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Show WAR AND AUTO HELD TO BLAME FOR HIGH SCHOOL IMMORALITY ATLANTIC CITY, X J . Feb. 26. The war and automobiles are responsible Eor t ho "appalling immorality'' ol bigb school stiiil'-nis. Mh Lillian K. Iliinniitt, dean nf women at Morningside inll'L'' . Sioux City, la.. dc hired yesterday in an address lo-fore the Nations Council of Deans tit" Women- As a corrective she suggested that women's colleges adhere closely to the old stand of chaperonagc for students. "The war hns played havoc with our ethical standards," said Miss I liiniiiitl , "and after four years of killing it is only natural. It is responsible ffr a part of the riotous license found among students in the junior high schools. Th number of cases of immorality im-morality is appalling. " Kxtrcuie social life has found its way into the schools and colleges'. High school Rirls are- social butterflies and get their ideals from the sensational movies. "While a careful system of chaperonage would not guarantee righl living or pure morals, it would be protective and react on tin- students and help save the home from the bitter criticism of today." ,Mis Alice Robertson, member of congress from Oklahoma, before the Council of National Superintendents, made a plea for "the old home ideals" for women. |