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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1962)
A Time To Visit Governor Hatfield Should Speak at University Soon It was interesting to read in an election follow-up story that Oregon’s Governor Mark Hatfield will be flying back to Ohio with the Oregon football team as part of his post-campaign vacation. In other news of the Hatfield family, Mrs. Hatfield recently accepted her elec tion to the Board of Directors of the Uni versity Alumni Association. Governor Hatfield plays a key part in the Higher Education Budget, and it is encouraging to see that he and his wife take an interest in higher education and the University. However, the fact remains that he has not given a major address to the students on this campus since 1959. Many people have suggested that this might be one reason that he carried Lane County by 1.357 votes this last election—a very nar row margin compared with his large plur ality in the rest of the state. At an ASUO Cabinet meeting Monday, it was suggested that we ask each governor to set aside a day each year when it would be convenient for him to visit the Uni versity. During this day the governor could give an address, perhaps hold a coffee hour, talk with students, or lecture in a class. We believe this idea has a great deal of merit, and hope that the ASUO Senate or some other student group will make an attempt to establish such a day this school year. Class Contributions When the Student Union Board voted to make a permanent Union Square free speech platform, Jim Sheldrew, senior class president, offered class finances and personnel to help plan the project as a gift to the entire University. The plan of the Class of 1963 is in the tradition of earlier class projects which left the University plaques, benches and walkways. The most recent contribution was from the Class of 1962 which donated money to repair and move the sundial to its new location near the Student Unios building. Last year’s senior class, and now the present seniors, have been the only two graduating classes in recent years that could afford such donations. Other classes have had little, if any, money left in their treasuries at the end of four years. Now, with classes having opportunities to make money both on Homecoming their sophomore year and Junior Weekend their junior year, it seems likely that they will continue to finish in the black. If they do, class contributions such as have been made in the past, will be a definite asset to the University. Will Hatfield Commute Freeman Sentence A University of Oregon student was inter viewed by the Emerald October 9 concerning the case of Jeannaee Freeman, sentenced to go to the gas chamber oe Dec 6 for the slaying of a child. The student George F. NeovalL a 21-year Gad poiitscai science major, is working to get Miss Freeman s sentence commuted. Following the interview, the Emerald primed letters to the editor criticizing Neavoll for his efforts and many other people also questioned his action We are not sure that NeovaH will be success ful. but we admire bis attempt to save another human being after she told him that she was innocent. NeovaH will have to address his pleas to Oregon's Governor. Mark O. Hatfield, who is the only person who can save Miss Freeman’s life. It was obvious to many that the governor would not commute the death sentence before the elections, as the publicity resulting from the trial has created a great deal of public senti ment concerning it Now that the elections are over, the question still remains. “Will the Gov ernor commute the sentence?” If she goes to the gas chamber, she will be the first woman in the history of Oregon to be executed But this is not really the significant issue involved There are several other factors which could also apply to many men that have preceded her. It is important to point out that Miss Freeman is most definitely from the lower class of our society She has no money and few friends. Nor is she a particularly desirable citizen. If she had possessed the means to hire a good criminal lawyer, would she now be faced with death? Miss Freeman's accomplice, Mrs. Gertrude Nunez Jackson, who pleaded guilty, has been sen tenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. Mrs Jackson claimed that she killed one of the two children, and that Miss Freeman killed the other. Under what set of values should one be sentenced to death, and the other not? It is significant to point out that the luck of the drawr can have a great deal to do with a death sentence. Various juries have various ideas about the fates of men. It is also very easy to point out cases when men have been executed, only to have evidence arise at a later date that proves the victim inno cent. One cannot completely overlook the moral issue If a man kills another, does that justify his life being taken? Or is the taking of a life wrong under any circumstances’ Faced with these arguments, there will still be those who will argue strongly for the execu tion of Miss Freeman. Tnev will say that if her life was spared she would probably never be able to return to society as a useful citizen Why then should the state