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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 25. 1958
Radio-TV Tour Sees Russia
HOLD THAT, PLEASE—Burton Brewer, 1958 KU graduate (left), checks the readings as Victor Hyden, instructor of speech, gets set for photographs at Radio Moscow. Mr. Hyden took a group of students to Russia this summer to see Russian radio-TV in operation.
After months of planning a radio-TV observation tour of Europe and Russia, on July 1, Victor Hyden, instructor of speech, drama and journalism at the University, and his party of seven students and another instructor from state universities entered Russia in a Tupilov jet.
Mr. Hyden was told by his Russian interpreter that his was the first tour of its kind and that his group is the only one which has visited and photographed Moscow radio and TV facilities.
The interpreter met the party at the Hotel Leningradskaia in Moscow on July 5 to tell them they could visit Radio Moscow. They were taken to the building to interview Mr. Kartsev, assistant chief of radio and television for the Soviet Union.
Immediately following the interview, Mr. Valentine Borresov, a Soviet executive, stepped up to ask the tourists if they wished to visit the Television Center.
Buildings Similar to U.S.
Since the center was not in operation that day, the group was allowed to roam the buildings and to photograph the facilities, except the main control room, transmitter and the tower outside.
"The buildings housing the stations are similar to ours." Mr. Hyden said. "The combination of brick and stone made them look gloomy and old even though the TV Center was built just five years ago. There is no new style architecture, only basic furniture, no displays or posters and a minimum of decorative color.
"Programs are cultural in nature. History, art plays and the ballet are program sources. There are no quiz programs nor those using audience participation. No sports are produced on TV. There are no commercials. All 'hate' propaganda is by radio, as that reaches more people."
"As for equipment, their sound radio seemed at times better than ours, but much of the TV equipment was heavy, awkward and dated in comparison with that of the U. S." Mr. Hyden said.
"Probably three-fourths of the people in Russia are not in a television reception area, as there are only 36 stations, and these are in such cities as Stalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow and Kharkov, Kartsev said by 1960 there will be 116 stations. Most of the sets are among the officers and high officials.
"While America has four sets for every five families, in Russia there is one set for every 50 families. If a Russian worker wished to buy a 13-inch set, it would take three months of his annual wages to pay for it."
Able to tune in only Radio Moscow in his hotel room, Mr. Hyden jokingly complained to the Radio Moscow director that five minutes of music each hour was not enough. He requested some Glen Miller music. That night two 1949 Glen Miller recordings were played.
"If there is a single city to visit for professional reasons, that city is Munich, Germany." Mr. Hyden said concerning the last part of his tour. "Here are the American
Forces Network, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberation, and West German domestic broadcasting."
"After the depressive atmosphere of Moscow, Western broadcasting centers were stimulating," said Mr. Hyden. "RFE must be given credit for its devotion to a cause, almost missionary in its intensity."
University members of the tour were Mrs. Wendy Combest, Lawrence graduate student in speech and Burton Brewer, Beloit, 1958 graduate in radio and TV journalism
Hyden and Brewer photographed the broadcasting centers and are now preparing a documentary film for the University.
Radio-TV Group To Be Installed
The new KU chapter of Alpha Epsilon Rho, national honorary and professional radio-television fraternity, will be installed at 8 p.m. today in Flint Hall by Gale R. Adkins, assistant professor of speech and journalism.
President Kala Mays, Lyons senior, will preside over the first meeting of the chapter. Other officers are Dean Humphrey, Larkinburg senior, vice-president; Ann Nichols, Hutchinson senior, secretary; and Lew Bowles, Eudora senior, treasurer.
Active members are Jerry Bailey, John Patton, Burt Brewer, Nicoletta Economy, Ward Weldon, Ardeth Nieman, James Kohlenberg, and Tom Hedrick. Faculty members are Gale R. Adkins, R. Edwin Browne, Victor Hyden, and Bruce Linton.
Memberships will be taken once each semester. Qualifications for membership are based on a high level of scholarship, outstanding service to radio and television on the KU campus, and an exemplary attitude shown through work and relations.
Women to Elect Pep Club Officers
Primary elections for the president and vice-president of the freshman women's pep club will be held at 5 p.m. this afternoon in the Kansas Union ballroom.
Membership cards are available for those who bring receipts.
Petitions for the men's pep club offices are due Monday.
Borsch, Black Bread Diet for 20 Students
Borsch and black bread!
Under the cultural exchange agreement signed last January, 20 Soviet students have been chosen by the Ministry of Education to study in the United States.
That will be the menu for 20 American college students who will spend the next academic year in the Soviet Union.
The students are Slavic specialists and candidates for doctoral degrees at nine American universities, according to the International University Committee on Travel Grants.
The Soviet Ministry of Education said the majority of students prefer to study at Harvard or Columbia.
Scholarships Will Pay Trip Expense
The I.U.C., a branch of the Institute of International Education, was
Dr. J. H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School, said the exchange scholarship will provide for tuition and subsistence. The Max Kade grants will pay the students' round-trip costs to Europe.
Arrangements for the Max Kade grants were made in New York City by Dr. J. A. Burzle, KU professor of German and foreign study adviser.
Max Kade Traveling Scholarships will be given five KU students who receive the University's exchange scholarships to German and Swiss universities in 1959-60.
AGI Plans to Study Local Discrimination
organized in 1956 by American universities offering graduate work in Soviet and Eastern European studies. KU is a member.
Members of Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity, are distributing information about their group at a booth in the rotunda of Strong Hall today.
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Bob Lewis, chapter president, said, "We'll try to have somebody at the booth throughout the fee payment period." Persons who fill in cards at the booth with name, address, and phone number will be called by the fraternity later.
Service Fraternity Seeks Members
student leaders to represent students; the origination of effective legislation for the purpose of benefiting all students equally.
In the past, this service fraternity has accomplished such things as painting campus crosswalks, manning the information booth, collecting Christmas toys for underprivileged children, and proctoring placement examinations.
Membership requirements for Alpha Phi Omega are previous training in scouting, desire to render service to others, and satisfactory scholastic standing.
Guarantees: AGI pledges itself to guarantee constructive action for each student and group through more personal representation.
Platform:
Last spring, as a social sidelight, the KU chapter challenged the Kansas State chapter to a canoe race down the Kaw River. The Aggies won this contest.
1. The AGI party will work toward the elimination of all discriminatory practices in all public places in the city of Lawrence.
3. The AGI party proposes that regardless of the number of votes cast in the general election for representatives from any school or living district, each school and living district shall have at least one voting seat in the All Student Council. The remaining seats shall be prorated as previously stated starting with the second representative under Art. 6, Sec. 2, Sub-sec. E. of the ASC constitution.
2. The AGI party advocates that all student University wages be raised to be more in line with the present student living costs.
4. The AGI party, in order to promote a better understanding of and a more responsive participation in student government, proposes that an effective Student Government Week, as sponsored by the All Student Council, be held within the
first 30 days of each fall semester. 5. The AGI party proposes that a communique financed by the All Student Council containing roll call and minutes of each ASC meeting be published and sent to each house in all living districts within seven days after each meeting.
6. The AGI party pledges to make a sincere effort to promptly consider and seek a speedy solution to any problem that might affect the interests of campus life.
Yearbook Schedules Pictures
Although land was not at a premium, the Mesopotamians and other ancient peoples built new cities on the sites of settlements destroyed by fire, flood or war.
All students unaffiliated with organized houses may also have their picture in the yearbook by coming to the Kansas Union ballroom, 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13. A charge of 25 cents per person in the picture will be made.
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