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the Senate minority leader at a reception honoring' the former chief executive in Washing-
Ton. Glasses fell to floor but were not broken. AP Wirephoto)
J Industry Gap Narrows
Closing the university-industry
gap is a prime goal of Dr. Charles
D. Holland, head of chemical en
gineering and an authority on
multicomponent distillation, one
of industry’s many operations.
In the interest of promoting a
closer relationship between uni
versities and industries, he has
established certain department
programs which provide specific
ways the two giants may coop
erate.
“It is hoped that these exam
ples will lead to the generation
of other means of cooperation,”
he said.
Holland, a consultant with Esso
Research and Engineering Co.
and author of several books, finds
A&M’s working relationship be
tween students and practicing en
gineers beneficial.
INITIALLY, freshmen are mo
tivated “toward wanting to make
something of themselves” by
visiting nearby industry shortly
after arrival on campus.
“Most of our entering fresh
men have the aibility to handle
the program in chemical engi
neering, but they may not neces
sarily have the desire and will to
do so,” Holland emphasized. He
feels the trip helps build a foun
dation.
Sophomores also take a trip to
give students an overall picture
of industry. One such trip, sched
uled Feb. 12, will take students
through Humble plants and En-
jay Chemical Corp. in the Hous
ton area.
Juniors maintain a conventional
three-day trip. A cooperative
program in which the student
works in industry and attends the
university on alternate semesters
is available too, Holland said.
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New Institute
Aids Study Of
Environment
Man’s conquest of the sea
moved a step closer to reality
Saturday with dedication of The
Marine Biomedical Institute,
jointly sponsored by The Univer
sity Medical Branch and A&M.
“The institute will combine for
the first time under a single pro
gram the fields of marine medi
cine, marine biology and the phys
ical sciences to provide life sci
ences support to man’s conquest
and full use of the environment
of the sea,” noted Frank C.
Erwin Jr., chairman of The Uni
versity of Texas System Board
of Regents.
A&M President Earl Rudder
said The Marine Biomedical Insti
tute will encompass the first
“multi-disciplinary approach to
the biomedical problems encoun
tered as man ventures farther
into his new environment.”
ASSOCIATED WITH this ap
proach, Rudder added, is the quest
for greater knowledge of funda
mental biomechanisms in man
through the study of simple ma
rine organisms.
“When fully developed,” point
ed out Dr. Truman G. Blocker Jr.,
president of the Medical Branch,
“The Marine Biomedical Institute
will provide many of the answers
to existing questions about life
beneath the sea and will con
tribute materially to the research
and teaching capabilities of both
The University of Texas Medical
Branch and A&M.
Objectives of the new institute,
as stated in the dedicatory proc
lamation, include advancements of
man’s knowledge of the marine
environment and use of this
knowledge to enhance the prac
tice of medicine in all environ
ments.
THE FACILITY also is as
signed the task of accumulating
new data to assist in the develop
ment of systems to support man
in the sea. It also will provide
consultation from medical and
related fields to scientists, engi
neers and managers regarding
application of the data to envi
ronmental problems associated
with underwater exploration and
exploitation.
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STARS IN “RED, WHITE AND MADDOX”
Jay Gamer, star of “Red, White and Maddox,” which
opened on Broadway, applies makeup just before the per
formance. The play, a sharp-edged satire about segrega
tionist governor of Georgia, moved to New York intact
from Atlanta and is the first production from a regional
theater transferred in to a Broadway show. (AP Wire-
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Vets Given
Teletherapy
Cobalt
Unit
The College of Veterinary Med
icine has been presented a cobalt
teletherapy unit by the M. D.
Anderson Hospital and Tumor
Institute, announced Dr. W. C.
Banks.
Dr. Banks, head of radiology
clinic, said the addition of the
unit will place the veterinary hos
pital here among the best equip
ped in the nation.
The $51,000 five-year-old unit
was in use at Anderson immedi
ately prior to being presented to
A&M. The unit was replaced at
the Houston facility as part of a
change to equipment of all one
make.
