THE SUBMERGED GENERATION
SIR,—As one not yet of age, may I voice a strong protest against those who are calling me and my generation " submerged" ? The cry has risen mainly from the ranks of the older generation, before whose greater knowledge and experience I bow ; but they must have known, in the days of their own youth, that ignorance and inexperience cannot submerge the young, in whom- energy and a natural faith and hope in the future—the stronger perhaps for ignorance—flow side by side.
Neither I nor my friends, many of whom are serving in the Forces, feel submerged by the older generation or by present-day circumstances; and we resent being cut off into a separate sect—the " Young "- which we know to be impracticable. There is much the older genera- tion can and must teach us before we come to our full grown senses, and perhaps a little that we can do to keep them young in mind. Meanwhile, we fail to see what valuable purpose can be achieved by dividing us into separate camps.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully, (Miss) A. RUTTLEDGE. Yacht Equinoxe, Old Mill Creek, Dartmouth, Devon.
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