- Page 4
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, November 15, 1961
THE BATTALION NEW MACHINE TELLS ALL
mm i
Does Brain’s Size, Shape:
Determine Intelligence?
‘Brain Child’—Will It Work?
This schematic model, studded with 30,000 vious experiences and decides how to react,
tiny light blubs, was built to show how the Dr. A. G. MacLeod, scientific coordinator of
human brain becomes aware of everyday the project, is shown here with his “brain
sights and sounds, compares them with pre- child.” (Special Photo)
Special to The Battalion
The size of your brain may have
'ess to do with your intelligence
^han the shape it’s in.
Did you know that a man’s brain
veighs more than a woman’s ? That
■diets may have larger brains than
geniuses ?
There are but a few of the odd
'acts about the most complex of all
dving organisms—a fantastically
arranged mass of thought centers
and nerve fibers made up of bil
lions of microscopic cells.
In an average male adult, the
brain weighs about three pounds;
in a woman a few ounces less. The
mere weight of the organ, how
ever, isn’t a reliable index of in
telligence.
Baron Cuvier, a French scientist
of a century ago, had a brain that
weighed nearly four pounds. But
his compatriot Anatole France, a
19th century novelist, had “greater
insight” although his brain weigh
ed only two and one-half pounds,
according to Professor Norman J.
Berril of McGill University.
Based on its anatomical struc
ture, the brain has been compared
to such diverse things as a tele
phone switchboard and a mush
room on a stalk. Anatomical models
make^ it possible to study this
structure in accurate detail, but
about how the brain works.
New information in this area
was summed up remently in a gi
gantic electronic model developed
by a company in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Designed for the edification of phy
sicians, the model shows how the
brain reacts to everyday sights
and sounds and then “files” the in
formation for future reference.
Without attempting to reproduce
actual physical shape and appear
ance, the model shows that the
cerebrum—the largest division of
the brain—is divided into two hem
ispheres or halves, each of which
controls activities on the opposite
side of the body.
That’s why an injury to the left
hemisphere may paralyze the right
side of the bady. It also explains
why only six persons out of 100
are left-handed; in the other 94
the left hemisphere of the brain
is dominant.
Research into the structure of
the brain and how it works is vital
to an understanding of why so
many persons become mentally ill
and to discover new and better
ways to help them.
At this moment it’s estimated
that one person in 20 has some
serious mental or nervous disorder,
and that one person in 10 will be
hospitalized sometime during his
science still has much to learnlifetime because of
mental
breakdown.
Mental illness may wear many
faces, but one of the most frequent
types is depression—an intense and
long-lasting feeling of sadn,ess.
Depression is one of the common
est of all illnesses, Dr. H. Bruse
Sloan, head of the Department of
Psychiatry at Queep’s University
in Ontario told a recent sympos
ium on depression.
Highway Institute
Studies Freeways
Safer freeway interchanges and
accident analysis studies for im
proving Texas’ superhighways are
subjects of research by engineers
at the Texas Transportation Insti
tute.
Just published in Highway Re
search Board Bulletin 291, the two
studies were originally presented
at the 40th annual Highway Re
search Board meeting.
Donald G. Cappelle and Charles
Pinnell of the Texas Transporta
tion Institute prepared a report on
traffic performance at freeway
approach ramps to evaluate the
capacity of signalized diamond
interchanges.
Engineering Fund
Named For Spence
A permanent fund for engineer
ing students has been established
in the name of Thomas Reese
Spence, who recently retired as
manager of physical plants for
A&M.
Income from the fund will pro
vide an annual “T. R. Spenee
Award” to an outstanding engi.
neering student of the college, E.
E. McQuillen, executive director of
the Development Fund Office, s^id,
The trust fund agreement states
that the fund is established “as
tribute” and as “evidence of the
high regard and respect in which
he is held by the professional en
gineers who worked with him.”
Spence had supervised all con
struction work on the campus
since 1944. He graduated from
A&M in 1913 and entered private
engineering work until he returned
here in 1938.
Spence’s father, David Wendel
Spence, came to A&M as an assist
ant professor in 1892, became dean
of engineering and professor of
civil engineering in 1913, and
served as dean until his death in
1917.
V0i
h
n
Ass o'
Mall*
sophom
lessee
sets o!
ence f'
Assock
Tuesda
The
crated
Vols tu
$$$$$$$$
LOU WILL BUY ALL
BOOKS THAT WILL
BE USED NEXT
SEMESTER
LOUPOTS
MacMillan Sees Progress
In Negotiations On Berlin
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan said yester
day the Western powers are mak
ing progress in hammering out a
unified negotiating position on
Berlin.
At the same time, diplomatic
sources pictured a Soviet proposal
on Berlin floated in Moscow last
we§k as designed to lure the
Western powers into a weak bar
gaining position.
Macmillan told the House of
Commons: “I am very hopeful we
shall get an agreed Western posi
tion. At that point, negotiations in
one form or another, at one level
or another can begin, but I do
not think is would be helpful if
I were to go into details.”
The prime minister declined to
let laborites draw him into a dis-
eussion of the Moscow proposal.
