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University Daily Kansan Monday, Feb. 29, 19
Backus Cites Different Attitude Toward Russia
There has been a great change in student attitude toward Russia, says O. L. Backus, professor of history.
Prof. Backus who returned this semester from a two-year personal study of the Soviet Union, said that KU students used to study Russian history and language as the "result of a combination of fascination for something supposedly evil and a vague feeling that there might be something worthwhile in knowing a little about the Soviet Union."
Now, Prof. Backus explained in a Daily Kansan interview, class enrollments not only include history, philosophy and political science majors, but students in business, education, engineering and biological sciences as well.
"I wouldn't say that the motivation has totally changed," Prof. Backus continued, "but there is now a greater acceptance of the fact that there is something scientific or vocational to be gained from this study."
Enrollment in Russian language classes has jumped 25 per cent this semester. This enrollment jump occurred despite the fact that enrollment was discouraged because of a temporary instructor shortage; and, despite the fact that the number of credit hours offered is slightly less than last spring. Prof. Backus' classes in "Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union jumped in size from 35 ni 1957 to 55 in 1959.
The addition of Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science, to the KU staff has accounted for an even greater display of student interest in the Soviet, Prof. Backus said.
It is hoped that through the work of the Slavic Studies Planning Committee and the Department of Germanic and Slavic languages, it will be possible to bring a new Russian language instructor to the University in the fall, Prof. Backus said.
The KU history professor predicted that the increased interest will not drop off in the immediate future for two reasons:
(1) This show of interest is not just a passing fad.
(2) As long as Russian technology continues to advance (and there is no reason why it shouldn't), studies of this advancement, both from a scientific and an academic point of view, will enjoy increasing popularity.
"Something else that may stimulate continued interest” explained Prof. Backus, “is the greater number of agencies providing passage for study to the USSR.”
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The American Council of Learned Societies, the National Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation all offer scholarships to graduate students and instructors wishing to study in the Soviet Union.
"I're pleasing to see students in physics and medicine planning their programs to include work in Russia. I'm just sorry there haven't been more of them," concluded Prof. Backus.
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The names of the participating Greek houses in yesterday's Lawrence Heart Fund drive were incorrectly listed in The Daily Kansan on Friday, Feb. 26.
Fraternity Incorrectly Listed in Kansan
Narrator, Louis Lyda; the duke, Taverner and captain, John Welz; the prince, James McMullan; Golux and Tosspot, Sandra Hopkins; Hagga and Saralinda, Jeanne Rustemeyer; Traveler and Sargent, Stephen Booser.
Sigma Phi Epsilon rather than Sigma Alpha Epsilon assisted in the door-to-door canvass.
The reading cast and their parts are:
The Heart fund drive is a national philanthropic project of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
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beth Vogt; Jack-a-dandy, Sandra DeWees; Jack-o-lent, Marilyn Ruff and tinkers, Valerie Ring and Lucy Screechfield.
The complete cast for the dance drama "Thirteen Clocks," based on a fairy tale by James Thurber, has been announced.
This comic melodrama will be presented April 4-9 in the Experimental Theatre. William West, instructor of speech, will direct the speaking players while Janet Presutte, instructor of physical education, will be in charge of the choreography.
'Thirteen Clocks' Cast Chosen
The presentation will be a combination of reading and dancing with musical accompaniment.
The dancing cast and their parts are:
The duke, Harry Hopkins; the prince, William Perry; the princess Marsha Cox; Golux, Mary Jean Cowell; Hark and Whisper, Lucy Screech-field; townspeople, Barbara Fields, Janice Burns, Peggy Shank and Karlan Ison; Hagga, Sharon Skinner; King Gwain, Francis Cullinan guards, Carolyn Christie and Eliza-
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