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Photograph from U. S. Bureau of ^Education 



THE ABLEST EDUCATORS OE THE COUNTRY ARE NOW ENGAGED IN DEVISING THE 



QUICKEST AND EASIEST METHODS OE TEACHING THE IMMIGRANT 



THE LANGUAGE OE THE COUNTRY OE HIS ADOPTION 



"The native Americans are primarily responsible for whatever indifference has been shown 

 by this nation in the education and enlightenment of those whom we have invited to these 

 shores." 



ica to represent ; and when we say repre- 

 sent we imply that we are not the exclu- 

 sive possessors of Americanism. There 

 are men in Poland, in Russia, in Spain, 

 and in all the countries of Europe, in 

 Germany herself, who represent the spirit 

 of Americanism, which is, in a word, that 

 each man shall have his chance. 



What is it to be American? We say 

 that it is to love the Stars and Stripes. 

 But a flag is no more than a symbol. It 

 represents hopes and fears, struggles and 

 achievements, something done and some- 

 thing yet to be done. 



THE REAL STORY OE AMERICA 



The story of America is not to be told 

 in the landing of the Pilgrim fathers, the 

 fights with the Indians, Bunker Hill and 

 Yorktown, Gettysburg and Appomattox, 

 Santiago and Manila; nor is the story 

 told in the advance of the pioneer from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific, in the build- 

 ing of great railroads and the conquering 

 of the wilderness, in the searching of the 

 mountains and the establishing of great 

 industries, in the coming of the immi- 

 grant, or in the philosophy of Emerson 



