Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-21
PUPILS DISAGREE
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Survey Reveals Boys and
Girls at Odds Over FIam-
ing Youth Charge.
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cock for the National Commission on
Law Observance and Enforcement, and
j. w. Crabtree of the National Ed1ca-
ton Association, which is cooperating
with the Federal commission in study
ing the effects of the prohibition
amendment on high school children of
the Nation. The data gathered in the
Washington schools through interviews
with representative students has just
been forwarded to Mr.. Crabtree by
Stephen z. Kramer, first assistant
superintendent in charge OF high
schools, who has very carefully deleted
all names which would identify either
pupils or specific schools.
A girl student at high school at
tended by many children Of the elite
sees the thing like this:
There Is, of course, a great deal OF
smoking among both boys and girls.
though that can hardly be called an
undesirable activity There is quite
bit of drinking done, but mostly by
the boys. In fact, very few Of the girls
ever touch a drop Of liquor. In the car,
coming and going. there is usually one
arm driving and an exchange of kisses
and so-called lines which are really
source of amusement. know Of no
really immoral conduct among the girls
60 with"
'.Most Dances Are Orderly"
Another girl at this school says "most
of the dances are very orderly, but ]
have heard of some private parties that
are very disorderly" Commenting on
drinking by pupils, she says:
They seem to think drinking a great
sport and think 1t makes them old. Most
of the boys at (the name of her
schoD seem to be orderly, while many
of the girls are not"
A third girl at this school declared
she has always found the conduct of
her fellow students perfectly decorous."
She has heard tales of drinking but
she herself has seen none Of it. THE
high school Students she adds, "are
apt to be blamed because often other
people are mistaken for high school
students and their conduct judged
accordingly"
IT do not think" asserts still another
girl at this school, that the news
paper articles apply to the - High
School pupils. At most dances there
are a few boys who have had some
thing to drink, but they are not with
girls. If they make too much dis
turbance they are easily disposed Of"
She adds the drinking boys are
trying to be smart"
Three other girls interviewed in conf
dence by their principal at this same
school defend the conduct of their
by insisting that the little
drinking done at school social functions
is done by outsiders" One abhors
by girls, but admits You can't
get away from it." Another girl CLASH
fies drinking high school students as
about S per cent of the students who
do attend many dances, which is about
of the student body" A
student, she adds, Is "a gen.
eral object Of ridicule."
Drinking on Special Occasions.
A boy student of the same school
from which the quoted girls hail has
seen no drinking or immoral conduct
at dances given by his school, but, says
he, this does not apply to other social
functions" He says he has attended
parties and dances where the drink
ing has been excessive" The moral
conduct at these latter places, he
opines, was fairly good, but nothing
to write home about" Very few high
school students make habit" Of
drinking, but conflne their LIQUOR
taking to special occasions, such as
nifty or sorority closed Dances" He
believes, further, that the newspapers
get their ideas" from the "class known
to pupils as the rabble," and, as In
explanation, asserts that this ''rabble"
is loud -mouthed and when its mem
bers get the smell of liquor on their !,
breath they 60 around making believe !
they are drunk"
If by Immoral conduct" is meant |
relations between the sexes" a second |
boy at this school declares:
IT would say there is no more than |
any other place or at any other time, |
but If gambling Is meant, ! would say
1t Is a very popular sport" He adds |
that "every dance, party, every con-
gregation of friends witnesses some |
form of gambling, whether it be cards |
or dice. I find this true of all WASH |
ington high schools and one Is just as |
bad as the others. To summarize, there |
Is much drinking but little drunkenness. |
is popular sport. however |
immoral" |
Another boy has seen absolutely no /
or immoral conduct at
strictly school dance" that Is, he adds, |
"at any dance given in the building It
self" At popular dance noors, how
ever. he has observed little drinking, |
three or four out of q |
Drinking Ii Going Out.
A third boy admits that 1t has been
the style to boast Of ones ability to |
drink and smoke, but insists the style Is
roing out "because 1t is rather UNI
pleasant to back up their words with !,
facts"
"The worst kind Of liquor" this
chap says, "costs money, 80 there can.
not be so much Of 1t noatng around