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■ Prof Says Americans Not Fit THE BATTALION Thursday, February 6, 1969 College Station, Texas Page 3 Although the U. S. is a major health center for rehabilitation, fit has “done poorly in preventing many of our problems,” a pro- ! lessor claims. “Too many of our eggs are in | the same basket . . . putting to gether pieces,” said Assistant Prof. Donald Merki. His statements followed a Con gressional committee report that 10 to 15 million Americans may be suffering from malnutrition, including 4.5 million children. The 10-state report included the Texas counties of Harris, Dal las, Tarrant, Travis, McLennan and Washington. A Health and Physical Educa tion faculty member, Merki is also a member of a six-man Texas Education Agency committee writing health education cur riculum guidelines for secondary schools. MALNUTRITION, however, is not the only problem, according to Merki. Others include sex education, drugs, physical health, tobacco, alcohol and environmental health. “They are all current prob lems,” Merki admitted. “These are problems which we live with.” Merki pointed out that recent research reveals Texas students in the 12th grade fall “below the national norms for 12th grade students” taking the Kilander Health Knowledge Test. had with physical education,” he stressed. “There simply is enough material for two separate curricu- lums.” PREVIOUSLY, health educa tion has been included as a part of physical education. “This meant in theory they (physical educators) could teach health education,” Merki de scribed, “even though they may have had 21 hours of physical education as compared with only three hours of health education.” Merki also pointed out A&M is “one of four pioneer colleges and universities in the development of health education in the state.” Elder Takes Ft. Worth Ministry In August, A&M graduates its first four health educators in a master’s program. Another survey, he said, re vealed health misconceptions by students in Texas schools, includ ing: Health is determined by the star under which a person is born. People were healthier in the ‘good old days.’ Charms and good luck pieces influence health. In a health education survey, Merki said approximately 70 per cent of public school adminis trators considered health educa tion a subject matter area, separ ate and apart from physical edu cation, and prefered a health educator, or physical educator with specialized training in health education, to teach health edu cation. The Rev. Dr. Lloyd Elder, pas tor of College Station’s First Baptist Church, resigned recently to become pastor of the Gambrell Street Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Gambrell Church is considered one of the strategic Baptist churches in the state due to its proximity to Southwestern Bap tist Theological Seminary. The seminary is Southern Baptists’ largest seminary, offering degree programs in theology, religious education and music. Dr. Elder said a primary chal lenge as pastor of Gambrell will be the “multiplying affect of ministering to the many pastors in training at Southwestern who are members of the church.” Dr. Elder joined First Baptist Church as pastor four years ago, coming from First Baptist Church of Princeton, near Dallas. During his tenure as pastor, College Station’s largest Baptist church has grown from a 1964 budget of $61,000 to a total con tribution in 1968 of $91,000. More than 1,000 persons have joined the church. Dr. Elder pointed out his leav ing was “coincidental” to the resignations of two pastors of Bryan’s leading Baptist churches and that his resignation was “in the normal fashion of a pastor accepting a call to another church. No. 1 In College Sales Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company 303 College Main 846-8228 IN THE MIDDLE Graduate Student Horace Morgan (standing) of Dermott, Ark., is one of four students scheduled to receive a master’s degree next summer in health education, the first at any state university. Asst. Prof. Donald Merki (left) pointed out the health educator’s role has come about due to modem man’s many misconceptions about health. The new title demands a “middle-man” relationship between medical sci ence and John Q. Public, said Merki. VENEREAL diseases are large ly confined to the poorer under privileged. Alcohol is a stimulant. Drug abuse is restrictive to the lower economic portion of society. “We see health education as the best answer,” Merki empha sized, noting that this approach “gets into developing people pro fessionally. Emerging on the academic scene is a new health educator developing as a “middle-man be tween medical science and John Q. Public,” he said. “He is not a physical education major, but a health educator with a strong background in health education,” Merki added. “This is not an attempt to break the close relationship we’ve Oceanography Department Receives $750,000 Naval Research Grant A $755,036 Office of Naval Re search contract with the Ocean ography Department will provide partial support for Alaminos op eration and fund seven research projects, announced Dr. Richard A. Geyer. The department head said a previous ONR award also was earmarked for operation of the Alaminos, 180-foot ship used for oceanographic research in the Gulf of Mexico. The major Navy contract will enable continuation of research projects by 10 department faculty members. Circulation and thermal struc tures studies in the Gulf and Carribean are conducted by Dr. Takashi Ichiye, John D. Cochrane and Robert O. Reid. Dr. Willis E. Pequegnat heads bio-environmental studies in the Gulf and John H. 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