NEWS
The American Scientific Affiliation

VOLUME 8 Number 1   7 February 1966




NEW FELLOWS ELECTED


The following ASA members have been touched with the scepter wielded by existing Fellows and thereby elevated to that position:



Congratulations, gentlemen!

FEDERATION MEETING

ASA members and others interested are invited to attend the 1966 meeting of the Federation Christian Fellowship, Tuesday, 12 April, in the Hotel Jefferson in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Coffee will be served at 9 P. M., followed by a time of fellowship in Christ's name among scientists attending the 50th Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. The FCF will again be listed among Special Events on the official Federation program. Walt Hearn, Biochemistry, Iowa State, and Kurt Weiss,, Physiology, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, are making the arrangements.

Just what goes on in these satellite meetings of the FCF? A good answer for the non-biologists appeared in the Sunday Digest of 19 September 1965 (David C. Cook Publishing Co.) in an article by writer James C. Hefley. It seems Walt Hearn invited him to "The Meeting in Room Nine." Getting off the elevator they walked down the red-carpeted corridor to the room. Entering, there were about 40 scientists being served coffee by a red-coated waiter. Their badges showed a wide representation of American and Canadian universities.

The speaker, Charles Troutman of IVCF, introduced by Walt, emphasized the magnitude of the responsibility of the Christian professor to his students. ' Bob Herrmann of Boston University told of the Christian Medical Society on his campus. Walt Hearn told of his exciting times lecturing on college campuses. Kurt Weiss, a Jewish scientist and world-renowned authority on the aging processes in man, said, "I have found that the best service to students is to teach a Bible study." Jim Ashwin, a Canadian professor, a victim of polio and speaking from his wheelchair, told of the close relationship that can be established with students. A Harvard professor reported on the impact Billy Graham had on his campus among the faculty and of the 400 who responded to the invitation in another meeting.

The writer concludes, "I drove across the city to my suburban home, feeling grateful for these men who are Christian, examples and witnesses.


NEW ENGLAND

On Friday, 18 June 1965, at Eastern Nazarene College, the section held a cookout followed by a talk by Dr. Walter Thorson of MIT on "The Open-Endedness of Truth in Relation to Human Freedom - Some Support for a Christian Epistemology." Also on the program was a presentation of color photography by Vivian Dow, "An Unscientific Look at Some Scientific Objects." Dr. Thorson, who is Associate Professor of Chemistry at MIT delivered a similar invited paper at the special international symposium on Christianity and Science last summer in England. The talk dealt with the personal and subjective aspects of knowledge and drew from the works of Godel, Polanyi and Teilhard de Chardin. The downfall of logical positivism was described and science was seen more as a heuristic search for beauty in the universe, albeit rational, from the newer viewpoint of Thorson. At times Thorson touched on Hegel and Kant in a way that disturbed the philosopher in the audience, Dr. Dow, who kept Dr. Thorson occupied to a late hour during the question period. About 30 members and wives were present.

On Thursday, 28 October 1965, at Park Street Church in Boston, the Section had the privilege of hearing Dr. Robert Herrmann, Associate Professor of Biology at Boston University School of Medicine speak on "Genesis and Biogenesis: A Christian Biochemist's View of the Origin of Life." About 60 people including many students from Gordon, Eastern Nazarene and Barrington Colleges heard an informative, popular presentation on the details of processes of "chemical evolution" and the part they may have played in the evolution of life. Herrmann reviewed recent experiments of production of complex molecules under special conditions such as radiation and the replicative powers in the RNA and DNA molecules. By means of such information  bearing systems (quoting Quastler, "information is the accidental thought remembered") Herrmann believes one can conceive a mechanistic evolution from non-living systems to a protein. Herrmann's bird's-eye view of total evolution proceeds in four stages from 1) randomness through 2) gradual selection of chemical molecules (with some groups of molecules having survival value) to the critical point of 3) creation of the first living system and thence by 4) biological evolution to man. Herrmann sees little conflict between such a view and Christian belief because they are two different ways of looking at reality. He quoted McKay in describing God as the pattern-maker rather than the crank turner. He feels the actual conflict is between "Scientific Relationalism" and Christianity over questions such as, "Can real things lie outside of science?"

