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Show U . . OF U . . TEACHER PROPOSESCHANGES PROPOSES PROPOSESCHANGES CHANGES CIIANGJS : IN MARRIAGE 1\IARRIAGJ 1 IARRIAGJ \ : LAV LAW LAWSalt LAVSalt , Salt Lake City-Changes City Changes City - Changes in m Utah UtahmarrIage Utahmarriage Utalmarriage . marrIage laws aie ale are advocated by Dr DrOwen DrOwen DrOwen , Owen F Beal professor of sociolog sOCIology sOCIologyat ; at the University of Utah , , in m a monograph mono monograph monograph graph which he has just published publishedLegislative , "A A "Al "ALegislative " " . /Legislative Legislative / l Legislative glslative and Statistical Study of ofMarrIage ofMarriage oMarriage f MarrIage and Divorce in Utah " More interest should be shown In Inimprovmg inimproving nimproving i improvmg improving marriage laws than in 111 im- im improving im 1mproving - . proving divorce laws la\\5 la 5 \ , , according according- accordingto " - to Dr DrBeal . Beal He suggests that the mInimum mInimumage minimumage minimunage age required for marriage in 111 Utah be beraised beraised b braised < raised to sixteen years for females andeighteen and andeIghteen anceighteen eIghteen lor for males in line lme with the theI thepractice thepractice th ( practice of other states He advocate advocates advocatesthe advocatesthe ; I the requirement l'eqmrement leqmrement ' of a health certificatfas certificateI certificateas certificate as a part of the marriage procedure procedureand , I and an advance notice law of marrIage marrIageto marnagtto to plevcnt prevent pi event hasty marriages I marriagesI ' ' Contrary to current opinion opmlon , , the themarriage themarriage themarriage , marriage rate in m Utah has tended to tolincrease toincrease tincrease ( lincrease increase slightly sl1ghtly , rather than to decrease de decrease decrease crease , , " the report continues contmues "There There "Therev "Therewere "Thenwere Thenwere " v . were ere more married 'P P ' persons rsons in propor- propor proportion proportion propertion - - tion to the population 15 years of ageand age ageand ageand and over in m 1930 than in any of the theprevIous theprevious theprevious prevIous decades for which v.hich vhich . we eve have havefigures havefigures havefigures figures A little more than threefifths three threefifths threefifths fifths of the population 15 years of age ageand ageand agand ( and over are married " A grea greater ter percentage of rural residents residentsin residentin . in Utah are married than are urban- urban urbanItes urbanites urban-ites urban ites - - Ites , , according to the report Of urban urbanfemales urbanfemales females 15 years of age and over , 60 604per 4 4per per cent are married , and 65 9 per cent centof ceniof of rural females are marriedDr marriedDr married marriedDr Dr Beal notes an increase in thedivorce the thedIvorce thdivorce ( dIvorce rate from one divorce in every ever 10 8 marriages man iages in 1887 to one divorce divorc in inevery inevery inevery every 56 5 6 marriages in 1930 Somewhatmore Somewhat Somewhatmore Somewhatmore more than three fourths of the di- di divorces divorces di divorces - vorces are granted to the wl wife ! : , , and the thethree thethree thethree three principal grounds tor for divorce inUtah in inUtah inUtah Utah Utahare are neglect to provide , cruelty crueltyand , , and desertion"A desertion desertion"A "A A " backgr background und of law alone will not notsuffIce notsuffice notsuffice suffIce , " the University of Utah pro pro- professor professor professor - - fessor legislationhas concludes "When When "Wbert Wbert " legislation legislationhas legislationhas has done its utmost to provide condi condI- condItions conditions conditions - tions favoiable fav01able favorable to the growth of whole whole- wholesome wholesome wholesome - some family life , thel theie there c still remains remainsthe remainsthe remainsthe the problem of preparing preparIn the individuals Individ individ- individuals Individuals - uals for married life This is largely largelya a process of education Among all allgeneral allgeneral allgeneral general remedies k known own to us today todayjeducational , educatIol11.1 educatIol111 education it . effort offers ofoers ofers ! ! the greatest hope greatesthope to deepen the respect in which whichthe whichthe whichthe the family Institution is held by thepublic the thepublIc thepublic publIc in general , as v . well ell as to bring bringabout bringabout bringabout about needed reform in its operation oiwoHnr . " |