MODERN YOUTH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 252, 23 October 1937, Page 10

MODERN YOUTH

DEFENCE OF BEHAVIOUR A BISHOP’S OPINION [ Per Press Association. ] DUNEDIN, Oct. 22. A defence of the young people of to-day, despite appearances, fell from Bishop Fitchett at the Anglican Synod yesterday. Notwithstanding the attitude of bravado and the “Jezebelish” appearance, there was, he affirmed, a great deal more 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 that 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 were 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 opinion that most of the obvious frivolity was merely “put on.” There was far more real good and sound morality beneath the surface than most people knew. The modern attitude was mostly mere bravado and need not be regarded as indicative of degeneration of race.