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8 E Archp InuncuAt. AUUUbl' 22. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD, OREGON riest Runs Russian School On This Side of Iron Curtain By GERALD S. SNYDER United Press International New York - IUPD - In an old gray mansion on New Yorks Upper Park Avenue, a man in flowing black robes and long black beard picked up a copy of a textbook published in ftussia. "Tfiey (the Communists) mix politics in everything," he said. "In art, in history, in geography, everywhere it's possible-and sometimes where it's Impossible. "Here we are teaching with big impartiality!" Yugoslavia - born Anthony Grabbe, an abbot in the Rus sian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was referring to a unique institution - the only Russian -American secondary school this side of the Iron Curtain. In a converted, 52-room four-story structure, which once belonged to the widow of a Boston banker, a small gym nasia called St. Sergius High School is turning out bilingual American citizens with a flu ent knowledge of the Russian language, history, geography and ancient Russian culture all free of politics. The four-year-old, little known church school (actor Yul Brynncr is on, the ad visory board) boasts almost double the amount of aca- SON BORN TO QUEEN Rabat, Morocco - lUHi - Mo rocco rejoiced today at the birth of a son and heir to King Hassan II and his 19-year-old wife, Lalla Latifa. The child will be named Mo hammed after his grandfath er, King Mohammed V. He was born Wednesday at the royal palace of Mcshourar. A daughter was born last year to the royal couple. demic units required by most American secondary schools. It meets the stiff require ments of the New York State Board of Regents, and even stiffer requirements of Euro pean schools. But the way in is not easy. Since the school first opened its doors, 24 students have been dismissed ("not brilliant enough," said Abbot Grabbe) and most who apply are dis qualified because they lack prc-high school scholarship. For those who do get in, the rewards are many. The classes arc small, the stand ards high. Between 8:20 a. m. and 4:10 p. m., the school's two-dozen teen-agers (most of Russian extraction) handle ponderous doses of religion, literature, history, geography, music and art. Some courses are conducted only in Rus sian, others in English. "Russian is now the second most important scientific language in the world," said Abbot Grabbe, the principal. The churchman, who came centric," the abbot said. "They KING OF HOBOS - Richard "Pennsylvania Kid" Wilson, SS, Franklin, Pa., was elected "King of the Hobos" at the annual Hobo Days in Britl, la., Tuesday. Wilson cam paigned on slogan "a smiling face always wins the race." Reason for his smile is obvious. They are, left to right, Rosalie Bowman, Iowa's "Favorite Fanner's Daugh ter," Ramona Mcylor, Iowa's Miss Universe entry; and Carolyn Northway, Iowa's Miss America entry. (UPI) Educator Calls Collegiate Set Of Three Types Ann Arbor, Mich. - IUPD -A man who served for 23 years as president of the Uni versity of Michigan says stu dents usually can be classified into three types. They are the noisy ones, the playboys (and girls), and the dedicated ones, says Dr. Alex ander G. Ruthven, president emeritus, who was in office 1029-11)51. He describes them in his autobiographical "Nat uralist in Two Worlds" (Uni versity of Michigan Press). The noisy ones, said Dr. Ruthven, "are determined to be heard from the time they enter college. Posing as au thorities on almost everything at home and abroad, they in sist they should run the uni versity. . . They usually claim to be liberals and boast of disrespect for authority. Com mon status symbols are . . . soiled shoes, jeans, shorts, un tidy hair, and occasionally mangy beards. These students should disturb no one. One can usually assume that their activities represent growing pains. My disappointment I with them as I have seen them later as alumni is that very few become liberal leaders and many become distressing ly ultraconservativc." The educator said the "play boys (and girls)" had "in my experience" been a small group. He said that com plaints are often heard about the waste of money and lime of instruction in trying to ed ucate those whose ambition is to get nothing more than a 'gentleman's grade' or to get married." 'The critics fail to take into consideration the number of these students who find them selves after they have entered college and go on to success as alumni and citizens," Dr. Ruthven wrote. 'The dedicated ones," he continued, "more than any others make life worth living for their teachers" because they come to college "with their eyes firmly fixed on at least a general goal. ". . . Once called 'grinds' by the playboys and consider ed poor college citizens by the noisy ones, these men and women have in later years gained (he more respectable title of 'egg-heads.' Neither of these terms is appropriate." to the United States with post World War II refugees from Yugoslavia, estimated there are about 2 million persons of Russian ancestry now in the United States, most in Penn sylvania, California, New Jer sey and New York. Deny Past "There was no single Rus sian school for 300 years," he said in his book-lined office, a picture of metropolitan Ana stassy, 90-year-old head of the Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, dominating one wall. "The Russians are very ego- I jjf n fi ny-?"! " 1 I -'f k 1 V t . f , , f R.a?-iK6 ffMWiBWWWWsK fmt n, . .. 1 I V -frr f t v -i fh 5.,.. 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They (Com munists) believe there is none." Monastery Printed Abbot Grabbe said that an orthodox c h u r c h-connected monastery at Jordanville, N. Y., prints many of the school's Russian texts. "You don't need all kinds of books," he said. "Just truth." Now, the abbot is busy with plans for a school of higher learning. "The New York Russian and Slavic Institute" will start in the high school in September. "It's mostly for American youths wishing to receive appropriate, qualified and impartial instruction in the Slavic and Russian fields," he explained. Russian-born Dr. Vsevolod Nikolaev of New York uni versity will head the institute and Countess Alexandra Tol stoy, is expected to be among the faculty. "The shortage of specialists in the Russian field is one of the important handicaps for American dip lomats, policy makers, jour nalists, advocates of disarma ment and those working for the promotion of peace," Ab bot Grabbe said. 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