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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1965)
Hulteng Discusses Crime and Press IJy CilUCK hhwjs Emerald Managing Editor There is no easy, clear cut sol ution to the problem of crime? and trial reporting in newspapers said John llulteng, dean of the School of Journalism, at an in formal lunch hour discussion Wednesday in the SU. Hulteng’s talk on "Trial by Newspaper” was the first in a series featuring Erstad award winning professors. The Erstad award is given each year to a professor, recognizing him for outstanding work in teaching. llulteng said two fundamental constitutional principles arc in volved in the conflict between the) press and judicial authorities 1 The basic problem lies between' the situation where prejudice is J created by pretrial publicity on! one hand, and the right of the public to information concerning the judicial system on the other 'Convicted by Report’ Hulteng said that many times persons are virtually convicted by biased reports of background, slanted headlines, and "lurid and salacious details" that appear in print before the case is tried. Flemming Holds Office Hours President Flemming will hold office hours from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday. Any student may see him without an appointment. tie said that the lault of creat ing prejudice before a trial lies not “only with the newsmen but also with the officials of the court! in some cases.’1 He said often] defence lawyers and prosecutors are eager to get their names before the public as “a sort of advertisement.” He refercd to a bill recently introduced in Congress by Sen. Wayne Morse In limit the pre trial information given to the press by court officers. The bill proposes to make the giving out of information by any employee of the federal courts prior to a trial which could pre juclice a decision an action pun-j ishable by a contempt of court citation. Cites British Code Hulteng cited a iaw in England | which permits a newspaper to publish only the fact of an arrest \ and the specific charge prior to a trial. He said British judges are quite prone to cite contempt of court for violations of the: law, and that penalties are “vir tually unlimited and can range up to life imprisonment and/or, indefinite fines ’’ He said Oregon has a code of1 ethics covering this area which has been used as a model byi ROTC Announces Court Selection Army and Air Force HOTC units announced today their se lection of the Little Colonel Court for the jointly sponsored Military Hall Selected by their living organ ization and screened hy an ROTC committee, the following Univer sity women have been selected as members of the court: Bobby Baker, a sophomore in foreign languages representing Delta Gamma; Kathy Gilmour, a soph omore in English from Delta Del ta Delta; Lynda Johnson, a fresh man in English from McAlister Hall; Sharon O’Dell, a sophomore Symphony Slated For Mac Court The Portland Symphony Or chestra will make a .single con cert appearance at McArthur Court at 8 30 pm Thursday. Internationally famous violinist Nathan Milstein will be guest so loist with Jacques Singer conduct ing Part of the six-concert series sponsored by the Eugene a n d University Civic Music Associa tion. the Portland Symphony is the third orchestra to be heard in Eugene this season Cameron Authors Cartoon Collection A collection of character stud ies of the Richland, Washington area by Oregon Daily Emerald cartoonist Ed Cameron was put on sale this week. Titled "Rattle snake Epiphanies,” the booklet is published privately under the Pe quod Press imprint. Cameron is a Eugene school teacher and graphic designer do ing graduate work in education and journalism at the Univer sity. Copies of the small publi ration are available at the Sundog Bookstore. Poems by Cameron have previ ously appeared in Insert maga zine. Soloist Nathan Milstein was a student in Russia in the pre rev olutionary days and played in a violin concerto when only 10 years old While still in his teens he was told by Belgian teacher Eugene Ysaye that he (Ysaye) could teach him nothing. 30 Cities Set The former child prodigy, be sides playing in 30 U.S. cities on his current tour, will play in an other two dozen European capi tals. At McArthur Court, Milstein will play his Stradivarius violin which was made in 1716. Milstein says of the thesis that music is chiefly entertainment, "Music is no more entertainment than is The Koran. The Talmud, or The Bible. Entertainment is to tickle the senses, not to create images of importance. Great mu sic as a whole is not there to give itself to us. We give our selves to it, and comprehend as much as we can.” The violinist will play Victor Lalo's "Symphonic Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra,” Op. 21. Maestro Singer will open the Eu gene concert with Gioacchino An tonio Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" ("The Theiving Magpie”) over ture and will end the concert with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sym phony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. FAST, FAST, FAST Service on Alterations and Waterproofing sieqimind’s "A NAME YOU CAN TRUST'' 345-6321 821 E. 13th in English representing Alpha Phi; Nikki Schaeffer, represent ing Moore Hall, a freshman in English; Ann Williams, a sopho more in English from Kappa Kap pa Gamma; and Carole Wright, a freshman in English Literature representing University House. This year's Military Ball, the major formal social event of the year for Army and Air Force cadets, is scheduled for Feb. 13 at the Eugene Hotel. One of the above girls will be commissioned Little Colonel at this time. Following her commis sion. she will act as hostess at ROTC-sponsored events. 