Wednesday, October 9, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
13
Student studies language, people of Russia
By CANDACE OSBORNE
Kansan Staff Writer
"Russia-I alternated between being completely disgusted and terribly impressed." These were the words of Mark Scott, Topeka junior, who spent this summer in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) with 45 KU and University of Colorado students.
Scott travelled with 180 students from these two campuses and Dartmouth, Georgetown, Oberlin, Queens, Michigan State, and the City College of New York on a language study program. They were under the auspices of the Council on International Educational Exchange.
His group studied the Russian language intensively for six weeks at Leningrad University. They studied the people on their own.
"Many of the Russian people are naive, but they love their country tremendously," said Scott. "Nationalism is very strong."
One night they were officially greeted by members of the Communist party at the House of Friendship, 'a fabulous building
Most of the therapy is done by University students enrolled in speech 289 who are supervised and regulated by clinical instructors. Dr. James Lingwall is director of the clinic.
The students receive clinical practice and experience with direct client contact.
Students enrolled in the training program for clinicians receive two hours credit for class work. They also accumulate clock hours for clinical work which are necessary for certification from the American Speech and Hearing Association.
compared to the usual drab surroundings."
One of four speech and hearing clinics in Kansas, KU's clinic receives referrals from public schools and day camps. The majority of these clients are pre-school and grade school children. Anyone, however, may request therapy.
The clinic serves the public by offering free speech and hearing therapy and counseling.
The speaker spoke a few moments on how pleased they were to entertain the students in their country, and then immediately launched into an inflammatory speech on the United States' position in Vietnam. This continued for 15 minutes when she briefly paused and then began, "Dear friends." At this point the Americans could only laugh.
Housed in a three-story brown frame house across from the Gaslight Tavern is a speech and hearing clinic designed to train future speech clinicians and help KU students and area residents.
Scott felt that the people were very concerned about war. Those in Leningrad particularly were emotionally scarred from the nightmares of the last war. They often asked him if he liked it. But many will not listen to
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The clients, who range from 4 to 80 years old, are seen in sound-proof rooms on the second floor of the house. In each half-hour meeting they participate in various activities directed toward articular recreation. Equipment from tapes, records, audiometers to blocks, clay and books are used to help their communication problems.
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Each client has his meeting with the clinician two to three times each week. At the end of the semester the clinician recommends whether the client should come back for further treatment.
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Some of the students who travel to Communist countries never openly express their opinions, she said. Many have relatives abroad who would be jeopardized. Those that do not are often simply told that "someone will pay" if the wrong things are said, she explained.
Another student found herself often dispirited with Russia. But she quickly pointed out that others felt the opposite, and because of this, criticism of the country by her fellow students was unjust since they did not have an adequate background.
"When we stayed at a youth camp, a small boy singled me out and gave me a present—a button with '50' on it," said Scott. This represented the 50 years since the revolution. Scott said he felt because the people have given up so much, they love their country now for the great gains it has made.
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And this is what frightened Scott when he returned to the United States. "It's difficult to explain. You see the magnificence of all we have. Then you compare it with what they have done with such great sacrifice."
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