The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-05-31
Roswell D. Otto-Ninth Grade
Character In Citizenship"

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The first thing a good citizen
should know Is that the good will
of others is necessary to his well
fare. A person who is hostile to
others has a sorry time in this
world.
Every person belongs to certain
organizations without joining. He
belongs to the family and to the
neighborhood community. A men,
Der of an organization gets it's life
from the body to which it belongs,
and a member is necessary to the
life of the body. People living to-
gether in a community should re-
member that living together means
teamwork. Everyone must pull to-
gether.
Teamwork means rules and law!
Without rules and law there would
be no civilization. It means Or
ganization! They must organize to
make rules and law. It means
leadership! Without a leader they
cannot properly organize. It
means doing ones part. A leader
cannot properly organize, peo-
pie who don't cooperate and do
their partss
Boys and girls who sometimes
forget to be good citizens should
remember their debt to their par
ents. The average child in the av-
erage home costs his parents five
thousand dollars before he is four
teen years of age. A good citizen
in the home shows respect and
obedience. He shows kindness to
others along with good nature. He
proves his helpfulness by always
doing his share. He shows prompt
ness and is always on time. He is
a dependable, always doing well
what he is expected to do, or what
he agrees to do.
Parents should remember the
most important dangers to the
home are sickness and death, y di-
vorce, poverty and amusements
which are contrary to home ideals.
School helps build citizens to
School teaches future citizens to
read, write, and use numbers.
School helps everyone to earn a
living. It teaches knowledge of
our world. It preserves for others
what men before have accomplish
ed. It shows one how to be of
service to others. Therefore the
good citizen in the school commun-
ity gives regular attendance and
honest effort, respects the rights Of
others, obeys authorities, is re-
sponsible for property, participates
in school activities outside the cur
riculum and has pride in his school.
Every life is of value to others
depending on how that life is liv-
ed, what it contributes to the well
fare of the community and to so
ciety in general. A citizen owes II
to his community to keep well for
the amount of work he can do de-
ponds on his health. Rules for
health can be found in any n.y.
giene book.
Recreation is necessary to the
welfare of all. Group activities in
recreation teach one to cooperate,
to respect law, to respect the rights
of others and to do his best.
Crime DIS the darkest blot on
civilization and next to it comes
war. Crime is caused by poor en-
vironment, improper use of leisure
time, liquors and drugs, corrupt
officers of the law, poor homes, ig-
norance of the law din foreigners
and unemployment. All of these
can be prevented.
Education gives broader horizons
teaches one to look out and up
ward Education puts new ways Of
using leisure time in the hands Of
its students; education teaches the
rules of health, sets up standards
All the factors leading to crime
can be destroyed as new standards
replace old faulty ones.
Character In citizenship-a good
character always makes a good
citizen, for good character means
a person physically and mentally
At, discharging his duties in SO
cial world for the betterment Of
that society Of which he is a part.