Herrmann's view's were disturbing to some, perhaps many, when he opined, for example, that the difference between bacteria and man is much less than the difference between bacteria and a pre-living form. As a result the discussion period lead to a thorough review of the philosophical implications of these views, e.g.v if man is derived from this system without any "emergence" or special "creation" acts inserted someplace, then one must conclude that somehow man and his seemingly complex spiritual nature are derivable and thus explainable in terms of presently known physical principles which now presumably underlie and explain biochemical processes. A stimulating evening was the result and from there Dr. Herrmann went the following week to even more thoroughly "air" his views when he appeared on radio over a Boston station. (Reported by John M. Osepchuk)

WASHINGTON D. C.

Host Glenn Kirkland states that the only unique thing about the Washington Section has been its inactivity! Therefore he does something about it by giving members an opportunity to cast their vote for a change by attending an informal meeting on 4 February 1966 at 8 P. M. at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5500 River Road, Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Al Hedrich, Physicist at NASA, will speak on the subject, "Is a Committed Scientist Unique?" (FLASH: George Fielding hurried home from California to attend. Did he make it?)

NORTH CENTRAL

The North Central Section reports the following slate of officers:










CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

The fall meeting was held on 16 October 1965, complete with banquet, at a local restaurant in State College, Pennsylvania. Thirty-seven people attended, including thirteen ASA members, some coming from as far as Philadelphia and Harrisburg to be present. This was the third meeting of this new section.

Donald W. Munro, acting as toastmaster, asked Dan Eastman, Norman Frisbey and Jack Sparks to tell what the ASA had meant to them. The purposes and benefits of the ASA were presented.

Brian Jones introduced Clement Schrifreen, research engineer with the Philadelphia Electric Company, who spoke on, "The Triune God, His Triune Universe and His Triune Salvation."

At this meeting the necessary signatures were obtained to submit a petition to the National Executive Council for formal recognition. This was acted upon favorably by the Council during their meeting at Wheaton, 4 December 1965. Welcome to the fold.

METROPOLITAN NEW YORK

The fall meeting was held jointly with the local chapter of the Christian Medical Society. In addition, the New York area Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship was invited. The meeting was held at Biblical Seminary, NYC. At the beginning of the afternoon session there were 16 ASA people, 21 CMS and 40 IVCF students., The evening session had a total attendance of about 100.
Dr. Clinton Hyder spoke at the afternoon session on "Christian Theism." He pointed out that Christian Theism must meet the challenge of modern humanism, which attempts to give man the status of God. Undergirding Christian Theism are two guiding principles:
b) God is a person - He can say "I", think, command, will, and have purpose. Dr. Baker then pointed out evidence for these principles found in an examination of the human body, human history and finally the human mind.

The other speaker of the afternoon was Dr. Walter Thorson who spoke on the necessity and essential attributes of a Christian theory of knowledge. Dr. Thorson began by succinctly stating the world view of modern scientism which limits knowledge of reality to facts found by the "scientific method". value judgments excluded. He stressed the point that scientists must develop a theory of knowledge consistent with their own creative experience and not have a philosophy of science imposed upon them by philosophers who have never done research in science. The Christian must proclaim the totality of all forms of experience as knowledge in God's world.

After dinner Wayne FraiE of ASA, Dr. C. Reilly of CMS and John Nelson of IVCF described the work of their respective organizations. Dr. Thorson then summarized the activities of the Oxford Conference on Science and Faith which was followed by questions and discussion.


The 1966 officers and Executive Council for the Metropolitan New York Section, very tired since the transit strike, are:











A Tuesday morning breakfast during the AAAS meetings in Berkeley attracted a total of 21. ASA members attending the meetings included: Stanley Lindquist (Fresno State College, psychology, Robert Fischer (Palos Verdes State College, chemistry), Richard Terman (William and Mary, biology), Marie Berg (Northwestern College, chemistry), Elizabeth Zipf (Biological Abstracts), E. Mansell Pattison (University of Washington, psychiatry), Elving Anderson (University of Minnesota, genetics), Donald W. DeJong (biologist, Western Regional Lab., Albany, Calif.), and William R. Nesbitt, (Private Practice of Medicine, Fairfield., Calif.)

