Colleges and Public Decency

For the past year, newspapers and magazines have made much of the fuss about loose sexual conduct on American campuses—and what, or what not, college authorities ought to do about it all. Dr. Sarah Blanding president (then) of Vassar College, has as much to do with this discussion as anyone: for, in a courageous and sensible statement, she announced that she did not intend to tolerate loose living at her college. Ever since Miss Blanding took her stand, the zealots of “disintegrated Liberalism” have been crying up the virtues of sexual license, and college authorities have felt it necessary to issue pronunciamentos of one sort or another.

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For the past year, newspapers and magazines have made much of the fuss about loose sexual conduct on American campuses—and what, or what not, college authorities ought to do about it all. Dr. Sarah Blanding president (then) of Vassar College, has as much to do with this discussion as anyone: for, in a courageous and sensible statement, she announced that she did not intend to tolerate loose living at her college. Ever since Miss Blanding took her stand, the zealots of “disintegrated Liberalism” have been crying up the virtues of sexual license, and college authorities have felt it necessary to issue pronunciamentos of one sort or another.

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