On the other hand, I recall those who came into court seeking protection of their rights against wrongdoers—against those who would take away their property, the earnings perhaps of a lifetime; and in court they found protection, justice, and right. But in administering justice and right, the court was only applying the principles of the Constitution of our country which we are about to study. So let us enter upon this work with a determination to succeed in our undertaking. You know that has a great deal to do with our success in life—a determination to succeed. When you boys take your baseball team to play the team of some other school, you start for the baseball park determined to win the game; and, if you keep up this spirit, you probably will win the game. In any event, you play a real game of which your friends are proud. That is the way to meet all the problems of life, whether in the school room, or out in the world after you have entered upon the great battles of life. ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS 1. Did you ever see a judge? Would you be afraid of a judge? Why? 2. What are the duties of a judge? 3. Why did the judge say, “But I have often been glad since, that I obeyed my teacher, my parents, and the law, and continued my studies in school”? Why do boys and girls go to school? Why is the public willing to pay large sums of money to pay teachers, buy books, build school buildings, and keep them open? 4. What law was it that the judge said he was glad that he had obeyed? 5. Why did the judge send hundreds to prison? Why was he compelled to sentence some to death? 6. What are the advantages of staying in school? What more do you know when you graduate from elementary school than those who quit earlier? Should one try to graduate from high school? Why? 7. The judge says that one of the chief purposes of school is to make good, law-abiding citizens. Think of some person you know who is a “good, law-abiding citizen”; think of some one who is not; name five ways in which they are different. 8. Have you read the Constitution of the United States? Should a good, law-abiding citizen know what is in the Constitution of the United States? 9. The judge says that we owe a duty to our country. List five duties that a school pupil owes to his father and mother, five that he owes to his teacher, and, if you can, list five duties that all of us owe to our country. 10. The judge says that the Constitution guards every right and privilege that we hold dear. Can you name any rights or privileges that you hold dear? ADVANCED QUESTIONS A. Why do we say that the United States is the “land of the free”? Why does the judge say that it is the most free and just country in the world? B. How are judges selected? To whom are they responsible? What are their duties? C. What are likely to be the results of poor schools? D. Should a parent have a right to give a child as poor an education or as little schooling as he may desire?