brought with them the right ideas of freedom. One of the first things they did was to make, and promise to obey, certain laws that were for the good of all.

They chose one of their number to be their leader, and they called him governor. They believed that the people themselves should rule. So whenever they wished to settle an important question they called a general meeting and settled the matter by vote.

We may truly say that the Pilgrim Fathers laid the foundations of the government which we enjoy in the United States to-day, a government by the people and for the people.

DECEMBER: E PLURIBUS UNUM

For the Teacher:

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR. CHANNING 1

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

Peace is more strong than war, and gentleness,
Where force were vain, makes conquest o'er the wave;

And love lives on and hath a power to bless,

When they who loved are hidden in the grave.

And often, from that other world, on this

Some gleam from great souls gone before may shine, To shed on struggling hearts a clearer bliss, And clothe the Right with luster more divine.

Suggestions for morning talks

Our national motto ought to be the keynote of our work at home, in school, and in the nation.

1 From Lowell's Complete Poetical Works. Houghton Mifflin Co.

Show the class this motto on our silver coins. What does it mean? A football team, a four-part chorus, an orchestra, a fruit tree, a house, a nation are many in one. Each boy in the team, each singer in the chorus, each state in the nation helps to make the team, the chorus, the nation possible. It needs him; he needs it; and he must sacrifice his individual ambition to the good of the team.

Learn: "For we are members one of another."

Being many in one, we must obey our leader; we must subordinate ourselves pleasantly, taking a minor part in games or songs, or plays. We must show good will to all who help to make us many in one. Study the different grocery provisions, e.g., sugar, flour, dates, figs, olives, prunes, oranges, and the standard articles like wool, rubber, iron, sponges, chalk, ink, and show how we depend for even the simplest life upon many people working as one.

Our family is many in one, the parents earning and caring for the children; the children making ready to help the parents.

The school is many in one. The different rooms and grades can unite in morning exercises, work together in manual training, or cooking, play together in folkdancing and athletics.

The nation is many in one. Study a map and see what each State contributes. Tell about the House of Governors.

Learn: "A house divided against itself cannot stand,"

and "The Mountain and the Squirrel," Ralph Waldo Emerson. Poems. Houghton Mifflin Co.

E PLURIBUS UNUM1

GEORGE WASHINGTON CUTTER

Tho' many and bright are the stars that appear
On that flag, by our country unfurl'd,

And the stripes that are swelling in majesty there
Like a rainbow adorning the world;

Their light is unsullied, as those in the sky,
By a deed that our fathers have done,

And they're leagued in as true and as holy a tie,
In their motto of "Many in One.”

From the hour when those patriots fearlessly flung
That banner of starlight abroad,

Ever true to themselves, to that motto they clung
As they clung to the promise of God;

They conquered, and, dying, bequeathed to our care
Not this boundless dominion alone,

But that banner whose loveliness hallows the air,
And their motto of "Many in One."

Then up with our flag! — let it stream on the air;

Though our fathers are cold in their graves,

They had hands that could strike- they had souls that

could dare,

And their sons were not born to be slaves.

Up, up with that banner! - where'er it may call,

Our millions shall rally around,

And a nation of freemen that moment shall fall,
When its stars shall be trailed on the ground.

From Days and Deeds, compiled by Burton E. Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson. The Baker & Taylor Co.

THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS 1

SARA R. O'BRIEN

An old man had many sons who were always quarreling. At last the father called them to him. He showed them a bundle of sticks tied together. He said to them, "Break this bundle." Each of the sons tried to break it but could not.

The father untied the bundle and told each son to break one stick. They could do this easily. Then the father said, "If all of you could stand together, no one could do you any harm, but each one separate is as weak as one of the little sticks.”

Let each member of the class write a composition showing the application of this story in our commerce, our social life, our civic and national government.

JANUARY: RESPONSIBILITY OF
EACH CITIZEN

For the Teacher:

BOSTON

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

And each shall care for other,
And each to each shall bend,
To the poor a noble brother,
To the good an equal friend.

A blessing through the ages thus
Shield all thy roofs and towers!
God with the fathers, so with us,
Thou darling town of ours!

1 From English for Foreigners, Book I. Houghton Mifflin Co.

For the Class:

THE CHILD AND THE YEAR

CELIA THAXTER

Said the child to the youthful year:
"What hast thou in store for me,
O giver of beautiful gifts! what cheer,
What joy dost thou bring with thee?"

"My seasons four shall bring

Their treasures: the winter's snows,
The autumn's store, and the flowers of spring,
And the summer's perfect rose.

"All these and more shall be thine,
Dear child but the last and best
Thyself must earn by a strife divine,
If thou wouldst be truly blest.

"Wouldst know this last, best gift?
"T is a conscience clear and bright,
A peace of mind which the soul can lift
To an infinite delight.

"Truth, patience, courage, and love,
If thou unto me canst bring,

I will set thee all earth's ills above,

O child! and crown thee a king!

Suggestions for morning talks

The subject of this month grows out of the last. We are each responsible because we are each needed to make up one nation. Responsible means that we will respond, and take our part. The President: For what