NEWS
The American Scientific Affiliation

VOLUME 14, NUMBER 2     April 1972



YORK'S SURE PUDDING

 The proof is in the meeting, as they say. But unless program chairman Russell Heddendorf is "pudding us on," the ASA Annual Meeting at YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, ONTARIO AUGUST 21-24, 1972, will prove thoroughly satisfying to the intellectual and spiritual palate. A pre-prandial glimpse at the tentative menu shows the following goodies:

MONDAY, AUGUST 21


TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 -- Philosophical Presuppositions.
WEDNESDAY3. AUGUST 23 -- Social Presuppositions THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 -- Theological Presuppositions.
 Final program, housing information, and advance registration forms will be mailed to you as soon as possible. ASA annual meetings offer devotions, discussion, fellowship and a chance to meet colleagues from all over the U. S. and Canada who are trying to serve Jesus Christ through scientific work. Plan to bring the family for a vacation trip to Toronto in August.

AN IDEA GROWS

Jack Haas of Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts, was beginning to wonder if anybody had even read his letter "Why No Broadcasts by Christian Scientists?" in Journal ASA 23 (4), 124 (Dec. 1971). So he wrote to the other distinguished ASA publication:

"I still feel strongly that something can be done. There is a wide network of Christian radio stations, and I think that at least an introductory series of 5minute programs could be produced relatively inexpensively to try out on an experimental basis. There are plenty of topics the ASA could deal with that would not be as controversial as questions of origins, yet would provide a real service for the constituency of these radio stations. I suppose it boils down to the money, the ambition to produce the things, and the contacts to get our messages on the air., Perhaps you could stir up something through ASA News."

Cheer up, Jack. Like that tree in Brooklyn, your idea is alive and growing in the New York Metropolitan local section. Don Carr made contact with Ben Armstrong, executive secretary of National Religious Broadcasters, who expressed interest in good-quality tapes of papers and discussions from ASA national meetings. N.R.B. would also like a list of ASA experts able to communicate forcefully and clearly to a general audience, for taping of interviews by Christian radio stations. At the February meeting of the section, Mr. Armstrong offered to help. He also suggested a good way to begin: participate as an exhibitor at the next national convention of N.R.B. in Washington, D. C., in January 1973. Reaction was favorable, especially after the N.Y. section's successful participation in another convention last fall.

Section president Jim Neidhardt has submitted a memorandum to the national ASA Executive Council urging us to move ahead. Jim says N.Y. section members would donate the $100 exhibitorts fee and volunteer their time to man the booth. Maybe we could have some sample tapes ready by then. Maybe you should write to somebody on the Executive Council to encourage action, or to Jim Neidhardt (37 Squire Hill Drive, Cedar Grove, N. J. 07009) to thank the NY section for initiating this project.

TWO MORE GOOD IDEAS

1. Promote ASA to students this spring. Request literature from the national
office to hand personally to each student who might be interested, or send to
Mankato a list of their names and addresses as potential members. Two copies
of ASA's striking publicity folder posted so both front and back can be read
make an attractive bulletin board item. Add a felt-pen note: "Special low
student rates ($3/yr). Professor has application blanks."
Should get results. Post the national meeting program, too, when it comes.

2. When you know you're going to travel to another region of the country where an ASA local section exists, why not let them know in advance of your future presence? The section could then not only invite you to meetings but possibly plan a meeting around your area of special competence. Jim Neidhardt of the N.Y. Metropolitan section hopes ASA News will stimulate contact between local sections and our peripatetic mei;b_er`s.Remember, a current list of local section addresses is on each inside back cover of the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation.


CALLING OUR BLUFF

Should have known we'd get in trouble with that story last time on the new Executive Council we've dealt ourselves. However, the Chief Censor (wife Ginny) didn't even recognize the heading ("How's This for Openers?") as an allusion to jackpot poker, a manly sport not included in the Winter Olympics, her dish. The only complaint, in fact, came from ASA president Don Boardman. He says we may have a pair of social scientists (and a Jack)--but we'd have to draw to get a "pair of biologists."

With a flush (of embarrassment), we herewith present Our Leader's qualifications as a bona fide p,22loSist: (1) M.S. in geology, U. of Iowa; (2) Ph.D. in geology, U. of Wisconsin; (3) Fellow, Geological Society of America; (4) Past president, Central Section, National Association of Geology Teachers; (5) Certificate #1289, American Institute of Professional Geologists; (6) SEATO professor of geology, U. of Peshawar, West Pakistan, 1959-60; (7) Geology faculty, Wheaton College, Illinois, 1940--present,

Win some, lose some. As the Israeli skier at Sapporo said, "Slalom!"

FEEDBACK AND FORTH

A distinguished president (I think he was a biologist) once said: "You can't displease all of the people all of the time--but you can keep trying." Anyway, Hector Munn of George Fox College in Oregon thought we were ridiculing somebody with our wisecrack last issue about "equal-time" for creation and evolution in science classrooms in California. By coincidence, a couple of weeks after receiving his letter, we heard a National Public Radio program of Congressional hearings on "equal-time" in political broadcasting. The principle simply hasn't worked out, it seems. But mostly we were just kidding, Hector.

