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W.U Bears Enjoy Regional Victory, Bring Home Third Place Honors
The WU soccer Bears fin- ished in third place in the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic As- sociation (NCAA) Division III finals at Trenton, N.J., Nov. 23 and 24.
The team scored a pair of first-half goals to defeat Lock Haven (Pa.) State, 2-0, and capture third place.
Freshman outside striker Steve Lewis scored his first goal of the season to give the Bears a 1-0 lead after nine minutes, 39 seconds of play against Lock Haven. Lewis, who was starting in place of injured striker Arthur Jurema, received a pass from Steve Winkler and then evaded the Lock Haven goalie with a shot from close range.
Hector Benavides got the second Bears goal when he took a crossing pass from Martin Wagner and tapped a five-yard shot into the right- hand corner.
The victory ended the WU season with 16 wins, three losses and three ties. Lock Haven had a 12-4-2 record.
Goalkeeper Joe Fiala
gained the shutout for the Bears who were outshot, 20- 10, and had just four corner kicks to nine for Lock Haven.
"I was delighted with the victory," said WU coach Joseph S. Carenza, Jr. "We lost three to nothing to Lock Haven in last year's cham- pionship game and we had something to prove today."
Jeff Wiebolt's penalty kick in a second overtime period gave Glassboro (N.J.) State a 3-2 victory over WU in the semifinal game of the soccer tournament.
The Bears opened the scor- ing in the first half on a 10- yard shot by Benavides that eluded Glassboro goalie Walter Gotrell. Ahmed Budhane assisted on the goal.
Glassboro evened the score when top scorer Scott Salis- bury took a pass from left wing Pat Lacroix and fired an 18-yard shot past Fiala.
The Bears' Owen Curtis re- covered a short goal kick by the Glassboro goalie and sent a 35-yard shot that just got
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Student Named Conductor of Texas Orchestra
The WU Orchestra may be developing into something of a spawning ground for the ca- reers of young orchestral con- ductors. Leonard Slatkin, who directed the orchestra from 1969 to 1972 (at the time he was only 24 and assistant conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra), went on to direct the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently conductor and
music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Seemingly following his path is the WU Orchestra's cur-
rent director, James L. Sedares, a WU second-year graduate student in music and conductor of the Kirkwood Symphony Orchestra, who was appointed assistant conductor of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra last month. At 23, he is one of the youngest assistant conductors of any major orchestra in the country.
Gerhardt Zimmermann, associate conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Sedares's teacher for several years, noted that Sedares's appointment represents, for such a young man, a good start to a very bright future.
"Jim has what a lot of young people lack—soul," Zimmer- mann said. "Music-making today tends to go for fast tempos and flashy presentations rather than getting into the meaning of the music, which is what Jim does. He is one of the few young conductors around who approaches the music with that deep feeling and commitment."
Sedares will direct the WU Orchestra in a concert at 8 p.m., Dec. 6, in Graham Chapel. The program will include works by Mozart, Haydn, Prokofiev, and WU graduate student Bill Patterson.
Because of his numerous commitments in St. Louis, Sedares almost turned down the San Antonio job, but accepted when the Orchestra offered to fly him back and forth for the rest of- the season. He has already made the St. Louis-San Antonio round trip four times and directed six concerts in his new musi- cal home in just five weeks.
Dark-haired and handsome, Sedares resembles more closely a robust and elegant Mehta than a regal, leonine Stokowski or a shaggy, elfin Ozawa. His rapid speech and constant shifting of his body reveal his enormous energy: his internal metro- nome paces at the tempo of his new life.
"In contrast to my schedule with the WU Orchestra, pro- grams in San Antonio must be put together three times as quickly," Sedares noted. "My role as conductor is also much different. At the University, the conductor can be somewhat supreme. In San Antonio, I'm a first among equals. Some members of the orchestra have been playing for as long as I've
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Physician/Historian Serves Unique Role in University System
The physician-writer in our society is not legion, but, none- theless, the practitioner who is both a healer and a scribe is not wholly uncommon. A.J. Cronin, the Scottish doctor-novelist, is well-known; William Carlos Williams, poet and MD, is an even more familiar literary figure.
