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PAGE 2—TW| CAMPUS CHAT
Friday, April 7, 1967
Possible Leukemia Cure
Victory Over Cancer
Gets Little Notice
It's stranjre how life jfoes or dur-
ing b period of war. even if the war
is undeclared. People still have
wild parties, crime rates" *oar high-
er by the day. people spend more
and more money Things don't quit
happening For instance:
"18 Die As Airliner Hits Motel."
"San Antonio Single Cra.«h Fa-
tal To Ten."
"Drifter Arrested in Girl's Mur-
der."
"26 Dead After Penthouse Fire."
Death, death, death. It's every-
where: from the smallest cross-
road hamlet in the U.S. to the dirt-
iest paddies of Vietnam. It's in
the sky and on the road. People
die even.* few minutes in terrify-
ing car crashes: they die in fires;
they die in accidents at home ; they
die by an overdose of sleepiriK pills
that was no accident.
But juiit when it ^ets frighten-
ing, along comes something short
of a miracle, something that lets
people know there is still a never-
ending fight to save lives.
Except for the one day when it
commanded the main headline in
two of the area's newspapers, the
Wadley Re-search Institute's re-
markable discoveries about a pos-
sible cure of leukemia have been
overlooked. It's time we realize the
importance, the magnitude, of such
diacoveries.
Leukemia is, simply put, can-
cer of the blood. The white blood
cells, which fight harmful bacteria
in the blood, begin to multiply ab-
normally and soon engulf the red
blood cells. The white cells are dis-
eased but still multiply more and
more. Soon they dominate the
blood and the all-important red
cells, which carry oxygen. The red
blood cells find themselves out-
numbered, outweighed and out-
fought.
Dr. Joseph Hill and Dr. Joseph
Roberts of the Wadlev Center feel
they have latched onto the most
promising cure ever It'* called L-
asparaginas* (L-a).
L-a acts like a well-guided ar-
row: it darts directly to the dis-
eased cell* but bypasses the few
remaining healthy cells. It forbids
the di-eased cells from using \j-
aspargine, vital to cell growth.
Without this natural amino acid,
the diseased cells die and the
healthy cells have a chance to
reproduce. Previous treatments,
like X rays, harmed healthy cells
as well as diseased ones.
For the past two and a half
years. Dr Hill and Dr. Roberts
have f/H-n experimenting with L-
a. They centered their hopes on
three young patients: One died,
one made a partial remission (re-
covery) and the third—the most
promising result—apparently has
made a full, complete recovery.
In the case of the partial re-
covery and the death, neither pat-
ient had regular, complete treat-
ments. As with any new. import-
ant cure, one of the first problems
will be to get enough of the drug
to help.
The 9-year-old boy who com-
pletely recovered did so after only
39 days of 1,-a injections. Both
doctors cautiously admit the boy
will have to live a normal life—
without ever getting leukemia
again—for L-a to be accepted as
truly a cure. But they also admit
hopes are higher than ever now
for a cure of leukemia.
To the parents of the boy who
has entered a stage of complete
recovery, the diligent work of the
Wadley Center must be unbelieva-
ble. But to J. K. Wadley, the 90-
year-old founder of the center, and
to the 28-year-old Dr. Roberts, the
work is something that must be
done.
Who is to say which battlefield
— a jungle or a score of test tubes
— is more important to man ?
—Bill Rainbolt
Moral Message Stressed
Priest Reviews Films;
Critical of The Bible1
You may now tell youi friends
that the easiest way to find a con-
temporary religious statement is
by going to the movies. And using
a little reverse psychology.
Father Boyd, the hip Episcopal
priest who is shaking some dust
off church cornerstones, is writing
movie reviews for the Christian
Century, Canadian Churchman and
the Episcopalian and Presbyterian
Survey.
For the student who has grown
tired of Time and Newsweek mov-
ie reviews, a Boyd review should
be bought quickly. His reviews run-
neth over with moral messages.
Father Boyd likes films that call
sex sex and hell hell. Only this way
can a moral statement be made, he
says.
