The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-06-06
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Winners of Contest

from smong themselves, Imbued
with American ideals, guided by
the intelligence, the honor and in
teerity found in American citizen.
ship
Who are these men? In the lam
guage of the press one is a con-
sentative, another a radical. In the
language Of the streets one is
young and affable, another is a
sour Cd man.
AS individuals they are unimpor-
tant. What they eat for breakfast,
how they wear the!" clothes,
whether or not they love music
these things are trivial. AS body.
as Court, they are important, the
gal chemists and biologists who in
their laboratory dissect the newly
enacted laws and determine if
those laws be true to the heart, the
root, the thought of the Constitu-
ion of our forefathers.
We have always been able to
look to the Supreme Court for sure
and certain guidance. Back
through the years the members of
this court have for the most part
been men of integrity, great pat
riatism and broad legal experience.
These same qualities have ever
characterized the court itself. Be-
cause of it's fidelity to the ideals of
our forefathers, because of the
wisdom of it's decisions and the
unselfishness of it's labors the Su-
preme Court of the United States
stands out today, as it has stood
out through generation after gen
Grafton, the greatest, the most
learned and the most dignified
court that the history of the world
presents.
The above essay is original and
has not been copied from any
source whatsoever.
Signed,
Thomas ]. Brown.
The Constitution of the United
States
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seems tiresome and we think 1t
rather foolish for boys and girls
to have to spend so much precious
time on it. But we must remem-
Der that boys and girls of today
win have to help govern them
selves as men and women to-
morrow, and to be abe to do that
well, we must know about the laws
Of our nation.
On July 4, 1776 a group of our
ancestors made the first laws OF
this great nation. They said it
was to be a Republic, and that
each citizen was to help govern
himself, and to be free to worship
God as he wanted to. These laws
We're called the Constitution Of the
United States, and they have been
the Supreme laws of our country
ever since.
There were seven articles in the
original Constitution. It is very
hard to change the Constitution,
and very few changes have ever
Dccfl DC CCii
or Amenrments as they are called,
were made in 1871, the eleventh in
1898, the twelfth in 1904, the next
three were made because of the
Civil War, and the others only
lately. There have only been
twenty-one changes or additions
made since the original laws were
written.
The Constitution has been used
for one hundred and twenty-five
years. During this time our
nation has grown from four million
people into more than a hundred
million, and from thirteen little
states to forty-eight great states
so we know this plan Of govern
ment has been a good one. And
because it has been, we must do
all we can, when we grow up and
vote, to preserve this Constitution
and not allow changes to be made
that might destroy the power our
ancestors gave us to govern our
selves.
Ina Marie Obs