Similarly, physicians who have been bewitched by Clio, the muse of history, and have made the study of the past an avoca- tion are by no means unusual. But the clinician with a joint aca- demic appointment in both a school of medicine and a college of arts and sciences is rare, indeed. Such a man is 32-year-old Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, of WU, who is, he believes, the first person in this country to be both a practicing physician and medical educator as well as a professional historian and bona fide member of a liberal arts faculty.
This fall, Ludmerer took up his duties as an assistant pro- fessor of history on the Hill while pursuing his varied tasks as an assistant professor of internal medicine and attending physi- cian at Barnes Hospital. Shuttling back and forth from the white-frocked environment of the WU Medical Center to a crowded office off the quadrangle in Busch Hall, the bastion of the Department of History, the peripatetic Ludmerer has found this new lifestyle to be both stimulating and exciting.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Ludmerer himself made history when the American College of Physicians named him one of five Teaching and Research Scholars for a three-year term. Ludmerer views this most recent accomplishment as yet another affirmation of his unusual status as a full-fledged historian on one campus and a physician-academician on another.
To be successful in such disparate worlds, Ludmerer has found it necessary to budget his time carefully. "I spend about 40 per cent of my time on clinical responsibilities," he ex- plained. "About 60 per cent of my time is devoted to research which I do in the library rather than the lab. There is no schism," he emphasized. "My work in history and my work as a medical educator reinforce each other.
"As a historian, I have, of necessity, had to examine the traditional assumptions of medical practice and medical education. This experience had made me a much more ef- fective teacher in the medical school because I tend to culti- vate critical thought rather than to demand that the house staff simply regurgitate data. I want my medical stu- dents to learn to think criti- cally. Such a process should sustain them throughout their
Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD lifetime in medicine. I myself am conscious of this process in an explicit way through my study of history. It's not the only way, of course, to develop a critical mind. History just happens to be the way I do it. I'm glad, for example, if my medial students read an article, but I'm even happier if they read it in a critical fashion. There is," he concluded, "a symbiotic relationship between my clinical and research activities."
Ludmerer's debut as a teacher on the Hill proved auspicious. He is part of a faculty team which teaches a course in "Medicine In Modern Society." Intended for 20 students, it filled up quickly, and, reluctantly, 15 students had to be turned away. Those who enrolled, moreover, were not, for the most part, "pre-meds," but students contemplating careers in biology and social welfare.
Ludmerer welcomes this diversity. He also enjoys his
research which he is convinced makes him a better teacher on the Hill as well as at the medical school. The author of one criti- cally acclaimed book, Genetics and American Society (1972, The Johns Hopkins Press), he is now writing another entitled The Reform of American Medical Education, 1870-1920. This will include some of the material that he prepared for an article on "Reform of Medical Education at Washington Univer- sity," prepared for the April 1980 issue of Journal of the History of Medicine. The latter is a fascinating account of the trans- formation of WU's School of Medicine into a first-class educa- tional institution and of its mutually beneficial affiliation with Barnes and St. Louis Children's Hospitals.
It is also a first-rate piece of scholarship. Ludmerer's bibli- ography for this 50-page article includes 105 footnotes. The Ludmerer style, however, is not pedantic. He writes with clarity and grace. Trained at Harvard University, where he majored in history and science, Ludmerer earned the MA degree in the history of medicine and the MD degree from The Johns Hop- kins University.
He began his house staff training at Barnes Hospital and the WU School of Medicine in 1973, and since that time has be- come an expert on specific segments of WU's history. In the process, he has shed new light on some of this University's most generous benefactors including Robert S. Brookings who, he says, eventually became "more knowledgeable about the issue of training physicians than any layman in the country, with the possible exception of Abraham Flexner,"—a great muckraker who did much to revolutionize the study of medicine in this COUntry. —Dorothy A. Brockhoff
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Enjoying a victory over Lock Haven State, the WU Soccer Bears receive their third-place trophy from NCAA officials after the regional playoffs in Trenton, N.J. last weekend. (Photo by Joe Carenza)
under the crossbar and caught not, however, contain Glass- Gotrell off guard. boro, as Wiebolt's game-
With 2:29 left in the game, winning penalty kick in the Glassboro tied the score when second overtime period sent Tony O'Connor took a 30- everyone home, yard shot toward the right Babson (Mass.) College corner. The ball caromed off beat Glassboro, 2-1, in the Lacroix's head and into the championship game, left corner of the Bears' goal Even though the Bears did to send the game into the first not win first place in the re- 15-minute overtime. gional games, the team came
The Bears had three break- home late Saturday night feel- aways but couldn't convert. ing good about their efforts. Center back Matt Kosterman "The team played well," was brilliant on defense for Carenza said. "I'm proud of the Bears as he headed and the team and they have every kicked out six shots. reason to be proud of their
The strong defense could playing."
