The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-01
Trainira f.,r cItIrenshlp.

Training fsr Citizenship,
Good citizenship Il q good thing 20 have !
In any land. but in this country II Is q
national necessity We have staked all |
on the plan Of running the government &C.
cordins to directions on bits OF paper that
the people put 10 boxes Tor that purpose.
Ii good citizenship does not deposit the
larger number Of THESE papers this greatest
Of all experiments in popular sovernments
mus. fan, e Tar ne ss,s sones a eei Slse
preston that something needs 70 be done
TO keep thu stock ef good citizenship from
Most Of the agitation cn this subject aims
al making civic training part Of the work
Ia the public schools. Ii would seem as II
IL must be there OF nowhere. The average
hos srcps from the schools Into the clutch,s
~ industi Ia 4isnl aud there he Is kept tee
busy studying his relations 70 bread and
hu,icr 70 spend much time s.nd5lns Ills
~ ations 10 Inc state. Ent f the great o.
poituulfy fJf civic edpeattoa la the rabtc
schools could be taken advantage n fn.iy.
1t would seem that no other formal trim
ing would be ucclcd ~ secare &c thls
country the vital element OF good citi1rn'
ship. Think cf the riieCt az pcuIiag late tne
mass of the people every yrhr haalr,ds o.
thousands az embryo voters trained 10 esea
a faT comprehension OF pfeCticai cfvTs-
day, government, and Of their fights AID
dNilts uhaer It.
il should be said thar many friends Ok
good government look 10 this nietssl dlner-
eudy. 1neY oppose. % se1erai sto4aus
tue plsn ~ making trimming for ciuzens4t1
fesuiaT part Of me %Sl III ~ Pe asrs
.gr''t.J .te me ,,,ef n nd The M ne.
ment . IN that dld s,S..,! HIt d u 49,
49, ri -. en ', ssso ~, N. en-
~ ELL ii,,s "sd teptng tbe .epntrs o,rr DIT
Que papii Ia hundred is receiving ci,ic
Inis is largely owing 90 practical diul
cnltips In the WAY. ln tue ursi place. tue
ttt@y-,i..j i-Se,s triaeiusl,is s,ftiset Prom
p,,,,ii,l.n, a. JI46.15ssjtine a. soon.r II
iei@r n,1.restd n. stpdt In inc schools.
~ ,,+i5,, ~ won tho e.idast Of these an.
,ils1, hsre eireS,lr "a, In .hst M.
t,a,,fsns NJ stndy arc often Thought Ia he
AM ID au nrcpnrtton ,o thr sfreug-h nf Ia.
cGili,,p ma ~ no nunh,r az hour. In
a. Who're ciylc trginlnr As cptting any
senst1arobi. nIern II n hn,iry hrsr NJ ougt
ssn. otber ,iiidv
Then there IS the serious question as %
l,cst ,yavs ana means fer develcoiu.. the
,ttzci side Of n srbColbor SVb1t shall he
ttughrg How sbpIl II he taughtf The
movement is deuandlng such lehching us
shall mako Tor nnrn nul bIgh.,oinilrd eli
s.v. ngfrl,dic nnd nctivn ,ift1rn. p9ltli-
,ullv Weu informed ciilzpns Thp WORRYING
n,it OF n eourse OF studv 1prropriule to tn5
.nd lie prrnnration of suitabio tcNt .books.
and Tho y,.lrrtion in NOT mo duvei1ulucn, ~
ur,'ucr InstturterA tnust he N ,y,tIi M me.
Late writings on iii, movement nrc ts
fptlo,ys.
"publtc srbcols mud Gont Govp,n.
l. iup'N 9IuVS,ia Hlu HN"t 49,
nonimcht. ;. L, Foreman, hualon Z@,ole-
Apiil lsG2
The Education OF the American Citl-
zen a. T. HadIey C. Seubnu's Sons,
New York.
8 Education 10Y Citizenship Current
Literature $3.50 December 1901.
4. Public Schools ana CitiEcushlp' 70. II.
Hill Guutuu 22:1tf. February, 1902
:. Laboratory Method of civil Govern.
ment" L. H. II. Roberts, Education
2l.l77. April 1902
Y.,,h III ~, 49, h,oi. AZ tha .,htaot 81,
,ei,S eo erv Mn y" ',ilec
lion OF payers and addresses 10y President
lladley OF Yale: HIS general position J;
M IN n'Se 'no,.s ro ., mGa ~, >,
nitE'nS ~, 10 n,N1n , Nm, l'"', ~ o
El.tnN ini ", ~" Ito,' an uuu ~ ILL., ~. ~
hcl'f n,iHutus SuutNsy' uiaNip'ut IuI ~ ~
ntes OF purpose are tns my, 9uttn'lSss w
Wouid nave mos. ut t ~ III wv VuuV ,'
tloh, me reason nut tIslt NV ~ NY y,
social and business standard are higher