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Show - Family Waolcly fJuneU,im - This graduation message was meant for a articular4'i;ii member of the Class of 1964 but its warmth j isdom are worth sharing with ali teen-ag- girls ever ywhere e r. :, J., - - -r-.- -r - " - .... :,. illustration and for illumination. As a woman, you are free today as you have never been free. Traditions, Binding breaking for you now. yoUfbYtiinfes;;-areDoors are opening for you that Until now : have been closed. Today a woman can do anything, can achieve any goal, anywhere. Nothing holds you back, not even the rules and prejudices men once proclaimed. For today men want women to be their, friends as well as their lovers; their companions as well as their wives ; their comrades as well as their peers. Man is seeking a new relationship with woman. He is demanding from woman a new equality, not only of opportunity but also of ,;...r, J i: - - f- g'ff-ljj;- - ... - Aj O V' 1 1 ".iz. sd&iV ; Zr NF.y1'' - .r-z- -- x L - rrss.,.. T77mB-.-n- - - performance. 1 a , ft- , V ,'' "What do you talk about when you are by yourselves, without parents or teaehersV I asked my daughter and her girl friends. I love you, I who am v Your Mother ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL 10WENBEIN , T- a S' -- -v m This is good, this is welcome, but only if men and women together reach new heights of achievement and happiness. Properly expressed, the cooperation of man and woman will release new creativity in every field of life and art. Selfishly and carelessly expressed, without regard to basic and substantive truth, the new freedom will bring only fresh disorder into our common life. Yes, sex is, after all, a good example. Its fullest and richest expression, based upon the experience of the human race, results in happy children born into the shelter of a family. Its selfish and promiscuous use results in the thousands of displaced children of our times. Be wise, my child ! The world is an old, old place. Each generation is as young as springtime, and yet spring itself follows the laws of birth and growth and death. To know the law and to use it for one's own fullest development that is the wisdom which alone brings the contentment we call happiness. - lirzz '. " g " i-l-zJ - II II , - - V f -- -'- Family Weekly, June Hf 1961 |