NEWS

American Scientific Affiliation

VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3 June/July 1972




LATE ASA NEWS!

The American Scientific Affiliation has a full-time Executive Secretary for the first time in its 30-year history. Or we will have, beginning in September or October. William D. Sisterson, currently employed in international work for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, has accepted the ASA position. He has promised to stay on several more months with IVCF because of the illness of his boss.

Bill has a BSIE degree from Southern Methodist University and a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary. If you'd like to welcome him aboard, his address is 2002 Scott Lane, Apt. B, Madison, Wisconsin 53704.

While you're at it, why not drop a line to the Mankato office, telling Harold Hartzler how much you appreciate his part-time (?) service to ASA all these years. Or better yet, attend the ASA NATIONAL MEETING, AUGUST 21-24, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO. Then you can thank Harold in person--and meet Bill Sisterson.

ASA NEWS LATE.

Walt Hearn, editor of ASA News, has taken a leave of absence from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Iowa State University. In May he packed wife Ginny and their six black cats in the VW and headed for Berkeley, California. They mailed 125 cartons of books and shipped everything else by van--except for a few valuable items they planned to transport in the Bug. Finding at the last minute that everything couldn't be crammed in, they shipped three boxes by REA. One contained (You guessed it) all the material for the June issue of ASA News. The moving van and U. S. Mail both beat them to Berkeley. The express shipment, with all the ASA material, naturally took weeks and weeks to be delivered.

Well, being a month late gave us a chance to include the late news flash above, but it played hob with a few other items. Myron Mann of 5655 Natick Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91401, for instance, had wanted us to help him swap housing with somebody in Chicago for the period June 26 to August 18. Sorry, Myron. We know the hassle of finding a place to live. But we've found a good one, and we're setting up shop at our new address:


Keep up the flow of news items, and we'll try to be back on schedule with the August issue.

PHLUBBING OUR PHONEMES

One hazard of editing ASA News is that so many Wise Gise read it. I mean, one of you 2,000 experts is bound to spot something phony in every issue, right? This time it's our phonemes.
Linguist Donald N. Larson of Bethel College, St. Paul, says our tran-literation,of Dick Bube's name on p~ 3 of the April issue wasn't much help, since "bewb" also could be pronounced more than one way. (Sure enough, New York can sound like Cnu York as well as Nyew York.)

Okay, Don, we blue it. Of the alternatives you suggest: (1) boob; (2) booby (as in the prize), (3) beauby (as in beauty with a second b), and (4) byoob--No. 4 is the one we meant. To our knowledge the editor of the.Journal of ASA did not invent the well-known boob-toob.

ASA ON THE AIR

Paul Simpson, chairman of the Oregon Section, responds to the ASA News story (p. 2y April 1972) on broadcasting talks by Christian scientists. In Oregon they're not merely thinking about it--they're doing it. Arnold Flath's talk to 'the February meeting, "Saint Paul, A Lover of Athletics," was taped by Larry Cordon, general manager of KWIL, a Christian radio station in nearby Albany, Larry was planning to edit the tape, broadcast it on his own station, and make it available to others. Inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Paul C. Simpson, Chemistry Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331.

Larry Gordon has also expressed interest in the booklet, 10 Scientists Look at Life, compiled for Good News Publications years ago by ASA. He would like to use the statements as brief spots on their FM station, directed toward the secular audience. "What are the chances of getting the authors of the testimonies in the booklet to tape their statements in their own voices?" he asks. The tapes could then be made available for use by other Christian radio stations through ASA. (Well, that sounds good to the ASA News editor, one of the ten. Who's going to Itget it together"? our old "Commission" structure along the lines of scientific disciplines served its purpose and then pooped out. Is it time to form new Commissions along service lines, such as radio, etc.?--Ed.)

DROPPING BACK IN

Lambert Dolphin, Jr., "dropped out" of scientific research three and a half years ago to take up a full-time ministry under auspices of Overseas Crusades. Much of his speaking, writing, and counseling was directed toward hippie dropout types. This March, Lambert resigned and eight days later was up to his ears again as a senior physicist in the Radio Physics Lab at Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, the lab in which he had already devoted 12 years to scientific work.

In his April newsletter, Lambert mentioned some of the factors leading to his return. He had greatly missed daily interaction and scientific team-work with co.1leagues and intellectual peers, after three years "in the back eddies of American culture." He also felt "like a dolphin out of water" in some aspects of full-time religious ministry: "Somehow I had a nagging feeling I was more myself and more authentic when I worked as a scientist and spoke from the platform of a scientist who was also a Christian." He is waiting to see what kinds of spare-time ministry God may lead him into. But meanwhile, the stimulation of important work to do, the challenge of catching up in physics, and the freedom of sharing his personality and training with kindred minds make him feel "like a Christian reborn."

Most Christians trained to do scientific work seem to wonder at times if our lives would mean more in a traditional religious vocation. After all, we pray most often either with laymen who take their spiritual cues from evangelists or with professional ministers. Spiritual fellowship with ASA members is a wholesome corrective, reminding us that God's witnesses in science, technology, teaching, and other callings are also essential to His plans. (Enough reason in itself to attend the ASA NATIONAL MEETING, AUGUST 21-24, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO.)

