Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1920 — PATH OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP [ARTICLE]

PATH OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP

Oath Taken by Residents of Ofd Athens Might Be Revived Today With Good Results. •” As a part of the campaign to “sell Indianapolis to its ewn citizens,” those In charge of arrangements for the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of tjie World have written what they term a sales contract which will be distributed among clubs and other organizations. The contract is a reminder of the oath that residents of Athens took centuries agd. It said: '• “We will never bring disgrace on this, our city, by an act of dishonesty or cowardice. "We will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many. “We will revere and obey the city’s laws, and we will-do our best to incite a like reverence and respect In those about, us who are prone to annul them or set them at naught. “We will strive increasingly to quicken the public’s sense of civic duty. "Thus -in all these ways we will transmit this city, not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than It was transmitted to us.”