“Such being the case, we do hereby resolve to accept the suggestion of William R. George, the founder of the Junior Republics, and the invitations of Mayor Reamer and the Common Council and organize ourselves into a Junior Municipality in order that we may at once actively serve our city as junior citizens and thereby prepare ourselves for more efficient citizenship as adults. “We hereby pledge ourselves to assist in the enforcement of all the laws and ordinances of the city, particularly those directly relating to boys and girls and their interests. “We further pledge ourselves that when elected to any office in the Junior Municipality we will give our full and faithful co-operation to the adult official holding the corresponding office in the city government and will discharge our duties solely with reference to the welfare of the whole city.” [Illustration: Spare the Slum and Spoil the Child. +----------------------------------------+ | The doctrine of | | | | INFANT | | DAMNATION | | is thoroughly modern | | | | Go look at the children who need | | playgrounds and you’ll believe it. | | | | How long will Cleveland, | | sixth city, keep this article | | in her city creed? | +----------------------------------------+ Give them Playgrounds Instead! _From the Cleveland Humane Society Bulletin_] =WHAT ONE SMALL TOWN IS DOING= Zona Gale in a pamphlet, Civic Improvement in the Little Towns, tells how first the women and then the men and women of one small community inaugurated an unusually successful campaign in the field of public social service. This town is described as one of 6,000 inhabitants, probably Portage, Wis., where Miss Gale lives. In her opinion the civic problem of the small town is threefold: first to get into touch with the current of new understanding that the conservation of physical and moral life is largely economic; second, to find practical ways of applying this understanding to the present and future of the town; and third, to do all this with exceedingly little money. The Women’s Club called a meeting at the City Hall of all women interested in town development. At this meeting the constitution of the Wichita, Kan., Improvement Association was adopted and work mapped out for five committees: sanitary, educational, art, children’s auxiliary, and streets and alleys.