
named.
Christmas makes us happy because it gives us the chance
to make others happy.
We should give gifts that bring happiness.
Something that has cost loving, careful thought and
work, even if it cost only a little money.
Pleasant greetings and kind wishes.
A little Christmas letter to friends that are far away.
What is the Christmas spirit for receiving gifts?
Always remember to thank every one who has given
you the smallest gift. The smallest first grade child
can write, "I thank you," at this time of year.
Did you ever try to make an absent sick child happy by
giving him a scrap book, where each scholar did some^
thing to make it beautiful.^
18 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Make the birds happy by putting your Christmas tree
out of doors, when you are through with it. Fasten on
it some bones or suet, and place some bread or suet
on a board.
Poems and stories to read or tell to children
"While Stars of Christmas Shine," Emilie Poulsson,
Holiday Songs, etc. Milton Bradley Co.
"An Old Christmas Carol," and "A Visit from St.
Nicholas," Moore, in Three Years with the Poets,
Hazard. Houghton Mijfflin Co.
"Purring When You're Pleased," Mrs. Alfred Gatty,
Parables from Nature, Everyman's Library.
When the King Came, George Hodges, chaps, i-iv.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
" Story of Christmas," in The Story Hour, Kate Doug-
las Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Little Pine Tree," and "Little Fir Tree," Hans
Christian Andersen.
"The Little Friend," Abbie Farwell Brown, The
Flower Princess, Houghton Mifflin Co.
Bed-Time Stories, Louise Chandler Moulton. Little,
Brown & Co.
"The First Christmas Tree," "The Symbol and the
Saint," and "The Coming of the Prince," Eugene
Field, Little Book of Profitable Tales, Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
"Bethlehem Town," and "Jest 'fore Christmas,"
Eugene Field, Poems, Charles Scribner*s Sons.
Old Carols, (1) "From far away we come to you,"
(2) "We three kings of Orient are," (3) "There came
three kings at break of day."
"The Little Fir Tree," Sara Cone Bryant, Stories to
Tell to Children. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE I: HOME 19
HILDA'S CHRISTMAS 1
MARTHA A. L. LANE
Standing apart from the childish throng.
Little Hilda was silent and sad;
She could not join in the happy song.
She could not echo the voices glad.
'What can I do on Christmas day?
I am so little and we are so poor."
She said to herself in a dreary way
"I wish there was never a Christmas more.
' Mother is sick and father can't know
How children talk of their gifts and their joy.
Or he 'd surely try, he loves me so.
To get me just one single toy. "
'But Christmas is n't for what you get,"
She heard a small, sweet, tender voice, —
'It's for what you give," said wee Janet,
And the words made Hilda's heart rejoice.
'It is n't our birthday," went on the mite,
" It is Christ's, you know; and I think he 'd say
If he were to talk with us to-night
That he 'd wish us to keep it his own way."
A plan came into Hilda's head;
It seemed to her she could hardly wait.
*I can't give nice things," she bravely said,
"But I '11 do what I can to celebrate."
*I can give the baby a day of fun;
I can take my plant to the poor, lame boy;
* By permission of the author.
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I can do mother's errands, — every one;
And my old kite I can mend for Roy.
"I can read to father and save his eyes;
I can feed the birds in the locust grove;
I can give the squirrels a fine surprise
And grandma shall have a letter of love."
Now when that busy day was done.
And tired Hilda crept to bed,
She forgot that she had no gift of her own.
"What a lovely Christmas it was!" she said.
JANUARY: FAITHFULNESS
For the Teacher:
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good;
just as if the gold, or the emerald, or the purple were
always saying this, " Whatever any one else does, I must
be emerald and keep my color. '* — Marcus Aurelius.
Suggestions for morning talks
Read to the children Phcebe Cary's poem, "A Leak in
the Dike."
Discuss with the class the character of little Peter:
His obedience to his mother.
His kindness to the old man.
His courage in stopping with his arm the leak in the
great dike.
His faithfulness to his task through the long, dark,
cold night.
Why he is remembered and loved and honored.
Peter is the boy whose deeds prove his faithfulness.
How can we be faithful too?
GRADE I: HOME «1
By coming to school everyday on time: this is being
faithful to one's school.
By keeping a promise: this is being faithful to one's
word.
By trying to do one's work exactly right: this is being
faithful to one's duty.
By going straight home when school is done: not
loitering by the way or going to play when forbidden,
is being faithful to one's mother.
How many other ways can you think of?
Doing errands well without forgetting.
Going to bed cheerfully and readily when bedtime
comes.
Telling the truth is being faithful to God.
Poems and stories to read or tell to children
"The Lost Doll," Charles Kingsley, in Three Years with
the Poets, Hazard. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Robin Redbreast," William Allingham, Booh of Fam-
ous Verse, Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Twinkle, twinkle little Star," Jane Taylor, in Selections
for Memorizing. Ginn & Co.
**If I were a Sunbeam," Lucy Larcom, Childhood Songs,
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Good-Night and Good-Morning," and "Lady Moon,"
Lord Houghton, R.L.S. Nos. 59 and 70. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
"A Child's Prayer," M. Betham Edwards, in Poems by
Grades, Harris and Gilbert. Charles Scribner's Sons.
"The Tempest," James T. Fields. R.L.S. No. X,
Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Ht ■.
Felicite Lefevre. Jacobs & Co.
22 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
" Dust under the Rug," Maud Lindsay. See Grade III,
p. 111.
"Story of the Pigs," Joel Chandler Harris, Nights with
Uncle Remus. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Seven Ways of the Woods," Ellen C. Babbitt,
Jataka Tales. Century Co.
A LEAK IN THE DIKE ^
PHCEBE CARY
A Story of Holland
The good dame looked from her cottage
At the close of the pleasant day.
And cheerily called to her little son
Outside the door at play:
**Come, Peter, come! I want you to go.
While there is light to see.
To the hut of the blind old man who lives
Across the dike, for me;
And take these cakes I made for him —
They are hot and smoking yet;
You have time enough to go and come
Before the sun is set."
And now, with his face all glowing.
And eyes as bright as the day
With the thoughts of his pleasant errand.
He trudged along the way;
And soon his joyous prattle
Made glad a lonesome place —
Alas ! if only the blind old man
Could have seen that happy face!
< Abridged from the Poetical Works qf Alice and Phosbe Gary. Houghton Mifflin COi
GKADE I: HOME 23
Yet he somehow caught the brightness
Which his voice and presence lent;
And he felt the sunshine come and go
As Peter came and went.
And now, as the day was sinking.
And the winds began to rise,
The mother looked from her door again.
Shading her anxious eyes;
And saw the shadows deepen
And birds to their homes come back.
But never a sign of Peter
Along the level track.
But she said, "He will come at morning.
So I need not fret or grieve —
Though it is n't like my boy at all
To stay without my leave."
But where was the child delaying ?'
On the homeward way was he.
And across the dike while the sun was up '
An hour above the sea.
He was stopping now to gather flowers.
Now listening to the sound.
As the angry waters dashed themselves
Against their narrow bound.
'Ah! well for us," said Peter,
" That the gates are good and strong.
And my father tends them carefully.
Or they would not hold you long!"
But hark! Through the noise of waters
Comes a low, clear, trickling sound;
And the child's face pales with terror.
And his blossoms drop to the ground.
S4 A. COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
He IS up the bank in a moment.
And, stealing through the sand.
He sees a stream not yet so large
As his slender, childish hand.
'Tis a leak in the dike! He is but a boy.
Unused to fearful scenes;
But, young as he is, he has learned to know
The dreadful jthing that means.
For he knows the smallest leak may grow
To a flood in a single night;
And he knows the strength of the cruel sea
When loosed in its angry might.
And the boy! He has seen the danger.
And, shouting a wild alarm.
He forces back the weight of the sea
With the strength of his single arm!
He listens for the joyful sound
Of a footstep passing nigh;
And lays his ear to the ground, to catch
The answer to his cry.
He sees no hope, no succor.
His feeble voice is lost;
Yet what shall he do but watch and wait.
Though he perish at his post!
He thinks of his brother and sister,
Asleep in their safe warm bed;
He thinks of his father and mother,
Of himself as dying — and dead;
And of how, when the night is over.
They must come and find him at last:
But he never thinks he can leave the place
Where duty holds him fast.
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The good dame in the cottage
Is up and astir with the light.
For the thought of her little Peter
Has been with her all night.
And now she watches the pathway.
As y ester eve she had done;
But what does she see so strange and black
Against the rising sun?
Her neighbors are bearing between them
Something straight to her door;
Her child is coming home, but not
As he ever came before!
*He is dead!" she cries; "my darling!"
And the startled father hears.
And comes and looks the way she looks.
And fears the thing she fears :
Till a glad shout from the bearers
Thrills the stricken man and wife —
'Give thanks, for your son has saved our landj,
And God has saved his life!"
So, there in the morning sunshine
They knelt about the boy;
And every head was bared and bent
In tearful, reverent joy.
*T is many a year since then; but still.
When the sea roars like a flood.
Their boys are taught what a boy can do
Who is brave and true and good.
For every man in that country
Takes his son by the hand.
And tells him of little Peter,
Whose courage saved the land.
They have many a valiant hero,
Remembered through the years:
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But never one whose name so oft
Is named with loving tears.
And his deed shall be sung by the cradle.
And told to the child on the knee,
So long as the dikes in Holland
Divide the land from the sea!
THE DOG OF HELVELLYN
MARY McSKIMMON
High up on the mountain side a hunter climbed fol-
lowed by his faithful dog. In the mist and storm the
hunter lost his way, slipped over a steep cliff and was
killed. The good and faithful dog never left his side.
The storm cleared off and the stars came out, while
the noble animal waited for his master to get up and
speak to him.
Morning came and the bright sunshine, but the dog
never thought of giving up his watchful care. All
alone on the mountain where no one came for many
weeks, he watched faithfully by his dead master.
He must have found food for himself somewhere.
Perhaps he caught little field mice or rabbits that lived
there, and drank water from a brook close by. Never
did the good dog forget his master's love and care for
him, and so through the weary weeks and months with
never a word to cheer or comfort his aching heart he
watched faithfully.
At last one day a party of huntsmen came to the spot
where the good dog waited. It made their hearts ache
to see how thin and worn the poor dog was. They took
up the body of his master and the faithful dog followed
close behind, till they reached the long lost home.
Should not a child learn to be faithful when a dog
knew the lesson so well?
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FEBRUARY: THE KINDNESS OF
GREAT MEN
For the Teacher:
The bravest are the tenderest.
The loving are the daring.
Bayard Taylor.
Suggestions for morning talks
Tell the children the story of "The Ugly Duckling."
Hans Andersen, the author, wrote it to show how
greatly kindness is needed everywhere. He became
a great and honored man who was always kind to
the unfortunate.
Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we remember this
month, had a heart brimful of kindness. His heart
was filled with pity for the poor black slaves, and he
caused them to be freed. He was always good to his
mother. Once he said, "All that I am, I owe to my
mother. '*
Henry W. Longfellow showed his kindness to every one,
friend, neighbor, and stranger alike. Listen to the
poem called "The Children's Hour." What does it
show us about his own children?
Hundreds of years ago an English soldier named Sir
Philip Sidney was wounded in a battle. He was suffer-
ing terribly and was almost dying of thirst. Some
one took him a cup of water. Just as he was going
to drink it, he saw another poor wounded soldier look
longingly at the water. Sir Philip gave it all to him
saying, "Take it, your need is greater than mine."
What made him give away the water he wanted
so much?
28 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote poems that all children
love. For many years he lived far away from his
home on an island called Samoa. The people were
brown there. They were poor and humble and had
no money or rich gifts to give Mr. Stevenson to show
their love for all his daily kindness to them, so they
built a long, long road straight up the hills from the
sea to his home. Mr. Stevenson was delighted to have
a beautiful smooth road to ride on, and he called it
"The Road of the Loving Hearts." Why.?
Hundreds of years ago a great man called St. Francis-
was so kind to all, that people said even a big gray
wolf stopped killing the sheep of the poor peasants
because St. Francis asked him to. (Read extracts
from Everybody s St. Francis, Maurice F. Egan.
The Century Co.) How could a man have so much
power with wild beasts?
THE WOLF OF GUBBIO ^
What time St. Francis abode in the city of Agobio
(Gubbio) there appeared in the country an exceeding
great wolf, terrible and fierce, which not only devoured
animals but also men, so that all the city folk stood in
great fear; none durst go forth of that place. St. Francis,
having compassion on the people, went forth with his
companions, putting all his trust in God. And the
others misdoubting to go further, St. Francis took the
road to the place where the wolf lay. In the sight of
many of the townsfolk that had come out to see this
miracle, the wolf made at St. Francis with open mouth.
St. Francis called to him: "Come hither, brother wolf:
I command thee in the name of Christ that thou do no
» Abridged from The Little Flowers qf 8U Francit. The Macmillan Co,
GRADE I: HOME 29
harm, nor to me nor to any one." O wondrous thing!
the wolf shut his jaws and stayed his running, and when
he was bid, came gently as a lamb and laid him down
at the feet of St. Francis. Thereat St. Francis thus
bespake him: "Brother wolf, much harm hast thou
wrought in these parts, spoiling and slaying the crea-
tures of God, without His leave: But I would fain,
brother wolf, make peace between thee and these; so
that thou mayest no more offend them, and they may
forgive thee, and nor men nor dogs pursue thee any
more." The wolf with movements of body, tail, and
eyes, and by the bending of his head, gave sign of his
assent, and of his will to abide thereby. Then spake
St. Francis again: "Brother wolf, sith it pleaseth thee
to make this peace, I will see to it that the folk of this
place give thee food so long as thou shalt live; for I wot
well that through hunger hast thou wrought all this ill.
But I will, brother wolf, that thou promise me to do
none hurt to any more; dost promise me this? " And the
wolf promised. Then quoth St. Francis, "I will that
thou plight me troth for this promise," and stretching
forth his hand, the wolf lifted up his right paw and laid
it gently on the hand of St. Francis. Then quoth St.
Francis: "Brother wolf, I bid thee come now with me
and let us stablish this peace in God's name. " And the
wolf obedient set forth with him; and straightway
the bruit of it was spread through the city, so that all the
people, men-folk and women-folk, great and small,
young and old, gat them to the market place to see the
wolf with St. Francis. And St. Francis said to them;
"Brother wolf hath promised me to offend no more in
any thing; and do ye promise him to give him every day
whatever he needs." Then promised all the folk with
one accord to give him food abidingly. Then quoth St.
Francis: "And thou, brother wolf, doth thou promise
to keep this pact of peace?" And the wolf knelt him
30 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
down and bowed his head. Therewith all began to lift
up their voices blessing God, that had sent St. Francis
unto them, who by his merits had set them free from the
jaws of the cruel beast. And thereafter this same wolf
lived two years in Agobio; and went like a tame beast
in and out the houses, from door to door, without doing
hurt to any or any doing hurt to him, and was courte-
ously nourished by the people; and as he passed thus-
wise through the country and the houses, never did any
dog bark behind him. At length, after a two years*
space, brother wolf died of old age: whereat the towns-
folk sorely grieved, sith marking him pass so gently
through the city, they minded them the better of the
virtue and sanctity of St. Francis.
MARCH: GENEROSITY
For the Teacher:
Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows
Like harmony in music; there is a dark
Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles
Discordant elements, makes them cling together
In one society. How strange that all
The terrors, pains, and early miseries.
Regrets, vexations, lassitudes interfused
Within my mind, should e'er have borne a part,
And that a needful part, in making up
The calm existence that is mine, when I
Am worthy of myself!
Wordsworth, The Prelude,
Book I.
Suggestions for morning talks
Read Phoebe Cary's poem "A Legend of the North-
land."
Be «ure that the children's ideas are clear concerning
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the details of the story. Try to have them find the
truth underlying the make-believe.
What kind of a country is the Northland?
What is the reindeer used for?
Where do the children get their clothes?
What was the good saint doing?
Why did he ask the woman for a cake?
Why did she make a small one, and still a smaller?
Why did she keep them all?
Do we like stingy people?
Do we want to be stingy?
What was her punishment?
Contrast tliis story with the true and well known de-
votion of the eider duck that plucks the down from
her own breast to line the nest and keep her babies
warm in the cold land of Labrador. Why do we
love this bird?
How can a child be generous?
Sharing his pleasures.
Letting otherc play with his toys.
Letting his playmate or little sister have the prettiest
apple, or the largest piece of cake.
By not taking up too much of the teacher's time from
the rest of the class.
Letting some one else have the first chance on the
swing.
By refusing to take all the good things, even if they
are offered to him.
Poems and stories to read or tell to children
" I Love You, Mother," Joy Allison. See Grade HI, p. 91.
"Little Bell," Thomas Westwood. Fireside Encyclo^
pcedia of Poetry, H. T. Coates & Co.
32 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
''Alec Yeaton's Son," T. B. Aldrich. R.L.S. No. 124.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"George Nidiver," Anonymous; quoted in Emerson's
" Courage," Society and Solitude. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Pied Piper," Browning. R.L.S. No. 115. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
"The Fairies of the Caldon Low," Mary Howitt. Book
of Famous Verse. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Mabel on Midsummer Day," Mary Howitt. Poetry
for Home and School. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
" The Tree," Bjornstjerne Bjornson. R.L.S. No. CC.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"A Year's Windfalls," Christina Rossetti. Poems, The
Macmillan Co.
Fables and Folk-Stories, H. E. Scudder. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Happy Prince, Oscar Wilde. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children, Flora J.
Cooke. Flanagan, Chicago.
Book of Nature Myths, Florence Holbrook. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Golden Windows, Laura E. Richards. Little,
Brown & Co.
"The Star Dollars," "The Shower of Gold," Grimms'
Fairy Tales. R.L.S. No. 107. Houghton Mifflin Co.
A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND ^
PHCEBE CARY
Away, away in the Northland,
Where the hours of the day are few,
And the nights are so long in winter,
They cannot sleep them through;
* From the Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Gary. Houghton Mifflio Ca
GRADE I: HOME SS
Where they harness the swift reindeer
To the sledges, when it snows;
And the children look like bear's cubs
In their funny, furry clothes:
They tell them a curious story —
I don't believe 'tis true;
And yet you may learn a lesson
If I tell the tale to you.
Once, when the good Saint Peter
Lived in the world below.
And walked about it, preaching.
Just as he did, you know;
He came to the door of a cottage.
In traveling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes»
And baking them on the hearth;
And being faint with fasting.
For the day was almost done.
He asked her, from her store of cakes.
To give him a single one.
So she made a very little cake.
But as it baking lay
She looked at it, and thought it seemed
Too large to give away.
Therefore she kneaded another.
And still a smaller one;
But it looked when she turned it over,
As large as the first had done.
Then she took a tiny scrap of dough.
And rolled and rolled it flat;
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And baked it thin as a wafer —
But she could n't part with that.
For she said, " My cakes that seem too small
When I eat of them myself.
Are yet too large to give away."
So she put them on the shelf.
Then good Saint Peter grew angry.
For he was hungry and faint;
And surely such a woman
Was enough to provoke a saint.
And he said, "You are far too selfish
To dwell in a human form.
To have both food and shelter.
And fire to keep you warm:
"Now you shall build as the birds do.
And shall get your scanty food
By boring, and boring, and boring.
All day in the hard, dry wood."
Then up she went through the chimney.
Never speaking a word.
And out of the top flew a woodpecker.
For she was changed to a bird.
She had a scarlet cap on her head.
And that was left the same.
But all the rest of her clothes were burned
Black as a coal in the flame.
And every country schoolboy
Has seen her in the wood;
Where she lives in the trees till this very day.
Boring and boring for food.
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And this is the lesson she teaches:
Live not for yourself alone,
Lest the needs you will not pity.
Shall one day be your own.
Give plenty of what is given to you,
Listen to pity's call;
Don't think the little you give is great.
And the much you get is small.
APRIL: KINDNESS SHOWN BY
GOOD MANNERS
For the Teacher:
SAINT MATTHEW 1
JOHN KEBLE
There are in this loud stunning tide
Of human care and crime,
With whom the melodies abide
Of th' everlasting chime;
Who carry music in their heart,
Through dusky lane and wrangling mart.
Plying their daily task with busier feet.
Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
For the Class:
Politeness is to do and say
The kindest thing in the kindest way.
Suggestions for morning talks
R^ad: "The Whole Duty of Children," in A Child's
Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
1 From The Chrittian Year.
36 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Tell the story of "Purring When You're Pleased," in
Parables from Nature, by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Every-
man's Library.
Since courtesy is only putting into use in church, at
home, at school, in the street, in cars, the kind feelings
we hold in our hearts towards others, many of the
stories and poems in the previous lists may be used
again in teaching the subject of Good Manners.
For discussion:
How may a child practice good manners at home?
Never interrupt a conversation between people older
than you are.
Do not choose the best seat in the room.
Learn to say " Please " whenever you ask for anything.
Learn to say "I thank you," not "Thanks," when
any kindness has been shown you.
You must not sulk or answer back when reproved.
Pass behind, not in front of people.
What are some of the ways of being well-mannered at
school?
On your way to school, learn to say " Good-morning"
to all whom you know. Never say "Hello" to grown
people.
Say "Good morning" to your teacher on entering
school.
Do not stare at visitors.
How may politeness be shown on the street?
If you are playing with a cart, hoop, or sled, look out
not to run into any one.
Never block up the pathway of passers-by.
Touch your cap to all ladies whom you know.
Let us think of some ways we can show politeness while
traveling.
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We should not rush for the best seats.
A polite boy will always give his seat, lifting his cap
as he does so, to any lady who is standing.
How can we be polite in church.?
By getting there on time.
Not talking or whispering or staring around.
Sitting quietly.
Not putting on gloves or overcoat till the services are
over.
In general.
Let us learn to say, "Yes, mother," "No, father,"
"Yes, Miss ."
Our manners can never be good manners unless we
practice them every day.
When a visitor comes, either at home or school, find
her a chair and lay aside her wraps or umbrella.
When passing through an open doorway, hold the
door open for those behind you.
Practice until you can pass cups and saucers nicely.
Say "Excuse me," even if you are not to blame. _
Always open the door for your mother or when any
other older person leaves the room where you are.
Move away from the end seat of a car so that it will
be easy for ladies to get in.
Offer to carry bundles. Run when you are asked to
do an errand.
Avoid whispering in company.
TROTT MAKES A VISIT ^
There was once a little French boy named Trott, who
lived with his pretty mamma in a beautiful house near
* From Mon Petit Trott, A. Lichtenberger. Adapted by Marjorie L. Heniy.
38 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
the sea. The story I am going to tell you is about little
Trott's visit with one of his mamma's friends, Mme.
de Trean (Mme. is the French word for Mrs.).
Mme. de Trean lives in a little red house with two
towers, not far from Trott's home. Her house is perched
up all alone on a great rock which stands out over the
sea, and seems to say to the people who pass by —
"Go on, do not notice me."
Mme. de Trean is very old. She has very white hair
and cheeks with wrinkles. Her hands, on which she
wears beautiful rings, tremble when she takes your
hand in hers. Her back is bent, and she can walk only
a little way each day in her sunny garden. Sometimes
she goes for a little drive in her black carriage with the
black coachman and the black horse. The rest of the
day she sits very still in her parlor, all alone. She can
never see any one — for she is blind.
To-day Trott is going with his mamma to take lunch
with Mme. de Trean. They are just a little late so Trott
has to run to keep up with his mother. At last they
arrive and an old servant leads them into the parlor.
Mme. de Trean is sitting in a large arm-chair, all alone.
Mamma greets her kindly, and Trott, when she has
kissed him, sits quietly in his chair until lunch is
served.
"Come, my little man, come and give me your arm.*'
Trott runs to Mme. de Trean, very proud and very
happy to help the dear old lady. She takes his little
hand in hers and slowly they go to the dining-room.
Trott is lifted to a big high chair, and a napkin is tied
around his neck.
Trott does not say a word. In the first place he knows
that children must not talk at the table, and then he
is very busy trying to be* p>olite. Certainly if he put his
elbow on the table or if he upset his glass Mme. de
Trean would not see him. But to make that an excuse
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would be all the worse; it would be just like telling
a lie.
Just now Trott is having such a hard time with a
piece of fish that will not come on to his fork. He is
trying so hard to take it up nicely without touching
it with his fingers, that his forehead is all perspiration
and his little face is as red as can be. Hurrah ! The
fish is caught. Oh ! but there is a little drop of gravy
on the cloth. What a shame ! But no one has seen. —
Trott waits imtil mother stops speaking:
"Madame,—"
Madame de Trean starts with surprise.
"What is it, my little friend?"
"I made a spot with the gravy sauce! I am very
sorry."
Madame de Trean smiles happily.
"You have done right, my little Trott, to tell me
what you did wrong. We should always act so that
every one may see us, and if sometimes we do some-
thing which is not quite right, at least we should not
hide it."
When lunch is over Mme. de Trean invites mother
and Trott to take a little drive. Mamma has promised
to spend the afternoon with another friend, but she
says:
"Trott would just love to go, madame. Don't you
want to go driving with Mme. de Trean?"
Trott does not want to go very much. He was going
to play with his little friend Marie. That would be
more fun. He is just going to say so when he thinks
that poor Mme. de Trean must get very lonely, and it
would not be polite to say "no."
"Yes, mother, I should like to go."
The big black horse brings the carriage to the door,
and side by side Mme. de Trean and little Trott drive
away.
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MAY: AVOIDING QUARRELS AND
MAKING PEACE
For the Teacher:
CHRISTABEL
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Alas! they had been friends in youth;
But whispering tongues can poison truth;
And constancy lives in realms above;
And life is thorny; and youth is vain;
And to be wroth with one we love,
Doth work like madness in the brain.
And thus it chanced, as I divine.
With Roland and Sir Leoline.
Each spake words of high disdain
And insult to his heart's best brother:
They parted — ne'er to meet again!
But never either found another
To free the hollow heart from paining —
They stood aloof, the scars remaining.
Like cliffs which had been rent asunder;
A dreary sea now flows between —
But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder.
Shall wholly do away, I ween.
The marks of that which once hath been.
Suggestions for morning talks
What are some of the ways that quarrels begin?
Through trying to tease: — calling names.
Because some one always insists on "bossing" the
others.
When we forget to be kind and generous, and all
snatch something at the same time.
When we are tale-bearers.
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What can we do to be peacemakers?
Run away from children who are cross and quarrel-
some, and find some one else to play with.
Remember that it always takes two to make a quarrel,
and that we must not be one of them.
Sometimes if you see a quarrel coming on you can
stop it by starting a new game, and by saying, "Come
on, let's all play."
When you are angry, stop and count ten before you
speak. Try to make your neighborhood a nice place
to live in, by avoiding all unkind words and deeds that
annoy others.
There is a beautiful verse that says, "Blessed are the
peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of
God." If you avoid quarrels and try to make others
do the same, you are a peacemaker.
Read: "A Hint," Anna Pratt, in Three Years with the
Poets. Houghton Mifflin Co.
THE DISCONTENTED SQUIRREL
ETHEL CABOT
Once upon a time there was a family of squirrels that
lived in a nice warm hole in a tall tree. They would
have been a very happy family if it had not been for
one little squirrel that had a very bad temper. When
they gathered together to have their supper he grabbed
the biggest nuts and took more than his share. He
pushed the others if there was no room, and bit and
scratched them. At night he took the best place to
sleep in the middle of the hole and crowded the littler
ones out on to the edge where it was cold. Mother
squirrel did all she could to correct him, but at last
father squirrel said he could stand the quarreling no
42 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
longer, so one morning he told little squirrel to follow
him.
They ran down the trunk of the tree and over the
dry leaves; and on and on they went until they came
to a part of the wood that the little squirrel had never
seen. It was all new and strange to him. Finally they
came to a very large oak tree and up this father squirrel
ran, little squirrel following after. Near the top they
came to quite a large hole, and father squirrel said, very
sternly, "Go into this hole and stay there till you can
be a good little squirrel." Little Squirrel crept into it
and heard his father scrabbling down the tree-trunk
and pattering off over the dry leaves, and he felt very
lonely for a moment. Then he began looking round
the hole; he found a soft bed of leaves and a good pile
of nuts and he thought, "It will be fun to have the
place all to myself and do just as / please." So he
tried to play some games, but he found he could n*t
play all alone. He went back to the hole and began to
think his home and brothers and sisters better than
he had realized. Then it began to grow dark and there
were no nice little brothers and sisters to cuddle up
to and keep warm against, and no good mother to
say "Good-night" to him. The night seemed very
long. The next morning when he woke up it was rain-
ing and he felt very, very far away from his home.
He sat looking out of the hole and thought of the
nice things his brothers and sisters were doing; how
they were scampering about together; and he thought
he would like very much to go home. All the day it
grew worse and worse; that night he said to himself
that if only his father would come and take him back
he would be a good squirrel, and he cried himself to
sleep.
The next morning, as he was sitting very still, he
thought he heard a pattering on the leaves that sounded
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like his father! Yes! he heard feet scrambling up the
tree-trunk and then, — his father popped into the hole !
Looking at little squirrel he asked, "Can you be good
now?" and little squirrel said he was sure he could.
"Come home, then, with me,'* said his father. They
ran down the tree and over the dry leaves, and as they
came to the part of the wood that little squirrel knew,
he was happier and happier. When they came to their
bole, his mother kissed him and all the little brothers
and sisters crowded about him and said how glad they
were to have him at home again.
When supper-time came they wanted to give him the
best of everything, but he was careful to give the big-
gest nuts to his little sister; not to begin to eat till all
the others had theirs; and to keep his elbows and knees
tucked under him. When he cuddled down to sleep
that night he was careful to give the little ones the
best place and sleep on the outside himself. From that
day on he was a great help to his mother and father,
and never quarreled with his brothers and sisters; and
he found himself happier than ever before.
JUNE: PROTECTION AND CARE OF
PLANTS AND FLOWERS
For the Teacher:
IN A LONDON SQUARE ^
ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH
Put forth thy leaf, thou lofty plane.
East wind and frost are safely gone;
With zephyr mild and balmy rain
The summer comes serenely on.
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Earth, air, and sun and skies combine
To promise all that 's kind and fair: —
But thou, O human heart of mine.
Be still, contain thyself, and bear.
December days were brief and chill.
The winds of March were wild and drear.
And, nearing and receding still,
Spring never would, we thought, be here.
The leaves that burst, the suns that shine.
Had, not the less, their certain date: —
And thou, O human heart of mine,
Be still, refrain thyself, and wait.
For the Class to learn:
TO A CHILD
WORDSWORTH
Small service is true service while it lasts.
Of humblest friends, bright creature ! scorn not one.
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts.
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
Suggestions for morning talks
Why does running or playing among plants and shrubs
injure them?
Because it is stealing, we must never pick a garden flower
or a branch of a plant without permission.
Why should we never destroy the wild flowers or even
pick them wastefully?
Remember that every garden flower means that some
one has toiled hard to make it grow. If you spoil it,
you can never make it beautiful again.
Try to have a garden of your own where you can plant
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the seeds and care for your plants till the blossoms
come.
Poems and Stones to read or tell to children
Selected poems from the preceding lists.
"Clyhis, Goldenrod, and Aster/' "Persephone," "The
Poplar Tree," "Daphne," from Nature Myths and
Stories for Little Children, Flora J. Cooke. A. Flana-
gan Co.
Stories from The Book of Nature Myths, Florence Hol-
brook. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Discontent," Sara Orne Jewett, Play Days, Houghton
Mifflin Co.
All Things Beautiful, Cecil F. Alexander. R.L.S. No.
CC. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Little White Lily," George MacDonald, Children's
Garland from the Best Poets. The Macmillan Co.
"Little May," Mrs. Emily H. Miller, Poetry for Chit-
dren. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Spring," CeHa Thaxter, Poems. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Good-Night and Good Morning," Lord Houghton.
R.L.S. No. X. Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Tree, Bjornstjerne Bjornson. R.L.S. No. CC.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Daisies," Frank Dempster Sherman, Little Folk
Lyrics. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Child's World," WilHam Rands, Selections for
Memorizing. Ginn & Co.
Pippa's Song, Robert Browning. R.L.S. No. 115.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Baby Plant and its Friends, Kate L. Brown. Silver,
Burdett Co.
"The Dandelion," Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Poems,
Houghton Mifflin Co.
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WHEN THE DOGWOOD BLOOMS ^
ALICE LOUNSBURY
There is one flower in the woods which every one
must see. It is the dogwood, a large white blossom that
comes on shrubs or small trees. Now that it is in bloom
the woods look gayer than if they were going to a party.
These blossoms can be seen from a long way off, and
no one could help thinking that they made the country
beautiful, even if he did n't love flowers.
Philip Todd has grown to love the dogwood, just
as much as he does his pets. He went out yesterday
to hunt for wild flowers with Sallie and me. Tommy
had gone away by himself sometime before we started.
We passed ever so many people coming away from our
woods, and every one of them had bunches of dogwood
in his arms.
Grandmother is very much displeased with the people
who break off large branches from the trees. She says
they are thoughtless, and have no knowledge of the
harm they are doing. Most of them also throw the
branches away before they reach their homes, as the
flowers fade quickly. Grandmother thinks it will only
be after they have truly learned to know flowers and to
love them that they will stop being so cruel.
* Abridged. Copyright, by F. A. Stokes Co.
GRADE II
SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND
By MARY McSKIMMON
INTRODUCTION
The general subject for this year is "Good Will in
School and Playground." The ideal of good will is to
be wrought into habit through the experiences of each
day. Stories, poems, songs and morning talks can be
given on the subjects suggested for the year.
The first-grade collection of stories and poems will be
equally helpful in furnishing material for this grade.
Let the teacher remember that her high privilege is to
train her class, through the daily life of the school, in the
expression of these ethical relationships. It is the con-
tent of the ideal for which she should strive, and not the
form. Indeed, it is not essential that children should be
taught the words "Sympathy," "Gratitude," etc.; it is
all important that they should learn to express them in
every relation of their lives.
SEPTEMBER: SYMPATHY
For the Teacher:
FRIENDSHIP
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
A ruddy drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs.
The world uncertain comes and goes;
48 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
The lover rooted stays.
I fancied he was fled, — •
And, after many a year,
Glowed unexhausted kindliness.
Like daily sunrise there.
My careful heart was free again,
O friend, my bosom said,
Through thee alone the sky is arched.
Through thee the rose is red;
All things through thee take nobler form.
And look beyond the earth,
The mill-round of our fate appears
A sun-path in thy worth.
Me too thy nobleness has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains of my hidden life
Are through thy friendship fair.
Suggestions for morning talks
Sympathy means sharing another's feelings. If you give
a poor thirsty dog a drink of water, that kind deed
shows that you feel pity for the dog. If you let your
little brother play with your cart, that shows that
you have a feeling of love for the child who is not so
big and strong as you.
In the poem of "Mary and Her Lamb," we have a pic-
ture of a little girl whose love for her pet awakened the
lamb's love for his little mistress.
In Taylor's poem "A Night with a Wolf" (see Grade
III, p. 89), we see how the fear of the terrible storm
made the man and wolf so kind to each other that
they shared the same bed.
If you direct a stranger to the place where he wants to
go, you show that you have sympathy for him in his
need.
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Let us count up all the ways that we might share our
feeling of kindness with the visitor at school.
Did you ever think how strange and lonesome the school
must seem to a new scholar? How many kind things
can you think of doing for him to make him feel at
home?
We must show our kind feelings to the visitors at our
homes, by greeting them pleasantly, shaking hands
politely with them, and sharing with them every
pleasure while they stay.
Did you ever think that you might show your little
playmate in the hospital how sorry you are for him
by sending him a scrapbook to amuse him? When
you have the time you can cut out pictures or amusing
stories, and paste them on big sheets of paper, tying
them into covers, making a book to help him while
away his hours of pain.
Learn: "Mary Had a Little Lamb," Sarah J. Hale.
R.L.S. No. 59, Houghton Mifflin Co.
Read: "The Lost Doll," Charles Kingsley. Hazard's
Three Years with the Poets, Houghton Mifflin
Co.
"A Night with a Wolf," by Bayard Taylor,
Grade III, page 89.
"On Another's Sorrow," William Blake. Poems,
The Macmillan Company.
TROTT GOES DRIVING ^
Trott and Mme. de Trean are sitting side by side in
the big black carriage drawn by the big black horse. It
is such fun to go driving ! But Mme. de Trean looks very
> From Mon PeiU Trott, by A. Lichtenberger. Adapted by Marj'orie L. Henry.
50 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
sad. She can't see any of the lovely thinr^s about her —
not one. It must be miserable to be always in dark-
ness, always, always, with nothing but black everywhere,
or perhaps see terrible things that frighten you. Trott
is thinking about this when Mme. de Trean asks :
"Is n't there a beautiful view on the side where the
sea isr*
"Oh, yes, madame — that is — oh, rather pretty,"
answers Trott.
Trott thinks how selfish he is — the view is so bright,
so full of color and sunshine, that Trott was just going to
say so — he was going to forget that Mme. de Trean can
see nothing, and that if he told her how lovely every-
thing was it might make her sadder still.
"Only rather pretty, Trott? You are hard to please."
Trott does not know what to say. It is true that the
view is very lovely. He can not tell a lie. What shall he
do?
"It — it is n't as lovely as heaven, is it madame? " he
asks.
Mme. de Trean smiles, and lays her hand gently on
Trott's head. Trott is very happy now. It seems as
though a little light shone on Mme. de Trean's sad face.
That is because she will see heaven, Trott thinks, and
soon perhaps, for she seems very old.
Really the view is too lovely: Trott wants to laugh,
to jump, to dance, and to sing. He can hardly sit still.
He is afraid that he will say something silly. The big
rock over there looks like a funny man all doubled up.
He wants to ask — But she can not see! And the little
house he sees among the pines. "Is n't that little Hop
o' my Thumb's house? " he wants to ask. She can not
see! How funny the great red cliff is! Trott is just
dying to talk, to ask questions. You would think that
all those lovely things went right into his eyes and
touched a little spring under his tongue, a little spring
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which has to jump, to talk, to say all sorts of things,
to ask questions which may hurt Mme. de Trean —
oh! without meaning to, of course, but it would hurt
just the same. Really it is very hard — how can he stop
it?
He thinks of a fine plan ! If he did that all the lovely
view could not get in and tickle his tongue. He would be
just like Mme. de Trean, and would be sure not to ask
her any questions to make her sad. He carries out his
plan. Now Trott is n't gay at all. What do you suppose
he has done? He guesses that they must now be driving
past the red rocks. If he should spread his fingers apart
just a little wee bit — No — no — that would not be
fair.
"Do you see the great red rocks, Trott? They look
like great mushrooms. Do you see them?" asks Mme.
de Trean.
"No, madame, I do not see them."
"How is that? Have they run away?"
"I do not know, madame."
Madame de Trean is very much surprised.
"And how do you manage not to see them?"
Trott does not know what to answer.
"Isn't the view worth looking at? Isn't it very
lovely?"
"Oh, yes, madame, it was very pretty. But it was too
pretty you see, — because — Then I thought that it
would be better — because — that way — "
Mme. de Trean does n't quite understand. Trott's
voice is very jerky as though he were trying to explain
something or as though he were going to cry. Mme. de
Trean lays her hand on his cheek to pet him, and feels
two little fists pressed hard against his tightly closed
eyes. She understands now.
Gently and tenderly she takes his little hands in hers,
and says so sweetly to Trott, —
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"But, darling, you must tell me all about what you
see. It will be just as though I saw it myself."
Truly.? Oh, how glad he is! He opens his eyes, and
tells Mme. de Trean about everything he sees. And it is
true; Mme. de Trean no longer looks sad; she listens to
Trott and gently holds him close to her.
OCTOBER: OBEDIENCE
For the Teacher:
ODE TO DUTY
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear
The Godhead's most benignant grace;
Nor know we anything so fair
As is the smile upon thy face:
Flowers laugh before thee on their beds
And fragrance in thy footing treads;
Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong;
And the most ancient heavens, through Thee,
are fresh and strong.
For the Class:
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
RUDYARD KIPLING
Now these are the laws of the Jungle, and many and
mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch
and the hump is — Obey!
GRADE II: SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND 53
Suggestions for morning talks
Why should a child not loiter on the way to school or
from school?
How many times should a good boy or girl be told to
do a thing? Just once.
How can a child obey the laws of good behavior when
his teacher is out of the room?
What is the school ride one must obey about taking off
overshoes?
When it is bedtime an obedient child goes to bed cheer-
fully. A child can show how much he loves his father
and mother, by the way he obeys their teaching about
bathing, dressing, politeness, behavior at table, doing
errands, etc. Every member of the home has to obey
if all are to be happy.
We all have to obey the laws of our town or city against
throwing snowballs or stones, breaking windows or
electric lights, stealing flowers or fruit, or trespassing
on other people's property.
Once a big troop ship called the Birkenhead was taking
soldiers from England to a distant land. Off the Cape
of Good Hope, she struck a hidden rock and began to
sink. The soldiers were called on deck where they
made a straight column and stood still. The life boats
were filled with the women and children, and not a
single soldier left his place in the line. The ship sank
lower and lower in the water, and those brave men,
who had stood every man in his place, saluted their
flag and went down with their ship. Even in the pres-
ence of death, not one man became a coward by for-
getting to obey the officer's command, "Every man
will stand still in his place."
54 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Read: "The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking,"
Ellen C. Babbitt, Jataka Tales. Century Co.
"LadyMoon," Lord Houghton. Hazard, Three
Years with the Poets. Houghton Mifflin Co.
WELLINGTON AND THE PLOWBOY
ADAPTED BY MARY McSKIMMON
Men who hunt foxes often do great damage to the
farmers' crops, by riding over the fields on horseback.
One day, a farmer, who was at work in his field, saw a
party of red-coated huntsmen with their dogs, coming
across one of the meadows toward a wheatfield. As the
wheat was just springing up, the farmer did not like to
have it trampled on.
Calling one of his plowboys, who was working close
by, he told him to run quickly and shut the gate, and to
make sure that none of the hunters went into the field.
The boy hurried away, and reached the field just in
time to shut the gate as the first huntsman rode up.
"Open the gate at once, my boy," said the man, "we
want to go through this field."
"I can't do it, sir," answered the boy. "Master has
ordered me to let no one pass through, so I cannot open
the gate myself, nor allow you to do so."
By this time others of the hunting party had come up,
and one was so angry that he threatened to thrash the
boy with his whip if he did not open the gate. The lad
replied that he was only obeying his master, and that it
was his duty to do so.
Another gentleman offered to give the boy a sovereign
if he would allow them to pass through. This was very
tempting to the boy who had never had so much money;
but he remembered his duty, and refused to disobey his
master's orders.
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This delay annoyed the hunting party very much, and
at last a stately gentleman rode up and said, " My boy,
you do not know me, — I am the Duke of Wellington,
one not in the habit of being disobeyed; I command you
to open the gate this moment, so that my friends and I
may pass."
The boy looked in wonder at the great soldier. He
had heard of his many victories and was proud to be
talking to so great a man. He took off his hat, bowed to
the great Duke, and replied: —
"I am sure the Duke of Wellington would not wish
me to disobey my master's orders; I must keep this gate
shut, and cannot allow any one to pass without the
farmer's permission."
The Duke was pleased with the boy's answer, and,
raising his hat, he said: "I honor the boy who can
neither be bribed nor frightened into disobeying orders.
With an army of such soldiers I could conquer the
world."
The hunting party now no longer tried to pass through
the forbidden gate, but, turning their horses, rode in
another direction. The boy ran toward his master,
shouting: "Hurrah! Hurrah! I have done what Napo-
leon could not do. I have driven back the Duke of
Wellington."
NOVEMBER: HELPFULNESS
For the Teacher:
THE FOOL'S PRAYER 1
EDWARD ROWLAND SILL
" 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay;
» Abridged from Poems, E. R. SiU. Houghton Mifflin Co.
56 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
'T is by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire.
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust
Among the heart-strings of a friend.
, "The ill-timed truth we might have kept —
Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung?
The word we had not sense to say —
Who knows how grandly it had rung? *'
Suggestions for morning talks
How many more ways can you think of to be helpful to
your teacher and classmates besides these? —
Helping the teacher pass and collect books, pencils,
papers, etc., so quietly that no one is disturbed, and
so carefully that nothing is dropped.
By being in your own seat promptly every session.
^ By trying hard to follow your teacher's directions the
first time she speaks.
By keeping your books and tools all in good order.
Helping the new children to find their way about the
building.
Helping other children to own up when they have
done wrong.
By helping a playmate learn a lesson that was harder
for him than for you.
By cleaning boards and erasers, helping put the books
in nice even rows, and tidying up your part of the
school room, your own desk, first.
By picking up all the papers on your sidewalks and
playgrounds.
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By putting all banana skins and orange peelings and
apple cores in a waste barrel — never throwing
them on the ground.
R^ad: "Do All That You Can." Margaret E. Sangster,
Little Knights and Ladies. Harper and Brothers.
THE FIRST THANKSGWING
MARY McSKIMMON
When the Pilgrims came to this land nearly three hun-
dred years ago, they found, in their chosen home, no one
but Indians. The first year the Pilgrims' crops failed,
and with nothing in their storehouses, they would
have starved, if the Indians had not given them com.
When the snow and ice of that bitter winter were gone,
the Indians showed them how to plant com, so as to
get a big harvest, and taught them how to catch great
nets full of little fishes called alewives, in the streams.
The Indians put one or two of these fishes in each hole
where they planted three or four kernels of corn. The
sandy soil was made rich and fertile, so that the com
could grow large and strong. When harvest time came,
the Pilgrims had a fine crop. They could make enough
hasty pudding, brown bread, and johnny-cake to last till
the next harvest.
Then they invited the Indians who had helped them
so much to come to their first Thanksgiving feast. The
Indians were delighted to come; they brought with
them deer and fat, wild turkeys to add to the feast.
They were greatly pleased with all the good things
which they had to eat and they emptied one big plat-
terful after another, saying, "Ugh! ugh! ugh!" because
it tasted so good to the red men of the forest.
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DECEMBER: GRATITUDE
For the Teacher:
THE CELESTIAL SURGEON ^
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
If I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face;
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; if morning skies.
Books, and my food, and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain: —
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake.
Suggestions for morning talks
For every gift or kindness we receive, we ought to show
kindness in return by look and word and deed. This is
gratitude. Giving presents in return for presents is
only one way of showing that we are grateful. The
very best ways are by good behavior, being busy at
our work, and helping every one whom we have a
chance to help.
Every kindness shown to you ought to be met with a
kind and prompt "Thank you."
Every second grade child is big enough to write "I
thank you," in return for a kindness from some one at
a distance.
No child is deserving of the presents given him until he
has in some way or other shown his gratitude.
* Abridged from Poems, by B. L. Stevenson. Charles Scribner's Sons.
GRADE II: SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND 59
Do you remember to say, "I thank you," to the teacher
who has tried so hard to make your lesson plain to you?
Do you know that if you are truly grateful to your
mother and your teacher you will not only say,
"Thank you," but you will try in every way to please
them?
There is hardly a day that we do not receive some kind-
ness or favor that deservcL' "I thank you" from us.
How many such kindnesses can you think of that you
have received to-day?
Read: "The Queen Bee," Grimm, in German Household
Tales. R.L.S. No. 108. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Christmas Tree," Mary A. McHugh, in Thro'
the Year, Book i. Silver, Burdett & Co.
THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT ^
ELLEN C. BABBITT
Once upon a time a number of carpenters lived on a
river bank near a large forest. Every day the carpenters
went in boats to the forest to cut down the trees and
make them into lumber.
One day while they were at work an Elephant came
limping on three feet to them. He held up one foot and
the carpenters saw that it was swollen and sore. Then
the Elephant lay down and the men saw that there was
a great splinter in the sore foot. They pulled it out and
washed the foot carefully so that in a short time it would
be well again.
Thankful for the cure, the Elephant thought: "These
carpenters have done so much for me, I must be useful
to them."
So after that the Elephant used to pull up trees for the
* From Jataka Tales. Century Compaay.
60 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
carpenters. Sometimes when the trees were chopped
down he would roll the logs down into the river. Other
times he brought their tools for them. And the car-
penters used to feed him well, morning, noon, and night.
Now this Elephant had a son who was white all over
— a beautiful, strong, young one. Said the Elephant to
himself, *'I will take my son to the place in the forest
where I go to work each day, so that he may learn to help
the carpenters, for I am no longer young and strong."
So the old Elephant told his son how the carpenters
had taken good care of him when he was badly hurt, and
took him to them. The white Elephant did as his father
told him to do and helped the carpenters and they fed
him well.
When the work was done at night the young Elephant
went to play in the river. The carpenters' children
played with him in the water and on the bank. He
liked to pick them up with his trunk and set them on the
high branches of the trees and then let them climb down
on his back.
One day the king came down the river and saw this
beautiful white Elephant working for the carpenters.
The king at once wanted the Elephant for his own and
paid the carpenters a great price for him. Then with a
last look at his playmates, the children, the beautiful
white Elephant went on with the king.
The king was proud of his new Elephant and took the
best care of him as long as he lived.
PICCOLA 1
CELIA THAXTER
Poor, sweet Piccola ! Did you hear
What happened to Piccola, children dear?
* From Poems and Stories for Children. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE II: SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND 61
'T is seldom Fortune such favor grants
As fell this little maid of France.
'T was Christmas-time, and her parents poor
Could hardly drive the wolf from the door.
Striving with poverty's patient pain
Only to live till summer again.
No gifts for Piccola ! Sad were they
When dawned the morning of Christmas-day;
Their little darling no joy might stir,
St. Nicholas nothing would bring to her!
But Piccola never doubted at all
That something beautiful must befall
Every child upon Christmas-day,
And so she slept till the dawn was gray.
And full of faith, when at last she woke.
She stole to her shoe as the morning broke;
Such sounds of gladness filled all the air,
'T was plain St. Nicholas had been there!
In rushed Piccola sweet, half wild:
Never was seen such a joyful child.
"See what the good saint brought!" she cried.
And mother and father must peep inside.
Now such a story who ever heard?
There was a little shivering bird!
A sparrow, that in at the window flew,'
Had crept into Piccola*s tiny shoe!
"How good poor Piccola must have been!"
She cried, as happy as any queen.
While the starving sparrow she fed and warmed.
And danced with rapture, she was so charmed.
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Children, this story I tell to you
Of Piccola sweet and her bird, is true.
In the far-off land of France, they say.
Still do they live to this very day.
JANUARY: OTHER HOMES THAN
OURS
For the Teacher:
A COURT LADY
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
Each of the heroes around us has fought for his land and
line.
But thou hast fought for a stranger, in hate of a wrong
not thine.
Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed.
But blessed are those among nations, who dare to be
strong for the rest!
Suggestions for morning talks
A collection of dolls dressed in costumes of other coun-
tries will be invaluable for interesting children in
people and customs beyond the sea. Show the pupils
scrapbooks and pictures of children's homes in far-
off lands: pictures of Chinese homes, ricefields,
temples, fishing-boats, etc., to interest children in the
home of the laundryman; pictures of Indian chiefs,
squaws, papooses; pictures of Japanese children
playing politely in the streets; of cherry-blossom
time, chrysanthemum time, etc.; pictures of the
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snow hut, seals, dogs, and sledges of Eskimo chil-
dren. Interest your pupils about all the children
whose schoolhouses fly the American flag — in the
United States, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philippines, and
Alaska.
FOREIGN CHILDREN!
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee,
Oh ! don't you wish that you were me?
You have seen the scarlet trees
And the lion over seas;
You have eaten ostrich eggs.
And turned the turtles off their legs.
Such a life is very fine.
But it's not so nice as mine:
You must often, as you trod
Have wearied not to be abroad.
You have curious things to eat,
I am fed on proper meat;
You must dwell beyond the foam.
But I am safe and live at home.
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee,
Oh! don't you wish that you were me?
* From A Child's Garden of Vertea. Charles Scribner'g Sonfl.
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THE FORGIVING INDIAN ^
Many years since, when white people were making
settlements near the tribes of Indians, an English gen-
tleman was standing one evening at his door, when an
Indian called and asked for food. The man replied that
he had none to give him. The Indian then asked for a
little corn and received the same answer. He then asked
for a cup of water, when the man said sternly, " Begone,
you Indian dog, you can have nothing here." The In-
dian looked steadfastly at the Englishman for a moment,
and then turned and went away.
Some time after, this gentleman, being very fond of
hunting, followed his game until he was lost in the
woods. After wandering about for some time, he saw an
Indian hut and went in to inquire his way home. The
Indian told him he was a long distance from his cabin,
and very kindly urged him to stay all night. He pre-
pared some supper for the hunter and gave him his own
bed of deerskin to lie on for the night. In the morning
the Indian, in company with another Indian, insisted on
going with the Englishman to show him the way home.
Taking their guns, the two Indians went before, and the
man followed. After traveling several miles the Indian
told him he was near a white settlement, and then
stepped before the man's face and said, "Do you know
me?''
The man answered with much confusion, "I have
seen you."
"Yes," repUed the Indian, "you have seen me at your
mrni door; and when an Indian calls on you again, hungry
and thirsty, do not say, * Begone, you Indian dog!'"
> Abridged from Cowdery's Primary Moral Lessoni.
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FEBRUARY: CHILDHOOD OF GREAT
MEN
For the Teacher;
CASA GUIDI WINDOWS
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
Bring violets rather. If these had not walked
Their furlong, could we hope to walk our mile?
Therefore bring violets. Yet if we self -baulked
Stand still, a-strewing violets all the while,
These moved in vain, of whom we have vainly talked.
So rise up henceforth with a cheerful smile,
And having strewn the violets, reap the corn.
And having reaped and garnered, bring the plough
And draw new furrows *neath the healthy mom.
And plant the great Hereafter in this Now.
Suggestions for morning talks
Children of the second grade are always interested in the
childhood of great men. They should be as familiar
with significant incidents in the daily life of the chil-
dren who become famous as with the doings of their
playmates. This early companionship with great
lives will be a constant impetus to learn more and
more of the men whose deeds have changed the cur-
rent of events in the world.
Stories to discuss with the class: —
Joseph and his brethren.
Moses and his bulrush cradle.
David the shepherd boy.
David and Jonathan's friendship — the story of the
arrows.
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King Arthur and his sword.
Alfred the Great learning to read to please his mother.
James Watt learning the power of steam by watching
the kettle-lid.
Benjamin Franklin turning the grindstone, and pay-
ing too much for the whistle.
Charles Lamb sharing his dinner at the Bluecoat
School with his lifelong friend S. T. Coleridge.
John Ruskin teaching himself to draw while he
traveled with his father.
Horace Mann braiding straw to help his widowed
mother.
Robert Louis Stevenson and his gratitude to his
nurse, Alison Cunningham.
Booker T. Washington, the black slave child.
Louisa M. Alcott making others happy in her child-
hood.
Queen Victoria studying harder than other children
that she might know how to rule.
Joan of Arc tending her sheep, and dreaming of sav-
ing her country.
Read: "When Lincoln was a Little Boy," in Howe^s
Second Reader. Charles Scribner*s Sons.
THE CHILDHOOD OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington was born in Virginia and had the
pleasure of being a country boy. The meadow where he
played as a lad was near to the beautiful Rappahannock
River. There he could fish and learn to swim and to row.
He went to school in the old field schoolhouse, and
was taught by the sexton of the church. Probably he
learned only reading, writing, and a little arithmetic in
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school, but he learned far more at home from his father
and mother and his brother Lawrence.
Lawrence was fourteen years older than George, and
he made it his special interest to look after George.
When the latter was only eleven years old his father
died suddenly, and his mother became like father and
mother both to him. Every day she gathered her chil-
dren round her and taught them about God and about
the need of right-doing. George never forgot his
mother's help. He kept safe all his life the book from
which she taught him ; and you can see it still at Mt. Ver-
non. In his copy-book he wrote many a good motto : —
"Sleep not when others speak," "Sit not when others
stand," "Speak not when you should hold your peace."
George was always brave and loved good sport. He
practiced running, leaping, wrestling, and rode fear-
lessly on the most fiery horse. We think of Washington
as a man who loved fair play; he was also a hoy who
loved fair play. His school mates always wanted George
to be the umpire whenever they quarreled; and they
agreed gladly to whatever decision he made.
I have told you how much George's mother did for
him. He once had a chance to do a brave, unselfish act
for her. His brother Lawrence had found a place for him
in the navy. His mother had agreed to have him go; his
clothes were all in the trunk. And then, just at the last
moment, George's mother could not bear to part with
him, and for her sake he gave up his cherished plan. I
think it must have been harder for him to give up his
plan than to ride a dangerous horse, but he saw his
mother was comforted, and went gladly back to school.
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MARCH: KEEPING ONE'S WORD
For the Teacher:
PARACELSUS
ROBERT BROWNING
I go to prove my soul!
I see my way as birds their trackless way.
I shall arrive ! what time, what circuit first,
I ask not: but unless God send his hail
Or blinding fireballs, sleet or stifling snow.
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive:
He guides me and the bird.
For the Class:
Dare to be true;
Nothing can need a lie.
The fault that needs one most
Grows two thereby.
George Herbert.
Suggestions for morning talks
If we are to be loved and trusted, we must learn early to
keep our word. When we have made a promise, we
must keep it. When we agree to a bargain, we must
stand by it. A great poet once said: "An honest man 's
the noblest work of God."
The policeman has promised to take care of the people
in our town. He keeps his word and guards us from
harm.
The fireman has promised to protect us and our homes
from fire. He keeps his promise and fights the flames
as bravely as ever a soldier fights in battle.
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Think how we trust the engineers on our trains, the
janitor who cares for our building, the expressman
with our valuable packages, the postman with letters
containing money, the doctor and nurse who care for
us in illness.
The world needs honest boys and girls to grow up to be
trustworthy men and women who do the world's work.
A trustworthy child, whose word can be depended on,
will tell things just as they are. He does not change
them to help his own case when he has done wrong.
The boy who keeps his word does not need to be
watched. He will not take what does not belong to
him.
