! MARCH 21, 1909

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! MARCH 21, 1909

WOMANS SUFFRAGE INTRUDES ON POLITICS

Woman’s suffrage has come to light recently by woman activists such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Although it does not guarantee that woman will gain suffrage immediately, woman-suffrage sentiments are something that we will be seeing more of in the near future.

Woman’s suffrage has caused a considerable stir across our country. There are several objections to this; primary one being that it would add an enormous amount of unqualified voters to our current voting mass. Our voters are the main play now in the outcome. The advancements that woman’s suffrage associations, such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, shows the strong hold that woman might be able to have in politics.

The support of a bill to grant woman the right to vote has been well supported by woman and men alike all across our nation. It’s also likely that with

the passing of these bill organizations such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will loose influence and power. If women were politically organized, the leadership and support for these organizations and the influence they have on politics will most likely diminish.

Most supporters have taken to our streets, beginning the out lash against a seventy-year struggle to secure the right to vote.- Stephanie GramadaCONSUMERISMReflecting on this past decade and the recent economic boom, Americans seem to face a period of long prosperity, which seems too good to be true.

Labor Unions have created a new job market with careers that are ever more appealing. Shorter hours and better pay can only mean one thing: More free time to spend money. With Americans gaining this free time and disposable income, consumerism has been allowed to root itself in society.

Living the life of luxury is no longer impossible. More products are available, and more money is willing to be spent. This has caused a drastic change, especially in advertising.

Advertising has gone from informative to persuasive. Ads don’t present what we need, but rather what we want. There is a developing competition between products that gives us more options. For any one with money, this is a great time, but what if you don’t have money?

This problem has seemed to be answered too with the creation of a system of credit. If one does not have the money, it is quite alright. They can pay it off over time. All this sounds too good to be true.

Everyone is buying and selling, whether with real money or credit, but if a business is paid with credit, does it really have the money? And if not, who does? I surely hope this economic boom is controlled, before the aftershock hits.- Jack Booker

HARLEM RENAISSANCE TOLD BY PROF. PARNELL

War. It brings the worst out of the two. In the case of this war, it was the civil war between the North and South of America. The end of the war ceased the African American misery and allowed them to live their own life. The freedom of African Americans allowed them to move north. The movement north moved all the way to Harlem, which cause the Harlem Renaissance.

The Harlem Renaissance, also known as “New Negro Movement”, was the movement of African Americans to the north that took place throughout the 1920’s and 30’s in Harlem New York. This was a great experience for the black community both with not dealing with suffering and also getting new taste of a new way of life.

Regardless of the white citizens that occupied the area, the African American community moved into Harlem along with jazz and other elements of their culture in New Orleans. Jazz and music in general was a very large part in the life of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. Culture while living in Harlem was rapidly increasingly fast in population, and participation in public events.

When the 1920’s were starting to come to a close, so did the growth of culture and tradition in Harlem. The end of the 20’s was followed by a devastating depression that affected artistic and intellectual actions that African American residents displayed. The Harlem Renaissance was a great time in history for both African Americans and all interested in the growth of culture. The 20’s are a decade to always remember.

Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were finally executed on August 23, 1927. Historians will likely debate the series of events that led to this execution for years.

The two men were found guilty for murdering two men during an armed robbery in South Braintree, Mass. They were charged with robbing the paymaster of a local factory and killing him and his guard.

After the crime occurred, the police arrested the two Italian immigrants on the basis that they were subscribed to an anarchist magazine. With the public opinion of anarchism at all time lows the trial was a mess. There was nothing directly linking the two men to the crime other than a few witness reports that were later recanted.

The way the trial was run was also a total sham. The judge was

openly biased and hostile to the two men and the jury was just as bad. Yet even after two appeals to the Supreme Court, the two men died in August.

Whether or not the two men were actually guilty may never be known, but historians will certainly look back on this trial and debate over the fairness of the entire situation for many years to come

SACCO-VENZETTI TRIAL

Sacco-Vanzetti trial

You may thinkshe’s just your gal but she may beeveryones gal

PROPHYLAXIS PREVENTS VANEREAL

DISEASE

Scopes Trial

While the trial of John Scopes V Tennessee ended in Scopes being found guilty of teaching evolution, it brought the issue of evolution to the forefront of public debate and helped further the cause of teaching actual science in school.

With laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools being passed in states throughout the nation under the urgings of William Jennings Bryan, a smack in the face of the nation was needed in order to bring to attention this issue.

John Scopes is a high school biology teacher that, despite the law prohibiting it, taught Darwin’s theory of evolution in a classroom in Dayton Tennessee. Using this case as an opportunity to speak out and appeal the offending laws, Clearance Darrow, an ACLU lawyer, brought the case before a judge.