Lambert hopes others will not automatically follow his pattern, "but rather seek God's leading for themselves, because His leading is tailor-made to fit our extraordinarily complex lives and situations." Nevertheless, we can all learn something from his experience. He encourages support for Overseas Crusades (265 Lytten Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301), by the way an organization he considers effective in evangelism at home and abroad. If you'd like to invest specifically in a ministry among the kind of troubled young people whose problems bore so heavily on Lambert, he suggests continuing your gifts to Ted Wise at The Center, El Camino at Santa Cruz, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Lambert is having to move from "the Mesa" but may continue sending out a newsletter to avoid losing track of many friends who supported him financially and in prayer during the past three years. You can probably still reach him through his old address: 945 Old Trace Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

SOWING (SPIRITUAL)
SEED IN SOVIET ARMENIA

K. J. Touryan is manager of Aerodynamics Research, Department 5640, of Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87115. He says he has enjoyed LSA News and wants to contribute by sharing a few observations on his recent visit to the Soviet Union. He has received an invitation to return for 3 - 6 months, which he hopes to do through the exchange program of the National Academy of Sciences. The Soviet soil is mixed, according to K. J.'s account, but God found a way to sow some Of His good seed there this spring.

"From March 14 to 21 1 paid a visit to my homeland, Societ Armenia, to investigate possibilities for sabbatical work at the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics in Yerevan. My contacts were scientists whom I had met at Stanford University in 1968, during the 12th International Applied Mechanics Congress (including the president of Armenian SSR who is an academician in applied mechanics). One of my chief concerns was sharing with them the good news of Jesus Christ. Whew! Some sharing! After establishing my credentials as a 'genuine' research scientist (scientists are the Brahmin caste of the Soviet Union) I blew one mind after another by the simple assertion that God exists and can be known. Being fluent in Armenian and having a working knowledge of Russian, I had no language problems.

"This made the God-talk doubly exciting. Details of these encounters are beyond the scope of this letter, but essentially I found two prevailing attitudes (i.e_9 after the initial shock had worn off): (1) The individual who thought the whole thing was so incredible that my faith was accepted as an aberration of sorts and had to be tolerated in view of my scientific credentials; (2) The individual who was really seeking meaning in life and had never heard someone speak of God in personal terms, presenting Christianity as a viable alternative in life, believable by common man and scientist alike (communist or not). There were surprisingly many of the latter and they kept commenting 'I've never heard it put that way before.' I realized how fortunate we were in this country for having full access to the Good News and how we could share a living faith with numerous Christians in every scientific-technical discipline, via an organization such as ASA. At the same time, my heart was heavy with concern about hundreds of thousands of Soviet scientists who are totally ignorant of God's saving power in Jesus Christ."

SOWING (VEGETABLE) SEEDIN INDIANA

Paul E. Johnson, a relatively new member of ASA, is an extension agricultural engineer at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. In 1965, Paul returned from an 18-month assignment in India under the U. S. AID program. He was assigned to Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, advising its president and attempting to establish a school or department of agricultural engineering. Since returning to Purdue, he has been working on the mechanization of vegetable growing. Paul sent us a newspaper clipping about the awarding of a patent to three collaborators and himself for "herbicide resistant seed carriers and the process for the manufacture thereof."

U. S. Patent #3648409, assigned to the Purdue Research Foundation, provides for precision placement and protection of various kinds of vegetable seeds when they are planted. A seed is incorporated in a wafer that controls the environment around the seed by supplying vermiculite as an anti-crustant material, starter fertilizer, and activated carbon. The unique idea in the patent is really the carbon, added to deactivate herbicides, letting the young plant come up and then gradually releasing herbicide to control weeds. The inventors have constructed a machine for making the wafers and were planning to try out tomato seed wafers this summer. At least one commercial firm has expressed interest in the seed wafer.

TOP TAYLOR TEACHER, TWICE

For the second consecutive year, an ASA member has been recognized as Distinguished Teacher of the Year at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. In 1971, Stan Burdenp assistant professor of chemistry and physics, and president of the ASA Indiana Local Section, was given the award. In 1972, the same honor was bestowed on R. Waldo Roth, assistant professor of computer science and mathematics. The selection is made by a committee of 24 persons, including administrators, alumni, faculty, and students (listed alphabetically,
not in order of importance on the committee, says Wally).

TRIBAL TRADITIONS AND TRENDS

James 0. Buswell, III, teaches anthropology at st. John's University in Jamaica (Queens), New York. In April he completed doctoral requirements at St. Louis University, 20 years after receiving his M. A. degree. We doubt that that's a record, but hope it's not a trend.

No wonder it took Jim so long. He was studying the history of religious change among the Seminole Indians of Florida, a tribe in which a thousand-year-old traditional Eastern Ceremonial Complex still flourishes. The ceremonial complex is seen in its most conservative form in the tribe's annual week-long Green Corn Dance celebration. Yet Christianity, first introduced by Baptist Seminoles from Oklahoma in 1907, has grown vigorously alongside this tradition for the past 27 years. A revival in 1945 has resulted in the present seven churches led by Indian preachers, with a membership embracing about 40 percent of the Indian population.

The fact that the Bible has not been translated into the Seminoles' principal language made Jim's study particularly intriguing in view of the unusual development of the church in their midst. Mr. and Mrs. David West of the Wycliffe Bible Translators are now working on translation of portions of Scripture, which, hopefully, will be ready in the near future.

