Social Education

A new departure in adult education was undertaken last week in Manhattan by 14 Junior Leaguers and the Parents League of New York City. Social education with a big "S" was the subject.

The movement began with a questionnaire which was sent to 3,000 social eligibles, male and female, mostly of the debutante and young-bond-salesman age. Some of the questions were:

Are you in favor of having dinners on time? Will you arrive punctually at the hour set? Will you get to dances on time? If you accept a dinner invitation will you really attend?

The Junior League leader of the social educators is Miss Marka (Margaret Louise) Truesdale of Manhattan. She has tired of eating meals grown cold by waiting for a tardy guest. And she sympathizes with young businessmen who go to parties and have to be at their offices the morning after. Said she: "Things have gone so far that it's not pleasant. We're not enjoying it. The young men are not enjoying it, and certainly the hostesses aren't enjoying it. Being late came into fashion but it's getting so that everybody comes later and later. As things are now you're invited to an 8 o'clock dinner and sometimes it's 10 o'clock before you sit down. Then there is a pause before you go to dance. It's why the young business men don't come to deb parties. They want to and we want them, but they can't come because they have to get up for work the next day."