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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1927)
QDtegun ©ailti 2j:mpralii University of Oregon, Eugene SOL ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W. SLOCUM, Manager Bar Nash Harold Mangum Florence done* — EDITORIAL BOARD Managing Editor Henry Alderman _ Sports Editor Bertram Jessup _ Literary Editor— Paul Luy -— News and Editor Phones, 666 Contributing Editor . Contributing Editor _Feature Editor j)AY EDITORS: Beatrice Harden, Genevieve Morgan, Minnie Fisher, Barbara Blythe, Bill Haggerty. Alternates: Flossie Radabaugh, Grace Fisher. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Hall. Supervisor; Wayne Morgan, Jack Coolidge, John Nance, Henry Lumpee, Herbert Jonas. SPORTS STAFF: Jack O’Meara, Assistant Sports Editor; Dick Syrir.g, Art Schoeni, Hoyt Barnett, Dick Jones, Bob Foster. FEATURE WRITERS: Donald Johnston, Ruth Corey, John Butler, Joe Sweyd, LaWanda Fenlaaon. UPPER NEWS STAFF: Jane Epley, Alice Kraeft, Edith Dodge, Bob Galloway. NEWS STAFF: Grace Taylor, Herbert Lundy, Marian Sten, Dorothy Baker, Kenneth Roduner Betty Schultze, Frances Cherry, Margaret Long, Mary McLean, Bess Duke, Ruth Newman, Miriam Shepard, Lucile Carroll, Eva Nealon. Margaret Hensley, Margaret Clark, John Allen, Grayce Nelson, Dorothy Franklin, Eleanor Edwards, Walter Coover, Amos Burg. Betty Hagen, Leola Bali, Dan Cheney, Ruth Newton. BUSINESS STAFF Associate Manaifcr Francis McKenna — Circulation Manager Milton Georg* ___ashuchuc iu»uo»*6t * - --- — --—— Herbert Lewis_Advertising Manager Ed Bissell __ Ass't Circulation Mgr. Joe Neil_Advertising Manager Neil-- Advertising Manager r shannon . Circulation Ass’t Lorry Thielen _ Foreign Advertising Mgr. _ . , , itiitb Street __ Advertising Manager Alice McGrath . Specialty Advertising Advertising Assistants: Flossie Radabaugh, Roderick LaFollette, Maurine Lombard, Charles Reed, Bob Moore, Bill Hammond. Oliver Brown. Office Administration: Ruth Field, Emily Williams, LucieUe George._ Tbs Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of die University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.60 per year. Adver tising rates upon application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 1320. Business office phone, 1896. Day Editor This issue—Genevieve Morgan Assistant—Marion Sten Night Editor This Issue—Herbert Jonas Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor. Full responsibility Is assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. IF THE cultivation of the un derstanding consists in one thing more than another, it is surely in learning the grounds of one’s own opinions.—John Stuart Mill. Legalized Murder in The Name of Justice A FEW weeks ago Bartolomeo Vanzetti stood before Judge Webster Thayer, of Massachusetts, and heard himself and his compan ion, Nicola Sacco, sentenced to death. In these words he spoke to the court: “I would not wish to a dog or to a snake, to the most low and mis fortune creature of the earth—I would not wish to any of them what I have had to suffer for things that I am not guilty of. . . . I am suffer ing because I am a radical, and in deed I am a radical; I have suffered because I am an Italian, and indeed I am an Italian. . . .” Unless numerous pleas stir the governor’s sense of justice, Sacco and Vanzetti will be electrocuted, presumably for murder, on July 10. This case, that has dragged on for seven years, embodies more than a simple determination of guilty for murder. Otherwise laborers in foreign countries would not have gone on strike in protest against the decision; such noted authorities on law ns Fe lix Frankfurter, Bean Pound, of Har vard law school, and Bean Hutchins, of Yale law school, would not be urgjng a new trial; citizens in all parts of (lie country would not have protested tho court’s ruling against a rehearing; American labor unions would not be planning a general protest strike; 10,000 persons would not have attended a protest meet ing in New York; and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, even in Boston, would not be denouncing the court's decision. Yet the protests have not con cerned themselves with the guilt of Sacco and Vanzetti. That is in cidental. The question is whether or not these men have been given a fair trial and whether the “dig nity of the court” shall supercede the administration of justice. The facts in the case are these: On May •>, 19“0, Saecrr a shoework er, and Vanzetti, a fish peddler, were arrested and qhnr£cd wjffh participation in a payroll robbery which resulted in the murder of two men. After n year’s delay the men were tried, convicted and sentenced to death. A motion for retrial was made, based on glaring inaccuracies in the evidence—mainly circum stantial presented to the jury. It was denied. A few weeks ago, near ly seven years after the crime was committed, the supreme court of Massachusetts denied a rehearing, and