In June, Jim was back in Florida visiting Indian friends, feeling much more relaxed without a doctoral committee on his back. (Picture a new Sachem in black ceremonial robe and tassled square-top headdress doing the ancient Dissertation Acceptance Ritual Celebration Dance!). Then back to St. John's for summer school. Jim's wife Kathleen, by the way, teaches piano at Nyack Missionary College four days a week, and both do some baby-sitting for son Jamie and Sara. (Could Jamie be James 0. Buswell, IV? A paleface tradition to continue for M years, until MMCMLXXII? Nope, Jim's nine-month-old grandson is Joshua, Not James 0. B., V.)

HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 12. RONALD M. ENROTH

Ron Enroth, associate professor of sociology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, sent us a full account of Westmont's new Urban Internship Program. Ron set up the program, called "Semester in San Francisco," last year to help students bridge the gap between classroom learning and the "real world." The 23 participants (and Ron!) learned a lot from the 1971 pilot project. The Westmont administration, somewhat dubious at the beginning, has evidently been convinced by the project's success and has granted "Semester in San Francisco" a larger budget for next year.

Ron developed the idea without much of a model to work from, but with the support of colleagues Brendon Furnish and Evan Adams. For three years they had run a
two,-week inter-term session for about 20 students in San Francisco in December, using the facilities of Simpson College during their Christmas vacation. During these intensive "urban plunges," contacts were made throughout the Bay area with agencies, individuals, government projects, the Salvation Army, etc. Later these contacts formed the basis for the expanded semester-long program.

Students received full academic credit: 8 units of field placement (practicum)v requiring a minimum of 24 hrs. per week "on the job" as a volunteer worker in some social agency; 4 units for an interdisciplinary seminar (sociology, psychology) political science) in Urban Studies, featuring invited Bay area speakers representing minority subcultures, the power structure, and varied aspects of the "real" city; plus 4 units of independent studies (Honors work, tutorial reading, or any other individual study project approved by the department offering the credit). Students were required to make arrangements for this last 4-unit module before leaving for San Francisco and were required to keep a journal of their entire urban experience.

The program was open to juniors and seniors in any major who had taken Introduction to Sociology. A series of other courses was also recommended, such as Sociology Of Deviant Behavior or Abnormal Psychology, Urban Sociology or Minority Groupsq etc. Students who made application for the semester were evaluated for their preparedness by a faculty Urban Studies Committee. Dormitory space for the students and the adult field coordinator (Robin Wainwright) and his wife was leased from Lone Mountain College (formerly San Francisco College for Women).

The students were required to use public transportation to reach their placements each day. For some of Westmont's freeway-oriented Southern Californians, just riding a bus or cable car to work was a new learning experience. Because they weren't being paid, a few students took liberties toward their placement obligations.
A few agencies tried to "exploit" students by assigning them clerical or other routine tasks; if any agency refused to provide meaningful experience or was unable to provide adequate supervision, the student was moved to another placement. In all the placements, the students confronted serious, seeking people on various socio-political and religious "trips" (drugs, meditation, gestalt, etc.), and had to relate to these people on a person-to-person basis. For some students from relatively homogeneous Westmont College, this was a new experience. Field trips and seminar speakers also contributed to an awareness of the complex problems facing a megalopolis, an awareness impossible to approximate in the standard classroom learning situation.

Ron feels that the pilot project was successful beyond his expectations. The impact on the students was tremendous, and they made an impact of their own: the Westmont students have been asked to form faith sharing groups in the dormitory of Catholic Lone Mountain College next year. College authorities and parents worried about the safety and moral well-being of Westmont students seem to realize now that it is possible to survive ten weeks in the infamous Bay area. But some people will probably never recognize that learning can occur outside the classroom and probably still feel that it was not a strong "academic" program.

Most of the "bugs" have been worked out after the trial run, and Ron expects to offer a full-year program in the academic year 1972-73. Beginning with the spring semester, he hopes to attract students from other Christian colleges who wish to plug into the Westmont program for credit at their own institution. one of his primary goals is to attract, motivate, and begin to prepare Christian "urbanologists-11 He and his colleagues feel that evangelicals who are both concerned and well trained in the expanding field of urban studies are in short supply and desperately needed. They are pleased to be making a contribution in this area, and expect to look into the possibility of obtaining outside funds for expansion of their program.

We agree about the value and potential of this Urban Internship program and wish it well in its continued development. We didn't have room for many details, but readers contemplating or engaged in similar projects may want to write to Ron Enroth to compare notes. (Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. That's where we're sending him a dozen free copies of the "Scientist's Psalm" greeting cards to express our appreciation. We'd be glad to send you a dozen, too, if we can use your contribution to HOW TO START SOMETHING.)

KEEPING UP WITH ASA AUTHORS

David Claerbaut of Chicago has written a book based on his inner-city teaching experience that ought to aid interracial communication. Entitled Black Jargen, it has a dictionary of about 500 terms in current use by urban blacks, along with historical notes on many of the expressions, some entertaining exercises in the use of the vocabulary, and some lively anecdotes of being a white in a black community. Black Jargen is to be published in July by Wm. B. Eerdmans.

