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TmpcHhv October 6, 1959 jj
In the USSR:
'Politically-Naive' Russ Student
Shows Little Individual Thought
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br Terry MUchom to staff member
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imym la Ibe this summer.
By Terry Mitchem
We found little individual
thought among the students,
for they learned what they
were supposed to learn.
They always read Pravda's
opinion on an issue before
commenting on it. They are
well-informed on news which
they are supposed to be in
formed on, though.
Their political concepts are
naive. They couldn't believe
that the Poles and the Czechs
didn't like them, and they
couldn't Imagine that Pravda
could lie to
them. After
all, they said,
Pravda is a
paper of the
people and
the people
never lie to
themselves.
The stu
dents are not
really the
"new Social
Inn n
Terry
1st man" vet. as the govern-
men tells them. They aren't
puzzled as to the why of
things; they don't explore dif
ferent theories.
The students do rebel to
wards little things. For In
stance, they may get a "head
ache" in order to miss physi
cal education classes. Or at
mealtime, they may switch
plates with their neighbor to
get a larger helping.
The propaganda put out
about the students volunteer
ing to open the virgin lands as
a free service to the govern
ment is false. They don't vol
unteer, they are picked. For
example, all radio engineers
from Kiev may be sent to
Siberia for 40 days. For this
they receive 1500 rubles.
Soviet students are not so
phisticated. At a dance the
boys will stand on one side
and the girls on the other.
Nearly all of the students are
bashful. They feel jitterbug
ging is sinful, that the fox trot
is the proper type of dance.
A few of the students will
admit they like jazz, but clas
sical musical is much more
popular with the Soviets than
with students in our country.
A new program known as
the "Khrushchev school re
form" is under way, requiring
two years of work experience
of students before they go on
to attend institutions of higher
learning. This program cov
ers all students except those
in journalism, law and phi
losophy. The University of Moscow
publishes a student paper. In
our delegation was a Harvard
student who commented that
in the Harvard paper, the edi
torial staff has the right to
criticize actions of the ad
ministration and faculty. He
wanted to know if the Moscow
paper .did this. He got his an
swer when we learned that
the paper is published by the
journalism department with
help from the faculty and ad
ministration. In the Lenin library, asso
ciated with the University of
Leningrad, there are 5,000,000
volumes. The United States
periodicals are hidden in the
stacks, and in order to check
them out a student must give
his name.
Before a student graduates
he must have 4900 class hours
and study at least three years
of one foreign language, ine
purpose of this requirement is
to prepare the student for
reading technical journals
from foreign countries.
There is great social pres
sure on the student to study.
If anyone falls down, he is
talked to by his friends first,
and then, if necessary, he is
called before the Soviet of the
school, made up of represent
atives of the student body,
and the KOMSOMOL, the
Young Communist League.
These organizations try to
encourage the students to
study and suggest ways to Im
prove their study habits. Once
a student Is admitted, he has
an excellent chance of grad
uating, since 90 per cent of
the opening enrollment grad
uates. Great emDhasis is olaced on
physical education. Every stu
dent must have 136 hours of
phys ed before graduating.
In addition they must study
Marx and Lenin and pass a
rather difficult exam in dia
lectic materialism before
they can graduate.
All examinations at the Uni
versity of Leningrad are oral.
Three or four students come
into the examination room
and get slips of paper with
different questions on them.
By the fourth year students
begin practical work. Medi
cal students begin delivering
babies in their fourth year.
One student I met at the Pedi
atrics Institute in Leningrad
was Jn his sixth and last year.
He thought nothing of deliver
ing six babies a day.
All students are exempt
from military service. After
they graduate, each student
must work three years where
the government sends them.
The students with the highest
grades have their choice. Aft
er the three years of compul
sory service, the students
mav go where they choose.
Whereas two per cent of the
population is in college In the
United States, only one per
cent is enrolled in the USSR.
However, only one per cent
of the gross national product
in the United States is spent
for education, compared to
three per cent of the compa
rable figure in the Soviet
Union.
