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...Sexes should be segregated in high school," said Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, "for students do not work as well as they should in adodles-cent co-education." Following this, however, professor Sorokin contended that in the more mature college students co-education was advisable, adding, "I wanted to merge my Harvard and Radcliffe Sociology A sections, but the dean's refused...
Professor Sorokin went on to divest himself of mature sociological thought on matters ranging from the level of maturity attained by Radcliffe girls to the value and standards of religion in the postwar world, to audiences ranging from Harvard undergraduates to readers of the magazine "Current Religious Thought...
Pointing out that Russia, after 20 years of official co-education in secondary schools, has recently changed to a policy of segregation, Sorokin contended that probers of the human habitat and life are sure to follow him in concluding that high school pupils are not yet ready for the difficult complexities involved in co-education...
Possibly due to his experience teaching Radcliffe girls, Sorokin feels that co-education makes no difference to the college students. Another consideration may be that the average undergraduate can undoubtedly hie himself off to some place where there are women and therefore the main angle becomes one of travel...
...Boston Traveler, which has been campaigning against the father draft, printed above the article the headline, "Harvard Expert Hits Father Draft." Professor Sorokin commented, "If they had read the article before writing the headline, perhaps they would have realized that I took no sides...