A Comment from Richard Jirus

I well remember the day Khrushchev visited Iowa State University. It was the same day I was discharged from the Air Force in Kansas City, MO. I decided it would be the only time I would see a Russian world leader, and hustled up to Ames. I made the mistake of wearing my discharge uniform, and got to the campus about the same time an ROTC class discharged. I have never saluted so many people in such a short time in my entire career in the Air Force. The thing I remember the most was waiting outside the home economics building for the Russian delegation to exit. About four college students walked down the middle of the street in rain coats, slouch hats, and carrying violin cases. They actually walked right up to the waiting limousines before secret service grabbed them and hustled them away. At home the next day I read in the paper that they were actually carrying violins in the cases, and were released with warnings. You have to love college humor.