Our young people seem to be fully capable of choosing their own mates. At any rate, they feel that they are, and they deeply resent interference on the part of others. Such a condition has not always existed. It does not exist everywhere even now. For one thing, parental authority means comparatively little in twentieth-century America. Mothers and, to a lesser extent, fathers, are honored chiefly by the singing of sentimental songs and the giving of useless presents on certain days of the year. In China, the worship of parents and ancestors is still important. In New England, not many centuries ago, it was a serious and sometimes a capital offense to rebel against authority. In some of the…
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