There were several visitors and guests from the Berkeley area who expressed considerable interest in the activities of the ASA during a brief open discussion following the breakfast.

In 1966 (Dec. 26-30) the AAAS will be held in Washington D. C. We should begin now to plan for another breakfast at that time, probably with an announced speaker.

Those presenting papers were:

        E. Mansell Pattison, "The effects of a religious culture's values on the psychodynamics of personality"

        C. Richard Terman, "Adrenal gland weights of prairie deermice from populations with a long duration of asymptote"

    V. Elving Anderson, "Genetics and behavior in mental retardation"


                        HELP WANTED


LE TOURNEAU COLLEGE

Acting Academic Dean, Dr. Robert L. Stephens, writes telling of faculty needs on his campus. They need a person in the area of chemistry, preferably one with a doctor's degree and interested in physical chemistry and related fields. This person would have an excellent opportunity of becoming head of the department eventually or at least the directing member of the department and concerned with the direction of the total science piogram.

Le Tourneau is also in need of faculty members in the engineering area, primarily mechanical and industrial engineering although there is some possibility of using someone in chemical engineering. This individual would share some of the responsibilities in the chemistry department and in the division of technology and engineering.

(Dr. Paul R. Bauman and Dr. Stephens have been considering the possibility of establishing a south or southwest section of the ASA. This could be only another inducement for prospects to write to Dr. Stephens concerning the above needs: Le Tourneau College, Longview, Texas.)

MALONE COLLEGE

Malone College is seeking Ph.D.'s in chemistry, mathematics, psychology, English and economics. The college opened in 1957. It now has full accreditation by the North Central Association and over eleven hundred students.

Malone is a conservative, evangelical college with a non-denominational outreach to Christian youth and a heterogeneous community. Dialog between the committed and non-committed is seen to be a strength for the academic and Christian purposes of the college. The college deliberately brings together for mutual confrontation the challenge of the Christian faith and the diverse interests and educational needs of all its students and the world in which they live. Catalogs and brochures are available for the asking. Those interested should write to R. Waldo Roth, Instructor in Mathematics, Malone College, Canton, Ohio 44709.

HOPE COLLEGE

Hope College is interested in adding some new faces to its psychology staff. Their primary interest is in an experimental psychologist but they can also use some help in the areas of developmental, personality, social and clinical. Ph.D. or near-Ph.D. is required. Anyone interested should write to Dr. F. Phillip Van Eyl, Chairman, Department of Psychology, Hope College, Holland, Michigan.
MATTSON ON RADIO

Howard W. Mattson, an editor of INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and member of the council of the Metropolitan New York Section of the ASA, appeared on the midnight to 5:30 A. M. Randi program over radio station WOR December 11. It was his second recent appearance. The topic of discussion for the all-night session was "Biology" and appearing with him was managing editor of Science Digest, two college biology professors and a high school biology teacher.

After doing the rounds of DNA, RNA and various side paths, about 2 A. M. Howard sensed the ideal time and mentioned his belonging to the American Scientific Affiliation and told briefly what it stood for. With this a clear statement of his belief in God as the Creator of life was made. Now the discussion REALLY got under way. One of the biologists happened to be a rabbi and he very nicely concluded the discussion by indicating the moral responsibility of science teachers to consider the spiritual welfare of their students. (Thanks to Wayne Frair for losing enough sleep to cover this event for NEWS!)

KRABILL TO SAIGON

Not by a 1-A classification, but by an A-1 reputation in his field did Dr. Willard S. Krabill of Goshen get to Viet Nam. Dr. Krabill flew to Saigon as a member of a five-man team to evaluate the refugee problem in Viet Nam and to report its findings to government leaders in Washington D. C. Representing the Mennonite Central Committee, other members of the team represented CARE, Catholic Relief Service, Lutheran World Relief and the relief arm of the National Council of Churches. Dr. Krabill was the only medical man on the team. Serving in this area is not new to Dr. Krabill. In 1955-58 he served in Indo-China after the withdrawal of the French following seven and a half years of war.

