Incident in your teen-age years to attend social © parties. It begins with the manner in which you say goodnight to your companion. Maintaining an unsullied reputation during courtship contributes to a solid foundation upon which to build a happy home. This is illustrated by the experiences of two girls as follows: Number Two Incident Number Two is the story of a girl who did not believe in being true to her future husband. She thought she would win the favor of young men by yielding to their advances: ‘She is a pretty girl, and she dresses well. She rarely lacks for a date in the middle of the week. She is never free on Temptations, Problems 1 weekends. But her dates come and go with “Being a teenager is quite confusing to the regularity of the ocean tides, and for me because there are so many temptations the most part they are just as impersonal. and problems which seem to come all at © Fellows date Sally for the single reason once. One of these problems which has © that she is well known as an easy mark. bothered me a great deal concerns dating. “To be seen with her several. times bolI have heard so many different ideas and sters a man’s reputation as a Casanova explanations) on this subject that 1 am who knows his way around. But few felquite confused. lows date her any longer than it takes to “But I have gone out with boys for a | find congenial replacements all their own. good year and a half, and I have learned The new girl may not be so attractive or many things. I have felt that I would like stylish or all the things that Sally ironto save my affection until I meet the man ically owns up to, but her date will feel that I am to marry. However, several of that she is his alone, not inclined to neck with Tom tomorrow as she did with Frank my friends seriously disagree with me and feel that I am being an extremist. They | the day before. have made me very unhappy because of © “A good reputation may sound stuffy, many things they have said, and I have but it is something to cherish. The debegun to wonder if some of my ideas might cision is up to you. The average fellow be wrong. | never takes advantage of a girl he really | likes.” “Nearly all of us agree that it is wrong to sit and kiss and spoon for long periods Ii. Group Companionship and Sociability of time. I am completely against that, but Important Factors in Teen-age Years. they tell me that after a boy has taken me © A second important factor a congenial companion. out several times and shown me a good time, I should show my appreciation by a good-night kiss. I have never felt this to be true. Several boys that I have dated have been quite offended, and feeling that I did not like them, have quit asking me out. When I do finally meet the man | should marry, I shall want to give him all my love and affection, and I believe that the kiss will mean more if it has not been thrown to all the other boys too.” Choosing | is choosing a Mate The problem of choosing a proper, con- } genial mate | period of courtship | mingle with is one very vital. young another During people and the should become ac- } quainted with one another’s dispositions. } he young girl inclined to music who learns to play an instrument, or who sings,