Nearly all the punishments and disappointments that
come to children are the results of children's being
untrustworthy. Their parents will not let them go
into the park to play, because they forget to keep their
word about getting back. Father will not lend us the
fine tool we wish to use, because he cannot depend on
our returning it in good condition to its place.
Read or tell the story of "Damon and Pythias," in
Ethics for ChildreUy Houghton Mifflin Co.; "A
Persian Lad," in The Golden Ladder, Sneath, Hodges,
and Stevens, TheMacmillan Co., or in School Manage-
ment, ^Vhite, American Book Co.
THE LITTLE SHEPHERD ^
MAUD LINDSAY
The shepherd was sick and his wife looked out from
her door with anxious eyes. "Who will carry the sheep
to the pasture lands to-day?" she said to her little boy
Jean.
> Abridged from More Mother Stories. Milton Bradley Co.
70 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"I will; mother, let me!" cried Jean.
"Let the lad go," said his old grandfather. "When I
was no older than he I watched my father's flock."
So the mother made haste to get the little boy ready.
"Eat your dinner when the shadows lie straight across
the grass," she said as she kissed him good-bye.
"And keep the sheep from the forest paths," called
his sick father.
"And watch, for it is when the shepherd is not watch-
ing that the wolf comes to the flock," said the old grand-
father.
"Never fear," said the little Jean. "The wolf shall not
have any of my white lambs."
" Come, Bettine and Marie. Come, Pierrot and Croi-
sette. Come, pretty ones all," he called as he led them
from the fold that day. "I will carry you to the
meadows where daisies grow."
The forest lay dim and shadowy on one side of the
pasture lands. The deer lived there, and the boars that
fed upon acorns, and many other creatures that loved
the wild woods. There had been wolves in the forest, but
the king's knights had driven them away and the
shepherds feared them no longer. Only the old men like
Jean's grandfather, and the little boys like Jean, talked
of them still. Jean was not afraid. He sang with the
birds and ran with the brook and laughed till the echoes
laughed with him as he watched the sheep from early
morn to noon.
Suddenly from beyond the hill he heard the sound of
pipes and drums, and the tramp, tramp of many feet.
The other shepherds heard too, and they began to listen
and to stare and to run. "The king and his knights are
coming," they cried. "Come let us see them as they
pass by."
"Who will take care of the sheep?" asked Jean, but
nobody answered, so he ran with the rest, away from the
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pastures and up the hillside path that led to the high-
way. "How pleased my mother will be when I tell her
that I have seen the king," he said to himself, and he was
hurrying over the hilltop when all at once he remem-
bered the forest, and the wolf, and his grandfather's
words.
"Come on," called the others.
"I must stay with the sheep," answered he; and he
turned and went back though the pipes and drums all
seemed to say, "Come this way, come this way." He
could scarcely keep from crying as he listened.
There was nothing in sight to harm the sheep, but
into the forest that very day a hungry wolf had come.
His eyes were bright and his ears were sharp and his four
feet were as soft as velvet as he came creeping, creeping,
creeping under the bushes and spied the sheep left alone
in the meadows. "Now 's my chance," he said, and
out he sprang just as little Jean came down the hill.
"Wolf, wolf, wolf!" shouted Jean. He was only a
little boy, but he was brave, and his voice rang clear as a
bugle call over the valley and over the hill, "Wolf, wolf,
wolf!" The shepherds and knights and the king himself
came running and riding to answer his cry, and as for the
gray wolf, he did not even stop to look behind him as he
sped away to the forest shades. He ran so fast and he ran
so far that he never was seen in the king's country again.
Jean led his flock home at even tide, white sheep and
black sheep and frolicsome lambs, not one was missing.
"Was the day long?" asked his mother, who was
watching in the doorway for him.
"Are the sheep all in.'*" called the sick father.
"Did the wolf come.?" said the old grandfather; but
there is no need for me to tell you what Jean said. You
can imagine that for yourself.
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APRIL: HELPFULNESS TO THE
OLD AND FEEBLE
For the Teacher:
WAITING 1
JOHN BURROUGHS
Serene, I fold my hands and wait.
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst Time or Fate,
For lo ! my own shall come to me.
I stay my haste, I make delays.
For what avails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways.
And what is mine shall know my face.
What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it has sown.
And gather up its fruit of tears.
....
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave comes to the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high.
Can keep my own away from me.
Suggestions for morning talks
The faithful teacher can perform no loftier service as a
good citizen than to teach the American child respect
for the aged, and help him to embody that respect
in deeds of helpfulness. Our national worship of
> From The Light of Day. Houghton Mifflin Co.
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the fetish Efficiency underlies the national callousness
to and neglect of reverence for old age. We cannot
begin with the child too early, nor emphasize this
principle too strongly.
Nothing shows a nobler spirit in a child than helpfulness
to the aged.
The old and feeble ought to be held in special kindness
by all.
We should speak to them with gentleness, always
anticipating their wishes.
The most comfortable chair, and the pleasantest place
in the room belong to the aged one.
Their eyes are dim after many years of patient seeing for
our good. We can find their glasses and tell them all
the pleasant things our eyes have seen during the
day.
Their feet are tired after long years of journeying for
us. We can run on errands for them now.
Their hands tremble because they have worked so long
for us. Our strong yoimg hands must find something
to do for them every day.
Read: "The Peach Tree," by Christina G. Rossetti, in
her Poems for Children, selected by M. Hix, Ed-
ucational Publishing Company.
SOMEBODY'S MOTHER
ANONYMOUS
The woman was old, and feeble, and gray;
And bent with the chill of the winter's day;
The street was wet with a heavy snow.
And the woman's feet were aged and slow.
74 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
She stood at the crossing, and waited long.
Alone, uncared for, amid the throng
Of human beings who passed her by.
Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eye.
Down the street, with laughter and shout,
Glad in the freedom of "school let out,"
Came the boys, like a flock of sheep.
Hailing the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman so old and gray.
Hastened the children on their way;
Nor offered a helping hand to her.
So meek, so timid, afraid to stir.
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses' feet
Should crowd her down in the slippery street.
At last came one of the merry troop, —
The gayest laddie of all the group;
He paused beside her, and whispered low,
**I '11 help you across if you wish to go."
Her aged hand on his strong young arm
She placed, and so, without hurt or harm.
He guided her trembling feet along.
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Then back again to his friends he went.
His young heart happy and well content.
"She 's somebody's mother, boys, you know.
For all she 's old, and poor, and slow;
And I hope some fellow will lend a hand,
To help my mother, you understand.
If ever she 's poor and old and gray.
When her own dear boy is far away."
And "somebody's mother" bowed low her head
In her home that night, and the prayer she said.
Was, "God, be kind to that noble boy.
Who is somebody's son, and pride, and joy."
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GRANNY'S BLACKIEi
Once upon a time a rich man gave a baby Elephant to
a woman. She took the best of care of this great baby,
and soon became very fond of him. The children in
the village called her Granny, and they called the Ele-
phant "Granny's Blackie."
The Elephant carried the children on his back all over
the village. They shared their goodies with him and he
played with them.
"Please, Blackie, give us a swing," they said to him
almost every day.
"Come on! Who is first .?*" Blackie answered and
picked them up with his trunk, swung them high in the
air, and put them down again, carefully.
But Blackie never did any work. He ate and slept,
played with the children, and visited with Granny.
One day Blackie wanted Granny to go off to the woods
with him.
" I can't go, Blackie, dear. I have too much work to do."
Then Blackie looked at her and saw that she was old
and feeble. "I am young and strong," he thought.
"I '11 see if I can not find some work to do. If I could
bring some money to her, she would not have to work
so hard."
So next morning, bright and early, he started down to
the river bank. There he found a man who was in great
trouble. There was a long line of wagons so heavily
loaded that the oxen could not draw them through the
shallow water.
When the man saw Blackie standing on the bank he
asked, "Who owns this Elephant? I want to hire him to
help my oxen pull these wagons across the river."
A child standing near by said, "That is Granny's
Blackie."
"Very well," said the man, "I '11 pay two pieces of
1 Adapted from Jataha Teles, Ellen C. Babbitt. Century Co.
76 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
silver for each wagon this Elephant draws across the
river."
Blackie was glad to hear this promise. He went into
the river, and drew one wagon after another across to
the other side. . . . Then the man put the silver in a bag
tied around Blackie's neck. Blackie started for home,
proud to think that he had a present for Granny.
The children had missed Blackie and had asked
Granny where he was, but she said she did not know
where he had gone. They all looked for him, but it was
nearly night before they heard him coming.
"Where have you been, Blackie ? and what is that
around your neck.f^" the children cried, running to meet
their playmate. But Blackie would not stop to talk with
his playmates. He ran straight home to Granny.
"Oh, Blackie!'* she said, "where have you been?
What is in that bag.^'* And she took the bag off his
neck.
Blackie told her that he had earned some money for her.
"Oh, Blackie, Blackie," said Granny, "how hard you
must have worked to earn these pieces of silver! What a
good Blackie you are!"
And after that Blackie did all the hard work and
Granny rested, and they were both very happy.
MAY: PEACE AMONG THE
CHILDREN
For the Teacher:
A LOST FRIEND »
JOHN BOYLE o'rEILLY
I gave him love for love; but, deep within,
I magnified each frailty into sin;
I From Life qf John Boyle O'Reilly, with bis complete poefms. Cassell FublisbiDg Coi
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Each hill-topped foible in the sunset glowed,
Obscuring vales where rivered virtues flowed.
Reproof became reproach, till common grew
The captious word at every fault I knew.
He smiled upon the censorship, and bore
With patient love the touch that wounded sore;
Until at length, so had my blindness grown.
He knew I judged him by his faults alone.
Too late we learn, — a man must hold his friend
Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.
Suggestions for morning talks
One way to keep peace is to avoid children who are quar-
relsome. If we let them alone, and keep away from
them, they may try to be good, in order to have
playmates.
We must not sulk, or refuse to play if we cannot always
play the games we like best, or always be the leader.
We must not contradict or call names.
Never repeat unkind things you have heard about any-
one. Nobody likes a tale-bearer.
Remember that any one can be a good winner. It takes
a first-class person to be a good loser.
Some children grow cross and sulky if they fail in a les-
son. The brave ones keep on trying.
SUPPOSE 1
PHCEBE CARY
Suppose, my little lady,
Your doll should break her head;
Could you make it whole by crying
Till your eyes and nose were red.''
> From Poetical Works qf Alice and Phabe Gary. Hougbtoo Mifflia Co.
78 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
And would n*t it be pleasanter
To treat it as a joke,
And say you *re glad 't was Dolly's
And not your head that broke?
Suppose you 're dressed for walking.
And the rain comes pouring down;
Will it clear off any sooner
Because you scold and frown?
And would n't it be nicer
For you to smile than pout.
And so make sunshine in the house
When there is none without?
Suppose your task, my little man,
Is very hard to get;
Will it make it any easier
For you to sit and fret?
And would n't it be wiser
Than waiting like a dunce.
To go to work in earnest
And learn a thing at once?
Suppose that some boys have a horse.
And some a coach and pair;
Will it tire you less while walking
To say, "It is n't fair"?
And would n't it be nobler
To keep your temper sweet.
And in your heart be thankful
You can walk upon your feet?
Suppose the world does n't please you
Nor the way some people do;
Do you think the whole creation
Will be altered, just for you?
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And is n't it, my boy or girl,
The wisest, bravest plan
Whatever comes, or does n*t come.
To do the best you can?
SIR BOBBIE 1
CLARA PLATT
The little boy next door wanted to be a policeman and
the little boy around the corner was going to take
tickets at the circus. But whenever Bobbie was asked,
"What are you going to be when you grow to be a
man?" he always answered proudly, —
"I'm going to be a knight."
He wanted to be a knight with prancing steed, waving
plumes, and all the rest. He was only his mother's trusty
little boy now, but he would be a knight as soon as
possible.
One day he came running into the house with his eyes
big and bright. "Oh, mother!" he cried, "there was a
big bug on the sidewalk, and there was a Uttle girl there,
and he might have bitten her. But I looked very crossly
at him, and he v/ent away."
That was when Bobbie began to be a knight. There is
a great deal of use for knights in the world, and Bobbie
was kept very busy. Every morning when he and his
mother went to market, there was some little girl or cat
or dog in trouble, and then it was so fortunate that there
was a brave knight around.
He coaxed away the butterflies that the boys had
caught in bags, and set them free. He carried food to the
baby birds that had fallen from the nests in the parks.
He put every faded flower he found, into water. He
kept the dogs from teasing the cats, and frightened the
cats away from the birds.
^ By permission of S. E. Cassino Co.
80 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"I think it is time Bobbie was having a pony," said
his mother one day. "How would you like that, Bob-
bie?"
"Not a plain pony — a steed, mother," begged
Bobbie. "Please get me a steed."
"Certainly, a knight must have a steed," said she,
laughing.
And it was that very day that Bobbie became a
knight. He was on his way home from kindergarten,
when he saw a very big boy and a very little girl with a
doll in her arms. The little girl was crying, and Bobbie
saw that the doll was broken.
"He broke it," she sobbed, pointing to the big boy,
"and he won't let me go home to tell mother."
"I'll stand in front of you, and you run quickly,"
said Bobbie, and, planting his feet firmly, he faced the
big boy, while the little girl ran off.
The big boy raised his stick, but Bobbie looked him
straight in the eyes, and the stick came down again.
Bobbie stood still for a moment. Then he said ear-
nestly, "I'm afraid you'll never be a knight," and ran
home as fast as he could. He dropped down before his
mother's chair with his face in her lap.
"It's very hard work trying to be a knight," he
sobbed, when he had told her all the story; "but I will
be one."
"Look, Bobbie!" his mother cried, raising the win-
dow suddenly. Down the walk came the gardener, and
prancing along behind him was a beautiful white pony.
"You have won your spurs fairly, my Httle boy,"
said Bobbie's mother, soberly. Then, as she kissed the
tear-stained face, she tapped him lightly on the shoul-
der.
"You are a knight, now," she said. "Be always
brave, loyal, and true. Rise, Sir Bobbie."
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JUNE: THE GOLDEN RULE
For the Teacher:
DEJECTION: AN ODE
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth
A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud
Enveloping the Earth, —
And from the soul itself must there be sent
A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth.
Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
For the Class:
Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them. — Matthew, vii, 12.
Suggestions for morning talks
If we follow the golden rule we must not try to pay back
those who have done wrong to us.
We must be true and loyal to our parents, for that is
what we should want our children to be to us.
We must be obedient and mindful of our teachers, for
that is what we should want our pupils to be to us.
We must be good to the dumb animals, for they are
helpless in our care.
We must be patient and helpful to children smaller than
we are. They need much patience and help to grow
right.
We must be kind and gentle to those who have done
wrong. They need more kindness than any one else
to help them to be good.
Read: "Beautiful Things." Ellen P. Allerton, Sunday
School Selections, Penn Publishing Company.
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THE SERVANT OF ALL *
ANNIE AND ELIZA KEARY
"Carl," said his master, "you have been a faithful
swineherd these three years; go and sell the half of my
herd in the town that lies at the other side of the forest,
and the money shall be yours."
As Carl drove the swine before him into the wood he
suddenly saw an old man with a book in his hand. Carl
peeped over the old man's shoulder and tried to read it.
"Trying to peep into my book, I see," said the old man.
"Oh, indeed, I beg your pardon," said Carl.
"No offense, I assure you," said the other; "sit down
by me and you shall read as much as you like." "It is
only a list of names," said Carl; "but one is written in
gilt letters; what is that for.'^" "That is the name of a
king," answered the old man. "What is a king? " asked
Carl; "I have never seen one."
"You may see one this evening," answered the old
man. "The people of yonder city have long been ex-
pecting one; the throne has been ready in the market-
place and the crown rests before it on a crimson cushion.
All the people are waiting to bow down, for they have
heard that the king will come to-day."
"I will walk on then," said Carl, "for certainly I
should like to see him."
Presently Carl overtook a thin, miserable-looking
donkey who was trying in vain to drag a cart-load of
wood. "Good master Carl," said the donkey, "will you
not help me on with this load. I am so tired, I shall
never reach my master's cottage." " Never despair, my
good friend," said Carl as he placed himself behind the
cart, and began to push it vigorously along. After a
long time he said to the donkey, "That will do now, I
think; I have helped you a long way."
» Abridged from Tlie Little Wanderlin and Other Tales. The Macmillan C<v
GRADE II: SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUND 83
But the donkey refused to go on alone. "You really
are unreasonable/* said Carl. "I positively must run
after my pigs now." The donkey only brayed; there is
no doubt he was very unreasonable. "Never mind,**
said Carl to himself, "he can*t help being a donli:ey and
I dare say he is very tired.*' So Carl pushed the cart
for the donkey until they came to his master's cabin.
"Thank you, good master Carl,*' said the donkey.
"Good-bye,** said Carl, as he ran after his pigs. They
had found a feast of acorns, so Carl sat down and pulled
his bread and cheese out of his pocket.
"Master Carl,'* said a little voice at his elbow, and
Carl saw a rabbit sitting before him. " I do hope you *re
not going to ask for some bread and cheese,** said Carl,
"I'm very hungry and there's not nearly enough for us
both."
"Then I must go without my dinner," said the little
rabbit. "That's ridiculous," said Carl, "see how many
dandelions there are all about." "But it's so unwhole-
some living entirely on green food," said the rabbit,
"I 'm particularly ordered to eat bread and cheese."
"Very well, then," answered Carl, "you shall eat bread
and cheese;" and he fed the rabbit out of his hand and
kept only a very little piece for himself. " I 'm very much
obliged to you," said the rabbit when she went away.
As Carl drove his pigs along he next met a beggar, all
in rags, looking so miserable it would have made your
heart ache. Carl went up to him and said, "I am very
sorry for you; can I do anything?" "God bless you,"
answered the beggar. "Look how sore my feet are from
walking so long, without shoes or stockings." "You
shall have mine," said Carl, pulling off his shoes and
stockings. "And from having no hat on," continued the
beggar, "the sun has made my eyes quite weak." "I
see," answered Carl, as he put his hat on the beggar's
head and ran on himself bareheaded.
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"Now I must really keep my eye on those pigs," said
Carl, "for here we are at the mouth of the enchanted
cave and the Cobbolds will steal them away from me, if
I don't look out."
" Carl ! O Carl ! *' said a voice from the ground. "Here
I am, almost crushed beneath the stone just under your
right foot; will you not lift it up and save me? " " Can't
you wait just till I have passed the cavern, and then I 'II
come back to you?" said Carl, still looking at his pigs.
" In the mean time I shall be crushed to death," an-
swered the worm.
"Good-bye, my pigs, then," shouted Carl, as he
lifted the stone from the back of the half-dead worm.
"I thank you, Carl," said the worm feebly; "now go and
look after your pigs." "They are all gone, and once in
there, it 's not a bit likely they '11 ever come out again,'*
said Carl; "but I'll go to the town at any rate and see
whether the king is come."
"What do you want here, Carl?" asked the porter at
the gate of the city. " I came to sell my pigs," answered
Carl. "Where are they?" said the porter. "I've lost
them all," answered Carl.
"Then come with me to the market-place," said the
porter; and he led Carl to the market-place, where the
throne was standing empty. In front of the throne stood
the old man who had spoken to Carl in the morning, and
beside him Carl saw the donkey, the rabbit, the beggar,
the worm, and a whole army of soldiers who had been
Carl's pigs.
"Carl," said the old man, "where have you been
to-day?" "Through the wood," answered Carl. "What
have you been doing there? " " Indeed, I hardly know,"
answered Carl.
"Carl helped me with my load of wood," said the
donkey.
"Carl fed me with his own dinner," said the rabbit.
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"Carl gave me his cap and shoes," said the beggar.
"Carl saved me from being crushed to death," said
the worm.
"Citizens," said the old man, "what do you think of
Carl?"
Then all the people shouted, "Carl is the King! Carl
is the King!"
GRADE III
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
By ELLA LYMAN CABOT
INTRODUCTION
For many months an empty house stood opposite to
mine. At last the ^*For Sale" sign was taken down;
carpenters and painters flickered by the windows, but
still, as night came on, the house was dark. Then my
neighbors moved in. One morning as I looked across I
saw a small person dressed in brown^^waving in greeting
with both chubby hands. "Here," thought I, as I
eagerly waved back, " here is true neighborliness, and
it is strongest in the youngest among us."
All of us have our special groups of friends and our
fellow workers who share a common interest. Neighbor-
liness means the sharing of interests often different from
our own. Neighborhoods give us minute but character-
istic worlds to enter day by day, till we are enlarged in
sympathy and comprehension. The teacher who helps
a child to know and serve the neighbors will introduce
him to ideals of sympathy and helpfulness that he can
later use in larger spheres.
Our aim in this year is to help each child to see as his
own and to love and serve the life of which he is a part.
Little children take everything for granted. A child of
nine or ten can begin to see that the town is made up, not
of his home alone, but of other homes; and that school is
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training him to be an active member of his community.
The neighborhood becomes real to him as he takes his
own small but loyal part in serving it. He can take care
of public property to the extent of seeing that papers are
picked up, fences and buildings left undefaced, garden
seeds planted. He can learn respect for firemen and
police; the simpler conditions of public health; the need
of obedience to law because we are members one of an-
other. He can practice doing good turns to the neighbor-
ing community, the group just over the border of his
narrow sympathy. He can learn to recognize the rights
and feelings of the Chinese laundryman, the Italian
fruit-dealer, the Jewish tailor. Above all, he can begin
to see what it means to work together for ends far greater
than any one, however strong and wise, could accom-
plish alone.
SEPTEMBER: WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
For the Teacher:
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike
As if we had them not.
Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, i, i.
Suggestions for morning talks
The question, "Who is my neighbor.'^" was asked by a
lawyer nineteen hundred years ago. The story of the
Good Samaritan helped the lawyer to find his own
answer. Read Luke x, 29-37. Our neighbor is every
one to whom we can show kindness.
In every neighborhood the public school is a central
88 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
building. Day by day the children pass to and fro,
rarely noticing with any clearness of vision what they
see and still more rarely thinking of the neighborhood
as a whole. Yet the neighborhood is the child's city
limits, and to teach a keen and human interest and
helpfulness in the neighborhood is to open for him the
beginnings of citizenship. Citizenship often comes
first to a child as a hard shell resisting his wishes.
Happy is the teacher who can show him the kernel
inside. The policeman, the old woman at the apple-
stand, the truant officer, are often thought of as
natural foes. Break that hard shell of prejudice; show
the children the real hfe of the neighborhood.
Questions for the class
If you walk down a street of shops, what signs do you
see over the door? Provisions, groceries, furniture,
drug-store, shoemaker, painter, carpenter, lunch-
room, dressmaker, tailor, toy-shop, books and sta-
tionery, moving-picture show, police station. Could
we do without any of these stores? What things does
everybody need?
Notice as you go home to-day what shops you see on the
way. Make a list and bring it to school. How do these
neighbors of ours help us? How can you help them?
By courtesy whenever you meet any one; by honesty
whenever you buy even a penny's worth; by willing
deeds of kindness, holding the baby for a neighbor
while she runs out, getting a pitcher of water for her;
by shutting the door softly if any one in the house is ill;
by listening hard to every word when you are asked to
do something; by flying gayly on errands of kindness.
Bead: "Ruth and Naomi." — Ruth i.
GRADE III: NEIGHBORHOOD 89
A NIGHT WITH A WOLF ^
BAYARD TAYLOR
Little one, come to my knee!
Hark how the rain is pouring
Over the roof, in the pitch-black night.
And the wind in the woods a-roaring!
Hush, my darling, and listen,
Then pay for the story with kisses:
Father was lost in the pitch-black night.
In just such a storm as this is !
High up on the lonely mountains,
Where the wild men watched and waited;
Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush.
And I on my path belated.
The rain and the night together
Came down, and the wind came after.
Bending the props of the pine-tree roof
And snapping many a rafter.
I crept along in the darkness.
Stunned, and bruised, and blinded —
Crept to a fir with thick-set boughs.
And a sheltering rock behind it.
There, from the blowing and raining.
Crouching, I sought to hide me :
Something rustled, two green eyes shone.
And a wolf lay down beside me.
Little one, be not frightened;
I and the wolf together,
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90 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Side by side, through the long, long night.
Hid from the awful weather.
His wet fur pressed against me;
Each of us warmed the other ;
Each of us felt, in the stormy dark,
That beast to man was brother.
And when the falling forest
No longer crashed in warning.
Each of us went from our hiding place
Forth in the wild, wet morning.
Darling, kiss me in payment!
Hark, how the wind is roaring;
Father's house is a better place
When the stormy rain is pouring!
OCTOBER: WAYS OF SERVICE
For the Teacher:
Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan.
Puffing at all, winnows the light away;
And what hath mass, or matter, by itself
Lies, rich in virtue, and unmingled.
Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, i, iii.
Suggestions for morning talks
At the beginning of the year we talked about Who is my
neighbor? The story of the Good Samaritan shows
that my neighbor is every one I meet and whom I can
help. How can we help? Are gifts the only way? Are
they the best way to help? Read the story of the
"Little Lame Boy." ^ How did he help? Do you
1 Ethics Jor Children, Ella Lyman Cabot. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE III: NEIGHBORHOOD 91
know the rule of the Boy Scouts to do something kind
for somebody every day? What chances to help are
there as soon as you get up? Quickness and care in
dressing; help in setting the table; politeness in pass-
ing the food to others first; neatness in making up
your bed; readiness to run errands.
What can you do to help in going to school? Be on time;
speak pleasantly to any neighbor you meet; look
about at the street crossing and help another child
across carefully. Are there any lonely or sick people
in your neighborhood? What can you do for them?
What animals help us? How can we help them?
Tell the story of "Androcles and the Lion," from
Fifty Famous Stories Retold, James Baldwin (American
Book Co.); "The First Day on the Aim," from Heidi,
by Johanna Spyri (Everyman's Library. E. P. Dutton
&Co.).
I LOVE YOU, MOTHER
JOY ALLISON
**I love you, mother," said little John;
Then, forgetting his work, his cap went on.
And he was off to the garden swing,
Leaving his mother the wood to bring.
"I love you, mother," said little Nell,
" I love you better than tongue can tell."
Then she teased and pouted half the day.
Till mother rejoiced when she went to play.
**I love you, mother," said little Fan,
"To-day I'll help you all I can;"
To the cradle then she did softly creep.
And rocked the babe till it fell asleep.
92 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Then stepping softly she took the broom.
And swept the floor, and dusted the room;
Busy and happy all day was she.
Helpful and cheerful as child could be.
"I love you, mother,*' again they said —
Three little children going to bed.
How do you think the mother guessed
Which of them really loved her best?
OLD DOG TRAY^
ELLEN E. KENYON
Dog Tray has been away for two days. He never
stayed so long before.
Dog Tray is a hunter. Sometimes he goes to look for
the naughty fox that eats the chickens, and the fox
leads him a long chase. When he returns, every one is
glad. Even baby crows at sight of him.
What do you suppose he is saying to baby? And
what is baby saying to him? Do you think they under-
stand each other?
Dog Tray is often left to watch baby asleep in the
cradle. No harm can come while he is there. When the
children go chestnutting, he goes, too. He knows he
may be needed to take care of them.
One afternoon they wandered too far and stayed too
long. It grew dark, and they could not tell the way
home. If they had been alone, they might have gone the
wrong way. Then, getting farther and farther into the
wood, they would have been lost indeed.
But Dog Tray was with them. All they had to do was
to say, ''We're going home. Tray!" The wise dog was
glad to hear it, for he knew it was growing late and they
1 From Charlea Dudley Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature. By per-
mission of The Warner library Company.
GRADE III: NEIGHBORHOOD 93
had far to walk. He gave a glad sniff, as if to say,
"Come this way then!'* and trotted off. The children
followed, for they knew they could trust Tray.
Every once in a while Tray would pause and look
around, as if to say, "Am I going too fast for you.^^'*
Then he would trot along.
Mamma knew that Tray was with the children, or she
would have been worried about them. As it was, when
they reached home, she only said: "Come, hurry, chil-
dren! Your supper is waiting."
Old Dog Tray 's ever faithful;
Grief cannot drive him away.
He is gentle, he is kind.
And you '11 never, never find
A better friend than old Dog Tray.
NOVEMBER: PERSEVERANCE
For the Teacher:
COLUMBUS 1
JAMES BUSSELL LOWELL
Endurance is the crowning quality.
And patience all the passion of great hearts;
These are their stay, and when the leaden world
Sets its hard face against their fateful thought.
And brute strength, like the Gaulish conqueror.
Clangs his huge glaive down in the other scale.
The inspired soul but flings his patience in.
And slowly that outweighs the ponderous globe.
Suggestions for morning talks
Tell of Edison's perseverance in discovering the best
material to use for filaments of electric lights, and of
*■ From Complete Poetical Worke. Houghton Mifflin Co.
94 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
how many times Burbank tries before he can get a suc-
cessful new plant. For stories of both, see The Wonder
Workers, by Mary H. Wade. Little, Brown & Co.
The work of Darwin, and in fact, of any great scientist,
gives examples of perseverance. See The Children's
Book of Moral Lessons, by F. J. Gould. Watts & Co.,
London.
Tell how Columbus showed great perseverance in his
attempts to get ships to try the voyage across the
Atlantic.
Describe Helen Keller's efforts in learning to speak.
Refer to Miss Sullivan's account, in The Story of My
Life, by Helen Keller, page 386. Doubleday, Page
&Co.
Edison, Darwin, Burbank, Helen Keller, Clara Barton
persevered in great and hard tasks; what made them
persevere? They loved their work, but do you think
they never grew tired of it? What did they do then?
What chances have children to be persevering? Is it
harder to be persevering in learning arithmetic or in
learning to skate? Is it harder still to persevere in
being helpful to all the neighbors every day?
Learn: "Excelsior," by Henry W. Longfellow. R.L.S.
No. 11. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Read: "The Rope Wears the Stone," in Lesson X, and
"William Edwards," in Lesson IX, The Chil-
dren's Book of Moral Lessons, F. J. Gould.
Watts & Co., London.
"Industry," and "The Water Lily," in Ethics,
Julia M. Dewey. Educational Publishing Co.
"The Tortoise and the Hare," in The First Book
of Stories for the Story-Teller, F. E. Coe.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
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**Teenchy Duck" (at the castle), in The Second
Booh of Stories for the Story-Teller, F. E. Coe.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Bruce and The Spider," in Fifty Famous Stories
Retold, James Baldwin. American Book Com-
pany.
"The Squirrel's Devotion," in Ethics for Chil-
dren, Ella Lyman Cabot. Houghton Mifflin
Co.
"The Hill," in The Golden Windows, Laura E.
Richards. Little, Brown & Co.
A pocket-handkerchief to hem —
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!
How many stitches it will take
Before it 's done, I fear.
Yet set a stitch, and then a stitch.
And stitch and stitch away.
Till stitch by stitch the hem is done;
And after work is play!
C. G. ROSSETTI.
PERSEVERANCE WINS ^
ANONYMOUS
About thirty years ago I stepped into a book shop in
Cincinnati. While there, a ragged little boy, not over
twelve, came in to ask how much geographies cost.
"One dollar, my lad."
"I have only sixty-two cents," said the boy eagerly;
"will you let me have the book, and wait awhile for the
rest of the money?"
When the man refused his request, the lad seemed to
» Abridged from A School Reader, Fourth Grade. Copyright, 1908, by Fanny B.
Coe. By arrangemeat with the American Book Co., Publiaben.
96 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
shrink within his ragged clothes. He looked up at me
with a poor attempt at a smile and left the store. I over-
took him.
"What now?" I asked.
"I shall try another place, sir."
"Shall I go, too, and see how you succeed?"
"Oh, yes, if you like," said he in surprise.
Four different stores I entered with him and four
times he was refused. "Will you try again?" I asked.
"Yes, sir; I shall try them all, or I should not know
whether I could get the book."
We entered the fifth store, and the little fellow told
the gentleman just what he wanted and how much
money he had.
"Why do you want the book so much?" asked the
proprietor.
"To study, sir; I cannot go to school, but when I have
time I study at home. My father was a sailor and I want
to know something about the places that he used to go
to."
"Does he go to those places now?"
"He is dead," replied the boy softly. Then he added,
"I am going to be a sailor, too."
"Well, my lad," said the proprietor, "I will let you
have a geography that is not new for fifty cents."
"Are the leaves all in it, and is it just like the others,
only not new? "
"Yes, it is as good as the new ones."
"It will do just as well, then; and I shall have twelve
cents left towards buying some other book. I am glad
that they did not let me have one at any of the other
places."
The bookseller looked up inquiringly, and I told him
what I had seen of the little fellow. When he brought
the book along, I saw a nice new pencil and some clean
white paper with it. "A present, my lad, for your perse-
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verance. Always have courage like that and you will
make your mark," said the bookseller.
"Thank you, sir; you are very good."
"Do you want any more books .^" I now asked.
"More than I can ever get," he replied, glancing at
the shelves. I gave him a bank note. "May I buy what
I want with it.^*" he said. I nodded. "Then I will buy
a book for mother," said he. "I thank you very much,
and some day I hope I can pay you." He asked my
name and I gave it to him. Then I left him standing by
the counter, so happy that I almost envied him.
Last year I went to Europe; we had pleasant weather
the greater part of the voyage; but toward the end there
came a terrible storm. Every mast was laid low, the
rudder was almost useless, and a great leak was filling
the vessel with water. After pumping for one whole
night, with the water still gaining upon them, the
sailors gave up in despair and prepared to take to the
boats, but the captain, with a voice that I heard dis-
tinctly above the roar of the tempest, ordered every man
to his post. It was surprising to see those men bow
before his strong will and hurry back to the pumps.
As he passed me, I asked him whether there was any
hope of saving the vessel. "Yes, sir," he answered, "so
long as one inch of this deck remains above water, there
is hope. When that fails, I shall abandon the vessel, not
before, nor shall one of my crew. Bear a hand, every one
of you, at the pumps."
Thrice during the day did we despair; but the cap-
tain's dauntless courage, perseverance, and powerful
will mastered every man on board and we went to work
again. "I will land you safe at the dock in Liverpool,"
said he, "if you will be men."
And he did land us safe, but the vessel sunk soon after
she was moored to the dock. I was the last to leave. As
98 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
I passed he grasped my hand and said, "Judge Preston,
do you recognize me?" I told him that I did not.
"Do you remember the boy who had so much diflS-
culty in getting a geography? He owes a debt of grati-
tude for your encouragement and kindness to him.'*
"I remember him very well, sir. His name was
William Hartley."
"I am he," said the captain. "God bless you!"
"And God bless you too, Captain Hartley," I said.
**The perseverance that, thirty years ago, secured you
that geography, has to-day saved our lives."
DECEMBER: HOSPITALITY
For the Teacher:
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
And the voice that was softer than silence said,
**Lo, it is I, be not afraid!
In many climes, without avail.
Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy Grail;
Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou
Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now;
The Holy Supper is kept, indeed.
In whatso we share with another's need;
Not what we give, but what we share,
For the gift without the giver is bare;
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three.
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me."
Suggestions for morning talks
Children are naturally hospitable. Unaware of our need
GRADE III: NEIGHBORHOOD 99
to save time or money they lavish hospitality on any
one who wins their confidence. Christmas is a time in
which to accent both hospitality and generosity; the
encouragement of the desire to give, far more than the
hope to receive, should be our message to children.
See the suggestions in Grade I for December, on
Making Others Happy. Let the children learn the
old English carol "Good King Wenceslaus," and the
motto "Be ye hospitable to strangers, for in so
doing some have entertained angels unawares."
Do you know what the word hospital comes from? Is
there any hospital in your neighborhood.'^ Does it
open its doors wide to help the sick? Tell stories of
the hospitality of the Far East.
Read: "How the Sun, the Moon and the Wind Went
Out to Dinner," in Second Book of Stories for
the Story-Teller, Fanny E. Coe. Houghton,
Mifflin Co.
"Yussouf," Lowell. R.L.S. No. X. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
"The Miraculous Pitcher," in A Wonder Book,
Hawthorne. R.L.S. No. 18. Houghton Miff-
lin Co.
"Where Love is God is." Tolstoy, in Ethics for
Children, Ella Lyman Cabot, p. 156. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
"The Pig and the Hen," Alice Gary, in Poetical
Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Tell of Stevenson and the Samoans, Letters of
Stevenson, vol. ii, edited by Sidney Colvin,
Charles Scribner's Sons.
100 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
THE SPARROWS 1
CELIA THAXTEB
In the far-off land of Norway,
Where the winter lingers late,
And long for the singing-birds and flowers,
The little children wait;
When at last the summer ripens
And the harvest is gathered in.
And food for the bleak, drear days to come
The toiling people win;
Through all the land the children
In the golden fields remain
Till their busy little hands have gleaned
A generous sheaf of grain;
All the stalks by the reapers forgotten
They glean to the very least.
To save till the cold December,
For the sparrows* Christmas feast.
And then through the frost-locked country
There happens a wonderful thing:
The sparrows flock north, south, east, west.
For the children's offering.
Of a sudden, the day before Christmas,
The twittering crowds arrive.
And the bitter, wintry air at once
With their chirping is all alive.
They perch upon roof and gable,
On porch and fence and tree,
» Copyright, by Houghtou Miflain Co. Abridged.
GRADE III: NEIGHBORHOQP ' ' 'lt)f
They flutter about the windows '''"''.'.,':*
And peer in curiously.
On the joyous Christmas morning.
In front of every door,
A tall pole, crowned with clustering grain.
Is set the birds before.
And which are the happiest, truly
It would be hard to tell;
The sparrows who share in the Christmas cheer.
Or the children who love them well!
THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE »
LUCY WHEELOCK
Two children were sitting by the fire one cold winter's
night. A timid knock was heard at the door, and the boy
ran to open it.
He found a child standing outside in the cold and
darkness, with no shoes on his feet, and clad in thin,
ragged garments. He was shivering with cold, and asked
to come in and warm himself.
"Yes," cried both the children, "you shall have our
place by the fire. Come in."
They drew the little stranger to their warm seat,
shared their supper with him, and gave him their bed,
while they slept on a hard bench.
In the night they were awakened by strains of sweet
music, and looking out saw a band of children in shining
garments approaching the house. They were playing
on golden harps, and the air was full of melody.
Suddenly the stranger child stood beside them; no
longer cold and ragged, but clad in silvery light.
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'His sbJt Voice said, "I was cold, and you took me in.
I was hungry, and you fed me. I was tired, and you
gave me your bed. I am the Christ-child, wandering
through the world to bring peace and happiness to all
good children. As you have given to me, so may this tree
every year give rich fruit to you."
So saying, he broke a branch from a fir tree, planted it
in the ground, and disappeared. But the branch grew
into a great tree, and every year bore golden fruit for
the kind children.
JANUARY: THOUGHTFULNESS AND
RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY
For the Teacher:
I doubt if she said to you much that could act
As a thought or suggestion : she did not attract
In the sense of the brilliant or wise: I infer
*T was her thinking of others, made you think of her.
E. B. Browning, My Kate,
Suggestions for morning talks
A few ways to show thoughtfulness.
Thoughtfulness at home. Who is the most thoughtful per-
son you know? Does she ever forget to give you sup-
per? If she has a great many things to do, how does
she manage to remember your needs? What thought-
ful thing can you do for her this very day? Read: " I
love you mother," Joy Allison, Grade III, p. 91.
Thoughtfulness at school. How many children do you
suppose the old lady had who lived in a shoe? Count
how many the teacher has to look after. Why must
they all behave well?
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Thoughtfulness in speaking. Use a pleasant voice, low
tones when you may disturb some one, courtesy in
saying please and thank you. Read: "Please," by
Alicia Aspinwall, in Can You Believe Me Stories. E.
P. Dutton & Co.
Thoughtfulness in remembering what you are told. How
can you learn not to forget? What things do you
always remember? What things do you often forget?
Thoughtfulness to the neighbors. Learn the verse begin-
ning, "She doth little kindnesses," in My Love, by
James Russell Lowell. See Grade VI, page 232.
Notice all the thoughtful acts you can see each day and
tell about them when you come to school. Who are
the most thoughtful and kind people in your neighbor-
hood?
Thoughtfulness by quick attention. Read: "A Gentle-
man," by Margaret Sangster, in Little Knights and
Ladies. Harper & Bros.
Read: "The Chicken's Mistake," and "They Didn't
Think," Phoebe Cary. Poetical Works of Alice
and Phoebe Cary. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Advice," Anonymous, Poetry for Home and
School. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
"Spartan Respect for the Aged," in School Man-
agement, Emerson E. White. American Book
Co.
THE THREE SIEVES ^
A little boy one day ran indoors from school, and
called out eagerly: "Oh, mother, what do you think of
Tom Jones? I have just heard that — "
* From Ella Lyman Cabot's Character Training, the English Edition of Ethics for
Children, edited by Edward Eyles. Geo. G. Harrap & Co., London.
104 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"Wait a minute, my boy. Have you put what you
have heard through the three sieves before you tell it to
me?"
"Sieves, mother! What do you mean?"
"Well, the first sieve is called Truth. Is it true?"
"Well, I don't really know, but Bob Brown said that
Charlie told him that Tom — "
"That's very roundabout. What about the second
sieve — Kindness. Is it kind?'*
"Kind! No, I can't say it is kind."
"Now the third sieve — Necessity. Will it go through
that? ifw^^youtell this tale?"
"No, mother, I need not repeat it."
"Well, then, my boy, if it is not necessary, not kind*
and perhaps not true, let the^tory die."
FEBRUARY: FAIR PLAY AND
UNSELFISHNESS
For the Teacher:
Gladness be with thee, Helper of our World!
I think this is the authentic sign and seal
Of Godship, that it ever waxes glad,
And more glad, until gladness blossoms, bursts .'
Into a rage to suffer for mankind.
And recommence at sorrow.
Robert Browning, BalaustiorCs Adventure,
Suggestions for morning talks
Tell how Roderick Dhu kept his word and did not use
his great band of men to fall upon James Fitz-James
unfairly. See The Lady of the Lake, Scott, Canto v.
Tell how Robin Hood tried to give everybody a fair
chance by taking money away from the rich men who
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had got it unfairly and returning it to the poor. He
never robbed the poor. See Robin Hood, Howard
Pyle. Charles Scribner's Sons.
What is a better way of helping the poor and the
sick?
Read: "The Lion and the Mouse," First Book of Stories
for the Story-Teller, Fanny E. Coe. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
"Kindness Returned,** in School Management,
Emerson E. White. American Book Co.
"The Pied Piper,** Browning (unfair play).
R.L.S. No. 115. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Bell of Atri,** Henry W. Longfellow.
R.L.S. No. X. Houghton Mifflin Co.
How David refrained from Killing his Sleeping
Foe, 1 Samuel xxiv.
"The Banyan Deer,** Jataka Tales, Ellen C.
Babbitt. Century Co.
"Little Agnes* Adventure,** Margaret Brenda, in
Our Young Folks,
Learn:
Be to others kind and true
As you 'd have others be to you;
And neither do nor say to men
Whate*er you would not take again.
THE THIRTEEN JEWELED LETTERS »
JASMINE STONE VAN DRESSER
Once upon a time, a little girl lost her name, and no
one could tell her where to find it. So one day she
started out with a basket of luncheon, saying that if she
* Abridged from How to Find Happy Land. By permission of G. P. Putnam**
Sons, Fubushers. New York and London.
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did not succeed in finding her name she would never
come back, for she felt she was disgraced.
First she met an old woman walking with a stick, who
said, "What have you in your basket?" "Luncheon,"
replied the little girl.
"What is your name?" asked the old woman. "I
don't know," answered the little girl. Then she burst
out crying for shame. "Tut, tut!" said the old woman.
"Give me your basket of luncheon." The little girl gave
it to her, and was happier than she had been since she
lost her name.
As she walked on through the woods she became very
hungry. She turned back to see if the old woman had
left a wee little crust; but all she found was the old
woman's stick. Then the little girl cried, for she used to
get what she wanted by crying. But this time there was
no one to hear her, so she stopped. Moreover, she
thought, "My luncheon must have helped the old
woman to walk without her stick," and that of course
made her feel better.
As she got up from where she was sitting, something
shining on the ground caught her eye. She stooped
down and picked up a letter "N," formed of the reddest
rubies you ever saw. "Oh," she cried, jumping up and
down, "I have found the first letter!"
Soon she met a squirrel who said, "Have you any
nuts?" "No," she replied; "but I would give them to
you if I had, because then I might find another letter of
my beautiful name." "Indeed," said the squirrel, "you
would never find another if that *s why you would help
me."
She was about to cry again, but the squirrel whisked
out of sight, and she walked on. "If the saucy little
gquirrel is telling the truth, I had best mind what he
said." With that she fell to wondering whether the next
letter would be of pearls, — when the squirrel jumped
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right out at her feet. "Give me that pretty blue ribbon
on your hair to hne my nest with,'* said he.
She gave it to him and walked on with her hair falling
over her eyes. But she was happy and thought only of
how comfortable the squirrel's nest would be, lined with
blue ribbon, until she almost stepped on a bright some-
thing at her feet! And there was a letter "S," made of
beautiful emeralds.
"Oh," she said, picking it up. "But how can any
name begin with *NS'.'^" And she was ready to cry
again. Then a funny thing happened! A little baby
monkey came out of the woods and asked for her cloak.
Though she could n't see what a monkey wanted with a
cloak, she gave it to him and went on, feeling pretty
chilly, for it was not yet summer.
Soon the monkey came running after her. The cloak
was so long that he stumbled over it at every other step.
He was shouting, "Wait! wait!" She waited until he
came up and handed her a letter "S" made of shining
pearls. "It's yours," said the monkey.
She was more puzzled than ever at having another
letter "S," for it seemed less likely than before that she
would find a name beginning with such queer letters.
But the monkey scratched his nose and said, "Maybe
those are not the first letters of the name."
This made her happy. Thanking the monkey politely,
she hurried on, for she was anxious to find the rest of the
letters. I could n't tell you all the adventures this little
girl had; she gave away her shoes and stockings, and her
pretty little baby ring, and her bonnet, and I don't
know what else. But she was happy and, when least ex-
pecting them, she kept finding letters made of precious
stones.
After she had found twelve letters, she began to
wonder how she would know when she came to the end.
And would you believe it, she came near missing the last
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letter. This was the way it happened; she saw a bent
old man, who asked her to help him find his spectacles
because he could n't see well without them. She did n't
cry, for she was cured of that; but she thought, "Oh,
how shall I ever find the rest of my letters if I turn
back.?"
The old man only said, "Oh! deary me! How am I
ever going to find my specs if no one will help me?"
That made the little girl feel badly and she said, "I will
go back with you," thinking she was going in the wrong
direction, even though she was trying to help seme one.
But we cannot always tell where we are going to find the
things we need. We must just do what is to be done.
The little girl stooped to pick up something shining,
saying, "Here are your specs!" But it was n't the specs
at all! It was another letter "S" made of gorgeous dia-
monds. "Dear me ! " said the little girl in astonishment,
**but I can't spell such a big word."
"I'll spell it for you," said the little old man, laying
the letters in a row on the ground. "Why!" he ex-
claimed, ''that is what I have been looking for all these
years; " and never thinking of specs, he spelled the
word. "But for you I would n't have found it ! " he said.
"But for youy I would n't have found it!" said she to
him.
The little old man laughed. Then he suddenly stood
up as straight as a sapling, saying, "Now I must make
up for the years I have been without it," and off he
started.
The little girl gathered up the sparkling letters, and
ran to meet a lady who was coming toward her. " Come
home, dear little Marybelle," said the lady, holding out
her arms. "I see you have searched in the right way."
"Oh, mamma!" she cried, "these letters do not spell
Marybelle!" Her mother spelled them out and they
spelled "UNSELFISHNESS."
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MARCH: GOOD WORK
For the Teacher:
A NOISELESS, PATIENT SPIDERS
WALT WHITMAN
A noiseless, patient spider,
I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, iso-
lated;
Mark*d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,
It launch 'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of
itself;
Ever unreeling them — ever tirelessly speeding them. '
And you, O my Soul, where you stand.
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space.
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, — seeking the
spheres, to connect them;
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd — till the duc-
tile anchor hold;
Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere,
O my Soul.
Suggestions for morning talks
Even little children can appreciate much that is written
on good work. The teacher will find Character Build-
ing in School, by Jane Brownlee (Houghton Mifflin
Co.), especially helpful.
Read: "The Sailor Man," in The Pig Brother, Laura E.
Richards. Little, Brown & Co.
"The Builders," Longfellow. R.L.S. No. X.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
1 From Leatet qf Orau.
110 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Head: "The Monkey Song," in The Jungle Book,
Kipling (poor work). The Century Company.
"Mother Holle," Grimm. R.L.S. No. 107.
Houghton Miflain Co.
"The Two Herd Boys," in Boys of Other Cmn-
triesy Bayard Taylor. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
"The Christmas Cake," Maud Lindsay, in
More Mother Stories. Milton Bradley Co.
"That Dropped Stitch," in Ethics for Home and
School, Julia M. Dewey. Educational Pub-
lishing Company.
FIVE LITTLE CHICKENS *
ANONYMOUS
Said the first little chicken.
With a queer little squirm,
"Oh, I wish I could find
A fat little worm!"
Said the next little chicken.
With an odd little shrug,
"Oh, I wish I could find
A fat little bug!"
Said the third little chicken,
With a sharp little squeal,
"Oh, I wish I could find
Some nice yellow meal!"
Said the fourth little chicken.
With a small sigh of grief,
"I wish I could find
A green little leaf !"
* From American Kindergarten Maganne,
GRADE III: NEIGHBORHOOD 111
Said the fifth little chicken.
With a faint little moan,
"I wish I could find
A wee gravel-stone!"
"Now, see here," said the mother.
From the green garden-patch,
"If you want any breakfast.
You must come and scratch."
DUST UNDER THE RUG »
MAUD LINDSAY
There was once a poor widow, who had two daughters.
She found work to do away from home, and her two little
girls kept house. But one day the dear mother came
home sick; so Minnie said: "Dear sister, I must go out to
find work before the food gives out." She kissed her
mother and walked off quickly. The night was coming
fast when she saw before her a very small house. She
made haste to knock; nobody came, so she opened the
door and walked in. There before her she saw twelve
little beds with the bedclothes tumbled, twelve little
dirty plates, and the floor so dusty that you could have
drawn a picture on it.
"Dear me!" said the little girl, "this will never do!"
and she set to work to make the room tidy. Just as she
finished, in walked twelve little people about as tall as a
carpenter's rule, and all wearing yellow clothes. Minnie
knew they must be the dwarfs who kept the gold in the
heart of the mountain. Said the dwarfs all together, for
they always spoke together and in rhyme, —
" Who can this be so fair and mild ?
Our helper is a stranger child! "
1 Abridged from Mother Storie$, Maud Lindsay. By permission ol Milton Bradley
Co., Publisher!.
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Minnie came forward. "If you please," she said,
"I*m Minnie Gray and I'm looking for work." Here all
the dwarfs called out merrily: —
"You found our room a sorry sight.
But you have made it clean and bright."
They asked her to stay to supper and while they sat
eating they told her that their fairy housekeeper had
taken a holiday, and so their house was not well kept.
Then they said: —
"Dear mortal maiden, will you stay
All through our fairy's holiday?
And if you faithful prove and good.
We will reward you as we should."
Minnie was much pleased. Next morning she was
awake with the chickens, cooked a nice breakfast, and
after the dwarfs left, cleaned up the room and mended
the dwarfs' clothes. When the dwarfs came home they
found a bright fire and a warm supper; and every day
Minnie worked faithfully until the last day of the fairy
housekeeper's holiday.
That morning she saw on one of the window-panes a
most beautiful picture of fairy palaces with towers of
silver and frosted pinnacles. As she looked at it she for-
got work until the clock struck twelve. Then in haste
she made the beds and washed the dishes; but when she
took the broom to sweep it was almost time for the
dwarfs to come home. "I believe," said Minnie, "I will
not sweep under the rug to-day; it is no harm for dust to
be where it can't be seen ! " So she left the rug unturned.
The dwarfs came home; as the rooms looked as usual,
nothing was said; and Minnie thought no more of the
dust until she went to bed.
Then it seemed to her that she could hear the stars
saying, "There is the little girl who is so faithful and
good;" and Minnie turned her face to the wall, for a
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little voice right in her own heart said, "Dust under the
rug; dust under the rug!"
"There is the little girl," cried the stars, "who keeps
home as bright as star-shine." "Dust under the rug!"
said the little voice.
"We see her," called the stars joyfully. "Dust under
the rug," said the voice. Minnie could bear it no longer;
she sprang out of bed, swept the dust away, and lo ! under
the dust lay twelve shining gold pieces. "Oh!" cried
Minnie, and the dwarfs came running to see what was
the matter.
Minnie told them all, and when she had ended her
story the dwarfs gathered lovingly around her and
said: —
"Dear child, the gold is all for you.
For faithful you have proved and true.
But had you left the rug unturned,
A groat was all you would have earned.
Our love goes with the gold we give.
And oh, forget not while you live.
That in the smallest duty done
Lies wealth of joy for everyone."
Minnie thanked the dwarfs for their kindness to her;
and early next morning she hastened home with her
golden treasure, which bought many good things for the
dear mother and little sister. She never saw the dwarfs
again; but she never forgot their lesson, to do her work
faithfully; and she always swept under the rug.
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APRIL: CHEERFULNESS UNDER
DEFEAT AND SUFFERING
For the Teacher:
PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite;
To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;
To defy Power, which seems omnipotent;
To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates;
Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent;
This, Hke thy glory. Titan, is to be
Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free;
This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory!
Suggestions for morning talks
Tell how such men as Stevenson and Pope, though ill a
great part of their lives, worked cheerfully and kept
their courage; tell of Beethoven who wrote music after
he was deaf. See Masters of Fate, Sophie Shaler. Duf-
field & Co.
Tell the story of the Chinese, in The Children's Book of
Mcyral Lessons, F. J. Gould, p. 20. Watts & Co.,
London.
Read: "Partners" (first part only). An American Book
of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin. American
Book Co.
"He That is Down" (poem), John Bunyan.
Children's Year Book, Forbes. Roberts Bros.
"If," Rewards and Fairies, Rudyard Kipling.
Doubleday, Page & Co.
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"A Lesson of Faith," Mrs. Alfred Gatty, Para-
bles from Nature. Everyman's Library, E. P.
Dutton & Co.
"The Flax," Hans Andersen. R.L.S. No. 50.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"One, Two, Three," Henry C. Bunner. R.L.S.
No. CC. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Read to the children about playing the " Glad Game,"
from Polly anna, by Eleanor H. Porter. L. C. Page &
Co. See especially: chap. 5, p. 42, from "PoUyanna
laughed softly" to "as they entered the kitchen to-
gether"; chap. 10, p. 97, "There, I most forgot," to
the end of the chapter; chap. 23, the account of her
accident; chap. 26, how she heard she could never
walk; chap. 28, all, but especially last two para-
graphs. Polly anna's game was to find something to
be glad about in every discouraging circumstance;
the harder it was to find something, the more fun the
game. For example, when her room lacked a mirror,
she checked her regret by "being glad" that she was
thus prevented from seeing her hated freckles. When
she, with two good legs, received crutches for a
Christmas present, she managed to be glad that she
did n't need them.
Cheerfulness under defeat
Sir Isaac Newton was a great scientist who discovered
many new facts about light, the rainbow, and the fall-
ing of stones and other bodies to the earth. He had
many notes that it had taken him along time to make;
he kept these piled up on a table in his study. One
day while he was out for a moment, a little dog of
his knocked over a candle which burned up all the
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papers on which were his precious notes. When Sir
Isaac came back, all that was left of them was ashes.
But Sir Isaac did not punish the dog; all he said was,
" Oh, Diamond, you little know the mischief you have
done."
IN GIANT DESPAIR'S CASTLE ^
JOHN BUNYAN
Christian and Hopeful had traveled a long time and
had met with many grievous difficulties. Wherefore at
last, lighting under a little shelter, they sat down there
till the day brake; but, being very weary, they fell
asleep. Now there was, not far from the place where
they lay, a castle, called Doubting Castle, the owner
whereof was Giant Despair; wherefore he, getting up in
the morning early, and walking up and down in his
fields, caught Christian and Hopeful asleep in his
grounds. Then with a grim and surly voice he bade them
awake, and asked them whence they were, and what
they did in his grounds. They told him they were pil-
grims and that they had lost their way. Then said the
giant, "You have this night trespassed on me by tram-
pling in and lying on my ground, and therefore you must
go along with me.'* So they were forced to go, because
he was stronger than they. They also had but little to
say, for they knew themselves in a fault. The giant,
therefore, drove them before him and put them into his
castle, into a very dark dungeon. Here, then, they lay
from Wednesday morning till Saturday night, without
one bit of bread or drop of drink, or light, or any to ask
how they did. Now in this place Christian had double
sorrow, because 't was through his unadvised counsel
ihat they were brought into this distress.
> From The Pilgrim's Progresa. Slightly abridged.
GRA.de III: NEIGHBORHOOD 117
Now Giant Despair had a wife, and her name was Dif-
fidence: so he told his wife that he had taken a couple
of prisoners and cast them into his dungeon for trespass-
ing. Then she counseled him that in the morning he
should beat them without mercy. So when he arose, he
getteth him a grievous crab-tree cudgel, and goes down
into the dungeon to them, and there first falls to rating
of them as if they were dogs. Then he falls upon them
and beats them fearfully; this done, he withdraws and
leaves them there to condole their misery, and to mourn
under their distress.
"Brother," said Christian, "what shall we do? The
life that we now live is miserable. For my part, I know
not whether it is best to five thus, or die out of hand."
"Indeed," said Hopeful, "our present condition is
dreadful, and death would be far more welcome to me
than thus forever to abide; but let us consider, that all
the law is not in the hand of Giant Despair. Who
knows but that God, that made the world, may cause
that Giant Despair may die; or that at some time or
other he may forget to lock us in. For my part, I am
resolved to pluck up the heart of a man, and to try my
utmost to get from under his hand. I was a fool that I
did not try to do it before. But, however, my brother,
let's be patient, and endure a while." With these words
Hopeful did moderate the mind of his brother; so they
continued together in the dark that day, in their sad and
doleful condition.