Let's see. Who else? Oh yes, Peter Northrup wrote that tt,6 was "covered with rue" for leaving ASA out of professicnal groups listed in IVCF's faculty handbook. But he seemed so impressed by making headlines in the February issue, methinks there was method in his myopia. 'Vow. I made the big time," he wrote. "I was wondering what it took to get your name in ASA Kews."

Rue-minate no longer, Pete. It's simple: All the news that fits, we print. We solicit some "Personals" by sending double postcards to members whose addresses have changed, hoping they'll have something new to report. Everything else is gleaned from whatever appears in the mail. So if somebody else's time seems more equal than yours, shoot us your scoop. When gleanings get lean, we're easily tempted by a mess of postage.

AN APOLOGUE FOR THE TEACHER

Contributions from two ASA members appear in the latest section of IVCF's Faculty Handbook. Herman DeHaas, biochemist at the University of Maine, Orono, has a fine discussion of "The Christian Faculty Member and Students" and other practical suggestions on "International Students." Pon DeGraaf, physicist at the University of Michigan, Flint, shares his thoughts on "Helping Students Toward Christian Maturity." Other good ideas come from IVCF president John Alexander, long-time geographer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The handbook is available on request from InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, 233 Langdon, Madison, Wisconsin 53703.

HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 11. RICHARD H. BUBE

Dick Bube (pronounced "bewb") is well known to ASA members as editor of our outstanding quarterly Journal and as editor/co-author of The Encounter Between Christianity and Science (Eerdmans, 1968). For the past 10 years he has been professor of materials science and electrical engineering at Stanford University in California. After receiving his Ph.D. at Princeton he was a research scientist at the RCA Laboratories (also at Princeton, N. J.) before moving to Stanford. With his wife Betty he presides over an energetic family of four, is active in the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, and manages to get a lot of other things done besides.

ASA News asked Dick to describe his interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar on '~c_ie_nce and religion at Stanford. A number of ASA members on university faculties are taking advantage of the trend toward interdisciplinary courses. Perhaps Dick's experience will encourage others to "start something" like this on their campuses. Here is his account:

"Many colleges and universities have made it possible for a faculty member to offer a colloquium or seminar under fairly unconstrained circumstances, provided only that certain minimum scholastic requirements be met. Such a possibility should be viewed as an opportunity for Christian teachers, certainly in secular colleges or universities, but no less in Christian or church-related colleges.

"Starting in the spring quarter of 1968, 1 have offered such a course under the General Studies program of Stanford University. Initially it was listed as a Senior .Colloquium, a vestige of old days when every senior was required to take at least one colloquium in a field different from that of his major. When this requirement was dropped, I rolled with the punch and offered the same material as an Undergraduate Special Seminar. In the seven quarters that the seminar has been offered, registered attendance has varied from 7 to 22, with a total of 92 students having participated over the last four years. The Colloquium carried with it 2 units of academic credit, the Seminar 3 units.

"The Seminar meets on Tuesday afternoons for 2 hours in my living room at home on the Stanford campus. My thoughtful wife adds coffee and cookies to the table to help brighten the afternoon. I have varied the requirements from quarter to quarter to avoid boredom on my part, but they always include some weekly reading and writing, participation in the weekly oral discussion, and preparation of a more detailed term paper. This last quarter, for example, students were asked the first week to summarize what they considered to be the principal problem issues relating science and religion (principally the Judaeo-Christian faith, with degree of emphasis being necessarily varied according to the students taking the seminar): over the next four weeks to read and submit critical book reviews of The Encounter Between Christianit and Science (Bube, Eerdmans), The Scientific Enterprise and Christian Faith (Jeeves, Tyndale or IVCF), and Issues in Science and Religion (Barbour, Prentice-Hall); over the next five weeks to read and critically review two books of their choice from a 100-book bibliography on science and Christian faith; and to prepare a 2000 word article on "Science and Christian Faith" for a hypothetical encyclopedia.

"I have been very generous with grading, freely offering a pass/fail option, or generally distinguishing between A and B grades primarily on the extent of personal involvement and effort in the seminar, and on evidence of growth in understanding during the seminar. In four years, I have given only 2 C's. Working for a grade seems particularly inappropriate in such a seminar.

"The seminar usually starts with an overview of scientism, humanism, and Christian faith in historical and contemporary perspective. Then we explore what science really is, what religious faith really is, and how they interact and relate with one another. The significance of a scientific description of the world is considered, with implications for determinism and evolution. Finally we spend at least two weeks talking about social issues in which both scientific and Christian understanding have a share. The discussions have led to a textbook, The Human Quest;_ A New Look at Science and Christian Faith ' (Word Press, Waco, 1972), which will be used as a book for the first time in spring quarter 1972."

If you are now conducting or planning such a seminar, you'll want to get hold of The Human Quest ($5.95), but you may also want to correspond with Dick Bube for further details of his seminar. His address is 753 Mayfield Ave., Stanford, CA 94305. That's where we're sending him a dozen free copies of the "Scientist's Psalm" greeting cards, our special offer for those who contribute to HOW TO START SOMETHING.

