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News Questionnaire



‘1. Do you. prefer marriage to a



career ?
Zz Do- ‘you think marriage” arid a
career are npatible 7”

3. If married, would you place mar-
riage or a career first in case si
conflict? om

4, Would you insist on being eco-
nomically self-supporting after
marriage ? *

5. Do you ‘believe in independent
vacations for husband and wife
occasionally ?

6. Do you believe in the same stand-
ard of morals for men and
women?

7. Do you believe in divorcee?

8. Do you believe in divorce on the
grounds of (a) incompatibility?
(b) Infidelity? (c) Desertion?
(a) Alcoholism? (e) Insanity?

9. Should divorces granted by the
lax laws-of certain States be bind-
ing throughout the country?”

10. If you believe in divorce, do you
consider yourself justified ‘in hav-
ing a church marriage?

11. Would-you accept alimony?

12. Do you believe in companionate
marriage? ;

13. Do you believe in trial marriage?

14. What is your ideal number of
children?

15..How many boys and how many

girls would you prefer?

How soon after marriage do you

want children?

16.

17. How far apart should they be in

age?

Do you think that the basis of

love is physical, or is love based

on_companionship ?

Do you believe in marrying

against the wishes of your

family?

. Would you marry a man consid-

ered socially ineligible?

. Would you marry a man without
a college education? >

. Would you marry a wealthy man

whom you liked:in preference to

a poor one with whom you were

in love?

. What do you consider should: hi

the difference in ages between

husband and wife?

What is the maximum difference

in age you would consider?

25. Would you marry a man younger
than yourself ?

26. Do you believe in international
marriages ?

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classes, are peculiarly noticeable, and
though they may or may not be sig-
nificant, they contain some food for

meditation. Pem East stands 100 per
cent. for the primary interest, value,
and importance of marriage as op-
posed to a career, and is next to the
lowest in its urge for economic inde-
pendence. It has the lowest record
for divorce (79 per cent.), though 89
per cent. would resent being desert-
ed; ‘somewhat contradictorily they
yield first place for alimony to Rock,
whose mercenary character seems
borne out by the startling 39 per
cent. who prefer wealthy tranquility
to exhilerating but impoverished ro-
marice. Pem East and Denbigh op-
pose their families’ wishes only 60
per cent., in contrast to Merion’s 81

own: future families, prefer 1-10 of a
boy and 1-10 of a girl over every
other hall. Rock alone prefers girls
to boys, the general order being 2-1
for the masculine sex.. In the answers
to this question several enterprising
individuals made a bid for fame: one
who announced that she wanted ‘20
children; 10-boys and 10 girls,” and
one who wants “4 boys—twins twice
—and a girl.” Rock has also the
unique distinction of refusing to mar-
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per cent., and with regard to their

bursts into prominence with 89 per
cent. voting for companionate mar-
riage.
Class Statistics

It was expected at first that the
class figures would show a smoothly
increasing line of develophients, but
this has not proved to be the case.
We admit we had anticipated the
largest number of careerists, to fall
among the Freshmen, and decrease
every year, on the assumption that
only a few women are pre-eminently
fitted exclusively for careers—a fact
they would ultimately come to ree-





get married, 95 per cent. voted that
way; whereas 1933 is 23 per cent.
ognize. As it stands, however, the
Freshmen and Sophomores fall mid-
way between the Seniors and Jun-
iors, whose opinions are in many
cases almost diametrically opposed.

The Senior class is on the surface
the least conservative, as the Juniors
are the most, and in explanation of
this an argument may be drawn bas-
ed on the-fact that the Seniors are
the greatest: believers in a certain
compatibility between marriage and
a career. 1932 undoubtedly wants to



