Shall rule the seven seas!
The procession forms a tableau toward front of stage. The Leader with the flag stands in front. All banners held at the rear face audience. In the centre of the line of banners is a very large one bearing the legend:—
A Place for Every Child in the Public Schools
and
Every Child in the Public School
- Leader. Let us repeat our slogan.
- All. Education for all!
- Leader. One country!
- All. The United States of America.
- Leader. One language!
- All. The English language.
- Leader. One flag!
- All. The Stars and Stripes.
Curtain
Education and Any City appear before the curtain.
Education. And now, speak no more of the cost of education. Fear rather the cost of ignorance. Never yet has America failed to give, and to give generously, to the cause of Freedom. And through education comes perfect freedom. Uncounted millions were spent in the war to make the world safe for Democracy. Will America not gladly spend a tithe of those billions for peace and to make safe the democratic principles of this republic?
Were half the power that fills the world with terror,
Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts,
Given to redeem the human mind from error,