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Says USC Student Russians By BOOPA PRITCHARD Special Writer Boarding the "Red Arrow Ex. press," a -big, green streamlinex gaudily decorated with the Sovdet hammer and sickle at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July 19, we left Helsinki Finland for Soviet Russia and ont of the memorable experiences ol our lives. This was the big moment the'80 members of the tour had beer waiting for anxiously these pasM two weeks. As the train sped to ward the border of, the country whose very name is anathema tc most Americans, the stea(ly hun of questions grew in numb11er an intensity. Would it be exactly like every thing we had read? Were these people really terrorized by their government? Were they really poor? Are they eatching us fast? Ad infinitum. Iron Curtain At approximately 6:00 p.m. wc reached "the border," which con. sisted of three parallel rows of barbed wire fences with plowed .4 rows in hetween-truly an iror curtain. While the 'train stoppe( here to take on customs an(l im migration officials I noticed that the whole time the train stood still it was surrounded by 15 to 2C Russian soldiers. They were mak ing absolutely sure that no onc left the train at this point. After this stop we continued or to Leningrad. As we passed through small towtns and Russiar countrysi(le several facts hecam imme(liately obvious: (1) ther were no pave( streets, (2) ther< were very few aitomobiles, (3) the houses were old and poorly constructe(l, (4) the people wert shabbily clothed vnd (5) the Rus sian farms lacked modern farn equiplillenlt. Sir Isaa UP F As sure as little appi But whIen it comefl really pleasu rabh rette, it's what goec of the filter, that is the dlifferenlce! And there's wvh hd an insp)iredi Blend ! WVinston sp choice, mlildl tobac< "You don~ Winston tasi Live In F Leningrad I We arrived at the station In i Leningrad at 10:00 psm. and this I was truly one of the most depres- I sing experienees of my life. There I in the station were several hun- 4 dred of the saddest, poorest, most I poorly dressed people I have ever seen. To look these people in the eye 1 for more than a few seconds was ' an impossibility because they in- i voked more pity than we were 4 able to give. With this, Impression implanted firmly in our minds we went to our hotel and went to bed. We spent the next three days touring Leningrad, an interesting though depressing city. It has I quite a past and contains many fine historic buildings such as the Hermitage (formerly the winter palae) which is one of the best museums in Europe. Fear, Propaganda The status of present day Lenin grad, at least .by our standards, is not very good. There were very few ears on the streets and most 1 of these were government owned; its apartment houses are far too crowded and are beginning to i crumble, although most are only i four or five years old. The local state-owned stores con tain very low quality merchandise and most consumer goods are priced out of reach of the average Russian. Lastly, and most impor tant, the citizens of the city are a poor and sorrowful lot who are kept in check through a mixture of fear and propaganda. I am sure about the fear because on two occasions when our tour members were talking to the Rus sians they (the Russians) were taken off by the police. Moscow We boarded the "Red Arrow Ex press" for Moscow at the end of c Newton is stru by another gre, WHAT'S %ONT W es, Newton knew that what goes ii s5 down to a cilly process, filter ciga- smoking. T11 n/>-in front Blend up fror -that makes ter. That's wlh a comp>/ete filte ere Winston Filter-Ble deai - Filter- Winston A me eciallyv selects best-tasting fil1 :os, then spe- it from Sir Isi '/ have to be 1/it onl tihe head to k es good like a cigarE U.i EN ear And P, ;he third day in Leningrad and beir krrived in the Soviet capital about A 1:00 the next morning. Going thou itraight to our hotel from the tati rain we found that it was right life, eross the street from the Krem- asp( in. refl4 Moscow, I must admit, is a vast Uni mprovement over Leningrad as pay t is the show place of Russia. refr L'here are a few more cars and equi nany more modern buildings. On oi , ur conducted tour of the city I 'i was quite favorably impressed with r t. outb In the next few days this im- aut< ression was revised downward ery, onsiderably as we were allowed clar o walk around the capital with iur t surprising amount of freedom. life False Fronts ther I found that some of the modern loo >uildings were no more than false afte ronts and that only a few blocks rom these areas are found rumbling apartment buildings T tnd the same poverty that pre- who railed in Leningrad. 