Show If 1 America N Nearing aring De Decadence U of f Wi W Professor Thinks SAN SA FRANCISCO 1 Dec 14 AP Al' AlThe The The tendency of ot American you youth h toward early self indulgence is taken taken tak talt- en by Dr M. M V. V OShea professor of education of the University of ot Wisconsin to fo indicate that that the United I Stat States s Is nea ln Its decad ence S In decaying nations the growIng grow glOW glOWing growing ing period of the young is being continually shortened he told the theE E sectional convention of ot the nia Education association here yes yes- Among decadent people the young give themselves to an early period to self seU They lose interest In knowledge for its own sake salte They stop growing Intellectually intellectually and anti morally at Hor 15 Dr OShea advocated extension of ih the he compulsory education period and ed pleaded d t that the Ideals of culture cut cul ture and chivalry be kept alive Inthe in ITt inthe the high schools and junior colleges It all simmers down clown to the biological bio blo- logical impulse he said It Is la to td win feminine favor that the male exerts himself In intellectual and cultural pursuits When feminine favor Is easily secured without the tho cultural and rid chivalric offerings youthful ful ma man man- hood will give up the effort at in intellectual intellectual intellectual in- in self Dr Dl H. H Briggs professor of or education education education edu edu- cation at Columbia university ex- ex the opinion that the majority majority majority ma ma- of children today are better than their parents or their grandparents grandparents grandparents grand grand- parents were before them |