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Friday, March 25, 1960
57th Year, No. 111
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WE PROPOSE—Peter Posch, graduate student from Lienze, Tirol, Austria, reads suggested resolutions to one of Model U.N. Bloes, Robert D. Tomasek, assistant professor of political science, looks on. The blocs met yesterday to discuss possible resolutions to be proposed at KU's U.N. meeting April 2.
Student Party Is Being Investigated
L. C. Woodruff, dean of students, said today the committee has not yet decided what action will be taken.
The University disciplinary committee is investigating an incident involving a group of students who allegedly created a disturbance at a local motel last weekend.
"If, after the facts are investigated, the incident is found to be a matter for discipline, then a decision will be reached by the committee." Dean Woodruff said.
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, said that property damage was involved in the incident.
When asked if any students from other schools were involved, Dean Alderson said:
"We are working with the students who are from the University of Kansas, and will be talking more with these students and groups involved."
Emily Taylor, dean of women, was not available for comment. She is attending an AWS convention at the University of Missouri.
Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science, and Jesse Milan, Lawrence Public School official, will discuss "Civil Rights Problems" at the Current Events Forum at 4 p.m. today in the Music Room of the Kansas Union.
Mr. K. Lashes W. Germany
Current Events Talk Is On Civil Rights
PARIS — (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev accused West Germany today of harboring hopes of aggression, adding that since it was blocked to the east it would try to expand to the West.
Khrushchev made his statement in remarks to members of the France-Soviet Parliamentary Committee on the third day of his 11-day French visit in which he consistently has stressed that West Germany remains a grave danger for the entire European continent.
He told the parliamentarians that West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, whom he once accused of being "worse than Hitler," still wanted to change the results of World War II.
He added that if his trip could help prevent German aggression it will have been worthwhile.
The remarks to the parliamentarians capped a day in which Khrushchev, looking fit and in bouncy mood, made a pilgrimage to V. I. Lenin's old Paris apartment and attended a French press lunch where he fielded a score or more hot questions which covered disarmament, aid to underdeveloped countries, Algeria, the atomic club and even censorship.
U.S. Tells Soviets To Get Specific
GENEVA-(UPI)—The United States demanded at the disarmament talks today that the Soviet Union quit talking in generalities and get down to the specific question of inspection of an armed forces freeze.
But the Soviets replied that the United States was trying to "put the cart before the horse," and again refused to discuss control before the Western powers have agreed on specific measures of arms reduction.
Orel Reads, Discusses Marquis
One Western diplomat experienced in negotiation with the Russians said after the meeting that it was "an echo of London."
"I hope you do not feel guilty about spending an hour with subliterary characters," Harold Orel, associate professor of English, apologized yesterday.
Prof Orel stood behind the small varnished speaker's rostrum in the music room of the Kansas Union and related to his Poetry Hour listeners the career of Don Marquis.
Mr. Marquis was a newspaper man for the New York Sun and the originator of the column, "Archie and mehitable" which enjoyed wide readership through the days of the "Roaring Twenties."
Once Helped Harris
Mr. Marquis wrote his columns in free verse and "short, scrappy, dramatic lines," Prof. Orel said.
"At one time Marquis worked helping Joel Chandler Harris in writing 'Uncle Remus.' Then, after joining the Sun staff, he created his own cockroach and cat friends," said Prof. Orel.
When the words of Mr. Marquis' little cockroach, Archie, first appeared in the one-column feature of the Sun, response was tremendous, Prof. Orel continued.
"Archie had difficulty in typing-
ne just limped from day to day," Prof. Orel said, "This in a way parallels Marquis' personal life. In his lifetime he lost a son, his first wife, his daughter and his second wife. He wrote a play called "The Old Soak" which received rave notices, then flopped. He went to Hollywood and found disappointment (there. He liked to drink. He did not like writing a daily column, and he died penniless and unrecognized."
Prof. Orel said Mr. Marquis' characters were children of the city. The type that could think of nothing duller than living in the country. They were creatures of the 1920's — the "era of wonderful nonsense."
Marquis - City Children
Archie, according to his creator,
was a reincarnated poet. Prof. Orel,
applying his native eastern accent,
first read several of the earliest columns including "Marquis" Introduction to Archie," The Cockroach
Of prohibition, mehitable that cat once quipped:
"Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into."
Who Has Been to Hell," and "Freddie the Rat Perishes."
Archie often wrote proverbs concerning the life around him — the life of the 20's. Prof. Orel also related a few of these to his listeners.
The little cockroach often felt put upon to be reincarnated from a poet to such a status. He often attempted suicide but always managed to survive, related the professor, a twinkle in his eye. To prove his point, he read the columns entitled "Is This the Fate of All Poets?" and "A Visit to the Zoo."
"It's only ants, bees, spiders and the other insects which know how to organize a society and make it work," says Archie in another article read by Prof. Orel.
Her philosophy of life, Prof. Orel says is;
Mehitable, the alley cat, claims she is the reincarnation of Cleopatra. Through Marquis' columns, she claims that she is a lady through and through — at all times. She is gay and carefree and her favorite expression is "What the Hell?"
