THE SEXES SEPARATED
CHURCH WITH QUAINT CUSTOM. "I think the day is past when the sexes should be segregated in church," deelared the vicar of St. John's Bathwick, England, the Rev. C. E. Harris, at the parochial meeting at bath. In the'past it has been the custom at St. John's to keep one side of the church for men and the other for women. The question of whether, in view of the minglinig of the sexes that had been going on, it wa.s intended to keep the separate sections, was raised, and it was suggested that five or six rows of seats should be reserved for men who desired to sit together, such as
members of the Bible Class. The vicar observed that when the "infiltration" began some years ago the matter was considered by the church council, which allowed it to go on rather than run the risk of turning people out of their seats. He did not see any particular reason for having the two divisions.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 595, 28 July 1933, Page 7
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168THE SEXES SEPARATED Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 595, 28 July 1933, Page 7
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