Putnam patriot., 1923-11-30

\ committee was chosen ia devise such nag. The colonies were stil! a part of England. The field consist cd of thirteen alternating stripes of red and white. This flag was raised over Washington's headquarters at Cambridge. Jan. 2. t776. This aag was known in England as the Rebel lious Stripes"
 After the Declaration of lndepen- denee, July {, l7f6. Congress chose a committee Co design a suitable flag for the new nation. On the new de sign they retained the thirteen re bellieus stripes. but the Union Jack was replaced by a blue background studded with white stars. This was the flag adopted as the standard of United States. June II. TIT.
 Emphasizes Needs of Library
 In her theme on Education Week. Pauline Chandler of the Seventh Grade of Israel Putnam school, em- phasizes the need of the public H. bfary. She writes as follows:
 1 We need to have public libraries in every community so that children who cannot afford to buy books can take books from the library without pay ing for them. Some children spend many pleasant hours reading interest ] ing library books. In the libraries there are many different kinds of books. There are historical. geo graphical. and other interesting books.
 The children who are not able to % to school can take books from the ll- hrary Co read and pass the time away. Sometimes when We have a hard sub ject Co look up in school and cannot find anything about t at home. we can % to the library and look t up. When the grown people have their work done they sometimes like to sit down and read library books.
 In some of the books at the library they show you different kinds of trades and work. \ library in every com munity helps the children to read bet ter in school and other places. The children who are not able to go to school Co get an education can take li= hrary books and learn Co read.
 People who did not go to school much when they were little could take books that show them the kind of trade they want to learn In that way they might make living In q public library you can take books any time you want to. while you cannot buy books any time you want to. By having q public library in every com munitp people can afford to have books to read.
 Education Develops Citizenship
 Helen F. Botham uf the class af 1921 of Putnam Hieh school wrote one Of the best essays hy high school pupils. hers beiH s follows.
 Our school system of today large ly determines the kind of citizens we shall have tomorrow. For this rea- son education is important and ne- cessarv. not only to the lives of the people but Co the fife of the nation.
 The purpose 0f education is net alone ta teach facts, but to develop the power of reasoning Ii broadens the mind and shafpen- the intellect. h nearly every case. the better edu- cated man or woman is the better citizen. If the schools turn out think ing men and women 10 take uD the affairs and determine the policy of the country, the country will be heue- iited in return for its appropriation to sustain public schools This ap- plies to the state and Co the nation, A weil-cdueated person is ahle tO weigh and to cope with the eXaetiBg problems facing the public today. 4 citizen has a great influence. either for good or bad, through his vote. A good voter and an efficient office hold CT is greater force for the advance ment of the nation and of civilization than any number of ignorant people
 When the ignorant and easily iu- ilueneed, unreasoning element is larR CT than the thinking element in a country. the country sutfera This condition makes possible the spread of propaganda and the control of the masses by few interruptions lead CTS. These conditions exist in our political life today. and a great deal can be done toward remedyine them by teaching the ideals and laws of our country in the schools This applies particularly to city schools, where there is q large foreign-born element who need to assimilate Americanism.
 Education has a tremendous inan enee for the good. by training the future generation, on which the fate of our country rests, to become citi zens capable of fhe great task of directing our government.