Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Touth GER
tsinly is having It's fling this season.
" itness-
The double thrill" murder Of At
lanta, &C.;
The high school capers which led
TO the Staying Of a I6-year-old boy
by the irate father Of a distressed
girl,
Inc cold blooleiness Of a young
man who kills q turrier IN payment
for a coat which struck his girls
fancy.
The c~o-year-old leader OF a
Times Square mob Of poker Joints
and s%peakeasy highjackers;
The 1s-year-cld expectsnt mother
who shoots a 47-year-old married
man, and then vents her venom at
his fallen body
All reported in a day.
Moralists will be able to draw som.
lesson; rest-ictionists Will find fod-
DER for proposing some new bans.
But the less biased will shrug shout
ders, sigh, and see the situation as
does Clarence barrow. who learned
enough Of sbaormal youth psychol-
ogy IN the Loeb-Leopold Ease to
withhold sweeping judgments.
1T is a hard age for . boy 10 grow
up in he says. Is he reads the Re-
ports of increasing youthful flag
RANCHES.
Il wouldn't let my boy become 50
serious. don't mean that | would
keep him from reading anything he
wanted 70; but I'd see that he didn't
take things tee seriously-that he
didn't grow interpretive"
For most of the crimes bear marks
Of too much brooding. In one
instance. the principals feel that
they have run the gRmut of emo.
tions-there are no thrills left, 40
they try murder. In another case,
fear follows dissipstion-snd unwit.
ting death ensues In a third situa.
ton, one who has been sinned against
recalls the wages, and trys to mete
out the punishment-death.
But no general formula ear cover
the vagaries Of the youths on fling
For environnental hsnd;csps cree.
in. which cannot b dismissed b
mere talk.
Take the instance of 2~4-year-old
Mary McNsmsra Wilson Of Pater.
son, N. J. Her father was taken
for ride by bcotleggers. Hei
mother was arrested in q road house
raid. Her husband Is a lifer at Sins
Sing. Her two brothers recently
were sent up the river for long terms
convicted of grand larceny.
The girl. left alone, took UT with
one Howard Van Orden, a youna
care-free sport. She wanted a fur
cost. He get 1t for her. But the
furrier. who demanded the markeG
price, got his payment with . bullet
The boy was arrested. The girl
too. Now both are under murder
charges.
How George Harsh and Richard
Gallcgy. erstvhile ~colleFisns ~ At
lants, Ga, son Of rich families. be.
came stated, and the former killed two
clerks, "just for fun" while the
latter acted as lockout, has been dull
recorded IN the news columns. High
class counsel will try to save them
from death penalties.
But what was there lacking in
their lives which kept them from be-
coming the eminent respectables that
they should have been?
No n knows for certsin-hut
some say they had 80 much az every
thing-morsy, luxury, ease-that
they becsme satisfied. blase, and they
had 10 get their kicks in nev thrills
even to murder.
Possibly. at bottom, was the lack Of
q real desire for learning the Guest
for culture. which their station in
life gave them ample opportunities
70 seek. II is this quest that colleges
and universities are supposed TO
carry on, according 70 President
Glenn Frank Of the University of
Wisconsin.
an the quest OF culture" he SAYS,
TO entering freshmen, lit is import
ant to realize early what genuine cul-
ture is. Culture is not measured By
your ability TO quote from standard
authors. Culture il not information.
Culture is an achieved quality Of
mind"
Which achievement is something
that no money can buy.
Broken by . love affair. which he
only 20, started off on . life Of dissi-
patton which carried him from To-
ronto to Miami; from Florida to
Ccney Island; from Brooklyn q
Times Square-snd nov TO prison.
Fer Taylor Is said 70 be the leader
OF o ~fast-moving gang which special
led in hcldins up card games and
s~resksssies. -Four other members Of
his mob were taken with him-none
Of them being over 25. Yet they had
the toushs. who guard the shady
places. scared By their forssins.