In the June issue we hope to describe another kind of course developed in response to the student cry for personal relevance in the curriculum. We'd like to hear about Your innovative approach to teaching, too--or to any other aspect of life.

AS THE BAMBOO CURTAIN PARTS

Alton Everest was the right man in the right spot at the founding of the American Scientific Affiliation 30 years ago. Now he seems to be there again, heading up the rapidly growing Communications Department at Hong Kong Baptist College just as the Bamboo Curtain begins to part. As the college bulges at the seems with 3200 students Alton introduces a new elective course for seniors on the special problems of communicating the Christian message in the Chinese context. How strategic can you get?

Many other bits of news in Alton's recent newsletter announcing the oriental Year of the Rat. Maybe it should be called "fear of the Retina." Six-foot-something, "Mount" Everest bumped his head on a taxi door and shook loose part of the retina in one eye. Fortunately, the latest technique of cryogenic surgery was able to repair it. One thing he needs that retina for, of course, is to eyeball each issue of ASA News. After all, he's "The Godfather" of this publication.

CLEAR LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, INC.

 Electrical engineer/ computer scientist Eric Anderson designs and builds sophisticated electronic media control equipment for Clear Light Productions, a Massachusetts, based enterprise. Eric sent us some info on this new public corporation, organized to produce high-quality evangelistic materials in all areas of mass media. Founder is Don Andreson, who had worked in Kenya and South Africa with Eric Miller, producer of Los Angeles-based TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED (ASA News, June 1971). Don and another friend in Boston started out to produce a small self-supporting multimedia rock show. They picked up Eric Anderson fresh out of M.I.T., and three other people of various talents along the way. The project grew to such an extent that they formed a corporation, with $450,000 to be raised through the sale of common stock. The stock is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, like that of any other corporation.
Their first production, CRY 3, is a 35-minute, 6-projector presentation booked solidly three months in advance. It has been shown at high schools, colleges, youth meetings of Young Life, Campus Crusade, Inter-Varsity, and churches of every denomination (including a 10-day stand at the Paulist Fathers' Holy Ghost Chapel in downtown Boston). Non-Christians have responded to the artistic quality of the presentation and many have also responded to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Now they are working on BECAUSE I AM, a 90-minute, 20-projector, computer-controlled presentation to be completed this summer. The message, aimed at the youth culture: Jesus is alive and can be known. The soundtrack, powerfully presenting the Biblical Jesus in rock music idiom, will also become a double L.P. album. Tapes and training courses are also in the works. The literature Eric sent didn't say whether the shares of stock have all been subscribed, but you could get a prospectus and learn more by writing to Clear Light Productions, Inc., P. 0. Box 391, Newton, Mass. 02158. It also wasn't clear what sort of return on your investment you could expect as a stockholder, except that some of the profit is guaranteed to be tax-free--and safe from moths, rust, and thieves.

STRONGS COMPLETE TWENTY-ONE YEARS IN ETHIOPIA

Albert C. Strong and wife Julie are packing to return to the United States after 21 years of missionary service in Ethiopia. They have served the American Mission of the United Presbyterian Church in various capacities, most recently in literature and literacy work. For the past 10 years, Julie has edited Ethio-Echo, newspaper of the American Mission published semi-annually in Addis Ababa. From her last issue we learned that since 1969, Al has been director of the Literature Program of Yemissrach Dimts, a cooperative mass media program of several Lutheran and Presbyterian churches and missions. ("Yemissrach Dimts" means "Voice of Good Tidings" in the Amharic language.)

YD was first established in 1959 as a Christian literature program. In 1963 YD initiated a literacy campaign and a radio studio. (The population of Ethiopia is 92% rural and about 87% illiterate.) The literacy campaign operates 1,172 schools in 12 of the 14 Ethiopian provinces and has taught 215,000 students to read. The radio studio produces programs in Amharic for broadcasting over Radio Voice of the Gospel. In 1969 the Presbyterian Literature Program, which Al had organized for the American Mission and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church-Bethel, merged with YD. Later that year Al became director of the whole YD literature program, enabling the former Ethiopian director to complete studies for the B.A. in English and journalism in the U.S. An audio-visual services department was added to YD in 1970.

The publication work Al has directed has covered everything from story books for new literates and evangelistic pamphlets designed for Muslim readers to a Bible dictionary, hymnbook, and theological reference books, all in Amharic. Christian education curricular materials and a monthly evangelical periodical are also published in Amharic.

Many of Al's former Ethiopian students and colleagues are now holding professorships in the Haile Selassie I University, serving in parliament or other government posts, or working in industry--and some are carrying on the same kind of pastoral and literature ministry he has had. One mission completed, the Strongs look forward to a new ministry in one of the Synods of Oregon, Washington, Golden Gate, or the Sierra. From June I to August 15, their address will be c/o Mr. & Mrs. Larry Daniels (their daughter and son-in-law), 1679 S. E. Alder, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123. After August 15 Al will be on the staff of the Synod of the Sierra as a traveling mission interpreter for six months. Al and Julie will then be living in the headquarters city of the Synod, Sacramento, California--where they honeymooned 26 years ago before going to Africa.