He agreed with labor leader Hugh
Gaitskell that “these recent devel
opments are helpful” but did not
go into detail.
Considerable mystery still clings
to all the circumstances surround
ing the floating of the Soviet plan.
Diplomatic informants in London
said that, basically, Premier
Khrushchev sought to get the
Western powers involved in bar
gaining on West Berlin’s future on
the basis of the Soviet Union”s
own terms.
This explains why the ghost
plan was knocked down so hard
in London and Washington, the
informants said.
The proposals which Khrush
chev tried to sell were pictured as
generally the same as those which
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A.
Gromkyo put forward in private
conservations in the past six weeks
with President Kennedy and other
Western officials.
The informants said these ideas
were not regarded originally as ac
ceptable and are not so regarded
now.
Hans Kdoll, West Germany’s
ambassador to Moscow, was called
home after the Bonn government
let it be known that Kroll took an
“unauthorized initiative” in talks
he had last week with Khrushchev.
Kroll angrily denied that he
overstepped his competence in his
talks with the Soviet leader.
There was no disposition in Lon
don to make Kroll a scapegoat. The
British Foreign Office said it
seemed perfectly logical for Kroll
to have a conference with Khrush
chev.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (A 5 ) —
George Winter is state office
building manager in Sacramento.
His assistant is named George
Midwinter.
PRE THANKSGIVING
SHOE &l BOOT SALE
ALL WESTERN AND SPORT TYPE BOOTS
20 % OFF
SHOE VALUES UP TO
$21.00 NOW $9.90 - $11.90
CASUAL SHOES
HUSH PUPPIES
ONE GROUP OF
DISCONTINUED NUMBERS
ONLY $5.90
COURTS
North Gate
Lunc
Deep
Salisb
G
Chop
M
South
w
(Se
salad,
Deep
Si
Brais<
N
Baked
R
South'
w
(Se
salad,
-Pr/cesn
iscmnt y° u ^ an
Count On !-
934 FryPan
fry anything without $4.75 Value!
grease or fats. Perfect
for low fat diet*. New
•low pricei
T 7
Body Mount
T-Ton Capacity
Deluxe Open-end
All-Rubber Mat
Handy 6-Pc.
Mirror
Bumper Jack
5-pc. Wrench Set
Protector Set
Screwdriver Set
X; 4" Non-glare lAA
Head With
Adjustable BWH?
Swing Arm ... U
Lifts 4Va" to 28”.
With Heavy, * •
Tip-proof base . . .
5/16" to Sizes Sllff-
$2.25 Value '|
White’s
Discount Price. Bl
2-piece Set.'.. ft '^3
Custom Design. ■ “*
$2.50 Value Bl
With Unbreakable ■ jUfcI
Plastic Handles m IIV
$1.25 Value S
Discount Savings Coupon
This Valuable Coupon Is Worth
toward the purchase of this
*20
jslionola
8-TRANSISTOR Portable Radio
fl/ctii Battery • Leather Caoe, • Barpkme,
Multi-Channel
Stereo
*89 M Value
With
Coupon
lowest price an a deluxe multi-channo! stereol 4-
speed, automatic-changing portable has 2 detachable -122-3356
speaker cabinets. Separate tone controls for each
. channel. Dual tone controL
Discount Savings Coupon
This Valuable Coupon Is Worth
toward the purchase of this
Remark TAI * E „
recorder
4-SPEED PORTABLE PHONOGRAPH
|§t& fyegi&wwS &4e
automatically shuts-off
plays all speeds and sizes
ONLY
Discount Savings Coupon
Th/s Valuable Coupon is Worth
toward the purchase of this
s
20
“Golden Eagle” f
Seat Covers
White Supreme
Motor Oil
SAE 20-30
New channel roll and pleat plas
tic with heavy leatherette trim.
Colors Red and White,- Black and
White or Red and Black.
FREE INSTALLATION
EASY TERMSI
Give your Car that “Sporty'” look!
iag 19" Portable TV
AMi Built-in Antennc
W"
n
TA 2
The 1
Bang
B
he da;
It pi
4 I
Two hi
imtral hi
iryer, oni
6-8466
COLLE
Colt Cour
three cloi
hienlv
nicely fi
Only $«{
VI 6-603:
One b<
Wd ami
VI 6-6281
Clean,
In closet!
Cell VI 6
One lar
to tarapm
Detro
during ]
Indepen
$149"
VALUE
With Coupon
122-503 - j
Gives “Big Set" performance!
Wide-angle, peak clarity
screen. New telescoping an
tenna. Convenient top-front
controls. Modern ‘‘Slimline’'
portable cabinet.
WHITE STANDARD
BATTERY
12-Month Guarantee
T 2-VOLT
88
6-VOLT
§** 8
exchange exchange
INSTALLED FREE!
n white
White
Supreme
Permanent Type
Asiti-Freeze
59
AUTHORIZED DEALER
T. V.,
Trs
H3 S.
Stogie
the home of greater values
GAL.
BUY AT WHITE’S AND SAVE?
Home owned and operated by Bill Pipkin
108 College Main College Station
For Yi
sories
m GUI
“inclai
K C1
DISC'
Jlater
Marte
Parts
^3' 1
»'eed
F