The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
JURY PLEADS
THAT YOUTHS
QUIT LIQUOR
Chicago Educators Call on
Students to FOrSake
Gin Code

EV aff,d Press
CHICAGO. April IA jury Of
six distinguished educators chal-
lenFed flaming youth today to
save itself from social and moral
deterioration by discarding its code
Of the boy, the girl and the bottle"
The jury, called to investigate the
grammar school liquor party death
Of George Lux, asserted that youth
alone must take the lead in working
out its salvation.
To the gin CODE boldly p O.
pounded to them by two school girls
who participated in the all-night
cabaret party which ended in Lux
death beneath an overturned auto
mobile, the jury replied that young
Lux died as a martyr to that code.
The jury recognized the autOmo-
bile, the roadhOuse, the beer fiat and
the speakeasy as sources of moral
and social deterioration and urged
that every effective means be en-
ployed TO control these sources of
corruption in the life of youth"
School Leaders on Jury
The jury was composed of Profess
5ors Sherman Steele of Loyola uni
versity law school; z. w. Burgess,
head Of the sociology department of
the University Of Chicago; Samuel
Stevens, head Of the psychology de-
partment of Northwestern uni
versity; Edward J. TObin, county
superintendent of schools; Paul T.
Buzin superintendent of Lutheran
parochial schools, and Benjamin F.
Buck, assistant superintendent of
Chicago schools.
The jury was called by Coroner
E. N. Bundesen to investigate the
Lux death and to determine
whether there was an unusual
amount of drinking among school
children.
The verdict held that Lux died
as the result Of an accident, but
added lit is our opinion. that the
fatal accident was due, at least
partly. to the intoxication of this
boy driver Frank Cekaenor, 10,
the driver, was not held.
Citing the testimony Of two girl
members of the party, that girls
who refused to drink were "old-
fashioned and that girls of Is to
Is were attending parties" with
out knowledge Of their parents. the
jury said the facts strike deeply
into existing conditions and trends
In modern civilization"
Urges Parents to Act
They raise fundamental questions
about the home, about the response
bility of parents for conduct of their
children, about the function of the
school and community in solving
problems Of youth, and about the
changing standards of young people
in their social relation.
THE jury is impressed by its own
serious responsibility for calling the
attention of parents and the public
to conditions brought out in the
case. which seems to be becoming
all too general for the public good,
and which endanger the welfare of
youth
The report urged that law en-
forcement agencies press their OBJ
legations: that the press create a
public opinion, placing a premium
on law. order, decency, and char
acter; that the home, school, and
social institution aid in the task of
developing and guiding youth; and
that both youth and parents obtain
all the help they can from social
agencies best fitted to guide and adj
wise them.
Following the report, william J.
Began, superintendent of schools,
appealed to fathers to give this
town a moral housekeeping"