000 On our second (lay in Moscow exh: ve were taken through the lau- ermi ioleum, just outside the Kremlin thei vall, where Lenin and Stalin lie left n state. Luckily, we were ad- thot nitted first because thousands of siar lussians stand in line for hours lear in end every day to see the T 'gruesome twosome." the The Russian state has succeeded last n crushing religion, and these two hau non in effect are now the Rus- the ian's "gods." To me the whole Il iffair was rather ridiculous; here the kre those two butchers displayed R ike pheasant under glass for all roel ;he populace to come and worship. in t . U. S. Exhibition son We had the good fortune to see are Vice-President Nixon open the us. American Exhibition in Moscow thai >ur third day there. I thought the 12 Vice-President's speech was ex- say ellent; frank and firm without N 'ck t idea! 0 1)l1ay for poill to the arnd the ig te p must cmecdown F es them for filter A e result: Filter t of a mod(ernl fil at makes Winiston r cigarette. nd( also makes rica's best-selling, ter cigarette.Take tac: tio4w tat ilts should!" overty g too firm. s for the exhibition itself, I ight it was modestly represen ie of the American way of It (lid not stress any one wt of our economy but rather !cted the whole picture of the Led States. Inside the glass lion there were TV sets, stoves, igerators, Hi-Fi sets, athletic piment, clothing and furniture lisplay. hie exhibition also featured, ide the pavilion, American mobiles, books, farm imachin fashion shows, and a Cir ama-a 360-degree moving pic which takes you across Amer and show.s you our way of in 25 minutes. Best of all e was American food which ed and smelled like manna r a week of Russian food. Tickets Lacking ie distressing factor of the le thing was that only 2,000, tickets were printed for the bition and the Russian gov nent had complete control of r distribution. The night we the exhibition there were - isands of poor common Rus s clammoring to get in and 4 n about the United States. k be following day we boarded "Red Arrow Express" for the time andi after a hot and ex sting 22-hour train ride we left Soviet Union. i closing I would like to make following observation: ussia may be ahead of us in :etry and in military force, but i 'le field of consumer goods, per- 1 Ll welfare and satisfaction they t at least :0 to 40 years behind o As for them surpassing us in t field within the next 10 or f rears as Mr. K. boasts . . . I f "Baloney!" ROTC Has ifety Display 'n Exhibit ruesome, but with a purpose that describes the safety dis located on second floor of iilton College, headquarters the NROTC. t. Col. R. B. Jeter, USMC, its out that the display is used Lrive the stnlents enrolled in NROTC some conception (of the ed service's attitilde toward way safety, as well as remind ii of safe driving precauttion-s. t is a 'command funetion' to 'ide for the wel fare of the Imnll, safety on the highways falls ri the cate(gory of looking ''nt h the persineiiil urniier yoir iom) aief V. TF. l,anthrip, lITSN, who a charge of training aidls at NROTC' unit, is ailso handing, safe-dr'ivinig pamaphtlets5 N'e hope by this pro~gram to erate wvith the S. C. liIighway ol in decreasing the number of way accidents," said It. Col. SPORT COATS SHETLAND ISLES artunate are the gentlemen of merica that in the Shetland Isles 1o ancient art of weaving is proc cod in its highest degree. The roprietor displays ca sporting oaol jacket woven in antique dis ict checks as on example of the ylish raiment supplied by his art. "lnq~uire about Stuelenta BRITTONS 1337 MAIN STREET COLUMABIA, O CA ROLPIeNAna )EAN VIGIIONE of the Univers Mood try on the cap to the new y is President Sumwait and other i lione, Lillian Mood, Jean King, P fied. The uniforms are yellow witl worn, as here, with white aprons School 0 Vew Four By BARBARA ABLE Feature Writer Hig changes are taking place i the School of Nursing, the 1niversity's ne-wes;t school, es thlished only last year with ffices il Mc.1CutcheIN Hlouse. For ie first time, there can he seen lashes of attractive yellow uni >Is hearing the University eal on campus; these are the pen,. IIe"rd. Spoken W CAMPUS Q11rt of colorfulyII dressed Romapis" sitting on bench inl ront of knuseHl House, probubitY radjy to fo to a 1Irty yivell b.11 utims "eeks during rush -cek. P(ir of biology pr-ofesxOrs scen nterinig LeConI c.a1ring plls c. weater-jillcd bags containiny V 1111nIMeS and mdipppy. Studnt Ieii,y .McKissick /i uns. vromiy so twe cuin d ih * 'lito yetl nit format131ion jori the Spr hat he juryoi t tioic atd ie 5 (uh stil li/ !iid ii hi r bed. ii "',31/cii had