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS

Darrell 0. Clardy has a B.S. in both biochemistry and chemistry from California State Polytechnic College (1966) and an M.S. in biophysics from Iowa State University (1970) with thesis work on physical chemical properties of synthetic polypeptides. Since 1970 he has been analyzing biological samples at the ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Lab and developing a strong interest in toxicology and detection of environmental pollution. He is experienced in modern techniques such as gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, i.r. and n.m.r., and specific ion electrode titrations. He is co-author of a paper on detecting fluoroacetate in biological samples, J.A.O.A.C. 54, 1235 (1971). Darrell would like to find a teaching job in biochemistry, chemisTry, or ecological science, perhaps at the junior college level; or a challenging position in a pollution control or research lab where his experience can be utilized. California preferred, but the position is more important than the location. Darrell is 28, married, and has one child. Please contact him at 3305 Morningside, Ames, Iowa 50010 if you know of a position for him.

Roger K. Dejmal asked to be on the ASA inactive list when he went to a Fisheries Development institute in Chile as a Peace Corps Volunteer a year ago. He will be back in the USA by July and has begun to look for a job. Roger is 32 and married. He would enjoy teaching biochemistry, physiology (human, general, insect, or cell), entomology, or general biology. He has also become interested in the population/ Pollution problem. He would like to develop this interest and a long-standing interest in photography, with emphasis on its use in science teaching. His research interest in insect egg development is secondary to his teaching interest. Roger's B.A. in chemistry (1963) is from Westmont College; his M.S. (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) in entomology/bloetiewistry are from Oregon State. Besides Peace Corps training in fisheries and in Spanish, he has had six months of post-doc work at Oregon state and a year of college teaching. He particularly enjoys person-to-person contacts with students in laboratory and small-class situations. Contact Roger at Route 1, Box 68p Ontario, Oregon 97914 after April 15.

Charles M. Flynn, Jr., is an inorganic chemist seeking employment in research, teaching, or data compilation and other literature work. He is single with a B.S. from Cal Tech (1962), Ph.D. from Illinois (1967), and teaching experience (general and analytical chemistry) at both Illinois and La Verne College in California (1967-68). He is a specialist in preparing, analyzing, and characterizing new inorganic compounds. He has seven publications with an eighth in press. Recent post-doctoral experience has involved unraveling the complicated tungstovanadate heteropoly complex system, with some supervision of a research group. Other experience includes X-ray crystallography, computer programming, and compilation of a 40,000-reference file of data on inorganic compounds. Charles' position as senior research associate terminates in a few months, so he is very available. Contact him at the Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. 20007.

Gordon W. Martin is an invertebrate-developmental biologist-parasitologist with some training in cellular biology including E/M work. His one-year appointment as assistant professor of zoology ends in September 1972, so he would appreciate any leads for a research or teaching position. He has a B.S. from Portland State, Oregon (1961), and M.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1965) from Oregon State University. From 1965 to 1970 he was assistant professor of biology at Seattle Pacific College, and in 1970-71 an NSF Science Faculty Fellow at Tulane University. Gordon is married, has two children and seven publications (with an eighth submitted). An additional interest is scientific illustration; he is currently setting up a company called BioArt, P.O. Box 266, Missoula, Montana 59801 (inquiries welcome). If you know of a job for Gordon, contact him at Department of Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula 59801.

POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

Gordon College, Massachusetts, an expanding Christian liberal arts college, needs an experimental psychologist. The person sought must hold a Ph.D., should have interests in both teaching and research, and must be willing to participate in further development of a broadly based undergraduate major. Send inquiries to Dr. R. W. Habbick, Chairman, Psychology Department, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984.

Houghton College, New York, has an unexpected opening for a biologist who has a Ph.D.
(or will have it before September). Preference will be given to someone prepared to teach microbiology, histology, and parasitiology (or invertebrate biology) over a two-year span. For information, contact Dr. Donald W. Munro, Head, Department of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY 14744.

Sterling College, Kansas, filled a position last year through a notice in ASA News and is back this year with several more openings at the assistant or associate professor level. Well-trained persons with doctorates and with the experience of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ are wanted. The college is related to the United Presbyterian Church and accredited by North Central Accrediting Association. The specific positions open at present are in mathematics, sociology, experimental psychology, clinical psychology, economics (business management), accounting and business management, and secondary education. Please direct inquiries to the attention of Dr. Joel Strandberg, Academic Dean, Sterling College, Sterling, KS 67579.



NEW YORK METROPOLITAN

Participation in a Christian Education Convention (ASA News, Dec. 1971, pp 2-4) delayed the regular fall meeting until February 5 at Nanuet Baptist Church in Nanuet, N.Y. After dinner at the church, the Moody Science Film "The Ultimate Adventure" was shown, followed by informal discussion, fellowship, and a business meeting.

