The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-22
Chicago School Principal For
bids All Public Displays
of Affection
OBJECTS TO CARESSES
Says They Should BE Given Private
ly, and, Encouraged by Boys,
Young Women Disobey
Obnoxious Order.

CHICAGO, April H-Lake View high
school girls are too affectionate More
than that Principal Benjamin f. Buck,
who made the discovery, says it is worse;
they display their affection in public in
| an undignified manner. Principal Buck
has set out to stop it, and the result
| of his announcement of his intentions
| caused an fncipient rebellion among his
pupils yesterday.
Affection is a good thing in it's place."
said Principal Buck, but it is not in pub
lie. Pu >1ic displays must stop"
As first step to this and he has for
hidden the girls who attend the institu-
ton to put their arms about each other
While in the building. or to go about the
hall thus linked together, or to kiss each
other on meeting. or otherwise TO show
that they share the rest of the World )
affection for them. The girls Of Lake
View have been addicted to the forbid
den habits, as high school girls generally
are, and they do not take kindly to the
principals attempt to cut off the privilege.
Incidentally they regard, or many of them
do, his suggestions as not entirely called
for. And in consequence they buzzeG
angrlly about the building at the noon
recess yesterday, and after school several
of them openly defied the principal
Requests Young Ladies to Refrain.
Trouble began at the opening of school
in the morning. The pupils met not in
large assembly, but in small class
rooms. In each of these the teacher in
charge announced to them that Principal
Buck had made UP his mind that the prac-
tice must stop.
at is felt that the practice Of thus dis
playing affections in public is undignl-
Heed said Miss Janet L. Crosbie, in one
Of the rooms, "and uncalled for. Mr..
Buck requests, therefore, that the young
ladies refrain from putting their arms
about each other in the halls"
That was a simple statement Of the
| case, and the girls who heard it looked
at each other in establishment, but said
nothing. Joseph II. Sheffield, however,
who teaches Caesar to the secOnd-year
pupils, and is not popular among the
young women, grew facetious Oevr it.
1T is bad practice" he said, grin
ming at the class. ut can have but one
Of two reasons, either Of them bad.
Either it is done entirely to tantalize tho
boys, in which case it must stop, or It
is done to show affection for each other,
and that l doubt if you have"
Angry Girls Embrace Openly.
thoroughly angry crowd of second
year girls emerged from the room a mo-
ment later to hold council Of war on the
stairs. They were joined by the pupils
Of Miss Carolyn Parrish, first year Latin
teacher. Miss Parrishs pupils We're not
half mad. She had smiled indulgently at
them when she gave the announcement
and they had gathered that she did not
exactly believe in it. All their wrath was
directed at Principal Buck, and was
swamped in their giggles.
BY noon however the girls Of the school
and many of the boys were thoroughly
angry and had planned to lie in wait
for the principal. Two Of tn girls caught
him as he came down stairs in the after
noon. They were first years, and SO they
claim, had never been victims Of the habit.
But, seeing him coming down stairs. and
being close together, they flew into an
embrace, and raced toward the stairway
at top speed, arms about waist. At the
foot of the stairs they stopped, and
hobbed together for a resounding Smack.
Principal Buck stood .aghast on the stair
way, behoiding the "sickening exhibition"
and the rank disobedience. Before he
could gather himself and his wrath and
descend on the offenders they fled away
with shrill giggles toward their class
rooms
And that was but a sample Of what Mr..
Buck had to meet during the remainder
of the day, and, the girls say, during
many days They have their minds made
up.