Now night being come again, and the giant and his
wife being in bed, she asked him concerning the prison-
ers. He replied, "They are sturdy rogues; they chose
rather to bear all hardship than to make away with
themselves." Then said she, "Take them into the castle
yard to-morrow, and show them the bones and skulls of
those thou hast already dispatched."
So when the morning was come the giant took them
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into the castle yard, and showed them as his wife had
bidden. "These," said he, "were pilgrims, as you are,
and they trespassed in my grounds as you have done;
and when I thought fit I tore them in pieces, and so
within ten days I will do you; get you down in your den
again." And with that he beat them all the way
thither. They lay, therefore, all day on Saturday in a
lamentable case, as before.
Well, on Saturday, about midnight, they began to
pray, and continued in prayer till almost break of day.
Now, a little before it was day, good Christian, as one
half -amazed, broke out in this passionate speech: "What
a fool," quoth he, "am I, thus to lie in a dungeon when
I may as well walk at liberty ! I have a key in my bosom
called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any
lock in Doubting Castle." Then said Hopeful, "That's
good news; good brother, pluck it out of thy bosom
and try."
Then Christian pulled it out of his bosom, and began
to try at the dungeon door, whose bolt, as he turned the
key, gave back, and the door flew open with ease, and
Christian and Hopeful both came out. Then he went
to the outward door that leads into the castle yard, and
with his key opened that door also. After he went to the
iron gate, for that must be opened too; but that lock
went hard, yet the key did open it. Then they thrust
open the gate to make their escape with speed; but that
gate, as it opened, made such a crackling that it waked
Giant Despair, who hastily rising to pursue his prisoners,
felt his limbs to fail; for his fits took him again, so
that he could by no means go after them. Then they
went on, and came to the King's highway, and so
were safe, because they were out of the giant's juris-
diction.
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MAY: PEACE AMONG NEIGHBORS
For the Teacher:
MEMORABILIA
XENOPHON
Socrates, seeing two brothers quarreling, said to one,
"As it appears to me the gods have designed brothers to
be of greater mutual service than the hands or feet or
other members which they have made in pairs; for the
hands, if required to do things at the same time, at
greater distance than a fathom, would be unable to do
them; the feet cannot reach two objects at the same time
that are distant even a fathom: but brothers if they are
in friendship can, even at the greatest distance, act in
concert and for mutual benefit."
Learn:
Suggestions for morning talks
Echo not an angry word.
Let it pass!
Think how often you have erred;
Let it pass !
Any common souls that live
May condemn without reprieve;
'T is the noble who forgive :
Let it pass!
All The Year Round.
Read: "The White Dove," Maud Lindsay, in More
Mother Stories. Milton Bradley Co.
"Little Girls Wiser Than Men," Tolstoy, in
Twenty-Three Tales; translated by L. and A.
Maude. Oxford University Press.
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Read: " Rollo in the Woods," in Rollo at Play, Jacob
Abbott. T. Y. Crowell & Co.
"A Bit of Loving Kindness," Ada Carleton, in
EthicSy Julia M. Dewey, Educational Pub-
lishing Company.
"Three Bugs," Alice Cary, in Poetical Works of
Alice and Phoebe Cary, Houghton Mifflin Co.
A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE ^
LEO TOLSTOY
There once lived in Russia a peasant named Ivan
Stcherbakof . He was the best worker in the village, had
three sons all able to work, his wife was a thrifty woman
and they had a quiet and hard working daughter-in-law.
They had only one idle mouth to feed; that of Ivan's old
father, who had been lying ill on the top of the great
brick oven for seven years. Ivan had all he needed,
three horses and a colt, a cow with a calf, and fifteen
sheep. So he and his children might have lived quite
comfortably had it not been for a quarrel with his next-
door neighbor. Limping Gabriel, the son of Gordey
Ivanof.
As long as old Gordey was alive the peasants lived as
neighbors should. If the women wanted a sieve or a tub,
or the men a sack, they sent to the other house. Such
things as locking up barns and outhouses, or hiding
things from one another, were never thought of.
When the sons came to be at the head of the families,
everything changed. It all began about a trifle. Ivan's
daughter-in-law, Sonia, had a hen that every day laid
an egg in the cart. But one day the hen flew across into
Gabriel's yard and laid its egg there. When Sonia went
1 Abridged from Twenty-Three Tales. Translated by L. and A. Maude. Oxford
University Press.
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over, Gabriel's mother asked : " What do you want, young
woman?** "Why, you see, my hen flew across this
morning. Did not she lay an egg here?** "We never
saw anything of it. We collect our own eggs. And we
don't go looking for eggs in other people's yards, lass ! "
The young woman was offended, and answered sharply.
The women began abusing each other. Ivan's wife
joined in; Gabriel's wife rushed out; then a general up-
roar commenced. Gabriel, returning from the fields,
stopped to take his wife's part. Ivan and his son
rushed out; and finally Ivan pulled a hand-full out of
Gabriel's beard. Thus the quarrel began, and from this
a feud grew.
Ivan's old father tried to persuade them to make
peace, saying, "It's a stupid thing, children, picking
quarrels about an egg. The children may have taken it
— well, what matter? God sends enough for all. And
suppose your neighbor did say an unkind word; show
her how to say a better one ! If there has been a fight —
well, we 're all sinners, so make it up. If you nurse your
anger it will be worse for you yourselves."
But the younger folk would not listen. Not a day
passed without a quarrel or even a fight. After a time
the peasants began to steal from each other and kept
getting each other fined. Finally, in the seventh year of
the quarrel, Sonia accused Gabriel of horse-stealing, and
Gabriel hit her such a blow that she was laid up for a
week. Ivan got Gabriel condemned to be flogged. This
was a terrible humiliation to Gabriel and he was over-
heard to mutter, "Very well! He will have my back
flogged! That will make it burn; but something of his
may burn worse than that!"
After this Ivan's old father spoke up again. "Ah, lad,
malice blinds you. Others' sins are before your eyes but
your own are behind your back. He 's acted badly? If he
were bad but you were good, there would be no strife.
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If you get a hard word from any one, keep silent, and his
own conscience will accuse him. Forgive him; then life
will be easy and your heart will always be light. In the
morning go, make it up with Gabriel and invite him here
for to-morrow's holiday. Don't put it off; put out the
fire before it spreads."
Ivan began to think his father was right, but at this
moment the women came into the house, telling of more
quarreling. Then Ivan's heart grew cold again and he
gave up the thought of making peace. Late that evening
he went the rounds of his farm, to see whether anything
was in danger. As he reached the far corner of the shed
he saw something flare up for a moment near the
plough; and he clearly saw a man, crouching down,
lighting a bunch of straw he held in his hand. The
thatch flared up at the eaves, and standing beneath them,
Gabriel's whole figure was clearly visible.
**Now I'll have him," thought Ivan, and, paying no
attention to the fire now blazing furiously, he rushed at
Gabriel. The latter fled; Ivan followed, and was about
to seize him, when Gabriel, seizing up an oak beam,
struck Ivan down and stunned him.
When he came to his senses Gabriel was no longer
there. Ivan saw that his back shed was all ablaze;
flames and smoke and bits of burning straw mixed with
the smoke were being driven towards his hut. "What
is this," cried Ivan, still half dazed, "why, all I had to
do was just to snatch it out from under the eaves and
trample on it! Then the fire would never have got
started." Before he could get to the fire, the hut was
aflame. Nothing could be done; after Ivan's house,
Gabriel's also caught fire; then, the wind rising, the
flames spread to the other side of the street and half the
village was burnt down.
Ivan barely managed to save his old father; the family
escaped in what they had on; and everything else was
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lost, even the grain in the granaries. Ivan kept repeat-
ing, "One need only have pulled it out and trampled
on it."
In the morning his old father sent for him. "Who has
burnt down the village .f^" began the old man. "It was
Gabriel, father, I saw him." "Ivan, I am dying. You in
your turn will have to face death. Now, before God, say
whose is the sin? " Only then Ivan came to his senses
and understood it all. He answered simply, "Mine,
father." Then he fell on his knees before his father, say-
ing, "Forgive me; I am guilty before you and before
God." The old man cried, "Praise the Lord! Praise the
Lord! — What must you do now?" Ivan was weeping.
"I don't know how we are to live now, father!" he said.
The old man smiled faintly. " If you obey God's will,
you '11 manage ! — Mind, Ivan ! Don't tell who started
the fire! Hide another man's sin, and God will forgive
two of yours! " and, closing his eyes, the old man sighed,
stretched out, and died.
Ivan did not say anything against Gabriel, and no one
knew what had caused the fire. At first Gabriel felt
afraid, but after a while he got used to it. The men left
off quarreling and then their families left off also. While
rebuilding their huts, both families lived in one; and
when the village was rebuilt, Ivan and Gabriel built next
to each other and lived as good neighbors should. Ivan
remembered his old father's command to quench a fire
at the first spark. If any one does him an injury he now
tries, not to revenge himself, but rather to set matters
right.
And Ivan has got on his feet again, and now lives bet-
ter even than he did before.
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JUNE: WORKING TOGETHER
For the Teacher:
TOGETHER ^
RUDYARD KIPLING
When Crew and Captam understand each other to the
core.
It takes a gale and more than a gale to put their ship
ashore;
For the one will do what the other commands, although
they are chilled to the bone.
And both together can live through weather that neither
can face alone.
Suggestions for morning talks
June is an excellent time to gather together in review the
lessons of the entire year, and to suggest ways of put-
ting them in action during the summer. The spirit
of working together is the essence of neighborliness.
^sop's fable of the bundle of sticks easily broken when
separate, unbreakable when bound together, will
make graphic the need of mutual support. Let the
children see how even such a simple act as tying one's
shoes means a skillful working together of the brain,
the muscles, the agile fingers of both hands. Building
a house, putting out a fire, running a railroad, all
require that people shall help one another to the best
of their ability.
What can you do during the summer to help the neigh-
bors? If you go on a vacation to the country can you
» A School History of England, C. B. L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling. Double-
day, Page & Co.
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bring back some flowers? For whom? Are there any-
little babies in the neighborhood? In what ways can
you help take care of them? Is it a good way of work-
ing together to steal birds* eggs? Why not? Why
should you not pull up flowers by the roots?
Learn: "The Brown Thrush," Lucy Larcom, from
Childhood Songs. Houghton Mifllin Co.
"Wayside Flowers," William Allingham, in
Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Read : " Do all That You Can," and " Two Little Girls."
Margaret Sangster, in Little Knights and
Ladies. Harper & Bros.
In A School History of England, C. R. L.
Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling, " England's on
the Anvil" (chap, ii), first four verses of "To-
gether" (chap, vii), "The Glory of the Gar-
den" (end of the book). Doubleday, Page &
Co.
"The Wives of Brixham," Anonymous, in A
School Reader, Grade iv, Fanny E. Coe. Ameri-
can Book Co.
"The Lame Man and the Blind Man," ^sop,
in Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
THE QUAILS 1
A LEGEND OF THE JATAKA
Ages ago a flock of more than a thousand quails lived
together in a forest in India. They would have been
happy, but that they were in great dread of their enemy,
» From Ethics for Children, p. 71.
126 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
tlie quail-catcher. He used to imitate the call of the
quail, and when they gathered together in answer to it,
he threw a great net over them, stuffed them into his
basket, and carried them away to be sold.
Now one of these quails was very wise, and he said:
"Brothers! I've thought of a good plan. In future, as
soon as the fowler throws his net over us, let each one
put his head through a mesh in the net and then all lift
it up together and fly away with it. When we have
flown far enough, we can let the net drop on a thorn
bush and escape from under it."
All agreed to the plan, and the next day, when the
fowler threw his net, the birds all lifted it together in the
very way that the wise quail had told them, threw it on
a thorn bush and escaped. While the fowler tried to free
his net from the thorns, it grew dark, and he had to go
home.
This happened many days, till at last the fowler's wife
grew angry and asked her husband: "Why is it that you
never catch any more quail? "
Then the fowler said: "The trouble is that all the
birds work together and help one another. If they would
only quarrel, I could catch them fast enough."
A few days later, one of the quails accidentally trod
on the head of one of his brothers as they alighted on the
feeding ground.
"Who trod on my head?" angrily inquired the quail
who was hurt.
"Don't be angry, I did n't mean to tread on you,"
said the first quail.
But the brother quail went on quarreling, and pretty
soon he declared : " I lifted all the weight of the net; you
did n't help at all."
That made the first quail angry, and before long all
were drawn into the dispute. Then the fowler saw his
chance. He imitated the cry of the quail and cast his net
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over those who came together. They were still boasting
and quarreling, and they did not help each other lift the
net. So the hunter lifted the net himself and crammed
them into his basket. But the wise quail gathered his
friends together and flew far away, for he knew that
quarrels are the root of misfortune.
GRADE IV
TOWN AND CITY
BY MABEL HILL
INTRODUCTION
Fob the Teacher:
THE SONG OF THE BROAD-AXE
WALT WHITMAN
A great city is that which has the greatest men and
women,
If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the
whole world.
The place where a great city stands is not the place of
stretch'd wharves, docks, manufactures, deposits
of produce merely.
Nor the place of ceaseless salutes of new-comers or the
anchor-lifters of the departing.
Nor the place of the tallest and costliest buildings or
shops selling goods from the rest of the earth.
Nor the place of the best libraries and schools, nor the
place where money is plentiest,
Nor the place of the most numerous population.
Where the city stands with the brawniest breed of
orators and bards.
Where the city stands that is belov'd by these, and loves
them in return and understands them.
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Where no monuments exist to heroes but in the common
words and deeds.
Where thrift is in its place, and prudence is in its place,
Where outside authority enters always after the prece-
dence of inside authority.
Where the citizen is always the head and ideal, and
President, Mayor, Governor and what not, are
agents for pay,
Where children are taught to be laws to themselves, and
to depend on themselves.
Where equanimity is illustrated in affairs,
Where speculations on the soul are encouraged.
Where women walk in public processions in the streets
the same as the men.
Where they enter the public assembly and take places
the same as the men;
Where the city of the faithfulest friends stands,
• •• • ••••••
There the great city stands.
The most important public question before us to-
day is the unsolved question of how to develop a class
of trained citizens who shall bring into political life such
upright devotion and such a high degree of eflScient serv-
ice that our civic life will show the results. It behooves
the teachers of the United States to begin the founda-
tions of such a crusade with the children. The junior
citizens of our country are the future citizens of the
nation. Even in the fourth grade the pupils, boys and
girls alike, are in touch with the daily activities of
municipal life around them. As they come to school
they see workmen employed by the municipal gov-
ernment busily engaged on some service for the good
of all. What these men are doing, why they are doing
ISO A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
it, what good comes from it, are questions to be con-
sidered.
Even more important are the questions that follow: If
good does come from such work, cannot all citizens be
interested and helpful? If the grown-up citizens are in-
terested, why should not the children be interested and
helpful too? These are questions to be fostered in the
class room, in order to bring about a vital and intelligent
cooperation on the part of the pupils.
As it is the spirit and not the letter that we are to
develop in the lower grades, the actual study of govern-
ment cannot be given as a branch of learning. But much
will be gathered as basic knowledge of civic life if an
informal succession of lessons be presented in the form
of talks and stories, together with the study of pictures
of civic life and poetry to stir local patriotism.
SEPTEMBER: THE INFLUENCE OF
THE HOME
For the Teacher :
THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT
ROBERT BURNS
At length his lonely cot appears in view.
Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;
Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin', stacher thro*.
To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin' noise an' glee.
His wee bit ingle, blinkin' bonilie.
His clane hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile.
The lisping infant prattling on his knee.
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Does a' his weary carking cares beguile.
An' makes him quite forget his labor an' his toil.
Wi' joy unfeign'd brothers and sisters meet.
An' each for other's weel fare kindly spiers :
The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet;
Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears;
The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years;
Anticipation forward points the view.
The mother, wi' her needle an' her shears.
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel 's the new;
The father mixes a' wi' admonition due.
Their master's an' their mistress's command
The younkers a' are warned to obey;
An' mind their labours wi' an eydent hand.
An' ne'er, tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play :
An' oh ! be sure to fear the Lord alway ,
An' mind your duty, duly, morn an' night!
Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray.
Implore His counsel and assisting might:
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!
Suggestions for morning talks
If you tell the boys and girls what children are doing in
their homes in other towns and cities to serve the
community you will quickly catch their interest.
Stories read like fairy tales to them when the heroes
are children — children who have made their homes
more beautiful, and thus bettered the community in
which they live.
Jane Andrews's "Seven Little Sisters," and "Ten
Boys," will assist the teacher to bring before the
pupils the helpfulness of children in the homes of
other countries throughout the great epochs of his-
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tory. Louisa Alcott*s short stories contain many
examples of children who have helped in the home of
to-day. Magazines and newspapers contain anecdotes
describing the work of children all over the country
who have kept Tree Day or City Housecleaning Day.
Cut these out of the magazines. Oftentimes they
appeal to young children even more than historical
stories.
Questions : How can a boy or girl living in a city flat help
to make the flat more attractive? Boys can make
window boxes and plant seeds; when the flowers blos-
som it will give a cheery appearance to the house.
Girls can keep the flowers in the window boxes wa-
tered. Children will keep their lawns watered and cut,
the flower beds weeded and watered, the streets in
front of their houses free from rubbish, the ash barrel
removed immediately after it has been emptied.
How can you help your father and mother in their
work.? Why do you like to help them.^^ Suppose you
don't like to do the work itself, do you like to do it
because it pleases some one else.? Do you like to do
work for the sake of getting the work done, and seeing
things neat and ship-shape, even when the work itself
is drudgery.?
Back of the actual service there must be the spirit of
loyalty to the home life. Show the class that obedi-
ence is the fundamental relationship between parents
and children in the home and that it is essential to the
largest happiness. The stories below illustrate obedi-
ence, gratitude, helpfulness, cheerfulness, service.
Two quotations from the writings of the Eastern nations
bring out the influence of the family through untold
centuries; — '
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"You have no conception of how many anxious toils
your parents bore and of how many painful apprehen-
sions they endured in nourishing and educating you
— now which of these things did not require the heart
of a father and mother? Can this kindness ever be
fully rewarded? " — Mencius, Tsin Sin (pt. i, chap.
XXXI v).
"No one is to be looked up to like a father. No one is to
be depended upon as is a mother." — SJie King, Minor
Odes.
Reading for the children
"A Mother's Boy"; "Waiting for Father"; "A Fel-
low's Mother"; "Little Hans"; "A Little Fairy";
from Little Knights and Ladies, M. E. Sangster.
Harper & Bros.
"The School Children's Friend," in An American Book
of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin. American Book Co.
"Snow-Bound," John G. Whittier. R.L.S. No. 4.
Houghton Miffin Co.
Heidi, Johanna Spyri. Everyman's Library. E. P,
Dutton & Co.
Reading far the teacher
The Community and the Citizen, chap, rv, Arthur W.
Dunn. D. C. Heath & Co.
Preparing for Citizenship. W. B. Guitteau. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Family in its Sociological Aspects, James Quale
Dealey. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Democracy and Social Ethics, Jane Addams. The Mac-
millan Co.
The Young Citizen, chaps, xix, xx, Charles F. Dole.
D. C. Heath & Co.
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THE LITTLE PHILOSOPHER »
JOHN AIKEN AND MRS. BAKBAULD
Mr. L. was one morning riding by himself, when dis-
mounting to gather a plant in the hedge, his horse got
loose and galloped away from him. At length a little boy
in a neighboring field, seeing the affair, ran across where
the road made a turn, and getting before the horse, took
him by the bridle, and held him till his owner came up.
Mr. L. looked at the boy, and admired his ruddy, cheer-
ful countenance. "Thank you, my good lad,'* said he;
"you have caught my horse very cleverly. What shall I
give you for your trouble?" (putting his hand into his
pocket). "I want nothing, sir," said the boy.
Mr. L. Don't you.? So much the better for you. Few
men can say so much. But, pray, what were you doing
in the field .^^
B. I was rooting up weeds and tending the sheep that
are feeding on the turnips.
Mr. L. And do you like this employment?
B. Yes, very well, this fine weather.
Mr. L. But had you not rather play?
B. This is not hard work; it is almost as good as play.
Mr. L. How long have you been out in this field?
B. Ever since six in the morning.
Mr. L. And are not you hungry?
B. Yes, I shall go to my dinner soon.
Mr. L. If you had sixpence now, what would you do
with it?
B. I don't know. I never had so much in my life.
Mr. L. Have you no playthings?
B. Playthings? What are those?
Mr. L. Such as balls, ninepins, marbles, tops, and
wooden horses.
» Abridged from The Children't Hour, edited by Eva March Tappan. Houghton
MiffliuCo.
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B. No, sir; but our Tom makes footballs to kick in the
cold weather, and we set traps for birds; and then I have
a jumping pole and a pair of stilts to walk through the
dirt with; and I had a hoop, but it is broken.
Mr. L. And do you want nothing else?
B. No. I have hardly time for those; for, I always ride
the horses to field, and bring up the cows, and run to the
town of errands, and that is as good as play, you know.
Mr. L. What do you do when you are hungry before
it is time to go home?
B. I sometimes eat a raw turnip.
Mr. L. But if there are none?
B. Then I do as well as I can; I work on, and never
think of it.
Mr. L. Are you not dry sometimes this hot weather?
B. Yes, but there is water enough.
Mr. L. Why, my little fellow, you are quite a philoso-
pher!
B. Sir?
Mr. L. I say you are a philosopher, but I am sure you
do not know what that means.
B. No, sir; no harm, I hope?
Mr. L. No, no (laughing) . Well, my boy, you seem to
want nothing at all, so I shall not give you money to
make you want anything. But were you ever at school?
B. No, sir; but daddy says I shall go after harvest.
Mr. L. You will want books then.
B. Yes; the boys all have a spelling-book and a
Testament.
Mr. L. Well, then, I will give you them. Tell your
daddy so, and that it is because I thought you a very
good, contented little boy. So now go to your sheep
again.
B. I will, sir. Thank you.
136 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
OCTOBER: THE INFLUENCE OF
THE SCHOOL
For the Teacher:
VITAI LAMPADA*
HENRY NEWBOLT
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night
Ten to make and the match to win —
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play and the last man in.
And it 's not for the sake of a ribboned coat
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame.
But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote:
"Play up! play up! and play the game!"
The sand of the desert is sodden red —
Red with the wreck of a square that broke; —
The Catling's jammed and the colonel dead
And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
The river of death has brimmed his banks
And England 's far, and Honour a name,
But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks,
"Play up! play up! and play the game!'*
This is the word that year by year.
While in her place the School is set.
Every one of her sons must hear.
And none that hears it dare forget.
This they all with a joyful mind
Bear through life like a torch in flame.
And falling fling to the host behind —
"Play up! play up! and play the game!"
* From AdmiraU AU. John Lane Co.
/ GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 137
Suggestions for morning talks
Show the children that they can help the city by their
appreciation of what it does for them through the
public schools. If the teacher tells the children at the
outset of the term how much money is going to be
spent for them by the city during the year and if she
illustrates this expense by comparing it with the cost
of things the children already know about, it will
mean, even in the fourth grade, something definite to
them, especially if they have already begim to save
their pennies at the bank.
Questions: How many schools are there in our town?
Where are they located? What is a primary school?
What is a grammar school? What are high schools?
Why do we have evening schools? Why are there so
many more children in the elementary schools than in
the secondary schools or high schools? When may a
boy or girl go to work? Who decides the age? W^ho is
the superintendent? Why is there a superintendent
in your town? What other schools besides those men-
tioned give training to boys and girls? Would you
like to go to an outdoor school? Do you like to go to
schools in summer on the playgrounds? If supplies
are given free to pupils, should they be careful in using
them? Of what supplies ought you to take the best
possible care? How can you help make your school-
room beautiful? College boys talk about their college
spirit? Has your school any real school spirit? What
is school spirit? What do you mean by "team work,"
"fair play"? Give an example of fair play in the
schoolroom and of one in the school yard.
Write upon the blackboard a list of suggestions given by
138 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
the children. This list will include: Care of the build-
ings (never mar anything, do not waste materials, do
not waste water at the faucets); care of the school
apparatus and playground apparatus; orderliness in
entering school and retiring; regular attendance;
punctuality; quiet behavior in the streets; helpful-
ness in waiting upon the teacher; readiness in recita-
tion; willingness to study.
Reading for the children
"The Little School Ma'am"; "Vacation Over"; "The
Two Wishes"; in Little Knights and Ladies, M. E.
Sangster. Harper & Bros.
Reading for the teacher
The Community and the Citizeny chap, xv, Arthur
W. Dunn. D. C. Heath & Company.
New Demands in Education, James P. Monroe. Double-
day, Page & Co.
American Citizen; The Young Citizen, chap. iii. Charles
F. Dole. D. C. Heath & Co.
Civic Reader for New Americans, chap, iv, Charles M.
Lamprey. American Book Co.
Character Building in School, Jane Brownlee. Houghton
Mifflin Co. (A very important book for the teacher.)
" The Deserted Village," Oliver Goldsmith. R.L.S. No.
68. Houghton Mifflin Co. (To be read aloud).
A SCHOOL SYSTEM STORY ^
MABEL HILL
The truant officer did not visit the Horace Mann
School once during the spring term. It happened in this
> Abridged from Lestons/or Junior Ciiizent. Ginn & Co.
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 139
way. One morning in early April Miss Howe said,
"Spring is here! I can see it and feel it and smell it,
can't you?"
"Yes," said a little girl, without even raising her
hand; "and I can hear it, too."
"So you can, Kitty," responded the teacher. "The
birds are coming back every day."
Just then John Wilson, a big boy in the back seat,
whispered to another boy, "I'll play * hookey' this
afternoon, if you will."
Miss Howe knew by the boy's lips what he had whis-
pered, but she did not call upon him at once. Presently
she said, "Z'(i like to play truant this afternoon, myself,
but you see I can't, any more than you boys and girls
can."
Up went John's hand. "Why can't you play truant.
Miss Howe, if you want to?" he asked.
"Because, John, it would not be fair to you, or to
your father, or to the other children's fathers. You see,
the citizens of this city own these school buildings and
support the school system, in order that you children
may come here and learn about things. You would feel
very sorry if there were no schools, but if you and
I played truant often, and if others should acquire
the habit, the city might have to shut up the schools.
Moreover, the truant breaks into his lessons, loses his
place in the class, and becomes careless about every-
thing."
Miss Howe then explained how they each partly
"owned the school" and were a part of the "system of
education." This is what she told them. "It costs an
average of $30 every year to send each of you to
school. I mean that when all the expenses in all the
schoolhouses are taken into account, it costs the city
$450,000; last year we had a roll of 15,000 children.
I wish you would put that example in arithmetic on
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the board, Johnny, so that we can see just how it will
look."
Johnny quickly put the multiplication work on the
board.
"We have a School Board, as you know, of nine mem-
bers, and a superintendent of schools. There are so
many things to think of that this big committee is di-
vided into little committees. There are committees that
report on music and drawing, and still others that have
charge of the accounts, and of the rules and regulations.
The members of our School Board receive no salary and
when you think that some of the standing committees
have at least fifty meetings a year, you must agree with
me in thinking these men very generous to serve their
city so faithfully.
"The superintendent of schools, however, receives a
salary, just as all the teachers receive pay, because his
work is a daily one and he has no other profession. Per-
haps you would like to know how some of the city money
is expended upon the schools? When we count all the
public school buildings, we find 53 belonging to our
school system, and in these are employed 300 teachers."
"Do these include the evening schools? " asked one of
the older girls.
"No, there are other teachers who have charge of the
night instruction. Now, I should like to have John go to
the board again and make a list of necessary school sup-
plies. Kitty, what shall we put down first?"
"Textbooks."
"Writing-books and drawing-books," added another.
"And drawing-materials," a third girl suggested.
"Reference books," some one else remembered. And
then the replies came more slowly.
Miss Howe reminded them of the fuel, water, and gas
bills that must be paid; of the repairs on old furniture
and the need of new. She pointed to the window shades
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that were new that spring. **It has cost the city $2000
to put those green shades into every school. Do you
know why they bought green instead of yellow shades? **
Mary Andrews knew. "Because green shades make
the light softer for the eyes," she said. So they went on,
counting the cost of the supplies necessary to equip a
schoolroom. They remembered the scissors and cloth
for the sewing-classes, and the raw materials for the
cooking-class.
"How much will it cost to build the new Schuyler
Avenue schoolhouse.f*" Johnny asked.
"I'm glad you asked that. How much do you think
such a building ought to cost?"
"Our new house cost $5000," another boy ventured.
"That's a good deal for a house, Charlie," Miss Howe
replied, "but a school building is so much larger, and it
must be built for so much more wear and tear, that
Johnny will have to think of a sum larger than $5000."
"I guess $50,000," Johnny said, sitting down in the
back seat with quite the air of a business man.
" Even more than that," Miss Howe continued. " The
city has appropriated $120,000 for the building alone.
It is to be fireproof, and the only woodwork in the school-
rooms will be the desks, chairs, and the trimming of doors
and windows."
A moment later Miss Howe continued, "When I
think how much your fathers are doing, as citizens, to
make your school days happy, and when I stop to think
that this very school building is public property and
belongs to you and to me to enjoy and be proud of, I
can't see how any children could want to mutilate or
harm their desks, or destroy the flowers in the window
boxes, or injure the textbooks."
This story made the boys and girls realize what a city
government does for its school children, and there was no
need for the truant officer in their school that spring.
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NOVEMBER: CARE OF PUBLIC
PROPERTY
For the Teacher:
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty :
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare.
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep !
The river glideth at his own sweet will :
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
Suggestions for morning talks
All public property belongs directly or indirectly to the
citizens. It is not only school property which the chil-
dren may be taught to care for with individual inter-
est and pride.
Questions: If you live in a crowded street where careless
people are constantly throwing refuse into the gutter
and upon the pavements, what can you do about it?
Suppose you should band the children of your neigh-
borhood together into a Civic League, could the league
work for street improvement? Write to the Commis-
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sioner of the New York Street Cleaning Department,
who will tell you an interesting story of what hap-
pened in the city of New York some years ago.
If you form a Civic League, here are some ways to
protect and care for public property. Boys and girls
will not deface with a knife, pencil, or chalk the build-
ings or walls or fences of any property, public or pri-
vate; children can guard the street from the careless-
ness of grown-up people; if boys see banana skins
thrown on to the street from a foreigner's fruit store,
they can explain to the foreigner that banana skins
are not only slippery things and may cause some one
to fall, but they are unsightly and unhealthful, for all
decaying fruit breeds germs; children can prevent
other children from throwing stones which will break
the electric lamp globes; bonfires should be watched
carefully, and the ashes left from bonfires shoidd be
properly scattered, because falling sparks may alight
and a new fire be started. The Sewer Department is
another public utility of the greatest importance.
Children should be taught not to build dams in the
gutter, or try to stop the water from flowing into the
sewer. The hydrants, the fire-alarm boxes, are for the
good of all. The more the children think about these
details of city life, the more ready they will be to take
a civic pledge when a civic club is started in their
school or community. Tell stories of children who
have helped save large public property. For instance,
"The Little Hero of Harlem,'' and "The Red Shirt,"
in ^n American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin.
For further questions and discussions, see "Life at
the Heart of Things," p. 12, in Talks on Citizenship,
Charles F. Dole. The Patriotic League, N.Y.
144 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Reading for the children
Colonel Waring's work, in Town and Cityy chaps, v to
VII, Frances G. Jewett. Gulick Hygiene Series. Ginn
&Co.
Lessons for Junior Citizens, pp. 83-110, Mabel Hill.
Ginn & Co.
** Arbor Day,*' Henry Abbey (what we plant when
we plant a tree), in Days and Deeds, Baker Taylor
Co.
"The Garden," Mary Howitt, in The Children's Hour,
vol. VI, edited by Eva March Tappan. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
An American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin.
American Book Co.
Reading for the teacher
The City, Frederick Howe. Charles Scribner*s Sons.
The Community and the Citizen, Arthur W. Dunn. D. C.
Heath & Co.
The American Citizen, Charles F. Dole. D. C. Heath &
Co.
Great Cities in America, Delos F. Wilcox. The Macmil-
lan Co.
Preparing for Citizenship, W. B. Guitteau. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Representative Cities of the United States, Caroline W.
Hotchkiss. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Public Parks,'* Sylvester Baxter, in A Civic Reader for
New Americans, American Book Co.
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NEIGHBOR MINEi
FRANCES GULICK JEWETT
There are barrels in the hallways.
Neighbor mine;
Pray be mindful of them always.
Neighbor mine.
If you 're not devoid of feeling,
Quickly to those barrels stealing.
Throw in each banana peeling.
Neighbor mine!
Look! whene'er you drop a paper.
Neighbor mine,
In the wind it cuts a caper.
Neighbor mine.
Down the street it madly courses.
And should fill you with remorses
When you see it scares the horses.
Neighbor mine !
Paper-cans were made for papers.
Neighbor mine;
Let 's not have this fact escape us.
Neighbor mine.
And if you will lend a hand.
Soon our city dear shall stand
As the cleanest in the land.
Neighbor mine.
t From Totm €md City. Ginn & Co.
146 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO US ALL »
CHARLES F. DOLE
A great many things in our town belong to all the
people. The schoolhouses with their desks and charts
and blackboards, for instance, belong to the people. The
fathers and mothers and older brothers of the children,
and often men and women who have no children of their
own, have paid their money to build the schoolhouses
and to furnish them. They have sometimes made the
schoolhouses a good deal better than their own homes.
They have wished to make the children happy in their
schools.
No one can say of the schoolhouse, "It belongs to
me," or "It is mine." The richest man in the town can-
not say this any more than the poor man. But the poor
man as well as the rich man may say, "This is ours: we
own it together." The children also can say, "These
schoolhouses and all that is in them are ours."
The schoolhouses are not the only things that all of
us own in common. Perhaps there are other buildings
which belong to the people. In a large town there may
be many such buildings; such as the police stations, the
houses for the fire-engines, the stables for the horses that
draw the city carts, hospitals for the sick, homes for
orphan boys and girls, and a City Hall full of offices.
Perhaps some can think of other buildings which belong
to the people. The buildings and houses owned by all of
us in common are called public. This means that no one
can ever say, "They are mine," but all can say, "They
are ours." Whatever is public is for every one.
To whom do the streets belong? To whom do the side-
walks and the curbstones and the street-lamps belong?
» From The Ymtng Citizen. Copyright, 1899, by D. C. Heath & Co. Used by per-
mission.
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 147
The street does not belong only to the man who lives
on it; the lamp-post does not belong only to the man
whose door is lighted by the lamp. The teamsters, the
errand-boys, the boys and girls who ride their bicycles to
their playground, the people who live on the other side
of the town, own the street as much as the men who live
on it. Every one who walks out in the evening has a
share in all the street-lamps.
Perhaps there is a Common, a Park, or a Public
Garden in town; it may be that the land in it is worth
a fortune; it may cost the city thousands of dollars
every year to keep it in order. But no man is so rich
as to say, "It is mine.'* Every child can say, "It is
ours."
There may be a rule that no one shall pick the flowers
in the Public Garden, or trample the grass.
But this rule is not to keep us from our rights in the
grass and the flowers. The rule is made in order to give
us our rights. It is intended to secure the greatest pleas-
ure for the greatest number of people. Is it not better
and fairer to give all of us an equal chance to see the
flowers, than to let a few pick them and carry them
away.f^ The person who takes the flowers from the
Public Garden seems to say, "The flowers are mine,"
which is not the truth.
No one has a right to carry away without permission,
and much less to injure, what belongs to us all. Is it not
a very good notice which is said to be put up in the
public parks of Australia, " This is your property: there-
fore do not destroy it** ?
148 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
DECEMBER: PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PUBLIC CHARITY
For the Teacher:
THE TROOP OF THE GUARD ^
HERMANN HAGEDORN
There's trampling of hoofs in the busy street.
There 's clanking of sabers on floor and stair.
There *s sound of restless, hurrying feet,
Of voices that whisper, of lips that entreat.
Will they live, will they die, will they strive, will they
dare?
The houses are garlanded, flags flutter gay.
For a Troop of the Guard rides forth to-day.
The dawn is upon us, the pale light speeds
To the zenith with glamour and golden dart.
On, up! Boot and saddle! Give spurs to your steeds!
There 's a city beleaguered that cries for men's deeds.
With the pain of the world in its cavernous heart.
Ours be the triumph! Humanity calls!
Life's not a dream in the clover!
On to the walls, on to the walls,
On to the walls, and over!
The portals are open, the white road leads
Through thicket and garden, o'er stone and sod.
On, up! Boot and saddle! Give spurs to your steeds!
There 's a city beleaguered that cries for men's deeds.
For the faith that is strength and the love that is God!
On through the dawning! Humanity calls!
Life's not a dream in the clover!
* From A Troop of the Ouard, and Other Poemi. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 149
On to the walls, on to the walls.
On to the walls, and over!
Suggestions for morning talks
The importance of cleanliness. Unwashed people
crowded into unclean rooms, breathing impure air and
drinking impure water, are more likely to be ill, and
to spread contagious disease, than clean people in
clean rooms, breathing pure air and drinking pure
water. At the outset the boys and girls in the fourth
grade may or may not realize this truth, but if actual
facts of the death rate in their own city are shown, if
the nature of microbes at work upon water, air, and
food is explained, they will accept the facts, and bet-
ter still, carry the facts into their homes and teach
their parents these things. Vaccination, tuberculosis,
the menace of flies and mosquitoes, the ravages of
epidemics, the subject of pure food inspection, a pure
water supply, and proper sewerage, can be explained
with the assistance of simple textbooks on the work of
towns and cities to improve sanitation during the last
twenty years.
Care of body: hands; face; nails; teeth; baths, hot and
cold; sleep in fresh air; nourishing food; plenty of
exercise; rest.
Care of home: house clean; refrigerators; sinks; bread
jars; dust; fight flies; garbage.
Care of health in 'public places: expectoration; inspection
of food, milk and water; housing laws; medical inspec-
tion at school; care of sick; care of babies; district
nurses; hospitals; care to educate immigrants; danger
of tuberculosis; stories of men who have spent their
lives or sacrificed their lives to make better health
conditions.
/
150 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Questions: How do you know when one of your play-
mates has scarlet fever? Why do they post quaran-
tine cards? Why are the school books not allowed to
go into children's homes? Why are street cars fumi-
gated every day? Why are milk stations being estab-
lished everywhere? What is "certified milk'*? Why
does the School Department cooperate with the
Board of Health, and add school physicians to the
corps of teachers? In your school do you have a
visiting nurse? Why do damp cellars, overcrowded
houses, and untidy workshops prove dangerous cen-
ters? When sickness or old age, or loss of work, or
loss of health has made a person dependent what does
the Board of Charity do to help him? In some cities
the members of the Board of Charity are called
Overseers of the Poor. Does every one who is poor
need to be sent to an institution? Did you ever visit a
poor farm or city hospital? What do orphan asylums
do for little children? Are there any schools in your
neighborhood for the blind or crippled? What charity
societies do you know about? How much do you do
to help take care of the poor? Would a Christmas tree
for little children who will not have Christmas trees
at home give happiness to those less well off than you?
Did you ever think how pleasant it would be if you
were a poor crippled child who had to live in a tene-
ment room away from other children, to receive let-
ters from little children at school ?
Reading for the children
"Cleanliness," Charles and Mary Lamb, in The Posy
Ring, edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A.
Smith. Doubleday, Page & Co.
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Town and City, and Good Health. Frances Gulick Jewett,
Gulick Hygiene Series. Ginn & Co.
The Child's Day, Woods Hutchinson Health Series.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Reading for the teacher
Life of Pasteur, chaps, x, xiii, Rene Vallery Radot.
Doubleday, Page & Co.
Good Citizenshipy Richman and Wallach. American
Book Company.
Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. Riis. The Mac-
millan Company.
Handbook of Health, Woods Hutchinson. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
AN OVERSEER OF THE POOR STORY ^
MABEL HILL
Every evening Miss Abbott bought the "Evening
Sun" from a newsboy. One day she found out that it
was not a boy at all, but a small girl of fourteen named
Maggie Connors who wore a short skirt, a boy's over-
coat, a boy's cap, and boy's boots. When Miss Abbott
talked with Maggie about her home, she learned that
Maggie's younger sister, Annie, was in her school. These
two little girls had a baby sister and lived together in
one room. Maggie's mother and father had both died;
many of the household goods had to be sold to pay bills,
and Maggie had to go to work at once. During the day
she stayed with the baby sister, and did the little house-
work that had to be done. After Annie came home from
school, Maggie sold papers. In the evening, after she
had put the children to bed, she washed dishes in a
restaurant till twelve o'clock.
1 Abridged from LeMontfor Junior Citizena. Gin^ & Co.
152 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"We have not had so fierce an ice-storm for five years
as this one, have we, father?" asked Miss Abbott at
supper.
"I hope no one is suffering," said her father. "Last
night and to-night, when I bought my paper your little
girl was not at the Square."
"Oh, father, her little sister Annie was absent last
Friday; she was ill, one of the children told me. Those
little girls may be in trouble. What can I do?"
Mr. Abbott was one of the Overseers of the Poor.
"Why not telephone to John Towers, the policeman in
that ward? " he said. John was sent to look up the chil-
dren and then he telephoned Miss Abbott. It was a sad
story he had to tell. Mr. Abbott and his daughter drove
rapidly to Carr Street, where Towers was awaiting them.
The younger sister had been ill with a feverish cold;
the baby had croup; and the little money which Maggie
had stored away for such misfortunes was quickly spent
by the poor child because she was unable to do her
regular night work. The children had nothing to eat but
bread and milk for three days and now that her money
was gone, though she could get stale bread for almost
nothing, the milkman said, " I can't trust you. You look
too young for steady work or steady pay." Maggie was
too proud to ask help of strangers, but she knew that the
City Government never meant to let poor people suffer
from want, and on the afternoon of the ice storm she
started for the City Hall, believing that the Overseers of
the Poor would help her.
On her way she fell on the glaring ice; on rising there
was such pain in her ankle that she dared not keep on.
She turned back into the alley and climbed the three
flights of stairs. Cold, hungry, and sick as they were,
the little girls had gone to bed in order to keep warm.
Policeman Towers had to knock many times and very
loud, for they were sleeping heavily after long hours of
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hunger and cold and weeping. Towers built a fire and
got food.
" Oh, Miss Abbott, how good of you to come and see
us," Maggie cried when she saw the teacher, and she
tried to limp forward. The city doctor and the district
nurse came almost immediately and the children were
made comfortable. As an Overseer of the Poor Mr.
Abbott realized that these children must be cared for;
that the brave little girl trying to support her sisters
would need aid for some time.
"What are you going to do about these children,
father," his daughter asked. ** It seems cruel to separate
them, and yet they cannot stay here. The doctor says
Maggie's ankle won't be strong for six weeks."
"I hate to send them to the city farm," Mr. Abbott
answered; "they certainly can't stay here, even with aid
from our outside department."
"But father, why not let me apply to the Associated
Charities in this work.^* Julia Swan told me yesterday of
a poor woman who might help. Her husband has died
and she wishes to earn something by taking children
into her home. The city could pay the woman for taking
care of these poor little girls, and the Associated Chari-
ties could be responsible for their welfare. Then, as soon
as Maggie is strong again, we can help her to learn a
trade."
Six months later Maggie was no longer selling papers
on the street or working in a midnight restaurant. In-
stead she was learning a trade while she, Annie, and the
baby boarded with the woman who was being assisted
by the Associated Charities' organization. Maggie
keenly realized her indebtedness to the city government
through the Overseers of the Poor and to the members of
the Board of Charities who had also taken an interest in
her case. She had learned by her experience of the great
work done by these organizations. Best of all she was
154 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
forgetting the sad and unhappy times of the past. There
was one thing she would never forget, however — the
kindness of Mr. Abbott and of Annie's teacher, who had
helped to keep her little family together.
JANUARY: FIRE AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For the Teacher:
DUTY
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
The poet's introduction to the Ode from which these stanzas are
taken includes this sentence: "We should be rigorous to ourselves
and forbearing, if not indulgent, to others, and, if we make compari-
sons at all, it ought to be with those who have morally excelled us.'*
Stern Daughter of the Voice of God!
0 Duty! if that name thou love
Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove;
Thou, who art victory and law
When empty terrors overawe;
From vain temptations dost set free;
And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
To humbler functions, awful Power!
1 call thee: I myself commend
Unto thy guidance from this hour;
Oh, let my weakness have an end!
Give unto me, made lowly wise.
The spirit of self-sacrifice;
The confidence of reason give;
And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me Hve!
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 155
Suggestions for morning talks
The dramatic action of the street and fire department
appeals to children. They love to tell stories from
their own experience of these men who are our pro-
tectors. The following suggestions have been gath-
ered from children of the public schools.
How the children can help. Be careful when you make
fires. Don't play with matches or lamps. Keep kero-
sene and gasoline away from stoves. Notify inmates
of a house in case of smoke or fire. Notify the depart-
ment of fire and direct them to it. Don't ring in false
alarms or get in the way of firemen at fires. Put out
all camp-fires in the woods. Be sure your match is out
before you throw it away. Build a camp-fire only as
large as is absolutely necessary. Build a camp-fire
among stones or in the sand, not against a log or a
tree; build a small one where you can scrape away the
needles, leaves or grass from all sides of it. Don't
build bonfires; the wind may come up at any time
and start up a fire that you cannot control. If you
discover a fire in the woods get word at once to the
nearest State Fire Warden, Forest Officer, or Fire
Commissioner.
Give incidents in the life of firemen: Their daily routine.
Their dress, off duty, on duty. A look into the engine
house, beauty of engine, intelligence of horses.
Sounding an alarm, effects in station by day, by night.
The procession to the fire, district chief, engine, hose
carriage, hook and ladder. Apparatus, the ladders,
the life net, etc. How to put out a fire. Firemen's
great responsibility. Heroic rescues. Read: "Fight-
ing a Fire," Charles T. Hill (Century Co.), and "The
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Fireman," in Careers of Danger and Daring, Cleve-
land Moffat (Century Co.).
Practical advice. If your house is on fire, what is the
first thing to do? Shout, "Fire," and rush to the near-
est alarm box. Where is the fire-alarm box nearest to
your house? How do you ring in the alarm? What is
your number? What is the next step? Wait at the
box to tell the firemen where the fire is. Then re-
turn to the house to help save property or fight the
fire.
What should be saved first? The living beings in the
house — baby, grandmother, the dog, cat, and
canary. What next? Money, valuable papers. What
next? Pictures, furniture, souvenirs dear from asso-
ciations. What next? Clothing. Read: "Partners,"
James Baldwin, in An American Book of Golden
Deeds. (American Book Co.)
Suppose you found yourself in a room filled with smoke,
what is best to do? Wrap your head in a wet blanket,
get down on the floor and creep to the door. There is a
current of air near the ground. Suppose you are at a
window in the third story of a burning house. A lad-
der is being slowly raised to your window. Which is
better, to wait for the ladder or to jump?
The Police: What does the policeman do for us?
Could we get along without the policeman? What
does he carry in his hand? What does the policeman
do with thieves? What happens to a man if he is
guilty? What must a man buy who wants to sell
fruit? What will happen to him if he does not buy it?
Who listens to the charge against the prisoners? Who
says what the punishment will be?
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 157
Reading for the children
"Who Will Tell Me Where Is Conrad?" WUl Carleton,
City Ballads. Harper & Bros.
"The Hero of the Furnace Room," Jacob A. Riis, Chil-
dren of the Tenements. The Macmillan Co.
" Jim Bludso," in Poems y John Hay. Houghton Mifflin
Co.
** Dolly Madison," in American Hero Stories, Eva March
Tappan. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Fireman," in Careers of Danger and Daring, Cleve-
land Moffat. Century Co.
Reading for the teacher
Town and City, Frances Gulick Jewett, Gulick Hygiene
Series. Ginn & Co.
Good Citizenship, Richman and Wallach. American
Book Co.
Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. Riis.
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 1
MEYER BLOOMFtELD
When you see the blue uniform of a police officer or a
fireman, you know that our city has taken good care to
make life and property as safe as they can possibly be
made. It is in order to safeguard the interests of every
man, woman, and child in the city, that we have the
Police and Fire Departments.
There are policemen patrolling the streets every
hour of the day and night. They try the doors of houses
and stores at night to see if they are locked; they keep
* From Civic Reader for New Americans. Copyright, 1908, by Meyer Bloomfield.
By arrangement with the American Book Company, Publishers.
158 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
their eyes open for any wrong-doing, and they must be
ever on the alert for any cry or sudden call for their serv-
ices. In truth, they are peace officers. Their chief work
is not so much to arrest law-breakers or those who dis-
turb people, but rather to prevent trouble, so far as they
can, and keep people from interfering with one another.
Theirs is the difficult task of making it as easy and as
safe as can be for many thousands of people from all
over the world to work and live and get their pleasures in
great numbers.
Such work cannot be easy. The officers must be
ready at all hours of the day and night to be called out
for extra work. Often they must go without sleep and
be on their feet for many hours. Sometimes the police
officer risks his life — indeed, many an officer has lost
his life — in trying to rescue people or defend their
interests. They must be brave men to do police work
well.
On the street the policeman has verj^ many things to
look out for. In case of an accident or a fire he runs to
the nearest telephone to call for an ambulance from the
hospital, or to the nearest fire box to summon the fire-
men and their engines. He must know what to do when
there is sudden public excitement. He can direct stran-
gers who ask questions as to certain streets, stores, or
how to get to certain places. He is on the lookout for
lost children, and directs homeless wayfarers at night to
the city lodging-house and wood-yard. To see a big
policeman helping a child across a street noisy with
heavy wagons and electric cars is always a pleasing
sight. The police officers who are placed at busy street
crossings have no easy work to do. The officer, too,
often has to remind parents of dangers that children
are running into, or of bad company that they have
fallen in with.
Now men who have such hard and very often danger-
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ous work to do, work so vital and important to every
person, deserve the hearty help of all right-thinking
people. It is a law, therefore, that whenever a police
officer is in distress while trying to do his duty, he shall
have the right to call upon any persons he sees for aid.
If such persons should refuse to assist they may be
arrested.
Like the policeman, the fireman's chief business is to
act when danger threatens the life and belongings of any
person. Before they are made firemen the men must go
to a school where they learn the many things that make
skill, courage and ability in fighting fires. If they do not
show the strength and the power that the city asks of its
firemen they are not put on the fire force.
The head of the Fire Department is the Fire Commis-
sioner. His men are divided among the engine com-
panies, ladder companies, fire-alarm service, the repair
shops, the water towers, which shoot up streams of
water into the topmost stories of our high office build-
ings, and the tow fire-boats which serve the water front
of our city. Every part of the city is protected by some
company of firemen.
The fire-houses are as clean as soap and water and the
hard work of the men can possibly make them. It is a
pleasure to look into one of these houses and see what
system, good order, and attention to duty can do. The
men sleep in the fire-houses so as to be ready in a very
few seconds to rush out with their horses and engines to a
fire. A very few seconds will make a great difference in a
fire.
Besides the saving of lives at fires and the fighting of
flames, firemen visit the buildings of their neighborhood
to see what special dangers such buildings might present
in the event of a fire. One of the very worst dangers the
firemen meet with is the fire-escape loaded with boxes,
pots and bedding. Many a life has been lost because of
160 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
a blocked fire-escape. A fire in a crowded part of the
city is a very serious matter, and it is the duty of every-
body to use great care in handling matches, oil stoves,
and other things that may set fire to a house.
Men whose work calls for so much that is good are
very naturally looked up to as heroes by the public
whom they serve, and this is right. But this fact, too,
should be borne in mind, that all those who serve the
city the best way they know how, whether it be in the
cleaning of a street at night or in building its bridges, are
worthy of public esteem.
FEBRUARY: OBEDIENCE TO
COMMUNITY LAWS
For the Teacher:
DUTY»
GEORGE MACDONALD
Open thy door straightway, and get thee hence;
Go forth into the tumult and the shout;
Work, love, with workers, lovers, all about;
Of noise alone is born the inward sense
Of silence; and from action springs alone
The inward knowledge of true love and faith.
Suggestions for morning talks
Closely connected with our protection of property is the
matter of obedience to laws made for the common
good. As soon as boys and girls realize that laws are
made to protect themselves as well as other people,
i From A Sonnet Sequence.
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they will begin to obey. There are many laws which
even children should know about, the trespass law,
bird laws, speeding in automobiles, riding bicycles on
the sidewalk, as well as school laws.
Boys may join the Boy Scouts of America; girls may
like to become members of the Campfire Movement.
Or again, these children will catch the spirit of organi-
zation by forming a civic league, or civic club. In
New York City, the civic club pledge reads: "We who
are soon to be citizens of New York, the largest city
on the American continent, desire to have her possess
a name that is above reproach. We therefore agree to
refrain from littering her streets, and as far as possible
prevent others from doing so, in order that our city
may be as clean as she is great, and as pure as she is
free." In the city of Lowell the Bartlett School pledge
reads as foUows: "I will not injure any tree, shrub or
lawn. I promise not to spit upon the floor of the
schoolhouse, nor upon the sidewalk. I pledge myself
not to deface any fence or building, neither will I
scatter paper, nor throw rubbish in public places. I
will always protect birds and other animals. I will
protect the property of others as I would my own. I
will promise to be a true, loyal citizen."
Reading for the children
Town and City, Frances Gulick Jewett, Gulick Hygiene
Series. Ginn & Co.
Good Citizenship^ Richman and Wallach.
The Young Citizen, Charles F. Dole. D. C. Heath & Co.
Lessons for Junior Citizens, Mabel Hill. Ginn & Co.
162 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Reading for the teacher
Actual Government, Albert B. Hart. Longmans, Green
&Co.
Government and the Citizen, Roscoe L. Ashley. The
Macmillan Co.
Rights and Duties of American Citizenship, W. W. Wil-
loughby. American Book Co.
The Community and the Citizen, Arthur W. Dunn. D.
C. Heath & Co.
Training for Citizenship, J. W. Smith. Longmans, Green
& Co.
Government and Politics in the United States, William B.
Guitteau. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Preparing for Citizenship, William B. Guitteau. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
THE UNITED STATES BOY SCOUT ^
The Boy Scout idea has taken young America by
storm. To-day over two hundred thousand boys
throughout the United States have taken the oath and
subscribed to the Scout law. Within a year fully a mil-
lion boys will be enrolled. Boys' Clubs, Sunday Schools,
Churches — in fact, any boys' club or set of boys may
take up the movement and join the National American
Organization at once.
Its purpose is to inculcate in the American boy a
spirit of loyalty and obedience to the Government, to
his parents, and to his superiors, and by training him
morally, mentally, and physically, to equip him to per-
form the duties and obligations of citizenship in the most
desirable manner.
* From How to Become an American Boy Scout. By permission of The United
States Boy Scout, 68 William St., New York.
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The scout is expected to stick to his parents, to his
superiors, to his employers, and to his country through
thick and thin. He must be prepared at any time to
save human life and to help others. Cigarette smoking
and drinking of intoxicants is, of course, prohibited.
The boy*s training is varied and covers a wide range.
Such subjects as woodcraft and campaigning, which will
be popular with every real boy, are taken up thoroughly.
Boys are sent to the woods and forests to learn the
secrets of nature. Animals' foot-tracks will be followed up
and studied. The different kinds of animals will be ob-
served in their natural state. The Scout will learn which
are the best wild fruits, roots and plants for food, so
that in emergency he can sustain himself.
The fact of being an American Boy Scout does not
entitle you to trespass. When leave is given you to
scout over private property, you should be particularly
careful to avoid damaging fences or crops, to close all
gates after you, and not to frighten animals or game.
Every boy will know how to saddle and harness a
horse, to put up a tent, to lay a fire, to construct bridges
and rafts, to swim, to ride a wheel, to ride a horse, to
row, to understand various signal systems, to interpret
weather indications, to save human life, to master wire-
less telegraphy, etc.
All these things will not be accomplished at once, but
provision is being made to develop the boys along every
possible line, not only for their own good, but for the
good of the country, and to have them understand and
know everything that the veteran campaigner has
learned by bitter experience.
This is the Scout Oath:
On my honor I promise that I will do my best:
To do my duty to God and my Country;
To help other people at all times;
To obey the scout law.
164 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
And this is the Scout Law:
A Scout's honor is to be trusted.
A Scout is loyal.
A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others.
A Scout is a friend to all, and a brother to every other
Scout, no matter to what social class the other belongs.
A Scout is the protector of girls and women at all
times — and he holds this a sacred duty.
A Scout is courteous.
A Scout is a friend to animals.
A Scout obeys orders.
A Scout smiles under all circumstances.
A Scout is thrifty.
The Scout's motto is "Semper Paratus'* — always
prepared.
MARCH: LOYALTY TO PUBLIC
OFFICIALS
For the Teacher:
EACH IN ALL
G. A. SALA
The highest is not to despise the lowest, nor the lowest
to envy the highest; each must live in all and by all. So
God has ordered that men, being in need of each other,
should need to love each other, and bear each other's
burdens.
Suggestions for morning talks
Who are some of the officials that you know best? What
officials do you hear about, but seldom or never see?
How can you show loyalty to them? What does
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loyalty mean? Have you ever been loyal to the Police
Department by helping policemen in any way what-
ever? How could you be of any possible help to the
mayor or to the aldermen, or to the selectmen? Boys
are expected to lift their hats to the superintendent of
schools; is this a mark of respect? What other respect
and loyalty can you show him as he comes and goes
into your school? In what way is the gas man a public
oflScial? the street sweeper? the man who looks after
the hydrant? the messenger boy from the telegraph
office? the postman? the parcel postman? Would it be
disloyalty if having asked the postman to stamp letters
for you at the post office you left him waiting at the
door in order to find money in your purse? If he
waited, would he be loyal to his official position? Think
of examples of disloyalty which might occur every
day among boys and girls if the officials themselves
allowed children to be selfish in asking favors of them.