Results of the membership questionnaire were reported by Donald Abb. Of 200 questionnaires mailed, 40 were returned, with only 11 people requesting they be dropped from the mailing list (2 had moved, 3 were too busy to attend, 6 gave no reason). Of the remaining respondents, about half want to support the section but feel unable to take a very active part, the other half are eager to help expand local ASA activities. Suggestions for new projects and programs cover a broad range, giving the Executive Council a mandate for creative leadership. A guest invited to the business meeting, Mr. Ben Armstrong of the National Religious Broadcasters, set many minds clicking (see "An Idea Grows," p. 2).

New members elected to the Executive Council were Jim Buswell III, anthropologist at. St. John University; Wayne FraiE, biologist at the King's College; Chandra Innanuel, electronic design engineer at Western Union; and Joan Multhaup, teaching assistant in biochemistry at Rutgers University. Terry Lee Benson, a medical student, was appointed to fill a vacant Council position.

The new Executive Council met on February 25 and began making plans for an April meeting, after electing the following officers:

WESTERN NEW YORK

"On Thursday, March 23, some 100 members and friends of the Western New York section met for an inspirational time at Roberts Wesleyan College. In the afternoon, Frank Young, chairman of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Rochester, spoke on 'Gen6tic and Spiritual Transformation.' After a buffet supper Richard Bube, editor of the ASA Journal, spoke on 'Keeping God in the Center--A Response to the God of the Gaps.' Included in the group were some 60 students who were encouraged to attend (since this was tagged as a divisional colloquium)." -Walt Kaufmann, section president.


WESTERN MICHIGAN

The Executive Committee has taken on a new continuing project: preparation and discussion of an annotated bibliography surveying the field of natural theology. New officers for the section are:
OREGON

February 29 was the date of the winter quarter meeting in Memorial Union of Oregon State University, Corvallis. Arnold W. Flath, assistant director of the Division of Health and Physical Education at OSU, was the speaker. He is responsible for graduate programs and research programs in the Division, besides being Lay Leader of the Corvallis Evangelical Free Church of North America. Speaking on "Saint Paul, A Lover of Athletics," Dr. Flath illustrated Greek athletics with slides and traced Paul's use of athletic metaphors in his New Testament writings. The language of athletics permeates Paul's letters to the churches and the Christian's life is often discussed in an athletic context, according to the speaker.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

Program chairman Don Stoner sent us an account of the last two meetings, at which he fzels attendance has been disappointing. For the January discussion of "Role of the Christian in Ecological Crises" by Neil Elsheimer, 21 people were present, including eight from the First Covenant Church of San Jose where the meeting was held. On March 4 the section co-sponsored a symposium, "Christian Perspectives on Abortion and Birth Control," with the Berkeley Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at the University YMCA in Berkeley. Again, attendance was low despite interest in the topic and an outstanding group of speakers.

Lead-off paper was "Christian Perspectives on Abortion" from the 1971 ASA national meeting, delivered by Bob Shacklett, Fresno State College physicist and assistant dean of graduate studies. William R. Nesbitt, M.D., from the UC Medical School at Davis, and Charles Edman, M.D., of San Jose presented medical impressions. Key issues such as the definition of the beginning of life and "ensoulment" were brought out. The importance of seeking God's answer rather than following selfish inclinations were emphasized, while acknowledging that circumstances differ from one situation to another (as when David ate the shewbread from the altar in the Old Testament) Edman, a gynecologist, called his talk "Metamorphosis of an Abortionist."

The panel discussion was enlivened by three representatives of a "United for Life" group with a strong Roman Catholic anti-abortion position, including a Jewish pediatrician invited by them. Another student represented the "Christian Women's Liberation Movement." Climaxing the day was an after-dinner paper by A. J. Klassen, dean of Biblical Seminary, Fresno. Klassen, whose five academic degrees range from a B.A. in history to a Ph.D. in theology, presented "Biblical Insights into the Problem." He traced the history of religious attitudes, including the harsher penalties for abortion given in the Gilgamesh Assyrian accounts as opposed to the pentateuch's position of Exodus 21, where a different value distinction was made between the life of the fetus and the life of the mother. He recounted the positions of Bonhoeffer, Barth, and Thielicke, and indicated that contemporary groups taking a more liberal position include the National Council of Churches in 1961, Lutherans in 1963, and Southern Baptists in 1968.


Dean Klassen presented what he considers essential scriptural guidelines for Christian consideration of the problem:
The symposium was scheduled from 1:15 to 8:30 on a Saturday afternoon and drew an attendance of about 40 at the most. Unfortunately, only 16 were left for what Don considered the high point, and many who "had an axe to grind" earlier missed the acute Biblical perspective presented by Klassen. Perhaps it is unwise, even with a "hot topic" and plenty of knowledgeable people to talk about it, not to conclude a one-day symposium before dinner. What experiences have other local sections had? Comments would be welcomed by Donald A. Stoner, 18300 Swarthmore Drive, Saratoga, California 95070.

(How about better publicity: newspaper stories, notices on bulletin boards, announcements for church bulletins, etc.? --Ed.)

