The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
CHILDREN RULE LITTLE CORONA A Model City Within a
 Greater City TEACH CITIZENSHIP Town Is Governed by Boards Elected
 From Schools-Machine Is
 Tabooed and Honesty Is Required
From the Denver News.


 She was speaking at the Womans club one afternoon not long ago and telling her listeners what she had dis covered about them during the five long 1 days she had spent in Colorado "investi gating woman suffrage"
 There was praise but there was | blame also dispensed by this lady from New York, her chief grievance being, as she expressed 1t. that there is abso- lutely nothing being done for the civic education of Denver girls; they are not being trained in any way for their dn ties as future voters"
 Some of her listeners stirred unea sil Z. yet no answer was made to this sweep ing statement by the lady investigator which shows that women are not such unmitigated takers after all.
 But dainty little Amy Pitkin says if she had been at the Woman's club that afternoon she would certainly have told the lady she was mistaken about moth ing being done for the civic educa tion of Denver girls'
 And Amy knows what Is meant by civic education. too, though it is such a verbal mouthful.
 Why not? For though she Is barely Is she Is an ex-alderman t-large and was for time the acting mayor" If Corona City. 'stt
 No training for their duties as vot- ers,'' indeedi f-rf ,',l
 Amy Is entirely too well bred to look scornfully over other peoples blunders, but certainly when she heard of that remark shadow passed over her sen- sltive face-like bird sweeping over sunlit waters-as if she would say wirh Alice in Wonderland What a very curious blunder"-for an investigator.
 Many Officers in Corona
 For four years now little Amy Pitkia has been receiving daily practical train ing for future citizenship. She has been elected again and again to various Of fees of honor in Corona City--whera there is no political machine-and now as a private citizen she Is showing how that estate also may be one of help fulness and honor
 But what and where Is Corona Cfty?" Perhaps by this time someone is asking this question
 Corona City is bounded on the north hy Ninth avenue, on the east by Down ing street, on the south by Eigh tn ave- nue and on the west by Corona street, In other words, 1t is the corporate gov ernment of Corona school, government of the children. for the children and py the children-God bless them. This experiment in self-governmenr was started by Miss Dora Moore, prin- cipal of Corona school, more than four years ago And now 1t is no longer an experiment. The civic policy has passed through various changes. developing always toward greater simplicity and effectiveness. Today. according to the charter of Corona City, the entire government and control of It's playgrounds and halls IS vested fn board of officers elected every three months, and consisting of mayor, an alderman-at large, who acts as mayor in case that officer Is confined at home by measles or some eiher cause. two yard commissioners two hall commissioners and an athletic commissioner. In addition, there is an alderman elected from every room above the fourth grade, these aldermen with the city officials forming a board of control that tries all students &C., cused of serious infractions of order in the halls or on the playgrounds, the charter very wisely leaving the conduct of the classrooms exclusively in the hands of the teachers. 4 Nominated in the Primaries
 The different officials are nominated in direct primaries and elected by means of modified Australian ballot The board of officers meets once a weel, | with Miss Moore, the mayor presidil; v and all problems affecting the welfare of Corona City are weighed and pon- dered, while If a serious case of disci- I pline is reported by any of the commis isfoners trial Is ordered beforesthe fun lconclaye of the board of controI. s,
 Except ye become as little children
 it may be difficult to understand the
 true meaning of the. Corona City gov.
 ernment to the boys and girls who form "a part of 1t. Therefore the rest of fhia