Beall Calls Boccaccio
Father of Italian Prose
Literary students know less
about the life of Boccaccio than
any other important Italian wri
ter. Chandler Beall, professor of
romance languages, said in his
browsing room lecture Wednes
day night.
"Boccaccio is called the father
of Italian prose,” Beall said. ‘Tor
the past two centuries it has
been the custom to present Chris
tian Dante as the last writer
of the Middle Ages; lovelorn, tor
mented Petrarch as a transition
al figure; and “pagan” Boccaccio
as marking the coming of age
of the free spirit of the Renais
sance.”
“His book, the Decameron, is
composed of a hundred different
and independent stories. It be
longs to folklore; it can be
studied as a picture of Italian
manners in the last Middle Ages,
as a commentary on numerous
historical personages who figui/
in the book, as satire, or as a
linguistic monument.”
Characteristics of Book
The lecture, entitled “Boccac
ciO(" was mainly concerned with
the overall literary characteris
tics of his main work, the De
cameron. and its importance in
the history of Italian literature.
Beall also commented on the au
thor's life.
Discussion leader for the lec
ture was R. C. Gordon, assist
ant professor of English.
The browsing room, lecture
given next Wednesday will be
last in the series of lectures this
year.
Policemen, Four Others
Fail in Robbery Attempt
LAS VEGAS, Nev. <AP)—A
policeman and four other per
sona were in custody Wednesday
after a heavily-armed posse nip
ped an attempt to pull a million
dollar mail robbery.
Officers on foot and in ar
mored cars and carrying shot
guns and rifles ambushed three
of the suspects at the post of
fice Tuesday night after being
tipped about an elaborate plan to
take the money by force.
The huge sum—large bills in
one mail sack was being trans
ported from the post office two
blocks to the railroad station
to be shipped to the Federal Re
serve Bank in San Francisco.
The money, from Las Vegas
banks, included large deposits i
from gambling casinos.
“Our forces were dispersed
around the post office in such
a way would have l>een able to
mow the gang down instantly,"
said Police Chief A. H. Kennedy.
"And we would have, if any of
them had fired a shot."
The gang became suspicious
when one member failed to show
up for a final briefing Tues
day night, the chief said. This
member had turned informer and
was in protective custody in a
hospital, he added.
Three suspects were arrested,
Kennedy said, when they "cased"
the post office to see if a trap
had been set.
George Hayden Anderson, 31,
Las Vegan poliretnan, and his
pretty wife, Joyce, 24, casino
cocktail waitress, were nabbed
as they drove away from the
post office. A third suspect, Rob
ert Schomer, 20, father of five
children and an electrician, was
arrested at the rear of the build
ing. Schomer has admitted his
part in the plot, Kennedy said.
The three were booked on sus
picion of conspiracy to commit
robbery.
So were two others, Walter
Fred Ludwig, 34. former Detroit
and Las Vegas police officer, and
Robert Dean Anderson, 19,
George's brother, who were pick
ed up later at their homes.
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