We saw a flyer the other day on Robert B. Fischer's 1971 supplemental text for science students. Published as a paperback by W. B. Saunders, Science, Man, and Society was written to demonstrate the dynamic role the sciences play in shaping today's society. Topics include the nature of science; its relationship to technology, higher education, and public policy; the individual and science; etc Bob is dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State College, Dominguez Hills.

Copies of Cosmic Splendor, the "Empiric Approach to Religion Through Modern culture", hammered out over many years by James Houston Shrader of Eastern Nazarene Colleges are now available for $4.95 plus 50,,~ for mailing. Copies may be obtained by writing to: Dr. Floyd I. John, Eastern Nazarene College, Wollaston, Massachusetts 02170.

Aldert van der Ziel of the University of Minnesota says that his publisher is holding a final sale of two of his books at the bargain price of $1 per book plus 25(-' postage. The books are The Natural Sciences and the Christian Message and Genesis and Scientific Inquiry. As long as they last, they're available from: R. S. Denison & Co., Inc., 5100 - 82nd St., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55437. (We're sorry to see these go out of print, Aldert.--Ed.)
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A POSITION

Darrell 0. Clardy (ASA News, April 1972) is still seeking a position, either in science teaching (perhaps at the junior college level) or in a lab devoted to pollution control, toxicology, or a related field. He has a broad background with a B.S. in chemistry/biochemistry and M.S. in biophysics, much experience in instrumental and other methods of analysis, and an interest in ecological sciences. His address is 3305 Morningside, Ames, Iowa 50010, and his home phone is (515) 292-5494.

A letter has been received in the National Office from Lloyd H. Ahlem, President of North Park College. "North Park College is looking for a qualified psychologist with a Ph.D. degree or a degree near completion who can teach in the area of personality and clinical psychology. We are seeking someone who has solid Christian faith and good academic training. We are attempting to integrate faith and learning on our campus in every way possible. If you know of people in the field who are available or would be willing to make our needs known through the American Scientific Affiliation bulletin, I would appreciate it very much. Interested parties can write to me directly or to Dr. C. Hobart Edgren, Dean of the College. The salary is moderate, the fringe benefit package is excellent, and the opportunity for advancement and development is outstanding."

Ronnie J. Hastings seeks full-time teaching or teaching/research in physics. He expects to receive the PhD in August under John A. McIntyre with a thesis on development of an image intensifier to assimilate radiation imagery data for medical research. Ronnie has also done experimental work with the 192-detector spherical scattering chamber at Texas A&M University's Cyclotron Institute and operated an IBM 7094 computer data acquisition system. He is co-author of a paper on "ProtonProton Quasi-free Scattering in the 2H(p,2p)n Reaction" to be published in Physical Review. His background is physics and math. He has done private tutoring as well as teaching undergraduate physics labs for four years. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi Sigma (physics), and the American Association of Physics Teachers. He received the A&M College of Science Faculty Achievement Award in 1968. His Mailing address is Box 1248 College Station, Texas 77840. If you have a hot tip on a job for him, call him a~ (713) 845-3235 (office) or (713) 846-6600 (home).

POSITION LOOKING FOR A PERSON

Wheaton College has a full-time position for a technical assistant in biology beginning September 1972. Duties involve care of scientific equipment, maintenance of living cultures, and general responsibilities of preparation for labs in the beginning course. Qualifications include a college degree in biology with experience in chemistry and instrumentation, and a desire to serve in a supportive role to the teaching faculty. The position is not limited to recent graduates. Write  Dr. R. L. Mixter, Chairman, Department of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 60187, giving a resum4 of your background and experience.


NEW SOUTHWESTERN SECTION ORGANIZES

Nineteen scientists met at Rice University in Houston, Texas, on April 7 to take the initial step toward organization of a new (Gulf Coast?) Section of ASA. They came from as far away as College Station (100 mi. north), Galveston (50 mi. south), and Lake Charles, Louisiana (100 mi. east), for a program on "The Ecological Crisis in Christian Perspective" organized by Carroll Karkalits.


Two temporary committees were elected. The one instructed to draft a constitution and nominate officers consists of Karkalits (McNeese State U., Lake Charles), John A. McIntyre (Texas A&M, College Station), and W. Penningten Vann (Rice). The second committee, planning the,program for a fall meeting of the section, consists of J. M. Burns (Texas Maritime Academy, Galveston) and Gordon Mills (U. of T. Medical School, Galveston).

After a dinner at the Rice Faculty Club, Roy Price, assistant to the president of Merichem Company, spoke on technological aspects of pollution, with discussion of educational aspects by Ardis White, professor of civil engineering, U. of Houston, and of theological aspects by Jack McIntyre, professor of physics at Texas A&M.

Copies of the ASA Journal and other literature were on hand to be distributed to friends, along with membership application forms, (Look out, ASA! Here come those Texans at last!)

CHICAGO

The spring meeting at the Maywood Campus of Loyola University, May 12, was devoted to the theme, "Mind and Brain." A trio of participants concerned with theoretical issues in brain/mind/behavior relationships presented their points of view at the evening mini-symposium: Alexander G. Karczemar spoke on 'Epistemological Limitations of Neuroscience Research"; John D. Carter made "Some methodological Observations on Brain and Behavior"; and David L. Wolfe concluded with "Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience, Psychology, and Consciousness." Larry Starkey, section president, introduced the symposium and presided over an open discussionat the end.

