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...London tell of the concourses which attended Charles Duval, Dick Turpin, Jack Sheppard and other criminal worthies on their way to the gibbet at Tyburn and Montfaucon as the case might be. More recently this country witnessed the public testimonials paid to the life and character of Jesse James, Civil War guerrilla and highwayman, whose dashing bank raids are now so much affected. James was shot from behind by a comrade, Bob Ford, as he lay concealed in his hiding place. The American public was angered and the slayer became the synonym for treachery and ingratitude...
...jury system, our oldest and most treasured political heritage, is under fire. A prominent judge has recently made the following statement: "A jury in the average criminal case will give a fair verdict eight times out of ten. But it is different in civil cases involving money and business. In such cases, unless jurors can be found who have had business experience and are trained to weigh facts on their merits, the verdict is too apt to be in line with the small prejudices of small men". The average jury sitting on civil cases nowadays is little more than...
...unquestioned,-if it is not forgotten that West Point is educating army officers. However much the Harvard professor may have been impressed by this democracy, the fact remains that it is of very little interest to civilian institutions. In the first place the colleges are educating men for civil life where democracy does not consist in eating, the name food, wearing the same clothes, and doing things in common. Secondly, if individuality is really worth while, as at Harvard for instance, then democracy as pictured at West Point is not worth consideration. The hint that Harvard could gain in this...
...informal luncheon at the Liberal Club today at about 1.15 o'clock Mr. Roger N. Baldwin '05 of New York City will speak on "Amnesty for Political Prisoners". Mr. Baldwin, who is the director of the American Civil Liberties Bureau besides being a member of the National Council of the League of Industrial Democracy, has been widely active in the movement for amnesty for so called political prisoners in the country...
...Roger N. Baldwin '05 of New York City, director of the American Civil Liberties Bureau and a member of the National Council of the League of Industrial Democracy, will speak to the members of the Liberal Club tomorrow afternoon at 1.15 o'clock. The subject of his talk will be "Amnesty for Political Prisoners...