Plant Biology Trio's Research At Genetic Engineering Frontier
How do you "turn on" a gene, move it around or single it out? The techniques for manipulating this basic unit of heredity are all on the drafting board, but despite rapid, almost mind- boggling advances, genetic engineering in higher organisms still is not a present state of the art.
"We're just now seeing our way clear on how to do these experiments," says Mary-Dell Chilton, WU associate profes- sor of biology. Chilton is the most recent newcomer to the WU plant biology program. This fall she joined a core of bright young researchers whose investigations into the puzzle of heredity are expanding the frontier of genetic knowledge.
Much of the on-going research involves a three-way ap- proach. Chilton is studying the transfer of foreign genetic material via bacterial agents into the tobacco plant. Working with corn, WU associate professor of biology Virginia Walbot is looking at the regulation of a gene's expression, and the isola- tion of a storage protein gene from soybeans is being studied by Roger Beachy, WU assistant professor of biology.
People have long modified plants by selective breeding, but until recently, genetic engineering belonged to the realm of
Virginia Walbot, WU associate professor of biology, and Roger N. Beachy, WU assistant professor of biology, examine a soybean plant in the Rebstock green- house. (Photo by Peter H. Zimmerman)
science fiction. It was only 17 years ago that James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize for unlocking the secrets of the DNA double helix structure, and just 10 years ago that a technique was discovered for recombining DNA—the process by which new genes are transplanted into a host organism, enabling the host to express a new trait.
Sums up Chilton, "The 'how to' will come much faster than the 'what to do.' For example, if we can splice a gene onto a corn plant, what do we do to increase its drought resistance? Many desirable traits are complex and not always limited to one gene."
Beachy faces this basic problem in trying to improve the protein quality of soybeans. Though relatively high in protein, soybeans lack the sulphur-containing amino acids necessary for a complete balance. On a l-to-10 scale of utilizable protein, with hen eggs at the top, they rate less than 7. If the genes for a storage protein could be isolated, however, and their develop- ment in the plant carefully watched, perhaps they could be manipulated to produce more of the deficient amino acids. Beachy's research includes cooperative work with a U.S. Department of Agriculture lab at Cornell University.
In contrast to Beachy, Walbot is studying a well-known and easily isolated gene in order to understand how the expression of a certain trait is regulated. "A gene can be expressed very
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well or not at all or in dif- ferent spots," she explains. "Envision a set of switches in front of the gene. When light, for example, hits the plant, it turns on a switch in one of those genes. We're interested in those switches."
The problem of turning genes on and off is com- pletely separate from under- standing the gene itself, Walbot notes. "We don't necessarily need more genes. We just want to be able to change the amount, the tim- ing or the frequency of gene expression."
Chilton's work focuses neither on the development of a gene nor its regulation but on an outside agent called a plasmid, a circle of extra DNA common among microorganisms such as bacteria. Under strict guidelines set by the National Institutes of Health, she is investigating how a piece of plasmid from a cancer-causing soil bacterium jumps from a bacterium to a wound site in the tobacco plant, working its way into the plant's genetic material.
"The idea would be to try to exploit this tumor-inducing DNA as a means to get a beneficial gene into the plant. Then, we might be able to disarm the tumorous quality somehow."
Throughout their research, the trio will be aided by the talents and diversity of their colleagues. "Our faculty have a great depth of experience in biochemistry, physiology and hor- monology," said Joseph E. Varner, director of the WU plant biology program. "There's a growing awareness of our dependence on plants. The genetic engineers are simply on the front line." —Jill Murray
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A native of Hinsdale, 111., a suburb of Chicago, Sedares played the violin and viola throughout his childhood but en- rolled at Western Illinois University as a political science major, intending to go to law school. During his freshman year, he applied and was accepted to an accelerated six-year law pro- gram at Northwestern University. While performing with WU's orchestra, however, conducted at that time by Zimmer- mann, he fell in love with and decided to pursue conducting.
