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Show Bcchelor Professor i Searches for Answers To Family Problems ! CHICAGO A little, white-haired man with a slow, steady smile and a needle-point memory has the answers to a problem which began when Eve insisted Adam share the forbidden fruit. The man is Dr. Ernest Burgess, ! University of Chicago sociologist, 1 expert on marriage and family relations. rela-tions. The kindly professor has no wife. For seven years he has worked to untangle the kir.ks In more than 500 marriages, discovering what made them happy combinations or washouts. wash-outs. The study convinced Dr. Burgess that "stability is the thing that counts in a happy marriage." But, still curious, the professor began a new study. His current research re-search will tabulate the lives and J sentiments of 700 couples. Already the energetic researcher has learned that couples who let time heal insight blinded by impetuous impet-uous love are happier than couples who fall In love at first sight and elope at second. Advising a two-year engagement period as a sure bet, Dr. Burgess said his study proved that: "Couples who solve personal adjustments ad-justments before the ceremony have less to fret about after the knot is tied." From his subject couples he found that chemical engineers have the most highly developed stability and adjustability. The study proved a chemical engineer offered the best chance of success in marriage. He listed as a second choice a minister, min-ister, then a college professor, an athletic coach, a student, high school teacher, accountant or office worker. On the other side, Professor Burgess Bur-gess lists a laborer as a dangerous risk. Just a little better are traveling travel-ing salesmen. Moving up the ladder toward the happy unions are me-, chanics, carpenters, plumbers, musicians, mu-sicians, barbers or railroad workers. |