The spirit of that genuine patriotism which is not satisfied to have one's country less noble and less unselfish than its own ideal of what a country should be.
=The Children's Code of Morals.=--It is in the spirit of such a patriotism that _The Children's Code of Morals_ has been prepared by William J.Hutchins, and is sent broadcast by the "National Institute for Moral Instruction," In this code, boys and girls are enjoined and pledge themselves to be good Americans by obeying the following laws: "The Law of Health; The Law of Self-control; The Law of Self-reliance; The Law of Reliability; The Law of Clean Play; The Law of Duty; The Law of Good Workmanship; The Law of Friendly Cooeperation in Good Team-work; The Law of Kindness; The Law of Loyalty." Though children and youth may learn these laws by heart and understand and agree to the fine statements by which they are expounded and make through them a detailed promise to obey the laws of "right living" by which alone the citizenship of our country may serve its best interests--that in itself could not make all citizens what they should be.

It is, however, a lesson of the past that youth needs some outward and visible sign of its "coming of age." Now, as in the past, youth needs some form of consecration to high ideals.

It needs some ceremony that shall fix the lessons of patriotism, of social responsibility and of community service, and stir to noble purpose.

The education that begins in the home is not finished by any college graduation or even by vocational training for a useful career.

Its great "Commencement" is that which ushers the young man, and now also the young woman, into conscious and responsible relationship to the body politic.