unless Governor Fuller takes a hand, nothing can save the men from the electric chair. So much for the surface facts. The men were presumably on trial for murder, but they were con nected with radical propaganda, and this element was introduced into the trial. The defendants were un der suspicion of the department of justice at Washington, and evidence of former agents indicates that this government agency had a hand in prosecuting the case. From the con duct of the case it was at times dif ficult to tell whether the men were being tried for murder or for spread ing radical propaganda. The mur der issue was buried under accusa tions ranging from draft dodging to speaking disrespectfully of Har vard university. Identification of Sacco and Van zetti as the murderers rested on flimsy evidence and on the secretly given, and later proved perjured, testimony of a gun expert. In ad dition, another man under sentence of death confessed that the notor ious Morelli gang, of which he was a member, committed the crime, which was admittedly professional work. A great amount of evidence has been collected to substantiate this confession. But in the face of all this the court has refused a re hearing. It is clearly evident that the question is not so much whether Sacco and Vanzetti are guilty of murder as whether criminal trials are to be decided on class and race prejudice, rather than on evidence. There is reason in tho charge that two men were convicted not be cause they committed murder, but because they woro radicals. The trial, it should bo remembered, was held in 1!)20, a time when anti-rad ical hysteria had hold of the coun try. Tho dignity of the Massachusetts courts must be upheld, it appears, even at the sacrifice of justice and decency. Unless the governor in tervenes, Sacco and Vanzetti will go to their death, after a mock trial and an appeal in which tho trial judge reviewed his own acts. A genuine appeal has been denied, be cause a retrial would reflect on the court, of original jurisdiction. Tf Sacco and Vanzetti are ex ecuted the dignity of tho courts will have been saved at the price of justice. Wo will have established a precedent allowing political and social beliefs to docidje criminal cases, and wo will have permitted a court, to judge its own acts, like Proving That There9s No Place Like Home A HOME is “the habitual abode ^-of one’s family,” according to the inimitable Webster. But, Web ster to the contrary notwithstand ing, and despite the fact that its inhabitants are “brothers,” a fra ternity house is not a home and the “brothers” not a family, according to a ruling of the Nebraska supreme court. The fraternity house, the court decided, is noted for “late hours, queer noises, and the use and abuse of vibrant and sonorous musical in struments.” Therefore it. cannot be classed as a home. It is a rooming house, not a residence. The decision was the outgrowth of a suit filed by sleepless residents of an exclusive Omaha residential district against tho Phi Beta Pi fraternity of Creighton university. They objected to the proximity of the fraternity house, especially the i noises appertaining thereto, and asked that, they (house and noise) be outlawed from the district re stricted by the city6 zoning law to | residences. But the court could offer only sympathy, having ruled that the zoning laws are “unreasonable and oppressive.” The same description might have applied to the “broth ' ers,” and no doubt was by the an I gi'v neighbors, but in this case the j ruling was unofficial. The decision, if permitted to stand as a precedent, should cheer j the hearts of the users and abusers • of vibrant and sonorous musical I instruments.” But don’t cheer, j i boys, think of the sleepless citizens i of Omaha. j the courts of the inquisition. Reasons to Abolish Scandal Sheet Given By F. G. G. Schmidt “The scandal sheet is too much like a kindergarten affair and is un dignified for a university,” said Dr. F. G. 0. Schmidt, head of the Ger man department, in an interview on tho abolishment of the scandal sheet yesterday. “It has no educational value. We ! want to get away from the grade ! idea if we are going to be a real university.- Moreover, it gives the office more work than necessary, and costs too much. Instructors are forced to rush with correction of ' examination papers, and many mis IfeSEVEN SEERS A news item says that a Rip Van Winkle club has been organized in the East. At last the debate goers have organized. • • • Today’8 candidate for the Old Jokes Home is the one about the fellow who told his friend that a nude woman was coming down the street, presently, riding a horse. “I guess I’ll stay around a while,” said the friend, “it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a horse.” No, Gretchen, you can’t buy poet ic license at the city hall. SPRING POME Again the spring * Has brought the Double-flowering cherry To its beauty! And again along