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Medical School Admits
Freshman Class of 190
Using frogs as subjects, Prof.
George Nace of the zoology de-
partment is studying possible can-
cer-causing biochemical differ-
ences in cells.
The purpose of the study is to
determine chemical variations in
both adult and embryo stages.
"The problem is to decide what
kind of molecule should be exam-
ined for variations. Small mole-
cules, such as simple sugars, are
found in many organisms and thus
would not be expected to form the
basis of differences, he noted.
"However, protein, nucleic acid,
and polysacchrids (compound su-
gars), having a large size and com-
plexity, might be expected to form
the basis of differences, he ex-
plained.
Differences Important
These differences are important
to cell growth and development.
At an early stage of the embryo,
tissue nay be changed' to series
of different types by the injection
of certain chemicals. Later in its
development, the possibilities of
changebecome limited. In an
adult, the tissue can only change
to a tumor, Nace said.
The frog is used as a subject
for a number of reasons, Prof.
Nace noted. Embryos can be ob-
tained nine months of the year.
Also, more is known about its bio-
chemical development than any
other animal.
By PHILIP SHERMAN
The Medical School is one of
the nation's three largest, a fact
underscored by the recent admis-
sion of the 200-member class of
1965.
It has selected 190 students def-
initely to enter medical training
in September and tapped 22 alter-
nates to fill any vacancies due to
drop outs among the 190 and to
complete the additional 10 places.
The Universities of Illinois and
Tennessee, with 200 entering
freshmen each, are the other two
largest medical schools, Dr. Wil-
liam N. Hubbard, Jr., dean of the
Medical School, said yesterday.
It's hard to tell which one is
actually the biggest overall, he
added, because that depends on
the student attrition rate.
(The University's is around 15
per cent for four years, a little
higher than the national aver-
age. Dr. Hubbard said this could
mean a more permissive selection
procedure, but added that the
University still only selects stu-
dents it thinks can pass.)
Recognizes Need
The reason for such a relative-
ly large student body, is that the
University recognizes the nation-
al need for physicians and is act-
ing before most other schools, Dr.
Hubbard said.
The school's size, however, does
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However, the ease in manipulat- 1 T O
ng the frogs characteristics is iys .y
reatest attribute as a subject. Be-
1ig a cold blooded animal, tern- s
erature can be controlled in ex-
eriments. Abnormalities such as
iamese twins or three-eyed frogs Plans for installing new street
an be easily created. lamps were discussed at this
Since the experiments began in week's City Council meeting.
950, the study has been sponsor- The Council, in a move to aid
d by the National Institute of in the rehabilitation of the Ann
Iealth and by the Damon Runyon Arbor business center> appropri-
lemorial Fund. ated $750 for an experimental in-
stallation of new lamps said to
lS provide five times as much light
as any model presently in use.
Representatives of the Council
s HRB Head viewed the new high-power mer-
cury vapor units, which do not
Barton Burkhalter,, 161E, was distort color, at a special showing
lamed to succeed James Seder, in Highland Park.
61, as chairman of the University In another move, the Council ob-
uman Relations Boardyester- tained a free survey of the city's
lay. streetlight needs from the area's
"The members of the Board plan utility service.
o continue the fine work of the Ann Arbor would be the first
>revious board in all areas of community in the state to install
iscrimination," Burkhalter said. the 1,000-watt units, which are
"Besides its interest in the long- twice as costly as standard street-
ange direction of the University lights.
ommunity with respect to %dis- rhe Council hopes to finish the"
rimination, the board is deeply project by next Christmas to help
oncerned with individual cases local business. Parts of the cam-
f discrimination and violation of pus area are included in the'
lue process. plans.
"The board is especially con- Other changes discussed were
erned by the lack of complaints uniform use of metal street signs
ind activity on the part of those and installation of street lamps in
vho have been victims of either a parallel pattern-a method now
iscrimination or violations of due preferred over a "staggered" ar-
>rocess," he said. rangement.
