DEFENCE OF YOUTH
THE MODERN ATTITUDE MOSTLY MERE BRAVADO OPINION OF DUNEDIN BISHOP [by TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION'] DUNEDIN, Friday A defence of the young people of to-day, despite appearances, was put up by Bishop Fitchett at the Anglican Synod yesterday. There was, he affirmed, a great deal mOrc real good and sound morality in modern youth than many people were inclined to think. Commenting on the opportunities that arose for clergymen to give instruction, the bishop said he had attended a dance in connection with a wedding celebration. To his Victorian mind many of the young women present looked very much like "painted Jezebels." They wero different from the girls with whom he had danced in his young days. They had much more on their faces and. less on their bodies. But he had been surprised when talking with two of them to find a genuine interest in the responsibilities of marriage which each was contemplating. He was of the opinion that most of the obvious frivolity was merely "put on." The modern attitude was mostly mere bravado, and need not be regarded as indicative of degeneration of the race.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22867, 23 October 1937, Page 12
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