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Show WHO IS TO BLAME? The sight of a constant parade pa-rade of youngsters, nteny in the first year of high school and in lower grades, headed for the court house where a ntui'dor trial is in session, calls for a question in most mjinds as to just who or what is to blame for this unnatural interest in the salacious sa-lacious evidence presented. It is fairly certain that most parents do not approve of their boys -and girls, barely in their teens, hearing testimony testi-mony which should, at least, be beyond the interest and comprehension of the adolescent adoles-cent mind. If teachers are to blame, in recommending- court attendance attend-ance for its educational value, val-ue, it is apparent they are merely trying to shift a responsibility. re-sponsibility. A theoretical lesson in court procedure, it would seem, has many advantages ad-vantages as to detail, and the sordid nature of the present cane is not brought vividly to the minds. In case court attendance, for education's sake, is justified, jus-tified, there are in the four yearly sessions, assuredly cases more appropriate for young people to hear, than the Adams murder trial. |