FRANK ALLEN

The lead article in the last issue of NEWS told of the recent activity of Dr. Frank Allen, Head of the Department of Physics, University of Manitoba for many years. The strong Christian witness of this man has influenced a generation. Little did we know that as the article was being written, Frank Allen had already gone to meet his Maker.

ROBERTSON MINISTERS TO MINISTERS

Dr. Donald S. Robertson, Genetics Department, Iowa State University, has taken upon himself the task of straightening out some of the thinking within church circles concerning science. He presented an address, "The Church In Our Scientific Age", to some 300 pastors assembled at the Iowa District Pastoral Conference of the American Lutheran Church at Dubuque last September. Although some were surprised to learn that there were Christians on the University faculty, the response was very favorable.

This opportunity grew out of talks given previously to the Des Moines area of Lutheran pastors on the subject of evolution. This led to an invitation to address a still larger pastors group, and then this larger opportunity. As a result of the Dubuque talk other invitations have come. One was to address a similar group of American Lutheran pastors in Illinois (which was not accepted) and the second, which he was able to accept, was to address a group of high school Students at a winter retreat at the Riverside Bible Camp on "Science and our Faith" in three lectures.

Instead of just being disgusted with some of the attitudes that we run into in church circles why not follow Don's example and do something about it?

ERRATUM

Shooting from the hip one is bound to miss one once in a while. Wayne Frair points out that Duane Gish was not responsible for the proposition that ASA support the Viet Nam policy, reported in CONVENTION FEEDBACK issue of NEWS. He merely brought it to the floor because he was on the committee responsible for bringing such things to the attention of the group. Sorry, Duane. We promise
it will not happen again until there is another shot from the hip!

NOTES FROM HEADqUARTERS

Another printing of Dr. Russell L. Mixter's Monograph H entitled, "Creation and Evolution", brings this very helpful paper back into circulation. A good summary of basic issues and all for 50t,, per copy.

I think it is just a sneaky trick to get the editor to send his in but the main office urgently asks each member to fill out the questionnaire and send it in. The information thus gleaned will form the basis for deep thought at the next Executive Council meeting in March.

Gift subscriptions to the ASA JOURNAL are really catching on. A total of 96 such subscriptions have been received as a result of the recent appeal. This is a good way to extend the influence of the ASA to pastor, Sunday School teacher or special friend, and especially to young Christian graduate students.

MIT SUMMER PROGRAM

The changing role of the church in an increasingly urban environment, the sources of these changes, and their effects and future consequences will be examined in a special summer program on religion and community cooperation in city and regional planning. Social and cultural conditions in today's cities, the implications of racial tensions and the possibilities for cooperative action by churches, government agencies and the community will be discussed.

Enrollment in the program is open to church officials and lay representatives and to government and private professionals serving any religious organization in a staff or consulting capacity. The seminars will be under the guidance of Paul Oppermann, Bemis Lecturer in Metropolitan Planning at MIT. The time: 18-22 July, 1966. The cost: $200. Write Director of the Summer Session, Room E19-356, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., 02139.

HATFIELD ON TV

Christianity Today (21 January 1966 issue) reports on an interesting TV panel show, "Does the Bible Conflict With Modern Science? Dr. Charles Hatfield, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Rolla, participated in the panel discussion.  The
give and take as reported in Christianity Today is most informative and incisive and it is to be noted that videotapes of the program are available for rental by church groups for showing on TV. The sponsoring agency is the Educational Communication Association, P. 0. Box 114, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Why shouldn't the ASA become a source of such material for TV use?

MEDICINE OF THE PERSON

Dr. William Standish Reed has temporarily left his surgical practice in Tampa for Medford, Oregon, where he, as President of Christian Medical Foundation, is in the process of founding a hospital. This is no ordinary hospital. It is a Rehabilitation Hospital which is concerned not only with physical rehabilitation but also spiritual reconstruction of man. They are attempting on the basis of their nursing staff and those who work in vital contact with the patient to see if vital Christianity will not effect profound changes in patients many of whom are chronically ill or hopeless.

From the scientific point of view the "atmosphere" of a hospital is not measurable by ordinary devices. The effect upon the patient and the staff members themselves will be the mode of evaluating the method. Since this work was started two years ago, definite and profound changes have been noted in many patients.

