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Stalin Filled Red Need Alex Nove Tells KU-Y
Stalin did something for Russia no other leader was capable of doing-making Russia a great industrial power, Alex Nove, Rose Morgan visiting professor of economics, said last night.
Stalin was the tough organizer Russia needed after the civil war, Prof. Nove added.
Prof. Nove spoke to the KU-Y Great Men of the 20th Century study group on the life of Joseph Stalin, Stalin's struggle to power and the trail of terror he left behind.
STALIN BEGAN his political career at the outbreak of the 1917 Revolution. Prof. Nove said. Stalin threw his weight behind Lenin and became second-hand man by the end of the revolution.
At the end of the revolution, the Communist party was a small minority, Prof. Nove said, and they knew that to rule they needed a tough organization and organizer.
"Stalin was this tough organizer who could put order into confusion." Prof. Nove emphasized. "Stalin, then the general secretary of the party, did bring order and in doing so, built the secretariat into the key position in the party."
He said that within a year, there was alarm at what the secretariat was doing. Lenin was warning comrades about Stalin but Lenin was replaced with a triumvirate with Stalin one of its members.
"TROTSKY ALLOWED himself to be outmaneuvered, then Stalin tired of the triumvirate and abolished it."
Prof. Nove said that this power struggle was concerned with the problem of developing the country. He explained that the party agreed industrialization was essential to Russia, but they disagreed in how far to push the peasant to work.
"Stalin stood somewhere in the middle on the argument," he said. "He worked for power and he got it. Then he made sure the left wing was out of the country and adopted the left position—with a twist. It was more liberal even than the left wing."
Peasants were forced into collectivization, he said, and when the peasants revolted, slaughtering animals and refusing to plant, hundreds were deported.
PROF. NOVE SAID that when the 17th congress of the Communist party met in 1934, the bulk of the
peasants were in collectives and life promised to be bearable. He said Party members wanted relaxation of the policy.
The expert on Soviet history said that it is not known what happened in the congress, "but there are indications that something happened that Stalin didn't like. Within two years, two-thirds of the central committee members were dead."
Study Group On Africa Faces Uncertain Future
"In 1936 came the great purge," he went on. "Most diplomats were shot, or sent off to other countries. A lot of writers, scientists and authors disappeared. One report said that 35,000 army and navy officers were killed."
Marriage might kill the African Study Club.
The organization tonight will hold what may be its final meeting. Aldon Bell, assistant professor of history, will address the group on "History of the Former French Colonies in Africa." The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU-Y sponsored organization faces extinction because the chairman of the group, Susan Sandburg, Sheppard Air Force Base, Tex., junior, is getting married between semesters and is transferring to St. Mary's College in Shreveport, La. This will leave the small club without leadership.
STUDENTS WHO ARE interested in the club may receive additional information about membership and the chairmanship by calling the KU-Y office.
The club was organized because its members felt the University offers little detailed information on the "dark continent."
"Many students are uninformed about Africa because the political organization of the continent is changing so rapidly," Miss Sandburg said.
Miss Sandburg was one of the originators of the club which was formally organized this summer.
The group started its meetings this year by trying to obtain a general background on Africa. They listened to speakers who talked on the anthropological, geological, historical, and economic issues of the continent.
HE EXPLAINED that the country emerged from World War II with immense patriotic pride, with Stalin at the head of government. People wanted less terror and were willing to sacrifice. he said.
"THE PURPOSE of the club is inherent—not stated," she said. We want to learn more about Africa and ultimately hope to learn more about the political situation of today so we can learn about what is happening in the world."
If the organization continues to operate, club members hope to study the political makeup of the continent.
"And the people would have worked," he said, "but Stalin adopted his old habits. He put severe restrictions on free ideas and contact with other countries."
Prof. Bell spoke at the last meeting on the former British and French colonies in Africa.
Stalin began quarreling with leaders of Communist satellites.
"He had got used to using foreign Communists as puppets and he continued this practice," said Prof. Nove. "Things went on getting worse. It is said he was guilty of strange manias and he started looking for treason where none existed. Stalin was willing to listen to anyone whispering."
In summing up Stalin, Prof. Nove said:
"He lived too long. He followed the Marxist-Leninist ideology but he snuffed out all its life."
Art History
Auf Deutsch
German will be the official language of an art history course next semester, following a successful experiment last year using Spanish.
One section of Introduction to History of Art will be taught in German by German-born Klaus Berger, professor of art history.
The course in Spanish last year was considered a success and the department decided to offer the course again in a foreign language.
Prof. Berger, who has lectured extensively in Germany, will conduct class in his native tongue, but examinations will be in German or English, according to each student's preference. Prof. Berger will be available for discussions in English outside the classroom.
The class will not be restricted in number, and there will be no formal prerequisites.
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Model UN Rules Readied; Delegates to Register Feb. 5-8
Ground rules for the model, United Nations March 29 and 30 have been drawn and the diplomatic contest is ready for student participation.
Registration for delegate membership is Feb. 5 to 8.
Four students comprise a delegation, which will advocate the same policy their country takes in the actual United Nations.
Betty Reynolds, Wellington senior and secretary general of the UN, said that the rules for procedure in the general assembly have been revised this year and will be explained in a general meeting Feb. 14.
Miss Reynolds explained that four general areas of foreign policy will be chosen in which to draw up resolutions. A steering committee will select one resolution from each
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of the areas for debate on the as-ssembly floor.
She said that to prompt better resolutions this year, a panel of professors will discuss the four areas to guide students in drawing up resolutions.
The model UN planning committee established a library of material on foreign countries. This material explains the countries' diplomatic policies in the United Nations.
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