The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-13
MEDALS GIVEN
FOR ESSAY AT
PYTHIAN PICNIC
Baseball Game and Many Sports
Feature 0uting-Pythians
From County Gather.

Presentation Of the first prize
gold medal in the American. citizen
ship essay contest won by Miss
Sigrid Bergren, 500 Forty-fourth
street. in the contest conducted by
the Illinois grand lodge, knights of
Pythias, was one of the features
of the annual outing of the Pythian
lodges of Rock Island county to-
day at the Watch Tower. Repre-
sentative Harry M. McCaskrin pre-
scented the medal. Members of the
Davenport lodge also participated
in the picnic and 1000 Pythians
from all over the county were ex-
pected to attend.
The afternoon program consist
ed of a baseball game between
Rock Island and Milan lodges
against Moline and East Moline
lodges. Races of all kinds were
held for the women and children.
Prizes will be awarded tonight to
winners in all events. Following
a short program there will be dam
cling in the Watch Tower pavilion
for members and families. The X.
of p. orchestra will furnish the
music.
Miss Ruth Seayle, 1920 Seventh
avenue, was presented with a medal
for winning third place in the e.
say contest. The contest was for
all girls in Illinois under 16 years
of age.
Miss Bergren's prize winning es-
say follows:
"A citizen of the United States
or America is one who owes al
legiance to our government and
nay lawfully demand protection
from it. A citizen of the United
states may be either native born
)r naturalized. Among native born
are included all persons
BORN in the United States and not
subject to any foreign power, IN
Guiding the children of foreign born
parents, who have not become citi-
Zens. A naturalized citizen is one
who was once subject of foreign
state, but who has taken his citi-
papers according to the
avs of the United States.
Have you ever heard of an old
English picture, which represents n
King, with the words beneath, L,
govern ALI; a bishop, with the mot
%, i pray for all; a soldier, with
he words, L fight for ALI, and a
farmer slowly drawing forth his
purse and rather sadly exclaiming,
l pay for all?
HNnyU q trina oifi1a, ,,.ikaz
self these four qualities; he gov
,rns, prays. fights and pays for all, !
Fat is, for himself and for his
leighbors. Whatever he does is for |
himself and for the common good. +,
t Is because of his citizenship duty. !
when necessary, that he takes part /
Ii government affairs, in all kinds
ii labor, in fighting and in con- J.
ributing for the country's sup
,ort.
citizenship is a service return
q to our country whether if he
lauon, state or city, for benefits re-
elVed- Our country's protection.
ne sense of freedom we enioy nm
er It's nag. the opportunity that is
urs 10 i've according to our wish
S or abilities-this arouses orr
atrlotism or love for our countrv
nd citizenship. to go one step fur
Ger, Is patriotism, either national
tate or municipal. The good citi- {
en- Is the one who renders lovaI I
ervlce and lives in harmony with {
lie laws OF the land and his conn (
US ideals. A famous Roman
lcero, once wrote. 1t is sweet and
onorable TO die for ones country. {
ur first lesson is rather to live I
" 1t, so that our citizenship shall e
helpful and inspiring. d
The mere fact that a country is
lrs gives us share in its nra- y
Gus privileges To be one of ;ts
items, then. is to live LOYALTY n
,cording to its laws, to render ! 4
illing service in its behalf. ana '
act towards our neighbor. no 9
after what land he comes from 8
what creed he processes, lust IS
, would act towards One of our h
IN household In a larger sense. $
r country is one vast home. and al