The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-11
ST. LOUIS YOUTH
STYLED IMMORAL
Official Reveals Alleged
Secret Societies" in
Elite High Schools
SCHOOL HEAD AROUSED
Pesents Statement That "In-
innate Relations" Were Re-
ouired for Membership

ST. LOUIS. March 10.--Officiai5
OF t.a local public school system to-
a,y demanded that Victor j. Miller,
rrssiIert OF the board Of police
,,p-ia-iouers, prove or retraCt a
tsfenort made In an address last
,'gbt tnar I'm st. Louis high school
,b.rs ls au organization, member
kim An which depended on n serious
breach OF the moral code.
Nj. Miller declared conditions had
bsrome 30 bad he was compelled 10
sssig1 policemen and policewomcn
20 tne task OF curbing the alleged
immortality.
John j. Maddox, superintendent
NJ schools. iu a statement declared
Mr.. Miller had never brought tho
matter before the board OF educa-
ton, adding Il am sorry to learn
that 81. Louis has even one citizen
who claims 20 have such intorma'
don I'm his possession and failed 20
give u 70 the board Of education.
parents Of high school students
should rise up in Indignation with
the sunorintcndent of schools and
demand that these charges be
proved or retracted."
Mr.. Miller's remarks were made
a. meeting of the board OF n re-
liglous organization, a local society.
and the part Of his address pertain 10
Ing 10 high school students, follows:
81 have learned on good authority
that there Is an organization among
certain girl students in one OF our
city high schools founded upon tho
entrance requirement that each
member must have had an intimate
relationship with some boy.
Il kuow--I know that such a So
Clety with similar admission requl-
sites exists among a group OF boy
Students at the same school. Just
think Of 1t! My Information has so
convinced me that l have detailed a
number Of special officers and po-
lcewOmCn to work on the case"
Mr.. Miller declared dance laws,
l1uor the movies and the stage.
we're responsible for a lot of the
crime waves.
A number OF American Legion
posts last December adopted rcsolu-
tons condemning Mr.. Miller FOR n
speech he made December before
the East st. Louis Gll) junior
chamber OF commerce in which he
vas reported as saying 40 per cent
u the criminals today are former
service men"
Several posts even asked Governor
Hyde to remove him from the police
board, but Governor Hyde refused
TO do so, when the Junior chamb ber
oi commerce OF East St. Louis
adopted a resolution expressing the
belief that Mr.. Miller cast no asper-
sion on former service men.
Mr.. Miller. in a formal statement
answering the former soldiers,
pointed TO the fact he himself was
former soldier, having been an in
sructor In the army during the war
and that his remarks were designed
as defense rather than a condcm-
nation OF former soldiers. lie stated
that his remarks were to the effect
That II was not surprising that Il
nrgo number OF criminals were
former soldiers as virtually every
a6ie'bodied man between the ages
ot II and 81 served, or should have
served, during tho war and that his
remarks were misinterpreted
Mr., Miller late today stated he
would furnish evidence 10 prove his
enarges OF vice conditions at a local
public high school, when told that
Jonn c. TObin, president Of the
poard OF education. announced he
would call a special meeting Of the
eSoard 10 consider the charges. Mr.,
aaooh denounced the charges as
outrageous"