   


William 1. -Conley will spend the summer in East Kalimartan, Indonesia, studying Dayak culture and gospel receptivity for his doctoral dissertation at the School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary. He is on leave from St. Paul Bible College, Minnesota, until December 1972.

Edward B. Crowell .., Jr., has been Assistant professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin since July 1971. During a three-month stay at the Oxford Haemophilia Center in England in 1971, Ed observed the vigorous activity of the Oxford InterCollegiate Christian Union in spreading the gospel on campus. He says OICCU drew 400 students to weekly meetings from a campus of 8000.

Francis H. Gailey has a full-time teaching position in home economics at State University College Oneonta, New York, but is also a Ph.D. candidate at Ohio State. After a year's study-leave in Columbus in 1971-72, Fran returned to Oneonta to work on her dissertation. She is writing a computer-assisted instruction unit for teaching electricity to household-equipment students and would like to hear from anyone else who has used CAI in vocational education.

Ann Hunt is now doing a post-doc in biochemistry (on circular dichroism of proteins) at M. D. Anderson Hospital in the Texas Medical Center at Houston. She spent two years teaching chemistry in South Carolina after grad school at Duke in physical chemistry. Her Ph.D. work dealt with nuclear magnetic resonance of solutions containing transition metal ions.

John H. McBride was promoted in October to post-graduate training instructor with ALmospheric Environment Service in Toronto, Ontario, teaching theoretical meteoroloZ~ John is becoming bilingual, able already to assess weather briefings in French. On February 16 he addressed the Toronto Dominion Club (in English, we gather) on weather satellites and national communications, after breaking a leg the week before on the first Canadian Officers' Christian Fellowship ski weekend. John will attend a Military Oceanography Forecasting Course in Halifax, April 24 - May 5.

A. W. Riddiford is now assistant physicist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois. His initial mission is to coordinate adoption of the Argonne computer model of the fuel element in the Fast Breeder Reactor for use among five external and eight internal research groups.

C. Deane Roth, research chemist at Staley's in Decatur, Illinois, dropped in on the ASA News editor on an Easter vacation trip to Iowa. Deane has been with the agricultural products processing firm since obtaining his Ph.D. at Iowa State University some years ago. He also teaches a college-age class at a Decatur Baptist church.

Orville S. Walters reached mandatory retirement at the University of Illinois last year after 10 years as director of Health Services and three as research professor at Urbana. On September 1, 1971, he became assistant medical director for psychiatr3 at Methodist Hospital of Central Illinois, Peoria, and clinical professor of psychiatry, Peoria School of Medicine, University of Illinois. On February 4, Orville gave the annual address of the Ontario Christian Medical Society in Toronto, on "Return of the Soul."

William W. Watts, assistant professor of physics at Wheaton College, Illinois, was awarded the 1971-72 Wheaton Alumni Association research grant to study the history of science. We understand he has been at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, exploring the relation of science, art, and religion in the 14th to 17th centuries.
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NEW A. S. A. MEMBERS

Alabama

Richard Wesley Couch, 1401 Hayden St., Athens, Alabama 35611. Prof. of Biology at
Athens College. AA N. E. A&M, Miami, Okla. in Gen. Agri.; BS Okla. State Univ. in
Agri. Educ.; MA Univ. of Tennessee in Agronomy, Botany; PhD at Auburn University in
Botany, Biochemistry. Rank: Member

California

Wesley Leightner, 312 S. Veach, Manteca, Calif. 95336. High School Science Teacher. BS Cal. St. Poly. College in Biology, Phys. Sci., AA Santa Barbara City College in Biology. Rank: Member

John R. Whitaker, 4617 Mississippi Ave., San Diego, Calif. 92116. Computer Programmer/Analyst - U. S. Navy/Fleet Computer Programming Center, Pacific. BA Okla. City Univ. in Math., Physics. Rank: Member

J. Roy Willson, 14845 Hardaway Dr., LaMirada, Calif. 90638. Avionic Computer System Specialist - Lockheed Calif. Co. BS San Diego State College in Physics, Math. Rank: Member

Charles A. Bicknell, 2965 54th St., San Diego, Calif. 92105. Student at San Diego State University. Rank: Associate

John M. Freed, lst Platoon, Co. C, DLIWC, Presidio of Monterey, Calif. 93940. (.:'1jcmy 3ecurity Agency) U. S. Army - studying - Defense Language Institute (Russian). BS Oregon State University in Math. Rank: Member

Roger A. Moore, 200 7th Ave., Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060. Minister of Christian Education at Twin Lakes Baptist Church. BA Western Baptist Bible College in Pastoral; MRE Denver Seminary in C. E. Rank: Associate

Gary R. Scofield, 7833 Sorensen, Whittier, Calif. 90606. Student at Rio Hondo C C. Rank: Associate

Colorado

James M. Christensen, 666 West Peakview Ave., Littleton, Colorado 80120. Full-time seminary student. Rank: Associate

Florida

Charles W. Balaicuis, 1038 N. E. 4th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33304. President Christian Mental Health Society, Inc. and Charles W. Balaicuis, M. D. P. A. BA Temple University; M. D. Jefferson Medical College. Rank: Member

