New Mexico state record., 1919-12-05
EDUCATIONAL NEED

a number OF questions of policy
important TO the wcll-bein1 of our
country, confront the American pr0-
pie today, but the one which oycf
sha dows al Others, IS the necessity
Tor the thorough Amtricanization oi
our Country
When this shall have been ac,uM-
plishcd all the Others VIII be Gas.
OF solution and the most oi them
Will automatically adjust themselves.
1t would be less than honest to
deny that the sreal bulk OF our
Citizenship is American. according
To its lights, but If would be equally
uncandid to ignore the fact that we
have far TOO much extraneous mat
ter IN the heterogeneous mass which
composes what we commonly term
our citizenship.
The legal definitions Of Aliens.
Denizens and Citizens were logical
lat the time OF their making. but
those definitions while still tcchnic-
ally correct have in great measure
lost their appropriateness iu other
word, those definition, no longer M
the facts which confront t5e America
Of today We have Alien, ana Dem.
lens exercising all tlc -hts and
privileges of Citizens. owir. 90 a.
lack oi uniformity iu uur HH. a.i
fte n0n-cuiorc ment oi tl, .aN- Wr
have Then too we havr elements
rrutad ana doms..r technical.
titlru- u tat thes h-t, .uu',1
WITH .fe naturalization l.w.. or have
been born '' orr SOIL who fan far
tfar- ot r.,i im.ri,,r Cusscu,H'u
one of the Cardinal Tenet of true
American Citizenship may bc cX-
nr .ci .-'i aatr,oucally love my
to#rr America and ] swear .caIfy
to 's Constitutions. It's Symbol ol
Nationality and ils Institutions. un-
divided with any foreign allegiance
either secular or sacerdotal" The
soIouruer IN our land, whether i'm
or native born. who cannot
,uhscrih, TO that, without reserva.
'ion or equivocation, deserves no
place IN our citizenship.
Much of the disloyalty in our land.
both latent and pronounced. IS due
10 ignorance and TO the false teach
lngs which this country has permit
ted, deeming il harmless. Events OF
the last five years, and especially
during the last twelve months. have
demonstrated that this ignorance can
no longer be overlooked and that .
these false teachings can no longer .
be tolerated.
IL is now imperative that Ameri- .
ans subordinate the greed for per
,onal gain and begin propaganda
for the Americanization Of the pto-
,le and the elimination Of such a.
,annot be assimilated in orr citizen
ship
This evil condition has required
generations 10 reach the untoward
tate il has attained. and ii will re-
luire az Least a generation 10 res
ore our country TO Civic good /.
Iealih The most potent agency for 4.
has regeneration will be through
'ur public schools, and even here
'ur present day text books are per
neat z with insinuations innueu-
.oes and bald statements Of stuff"
Which rs both untrue and pernici0us
fea"eu only knows what un-Ameri-
anism ?, fosiered and promulgated
n those schools which are maintain 1
q and controlled by private inter
sts
The first demand in the matter ,
Z the education of the oncominc
itizeushIp OF our country shouli p, {
1r the Amerioanization Of The text {
aoks used in our public schools {
ext the elimination from the teach I
~ force OF all whose patriot. q
ar be questioned. and the pos tive
eqgiremeut that all children within
he scholastic age shall attend these
mericanized schools
II might be considered paternalis-
c and un-American TO prescribe a +
IrrfCulum and list Of tevt books 4
, be u-ed n our schools OF higher
iucation but il would not be un- Z
merican 70 state in definite terms o
hat shall not be taught IN such Q
hools-in america i
To the objection that such a policy
ouid be an infringement upon the
dividusl rights OF the parent. 4
av b. urged hat a Citizen Of this
,untry has no right to have the
ind OF the future citizen warped "a u
his duties and obligations - the II
luHfry IN which he l. TO live and he 9,
part and that IL real Anericznisrn q
rerulsive 20 his sensibi1ities. ne Il
MD he reminded IN terms not 20 c
nisunders' ood. that the world is n
tensive and NAV offer other nlsoes
.arer te his hking-S. r Bu1ief'7.