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Soviet Article "Reports" Student Exchange

COMING OFF SECOND BEST: TRANSLATION OF A SOVIET REPORT ON THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

The students of all countries quickly find a common language. They are interested in curriculum programs, student organizations, scholarships.

'Who in America can study in the universities?" our students ask.

"Everybody!" says John Armstrong, a graduate student at Harvard University, without blinking an eye.

"For example, what percent in Harvard are from even middle level families?"

John thinks about this for a minute, and his colleagues clap their hands. This for them is an expression of approval for a well-put question.

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"Johnny, I wanted to study in Harvard, too, but I couldn't" one of the members of the delegation flings at Armstrong.

"What is the tuition for study in the institutions of higher learning of the U.S.A.?"

"They vary," answers John Mudd, another Harvardian.

"It would be better to say what it is in Harvard!" again sounds the ironic voice of the same student.

"Twelve hundred dollars a year."

And John Mudd lapses into confused silence. Sociology professor Kent Geiger comes to the aid of his Harvard colleague. The sense of his explanation comes briefly to the following: "Harvard is Harvard."

Ted Alexander, a Negro student in the Geography Department of Columbia University, speaks up.

"I am a representative of Negro students, but, as you see, I can study

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