THE MICHIGAN DAILY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1963 JUST LIKE CAGERS: Debate Team Enjoys Winning Season I"- f1#TA I " 'XTT ml1 T 'Il I aiil:i I A HI":'I BOYNE MT. CABERFAE SKI AREA CRYSTAL MT. DRYDEN GRAMPIAN AU SABLE MT. BRIGHTON MT. CHRISTIE MT. HOLLY IRISH HILLS SUMMIT SKI CLUB CADILLAC SANDS HOLIDAY HOUSE By RONALD WILTON The Debate Team is not as old The University basketball team as the basketball team, having and the University Debate Team been completely reorganized only have one thing in common this last year. It is now an independent year-they are both having good student organization registered seasons. with the Office of Student Af- Immuno toxicologyMen Study 'Monday :Disease' Ifairs, receiving its funds from $ s S'3 ski passbook Reg. $10 the HAWAIIAN GARDENS HOWARD JOHNSONS Actually over $450 worth of g°°st passes for lift tick- ets, equipment rental, ski weeks, food, lodging, when- ever two people ski to- gether! 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Somehow, the defense mechanism contrib- utes to the illness. The researchers are particular- ly interested in "The Monday Di- seases," a group of aliments marked by chills, fever and sever coughing attacks which reach a peak each Monday. Symptoms Abate. By Tuesday, the flu-like symp- toms begin to abate. Wednesday brings only brief chills and a slight cough. Then the victim re- covers for the rest of the week, but on Monday he starts the pat- terns all over again. One of about six such research laboratories in the world, the im- munotoxicolgy facility is a focal point for studies of these di- seases. Headed by Prof. Vernon N. Dodson, the section is part of the industrial health laboratories in the public health school. Researching the problem calls for highly sophisticated methods because the investigators do not deal with a simple cause-and-ef- fect situation. They work in a complex field of reactions and counter-reactions as the body's defense mechanism responds to faint traces of zinc, copper or magnesium-the common causa- tive agents. Diverse Studies They seek answers through di- verse studies of allergic responses, viruses, metabolic rates a n d hitch-hiking chemical molecules. The seven-day pattern of the Monday disease holds a suggestion that it could be a metabolic phenomenon Prof. Dodson says. The patient apparently loses his defense against the fumes during weekends away from his job. So on Monday, it strikes hard. He builds tolerance during the rest of the work week, but loses it over Saturday and Sunday. Prof. Dodson created zinc-fume fever in a rabbit, gave a bit of the animal's blood to a second rabbit, and some of the second's blood to a third. He found that rabbit number three was then susceptible to the fever. This marked the first time that the reaction had been "transferred" that far from the original victim. Not Allergy Although the Monday disease remains a medical mystery, the evidence to date indicates that it is not a true allergy, Prof. Dod- son says.. So researchers are seek- ing answers elsewhere. Human volunteers, including Prof. Dodson himself, are cur- rently wearing zinc patches over tiny abrasions on their forearms. They hope this will reveal new information about how blood cells behave in the presence of the metal. speech department. The team has participated in three major tournaments so far this year. The first was the Group Action Tournament at Michigan State University attended by 15 schools. The University entered two teams, one of which took second place. 25 Schools In the Milwaukee Yearling Tournament at which 25 schools were represented, the club also entered two teams, one of which won four out of four matches while the other split four. Atthe Rochestertournament, attended by 40 schools from all over the nation, the club came in fourth. In addition, Everett Woods, '65, took second place in the in- dividual speaker competition. This semester the club plans to enter three more large tourna- ments: one in New York City this month, the annual Delta Sigma Rho Conference here in April and the Big Ten Conference at Min- neapolis in May. Try-Out Meetings The team holds an organiza- tional meeting for all interested students once a semester. Anyone who trys out is accepted. New ap- plicants learn debating techniques for at least a semester, by which time they are usually adequate de- baters. At present the team has 25 members. Prof. Kenneth Anderson of the speech department is the faculty representative for the team. The coaches, Thomas Mozer, Melvin Donahoe, William Reed, and Mary Ann Klaarin are all graduate stu- dents. The coaches work with the team members in preparing them for tournaments., "Preparation is equivalent to taking one to two extra liberal arts courses," it is emphasized. A standard tourna- ment round lasts 60 minutes with each team getting two ten minute and two five minute periods. To Present' Arms Limit 13roadcas ts The issue of international arms control and disarmament and its many implications will be ex- plored on a number of programs produced by Broadcasting Service. Background, a Broadcasting Service program that has been aired weekly since Juner1958, will feature a number of interviews. The Soviet Union's stand on arms control and disarmament will be discussed Thursday by Victor Karpov, first secretary of the Soviet embassy in Washing- ton. The following week, two top United States experts will discuss this country's disarmament posi- tion, Disarmament Agency Direc- tor William C. Foster and John T. McNaughton, general counsel for the department of defense, will be heard. Among the other persons to be featured on Background in the coming weeks are Robert Matte- son of the Arms Control and Dis- armament Agency who will relate a number of his personal exper- iences in world diplomacy includ- ing early talks with Soviet lead- ers; Lt. Col. Harold Aaron, direc- torate for arms control in the defense department; Prof. Sey- mour Melman of