Illinois

Donald G..RLn&, 415 E. Ivy Lane, Arlington Heights, Ill. 60004. District Coordinator of Math. and Science at High School District 214. BS N. Ill. Univ. in Chem., Math.; MA Univ. of Michigan in Physics; Ph.D. Cornell University in Sci. Ed., Hist. of Science. Rank: Member

George J. Ikeda ', 910 S. 4th Ave., Libertyville, Ill. 60048. Pharmacologist - Abbott Lab., N. Chicago. BA Univ. of Hawaii in Chem., Math.; MS Oregon State Univ. in Organic, Biochem.; Ph.D. Oregon State Univ. in Biochem., Organic. Rank: Member
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Indiana

Robert D. Troyer, 400 N. River Road, #1325, W. Lafayette, Indiana 47906. Graduate Teaching Assistant - Purdue Univ. Physics Dept. BA Goshen College in Physics. Rank: Member

Iowa

Dennis C. Johns-on 4116 Quebec, Ames, Iowa 50010. Asst. Prof. Iowa State Univ. BA Bethel College in Chem., Math.; Ph.D. Univ. of Minn. in Analytical Chem. Rank: Member

Kansas

Jesse D. Krehbiel, 516 E. Kansas, McPherson, Kansas 67460. Assoc. Prof. of Math., Chairman of Dept., McPherson College. AB Bethel College, Math., Educ.; MS Iowa State Univ. in Math., Educ.; Ed.D. Okla, State Univ. in Higher Ed. in Math. Rank: Member

Bernard L. Owen, 1946 Roberts Ave., Salina, Kansas 67401. Prof. of Zoology at Kansas Wesleyan. BS, MS Texas A&M in Ent., Zoology; Ph.D. Alabama Poly. Institute in Ento., Zoology. Rank: Member

Kentucky

Timothy H. Jobe, 1248 Nutwood Ave., Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101. Grad. Asst. at Western Kentucky Univ. BA Westmont College in Phil., Eng. Rank: Member

Ronald L. Koteskey, CPO 52 Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky 40390. Assoc. Prof- Of Psychology at Asbury College. BA Asbury College in Psychology, Greek; MA, Ph.D. at Wayne State Univ. in Psychology, Psychology & Math. Rank: Member

Maryland

Mary Carman Rose, 402 E..Gittings Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21212. Prof. of Philosophy at Goucher College. BA, MA Univ. of Minn. in Astron., Math; Phil., math.; Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins Univ. in Philosophy. Rank: Member

Michigan

Donald C. Rulf, 2213 Burlington Drive, Midland, Mich. 48640. Res. Chemist for Dow Chemical Co. BS Wisconsin State Univ., Stevens Point in Chem., Phys.; Ph-D- Iowa State Univ. in Phys. Chem. Rank: Member

Edgar F. Westrum, Jr., 2019 Delaware Drive, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103. Prof. of Chem. at Univ. of Michigan. B.Chem. at Univ. of Minn. in Chem. Minerol.; Ph.D. Univ. of Calif. in Chem., Physics. Rank: Member

Charlotte K. Anderson, Rt. 2, Ludington, Michigan 49431. Student in Applied Math. Rank: Associate

Minnesota

James R. Mason, 1664 Taylor Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 55104. Chairman, Dept. of Bible and Theology at St. Paul Bible College. BA Bethel College in Phil., Lit.; BD Bethel Seminary in New Testament; STD at Columbia Seminary in Ministry (1972). Rank: Associate


Missouri

Ian A. Kling, 4550 Scott Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110- Student at Washington University Medical School. BS Calif. Inst. of Tech. in Biology. Rank: Member

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Edward J. Ross Jr., 1578 Oaktree Rd., Iselin, New Jersey 08830. Student at Rutgers University. BA in June of 1972 in Zoology, Chemistry. Rank: Associate

Neil E. Rigler, 548 Barnett Place, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450. Head, Analytical Process Dev. Dept., Lederle Lab., Div. of American Cyanamid Co. BS Trinity Univ(Texas) in Chem., Physics; MA Univ. of Texas in Org. Chem., Bact. Rank: Member

New York

Barbara Rose, 10 College Drive, North Chili, New York 14514. Instructor in Math. at Roberts Wesleyan. BA Roberts Wesleyan in MaLh., Eng.; MA State Univ. of N. Y. College at Geneseo in Math. Rank: Member

Dana E. Downs, 50 East St., Nunda, New York 14517. Student at Rochester Institute of Technology - Biology. Rank: Associate

Barbara B. Tryon, 29 Fairhaven Rd., Rochester, New York 14609. Teaching. This is a reinstatement of membership. BS Wheaton College; MS New York Univ., - Chemistry. Rank: Member

Jerome Beck, 2977 Hillcrest Rd., Schenectady, New York 123094 Teacher, Niskayuna Board of E-ducation. BA Harpur College in Soc. Sci., History; MA Cortland State Teachers in Education. Rank: Member

