The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-06-07

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done and they have found perfect
peace.
Ideals Must be Preserved
The ideals they fought for are
not and must not be forgotten.
This is the challenge of Memorial
Day. Our youth must be instruct
ed in ideals written by the blood
Of our heroes.
What are some of the ideals
that we of the present hold in
sacred trust?
First, we must preserve the
deal of patriotism. For the world
in which we live, patriotism is a
valuable and an essential quality.
We must have patriots, or the
idealists will be devoured alive by
hordes of unidealistic strangers.
1t will do no harm to talk to
the children about the glorious
history of our country. How IL
forefathers desired liberty and,
desiring it, went out with guns
and swords and got it. How it
is the duty Of each of us to do Il
best to honor those who have
made such a large degree of free
1om possible to us, and to be
~eady to defend our liberties
against those who would abrogate
them in any degree. Patriotism
will not hurt our children.
UnseIfishness Needed
Second, we must teach the ideal
of Unselfishness. Our soldiers had
this ideal developed to the high
est degree. Is there n greater
example of unselfishness than that
Of laying down your life for your
country?
This quality of unselfishiness is
not woven into a character as 7
many other qualities, We can
build independence by deliberate
" putting a child little. by little.
more and more. on his own We
can build up helpfulnees by Civ
ing him chances to help, by ex-
Meeting him to share in the things
that have to be done at home.
We can teach him to keep his
word by holding him to it. as we'll
as by keeping ours to him.
But the more intangible aspect
of character like unselfishness,
we have to build up in another
way.
The only way that the reaIiza-
ton of the beauty of unselfishness
will seep into a child's conscious
is for him to see it in oper-
alton and for him to see what re-
suits from it. Our children need
to be acquainted with the unself-
ishness of our heroes if they are
going to possess this quality.
Fighting for the Right
Another ideal which has been
handed down by generations of
soldiers is that of Fighting for
the Right" This ideal is needed
by the young people of today more
ever before. They must be
that the most patriotic
man is sometimes the man who
goes in the direction he thinks
right even when he sees half the
against him. It is the
dictates of Patriotism to sacrifice,
if 0 think that is the path of
honor and duty. So thought the
heroes of the Revolution. Those
were grim days, the days of
.76. Those men did not attach
their names to the Declaration of
independence expecting a holiday
On the next day. and that Fourth
IF July itself. was not a holiday.
They attached their signatures to
hat significant document knowing
hat if they failed, it was certain
hat every one of them would
lang for the failure. They were
committing treason in the interest
If 5000, 900 people in America.
All the rest of the world was
against them and smiled with t
~incredulity at the audacity t
If the undertaking. t
In the wars from that time to Y
his. our soldiers have lived up
o the ideal of Fighting for the
It is our duty to do what we can
o preserve this ideal in the hearts !
# our children. Children and par +,
.nts who will fight for the right I
will be the backbone of our u :
ry during the coming generation. :
OUR whole government structure =,
ests upon this ideal, Gangland :
5 threatening this structure. Evil =
n every hand attacks it at every n
opportunity. 1t is the shame OF :
very American citizen that into :
his great country may come the ;,
cum of Europe with a gun on :,
ither hip, force their way through >
immigration laws that bar out /,
lany d~esirables, take up resi- !
ence where they will, and within :,
few years accumulate wealth =
nd power to the extent that in =
roken English they can tell ma =
ive-born Americans what to do
nd when to do if. and have their