Word: russian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Information on the density of the upper atmosphere obtained from observations of the Russian satellites will lead the United States to launch its own satellite higher than was originally planned, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory announced yesterday...
...Russian educational system suffers from no such neglect. The Soviet high school graduate has studied five years of physics, five of biology, a year of astronomy, four years of chemistry, and ten of mathematics. Of course, the U.S.S.R. can decree an emphasis upon science teaching; the highest-salaried man in the Soviet Union is the president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences...
...Slavic Department may offer a non-intensive course in beginning Russian next year, according to Albert B. Lord '34, chairman of the Slavic Department. Lord said that such a course is being considered in response to interest expressed "especially by students in Math and the sciences" who would like to read Russian scientific publications...
...college with as much academic proficiency as Harvard, the establishment of a Committee on Regional Studies for the College is certainly justified. The graduate Regional Studies Program and the Russian Research Center provide an admirable base upon which to build. The program would provide a more vital, useful education for a small, interested group of students, many of whom could be of great service to the United States...
...East, and the Middle East. Study of the selected culture is pursued through courses in Regional Studies, History, Government, Economics, Social Relations, Anthropology, Linguistics and through courses in the language and literature of the region. Those studying Russia have the added advantage of having the facilities of the Russian Research Center to supplement their academic work...