Daily Hansan
58th Year, No. 23
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1960
Henry Nash Smith
Henry Smith Discusses American Literature
The effect which American culture has on American literature was discussed here yesterday by Henry Nash Smith, professor of English at the University of California.
Prof. Smith spoke to several English classes in Bailey Auditorium. He will be the second speaker in the Humanities Lecture series today at 8 p.m. in Fraser Theater.
Prof. Smith said:
"THE MAJOR POINT which I can show you is quite evident in 'Innocents Abroad' by Mark Twain. This point is that of the irreverence of the American citizen. The Innocents refused to stand in awe of anything just because it was expected. Twain thought that this irreverence was the essence of the book. He thought that in America irreverence is the champion of liberty."
The way that the Innocent showed this irreverence was in his attitude towards art and sculpture, especially if it was religious, Prof. Smith said. The Innocent decided that if he had seen one martyr he had seen them all. He told the curator of a museum that he knew many 14-year-old boys that had better handwriting than that on a document of Christopher Columbus.
"Twain himself was not especially irreverent in his general attitude. He sometimes was a little breezy about the Roman Catholic Church and Mohammedanism but that was the style in those days."
Prof. Smith continued:
"TWAIN REGARDED 'Innocents Abroad' as his introduction into real literature. For the first time he planned a major work ahead of time
Smith Will Speak On Twain Tonight
Henry Nash Smith, professor of English at the University of California, will be the second speaker in the Humanities Lecture series for this year.
Prof. Smith will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Fraser Theater. His topic will be "Mark Twain and the Industrial Revolution."
At 9:39 p.m. Prof. Smith will be a guest of the Faculty Club at an informal reception.
and did not just write it a column at a time as he had done before. The book was completed just after the Civil War and was an instant best-seller. The American reading public was looking for a good comic image of itself after the war, and this was it."
Russia Asks Cut In U.N. Budget
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.-(UPI)
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.—(UPI)
—Secretary-General Dag Hammskjold charged today that Russia, seeking to cut the United Nations budget, seemed intent on robbing the U.N. of its ability to intervene in world crises.
Hammarskjold rejected charges made yesterday by Soviet delegate A. A. Roschin that he engaged in "extravagant spending" to further U.S. policies in the Congo, Laos and Guinea. Roschin demanded a $50 million ceiling on the U.N. budget and opposed Hammarskjold's 1961 U.N. budget of $67.5 million.
The secretary-general told the U.N. administrative and budgetary committee that Roschin "obviously followed up the operation forcefully started" by Soviet Premier Nikita K. Krushchev to replace Hammarsk-jold with a three-man presidium to run the world organization.
Hammarskjold said his first standard for employment was loyalty to the United Nations, adding that this is "harder to find in some countries than in others."
He said he was certain the 99-member committee "can see the fallacies" of the Communist argument that he was guilty of partiality toward the western powers. Hammark-jold said the Soviet demand to fire western secretariat personnel to hire more employees from eastern Europe, Asia and Africa was "at serious variance with the U.N. charter."
The political committee, considered the heart of the General Assembly, organized this morning and immediately plunged into a procedural wrangle touched off by Nigeria's suggestion that the problems of African development and independence be considered before the disarmament question is taken up.
Kennedy Jabs at GOP; Nixon Seeks Demo Votes
En route with Nixon — (UPI) — Vice President Richard M. Nixon, bidding for Florida's pivotal 10 electoral votes, told Dixie supporters that anyone "truly loyal" to the Democratic Party cannot vote for its platform or its presidential candidate.
The Republican Presidential Nominee, appearing in pro-Eisenhower but Democratic territory in Jacksonville, also hammered away again at Sen. John F. Kennedy on the Quemoy-Matsu issue, insisting the Democratic candidate's stand is "not an invitation to peace — it is an in-*
an invitation to peace — it is an invitation to war."
BOTH NIXON and Kennedy, his Democratic opponent, were spending the day in Florida with both scheduled to address the American Legion Convention in Miami.
Nixon's aides said he would replay to Kennedy on defense, Cuba and other issues in Miami.
In an appeal for Southern Democratic support, Nixon said:
"ANY MAN OR woman truly loyal to the Democratic party—the party of Jefferson, Jackson and Wilson—cannot vote for the platform of that party or the man who runs on that platform."
Nixon said that if the crowd, estimated by police at up to 15,000 in Jacsonville's sun-drenched Hemming Park, was any indication, he will carry Florida Nov. 8 as President Eisenhower did in 1952 and 1956.
HE AND HIS WIFE, Pat, and their campaign party arrived in a chartered jet after a two-hour flight from Niagara Falls, N.Y. Nixon's campaign day began with a departure from Buffalo, N.Y., and was scheduled to continue until his arrival at Wilmington, Del.
Debates No Problem
Phoenix —(UPI)— Robert Kennedy on why he believes the political campaign is going in favor of his brother, Sen. John F. Kennedy:
"Well, number one, my brother has been on television, and number two. Vice President Richard M. Nixon has been on there with him."