In looking at contemporary
films such as "Virginia Woolf,"
"Darling," "The Pawnbroker,"
"Georgy Girl," "Alfie" and "Blow-
up," Father Boyd compares them
all against John Huston's "The
Bible."
The result is, says Father Boyd,
that Huston's version of God is
enough to turn "a moral, sensitive
man into a hard-core atheist."
The movie becomes so obsessed
with Technicolor film and funda-
mental interpretation of holy Bcrip-
ture that it bogs down at a Sun-
day picture book level. Father
Boyd said that Huston's Eve looks
like someone who could work in a
Playboy Club, which means pho-
ny, sexless sex — which means no
hope of getting around to showing
the human issues of pride, good or
evil.
By contrast, "Virginia Woolf"
asks a basic question: What is the
minimum of fantasy needed for
personal survival? When George
severed Martha's life of make-be-
lieve she was faced with nothing-
ness. The two characters, however,
remain human and the film ends
with a hope of redemptive promise.
"The Pawnbroker" cast Sol
Nazerman as having been so in-
volved in the raw side of life that
he is now repulsed by life. He
wants no help, no involvement, no
shared experience. But Nazerman's
human curtain is broken and hu-
man sharing of pain is depicted.
In "Blow-Up," we are shown an
antihero caught up in involve-
ment. Thomas is a sensitive young
man who, in his insensitive, quick-
paced world as a photographer,
has learned that he must hide his
feelings. When he encounters vio-
lence in a peaceful setting he is
faced with a choice and receives
a deep insight into his own being.
"Georgy Girl" and "Alfie" both
reside in a world where the Beatles
are decidedly more popular than
Jesus, says Father Boyd, who finds
that both films have a deep moral
message. And "Yes," says Father
Boyd, "Jesus loves Georgy Girl."
Even if other people do not.
—Roy Hamric
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To Improve School
A Surprise Honor
Ai the firjt 'M visitor to Tehran, capital of Iran, Mi« Inman was presented this
Persian rug by a representative of the Iranian National Tourist Organixation.
No institution it ever to good that
it cannot be improved. NTSl? is no ex-
ception.
Such was the thrust of the student
poll (see page 1 of this issue i in which
the students were asked what they
thought of their school. And the survey
was worthwhile. It pointed out that
North Texans are pleased with their
school, yet they see areas where changes
are desirable.
This column is to surest such
chan jres, based both on the student
survey and on personal observation.
One large area of discontent on the
poll was in the school's present parkin*
facilities, though it was not covered in
the page 1 story because the problem
was so obvious that no improvements
were mentioned.
In the past few years many sugges-
tions have been proposed to solve the
parking shortage on campus, but none
have proved feasible upon examination
for one reason or another. But to ex-
amine the trouble in simple terms, the
university has grown rapidly and will
continue to do so. Thus any system of
on-campus parking is bound to bo*
down in the school's own progress.
So, another solution must be dwelt
upon. Logically, with growth, the situa-
tion grows worse and will continue to
grow worse until the campus is entirely
Globetrotting Coed Comes to NT
Honored in Iran as First 64 Visitor
By CAROL REESE
Not many North Texas coeds have
performed for a king, met a prime minis-
ter and been interviewed on an Iranian
television program.
Mary Frances Inman. 20-year-old jun-
ior physical education major, car. boast
of those accomplishments and many
more.
Miss Inman calls San Angelo "home"
although she hasn't been there much in
the last 11 years. She's spent too much
time globetrotting
When she was 9, the Inman family
moved to Saudi Arabia, where Miss In-
wan's father managed part of King
Saud's livestock farm. Five American
families lived on the farm. The children
usually entertained the king with skits
and plays when he visited the farm. They
also met many of his guests, most of
them heads-of-state of foreign countries.
Miss Inman presented a rose to the late
Prime Minister Nehru of India during
one visit.
WHEN MISS I N.MAN'S father began
work with the U. S. Agency for In-
ternational Development (AID), the fam-
ily moved to Kandy, Ceylon, an island
off the southern coast of India. Ceylon
is a land of palm trees, tea and rubber
plantations and uem mines.
