Russian Farm Change Studied By KU Writers
A new era in Russian agriculture may be close at hand, according to a publication just released by the Governmental Research Center of the University.
Changing the entire Soviet agricultural system into a statefarm pattern may be the aim of the decision in 1958 to abandon the Machine-Tractor Stations, conclude the authors of the 97-page study, "The Rise and Fall of the MTS as an Instrument of Soviet Rule."
For almost three decades, the Machine-Tractor Stations — monopolies of all major farming equipment, owned and operated by the state—insured Communist control over the collective farms.
Payment to the Machine-Tractor Stations for harvesting the crops of the collective farms was a portion of the crop, generally between 20 and 30 per cent of the harvest.
Principal author of the KU study is Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science and a consultant on Russian agriculture to the federal government. Co-authors are Darwin E. Sharp of Ottawa, who received the B.A. degree in history from KU in 1959, and Miss Ruth Sturtevant of Mt. Airy, N.C., who received the M.A. degree in political science in June.
Collective farms have been the predominant Soviet pattern, although "the state farms have from the beginning, largely because they more closely reflect the communist vision, represented the model-form of socialized agriculture," the study states.
The "sovkhozy" or state farms were abandoned by Joseph Stalin in 1934, but they were revived by Nikita Khrushchev for almost exclusive use on the semi-arid Virgin Lands project.
Also, the "kolkhozy" or collective farms have come to resemble the state farms closely, the authors point out. By discarding the MTS system, the collectives were forced to buy the farm machinery and accept increased control.
Communist party organization has filtered down into the collective farms. Once only 15 per cent of the collectives had party units, but by the fall of 1953 about 80 per cent had party units.
Union to Exhibit Illustration Art
A display of some of the nation's top illustrative art will be presented in the Trophy Room of the Kansas Union July 4-22.
The "Fine Art for Illustration" exhibit is composed of paintings which have a specific function illustrating a story, article or poem. It is sponsored by the All-State Insurance Company.
Artists represented include Beall Smith, Adolf Dehn, Doris Lee, Arnold Blanch, Paul Sample and Fletcher Martin.
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Old Abram Brown ... Britten
Salutation to the Dawn ... Mueller
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ... Gorton
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Alceste, Overture ... Gius
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The Star Spangled Banner ... Francis Scott Key
Brighton Beach ... William P. Latham
Overture and Allegro from "La Sultane" ... Couperin-Milhaud
Knightsbridge March, from "London Every Day Suite" ... Eric Coates
Dance of the Swans from "The Swan Lake Suite" ... Peter Tschaikovsky
Ballet Music from Faust ... Gounod
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Awake! ... Wagner
O Thou Eternal One ... Delamarter
Somebody's Coming ... Dello Joio
When the Saints Go Marching In ... Schumann
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Overture "Phedre" ... Jules Massenet
Sunday Morning at Glion from "By the Lake at Geneva" ... Franz Bendel
Invitation to the Dance ... Carl von Weber
Coronation March from "The Prophet" ... Giacomo Meyerbeer
Leo Kucinski. Conducting
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The Kansas White House Conference on Aging will meet here Sept. 7-8 to consider recommendations to the national conference at Washington, D.C., in January, 1961.
Meeting on Aged To Be Held Here
The Kansas Conference will serve as a workshop session to study proposals made by subcommittees of the KCCA in the fields of education, research, employment, income maintenance, health, rehabilitation, housing, leisure time activities, local community and state organization social services, professional personnel and religion.
Dean Frank T. Stockton, Topeka is executive secretary of the Kansas State Interdepartmental Committee on Aging, in charge of the conference. Recommendations will be reviewed by the Interdepartmental Committee which will make final recommendations to the Washington conference.
It will he held in conjunction with the Kansas Conference on Aging. held annually at KU since 1951.
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