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A : : : s ge in favor of a career, but 8 per cent.
nswers in Percentages to Marriage Questionnaire of the former will insist on being
Denbigh. Merion. .Pem East Pem West Rock 1932 1933 1934 1935 Total economically self-supporting, and
Sis curves 81.0 71.0 97.0 98.0 78.0 95.0 77.0 86.0 84.0 83.0 ree
2 ApEn. T 12.0 68089099 —-- ae) | ene 2 4:0 14.0 only 5 aes = af the.latter. Simi-
3 95.0 91.0 100.0 94.0 93.0 98.0 89.0 96.0 97.0, 94:0 lar.-qualifications in the Senior re-
x 2.0 16.0 3.0 10.0 2.0 8.0 5.0 4.0 10 7.0 pli : in
: ies denotin certain
5 94.0 97.0 97.0 94.0 88.0 Ween 93.0 92.0 ono. }? ae ? = a6 Snependenes
6 77.0 81.0 87.0 77.0 97.0 82.0 77.0 75.0 80.0 79.0 of mind, persist throughout. They
. aC a ee ae 86.0 97.0 79.0 98.0 90.0 89.0 94.0 86.0 88.0 89.0 believe 100 per cent. in independent.
EE 81.0 73.0 74.0 ‘ 82.0 89.0 81.0 72.0... 80.0 19.0 79.0
Bb cee 75.0 87.0 60:0 57.0 > 84.0 70.0 72.0 78.0 61.0 70.0 vacations, and lead in the demand for
a 8 taper = 85.0 87.0 89.0 92.0 92.0 92.0 90.0 92.0 88.0 89.0 equality of the moral standard. In-
t Fare Cay” 87.0 81.0 71.0 65.0 91.0 82.0 80.0 75.0 72.0 80.0 compatibility is second only to deser-
is 89.0 70.0 89.0 100.0 89.0 91.0 72.0 87,0 79.0 89.0 ti :
ion. as grounds for divorce, though
LCE ee ee 0 43.0 69.0 65.0 57.0 71.0 70.0 66.0 65.0 Tine J "i + A eee ee
Seb g 92.0 86.0 86.0 92.0 89.0 81.0 93.0 92.0 90.0 90.0 he Juniors top them jn supporting
"TNS aves et 75.0 45.0 69.0 67.0 85.0 72.0 75.0 74.0 67.0 69.0 || divorce in. general. They have the
Me ota 48.0 50.0 39.0 89.0 46.0 55.0 63.0 64.0 52.0 55.0 largest number of advocates of trial
Be eas 11.0 3.0 16:0? 300 10 6.0 pL aa 1. 1.0 9.0 marriage, emphasize more than any
Bee ed See eyry Pe 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.6 3.9 :
26 a4 ry +s es as sé ee i: as other class the -physical nature : of
1 davies 18 17 18 16 15 L7 15 15 18 17 love, and have the least disregard for
96 hi $1 21 10s 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.9 social eligibility, as the Juniors have
h eapag a gee irene ne 2.3 2.8 1.9 2.1 2.6 2:1 2.1 2.6 eee. 2.1 the most. In other words, the Sen-
BO ayer **036.0-p16.0 38.0-12.0 47.0 8.0-4.0 32.0-3.0 26.0-12.0 37.0-4.0 23.0-7.0 49.0-7.0° 32.0-8.0 : :

; iors recognize the equal value of the
iiss 60.0 81.0 60.0 67.0 78.0 73.0 75.0 * 60.0 70.0 70.0 intellect vt ‘al q rg taaavire
we NOP ae 35.0 31.0 41.0 49.0 42.0 45.0 34.0 42.0 42.0 So: foe ee ae Daee. Se
Se 77.0 78.0 89.0 81.0 78.0 77.0 75.0 87.0 88.0 83.0 |} mands made upon them.

1 aed engea ary pate 12.0 16.0 8.0 17.0 \ 38.0 20.0 13.0 21.0 16.0 17.0 It is a temptation to draw too many

Baek kk 5.0 5.1 5.6 4.3 5.8 5.3 5.4 4.6 5.5 5.2 conclusions. from a set of answers,
EEN A 12.3 13.3 12.3 12.3 13.5 13.6 13.3 12.0 10.7 12.4 Hy 4 leteto a questio

kc. 47.0 60.0 63.0 — 63.0- 44.0 53.0 56.0 61.0 51.0 66.0 nt: eee oe Eee

Wet oo. 60.0 56.0 63.0 65.0 73.0 64.0 69.0. * . 69.0 59.0 6%.9 || naire which in itself is only. superfi-

: cial, but the statistics of the two up-

*The percentages given represent the number of affirmative answers. per classes seem to point to one gen-

**c stands for companionship, p for the physical as the basis of love. The remainder—60 per cent. of the [| eralization—namely, that the ideal-

College—have stated that both are equally important. ism and the self-confidence of the

Junior year matures to a broader and
warier_attitude.__It may doubtless_be-
said on the other side that the Sen-
iors are yielding to rather than de-
veloping with economic pressure, are
momentarily thwarted by the immi-
nent pursuit of elusive jobs, and star-
tled by the prospect of a new and in-
dependent life, are withdrawing to the
protection of marriage. But the fig-
ures cannot be said altogether to bear
out this point of view, and it is some-
what significant that the eight gradu-
ate students in Radnor who responded
to the questionnaire follow the same
general trend of thé Senior class.





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