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The New Citizenship

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"The New Citizenship" is a pageant ceremony, or ritual,
to present in dramatic form the importance and the dignity
of citizenship in the United States. The pageant may be
used indoors or out-of-doors, by day or by night, on a scale
simple or elaborate, but it is especially suitable for presentation
on a large scale in an out-door stadium at night. The
invitation into citizenship is too often a stereotyped formality;
it is here presented as a dramatic event of serious significance.
It is particularly well adapted for use in schools, especially
where there is a large foreign element.