Dr. Reed feels the importance of keeping up on surgical techniques, but orienting himself more and more toward the whole patient which can only in truth be done through Jesus Christ. He says, "I am thrilled to see this same interest displayed in the American Scientific Affiliation by scientists of many different fields." They ask for the prayer support of ASA members in this novel experiment.

ELDER BLOWS HIS HORN

Dr. Samuel Elder, Associate Professor of Physics at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, has long been a devote'e' of that ancient woodwind instrument, the recorder. But a physicist is never satisfied with just the music that comes out the end, he wants to know WHY! and HOW! His inquiry is beginning to pay off as he has presented a paper before the Acoustical Society of America at their recent meeting in St. Louis. Of course it is called "Jet Resonator Dynamics."

Organ pipes, according to Sam, generate sound by the vibration of a jet of air which moves to and fro in the mouth of the opening near the lower end of the pipe. Research workers around the world have investigated the way in which this jet motion is related to the shape of the pipe. His present theory is based on electrical analogues and the pipe appears to act as a feedback circuit. Formulas derived from this model show how the loudness and character of the sound produced depend upon the size and shape of the pipe.

Dr. Elder decided last year to follow in his father's footsteps and accepted an associate professorship in physics at the Academy. His father, the late Captain Fred K. Elder, USN (Ret), was head of the Naval Academy Physics Committee during World War Il. Previously Dr. Elder was in fluid dynamics research at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.

Samuel Elder and Graham Gutsche are elders and organizers of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Annapolis, a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, a fast-growing conservative branch of Presbyterianism with roots going back to Colonial times.

ANDERSON IN ETERNITY

Magazine, that is. "Public Schools, Science and Your Children" is the title of an article by our retiring President, Dr. V. Elving Anderson, Professor of Zoology and Associate Director of the Dight Institute for Human Genetics, University Of Minnesota. Tackling some of the questions bothering Christian parents concerning new curricula and new attitudes considered antagonistic to the faith of the children, Dr. Anderson presents an excellent positive approach to such problems,

The new courses of science instruction, aided by grants from the National Science Foundation and other sources, emphasize science as inquiry. Elving tells parents there is a close relationship between the doctrines of providence and creation and the picture is more complete if we consider both together in the instruction of our children. There are four important ideas involved. (1) The sovereignty of God must be upheld because if God is not acknowledges as Lord of all a subtle and sophisticated form of nature worship may creep in. (2) Must God interfere with natural laws in order to make his existence known? This reflects a kind of deism with an impersonal God not presently involved in nature which smacks more of Greek than Hebrew ideas of God. (3) God's purposes are good, and this has answers to the problem of personal existence. (4) Man stands in a personal relationship with God. The doctrines of creation and providence give freedom in science, ever testifying to God's imminence and leading us to a reverent attitude. The article concludes with specific advice to teachers, pastors and parents as to the attitude they should entertain and impart. An excellent summary of the evolution problem is also included.

CAPS SCHEDULES CONVENTION

The Christian Association for Psychological Studies has scheduled their 1966 convention 6-7 April at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, around the theme, "Christian Perspectives on Hostility." Emphasis is to be placed on group discussion which will be based on presentations by such persons as Richard Westman, Elton Eenigburg, Donald H. Bouma, Marion Snapper and Truman Esau. For further information contact Dr. William L. Hiemstra, Executive Secretary, CAPS, 6850 S. Division Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508. This group is also sponsoring a "Workship For School Counselors" at Calvin College, 26-27 April.

TAPES IN MIS LIBRARY

You didn't know MIS had a library? Well it has; administered by Dr. Russell L. Mixter of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Books and other material are available free of charge with a slight obligation of returning them at the end of the specified time.

A recent addition are some magnetic tapes recorded at meetings of the Southern California local section of the ASA. The topics include:

    "Mathematics and Christianity", Charles Hatfield "Witness of the Scientist", a panel including Lawrence Johnston, Eric McAllister, William MacPherson and Robert Frost.

        "Implications of Evolution", review of a book by this name by Kerkut by Kenneth Allen, Richard Beltz, Lee Harvill.

        "What is Life?", a discussion by Kenneth Allen, George Howt and David Siemens. Also a review of Aldert van der Ziel's book, "Natural Science and the Christian Message" by Robert Dilworth and of David Siemen's book, "Exploring Christianity" by Marvin Darsie.