How can children help the growth of loyalty? By know-
ing who the officials are, and why they were chosen
to serve the public, by knowing what their public
duties are, and by helping them carry out those duties.
THE PUBLIC GOOD^
CHARLES F. DOLE
A true American citizen is known by his regard for the
public good. If he does not care for the public good, he
may be worth a million dollars and he may have a
superb college education, but he is not fit to be called an
American citizen. If he does care for the public good, if
he can be depended upon every time to act and speak
and cast his vote as will best serve and help the people
» From Talk* on Citizenthip. The Patriotic League. N.Y.
166 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
of these United States, he may not own a house to
shelter him, he may be the son of an emigrant from
Ireland or Italy or Russia, he may be barely able to read
and write, yet if he loves our country and her liberties
and stands for justice, he is the kind of citizen who will
help make the land safe and strong.
Reading for the teacher
The Community and the Citizen, Arthur W. Dunn. D. C.
Heath & Co.
Town and City, Frances Gulick Jewett. Gulick Hygiene
Series. Ginn & Co.
The Young Citizen, Charles F. Dole. D. C. Heath & Co.
Good Citizenship, Richman and Wallach. American
Book Co.
The Rights and Duties of American Citizenship, W. W.
Willoughby. American Book Co.
Actual Government, Albert B. Hart. Longmans, Green
&Co.
Government and Politics in the United States, and Pre-
paring for Citizenship, William B. Guitteau. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
"The Better Way," Susan Coolidge, in A Few More
Verses. Roberts Brothers.
A BOARD OF HEALTH STORY *
MABEL HILL
"Why, I didn't know that milk carried sickness
unless it was sour," said Bob.
" Oh, yes," Frank went on. " Father had great luck in
hunting down the scarlet fever scare over in the Dowd
Street district. The board had made a map of the city
> Abridged from Le$ton»/or Junior CUizetu. Gion & Co.
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 167
on which there was a little red dot for every case re-
ported. I wish you could see that map. It is so interest-
ing. But the more dots there were, the more puzzled
grew the members of the board. The milkmen who
supplied most of the houses that were marked on the
map with the red dots said their milk was all right. So
father had the inspector visit the farms from which the
milkmen got their supplies. Sure enough, every farm
was in good condition and all the farm people were
clean, healthy-looking men and boys; but one of the
milkmen on one farm he forgot to mention. When my
father heard of that he took the inspector of contagious
diseases and went out to that farm. There he found
a house where a woman and two children were just
recovering from scarlet fever."
"Well, Frank," interrupted Bob, with eyes wide
open, "did the cows catch scarlet fever from them?"
"No. The whole trouble came from the fact that one
of the men, who had had a light case of the fever and did
not know it, had helped wash the milk cans, and the
scales from his hands probably fell into the milk. Just
that carelessness and ignorance brought about all the
sickness and death. Have you ever been into the city
laboratory.?"
"No, but I wish I might go."
"The milk department now has a separate laboratory
for milk analysis. Then there is another room in which
no work is done except that of testing the water and ice.
Just think ! They are so careful, that the big laboratory
is separated from the little ones so that there shall be
no possibility of mistake in the work. I like to look
through the microscopes and examine the microbe cul-
tures. The inspectors analyze groceries and all kinds of
food supplies, such as flour, vinegar, baking powder, and
even sugar. I can*t remember just how many pounds a
week the meat inspectors have condemned during this
168 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
year as unfit for food, but I think it was over fifty thou-
sand, and that is a great deal for a city of this size. Of
course I don't know all the departments under the care
of the Board of Health, but there must be a great deal of
work for the medical inspectors. Why, think of the care
of such men just in relation to school children ! When a
contagious disease is reported to the health department
the case is assigned immediately to one of the inspectors.
This inspector has to go to the house of the sick child
and learn how many children there are in the family,
and what school they attend; and he also has to examine
the premises to see if any unsanitary conditions exist.
He must disinfect the house during the sickness and
after the patient is well, and he has to see that other
children who have been exposed to the disease are
excluded from school, as well as the children of the
infected family.
"These same inspectors, in our city, have charge of
the vaccination certificates. Father says that a medical
examiner and the men working under the department of
public works, where they have to investigate plumbing
in private houses and other sanitary conditions, hold
very responsible positions."
" Oh, dear, what a lot of knowledge a man must have
to hold such a position ! "
"Yes, Bob, a man must know a great deal if he is
going to amount to anything in this world. You like to
study and will get into the high school, but I tell you it
is just a * grind * for me to keep at my books. If I did n't
want to be a man worth while to the government, I
would never go to school another day."
Bob laughed as they rose to leave the school porch.
"I guess we shall both have to work like Trojans if we
are going to be men like our fathers."
"Yes, I rather think we shall have to work!"
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 169
APRIL: GOOD WILL AMONG ALL
CLASSES OF CITIZENS
For the Teacher:
THE CALL!
PBISCILLA LEONARD
Help lighten the load !
Humanity stumbles ahead on its road.
Urged on o'er the deserts, beset by the goad;
Men bend under burdens of hunger and care.
And women must suffer and toil and despair;
Yea, even the children, astray in the strife.
Are bowed by the weight till they weary of life.
Hark ! unto each soul that is hero, not slave.
How clear sounds the call to arise and be brave.
Help lighten the load!
Help lighten the load !
With all of the strength that the heart can command.
With all of the power of brain and of hand.
With wills set to sacrifice, struggle, and dare.
With love that seeks ever each burden to share.
With unflagging endeavor that stops not to ask
The length of the journey, the cost of the task.
Come, sons of the kingdom! Come, children of God!
And along the dark path by the world's anguish trod
Help lighten the load !
Suggestions for morning talks
To give the class some idea of the right relation toward
newcomers to our country, talk over with them the
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170 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
subject of good will among all citizens. If the chil-
dren have had the good fortune to be born in the
United States it is especially their responsibility to
make the newcomers, the old people and the children,
feel at home.
For interesting stories about the different nationalities
see the bibliography in Grade V, for October. See also
English for Coming Americans, Peter Roberts.
Y.M.C.A. Press, N.Y.
The Peace Association of Friends in America, Rich-
mond, Indiana, publishes a set of stories illustrating
Good Will in their monthly pamphlet. The Messenger
of Peace,
Learn:
The presence of the Lord with man is first given
when he loves his neighbor. — Swedenbobg.
For a* that, and a* that.
It 's coming yet, for a' that.
That man to man, the warld o'er.
Shall brothers be, for a' that.
Burns.
Read: "The Vision of Sir Launfal," Lowell. R.L.S.
No. 30. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Examples of good will among all classes; tell the class of:
High and low — Governor Roger Wolcott of Massa-
chusetts and the newsboys. — Lincoln and the w^ounded
soldiers; see Life of Abraham Lincoln, ld^M.,TaiThe\L
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Rich and poor — Carnegie libraries. — Rockefeller en-
dowment for Medical Research. — Floating hospitals.
Wise and ignorant — Gifts for free lectures, e.g., the
Lovv^ell Lectures of Boston. — Women's Municipal
League of Boston; ask for their report on clean and
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dirty markets. — Helen Keller and Miss SuUivan;
see Story of My Life, Helen Keller. Doubleday,
Page & Co.
Black and white — Story of "Natty"; see Life of Dr,
Henry I, Bowditch, by Vincent Y. Bowditch. Houghton
Mifflin Co. — Faithful slaves in Hayti. — Ayahs in
India in Sepoy Rebellion.
Native and foreign — Mary Antin and Dr. Hale, Mary
Antin and her teachers, Mary Antin and her repre-
sentative at the State House; see The Promised
Land, Mary Antin. Houghton Mifflin Co.
LITTLE ATHENS'S MESSAGE ^
ANNA DOAN STEPHENS
Little Athens lived in a small American city. I am
sure you have wondered if Little Athens really, truly,
was a child born in the Greek city of that name far over
the earth. You will have to guess at the strange story
of how he and his father, alone now, came to make their
home in this pleasant place. However, you know a
town of not many thousand people is large enough to
support one business of blocking hats. Since they lived
in the neat coachman's house in the rear of Miss Grace's
premises, the father considered themselves "comfortably
fixed" with this fairly definite bread-and-butter ar-
rangement of life.
Miss Grace had helped Little Athens in speaking
English. She found him so well prepared in arithmetic,
geography and history that he was equal to those of the
upper grammar grades. In history he was happiest, for
to him this subject was a fascinating story of the people
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172 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
who lived in neighborhoods, one to another, all around
the earth. When his turn came to recite in Greek
mythology or history his English flowed easily, as he
told of this great hero or that, of the time when their
conquests were mighty in the earth.
Here was a chance to help Little Athens overcome
timidity about his broken English ! The teacher assigned
as his work for the next lesson to tell the class some-
thing of Greece. *'0f the Old Greece, Miss Ward.^"
*0f the Greece you care most for. Tell us the best
thing you know of your country.'* Little Athens fairly
beamed !
After school each day he was busy caring for the lawn
and running errands for Miss Grace and her mother.
Then, for one happy hour before bedtime, with their
little prints and few books, the father and son took won-
derful trips through poetiy, pictures, and stories, back
to old Athens. To-night the father began in the pure
Greek they always used together, "Son, I have wished
as you grew older to tell you a message from your coun-
try. I have waited until you can appreciate it." They
talked together long. After he had gone to bed Little
Athens repeated to himself the message which had come
to him from his country.
The next day Miss Ward called for his assignment in
history. The boy arose before his class. "Boys and
girls, I thought yesterday of how happy I would be
to-day, for I could tell you of some great warrior or
grand conquest in the old land of my birth. Whenever I
do, I think I help us forget I am a Greek immigrant and
that you are all trying to help me. I think you may ad-
mire in the greatness of my country of the past some of
the power of war which you like so much in your Ameri-
can heroes. I think I can help us forget I am * Little
Athens ' and came over steerage, and help us to think I
am just another boy whose country was once grand and
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powerful too. But Miss Ward asked for the best I knew
from Greece, so I give you this message of which I am
growing more proud every hour.
"In Athens long ago boys were taught when they
became my age, a pledge. They said it each day, be-
lieved in and tried to live by the vow. Fathers taught
their sons, who, growing up, gave it in turn to their
own boys. Each helped make the pledge true until
Athens became * Athens, the Beautiful.'
*** Pledge of the Athenian Youths
" * We will never bring disgrace to this our city, by any
act of dishonesty or cowardice, nor ever desert our com-
rades; we will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the
city, both alone and with many; we will revere and obey
the city laws, and do our best to incite a like respect and
reverence in others; we will strive unceasingly to quicken
the public's sense of civic duty; that thus in all these
ways, we may transmit this city, greater, better, and
more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.'
"I am away from Greece. My country of father's
books and stories does not live to-day. But I wish to do
the best my land has taught her sons. You are my
friends, this my state and here is my own city. So every
day like a Greek youth true to his own Athens, I will
say this pledge for Junction City." With head high he
began — "I will never bring disgrace to this our city
by any act of dishonesty or cowardice," — slowly and
clearly he continued, closing — "And I, Little Athens,
may help *to transmit this city, greater, better, more
beautiful than it was transmitted to us.' Miss Ward,
this is the best I have learned from Greece."
The children sat silent a minute. Miss Ward was not
thinking of their charge's English. One of the boys
began — "Oh, Miss Ward, may he teach it to us?" A
174 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
girl continued, "And it's for girls too, is n't it?" With
Little Athens's dictation it was written on the board.
Now, the pupils of this school had an organization with
duly elected officers. They were installed that week, and
the president's address, much to the surprise of the
Greek lad, told of the Athenian pledge. A motion was
carried that it be taken for their motto.
After school two of the biggest boys caught Little
Athens, put him on the shoulders of a crowd, and they
carried him down the street. "Nine Rahs for Little
Athens" rent the air.
Surely the little Greek heathen was at home in their —
yes, in his city.
CAMP SCHOOL SONG^
C. R. TROWBRIDGE
Tune: " Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean."
To the goal of our long aspiration.
To America's shores we have come.
To make with a high consecration
For ourselves and our children a home.
The light of fair hope shines upon her.
Bright her promise for me and for you;
There 's a welcome for all who will honor
Her flag with its red, white and blue.
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
The symbol of freedom and justice.
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
To America would we all proffer
The best that each comer can bring.
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GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 175
At her altar we joyfully offer
The homage we'll pay to no king.
Here Washington founded a nation.
Here Lincoln set free the enslaved;
Their names shall be our inspiration
To be worthy the freedom we've craved.
Count no one of us alien and stranger;
To her aid we would rise one and all,
With bold hearts we would face ev'ry danger.
We would lay down our lives at her call.
Thus we pledge her our hearts' deep devotion;
We will try to her past to be true.
So that ever from ocean to ocean.
May float the fair red, white and blue.
MAY: GOOD WILL AMONG ALL
COMMUNITIES
For the Teacher:
BROTHERS
STUART McLEAN
"What have I said to make you sad.
Big Brother,
What do you care for a kid that's bad,*
Big Brother?"
"The city is full of temptation still.
Of the things that hurt, and the things that kill;
If I don't care for my boy, who will,
Little Brother.?"
176 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"Will you take me back, as you said you would.
Big Brother?
Will you stick to me till I do make good.
Big Brother?"
"There's never a thing you could say or do
To shake the faith I have in you;
We started as pals — we're pals straight through,
Little Brother."
"What do you hope I'm going to do.
Big Brother?
What do you see in a kid like me,
Big Brother?"
"I see the child that the feet, rough-shod
Of the streets have trampled and torn and trod;
I see the very image of God,
Little Brother."
"Why are n't there more good friends like you,
Big Brother,
To show us boys what we ought to do.
Big Brother?"
"It's the old, old question, lad, to make
The eyes grow wet and the heart to ache.
But we '11 have the men — when the men awake.
Little Brother."
Suggestions for morning talks
How children can help. Calling upon new boys and
girls who have moved into the neighborhood; kindness
to new playmates on the street or on the playgrounds;
sharing one's playthings with a new neighbor; respect
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shown to foreign born children, — never say, "He's
Irish," or "He's Greek."
The new neighbors in the community must be lonely;
they do not know the neighborhood ways, they are
amongst strangers; they do not know the best shops
from which to buy their food; they need help in
regard to these things: the best market, the best
grocery store, the best laundry. They need kind words
to encourage them; they may need a little real help,
they may need the aid of an interpreter; often smiles
will help.
Tell about the San Francisco Fire and how gifts were
sent from neighboring cities and States; the strike in
Lawrence, Massachusetts, and how children were
cared for in other homes through the State.
Reading far the children
" Mabel on Midsummer Day," Mary Howitt. The Chil-
dren's Book of Poetry. Edited by Henry T. Coates.
John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia.
Pippa Passes, Robert Browning. R.L.S. No. 115.
Houghton MiflSin Co.
"One, Two, Three," Henry C. Bunner. R.L.S. No.
CC. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Extracts from Hedged In, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Story of the Good Samaritan, Luke x, 29-87.
"The Legend Beautiful," Longfellow. R.L.S. No. 34.
"King Robert of Sicily," Longfellow, R.L.S. No. 33.
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary," Susan Coolidge, in
Nine Little Goslings. Little, Brown & Co.
178 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Reading for the teachers
The Immigrant Tide: Its Ehb and Flow, and On the Trail
of the Immigrant, Edward Alfred Steiner. Fleming H.
Revell Co.
"Training a Junior Citizen's League," Mabel Hill, in
The Popular Educator.
Reports of the National Municipal League, 121 South
Broad St., Philadelphia.
Democracy and Social EthicSy The Spirit of Youth and the
City Streets, Twenty Years at Hull House, Jane Ad-
dams. The Macmillan Co.
Social Service and the Art of Healing, Richard C. Cabot.
Moffat Yard Co.
Character Building in School, Jane Brownlee. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
Reports of the Immigration Bureau, Washington, D.C.
THE ANCIENT MARINER
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small.
For the dear God who loveth us —
He made and loveth all.
THE GREAT JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
ELLA LYMAN CABOT
Johnstown in Pennsylvania has a beautiful, pictur-
esque situation on the banks of the Conemaugh River.
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But the river is a danger as well as a source of pleasure.
One day the great dam, seventy feet high, that held back
the water, gave way and a flood like a moving mountain
of water thirty feet in height plunged over the city,
drowning several thousand people and destroying their
homes.
Instantly Clara Barton and the Red Cross workers
rushed to the rescue. The people of the city were so
overwhelmed by their losses that at first they seemed
dazed and helpless. Their spirits and courage rose with
the coming of true friends in need, and for five months a
single spirit of helpfulness governed all the community.
The Red Cross workers had to live in tents with little
protection from the rain and mud. When they went out,
they had to climb over wrecks of wooden houses, tan-
gled piles of wire, or broken engines. But neither the
exhausted people in the city nor the Red Cross helpers,
who sometimes worked all night as well as all day, com-
plained. Every one was banded together in a spirit of
good will. Have you ever thought how great an under-
taking it would be to feed twenty-five thousand people
all at once? Even a family of nine requires a good deal
of attention, does n't it? Clara Barton and her workers
had to feed, clothe, and find shelter for all the people of
the city. She asked for carloads of supplies, and they
were sent from all over the United States. Business men
dropped their business and came to help; ladies left
comfortable homes to spend their days knocking open
rough boxes, sorting and distributing clothes. They
were ready to eat poor food and sleep on hard boxes in a
tent where the rain dripped through. They were happy
and at peace because they were helpful. Manufacturers
in New Bedford, Massachusetts, sent mattresses and
bedding. A little town in Wisconsin sent furniture.
Titusvnie, Pennsylvania, was a small town, but it gave
ten thousand dollars* worth of bedsteads, tables, and
180 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
chairs; a New York newspaper sent bedding, pillows,
and cooking utensils; the Episcopal church in Johnstown
gave the use of a lot of land for houses.
When Miss Barton went away the Johnstown
Tribune wrote; —
"Men are brothers. Yes, and sisters, too, if Miss
Barton pleases. The first to come, the last to go, she has
indeed been an elder sister to us, nursing, soothing,
tending, caring for the stricken ones through a season of
disasters such as no other people ever knew. The idea
crystallized, put into practice, *Do unto others as you
would have others do unto you.' "
JUNE: HOW WE CAN HELP OUR
COMMUNITIES
For the Teacher:
A VISTA
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
These things shall be! — A loftier race
Than e'er the world hath known, shall rise
With flame of freedom in their souls
And light of science in their eyes.
They shall be gentle, brave, and strong.
To spill no drop of blood, but dare
All that may plant man's lordship firm
On earth and fire and sea and air.
Nation with nation, land with land,
Inarmed shall live as comrades free:
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity.
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New arts shall bloom of loftier mould,
And mightier music thrill the skies;
And every life shall be a song.
When all the earth is paradise.
There shall be no more sin, nor shame.
Though pain and passion may not die;
For man shall be at one with God
In bonds of firm necessity.
Suggestions far morning talks
With June our work naturally sums up all the sugges-
tions made throughout the year of how the children
can help. A review of the topics which we have dis-
cussed during the year may be placed upon the black-
board, and it will surprise the class to know how many
points of interest they have touched, and what activi-
ties have been discussed. The children have through
the year attempted to help each municipal depart-
ment — school, park and playgroimd, street, health,
water, lighting, police and fire, charity. The discus-
sion of these state activities has also included the
children's own service, through loyalty to oflBcials,
and through good will toward all kinds of people who
have moved into their commimity. When these
topics have all been reviewed, this is the month for
planting trees, for visits to parks, for walks into the
crowded districts, and for plans which the children
themselves may offer upon better civic conditions. If
these boys and girls are led by the teacher throughout
the year to respect officials, to cooperate in making the
city healthier and more beautiful, even in their very
childish ways, by Jime the teacher will be able to
182 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
explain to them that the city's weKare does not mean
simply following one of these improvements, but all of
them. These suggestions may also be put upon the
blackboard : Clean streets, fresh air recreation places,
tree planting, foimtain and statue erecting, flower
gardens and window boxes, playgrounds connected
with the schoolhouse, and best of all, individual obedi-
ence of law and loyalty to the oflScials who carry out
the law.
Friendship is not only a beautiful thing for a man, but
the realization of it is also the ideal for the State : for if
citizens be friends, the justice which is the great concern
of all organized societies is more than secured.
R. L. Nettleship.
"Like rills from the mountain together that run.
And make the broad river below;
So each little life, and the work of each one
To one common current shall flow:
And down on its bosom, like ships on the tide.
The hopes of mankind shall move on;
Nor in vain have we lived, nor in vain have we died
If we live in the work we have done."
F. L. HOSMER.*
OBEYING THE LAW*
SABA B. o'bBIEN
Government may be said to be the voice of all the
people speaking to each one of us. Laws tell us what is
right and what is wrong. Government tells us what is
* By permission of the author.
* From English f Of Foreigners, Book IJ, Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE IV: TOWN AND CITY 183
best for each and all, and then simply asks us to respect
and obey the law. That is not asking much of us in
return for all it gives.
In this country respect for the law is as necessary as
obedience to the law. A man shows his respect for the
lav/ by respecting the officers of the law. He shows his
respect in another way, and that is by obeying the laws
of the different city departments which carry out the
work of government. For these rules or regulations, as
well as all other laws, are meant for the protection and
welfare of the whole community. Whenever a man
breaks one of these laws, therefore, either through
ignorance or with evil intent, he hurts not only himself
but all others.
There is an old fable which tells the story of two fool-
ish goats. They met on a very narrow foot-bridge which
crossed a deep stream of water. Neither goat would let
the other pass. There is a law which demands in such
cases that each should turn to the right. Perhaps the
goats did not know about this law; or perhaps tJiey
refused to obey it. However, they locked horns and
fought for the right of way. As they might have ex-
pected, both fell into the water and were drowned.
This fable teaches that justice and right are never
obtained by force or quarreling, or by breaking law. It
is true that under a free government like ours, mistakes
in government may sometimes happen. That fact, how-
ever, does not give a man the right to take the law into
his own hands. The people need no other means for cor-
recting such mistakes than those of free speech and free
vote.
All reforms must come through law and by peaceful
methods. The people who try to change the government
by force or by such rough means as raising riots, mobs,
or by using weapons, are sure to fail and to receive severe
punishment.
184 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
In the United States, law means liberty because the
law is the free will of the people. Then that man alone
is truly free who is able to rule himself and to submit his
own will to the higher authority, the authority of the
law.
GRADE V
THE NATION
By ELLA LYMAN CABOT
INTRODUCTION
The central purpose of this year's work is to help
children to know, to love, and to serve their country,
and through knowing, loving, and serving it, to sympa-
thize with what love of country means at all times and
in every land. Patriotism is narrow if it comes to mean:
My country against yours. The patriot is true to his
cause when, through devoted love for his own country,
he learns to understand and honor the love of other races
for theirs. Therefore, I have tried to bring out the love
of country expressed by many nationalities.
Our country is made up of many States, each with its
own contribution of good gifts to the whole; each with
its problems; each with its needs. The teacher has an
exhilarating chance to bring before her class the life of
each State and its place in the whole.
Through geography the children are learning the
character and the products, the principal cities, rivers,
and mountains of our land. What do these facts stand
for in their contribution to citizenship? What can Cali-
fornia bring to New York and Texas to Maine? What
means the freedom between our States and the laws
governing the relation of each to all?
Within our great nation are many newcomers from the
186 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Old World. All of us are Americans. Yet, from its vary-
ing past, each race has something of its own to offer as a
special gift to the fatherland. This idea can be brought
out in enriching detail.
Throughout the year lessons in citizenship must go
hand in hand with the concrete practice of citizenship.
There should be no emotion without action. When our
feelings are stirred by the heroic virtues of early settlers,
we would fain do something hard and helpful. In every
lesson, something we can do to serve in our special way
should be brought out. The last month, as in part a
review of the year, is given entirely to the topic : How we
can serve our country.
Among the best available books for this year's work
are: —
An American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin.
American Book Co.
Poems Every Child Should Know, Mary E. Burt. Double-
day, Page & Co.
Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Heroes of Everyday Life, Fanny E. Coe. Ginn & Co.
The Friendship of Nations, Lucile Gulliver. Ginn & Co.
The School Speaker and Reader, William De Witt Hyde.
Ginn & Co.
A Message to Garcia, Elbert Hubbard. Roycroft Press.
The Man Without a Country, Edward E. Hale. Little,
Brown & Co.
Lessons for Junior Citizens, Mabel Hill. Ginn & Co.
Good Citizenship, Richman and Wallach. American
Book Co.
Our Country in Poem and ProsCy Persons. American
Book Co.
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The Young Citizen, Charles F. Dole. D. C. Heath & Co.
Day and Deeds, Burton E. and Elizabeth Stevenson.
The Baker & Taylor Co.
English for Foreigners, Book II, Sara R. O'Brien.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
SEPTEMBER: PIONEERS
For the Teacher:
HYMN*
JOHN HAYNES HOLMES
Tune: " Jerusalem the Grolden "
America triumphant!
Brave land of pioneers!
On mountain peak and prairie
Their winding trail appears.
The wilderness is planted;
The deserts bloom and sing;
On coast and plain the cities
Their smoky banners fling.
America triumphant!
Dear homeland of the free!
Thy sons have fought and fallen*
To win release for thee.
They broke the chains of empire;
They smote the wrongs of state;
And lies of law and custom
They blasted with their hate.
4merica triumphant!
Grasp firm thy sword and shield!
1 By permissiou of the author. .
188 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Not yet have all thy foemen
Been driven from the field.
They lurk by forge and market.
They hide in mine and mill;
And bold with greed of conquest.
They flout thy blessed will.
America, America!
Triumphant thou shalt be !
Thy hills and vales shall echo
The shouts of liberty.
Thy bards shall sing thy glory.
Thy prophets tell thy praise.
And all thy sons and daughters
Acclaim thy golden days.
For the Class:
PIONEERS! O PIONEERS!*
WALT WHITMAN
Have the elder races halted?
Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied
over there beyond the seas?
We take up the task eternal, and the burden
and the lesson.
Pioneers! O Pioneers!
We detachments steady throwing,
Down the edges, through the passes, up the
mountains steep,
Conquering, holding, daring, venturing, as
we go the unknown ways.
Pioneers! O Pioneers!
» From Leavet of Grai$.
GRADE V: THE NATION 189
Suggestions for morning talks
The plan for this month is, first, to help the children
realize how much the makers of America have en-
dured for their country, and second, through the
contagion of their example, to rouse in the pupils
themselves the will to be moral pioneers.
We think of pioneers as living in the past, but soon what
we call the present will be the past, and a new genera-
tion will look back to see who among us were pioneers.
America is not yet made. Every one of us is needed to
mould it. The nation needs our help perhaps more
than ever before.
What is a pioneer.^ It meant originally one who used a
pickaxe, one who dug away obstructions and repaired
broken places in the road. And now as Webster's
Dictionary defines it, a pioneer is one who goes before
to remove obstructions or prepare the way for an-
other. Can there be a more glorious task.'^ Give
examples of the pioneer spirit: —
Pioneers in history. Illustrate pioneers in American his-
tory with accounts of Christopher Columbus, Daniel
Boone, Whitman, George Rogers Clark, Gouverneur
Morris, Samuel Houston, John Quincy Adams, David
Crockett, William Penn, and his Holy Experiment,
John Eliot and the Indians, John Winthrop and the
first winter passed amid dangers and privation in
Massachusetts. For these stories consult:
An American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin.
American Book Co.
Hero Tales from American History, Henry Cabot Lodge
and Theodore Roosevelt. Century Co.
The Old South Leaflets. Directors of Old South Work,
Old South Meeting House, Boston.
190 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
American Hero Stories, Eva March Tappan. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Let each member of the class bring a short story about
the hardships borne and courage shown by one of the
pioneers. See that these examples are taken from
different parts of the country.
Pioneers in new ideas: Tell of Clara Barton's pioneer
work in getting Congress to join the Red Cross Asso-
ciation. See "The Red Cross," in Baldwin's An
American Book of Golden Deeds, Tell of pioneers in
the cure of yellow fever. Read Walter Reed and Yellow
Fever y by Howard A. Kelly (McClure, Phillips & Co.);
pioneers in invention, Morse and Edison.
Pioneers in right living: Lincoln's inflexible honesty
which makes honesty easier for us all.
Pioneers in courage and courtesy : Captain Robert Scott,
in Scotfs Last Expedition, edited by Leonard Huxley.
Dodd, Mead Co.
Pioneers in loyalty to the State : Tell the story of the
death of Socrates.
Pioneers in simplicity during times of careless spending:
St. Francis of Assisi.
Read: Columbus, by Joaquin Miller. R.L.S. No. CC.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
"Columbus," by Arthur Hugh Clough. Poems,
The Macmillan Co.
THE PATHFINDERS, LEWIS AND CLARK ^
EVA MARCH TAPPAN
Some twenty years after the Revolution France sold
to the United States the country between the Mississippi
» Abridged from The Children' t Hour, vol. viii, "Adventures and Achievements."
EougbtoQ Mifflin Co.
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and the Rocky Mountains. The Government asked
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, brother of George
Rogers Clark, to explore it. They were to follow up
the Missouri, then the Columbia River, and so get to
the Pacific Ocean; but no one knew where the sources of
the two rivers might be. There were forty men or more
in the party as well as the wife of the interpreter and her
baby, the youngest of American explorers. They were
to draw maps, note the soils, vegetation, animals, and
minerals, and, most important of all, make friends
with the Indians, learn what lands each tribe claimed,
and open the way for trading with them.
Then they set out on a journey which proved to be
two years and four months long. And such wonders as
they saw ! There were waterfalls so high that the water
fell part way, then broke into mist, but gathered to-
gether again and made a second fall which seemed to
come from a cloud. There were long marches over plains
where the thorns of the prickly pear pierced their shoes
as if they were only paper.
Sometimes they were driven half wild with clouds of
mosquitoes. "The Musquetoes were so numerous that I
could not keep them off my gun long enough to take
sight and by that means missed," wrote Captain Clark
in his journal. Captain Lewis once was separated from
his men for a few hours, and in that time he met a grizzly
bear, a wolverine, and three buffalo bulls, all of which
showed fight. Again, he lay down under a tree, and
when he woke he found that he had had a big rattlesnake
for next-door neighbor. One night the company camped
on a sand bar in the river; but they were hardly sound
asleep before the guards cried, " Get up ! Get up ! Sand-
bar's a-sinking!" They jumped into the boats and
pulled for the farther shore. Before they reached it the
sand-bar was out of sight. Another night a buffalo
dashed into their camp, and to cap the climax, the baby
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explorer had the mumps and was cutting teeth and cried
all night.
Getting food was not always easy. At one place they
exchanged their meat and meal for watermelons; but fre-
quently they had nothing but a little flour or meal; for a
long while they lived on horseflesh and dogflesh, and
eatable roots bought of the Indians.
They tried to make friends with the Indians by giving
them mirrors, gilt-braided coats, knives, etc., and they
told them about the Great Father in Washington who
wished them to be his children. Talking was often diflS-
cult, so whenever it was possible they used the language
of signs. When a man wished to say, "I have been gone
three nights," he had only to rest his head on his hand to
suggest sleep and to hold up three fingers. To hold a
blanket by two corners and shake it over the head and
unfold it meant, " I am your friend, come and sit on my
blanket." If the Indian accepted the invitation he would
wish to embrace the white man, and rub his own cheek,
thick with paint, on that of his friend.
So it was that the brave explorers made their way to
the source of the Missouri. Three quarters of a mile
farther they came to one of the branches of the Colum-
bia. Onward they went, and at last they stood on the
shore of the Pacific. It was the rainy season; their
clothes and bedding were always wet and they had no-
thing to eat but dried fish. Captain Clark wrote in his
journal that the ocean was "tempestuous and horrible."
There were the same dangers to go through again on
the long journey back, but finally they came to the
houses of white men; and when they caught sight of
cows feeding on the banks of the river, they all shouted
with joy, the herds looked so calm and restful and
homelike.
These courageous, patient men had done much more
than to explore a wild country. Just as Columbus had
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made a path across the Atlantic, so they had made a
path to the Pacific.
OCTOBER: THE CONTRIBUTION OF
EACH RACE TO AMERICAN LIFE
For the Teacher:
THE CENTENNIAL MEDITATION OF
COLUMBIA 1
SIDNEY LANIEB
Now Praise to God's oft-granted grace.
Now Praise to Man's undaunted face.
Despite the land, despite the sea,
I was: I am: and I shall be —
How long, Good Angel, O how long?
Sing me from Heaven a man's own song!
**Long as thine Art shall love true love.
Long as thy Science truth shall know.
Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove,
Long as thy Law by law shall grow.
Long as thy God is God above.
Thy brother every man below.
So long, dear Land of all my love.
Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow!"
Read: "Abou Ben Adhem," Leigh Hunt, in Three
Years vnth the Poets, Hazard. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
An Incident of the French Campy Robert Brown-
ing. R.L.S. No. 115. Houghton Mifflin Co.
* Abridged. From Poetru qf Sidney Lanier. By arrangement with Charles Scribner't
Sons, Fubushera.
194 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Suggestions for morning talks
American life is made rich and fruitful by the gifts and
service of many nationalities. It is the privilege of
teachers to help children feel how much each race has
brought to the United States from its past in other
lands, and how much each has contributed and can
contribute here. Thus the contact of different races
can cease to be a source of contention and scorn and
become a source of strength and blessing. One of the
poems that rouses a vivid sympathy for all nations is
"Scum o* the Earth," by Robert H. Schauffler.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
The oldest race in the United States is the Indian. Tell
of their self-control and courage; their friendship with
William Penn. (See The Friendship of Nations, by
Lucile Gulliver, p. 36. Ginn & Co.) Show pictures of
the Spanish buildings in California and New Mexico.
Tell of the great painter Velasquez. Show the class a
photograph of his Surrender of Breda. Tell also of the
great writer, Cervantes. Give enough of the story of
Don Quixote to show his honor and chivalry. Fine
reproductions of the works of the great masters can
be bought of Ritter & Flebbe, 120 Boylston Street,
Boston, for a few cents apiece; and many can be ob-
tained from the Perry Picture Co., Maiden, Mass.
The Italians have helped us — bringing us music, the
love of home, the power of hard work. Tell how Gari-
baldi came to visit America. Describe the Italian
flag. Sing in school the "Folk-songs for Children"
edited by Jane Bird Radcliffe- Whitehead (Oliver
Ditson Co.) and let the children know which is the
national air of each nation.
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Describe the French skill and courtesy. They are care-
ful not to laugh at the blunders of foreigners. Tell of
the friendship of Lafayette for America; of Pasteur*s
work {Life of Pasteur, by Rene Vallery-Radot, chaps.
X and XIII. Doubleday, Page & Co.). Show a pho-
tograph of Saint-Gaudens*s statues of Lincoln and
General Sherman. Here is a French-American to
whom we owe an inestimable gift.
THE STATUE OF SHERMAN BY SAINT
GAUDENSi
HENRY VAN DYKE
This is the soldier brave enough to tell
The glory-dazzled world that "War is hell!"
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife
And rides through hell to save his country's life.
Read: The Promised Land, by Mary Antin (Houghton
Mifflin Co.) and tell the class of her early life.
Help them to see that Jews have had many
hardships and that here all helpful citizens can
live happily together in the land of welcome.
Read: Tolstoy's "Where Love is, God is!" {Ethics for
Children, p. 156), and tell of his belief in peace
and goodwill. Read Tolstoy's "A Spark Neg-
lected Burns the House."
Let the children enjoy the humor of the Irish. Tell of
John Boyle O'Reilly and his kindness. Repeat his
poem on "What is Good" (see Grade I, p. 2).
Give a short account of Garibaldi's courage in the
Sicilian campaign and of the people's love of him*
* From Music and Other Poems. Charles Scribner's Sons.
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Garibaldi and the TJiousand, by George M. Trevel-
yan. Longmans, Green & Co.
Take the class to a museum or show them photographs
of the Greek heroes. Tell stories from Homer. Give
an account of the courage of Socrates in facing death.
(In " The Judgment of Socrates," R.L.S. No. 129.
Houghton Mifflin Co.).
Read : Uj) From Slavery, Booker T. Washington (chap.
II, in Ethics for Children, p. 78). "Ready,"
Phoebe Cary {Poetical Works of Alice and
Phoebe Cary. Houghton Mifflin Co.).
Through the appeal of these stories the children them-
selves will be led to honor, understand, and treat
kindly any foreigners they may meet.
A GREAT FRENCHMAN
ELLA LYMAN CABOT
Louis Pasteur, the great French scientist, was working
hard to discover a cure for rabies, which is a terrible
disease caused by the bite of a mad dog. He had not
quite completed his cure when, on July 6, 1885, a little
Alsatian boy, nine years old, was taken by his mother,
to see Pasteur. The child, going alone to school, had
been attacked by a mad dog, thrown to the ground and
badly bitten. A bricklayer, seeing the dog attack the
child, ran up and, with an iron bar, drove the beast
away. Bites from a well dog would not have done
Joseph much harm, but Pasteur knew that this dog had
a serious disease which might be given to Joseph unless
the new cure could prevent all danger.
Poor little Joseph had fourteen wounds and sufTered
so much that he could hardly walk. Pasteur kindly
made arrangements to make the anxious mother and her
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boy comfortable, and then went to ask his wise friend,
Vulpius, whether it was safe to give the boy Pasteur's
new treatment, even though it had never been tried
before.
"Why, yes, indeed," Vulpius assured him. "Is n't it
far better to try your cure, even if it may fail, than to let
the little fellow die of hydrophobia?"
So the treatment was given to Joseph. Every day for
ten days the doctors put a few drops of powerful liquid
in his arm. Joseph had cried when he heard of an opera-
tion, but he dried his eyes quickly when he found that it
meant only a tiny prick.
Pasteur arranged a bedroom near him for the mother
and child, and Joseph played with his new toys. Pasteur
loved children. He grew very fond of Joseph and more
and more anxious that his cure should succeed. It was a
month before he could be quite sure. Joseph was n't
troubled ; his wounds had healed, the inoculation did not
hurt him, and he could play all day. On the last even-
ing, he kissed his friend, " dear Monsieur Pasteur" good-
night and slept peacefully, but Pasteur lay awake for
hours anxiously thinking: "Will my treatment succeed
or will it fail? If I can cure this boy, it will prove that I
can cure many others and stop this terrible disease."
The treatment was successful. Joseph never had a
sign of illness, and now, any person — or any animal —
who is in danger of getting rabies can almost surely be
cured. Every year in America, the lives of many chil-
dren and their parents are saved by Pasteur's wonderful
cure. How much we owe to France for this great man ! A
beautiful avenue in Boston leading to the Harvard
Medical School is named in his honor. But there are
even better ways to honor him. The best is by being as
faithful to our work as he was to his, for Pasteur's
favorite saying was: "Let us work."
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NOVEMBER: GOVERNMENT BY THE
PEOPLE
For the Teacher:
REPLY TO AN ADDRESS OF WELCOME »
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
In all trying positions in which I shall be placed, and
doubtless I shall be placed in many such, my reliance
will be upon you, the people of the United States; and I
wish you to remember, now and forever, that it is your
business, and not mine; that if the union of these States
and the liberties of this people shall be lost, it is but little
to any one man of fifty-two years of age, but a great deal
to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United
States, and to their posterity in all coming time. It is
your business to rise up and preserve the Union and
liberty for yourselves and not for me. I appeal to you
again to constantly bear in mind that not with politi-
cians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but
with you, is the question : Shall the Union and shall the
liberties of this country be preserved to the latest
generations?
Suggestions for morning talks
What is a tyranny? Tell something of the treatment of
the Jews in Russia, from The Promised Land, by Mary
Antin, chap. i. In what ways was Mary Antin free
when she came to America? Could she do anything
she liked? What does liberty mean?
Who puts up the sign, " Keep off the grass " ? If you were
grown up, would you make laws against having the
1 From a speech at Indiaoapolis, February 11, 1861.
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new grass trampled on, the shrubs torn, the street
lamps broken? Why?
What is the opposite of self-government ? Slavery,
tyranny or even anarchy, which means having no
government. Have you ever seen any one who was a
slave to his bad habits? We are slaves if we can't
make ourselves work, but have to be driven hke cattle;
slaves if we can't resist temptation; can't say no when
some one asks us to do what is wrong; can't make
ourselves go to bed or begin to study when it is time;
can't resist looking out of the window and wasting time.
Cultivate the power of governing yourself. Keep your
desk in good order; it is yours to rule over.
"Greater is he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh
a city." Do you agree with this proverb? Give an
example of self-control under pain; imder provocation
to anger; under nervousness. We hear the phrase,
"He went all to pieces when he lost the prize." Why
would a person who had self-control not go to pieces if
he lost? What conduct shows self-government when
a fire breaks out in school?
Who makes the rules in a baseball game? "WTio enforces
the rules? Why do you want them enforced? WTiat is
the value of having an umpire? Why is it best to
have one boy made captain? Is the President of the
United States like a captain to lead his nation? What
are some of his duties? Where is the City Hall or
the Town Hall? What goes on there? Who elect the
people who govern us?
Read: "The First Thanksgiving day," Alice Brother-
ton, and "Five Kernels of Com," Hezekiah
Butterworth, in Days and Deeds, Burton E.
and Elizabeth Stevenson. Baker Taylor Co.
200 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
What are all the advantages of our country? How dan
we repay them?
Learn: "Freely ye have received, freely give."
Read: "Thanksgiving Day in America," Mary Lowe,
in Thanksgiving, Robert H. Schauffler. Moffat,
Yard & Co.
Refer to Lessons for Junior Citizens, Mabel Hill, Ginn &
Co., for accounts of city departments, and to Town
and City, Frances GuUck Jewett (Gulick Hygiene
Series, Ginn & Co.); to Thanksgiving, Robert H.
Schauffler, for varied material for Thanksgiving
day.
Read: Scouting for Boys, Baden Powell. Pearson,
London.
Character Training, Jane Brownlee. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Wonder Workers, pp. 54-94, Mary H. Wade,
Little, Brown & Co., for an account of the
George Jimior Republic.
THE PILGRIMS, 1620-16301
SARA R. o'bRIEN
Columbus's work was done when he showed the way
to America. It was easy enough for others to follow.
Soon others did follow. During the next one hundred
years, many people from Europe came to see the wonder-
ful new country. Some came in search of gold, some for
love of adventure. Still others came to claim part of the
new land in the name of their native country.
Others, however, came for a far better purpose than to
acquire land or riches. Three hundred years ago there
were troublous times in some parts of Europe. In Eng-
* 'From English for Foreignert, Book n. Houghton MifBin Co.
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land the people had very few rights in matters of church
and government. King James I of England compelled
all his people to attend his church and to pay taxes for it,
whether they wanted to or not.
Many people did not like King James's church, and
some of them decided to leave England. They fled to
Holland, but it was such a strange country to them that
they were homesick and unhappy there. Where could
they go next? There was now no place left but America,
and they made up their minds to try this unknown land.
They were a brave little band of pilgrims seeking a place
to worship God in their own way.
One day about one hundred of them set sail in a small
ship named Mayflower. After a long and stormy voy-
age, they reached the shores of America. The time was
December, in the year 1620, and a season of bitter cold
and drifting snow.
They made their first landing at the place we now
call Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts. No
warm houses or waiting friends were ready for them.
On all sides were nothing but drifting snow and dark
forests.
How hard that first winter was ! Their sufferings from
cold and hunger were so great that half their number
died. But early spring brought new hope to all, and with
fresh courage they set to work. They did not waste their
time searching for gold. The men chopped down trees
and built log cabins. They planted corn and barley on
the cleared land. They made friends with the Indians.
And so great was their hope that when the Mayflower
returned to England in the spring not one of their num-
ber cared to go back. Liberty with all its hardships was
sweeter than life in their old home.
Soon other people began to come from England to
make their homes near the little settlement at Plymouth.
Slowly the colony grew and prospered, for the Pilgrims
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brought with them the right ideas of freedom. One of the
first things they did was to make, and promise to obey,
certain laws that were for the good of all.
They chose one of their number to be their leader, and
they called him governor. They believed that the people
themselves should rule. So whenever they wished to
settle an important question they called a general
meeting and settled the matter by vote.
We may truly say that the Pilgrim Fathers laid the
foundations of the government which we enjoy in the
United States to-day, a government by the people and
for the people.
DECEMBER: E PLURIBUS UNUM
For the Teacher:
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR. CHANNING ^
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Peace is more strong than war, and gentleness,
Where force were vain, makes conquest o'er the wave;
And love lives on and hath a power to bless.
When they who loved are hidden in the grave.
And often, from that other world, on this
Some gleam from great souls gone before may shine,
To shed on struggling hearts a clearer bliss.
And clothe the Right with luster more divine.
Suggestions for morning talks
Our national motto ought to be the keynote of our work
at home, in school, and in the nation.
1 From Lowell's Complete Poetical Works. Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Show the class this motto on our silver coins. What does
it mean? A football team, a four-part chorus, an
orchestra, a fruit tree, a house, a nation are many in
one. Each boy in the team, each singer in the chorus,
each state in the nation helps to make the team, the
chorus, the nation possible. It needs him; he needs it;
and he must sacrifice his individual ambition to the
good of the team.
Leam: "For we are members one of another."
Being many in one, we must obey our leader; we
must subordinate ourselves pleasantly, taking a mi-
nor part in games or songs, or plays. We must show
good will to all who help to make us many in one.
Study the different grocery provisions, e.g., sugar, flour,
dates, figs, olives, prunes, oranges, and the standard
articles like wool, rubber, iron, sponges, chalk, ink, and
show how we depend for even the simplest life upon
many people working as one.
Our family is many in one, the parents earning and
caring for the children; the children making ready to
help the parents.
The school is many in one. The different rooms and
grades can unite in morning exercises, work together
in manual training, or cooking, play together in folk-
dancing and athletics.
The nation is many in one. Study a map and see what
each State contributes. Tell about the House of
Governors.
Leam: "A house divided against itself cannot stand,"
and "The Mountain and the Squirrel,"
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Poems, Houghtop
Mifflin Co.
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E PLURIBUS UNUM^
GEORGE WASHINGTON CUTTER
Tho' many and bright are the stars that appear
On that flag, by our country unfurFd,
And the stripes that are swelling in majesty there
Like a rainbow adorning the world;
Their light is unsullied, as those in the sky.
By a deed that our fathers have done,
And they 're leagued in as true and as holy a tie.
In their motto of "Many in One."
From the hour when those patriots fearlessly flung
That banner of starlight abroad,
Ever true to themselves, to that motto they clung
As they clung to the promise of God ;
They conquered, and, dying, bequeathed to our care
Not this boundless dominion alone.
But that banner whose loveliness hallows the air.
And their motto of "Many in One."
Then up with our flag! — let it stream on the air;
Though our fathers are cold in their graves,
They had hands that could strike — they had souls that
could dare, —
And their sons were not bom to be slaves.
Up, up with that banner! — where'er it may call.
Our millions shall rally around.
And a nation of freemen that moment shall fall.
When its stars shall be trailed on the ground.
» From Days and Deeds, compiled by Burton E. Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson.
The Baker & Taylor Co.
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THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS ^
SARA R. o'bRIEN
An old man had many sons who were always quarrel-
ing. At last the father called them to him. He showed
them a bundle of sticks tied together. He said to them,
"Break this bundle." Each of the sons tried to break it
but could not.
The father untied the bundle and told each son to
break one stick. They could do this easily. Then the
father said, "If all of you could stand together, no one
could do you any harm, but each one separate is as weak
as one of the little sticks."
Let each member of the class write a composition
showing the application of this story in our commerce,
our social life, our civic and national government.
JANUARY: RESPONSIBILITY OF
EACH CITIZEN
For the Teacher:
BOSTON
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
And each shall care for other.
And each to each shall bend.
To the poor a noble brother.
To the good an equal friend.
A blessing through the ages thus
Shield all thy roofs and towers!
God with the fathers, so with us.
Thou darling town of ours !
t From Engliihjor Foreigners, Book I. Houghton Miffin Co.
206 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
For the Class:
THE CHILD AND THE YEAR
CELIA THAXTER
Said the child to the youthful year:
" What hast thou in store for me,
0 giver of beautiful gifts! what cheer.
What joy dost thou bring with thee?"
"My seasons four shall bring
Their treasures : the winter's snows.
The autumn's store, and the flowers of spring*
And the summer's perfect rose.
"All these and more shall be thine.
Dear child — but the last and best
Thyself must earn by a strife divine.
If thou wouldst be truly blest.
"Wouldst know this last, best gift?
*T is a conscience clear and bright,
A peace of mind which the soul can lift
To an infinite delight.
** Truth, patience, courage, and love.
If thou unto me canst bring,
1 will set thee all earth's ills above,
O child! and crown thee a king! "
Suggestions for morning talks
The subject of this month grows out of the last. We are
each responsible because we are each needed to make
up one nation. Responsible means that we will re-
spond, and take our part. The President: For what
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is he responsible? Congress? the State Legislatures?
the City Aldermen? the Town Clerk? the heads of
municipal departments? For what is every voter
responsible? every housekeeper? every scholar?
School is given us freely by all the people so that
we may be active, helpful citizens. The citizen must
be able to read, write, earn a living, and understand
about our laws and government.
Scholars are responsible for being on time every day; for
regularity — not missing without an excellent reason;
for faithfulness in work. KipUng said ^ : —
"If you can fill the unrelenting minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run.
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it;
And, what is more, — you'll be a man, my son."
Take up New Year's Resolutions: What are the best
ones to make?
Study the responsibility of the locomotive engineer on
his engine; the captain and officers on a steamer; the
doctor and nurse in illness.
Read: "The Wreck of the Republic," in Cabot's Ethics
for Children, Houghton Miflflin Co.
Stories from Clara Barton's History of the Red
Cross. American Historical Press.
"The Policeman," by Theodore Roosevelt, from
the "Roll of Honor of the New York Pohce,"
Century Magazine, October, 1897. (Quoted
also in School Speaker and Reader, p. 257,
William De Witt Hyde. Ginn & Co.)
We make the rules of our clubs; it is disloyal not to obey
them. All the people make the laws of the nation; it is
disloyal not to obey them.
1 In " If," Rewards and Fairiet, Doubledajr, Page & Co.
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Look up the laws you are likely to break. Teachers can
find out about these laws from the town or county
clerk, — throwmg paper and rubbish in the streets;
breaking street lamps; ringing fire alarms; stealing
apples; breaking windows; playing baseball in public
streets; playing craps; marking buildings.
Be a supporter of the government and of American
ideals by keeping paper off the streets; not blocking
the sidewalk as you come from school; giving up your
seat to older people; putting out brush fires and refus-
ing to light any; holding yourself upright in bearing,
in honesty, in thought, as well as word; reporting any
sign of danger; forming Junior Civic Leagues or Good
Government Clubs.
Read the pamphlets of the Forestry Commission in rela-
tion to fires. Tell of the Boy Scouts of America.
Read : Under the Old Elm, Lowell (extract about Wash-
ington). R.L.S. No.Z. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Ode to the Duke of Wellington^ Tennyson. R.L.S.
No. 73. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Scouting for Boys, Baden Powell. Pearson,
London.
THE LITTLE SIX*
ELLA LYMAN CABOT
Every spring when the snow melts along the banks of
our great rivers there is danger of a flood. Thirty years
ago the Ohio River overflowed its banks for a thousand
miles. Even the city of Cincinnati was like a large stream.
Men and women went out in boats and passed food to
the hungry people at third story windows. Sometimes
^ Bewritteo fr<Hn a story in the Erie Despatch, March 24, 1884.
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great buildings were undermined and small houses went
floating down stream. Six children in Waterford,
Pennsylvania, heard of the flood. They were not only
sorry; they decided to help. They gave an entertain-
ment and raised $51.25, which was sent to Miss Clara
Barton, President of the Red Cross Association, to be
put where it would do most good.
Miss Barton was much touched by the children's gift.
She wanted to give it to children who had suffered in the
flood. One day as she went down the Ohio River she
came upon just the family she most wanted to help — a
widow, Mrs. Plew, with six children. They owned their
farm on the banks of the river with two horses, three
cows, thirty hogs, and some hens, and till the flood came
they managed to get on. But the flood swept away their
horses, sickness came among the hogs, and one night a
great gale blew down their house. They had to live in
the corn-crib, with the twenty-five hens clucking about
the door. They kept even this place neat and clean.
They were poor and in trouble, but they were brave and
industrious still. "If we only had a little money we
could build a house higher up on the bank," said the
mother.
"There are six children," thought kind Miss Barton;
"here is the very place to give the money." She told the
woman the story of the Waterford children who wanted
to help, and offered her their gift that she might rebuild
her house. With a voice full of deep feeling the wo-
man answered, "God knows how much it would be
to me. Yes, with my good boys I can do it, and do
it well."
"And shall you name the house when it is built?"
"Oh, yes," she answered quickly, "I shall name it The
Little Six."
When the six contributors heard how their money had
been spent they wrote this letter: —
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Dear Miss Barton,
We read your nice letter in the Despatch and we would
like very much to see that house called "The Little Six,"
and we are so glad we little six helped six other little
children, and we thank you for going to so much trouble
in putting our money just where we would have put it
ourselves.
Sometime again when you want money to help you
in your good work, call on the "Little Six," —
Joe Farrar, twelve years old.
Florence Howe, eleven years old.
Mary Barton, eleven years old.
Reed White, eleven years old.
Bertie Ensworth, ten years old.
Lloyd Barton, seven years old.
FEBRUARY: GREAT AMERICANS
For the Teacher:
Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that
begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them
through his great power from the beginning.
Leaders of the people by their counsels and by their
knowledge of learning meet for the people: wise and
eloquent in their instructions;
Their glory shall not be blotted out.
The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congre-
gation will show forth their praise.
Ecclesiasticus xliv.
Suggestions for morning talks
Our Great Statesmen:
What qualities does it take to be a great statesman?
Can he be narrow-minded, prejudiced, unfair?
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Must he be able to get on with all kinds of people?
How do we learn to get on well with people? Wash-
ington said: My first wish is to see the whole world
at peace and the inhabitants of it as one band of
brothers, striving which should contribute most to
the happiness of manldnd.
See, if you can, the Educational Mo\Tng Picture of
the Declaration of Independence. John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin were
great statesmen, for they planned for the good of
the whole country. The great statesman cannot be
bribed. Tell the story of Washington*s rejection of
the crown. The great statesman thinks of the
future of his country. Benjamin Franklin's gift to
Boston. The great statesman loves his whole
country. Lincoln's fairness to the South. The
great statesman is generous. John Hay's attitude
in giving indemnity to China. The great states-
man works for good will. Stories of William Penn,
Hugo Grotius, Henry of Navarre. (See The Friend-
ship of Nations^ pp. 34-38, Lucile Gulliver. Ginn
& Co.) The great statesman forgives his enemies.
Tell of the death of McKinley.
Read: "Ezekiel and Daniel," in An American Booh of
Golden Deeds, James Baldwin. American Book
Co.
" John Quincy Adams and the Right to Petition,"
Henry Cabot Lodge, in Hero Tales from Ameri*
can History. Century Co.
212 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE^
LAURA E. RICHARDS
Dr. Samuel Howe is famous because of his devotion
to blind people. As a lad he decided that he wanted
to spend his life in helping people. Up to that time,
there had been no teaching for the blind in this country.
If a child was blind, it must sit with folded hands at
home, while the other children went to school and to
play. Now a school for blind children was about to be
started in Boston, and Dr. Howe was asked if he would
take charge of it. This was just what he wanted. But
first he went to Europe, where the teaching of the blind
had already begun. Having learned all that was to be
learned in those days about teaching the blind, he came
home, and took up his new work, which was to end only
with his life.
First of all, he put a bandage over his own eyes, and
wore it for some time, so that he might realize a little of
what it meant to be blind. Then, he found some little
blind children, took them home to his father's house,
and taught them to read and write by means of raised
letters which they could feel, and by means of raised
lines, which enabled them to guide the pencil and keep
the lines straight. He made maps for them, with raised
dots of rough plaster for mountains, and pins' heads for
cities; their little fingers felt of all these things, and
became so skillful that, in a short time, they could read
as rapidly as many children who can see.
When people heard that blind children could be
taught to read, more and more parents brought children
to the new school. Soon, the house could not hold them.
There was no room and no money to carry on the fast-
growing school.
^ Abridged from Two Noble Lives. Dana Estes Co.
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Dr. Howe's favorite saying was, "Obstacles are things
to be overcome ! " So he took his blind pupils before the
Legislature, showed what he had done, and asked for
money. The Legislature voted to give six thousand dol-
lars a year to the school; and soon after, a Boston gentle-
man. Colonel Perkins, gave his fine house and garden for
the use of the little blind children.
But this did not satisfy Dr. Howe. The blind children
of his own State were now provided for; but he knew
that in other States the blind children were still sitting
with folded hands, knowing nothing of the pleasant
world of books, unable to write, sew, knit, or play the
piano. So he went from State to State, taking a little
band of children with him, going before the Legislatures,
showing what the children had learned to do, begging
them to help the blind children of their own State.
And in his footsteps sprang up schools for the blind.
In the year 1837 Dr. Howe overcame an obstacle that
people had always thought could never be overcome.
He heard of a little girl, named Laura Bridgman, who
was deaf, dumb, and blind. She had lost her sight and
hearing when she was a baby; she was now seven years
old, and could neither see, hear, smell, nor — save in a
very slight degree — taste. Dr. Howe persuaded her
parents to let her come to the Perkins Institution. Here
he set himself patiently to bring the child's mind out of
darkness into light.
He took things in common use, such as knives, forks,
spoons, keys, and so forth, and pasted on them labels
with their names in raised letters. These he gave to
Laura, who felt of them carefully. She soon found that
the crooked lines "spoon" on one object were different
from the crooked lines "key" on another. Next he gave
her some of the labels without the objects; and she soon
found that they bore the same crooked lines that were
on the spoons, keys, etc. After a little time she would
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lay the "spoon'* label on the spoon, the "key" label
on the key, and so on, of her own accord; then Dr.
