New Britain herald., 1929-06-22

times a day-in the morning. be- fore the mid-afternoon lunch. and just before the office closes in tho evening. It is planned to present . report of the results of the investi- gation before the American Psy- chologtcal Association.
 Girls Explain Type
 They Would Marry
 Just what iA your conception of the ideal young man-the Romeo you would like to marry-and the ono with whom (like the story books say) you could live happily for ever after?"
 That is the question with which the writer energctically canvassed the stores and offices Friday after noon, bravinE death or even worse at the hands of the girls employers Just what Is their conception of the ideal young man-the soul mate -or what have you? A queer ques- ton, but not an impossible question. {; And they answered it at great length.
 The ideal young man (this Is . compendium out of the agile brains of ten sweet young things-flappers stenographers and old fashioned girls, all residents of New Britain) must not drink. That is the first law. A drinking man may be all right to pal around with. but the ten girls are all firmly convinced that he is not the man to marry. He could never be a soul mate.
 Next, he must not smoke. that is, to excess. Of course, a pipe or cigaret now and then is all right, but eight of the ten would prefer . man who does not have the habit probably because the living room rug is considered by the average man to be just glorified ash con- l .tainer. Of the t., girls questioned | only two would like to have . hus- band with whom they could smoke themselves. The other eight. obvious | ly, do not smoke.
 Then, he must be able to use good English. He does not have to ! be good looking-in fact. three or four young damsels asserted that they were somewhat afraid of men whose physical attractions were those of a young Adonis-but he must be fairly we'll educated and be able to be at home wherever he finds himself. He must know how to wear clothes. and he must keep himself rather neat on all occasions.
 Must he have IT?" the investi- gator unblushinEly asked. In return the girls. even the well-known flap 1 per type, hung their heads and hesitattngly remarked that some Of that mysterious substance known as IT was all right. but that little bit of IT would 90 long way.
 And there you have it. There ts the ideal young man-the man that girls themselves prefer.
 Change In System Needed
 For Election of H. S. Captains Need for some method of curbing the fraternity influence on athletics at the Senior High school is great and there is no time better than the present for accomplishing it. The best method would be to start right at the top where the influence is working at its worst and after im- proving this condition lesser evils should take care of themselves. The matter which should be given t,S1tS 4AS ASatA all t~ -tA of captains. The best method would be to have the coach appoint the mun who. he thinks, is qualified for the honor. Those who think the coach may play favorites and put in office a boy who is not qualified, should look 10 the examples of some who were elected to positions be- cause they were members of a cer- tain fraternal group.
 When a certain group decided they would take advantage of tech- nicality and annul the election of Nathan Lipman they overstepped their power but it gave an oppor- tunity to Herman Schmarr to prove what real sportsmanship was like 1SIl JIG IeluScu lO Uc U party lO lHe scheme,
 Fraternities may work a good in- fuence upon boys in a school but the people of New Britain have not seen any example of 1t. Down deep in the hearts of some of the boys they know a certain member of the team is the best player. best leader. and has all the characteristics of a good captain but they will vote for another because he is a member of their fraternity. Those who are wiling to follow the dictates of their conscience have been forced to vote according to the views of the fra ternity, according to report.
 It has been said that a fraternity used to devote all its attention at meetings to aiding members of the second squad to gain regular places because they were in the fraternity. Plans 10 "get" a regular so that fraternity member may be given the call have been made, it is said
 New Britain fraternities should take a leaf from the book of a cer- tain Hartford Public High school fraternity whoch had enough players winning the monogram to elect a captain but instead they voted in favor of . member of an opposite fraternity because he was such .