        "The Hermeneutical Problem", a lecture by Bernard Ramm and a panel discussion, "Conflicts Between Christianity and Science" by Siemens, Darsie, Stanley Lindquist and Adrian.



MAXIMUM WORK FOR MINIMUM AREA

David Siemens has submitted his second paper to the Mathematics Teacher magazine on the subject of the bees' construction of the cell of the honeycomb, a subject growing out of his work at Moody Institute of Science on the film, City of The Bees. Now Dave's field is philosophy (with a strong background in science) and he feels that the subject deserves the attention of a good structural engineer or a professor of structural engineering who might turn a student loose on it. There is also need for empirical information which beekeepers or other pros could obtain by careful measurements. The basic problem is to prove the theory that the bee builds the cell in a way which involves maximum economy in the use of wax. Anyone interested should communicate directly with Dave at 693 N. Camphor Way, Upland, California 91786.

MIS MOVES

After twenty years in a cast-off Masonic Temple and augmented by eight years in an abandoned bank building annex in West Los Angeles, Moody Institute of Science has moved cross town to Whittier into "new" facilities. The 35,000 sq. ft. building formerly occupied by the Fluor Corporation and Autoneutics Division of North American Aviation, set on a five-acre plot, promises to provide that elbow room so very much needed for many new scientific photographic projects. The new address is 12000 East Washington Blvd., Whittier, California, 90606.

GROSE ADVANCES RELIABILITY

Vernon L. Grose, whose background is in physics, is head of the Reliability Staff at Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, California. Reliability has developed into quite a science with the entry of the United States into space exploration. With success dependent upon the perfect functioning of thousands of components and sub-systems, the dependability of each link of the chain becomes a most important study. Vernon has a long string of published papers on the subject, the latest being the presentation of an invited paper at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles in July, 1965, entitled, "Reliability Can Be Predicted." (Annals of Reliability and Maintainability, Volume 4i (1965) 119-129.

While they sometimes feel outclassed (at least, "out-talked") in the company of the theoretically and philosophically-oriented ASA members, engineers and scientists in the applied fields have an important contribution to make within the ASA. More power to you, Verne, and hundreds of others like you in the ASA. (You can tell it's an engineer talking, can't you!)

CHRISTMAS CARD DISTILLATIONS

Donald C. Boardman has throttled back to half time in the geology department at Wheaton College to work half time reconstructing the skeleton of a mastodon uncovered nearby in excellent condition.

His daughter, Ann Boardman, working on her master's in biology at Western Illinois University has found her master in the form of Bob Hein and she will find herself the wife of a high-school wrestling coach-history teacher come June. Well, Bob, you -have the editor's favorite biologist!

Leaving a "fascinating industrial job" for an even more fascinating job of molding the hearts and minds of young people as President of Covenant College, Marion D. Barnes states that "the pay is much less but the compensation is much greater.'
I Having all seven of the family united after five years of globe-hopping for the Sulphur Institute, "Brimstone" Barnes plunges happily into the task of strengthening the college, housed in a former hotel at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

H. Harold Hartzler reels off an imposing list of activities. He is teaching Mathematics and Astronomy at Mankato State College, Minnesota, this quarter teaching Vector Analysis, Advanced Calculus, and Celestial Mechanics.

Roland N. Icke, M. D., has moved into a new, modern medical office equipped with all the most up-to-date conveniences including Hi-Fi music to sooth the troubled ones waiting for attention, a minor surgery operating room and examining rooms vitb power-operated table, a plaster room with vacuum system for removal of dust from casts, a call-light system and plenty of room for business office, laboratory and nurse's station. In Coalinga, California, Roland ministers physically and spiritually to many oil field workers.

Walter R. Hearn states that "the conference in Oxford this summer (1965) on a Christian Philosophy of Science was high point of the year for me."

The Robert Sanders family claim that a 2000 mile move from California to Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, does not remove them from the "Westernersil classification. The Mississippi River is still 50 miles east of them! As Associate Professor, Bob teaches Entomology, Ecology, Limnology, Invertebrate Zoology and Histology (but not all at the same time!). We do not agree with Bob's summary of the situation in the old aphorism:
Those who can, do
Those who can't, teach
Those who can't teach, teach teachers.

