The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-12-14
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| Victim Round Among The Posts /
No sooner did the Legion posts of
Minnesota start the practice of motor
ing in body to attend the meeting, OF
neighboring post for the purpose of
acquaintance and good fellowship than
the Legion Auxiliary units at Slayton
and Lake Wilson caught onto the idea,
the whole Lake Wilson unit going to
Slayton's. meeting November ISL, ANU
Slayton returning the compliment on
the occasion of Lake Wilson's regular
meeting. With Commissioner Babcock
fast perfecting the Minnesota road
system the Gopher Legion and Auxill-
airy Gang will be like one big family
and posts and units will be travelling
fifty or hundred miles of an evening
"to get acquainted with the rest OF
the gang,
The Pledge Or The Boy Scout
Before he becomes a Boy Scout a
boy must promise: "On my honor
will do my best to do my duty to Goo
and my country, to help other people
at all times, to keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake, and morally
straight, and to obey the Scout law"
In urging every Minnesota Legion
post to ascertain just how it may best
cooperate with the Boy Scout, organ
iization, Commander Gerald Barron OF
of Cloquet declares: "It is obvious
that no finer line of endeavor lies be-
fore the five hundred Legion posts OF
Minnesota than to help existing Boy
Scout Troops, form new ones where
advisable, unite existing troops in Boy
Scout Councils with paid expert scout
master to give part or full time to an
educational program. provide Legion
leadership to aid in Boy Scout training
and so on. If the motto of the Boy
Scout is to be trustworthy, loyal, help
full, friendly, courteous, kind, obedlent,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and rev.
erent, what nobler work may we par
ticipate in than the spreading Of this
doctrine of true Americanism among
the rising generation? Think care
fully on this in connection with plans
for American Education Week, par
.ticularly on Saturday December 9Th,
which is dedicated to school play
grounds, school athletics, physical
education, the country's need in con-
Iserying and developing our forests,
soil. roads and other resorces, and love
Of the great outdoors, so interesting to
young America" aAa : ,oA y ~
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A Good Citizenship Pledge
i believing in government of the
people, by, the people and for the
people, i will do my best to inform
myself about public ) questions, . the
principles and policies of c political
parties and the qualifications of can
edidates for public office. will vote
according to my conscience in every
election, primary or final, at which,
lam entitled to vote. jSI will obey the
law even when am not in sympathy
with all provisions. j will supportiby
all fair means the policies that APP
prove of. / will respect the right of
Others to uphold convictions that may
differ from my own. | will regard my
citizenship as a public trust This
pledge is used in the program OF
schools of Minneapolis. Every student
graduating from any, school in Min
nesota might well subscribe to it.
Every citizen should do SO. ... M,
-Vsa 3IEd rs -rA 49, 51Sss -
IS Per Cent OF Minnesotans Are
81 Foreign-Born as5ooad N9
Judge C. A. Nye of Moorehead, Min
nesota, Vice Chairman Of the Mime
sofa Legion, Americanism Commission
and in charge of it's immigration and
naturalization program states; Tine
number of foreign-born residents eof
the United States is increasing. Ac-
cording to federal census, there were
l6,700, 900 in 1880, nc, 300, 900 in 1900,
and Is, 100000 I'm 1920. In : 1920 the
number of . foreign-bofn who had re-
.ceiyedisno schooling whatever in any
language and who could mot read was
1,76S, TAG. Iof whom lass; 988 could not
speak the English language. At tho