BANKS SAID the unit will be
a multi-purpose machine, used for
treating animals, but also avail
able for research. He pointed out
Man And Ape Share
New Genetic Code
Ape, mouse and vegetable are
terms often applied to persons
held in particularly low esteem,
but a biologist here says anyone
has lots in common with those
three forms of life.
Man and ape share some 85
percent of the newly discovered
genetic DNA code, notes Dr.
Johannes van Overbeek, director
of A’M’s Institute of Life Sci
ence.
“It is no longer a question of
‘man or mouse,’ but we are both
man and mouse — 25 percent of
us,” Dr. van Overbeek maintains.
He adds that we also are “a
few percent vegetable.”
“IT IS not surprising that we
share DNA code with plants,” the
biologist explains, “because, after
all, cellular respiration in the
roots of grass is exactly the same
as cellular respiration in our own
heart muscles.”
Dr. van Overbeek, in a paper
entitled “Biology and Society,”
emphasizes that the fact man
shares 85 percent of his DNA
code with aps does not make us
“naked apes.”
“Wine contains 85 percent
water and no one would confuse
wine and water,” nisists the pro
fessor, who owns a California
vineyard. “It is the 15 percent
difference that counts.”
The difference between man
and ape lies largely in brain de
velopment, van Overbeek points
out.
HE NOTES the degree of com-
plimentarity between the DNA
strands of man and other forms
of life can be determined by using
radiotracer techniques.
Dr. van Overbeek considers dis
covery of the precise nature of
the DNA code one of the greatest
intellectual achievements ever
made by man. Drs. James D.
Watson of Harvard, Francis H. C.
Crick of Cambridge and Maurice
H. F. Wilkins of the University
of London won the Nobel Prize
for the discovery.
“What has yet to be achieved is
realization of the significance of
the genetic code among men, so
that its principles can be applied
more fully to the planning of our
society,” the professor observes.
VAN OVERBEEK points out
that just as the Morse Code con
sists of a sequence of dots and
dashes, the DNA code consists of
a sequence of four kinds of chem
ical units, nucleotides.
“Just as in the Morse Code, the
sequence of dots and dashes trans
lates into words and messages,”
he explains, “so in the DNA code
the sequence of nucleotides trans
lates into a sequence of amino
acids.” The amino acids form the
proteins that catalyze the bio
chemistry of the body.
it also can radiate plants.
The professor said he believes
the unit is the only one of its type
in a veterinary hospital.
It will complement an older
250,000-volt x-ray unit presently
used for therapy.
The unit is expected to become
operational within the month.
Banks added he “anticipates a
great deal more therapy,” much
of which will be referrals from
veterinarians in the field.
Noting the unit’s advantages
over the x-ray unit, Banks dis
closed that treatment in a shorter
length of time will be possible.
He said this is important since
animals, unlike humans, must be
placed under an anesthetic for
treatment.
“THE REAL value is doing
therapy for malignancies. You
do less damage to superficial tis
sues of the body because of its
higher energy output. It allows
deeper penetration of tissues,”
said Banks.
The unit is housed in a 30-inch
walled room for protection pur
poses, he added.
The unit will be on exhibit for
hospital personnel Thursday with
representatives of M. D. Ander
son on hand to examine facilities.
Bait Editor Wins
Writing Award
John W. Fuller, editor of The
Battalion, won honorable mention
laurels in an editorial contest
sponsored by the William Ran
dolph Hearst Foundation.
The San Angelo senior was
awarded a foundation scroll for
his Dec. 11 Battalion editorial,
“Will The Real SDS Please
Stand Up?”
An Air Force ROTC Distin
guished Military Student and a
member of Second Wing staff in
A&M’s Cadet Corps, Fuller was
twice named the Journalism De
partment’s outstanding student.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Fuller of San Angelo.
Fuller’s award marked the sec
ond honorable mention for a Bat
talion staff member in a Hearst
contest in three months. Staff
writer Tom Curl of San Juan won
in the news reporting category
in October.
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