THE LITTLE DEMOCRACY
Community Work, in order that they may not be deceived by the passion for size and numbers. A dozen public-minded persons are sufficient for a beginning. One of the biggest movements in history began with a little circle of twelve men. They who have discovered the meaning of democracy do not need large immediate results to keep up their courage; they only need a cause, and the greatest of all causes is constructive democracy. The people will respond when they understand. In the entire history of the Community Center movement, there has never been a time when they were so ready to respond. Let no worker in any Community despise small beginnings.
The Community Secretary.—Nothing runs itself unless it is running down hill. If Community work has to be done, somebody has to do it. The growing realization of this fact has led to the creation of a new profession. The term applied to this profession is "Community Secretary," a servant of the whole community. This executive should be elected by ballot in a public election held in the schoolhouse, and
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