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Written on Cambridge snowbanks, they say, is the message, "Dr. Binger lies." It is not so, but if you read his article in the current Atlantic expecting an explanation of the pressures college puts on girls, you will be disappointed. Binger has a sharp, clinical eye, and his descriptions of disturbed girls will remind Harvard men of any number of 'Cliffies, but rereading shows that they are familiar because these problems are faced by college men and college women, undergraduates and secretaries. If Binger thinks the problems of girls trying to find love are especially acute for students...
...article in the February Atlantic Monthly, Dr. Binger examines "The Pressures on College Girls Today." He confirmed last night that his "observations were based largely on my experience with Radcliffe girls...
...Binger states in his article that girl's difficulty in adjusting to a highly competitive college is usually complicated by her need for a feeling of security...
Most girls, Dr. Binger claims, attempt to satisfy this need by "winning the affection and esteem of a young men they admire." But the young man is far less ready, says Dr. Binger, "for a real and rewarding relationship." For the girls, this leads to feelings of uncertainty and depression and a consequent loss of zest for academic work...
While Dr. Binger offers no "sure solution" to this conflict, he claims that educators often ignore the fact that emotional pressures interfere with regular work. He therefore recommends that girls be encouraged to discuss their problems "with intelligent and reasonably mature adults" not only in the faculty but in the students body...