Next: The KOMSOMOL
Fellowships
In Science
To Be Given
Applications are being ac
cepted for National Science
Foundation graduate fellow
ship awards for advanced
study.
Fellowships will be award
ed in the mathematical, phys
ical, medical, biological and
engineering sciences plus cer
tain social sciences. Also in
cluded are interdisciplinary
fields which are composed
of overlapping fields among
two or more sciences.
Letters of recommendation,
academic records and other
evidence of attainment will
form the basis for selection.
The applicant's qualifications
will be evaluated by panels
from the National Academy of
Science-National Research
Council. Final selection will
be made by the National Sci
ence Foundation.
The awards vary in size
with academic status. Stu
dents entering graduate
school for the first time re
ceive $1,800 annually, while
those in their last years will
receive $2,000.
Application material for the
program may be obtained
from the Fellowship Of
fice. National Academy Of Science-National
Research Coun
cil. 2101 Constitution Ave.,
N.W., Washington 25, D.C.
A CAMPUS-TO-CAREER
CASE HISTORY
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Bob Allm and his Chief Operator, Mrs. Julia Chipman, discuss long
Distance records which will soon be converted to automatic processing.
Moot Bob Allon he's growing fast
with a fast-growing company
Robert E. Allen got his B.A. degree
from Wabash College in June, 1957,
and went to work with Indiana Bell
Telephone Company at Indianapolis
"It looked like a growing company
where I could grow, too,' he ay.
It was. Today lie i an Aasinlant
Traffic Supervisor there. He'e in charge
of ix other supervisory people and
about 100 telephone operator.
Bob attribute hi rapid progress to
two main factor: the thorough train
ing he received and the steady growth
o the telephone business.
I wa trained to be a telephone man
ager, not just a traffic specialist," he
points out. "I've also had practical, on-lha-joh
experience in the plant, com
mercial and engineering phases of the
ImsincsM. So Tin equipped to handle
new responsibilities all tli time. And
in this fast-growing communications
field, that means I have more chances
to keep moving ahead."
What about a Bell Telephone Com
pany career for you? Talk with the
Bell interviewer when he visits your
campus and read the Bell Telephone
booklet in your Placement Office.
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BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES
Reading Course
Increases Speed
A course designed to in
crease average reading speed
25 to 50 per cent begins Oct.
13 at the University..
Prepared for business and
professional men and women,
the course is expected to de
velop comprehension and vo
cabulary as well as improve
reading flexibility.
The course will consist of
six meetings, each two and a
half hours lone. They will be
conducted on successive Tues
day evenings, beginning at
7 p.m.
Scholarsliip
Filing Ends
On Nov. 1
The Institute of Interna
tional Education has an
nounced that tne aeaaiine ior
r.K f at- onnrnYimatelv 800
umig ivi wzr-
Fulbright scholarships is
Nov. l.
r n a r.American Cultural
Convention awards also have
set the same tiling uaie. ive
;,,;r,tc nf Piithrieht awards
will receive tuiuon, m am-
tenance ana rouna-inp uavei.
IACC scholarships cover
transportation, tuition and
partial maintenance costs.
General eligibility require
ments for both awards are:
1) U.S. citizenship at time of
application; 2) a bachelor's
degree or equivalent by 1960;
3) knowledge of the host coun
try's language; and 4) good
health.
Applicants will be required
to submit a plan of proposed
studv that can be carried
out profitably within the year
abroad. A demonstrated ca
pacity for independent study
and a good academic record
are also required.
Further information and ap
iir.oiinne mav he Drocurred
from the Information and
Counseling Division, Institute
of International Education,
. Cl T"am
1605 Pennsylvania sil
ver 3, Colo.
Dr. Miller
Edits Book
On Whitman
Dr. James E. Miller Jr.,
chairman of the English de
partment, has edited a 516
page publication, "Com
plete Poetry and Selected
Prose by Walt Whitman."
