Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 23, 1959 Page: 50 of 99
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bettery of measurements (compos-
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tests) of stunted, highly under-
trying to improve
bad food habits
tor of research.
Dr. Mack is an eminent scien-
tist of international recognition
and in 1950 received the arvan
Medal from the American Chemi-
cal Society for her research work
in bone density.
Distinguished work in her divi-
sion has been done in the fields
of child development, of family re-
lationships of home management
and of home economics education.
Representative of work in the
latter field is a series of studies
on the improvement of teaching
nutrition to high school girls in
a number of research projects in
this field in which courses of study
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BONE STUDIES—Gene Martin, technician, operates the bone density
equipment in the Nlda Childers Stark Laboratory for Human Nutri-
ttM Research to the College of Household Arts and Sciences at TWU.
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research in areas related to home
specialties In medicine and
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eluding in some cases those in
their 90s, can improve in many
aspects of physical state if they
will improve their food habits.
Radiation Studies
Are Well Underway
In connection with the human
nutrition studies at TWU, collater-
al investigations are made with
experimental animals. Chief among
these at the present time are in-
vestigations of the effect of dif-
ferent levels of radiation in such
situations as X-ray diagnosis, X-
ray therapy and radiations resem-
bling atomic fall - out.
One project sponsored by the Na-
tional Instituts of Health of the
U.S. Public Health Service has to
do with the amount of X-radiation
which can he withstood by tne
white rat. The results can be trans-
country, with new equipment
which alone cost approximately
$200,000. Much of the highly
A project of major importance,
sponsored by the Office of the Sur-
geon General, United States Army,
has to do with the results of radia-
tion of • type Mated to atomic
BAND X-RAYS—Associate Professor George P. Vose prepares to take an X-ray pic-
ture of the hand of Denise Guinn, as a part of a nutrition study. The Imperial X-
ray machine is used which has special features designed by Vose for obtaining pre-
cise positioning of the part of the body to be X-rayed. A calibrated wedge to being
placed on the film, which will be used for for measuring skeletal density of bones of
the hand. This is one of several pieces of highly refined equipment in the Nelda Chil-
ders Stark Laboratory for Human Nutrition Research of the College of Household
Arts and Sciences for evaluating human nutritional status.
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nourished children In a nearby
city, seeking inexpensive means of
improving their food intake and
therebyr their growth and general
well • being.
Another recent project has had
to do with teenage youth and
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claused equipment has been__
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laboratory, extensive studies are
conducted on the food habits and
nutritional status of children, teen-
age youth, young adults and geri-
atric or older adults.
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man-made textiles in the re-
search laboratory. They have stud-
led and are studying the finishes
being placed on the modern textile
fabric to find what types of finish
really make a fabric wrinkle resis-
tant, or stable with respect to
shrinkage or stretchag*. or water
repellent or flame resistant. Cur-
rently an extensive study of the
wash and wear fabrics is under
way.
Wool as an essential commodity
in the Texas economy has come
in for extensive study both as to
durabilty and as to fashion fac-
tors. Dr. Bethel Caster has con-
ducted unique research with her
graduate students on points relat-
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soned that the nutrition condition
of the girl herself would serve as
the best criterion of whether the
course had been effective in caus-
inghert improve her food habits
and thereby improve her ow n
physical well • being.
This proved sucessful to a point
In all cases in which the improved
nutrition course was taught. X u t
the greatest increase in over - all
nutrition well • being occurred
with a group of high school stu-
dents where the mothers also were
given nutrition instruction at
night, thereby enabling them to
help their daughters to select
more nutritious foods.
Nutrition Research
Has $200,000 Labs
The Nelda Childers Stark Lab-
oratory for Human Nutrition Re-
search is one of the best equipped
laboratories in this fiald in the
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been studied as well as • group
to a private home Extensive stu-
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these geriatric- studies, - has —
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the many factors related to Mt
getting sufficient protoin, minerals
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taining fractures or will be frac-
tured in the confusion which will
result, and that a considerable por-
tion of the population will not be'
optimum in their nutrition. There-
fore the rate of fracture healing,
and the study of the body of the
various animals with different nu-
ritional deficiencies, including
bone density studies, will be able
to be interpreted in terms of the
human denominator.