"Life is just one damn kitten after another."
Stu's Candidacy Is No Surprise
Sen. Stuart Symington's (D-Mo) formal announcement yesterday that he is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination came as no surprise to seven faculty members in the political science department.
Five of the faculty members interviewed said there is a strong possibility that Sen. Symington may be a compromise candidate in case of a convention deadlock.
One member said that the timing of Sen. Symington's announcement possibly indicates some concern about the recent headway gained by Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass). He also went on to say it seems that Mr. Symington's chances are pretty slim now.
Political science faculty members interviewed were John G, Grumm, Clifford P. Ketzel and James Titus, all assistant professors; James W. Drury, associate professor; Earl Nehring, instructor; J. Eldon Fields, professor and Marvin Meade, research assistant, governmental research and assistant director.
According to a United Press International report Sen. Symington is starting his campaign for the Democratic nomination by raising questions about the meaning of Wisconsin's heavily publicized primary.
Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) are matched in the presidential preference contest in Wisconsin and both are treating it as a crucial test.
Symington, formally announcing his candidacy, reiterated that he would not enter state primaries. He noted that 35 of the 50 states do not provide such primaries and said all national convention delegates should have a voice in choosing the presidential nominee.
The Missouri senator also contended that presidential primaries do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Democratic voters. He said Adlai Stevenson polled 55 per cent of the Democratic vote in the 1956 Minnesota primary but lost because an estimated 125,000 Republicans voted in the Democratic contest.
Wisconsin Contested
Symington said Wisconsin offers the only contested Democratic presidential primary this year in which Republicans can vote.
Prof Grumm said:
"Sen. Symington's announcement is, of course, no surprise. At the recent Democratic State Convention in Hutchinson the Stuart Symington headquarters was the largest and busiest of any candidate.
"Symington has a good 'outside chance of gaining the nomination. Unless Kennedy can win on the first two or three ballots, the delegates will be looking around for a compromise candidate, and they will either turn to Symington or Stevenson — probably Symington While he is not a colorful candidate nor very well-known through out the country, he seems to have most of the qualities that are required of such a compromise candidate.
'Wilt' to Quit NBA
NEW YORK—(UPI) —The New York Post reported today that Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors has announced he is quitting the National Basketball Assn.
"I'll never play basketball in the NBA again. This is my last game. This is it." Chamberlain was quoted by the Post.
Weather
Cloudy to partly cloudy this afternoon and tomorrow. Warmer west this afternoon and over state tomorrow. Not so cold east and central tonight. Low tonight 25 to 35. High tomorrow 60 west to 45 northeast.
"Symington Able to Fill Position"
"To begin with, I think he is quite able to fill the position. He has the reputation, at least, of being a good administrator. Politically, what makes him 'available' is that he is a middle-of-the-roader; he has a handsome family; he is a Protestant; and , as they used to say of Warren Harding, 'He looks like a president.'"
"His geographical identification is also probably helpful. As a Missourian, he is neither from the South nor from the North, but probably would be acceptable to both sections. If anything, Missouri is associated with the Midwest, and this is a major section that the Democrats, as well as the Republicans, are hoping to have in their column in 1960.
"It is difficult to see how a President could be elected without the support of this section which seems to swing from one side to another in Presidential elections.
"Senator Has Presidential Bug"
Prof. Drury said:
"In short, 'Stu' has a lot of things going for him and very little going against him."
"Sen. Symington's statement merely confirms what was generally expected—he's a candidate. He has been 'smitten' with the Presidential bug. He and his supporters have been working anyway for the nomination so that I don't know that his recent statement changes things.
"In my opinion Symington's chances depend on how Kennedy and the others fare in the scrabble for delegates. Symington is a real possibility if the convention is so divided that Kennedy, Humphrey and Stevenson can not emerge with the needed 761 votes."
Mr. Nehring said:
"I am not the least bit surprised. I think a good many people have been expecting him to announce and the timing possibly indicates some concern about the headway being made by Sen. Kennedy. Right now it seems that Mr. Symington's chances are pretty slim. If neither Kennedy or Humphrey has a commanding lead by convention time, Mr. Symington is a very strong compromise possibility."
"No One is Surprised"
"I cannot see why anyone would be surprised at his announcement. He might well be a strong contender for the nomination."
Mr. Fields said:
Mr. Meade said:
"I think that he has a chance to become a nominee. It seems to me that he has some of the qualifications for a compromise candidate. His relative moderate viewpoints plus his location as a Midwesterner are at least a couple of the qualifications that might be attractive in case of a convention deadlock."
With a shrug of his shoulders Prof. Ketzel exclaimed:
"Who's surprised?"
Prof. Titus said that it is too early for any indication who the Democratic presidential nominee will be. He said that there have not been enough presidential preference primaries or Democratic state conventions.
Prof. Titus said that Sen. Symington's announcement was expected.
"This is about the time you would expect formal announcements to come," Prof. Titus said.