ANNOUNCEMENT! RUTH BRYAN OWEN Second Trip to Washington! ???What Boys and What Girls Will Go On the Second Trip To Our Nation’s Capitol[sic]??? “Our first ideal is democracy. It is the function of our public school system to keep democracy possible by training its children in its ways and its meaning. They must be taught to privilege and the sacred character of the ballot, the deeper meanings of representative and local government.” HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United States. ----------- “I am greatly impressed with the program of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen to bring the youth to her District in close contact with the government at Washington. “This will give the successful students early in life an opportunity which comes to but few citizens and that in later life is bound to awaken new ambitions and inspire a greater devotion to the ideals of our country. The problem of America after all is a problem of youth. “Mrs. Owen is serving not only the present but the future generations as well.” DOYLE E. CARLTON, Governor of Florida. ----------- “From the Pilgrimage to Washington has come to me a great purpose and an inspiration. It has made me see visions, and dream dreams--eager dreams to do the hard things, to do what others have failed to do. And although my dreams and plans may not make me famous, although my life’s work may be inconspicuous as I live in some little Florida town, perhaps the simple tasks of citizenship that I perform consciously and intelligently will give to an unfortunate neighbor without a vision, the purpose and inspiration that is now mine.” Natalie Ritter of Green Cove Springs--Member of the first Trip to Washington and winner of the subsequent Essay Contest. ----------- “These pleasant and sacred memories kindle a desire to become a better and more active citizen.” Dorothy Carel of West Palm Beach, member of first Trip to Washington. ----------- “No words can express what the pilgrimage to the “Enchanted City” meant to me. It is a treasure, a priceless memory that neither time nor man can erase from my mind.” Mary Norman Hopkins of Orlando, member of first Trip to Washington. ----------- “Mrs. Owen has planted ‘seeds of citizenship’ in the hearts of 36 boys and girls and I am sure these seeds will spring up and bear fruit.” William Z. Sellers of Hastings, and a member of first Trip to Washington. ----------- “To one who had never been far beyond the boundaries of his native state this patriotic pilgrimage with its sights, thrills, magnificence, its beauties and its privileges cannot be measured in words but is written in my heart.” Steve Johnson of Ft. Pierce, and member of first Trip to Washington. ----------- Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Member of Congress from the Fourth District of Florida will take one boy and one girl from each of the eighteen counties in her district to Washington, D.C., for a week’s visit and study of government. The trip will be made the last week in February, 1931. The return trip will be timed so that the arrival home will be celebrated as a Reunion at Vero Beach on March 2nd with the boys and girls who went on the first Trip to Washington last year to be invited and the school nominees of this year who did not get to make the trip also invited. Those to make the trip will be selected as follows: The students in each Senior High School will themselves select three boys and three girls from that school. From these so selected the faculty of that school will name one boy and one girl. Where there are more Senior High Schools than one in a county, the County Superintendent and County School Board will choose one boy and one girl from those named by the various schools, and these will represent the county. Candidates to be eligible must be bona fide residents of the Fourth Congressional District. Good citizenship is the basis upon which the choice is to be made and all those having a voice in the selection are to consider the following qualities: I Dependability--Punctuality, truthfulness, loyalty and self control. II Service--Co-operation, courtesy and respect for proper authority and the rights of others. III Leadership--Imagination, command of good will and respect of others and the bent to lead. IV Patriotism--Interest and pride in family, school, community and nation and willingness to sacrifice self for them. The Trip Will Start About February 24th Schools are to submit their nominees to County Boards on or before January 24th and County Boards are asked to certify names of final choice on or before January 31st, 1931.