Molesting, Theft Reported to Police
Campus police reported two different cases of molesting last night involving two Corbin freshman women.
The molestations took place at about 7:30 p.m. on Louisiana Street between 11th and 12th Streets. The girls were on they way to the Union, they told police.
Police said the women's descriptions of their assailant matched. He was described as a tall, well built man, wearing blue jeans and a light blue sweater or sweat shirt. No positive identification has been made.
Jennifer McGonigle, Lawrence senior, reported to Campus Police that a briefcase had been stolen from her car. The theft occurred at 7:30 last night while her car was parked in front of Strong Hall. The briefcase and its contents were valued at $25.
Nose Cone to Smithsonian
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— A missile nose cone that survived a trip through space was placed in the Smithsonian Institution today among spear tips, primitive hatchets and other reminders of man's advance out of "ignorance and weakness."
MIAMI — (UP) — Sen. John F. Kennedy today blamed "disastrous and tragic defeats" for the United States in Latin America on "a Republican leadership which has lacked imgination and compassion to understand the needs and aspirations of the people" of that region.
The Democratic presidential nominee said his opponent, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, must take part of the blame for the failure because "it was his failure, as the President's personal emissary, to see what must be done in Latin America
Sen.Hiram Fong To Visit Campus
the republican senator from Hawaii will visit KU Monday.
Sen. Hiram L. Fong plans an informal talk and discussion period on current public affairs from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in the Forum room of the Kansas Union.
Sen. Fong is touring the United States in behalf of the Republican party, Earl A. Nehring, instructor of political science, said. While on the tour Sen. Fong is stopping at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. to become acquainted with campus life in America. He will not be appearing on the campus as a Republican partism, Mr. Nehring said.
Sen. Fong heads a group of insurance, investment and reality firms in Hawaii and is the senior member of a Honolulu law firm. He was a member of the Hawaiian Territorial Legislature for 14 years and was Speaker for six years. Sen. Fong was vice president of the Territorial Constitution Convention in 1950. A veteran of World War II, he was graduated from the University Hawaii and holds a law degree from Harvard. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1959.
that has directly contributed to the current crisis in our Latin-American relations."
AND IN A DIRECT jab at Nixon, Kennedy said "this is more of the experience which Mr. Nixon claims as his qualifications to be president." A happy, cheering crowd of about 4,000, predominately female, stood in a broiling sun at a north Miami Beach shopping center to give Kennedy a rousing welcome. A Latin band played swing music.
In an effort to recover Florida, the Democrats finally had lined up most of the state's big names to campaign with Kennedy, including Gov. Leroy Collins, Sen. George A. Smathers and Farris Bryant, Democratic nominee for governor.
Kennedy outlined his own comprehensive plan for aiding Latin American relations in a statement shortly after landing here early today to address the American Legion National Convention shortly after noon. Nixon was to follow Kennedy on the speaker's platform.
KENNEDY DREW sizeable cheers when he charged that part of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's success was due to encouragement from the Soviet Union and he blamed the Republican administration for allowing it to happen.
The Democratic nominee also planned to expand his Latin American views in an afternoon speech at Tampa which has a large Latin American quarter.
KU to Make Statewide Survey of Voting Plans
What is it that causes people to vote as they do? It is the candidate's personality, the political issues, the voter's family tradition, his union affiliation, or his favor for a certain party?
The political science department is trying to get some answers these questions by publishing a 20-page questionnaire that is intended to delve into the minds of voters.
John G. Grumm, assistant professor of political science, and one or the faculty members composing the questionnaire, said that the questions will attempt to survey voter attitudes. It will try to determine what motivates a voter, what his intentions are, what he thinks are the basic issues and why he is voting for his candidate.
This survey is not designed to predict election results, Prof. Grumm pointed out. Groups of people, chosen at random from eligible voters all over Kansas will be given the questionnaire and interviewed by students. Those interviewed will be given the question sheet before the election, and then will again be questioned after the election. In this way it is hoped that the questionnaire will give a lead as to why people change their minds
and their choices, Prof. Grumm said. This survey will be conducted by almost all the major colleges in Kansas. Each school will receive a number of questionnaires from the KU political science department, and students from those schools will interview the prospective voters, he said.
Students participating in this survey will speak with people and discuss campaign issues and candidates. The students might find that they will learn quite a bit in the process, said Prof. Grumm.
The money for printing, travel expenses and other miscellaneous expenses will be paid by a New York organization founded by the Ford Motor Co., called the Citizenship Clearing House.
The organization was formed to encourage an interest in various forms of politics and political activity among college students.
KU is the center for the Kansas- Missouri affiliate of the Citizenship Clearing House, concluded Prof. Grumm.
Weather
Cloudy and colder with occasional rain today tonight and tomorrow. High today lower 60s, low tonight about 50.