Dr. Miller, who Is the au
thor of the only major analy
tical book on Whitman's ac
knowledged masterpiece of
American poetry, "Leaves of
Grass," wrote the introduc
tion for the paper-back book
that was released this past
month.
Last year. Dr. Miller re
ceived the 1957 Walt Whitman
Award for his book, "A Crit
i il Guide to Leaves of
Grass."
His other published works
include "The Fictional Tech
nique of Scott Fitzgerald,"
and articles on a number of
American authors, including
Hawthorne, Melville, Poe and
J. D. Salinger.
As a Fulbright lecturer, Dr.
Miller taught a course on
Whitman at the Oriental In
stitute in Naples, Italy.
Yielmieyer Says
No 'Muni Day'
The annual "Mum Day"
and open house at the Univer
sity Agriculture ' Experiment
Station at North Platte has
been temporarily postponed.
Glenn Viehmeyer, mum re
searcher at the station, said
three inches of snow at North
Platte last Thursday would
hurt blossoms on the 9,000
specimens which were ex
pected to be in full bloom by
Oct. 10.
The indefinite postponement
may turn into a permanent
cancellation, he continued. An
early freeze, which might oc
cur in the North Platte area
soon, would put an end to
mum-viewing for this season.
Home Ec Day
Planned Oct. 21
Homemakers from rural
and urban areas will meet
for the annual Home Eco
nomics Day on Ag campus
Oct. 21.
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'Mademoiselle' Announces
Article Writing Contest
fashion magazine, is sponsor
ing its second College Publi
cations Contest.
Prizes will be awarded for
the best student-written arti
cle, the best alumni-written
article and the best faculty
written article. These must be
published in a college news
paper, feature magazine or
alumni magazine.
Two Prizes
A prize of $50 will go to the
publication in which the arti
cle originally appeared, and
$75 will go to the author of
the winning entry.
Entries will be judged on
the skill of writing and on
originality of thought.
Subjects chosen should be of
national interest to college
students.
Street and Smith, the pub
lishers, reserve the right to
publish winning entries. Credit
will be given to the 'college
publication in which the story
appeared.
Due January 1
All entries must be post,
marked ho later than Jan. 1.
The winners will be an
nounced by next April 1:
No more than three entires
in each area will be submit
ted by the editor of the publi
cation. They must be accom
panied by the name and add
ress of the editor and the
name and address of the au
thor of the article.
Entires should be sent to
Publications Contest, College
Mademoiselle, c-o Street and
Smith Publications, 575 Madi
i son Avenue, New York 22.
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Plaster, May
Join Biz Ad
Advisory Board
Membership of the Biz Ad
Student Advisory Board was
returned to 12 with the selec
tion of two new members.
Curtis Plaster and Frank
May were chosen to represent
the junior and senior class of
the College of Busines Ad
ministration. Larry Kilstrup was elected
assistant chairman; Shirley
Koch, secretary; Ron Lahm,
treasurer; and Frank May,
publicity officer. ;
They will assist chairman '
Robert Harder.
The first event on the
Board's agenda is the Biz Ad
Career Day and Honors Ban-
quct to be held in the Student
Union Oct. 15.
Check WiU Aid
Ag Project Fund f
C. D. Haskell, a Laurel, f
Neb., farmer, has contributed 5
,$8,800 to a fund for the devel-
opment of facilities at the Uni-
versity Northeast Agricultur- ' i
al Experiment Station.
Haskell presented the check
to Dean W. V. Lambert of
the College of Agriculture at
Haskell's farm home last
veek. The contribution
matches a fund raised by
members of the Northeast
Station Association last year.
If the contribution is ac
cepted by the Board of Re
gents, the University then will
give the project "high priori
ty."
Medical Tests .
To Be Held
The Medical College Ad-
I mission Test will be given
Oct. 31 for students who are
applying for admittance
medical colleges in Septem
ber, 19G0.
Applications are available
at 306 Bessey Hall and must
be on file at the Educational
Testing Service in Princeton,
N.J., by Oct. 17.
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