Textile Work
On Wash, Wear
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girl have been designed and_____
an extensive bettery of medical-nu-
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“One of the first steps la to dis-
cover what attitudes and concepts
students have concerning mental
health when they come to us,"
Dean Panbell explained “The
grant is assisting us in devising
methods of teaching and in the
selection and evaluation of learn-
ing experience which add. to the
concepts of Integrating mental
health concepts throughout each
arra of the curriculum."
She pointed out that there also
is an increase In the groups of
younger and older patients in Am-
erican hospitals and therefore it
is important to provide experienc-
es in the curiculum rotated to
the care of these patients.
"Geriatric psychiatry and child
psychiatry are rapidly developing
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Cancer Study Part
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I Research work also is carried
I out in other fields at TWU. Ono
I of these programs is a three-year
I cancer research project supervis-
I ed by Dr. Robert Fuerst, assist-
I ant professor in the department
I of biology.
The large grant was placed- at
I TWU by the National Institutes
I of Health of the Public Health Ser-
I vice, U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
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I too on Pyrimidine Compounds,"
I the research project is ihvestigat-
I tag the development of non-toxie
compounds for treatment of tu-
I mors and cancer.
Dr. Fuerst's interest in this
field began while he was in charge
of the microbiology section of the
M.D. Anderson Hospital in Hous-
ton. f
Other research projects, includ-
| tag one in which Miss Viola Ham-
ilton, associate professor, to co-
administrator, are under way in
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Mental Health Studied
In College Of Nursing
A grant of more than 170,000 to
being used by the College of Nurs-
ing faculty to develop ways to in-
tegrate mental health concepts in
all courses iaken by nursing stu-
dents.
i The award is from the Depart-
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, Public Health Service,
the National Institutes of Health,
and to for five years.
Miss Faye Pannell, dean of the
College of Nursing, said this pro- ।
gram to helping students meet the ,
emotional needs of patients and |
apply mental health principles in 1
their personal and professional ,
lives. Miss Grace Theresa Gould, 1
assistant professor in the College-1
of Nursing, to project director, (
and consultant services are pro- 1
vided at present by -the South- ।
western Medical School.
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SHEETS BEING WovEN—Dr. Ramon Esteve, Jr., pro
fessor of Textile Research, and two textile students
TEXTILE WORK—Associate Professor John A. Balog demonstrates the use of ul-
trasonic vibrations in the removal of soil from a textile fabric. A faculty member
of the College of Household Arts and Sciences was the first to show that ultrasonic
waves (sound waves beyond the range of perception of the human ear) could be
used to remove dirt. Now the technique is widely employed to cleanse delicate arti-
cles including vlvets and fine textiles.
degrees of dietary deficiencies of
various types are studied. it to aa>
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Texas cottons, the sheets to be used in a cotton re-
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Texas Woman’s University maintains an extensive pro-
gram in scientific research supported by industrial, gov-
ernmental and private funds which in recent years have
totaled in excess of two million dollars.
TWU’s 1959-60 budget for research and research-oriented
collateral programs will be approximately $300,000, says
Dr. John A. Guinn, president.
Among the fields in which unusually significant basic
research to being done at the present time are human nutri-
tion, biology, chemistry, dietetics, child growth and develop-
m D Guinn poinle^^^ anticipates ever-increas-
ing support as a research center as its staff of scientists,
its equipment and its number of graduate students con-
tinue togrow.
The TWU research and testing services are utilised by
state hospitals and special schools as well as other state
institutions and establishments.
The developments of this large program in the past few
years has given TWU the stature of an important univer-
sity research center, he pointed out.
w- fail • out. This study to coopera-
| tive with Texas AIM Collete Ex-
This equipment to called in scientific term* a microdensltometrie as- perimentpimedmadihterentbiveirt
sembly for the measurement of skeletal density. • radjation; and the effect upoorata
with fractures, and with diffm out
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PRECIBION WORK—Dr. Robert Fuerst, assistant pro- .
fessor of biology, to working on two research projects
at TWU. Above, he to using the Mettler Precision Bat ’
ance in the TWU micro-biology laboratory.
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Kirkland, Tom. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 17, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 23, 1959, newspaper, August 23, 1959; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1467896/m1/50/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.