TION AND THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ORGANIZED SOCIALIZING. HE MADE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE MAGAZINE AND CORPORATION.

THE MAGA-

ZINE WAS THE FIRST, AND STILL THE CORPORATION'S BIGGEST, PROJECT. HOWEVER THERE WERE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND PROJECTS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE HOMOPHILE. HE SPOKE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM AND OF INDIVIDUALISTS VS. INTEGRATIONISTS AND THE NEED TO EDUCATE BOTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOMOPHILE AS SOCIETY NEEDS BOTH THE INDIVIDUALIST AND THE INTEGRATIONIST POINT OF VIEW.

Accepting Middle Age

AT THE LUNCHEON THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 42 MEN AND 14 WOMEN TO HEAR A DELIGHTFUL ADDRESS BY T.M. MERRITT, PH.D., DEAN EMERITUS OF ONE INSTITUTE.

DR. MERRITT GAVE THREE THINGS YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD DO IN PREPARING FOR MIDDLE AND OLD AGE. (THIS HE DESIGNATED AS THE NOA GROUP.) YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD PLAN FOR FINANCIAL COMPETENCE IN THEIR LATER YEARS. ANNUITY INSURANCE WAS ONE METHOD HE MENTIONED WHICH COST VERY LITTLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHICH REAPED GREAT BENEFITS FOR THEM. YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD DEVELOP HOBBIES AND INTERESTS OUTSIDE THEMSELVES. THIRDLY, YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TRY FOR THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WHICH WAS MORE LIKELY TO BECOME A PERMANENT LOVE AFFAIR, FOR IF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE GROW OLD TOGETHER THE CHANGE WOULD BE SO GRADUAL THAT NEITHER WOULD EVER THINK OF THE OTHER OR OF HIMSELF AS BEING OLD.

DR. MERRITT GAVE A LIST OF ADVICE TO THE MOA GROUP LARDED WITH DELIGHTFUL ASIDES:

1. DON'T CRUISE.

2. RELAX.

3. DON'T EXPECT WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET ANYWAY. 4. NEVER PRETEND TO BE WHAT YOU'RE NOT.

5. DON'T BE FAMILIAR WITH YOUTH. (I.E. DON'T SMILE AND WINK AT THE BOYS. DIGNITY HAS ITS OWN ATTRACTIONS.)

6. DON'T OFFER DRINKS TO STRANGERS.

7. DON'T SEEK COMPASSION BY HINTING AT YOUR AGE

PASSION DOES NOT EXIST.

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SUCH COM-

8. DON'T TRY TO DANCE IF YOU CAN'T.

9.

TRY TO CULTIVATE OUTSIDE INTERESTS.

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