The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 05, 1954, Page Page Three, Image 3
College Edi
From Tour
Tell Experif
By DEAN S(
Editor, Minn
(EDIToR's NOTE: These are the fi
Dean Schaelkopf, editor of the Unii
of seven American college editors jt
of the Soviet Union.)
(ACP)-The first Russian
them-all armed-climbed ab
landed in Leningrad airport.
A senior lieutenant of the I
the plane and looked quizzical]
dents dressed in strange furry
right hand in salute and addrE
Russian to the other passenger
Then he turned to us and said
in English, "Passports." After we
had showed him or visas, the
other five soldiers ste)ped( aside
to let us leave the plane.
We stepped into the chilly, three
ahtve-zero weather and were met
by a young English-speaking of
ficial of Intourist, the official
Russian travel agency. lie wel
conied us to the Soviet Union and
told us we would be met in Moscow
by other Intourist representatives.
But the warmth of his reception
didn't erase the apprehension we
had when the six soldiers boarded
our aircraft. The strange welcome
was but the first of many unusual
situations we were to encounter.
Travel Through USSR
During the next 22 days in the
USSR, we were to travel more
than 5,000 miles by air, train and
car. We were to talk to students
in their schools, workcrs in their
factories, farmers in their homes
and directors and managers in
their offices. During that time we
detveted absolutely no feeling of
hostility to I:, personally.
Early in our trip, one of the
two interpreters who traveled with
us throughout. the country asked
us why we had come to Russia. We
told him the answer was simple.
E:trly last fall a few American
colege e(ditors met at a student
press convention (the ACP con
r(.rence.t in Chicago) and decided
they wiite( to see this country,
so little uIniderstood in the United
States.
wt applied to the Soviet em
bassy in Washington for viAas, and
within three weeks Moscow
granted permission. The Amer
ican state department issued pass
ports Dec. 2 and on Christmas (ay
we h)lonrded a plane for Russia.
Students at Stalin University in
Thilisi asked us who wvas paying
for the trip. When we told them
we financed the trip ourselves, one
blue-eyed co-edl said in perfect
English, "Oh, you must be very
"Bourgeosie," shouted a black
haired lad.
Editors' Opinions D)iffer
)uri group was anything but
bourgeosie. Most of us had
financed the trip through loans
in that respect we were alike.
Polit ically, we were imiles apart.
Two of our group were Taft men,
one supplorted Eisenhower, and
four belonged to the St evenson,
ela n.
We had differences of opinion
on almost every issue, andl in that
respect we providled a striking
ec..trast to the Russian students
Grounds Group
0Launches Program
Improving Campus
Three tree roses, which have
been planted in the formal garden,
were recently donated to the
University by the Columbia Gar
den Club. The roses are a portion
of the new program of campus
beautification which has been
lau+hed by the Grounds Com
mittee of the University.
Other projects of the committee
include three hundred Henry Clay
Azaleas, which have been planted
in front of Wade Hampton dormi
tory, fifty Darlington Oaks, which
were set out between the present
oak and hackberry trees on the
horseshoe, andl peat moss which
has been put in the soil to give it
body.
Two of the roses planted in the
formal gardeni at the north side
of the Administration Building
were given in memory of the late
Mrs. J. W. Hlaltiwanger and Mrs.
Ashley P. Walker, both..charter
members of the Columbia Garden
Club. The third rose is in memory
of the late Mr. Albert Shellenberg,
who designed the formal garden.
The human body's quickest auto
matic action Is the blinking of the
eyelids, says the Better Vision In
itunte. It takes 1/20 of a second.
tors Return
of Russia;
,nces There
HOELKOPF
esota Daily
rst two in a series of six articles by
>ersity of Minnesota Daily and one
st returned from a three-week tour
a I saw were soldiers. Six of
oard our plane as soon as it
Red army marched forward in
y at the seven American stu
caps and coats. He raised his
ssed four or five sentences in
S.
we met, who agreed on almost
everything in the area of religion,
economics, politics and govern
ment.
Arguments on these subjects
erupted frequently (luring our talks
with Russian people. There were
few things we could agree on
but through it all they remained
completely friendly to us.
Objects of Curiosity
Almost everywhere we were ob
jects of curiosity. Cosmopolitan
Muscovites, more accustomed to
visiting delegations, paid less at
tention to us than their country
men in southern Russia,
In many areas we were the first
Americans the Soviet citizens had
ever seen. They followed us in the
streets and crowded around us if
we stopped to take a picture. It
was not unusual to stop in a de
partment store to buy a gift, and
then turn around to find from 25
to 150 Russians crowded about.
