SAYS AMERICANS ARE TOO FEMININE

In an interview after his debate on "Birth Control" with Dr. R. C. Cabot '89 yesterday at the Liberal Club, Bertrand Russell, noted English philosopher, author, and champion of companionate marriage, characterized American civilization as "too feminine." "From the time that an American starts his education until he is almost ready for college, he is watched over and nursed by a woman." Mr. Russell declared, "business is the only masculine thing left in American life, and that is fast giving way before the invading woman."

When questioned as to what he considered an ideal method of educating and bringing up children, he told of the new school that he and his wife had started in England. Composed of about twenty children who are permitted to run about nude if they desire, the school is run without a thought of teaching them the convention of decency. "We do not take in any children after they are over seven years old, but once they are in, we try to keep them until they are 18 years old."

Sex Worries College Students

"Students in colleges, especially in a state co-educational college, are usually troubled a great deal by the sex question, as a consequence their emotions are stirred up and they become to excited to do their work well", Mr. Russell continued, "but if they were permitted to enter in a companionate marriage the whole problem would be solved, and both boy and girl would be able to do a great deal better work." Contending that birth control was an integral part of companionate marriage. Mr. Russell stated that. "In England there is no such silly talk about the illegallity of Birth Control. People are quite at liberty to adopt the practice, and there are many places where information and literature on the subject may be had, and there is even a possibility that the State will assist in the problem by establishing clinics where people may go for further aid on the subject."

"Birth control," M. Russell went on to say, "is not only a desirable institution, but also an economical necessity, and especially is it needed in the crowded tenement districts. In China the rapid birth rate is offset by pestilence and famine, but here in America where there is no immediate danger of such conditions, there ought to be some means of enabling a man and woman to enjoy the companionship of married life without the fear of the expenses that children would cause.