J. Frank Cassel took 10 students to a field camp 70 miles west of Fargo on Lake Ashtabula where they did bird and mammal population studies in soil bank grassland, shelterbelts and potholes. On his birthday, Frank sent his students home to write up their results and packed his wife Peg on the plane and flew to London. Peg did London while Frank attended the Oxford Conference after which they motored through England, Wales and Scotland.

Marvin L. Darsie is still very much involved in the heart program at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. He is president this year and president-elect of the Southern California Council of the Christian Medical Society. To get his mind off other people's hearts and on to his own, Marvin and Florence back-packed into the Banner-Ritter "high country" in the High Sierras. They carried in their packs, EVERYTHING they lived on and with for 8-days.

                        PERSONALS


V. Elving Anderson, retiring as President of the ASA, was named as President-Elect of the Academy Conference which meets each year during the AAAS convention and brings together representatives from the 47 state academies of science. This should provide some contacts and opportunities relevant to our Christian concerns.

John Bennett and his family have returned to South Africa where John is engaged in a hospital and clinic ministry in Zululand. He reports that opportunity for evangelism and church extension are greater than ever because of the dynamic developments in the area. The Evangelical Alliance group state that 50 additional missionaries of varied qualifications are needed to reap the harvest.

Edwin W. Brown has resigned as Assistant Director, Division of International Medical Education, Association of Medical Colleges, in order to assume duties as Director of Project Viet Nam, a program undertaken at the request of President Johnson to supply volunteer physicians to work among the civilian population of Viet Nam for a minimum of 60 days each. one hundred physicians have been assigned to the program within the past three months and are being sent to Viet Nam in groups of 8 every two weeks. The project is underwritten by the Agency for International Development.

F. Alton Everest, Editor of ASA News, is laying plans for an eleven-week swing through Central and South America in the interests of the Moody Institute of Science film program. MIS has an intensive program of translation of films and filmstrips into Spanish and Portuguese and is hoping to encourage widespread use of the science films among leaders and, eventually, on television throughout Latin America.

David A. Faber is now a mathematics instructor in the Job Corps urban center in Astoria, Oregon.

Frieda L. Foote has left her position at Evangel College in Springfield, Missouri, to be an Instructor in the Department of Sociology at Purdue University. If she finishes her dissertation on schedule this spring she may stay on in a regular faculty position.

Walter R. Hearn is on his fifth and final year as a Visiting Biologist to Colleges for the American institute of Biological Sciences. In December he visited Kearney State College in Nebraska under AIBS auspices; on 24-25 February he will visit

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and later in the Spring Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo. In addition Walt addressed the Laymen's Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs 26-29 January and is due to lecture on Science and Faith at a regional Danforth Conference at Berea College, Kentucky, 4-6 March and to give a colloquium talk on Christianity and Creativity at Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois, 25 March. Then he plans to retire from public speaking for a few years!

Willis Kaufman will be returning from his teaching position in Nigeria this fall to take a position in the chemistry department, as Assistant Professor, at Houghton College. He indicates his gratitude to ASA NEWS for helping him locate a position from such a distance. He has been at Qua Iboe Secondary School, Etinan via Uyo, Eastern Nigeria.

John W. D. Kay has left Hess and Clark to join Abbott Laboratories as a Research Biochemist in the Infectious Disease Research Division with emphasis on virus characterization, his first love which he could not follow in his former job. LOVE a virus?

Paul E. Leonard is presently engaged in a Ph.D. research program at the University of Manchester, England, under Professor F. F. Bruce in the New Testament field. He is doing a study in eucharistic backgrounds.

John E. Lothers, just completing his doctoral program in zoology and genetics at Kansas State University, has joined the Covenant College faculty as Assistant Professor of Biology.

Thomas J. Manetsch, Assistant Professor of Engineering at University of California at Los Angeles, is engaged in research in the systems analysis of socio-economic systems. On 16 February he is scheduled to present a paper before the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Beverly Hills. "Systems Analysis of Economic Systems" is his topic and an example will be given of the application of the transfer function concept to macro-economic systems.