Chandra P. Immanuel, 86 Parkside Drive, Suffern, New York 10901 Development Engineer - Western Union Telegraph Co. BS N. C. State Univ. in Elec. Engr. Rank: Membbr-

Philip R. Whitney, R. D. #1, Box 289, East Greenbush, New York 12061. Senior Scientist, Geochemistry - N. Y. State Museum and Science Service, Albany, N. Y. SB, Ph.D. Mass. Inst. of Tech. in Geology; Geology, Philosophy. Rank: Member

Stephen_P. Chen, 293 Maplewood Drive, Rochester, N. Y. 14615. Sr. Res. Chemist - Eastman Kodak Co. BS equivalent Chung Chi College in Chem.., Physics; Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin in Phys. Chem., Chemical Engineering. Rank: Member

Jonathon H. Woodcock 18 Spruce St., J4mestown, N. Y. 14701. Student at Houghton
College in Chem., 1. Rank: Associate

Juan A. Castro, 105 W. Miller Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14850. Reseach Associate, work on Solar Physics - Instituto Geofisics del Peru. BS Facultad de Ciencies Fisicus in Physics, Math.; MS Cornell Univ. in Astrophysics, Astronomy. Rank: Member

Ralph B. Paisley, 39 Park Ave., Ossining, N. Y. 10562. Asst. Prof. of Biology at The King's College. BS, MEd. West Chester State College in Gen. Sci., Social Studies & Biology; Ph.D. Univ. of Delaware in Plant Science-Pathology. Rank: Member

Ohio

Grayson H. Ensign, 2700 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45204. BA Univ. of Florida in English, Phil.; MA, BD at Cincinnati Bible Seminary in Bible & Theology. Rank: Associate. Reinstatement of membership.


Samuel Chen-Ying Ling, 4566 Burchdale, Dayton, Ohio 45440. Asst. Prof. - Wright State University. BS National Taiwan Univ. in Physics; MS Baylor Univ. - Physics and Math; Ph.D. Ohio State Univ. in Physics. Rank: Member

Stanley H. Wineland, 1931 Cottonwood, Findlay, Ohio 45840. Asst. Prof. of Physics; Director, Harold Newhard Planetarium. BS Ohio State Univ. in Physics, Math.; MS Univ. of Toledo in Physics


Arnold W. Flath, 1730 N. 29th, Corvallis, Oregon 97330. Professor, Head of Dept. of Physical Education at Oregon State Univ. BS in Ed. Valley City State College in English, History and Phys. Educ.; M.Ed. Univ. of North Dakota in Phys. Educ.; Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan in Physical Education. Rank: Associate
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Titus I. Lehman, 434 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pa. 17602. Staff Nurse, and assistant evening duty supervisor - Philhaven Hospital, Lebanon, Pa. BS N.Ed. Univ. of Pa. in Nursing Ed., Psych., Nursing; MS Ed. Univ. of Pa. in Ed., Psych. Nursing. Rank: Member

George.E. Elliott, R. R. 1, Greencastle, Pa. 17225. Asst. Prof. at Hagerstown Jr. College. BS Shippensburg State College in Math., Physics; MS Syracuse Univ. in Physics. Rank: Member

W. R. Shope, 427 Orchard Ave., Scottdale, Pa. 15683. BS at Pa. State University in E. E. Rank: Member. This is a reinstatement of membership.
                            Texas


Rodney W. McGinnis, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001. AB Boston University in Psychology. Rank: Member. This is a reinstatement of membership.

Ronnie J. Hastings, W-2-H Hensel Apts., College Station, Texas 77840. Non-Teaching Assistant at Texas A&M University, Physics Dept. BS Texas A&M Univ. in Physics, Math, Philosophy, English. Ph.D. expected in August 1972 in Physics, Math. Rank: Member
                            Canada


Norman Handy, c/o Trinity Western College, P. 0. Box 789, Langley, B. C., Canada. Instructor in The Natural Sciences at Trinity Western College. BA Chico State College in Educ. and Life Science; MA San Jose State College in Educ., Adm. Rank: Ylember

Norman R. Hunter, 1601 Pullen Ave., Ottawa KIC ON6, Ontario, Canada. Post-doctoral Research Fellow - National Research Council of Canada. BS, MS Carleton Univ., Ottawa in Chemistry, Physics; Org. Chem.; Ph.D. Univ. of New Brunswick in Org. Chem. Rank: Member

Lembcke Horst, 2130 Bayview Ave., Toronto 12, Ontario. Holds a diploma in Nursing. Unemployed at present. Rank: Associate

Francis W. Slingerland, 2957 Ave. Boulogne, Quebec 10, Quebec, Canada. Professor Universite Laval. BS, MS Queen's University, Kingston in Mech. Engr. Rank: Member

                        New Guinea


Joseph E. Brock, S.I.L., Ukarumpa E. H. D., Terr. of New Guinea. Deputy Headmaster - Science teacher in SIL High School. Summer Institute of Linguistics/Wycliffe Bible Translators. BS West Virginia University in Agriculture, Biology. Rank: Member - MISSIONARY