Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1922 — Page 9

APRIL 8,1922.

NEW YORK HAS DRAGGY WEEK * IN THEATERS (Continued From Page Seven.) action of the play is unfolded. The unrest of the natives, the theft of the great diamond called “The Moonstone, from the Moon God’s forehead, the search for an ultimate capture of the plotters >nstitutes, In the main, the theme of r. Whiteside's mystery rlay. The authors are Gordon Kean and Carl Maon. The latter writer is the author of i < Master of Ballantrae.” in which Mr. Whiteside has been starring for the last two years. This play, which is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's well-known novel, will be shown at special matinees during the run of “The Hindu'' in New York. JUVENILE COURT MOST IMPORTANT, SAY'S MRS. LIEBER (Continued From Page OneA this ago can not readily distinguish between what is wrong or merely forbidden them, and what is criminal. Only after instruction in moral ethics do they attain intellectual maturity. In the normal child, crime, or more correetlv, anti-social or immoral acts, are no doubt due to lack of knowledge and the absence of power of self-control. Earliest theft is due to ignorance or insufficient instruction concerning the meaning of honesty. Sex immorality in the normal child is due to many causes —excitement of adventure, curiosity, vanity, poor home environment. Temptation provided by the way of the automobile and dance hall are ranch more the cause for the alarming number of young prostitutes that are found in our city than the want of selfcontrol or downright sex perversion. Energy in the normal ehtld must be directed from vice to industry. Vice is not though now often treated as such. 5 ' LEAST 10 PER CENT MENTAL DEFECTIVES. It has been estimated that at least 10 per cent of the children who come into Juvenile court are mentally defective. The children who are law offenders are generally below the average healthy standard, often under-sized and undernourished. The court should recognize the fact that these children cannot aeconnt for their inability to exercise self restraint. They may be ever so willing, but have not the mental capacity to do so. To place these children into our corrections schools is not only an Injustice to the defective child, but also to the normally developed one. In 1003 the Juvenile conrt law was enacted in the State of Indiana. My mother was one of a committee of five who endeavored to create sentiment for the establishment of such a court. She was also among the first volunteer pro-

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bation officers under the splendid leadership of Mrs. Helen Rogers (our first chief probation officer). It is but natural "that I should be most vitally interested in how our Marion County juvenile court is conducted. It was the hope of those who planned the court to save the child who had committed a misdmeanor, te humiliation of a pnblic trial. The chief purpose of the court was to gain the child's confidence, ascertain the reason for his having committed thq misdemeanor and then seek to make the best provision for his future. MOST IMPORTANT COCRT IN COUNTRY. In my opinion, the Juvenile conrt is the most important court in the county. It deals with the delinquent child whose whole fnfure may depend upon the wise or unwise verdict of the Judge hearing the case. The graduation from the first correctional institution, boys' school, the reformatory to the State prison is not only uncommon, but-rather the rule. The correctional institutions should be the Inst resor; tried in placing a child. In England a law was passed in 1010 abolishing the imprisonment of children. It would be bett< * if the juvenile judge was an appointive instead of an elective office. In that cn e we could hope that not the best polit' ian, but the best fitted man, would be hosen to hold this responsible positi j. In Massachusetts the

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Juvenile court Judges are appointed by the Governor. A juvenile court Judge should not only possess a fair knowledge of child psychology, but should never fail to remember his own youthful failings before pronouncing sentence upon a child. A helping hand is in most cases far more needed than punishment. Every investigation pertaining to the child's home environments, his physical and mental conditions, should be made

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and handed in written form to the judge before he passes sentence. This would eliminate the questioning of a prosecutor, a procedure now practiced in court. It would also do away with the “swearing in” of a child. The juvenile court ought not be conducted as a Criminal Court. Girls' cases involving immorality should be heard by a woman referee. All modern courts now follow this practice. The girl should not be subjected to the shame of a public hearing no matter what her

offense Witnesses should also have a separate hearing. Gossiping neighbors are an unnecessary humiliation to the family of an accused child. PUBLIC GENERALLY TOO INDIFFERENT. The public in general it too Indifferent in their interest of juvenile court proceedings. Our life is so complicated that the conduct of our private affairs absorbs most of our time and thoughts. Yet, we do not get the right perspec-

tive if we do not pay the proper attention to them and necessarily suffer the consequences. We seem not to realize the autocratic power that a juvenile court Judge may exercise. The child of today is the citizen of tomorrow. Such a citizen either contributes to the city's growth and prosperity or becomes a public charge and a burden to the taxpayer if not worse. Woe to the delinquent child—normal or

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defective —who coming under the Jurisdiction of the court is misjudged and consequently misdirected or misjudged. The proper attitude of the judge is summed up in the following extract from an address made by Julian W. Mack, formerly judge of juvenile court of Chicago : “Unless the Judge be really interested in philanthropy, you might as well give up the juvenile court; unless he real-

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izes that the problem before him is totally different from the problem either in the civil or criminal court, that the question which he has to determine is not ‘Has the child done a certain thing and should a certain thing be done to the child, because of act,’ but-- is purely and simply, ‘What can we (lo to save and redeem this child)’ he might fas well abandon his position. It takes study and thought and patience.”

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