Micah Leo has been editing Chinese Christians Today since 1962. This magazine is sent Tree to Chinese overseas in 70 countries. As Dr. Leo has introduced the ASA to his readers on many occasions, it seems only fair that we support his worthy enterprise which is having such a fruitful spiritual ministry. Such gifts are tax deductible and should be sent to Dr. Leo, Chinese Christian Mission, 15128 Caravaca Road, La Mirada, California 90638. The Chinese translation of Dr. John McIntyre's article ' "A Physicist Believes" made a good impact on the readers, reports Dr. Leo.

Henry Morris presented a series of eight lectures on creation and evolution in the Fall Lecture Series at the Los Angeles Baptist College and Seminary at Newhall, California last December.

Philip N. Parks is doing graduate work at Kansas State University in nuclear engineering with an Atomic Energy Commission Traineeship program.

E. Mansell Pattison has a paper, "Transference and Countertransference in Pastoral Care" appearing in the winter issue of the Journal of Pastoral Care, 1965. "Religion in Psychotherapy" will be published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. He also presented a paper, "The Effects of a Religious Culture Value on Psychodynamics of personality" to the Anthropology Section of the AAAS at Berkeley in December.

Paul H. Ribbe, attended an international conference on the crystal structures and crystal chemistry of rock-forming silicates which was held at Lake Vermillion, Minnesota, last September. Science (12 Nov. 1965) reports that "P. H. Ribbe (University of California, Los Angeles) gave preliminary results of a structural investigation of anorthoclase with an intermediate degree of Al-Si order." Incidentally, the grapevine says that you are forsaking UCIA to establish a new laboratory in Virginia, Paul, how about a full report?

John S. Setchell, Jr., LTJG USNR has been transferred from the USS Moale (DD 693) to the University of Illinois where he is Assistant Professor of Naval Science. He welcomes being a part of the academic community.

Donald F. Tweedie, Jr., of the Fasadena Community Counseling Center, was on the faculty of the Pensacola (Florida) Theological Institute, 22-29 August. He has also passed his State Board examination and received certification in psychology in the State of California. He also attended the Rorschach Workshop at the University of Chicago.

A. James Wagner has recently moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Washington D. C. area in order to begin work as a research meteorologist with the Extended Forecast Division of the U. S. Weather Bureau. The work is fascinating, Jim reports, and the many remaining unsolved problems in geophysical processes necessary to understand how the atmosphere "runs" present a great challenge. He is still registered at MIT and hopes to complete his Ph.D. wock by next June.

C. Eugene Walker's "practicum" program for Westmont College students is attracting considerable attention. Students registered in the course participate in the activities at Camarillo State Hospital, working alongside the professional staff on a variety of projects. He presented a paper on this program before the Western Psychological Association in San Francisco recently.

A. Kurt Weiss has been elected the Secretary of the Southwestern Section of The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. He is also serving as Visiting Scientist under the program sponsored by The American Physiological Society. In this latter connection he spent a half week in December at Bishop College, in Dallas, Texas. (Well Kurt, I guess you are accustomed to being at the bottom of the list - alphabetically, that is!")


Executive Council

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Dr. Robert Fischer, President
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Dr. Wayne U. Ault, Vice President
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Dr. Robert Knudsen, Sec.-Treas.
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Dr. Paul Barkman, Chairman
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Dr. David F. Busby
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Chicago 44, Illinois

Dr. Lars I. Granberg
Hope College
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Univ. of Washington School of Medicine
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Dr. Thomas Cummings 823 N. Maplewood Avenue Peoria, Illinois 61606

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Dr. Wayne Ault
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Dr. A. Van der Ziel
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Minnesota
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North Park College
Foster & Kedzie Aves.
Chicago, Illinois

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Dr. Donald S. Robertson
Genetics Department
Iowa State University
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Dr. Wayne Frair
King's College
Briarcliff Manor, New York
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James 0. Buswell III
Wheaton College
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Geneva College
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Nyack Missionary College
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Dr. Thomas F. Cummings
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Dr. F. Alton Everest, Newsletter
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1966 Local Arrangements (North Park College, Chicago, Illinois)

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Ralph Lowell

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