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not adversely affect student's
chances for instruction. The school
was expanded to its present size
several years ago, but faculty-
student ratio, and the amount of
floor space per student have re-
mained constant.
However, at that time, the state
promised new and more-adequate
facilities. Part of the Medical Sci
ence Bldg. has been constructed,
but a wing is still unbuilt. The
facilities that would be there are
presently in East Medical Bldg.,
which is inadequate, and physical-
ly separated from the rest of the
school
Quality of Class
Dr. Hubbard said the quality of
the class of 1965 is about the same
as in previous years. It has a
mean grade point of just over a
The 850 applicants also total
about the same as last year, but
numbers of applications to one
school are not as important as
the total number of applicants to
all medical schools, Dr. Hubbard
explained.
In recent years there has been
a trend for students to apply at
more schools-five or six are now
the average but the actual num-
ber of applicants has not increas-
ed. In fact, the overall national
ratio of one place for each 1.8
applicants is the most favorable
for students in the past 25 years.
Include Women
Twelve of the 190 students ac-
cepted are women, and sixty-seven
are University students. Between
30 and 50 per cent of the Medical
School freshmen usually transfer
fromh other schools in the Univer-
sity, Dr. Hubbard said.
About 10 per cent of the fresh-
men will enter the Special Stud-
ies Program, similar to the Under-
graduate Honors College which in-
cludes extra seminars and re-
search. It gives students a chance
to sample research work not in-
clded in ordinary course work,
Dr. Hubbard explained.
Junior Panhdl
Sets Officers
Junior Panhellenic Association
has announced the results of its
Monday elections of next year's
officers.
The new Junior Panhel officers,
who will take office today, are:
President, Judith Lewis, '64, Alpha
Epsilon Phi; First Vice-President,
Catherine Calcaterra, '64, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; second Vice-Pres-
ident, Vicki Elmer, '64, Delta
Gamma; Secretary, Barbara Van
Dyck, '64, Sigma Delta Tau, and
Public Relations Chairman, Mary
Ellen Knake, '64, Kappa Delta.
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In a repent learned journal (Mad) the distinguished board
chairman (Ralph "Hot-Lips" Sigafoos) of one of our most
important American corporations (the Arf Mechanical Dog Co.)
wrote a trenchant article in which he pinpointed our gravest
national problem: the lack of culture among science graduates.
Mr. Sigafoos's article, it must be emphasized, was in no sense
derogatory. He stated quite clearly that the science student,
what with his gruelling curriculum in physics, math, and chem-
istry, can hardly be expected to find time to study the arts
too. What Mr. Sigafoos deplores:-indeed, what we all deplore
-is the lopsided result of today's science courses: graduates
who can build a bridge but can't compose a concerto, who know
Planck's Constant but not Botticelli's Venus, who are familiar,
with Fraunhofer's lines but not with Schiller's.
Mr. Sigafoos can find no solution to this hideous imbalance.
I, however, believe there is one-and a very simple one. It is
this: if students of science don't have time to come to the arts,
then we must let the arts come to students of science.
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For example, it would be a very easy thing to teach poetry
and music right along with physics. Students, instead of merely
being called upon to recite in physics class, would instead be
required to rhyme their answers and set them to familiar tunes
-like, for instance, The Colonel Bogey March. Thus recitations
would not only be chock-full of important facts but would, at
the same time, expose the student to the aesthetic delights of
great music. Here, try it yourself. You all know The Colonel
Bogey March. Come, sing along with me:
Physics
Is what woe learn in class.
Einstein
Said energy is mass.
Newton
Is highfalutin
And Pascal's a rascal. So's Boyle.
Do you see how much more broadening, how much more
uplifting to learn physics this way? Of course you do. What?
You want another chorus? By all means:
Leyden
He made the Leyden jar.
Trolley
He made the Trolley car.
Curie
Rode in a surrey,.
And Diesel's a weasel. So's Boyle.
once the student has mastered The Colonel Bogey March, he
can go on to more complicated melodies like Death and Trans-
figuration, the Eroica, and Love Me Tender.
And when the student, loaded with science and culture,
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