The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-05
Participation Necessary.

Wi.h a.. .'u" r"-r"rr - ar system ~
N"rrr. ys,nIHatIru wN.rl = l." sure. -
sC:"-inC c'usCtcntnuNiE. our nati""ar
. =, - 81 -" tur"tUir'" S'!'h - '.ri' ;.'-
:!r"a! s'a,u;r%. our English 'I"rrUarc.
uu- uwu good Nw'7."aH cooking. "ur
Way. - huviug aHi setting. "U" Ways
u" Cleanliness and 4 hundred other
SI,"r,Il lessons WG'rh 1r" n!d'nE 'hr
Foreigner 10 citizenship bur may ., not
be that II i only - An Adopted '.'i-
z"rShir after al 'hA' eu'h learning may
be leading Nm. whereas. !: h" : >"
become an understanding citizen, may
= not y" thar W" sh1.l have I" var,
,irirato with him. rs Wei rs he with
us IN n common play t"r tho IDEAL
America which we have com" :" under
stand as not jus, and "r country, but
as a quality or S,a;" Such u quality
* that primarily. "T 'l'a!r pay" which
Includes 49, tMr elements 80 equality.
md WHOM We mink deeply enough ""
shat 500 'hn' democracy -. i%"f. 'hlS
sat- o: halrnr" which generates 'puat-
It, through "Fnjr Play"
could anything l." NOR" ftttnC 'han
@ ~ on his day. N" Fourth &C Iu'H'
I,.:"r"rdcuC" Day. No SN""id ra'S" our
F,oe and j., II wav" oN"" every country
" Tho world. no.. however. :" d'n'Hn;"
or .-eSpass upon ~" rights e.: dn';H"r
ua;lcn. hu; ~ Eumbly orknn"l"ar' :"
ourselves indcr"rd"nCc from - = .!iSN
rar:orAnSrn localized by politics. m"
with humility and reverence" '" '"fn
toward tha! state Of America "hi'n
", sha! com" 10 know As HQNa"'F
through Fair Pay" Then -" tor"lI"-
o. too. may and VIII lft =" sam" ;!':
WIN 4 mighty 10y. Tnr ~ .oNg"r w:N
,..,l IN ~ ~ : a.
.Gyu,cd customs. Adopted codes Wi
',ws--hu, i Will =r"N - kim ''parr"'-
ra.!on" Then a!on" * he flag his
md indeed then only IS II ours.
Some Actual Experiences.
How can community recreation SNmN-
lat. uarticiaation ;tad hutld toward IN"
spirit 81 New America" Nv oNerlHS
Games and activities in which me Tor
r!gncr may ind himself NJ home. con
trihutiug wha. \" las {" EVA. ana 10y
participating IN games played under INC
standard Of Fair rraY.
L have seen nigh; school classes o.
men who have literally forgotten now
to laugh" said supervisor IN center
For them I would trust more !" an
hours roilick!ng fun MS an American
lzation agency than % al the ciNICs ina,
could b.. rur into a months lessons,
Il
old. s,ou.. aps,hrtiC. brought together
after MANY wears n America IN 'h"Ir
very FIRST marty or a7v kind hecc. Some
body slN,sully lurc1 them into Il dance
they had known in IN" old country
Could YOU have soon tho Stitt. TOLL
,h,Ckcned bodies break INTO old notion
the breaking 81 old joys over races
rrovn immohIl". you would hay" seen
a rev meaning in TIE thng We caiI
| 'Americanizat!o0.
Could you have seen the group or
foreigners In a community center J"in-
Ing IN song as tho words were thrown
on the moving picture screen S'hE'hE
mn American song n Italian and 'hen
an Italian soDg IN English, ana axe
applaudiug each other amid LOUD lauEn-
ter. YOU would have seen again ne"
meaning to the word Americanizat"n
Could YOU have seen n group or I'M
MIGRANTS landed at bills Island, some
with faces sad. shy. wis'ful. some Stoid
and seemingly incapable Of any emo
,{on--could YOU have seen these stirred
~ tears IVY their native Russian songs
We may we'll say. How little we under
stand" lastly came song that WAS
40 familiar TO all that the auuience
could hardly contain itself and S"aYeo
In time 10 the music. The singer SUE
rested THAI they all Join IN, n "hCh
they burst forth with one accord
Broad smiles took the place OF sadness
and for severa, minutes they sang IKE
happy children. And were they happy :
II we could have asked them II they
were happy there - no doubt that they
would have declared America all 'hA'
they had hoped for II.
MAY I, not be possihl" that through
IN. community recr"ItirE center. where
we may practice participation. We may
be nble 70 eliminate 20 4 large extent
the presen; anti-Socia'. ant-Hatrio''c'
the holshevist!c Inclination "h''h 10
chiefly due to lack OF nnHc7S'"hol"S
~ our meaning OF America This is one
,,,no-,sr, mission Of ihr yrar-r"und
rscrea,,or system witch Wheeling -
earnestly anticipating.