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Dartmouth to Marry Early

JUNE 1930
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Dartmouth to Marry Early
JUNE 1930

In answer to Ben Lindsey's questionnaire on marriage, divorce, sex education and birth control legislation the 315 students who attended his lecture replied as follows: half of them will marry within a year after graduation if finances permit, but only 20 expect that the latter will permit; one will be a bachelor; the amount of income necessary to get married will vary from $1,000 to $10,000 with $4,000 the most common; 215 versus 105 will let their wives work if the money is needed, especially among the seniors; 205 will favor divorce by mutual consent after the recommendation of a committee of experts; only four of the 315 favor laws making it illegal to disseminate birth control data; one third uphold birth control clinics.