scientific study of the phenomena of old age, is a subject that is taking on increased importance. In essence, the experts are urging people from 35 on to prepare now for their living pattern from 60 up.

Dr. M. C. Thompson, dean emeritus of ONE Institute (Education Division of ONE, Inc., offering graduate courses in homophile studies), was the one person present who had completed most of his three-score-and-ten years, and therefore could speak subjectively and objectively on age as an adjustment factor.

"Age is not an automatic adjustment," Dr. Thompson said. "It just doesn't work that way the majority over 70 remain maladjusted if they were so before." so before." Probably less than 10% of the people over 70 are independent, he said, and this lack of independence makes their lives miserable for themselves and others. The adjustment pattern for declining years must be solved early and continuously.

Economic security is of top importance, but is incomplete without a mortgage-free home. Finally, companionship preferably from associations formed early among contemporaries completes the picture of independence that will ward off frustration and loneliness.

The group suggested that homophilic organizations might fill a role in which older men and women served the younger homophiles as companions, teachers, advisers and ideals. The oldster, because of his experience, has much to offer youth, and the se values can substitute for physical needs.

This is not to say that sex becames a room closed off at a certain age. Active sexual lives can and do continue into the upper years for those who maintain good health, build companionship, independence and security, and who surmount their frustrations, anxieties and purely selfish desires with an active interest in others and a continued program of learning and living.

SHOULD HOMOSEXUALS GET MARRIED?

1. Will it aid adjustment?

Is it fair to the other partner?