Endowments; Urban renewal--Citizen participation; Community development, Urban; Philadelphia (Pa.); National Municipal League; Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, 1868-1948; Dunn, Arthur William, 1868-1927
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Origin Information
1913-04-28
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
digitized microfilm
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 84
Note
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Clinton Rogers Woodruff/ Arthur Dunn
In response to the invitation of the joint committee of the American Political Science Association and the American Economic Association, a committee of three members consisting of Richard S. Childs, Dr. John A. Fairlie and Clinton Rogers Woodruff was appointed on training for municipal service, to co-operate with the first two mentioned organiations... Mr. Arthur W. Dunn, secretary of the committee on civic education, presented the report of that committee... Mr. Dunn referred to the remarkable development of democracy, and of devices to give more of the people a more direct control over their government. There has been a traditional relation, in a democracy, between good government and education. The real safeguard of democracy is not in its devices for selfgovernment, but in the fitness of the people to use these devices. Never before has there been such urgent demand for a civically educated people as there is in our country to-day. Those who seek to improve devices build on crumbling sand unless they lay their foundations deep with an effective civic education.." [SOURCE: National Municipal League. "Twentieth annual meeting of the National Municipal League." National Municipal Review, vol. 4, 1915, pp. 171 and 178. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110040141. Accessed 4 Oct. 2018.] "The National Civic League is an American nonpartisan, non-profit organization founded in 1894 with a mission to advance civic engagement to create equitable, thriving communities... The National Civic League was founded as the National Municipal League in 1894 at the National Conference for Good City Government in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..." [SOURCE: "National Civic League." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Civic_League. Accessed 12 Nov. 2018.]
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University