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University Daily Kansan
Monday. Dec. 7, 1959
Soviets Resent Russian Tag
By Thomas Hough
Saturday night I learned that the Soviet basketball team resents being called "Russians."
"We are representatives of all the countries in the USSR, and not all of us are Russians," the Soviet team's interpreter said.
I can't speak Russian so I asked Sam F. Anderson, instructor of German and veteran traveler in the USSR, for help when I interviewed the Soviet basketball team that played the Wichita Vickers in Allen Field House Saturday night.
The Vickers defeated the Soviet men 97-75. But the USSR's women beat the Wayland (Tex.) Queens 47 to 33.
Vickers Win
The interpreter said he should be the one to answer all questions.
"We had some difficulty adjusting to American eating schedules, but there is nothing wrong with the food or its preparation," the interpreter relaved.
"You see, we are used to having our heavy meal at lunch and a light meal at dinner. We found that you (Americans) seem to have a light meal, such as soup, at lunch and a heavy meal at dinner."
USSR Has Intramurals
He said that USSR athletes compete in college clubs similar to our intramural program, and that the best club players are picked to represent the schools in infrequent inter-school competition.
"In our schools, study comes first. We play sports because we like to. We do not have scholarships to play sports in our schools," the interpreter relayed from one of the Soviet athletes.
The Soviets are on leave of absence from their schools and jobs They are students, soldiers, and laborers. They were chosen to represent the USSR by an All-Union Council of Coaches.
Soccer Is Popular
"Soccer is the most popular sport, then volleyball, winter sports, and basketball There are about 1,000,000 Soviets playing basketball," the interpreter said.
AUTOGRAPH, PLEASE?—Roberta L. Johnson, five-foot two-inch Joliet, Ill., sophomore, gazes wonderingly at seven-foot, three-inch Yan Kruminsh, center of the Soviet basketball team, as signs a program. Kruminsh, a wood cutter by profession, played on the 1956 Soviet Olympic Team and the undefeated Soviet Team at the World Games last February.
Mr. Anderson mentioned that the interpreter's translation was accurate, and then began to wander up and down the bench talking to other players.
The interpreter rapidly relayed the next question and answer:
7.00 NEWS
7:05 Musical Pathways
"We do not have a difficult traveling schedule. We travel much, but we have adequate time to rest between games. The rules of our basketball are not different from yours, and we have no trouble interpreting the referee's signals even though we cannot speak English."
Then the second half of the women's game started and the interview ended.
7:30 Spotlight on Sports
"I asked him if he was a specialist in tanks. You see, they have a lot of tanks in their army. He said he was not a specialist, but that he had worked with tanks. If he is a lieutenant, that means he must be some kind of instructor," he explained.
Most of them are from Moscow, and there is one Georgian in the group. The Baltic nations of Latvia and Lithuania are represented, too. The Baltic nations were free until 1939 when they became part of the Soviet Union.
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Mr. Anderson said he had talked to a lieutenant on leave of absence from the Soviet Army while I was conducting my interview
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"The Baltics have been great athletes and have done very outstanding work in basketball. Another thing is that the Soviet Union calls their athletes sportsmen. That word is borrowed from the English," Mr. Anderson explained.
Army Lt. On Team
7:40 Musical Pathways
8:00 News
8:05 Album Time
8:45 Melody Time
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8:05 Album Time
8:45 Melody Time
9. 05 Music from Beyond the Heavens
10:00 Comment on the News
10:50 Dave Butcher Show
10:55
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TODAY
K.U. Engineerettes, 8:00 p.m. Spooner-
Thayer Lodge. Mrs. Dale Brown, guest
speaker, will demonstrate making Christmas
decorations.
TOMORROW
Episcopal Evening Prayer. 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
Foreign students K.C. field trip reservations form to the office of the Foreign Student Adviser by noon. There is no cost for the trip or Christmas dinner.
La reunion de Noel du Cercle Français aura lieu mardi, le 8 decembre, a sept heures et demie dans le theatre de france, où s'intéressent au français, son invités.
Epicopica Morning Prayer, 4:55 a.m.
Friday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to
breakfast follow Canteen House.
Interview—Rob Roy Gregg of Boeing Airplane Co. for positions in industrial and management accounting. Opportunities in data processing, budget control. Grouping.
All Student Council Meetings. 7:30 p.m.
Pine Room, Union.
Newman Club Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m. St John's Church.
WEDNESDAY
Faculty Forum. Dr. Lawrence Olson, a member of the American Universities Field Staff, will speak on "The New Japan." 12:00 noon in the English Room of the University, phones must be phoned into the 'Y' office no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship.
Intern 15丹佛orth Chapel. Speaker and braver.
Lutheran Gamma Delta Vespers. 5:00-
6:00 p.m. Danforth Chapel. Vicar R. E.
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