Patch Says U.S. Ideas on Bolivia, Peru, Inverted
"Americans see Peru as a progressive nation while Bolivia is usually described as chaotic, backward and driven by strife," an American Universities Field Staff representative said at the Faculty Forum yesterday.
Richard Patch, an expert on Peru and Bolivia presented a brief sketch of the classes and living conditions of the two countries. He said that the American impression of the two countries is almost inverted from what it should be.
"A study by a group from Harvard found that most families in the Peruvian highlands live on a sub-cubsistence level. These Indians, which are 40 per cent of Peru's population, usually live on
only 60 per cent of the needed proteins." Mr. Patch said.
He added that the population has adjusted to the shortage so that today it is able to support four types of intestinal parasites. Riots Result of Wrong Imprisonment
Result of Wrong Impression During a question and answer period following his talk Mr. Patch said that the anti-Nixon riots in Lima, Peru, last year were a result of a negative impression of Vice President Richard Nixon's character which has been established in Peru.
He said that Mr. Nixon ran into his problems out of his own stubbornness.
The student organization of San Marcos University in Lima had
voted against inviting Vice President Nixon to speak at the campus. He said that the U. S. Embassy along with the University officials warned Nixon of the impending danger.
"The students at San Marcos felt Mr. Nixon's visit a direct insult," he said.
Vice President Nixon visited Lima on his South American tour May 8, 1558. He met immediate opposition upon his arrival and was stoned and spat upon at the university.
"Mr. Nixon found himself surrounded by students at San Marcos indignant over his arrival and indignant over his lack of respect
for their organization," Mr. Patch said."
Indians are Becoming Restless
Indians are Becoming Re-
Returning to the political-economic struggle in Peru and Bolivia,
Mr. Patch said, "There is a widening gap between the upper-class Peruvian and the inland Indians which comprise 4 to 5 million of the 10 million in the country. The Indians are becoming restless in their feudal state."
The anthropologist said that since the revolution in 1952 Bolivia has rapidly been changing. He explained that the agrarian reform in Bolivia was separate from the revolution but that the new government recognized the movement and incorporated it in its planning.
Mr. Patch said that the small
estates after the reform could not maintain the pace the large estates had before 1952 and by 1956 Bolivia was importing food. He said this shortage of food and a decline in the tin industry at the same time badly hurt the Bolivian economy,
"Bolivia has been and is in economic distress. The situation was summed up all too well in a well-known magazine which said, 'The best solution for Bolivia and its problems is to divide it and its problems up among its neighbors.' Mr. Patch said.
He said that Bolivia has gone a long way towards solving the division between the Spanish and Indian speaking peoples but Peru was not and will not be in this position for a number of years.
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
57th Year, No. 131
Thursday, April 28, 1960
Relays Committee Called 'Little Club'
The chairman of the Kansas Re-lays committee yesterday denied a charge by ex-student body president, Jim Austin, Lawrence senior, who said the committee is "a tight little closed club."
Stanley Lehman, Abilene senior and chairman of the Kansas Relays committee for this year, told the Daily Kansan he did not think the committee was a "closed club."
Austin contended that the committee was "narrow in its selection," pointing out that they appoint their own successors. He made his statement at the ASC meeting Tuesday night, after Ronald Dalby, Joplin, Mo., junior and student body president, expressed appreciation from track coach Bill Easton for the ASC's support during this year's relays. The committee passed a resolution requiring students and faculty members to pay 50c per day to attend the relays.
At the time the resolution was being discussed, some ASC members began wondering why the council has nothing to do with the selection of relay committee members.
In answer to the charge of being a "closed club." Lehman went on to say that each year letters are sent out to organized houses to ask for possible candidates. The letters are processed by committee members, who choose the best candidates to be interviewed.
Lehman added that approximately
two-thirds of the students who send in applications are interviewed.
The positions are filled by appointment, and candidates are judged on grade averages and activities, he said, and no one house necessarily gets more positions on the committee than any other house. He said that there are never more than two students interviewed from one house,
and that a faculty adviser is present for the interviews.
There are 27 members on the Relays committee and students become members when they are freshmen. They stay on the committee until they are seniors and then the committee selects two or three of these seniors to remain committee members for their senior year.
Turks Proclaim Martial Law
ISTANBUL, Turkey —(UPI)— The Turkish government proclaimed martial light tonight in an effort to end widespread anti-government rioting in which three students were killed and scores of persons injured.
The rioting broke out in protest against new laws giving judicial and military powers to pro-government parliamentary committees.
First reports said scores of students and three policemen were injured in hand-to-hand fighting perhaps inspired in part by success of the student riots in South Korea against the regime of President Syngman Rhee.
The rioting began in the morning and increased in scope as the day wore on. In early afternoon some students were still holding out against police in the garden at Istanbul University and inside a building.
The demonstrations were touched off when the national assembly passed a bill last night taking powers away from judges and military authorities and giving them to investigation committees set up by the assembly.
