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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the national Phi Kappa Psi fraternity (25,000 members) suspended its Amherst chapter for "unfraternal conduct." Reason: the Amherst Phi Psis had pledged Tom Gibbs, who is a good student, a member of the cross-country team, and on Amherst's Student Council-but a Negro...
Four members of the Class of '49 were elected to lota chapter last fall. New members will be formally initiated later this month...
...present an objective view of the case, the authors could obviously not refrain from unconsciously injecting their own judgments. Professor Morgan writes: "Against a masterful and none too scrupulous prosecution was opposed a hopelessly mismanaged defense before a stupid trial judge." This comment is part of the chapter devoted to the so-called Dedham Trial, which is followed by a very detailed examination of the legal controversy which raged after the conviction of the defendants. The unofficial part of this battle centered around articles written by Justice (then Professor) Felix Frankfurter of the Harvard Law School in favor...
Professor Joughin winds up his contribution with two moving chapters devoted to the personalities of Sacco and Vanzetti, and a final chapter entitled "The Legacy of Literature: Faith," which deals with the first historical judgments on the case...
...writing "The Legacy of Sacco and Vauzetti" the authors have not only brought the objective and non-partisan substance of this vitally important chapter of recent history between the covers of one volume; they have also pioneered in the presentation of the effect specific legal action has on culture and therefore on society. The sharp contrast between the sober opinions of lawyers and judges, and the emotional cries of poets, novelists, and playwrights gives the reader a powerful three-dimensional picture of the event. This book is a major contribution to history, sociology...