Dr. Karczemar is professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola U.; senior co-director of the Institute for the Study of Mind, Drugs, and Behavior; member of the Editorial Board of Ex2erimental Brain Research; and a widely published author in this field. Carter is chairman of the Department of Psychology, Trinity College, and visiting professor of pastoral psychology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; his PhD dissertation at New School for Social Research was on "Predicting Breakdown in Children with High Risk for Schizophrenia." Wolfe is assistant professor of philosophy at Wheaton College; his PhD dissertation at N.Y.U. dealt with epistemological assumptions in the work of B. F. Skinner and Alfred Schutz.

NORTH CENTRAL

On April 27, at a discussion meeting in the lounge of Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, V. Elving Anderson, Berkeley Michaelson, and Aldert van der Ziel analyzed Dick Bube's book The Human Quest: A New Look at Science and Christian Faith. In Elving's opinion, "this is the best single volume currently available on the issues of joint concern to science and Christian faith. Members of ASA should become acquainted with it, compare the approach to their own, and be prepared to comment on its use by teachers, pastors, and others."

Features of The Human Quest justifying the "New Look" of the title include 1) an approach appreciative of both science and faith, 2) a clear style and useful discussion questions at the end of each chapter, and 3) a helpful selection of topics. Two main theses are stated in the first chapter: The universe exists moment by moment only because of the creative and preserving power of God; and a given situation may always be described at more than one level (e.g., man as both machine and divinely created person). Then four chapters give a parallel treatment of science and faith, considering such terms as revelation, evidence, objectivity, and models in both contexts. The final chapter brings up four specific issues: 1) The structure of the world; 2) Determinism, complementarity, and paradox; 3) Evolution and evolutionism; and 4) Social implications.

The Human Quest is available from Word Books, Waco, Texas. The cost is $5.95, The National Office has a supply also so can fill any orders received.

The North Central section hopes to foster small home gatherings, perhaps convened even hurriedly. They are trying to set up arrangements through the secretary whenever someone with ideas of interest to ASA members is available for an informal discussion meeting. They decided not to hold a big spring conference this year but are actively planning a fall conference. Newly elected officers are:


INDIANA

The meeting at Taylor University on April 21 also featured discussion of Dick Bube's The Human Quest, with the advantage of having the author present for interaction with the audience. Dick gave two lectures: "Keeping God in the Center: Response to God-of-the-Gaps," and "Optimism and Pessimism: Science and Christian Eschatology." The first was presented as a chapel convocation in the morning and attracted many students and faculty from disciplines other than the natural sciences for the rest of the program. Nine area ministers attended at least part of the meeting. On an afternoon panel quizzing Bube on concepts in his book was the president of the local ministerial association, who seemed particularly enthusiastic about the worth of the meeting.

According to Stan Burden, president of the Indiana section, a bonus of the meeting was a chance to probe into Bube's experience with his interdisciplinary seminar at Stanford (HOW TO START SOMETHING No. ll  ASA News, April 1972). Several faculty members at Taylor have been preparing to offer a special interdepartmental seminar on "Faith and Learning" next year.

OREGON

Results of the February election were announced in an April newsletter, which also outlined the budget for next year ($160 projected expenses) and requested payment of section dues ($3; students, $1.50). Elected to the Executive Council were:

Ludlow Corbin, Warner Pacific College, Portland Robert Groner, Oregon State U., Corvallis Donald King, Lebanon Community Hospital$ Lebanon Wayne Linn, Southern Oregon College, Ashland Hendrik Oorthuys, Oregon State U., Corvallis Paul Simpson, Oregon State U., Corvallis

On Saturday, May 20, the spring meeting began at 9:30 a.m. in the Memorial Union at Oregon State University and continued through the afternoon. The program featured Stanford's Dick Bube, giving a keynote address on "Optimism and Pessimism: Science and Eschat gy"--but also offered a wide variety of papers: Gary Ferngren, assistant professor of history at OSU, on "The New Testament as History"; Bob Groner, research assistant in agricultural chemistry, OSU, "A Proposal for an Experimental College Course"; Wayne Linn, chairman and associate professor of biology, Southern Oregon College, on "Christian, It's Your Environment, Too"; Muriel J. Woodring, instructor in nutrition research, OSU, on "To B or Not to B; Reflections on Vitamin B6 it; and Richard 0. Hampton, associate professor of plant pathology, OSU, on "A Classic Limitation Upon Natural Man in Accurately Conceiving and Describing the Origin of Life and Matter." Breaks between papers for a roast beef luncheon and for an afternoon coffee gave opportunity for continuing discussion of papers.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

In the April issue, ASA News carried a story on the section's March 4 symposium on "Christian Perspectives on Abortion and Birth Control." We reported program chairman Don Stoner's concern over the fact that only about 40 people attended, when the topic, speakers, timing, and weather all seemed "right on." We wondered if better publicity might have helped. Roy GritteE of San Jose has since given us details on their publicity: Over 1,000 flyers were distributed (500 at U.C. Berkeley where the symposium was held, 200 on the Stanford campus), churches in the area were contacted, and posters were scattered around in strategic places.

(P.S. Now that we've moved back to Berkeley, ASA News realizes that no place in the world could be more saturated with publicity for every imaginable activity than the environs of the U.C. campus. We could make a full-time career of just readng bulletin boards and leaflets stuffed into our hands at every corner!--Ed.)