Howe would pat her on the head, and she knew he was
pleased.
One day Dr. Howe gave her the different letters of
the word on separate bits of paper. First he put them in
the right order, to spell "spoon," "key," "book," etc.;
then he mixed them up in a heap, and made a sign to her
to arrange them herself. This she did, patiently and
correctly; but still she was merely learning as a clever
dog learns tricks. She did not know what it meant, nor
why she was doing it.
But one day. Dr. Howe saw her face change. Light
seemed to flash over it. All in a moment it had come to
her; she knew what it all meant; she knew that by these
raised marks on paper she could make a sign for every
thought; she knew that she could make herself under-
stood, and could understand the thoughts of others.
I think this was the happiest day of Dr. Howe's life;
and since that day, no blind deaf-mute child has ever
needed to be alone in the world.
Laura Bridgman lived many years, and became a
happy, earnest, industrious woman. She learned to talk
with her fingers, and could talk faster than most people
with their tongues. . . . She was a great reader, wrote
many letters, sewed beautifully, made lace and crochet
work; I doubt if she was ever idle. She loved Dr. Howe
always better than any one else in the world, and she was
very dear to him also. . . .
After Dr. Howe's death, his friend. Dr. Edward
Everett Hale, wrote these words about him: "He found
the blind sitting in darkness, and he left them glad in the
sunshine of the love of God,"
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IVIARCH: SOCIAL SERVICE
For the Teacher:
THE LAW OF LOVE
RICHARD C. TRENCH
Make channels for the streams of love.
Where they may broadly run;
And love has overflowing foimts.
To fill them every one.
But if, at any time, we cease
Such channels to provide.
The very founts of love for us
Will soon be parched and dried.
For we must share, if we would keep.
That blessing from above:
Ceasing to give, we cease to have, —
Such is the law of love.
Suggestions for morning talks
Tell the story of " Margaret of New Orleans," Sara Cone
Bryant, in Stories to Tell to Children, Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Different ways of social service: —
Kindness to animals :
Read: Black Beauty, AnnaSewall. American Humane
Education Society.
Learn: "Forbearance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson,
p.l69, and "A Lesson of Mercy," by Alice Cary,
p. 36, in Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot.
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Read: "Garm — A Hostage," by Kipling. In Ac-
tions and Reactions. Doubleday, Page & Co.
Learn what food each animal and bird needs. See
whether there are drinking-f ountains for horses and
dogs in your town. If not, plan with the class to
help get one. Take care of the birds: they are ex-
posed to danger from owls, cats, snakes, wind, cold,
hunger, and thirst. They need you for a friend.
Care of the sick :
Tell the story of "Walter Reed and Yellow Fever" in
Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot, p. 226; of
"Dorothy Dix" {An American Book of Golden
Deeds, James Baldwin. American Book Co.).
Care of the unfortunate :
Clara Barton and the Ohio Floods. The Sicilian
Earthquake. In The Red Cross, Clara Barton.
American Historical Press.
Read: "The Good Bishop," by Victor Hugo, in Les
Miserdbles. Little, Brown & Co.
Care of the poor :
Labrador, Wilfred T. Grenfell, The Macmillan Co.
Read: The Friendship of Nations, p. 236, Lucile Gul-
liver. Ginn & Co.
An American Book of Golden Deeds, James Bald-
win. American Book Co.
Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot ("He that
is Faithful," p. 132, and "Fellow Laborers,"
p. 90). Houghton Mifflin Co.
" The Street Cleaning Brigade," Colonel War-
ing, in Town and City, Frances G. Jewett,
Gulick Hygiene Series. Ginn & Co.
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THE McCLENNY NURSES ^
CLABA BARTON
A small band of nurses, men and women, were steam-
ing onwards in the train to Jacksonville, Morida, where
yellow fever had broken out. To them came their
leader. Colonel Southmayd. "Some way ahead,'* said he,
" is the little town of McClenny where the plague is also
in full force. The town is quarantined on all sides; it is
without nurses, medicines, comforts for the sick, even
without food. Shall I leave some of you there? This
train is not allowed to stop at the town, but if I can
manage to get it to slow up . . . will you jump?"
"We will do what you say. Colonel. We are here in
God's name and service to help His people; for Him,
for you and for the Red Cross we will do our best."
"Conductor, don't you thhik you might slow up after
passing McClenny?"
"I will slow up. Colonel, though I may lose my place
for it."
One mile beyond town, the rain pouring in torrents,
the ground soaked, slippery and caving, out into pitiless
darkness leaped three men and seven women from a
puflSng, unsteady train. No physician was with them,
and no leader. They only knew that they were needed
and must do their best.
Taking each others' hands, so that they might not lose
one another in the darkness, they scrambled back over
the slippery railroad bed to the fever-stricken village.
That very night, after drying their clothes, they planned
what to do and each took his or her share of patients.
Dr. Gill, a Norwegian by birth, tall, honest, and true
as the pines of his native land, was sent from New
Orleans, and under his wise direction they again found a
> Adapted from The Red Crots. American Historical Press.
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leader. During the few days Colonel Southmayd was
in Jacksonville, he sent them comforts for the sick and
nourishing food for themselves, but after that, they got
on as best they could, finding and cooking their own
meals. The nurses often gave to the sick, the chil-
dren, the old and the helpless, what they needed for
their own strength. Many were the records of seventy-
two hours without change or sleep, almost without sit-
ting down, and many were the unselfish deeds which we
shall never know. Mr. Wilson, a big, colored man, took
charge of a small hospital with six patients, cared for
them all without an hour's relief from any person, and
saved every case. Edward Holyland, a young man of
twenty-nine, who was chief nurse, found a neglected
Italian family a mile or more outside the town. He
nursed them there alone, and when the young son, a lad
of thirteen or fourteen, died, there being no one to bury
him there, Mr. Holyland wrapped him in a blanket and
brought him into town on his back. As the fever was
gradually conquered by their experience and skill, the
nurses reached out to other freshly attacked hamlets.
The town of Enterprise, one hundred miles below, called
to them for aid; they all turned back from the hope of
home and, after a bare two days of the rest they so
needed, they added another month of toil to their already
weary record.
On November 4th they went into camp for their ten
days of quarantine before they could go home to New
Orleans for Thanksgiving. To them here the Red Cross
organization sent a number of its members to give
thanks to the unselfish, faithful band. A meeting was
held in the headquarters tent. There were officers of the
camp, well-wishers from all the countryside, and in the
center the ten nurses themselves whose names deserve
never to be forgotten — Eliza Savier, Lena Seymour,
Elizabeth Eastman, Harriet Schmidt, Lizzie Louis,
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Rebecca Vidal, Annie Evans, Arthur Duteil, Frederick
Wilson, and Edward Holyland; four Americans, one
German, one French, one Irish, and three Africans.
They wore no uniform; their only distinguishing feature
was the umbia or turban and a pitiful little misshapen
tattered Red Cross made by their own hands and pinned
on their breasts.
Telegrams had arrived from all parts of the country
giving thanks for the help received. The Mayor of
McClenny spoke with trembling voice the gratitude
which his town felt: "I fear the nurses often worked in
hunger, but they brought us to our feet, and the bless-
ing of every man, woman and child is on them." The
nurses told of the work of their comrades, and Dr. Gill
placed before the meeting his matchless record of cases
attended and lives preserved. He testified to the won-
derful work of the nurses, standing firm through every-
thing, with never a word of complaint through all those
trying months.
A few days later, the north-bound train halted and
took on board the tall doctor and happy nurses. Their
last words, as they departed were, "When you want us,
we are ready." The love of those they had befriended
and the approval of a whole people, north and south,
went with them.
APRIL: PATRIOTISM
For the Teacher:
LOVE THOU THY LAND
ALFRED TENNYSON
Love thou thy land, with love far-brought
From out the storied Past and used
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Within the Present, but transfused
Thro' future time by power of thought.
Make Knowledge circle with the winds;
But let her herald, Reverence, fly
Before her to whatever sky
Bear seed of men and growth of minds.
Suggestions for morning talks
Read: "The Army of Peace," "The Flag," "TOio
Patriots Are," in The Young Citizen, Charles
F. Dole. D. C. Heath & Co.
"Our Debt to the Nation's Heroes," from Amer-
ican Ideals, Theodore Roosevelt. G. P. Put-
nam's Sons.
Tell stories of men who loved their country:
" The Last Lesson in French," Alphonse Daudet, in
Stories to Tell to Children, Sara Cone Bryant.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Read: "Breathes there the man," Sir Walter Scott.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto VL
The Man without a Country, Edward E. Hale.
Little, Brown & Co.
"William Tell," and "Arnold V. Winkelreid," in
Fifty Famous Stories Retold, James Baldwin.
American Book Co. Compare Tell and Winkel-
ried. Which seems to you the more courageous?
Write compositions on some of the topics suggested in
American Hero Stories, Eva March Tappan. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
Read: "An American in Europe," Henry van Dyke, in
The White Bees and Other Poems, Charles
Scribner*s Sons.
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Two Noble Lives, Laura E. Richards. Dana
Estes.
A Message to Garciaf Elbert Hubbard. Roycroft
Press.
Leam: "The Flag goes by," H. H. Bennett. R.L.S.
No. CC. Houghton Mifflin Co.
For questions on patriotism, see Cabot's Ethics for Chil-
dren, p. 184.
NATHAN HALE
On the 6th of June, 1755, was bom Nathan Hale; his
father was a farmer and deacon of his church, who
brought up his boys in true New England habits, hardy,
self-reliant, honest and loyal. When Nathan was fifteen,
he went to Yale College and after graduating there he
became a school-teacher.
Two years later, on April 19, 1775, a messenger gal-
loping from Boston brought the news of the battle of
Lexington and the call to arms. Nathan Hale offered
himself eagerly among the first. "Let us march imme-
diately," he cried, "and never lay down our arms till we
obtain our independence." He wrote to the managers of
his school that he went to war because he could serve his
country in its time of danger.
As the war went on. Hale began to show what a man
he was. The army was short of clothes, food, ammu-
nition, and pay. The soldiers grew discouraged, and
wanted to go home. Hale, who was now a Captain, tried,
as did the other officers, to persuade the soldiers not to go.
Finally, he went to them, and dividing his own pay
among them, managed thus to make them stay.
After the disastrous battle of Long Island, the Ameri-
cans were in a worse state than ever. They had to guard
long stretches of shore and could not tell at what point
the British might land from Long Island and attack
222 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
them. General Washington felt that he must know
more about the British; he must have maps of their
camp, lists of their regiments, and, if possible, some idea
of their plans. To obtain this information, he must find
an intelligent spy. A counsel of oflficers was called and a
volunteer was asked for. No one would go. The risks
were great: if the spy were caught, a dishonorable
death; even if he was successful, little reward or honor.
So the Council sat silent wondering what to do. Sud-
denly a clear voice spoke out: "I will go." It was Cap-
tain Nathan Hale. Truly loving his country, and willing
to sacrifice his own ambitions, even his life for her, he
was the only one ready to undertake the mission. His
friends begged him not to go, but Hale answered with
warmth: "I believe it is my duty to get this much-
needed information for my country. I realize all the
dangers of doing this, but I have been in the army a year
and done no great service for my country. Now when
my chance comes, I will take it."
Hale dressed himself in the plain brown dress and
broad-brimmed hat of a schoolmaster, was rowed across
to Long Island, and somehow got into the British camp.
He was there about two weeks, found out all he wanted
to know, and was just safely out of the British lines and
waiting on the shore to be rowed back when some Brit-
ish soldiers, led by a betrayer, fell upon him and captured
him. He was searched; at first they discovered only his
college diploma, but finally under the inner soles of his
shoes they found thin pieces of paper, with plans, lists,
and notes about the British army written in Latin. He
was taken before General Howe and, as the proof was
clear, was quickly sentenced to be hung the next morn-
ing. He showed no fear at the thought of death. He
said that his only regret was that his efforts to help the
American army were not successful.
Hale was put under guard of Provost-Marshal Cun-
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ningham, a brutal and cruel man. When Hale asked for a
clergyman, he was refused; and when he begged for a
Bible, that also was denied. Even when he asked for
paper and pen, it was only through the kindness of a
young lieutenant that he managed to get it. He wrote
letters to his friends and family, but when his jailor read
them, he was so furious at the noble sentiments he
found that he tore them up, crying, "The rebels shall
never know they had a man who could die with such
firmness."
Next morning, Hale was led out to execution, friend-
less and brutally treated, but still as brave and loyal to
his country as ever. His last words as he was about to die
will never be forgotten. "I only regret that I have but
one life to lose for my country."
MAY: FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHER
NATIONS
For the Teacher:
A SOLDIER'S SPEECH
"Looking back in life I can see no earthly good which
has come to me so great, so sweet, so uplifting, so con-
soling as the friendships of the men and the women I
have known well and loved — friends who have been
equally ready to give and to receive kind oflSces and
timely counsel. Nothing will steady and strengthen you
like real friends, who will speak the frank words of truth
tempered with affection — friends who will help you and
never count the cost. Friendship is the full-grown team-
play of life, and in my eyes there is no limit to its
value." 1
» "From Ethics for Children, Ella Lyman Cabot, p. 180. Houghton Mifflin Co.
224 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
For the Class:
Make all good men your well-wishers, and then in the
year's steady sifting.
Some of them turn to friends. Friends are the sunshine
of life.
John Hay.
Suggestions for morning talks
Begin the month by some examples of the greatness of
friendship.
Stories of the friendship of David and Jonathan. —
1st Sam. XVII, xviii.
Read: " Jaffar," by Leigh Hunt in The Garland of
Poetry, Mrs. E. M. Kirkland. Charles Scribner*s
Sons.
Stories of Lamb and Coleridge, in Ethics for Children,
p. 166, by Ella Lyman Cabot.
Learn: "If you have a friend worth loving," in Ethics
far Children, p. 155.
Read: "Where Love is, God is," Leo Tolstoy.
Twenty-three Tales. Translated by L. & A. Maude.
Oxford University Press.
Friendship with those of different Nations.
The Story of Ruth and Naomi.
Stevenson's friendship with the Samoans.
Lincoln's letter to the workmen of Manchester.
Write letters to school-children in other lands and
tell them of your country.
"A Lesson for Kings," from the Jataka Tales, in
Ethics for Children, p. 163.
Friendship between nations.
Read: "The Deep Sea Cable," Rudyard Kipling, in
The Seven Seas, D. Appleton & Co.
GRADE V: THE NATION 225
«
'America's Tribute to Grotius," in The Friendship
of Nations, p. 69, Lucile Gulliver. Ginn &
Co.
"Christ of the Andes," in The Friendship of No"
tions, pp. 74-76, Lucile Gulliver.
Friendship of Holland and the Pilgrims.
Friendship of France and America in the Revolution.
A MODERN BAYARD 1
LAUBA E. RICHARDS
Dr. Samuel G. Howe had just won his degree as a
doctor when he heard of the Greek war for freedom. He
loved the courage the Greeks had shown all through his-
tory. He wanted to help them. How could he help? He
sailed for Greece, and offered his services as a doctor
in the Greek army and navy. There he stayed for six
years, sharing the dangers and the hardships of the
Greeks. Often he slept under the open sky with his head
on a stone; often he had no meat but snails and roasted
wasps.
"Aren't roasted wasps horrid to eat?" his little
daughter asked him, years afterward.
"Not at all," he replied. "Roasted to a crisp and
strung on a straw like dried cherries, they were not at all
bad. I was often thankful enough to get them!"
Once Dr. Howe found a wounded Greek in great
danger with the Turkish soldiers coming up behind and
ready to kill him. He lifted the Greek on to his own
horse and he himself had to go on foot in danger of his
life. The Greek soldier recovered and became a devoted
friend to Dr. Howe. He could not bear to be out of Dr.
Howe's sight and slept at his feet like a faithful dog.
1 Adapted from Two Noble Livet. Daaa Estes & Co.
226 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
So Dr. Howe went about, in towns and forests and on
the hills, caring for the sick and wounded; and as he
went, his heart was touched by the sight of starving
women and children. He came back to America and,
burning with his story, he told of the sorrows and suffer-
ing he had seen. He asked for money, for clothes, and
for food. Quickly it was given, for the need was great.
He must have been glad and proud of his people when he
sailed for Greece in a large ship full of rice, flour, money,
and cloth for the widows and children. How the women
flocked about him when he landed in Greece ! It is the
best of fun to be happy over some one else's happiness,
and I suppose Dr. Howe never enjoyed himself more
than when he saw the hungry little Greek children con-
tentedly munching the bread he had brought.
But many of the people had been made ill by suffering
and want of food. For them he started a hospital with
the money he had brought from America.
And then, wise Dr. Howe thought about the future.
Do you know what that means? He wondered what all
these people were to do by and by to earn money. And
he made a plan for them to build a great wharf for their
harbor. He held a meeting of all the people in iEgina,
and told them that he was going to build a pier, and that
if they would work he would pay them for it. Instantly
they set to — the men dragging great stones and the
women and children bringing baskets of pebbles and
earth to fill in the gaps.
Dr. Howe was as happy as he was busy. One day he
wrote in his diary: "Getting on finely. The poor who
labor are now five hundred, and it is cheering to my
heart to go among them and see the change that has
taken place. Instead of, as formerly, humbly and trem-
blingly addressing me and begging for assistance, they
look up brightly and confidently, and cry out: "Wel-
come among us, Sir!'* and they often add as I go away.
GRADE V: THE NATION 227
"God bless your father and mother; God save the souls
of your relations; long life to the Americans!"
So Dr. Howe worked and thought and helped day by
day. He gave the people seed to sow; he helped them to
build houses; he made a wheelbarrow himself and showed
them how to make one. He labored night and day till
the people were again at peace and prospering. Then he
went home.
Fifteen years afterward, Dr. Howe went again to
Greece and visited the village he had helped. Presently
some one recognized him and called out: "It is Dr.
Howe." Then all the villagers rushed toward him,
puUed him off his horse, kissed him, and made a great
feast in his honor; for he had made America and Greece
one in sympathy and friendship.
JUNE: HOW WE CAN SERVE
OUR COUNTRY
For the Teacher:
A difficulty raiseth the spirits of a great man. He
hath a mind to wrestle with it and give it a fall. A man's
mind must be very low if the difficulty doth not make
part of his pleasure. — Lord Halifax.^
Suggestions for morning talks
The honor and glory of our country depends on the
honor and loyalty of every citizen. Be prepared.
An American is truthful; he knows that truth alone is
strong enough to support him in trial. Read stories of
Lincoln's honesty.
A true American is faithful; he will not betray his trust.
* Quoted in A Multitude of Counsellors, J. N. Laraed. Houghton Mifflin Co.
228 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Tell the story of Binns, wireless operator on the
Republic, Grade VI, p. 272.
A true American is courteous, for he represents his na-
tion. For example, we rise for ladies in street-cars; let
them pass first; always give up the end seat.
Read: "A Four-footed Gentleman," Ethics Jor ChU-
dreuy p. 28.
"Purring When You're Pleased," Mrs. Alfred Gatty,
Parables from Nature. Everyman's Library. E. P.
Button & Co.
The Wonder Workers, Mary H. Wade. Little, Brown
&Co.
All true citizens are brave. They resist fear that they
may win their aim.
Motto: He has not learned the lesson of life who does
not every day surmount a fear. — Emerson.
Let the children whenever possible take excursions to
places of historic interest. Give them a chance to dis-
cuss the stories they read and to bring in new
stories of achievement under difficulty. The material
about how we can serve our country is plentiful and
delighting. The following books will arm the pupils
with zeal for service.
Heroes of Everyday Life, Fanny E. Coe. Ginn & Co.
Duty, Samuel Smiles, chap, vii (on the sailor's cour-
age). Harper Brothers.
An American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin.
American Book Co.
Lessons for Junior Citizens, Mabel Hill. Ginn & Co.
School Speaker and Reader, William De Witt Hyde.
Ginn & Co. Sections on "American History,"
"Patriotism," "Enterprise," and "Courage."
GRADE V: THE NATION 229
THE ARMY OF PEACE ^
CHARLES F. DOLE
The thousands of men and women who serve our
Government form an army; but it is an army of peace
and not of war. It is not to frighten men, but to help
and benefit them. It is not for the good of Americans
alone, but for the good of all people.
What kind of a man do we need for a soldier? He
must be brave and obedient; he must not serve for pay,
nor for a pension, nor to get honor for himself, nor in
order to be promoted to a higher office. He must serve,
as Washington and Grant served, simply for the sake
of helping his country. They were not soldiers in order
to get their living out of the country, but because the
country needed them. They were soldiers for the sake
of the welfare of the people.
The country needs the same kind of men for its army
of peace. It wants obedient and faithful men to keep its
accounts and to carry its mails. It wants kind and
courteous men in its offices, who will do their best for the
convenience of its people. It wants fearless and upright
judges who will do no wrong. It wants friendly men in
the Indian agencies to help the Indians to become
civilized. It wants men of courage in its lighthouses and
at the life-saving stations. Our Government cannot
really bear to have mean and selfish men anywhere, but
it needs men, as good as the very best soldiers, who are
in its service for the sake of their country.
What does a good soldier desire more than anything
else? He desires that the cause of his country shall suc-
ceed. What does every good American wish most of all?
He wishes that his work may make his country richer
and happier. He wishes to leave his country better for
his having served her.
» From The Young Citizen. Copyright, 1899, by D. C. Heath & Co. Used by per-
misaiuu.
GRADE VI
AMERICAN IDEALS
By fanny E. COE
INTRODUCTION
It is a truism to-day that a king should be the serv-
ant of his people. A thousand years ago there lived in
England a ruler who believed this truth. He founded
schools, wrote books, and made just laws for his people.
For this reason King Alfred is called to this day the
Great.
How is it in America to-day? Who is the ruler of the
country, and what lofty ideal shines before him? In
America, as in all democracies, the ruler is the individual
voter, the everyday man with a ballot in his hand. Mil-
lions here ascend to *' the seats of the mighty " by reason
of the power vested in the free American franchise. .
The menace of America to-day is the selfishness of the
individual voter. If his power is used to exploit his
country for himself, to promote those enterprises that
will enrich him at the expense of the rest of the nation,
then the outlook for America is dark, indeed. Much sel-
fishness is due to thoughtlessness. If future American
rulers can be trained to large and generous views, a great
step will have been taken toward national prosperity.
What pains are taken in the education of a young
prince! Tutors are selected with the utmost care to
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 231
insure the best instruction in history, language, political
economy, and the fine arts; teachers of riding, fencing,
and dancing develop the body; every moment of the
day is planned with scientific efficiency. It is of the ut-
most importance to the nation that its future ruler and
leader shall possess a mind trained largely and gener-
ously. He must manifest in himself the ideals of his
nation.
The American ideal, as it has come down to us from
the fathers, is a lofty one. Washington, Franklin,
Samuel Adams, Jefferson set the standard of unflinching
service for others. Abraham Lincoln revealed the same
spirit in a later day. Courage in the face of difficulties,
loyalty to truth, sympathy and courtesy, industry and
reverence to God and to one's fellowmen, — these have
been American ideals since the time when the soUtary
Mayflower crossed the sea.
These ideals must become the heritage not only of
every American-bom child, but of every aUen as well.
They will soon become rulers with the fate of a great
democracy in their hands. Should not their training for
unselfish service be begun early and be continued with
unflagging zeal? Such training is the task of the common
school. Its mission is of preeminent importance. With
this thought in mind, the course in citizenship has
been planned.
The program for the sixth grade deals with Ameri-
can ideals. The normal child of ten or eleven is still
unconscious of self and approaches the discussion of
graces of character with the same freedom as the child
in the primary school. Moreover, he is keenly interested
in the consideration of moral traits, provided the discus-
sion be always concrete. The course for the sixth grade
232 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
follows the general plan of the book. The program for
each month may form the basis of morning talks or may
be the subject for lessons in oral or written language or
in literature. The chief aim has been to make both text
and stories of vital human interest. Thiey should be
read or told with enthusiasm, that the children may
respond vigorously to the appeal of the story.
SEPTEMBER: SYMPATHY AND
COURTESY
For the Teacher:
MY LOVE
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Not as all other women are
Is she that to my soul is dear;
Her glorious fancies come from far.
Beneath the silver evening-star,
And yet her heart is ever near.
Great feelings hath she of her own.
Which lesser souls may never know;
God giveth them to her alone,
And sweet they are as any tone
Wherewith the wind may choose to blow.
Yet in herself she dwelleth not.
Although no home were half so fair;
No simplest duty is forgot,
Earth hath no dim and lowly spot
That doth not in her sunshine share.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 233
She doeth little kindnesses.
Which most leave undone, or despise;
For naught that sets one heart at ease.
And giveth happiness or peace.
Is low-esteemed in her eyes.
She hath no scorn of common things.
And, though she seem of other birth.
Round us her heart intwines and clings.
And patiently she folds her wings
To tread the humble paths of earth.
Blessing she is: God made her so.
And deeds of week-day holiness
Fall from her noiseless as the snow.
Nor hath she ever chanced to know
That aught were easier than to bless.
For the Class:
There is always somebody to smile at; somebody to
stretch out a hand to.
Suggestions for morning talks
To be sympathetic you should put yourself in another's
place and try to think which words and acts will be
agreeable and which will not. Not only a kind heart
but an understanding mind is needed for perfect
sympathy.
Courtesy is kindly feehng manifesting itself in word and
deed.
Illustrate courtesy of word with: —
"Just the Time to be Pleasant," George F. Bass, in
Quotations and Select Stories. A. Flanagan Co.
"The Twelve Months," in Stories Children Love,
Welch. Dodge Publishing Co.
234 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"That is Nothing to Me," Gertrude Sellon, in Stories
Children Love. Dodge Publishing Co.
"The Boy's Manner," Laura E. Richards, Five Minute
Stories. Dana Estes Co.
"Go and Come," Laura E. Richards, The Golden Win-
dows. Little, Brown & Co.
Illustrate courtesy of deed with : —
"Somebody's Mother," Anonymous. Grade II, p. 73.
"The Wilderness Preacher," James Baldwin, An
American Book of Golden Deeds. American Book
Co.
"The Landlord's Mistake," James Baldwin, Fifty
Famous People. American Book Co.
"The Miraculous Pitcher," Hawthorne, Wonder
Book. R.L.S. No. 17. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Yussouf, James Russell Lowell, R.L.S. No. X. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
Some opportunities to express courtesy : —
Remove your cap when meeting girls and women
whom you know.
Be sure to recognize your friends upon the street.
Some boys seem to look past or around them. Be
helpful in directing strangers, especially foreigners.
Do not laugh if their speech or bearing seems pecu-
liar to you. You would seem as strange to them in
their native place.
Boys who are polite in their homes are sometimes dis-
courteous upon the street. To snowball teamsters,
to brush suddenly against elderly persons, to trip up
little children, are acts unbecoming a gentleman.
In a public gathering be quiet in manner. To stamp,
shout, or whistle is discourteous, as it disturbs the
rest of the audience.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 235
The making of unnecessary noise anywhere, and at
any time, shows want of thought for the comfort of
others. The gentleman is quiet of voice and action.
Be thoughtful for the new pupil or the lonely child.
Help him to understand the schoolroom laws and
lessons and include him in your games at recess.
Try to make him happy in the school and on the
playground.
The persons to whom you should pay the very highest
courtesy are those in your own homes. If your best
manners are in everyday use there, you will never
be rude or awkward with strangers. Emerson says :
"Eat at your own table as you would eat at the
table of a king."
A polite boy or girl makes hourly use of the courteous
phrases, "thank you," "please," "pardon me,"
"you are welcome," etc.
The very time to be helpful and pleasant is when
others are tired and perhaps cross.
Be glad when good fortune comes to your friends and
show that you are glad. People who are the first to
sympathize in sorrow or in misfortune are some-
times strangely reluctant to express pleasure at a
friend's success.
Let us not wait to see how some one else is going to
treat us, but let us determine to act first, to invite
the other's friendliness by first offering our own.
To be courteous upon the street, — Walk on the right
side of the sidewalk. Do not turn a short comer going
in the wrong direction. Do not stop to talk in the mid-
dle of a crowded sidewalk. Do not take up the whole
sidewalk by walking with a large group of your
friends. Do not rush out of a doorway into a crowded
236 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
street without looking. Do not carry an umbrella
crosswise in a crowd.
Tell the story of Lincoln and the little girl's belated
trunk.
A DAY WITH A COURTEOUS MOTHER »
HELEN HUNT JACKSON
During one of last summer's hottest days I sat in a
railway car near a mother and four children who were
so happy together that watching them was enough to
make one forget the discomforts of the journey. It was
plain that they were poor, but the mother's face was one
which it gave you a sense of rest to look upon — it was
so earnest, tender, true, and strong. The children —
two boys and two girls — were all under the age of
twelve, and the youngest could not speak plainly.
In the course of the day it was often necessary for the
mother to deny requests and ask services, especially of
the eldest boy; but no girl, anxious to please a lover,
could have done either with a more tender courtesy. She
had her reward; for no lover could have been more
tender and manly than was this boy of twelve.
Their lunch was simple and scanty; but it had the
grace of a royal banquet. At the last the mother pro-
duced three apples and an orange, of which the chil-
dren had not known. The orange was evidently a great
rarity. I watched to see if this test would bring out
selfishness. There was a little silence, just the shadow
of a cloud. The mother said, "How shall I divide this?
There is one for each of you; and I shall be best off of
all, for I expect big tastes from each of you."
"Oh, give Annie the orange. Annie loves oranges,"
* Abridged from Bita qf Talk about Home Mattert. Copyright, 1873, by BoberU
Brothers.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 237
spoke out the oldest boy, with a sudden air of a con-
queror, and at the same time taking the smallest and
worst apple for himself.
"Oh, yes, let Annie have the orange," echoed the
second boy, nine years old.
"Yes, Annie may have the orange, because she is a
lady and her brothers are gentlemen," said the mother
quietly.
There was a merry contest as to who should feed the
mother with the largest and most frequent mouthfuls.
Then Annie pretended to want apple, and exchanged
thin golden strips of orange for bites out of the cheeks of
Baldwins.
At noon we had to wait for two hours on a narrow, hot
platform. The oldest boy held the youngest child and
talked to her, while the tired mother closed her eyes and
rested. Now and then he looked over at her and then at
the baby; and at last he said confidentially to me,
" Is n't it funny to think I was ever so small as this
baby! And papa says that then mamma was almost a
little girl herself."
The two other children were toiling up the banks of
the railroad, picking daisies, buttercups, and sorrel.
Soon the bunches were almost too big for their little
hands. "Oh, dear," I thought, "that poor tired woman
can never take those great bunches in addition to all her
bundles and bags." I was mistaken.
"Oh, thank you, my darlings. Poor, tired little
flowers, how thirsty they look. If they will only keep
alive till we get home, we will make them very happy in
some water, won't we.^* And you shall put one bunch by
papa's plate and one by mine."
Sweet and happy, the children stood thrilling with
compassion for the drooping flowers and with delight in
their gift. Then the train came; soon it grew dark and
little Annie's head nodded. Then I heard the mother say
238 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
to the oldest boy, "Dear, are you too tired to let little
Annie put her head on your shoulder and take a nap?
We shall get her home in much better case to see papa if
we can manage to give her a little sleep.'*
Soon came the city, the final station with its bustle and
noise. I lingered to watch my happy family. In the
hurry of picking up the parcels the poor daisies and but-
tercups were forgotten. I wondered if the mother had
not intended this, but, a few minutes after, I passed the
group, just outside the station, and heard the mother
say, "Oh, my darlings, I have forgotten your pretty
bouquets. I am so sorry; I wonder if I could find them.
Will you stand still here if I go?"
"Oh, mamma, don't go. We will get you some more,"
cried all the children.
"Here are your flowers, madam," said I. "I took
them as mementos of you and your sweet children."
She blushed and thanked me sweetly, saying, "I was
very sorry about them. And I think they will revive in
water. They cannot be quite dead."
"They will never die," said I with an emphasis that
went from my heart to hers, and we shook hands and
smiled as we parted.
OCTOBER: HONESTY
For the Teacher:
CONSTANCY
GEORGE HERBERT
Who is the honest man?
He that doth still and strongly good pursue,
To God, his neighbor, and himself most true:
Whom neither force nor fawning can
Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due.
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Whose honesty is not
So loose or easy, that a ruffling wind
Can blow away, or glittering look it blind;
Who rides his sure and even trot,
While the world now rides by, now lags behind.
Suggestions for morning talks
In the widest sense, honesty is the same as truthfulness.
In a narrower sense, honesty is "that sense of right
which makes it impossible to take or to use that which
does not rightly belong to us."
Read "Barbara S ," by Charles Lamb, R.L.S. No.
79 (Houghton Mifflin Co.), and "The Honest
Farmer," from Ethics for Children, by Ella Lyman
Cabot (Houghton Mifflin Co.). Let the class recall
illustrations of Lincoln's honesty. In material things :
the story of the pound of tea, of the wrong change, of
the damaged Life of Washington, of the post-office
money. In intellectual matters: giving up cases in
court when convinced that his cHent was guilty, ask-
ing Douglas "the question" that lost the senator-
ship.
To be honest you must: do all your home tasks thor-
oughly; prepare your lessons faithfully without
copying or cribbing from another's exercise; play
fairly, without cheating or taking imfair advantage
in games or sports (here explain the "true sporting
spirit"); show respect for property not your own; (a)
by treating borrowed articles as carefully as if they
were your own (city textbooks, desks, chairs; Public
Library books); (b) by returning borrowed articles
promptly.
What is the right course of procedure upon finding a
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lost article — on the school premises, in the street, on
an electric car?
If you have injured property, own up frankly to the
broken window, the broken fence, the trampled
flower-bed. To run away is cowardly; to face the
owner and offer what amend you can is manly and
honest. So small a sum as a nickel may test a person's
honesty. He who tries to escape paying the carfare
and so get something for nothing, proves himself dis-
honest.
MR. LEE'S PLUMBERS
GERALD STANLEY LEE
If everybody in the world could know my plumber or
pay a bill to him, the world would soon begin, slowly
but surely, to be a different place.
The first time I saw B 1 had asked him to arrange
with regard to putting new water-pipes from the street
to my house. The old ones had been put in years before,
and the pressure of water in the house, apparently from
rust in the pipes, had become very weak. After a
minute's conversation I at once engaged B to put
in the new and larger pipes, and he agreed to dig open
the trench (about two hundred feet long and three feet
deep) and put the pipes in the next day for thirty-five
dollars. The next morning he appeared as promised, but
instead of going to work he came into my study, stood
there a moment before my eyes, and quietly but firmly
threw himself out of his job.
There was no use in spending thirty-five dollars, he
said. He had gone to the City Water Works Office, and
told them to look into the matter and see if the connec-
tion they had put in at the junction of my pipe with the
* From "Advertising Goodaess," in Everybody' i Magaziiu. The Ridceway Co.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 241
main in the street did not need attention. They had
found that a new connection was necessary. They
would see that a new one was put in at once — they
were obliged to do it for nothing, he said; and then, slip-
ping (figuratively speaking) thirty-five dollars into my
pocket, he bowed gravely and was gone.
Now B knew absolutely and conclusively (as any
one would with a look) that I was not the sort of person
who would ever have heard of that blessed little joint
out in the street, or who ever would hear of it — or who
would know what to do with it if he did.
Sometimes I sit and think of B in church, or at
least I used to, especially when his bill had just come in.
It was always a pleasure to think of paying one of
B 's bills — even if it was sometimes a postponed
one. You always know, with B that he had made
that bill out to you as if he had been making out a bill
to himself.
Not such a bad thing to think about during a sermon.
NOVEMBER: COURAGE TO OVER-
COME DIFFICULTIES
For the Teacher:
EPILOGUE TO ASOLANDO
ROBERT BROWNING
One who never turned his back but marched breast
forward,
Never doubted clouds would break,
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong
would triumph.
Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better.
Sleep to wake.
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No, at noonday in the bustle of man's work-time
Greet the unseen with a cheer!
Bid him forward, breast and back as either should be,
"Strive and thrive!" cry, "Speed, fight on, fare ever
There as here!"
Suggestions for morning talks
Read the story of George Rogers Clark's February
march across the flooded country to capture Vin-
cennes. The best version is in Winston Churchill's
The Crossing. The Macmillan Co.
Read or tell of Fulton building the steamboat; Morse
inventing the telegraph; Washington crossing the
Delaware; Grenfell adrift on an icepan. See Wilfred
Grenfeirs Adrift on an Icepan, R.L.S. No. 230.
Houghton Miflain Co.
Recite a portion of Arthur H. Clough's "Hope Evermore,
O Man," from Poems. The Macmillan Co. These
illustrations show that man has conquered and may
continue his conquest of the physical world around
him.
Sketch the lives of Laura Bridgman and Helen Keller.
Laura Bridgman, Dr. Howe^s Famous Pupil, and what
he taught her, by Maude Howe Elliott and Florence
Howe Hall. Little, Brown & Co. The Story of My
Life, by Helen A. Keller. Doubleday, Page & Co.
Consider, with the class, Lincoln's efforts to gain an
education. Let them tell of the purchase of the
grammar, the lists of difficult words or extracts
written upon the cabin walls; the constant study by
the fire, on any fence, at the mill while waiting for
the com to be ground, etc. Give a brief accoimt of the
rewriting by Carlyle of The French Revolution. These
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illustrations show that man can conquer difficulties of
the mind.
Tell the stories of David and Goliath; of Moses, the
meek, at the Court of Pharaoh; and of Daniel in the
lion's den. Tell of Abraham Lincoln's heavy responsi-
bilities during our Civil War. These show that man
can conquer moral difficulties.
Almost all cases of courage illustrate the conquest of more
than one type of difficulty. For example, Grace Dar-
ling illustrates both physical and moral victory.
See James Baldwin's Fifty Famoits Stories Retold.
American Book Co.
To overcome difficulties develops a manly character.
Weakness is developed by yielding to temptation.
Every day try to do some one hard task. This will
make you strong.
Stories of the courage of children in overcoming diffi-
culties are:
"The Little Postboy," Bayard Taylor, from Boys of
Other Countries. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
"Nellie in the Lighthouse." St, Nicholas, vol. iv, p.
577. The Century Co.
"Little Agnes's Adventure," Margaret Brenda. Our
Young Folks, vol. Vll. Ticknor & Fields.
"The Sardinian Dnunmer Boy," Edmondo de Amicis,
from Cuore. T. Y. Crowell & Co.
Study: Edward R. Sill's "Opportunity," from Poems,
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
Arthur H. Clough's "Say not the Struggle
naught Availeth," from Poems. The Mac-
millan Co.
Jean Ingelow's " Winstanley ." Roberts Broth-
ers.
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AT YOUR SERVICE 1
BERTON BRALEY
Here we are, gentlemen; here's the whole gang of us.
Pretty near through with the job we are on;
Size up our work — it will give you the hang of us —
South to Balboa and north to Colon.
Yes, the canal is our letter of reference;
Look at Culebra and glance at Gatun;
What can we do for you — got any preference.
Wireless to Saturn or bridge to the moon?
Don't send us back to a life that is flat again.
We who have shattered a continent's spine;
Oflice work — Lord, but we could n't do that again!
Have n't you something that 's more in our line?
Got any river they say is n't crossable?
Got any mountains that can't be cut through?
We specialize in the wholly impossible,
Doing things "nobody ever could do!"
Take a good look at the whole husky crew of us.
Engineers, doctors, and steam-shovel men;
Taken together you '11 find quite a few of us
Soon to be ready for trouble again.
Bronzed by the tropical sun that is blistery,
Chockful of energy, vigor, and tang.
Trained by a task that's the biggest in history.
Who has a job for this Panama gang?
JONES AND SAUSAGE 2
THOMAS DREIEB
I should also like to tell you the story of Jones — the
story of one of the biggest men who will attend this con-
» From Collier's V/eekly.
* From The Outlook, July 5, 1913. Extract from sermon preached in Baltimore at
the convention of Aasociated Advertising Clubs of America.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 245
vention — the story of Milo C. Jones, of Fort Atkinson,
Wisconsin. They tell us of the housemaid who went
singing about her work, and when asked why she was so
happy she replied that she was sweeping the floor to the
glory of God. If you asked Jones to tell you why he is a
great man, he would grunt a very grunty grunt at you
and enter a general denial of the charge. But I, who
know him and the work he has done, can tell you that
Jones is a great man because he made sausage for his
neighbors to the glory of God, and has always used what
he had to get what he needed in order that he might
express himself in greater service to his fellows.
Thirty years ago Jones was a physical giant, able to
hold his own in any test where agility and strength were
needed. He could run, jump, play baseball, thump a
piano, and was able to pass with high honors the en-
trance examination to West Point. He wanted to
become an engineer. So, just to pass the waiting months
away and keep his mind fitted with a razor edge, he took
special work in the local school, met the girl, who was a
tcjacher there, manied her the following year — and the
West Point dream sHpped away into the land of unborn
things. And Jones, in addition to his farm work, did
surveying for the neighbors. One day, when ten miles
from home, he waded in an icy stream, neglected to
change his socks — and the next morning his toes tingled.
The morning after his limbs were stiff. On the third
Jones was flat on his back — and he remained there for
nearly seven years.
His life was changed. His body was gone. He could
do none of the work for which he had been trained. Like
Robinson Crusoe, he was on a desert island. And he,
like Robinson, used what he had to get what he needed.
His body was tortured and twisted by rheumatism. But
his brain was active. They say that a man is worth a
dollar and a half from his neck down, but that he may be
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worth any amount from his neck upward. Jones had and
has a million-dollar brain. The first thing he did was
to discover his resources. His family needed to live.
Money was wanted. "To get money or anything else,"
said Jones, "we must supply some great human need,
and fill that need better than any one else." His parents
had made sausage after a special recipe for themselves.
The neighbors, to whom the Joneses had given gen-
erously, also liked it. "Let us make sausage," said
Jones, — "make it for our neighbors, but sell it instead
of giving it away." And they did. And now Jones finds
his neighbors scattered all over the country, and his out-
put is away over five hundred thousand dollars a season.
Success came to Jones because he was a man of brains,
with grit, with determination, and because he used what
he had to render satisfactory service to his neighbors.
DECEMBER: REGARD FOR THE
TRUTH
For the Teacher:
SOCIAL AIMSi
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
And yet there are trials enough of nerve and charac-
ter, brave choices enough of taking the part of truth and
of the oppressed against the oppressor, in privatest
circles. A right speech is not well to be distinguished
from action. Courage to ask questions; courage to ex-
pose our ignorance. The great gain is, not to shine, not
to conquer your companion, — then you learn nothing
but conceit — but to find a companion who knows what
you do not; to tilt with him and be overthrown, horse
1 From Letters and Social Aimt. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 247
and foot, with utter destruction of all your logic and
learning. There is a defeat that is useful. Then you can
see the real and the counterfeit, and will never accept
the counterfeit again. You will adopt the art of war that
has defeated you. You will ride to battle horsed on the
very logic which you found irresistible. You will accept
the fertile truth, instead of the solemn customary lie.
When people come to see us, we foolishly prattle, lest
we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are
chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are stands over
you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what
you say to the contrary.
For the Class:
He who feeds men serveth few.
He feeds all who dares be true.
Emerson.
Suggestions for morning talks
Review the story of Damon and Pythias (James Bald-
win, Fifty Famous Stories Retold. American Book
Co.) All promises must be sacredly kept, unless they
are promises to do wrong. If you think you have
made a wrong promise and should break it, consult
with your father or mother.
Consider the harm that has been done by liars in certain
historical cases: —
Result
The detractors of Columbus Columbus in chains
The detractors of Washington Conway Cabal; suffering at
Valley Forge
The detractors of Lincoln Lincoln's hard task made
still harder
The direction in the courts of law is to tell the truth, th«
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whole truth, and nothmg but the truth. Show your
loyalty to truth by never keeping silent when you
should speak; never exaggerating or shading the facts
so as to give a wrong impression; never keeping back
a part of the facts; never repeating evil which you
have heard about another and which you do not know
to be true. A person who does this is a slanderer. To
tell falsehoods in fun is wrong, for we may be believed.
"To deny a fault, doubles it." Read Maria Edge-
worth's "Making Excuses," in Ethics for Children^
Ella Lyman Cabot (Houghton Mifflin Co.); also
"The Little Persian," adapted by Mrs. Charles A.
Lane, in The First Book of Religion (Unitarian Sunday
School Society).
Do not shirk a difficulty in any lesson by pretending to
understand. Very noble lives have been spent in seek-
ing for truth.
We should be careful always to keep our minds ready
to welcome gladly all new truth.
"LITTLE SCOTCH GRANITE "*
ANONYMOUS
Bert and John Lee were delighted when their little
Scotch cousin came to live with them. He was little, but
very bright and full of fun. He could tell some curious
things about his home in Scotland and his voyage across
the ocean. He was as far advanced in studies as they
were, and, the first day he went to school, they thought
him remarkably good. He wasted no time in play when
he should have been studying, and he advanced finely.
Before the close of school, the teacher called the roll,
1 From White's School Management, By penmssion of the Americaa Book Coh
Publishers.
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and the boys began to answer "Ten." When Willie un-
derstood that he was to say "ten" if he had not whis-
pered during the day, he replied, "I have whispered."
"More than once?" asked the teacher. "Yes, sir," an-
swered Willie. "As many as ten times.^*" "Yes, sir."
"Then I shall mark you zero," said the teacher sternly,
"and that is a great disgrace."
"Why, I did not see you whisper once," said John
after school. "Well, I did," said Willie. "I saw others
doing it, and so I asked to borrow a book, then I asked a
boy for a slate pencil, another for a knife, and I did
several such things. I supposed it was allowed." "Oh,
we all do it," said Bert, reddening. "There isn't any
sense in the old rule, and nobody can keep it; nobody
does." "I will, or else I will say I have n't," said Willie.
**Do you suppose I will tell ten lies in one heap.?" "Oh,
we don't call them lies," muttered John. "There
would n't be a credit among us at night if we were so
strict." " What of that, if you tell the truth? " said WiUie
bravely.
In a short time the boys all saw how it was with
Willie. He studied hard, played with all his might in
playtime, but, according to his reports, he lost more
credits than any of the rest. After some weeks, the boys
answered "Nine" and "Eight" oftener than they used
to; and yet the schoolroom seemed to have grovai
quieter. Sometimes, when Willie Grant's mark vras
lower than usual, the teacher would smile peculiarly, but
said no more of disgrace. Willie never preached at them
or told tales; but somehow it made the boys ashamed of
themselves, to see that this sturdy, blue-eyed Scotch boy
must tell the truth. It was putting the clean cloth by
the half -soiled one, you see; and they felt like cheats and
story-tellers. They talked him all over, and loved him,
if they did nickname him "Scotch Granite," he was so
firm about a promise.
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At the end of the term, Willie's name was very low
down on the credit list. When it was read, he had hard
work not to cry; for he was very sensitive, and had tried
hard to be perfect. But the very last thing that closing
day was a speech by the teacher, who told of once seeing
a man muffled up in a cloak. He was passing him with-
out a look, when he was told that the man was General
, the great hero. "The signs of his rank were hid-
den, but the hero was there," said the teacher. "And
now, boys, you will see what I mean, when I give a pres-
ent to the most faithful boy in school, the one who
really stands highest in deportment. Who shall have
it?"
"Little Scotch Granite!" shouted forty boys at once;
for the boy whose name was so low on the credit list had
made; truth noble in their eyes.
JANUARY: REVERENCE
For the Teacher:
SONNET 1
JAMES BUSSELL LOWBLL
"For this true nobleness I seek in vain.
In woman and in man, I find it not;
I almost weary of my earthly lot.
My life-springs are dried up with burning pain.**
Thou find'st it not? I pray thee look again.
Look inward through the depths of thine own soul.
How is it with thee? Are those sound and whole?
Doth narrow search show thee no earthly stain?
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
» From Complete Poetical Works. Houghton Mifflin Co.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 251
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own;
Then wilt thou see it gleam in many eyes.
Then will pure light aroimd thy path be shed.
And thou wilt nevermore be sad and lone.
Suggestions for morning talks
Have pupils recite Whittier*s "Barbara Frietchie**
(R.L.S. No. X, Houghton Mifflin Co.), asking the
class to discover three kinds of reverence. These
are: Barbara Frietchie's reverence for the flag; Stone-
wall Jackson's reverence for age; Stonewall Jackson's
reverence for heroic action.
Read the story of King David and the water from the
well of Bethlehem (1 Chron. xi, 15-20), again asking
the class to discover three kinds of reverence. These
are: The reverence of the soldiers for their king that
inspired them to risk their hves for his slight wish;
the reverence of David for the heroic action of his
men; the reverence of David for God.
Read The Man Without a Country, by Edward Everett
Hale (Little, Brown & Co.), to illustrate reverence for
country. Read Charles Lamb's " King Lear" (R.L.S.
No. 65, Houghton Mifflin Co.), to illustrate reverence
for parents.
We should show reverence to our parents; old people;
heroes; our rulers; our flag; our country. By obedi-
ence and loyalty we show reverence to our parents.
By respectful words and manners, and quick and
cheerful service we show reverence for age. By grate-
ful acknowledgments of their services we show rever-
ence for heroes. By refraining from needless criticism
and by prompt obedience to law we show reverence to
our rulers. By taking off our hats in the presence of
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the flag, and by standing when our national anthem is
sung, we show reverence to the emblems of our country.
Read " The Flag Goes By," Henry H. Bennett. R.L.S.
No. CC, Houghton Mifflin Co.
By obedience to law, by living worthy lives, and by
cherishing in ourselves and in others the best ideals
for the United States we show reverence for our
country.
KING UMBERTO i
Edmondo de Aivncis
At ten o'clock precisely my father saw from the win-
dow Coretti, the wood-seller, and his son waiting for me
in the square, and said to me: —
"There they are, Enrico; go and see your king."
I went like a flash. Both father and son were even
more alert than usual, and they never seemed to me to
resemble each other so strongly as this morning. The
father wore on his jacket the medal for valor between
two commemorative medals, and his mustaches were
curled and as pointed as two pins.
We at once set out for the railway station, where the
king was to arrive at half-past ten. Coretti, the father,
smoked his pipe and rubbed his hands. "Do you
know," said he, *'I have not seen him since the war of
'sixty-six? A trifle of fifteen years and six months.
First, three years in France, and then at Mondovi, and
here, where I might have seen him, I have never had
the good luck of being in the city when he came. Such
a combination of circumstances!"
1 Translated by Isabel F. Hapffood. Reprinted by arrangement with Thomas Y.
Crowd! Compauy, New York, Publishers.
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He called the King "Umberto," like a comrade.
Umberto commanded the sixteenth division; Umberto
was twenty-two years and so many days old; Umberto
mounted a horse thus and so.
"Fifteen years!" he said vehemently, accelerating
his pace. "I really have a great desire to see him again.
I left him a prince; I see him once more, a king. And
I, too, have changed. From a soldier I have become a
hawker of wood." And he laughed.
His son asked him, "If he were to see you, would he
remember you?"
He began to laugh.
"You are crazy!" he answered. "That's quite an-
other thing. He, Umberto, was one single man; we were
as numerous as flies. And then, he never looked at us
one by one."
We turned into the Corso Vittorio Emanuele; there
were many people on their way to the station. A com-
pany of Alpine soldiers passed with their trumpets.
Two armed policemen passed by on horseback at a
gallop. The day was serene and brilliant.
"Yes!" exclaimed the elder Coretti, growing ani-
mated, "it is a real pleasure to see him once more, the
general of my division. Ah, how quickly I have grown
old! It seems as though it were only the other day
that I had my knapsack on my shoulders and my gun
in my hands, at that affair of the 24th of June, when
we were on the point of coming to blows. Umberto was
going to and fro with his officers, while the cannon were
thundering in the distance; and every one was gazing
at him and saying, *May there not be a bullet for him
also!' I was a thousand miles from thinking that I
should soon find myself so near him, in front of the
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lances of the Austrian uhlans; actually, only four paces
from each other, boys. That was a fine day; the sky was
like a mirror; but so hot! Let us see if we can get in."
We had arrived at the station; there was a great
crowd, — carriages, policemen, carabineers, societies
with banners. A regimental band was playing. The
elder Coretti attempted to enter the portico, but he was
stopped. Then it occurred to him to force his way into
the front row of the crowd which formed an opening
at the entrance; and making way with his elbow, he
succeeded in thrusting us forward also. But the throng
flung us hither and thither a little. The wood-seller got
his eye upon the first pillar of the portico, where the
police did not allow any one to stand. "Come with
me," he said suddenly, dragging us by the hand; and he
crossed the empty space in two bounds, and went and
planted himself there, with his back against the wall.
A police brigadier instantly hurried up and said to
him, "You can't stand here."
"I belong to the fourth battalion of forty-nine," re-
plied Coretti, touching his medal.
The brigadier glanced at it, and said, "Remain."
"Did n't I say so!" exclaimed Coretti triumphantly;
"it's a magic word, that fourth of the forty-ninth!
Have n't I the right to see my general, — I, who was
in that squadron .^^ I saw him close at hand then; it
seems right that I should see him close at hand now.
And I say general! He was my battalion commander
for a good half -hour; for at such moments he com-
manded the battalion himself, while it was in the heart
of things, and not Major Ubrich, by Heavens!"
In the meantime, in the reception-room and outside,
a great mixture of gentlemen and officers was visible.
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and in front of the door, the carriages, with the lackeys
dressed in red, were drawn up in a hne.
Coretti asked his father whether Prince Umberto had
his sword in his hand when he was with the regiment.
"He would certainly have had his sword in his
hand," the latter replied, "to ward off a blow from a
lance, which might strike him as well as another. Ah I
those unchained demons! They came down on us like
the wrath of God; they descended on us. They swept
between the groups, the squadrons, the cannon, as
though tossed by a hurricane, crushing down every-
thing. There was a whirl of light cavalry of Alessan-
dria, of lancers of Foggia, of infantry, of sharpshooters,
a pandemonium in which nothing could any longer be
understood. I heard the shout, *Your Highness! your
Highness!' I saw the lowered lances approaching; we
discharged our guns; a cloud of smoke hid everything.
Then the smoke cleared away. The ground was cov-
ered with horses and uhlans, wounded and dead. I
turned round, and beheld in our midst Umberto, on
horseback, gazing tranquilly about, with the air of
demanding, *Have any of my lads received a scratch.^ '
And we shouted to him, * Hurrah!' right in his face,
like madmen. Heavens, what a moment that was!
Here's the train coming!"
The band struck up; the officers hastened forward;
the crowd elevated themselves on tiptoe.
"Eh, he won't come out in a hurry," said a police-
man; "they are presenting him with an address now."
The elder Coretti was beside himself with impatience.
"Ah! when I think of it," he said, "I always see him
there. Of course, there is cholera and there are earth-
quakes; and in them, too, he bears himself bravely;
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but I always have him before my mind as I saw him
then, among us, with that tranquil face. I am sure that
he too recalls the fourth of the forty-ninth, even now
that he is King; and that it would give him pleasure
to have for once, at a table together, all those whom
he -saw about him at such moments. Now, he has gen-
erals, and great gentlemen, and courtiers; then, there
were none but us poor soldiers. If we could only ex-
change a few words alone! Our general of twenty-two;
our prince, who was entrusted to our bayonets ! I have
not seen him for fifteen years. Our Umberto! that's
what he is ! Ah ! that music stirs my blood, on my word
of honor."
An outburst of shouts interrupted him; thousands
of hats rose in the air; four gentlemen dressed in black
got into the first carriage.
"'Tis he!" cried Coretti, and stood as though en-
chanted.
Then he said softly, "Madonna mia, how gray he has
grown!"
We all three uncovered our heads; the carriage ad-
vanced slowly through the crowd, who shouted and
waved their hats. I looked at the elder Coretti. He
seemed to have become taller, graver, rather pale, and
fastened bolt upright against the pillar.
The carriage arrived in front of us, a pace distant
from the pillar. "Hurrah!" shouted many voices.
"Hurrah!" shouted Coretti, after the others.
The King glanced at his face, and his eye dwelt for
a moment on his three medals.
Then Corretti lost his head, and roared, "The fourth
battalion of the forty-ninth!"
The King who had turned away, turned towards us
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again, and looking Coretti straight in the eye, reached
his hand out of the carriage.
Coretti gave one leap forwards and clasped it. The
carriage passed on; the crowd broke in and separated
us; we lost sight of the elder Coretti. But it was only
for a moment. We found him again directly, panting,
with wet eyes, calling for his son by name, and holding
his hand on high. His son flew towards him, and he
said, "Here, little one, while my hand is still warm!'*
and he passed his hand over the boy's face, saying,
"This is a caress from the King."
And there he stood, as though in a dream, with his
eyes fixed on the distant carriage, smiling, with his
pipe in his hand, in the centre of a group of curious peo-
ple, who were staring at him. "He's one of the fourth
battalion of the forty-ninth!" they said. "He is a sol-
dier that knows the King." "And the King recognized
him." "And he offered him his hand."
"He gave the King a petition," said one, more
loudly.
"No," replied Coretti, whirling round abruptly; "I
did not give him any petition. There is something else
that 1 would give him, if he were to ask it of me."
They all stared at him.
And he said simply, "My blood."
THE WORSHIP OF NATURE
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
The harp at Nature's advent strung
Has never ceased to play;
The song the stars of morning sung
Has never died away.
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And prayer is made, and praise is given.
By all things near and far;
The ocean looketh up to heaven.
And mirrors every star.
The mists above the morning rills
Rise white as wings of prayer;
The altar-curtains of the hills
Are sunset's purple air.
The blue sky is the temple's arch.
Its transept earth and air.
The music of its starry march
The chorus of a prayer.
So Nature keeps the reverent frame
With which her years began.
And all her signs and voices shame
The prayerless heart of man.
