Part 73 (1/2)

6. Make a study of the forms of propaganda utilized in a single copy of any metropolitan newspaper.

7. To what extent does your local press give both sides of debatable questions?

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8. The nature of Public Opinion. (Lowell, _Public Opinion and Popular Government_, chapters i and ii.)

9. Relation of Public Opinion to law. (Forman, _The American Democracy_, pages 235-238.)

10. Government by Public Opinion. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. ii, chapter lxxvii.)

11. The type of questions to which Public Opinion can apply. (Lowell, _Public Opinion and Popular Government_, chapter iv.)

12. The relation of tradition to Public Opinion. (Bryce, _Modern Democracies_, vol. i, chapter xiii.)

13. Private a.s.sociations for the advancement of group interests.

(Young, _The New American Government and its Work_, chapter xxvii.)

14. Tyranny of the majority. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol.

ii, chapters lx.x.xiv and lx.x.xv.)

15. Att.i.tude of the individual in a democracy. (Speare and Norris, _World War Issues and Ideals_, pages 170-182.)

16. The obligations of citizens.h.i.+p. (Cleveland, _Organized Democracy_, chapter viii; Brewer, _American Citizens.h.i.+p_, chapters i-iv.)

17. The hindrances to good citizens.h.i.+p. (Bryce, _The Hindrances to Good Citizens.h.i.+p_.)

18. Leaders.h.i.+p in a democracy. (Bryce, _Modern Democracies_, vol. ii, chapter lxxvi.)

19. Relation between freedom and responsibility. (Hadley, _The Relation between Freedom and Responsibility in the Evolution of Democratic Government_.)

20. The influence of ideals upon civic conduct. (Adams, _The Power of Ideals in American History_.)

21. Wherein Public Opinion fails. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. ii, chapter lx.x.xvi.)

22. Wherein Public Opinion succeeds. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. ii, chapter lx.x.xvii.)

FOR CLa.s.sROOM DISCUSSION

23. Suppose the public highways in your locality were in bad condition. How would you go about it to remedy the situation?

24. Which has more influence upon the opinions of people, the school or the press?

25. Are the Initiative and the Referendum adequate methods of ascertaining the prevailing state of Public Opinion?

26. Is freedom of speech an adequate safeguard of the rights of minorities?