ANNOUNCEMENT BOYS AND GIRLS TO BE GUESTS OF MRS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN, M.C. -----ON THE----- THIRD PATRIOTIC PILGRIMAGE TO WASHINGTON D.C. THIRD WEEK OF APRIL, 1932 “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 Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Member of Congress from the Fourth District of Florida, will take a group of boys and girls, as she did last year and the year before, as her guests on a trip to Washington to encourage “good citizenship”. Those who are to make the trip from the public schools 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 six “nominees” the faculty of that school will select one boy and one girl. Where there are two or more senior high schools in a county the names of winners from each school will be certified to the County Superintendent and County School Boardunder whose supervision one boy and one girl will be chosen to represent the county. Students 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. The followings qualities are suggested as the basis of good citizenship: I Dependability--Punctuality, truthfulness, loyalty and self control. II Service--Co-operation, courtesy and respect for proper authority and 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 for them. REUNION The Reunion this year will be held at St. Augustine on Saturday, April 23rd, 1932. To this reunion will be welcomed all members of the first and second pilgrimages, all “nominees” and all others who are interested in catching some of the inspiration which the trip to Washington instills. ----------- Schools are requested to submit their names to their County Superintendent on or before March 15th, 1932 and final selection for counties is requested on or before March 22nd, 1932.