Universal training for citizenship and public service

William H. (William Harvey) Allen

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• Citizenship

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Southern Branch
of the
University of California
Los Angeles
Form L I
ji:
1759
A42
ii—
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY
Los Angeles
This book isDUE on the last date stamped below.
-f
- -** .
3
SEP i1 J^l
Form L9-32m8,'58(5876s4)444UNIVERSAL TRAINING
CITIZENSHIP andfor
PUBLIC SERVICETHE MACMILLAN COMPANY
• •MXW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO • DALLAS
•ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
• •LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF Ltd.CANADA,
TORONTOTRAININGUNIVERSAL
CITIZENSHIP andfor
SERVICEPUBLIC
BY
H. ALLENWILLIAM
Director, Institute for Public Service
"Civics and Health," "Woman's Part inAuthor of
"Self Surveys by Colleges andGovernment,"
Universities," "Efficient Democracy," etc.
5fam fork
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1919
All rights reserved:
1917,Copyright,
MACMILLAN COMPANY.Bt THE
Published December, 1917.Set up and electrotyped.
NoriuooO Ifrtze
& Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.Berwick\ 1
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FOREWORD
Until-after-the-war is newa word that has vital
meaning to the world. Until-after-the-war is a quali-
fication for all our thinking and planning. We shall
fix maximum prices until-after-the-war. Restaurants
will close at midnight Economies
will be enforced and business men will advise gov-the
ernment until-after-the-war. A celebrated divine
"issues summera letter to his parish suggesting that
all alcoholic beverages be banished from your tables
"and that you refrain from their use until-after-the-
war!
In spite of warnings that we shall be carrying on
war for generations to come, the whole world refuses
to plan farther ahead than until-after-the-war.^
M Many of the higher levels and higher tensions that
have been necessitated by the war will be held only
until-after-the-war. We cannot keep communities or-
ganized for knitting and canning. We shall not con-
tinue our mass meetings and parades. When peace
comes radical readjustments in personal businessand
habits will seem immediately necessary. Our patriotic
ardour will cool. Wartime spirit will gradually evapo-FOREWORDVI
rate. One of the great problems for all countries will
be how, while removing war's wreckage, to guarantee
the permanence of its benefits and to direct its momen-
torn down, andtum toward rebuilding what war has
evils have disclosed.realizing ideals which war
accepted as reasonable duringMany steps that are
after-the-war seem unreasonable becausethe war will
obviously necessary. Some nations will retainnot so
prohibition others will go back to the sale of intoxi-
;
fight the of prohibition on the basiscants and out issue
normal forces. Some nations will retain the gov-of
control ownership which have seemedernmental and
clearly indispensable for the prosecution of war ; others
will go back private ownership and begin again theto
about the exact proportions of public and pri-debate
vate control which are best suited to encourage citi-
zens in activity and fairness.
for lay-students of public affairs cer-To formulate
aims and steps which are entirely with-tain minimum
public the purpose of thisin the reach of the general is
specialists although it lists waysbook. It is not for
secure public-spirited servicein which the country can
well in war.from its specialists in peace as as
layman can-There is no suggestion here which a
for himself tonot count among minimum essentials
wants furtherknow and to require. Any reader who
information can quickly secure it. Any one who pos-
good start insesses what is here digested will have a