FEBRUARY: SELF-CONTROL
For the Teacher:
THE HABIT OF HEROISM
WILLIAM JAMES
I may at last, as a fifth and final practical maxim
about habits, offer something like this: Keej) the faculty
alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That
is, be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points,
do every day or two something for no other reason than
its difficulty, so that, when the hour of dire need draws
nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to
sUmd the test. Asceticism of this sort is like the insur-
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ance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax
does him no good at the time, and possibly may never
bring him a return. But, if the fire does come, his having
paid it will be his salvation from ruin. So with the man
•who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated
attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in imneces-
sary things. He will stand like a tower when everything
rocks around him, and his softer fellow-mortals are
winnowed like chaff in the blast. ^
For the Class:
He that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh
a city.
Suggestions for morning talks
To show self-control in deed, let the class study: —
" The Loss of the Birkenhead," in A Book of Golden
Deeds, Charlotte M. Yonge (The Macmillan Co.),
and Fifty Famous Stories Retold, James Baldwin
(American Book Co.) ; The Loss of the Titanic (daily
papers, April 15-20, 1911), and The Loss of the SS,
Titanic, Beesley (Houghton Mifflin Co.).
To curb one's selfish impulses so that the welfare of the
weak and helpless may be secured is to have self-
control.
To show self-control in word, tell the story of Lee and
the wounded Union soldier at Gettysburg. (See Lee,
the American, by Gamahel Bradford, Jr. Houghton,
Mifflin Co.)
To reply kindly to a taunt or gibe shows self-control.
To bring the lesson closely home to the class tell
either: "Coals of Fire," Louise Chandler Moulton,
from Bedtime Stories (Roberts Bros.), or "Jo Meets
» From Tdka to Teachers (chapter on Habit). Henry Holt & Co.
260 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Apollyon," an extract from Little Women, by Louisa
M. Alcott (Little, Brown & Co.). These stories paint
the struggles of a boy and girl to conquer a hot tem-
per. Give Mrs. Moulton*s story to a class of boys;
Miss Alcott's to a class of girls. The moral of both is
that victory or self-mastery comes as the result of
persistent and prayerful effort.
A boy or girl shows self-control when he eats enough
but not too much of simple, wholesome food. A boy
shows self-control when he refuses to smoke cigarettes
or cigars, knowing that they are harmful to a growing
lad.
In a wider sense, self-control is self-direction. You con-
trol yourself for a higher end. You must keep your
soul on top. The man who loses his temper is always
at a disadvantage with those who have a greater
power of self-control. He should endeavor to direct
his powers instead of exploding.
Read or tell of Washington's receiving the news of St.
Clair's defeat; of his meeting with St. Clair. (See
George Washingtoriy Henry Cabot Lodge, American
Statesman Series. Houghton Mifflin Co.)
We do not care for the goody-goody boy. We like boys
who have plenty of force.
Boys are like locomotives. It is good to have a full
head of steam on, so long as the engines keep the
track, and are properly directed. But if they run off
the track, the more steam, the worse consequences.
In football the boy must keep his temper, no matter
what the situation. If he loses his self-control, the
team is hurt; it stands less chance of victory. To
keep his temper, let the boy or girl develop a sense
of humor.
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A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE ON THE
OHIO RIVER 1
AN INCIDENT OF THE FLOOD OF 183i2
MARTHA M. THOMAS
Mr. and Mrs. Martin had gone after supper to help a
sick neighbor, leaving their daughter Sally, a girl of thir-
teen, in charge of little Will, aged nine, and the baby;
Mrs. Martin expected to be back late in the evening.
The children prepared for bed; they rolled a large log on
the fire and put a candle in the lantern. Soon they were
fast asleep.
Suddenly Sally was awakened by she knew not what.
There was a groaning, creaking noise, and she thought
she felt the house move. She sprang out upon the floor
and ran toward the fireplace. As she reached it her feet
splashed in water. The thought came, " The river is up ! **
She groped for a candle, touched it to a coal, and had a
light. A quick glance told her the matter. The hearth
had sunk several inches; up through the crevices came
the water.
Raising the window-curtain, Sally gazed out. The
house was surrounded by water, the waves were washing
over the doorstep; as far as her eyes could see was only
water. Running to the bed, she shook Will. "Get up.
Will, get up! The river is coming into the house!"
" What are we to do? " he asked. " We must go to the
loft and wait until father comes," she answered. Taking
the baby in her arms, she climbed the stairway. Then,
wrapped in comforters, they held each other close, not
daring to go to bed. The little clock on the mantel-shelf
struck two. Soon after there was a great noise, as of
something tearing away. The house swayed to and fro
» Abridged from Our Young Folki, vol. vu. Ticknor & Fielda.
262 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
and went down one side and up the other. The children
clung closer to each other. A moment more and all was
quiet again.
Presently Sally stood up and said, "We are moving,
Will; the house is moving!" She ran to the front win-
dow; they were afloat on the broad Ohio. Will saw the
terror in Sally's face. Clinging close to her, he said
softly, "Don't cry, Sally. God will help us." Somewhat
herself again, Sally took the baby up and fed it. Then
she crept to the window again with Will. "It will soon
be morning," he said. "Then the people will see us and
come to take us away," was her reply.
The clock had struck four. Dark objects went swiftly
by them; every little while the house would dip and
rock, as a log or tree struck it. Five o'clock struck and
then six. They began to see objects distinctly in the
dawning light. "See," cried Will, "there is a coop full
of chickens! There is a dog-house upside down and the
poor dog is clinging to the outside."
With the light all Sally's energy came back to her.
Taking the sheets off the bed, she fastened them to a
couple of slats which she nailed to the window-sill as
people did on the river when they wished a steamboat
to stop. An hour passed; Sally was almost frantic. She
had seen people making signals to them but none came
to help.
"We are coming to a town, this must be Cincinnati!"
Sally leaned out the window, shrieking for aid. " Put the
baby down. Will, and come and wave," she said. People
saw and shouted to them, but seemed to have no power
to reach them. The children increased their exertions,
encouraged by the knowledge that they were seen.
Sally brought the baby and held it up.
Presently a large boat came towards them. Slowly
and steadily it moved in and out, avoiding the driftwood
floating by. Just then a huge saw-log dashed into the
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side of the dwelling; a shriek was given by the lookers-on
as the children disappeared. By a few clever strokes the
boat gained the side of the ruin. One of the crew climbed
to the window where the children had again appeared,
and lifted them out. A moment more and the house
toppled over on its side.
"I thought God would take care of us," whispered
Will to Sally.
MARCH: REGARD FOR CIVIC
BEAUTY
For the Teacher:
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL *
KATHARINE LEE BATES
O beautiful for spacious skies.
For amber waves of grain.
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet.
Whose stem, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw.
Confirm thy soul in self-control.
Thy liberty in law!
> By permission of the author.
264 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved.
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine.
Till all success be nobleness.
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Suggestions for morning talks
Give the child by field work an ideal of a beautiful city.
Questions such as the following may prove stimulat-
ing: What parks and other beautiful places in or
near your city or town have you visited? Speak of
their attractions. What beautiful objects are there in
your town? What ugly objects are there in your
town? Untidy, waste places, billboards, statues, etc.
What historical buildings or relics are there in your
town? Name streets with good sky-lines; name streets
with poor sky-lines. Name some streets that are broad
and straight, with ample sidewalks. Name some
streets that are free from wires and posts. Name some
streets that are shaded by trees.
Show pictures of beautiful cities, — Paris, Vienna,
Munich, Washington. Explain the Paris law with
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reference to the height of buildings and width of
streets.
Finally ask the last and practical question: What can
children who have no money to spend, do to make the
town more attractive? Receive the following replies:
We must not throw paper, fruit-skins, nutshells, or
rubbish of any sort upon the street. Those articles
belong in the rubbish barrels. Story of Dresden police-
man (see below). W^e must not mark with pencil, cut
with knife, or scratch matches upon any public
building, fence, or statue. Story of a man at the
Boston Public Library (see below). Respect that
which you can injure but cannot replace. Obey the
public laws as to picking flowers, and keeping off the
grass in parks. The flowers, shrubs, trees, and greens-
ward must remain beautiful for all to enjoy. To mar
their beauty is to show ingratitude for hospitality.
Plant trees, vines, and flowers on your own grounds and
tend them carefully. Do not gather wild flowers
thoughtlessly. Story of the lady's-shppers (see below).
Try to have your own back yard the neatest on the
street. Keep the school grounds clean and beautify
them with flower beds. Protect the birds, that all
may enjoy their beauty of plumage, flight, and song.
Try to leave the world more beautiful than you found
it.
BEAUTY REQUIRES THOUGHTFULNESS
FANNY E. COE
The city of Dresden, like many of the German cities,
has most beautifully kept streets. No one throws about
paper, fruit-skins, or rubbish of any sort. This is against
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the law, and in Germany, men, women, and children are
most obedient to the public statutes.
One day an American woman was walking in Dresden.
A rod or so ahead strode a policeman, large, dignified,
and beautifully uniformed. Suddenly he halted and
threw up his hands in horror.
The American hastened to his side. He had dis-
covered upon the sidewalk a bit of paper the size of
a postage-stamp. Then with the light ojQScial stick he
carried, he dug a small hole and buried the offending
scrap from sight.
As the American passed on, she found herself wishing
that the children in America could have taken a lesson
from that little scene.
The vestibule and stairway of the Boston Public
Library are of polished yellow marble, of a most lovely
color. A man struck a match upon the marble and pro-
ceeded to light a cigar.
"How can you do that?" cried a shocked passer-by.
"That's all right. It isn't my house!" was the
thoughtless reply.
He was wrong. The Library was his house, as it was a
building for the use of all the citizens, even though a few
were unworthy of the great privilege.
A woman entered the street car. She held in her hand
a bouquet, about a foot in diameter, of the rare wild
orchid known as "lady's-slipper." She met the many
glances cast at herself and her flowers with smiles of
complacency. She failed to realize that the more intel-
ligent of the passengers were saying to themselves:
"Thoughtless woman! To seize and bear away for her
own gratification such quantities of a rare wild flower!
If every one acted so selfishly this variety of orchid
would be uprooted forever."
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APRIL: THRIFT AND INDUSTRY
For the Teacher:
GOOD WORK
JOHN RUSKIN
A man or woman in public or in private life, who ever
works only for the sake of the reward that comes for the
work will in the long run do poor work always. I do not
care where the work is, the man or woman who does
work worth doing is the man or woman who lives,
breathes, and sleeps that work; with whom it is ever
present in his or her soul; whose ambition is to do it well
and feel rewarded by the thought of having done it well.
That man, that woman, puts the whole country under
an obligation.
For the Class :
Nothing is good work except the best that one is
capable of.
Suggestions for morning talks
Thrift
Read; "L'Envoi," to "Life's Handicap," Rudyard
Kipling, Songs from Books. Doubleday, Page
&Co.
The wise are careful in the use of tim£ and money. Read
"Spare Moments" (page 275), in White's School
Management (American Book Co.), to show what
great things may be accomplished with odds and ends
of time.
Whenever you earn money or have money given to you,
you should not spend it thoughtlessly for toys or
268 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
candy or anything you happen to see. You should set
it aside and add to it until you can buy something of
true value, — a book, a pair of skates, a flower for
your mother, a present for your little brother, a new
hat, or a pair of boots for yourself.
As soon as you are earning money regularly, you should
save a part of your earnings, even though it be a very
small amount. To save in early life means inde-
pendence and comfort in old age.^
Keep your desires simple. Do not think you must have
everything that another boy or girl has. Read "The
Fortune," by Laura E. Richards, from The Golden
Windows (Little, Brown & Co.). Do not borrow
money from other children. Do not bet or gamble.
Be willing to pay a fair price for what you buy. It is
mean to try to get something for nothing.
Never save money that is actually needed by you or
your family for food, clothing, or other necessities of
life. To save under such circumstances is hoarding.
This is wrong.
Read: "Waste Not, Want Not," Maria Edgeworth,
R.L.S. No. 44. Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Whistle," Benjamin Franklin, from Poor
Richard's Almanac and Other Papers, R.L.S.
No. 21. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Industry
"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask
no other blessedness." — Carlyle.
Some men who have won this blessing are : Luther Bur-
bank, who developed ten thousand seedlings to secure
a single flower; Charles Darwin, who toiled eighteen
* N.B. The teacher may start the class in penny-saving. A circular is issued by the
Massachusetts Bank Commission instructing teachers how to guide children in this
direction.
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years before publishing the results of his experi-
ments, although much of the time he could work
but fifteen minutes consecutively; Louis Pasteur, who
gave years of his Uf e and even risked his health to
discover the nature of germs; Louis Agassiz, who
risked his eyesight and his life in the study of fossils
and glaciers; Francis Parkman, who, though handi-
capped by inability to use his eyes, made authori-
tative histories of Indian and Canadian life.
The happiest men are those who can "toil terribly" to
accomplish good for themselves and their fellowmen.
Such men are apt to be good men, for they have no
time to spend in idleness or self-indulgence.
The boy or girl who wishes to become a useful citizen
may begin now. He must prepare his lessons thor-
oughly and steadily; do his home tasks faithfully
and regularly; spend his playtime in hard outdoor
games; cultivate a hobby, — stamps, minerals, an
herbarium, an aquarium, etc. ; respect all honest labor
and laborers; shun idleness as he would poison;
Remember the old saying, "Satan finds some mischief
still for idle hands to do." Remember that every day
counts: it is sustained effort that is most important.
Read: "How Johnny Bought a Sewing Machine," by
Horatio Alger, Jr., in Our Young Folks,
vol. II, 1866. Ticknor & Fields.
FIVE CENTS A DAY ^
ANONYMOUS
The cumulative power of money is a fact not very
generally appreciated. There are few men living at the
1 From SeUd Storict and Quotations. A. Flanagan Co., Chicago, III.
270 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
age of seventy-five, hanging on to existence by some
slender employment, or pensioners, it may be, on the
bounty of kindred or friends, but might by exercising the
smallest particle of thrift, rigidly adhered to in the past,
have set aside a respectable sum which would materially
help them maintain their independence in their old age.
Let us take the small sum of five cents which we daily
pay to have our boots blackened, to ride in a car the dis-
tance we are able to walk, or to procure a bad cigar we
are better without, and see what its value is in the course
of years.
We will suppose a boy of fifteen, by blacking his own
boots, or saving his cherished cigarette, puts by five
cents a day. In one year he saves $18.35, which, being
banked, bears interest at the rate of five per cent per
annum, compounded semi-yearly. On this basis, when
our thrifty youth reaches the age of sixty-five, having
set his five cents per day religiously aside during fifty
years, the result is surprising. He has accumulated no
less a sum than $3983.18. A scrutiny of the progress of
this result is interesting. At the age of thirty our hero
has $395; at forty, $877; at fifty, $1667; at sixty, $2962.
After fifteen years' saving his annual interest more than
equals his original principal; in twenty-five years it is
more than double; in thirty-five years it is four times as
much; in forty-five years it is eight times as much as the
annual amount he puts by. The actual cash amount
saved in fifty years is $912.50, the difference between
that and the grand total of $3893.18 — namely,
$2970.68 — is accumulated interest. What a magnifi-
cent premium for the minimum of thrift that can well
be represented in figures!
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MAY: HEROES OF PEACE
For the Teacher:
COURA.GE IN EVERYDAY LIFE
EDWIN D. MEAD
The battle-field has been the theater of infinite faith-
fulness, self-sacrifice, and service, of the highest heroism
often as well as the deepest horror. But the esteem and
glorification of the soldier has been out of all proportion
to the honor paid the heroes of other fields than the
battle-field whose service, done to no accompaniment
of fife and drum or waving banners, often imposed a
greater risk, demanded a far higher courage, and had a
vastly nobler and more useful end. . . . The soldier who
risks his life to save the State, or at the State's com-
mand, is no more truly a public servant, nor the expo-
nent or agent of patriotism, than the statesman or the
teacher; and the policeman, the engineer, the fireman,
and the surfman, faithful and firm at their dangerous
posts, place us under equal obligation and deserve as
well at our hands.
Suggestions for morning talks
Give accounts of Dr. Grenfell and his medical work
"down North on the Labrador**; of Booker T. Wash-
ington*s struggles to educate and uplift his race; of
Dr. Samuel G. Howe*s work with the blind and deaf;
of Clara Barton and the Red Cross Society. All these
and many more are "patriots in higher spheres and
with higher tools than the man with the gun.**
These persons are world-renowned, but there are many
obscure heroes whose deeds have precisely the same
272 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
quality of fine unselfishness: Captain Thomas A.
Scott and the ferryboat; Edward V. Wedin, the tel-
egraph operator volunteering for service in New
Orleans during the yellow fever; John R. Binns, wire-
less operator on the S.S.Republic; Peter Woodland, the
foreman and day-laborer in the Hudson River Tun-
nel; the life-savers at Lone Hill; Sergeant Vaughan,
the fireman in New York City; Walter Waite in the
Cherry Mine Tragedy; "Partners," Little Mackie,
the crippled child; Collins Graves and his race with
the flood. Nearly all the stories cited for illustra-
tion of this topic may be found in An American
Book of Golden Deeds, by James Baldwin (American
Book Co.), and Heroes of Everyday Life, by Fanny
E. Coe (Ginn & Co.).
If you do your duty each day so faithfully that it will be
a simple matter to do more than your duty in any
emergency, you may make of yourself a possible hero
of peace.
Read: "The Hero," John G. Whittier. Houghton,
Mifflin Co.
JACK BINNS, THE HERO OF THE
STEAMSHIP REPUBLIC '
FANNY E. COE
Several years ago occurred the most thrilling rescue
at sea ever known in marine annals. It was at this time
that the wireless telegraphy proved to the world its
tremendous possibilities for service.
It was the 23d of January, 1909. The great White
Star liner Republic with seven hundred souls on board
» From Heroea of Everyday Life. Ginn & Co.
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was groping her way through a dense fog some twenty-
six miles south of Nantucket. She had been enveloped
in fog ever since leaving New York City some fifteen
hours before. Suddenly out of the gloom appeared a
huge steamer. Prow on, she dealt the Republic an over-
whelming blow in the side, and then vanished into the
fog.
The terrified passengers rushed on deck to find them-
selves in total darkness. From the moment of collision,
all lights went out on the ship. Captain Sealby spoke to
the people, reassuring them; and they bore themselves
with great calmness and self-control. Even while the
captain spoke, the wireless operator, John R. Binns, a
young man of twenty-five years, was bending to his
work.
The walls of his narrow room had been crushed and a
portion of his apparatus wrecked. He could do nothing
with his dynamos. But using his accumulators he began
throwing messages over the sea. He told of the sad
plight of the Republic and called for aid. There, in the
darkness, with the ship still reeling from the shock, with
the water pouring into the hold, with hundreds of human
beings in terror of death on the deck hard by. Jack
Binns sounded the distress call: "C.Q.D."; "C.Q.D.";
"C.Q.D."
"C.Q.D." is the most important signal in the service.
When that call is heard, all the stations drop their work
and attend to it alone.
Siasconset, on Nantucket Island, the farthest seaward
station on the American coast, heard the call and
answered. Immediately she passed on the word to all
ships on the sea equipped with the wireless telegraph
within two hundred miles. She also informed all land
stations within the same radius. In this way two steam-
ships, the White Star liner Baltic and the French
steamer La Lorraine, were turned from their course and
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directed toward their sister ship in her great peril. The
Lucania also offered help.
The apparatus on the Republic was weak. Binns
nursed his power against a time when he might need it
more. His machine could send messages only a little
over sixty miles. Siasconset caught these messages and
repeated them to the hastening ships and to the shore.
From the harbors, revenue cutters sped towards Nan-
tucket to see what aid they could offer. Within half an
hour after the accident, thousands knew of what had
occurred in the pall of fog out to sea and help was
speeding toward the stricken vessel.
But the Florida, the steamship that had rammed the
Republic, was nearest of all. She had sustained less
injury than her victim. Accordingly, on Saturday
morning, the passengers of the latter ship were trans-
ferred, for greater safety, to the Florida. The dangerous
task lasted for several hours.
In the mean while, Binns still sat at his post directing,
to the best of his ability, the steamers that were search-
ing for the Republic in the midst of the enshrouding fog.
This was not an easy task. "All the ships for a hundred
miles around were inquiring, complaining, ordering,
beseeching, bleating, like a flock of sheep. The electric
snarl was complete for a time." The Baltic reached the
neighborhood of the Republic at two o'clock on Satur-
day, but, owing to the fog, it was not until six o'clock
that she succeeded in locating the Republic definitely.
Tattersall, the Marconi operator on the Baltic, "a
little slim, red-whiskered Londoner, quick on his feet
and as lithe as a cat," said in regard to the search for the
Republic: "It's the awful nervous strain of striving,
always striving, to get the message right, when half a
dozen monster batteries are jerking flashes to you at the
same time, poimding in your ears, making sparks swarm
before your eyes. That's what gets on a man's nerves;
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that's what makes you next to insane. I hardly knew
what to do, with the Republic signaling me faintly, r<**
faintly, that I could n't make out whether they were
saying, *We are sinking,' or, *A11 safe.'"
The batteries had given out on the Republic, and for
some hours all signaling had been by means of subma-
rine bells.
At six o'clock Saturday night, by orders of Captain
Sealby, all the crew left the Republic, as it was feared
that she might founder in the night. Binns joined Tat-
tersall on the Baltic. Tattersall tells of their meeting as
follows: "That chap Binns is a rare plucky one, he is.
I know him pretty well, you know, but even so, I was
astonished when he walked into my cabin Saturday
night, after they had taken off the crew of the Republic.
" * Hullo ! ' he said, cool as you please; * thought I 'd see
how you were, old chap. Had a brisk sort of a time,
did n't we.'^'
"He told me he never worried after the crash came.
*I worked,' he said, * because it seemed the easiest thing
to do.'"
The next morning Captain Sealby, with a volimteer
crew of fifty men, boarded the Republic, which was still
afloat. Binns obtained some new batteries and returned
to his old post. He was there all Sunday. Three vessels
undertook the towing of the Republic. It was thought
she might be beached and so not be a total loss to her
owners. But the hope proved vain.
In the early evening the captain ordered the brave
volunteers to "abandon ship," and at eight o'clock the
Republic sank. Binns had clung to his post till ordered
off by the captain. One of his brave messages had said :
"I'm on the job. Ship sinking, but will stick to the
end." Binns kept his word, and his bearing through-
out these terrible thirty-eight hours serves as a lofty
precedent for all Marconi operators in the future. His
276 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
"celerity, fidelity, and intelligence have made his name
immortal."
A few days later M. Boutelle, of Illinois, paid in Con-
gress a glowing tribute to Binns. He said in closing,
"Binns has given the world a splendid illustration of the
heroism that dwells unseen in many who are doing the
quiet, unnoticed tasks of life. It is an inspiration to all
of us to feel that there are heroes for every emergency
and that in human life no danger is so great that some
Jack Binns is not ready to face it."
JUNE: THE WORKING MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY
For the Teacher:
EACH AND ALL
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown
Of thee from the hill-top looking down;
The heifer that lows in the upland farm.
Far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm;
The sexton, tolling his bell at noon.
Deems not that great Napoleon
Stops his horse, and lists with delight,
Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine height;
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
For the Class:
"The health and the happiness of each one of us is
utterly dependent on the health and the happiness of
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 277
every one else. . . . No one can be fully blessed in any
community until the blessing rests on all."
Suggestions for morning talks
Make a careful study of the important service rendered
by the following persons who ring our doorbells during
the day: The postman; the iceman; the grocer; the
laundryman; the ashman. Trace the misfortunes and
inconveniences that would result if these men should
neglect their daily tasks.
Walk down the main street of your suburb or city and
make a Kst of the different trades and occupations you
find. Think of as many other servants of the pub-
lic as you can, and arrange them in order, accord-
ing to the importance of their service. Be ready
to tell how good service benefits the neighborhood in
each case. Tell of the cobbler; the tailor; the baker;
the apothecary; the small- wares storekeeper; the
newspaper dealer, etc.
The purpose of this task is to arouse discussion, one
result of which will be that the pupils will see that
thorough and faithful work is a vital necessity in all these
activities : —
Policeman. Lighthouse keeper. Minister.
Fireman. Life-saver. Teacher.
Switchman. Physician. Lawyer.
Railroad engineer. Nurse. Mother.
Read to the class "Daily Bread," by Dr. E. E. Hale,
in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Roberts
Brothers), a wonderful illustration of the truth that
"we are all members one of another." Read*' The
278 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Deep Sea Cables," by Rudyard Kipling, in The Seven
Seas (D. Appleton & Co.).
As negative teaching, sketch briefly the story of the fall
of the Pemberton Mills, where an imperfectly cast
iron column was the cause of the great disaster; also
the story of the careless inspection of life-preservers
which led to many deaths on the steamship Slocum.
Tell the tale of the one bit of worm-eaten board
built into a new ship.
" For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
For want of the shoe, the horse was lost.
For want of the horse, the rider was lost.
For want of the rider, the battle was lost,
For want of the battle, the Kingdom was lost.
And all for want of a horseshoe nail."
All comers of the world are also linked together by
trade, by philanthropy, etc. Read: "Our Multitude
of Helpers," by Harris, in Ethics for ChildreUy by Ella
Lyman Cabot (Houghton MiflSin Co.), and "The
Ship that found Herself," by Rudyard Kipling (an
allegorical presentation of this same thought), in
The Day's Work (Doubleday, Page & Co.).
"We are not dependent, nor are we independent, but
we are all interdependent. Every thought, every word,
and every act sent into the world either adds to or sub-
tracts from the happiness therein — we are all united
so closely that one of us cannot so much as speak with-
out affecting, to some degree, all mankind. Maeter-
linck puts it beautifully where he speaks of the old man,
sitting quietly in his study, whose winking eyelids affect
the movements of a distant star." — Thomas Dreier,
in The Outlook, July 5, 1913.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 279
THE POLICEMAN AT THE CORNER *
LOUISE ROBINSON
Have you ever stood on the curbing of the sidewalk
and watched the policeman on duty at the crossing? If
you have never done so, you have missed an interesting
experience.
The policeman assigned to this particular duty has to
cultivate certain qualities that will make him of value to
the community.
There he stands in the middle of the street in the
pelting rain, the driving snow, the cutting wind, or the
midday heat. On either side of him are the car tracks.
Carriages, wagons, automobiles, push carts, bicycles go
past him in either direction. He raises his hand and
the traffic stops — the crossing is clear for pedestrians.
Amidst the throng he sees an old woman waiting to
cross. Tenderly he guides her feeble and timid steps to a
place of safety.
The rattling wheels once more go by; the horns of the
automobiles blow; the bicycles' bells ring. Again the
hand of the law is raised. This time some school children
are carefully taken across.
Here is a person anxious to get into a car. As she
starts from the curbing a wagon goes between her and
the car, and she fears that the motorman may not get
her signal. The policeman sees her, stops the car, and
helps her aboard.
And so through the busy day his work goes on, and
but few stop to think of the kindness, the courtesy, the
judgment, the integrity, and the faithfulness of this
guardian of our public highway.
The policeman who deserves our confidence has a
keen interest in his work. Ask him if he is bored, and
> From The Humane Manual. American Humane Education Society.
280 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
you Will generally find that he is surprised at your ques-
tion. Bored? Not he. He is a student of human nature.
His schoolroom is the crossing. He learns his daily les-
sons from the people who pass by. He makes many
friends. He scatters cheerful "Good-mornings,** and
receives as many more in return. Little children accept
his proffered hand as confidently as they take their
father's hand, and in return bestow upon him their
smile of gratitude and friendship. His blue suit, his well-
blacked shoes, his gray helmet, and his shiny brass
buttons are a welcome sight.
One of the finest attributes of a certain policeman
whom I know, is the kindness he extends not only to
human beings, who can express their thanks to him, but
to the animals who pass along his street. During the
coldest days of last winter, my policeman has often
stepped across the street and picked up and put on a
horse's blanket that had blown off while its owner was in
a nearby store.
Every cold morning this winter, I have seen this
policeman stop at the fruit man's store for a quart of
peanuts. He empties the peanuts into the pockets of his
greatcoat.
When there is a little lull in the duties of the crossing,
the policeman shells the peanuts and throws the meat to
the pigeons and sparrows. They surround him in their
eagerness to have a peanut breakfast. They are so tame
that they will eat from his hand. They see him before he
throws a single nut.
The squirrels from the Public Garden near by have
learned to know the hour of his arrival, and the sight of
the birds flying towards him is a signal that they too
may share in the feast. One very friendly, little, gray
squirrel has been known to walk into the policeman's
pocket in his eagerness to find the source of this daily
supply of good things.
GRADE VI: AMERICAN IDEALS 281
One morning, a very interesting thing happened. It
was a little before the policeman's usual hour of arrival.
I stood on the comer waiting for my car. Suddenly
from roof and tree came the pigeons and sparrows and
surrounded me. Darting across the road, came a little
gray squirrel. I put out my arm — he ran up on it and
sat and looked at me with eager anticipation.
I was surprised to see the same friendliness that had
been manifested toward the policeman, transferred to
me. I had no peanuts in my possession. I offered some
crackers from my lunch-basket. They were accepted by
the birds, but not with the usual eagerness displayed for
the peanut feast, and my little friend, the squirrel, gave
me one grieved look, went down my arm, and ran back
to the Garden, bitterly disappointed to think that he
had traveled across the muddy road for such a common-
place breakfast.
I told the policeman about it the next morning.
"Why should they have come to me?" I said.
The policeman smiled, thought a moment, and then
answered, "I think they thought your blue suit was my
uniform."
What do you think about it? You may be sure if I
wear my blue suit again, there will be peanuts in the
pockets!
GRADE VII
THE UNITED STATES AND THE
WORLDS
BY FANNIE FERN ANDREWS
INTRODUCTION
LIBERTY'S LATEST DAUGHTER*
BAYARD TAYLOR
Foreseen in the vision of sages.
Foretold when martyrs bled,
She was born of the longing ages.
By the truth of the noble dead
And the faith of the living, fed!
No blood in her lightest veins
Frets at remembered chains.
Nor shame of bondage has bowed her head.
In her form and features, still.
The unblenching Puritan will,
Cavalier honor, Huguenot grace.
The Quaker truth and sweetness.
And the strength of the danger-girdled race
Of Holland, blend in a proud completeness.
From the home of all, where her being began.
She took what she gave to man : —
Justice that knew no station,
Belief as soul decreed,
* The lists of books given under the various topics, both in this grade and in Grade
VIII, are not intended to represent a complete bibliography. They are chiefly those
used in the preparation of the work.
* From Mantud qf talriotism, published by the New York Board of Education.
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 283
Free air for aspiration.
Free force for independent deed.
She takes, but to give again.
As the sea returns the rivers in rain;
And gather the chosen of her seed
From the hunted of every crown and creed.
Her Germany dwells by a gentler Rhine;
Her Ireland sees the old sunburst shine;
Her France pursues some dream divine;
Her Norway keeps his mountain pine;
Her Italy waits by the western brine;
And, broad-based, under all
Is planted England's oaken-hearted mood, '
As rich in fortitude
As e'er went world-ward from the island wall.
Fused by her candid light.
To one strong race all races here unite;
Tongues melt in hers; hereditary foemen
Forget their sword and slogan, kith and clan.
*Tyas glory once to be a Roman;
She makes it glory now to be a man.
The object in this grade is to teach the historical back-
ground of our civilization. Our aim is to point out those
elements having their origin in ancient and mediaeval
life, to show the motives for discovery and colonization,
and to illustrate how all these ideas developed the
Republic of the United States. Our further aim is to
emphasize that since the birth of the Union, its life has
been intertwined with world movements; that, in fact,
through the great streams of immigration, Europeans
have played a large part in developing our resources and
in moulding our national ideals. We have attempted to
show also that with its historical background and unique
mixture of peoples, the United States is pecuHarly fitted
284 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
at the present time, the greatest crisis of the world's
history, to take a leading part in the struggle for lib-
erty and justice. World democracy is but the expan-
sion of American faith. The realization of our ideals
is only possible in a world in which the peoples are as-
sured of justice and fair dealing, as against force and
selfish aggression.
SEPTEMBER: OUR BEGINNINGS IN
EUROPE
THE PILGRIM FATHERS 1
JOHN BOYLE o'rEILLY
Here, on this rock, and on this sterile soil,
Began the kingdom, not of kings, but men;
Began the making of the world again.
Here centuries sank, and from the hither brink,
A new world reached and raised an old world link.
When English hands, by wider vision taught,
Threw down the feudal bars the Normans brought
And here revived, in spite of sword and stake.
Their ancient freedom of the Wapentake.
Here struck the seed — the Pilgrims' roofless town,
Where equal rights and equal bonds were set;
Where all the people, equal-franchised, met;
Where doom was writ of privilege and crown;
Where human breath blew all the idols down;
Where crests were naught, where vulture flags were
furled,
And common men began to own the world !
» From Life and Complete Poems of John Boyle O'BeiUy, edited by Mrs. John
Boyle O'Reilly. Cassell & Co.
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 285
The topics for discussion suggested below are con-
densed from the sixth grade outUne of the History
Committee of the American School Peace League,
which in turn is based on the outline prepared by the
Committee of Eight for the same grade. The latter is
also largely drawn upon in the selection and arrange-
ment of topics, and the appended bibliography includes
many of the books given in the Report of the Com-
mittee of Eight.
The treatment of this topic at this time not only car-
ries out the logical sequence of our Course in Citizenship,
but gives an opportunity for a brief review of the sixth
grade history by those teachers who are working with
the outhne of the Committee of Eight. In any case, this
treatment will prove a healthy background for the his-
tory work of the seventh and eighth grades.
Under this topic, the teacher has a rich opportunity to
show what America started from. Children can under-
stand something of the civilization which formed the
background of our early discoverers, and will in conse-
quence appreciate the achievements of later generations
and the responsibilities for the future. The impression
can be vividly made that Americans started with many
ways of living known to the Greeks, Romans, and the
people of the Middle Ages.
Topics for disctission
1. What Americans started with.
When Columbus discovered America, the people of
the world had learned to make houses, boats, bows,
hatchets, ploughs, and spinning-wheels. They had
also invented the alphabet. Before the Pilgrims
came, the compass, gunpowder, and printing were
286 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
invented. How did the compass stimulate explora-
tion? What use was made of gunpowder by the early
settlers? How did the printing-press stimulate
learning?
2. What the Greeks have taught us.
Hero worship. — Some of the heroes they tried to
imitate; tell the story of Jason and the Golden
Fleece. Siege of Troy. Wanderings of Ulysses.
Artistic skill. — Athens, the most splendid of
ancient Greek cities. Explain what the Acropolis was
and what the Parthenon was used for. Greek art the
standard to-day.
Respect for a perfect body. — The Greeks believed
that a beautiful body indicated a beautiful soul.
What were the Olympic games and what were the
rewards of the victor? What are the modern Olym-
pics?
The principles of democracy. — In the Athenian
democracy, what great truth did the Greeks first
teach the world? What did Pericles teach? For what
do we remember Socrates?
Bead:
Teachers' List:
Pericles, Evelyn Abbot. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Three Greek Children^ Alfred J, Chmch, G. P.Put-
nam's Sons.
Children's List:
Stories of the Old World, Part i, Alfred J. Church.
Ginn & Co.
Old Greek Stories, James Baldwin. American
Book Co.
The Story of the Greek People, Eva March Tappan.
Houghton Miflain Co.
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 287
3. What we have learned from the Romans.
Love of country. — The Romans were willing to
endure any suffering, go through any danger, or give
up life itself for the sake of their country.
Law and order. — They taught the world how to
unite tribes and states under a single government.
Some forms of the old Roman law are now used. We
imitate their architecture and engineering. Our
museums are enriched by their works of art, and our
libraries abound in books written by their poets, their
historians, and their philosophers. No person can be
called educated unless he has some knowledge of
Roman civiUzation. Show the necessity for law and
order in a civilized world.
Read:
Teachers' List:
Julius CoBsar, William Warde Fowler. G. P. Put-
nam's Sons.
Foundations of England, chap, in, Sir James Henry
Ramsay. The Macmillan Co.
Children's List:
Ten Boys, Jane Andrews. Ginn & Co.
Story of the Romans, Helene Marie Adeline Guer-
ber. American Book Co.
Famous Men of Rome, John Henry Haaren and Ad-
dison B. Poland. University Publishing Co.
The Story of the Roman People, Eva March Tappan.
Houghton Miflflin Co.
4. What we have learned from the Middle Ages.
The Germans, — the conquerors and the heirs of
Rome. The village moot the beginning of the Ameri-
can town meeting, and the moots of the hundred and
the shire the beginnings of representative government
288 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
corresponding to our State Legislatures and National
Congress at Washington. Relate some of the stories
of this period, such as the Nibelung tales.
The English, — our historical connection with the
Roman world. Stories of the hardships of King
Alfred in his struggle to unite the Danes and English
into one people. Tell how he helped to spread good
books; of his just laws. The story of Alfred and the
cowherd's wife. The wicked king, John Lackland.
The Great Charter. The two main promises which
the wicked king made to the barons at Runnymede,
— he will collect no taxes except by consent of the
council, nor imprison men without, by trial, proving
them guilty of breaking the laws. The beginning of
the English Parliament; — the council consisted not
only of great barons and bishops (the House of
Lords), but also of men sent by the towns to represent
them (the House of Commons).
Read:
Teachers' List:
Civilization During the Middle Ages, chap, v,
George Burton Adams. Charles Scribner's
Sons.
A History of MedicBval and Modem Europe, W. S.
Davis. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Short History of the English People, chaps, i and iv,
John Richard Green. The Macmillan Co.
The English Constitution, chap, xiv, Jesse Macy.
The Macmillan Co.
History of Western Europe, chaps, xviii, xix, James
Harvey Robinson. Ginn & Co.
Mediceval Civilization, pp. 129-58, Dana Carleton
Munro and George Clarke Sellery. Century Co.
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 289
Children's List:
Stories from English History y Alfred John Church.
The Macmillan Co.
Stories from English History , Albert Franklin Blais-
dell. Ginn & Co.
A Book of Golden Deeds, Charlotte Mary Yonge.
The Macmillan Co.
Stories from English History, Henry Pitt Warren.
D. C. Heath & Co.
England's Story, Eva March Tappan. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Old World Hero Stories, Eva March Tappan.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
5. The motives of discovery.
The Crusades promoted trade with the East and
developed a love of travel, and when the Turks cut
off the northern route, the rising nations of Europe
desired to find an ocean route to India, China, and
Japan.
Read:
Teachers' List:
English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages, Jean A.
A. J. Jusserand. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Discovery of America, chap, iii, John Fiske. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
Children's List:
TheCrusaders, Alfred J. Church. The Macmillan Co.
Stones from English History, Henry P. Warren.
D. C. Heath & Co.
6. Discoveries.
Voyages of the Northmen — discovery of America
without important results. Marco Polo — knowledge
of the Pacific. Portuguese voyages — first great
290 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
accomplishments of discovery. Columbus — his four
voyages — his firm belief that the earth was round.
Successors of Columbus — proof that America was a
new continent.
Read:
Teachers* List:
Discovery of America^ chaps, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, x,
John Fiske. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Christopher Columbus, chaps, ix, xv, Justin Winsor.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Children's List:
A First Book in American History, Edward Eggles-
ton. American Book Co.
Explorers and Founders of America, A. E. Foote
and A. W. Skinner. American Book Co.
Our Country'' s Story, Eva March Tappan. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
7. The spirit of conquest.
Cortez in Mexico. Francisco Pizarro in Peru. De
Soto in Cuba and Florida. By 1574, Spain the only
European country which had possessions in the New
World. Spanish missions.
Read:
Teachers* List:
Discovery of America, chap, viii, John Fiske.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Children's List:
Our Country's Story, Eva March Tappan. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
Explorers and Founders of America, A. E. Foote
and A. W. Skinner. American Book Co.
8. Rivalries of Spain, England, and France.
Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada.
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 291
Jacques Cartier and the French claim to North
America. The rivalries and hatreds of the Old World
planted in America.
Read:
Teachers' List:
Shcyrt History of the English People, chap, vii, sees.
5 and 6, John Richard Green. Macmillan.
Age of Elizabethy Mandell Creighton. Longmans,
Green & Co.
Spain in Americay chap, xii, Edward Bourne.
Harper & Bros.
Pioneers of New France, chaps, iii-viii, Francis
Parkman. Little, Brown & Co.
Brave Little Holland, William Elliott GriflSs.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
History of the United States, George Bancroft. D.
Appleton & Co.
Children's List:
Stories from English History, Alfred J. Church.
The Macmillan Co.
Stories from English History, Albert J. Blaisdell.
Ginn & Co.
England's Story, Eva March Tappan. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
OCTOBER: THE INFLUENCE OF
EUROPE ON OUR EARLY HISTORY
THE FRIENDSHIP OF FRANCE
BARON d'eSTOURNELLES DE CONSTANT
To speak only of the French, have they not gloriously
followed their star, their destiny, in realizing here in the
292 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
United States the dreams of Cartier, Champlain, Mar-
quette, and of the great La Salle? Did they not joyously
take part, not only in the founding of your country, but
in its emancipation, in the persons of Lafayette and
Rochambeau? Did they not send you their great Ferdi-
nand de Lesseps, another pioneer of a work to be com-
pleted? It is but natural that, in turn, the French
should feel pride in your future and tremble to see it
compromised. That is why I, with the best of my heart,
mind, and brain, have spoken for three months to the
American people like a friend, like a brother.
Our purpose in treating this topic is to point out in
historical sequence the different elements of character
planted in the New World by European forces; and
later, to emphasize that the struggle for freedom and
liberty has been a continuous world struggle. The
teacher has an excellent opportunity to show that the
leaders in those days achieved their ends only through
perseverance, courage, and loyalty to the great princi-
ple of liberty and democracy.
Topics to be considered
1. European competition for American colonies.
From 1585 to 1763, Spain, France, Holland, and
Sweden carried on a lively competition for the New
World. This was prompted by two motives, the com-
mercial and the religious.
Show how the commercial motive brought Sir
Walter Ralei'gh and Captain John Smith to Virginia,
Samuel de Champlain to Acadia and Quebec, the
Dutch West India Company to New Amsterdam, the
Swedish West India Company to Wilmington, Dela-
ware, and established the Barbadoes Colony at
Charleston, South Carolina.
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 293
Read:
Industrial History of the United States^ chap, ii,
Katharine Coman. The Macmillan Co.
Origin and Growth of English Colonies, chap, iv,
Hugh E. Egerton. Barnes.
Short History of the English People, John R. Green.
The Macmillan Co.
Knickerbocker's History of New Yofk, Washington
Irving. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, John
Fiske. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Struggle for a Continent, Francis Parkman. Little,
Brown & Co.
Show how the religious motive established the
Separatists at Plymouth, the aristocratic Puritans at
Salem and Boston, the democratic Puritans in Con-
necticut, the theocratic Puritans at New Haven,
the Friends at Philadelphia, and the Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Penn-
sylvania.
Read:
Liberty Documents, chap, vi, Mabel Hill. Long-
mans, Green & Co.
History of the United States, George Bancroft. D.
Appleton & Co.
The Puritan Revolution, Samuel R. Gardiner.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Brave Little Holland, William E. Griffis. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Colonial Era, pp. 102, 112, George P. Fisher.
Charles Scribner*s Sons.
Beginners of a Nation, Edward Eggleston. D.
Appleton & Co.
294 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
The Courtship of Miles Standish, Henry W. Long-
fellow. R.L.S. No. 2. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Grandfather's Chair, Nathaniel Hawthorne. R.L.S.
Nos. 7, 8, 9. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Oliver Cromwell, Charles H. Firth. G. P. Putnam's
Sons.
The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in Americay vol. ii,
p. 114, John Fiske. Houghton Mifflin Co.
To appreciate fully the elements of character which
were later to make up the new nation, children should
have vivid impressions of the great personalities of
the period, such as John Smith, Samuel de Champlain,
John Robinson and William Bradford, John Winthrop
and John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, John Davenport,
Charles I and Cromwell, William Penn and George Fox,
and James Oglethorpe. These should be taken as story
subjects.
How did Captain John Smith succeed in saving the
Johnstown colony from ruin?
Why would Samuel de Champlain have made a
good citizen of the United States?
What spirit, derived from the teachings of John
Robinson, distinguished the Separatist Pilgrims
of Plymouth from the Puritans of Salem and
Boston?
Why was Governor William Bradford elected for
thirty consecutive years?
Why did Thomas Hooker's idea of government suc-
ceed over that of John Winthrop and John Cotton?
How did the views of John Davenport violate our
modem conception of citizenship?
What eifect did the autocratic rule of Charles I
and of Cromwell have on the colonies?
GRADE VII: THE UNITED STATES 295
Why is William Perm's "Holy Experiment " a val-
uable legacy to this country?
What is the relation between George Fox's doc-
trine of "the Inner Light " and Democracy?
In what ways was James Oglethorpe ahead of his
time?
2. North American Colonies, make-weights in world-
wide strife between France and England, 1748 to
1763.
Read:
History of New France, Francis Parkman. Little,
Brown & Co.
Struggle for a Continent, Francis Parkman. Little,
Brown & Co.
New France and New England, John Fiske. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.
The Boys' Parkman, Louis Hasbrouck. Little,
Brown & Co.
Story of American History, Albert F. Blaisdell.
Ginn & Co.
History of the United States, George Bancroft. D.
Appleton & Co.
Short History of the English People, John R. Green.
The Macmillan Co.
Story subjects :
Selected stories from Parkman. Montcalm and
Wolfe. Triumph of England.
Contrast the political policies of France and Eng-
land in their seventy years' struggle for the posses-
sion of North America.
Why was "the spontaneous life of communities
that governed themselves in town meeting" the
■ poHcy that was sure to thrive in the New Worid?
296 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
In overthrowing French power in America, what
responsibilities did the EngHsh race assume?
3. The EngUsh Civil War, 1775-1783: France, Spain,
and Holland combine against England.
Read:
The American Revolution, John Fiske. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Rise of the Republic of the United States, Richard
Frothingham. Little, Brown & Co.
Chapters on this period in William E. H. Lecky's
History of England, D. Appleton & Co., and in
Justin Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of
America, Houghton Mifflin Co.
Life of Thomas Paine, M. D. Conway. G. P.
Putnam's Sons.
American Statesmen Series — Washington, by H. C.
Lodge, Franklin, by J. T. Morse, Jr., and Samuel
Adams, by J. K. Hosmer. Houghton Mifflin Co.
History of the American Revolution, George O.
Trevelyan. Longmans, Green & Co.
George III and Charles James Fox, George O.
Trevelyan. Longmans, Green & Co.
History of Canada, William Kingsford. Rowsell &
Hutchison, Toronto, Canada.
Story subjects:
Washington, Samuel Adams, R. Morris, George III,
Lord North, C. J. Fox, Lafayette, Franklin,
Thomas Paine, the French Alliance.
What was the influence of the struggle upon
French soldiers and statesmen?
In what way was William Pitt an English pa-
triot?
"The example of America and the teaching of
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French philosophers had awakened a new spirit of
humanity/' Read what the young poets, Samuel
Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, wrote
about the movement.
Read: Eternal Peaces by Immanuel Kant. Show how
he identified the cause of self-government with
the cause of permanent peace.
NOVEMBER: THE UNITED STATES
IN THE NAPOLEONIC PERIOD
FRANCE: AN ODE
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
O ye loud waves! and O ye forests high!
And O ye clouds that far above me soared!
Thou rising sun ! thou blue rejoicing sky !
Yea, everything that is and will be free !
Bear witness for me, whereso*er ye be,
With what deep worship I have still adored
The spirit of divinest liberty.
When France in wrath her giant limbs upreared.
And with that oath which smote air, earth, and sea.
Stamped her strong foot, and said she would be free.
Bear witness for me how I hoped and feared.
The ideas of our statesmen during the Napoleonic
Wars were fastened in Old- World politics. We find, for
example, the English conservatism of Hamilton, who
believed in authority and had no faith in the wisdom of
the masses. On the other hand, the French philosophy
which permeated Jefferson made him a democrat and
298 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
inspired his steady devotion to what he considered to be
the cause of the people. These two types of men strug-
gled for ascendency, and during the struggle took sides in
the conflict between England and France. Although the
nation remained neutral, we were seriously injured by
both countries. With this situation began the breaking
away from Old- World tradition which resulted in our
Second War of Independence. It should be pointed out
here that the new Western spirit, which prompted the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, began to be a factor in our
national life. The discussion should point to the conclu-
sion that the variety of elements and the combination of
tyi>es of thinking have given our country its distinctive
character, and that no type of manliness could have
been dispensed with in the process.
Topics to be considered
1. The United States in the Napoleonic Wars, 1789-
1814.
Jefferson and the Democratic friends of France;
Hamilton and the Federalist friends of England.
Purchase of Louisiana, 1804, a part of Napoleon's
anti-English policy.
The crumbling of Spain.
2. The United States in collision with England, 1812-
14.
Beginning of the United States as a world-power.
European policy (Russia and Germany) friendly to
the United States out of a desire to raise up an
enemy to England.
End of the great European wars.
The Hundred Years of Peace between the United
States and Great Britain.
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Read:
History of the United States, Henry Adams. Charles
Scribner's Sons.
History of the People of the United States, vols, i and
II, John Bach McMaster. D. Appleton & Co.
The Making of the Great West, S. A. Drake. Charles
Scribner's Sons.
Mere Literature, chap, viii, Woodrow Wilson.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Lewis and Clark, William Lighton. Riverside
Biographical Series. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Rise of the New West, Frederick J. Turner. Harper
& Bros.
Lives of Jefferson (John T. Morse, Jr.), and Ham-
ilton (Henry C. Lodge), American Statesmen
Series. Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Winning of the West, Theodore Roosevelt.
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
History of the United States Navy, Edgar S. Mac-
lay. D. Appleton & Co.
Americans Conquest of Europe, David Starr Jordan.
American Unitarian Association.
The Men Who Made the Nation, Edwin Erie
Sparks. The Macmillan Co.
The Promotion of Peace. Bulletin, 1913, no. 12,
Fannie Fern Andrews. United States Bureau
of Education.
History of the United States, Jacob Schouler.
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Story subjects:
Jefferson, Napoleon, William Pitt, Lewis and Clark.
Constitution vs. Guerriere. Lawrence, Hull,
Perry, and Jackson.
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Why was it better to buy Louisiana from Napoleon than
to go to war with France?
How did the Lewis and Clark Expedition help to de-
velop a new spirit in our nation?
How did this new spirit affect our relations with other
nations?
Why did the New England Federalists oppose the War
of 1812?
Why has the Treaty of Ghent become so famous?
The Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 provided that there
should be no warships on the Great Lakes which join
the United States and Canada, and ever since that
time, for nearly a hundred years, this long boundary,
now nearly four thousand miles long, has been a boun-
dary of peace without a warship or a fortress, a
soldier or a gun.
Why was this agreement a remarkable document?
What influence has it had on the movement for better
international relations?
DECEMBER: EUROPEAN INTEREST
IN SPANISH AMERICA
THE PAN-AMERICAN UNION
JOHN BARRETT
But during this formative period of the great Republic
of the North forces were at work in the southern half of
this hemisphere creating a group of independent, self-
governing nations, in spite of the forces of despotism in
Europe, laboring under the guise of a so-styled "Holy
Alliance," to aid Spain in her attempt to keep them in
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subjection. Out of a long travail of fifteen years,
fraught with the horrors of fire and sword, repression,
imprisonment, denial of rights, there came forth nine
weak yet strong repubKcs — strong in the righteousness
of their cause.
After the United States had gained her freedom from
Europe, she became involved in another struggle for
liberty. Having watched the United States win her in-
dependence, Mexico and the other Spanish colonies in
America rose in revolt against Spain who looked for aid
to the Holy Alliance. It is in this period that we see
developed a new American policy. On account of the
Spanish secessions and a dispute with Russia over the
limits of her possessions in the Northwest, the United
States announced to the world that this country was
not only a land of liberty but a protector of liberty. The
Monroe Doctrine, promulgated on December 2, 1823,
was a firm declaration against European intervention in
American affairs, and a clear statement of our intention
not to take part in the wars of the European powers.
Moreover, the United States wished to stand alone in
this policy, and with singular independence rejected
the proposition of the British Prime Minister, George
Canning, who suggested a joint declaration on the part
of England and the United States. In his message.
President Monroe expressed the feeling that the institu-
tions of the New World were essentially different from
those of the Old, and therefore should have their inde-
pendent development. Thus we see the people of the
United States, with almost unanimous voice, proclaim-
ing themselves the guardians of the New World. The
immediate effect of this new doctrine was to block the
proposed intervention of the Holy Alliance, thus allow-
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ing the southern half of the western hemisphere to
develop into independent nations with governments
similar to our own.
The later results and the enlarged conception of the
Monroe Doctrine will be treated under March.
Topics for discussion
Hidalgo and Bolivar.
England uses the United States to block the Holy Alli-
ance.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Read:
Narrative and Critical History of America, vol.
VII, chap. VII, vol. VIII, chap, v, Justin Winsor.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Monroe Doctrine, an Obsolete Shibboleth,
Hiram Bingham. Yale University Press.
The Pan-American Union, John Barrett. Munder
Thomsen Press.
The United States as a World Power, Archibald C.
Coolidge. The Macmillan Co.
A History of the American People, Woodrow Wil-
son. Harper & Bros.
James Monroe, D. C. Oilman, American States-
men Series. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Diplomacy of the United States, Theodore Lyman.
Wells and Lilly.
The Monroe Doctrine, George F. Tucker. Rock-
well and Churchill.
Outline of the Revolution in South America, "by A
South American *' (pseudonym). Eastburn.
History of the Pacific Slates of North America, vols.
X and XI, Hubert H. Bancroft. A. L. Bancroft
&Co.
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Story subjects:
Metternich, Alexander I, Padre Hidalgo, Simon
Bolivar, George Canning, Lord Byron. James
Monroe and John Quincy Adams.
Emphasize the heroic figure of Simon Bolivar, some-
times called the Washington of South America; styled
the " Liberator" for his efforts and leadership in releas-
ing ^ye nations from the bonds of Spain. A great war-
rior, although a greater statesman. Native of Venezuela,
he became President of Colombia in 1821. Entered into
treaty relations with Peru in 1822, with Chile in 1822;
with Mexico in 1823; with Central America in 1825; and
with the United States in 1824. He took the advanced
stand of providing for arbitration of disputes which
might arise between the contracting parties.
"While Bolivar was at work in northern South Amer-
ica, the great San Martin, the * Liberator ' of the south-
em part of the continent, was by his own personal
example of heroic unselfishness and devotion to the
cause of freedom preparing the way for the peaceful
development of such progressive countries as Argentine
and Chile." ^
On the south wall of the Governing Board Room of
the building of the Bureau of American Republics in
Washington is a panel representing Bolivar and his
army. It represents him leading his dismounted cavalry
across a mountain pass. "The * Liberator* of South
America," says John Barrett, "won his greatest suc-
cesses by his lightning dashes through almost impassable
mountain fastnesses, surprising and routing large forces
with but a handful of men."
At the right of this panel is one representing the meet-
J John Barrett, The Pan-American Union.
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ing, at the battle of Chacabuco in 1817, of San Martin
and Bernardo O'Higgins. " San Martin," continues John
Barrett, " one of the truest patriots and one of the ablest
generals ever produced by the three Americas, relin-
quished his leadership at the very moment of victory in
order that Bolivar might assume the hard-won mantle
of authority and coalesce the warring factions that "dis-
rupted the revolutionary movement and threatened
internal strife. San Martin deliberately sacrificed his
own future for the cause he loved, but left behind him a
name untarnished by suspicion of self-seeking or per-
sonal aggrandisement.'*
In the Foyer of the Hall of the Americas in this same
building is a remarkably fine bust of Bolivar by Rudolph
Evans, and also an equally fine one of San Martin by
Herbert Adams-
JANUARY: THE UNITED STATES
MELTING-POT FOR RACES
HUMAN BROTHERHOOD
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother!
Where pity dwells, the soul of good is there;
To worship rightly is to love each other.
Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a pray'r.
Follow with rev'rent steps the great example
Of all whose holy work was doing good;
So shall the wide earth seem a human temple,
Each loving life a psalm of gratitude.
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Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangour
Of wild war-music o'er the earth shall cease;
Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger,
And in its ashes plant the tree of peace.
Although the United States had proclaimed it an un-
friendly act for any foreign power to acquire territory
in the New World, it welcomed to its shores any person
who sought political freedom or who desired to gain an
honest livelihood. Between the close of the Revolution
and 1820, two hundred and fifty thousand immigrants
came to this country, and as far as records can show,
they came chiefly from Great Britain. Thus, at the
time of the announcement of the Monroe Doctrine we
find the people of the United States of the same race as
that of the colonial period. To get a clear understand-
ing, however, of the real significance of the later streams
of immigration, one ought to have exactly in mind the
composition of the American race at this time. We
must remember that one of our colonies was Dutch;
that there had come to New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
and South Carolina a large immigration of the people
called Scotch-Irish, the Protestant inhabitants of the
north of Ireland; that to the Middle States had come
a large immigration of Germans; and through all the
colonies were found the Huguenot-French, compara-
tively few in number, but strong in character and influ-
ence. The immigration of other nationalities was so
small as to have no practical effect upon the formation
of the race. This, then, was the situation when the
United States assumed its new role of assimilating the
great masses of foreign population.
We may outline the streams of immigration as fol-
lows:—
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1800-35, English and Scotch.
1835^50, English and Irish.
1845-48, Irish (due to famines).
1845-70, Germans.
1865-85, Scandinavians.
1885-1913, ItaHans, Slavs, Greeks.
Point out the chief causes of immigration in these
different periods.
Read:
Emigration and Immigration^ Richmond Smith.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Nature and Man in America, Nathaniel S. Shaler.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Promised Land, Mary Antin. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The American Commonwealth, second part, James
Bryce. The Macmillan Co.
Albert Gallatin, J. A. Stevens, American States-
men Series. Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz, F. Bancroft and
William A. Dunning. McClure & Co.
Story subjects :
Alexander Hamilton, John Paul Jones, Albert Galla-
tin, Louis Kossuth, and Carl Schurz.