Miss Inman was sent to the Kodaikan-
nal boarding school in India, high in the
mountains, near Madras. The school,
sponsored by 24 protestant groups, main-
ly taught dependents of American busi-
nessmen and missionaries from all of
Southeast Asia.
Since she attended that boarding
school, the coed says, she feels more at
home in a dorm than anywhere else. She
also developed her interest in sports
and outdoor activities while she was
there because the school emphasized
outdoor recreation and students were
often taken on camping trips.
As the students were isolated except
for a small Indian town nearby, they
learned Indian culture first hand. Miss
Inman often went to the bazaar or mar-
ketplace where, she said, there were
snake charmers and men lying on beds
of nails. She picked up enough Hindu-
stani, the Indian language, to get through
the bazaar.
AT THE SCHOOL, a Burmese woman
taught first grade. Her husband had
been killed fighting on the allied side
during World War II, and their son
wanted very much to come to America
and go to West Point Miss Inman heard
not long ago that he had achieved his
mission.
The school year started in May. Vaca-
tion time ran from October to January
because of the monsoon season The NT
coed usually spent the vacation with her
parents in Ceylon, surfing in the ocean.
She said one of the most interesting
things about Ceylon is the "Perrahara"
festival every August. This is a Buddhist
ceremony centered on the remnant of
one of Buddha's teeth, which is kept in
the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy. The
festival lasts about a week and there
are parades constantly, including a torch-
lit parade around a lake by elephants.
IN 1962, the Inmans were transferred
by AID to Iran.
In Tehran Miss Inman, then a junior
in high school, attended the Tehran
American School. There are many Amer-
icans! in modern, bustling Tehran.
The housing was modern, she said,
but the neighborhood was composed of
both higher and lower class Iranian fam-
ilies. The family living next door was
very poor and the fourth wall of their
home was the side of the compound wall
around the Inman home.
Miss Inman said Iranian children love
American bubble gum but because of the
high price of American imported goods,
even that is a nonexistent luxury.
Iranians keep a large water supply in
their yards, and the practical Americans
found a good use for them—swimming
pools.
DURING HER JUNIOR YEAR Miss
Inman's class organized an American
Teen Club and a girls' basketball team
that was always getting beat by the
Iranians.
In her senior year in 1963-64, Miss
Inman spent Christmas vacation in Is-
rael. On the return trip to Tehran, her
flight was delayed for some time from
landing because of snow on the runway.
After the landing was made, the plane
steward asked Miss Inman to come for-
ward. When the plane door opened and the
steps were rolled up, camera flashbulbs
beifan popping and she was presented a
bouquet of roses. She was the lucky first
foreign visitor to Tehran in 1964. The
Iranian National Tourist Organization
(INTO) presented her a Persian rug and
a trip to four of Iran's main cities, in-
cluding the ancient capitai of the Per-
sian empire. She was also interviewed on
Iranian television.
The blonde coed is one of few Ameri-
cans who can say that her high school
senior trip was to the Caspian Sea, a re-
sort lake between Russia and Iran. The
group spent days swimming in the lake
and nights playing poker, she said.
HER SENIOR PROM was held at the
Tehran-Hilton, and the U. S. Ambassador
to Iran spoke at her graduation ceremon-
ies.
She enrolled in Angelo State College
at San Angelo in the fall of 1964. At the
end of her freshman year, Miss Inman
went back to Tehran and worked at th«-
American Officers' Club. She came back
to America by boat through the Medi-
terranean.
At North Texas as a transfer student,
this year, Miss Inman is a member of
the Pro Club, the professional club for
physical education majors, and also a
counselor at Kendall Hall
M iss Inman, who has taken side trips
to just al>out every country in the world
including all of Southeast Asia, the
Scandinavian countries and Europe, says,
"You find out very little about a country
as a tourist. You must live there to find
out how little you really know."
Miss Inman's parents are currently in
the United States waiting for reassign-
ment by AID. They anticipate being sent
to either the Dominican Republic, Ni-
geria or Iraq. Says Miss Inman," I hope
they go to the Dominican Republic. I've
never been to a Latin American country,
so that would lie something new."