Proving that the issue was near and dear to people’s hearts a crowd of 1000 people crammed into the courthouse for the trial that lasted 8 days.

William Jennings Bryan himself spoke as testimony for the prosecution, but his literal interpretations of the bible led him in to trouble. Darrow deftly made the “Fundamentalist Pope” eat his own words as he pointed out inconsistencies in interpretations of the bible.

While John Scopes was indeed found guilty of teaching evolution, this trial hopefully will mark a turning point in the seeming war against science. We can only hope that the defeat that the anti-evolution groups suffered through this trial will further spread light on this issue.

BABE RUTHPossibly the biggest news in sports history has been made today. Manager Harry Frazee has sold the one and only Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. The reason of the deal has not been released which has raised many questions among the fans of the Boston Red Sox.

Harry has also been known to sell many other big time hot shots to the New York Yankees, which once again caused commotion between the fans. Later in the coaching years of Frazee, it was to be known that the selling of these big time players was for the lack of funding that Frazee had for his Broadway show called No, No, Nanette. Analysts were sure this was the primary reason that Ruth was sold to the Yankees but were later proven wrong. !During the 1919 season Ruth demanded a raise to $20,000, which turned out to be double his previous salary. Obviously, Frazee

refused to give him the raise. Ruth quickly responded with a remark saying that he would refuse to play for the team until he received his raise from Frazee. After a chunk of time, Frazee was fed up with the actions of Ruth, and sold him to the New York Yankees. As you can see, Ruth’s success has carried over from the Sox to the Yankees in prestigious fashion.- Mitch Parnell-

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DESTRUCTIVE FORCESAs you may know, the teaching of evolution in our public schools was passed by our legislature with the recent Scopes Trial. I believe that the forces of this action will no longer safeguard our children. Evolution is a destructive force, which will slowly draw our civilization to a close. The Bible tells us that we should not prevail against the church, therefore, why are we letting this being taught to our children? How can someone go against the sacred word of God and then call it “science”? Are we becoming Satan’s kingdom? Atheism and modernists have given us this so called part-ape, part-human belief that just seems like caper of our societal beliefs. The Scopes Trial and this “real science” has smashed and broken us into teaching our own children, tender as they are, to believe in error and fraud. It simply contradicts the word of God. In these times of materialism and atrocities, God should be the glue to our society. Instead our all-mighty is being replaced by this earful of a science, and I say dry up! Introduce God back to your children, my children, and our society. This trial has been a downfall to our society and a new voice needs to be heard to uplift our humanity to the coming of God’s kingdom. - Stephanie Gramada

PROHIBITION

Dear Life Magazine,In your last issue you had an article on “The Disaster of Prohibition”, that I simply do not agree with. You wrote about how the 18th amendment had led to the rise of organized crime, and that the amendment should be repealed. I firmly and vehemently disagree. Alcohol is a blight on our nation’s morals, and is the cause of many social problems. Before prohibition men would spend all evening getting ossified at saloons and come home drunk and destroy their families. I’m not going to deny that crime has become a problem. Mobsters like Al Capone are a plague that only seems to increase as prohibition continues. It is a growing problem that needs to be stopped. Rather than repeal the amendment that we fought so hard for, the government should enforce the law more. If enforcement increased that would stop the rise of organized crime, and would increase the effectiveness of the social reform. It’s the best of both worlds.

-A Concerned Wife

EXTINGUISH THE FLAMESOver the last decade our nation has embraced racial discrimination as if it is some plush animal from J. C. Penny. While the body of our nation is not all evil, large parts are. The destructive, conniving hands that our nation uses to shape our society are at the mercy of the Ku Klux Klan. Only five years ago, the KKK had major political power in over 25 states, controlling their legislatures, and the KKK has helped to elect 16 senators as well, but how?! How could this nation of immigrants, the land of the free, allow for this to happen? It seems we are all running scared like dumb Doras. Scared of blacks, communists,

radicals, etc. But why aren’t we scared of the KKK? I’ve had an earful of this baloney. They are the ones destroying communities, destroying our nation. And everyone who isn’t afraid, isn’t hoping for change, is only adding fuel to the fire, a fire that is burning this nation to the ground. We must extinguish the flames.

- Professor Jack Booker, Tuskanee Institute

Labor Union UnrestDear Life Magazine,I must confess that up until your article in the last issue, “Workers Vs. Management” that I had had no understanding of unions at all. Being a blue-collar factory worker I had heard about these unions organizing strikes, and fighting for better working conditions yet I was hesitant about joining one because I was very worried that I would lose my job and be able to provide for my family. But now that I have a firmer

understanding of unions and collective bargaining rights, I feel more comfortable joining the AFL and fighting for the rights of my fellow workers.

-Blue-Collar Revolutionary

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