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.
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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
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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
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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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