The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-29
PATRIOTISM IS SUBJECT
Taft Sayings
On Patriotism

NDOU OF this generation have had
too much prosperity and too
much luxury for your own
good, you are encouraged BY the
tone Of the day to an attitude OF
flippanoy and lack OF respect for
your elders; true patriotism cannot
flourish "a long as this spirit ex-
lists
II you love your fathers and
mothers you have laid the founda-
tion Of true patriotism.
Patriotism is not gtandstand
play: keep in your heart and soul
and mind the appreciation OF fam
ily and you will be ready to make
the supreme sacrifice to patriotism
when the exigencies OF national ex.
istance demand 1t.
The relation OF the individual 10
the family is the same as the tela-
tlon OF the family to the government.
Government is nothing but an OF
ganitation OF us
Patriotism, in its btoades sense.
Is the appreciation OF the relation
YOU bear 10 yourselves.
Prcia,cd hy gentle >coldmg be-
au,c "Nou oi the present generation
have had too much prosperity and lux
~, for your own good" the addrc,, Vt
Howard Taft, former prc,l-
lent oi the United States. who spoke
,u the subject oi Patriotism" before
hc student body ot the Oklahoma CIV
high school TIN, morning at IA 20
o'clock was q masterpiece ol such SIM
lc. genuine expression oi Amcriyaw>m
HAT before u, conclusion he had caught
lp the hearts oi his audience IN h,
huge hand, ard hrca,hcd into the mind,
NJ h,> hearers the necessity ul true love
lt tamil, and country
Vow and then an n,c,uou, mlr
.huJklc would break the thread oi ~,
thought And the entire audicu,,
,aughl IT, contagion and found them
,elvc, laughing with him
Lack OF Respect
"Nou arc encouraged bv the tome 20.
the da, ,o an attitude IT 'lippduC, and
lack of rc,pc,, ,o Your elder, and Nh
hiug> Your grandfather, ami grand
mother, held IN reverence" said Mr.
TAFT admom>huvN lo the 2WM luI
more hoyS aud girls vho Ihrougcd lt,
auditorium True pa
iriotlsm cannot flourish a, long a, tm.
spirit exists
The youths of today like lo hchc,,
the yknow more than the last gcnrr
alton. they have lost their ryspccl iur
and think the, arc wiser than
heir ancestor, am reminded oi m,
strike, ~, school children Nlo lcay,
The classroom when iayoril, teacher
IS dismissed The, vo home ,o the,
,,llv parents who swell ont her chest,
and remark Nh. see how the spirit oN
the declaration ol independence persist,
IN my chillr,n The fac, oi the matter
Is that the children should b, urnr,
over the knees oi their parents an,
spanked
Parents Blamed
"rcrhap, much ot the spirit oi IN,
modern Youth can he blamed on IN,
parents
Respect tor authority /, more e..
>cnlial m republic than IN a MONARCHY
ot an ahSnlu,ei,m There the uuiwar,
appearance ot respect AZ least Tan b,
maintained hN force nui ,tnc .rspr.
Tor authority must tonne lror, con
,riuu,nc,, that respect :, ncJc,,at, n
ntdcr that government may ,nlite
The family IS the cpilomc ui IN,
country Patriotism grew out ol ln
iam'l, unit The instinct that prompt,
and fathers to watch with ,u
liciudc over the welfare oi their rhil
dtcn. finds ilS analogy IN the tribe an,
N the nation The love oi a child ior
IT'S father and mother is the ba,s o
patriotism