Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1920 — Making a Citizen. [ARTICLE]

Making a Citizen.

You make the citizen by giving him intelligence. He must learn to see things as they are. He must also learn to see the possibilities and rise in power to put them to the test. There is no place for the coward in the march of progress. We need men, “brave men, who dare while others fly.” And this means they must have brains and brawn with which to fight life’s battles and hold their own in the world. And to intelligence we must add constancy. It avails little to be brilliant if you haven’t the power to stick to your job until you make a success of it. Persistence will help you win, when you put your head to work. These are the first things In the making of citizens. The home and the school must work together to oroduce It.—Grit