It seems that little of the ferment that followed Khrushchev's anti-Stalin speech in January 1956 is still working among Russian students, at least on the surface. Some indication of the forces working beneath the surface calm are given in a little booklet, "Perspectives on Russian Youth." by Yaroslav Bilinsky, a Ukrainian refugee now working at research in Political Science in the U.S. Some of the complaints, patiently culled from Russian newspapers since 1956, sound like echoes of our own.

The Soviet-German officers' school in Naumbe rg, East Germany, where uniformed children are familiarized with the tenets of Communism.

For example, at the 1958 Komsomol Congress, one V. M. Ketov said,

"The students at Tomsk live in very crowded quarters; the dormitories are overcrowded and a significant number of students have to live in private dwellings. The buildings used for teaching are packed; it is hard to study and to listen to lectures in overcrowded auditoriums … We would also like the Education Ministry to take an interest in the equipment of our work rooms and laboratories which have become obsolete." He also complained about the non-availability of certain vital text-books due to faulty government planning. The situation in Leningrad, one of the largest cities, does not seem much better. According to a speech by a Komsomol (Youth Organisation) official, students have to sometimes double as electricians, carpenters and charwomen in order to maintain their dormitories. This saved the administration 90,000 roubles in 1957, a "part" of which was graciously granted for student activities and the support of needy students. He also said that Leningrad students had established the praiseworthy tradition of doing "socially useful work," such as harvesting, during the summer vacations. Some of this work, also done on weekends during the term, on a compulsory basis, has led to a lowering of academic standards and considerable unrest among students.