Tell how Carl Schurz became an American citizen.
Tell of his serving a sentence in a German prison in his
youth on account of his love of liberty, and how he
came to the United States for political freedom. Point
out the chief events of his career as scholar, journalist,
soldier, and statesman. Tell of his great devotion to
American ideals, his love for mankind, and his often
expressed opinion that the cardinal duty of the United
States was to take the lead among the nations in substi-
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tuting international justice and peace for the old war
system.
Call attention to significant statistics like the follow-
ing: In 1900, of the total white population in the
United States, there were twenty millions of English
blood, eighteen millions of Grerman blood, fourteen mil-
lions of Scotch and Irish blood.
^ Call attention to the races whose representatives have
immigrated to the United States during the past decade.
What effect have they had on our nation?
FEBRUARY: THE INFLUENCE OF THE
UNITED STATES ON ASIA AND
AFRICA
THE CABLE HYMN
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Through Orient seas, o'er Afric's plain
And Asian mountains borne.
The vigor of the Northern brain
Shall nerve the world outworn.
GOOD WILL TO AMERICA^
T. lYENAGA
In truth, all the precious sentiments the past goodness
of America toward us has stored in our memory, all the
good will our pleasant association with you in school and
in social life has cultivated, the vital interests of our
commerce, in which America distinguishes herself as our
best customer, and the sound and good common sense of
the American people, which has never failed to make
t From the Proceedings of the Peace Congress at Baltimore, 1911.
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them understand us rightly — these form the solid
foundation for our friendship with you.
The people of the United States did not isolate them-
selves from the rest of the world. In 1850, seventeen
millions of American capital were invested in the
whaling industry in the seas of Japan and China, and
thousands of our sailors manned the ships. We should
remember here, however, our indebtedness to Russia
for this remarkable development of American industry
in distant seas. Through her liberal policy toward
us, citizens of the United States were guaranteed free-
dom on the Alaska coast under Russian protection.
The northern Pacific was virtually an American pos-
session.
From time to time American schooners were cast
away on Japan's shores and received friendly considera-
tion; likewise Japanese sailors, driven out of their route
by hurricanes, were taken back to Japan by American
vessels. These incidents developed an interest in the
hermit nation, and finally induced our Government to
attempt the opening of Japan. All attempts failed until
Commodore Perry, in 1854, convinced the Japanese
that the appliances of their old civilization were power-
less to resist those of the new, and that her isolation shut
her off from all the wonders of Western progress. This
was the beginning of Japan's wonderful career, although
her doors still remained closed to foreign commerce. It
was reserved for another citizen of our country to open
them. Through the efforts of Townsend Harris, the first
United States Consul-General in Japan, the Japanese
became possessed with the conviction that the world
c»uld no longer be kept at arm's length, and in 1859
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signed a treaty with the United States declaring that
commerce between these two countries should there-
after be freely carried on. Thus finally terminated
Japan's traditional isolation.
The United States has always maintained the attitude
of an older brother toward China, and on several im-
portant occasions has rendered her valuable protection
against European aggrandizement. Our action in 1900,
at the time of the Boxer uprising, in preserving the
integrity of China, in 1908 in remitting a part of the
Boxer indemnity, and in 1904 in exerting an influence
among the nations to allow China to remain neutral in
the Russo-Japanese War are in line with our historical
attitude toward this great Eastern nation.
We have played a different role in the case of the
Philippine Islands. One of the results of the war with
Spain in 1898-99 was to change the policy of the United
States from an isolated nation of the New World, acting
according to the principles enunciated in the Monroe
Doctrine, to a sovereign power in the Orient. What the
permanent influence of the United States on Asia
and Africa is to be will depend on the settlement of
the World War. It is to be hoped that the result of this
will be to make all nations partners in the interest of
world-wide justice; that every peace-loving nation
may be allowed to determine its own life and its own
institutions.
Topics for discussion
1. Influence of the United States upon Asia.
Commodore Perry opens a new chapter in history
for Japan at Nagasaki, 1854.
The United States the constant friend of China.
310 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
The United States becomes an Asiatic power by
taking the Philippine Islands.
Read:
Life of Anson Buflingame, F. W. Williams.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Matthew Calbraith Perry, William E. Griffis.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
The China Year Book, published by Routledge.
Two issues: 1912, 1913.
The United States as a World Power, chaps, vi-ix,
xvii-xix, Archibald C. Coolidge. The Macmil-
^ Ian Co.
Story subjects :
Commodore Perry at Nagasaki, 1854. Anson Bur-
lingame, Yung Wing, John Hay, Wu Ting Fang,
Sun Yat Sen. The Republic of China.
How did Commodore Perry, when he obtained
"specimens of every sort of mechanical products,
arms and machinery, with statistical and other
volumes illustrating the advance of the useful arts "
for his expedition to Japan, teach us the lesson of
accuracy and thoroughness?
Point out the significance of Perry's instructions
from our Government to confine himself to peaceful
measures.
Emphasize that only through patience, persistence,
and resolve to act according to the finer feelings of
courtesy, was Perry able to accomplish his mission in
Japan and to gain the respect of this awakening
country.
Read about China's plan to use the Boxer in-
demnity money for training her young men in the
universities of the United States.
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Show how American education influenced China to
become a republic modeled after our own.
According to what principle is the United States
acting in forbidding exploitation of the PhiKppine
Islands?
Read about the two points of view with regard to
the disp>osition of the Philippines, usually designated
as the Imperialist and Anti-imperialist.
2. Influence of the United States in Asia and Africa
through missionaries.
Missionaries spread democratic ideas through
education.
The influence of Robert College and the American
College for Girls at Constantinople on the progress of
the Balkan States.
Read:
The Land and the Booh, William McClure Thom-
son. Harper & Bros.
My Life and Times, Cyrus Hamlin. Congregational
Publishing Society.
Story subjects :
Adoniram Judson. Jessup. Bliss and Thomson in Syria.
Bingham in Hawaii. Robert College in Bulgaria.
MARCH: THE UNITED STATES AND
THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
ADDRESS 1
WOODROW WILSON
I want to take this occasion to say that the United
States will never again seek one additional foot of ter-
* From an address given before the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile^ >
Alabama, October 28, 19i&
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ritory by conquest. She will devote herself to showing
that she knows how to make honorable and fruitful use
of the territory she has. And she must regard it as one
of the duties of friendship to see that from no quarter
are material interests made superior to human liberty
and national opportunity. I say this, not with a single
thought that any one will gainsay it, but merely to jfix in
our consciousness what our real relationship with the
rest of America is. It is the relationship of a family of
mankind devoted to the development of true constitu-
tional liberty. We know that that is the soil out of
which the best enterprise springs. We know that this is
a cause which we are making in common with them
because we have had to make it for ourselves. ... So in
emphasizing the points which must unite us in sympathy
and in spiritual interest with the Latin- American people,
we are only emphasizing the points of our own life, and
we should prove ourselves untrue to our own traditions
if we proved ourselves untrue friends to-day. Do not
think, therefore, gentlemen, that questions of the day
are mere questions of policy and diplomacy. They are
shot through with the principles of life. We dare not turn
from the principle that morality and not expediency is
the thing that must guide us and that we will never
condone iniquity because it is most convenient to do so.
The preceding survey of our connections with the out-
side world and our composite make-up in population
show how intricate is the problem of citizenship; and if
we should add to this a parallel study of our domestic
affairs, we should be still more convinced of the difficul-
ties which face the citizen in assuming his duties and
obligations. By one fact we cannot fail to be impressed,
and that is the importance of giving to the young citi-
zen a clear conception of the great landmarks which
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have shaped our national policy. It is only through such
knowledge that we are able to exercise an intelligent
patriotism.
In no one of our relations is intelligence more needed
than in conducting our affairs justly and peacefully with
our neighbors on the western hemisphere. Across our
northern boundary, we find ourselves in close relation-
ship with the great Canadian Dominion. Along the four
thousand-odd miles of frontier, the population north and
south is largely the same, sp>eaking the same language,
having the same laws, ideas, and general characteristics.
In 1900, there were twelve hundred thousand people of
Canadian birth in the United States, while in 1906,
sixty-four thousand Americans were living in Canada.
With our neighbor to the north of us, then, we are bound
by ties which make us one in sentiment, tending to a
common goal, although we are living under different
forms of government. The plan for making the cente-
nary of peace between the United States and Great
Britain the basis of a general peace celebration through-
out the world, was a most worthy project, for a period
of one hundred years of peace between two great nations
— a period in which great problems have been met and
solved — marks an era of the world.
Our relations with the twenty republics to the south of
us are far different to-day from what they were in the
first quarter of the nineteenth century, when, to protect
the struggling colonies from the yoke of Spain, the
Monroe Doctrine was put forward as the foreign policy
of the United States. To-day we witness in Latin
America (an immense area of immeasurable resources),
sister republics of extraordinary economic and political
progress and of social and educational development. We
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witness the Pan-American Union, whose object is to
promote peace, friendship, and commerce among the
American repubhcs, and whose administration is deter-
mined by the Pan-American Conferences attended by-
delegates of all the governments. At the Second Peace
Conference at The Hague in 1907, the Latin-American
countries established their equality among the nations
of the world and secured a recognized status in world-
politics. All this gives us a new conception of the
Monroe Doctrine, the proper adjustment of which is one
of the great problems of our own Republic.
Read:
The Panama Canal, Joseph B. Bishop. Charles
Scribner's Sons.
The Monroe Doctrine, an Obsolete Shibbolethy Hiram
Bingham. Yale University Press.
California, Josiah Royce, American Common-
wealths Series. Houghton Mijfflin Co.
Texas, George P. Garrison, American Common-
wealths Series. Houghton Mifflin Co.
History of the Pacific States of North America^
H. H. Bancroft. A. L. Bancroft & Co.
Sam Houston and the War of Independence in Texas,
Alfred M. Williams. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Monthly Bulletins of the Pan-American Union,
Washington, D.C.
The United States as a World Power, chaps, xiv,
XV, XVI, Archibald C. Coolidge. The Macmillan
, Co.
Story subjects:
' Stephen Austin, Samuel Houston, and David Crock-
ett. Discovery of gold. Louis Napoleon III, Maxi-
milian, W. H. Seward, Alexander II.
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Compare the natural resources of the United States
with those of Canada.
Show how great the possibiKties are for development
under the Federal Union.
Compare the size of Argentine, Brazil, and Chile with
that of the United States.
Show how the Panama Canal may mean the possible
revolutionizing of world commerce.
What principles should guide our big and powerful
nation in deaHng with our neighbors on the American
continent?
APRIL: THE UNITED STATES AND
THE WORLD'S CULTURE
OUR COUNTRY
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Thy great world-lesson all shall learn.
The nations in thy school shall sit,
Earth's farthest mountain-tops shall burn
With watch-fires from thy own uplit.-
In the realm of culture, the United States is as much
interwoven with the rest of the world as in political
relationships. Our people are keenly appreciative of the
best thought and work of the world; we are highly
desirous of being surrounded by the best literature and
art that can be produced. In this field, we are greatly
indebted to Europe. Many American artists study in
Paris, Rome, and Florence. French pictures are in great
demand, and house decoration is much affected by
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French designs and methods as well as by John Ruskin's
books which are very widely read in our country.
On our literature, the influence of England is more
potent than that of any other European country. Dur-
ing the Colonial period and well on through the first years
of the American RepubKc, fully three-fourths of every
library were volumes written by English men of letters,
and published by English printers. From that time on,
English books, being in the same language, have been
read by all classes of our people, who in habits and ideas
are fundamentally English.
On the other hand, we have contributed something to
the culture of the race, although the largest part of our
nation's force has been devoted to the practical needs of
material development. During its existence, the United
States has been active in reclaiming the great waste
lands, in shaping the living conditions for the instream-
ing millions of strangers, in providing a universal pub-
lic system of education, and in developing an orderly
system of popular government. The abundant and ex-
cellent work done in fiction, however, is appreciated by
European readers. High authorities beyond our borders
recognize the great advances made in classical studies
and in the natural sciences. European opinion ranks
Dr. Asa Gray among the greatest botanists of his age.
Our astronomers stand in the front rank; and in physics,
chemistry, biology, medicine, economics, and law, Amer-
ican investigators and students have merited a like
fame. Mr. Justice Story ranks among the first of all the
writers and practitioners in jurisprudence and law.
The world, then, has received some of its culture from
the brain and genius of America. But we have evolved
nothing absolutely new, nothing entirely different from
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tlie Old World. As James Bryce says, in speaking of the
people of the United States, " their institutions are old,
though many have been remodeled or new faced; their
religion is old; their views of morality and conduct are
old; their sentiments in matters of art and taste have
not greatly diverged from those of the parent stock."
Culture knows no nationality; it influences men's minds
contemporaneously over the whole civilized world. In
thought and culture the world is continually drawing
closer together.
Read:
The American Commonwealth^ James Bryce. The
Macmillan Co.
Americans Conquest of Europe, David Starr Jordan.
American Unitarian Association.
The Friendship of Nations, chap, v, Lucile Gulli-
ver. Ginn & Co.
Mere Literature, Woodrow Wilson. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Point out the advantages of an international exchange
of university professors, of public school teachers, and of
students. (United States Bureau of Education, Report
of the Commissioner of Education, 1912, vol. i, pp. 43-48.
The International Polity Bulletin, 407 West 117th St.,
New York.)
Show how our public school system reflects European
methods. (The kindergarten, sloyd and manual train-
ing, physical culture, industrial education, etc.)
Show how Cecil Rhodes has helped to break down
national boundaries in education. (Cecil Rhodes and his
Scholars as Factors in International Conciliation, by F. J.
Wylie; published by American Association for Interna-
tional Conciliation, New York. Nationalism, War and
318 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
bocietyy Edward Krehbiel. New York. The Macmillan
Company.)
How does the Cosmopolitan Club in the universities
of the world contribute toward a world culture .^^ {Uni-
versity Teachers* Conference on International Relations,
John Mez. International Polity Bulletin, No. 8, 407
West 117th St., New York. Report of the Conference
on International Relations: Cornell University, 1915;
Western Reserve University, 1916. Under the Auspices
of the Federation of International Polity Clubs, 407
West 117th St., New York.)
Explain the purposes of the International Congress
on Education, Oakland, California, 1915. (Addresses
and Proceedings, National Education Association, Oak-
land, California, 1915.)
Why would similar International Congresses bring
the world nearer together .f*
MAY: THE UNITED STATES AND
WORLD BROTHERHOOD
PEACE AND PROGRESS!
RICHARD WATSON GILDER
Dear country mine ! far in that viewless west.
And ocean-warded, strife thou too hast known;
But may thy sun hereafter bloodless shine.
And may thy way be onward without wrath.
And upward on no carcass of the slain;
And if thou smitest let it be for peace
And justice — not in hate, or pride, or lust
» From A Winter Twilight in Provence. Houghton Miffin Company.
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Of Empire. Mayst thou ever be, O land,
Noble and pure as thou art free and strong;
So shalt thou Hft a light for all the world
And for all time, and bring the Age of Peace.
The American tradition points towards international-
ism. Our early settlers, as also many of our later im-
migrants, came to these shores to escape political and
religious warfare, and brought with them a broad hu-
manitarian ideal, an ideal of peace, internationalism,
freedom and equahty. They also brought an antipathy
towards those monarchical and aristocratic institutions,
with which in America we still associate conceptions of
imperialism and war. The simplicity and inherent equal-
ity of our frontier life, its seK-government and its local
independence, tended to reinforce our leaning towards
a peaceful internationalism. Our large spaces, our ease
of movement, our freedom from the militaristic and
excessively nationalistic traditions of the European
Continent influenced us in a like direction, as did also
the merging of many peoples into one nation. — From
American World Policies, by Walter E. Weyl.
The one principle underlying our homogeneous citi-
zenship, composed of so many heterogeneous elements,
is adherence to laws which recognize the brotherhood of
humanity. No citizen who has the welfare of his country
at heart can fail to resp)ect the welfare of his fellows.
Founded on the idea of democracy, which makes every
person responsible for the common good, the United
States is distinctly the nation which can extend the idea
of human brotherhood throughout the world. The union
of our forty-eight States, working together and abiding
by the laws of the Central Government, illustrates one
of the most important conditions in the general work of
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civilization. The principle of federalism implies a desire
to live together peacefully; in it we see the seeds of per-
manent peace between nations.
The prominent part which the United States took in
the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague in
1899 and 1907 was in keeping with the American spirit
of human brotherhood. America had the honor of
opening the Hague Court in 1902, since which time this
international institution has shown on fifteen different
occasions its efficacy in settling disputes between na-
tions. In the past, our country has taken the lead among
the nations in signing treaties of arbitration, and it fell
to one of our Presidents to proclaim the principle of
unlimited arbitration treaties. President Taft said:
"I do not see why even questions of honor may not be
submitted to a tribunal supposed to be composed of men
of honor, who understand questions of honor, and why
the nations should not then abide by the decision,
as well as by the decision regarding any other question
of difference between them."
The modern peace movement began in the United
States in 1815, and since that time our country has
taken the leading part in all the efforts for promoting
the spirit of justice and human brotherhood. To-day,
as we throw our forces into the struggle against aggres-
sion, we are still working for justice and human brother-
hood. As President Wilson says: "We entered this war
because violations of right had occurred which touched
us to the quick and made the life of our own people
impossible unless they were corrected and the world
secured once for all against their recurrence. What we
demand in this war, therefore, is nothing pecuUar to
ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to
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Kve in; and particularly that it be made safe for every
peace-loving nation which, like our own, wishes to live
its own life, determine its own institutions, be assured
of justice and fair deaKng by the other peoples of the
world as against force and selfish aggression."
E«ad:
The Friendship of Nations, Lucile Gulliver. Ginn
&Co.
The First Hague Conferencey Andrew D. White.
World Peace Foundation, Boston.
American Political Ideas, John Fiske. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Significance of the Eighteenth of May, Fannie
Fern Andrews. In Bulletin, 1912, No. 8, United
States Bureau of Education.
Texts of the Peace Conferences at The Hague, 1899
and 1907, James Brown Scott. Ginn & Co.
The New Peace Movement, William I. Hull. World
Peace Foundation, Boston.
Show how the Hague Court of Arbitration, open to
the forty-eight nations of the world, approximately
parallels the Supreme Court of the United States which
has jurisdiction over the forty-eight States of the
Union. (Yearbooks of the American School Peace League,
Fannie Fern Andrews.)
Show how the Interparliamentary Union might
develop into a world legislature. (The Interparlia-
mentary Union, by Christian L. Lange; published by
the American Association for International Concili-
ation, New York.)
What is the business which might come before this
legislature? (International Government, by L. S. Woolf
and The Fabiau Society. Brentano's.)
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Why would a world court and a world legislature pro-
mote world brotherhood?
JUNE: AMERICAN IDEALS YET TO
BE ACHIEVED
THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State !
Sail on, O Union, strong and great !
Humanity with all its fears.
With all the hopes of future years.
Is hanging breathless on thy fate !
We know what Master laid thy keel.
What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel.
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope.
What anvils rang, what hammers beat.
In what a forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope !
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'T is of the wave and not the rock;
'T is but the flapping of the sail.
And not a rent made by the gale !
In spite of rock and tempest's roar.
In spite of false lights on the shore.
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea !
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears.
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.
Are all with thee, — are all with thee!
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PANAMA CANAL TOLLS ^
ELIHU ROOT
It is worth while to be a citizen of a great country, but
size alone is not enough to make a country great. A
country must be great in its ideals; it must be great-
hearted; it must be noble; it must despise and reject all
smallness and meanness; it must be faithful to its word;
it must keep the faith of treaties; it must be faithful to
its mission of civilization in order that it shall be truly
great. It is because we believe that of our country that
we are proud, aye, that the alien with the first step of
his foot upon our soil is proud to be a part of this great
democracy.
To select ideals which are distinctly American in-
volves a careful definition of Americanism, which, as our
previous discussions show, is something tangible and
capable of interpretation. The American spirit, as we
have seen, has been bred by the conditions involved in
subduing a wilderness and marshaling a nation on a vast
continent. Rooted in Old- World ideas freed by the
practical exigencies of life, firm in the expression of a
strong national purpyose and in the construction of law
for its fulfillment, the American spirit looms opti-
mistic, craves progress, seeks tolerance and demands
justice. This is the spirit which reacts on our domestic
institutions and our relations with other countries;
this is the spirit which dominates us in this war for
democracy.
"America means opportunity." This idea is wrought
» "The Obligations of the United State? as to Panama Canal Tolls," a speech in
the United States Senate, January 21, 1913.
324 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
into the fabric of our society. Every person bom into
the citizenship of this nation has an opportunity to do
the work for which he is best fitted. It is for each p>erson
to plan his own career, to estabHsh his position as a
guardian of our national principles.
Universal education is one of our cherished ideals; a
country governed by the masses of the people has the
added responsibility of creating an intelligent populace,
a responsibility which grows keener and keener as we
receive the great influxes from countries where educa-
tion is a luxury for the few, and as we experience the
economic changes of a great and growing country.
Our purpose, then, is to build up a society whose
government stands for justice and whose populace is
the intelligent administrator of justice. With this ideal
embedded in the hearts of the people, the struggle
between labor and capital and all other measures of
internal reform will eventually be adjusted.
The United States is the cosmopolitan nation of the
world. Internationalism is her heritage, and with her
complex population, she has perforce grown up with this
ideal. In this melting-pot of America all the old racial
and hereditary hatreds disappear; here there is no dis-
tinction of common or noble, of high or low.
This cosmopolitan people see very clearly that their
highest ideal cannot be reached so long as justice is
denied to other peoples, for this war has proved that
unless justice be done to others, it will not be done to us.
President Wilson has frankly stated that American
principles and American policies are those of "forward-
looking men and women everywhere of every modern
nation, of every enlightened community. They are the
principles of mankind and must prevail."
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The program of civilization, then, is our program, and
it behooves each and every citizen to throw his energy
into the world struggle against aggression and injustice.
In this hour of test, we should maintain the American
ideal of democracy, so that on the pages of the world's
history, the United States will stand out as a nation
which remained true to its purpose in the service of
humanity.
How would American ideals benefit the world?
Why is the effort to break down militarism consistent
with American ideals?
How would universal education benefit the struggle
for world democracy?
GRADE VIII
THE WORLD FAMILY
BY FANNIE FERN ANDREWS
INTRODUCTION
THE FATHERLAND
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Where is the true man's fatherland?
Is it where he by chance is born?
Doth not the yearning spirit scorn
In such scant borders to be spanned?
Oh yes! his fatherland must be
As the blue heaven wide and free!
Where'er a human heart doth wear
Joy's myrtle-wreath or sorrow's gyves.
Where'er a human spirit strives
After a life more true and fair.
There is the true man's birthplace grand.
His is a world-wide fatherland!
Where'er a single slave doth pine,
Where'er one man may help another, —
Thank God for such a birthright, brother, —
That spot of earth is thine and mine!
There is the true man's birthplace grand.
His is a world-wide fatherland!
The central aim of the first six grades has been to
kindle in the child an appreciation of his duties and
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obligations in his gradually widening life experiences, so
that he may be fired with noble citizenship. The fifth
and sixth grades stimulate love of country by teaching
its heroic beginnings, its composite structure, and the
great principles on which it is founded. The seventh
grade emphasizes the relations of the United States with
the rest of the world and shows that these relations are
closely connected with the development of the American
ideal.
The eighth grade introduces a somewhat new concep-
tion of citizenship, and deals with the larger social
group, the world. Here, the purpose is to show that
civilization progresses by the mutual assistance of all
nations, each making its peculiar contribution. The
course leads to an appreciation of all these efforts, ex-
plains the various agencies which have helped to make
the world a family of nations, and develops the thought
that justice and fair play must exist in any final condi-
tion of international harmony; that the world should
strive toward this goal.
The subject for the year is treated under ten headings,
and the aim has been to show to the teacher, by very
brief statements, the ideas to be developed. All this
should be taken merely as suggestion, however, for the
field is rich in illustration of the forces making for the
federation of the world into one great political family.
THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST^
RUDYARD KIPLING
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain
shall meet.
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judg-
ment Seat;
» Irom The Seven Seas. D. Appleton & G).
328 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed,
nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come
from the ends of the earth !
SEPTEMBER: NATIONAL
CHARACTERISTICS
SONG OF PEACE!
M. K. SCHERMERHORN
Children of one Father
Are the nations all;
"Children mine, beloved,"
Each one doth He call;
Be ye not divided.
All one family;
One in mind and spirit
And in charity.
Wealth and pow'r shall perish.
Nations rise and wane;
Love of others only
Steadfast will remain;
Hate and Greed can never
'Gainst this Love prevail;
It shall stand triumphant
When all else shall fail.
Practically all human problems are the same for all
the world. Though the people of other nations may
vary in the details of their lives, just as life in your
household is different from life in mine, they are
» By permission of the author.
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not really much more different than are we of the same
nation.
The longing for a home was universal among the
peoples in all parts of the world, and thus huts, tents,
and houses were used. The early peoples had many
pleasures. They sang and played musical instruments,
the flute and harp having been used wherever man lived.
Dancing was universal. Simple games or playthings
sprang up in response to the universal desire for play. It
is wonderful to know that these games were the same
among all the early peoples. "Cat*s-cradle," for exam-
ple, which is now played by the children of the whole
world, has amused children and grown folks as far back
as history goes, and was old when the first records of it
were made. We could go on through numerous games
and show that they have been used by the children of
many lands, who invented them to express their desires
for play and without any knowledge of what the others
were doing. There were and are so many nations and
tribes playing games like "London Bridge is Falling
Down" that it would take a book to tell about them all.
Most of these games had their origin in the manners and
customs and religious beliefs of peoples, and they have
continued to be played by the children of all nations,
because children, even of different nationalities, are so
much alike. The story of Cinderella and her glass sUp-
per was first told in Egypt and has delighted the children
of all countries for thousands of years.
Why, if people are so much ahke, are there races and
nationalities.? Conditions under which people live have
varied their habits, customs, and physical characteris-
tics.
In England, we find a most remarkable illustration of
330 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
the influence of environment. The climate gave vigor
to the people; and the mixture of the races that had come
in earlier days made a nation of men with great mental
and physical power. The mineral wealth was sought
after by many nations and did much to make the sub-
sequent development of England possible. Because of
the insular condition, this store of wealth was protected
without great difficulty; and yet the islands were easily
visited for purposes of friendly commerce, and the stores
of wealth were distributed over the world to the profit
of the people of the islands. A commerce was readily
developed, and, largely upon the basis of this, England
became the great naval power of the world, and the
possessor of colonies in every part of the earth. It never
can be told how important an event it was in the devel-
opment of nations, when, in some prehistoric time, the
sea first passed through the English Channel, and sepa-
rated the British Isles from the mainland. With land
connection, the history of Europe and the world might
have been quite different.
When we look at the maps of Europe and America,
two differences of a most striking nature attract our
attention: the one is the extreme irregularity of the
European coast line; the other the great number of
nations in that land. The latter fact dep>ends upon
several causes. The very irregularity of the coast and
the great diversity of the topography have made pos-
sible the development of distinct nations. As the race
was progressing, mountain barriers, and even rivers,
served as boundary lines between separate tribes, and
some of these are preserved to this day. We find Switzer-
land completely inclosed between other nations, because
no ancient tribes could drive these people from their
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mountain fortress. To appreciate the importance of
these influences, one needs but examine a physical map
of Europe, and notice how the mountains and the seas
almost universally serve as boimdaries, and how upon
every peninsula there is one, or more, independent
nation.
This is not so in America, partly because the condi-
tions are not so diverse, but chiefly because the settle-
ment of America was made by races which had already
developed. In America, the invigorating climate, the
necessity of work, and the great natural resources de-
veloped a race which has become renowned for its vigor
and energy.
It is the difference of environment, then, that has
developed different national characteristics. And this
very difference, the scientists tell us, has mingled
different peoples into orife nation.
Suggestions for stvdy
For an illustration of the diversification that took place
in the work of primitive man, read "The Story of
Ung," by Rudyard Kipling, in The Seven Seas. D.
Appleton & Co.
The meaning of the American flag is richly set forth by
William I. Hull in his chapter on the "American
Flag," in The New Peace Movement, World Peace
Foundation, Boston. See also Encyclopedia Britan-
nica — "Flags"; Andrew Macgeorge, Flags, their
History and Uses. Blackie & Son. Makers of the
Flag, Franklin K. Lane. The Battle Line of Democ-
racy, published by The Committee on PubHc In-
formation.
Let the pupils trace the influence of environment on dif-
332 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
ferent nations, like that given above for England. Let
them show, for example, how Italy's isolation from
other countries has affected her development; why the
shores of the Mediterranean have been the center of
progress for the human race; how the rocky coast of
Scandinavia developed the roving Northmen, etc.
For a poetical account of the American character, see
Kipling's "An American," in The Seven Seas, D.
Appleton & Co.
Reading for the teacher
Beyond War, Vernon L. Kellogg. Henry Holt & Co.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore, C. Peabody. Har-
vard University.
Folkways, W. G. Sumner. Ginn & Co.
The World's Peoples, Augustus Henry Keane. G. P.
Putnam's Sons.
History of Civilization, chap, ii, Buckle. The Macmillan
Co.
The Leading Facts of English History, chaps, i and ii,
David H. Montgomery. Ginn & Co.
Consult standard physical geographies,
OCTOBER: EACH NATION'S
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD
ODE SUNG AT THE OPENING OF THE
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
ALFRED TENNYSON
Harvest-tool and husbandry.
Loom and wheel and engin'ry.
Secrets of the sullen mine.
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Steel and gold, and com and wine.
Fabric rough, or Fairy fine.
Sunny tokens of the Line,
Polar marvels, and a feast
Of wonder out of West and East,
And shapes and hues of Art divine!
All of beauty, all of use.
That one fair planet can produce, '
Brought from under every star.
Blown from over every main.
And mixt, as life is mixt with pain.
The works of peace with works of war.
The world would not be as it is to-day if all peoples,
those who have been and those who are, had not given
to it of their own thou^t, products, and inventions.
Some people speak of American civilization or European
civilization as if they were distinct things, but each has
borrowed so much from the other and from the Orient
that there is really only one type. Our civilization prac-
tically dates from the days when Greece became a great
country several centuries before Christ. The Romans
learned what the Greeks knew and added many impor-
tant things that they themselves invented or worked out.
The total of these is what is called Roman civilization,
and Europe received that legacy of knowledge from
Rome, adding to it all the while. America profited by all
that Eiu*ope knew and has added its share. In past days
these increases of knowledge traveled very slowly, but
that is no longer true. A great discovery in China will be
described in the newspapers the morning after it is
announced in Peking, and within a very short time the
whole world can make use of it.
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The various inventions which have contributed to the
progress of the world have been the gifts of many
nations. From an Egyptian came the idea of the alpha-
bet. The Phoenicians, who were great travelers, picked
up this knowledge from the Egyptians and carried it to
the Greeks. The Romans learned the alphabet from the
Greeks, changed it somewhat, used it themselves, and
passed it down to us of this day. It was the Egyptians
who first learned to make paper from a plant called
papyrus, from which it took its name. This being very
expensive, there arose a demand in the Middle Ages for
cheaper methods of manufacturing books. This demand
was met by a kind of paper, which had been known in
China as early as 123 b.c. and which was introduced into
Europe by the Arabs in 712 a.d. Printing was known to
the Chinese as early as 1100 a.d., but was independently
invented in Europe about 1450, which is the date of the
first book which was printed, a copy of the whole Bible,
by John Gutenberg. To Europe is given the credit for
the important invention of printing by the movable
types. In the early part of the nineteenth century
printing was mostly done by hand, but in 1814 the
London Times invented a piece of machinery which
made it possible to print one thousand papers an hour.
In 1848, the Walter press, which printed from a roll of
paper rather than single sheets, was set up in the Times
office and produced ten thousand papers an hour.
Robert Hoe, an American, improved this idea until now
one hundred and fifty thousand newspapers can be
printed in one hour. Preparing type for printing was
much facilitated by an invention of a German- American
watchmaker, named Ottmar Mergenthaler. He came to
this country and began working on a plan for a machine
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which would arrange type in words. His machine is called
a linotype, because it assembles pieces of type in a line
and then casts a solid piece of metal impressed vdth. their
forms. This and other machines have made possible the
vast amoimt of printing which is now done and which
renders all knowledge available even to the poorest.
The compass, which enabled the Spanish, Italians,
English, and Portuguese to make their discoveries of
new lands, was probably first used by a Chinese king
about 2000 B.C. and was brought to the attention of
Europe by an Italian in 1269 a.d. The invention of
the steam engine can be traced, first, to a Frenchman,
then to an Englishman, and finally to James Watt, the
Scotchman; while steam navigation owes its first start
to the American, Robert Fulton, although it remained
for the Swedish-American, John Ericsson, to put into
use the screw propeller, making possible the great liners
of to-day which contribute powerfully to encourage
travel and thus to foster the friendship of nations. We
might mention also the steam locomotive, invented by
the Englishman, George Stephenson; the cotton-gin,
invented by the American, Eli Whitney; the telegraph,
first brought into use by the American, Samuel F. B.
Morse; the telephone, first rudely constructed by a
German, but put into practical use by the American,
Alexander Graham Bell; and the wireless telegraph, per-
fected by the yoimg Italian, WiUiam Marconi. And if
we should study the progress of electricity, we should
find that its development is due to many nations.
America, England, Germany, France, Italy, Austria,
and Russia have all contributed; in fact, all the Euro-
pean nations have helped to make electricity the servant
of man which it is to-day. All this shows how the world
336 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
to-day is a scientific unit and how the investigations of a
man in one country contribute to the good of mankind in
all countries.
Suggestions for study
Read: Stories of Useful InventionSy Samuel E. Forman
(Century Co.). For the story of the invention
of paper. Introduction to the Literature of Europe,
chap. I, Henry Hallam (Harper & Bros.). For
printing, ibid.y chap, iii, sect, ii; also the forty-
thousandth-edition number of the London Times,
September 10, 1912, published in book form by
the Times.
For Fulton, Whitney, Morse, and Edison see Four Amer-
ican Inventors, Francis M. Perry (American Book
Co.) ; Makers of America, Fanny E. Coe (American
Book Co.); History of England, vol. i, chap, ii,
Thomas Babington Macaulay. (Houghton Mifflin
Co.).
For the history of architecture, sculpture, painting, and
music read The World^s Discoverers, William H.
Johnson (Little, Brown & Co.); Stories of Art and
Artists, Clara Erskine Clement (Houghton Mifflin
Co.) ; Do the Arts Make for Peace, Frank J. Mather
(Publication of the American Association for Inter-
national Conciliation, February, 1912).
Consult General History, Philip Van Ness Myers (Ginn &
Co.), chap. II, Egypt; chap, iii, Chaldea; chap, iv,
Assyria; chap, viii, Persia; chaps, xviii-xxi, Greece;
chap. XXXI, Rome; chap, xlvi, Renaissance; Conclu-
sion.
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NOVEMBER: "ABOVE ALL NATIONS
IS HUMANITY"
MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER
SAADI
When fortune brings distress upon one member.
The peace of all the others is destroyed.
O thou, who art careless of thy fellow's grief.
It fits not thou should'st bear the name of man.
THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN^
RUDYARD KIPLING
Take up the White Man's burden —
The savage wars of peace —
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease.
In olden times, people considered those not of their
own tribe or nation as natural enemies, and while they
loved and aided one another, believed it was their good
fortune when disaster came upon the foreigner. The
Greeks called "barbarians" all people who were not
Greeks, and their writings are full of expressions of joy
because disaster befell these people.
For over a century now the idea of democracy has been
making headway in the world. Behind it lies the convic-
tion that every person is of value to the community and
that each has rights and duties because he is a member
of the community. This feeling, which has fostered
» Collected Verse. Doubleday, Page & Co.
338 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
national unity, and which has resulted in our great
modern nations, has given strong impetus to the feeling
of brotherhood which religion teaches.
In 1854 the idea of human brotherhood was strikingly
impressed upon the world. The heroic services of
Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War put a new
aspect on the meaning of warfare and established for all
time humane treatment of the sick and woxmded on the
battle-field. The world owes a debt of gratitude to
Henri Dunant, a Swiss, who, after the terrible battle of
Solferino, began a campaign to organize an interna-
tional organization to aid the sick and wounded in
battle. Through his efforts, the Swiss Government
issued a call on June 6, 1864, for an international con-
ference to discuss the matter. This Conference signed a
document, known as the "Red Cross Convention,"
from the badge of its workers, whose provisions set down
principles for the care of the sick and wounded on the
battle-field. The rights and privileges of Red Cross
workers have now been extended to maritime warfare.
Above all nations is humanity, then, even in time of
war. Equally useful, however, is the aid of the Red
Cross in times of peace. A few years ago an earthquake
shook down the buildings and homes of San Francisco;
fire broke out in the ruins and the principal parts of the
city were destroyed. Thousands were homeless, foodless,
penniless. The telegraph carried the news of the dis-
aster to every corner of the world, and all peoples sym-
pathized with the fate of the San Franciscans and hur-
ried aid to the city. Distant countries telegraphed
money; all sections of the United States rushed supplies,
and the Red Cross was ready at a moment's notice to
take its part in performing relief services.
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War, pestilence, famine, floods, fires, and other
national calamities are the things for which the relief
work of the Red Cross is designed to offer help. National
societies are organized with many local societies con-
nected with them working under their direction. They
collect stores of hospital and ambulance materials and,
when the occasion arises, nurses and relief workers are
rushed to the scene, acting on the spot for the kind-
hearted world which can put its sympathies into action
only through such an organization. In all the Americas,
Europe, Asia, Africa, and the isles of the sea, the Red
Cross rushes to assist the unfortunate without asking
about the race or religion of the victims of disaster.
The Spanish-American War campaign of the Red
Cross is an excellent example of its missions of mercy.
During the summer of 1897 reports began to come out of
Cuba of the great suffering among the people of that
island, who were in revolt against Spain. A large num-
ber of men were in the field fighting, but other men, and
the women and children, were taking no part in the
struggle. The Spanish authorities, in order to weaken
the resistance of the rebels, began to collect these men,
women, and children in the seacoast towns under mili-
tary control. Thousands were forced to leave their
homes and their means of Hvelihood to go to the city,
where no work was obtainable and little, if any, pro-
vision made for their care. The Spanish authorities
thought in this way to destroy the means of resistance
by depriving the rebellious Cubans of their families and
the aid that reached them from their many sympa-
thizers. But the people thus carried from home did not
serve to lessen the strength of the rebellious spirit, and
because they were herded in towns without means of
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support or even food, a pitiable situation arose which
aroused the world. Thousands began to die for want of
food or from sickness contracted in unwholesome sur-
roundings; hundreds of thousands were in want. The
United States Congress took up the matter of relief for
Cubans, appeals were made to kind-hearted people, and
early in 1898 the Red Cross began to send food to the
unfortunates. The railroads transported these supplies
free, the steamship companies carried them without
charge to Cuba, and there the Red Cross distributed
them. This work was under the authority and with the
aid of the Government.
The outbreak of the war changed the character but
not the beneficence of the work of the Red Cross. On
the Spanish side the Red Cross of that country was
equally active, and it was felt that there was necessity
for the American and Spanish organizations to cooperate
on the battle-field. The Duke of Palmella, head of the
Red Cross of Portugal, suggested to the societies of the
United States and Spain that his organization stood
ready to act as the go-between for the two bodies of
humane workers. On the battle-fields and everywhere
that war made itself felt, the Spanish and American Red
Cross workers helped each other in their humanitarian
work. In a dozen camps the Red Cross workers, with-
out enmity and only with the purpose of aiding those
in need, ministered to the wants of sick and well, friend
and enemy. The Red Cross societies of Europe and
Asia gave freely of money to help out the Spanish and
American societies, assisting both sides.
When the full account is written of the Red Cross
activities in the present war, the greatest chapter of
human brotherhood will have been given to the world.
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Suggestions for study
Read to the class: 2 Kings, chaps, xxiv and xxv; His^
tory of the Red Cross, by Clara Barton (American
Historical Press), and "The Red Cross,*' in An
American Book of Golden Deeds, James Baldwin
(American Book Co.).
Tell the story of Florence Nightingale; see "Lives of
Famous Women,'* by Sarah K. Bolton, and The Chil-
dren's Hour, edited by Eva March Tappan, vol. viii,
p. 467 (Houghton Mifflin Co.). How did the Red
Cross come into existence? Who prompted its form-
ation? How does its work in time of peace differ from
that in war-time? Tell of some of its activities. Does
its work cover the world?
Reading for the teacher
Quo Vadis, Henry Sienkiewicz. Little, Brown & Co.
Asia and Europe, p. 261, Meredith Townsend. G. P.
Putnam's Sons.
First Booh of World Law, p. 251, Raymond L. Bridg-
man. Ginn & Co.
The Origin of the Red Cross, by Mrs. David H. Wright;
translation of Un Souvenir de Solferino, by Henri
Dunant. John C. Winston, Philadelphia.
Apply to National Red Cross, Washington, D.C., for
descriptions of work, reports, etc.
On the Russo-Japanese War see Human Bullets,
Tadayoshi Sakurai. Houghton Mifflin Co.
On the Balkan War see The Wounded. World Peace
Foundation, Boston.
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DECEMBER: INTERDEPENDENCE OF
NATIONS
THE PEACE OF DIVES ^
RUDYARD KIPLING
So I make a jest of Wonder, and a mock of Time and
Space,
The roofless Seas an hostel, and the Earth a market-
place.
Where the anxious traders know
Each is surety for his foe.
And none may thrive without his fellows* grace.
We think nothing of sitting down to a breakfast table
on which appear bananas from Central America, oranges
from California or Florida, coffee from Arabia or Brazil,
oatmeal made from grain grown in the Dakotas or
Canada. We are quite unconscious of this cosmopolitan
center, and take for granted our connection with the
whole world through the morning newspaper. Our cot-
ton clothes may be made from fiber grown in the
United States, Egypt, India, Brazil, and other coun-
tries. Our woolen clothing may have come from the
back of an Austrahan or Western sheep; our shoes
from a hide sent from Argentina or the Western ranges.
Yet it is not long that this ready interchange of products
has been possible, for it was only when the inventions
that gave the world swift locomotion — the steam
engine, the locomotive, the steamship with its screw
propeller, the telegraph and telephone and the mail
service by rail and water — it was only when these
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came that one part of the world could enjoy the good
things native in other parts of the world. We think
nothing of sending a message around the world in a few
seconds by wireless telegraphy; of boarding a train in
New York on Monday morning and eating breakfast
in San Francisco on Friday morning; and of sailing
from New York and reaching London before the week is
past. Forty years ago the clever Frenchman who wrote
under the name of Jules Verne told the story of how
Phineas Fogg made a wager that he could go round the
world in eighty days and how he just managed to win his
bet. Now one can go around the world in less than forty
days, half the time that Fogg needed forty years ago,
and no doubt some one soon will reduce the time to
thirty. All of this is wonderful to think of, and it has
had a wonderful result. For centuries and centuries
people lived and died without ever leaving a small
district, a county, or perhaps a state. Before the war
the people of the world traveled constantly, so that
every country contained many inhabitants who were
not of that country. The United States contains people
from every country of the world, and several countries
have contributed more than a million persons each to
the population.
The distribution of the products of the world before
the war illustrates the close interdependence of nations.
Great Britain received at least half of its food supply
from other lands, from Canada, the United States,
Russia, Rumania, South Africa, and Argentina. She
depended upon those nations for the very food that
kept her people alive. The typewriter, an American
invention, was sold by one company alone in nearly
forty countries of the world. One country's money was
314 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
used in every part of the world to earn other money for
its owners and to do useful work wherever it was needed.
Mexican railroads had been built by Americans, African
railroads by Great Britain, Asiatic railroads by Ger-
many and other countries. North African railroads by
France. All the American countries were together
building railroads that would take the traveler and carry
goods from New York almost to the end of South
America. Mines of precious stones in South Africa had
been developed by the British; other mines elsewhere by
the moneyed men of other nations. Over one billion
dollars of American money had been invested in Mexico,
while Europeans owned about the same amount of
property in that country. Great Britain had about
twenty-five billion dollars invested outside the British
Isles, and the other principal European countries also
had many billions invested beyond their own borders.
This money went to South America, Asia, Africa, and
Europe itself to do useful work and to help bring the
standards of civilized endeavor up to the best examples
of America and Europe. Altogether there was probably
fifty billion dollars of the money of different countries
invested in undertakings in other countries. The sum
is so vast that it can scarcely be appreciated.
The introduction of the railroad, steamship, and tele-
graph made the exchange of information much easier
and quicker than it was before. Postage was once
charged according to the distance a letter was sent, and
if it went to a foreign country there was an additional
charge on that account. Business men complained of
these inconveniences, and those which could be altered
by each nation were gradually rectified. Then in a
note of August 4, 1862, Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-
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General in Lincoln's administration, proposed to all
the nations that they frame an agreement among them-
selves to make the mail service more eflBcient. The re-
sult of this American suggestion was that the postal
departments of fourteen countries sent men to Paris to
talk over the matter, and they reached an agreement
about methods "to facilitate the relations of peoples
with peoples by means of the postal service." The
scheme that had been worked out was so successful that
in 1869 the German Government proposed that it be
developed. As a result, an International Postal Con-
gress met at Berne, Switzerland, five years later, with
representatives from twenty-five nations. On October
8, 1874, the delegates signed the constitution of what is
now the Universal Postal Union and arranged for a per-
manent bureau at Berne through which all their busi-
ness with each other was to be transacted. The organi-
zation was such that the whole world contributed to
the support of the bureau, which received regular re-
ports concerning the work of the four hundred thousand
post-offices in the world.
Great changes will take place after the war. States-
men and economists are now at work on the readjust-
ment of the economic fife of the world. The war has
proved the necessity for an international organization
which will control immigratio^, investments, loans and
the development of the backward regions of the earth.
International Commissions on Trade and Investments,
in all backward countries, are advocated. As prece-
dents, we might mention those on the Danube, at Con-
stantinople, at Alexandria, and in the Congo.
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Suggestions for study
How do the nations normally depend upon each other?
Illustrate from your daily life, clothes, foodstuffs.
Can the nations communicate easily with one an-
other? In what ways? Does one country help to
develop others? Do the nations desire each other's
products? Does the United States sell abroad? Do
we buy from other countries? Do learned men of one
country have an interest in those of other countries?
How is it made easy for you to send a letter to China
or Europe?
Consider the importance of world commerce as a means
of bringing the nations together in peaceful pursuits.
What things in recent years have tended to facilitate
and increase trade between nations? What do we
mean by financial interdependence of nations? Name
some examples in recent history where nations found
they could not enter upon war without serious self-
injury. What is the Pan-American Union? What does
it include? What part does the United States play
in its organization, and what ends is it intended to
secure?
To illustrate the first important piece of international
finance, tell the story of the four sons of Mayer Roths-
child. See Encyclopaedia, or The Rothschilds, John
Reeves (Low, London). Unseen Empire, David Starr
Jordan (American Unitarian Association, 1912).
Some interesting books from which to read to the class
are: How the World is Fed, and How the World is
Clothed, Frank George Carpenter (American Book
Co.); How We are Clothed, How We are Fed, How We
Travel, Chamberlain (The Macmillan Co.); The
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Friendship of Nations, chap, vi, Lucile Gulliver (Ginn
& Co.).
For texts of conventions, see The First Book of World
Law, Raymond L. Bridgman (World Peace Founda-
tion).
Describe the International Bureau of Weights and Meas-
ures, Public International Unions, p. 35, Paul S.
Reinsch (Ginn & Co.). The First Book of World Law,
p. 257, Raymond L. Bridgman.
Describe the International Telegraphic Union at
Beme. Public International Unions, pp. 15-20, 176-
78, Paul S. Reinsch. The First Book of World Law, p.
264, Raymond L. Bridgman.
Describe the International Institute of Agriculture at
Rome. Public International Unions, pp. 51-55, Paul
S. Reinsch. Write to your Congressman for reports of
work and activities.
Under "Universal Postal Union," read Public Interna'
iional Unions, pp. 21-28, Paul S. Reinsch. The First
Book of World Law, p. 17, Raymond L. Bridgman.
Reference may be made to commercial geographies.
On travel, compare conditions, described in Touring in
1600, by E. S. Bates (Houghton Mifflin Co.), with
those of to-day.
See in general The Development of the International
Spirit, by Hon. William A. Weir, Lake Mohonk Con-
ference on International Arbitration, 1911, p. 197;
The Federation of the World, by Benjamin F. True-
blood (Houghton Mifflin Co.); The International
Mind, Nicholas Murray Butler (Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York).
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JANUARY: JUSTICE AND HONOR
BETWEEN NATIONS
MAGNANIMITY
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations.
Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and
morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good
policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of
a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great
nation to give to mankind the magnanimous and too
novel example of a people always guided by an exalted
justice and benevolence.
When people live closely together, justice toward one
another is essential. It is the same with larger communi-
ties. Cities dealing with cities, states with states, nations
with nations, must found their action on broad princi-
ples of justice. History tells us of a time when justice
was confined to the nation to which one belonged and
it was then a maxim that "strange air made a man
unfree," — that is, no justice was to be given to the
man who was out of his own country. Justice in those
days, too, depended largely on the privileges of freedom,
and the man who was out of his own country was liable
to be made a slave. The old Romans, when they con-
quered another nation in war, made their captives pass
under a yoke as a sign of bondage; and toward the man
who had passed under the yoke, the Roman did not feel
that he had to act with that sense of justice that marked
his action toward his fellow Roman citizens.
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Before the year 1648 the Roman idea that one nation
was superior to all others prevailed. That year saw the
close of the Thirty Years* War, a tremendous struggle
between the various parts of Europe for dominion over
one another. The Peace of WestphaUa in 1648 marked
the change from the old system to a new and better one.
At the great meetings of diplomats which made that
peace, there was much rivalry as to which nation should
be considered most important. Each secretly considered
itself superior to the others, and none would admit any
inferiority. It seems to us a foohsh kind of argument,
but it was very serious then. The result was that all the
nations which were independent, or, as they were called,
sovereign, were recognized as equal. Thus the largest
nation agreed to treat the smallest just as well as it
would its big neighbor who might be able to whip it in
war. It was nothing less than applying the Golden
Rule, "Do unto others as you would that they should
do imto you," to the relations between nations. No
longer could it be said, as the great Hugo Grotius had
written in 1625, that "for those who have supreme
power, the equity is where the strength is." Henceforth
justice was to play a greater part in the affairs of
nations.
Just as in the case of individuals before the courts, it
was now recognized that nations should receive justice
from each other regardless of their relative wealth,
power, or position; but for almost two centuries after
the Peace of Westphalia that system of equahty among
nations was confined to Europe.
On July 4, 1776, the American Congress in the
Declaration of Independence declared "that these
united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and
350 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
independent states; . . . and that as free and inde-
pendent states, they have full power to levy war, con-
clude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and
to do all other acts and things which independent states
may of right do." On February 6, 1778, France, by
means of a treaty of alliance, recognized the United
States as a sovereign nation, this recognition being the
first admission of a non -European territory into the
family of nations. After the Revolution was over, all
the other European nations admitted the sovereignty
of the United States.
Many instances could be cited to explain the meaning
of justice between nations, but perhaps the case of China
and the Powers affords as striking an illustration as we
could select. After the open hostility to foreigners in
1900, a secret society, called the Boxers, was organ-
ized to drive out the foreigners and to destroy the Chris-
tians among the Chinese. It looked as if China would
be cut up and parceled out among the European nations,
whose citizens were in danger. But the American
Secretary of State, John Hay, on July 3, 1900, sent a
note to the Powers, declaring that it was the policy of
the United States to preserve China for the Chinese, and
asking that the other Powers agree to the same action.
This policy was adopted, and in return China dispersed
the Boxers and punished the guilty officials. But when
the demand came for a money indemnity, the United
States protested against the injustice of the amount of
the claims, between four hundred and five hundred
millions, declaring that China could not afford to pay
such a huge sum. China recognized the justice of
paying an indemnity, which was finally fixed at three
hundred and thirty-three millions.
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When, however, China decided to adopt what was
good in Western civilization, the United States in 1908
showed her friendship and justice toward this great
Eastern nation by remitting that part of the Boxer
indemnity which remained unpaid. The share of the
United States was originally twenty-five million dollars.
China felt very grateful. She sent a high official to the
United States to thank our people for this act of friend-
ship; but she did more. She had already realized the
value of Western education and decided not to use the
money which the United States had remitted to her, for
her own purposes, but to use it in training her young
men in the learning of the West, so that they would be
able to conduct her public affairs in more modern ways.
Beginning with 1909, one hundred students, chosen for
their ability, were to be sent each year to the United
States for four years, or until 1913, to acquire the best
education which they could from our colleges. From
1913 on to 1940 the number sent each year was to be
fifty, since each student remains here for several years,
and about five hundred are in the country all the time.
This scheme is being carried out, and the result is that
many Chinese are learning our ways and are returning
to their native coimtry to become leaders of their fellow
citizens.
Honor between nations should impel them to acts of
justice and to fair treatment. They should be ashamed
to do otherwise, to act meanly. National honor is well
illustrated in the case of the United States and Cuba.
Cuba was for a long time a Spanish possession, but
under Spanish rule the people of the island were not
treated well and their progress was not rapid. Spain had
an obsolete idea that a colony was a territory from
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which the mother country should get all it could, let-
ting the people shift as they might. Conditions in Cuba
were bad, and an insurrection occurred. It was opposed
by Spain with means so cruel that the American people
were aroused, and the final result was the Spanish-
American War, which resulted in the freedom of Cuba.
It would have been natural enough if the United States
had stepped into the place of Spain and made Cuba her
colony. But the United States had given her word that
Cuba should be free, and that she would only superin-
tend the erection of self-governing institutions among
the people. After the war was over, United States
troops and officials occupied the island for a time and
conducted its business. They did all they could to train
the Cubans to conduct their own affairs, and finally the
people of Cuba drew up a constitution which they sub-
mitted to the United States for approval. It met that
approval, but it was feared that the government might
not go smoothly, and so the United States insisted that
in case of trouble this country should have the right of
stepping in. Sure enough, after Cuba had been run-
ning its own affairs for a time, matters got into such
a state that America had to take charge for a while.
When the American troops were leaving the island.
President Estrada Palma said:^ "We are in the pres-
ence of the most extraordinary fact recorded in the
annals of universal history. We are here to see off from
our shores the remainder of the troops of the United
States left in Cuba after helping us to secure our
independence and the blessing of freedom. They could
stay longer under any pretext whatever, they could
serve to impose upon us an unjust demand, but the
» Foreign Relations of the United States, 1904, pp. 2S8-S9. Edited by the Denart-
ment of State. Government Printing Office.
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Government of the United States, identified with the
hberal spirit and noble character of the American people,
is willing, on the contrary, to prove the disinterest and
sincerity of the aid rendered us, showing at the same
time that we have, as an independent people, the confi-
dence of one of the most powerful nations on earth."
Suggestions for study
What must happen when people come closely in con-
tact with each other? Is this principle recognized
between nations? What are independent nations
called? How do they consider each other? When did
they agree on this? Why? When did the United
States claim membership in the family of nations?
When did she receive membership? What was the
next great change in the family of nations? What
countries were affected by this change? Are nations
as just toward each other as people are toward each
other? Ought they to be? Show how justice has been
done to China by the United States; by the world.
How did the United States treat Cuba? Relate the
facts. Is there as much reason for going to war now
as there was in ancient or in mediaeval days? Is there
a higher standard of international morality than there
was in the ancient or mediaeval world? What com-
mon obligations have the nations in their relations to
one another? What relation, if any, is there be
tween the military power of a nation and the right-
eousness of a cause?
On the family of nations, see International Justice,
George Grafton Wilson (Social Service Series of
American Baptist Publication Society).
On the open door in China, see World Politics, pp. 176-
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178, Paul S. Reinsch (The Macmillan Co.) ; History for
Ready Reference, vol. vi, p. 102, J. N. Lamed (C. A.
Nichols Co., Springfield).
On the Boxer affair, see History for Ready Reference, vol.
VI, pp. 115^., J. N. Lamed. The Memoirs of Li Hung
Chang, chap, xv (Houghton Mifflin Co.). China's
Story, chaps, xxiii-xxiv, William Eliot Griffis
(Houghton Mifflin Co.).
FEBRUARY: EFFECTS OF WAR
BETWEEN NATIONS
THE RED CROSS SPIRIT SPEAKS *
JOHN FINLEY
Wherever war, with its red woes.
Or flood, or fire, or famine goes.
There, too, go I;
If earth in any quarter quakes
Or pestilence its ravage makes.
Thither I fly.
The cross which on my arm I wear.
The flag which o'er my breast I bear.
Is but the sign
Of what you *d sacrifice for him
Who suffers on the heUish rim
Of war's red fine.
Once to every man and nation comes the moment to
decide.
In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or
evil side;
» From " The Battle Line qf Democracy," published by the Committee on Public
lolormation.
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Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the
bloom or bHght,
Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon
the right;
And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and
that light.
James Russell Lowell.
"I would that wars should cease,
I would the globe from end to end
Might sow and reap in peace,
And some new Spirit o'erbear the old.
Or Trade refrain the Powers
From war with kindly links of gold.
Or Love with wreaths of flowers.
Slav, Teuton, Kelt, I count them all
My friends and brother souls.
With all the peoples, great and small.
That wheel between the poles.
But since our mortal shadow, 111,
To waste this earth began —
Perchance from some abuse of Will.
In worlds before the man
Involving ours — he needs must fight
To make true peace his own.
He needs must combat might with might.
Or Might would rule alone."
Tennyson.
The highly organized trench fighting of the present
war, in which millions have been killed and wounded,
offers a strange contrast to the famous charge of the
British Light Brigade at Balaklava on October 25, 1854.
That charge consumed twenty-five minutes of actual
fighting, and history records that every minute of it
took eight lives.
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War, as illustrated in the Russo-Japanese conflict,
ceased to be a matter of mere dashing against the enemy.
