An Unsolved Problem
Addressing the National Association of Schoolmasters’ Conference at Sunderland, Dr. Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham, said he regarded with great apprehension the agitation which sought to introduce into schools sex instruction. There were three questions which had to be answered before that could be seriously attempted—Who was to give that instruction, when was it to be given, and what was to be said? He had never seen any satisfying answer to these questions, and until satisfactory answers were forthcoming, ho hoped that teachers would decline to accept the suggestion. Remarking that experience of sex education had not been very encouraging. Dr. Henson said: "I do not think that on all sides in the civilised world evidences are accumulating that we are stimulating the wits, and, to some extent, developing the bodies of men and sending them forth from our schools moral and spiritual barbarians. That inequality, that lopsidedness of human charac-' ter, portends the most fearful disaster to society. It is, therefore, important that we in our two great professions should address ourselves with the most solemn responsibility to see if we cannot effect a rapprochement between education and religion and link these two great indispensable allies together in the common service of humanity.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6865, 23 May 1932, Page 6
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207An Unsolved Problem Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6865, 23 May 1932, Page 6
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