Evening star., 1943-11-23

AhS boAh SoN
around to the education OF boys
here, in England and in other coun-
tries-and one lad, who later turned
out to be a British major in multi,
asked me If I didn't think it was
great mistake for young boys to be
taught by women school teachers?
And then he went on to answer his
own question by saying lot of peo-
pie in England thought their young
men wouldn't have had such hard
time of it getting into fighting con-
dition, physically and psychological
ly, If they hadn't been softened up
by feminine domination in their
early school years.
Compared With Nazis.
He said, Look at the Germans"
And somebody else said, Look at
them yourself. Do you want our
young men to be taught the kind Of
things the young Germans have
been taught?"
And said, Nobody asked me, but
let's not carry on two different dis
cussions simultaneously. We started
criticizing pedagogical methods and
now we're off on educational con-
tent"
Well, I thought that was pretty
neat, but Patsy, my hostess, hurried
over to me and with winning smile
surreptitiously kicked me in the
shin.
I WINGED but continued gamely: Il
know very little about English
schoolboys, but there's no doubt in
my mind that American boys are
dominated much too much In their
early formative years by maiden
schoolmistresses, who know nothing
at all about young boys unless they
have had the good fortune to be
brought up with lot of brothers.
System Fantastic.
Our school system is probably no
more idiotic than that of other
countries, but there Is something
fantastic about system that will
intrust the education and early
discipline of young boys to women.
Women. never having been boys
themselves, just can't understand
what boys are all about and with
the best intentions are continually
rubbing them the wrong way-rasp-
ing, annoying, confusing and frus-
trating them until the dominant
idea in the mind of every Young
male is to grow up and get away
from women.
We'll, you don't have TO be a pro-
found sociologist to see how this
adult wish-fulfillment Of rebellious
youthful day dreams works out in
this country. All over the United
States you will find devoted wives
honestly puzzled by this incompre-
hensible juvenile mania on the part
of their men to get off together
with the boys-either in defensive
groups at dinner parties where they
have been 'trapped'--or off in hide
aways dedicated to nothing more
orgiastic than poker-p playing or beer
guZzling.
! Europeans Puzzled.
| european men are always puzzled
by this phenomenon peculiar to tho
American scene and American men
themselves don't recognize it for
what it is and therefore cannot hon.
estly explain to their wives that
they are still running away from
the ghost voices of females who have
gone out of their lives years ago
mothers who hollered across tie
fields: Joe-e-e-e-y! You come
right home now! when Joeys whols
existence was concentrated on the
ecstasy Of fishing-conscientiousa and
devoted schoolmarms who pushed
them around in meaningless disci-
pline and rode ruthless herd on
them with complete misunderstand-
ing easily interpreted as callous in
difference to their legitimate small
boy plans.
Now I shall take up the soft
ening effects of feminine domination
OF American school youth" I said
to the one remaining guest.
Not this evening"" said Patsy my
hostess, firmly. Your taxi is waiting
and here's cloak and dagger. The
major took your overcoat in his
hurry to leave"
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