1. 27th ANNUAL MEETING of the AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION will take place AUGUST 21-24, 1972, at YORK UNIVERSITY, DOWNSVIEW (TORONTO), ONTARIO, CANADA. The general theme of the meeting is "Presuppositions of Science: A Christian Response." Distinguished speakers will be featured, along with field trips, devotions, lively discussions, and rich fellowship with others who both honor Christ and value science. Programs, pre-registration forms$ and housing information have been mailed to the ASA membership. Additional copies for publicity purposes are available from ASA, 324~ South Second Street, Mankato, Minnesota 56001.

2. Certificates of Membership have been requested from the Mankato office by a number of members. They are available for any member who wants one. Attractively printed and suitable for framing, they are a simple way of increasing the "visibility" of ASA.


3. ASA Lapel Pin (?) Another suggestion has been made for increasing our "visibility": an ASA emblem on a lapel pin or tie tack to enable members to recognize each other and to attract the attention of non-members. The Council has directed the Executive Secretary to make inquiries about prices of identifying jewelry, but would like to know the extent of interest before proceeding further. Positive or negative responses to the idea would be appreciated by the Mankato office.

4. Journal ASA. Several matters concerning the Journal were taken up at the May 12-13 Executive Council meeting in Denver. To protect JASA authors and the right

to control republication, each issue will continue to be copyrighted (cost, $6 per issue). A schedule of advertising rates, and the editor's policies on acceptance and solicitation of advertising, were approved. Members should note two items in particular about Journal pricing:

a. Advance copies of the Journal can be ordered before printing by UW*ere ot by others who wish to have extra copies on hand. The old price of 50(,%;no longer covers the cost of printing, so it has been raised to 75c per copy.

b. Gift subscriptions can still be given for $3 each, but only for the first year at that price. For each year thereafter to the same subscriber, gift subscriptions cost the same as regular subscriptions


Richard H. Bube of Stanford University, who managed to combine technical lectures on photoelectronic phenomena with talks to ASA Local Sections on a number of trips this spring, is scheduled to teach Science and Christian Faith at the Young Life Institute in Colorado Springs, July 10-21.

D. Lee Chesnut's anti-evolution pamphlet, The Monkey's On The Run, has 10,000 copies now in distribution under auspices of the Bible-Science Association, according to a story in General Electric's News Notes for Pensioners. Lee, now retired from G.E., lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Thomas J. Elliott, Jr., graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1970, and then served two years on the diesel submarine USS Dogfish. Spiritual stirrings On the sub led to eight fellows coming to know the Lord as Savior in the past seven months. Tom is being transferred in July to M.I.T. for a two-year program of graduate studies in ocean engineering and deep submergence research.

Peter D. Esser says he has become a "pure physics dropout"; after receiving a PhD in solid state physics and teaching college for a year, Pete has moved into medical physics. He holds one of the NSF Presidential Internships in Nuclear medicine at the Medical Research Center of Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.

Charles M. Flynn, Jr., has accepted an instructorship in chemistry at the U. of Virginia in Charlottesville. He will teach general and inorganic chemistry and do inorganic photochemical research with Prof. James N. Demas.

Roy J. Gritter's paperback "Introduction to Chromatography, Co-Authored with two associates at the IBM laboratories in San Jose, California, was published in both French and Japanese translation last year.

Allan G. Hedberg is now at the Department of Psychology at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where a new
clinical psychology gLactitate program has been established, leading to the Doctor of Psychology degree. Allan's resewLch areas include alcoholism, behavior theory, learning disabilities, and treatment effectiveness.

Rich
ard L. Humphrey of Glendale, California, has been accepted in the summer graduate program leading to an M.S. in naturcouol (not University), where he teaches.


Norman R. Hunter is now a medicinal chemist at Merck Frosst Laboratories, Kirkland, Quebec. He had most recently been a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry at the National Research Council of Canada.

0. Carroll Karkalits has become dean of engineering and technology at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. When we heard from him he was still "commuting" from Houston, where he has been assistant director of engineering for Petro-Tex Chemical Corporation. By the end of July he hopes to move his family to Lake Charles and into the new house they're building there.

William M. tialone-of Hightstown, N. J., is presenting two papers at an International Symposium on Macromolecules in Helsinki, Finland, July 2-7, on "Applications of Refractive Index to Polymer Characterization" and "Semi-Empirical Calculation of Reactivity Ratios." The symposium is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

W. D. Morrison of Rural Route IN, Fergus, Ontario, says his move from industry to academic life also gave him opportunity to live in the country. He wasn't sure that buying a farm is news, but he thinks of it as the Lord's farm, possibly suited for use someday as a Christian retreat area. Right now Doug is busy with local arrangements for the ASA ANNUAL MEETING at YORK UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 21-24, providing bospitality for all us "city-slickers."

Ronald S. Remmel received his PhD at Princeton after studying the physics of
elem entary particles. Now he's at the Department of Physiology at U.C. Berkeley on an NIH postdoctoral fellowship, trying to unravel how the brain controls eye muscles.

James R. Weir treated the entire ASA News staff to lunch and good conversation in Monroe, Wisconsin, where he practices obstetrics/gynecology. We traded tales of mutual friends in ASA and learned about what it's like to be totally dependent on a hemodialysis machine. Jim says he gets a lot of reading done during the three day's a week he has to be hooked up for five hours at a stretch to his "artificial kidney."