clothe and feed her for the rest of her life, they will ask. But if we accept the argument this far, must we not extend it to insisting upon putting others away for their crimes and shortcomings because they are of no use to society. There will also be those who argue for the use of the death sentence as a preventive force, claiming that it stops others from committing murder But those who argue for capital punishment in this manner will argue as if the penalty were evenly applied They ignore the fact that for every murderer Oregon executes several others are spared. They will not ask themselves why we would execute this one and not the many others. The time is long past due when the people of this state surveyed their laws concerning capital punishment—and then did something about them. As far as the Freeman case goes, we wish Neovall success. AA*a > . x* % Dorm Food Revisited By a Men's Counselor The following commentary is written by Hal Carpenter, a men's dormitory counselor. Once, when the qualitv of dormitory food was criticized. Carpenter quickly wrote this rather emotional column. • • » “Why is it that we always have spinach the day after they mow the lawn"1" Oh, how well I remember the long days spent in the dormitory my freshman year—three years past And do I ever remember the fantastic examples of food the kitchens prepared for us to consume Besides the spinach, do you remember those eggs in the paper cups that used to stare up at you in the wee hours of the morning: or those soft boiled eggs that could be poured out of the shell? And surely you can think of many other exam ples of Carson cuisine. Why in the world would any one in his right mind leave his new found sanctuary away from the dorms and its most palatable excuses for food7 One year in the dorm; two years elsewhere, and now I have returned—of my own free will! People asked me. looking at my already skinny body, why I would return to that life and its food At that time I truthfully could not give them a decent answer, I too remembered that frightening experience fighting the dinner lines and then thus* metal trays Aha, now I have that answer to give all you disbelievers The dorm food is great No kidding, there's variety, there's quantity and, most important there is taste to the food While I have n’t put on a great deal of pound age. and this does surprise me, I can. with no fear of being struck by lightning, say that 1 have enjoyed almost every meal the dorm kitchen has set out on its serving lines 1 am not saying all this to start a mass ingress into the dorms Nothing would be worse there isn't enough room for everybody as is, and the waiting list is already too long The pur pose of this ditty is to enlighten all you who have long left those lines Too bad you aren't here now You would have to find some thing else to complain about: the food’s great Letters to the Editor Sneaky Despoilers Emerald Editor: The censors who lift mate rial from periodicals with tin idea of preventing its influence on broader minds should know who pays for the replacement of that material Since the State Legislature does not appropri ate extra funds to the library for replacement of despoiled magazines, where does t h e money come from? It must come from some portion of the li brary budget which is not fixed. And that portion is the new book fund The student body finds one less new book on the shelves for every S4-S5 spent on replacements. It is not the taxpayer who shells out this time, but the student suffers a loss! In two large midwestern uni versities where I was a student, the mutilation of periodicals had forced librarians to p u t them under lock and key. No student could approach a shelf of periodicals, choose by brows ing, and take a volume to ano ther area to read All under graduates had to write on a form the description of each is sue he wished to see, then pre sent the form to an attendant and wait for the issue to be fetched. We paid dearly for the sneaking despoilers in boin time and temper. But the materials were there, which is more than we can (Continued on fnuic 3) OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald i* pub lished »r\en in September and h'C day* a week during the school >eas, ea cept during c m»uat*on and vacation period* t»> the Student Publication Board of thr Utihmr? at Oregon. Entered a» second cia»* matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rate*: $5 per year; $J per term. Opinion* expressed on thr r litorul page are those of The Emerald nd do not pretend to renresent the opii ion ol the ASt'O or tl»e University. RON HUE!.. Editor ART EMIG. Busmen* Manag r TED MAHAR. Managing F.di or MEKRIE BUEL. New* Edit r PHIL COGSV/ELL. Editorial Page Editor MARTV KETELS, Adverbs og Mi.wager LARRY GR k'ES. Sport* Editor JANE! GOETZ K Assistant Managing Editor KYKKKTTK DEWMS. PAVE SANDS, Assistant New* Editor* CJEORfiK HIGH AM. Photo Editor DULLY MORAN, Women’s Editor LINDA BROWN, Enterttinostnt Editor EDITOR I \L BOARD: Ron Hud. Phil C igtiwd . Tr<l Mahar, Merric Burl Jinct Gootte, Kverctte Den ii*. Dave Sand*. Dulcy Moral. Lin 11 Brown, Hal Carpenter Phil Saerburne, Huh Forsyth, (bant Le Igerwood, Doug Kagen and Bill Hutchison.
