The school pageants photographed for the newspaper also were performed for the public. "Uncle Sam's Problems" accompanied the Portland Evening School graduation, and this program was created for a similar production two years later.
"Immigrants," Soule wrote in the program’s conclusion, "seeking better life conditions, freedom of religion, and better remuneration for their services, come to the United States and, while they love the land of their birth, they give their brain, brawn, loyalty and their children to the land of their choice in return for the opportunities and privileges given to them."