NEW A. S. A. MEMBERS
California
James L. Jensen, 3301 Huntley Dr., Los Alamitos, Calif. 90720. Assoc. Prof., Dept.
of Chem., Calif. State College, Long Beach, Calif. 90840. BA Westmont College; MA
U. of Calif., Santa Barbara - Chemistry. Ph.D. Univ. of Wash. in Org. Chemistry
Rank: Member

Allan M. Nishimura, 2536 College Ave., Apt. 7A, Berkeley, Calif. 94704. Inorganic Materials Res. Div.~ Lawrence Berkeley Lab. BS Univ. of Calif., Berkeley; PhD Univ. of Calif., Davis - Chemistry. Rank: Member

Nancy Ann McKowen, 4534 Fieldcrest Dr., Richmond, Calif. 94803. Student at Univ. ofCalif., Berkeley. Rank: Associate

Gerald F. Swanson, 5192 Fino Dr., San Diego, Calif., 92124. Major: Physical Science. Rank: Member (Reinstatement)

Richard C. Remland, 880 Mango, Brea, Cal-if. 99691.
AR Whit-Hr-ic CcOl'-ge in Soc., Anthropology. Student. Rank: Member
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Colorado

James N. Price, P. 0. Box 10,000, University Park Sta., Denver, Colorado 80210. Student. BS University of Redlands in Geology, Math. Rank: Member

Florida

Arthur J. Estes, 1401 52nd Ave., N. E., St. Petersburg, Florida 33703. Director, Pinellas Baptist Counseling Center. AB Stetson Univ. - Eng., Psy.; M.Ed. American Univ. - Psy., Ed. Rank: Member

Gerald & Johanna Van Belle, 1909 Wahalaw Ct., Tallahassee, Florida. Gerald: B42 MA, PhD Univ. of Toronto - FSU, Dept. of Statistics. Johanna: M.D. Univ. of Toronto - FSU - Student Health Center. Rank: Member - Joint membership.

Idaho

Herbert Peebles, 1438 Monte Vista Dr., Pocatells, Idaho 83201. Student. BS Goshen College, MS Univ. of Notre Dame - Math, Rank: Member

Illinois

Kenneth A. Smith, Quincy College, Quincy, Ill. 62301. Assoc. Prof. of Educ. at Quincy College. EdD U. of Northern Colo., Math; MS Okla. State Univ. in Natural Science; BS.Ed. U. of S. Dak. - Springfield - Math. Rank: Member

David A. DeVries, 215 E. Seminary, Wheaton, Ill. 60187. BS Wheaton College; PhD Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - Geology. Rank: Member - Reinstatement.

Jacques E. LaFrance ', 1340 North Main, Apt. C 12, Wheaton, Ill. 60187. Director of Academic Computer Center; Asst. Prof. of Math. AB Harvard in math., Physics; BS in Ed. Univ. of Kansas in Math-Education; MI Univ. of Ill. in math.; PhD Univ. of Ill. in Computer Science. Rank: Member

Ind iana

Marshall E. Parks, 803 S. 32nd, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803. Asst. Prof. of Science Educ. at Indiana State Univ. BS Indiana State Univ. in Biology & Chem.; MS Univ. of Ill. in Biology, Ed.; Ed.D at Indiana Univ. in Sci. Ed., Biology- Phys. Science. Rank: Member

David L. Neuhouser, Rt. 1, Upland, Indiana
46989. Prof. of Math. & Chairman, Dept. of Math. BS Manchester College in Math, Physics; MS Univ. of Ill. in Math,.; PhD Florida State Univ. in Math. Education. Rank: Member

Maryland

W. Eugene Trimble
1201 Burton St., Silver Spring, Maryland 20914. AB Gordon College in Psych., Hist.; MA Colo State College in Psych., Statistics. Rank: Member - Reinstatement

Glenn R. Parkinson, Kirkley Rd., Weems Creek,
Annapolis, Md. 21401. Student. Rank: Associate. 

Massachusetts

Bruce F. Berard, 526 Main St., W. Townsend, Mass. 01474. Grad. assistantship in computer science - Rensselaer Poly. Inst. - Program Debug Consultant. BA King's College in Math. Rank: Member

Delia Walbridge, 36 Hilda St.3 Quincy, Mass. 02169.

Michigan

Student. Rank: Associate

Douglas B. Brumm, 224 Hecla St., Lake Linden, Mich. 49945. Asst. Prof. in Elec. Engr. at Mich. Tech. Univ. BS Mich. Tech. Univ.; MS, PhD Univ. of Mich. - all in Elec. Engr. Rank: Member

Albion J. Kromminga, 1831 Woodlawn Ave. S. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49506. Prof- at Calvin College in Physics. BS St. Cloud State College in Physics, Math.; PhD at Univ. of Minn. in Physics. Rank: Member

Minnesota

James E. Hartfield, Jr., 1176 Plummer Circle, Rochester, Minn. 55901. BS Wheaton College in Zool., Chem., Bible; M.D. Baylor Univ. College of Medicine. Staff Pediatrician Olmsted Medical and Surgical Group, Rochester, Minn. Rank: Member