the River tracks have Re-arisen trilliums And butter cups with Eyes like golden Pheasants; And along the Grass-bordered path The angle worms peep Out at you and say, ‘ ‘ Let’s go fishing! ’ ’ * * * The professor with the shiny blue serge suit says it’s a long lane that has no parked cars on a dark night. • • • "How are you coming along with the costumes for ‘‘Creole Moon,” Constance?” ‘‘Oh, sew sew, Bill, sew sew,” and she laughed as though her little heart would break. * * * Scientists would have us believe that vitamines postpone the limit of a person’s maturity. Just tell your banker that, however, and see what he’ll tell you about science. SUCH disillusionment! ALWAYS I had believed THAT our janitors and GARDNERS woro on the WHOLE quite sensible LOT and not given to PICKING up the fads AND fancies that strike. COLLEGIATES over night BUT ALAS! yesterday I DID a small favor for ONE of these men and he RESPONDED with the OLD favorite of so MANY co-eds, THANKS AWFUL LY. * • • “The speaker thrust both hands into his pockets and left the room gesticulating wildly.”—San Fran cisco Examiner. Just try this on your gesticulator. * « * Why worry about the lack of wa ter in the race, Socof It always rains enough while the fete is go ing on to fill the banks to overflow ing. * • • • LUY takes are made in the scandal sheet. In spite of the Missouri system each man has his own way of grading,” he continued. “The argument has been sot for- . ward that the student would not j know whether ho could return, but tlunkers have always been informed beforehand anyway,” ho concluded. Pledging Announcement Theta Chi announces the pledging of Glen Gardner of Los Angeles, California. CAMPUS’ ! , Bulletin^, Meeting of all sophomores taking nilitary today at 4:45 at the* bar racks. Everybody come. POT AND QUILL meeting Thurs lay night instead of tonight, as ireviously announced. Place: Mrs. llara Pitch’s home. Thespian meeting at 7:15 in the Woman’s building this evening. Mortor board meeting today at > o’clock in Villard hall. All junior vomen to be present. * A meeting of the International delations club will be held tonight CLARA BOW in By ELINOR GLYN with Antonio Moreno If you miss it—you will regret it—so, hurry 1 at 7:30 in the Woman’s building. Dr. Warren D. Smith will be the speaker. All members urged to at tend. Begular military begins tomorrow again. “Regimental review and es cort v to colors ’ ’ May 4 and 11, at 4:50. May 18 Presidential review. May 25 Governor’s review. Regular meeting of Orchesis to night at 7:30 in Woman’s building. zvilk an on it. This shirt has the long point collar.. It is made of a genu ine imported English Broadcloth—the best in collars and in shirts that you can buy. Ask Your Dealer Mother’s Own Day Of course she prefers candy . . . We are now taking orders for Whitman’s Chocolates in special Mother’s Day wrappers—fresh from the Whitman Branch at San Francisco. We mail to all parts of the United States. Come in and look over our assortment. TOILET GOODS SPECIALIST Formerly with Owl Drug Co., Portland Added to Our Staff Miss Helen Presby has been permanently added to our staff and will take over the Toilet Goods De partment beginning tomorrow morning, May 2. Miss Presby is an experienced toilet goods saleslady. She was with the Owl Drug Co. of Portland for three years. CROWN DRUG CO. JAMES H. BAKER, ’24, Prop. Miner Bldg. Call 146 “LA ‘ERSKINE SIX’ EST CONFORTABLE A U S U F .tv w , i n u E G RE" — L’AUTO, PARI S “Still setting the style -pace, aren't you! Glad I'm not the parent who pays and pays and pays." “Ah, that's the point. It’s an Erskine Six and economy is its secret passion. Don't *udgt its cost by its appearance.” SPEAKING frankly, who cares a fig for bore and stroke, cubic displacement and all of that. The car of today is the one that slips through traffic like an All-American halfback wriggles through a broken field; turns on a dime with nine cents change and pops into a parking space with a hair’s breadth clearance front and rear. To match the spirit of American youth a motor car must have “It.” “It” is the ability to chase the horizon all day without panting; smart good looks that do credit to the intelligence of its owner and riding comfort that wins a sigh of complete ease. That’s why the Erskine Six Custom Coupe is taking America’s youth by storm. Style conceived in Paris— design by Dietrich, the master designer—speed that lets you decide whether or not the car behind will pass. And, will it stand up? Studebaker builds it—Q. E. D. Take possession of an Erskine Six today. Drive it over roads other cars fear. Forget the gearshift lever. Revise all your notions of motoring. You’re riding in a car that has set a new pace for others to try and follow. The Erskine Six Custom Coupe, as illustrated, sells forfpfjf. o. b. factory, complete with front and rear bumpers and sc If-energising 4-uhxel brakes. ERSKJNE SIX /^THE LITTLE ARISTOCRAT