Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-09-27

luuu. SlItl Gil Sllllc2 SClllcW 1uIluu
&omiteen CAPITOL o. itill6e bit boloe
CT Nsoe nleo Council OF GelenIe"
%ic1cre pda Gaaeu. DC If iaa mango
@ilag '~triitlig % bill iaa flere. at oct
oil iage fonitc en- 10 Gage, icr &c
blir iGroia meo lin SuoitiainG Ill
StatenS Wuucrner on hans "Som
cil".
Seq tnlte meo ct Bar al aonri
teens Wtc0lemmcr eiter Wcoct igaor.
OF ioag tolte lea meb DIR. Copeland,
tom ltoocr paa Council OF Tcienie".
llptfen bar NOT Den, at Here al
Goltntp Noorocne honoe hanolct fife
bare "iooliib", men operifreoct lin
Vtpnoiahco oG ~ioitret mob lpirit"
| ptaie Sotalitetcr. Get ianmc ma
DC l~aafolote local GUARDS" a~nflaqe9
Tor. W{cu set belle Nnipor oa Sfpl
Den lolocr tilbage paa StatcuS
Council" % poo @upernoren, WIr.
Reoiac.
Gen mmcrifanife GreSic / 9incolu
bar refercrct gnnlfc i~uloitGnbig oa
ioaIig. Soog oireoe "Stutc Sournal"
felgenoe RcoottionSortitel Tom I'll
baAcblit ODER W shct. Zen or life
lGngere, enc at ben fan giengipea /
Sriginalen:
The Nebraska men who as
members of an Americanizauon
Committee, have undertaken to
solve the foreign language
problems, deserve the considera-
ton due to the po~ssessors OF
monumental task. The deeper
they get into the problem the
more difficult they are apt to find
it. Those who, before them. have
attempted to solve it airily by
sweeping orders OF one sort or
another, have discovered quickly
enough that only trouble lies in
that direction.
A persons language is part OF
his life. Without language a man
is but All animal. After a certain
early age men cannot adapt
themselves perfectly to a new
language.
When old age has come, they
can hardly at all gain even a fair
use of a foreign tongue. TO deny
an old person his native tongue
is the next to taking his life.
This is particularly true OF the
language of religion. The Ian
guage of commerce and of social
intercourse can be translated.
The language of religion cannot
be, in any effective sense. The
deep doors of religious feeling
have words and phrases for their
open sesame. Words of the same
definition in another language
cannot take the place OF words
which w their force to lifelong
experience and association. That
is why the new Americanization
Committee finds that all orders
for a change of tongue have
raised religious issues, drawing
the committee upon ground which
angels fear TO thread, however it
be with rash men"
Otter oisie trGfienoe Souobeos
form fonlmer ielgenoc Orb til vi
illttning:
I'VE should have begun on this
language problem forty years
ago, for it is n that only time
can solve. Had we made com
mand of English a prerequisite
to citizenship and to voting; had
we required the efficient teaching
OF English in alf schools, public
and private; had we required the
foreign language press to do the
Americanization work which it
ought to have done then proba-
bly, there would have been no
serious foreign language problem
now. AS it is, we shall have to
begin this process now and look
to the slow process Of future
years to bring us the common
language which the unity OF our
country requires
Germe iiOite aloorlige Inflaqc
MOB Ben iffe.enaeIite 2~lpi9ocroen er
bel / oct ltore og belle Ell uiono oq
uret'Prolg Nnflnge. iom life Dor gaa
upaatalt ben. Mfen bette or ultioo
Etn9oisme og Observation-Disclosures
Com befienot hor itore 9ps oqiaa
blanot omerifonife Sfole. oa l%lniuer.
'itetsmGno uotalt lig ganife amber
leoeS. vi ifuloer for Ell Itor Gel oen
ioofolote foreign prei5~, at DC mo
uonoreoe bar iltnoet ia iao LET til
rettc | bette Sano politlite Sip. :
oct tore og belle er ben iremmeoe
&res'eS Blade longt mere unoerpi
icnoe og oplprenoe iot Snouanorc
rem, END oen inoisote Tresie noaell
linoe fan blioe. 8or norlfe 0reaie
or ion en- So6s, Der oiier 0eien ira
set 9amle 2ano on inc / 6cn me,