The committees originally were set up to investigate the "destructive activities" of opposition parties and to strengthen the government's control.
During an angry debate last night the speaker expelled former Premier Ismet, Inoua; leader of the opposition People's party, for a speech "inciting the people to rebellion and to resist the laws."
Weather
Rain with thunderstorms this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. Heavy rain north-central and northeast portions. Locally cooler north portion this afternoon. Low tonight mid-40s northwest to 60 east and south portions. High tomorrow 50 northwest to 75 southeast.
HIGH IN THE AIR—Winston Cochrane. Bruce Bee and Jack Cannon leap for the sky as they practice for cheerleading tryouts. The three
Delts were among the KU men who practiced Tuesday night in the first of four cheerleading clinics.
Two Sentenced For Cafe Brawl
Two KU students who engaged in a brawl at a local cafe have been sentenced to a total of 270 days in jail and fined a total of $100 by the Lawrence Police Court, it was learned today.
John J. Eran, Bronx, N. Y., freshman, was found guilty on two charges of assault and given 90 days in jail and $25 an each count. Russell Gangi, New York City law student, was given 90 days in jail and a $50 fine for assault.
Humanities Talk On King Lear
A Shakespeare scholar recently elected to the American Philosophical Society will give the Humanities lecture at 8 tonight in Fraser Theater.
Alfred B. Harbage, Harvard professor of English, will speak on "King Lear and the Fierce Dispute."
The lecture will open the three day Central Renaissance Conference and meetings of the Midwest Modern Language Association. During his visit Prof. Harbage will participate in conference discussions.
Guest at Faculty Club
He will be a guest at an informa discussion by the Faculty Club folowing the Humanities lecture.
Prof. Harbage's research and scholarly writing about Shakespeare and the English theater before 1700 have won him such distinctions as Guggenheim Fellow, Alexander lecturer at the University of Toronto and honorary membership in the Elizabethan Club at Yale.
His books include "Thomas Killigrew: Cavalier Dramatist," "Sir William Davenant: Poet-Venturer," "Cavalier Drama," "Shakespeare's Audience," "As They Liked It," "Shakespeare and the Rival Traditions," "Annals of English Drama," and "Theater for Shakespeare."
Edited Shakespeare
Prof. Harbage has also edited four Shakespeare plays for two leading publishers.
He received the B.A., M.A., Ph.D. and Litt. D degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and taught there from 1924-46. He was professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University until 1952 when he was appointed professor at Harvard.
Both men pleaded not guilty and have appealed their case to the Douglas County District Court. Trial date will be set on May 2, according to William Cox, assistant chief of Lawrence police.
Fight Over Spilt Milk
The fight, in which both men participated, started over split milk, according to a Lawrence police report.
Merle G. Wilexoen, Bloom junior; Duane L. Ruckle, Wichita junior; and Wayne Smith, Topeka sophomore, had decided to stop at a local cafe for something to eat following a dance on April 9, the report said.
While in the cafe an "unknown subject" threw a container of milk, splashing Ruckle. Ruckle then asked the man to pay the cleaning bill for his clothes.
A series of retorts followed in which the "unknown subject" told Ruckle to "take it out of his hide." Shortly after, Ruckle was struck in the face, suffering a broken jaw.
Assistant Chief of Police Cox said today that Egan admitted hitting Ruckle during court testimony. A complaint was signed against Egan by Wilcoxen and Ruckle.
Gangi also participated in the fight, according to Mr. Cox. A complaint was signed against him by Smith, who received a blackened eye. Cox said.
Both men were tried last week, according to Mr. Cox, but only Egan was sentenced. Gangi, however, was granted a continuance due to the reluctance of a witness (a bystander at the fight) to testify. Gangi's trial was concluded yesterday.
Both men were released on bail pending their appeal. The amount of their bail could not be learned.
You Counted?
Were you counted?
Were you counted?
With the first stage of the 1960 campus construction and housing virtually completed locally, Robert A. Haggart, district supervisor for the Lawrence area has announced the beginning of a "Were You Counted" campaign to insure that no area resident has been overlooked.
By law, all University students living in Lawrence and Douglas County shall be counted as residents. Mr. Hoggart urges that all students not counted in the fraternity-and-sorority-house-dormitory canvass fill in the form on page 5 of today's Kansan.
University students are not counted in their respective hometown surveys.
Spring Sparks Students
IOWA CITY, Iowa—(UPI)—An estimated 50 coeds marched on the men's dormitories at the University of Iowa last night.
Men students leaned out windows and cheered as the coeds paraded past the dorms. A coed said the demonstration was held "to thank the boys for their show of force" in a Tuesday night curfew protest march.
Meanwhile at Grinnell, Iowa, pranksters locked about 200 students in a darkened campus library at Grinnell College.
The pranksters not only locked the library doors but bolted chains across them. They pulled the main light switches and padlocked the switch box. Maintenance men worked an hour removing the chains and padlocks.