The great battle of Mukden in February and March,
1905, shows a certain type of modern warfare. The
battle began on February 16 and raged for nineteen
days. The forces that confronted each other numbered
about eight hundred and fifty thousand men, and they
were spread over a front one hundred miles wide. The
commanders were miles to the rear of their troops, con-
nected with each part of their forces by telephone,
keeping track of their movements on maps and giving
orders by telephone. This battle was a game of chess
played by the generals. The first reports said that the
Russians lost thirty thousand men dead, over one hun-
dred thousand wounded, and about forty thousand
prisoners, out of about three hundred and seventy-five
thousand engaged. The Japanese admitted fifty thou-
sand casualties in four hundred thousand men. Two
months later, in the naval battle of Tsushima, the fate
of three thousand men was sealed in less than three
hours.
But war has other effects beside the wounding and
killing of men. With so much commerce going on be-
tween nations, the slightest disturbance anywhere in the
world makes a business loss of thousands of dollars.
When this condition came to be recognized, it had a pro-
found effect on the war system. When two nations went
to war, the others were no longer willing to be interfered
with in their business. So the nations began to divide
in the case of war into belligerents and neutrals. By
declaring neutrality, a nation avoids as much as possi-
ble the disturbance which war creates, but the effect
of war on neutrals may mount up to large proportions
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as is shown in the extraordinary events of the present
war. An example of this is also shown in the war be-
tween Italy and Turkey. When the Italian fleet ap>-
proached the Dardanelles to make an attack on Con-
stantinople, the Turkish authorities planted submarine
mines to blow up the Italian warships, and as a matter
of safety held up all shipping about to pass through the
straits. Above the straits millions of bushels of Russian
and Rumanian grain were awaiting shipment to England
and other countries; there, also awaiting shipment, were
the great supplies of petroleum which Russia furnishes
to European markets. But the closing of the straits by
Turkey, owing to Italy's threatened attack, made it
impossible for these supplies to be moved. On May 2,
1912, as many as one hundred and eighty-five vessels
were anchored around Constantinople. Russia was los-
ing millions of dollars because her grain could not be
moved, and much of it was spoihng. From April 18 to
May 18 no vessel was allowed to pass through the straits,
and altogether the closing of these straits cost neutral
nations, who had no concern in the war, as much as one
hundred and fifty million dollars. Those neutral nations
protested, and the result was that Italy was unable to
carry out her plan of attacking Constantinople. War
had to give way to the pursuits of peace.
Were Justice the unswerving rule of the nations, the
world would no longer be subjected to interference with
commercial and industrial progress, the depletion of
national treasuries, the set-back to scientific and cultural
progress, the destruction of the world's art treasures, to
say nothing of human suffering, distress and want and
private griefs which always follow in the wake of war.
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Suggestions for study
Why does war exist? Can it be avoided? Do nations
want war? Why do they maintain armies and navies?
Did kings in former times seek to avoid war? Who
controls nations now? When war occurs what are
the peaceful nations called? Do they suffer? Illus-
trate. What does the war system cost? Does it ac-
complish a necessary modern purpose? What are
the only right reasons for going to war? Contrast
the method of war with that of the Court.
Apply to American School Peace League, 405 Marl-
borough St., Boston, for illustrative literature. If
great nations wage war upon each other, in what
ways are other nations affected, and why? What evil
effects have proceeded from war besides death,
wounds, and physical suffering?
Reading for the teacher
On modem war, see "The Most Up-to-Date Business —
War," by Frederick Palmer, in McClure's Magazine,
September, 1913, vol. xli. The Future of War, part i,
chaps. I, III, V, VI ; part ii, chaps, v-vii, Jean de
Bloch. World Peace Foundation.
Read: A Voyage to Lilliputy chap, v, Jonathan Swift,
' R.L.S. No. 89. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Great Captains, Theodore A. Dodge. Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Forces Warring against War, p. 15, Havelock
Ellis. World Peace Foundation.
Friendship of Nations, pp. 16, 17, 18, 100, 166,
167, 193, 208, 209, 218, 219, 220, Lucile Gul-
liver. Ginn & Co.
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MARCH: GROWTH OF LAW AS AN
AGENCY FOR PROMOTING
GOOD wn.L
Peace is the permanence of law. Under peace the
affairs of nations as well as the affairs of individual men
will be settled by judges, or by juries, or by both.
David Starr Jordan.
Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-
flags were furl'd
In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
Alfred Tennyson in "Locksley Hall."
We do not know when the people of the earth first
began to have laws. All that we know is that the study
of ancient history constantly reveals codes of law of
earlier and earlier dates. Egypt, Assyria, and Chaldea
had laws, many of which differ but little from our own of
to-day.
Why did people in those far-off times have laws?
They found them necessary, in order to live together
peaceably, for laws are a means to secure justice. When
families began to have dealings with other families, they
became a tribe, and the strongest man of the tribe be-
came its chief. When the chief made a decision which
seemed right and just to the tribe, that decision resulted
in the growth of a custom for the tribe; and that custom
was law. When the tribes were closely united among
themselves, they reached out to control other tribes.
Each obeyed the customs it had found good, and each
stood together. When the chief decided that it would
benefit his tribe if it could conquer another, all the
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tribesmen went out with him and loyally fought for the
glory of their own people. After a while, many tribes were
conquered and there resulted larger units, or nations, in
which it became customary to recognize single rulers, or
kings, and this custom became a general law.
It was not until the latter part of the sixteenth cen-
tury that the relations of nations came to be a matter of
study for scholars or to be subject to rules that might by
any stretch of the imagination be accepted as genuine
law. Hugo Grotius, a brilliant Dutchman, was the first
to reduce the rules which existed in his time to a sound
basis. His great work. The Rights of War and Peace, was
published in 1625. In this book he sought to state the
rules which should govern the relations between nations.
In doing this he followed what he called the law of
nature, or "natural human law," which corresponds in
all essentials to the customs which were followed by
early peoples and which in time hardened into rules of
law.
We have seen how the Treaty of Westphalia solved
many problems that had been troubling Europe. From
this treaty is dated the modern period of diplomatic his-
tory. Among other things, it laid the basis for freedom
in religious matters, and established the principle of the
independent or sovereign state, two most essential ele-
ments in securing justice in the family of nations. From
that time until the present, international law has devel-
oped, and this is due to the rapid growth of international
relations, and the consequent sense of world unity with a
world will and a world conscience.
Fifty years ago the slave trade in Africa outraged the
best instincts of all civilized peoples, who were agreed
that it should be stopped. It was a question on which all
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civiKzed nations felt the same, and in 1885 at Berlin
means were taken by the nations as a whole to prevent
it. In 1890, at Brussels, Belgium, the nations made a
general treaty to carry out the principles agreed upon at
Berlin, and as a result it is now imlawf ul for the citizens
of any Christian nation to traffic in slaves.
The rapid means of communication has made it neces-
sary for the nations to protect themselves against flight
from justice by an individual. All nations recognize
that when a man commits a crime in one coimtry and
flees to another, he should not escape justice, so they
have made agreements or extradition treaties, as they
are called, providing that persons who are citizens of one
country and are charged with certain enumerated
crimes shall be handed over to the authorities of that
country by the authorities of any other to which they
may flee.
A great deal of law has grown up around the right of
nations to do business with other nations. This right is
exercised by means of diplomatic agents, ambassadors
or ministers, and consuls who represent their govern-
ments at foreign capitals. The duties of ambassadors
and ministers, who are sent to other countries by the
chief executive, consist in looking out for the interests of
their own country in the foreign state, and this is done
by means of negotiation and treaties, about which a
large number of rules of law have been adopted.
International law has received a rude shock during
the present war. But to-day, as we witness the intoler-
able consequences of violated standards, we stake our
only hope on the prospect of a new departure in the
development of law. The universal manifestation of
sorrow and destruction will, we hope, prompt the dele-
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gates who will meet in conference after the war to
cooperate in the reestablishment of international law,
the only legal appeal for the nations.
Suggestions for study
How did law grow up among early peoples? What is the
object of law? How did international law grow up?
Who was the father of international law? When did
the modem period of international law begin? What
were its foundations? Who conducts the business of
nations with each other? How is it conducted? How
are most of the disputes settled?
On Grotius, see introduction to The Rights of War and
Peace, Old South Leaflets, No. 101. Directors of Old
South Work, Old South Meeting House, Boston. For
literature on pacific settlement of international dis-
putes, write to American School Peace League,
Boston.
APRIL: AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
NATIONS
War will eliminate itself. By the next centennial,
arbitration will rule the world. — General Sheridan,
in 1876.
With the calling of the First Hague Conference, in
1899, the people of the world began to consider more
carefully than they had ever done before the desirability
of settling disputes by pacific methods; and since the
organization of a Permanent Court of Arbitration,
established by the Conference, the nations have made
agreements or treaties providing that differences which
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may arise between them shall be referred to this Court.
Those who have looked forward to a condition of peace
among the nations have encouraged the negotiation of
arbitration treaties. Well over one hundred and fifty
of these have been signed, involving nearly all the great
nations of the earth.
The treaties are by no means alike, but the principal
ones exclude questions affecting vital interests, inde-
pendence, and national honor. A great effort has been
made by those interested in international friendliness to
have these exceptions omitted from treaties, but the ef-
fort has not been successful among those nations known
as the "Great Powers." The exceptions, however, are
admittedly indefinite. They indicate things which a na-
tion must decide for itself. "It is true," wrote Senator
Elihu Root, "that there are some questions of national
policy and conduct which no nation can submit to the
decision of any one else, just as there are some questions
of personal conduct which every man must decide for
himself." As a matter of fact, however, the exceptions
have worked well in practice, for arbitration, like all
other public business between nations, depends mostly
for its success ujwn the spirit of fairness of the parties.
Countries that are friendly to each other are not likely to
stand on a strict interpretation of such excluding phrases,
and instances have occurred where matters involving
national honor or vital interests have been arbitrated.
The value of arbitration lies in its ability to allay pub-
lic feeling. The arbitration treaty puts the common-
sense view of a dispute into writing, and if a dispute does
occur, the existence of the contract makes it easier and
surer that the question will be settled in a friendly way.
Most of the arbitration treaties have never been used;
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but there are notable examples proving their effective-
ness. In one case the United States and Great Britain
settled the century-old dispute concerning rights to fish
on the coast of Newfoundland, and Russia and Turkey
solved a money question originating in their war of 1877,
after they had disputed over it for nearly thirty-five
years.
In international affairs, just as in national, new
problems are always arising. Some nations may have
problems peculiar to themselves, and even where many
nations have the same problem, conditions are sure to
vary among them. How to have as many and as
definite rules as possible to cover the ordinary routine
of public business is therefore a problem confronted by
all nations, and it is solved by the negotiation of
treaties. These are of two kinds, those to which many
nations are parties, and those to which only two nations
are parties. The former are really parts of international
law, but the two-party treaties are not of that charac-
ter, though they are law for the countries which make
the agreements. These are made on any subject upon
which two nations find it useful or desirable to have an
agreement or a contract or even an understanding. They
are negotiated upon all sorts of subjects, but most of
them relate to the intercourse between countries, being
intended to make communications or business with each
other easier. Commercial relations, the rights of consuls
and their privileges, naturalization, emigration, and
extradition are the principal subjects of such treaties,
though most geographical boundaries are determined
by treaty. There are so many of these treaties in the
world that it would take over one hundred thousand
pages to print them all, and the characteristic of all of
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them is that they constitute agreements on anything
upon which the parties desire to agree.
Most of the treaties are simple, even if the questions
with which they deal are themselves complicated. Often
controversies that have been discussed in dispatches
hundreds of pages long are settled by treaties as easy to
understand as a nursery rhyme. All really good treaties
are simple, for, if they cannot be understood, the diplo-
mats know that something may occur that will cause a
dispute over them, and this they always try to avoid.
Since the United States began as a nation, over six
hundred and fifty different treaties have been made.
One of the most important treaties made by this nation
is that with Great Britain, which established an unforti-
fied boundary of over three thousand miles between the
two countries, the United States and Canada. This
treaty has been kept for a hundred years and offers to
the world a practical example of disarmament between
two great nations.
Nations have not always kept their treaties. The
breach of a plain treaty shattered the fabric of public
law in Europe. A "scrap of paper " has become a syno-
nym for the repudiation of treaty obhgations.
The safety of each nation, however, and the world's
security depend on the acceptance of the treaty as a
sacred bond. The problem of good faith in international
affairs is a common one, and it depends partly on a
general raising of the level of international morality,
partly on the reform of diplomatic procedure, and partly
on the provision of external sanctions against treaty-
breaking.
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Suggestions for study
What do arbitration treaties accomplish? What inter-
national disputes are settled by arbitration? What
disputes are not? Do the exceptions make much dif-
ference if countries desire to settle the dispute? Do
arbitration treaties help nations to keep friendly?
What are agreements between nations called? On
what subjects do nations make agreements? Why
should treaties be easily understood? How many
treaties has the United States made? Why do they
cease to exist in some cases? What is an Arbitration
Treaty? What questions are usually excepted from
arbitration? Do you think such questions should be
excepted? How did the General Arbitration Treaties
prepared by President Taft with Great Britain and
France differ from other Arbitration Treaties?
For references on arbitration, read International Arbitra-
tion, Robert C. Morris (Yale University Press). The
New Peace Movement^ pp. 151-64, William I. Hull
(World Peace Foundation).
For references on treaties, read The Practice of Diplo-
macy, chaps, xii-xvi; chaps, xvii-xviii, "Arbitration
and its Procedure," and "International Claims,"
John W. Foster (Houghton Mifflin Co.).
"Disarmament on the Great Lakes," address of Charles
Henry Butler at the Mohonk Conference on Inter-
national Arbitration, May 18, 1910 (World Peace
Foundation).
Principles of American Diplomacy John Bassett Moore.
Harper & Brothers, New York.
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MAY: WORLD CONFERENCES
LEADING TO WORLD FEDERATION
ODE SUNG AT THE OPENING OF THE
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
ALFRED TENNYSON
Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet.
In this wide hall with earth's invention stored.
And praise th' invisible universal Lord,
Who lets once more in peace the nations meet,
Where Science, Art, and Labor have outpour'd
Their myriad horns of plenty at our feet.
All nations have problems of common interest. Men
from almost every country have met together in Inter-
national Conferences and Congresses to discuss the pub-
lic business of the world. Some of the most prominent
of these gatherings have been the great medical con-
gresses, in which the science of the world has been
assembled to devise means for the control and preven-
tion of disease; those of appHed chemistry, which have
rendered great service to many lands in securing pure
food by regulation of traflfic in foodstuffs; not to dwell
on the periodic congresses of hygiene, alcohol, opium,
agriculture, education, government, finance, moral
training, pure science, geology, zoology, and the races
of men. All this shows the necessity of a closer union
between nations. This has been recognized in almost
all the countries, and a League of Nations has been put
forward as a world program after the war.
On the eighteenth of May, 1899, an event took place
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which will always stand out as a landmark in the his-
tory of mankind. Unlike most of the world happenings,
this occurrence affects equally every civilized nation on
the globe. The anniversary of this event has been ob-
served in many countries and stands for many people as
a symbol of law and order among nations.
In August, 1898, people all over the world were sur-
prised by a letter which the Czar addressed to the na-
tions represented at the Russian Court. This letter was
an invitation to send delegates to a meeting for the pur-
pose of considering what could be done to keep nations
from going to war with each other. The Czar stated
in his letter that, for the best welfare of the world, the
nations ought to restrict themselves in the spending of
such enormous sums of money for armies and navies.
This invitation to attend a peace conference met with
unanimous response.
On account of the unique nature of the Conference,
it was thought best not to hold it in the capital of any
of the Great Powers, the historical centers of political
rivalries. Holland was selected as the country best
adapted for such a meeting. The Queen, who was then
only eighteen years old, to show her appreciation of the
honor conferred on her country and of the deep meaning
of the Conference, which is technically called the First
Hague Conference, placed at its disposal one of the most
beautiful buildings in the land, the widely famed House
in the Woods.
Three main topics had been proposed for discussion,
and these were assigned to three large committees. The
first considered the question of armaments. Though
the Conference had been called chiefly to consider how
the nations might be relieved from spending such vast
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sums of money for their armies and navies, the committee
which had this matter in charge found that the time had
not yet come for deciding this burning question. The
nations, they thought, must first agree on some plan to
prevent war before they could be induced to give up
their implements of war. The committee, therefore,
came to no positive agreement. They unanimously ex-
pressed the belief, however, that the restriction of arma-
ments would be a blessing to mankind. This was greatly
to be desired, they said. They also expressed the hope
that the Governments would study the question, so that
they might come to some future agreement. The second
committee, that on the laws of war, proposed new rules
which tend to make war less terrible than heretofore.
The third committee, that on arbitration, worked on a
practical plan for settling disputes. The propositions of
these three committees were presented to the Confer-
ence, and after long and careful discussion it adopted
the famous three Conventions : 1, for the peaceful adjust-
ment of international differences; 2, regarding the laws
and customs of war on land; 3, for the adaptation to
maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Con-
vention. The Conference embodied the decision of the
first committee in a Resolution.
The Powers represented at The Hague agreed that if
a dispute, serious enough to cause war, arises between
two or more of them, they would, as far as possible, call
in another nation or nations to view the matter with
them in an impartial light and thus try to bring about a
friendly settlement. Or one or more Powers, strangers
to the dispute, may of their own free will offer their
assistance. The nations also agreed that even during
hostihties Powers strangers to the dispute might offer
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their services, and that this offer can never be regarded
as an unfriendly act.
Only six years after the Conference adjourned, this
provision enabled the President of the United States,
during the Russian- Japanese War, to invite Russia and
Japan to send delegates to a meeting to discuss the
terms of peace. During this conference, held in Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire, and which ended in the Peace
of Portsmouth, the peoples of the world looked on with
interest and sympathy, and it was the common hope
that the delegates would work out satisfactory terms of
peace.
The second part of the plan, which the Committee
on Arbitration adopted, stated that a useful method of
settling a dispute which has arisen between nations
might be to appoint a committee composed of men from
other countries to inquire into the disputed case and to
present the facts to both parties. Such committees were
called "International Commissions of Inquiry." For a
long time the delegates discussed this matter. The act
was finally, approved, however, although it was stated
that those cases which concerned the honor or essential
interests of a nation would not be considered as coming
under this rule.
This provision enabled the Powers of Great Britain
and Russia to settle speedily and peacefully a grave
dispute which had arisen between them. When, during
the Russian-Japanese War, the Russian fleet fired on
some British fishing vessels, there was great excitement
in England. Under the rule of inquiry adopted at The
Hague, an investigating committee of inquiry was ap-
pointed, and the facts proved that the Russian ship had
mistaken the British fishing vessels for the Japanese
fleet. This was called the " Dogger Bank Affair."
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But the greatest success of the Committee on Arbi-
tration, and, indeed, of the First Hague Conference, was
the establishment of a court which acts as an umpire or
arbiter. It is called The Hague Court of Arbitration.
This Court has well proved its worth, for since it was
opened in April, 1901, fifteen important cases of inter-
national controversy, representing nearly every great
nation of the world, have been settled by its judges. The
American people like to remember that the United
States was the first nation to record its faith in the
Hague Court, by proposing that the Pious Fund con-
troversy be taken there for settlement.
The headquarters of the International Court of Arbi-
tration is in the Palace of Peace, a beautiful building
situated on the avenue leading from The Hague to
Scheveningen. An American citizen gave the Nether-
lands Government the sum of $1,500,000 toward its
erection and maintenance, while nearly every country
has contributed to its adornment.
The results of the First Hague Conference are far
greater than the world ever dreamed of, and j>erhap>s
the greatest result of all was the calling of the Second
Hague Conference, which included representatives from
practically all the nations of the world.
Fourteen Conventions were agreed upon by this
Conference. The delegates endorsed and strengthened
the plan for good offices and mediation. International
Commissions of Inquiry, and an International Court of
Arbitration.
Our American delegates in the Second Hague Confer-
ence urged very strongly the establishment of a perma-
nent International Court of Justice, which should be to
the nations of the world what our Supreme Court is to
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the States of the United States. A plan was drawn up
which might develop into an international court of jus-
tice, but was finally rejected because the delegates could
not agree upon the method of selecting judges. It was
decided, however, that this Court of Arbitral Justice, as
it was called, could be set up at any time, whenever the
nations should come to an agreement on the selection of
judges.
The Second Hague Conference rendered a great serv-
ice to the world by its vote in favor of holding regular
conferences. It was Secretary Root who first proposed
that the Second Conference should arrange for the hold-
ing of regular ones in the future, and as the vote was
passed, a Third Peace Conference was to have con-
vened in the summer of 1915. The war made this
impossible.
To-day, in the midst of this gigantic war, embracing
the greater part of civilized mankind, the statesmen of
the world are more than ever convinced that the hope
of civilization lies in the progressive development of the
principle of arbitration, conciliation and judicial settle-
ment. The Third Hague Conference, which should be
called soon after peace is declared, should reaffirm the
adherence of the Powers to the International Court of
Arbitration, and should provide for the establishment
of an International Court of Justice, an International
Council of Conciliation, a Permanent International Con-
ference, and a Permanent Continuation Committee.
Suggestions for study
Show how the people of the world meet in congresses.
For what purposes? What is the benefit and signifi-
cance of private international congresses? What
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made the Hague Conferences possible? Who called
the first one? Where was it held? Why? When and
why is its anniversary celebrated? What did it do for
peace? For war? How did it reduce the possibility
of war? What was the Dogger Bank affair? What
nations were the first to arbitrate at The Hague?
When did the Second Conference meet? What peace
problem did it study? What was the result? What
provision exists for other such meetings? What is the
Hague Tribunal? What is the difference between
this tribunal and the proposed Court of Arbitral
Justice?
Read:
The Two Hague ConferenceSy William I. Hull.
World Peace Foundation.
A Call to Patriotic Service, Fannie Fern Andrews.
American School Peace League, Boston.
Diplomatic Memoirs, vol. ii, chaps, xxxvii-
XXXVIII, John W. Foster. Houghton Mifflin Co.
The Existing Elements of a Constitution of the
World, Henri La Fontaine. American Associa-
tion for International Conciliation.
Swords and Ploughshares, Lucia Ames Mead.
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The First Hague Conference, Andrew D. White.
World Peace Foundation.
The Two Hague Conferences, Joseph H. Choate.
Princeton University Press.
The Significance of the Eighteenth of May. U.S.
Bureau of Education, Bulletin no. 8 (1912).
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JUNE: HOW CAN WE BE OF SERVICE
IN THE WORLD FAMILY
THE BOY COLUMBUS 1
ANONYMOUS
**'T is a wonderful story/* I hear you say,
"How he struggled and worked and plead and prayed.
And faced every danger undismayed,
With a will that would neither break nor bend.
And discovered a new world in the end —
But what does it teach to a boy of to-day?
All the worlds are discovered, you know, of course,
All the rivers are traced to their utmost source:
There is nothing left for a boy to find.
If he had ever so much a mind
To become a discoverer famous;
And if we 'd much rather read a book
About someone else, and the risks he took.
Why nobody, surely, can blame us."
So you think all the worlds are discovered now;
All the lands have been charted and sailed about.
Their mountains climbed, their secrets found out;
All the seas have been sailed, and their currents known —
To the uttermost isles the winds have blown
They have carried a venturing prow?
Yet there lie all about us new worlds, everywhere.
That await their discoverer's footfall; spread fair
Are electrical worlds that no eye has yet seen.
And mechanical worlds that lie hidden serene
And await their Columbus securely.
» From Manttal of Patriotiam, compiled by Charles R. Skinner. New York State
Education Department.
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There are new worlds in Science and new worlds in Art,
And the boy who will work with his head and his heart
Will discover his new world surely.
This topic is intended to bring the pupils into direct
relation to the democratic movement by showing what
they can do to help in the broader sphere of world rela-
tionships. The child will readily see that being a mem-
ber of a family, a school, town, state, nation, and the
world, he is a citizen, and therefore has functions to per-
form in all these relations. These obKgations make up
the sum total of citizenship which it is everybody's
privilege to enjoy. In performing his duties well in any
one of these ways, he becomes a better citizen in all
other respects. As family devotion is one of the most
essential characteristics of the members of a great
country, so service which exalts a nation is a contribut-
ing factor to worid progress. Thus, patriotic devotion to
one's country means loyalty to the great principles of
humanity. Those who seek to build up liberty in
America are promoting liberty in the worid.
The child should be shown also that just as he has
duties in the smaller community, his nation has duties
and privileges and responsibilities in the family of
nations. He should be shown that the wills of the citi-
zens and their ideals determine the attitude of his own
nation toward its sister nations, and that by his doing
what he can toward bringing the worid into a union of
free, equal, cooperating nations, he is not only working
to the great advantage of his own country, but also to
the advantage of the family of nations, who must ad-
vance together toward the desired end of a fuller life,
actuated by the principles of justice. Finally, it should
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be pointed out that by its history and tradition the
United States has a peculiar mission to perform in
becoming the leader in this advancement of world
civilization.
Suggestions for study
Describe a good citizen under any flag. What would he
do in his home? In his school? In his community?
For his nation? To promote a world-wide spirit of
democracy?
1. Universal education. — Education should be pro-
vided for every boy and girl in the world, that they
may become intelligent and capable and helpful citi-
zens. Boys and girls can help to realize this world
ideal by respect for school, by taking advantage of
higher educational opportunities, and by helping
others to be interested in, and to secure an educa-
tion. Study Lincoln's desire for an education; Helen
Keller's efforts to go through college; the eagerness to
learn shown by the Japanese and the Jews. Head
Mary Antin's The Promised Land (Houghton,
Mifflin Co.). What new opportunities are there for
vocational education; for knowing about farming?
How and why does the United States Government
help education? In the evening schools are many
foreign-speaking people learning English. How can
you help them?
Reading for the teacher
The Evolution of a Democratic School System^ Charles
H. Judd. Houghton Mifflin Co.
A Textbook in the History of Education, Paul Mon-
roe. The Macnaillan Co.
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The Educative Process, William C. Bagley. The Mac-
millan Co. (Chap, ii, "The Function of the
School"; chap, iii, "The Ethical End of Edu-
cation"; chap. XIV, "The Development of
Ideals.")
Self-government. — Government by the people has
proved to be the most efficient and progressive form
of government. To make and execute laws which
will compel the energies of the peoples to bend every
material and physical force to the use and comfort of
mankind is the problem of a self-governed world.
How can our children help.^ By respecting the laws
which govern them — by performing some definite
service, perhaps through a civic club — by studying
the problems of public health and the combined
efforts of the nations to rid the earth of disease. To
what extent does self-government exist throughout
the world? How is our own country governed? Are
there any Civic Leagues in your town? Can you join
them? Write to the Women's Municipal League,
25 Huntington Avenue, Boston, to learn what the
Junior Leagues do to help the city. Write to the
United States Bureau of Education at Washington to
learn of garden work. What great foreigners have
contributed to the health of our country? Read
about the work of Louis Pasteur in his Life, by
Vallery Radot; of Noguchi, a remarkable Japan-
ese scientist, in the Rockefeller Institute; of Paul
Erlich, the greatest living expert in medical science.
How were Walter Reed in Cuba and Colonel Gor-
gas at Panama able to improve the health con-
ditions?
378 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
Read:
Walter Reed and Yellow Fever, Howard A.
Kelly. McClure, Phillips & Co.
Civil Government in the United States, John
Fiske. Houghton Miffin Co.
Preparing for Citizenship, and Government and
Politics in the United States, W. B. Guitteau.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
How We are Governed, Anna L. Dawes. Ginn
&Co.
School Civics, F. D. Boynton. Ginn & Co.
S. World hospitality. — Justice and friendship should
become a part of the world life, so that peoples of
any race or nationality may be able to find protec-
tion wherever they wish to make their homes. The
League of Nations will provide for this. How may
boys and girls help to establish hospitality in their
own country? By cultivating the habit of acting
justly and in a friendly spirit; by respecting the dif-
ferent races and nationalities in their midst; by
studying the marvelous things already accomplished
by the peoples working together; by coming into per-
sonal contact with children of other lands, either by
story-reading or by correspondence.
Read:
The Friendship of Nations, Lucile Gulliver.
Ginn & Co.
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Mary
Mapes Dodge. Century Co.
Eddi, Johanna Spyri, Everyman's Library,
E. P. Dutton & Co.
Little People Everywhere Series, Little,
Brown & Co.
GRADE Vni: WORLD FAMILY 379
The Little Cousin Series, Mary H. Wade. L.
C. Page & Co.
The World and its People Series. Silver,
Burdett & Co.
(The later volumes in these series are appro-
priate for the eighth grade.)
, Fraternal union. — The crowning worid ideal is a
union between all the members of the family of
nations, where law and justice rule in place of force
and warfare, in which the smallest and largest nation
shall be on the same terms of equality before the law
of nations. How can we help to bring about this
greatest of all political triumphs? By realizing the
great benefits we have received through the union of
our forty-eight States under the American Constitu-
tion; by holding firm to the principles of our fore-
fathers in establishing peace and justice; by realizing
that international federation is truly an American
ideal, that our greatest statesmen have championed
it and that the worid looks to us to lead in the realiza-
tion of this ideal.
In what ways does the Federation of the States of
[our Union prefigure the Federation of the Worid?
In answering, think of the duties and powers of our
National Congress and our Supreme Court in com-
parison with the duties and powers of an Interna-
tional Congress and an International Court.
Our population is made up of people from many
other nations. What advantage does this fact give
the United States in its international relations?
In what other ways has the United States an
advantage over the Great Powers of Europe in
380 A COURSE IN CITIZENSHIP
taking a firm stand for the advancement of interna-
tional justice?
Reading for the teacher
World Organization, Raymond L. Bridgman. World
Peace Foundation.
The Mission of the United States in the Cause of Peace,
Justice David J. Brewer. World Peace Founda-
tion pamphlet.
The Rebuilding of Europe, David Jayne Hill. The
Century Co.
The Friendship of Nations, Lucile Gulliver. Ginn &
Co.
INDEX
Above All Nations is Humanity, 337-41.
Address, Bailey, 354; Wibon, 311.
Advertising Goodness, Lee, 240.
Agreement between Nations, 362-65.
Aiiten, John, 134.
Alcott, Louisa M., 66, 260,
Alfred the Great, 66.
All the Year Round, 119.
Allison, Joy, 31, 91, 102.
America the Beautiful, Bates, 263.
America Triumphant, Holmes, 187.
American Book of Golden Deeds, An,
Baldwin, 133, 144, 186, 189, 190, 211,
216, 228, 234. 272, 341.
American Ideals, 227, 228, 230-81, 284,
822-25.
American School Peace League, 285, 358,
362.
American World Policies, Weyl, 319.
Amicis, Edmondo de, 252.
Ancient Mariner, The, Coleridge. 178.
Andersen, Hans Christian, 18, 27.
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 282-380. 299, 321.
Antin, Mary, 171, 195, 198, 306, 376.
Arbitration, 362-66, 369-73.
Army of Peace, The, Dole, 229.
Arthur, King, and his Sword, 66.
Asolando, Browning, 241.
At Your Service, Braley, 244.
Aurelius, Marcus, 20.
Authority, respect for, 21, 102, 159. See
alto Obedience to Community Laws.
Avoiding Quarrels, 40-43. See alto
Peace among the Children.
Babbitt, Ellen C, 10, 22, 54, 59, 75, 105.
Balaklaya, 355.
Balaustion's Adventure, Browning, 104.
Baldwin, James, 91, 95, 133, 144, 186,
189, 190, 211, 216, 228, 234, 243, 247,
259, 272, 286, 341.
Ballad of East and West, The, Kipling,
327.
Barbauld, Mrs., 134.
Barrett, John, 300, 302, 303, 304.
Barton, Clara, xviii, 94, 190, 207, 209, 210,
216, 217, 271, 340.
Bates, Katharine Lee, 263.
Beauty Requires Thoughtfulness, Coe,
265.
Bible, The, 65, 81, 87, 88, 105, 177, 243,
251, 341.
Birkenhead, The Disaster of the, 3, 5.
Bits of Talk about Home Matters, Jack-
son, 236.
Blake, William, 4, 8, 10, 49.
Blind, Dr. Howe and the, 212.
Bloomfield, Meyer, 157.
Board of Health Story, A, Hill, 166.
Bolivar, Simon, 302, 303.
Boston, Emerson, 205.
Boxer, Indemnity Fund, 310, 350, 354.
Boy Columbus, The, 374.
Boy Scouts, 91, 161, 162-164, 208.
Bradford, William, 294.
Braley, Berton, 244.
Brotherhood, Human, 319, 320, 338, 378.
Brothers McLean, 175.
Browning, EUzabeth B., 62, 65, 102.
Browning, Robert, 32, 45, 68, 104, 105,
177, 193, 241.
Bryce, James, 317.
Building of the Ship, Longfellow, 322.
Bunyan, John, 116.
Burbank, Luther, 94.
Bums, Robert, 130, 170.
Burroughs, John, 72.
Cable Hymn, Whittier, 307.
Cabot, Ella Lyman, 86-127, 90, 95, 99,
103, 125, 178, 185-229, 196, 207, 208,
215, 216, 221, 223, 224, 239, 248, 278.
Cabot, Ethel, 41 .
Call, The, I^eonard, 169.
Camp-Fire Girls, 161.
Camp School Song, Trowbridge, 174.
Canada, 313, 315, 365.
Care of Health, 12, 13, 149.
Carlyle, Thomas, 268.
Carols, Old, 18.
Gary, Phoebe, 4, 22, 32, 77, 103, 120.
Casa Guidi Windows, Browning, 65.
Celestial Surgeon, the, Stevenson, 58.
Centennial Meditation of Columbia,
Lanier, 193.
Champlain, Samuel de, 294.
Charity, Board of, 150, 153.
Charies I, 294.
Cheerfulness, 114-18.
Child and the Year, The, Thaxter, 206.
Child's Garden of Verses, A, Stevenson,
4, 35, 63.
Childhood of George Washington, The,
66.
Childhood of Great Men, 65-67.
Children's Hour, The, Tappan, 144, 190.
China, 309, 310, 311, 333, 334, 350, 351.
353.
Christabel, Coleridge, 40.
Christian Year, The, Keble, 35.
Christmas, 16-20.
Christmas, Hilda's, Lane, 19.
Christmas in Olden Times, Walker, 17.
Christmas Tree, The Legend of the,
Wheelock, 101.
Civic Beauty, 147, 263-66.
mDEX
Civic League, 142, 143, 161, 208, 377.
Civic Life, 129, 130, 374.
Civic Reader for New Americans, Bloom-
field, 157.
Civic service, 132.
Civics, XX.
Cleanliness, Responsibility for, 12-16;
importance of, 149-50.
Clough, Arthur Hugh, 43, 242, 243.
Coe, Fanny E., 94, 95, 99, 105, 125, 186,
228, 230-81, 265, 272, 336.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 40, 66, 81, 178,
297.
Columbus, 93, 94, 190, 290.
Columbus, Lowell, 93.
Compass, The, 335.
Conquest, spirit of, 290.
Constancy, Herbert, 238.
Contribution of Each Race to American
Life, The, 193-97.
Cosmopolitan Club, 318.
Cotter 8 Saturday Night, The, Bums,
130,
Courage, 32, 80, 116, 228, 231, 240,
271.
Courage to overcome DiflSculties, 241-
46.
Court Lady, A, Browning, 62.
Courtesy, 35-39, 68, 69, 64, 103, 164,
Cromwell, Oliver, 294.
Cuba, 339, 340, 351, 352, 363.
Cunningham, Alison, 66.
Cutter, George W., 204.
Darwin, Charles, 94, 268.
Davenport, John, 294.
Day with a Courteous Mother, Jackson,
236.
De Constant, d'Estournelles, 291.
Deeds of Kindness, Sargent, 4.
Dejection, Coleridge, 81.
Democracy, 337.
Difficulty, overcoming, 227, 241-46.
Discontented Squirrel, The, Cabot, 41.
Discovery, motives of, 289, 290.
Divine Image, The, Blake, 8.
Dog of Helvellyn, The, McSkimmon, 26.
Dole, Charles F., 133, 138, 144, 146, 161,
165, 166. 187, 220, 229.
Dreier, Thomas, 244, 278.
Dust under the Rug, Lindsay, 22, 111.
Duty, William Wordsworth, 154.
E Pluribus Unum, 202-05.
E Pluribus Unum, Cutter, 204.
Each and All, Emerson, 276.
Each Nation's Contribution to the World,
332-36.
Ecclesiasticus, 210.
Edison, Thomas, 93, 94.
Education, 137-41, 324, 376.
Effects of War, 354-58.
Egan, Maurice F., 28.
Eighteenth of May, Significance of, 321,
867, 368.
Electricity, 335.
Elegy on the Death of Dr. Channinff.
Lowell, 202.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 32, 47, 203, 205,
215, 228, 246, 247, 276.
English Civil War, 296.
English for Foreigners, O'Brien, 4, 182,
187, 200, 205.
English influence on America, 288, 316.
Epilogue to Asolando, Browning, 241.
Erlich, Paul, 377.
Ethical training, xz.
Ethics for Children, Cabot, 69, 90, 95,
99, 103, 125, 186, 195, 196, 207, 215,
221, 223, 224, 228, 239, 248, 278.
European Competition for American
Colonies, 292.
European Interest in Spanish America,
300-04.
Extradition treaties, 361.
Fair Play, 104-08.
Faithfulness, 20-26, 68-71. See also Old
Dog Tray, Q2.
Fatherland, The, Lowell, 326.
Federation, International, 379.
Finley, John, 354.
Fire Department, 154-60.
Fires, how children can help prevent, 165;
practical advice about, 156.
First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller,
Coe, 94, 105.
First Thanksgiving, The, McSkimmon,
57.
Five Cents a Day, Anon., 269.
Five Little Chickens, Anon., 110.
Flag, reverence for the, 251, 252; the
American, 331.
Fool's Prayer, The, Sill, 65.
Foreign Children, Stevenson, 4, 63.
Foreign lands and customs, 17, 22, 32, 62-
64, 69, 100, 120.
Foreigners, 63, 131, 171, 177, 194-97,
286, 306-11, 333-36, 377.
Forgiving Indian, The, 64.
Fox, George, 294, 295.
France, an Ode, Coleridge, 297.
Franklin, Benjamin, 66, 211, 268.
Fraternal union, 379.
French influence, 315.
Friend, A Lost, O'Reilly, 76.
Friendship, 47, 76, 223, 224.
Friendship, Emerson, 47.
Friendship of France, The, De Constant,
291.
Friendship of Nations, The, Gulliver, 186,
211, 216, 225, 317, 321, 347, 358, 878.
Friendship with other Nations, 223-27.
Games, Universal, 329.
Garibaldi, Giuseppi, 194, 195, 196.
Generosity, 30-35.
George Nidiver, Anon., 32.
German influence in America, 287, 316,
Gilder, Richard Watson, 318.
Golden Rule, The, 81-85, 349.
INDEX
383
Good Manners, Kindness Shown by, 85-
39. See aho Courtesy.
Good Samaritan, The, 87.
Good Will among all Classes of Qtizens,
169-75; among all Communities, 175-
80.
Good Will to America, lyenaga, 307.
Good Work, 109-13, 277, 278.
Good Work, Ruskin, 267.
Gorgas, Colonel, 377.
Government by the People, 198-202.
Gradatim, Holland, 12.
Granny's Blackie, Babbitt, 75.
Gratitude, 58-62.
Great Americans, 27, 66, 94, 114, 170-71,
178, 189-90, 194, 210-14, 216-19, 221,
225, 231, 239, 242, 259-«0, 268-69, 271,
293-97, 306, 310, 336, 344, 345, 350.
Great Frenchman, A, Cabot, 196.
Great Johnstown Flood, The, Cabot, 178.
Great Men, Childhood of, 65-67; Kind-
ness of, 27-30.
Great Statesmen, 210, 211.
Greek influence, 286, 333.
Grotius, Hugo, 211, 349, 360, 362.
Growth of Law, 359-62.
Gulliver, Lucile, 186, 211, 216, 225, 317,
321, 347, 358, 378, 380.
Hagedorn, Hermann, 148.
Hague Conferences, The, 368-73.
Hague Court, The, 820, 821, 362, 871,
372.
Hale, Nathan, 221.
Halifax, Lord, 227.
Hamilton, Alexander, 297, 299, 806.
Hapgood, Isabel F., 252.
Hay, John, 211, 224, 350.
Hazard, Bertha, 2, 9, 18, 21, 54, 193.
Health, 12, 13, 149, 166.
Helpfulness, 55-57; to Communities,'180-
84; to Old and Feeble, 72-76.
Herbert, George, 68, 238.
Heroes of Everyday Life, Coe, 186, 228,
272.
Heroes of Peace, 271-76.
Heroism, James, 258.
Hidalgo and Bolivar, 302, 303.
Hilda's Christmas, Lane, 19.
Hill. Mabel, 128-84, 138, 144, 151, 161,
166, 178, 186, 200, 228, 293.
Holland, John Gilbert, 12.
Holmes, John H., 187.
Home, The, 1-46; Influenceof the, 180-85.
Honesty, 69, 238-41.
Hood, Robin, 104, 105.
Hooker, Thomas, 294.
Hosmer, Frederick L., 182.
Hospitality, 98-102, 378.
How to Find Happy Land, Van Dresser,
105.
How We Can Serve our Country, 227-29.
Howe, Samuel G., 212, 225, 271.
Human Brotherhood, 319. 320, 338, 378.
HumMH Brotherhood, Whittier, 304.
Hundred Vears of Peace, The, 298.
22, 54, 59, 75, 105,
I Love You, Mother, AlKson, 81, 91, 102.
If, Kipling, 207.
Immigration, 305, 306. 307.
In a London Square, Clough, 43.
In Giant Despair's Castle, Bunvan, 116.
Indians, 194. See The First Thanksgiv-
ing, 57; The Forgiving Indian, 64.
Industry, 94, 267-70.
Influence of Environment, 330-32.
Influence of Europe, 284-90, 291-97, 315-
17, 333-38.
Influence of the United States on Asia
and Africa, 307-11.
Interdependence, Dreier, 278.
Interdependence of nations, 342-47.
International Commissions of Inquiry.
370.
International Congress on Education,
318.
International Law, 361, 362.
International unions, 318, 345-47.
Introduction, Taft, xi.
lyenaga, T., 307.
Jack Binns, the Hero of the Steamship
RepubUc, Coe, 272.
Jackson, Helen H., 236.
James, William, 258.
Japan, Opening of, 308, 310.
Jataka Tales, 10,
125.
Jefferson, Thomas, 211, 297, 298, 299.
Jewett, Frances G., 144, 145, 151, 167,
161, 166, 200, 216.
Joan of Arc, 66.
Jones and Sausage, Dreier, 244.
Jordan, David Starr, 299, 317, 346, 859.
Justice and Honor between Nations, 348-
54.
Kant, Emmanuel, 297.
Keary, A. and E., 32.
Keble, John, 35.
Keeping One's Word, 68-71, 247. See
also Faithfulness, 20-26.
Keller. Helen, 94, 171, 242, 376.
Kenyon, Ellen E., 92.
Kindness, 1-^6, 73, 91, 170, 175-80, 215-
19. See also Though tfulness, and Sym-
pathy.
Kindness, Deeds of, Sargent, 4.
Kindness of Great Men, 27-30.
Kindness Returned, 105.
Kindness Shown by Good Manners, 35-
39.
Kindness to Animals, 8-11, 18; 215, 216.
Kindness to Playmates, 2-8.
King's White Elephant, The, Babbitt,
59.
Kipling, Rudyard, 10, 52, 110, 124, 125,
207, 216, 224, 267, 278, 327, 331, 338,
837, 342.
Krehbiel, Edward, 318.
Lady of the Lake. The, Scott, 104.
Lamb, Charles, 6d, 251.
884
INDEX
Lane, Martha A. L., 19, 248.
Lanier, Sidney, 193.
Latin America, 313.
Law, Growth of, 359-62; keeping the,
160-61, 208, 252.
Law of Love, The, Trench, 215.
Law of the Jungle, The, Kipling, 52.
Leak in the Dike. A, Gary, 22.
Leaves of Grass, Whitman, 109.
Lee, Gerald S., 240.
Legend of the Christmas Tree, The,
Wheelock, 101.
Legend of the Northland, A, Gary, 32.
Leonard, Priscilla, 169.
Lessons for Junior Gitizens, Hill, 138, 144,
151, 161, 186, 200, 228.
Let it Pass, 119.
Letters and Social Aims, Emerson, 248.
Lewis and Glarke, 190, 299, 600.
Liberty's Latest Daughter, Taylor, 282.
Library of the WoricTs Best Literature,
92.
Lichtenberger, A, 37, 49.
/ Lincoln, Abraham, 27, 170, 190, 198, 211,
^ 231, 236, 239, 242, 243, 376; When L.
was a Little Boy, 66.
Lindsay, Maud, 1, 22, 69, 110, 111,
119.
Little Athens' Message, Stephens, 171.
Little Philosopher, The, Aiken and Bar-
bauld, 134.
Little Scotch Granite, 248.
Little Shepherd, The, Lindsay, 69.
Little Six, The, Gabot, 208.
Little Wanderlin and Other Tales, Keary,
82.
Locksley Hall, Tennyson, 359.
Longfellow, Henry W., 4, 9, 10, 27, 94,
105, 109, 177, 294, 322.
Lost Friend, A, O'Reilly, 76.
Lounsbury, Alice, 46.
Love Thou Thy Land, Tennyson, 219.
Lowell, James Russell, 93, 98, 99, 103,
170, 202, 208, 232, 234, 250, 326,
354.
Loyalty to Public Officials, 164-68.
McGlenny Nurses, The, Barton, 217.
MacDonald, George, 45, 160.
McLean, Stuart, 175.
McSkimmon, Mary, 1-85.
Making Others Happy, 16-20.
Mann, Horace, 66.
Many in One, 202-05.
Mead, Edwin D., 271.
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare, 8T.
Members One of Another, Saadi, 337.
Memorabilia, Xenophon, 119.
Mencius, 133.
Minor Odes, She King, 133.
Missionaries, 311.
Mr. Lee's Plumber, Lee, 240.
Modem Bayard, A, Richards, 225.
Men Petit Trott, Lichtenberger, 37, 49.
Monroe Doctrine, The, 301, 302, 313,
814.
More Mother Stories, Lindsay, 1, 69, 110,
Mother Stories, Lindsay, 1, 111.
Mukden, battle of, 356.
My Kate, Browning, 102.
My Love, Lowell, 103, 232.
Nation, The, Gabot, 185-229.
National Gharacteristics, 328-32.
Nationalism, War and Society, Krehbiel.
317, 318.
Nations, neutral, 357, 358.
Nature Myths, Book of, Holbrook, 32.
Nature Study. See Kindness to Animals,
8-12; Protection and Gare of Plants,
43-46.
Need of a Course in Citizenship, xv.
Neighbor Mine, 145.
Neighbor, Who is My, 87-90.
Neighborhood, The, 86-127.
Neighborliness, 120, 124, 125.
Nettleship, R. L., 182.
Newbolt, Henry, 136.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 115.
Night with a Wolf, A, Taylor, 10, 48, 49,
89.
Night's Adventure on the Ohio River,
A, Thomas, 261.
Nightingale, Florence, 338, 341.
Noiseless, Patient Spider, A, Whitman,
Obedience, 52-55.
Obedience to Community Laws, 160-64.
Obeying the Law, O'Brien, 182.
O'Brien, Sara R., 4, 182, 187, 200. 205.
Ode sung at the opening of the Interna-
tional Exhibition, Tennyson, 332, 367.
Ode to Duty, Wordsworth, 52.
Oglethorpe, James, 294, 295.
Old and Feeble, Helpfulness to the, 72-
76.
Old Dog Tray, Kenyon, 92.
Old Man and his Sons, The, 205.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, 2, 76, 195, 284.
Other Homes Than Ours, 62-64. See also
Foreign Lands.
Our Beginnings in Europe, 284-91.
Our Country, Whittier, 315.
Our Public Safety, Bloomfield, 157.
Our Young Folks, 105, 243, 261, 269.
Overseer of the Poor Story, An, Hill, 151.
Ox Who Won the Forfeit, The, Babbitt,
10.
Palma, Estrada, 352.
Panama Canal, 314, 315, 323.
Pan-American Conferences, 314.
Pan-American Union, The, Barrett, 800,
302, 303.
Pan-American Union, 314, 346.
Paracelsus, Browning, 68.
Parkman, Francis, 269, 291, 293, 296.
Pasteur, Louis, 151, 196, 269, 377.
Pathfinders, The, Tappan, 190.
Patience. See Perseverance, Cheerfulness.
INDEX
385
Patriotism, 185, 189, 218-£3, 271, 272.
Peace among the Children, 76-80.
Peace among Neighbors, 119-;123.
Peace Association of Friends in America,
170, 171.
Peace Conferences, 314, 820, 321, 367-73.
Peace Making, 40-43.
Peace of Dives, Kipling, 342.
Penn, William. 189. 294. 295.
Permanent Court of Arbitration, 370-72.
Perry. Commodore. 308, 309, 310.
Perseverance, 93-98.
Perseverance Wins, 95.
Philippine Islands. 309, 310, 811.
Piccola, Thaxter, 9, 60.
Pilgrim Fathers, The, O'Reilly, 284.
Pilgrim's Progress, The, 116.
Pilgrims, The. O'Brien, 200.
Pioneers. 187-93.
Pioneers! O Pioneers, Whitman, 188.
Pitt, William, 296, 299.
Plan of Course in Citizenship, xvi.
Plants, Protection and Care of, 43-46.
See also Nature Study.
Piatt, Clara, 79.
Playmates, Kindness to, 2-8.
Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Gary,
2-2, 32, 77, 99, 103, 120.
Police Department, 154-60, 156.
Policeman at the Comer, The, Robinson,
279.
Politeness. See Good Manners, Courtesy.
PoUyanna, Porter, 115.
Poor, Care of the, 150-54, 216.
Porter, Eleanor H., 115.
Postal Union, The Universal, 845.
Prelude, The, Wordsworth, 30.
Primary Moral Lessons, Cowdery, 64.
Printing, 334.
Prometheus Unbound, Shelley, 114.
Promised Land, The, Antin, 171, 195,
198, 306, 376.
Protection and Care of Plants and Flow-
ers, 43-46.
Public Good, The, Dole, 165.
Public Health and Public Charity, 148-
54.
Public Officials, 164.
PubUc Property, Care of, 142-47.
Quails, The, 125.
Quarrels, Avoiding, 40-43.
Radcliffe- Whitehead, Jane Bird, 194.
Red Cross, The, 190, 207, 216, 217, 271,
338-40, 341.
Red Cross Spirit Speaks, The, Finley, 354.
Reed, Walter, 377.
Regard for Civic Beauty, 263-66.
Regard for the Truth, 246-50.
Religious motives in colonization, 293.
Reminiscences of Carl Sohurz, 306.
Reply to an Address of Welcome, Lincoln,
198.
Respect for Authority, 21, 102. 159.
Responsibility of Each Citizen, 205-10.
Responsibility for Cleanliness and Care,
12-16.
Reverence, 250-58.
Richards. Laura E.. 2, 14, 32, 95, 109,
212, 221, 225, 234, 268.
Rivalries, 290. 295.
Riverside Literature Series, 4, 9, 10, 21,
32, 45, 49, 59, 94, 99, 105, 109.
Robin Hood. Pyle. 105.
Robinson, Louise, 279.
Roderick Dhu, 104.
Roman influence, 287, 333.
Root, Elihu, 323.
Rossetti, Christina G,, 32, 73, 95.
Rush-Bagot Agreement, 300.
Ruskin, John, 66, 267.
Saint Francis, 28, 190.
Saint-Gaudens, 195.
Saint Matthew, Keble, 85.
Sala, G. A., 164.
San Martin, 303, 304.
Schermerhom, M. K., 328.
School and Playground, 47-85.
School Curriculum, relation of course in
citizenship to, xviii.
Schoolhouses, 137-41, 146.
School, Influence of the, 136-41.
School Reader, A, Coe, 05.
School System Story, A, Hill, 138.
Schools, appreciation of public, 137, 138-
41.
Schurz, Carl, 306.
Scott, Sir Walter, 4, 104, 220.
Select Stories and Quotations, 269.
Self-Control. See also Cheerfulness under
Defeat, Perseverance, 258-63.
Self-government, 199, 295, 377.
Servant of All, The, Keary, 82.
Service, Sill, 16.
Service in the World Family, 374-80.
Service, Ways of, 90-93.
Shakespeare, 87, 90.
She King, 133.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 114.
Sheridan, General, 362.
Sick, Care of the, 149, 150, 216-19.
Sidney, Sir Philip, 27.
Significance of the Eighteenth of May,
Andrews, 321, 373.
Sill, Edward Rowland, 16, 55.
Sir Bobbie, Piatt, 79.
Smith, John, 294.
Snow-Bird, The, Sherman, 12.
Social Aims, Emerson, 246.
Social Service, 215-19.
Socrates, 119.
Soldier's Speech, A, 223,
Somebody s Mother, Anon., 73, 284.
Song of the Broad-Axe, Whitman, 128.
Song of Peace, Schermerhorn, 328.
Sonnet, Lowell. 250.
Sonnet Sequence. A. MacDonald, 160.
Spark Neglected Burns the House, A.
Tolstoy, 120.
Sparrows, The, Thaxter, 100.
INDEX
Squirrel's Devotion, The, 95.
Statue of Sherman, The, Van Dyke, 196.
Steam-Engine, The, 335.
Stephens, Anna D., 171.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 4, 28, 68. 63,
66, 99, 224.
Suppose, Gary, 4, 77.
Swedenborg, Emmanuel, 170.
Symonds, John Addington, 180.
Sympathy, 47-52, 232-38.
Taft, William H., xi, 866.
Talks on Citizenship, Dole, 165.
Talks to Teachers, James, 259.
Tappan, Eva March, 144, 190, 220, 286.
287, 289, 290, 291, 841.
Taylor, Bayard, 10, 27, 48, 49, 89, 110,
282.
Tennyson, Alfred, 208, 219, 332, 366, 369,
367.
Thanksgiving, 57, 199, 200.
Thaxter, Ceha, 9, 45, 60, 100, 206.
Things that Belong to Us All, The, Dole,
146.
Thirteen Jeweled Letters, The. Van Dres-
ser, 105.
Thomas, Martha M., 261.
Thoughtfulness, 102-04.
Three Sieves, The, 103,
Three Years with the Poets, Hazard, 2,
9, 18, 21, 41, 54, 193.
Thrift and Industry, 267-70.
To a Child, Wordsworth, 44.
Together, Kipling, 124.
Tolstoy, Leo, xix, 99, 119, 120, 195, 224.
Tom, the Chimney Sweep, 14.
Town and City, 128-84.
Town and City, Jewett, 144, 145, 151,
157, 161, 166, 200, 216.
Training a Junior Citizen's League, Hill,
178.
Trench, Richard C, 215.
Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare, 90.
Troop of the Guard, Hagedom, 148.
Trott Goes Driving, Lichtenberger, 49.
Trott Makes a Visit, Lichtenberger, 37.
Trowbridge, C. R., 174.
Trustworthiness. See Faithfulness, 20-
26. Keeping One's Word, 68-71.
Truthfulne^)3 (see also Keeping One's
Word), 68-71, 104, 239, 246-50.
Tsin Sin, Mencius, 133.
Twenty-three Tales, Tolstoy, 119, 120,
224.
Two Noble Lives, Richards, 212, 221, 225.
Ugly Duckling, The, Andersen, 27.
Umberto, King, Edmondo de Amicis, 252.
Unfortunate, Care of the, 150, 151-54,
218.
United States a Melting-Pot for Nations,
The, ?04-7, 324..
United States and the American Conti-
nent, The, 311-15.
United Stiitcs and the World, The, 282-
United States and the World's Culture,
The, 315-18.
United States and World Brotherhood,
The, 318-22.
United States Boy Scout, The, 162.
United States in the Napoleonic Period,
297-300.
Unselfishness, 104-08. See alto Making
Others Happy.
Van Dresser, Jasmine S., 105.
Van Dyke, Henry, 195.
Victoria, Queen, 66.
Vision of Sir Launfal, Lowell, 98, 170.
Vista, A, Symonds, 180.
Vital Lampada, Newbolt, 136.
Waiting, Burroughs, 72.
Walker, Evelyn D., 17.
War, Effects of, 354-58.
Washington, Booker T., 66, 271.
Washington, George, xx, 66, 211, 281,
242, 260, 296, 848; The Childhood of,
66.
Wavs of Service, 90-93.
Wellington, Lord Arthur, 54, 55,
Wellington and The Plowboy, 64.
Westmmster Bridge, Wordsworth, 142.
Westphalia, Peace of, 349, 360. .
Weyl, Walter E., 319.
What Americans Started with, 285.
What is Good, O'Reilly, 2.
Wheelock, Lucy, 101.
When the Dogwood Blooms, Lounsbury,
46.
White Man's Burden, The, Kipling, 337.
Whitman, Walt, 109, 128, 188.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 133, 251, 257,
272, 304, 315.
Who is my Neighbor, 87-90.
Wilson, Woodrow, 311, 320, 324.
Winter's TwiUght in Provence, A, Gilder,
318.
Winthrop, John, 189, 294.
Wolcott, Roger, 170.
Wolf of Gubbio (Agobio), 28.
Women's Municipal League of Boston,
170, 377.
Wordsworth, William, 30, 44, 52, 142,
154, 297.
Work, Good, 109-13, 277, 278.
Working Members of Society, 276-^1.
Working Together, 124-27.
World brotherhood, 284.
World Citizenship, 376-80.
World Conferences, 367-73.
World Culture, 317, 318.
World Family, The, Andrews, 326-80.
Worid Hospitality, 378.
World Peace Foundation, 321.
Worship of Nature, J. G. Whittier, 267.
Xenophon. 119.
Young Citizen, The, Dole, 133, 138, 140,
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