aniprti on today.SsIl >i IS rentIored." l'iib,'fln 'iil s n riny h/is e t ini au 'o 1k'jiiitr i/oHH rl'iny to iitH -t thaiiit hllZ eto terrf,ibe ha THE PURPi First in Atmosphere Presents Completely I Modern, Cool al Live Jazz Wednesday < No Federal Cabc No Minimum Chi Nights of Live HAPPY Wednesday Priese reduced d.r 4>1, A S ity's school of Nursing helps sopho ellow uniforms the students are weai itudents look on. From left to right resident Sumwalt, and Brenda Moor< 1 white collars and sleeve cuffs, bear and caps. (News Service Photo.) Nursing. Year Pr< sophomore nursing students who live in the women's dormitories. This is only one of the changes which has taken place since the old Department of Nursing under the School of Arts and Sciences that required five years for completion was replaced by a new four-year program in September, 1958. Miss Amy E. Viglione became dean of the school in the fall of 1957 and this year McCutchen House has been redecorated with three new rooms added upstairs. New Dean Dean Viglione was educated it Columbia University and the University of Chicago. She has served as a national nurse educa tion consultant with the U. S. Public Health Service, associate director of nursing for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and in many other positions of respon sibility in administration and teaching. The Kellogg Founda tion position was the one im niediately before the one she now holds. With high aspirations and ideals for the graduates of her school she says of them: "I eXlpect that our grads Will exem lifiy the practice of nursing at it.s best. They wvon't be mere tech nicians; they will recognize the mental, social, andl physical needs of the patient and1( know howy to meet them. You should ex pect no less from a soundl education. I also expect that a substa ntial number of our grads will seek graduatie preparation to prepare as teachers antd ad iinistrators of nursing." At Charleston The classes of 1960 and 1f:'1. enrolled under the old five-year programi, are the only partic ipants in that program who have not yet gradluated. The eight students of the class of 1960 are piresently at the Charleston ('ounty Illealth Department re ceiving eight weeks of public health nursing experience. Upon completion of this phase of their training they will jour ney to Oteen Veterans Hospital .E ONION md Entertainment Jew Jazz Collection rid Progressive mnd Friday at 9 P.M. aret Tax "Ever" arge Except on Entertainment HOUR 8-9 P.M. ing Happy Hm... t7tznAzrjqqxuLe - rage -nree more nursing student Lillian ing for the first time this year are: Kay Dantzler, Dean Vig . Other students are unidenti the University seal and can be Begins ogram n North Carolina for six weeks >f Tuberculosis nursing. The riext stA>p for the young trainees will be 12 weeks psychiatric training at the State Hospital ere in Columbia. The class of 1960 will grad uate in May, but the class of 1961 will be following in their foot steps, undergoing the same in tensive training. Four-Year Program One year of general education will be required for students en rolled under the new four-year program with this fall marking the beginning of an eight-hour per week clinical nursing pro gram at Columbia Hospital. The students will commute to their nursing labs in a University owned English bus which they drive themselves. Among the changes made in the transition to the new pro gram from the old is the fact that nursing students are resid ing on campus for the first time this year. Also there are 80 rreshmen enrolled in the class >f 1963, a significant increase *n enrollment, and the soph >mores are wearing the yellow iniform,s for the first time. Future Plans As for future p)lans, Dean Viglione is looking forward to iational accreditation status for he school by the time the first ~lass graduates in 1962, the levelopmient of extension courses n various parts of the state and he ultimate development of traduate study in nursing. Ellison Delegate For' Book Award Ralph Ellison, chief Amer ican delegate to the Interna tional P. E. N. gathering, flew to Frankfort, Germany, July 17 for the two-week conclave. Ellison, who conducts a course on the American novel at Bard College, began a new novel of his own soon after pub)lication of "The Invisible Man." That first novel, whieh was ten years in the writing, won the National Book Award for 19)52. The new one could well be a candidate for 1960 or 1961. at Swingline - Stapler no bigger tlan a pack. ofgumf SWINGLINE "TOT" MilIlins now is use. UncoodlB tionally uaatd.Makes book crats,mens, etAra mm able at your colaeookatoei SWINGUNE. "Cb"D Seester $1.39 ' bON iiAI*CS$W~V e.