'Poet's Eye' Show Adds TV Outlets “The Poet’s Eye,” weekly tele vision series conducted by Hes ter Svcndsen, head of the De partment of English at the Uni versity, will now appear on tele vision stations KLRN, serving An tonio and Austin, Tex., and KUHT, Houston, Tex. The program, which originates on the University campus and is telecast in the state over stations KOAC-TV and KOAP-TV, chan nels 7 and 10, is already being used by educational television stations in the Minneapolis and Pittsburgh areas. Locally, the show appears live on Thursday nights at 9 p.m., with a TV playback Fridays at 12:30 p.m, and a radio playback of the audio portion over KOAC AM and KOAP-FM Fridays at 7:30 p.m. several other states. The code is an agreement between the state press, the broadcasters, and members of the bar ‘to safeguard the rights of the individual.” j The argument opposed to lim iting the information given to the press concerning crime news is ‘‘quite a different philosophy,” Hulteng said. Protects Public The chief argument, he said “is the necessary protection fori the ptiblic generally. If people; do not know how the judicial1 system operates, the welfare of the public may be in jeopardy.” He pointed out that “all public officials are not removed from j corrupt practice, and sometimes this occurs in the judicial system. He refered to recent incidents in the South as examples; he also noted the case of an Ohio man who was granted a new trial after ten years in prison serving sentence. He said a flagrant case” of abuse occurred against the man because of prejudice generated by pre-trial publicity. Secrecy Degenerate He also cited the recent case of accused assassin Lee Harvey ?:4o 1:30 4:00 Calendar Thursday. January 21, 1965 7 :30 a.rn. to 11:00 p.m. Pmident Flemming's Brkfst. in sr 8:00- Scientific Instrument Show 101 SC Peace ( orpft Tests 333 SI’ Little (Oncert Series Comm 10^SI* Bus. Arlni Luncheon 109 SV Foreign Students Friendship Found Steering Comm IK* SI’ Physics Faculty Meeting 111 SI* l’h» Epsilon Kappa 112 SI’ ASH) < abinet I^uncheon _!4 SI* Control Data Corporation 111SU -VMC’A The C hurch Faces < ivii Rights 109 ST YWCA Discus on Leadership 214 sr SI’ Forum Comm 308C SI* Duck Preview Guides 315 SU Philosophy lecture. Prof. Alex. Sesonske Dad'* Rm ST International Coffee Hour Gerl Lge 4:30— Amphibians : Worn Synch S*im Club I‘hi Sigma Kappa Skull and Dagger Angel Flight I PC I* of O Young Repub Club 214 SI* People to People 30,8 SU Heads of Houses Reactivation 109 SI* Pi Lambda Theta Friends of Pavia Peace Corps Film to Discovery” Ski Quacks l* Film Society Movie, “The Devil's General 150 So Amphibian practice Gerl Poo! 1" of O Flying C lub 6 Quoi s SC’ Arts Comm 308 SC 8:3'*- E-l’CMA Portland Symphony Mac Crt 9:00—Film Classic—“The Devil's General” 150Sci 10:00-“ Phi Psi Pledges 108 SC 6:30 er! Pool lug sr 111 SI* u2 sr 113 sr Mi 213 sr 315 sr 334 sr Dad’s sr 123 Sci 8:0f> Oswald, whose case Hulteng said "could never be tried fairly in any court in the country because of the spectacular news cover age given the crime.” fie also quoted a Texas judge who aasserts that the "public real ly has no inherent right to know.” He said the right to publish is constitutional, but the right to know is not always guranteed as in the case of grand jury hear ings which are secret and closed to the public. On the opposite point he quoted Lord Acton’s statement that "Everything secret degener ates. even the judiciary system. Altogether he concluded that no simple 'Olution to the matter has be.en offered, he said that part of the burden has been "shifted from the press to the officers of our judicial system. CAMPUS BRIEFS Young Republicans will meet at 6.30 I ;a. '"'ay in rh- .*•!’. lobbying activi • 'n,i ,K' Otik'ti Republican College I.cague convention will be discu;-ed. Elementary achievement tests will be givrn from ') to 12 a m on Jan. 23 and from 7 to 10 p.m. on Jan. 2t» in Educa lion 130. Ski Quarks will meet at 7 p.m. today in thr SU. Ski movies will he -hwn and a fashion *how will he di^cu-scd. The University Film Society. Irdcptnd <??t Film makers’ Sub-serie*. will w the films of Kenneth Anger at 7:30 p.m. today in 123 Science. Adroit: n will be by UFS ticket only. Campu* Crusade for Christ will meet r«w Thursday at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Friends of Pavia will meet today at 7 p.m. in the SU. Petitions for the YWCA Heart Hep chairmen mu*? he in by 1 p.m. today in fjcr linger. Position* open arc general chairmen, K:r:g of Heart*, Publicity, l)ec •■ratjoiis and Tickets committee chairmen. Angel Flight meets today at 6:30 p.m. in the SU. Amphibians will meet at 5:30 p ro. to c-. ui f-erh: gcr. to congratulate them -elves on a good -bowing. | University Pcople-to-People will meet at [*>:•■# pm. today in re*om 308 or the SU. 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