The only other Americans we
saw in Russia were at the United
States embassy in Moscow. We
met ambassador Charles Bohlen
three times (luring our stay, once
at his Spasso house residence dur
ing a luncheon he and Mrs. Bohlen
held for us.
United States Embassy
The embassy there operates
under tremendous handicaps. Prac
tically no contact is permitted
with the Russian people. Mail,
which moves through the Russian
postal system, is opened before it
reaches the embassy. All tele
phones are assumed to be tapped.
Wires and miniature microphones
have been found in the walls.
Russian police guard the en
trance to the embassy 'round the
clock, ostensibly to protect the
Americans but more likely to pre
vent any Russian from entering.
A policeman is on almost every
corner in the cities. But a sight
even more common than that of
policemen is that of Russian sol
diers. WVe saw Red troops every
whlere we traveled. It was not at
all unusual to see a platoon of
soldiers with machine guns or
rifles on their backs walking down
the main street of a town. Russian
soldiers travelled on the trains we
rodle, andl from our train window
we once saw infantrymen running
and falling in the snow-on the
rifle range-and at mortar prac
tice.
We were told not to take pic
tures which included soldiers,
bridges, ports or airfields, and
our cameras were taken away
when we traveled by air.
Marshall Becomes
Wesley Director
Carolina Methodist students now
have a full time director for their
organization. He is the Rev.
Robert K. Marshall, a graduate of
Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.
The Wesley Foundation now pro
vidles a center for meetings and
social events. The center, which
is located at 628 Bull Street, is
wvell adated to the need of the
studlent program. The Rev. Mar
shall extends to all Methodist stu
dents on the Carolina campus a
warm "welcome" to their Metho
(list Center.
Dan McIntyre was elected presi
(lent of the Wesley Foundation for
the spring semester at the last
regular meeting. Other new of
ficers are Pat Cave of Columbia
College, vice-president, Mary Lib
Culler of Carolina, secretary, and
Philip Lee of Carolina, treasurer.
The joint USC-Columbia College
chairmen of committees are Gene
Failmegger and Jimmy Brown of
Carolina and Sally Jo Blookhardt
of Columbia College.
The charges that have come
about recently In the Amherst
College fraternity system are in
dIcative of an Increasing aware
ness that racial discriminatIon Is
inconsistent with democratic Ideals
of ednaon.
THE PRIZES for the campus-w!
Awards will be presented on May Da
Barter Theater
Will Perform At
Columbia College
The Barter Theater of Virginia
will present as a part of its na
tionwide tour William Shake
speare's "Two Gentleman of
Verona" at the Columbia College
Auditorium, Wednesday, March
10. Curtain time for the perform
ance will be 8:30 p.m.
Admission prices for the play,
for students and teachers, $ .75,
adults $1.25.
The Barter Theater, which has
appeared in every state in the
union and at least two foreign
countries, was founded in 1932 by
Robert Porterfield with the pur
pose of exchanging culture for
food. New York actors presented
regular plays at the theater in
Abbington, Virginia, with admis
sion being paid in food from local
gardens. Royalties were paid in
country hams. Since that time the
theater has grown to be recognized
as a regular stock company.
"The State Theater of Virginia"
is appearing for the first time in
Columbia. Arrangements are being
made by Miss Alice B. Carter of
Columbia, friend and schoolmate
of the founder and director, Robert
Porterfield.
Education Book
Includes Foreign
School Openings
Foreign summer schools open to
U. S. students are listed in "Sunm
mer Study Abroad, 1954," pam
phlet published recently by the
Institute of International Educa
tion.
The thirty-page leaflet lists edu
cational institutions in twenty
four countries which offer summer
programs. It tells where to apply
and gives helpful information on
credlits, living arrangements and
costs, transportation, and pass
ports and visas. Scholarship in
formation is given. Early applica
tion should be made for the few
awards available.
European countries wvhere Amer
ican students may enroll for sum
mer study are Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Eire, Finland, France,
Germany, Great Britain, Greece,
Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and
Switzerland.
In Latin America courses are
offered at schools in Costa Rica,
Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico,
and Peru. There are also summer
study opportunities at a number
of Canadian universities and at the
American University of Beirut in
Lebanon.