Columbia Uni- versity, and Sen. Hubert Hum- phrey (D-Minn) who will discuss the need for regional arms con- trol agreements as an essential step to total disarmament. Barry Assumes Post For Medical School By PHILIP SUTIN Prof. Alexander Barry of the Medical School was appointed as- sistant dean of that school at the January Regents meeting to serve half-time, coordinating Medical School and Medical Center expan- sion plans. The exact duties of the post have not yet been defined, Prof. Barry said, but he will represent the dean and the Medical School executive committee on the vari- ous building committees that plan medical facilities. "The dean has many responsi- bilities and has limited time to fol- low day by day the building com- mittees," Prof. Barry pointed out. He explained his post "was par- tially created because Medical Center expansion plans have been set by the Regents, and the school needs someone to make certain the building plans fit into the overall concept." A $29 million MedicalCenter ex- pansion program was approved by the Regents in January, 1961. The long-range program is to be fi- nanced by private and public sources. Currently, the Medical Center is requesting a second medical sci- ence unit and a children's hospi- tal from the state Legislature. Both are urgently needed, Prof. Barry noted, especially since,'the Legislature had promised the sec- ond medical science unit when the Medical School expanded to 200 freshmen students 10 years ago. The Medical Center recently re- emphasized its need for a new children's hospital to replace the current crowded wing of the gen- eral hospital in a special four- page issue of the University Hos- pital Star, the house organ of the Medical Center. In addition to his work on capi- tal outlay, he will also be given curriculum and counseling re- sponsibility. Prof. Barry has served on the Medical School's curriculum com- mittee and on the medical science building committee. He does not plan to serve more than half-time as assistant dean for "administrators who are not teaching become isolated." :. PROF. ALEXANDER BARRY ... dividing time POLITICAL COALITIONS: Gamson Views Award-winnin Paper . Also Available?, Movies, Sports '63 Entertainment . . $51 Book. 140 Passes for Dining, _ By THOMAS DRAPER Prof. William A. Gamson of the sociology department recently de- scribed as "a surprising Christmas present" his $1,000 award from the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science for a paper on political coalitions. Prof. Gamson explained that there are two parts to the paper. "The first part presents a mathe- matical function with three or four variables which predicts win-' ning political coalitions. The sec- ond part is a write-up of an ex- This is the spot for BARGAINS in New and Used BUSHIED? S TA STA periment which tests the validity of this function." In the experiment seven students from two different fraternities were given votes. They were to use their votes to come to a decision about various proposals. Final Association "Contrary to what we expected, the fraternity association 'made little difference in the final vot- ing," Prof. Gamson said. "One of the interesting results of the ex- periment .was that a person who starts out in the strongest voting bloc has a smaller probability of being. in the final coalition than someone who is initially in a weak- er voting bloc."' He said that this applies when- ever the strong voting bloc is both smaller- than the number needed for decision and smaller than the numbei needed for "band wagon appeal." "There was a third part to the paper concerned with presidential nominations which I didn't sub- mit, but which I personally found the most interesting," Prof. Gam-, son said. "By studying the first balloting of the national conven- tions since 1900, the voter strength of each ideology, and the charac- ter potential of the nominees, I tried to predict the final coalition. Three Publish Fishery Text Three University zoologists have combined talents to produce a new book titled "Ichthyology" (The Study of Fishes). Designed as a comprehensive textbook for introductory fishery courses, the 488-page, illustrated volume is the work of Prof. Karl F. Lagler of the natural resources school, chairman of the fisheries department, and Prof. Robert R. Miller, curator of fishes in the zoology museum. The text is an outgrowth of the course in ichthyology taught by Lagler for more than 20 years. "Using my theory, the chance probability of nomination could be improved upon by 30-40 per cent." Prof. Gamson received his PhD in sociology at the University in 1959. He taught at Harvard for three years, then returned to the University last September. Prof. Gamson is now working on community conflicts and politics. He is centering this research on the fluoridation issue. He said that he was trying to determine what factors of a society determine community cleavage on issues. Stady Ways To Distort Radar Images The radiation laboratory of the electrical engineering department is engaged in research to lessen the identification effectiveness of enemy radar on missiles and air- craft. The laboratory is making "radar cross section" tests to determine the radar pattern characteristics of the missile or aircraft. This pat- tern is determined by the shape of the vehicle the material it is made of. For example, "penetration aid" devices associated with ICBM re- entry problems have been examin- ed in both theoretical and experi- mentalprograms. The aim, labora- tory director Ralph E. Hiatt ex- plained, is to improve these de- vices and better disguise the ve- hicle. Rlesearch on 'he radar antenna of the proposed RS-70 bomber is underway, he noted. Problems arose in the design of this antenna because its location in the air- craft affected its performance. The laboratory is attempting to find an acceptable radar antenna pattern despite location difficul- ties. 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