The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-11
Citizenship
Pilgrimage
Medal Given
Presented To Miss Almeda
Schwartz BY Supt.
w. A. Kohl
SPONSORED BY D. A. R.
Has Completed First Lap Of
"On To Washington"
Pilgrimage

Voted by her classmates and
faculty members as the most dis
tinctive citizen in the senior class
of the Sank Centre High School,
Miss Almeda Schwartz, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Schwartz, was
awarded the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution Good Citizenship
Pilgrimage Medal by Superintend-
emit w. A. Kohl Friday afternoon.
With this presentation Miss
Schwartz completed the first lap
Of an ION to Washington pill
grimage sponsored by the National
Society of the Daughters of Amer
ican Revolution, in an effort to
promote better citizenship among
the youth of the country.
In a group of 35 high school
girls, Miss Schwartz was present
ed to the continental Congress of
the d. A. r. at its annual meeting
In st. Paul at the Hotel Lowry on
Tuesday, by Regent Mrs. Nellie
McCollum, of the local chapter.
Pilgrims of the Good Citizenship
Pilgrimage chosen from the var
ious high schools of the state at
tended a reception from $50 to
TOO, after which they were enter
tanned at dinner - the state or
ganization.
Following the dinner one Of the
Pilgrims, Jane Grise, of Austin,
was chosen by w. B. Irwin, Presi-
dent of the Minnesota Society, D.
A. r., to continue the Pilgrimage
to Washington, d. c., where girls
from forty-eight states Of the I'm
ion will be entertained in the Cap
ital in April. Mr.. Irwin conducted
the drawing in the absence Of
John G. Rockwell, Commissioner of
Education State Of Minnesota.
Comprising the Sank Centre del
egation to the meeting of the Con-
gress in st. Paul Tuesday were
Mrs. Nellie McCollum, Mrs. w. H.
Parker, Mrs. e. r. Hedin, all
members of the local Chapter, and
a guest, Mrs. G. A. Klar.
The National Society, Daughters
of the American Revolution, spon-
sors each year a Good Citizenship
Pilgrimage to Washington, D. G.
The society, through this move
ment, hopes to encourage among
the young people of our nation a
desire to develop into the highest
type of citizen through the build
ing Of good and noble characters.
The Interior aim of this Good Cit
izenship Pilgrimage is to produce
a group of leaders among the wo-
manhood of America who wip
have high patriotic ideals, true ap-
probation of the wonderful oppor-
tunities our country offers to all,
attain attributes of noble charac-
ter.
In each city or town in which
there is a chapter Of the National
Society, Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, one girl, a member
Of the senior class of the high
school is chosen, because she ex-
cells in the four qualities most de-
sirable in good citizens. These
four qualities are: dependability,
which includes truthfulness, loyalty
and punctuality; service which in
cludes cooperation, courtesy, and
consideration of others; leader
shin which includes personality,
sef-control, and ability to assume
responsibility; patriotism which in
cludes unselfish interest in family,
school, community, and nation. To
be chosen the pilgrim for this
Good Citizenship Pilgrimage is in
deed great honor as the represen-
tative is selected by the vote Of
her classmates and the faculty of
the senior high school. Her quail
tiles are outstanding in respect to
the traits specified as the measur-
ing gauge, also so many could not
have agreed in the choosing.