The majority of courses offered
to summer visitors are designed
to give insight into the language,
history, and culture of the host
country. In addition to such
"civilization" courses, instruction
is offered in art, music, world af
fairs, and other subjects.
"Summer Study Abroad, 1954"
names only those courses which
are sponsoredl by foreign educa
tional institutions. Reference is
made to other publications which
discuss study tours, work camps,
studlent travel, or other opportun
ities for a foreign summer.
For further details, see John
Ray, editor of the Gamecock.
Berea College, In Kentucky, is
one of the very few Southern Col
leges which have a traditional
policy of no racial ediscrimination.
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de clean-up campaign are shown a
Y.
'54 Grads to Get
Caps and Gowns
Through Canteen
Graduates' caps, gowns, invita
tions and calling cards are no
longer to be ordered through the
university Post Office, but will be
obtained through the university
canteen.
Mrs. Anne Williams, canteen
manager, announced today that
orders for the invitations and call
ing cards will be first taken on
March 15 and will end April 9.
This time limitation is to insure
early and prompt delivery.
The time for ordering the caps
and gowns has not been an
nounced.
For adult education nothing
beats children.
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armor ruled the age. Today,.
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Sky, the A viation Cadets! The'
high, in flashing silver-winged
. .. a gallant band that all An
to! Like the Knights of old, t
number, but they represent
greatest strength.
If you are single, between
and 26%, you can join this sel
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bove. The contest began Monday.
Tri-Delta Sorority
To Sponsor Movie
Week of March 10
Delta Delta Delta social sorority
will sponsor the sale of tickets to
the movie "Red Garters" which will
be featured at a local theater the
week of March 10. Funds received
from the sale of tickets will go to
the Margaret Ashe Scholarship,
which is awarded each year to a
needy Carolina co-ed.
Starring in the technicolor pro
duction are Rosemary Clooney,
Guy Mitchell, and JoAnn Gilbert.
The regular price of admission
will be charged for the feature.
Tickets may be purchased from the
sorority.
Every 15 sec. a major crime is
committed in the U. S.
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Debate Team Goes
To South Atlantic
Forensic Meet
Four members of the debate
team will represent the university
at the South Atlantic Forensic
Tournament at Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege in Hickory, N. C. March 4-6,
according to Prof. M. G. Christo
phersen, debate coach.
They are: Ernest Lathem,
George Williams, John Altman and
I. M. Goldberg.
The debaters will compete with
60 teams from the South Atlantic
region in the fields of oratory, ex
tempore and impromptu speaking,
after-dinner speaking, radio news
cast and radio extempore speaking.
There will be seven rounds of
debate on the national topic: "Re
solved That the United States
Should Adopt a Policy of Free
Trade."
Law School Frosh
To Be Orientated,
Prince Announces
An orientation program has
been organized for freshmen in the
law school, Dean Samuel L. Prince
has announced.
The Law Federation, headed by
G. Ross Anderson, has initiated
the program in an effort to help
new students adjust themselves to
the different methods of learning
encountered in law school. William
L. Fant, Anderson, is chairman of
the new program.
Each freshman is advised and
guided by either a junior or senior
in the upper portion of his class.
Assistance is given in proper
methods of case briefing, prepara
tion of class recitation and the
writing of law examinations.
6 weeks Summer Session at U. of
Mexico ... week end excursions.
$345 . . . See your travel agent.
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Spartan Band that held the pass,
Knights of Arthur's train
LUght Brigade that charged the gaem,
ss the battle plain
claim no greater gloryi tham
dedicated few
wear the Wings of Sime
en a field of Alr Force Blue.
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C. Unit or Air ForteF
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Science Fair
Is Scheduled
For May 1
The university science depart
nents and extension division will
iponsor a State Science Fair to be
ield on the campus May 1, Dr.
rulian J. Petty, chairman, an
iounced today.
High school and junior high
;chool students are invited to sub
nit exhibits in competition for a
$250 scholarship to the university
and five $25 U. S. savings bonds.
Exhibits may be entered in any
phase of junior high general
icience, high school general science,
physics and mathematics, biology,
and chemistry. They should be of
such size and nature that they may
.e displayed in an ordinary class
room or laboratory.
Judging will be based upon
originality, creative ability, scien
tific thought and value, effective
ness, and clarity and attractive
ness.
Applications for exhibit must
be submitted by April 15 and each
exhibitor must be sponsored by his
principal or science teacher, from
whom further information about
the State Science Fair may be
obtained.
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