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Miss Inman was asked to comment
on her travels in Iran when she was
nterviewed on Tehranian television
An interpreter, right, translated Miss
Inman's comments into Persian for
the broadcast.
shut off to on-canpus parking. Sooner
or later this will have to be done.
Why not now? If the streets within
university bounds were sealed off and
a university transport system were set
up, the congestion problem could be
whipped The school is within walking
distance of most housing facilities, and
a bus system could be set up at a nomi-
nal cost for those students who lived
farther out. Then an intra-campus sys-
tem could lie set up on an hourly basis
in the university area.
Students not wishing to use the bus
could drive to the campus if they wished
and then hop the cross-campus transport
to classes. Or they could ride bicycles to
class.
HOUSING — A change of school hous-
ing to closer resemble the University of
Texas at Austin might be desirable. The
present system is a holdover from the
school's younger days when it was a
teachers' school and most of the students
were women. 1 propose that the admini-
stration allow women to choose their own
residences and thus free them of their
forced parent.
This would also free the university
from the responsibility of housing so
many students and would provide more
space for classroom building- something
that is sorely needed. Then, perhaps
classes could be held in classrooms rather
than in the Union Building, the Admini-
stration Building, the Main Auditorium
and outdated structures such as the old
English and Government Buildings.
Such a proposal would have to be
considered on a time basis since the
school is under contract to keep dorm
space filled at present, but as the popu-
lation grows the switch could be made
in lieu of building new, space-consuming
dormitories.
ADMINISTRATION — Student an-
swers in the survey pointed out a cry-
ing need for closer ties between the two
major bodies on campus student and ad-
ministration. The main need here seems
to be a counseling system. As was point-
ed out in the page 1 story, North Texas
has no considerable counseling program,
even at the freshman level.
A program should be set up to assist
the student in choosing his course of
study rather than throwing him on hi*
own from the first flay'. It seems totally
in contrast with the rest of the admin-
istration's policies, but students indicated
not only that they felt counseling was
needed but that they felt unable to go
to a. dean for help.
Also, in this area, why not consider
a Discipline Suggestion Board rathec
than a Discipline Appeals Board? In
this, rather than the board serving as a
chevk on the administration, it would be
an aid. Rather than reviewing decisions,
it would examine discipline cases before
the administration and make sugges-
tions for action. Then a final decision, as
it must, would lie with the school
leaders; yet the students would have a
voice.
INFIRMARY — One desperate need
on campus is more complete facilities at
the University Hospital. There is no
emergency system of any kind at the
Infirmary. This was pointed out recently
when a student suffered an epileptic
seizure at the Union Building but was
unaided Itecause helping students didn't
know that emergencies should go to
Flow Hospital. The students were waiting
on action from the Infirmary.
A campus psychiatrist might also
prove valuable.
I SNT — It is no secret that the stu-
dent government is not actually a leg-
islative body, but it can sei-ve many use-
ful functions to the student body if it
is properly run and sees its duty to the
student l>ody. A large number of the
surveyed students felt that they were
not represented by their government
(perhaps partly because so few of them
voted in campus elections),
I SNT would do well to channel more
of its efforts toward scheduling activities
for the student body, such as all-school
dances and name entertainment, rather
than waste its time with the passage of
bills such as its recent legislation favor-
ing one type of draft law over another.
Such efforts may appear noble, but
they do very little for the student in
English 131.
UNION BUILDING - The Union
Building could easily be made more of
a place for recreation by utilizing part
of the vast third floor wasteland for
such facilities as pool, ping-|>ong ta-
bles, game tables and the like. At pres-
ent it is little more than a cramped (lin-
ing hall with a large upstairs parlor and
a profitable downstairs store.
As we said at the beginning, any in-
stitution can stand change and improve-
ment. These suggestions are not criti-
cisms of any particular groups, nor Bre
they meant to lie prophecies. They are
just ideas that, in one man's opinion,
could solve a few problems and make the
place a little better, a little more liva-
ble.
These are not all the problems, nor
are these all the answers. Hut they
could be a start.
They are, at least, something to think
about.
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