Show A ft Vi Vicious ious iou's and Dangerous Prank A AN AN N 8 YEAR OLD Salt Lake City bO boy was taken to police emergency emergency emer- emer gency ho hospital pital the other day suffering from severe burns burns' burnson onh on h his his' face and arm He told hospital attaches that tha he be was playing playing play play- ing with wit hi his bis younger brother wh when n 2 older boys whom h he did not know came up and set his hair ablaze The lad said his shirt also caught on fire He put out the flames by beating them with his hand but but- suffered burns on his face and arm in the process The Th boys who set fir fire to his hair ran off he said This Thi is iff one of the most vicious cases of youthful hazing ey r rk to fo occur in Salt Lake City It might easily have resulted in il he death of this boy Some Somehow ow or other youngsters must be made to realize that pranks prank and play must be kept harmless It is not at all aU uncommon uncommon mon for thoughtless or vicious children to seriously disable or even kill some childish victim of their hazing or or ing Every so often we read stories of s such stich ch childish tragedies elsewhere in the nation Fortunately although he have had eases cases eases of injury we have had no rec recent nt fatalities in Salt Lake City But BuE we will win have lave if this sort of thing is not checked The job of checking it is a joint responsibility of parents and officials Especially is it their joint responsibility ty to discourage discourage dis dis- dis courage such vicious hazing a as this case in which a childs child's hair and clothing w were re set ablaze Any child who would commit such an act actis is a menace The authorities ought to make every effort to apprehend the bo boys s 's who reportedly were guilty of this extremely dangerous prank and take appropriate action to see to it that they are nev never r guilty of committing such a vicious act again |