El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-29

Is TIE coeducattonal high school
i responsible for the change IN the
relations Of the sezesz
ask the question in all humility;
don't know Like the rest Of the
world am seeking light We al
know women do not act in the least
as they did generation ago; that
they have become the pursuers rather
than the pursued, and they are not the
least reticent over their new role. On
the contrary, they seem TO enjoy It
Immensely.
One horn OF the controversy losses
the revolution on the coeducationaI
high school and the other losses q on
Bernard shaw and that terribly re-
vealing play OF his, Man and Super
Man
The most brilliant nan OF my ac-
oua1ntance IS strong for the cOeduca-
tional high school BE says that un-
consciously IL teaches a boy tact con-
sideration for women. good manners,
and deprives him Of the innate saw
sEerv that claims him during those
years
He also says that the shame OF ap-
nearinE stupid before girls causes him
70 study and makes him a better
scholar than he would n left entirely
But the mothers who have boys
ic the high schools say someting like.
we don't want our boys deprived
of their wholesome EaraEery-its the
best thinE iu the world for them. We
object seriously to having them turned
into party going dancing men while
they are still in school II interferes
with their lessons and IL makes them
-sissies
AN Rleht in Lower Grades
Ihese Inollels @sr4e llal coeQuc--
ton Us the finest thing IN the world
in the lower grades but IN the high
school &c is q failure.
AS one Of them said 90 me: There
IS too much co. and too little enduca-
ton as the result of putting young
people in the same class room at the
most susceptible period OF their lives
The case o. the boys mothers against
the system is something like this:
"Girls are older than boys OF the
same age. And the high school girl OF
Is OF II IS just budding into a very
self conscious young person She has
begun 20 take e. keen interest in
clothes. she wants % 30 to parties.
she wants admiration and lastly
though perhaps she is UNCONSCIOUS Of
this-st-e Wapts a victim on whom 10
trr the 81 varieties OF cuteness that
she has just acquired.
aTn normal circumstances. she
would try out her destinations on
older men Wlon she would meet
through her brothers OF ia her oE7n
home and they would be better pre-
uared TO receive the arrows than the
raw material on the other side Of the
class room
srBut there they are poos infants OF
-eour age and stil alternating In
NE wholesome savaEery that nature
=lsrn7ies for tie proper development
~ the male adolescent They love ath-
-atfcs. they love trampiuE. and 20 90
~ INTO the woods and play at being a
primitive man
sand nothing could be better FOR
r,--- man all or this cave business.
e means that nature has them In hand
md IS applying her own methods 90
--r-T-e- their muscles strengthen
.rsf- bones. and generally toughen
-rs-- - for the impending battle Of
-ezous Take Them iu Hand.
aP-r there. iu the classroom. IS the
-,---- WITH the 81 varieties Of cute
1r7 ready in the interests Of a
.---r77--s 10 Try our any number OF
.--77re young amazon looks over the
-- -rT selects her victim Perhaps
4fs does not think Fa-g much or him
~ nav regret that he is not taller.
fr-- ais hands are not clean that be
-7wavs murching something out
~ But he IS bov-and have
--.,5 ever watched a Itten play with
rousel