Kenric M. Johnson, 2318 Linner Rd., Wayzata, Minn. 55391. Biology-Chemistry teacher in Golden Valley Lutheran College. BA Gustavus Adolphus College in Biology, Psychology, Chemistry. Rank: Member

Mississippi

Frazier E. Fyke, III, Box 6344, University, Mississippi 38677. Instructor and Grad. Res. Associate, Dept. of Elec. Engr., Univ. of Mississippi. BS Univ. of Mississippi in Elec. Engr. Rank: Member

Nebraska

Stanley D. Luke, 5435 Walker Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska 68504. Prof. of Math. at Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. BA Gordon College in Math., English; MA Forman Christian College; MS Carnegie Mellon Univ.; PhD Univ. of Pittsburgh - all in Math. Rank: Member

New Jersey

Bonnie Hartland, 701 Orchard Rd., Kinnelon, New Jersey. Student at Gordon College. Rank: Associate

Davis A. Young, 919 Ripley Ave., Westfield, New Jersey 07090. Asst. Prof. of Geology at New York Univ. BSE in Geological Engr. at Princeton; MS Penn. State in Mineralogy Petrology; PhD at Brown in Geology. Rank: Member

Jon S. Limmer, 849 Tice Place, Westfield, New Jersey 07090. Student. Physics at Wheaton College. Rank: Associate

New York

Robert Santilli, 7927 78th Ave., Glendale, New York 11227. Minister at Glendale Baptist Church. BS City College of New York. BD Biblical Seminary in New York in Gheology; ThM. Princeton Theol. Sem. in Counseling. Rank: Associate

Richard Golz, Jr., Crosby Ave., Brewster, New York 10509. Science teacher at Ridge Street Public School. MS New York Univ. in Biology. Rank: Member

Dennis Adams, 2-10 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, New York 11102. Student in Biology. Rank: Associate

Kenneth C. West, Star Route, Canton, New York 13617. Asst. Prof. of Chemistry at St. Lawrence University. BS Wheaton College in Chem.; PhD Indiana University in An. Chem. Rank: Member

Paul F. Earl, 394 Warwick Rd., East Meadow, New York 11554. Assoc. Prof. of Biol. Nassau Community College. BS Houghton College in Botany, Chem.;
Plattsburgh State Univ. in Bio. Ed.; PhD New York Univ. in Bio. Ed. Rank: member

Ohio

Lois A. Hallman, 201 Logan Rd., Mansfield, Ohio 44907. BS Taylor University in Biology. Student. Rank: Member

Oregon

Mark E. Barnes, Rm. 623, McNary Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97332. Student in Chem. and Math. Rank: Associate.

Pennsylvania

Charles E. Doolittle, 58 W. Frederick St., Millersville, Pa. 17551. BS Pa. State Univ. in Ag. Ed., science. Rank: Member. Reinstatement.

Benjamin M. Hatch, Jr., 104 Rodney Circle, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010. Project Manager
Environmental Field, A. W. Martin Assoc., Inc. B.C.E. Univ. of Delaware in C. E. Rank: Member

Texas

Samuel R. Fisher, 4007 Childress, Houston, Texas 77005. Self-employed attorney - semi-retired. AB Va. Mil. Inst.; LLB Univ. of Texas Law School. Rank: Associate

David P. Butts, 1509 Flintridge Rd., Austin, Texas 78746. Prof. at Univ. of Texas at Austin. BS Butler Univ. in Biology; MS, PhD at Univ. of Ill. in Sci. Ed. and Botany. Rank: Member

Wisconsin

William D. Sisterson, 2002 Scott Lane, Apt. B, Madison, Wisconsin 53704. International Representative for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. BSIE Southern Methodist Univ. in Ind. Engr., Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary in Theology. Rank: Member

Duane R. Frisbie, Rt. 1, Juneau, Wisconsin 53039. Student. Rank: Associate

Canada

Wayne D. Murdoch, #175, 7022 Inlet Drive, Burnaby 2, B. C., Canada. Student Rank: Associate

R. Keith Sherman, 220 Union St., Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Student. Rank: Associate

                  IMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY RECONSIDERED
The May 1972 issue of the journal entitled Pensee is devoted in its entirety to a discussion of the work of Velikovsky. You may recall the title of his book, "Worlds in Collision", which was a bestseller in 1950. After being severely criticized by the scientific community, the work of Velikovsky is now being seriously considered by many scientists.

Full page advertisements of the above mentioned issue of Pensee have appeared in the June 23, 1972 issue of Science and in the July 1972 issue of Physics Today. Copies of the special issue of Pensee may be obtained at $2.00 each or $1.50 each for ten or more copies from Pensee, P. 0. Box 414, Portland, Oregon 97207.

Members of the Affiliation may wish to attend the Immanuel Velikovsky Symposium to be held at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon. The dates are August 16, 17 and 18, 1972. The registration fee is $40. The entire expense including board and room is $70. Three plenary sessions with Dr. Velikovsky and original papers by scholars from the fields of Astronomy, Archaeology, History, Psychology, Religion and Sociology are on the program. The enrollment is limited and the deadline for registration is August 1, 1972.

The above note is added by the Executive Secretary. He is hoping that several ASA members will be able to attend the symposium and then come to the annual meeting of the ASA in Toronto where a lively discussion may take place.