The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
Manners and Morals
BY JANE JORDAN

group. Good health, cleanliness,
cheerfulness, depe Inability. sex
purity, hard work, church going,
parental approval, good conversa-
ton, considerateness ami talent
were valued by high school boys in
the order of their listing. De-
pendability, good health, considera-
ton, cheerfulness, cleanliness. con-
versation, sex purity, hard work,
parental approval, popularity and
talent were valued in the order of
their listing by the college men.
Less stress was placed by high
school boys on popularity, prom
inence in sports, family social
standing, stylish clothes, good dane
ing, clever line" love making, car
to drive, free spending, smoking and
drinking; and less stress was placed
by college men on stylish clothes,
dancing, church going, family So
cial standing, prominence in sports,
love making, clever line, car to
drive, free spending, smoking and
drinking.
In view Of the discussion we have
had in this column recently about
smoking for women, it is interesting
that both high school and college
students in Ithaca put smoking and
drinking at the very bottom of the
list, with drinking receiving an even
lower rating than smoking. The
same held true in the girls findings.
To quote Mr. Mather's paper,
High school students do not, as a
group, have definite standards as to
the qualities most desired in the
opposite sex. Individually, they
have standards; but there is no
consensus of opinion as to which
of the many individual standards
should be accepted and enforced by
the group as whole. We might
say that they are still trying out
the various standards.
In general the college group
tended to select highest those in
tangible, abstract, qualities such as
dependability and conSiderateness,
while the younger group did not
have so much appreciation of them
as of the more readily grasped con-
crete traits such as cleanliness. The
weakness of the male for good looks
and good clothes runs throughout,
and SO does the faStidiousness of
the female. Why the girls rate 60
ing to church lower than the men,
and why the college girl puts family
social standing higher than the high
school girl can be discovered
in the lists and debated at will.
In the discussion which followed
the high school group brought
out that they placed real brains
first not because they admired the
book worm-they would consider a
B average sufficient for real brains
but because they want to go with
a person who is going to amount to
hope that these findings will
stimulate other young men to tell
how their reactions stack up with
this list, and perhaps the girls
would like to have a whirl at it, too.
Dear Jane Jordan: I am a
young man of 81 and my last girl
friend is 10. I was the one to
stop going steady. We stopped
once and then went together
again. The last time we split up
she still wanted to date me, but
I couldn't see it that way. 1 did
not see her for three months.
Then we had a date and I told
her 1 loved her. She told me the
same. But now she refuses to go
steady. She says she is not set
tied and wants to wait a few
months. Since we have been sep
arated I find I love her very
much. Should I still give her
dates? Girls of her type are hard
to find. No smoking or drinking
and no rough stuff. Your answer
will be my fate.
ALWAYS BLUE.
Answer: Evidently your girl
friend has found out that the way
to make you appreciate her is not
to let you be too sure of her. Do
continue to date her. You'll have
such a grand time changing her
mind for her. And never forget,
you asked for this attitude on her
part!