He transferred to Webster College in St. Louis and earned the BA degree in music, studying with Zimmermann and assist- ing him with the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. He founded the Webster College Orchestra and was assistant con- ductor of the Webster Symphony Orchestra, a community group. In 1978, he enrolled in the master's of music program at WU. He has directed the WU Orchestra and the Kirkwood Symphony for nearly a year. Last January, he conducted a per- formance of the "Cinderella" ballet at Kiel Opera House and in May, a set of St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Kinder Konzerts.
Once an admitted dilettante in music, Sedares is now a legal and political dabbler, dropping in on law classes during visits to Northwestern and holding strong but private political views. "The law and music are analogous," said Sedares. "Each requires discipline, each operates under powerful rules, but neither of them is meaningful without the imposition of humanity by the practitioner."
It is unlikely that Sedares would ever shift his emphasis again. "Few things in life are as exhilarating as conducting," he said. "Once you have a taste of it, nothing else you could do could ever be as exciting.'
—Charlotte Boman
Kay Sheehan, reference librarian (left), and l.ori Calcaterra, reference librarian and computer searcher, develop a reference search. (Photo by Peter H. Zimmerman)
Olin's Computer Service Makes Reference Search Fast, Economical
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What may look like gib- berish is really a request for the names of the first 10 library associations listed on File 114: Encyclopedia of Associations, one of the more than 120 data bases accessi- ble through the Computer Search Service in the Refer- ence Department of WU's Olin Library. After a brief discussion with one of four computer searchers, one can get the title, author, pub- lisher and even a short ab- stract on nearly everything that's been written on almost every subject in recent years.
"An interview with one of our searchers at the beginning of any search is indispensable," said Lori Calcaterra, WU refer- ence librarian and computer searcher. "We really need to in- terview the principals personally. If faculty members send a graduate student or administrative assistant over with a search project, we may get less than good results."
Searches by author names, for instance, are easy. For the re- searcher looking into the effect of oil spills on sea anemones in the South Seas, the process may be a bit tougher. During an in- terview, the searchers question the researcher thoroughly on the topic of the search. After determining the appropriate data base, or topic area, to search, the searcher may refer to the dozens of search guides and thesauruses for keywords or "descriptors" which are used to develop a "profile" of the topic. Finally, the profile is entered at the terminal to retrieve the desired information.
A major task of the searchers is to keep abreast of changes in the search guides which are continually updated as more in- formation and descriptors are added to the data bases.
One of the most frequently used data bases, ERIC, in- cludes educational research information dating from 1966. ERIC stands for Educational Resources Information Center, a national organization which gathers research results and other resource information from a network of specialized clearing- houses around the country. Other popular files are Chemical Abstracts, Psychological Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts and Engineering Index. A few national newspapers and magazines are "online" but only back to January, 1979.
"Biologists and social scientists from the campus are among our biggest users," said Calcaterra, "but we get off-campus re- quests, too. Recently, I did a search for a lawyer in town who wanted to indicate the authority of an expert he was using in his case by presenting a list of the expert's numerous publica- tions." About one-quarter of the 70-80 monthly users of the Computer Search Service are from the off-campus community.
In many cases, the indexes available through the Computer Search Service are also available in print in other parts of the library—if one wants to root through endless volumes to find it. Calcaterra estimates that searches requiring days to do manually can be completed in minutes at the terminal. And some data bases have no print equivalent—like the Smith- sonian Science Information Exchange, which keeps track of all ongoing research funded by federal and state governments and some private foundations.
"Searching data bases is also more effective than searching printed references when the desired material must meet several criteria. The computer sets up formulas to meet these criteria using Boolean logic," said Calcaterra.
Connect time at the terminal can be expensive: searching CLAIMS, the most expensive date base to use, which lists chemical, electrical and mechanical patents, costs $95 an hour. However, most files cost less than half that to use (MED- LARS, a data base of medical literature, is only $10 an hour) and the actual time at the terminal rarely runs to more than five minutes.
Printing costs can also be high, particularly when someone requests 300 abstracts. To cut these costs, most printouts are made at the computer information company's headquarters and sent to Olin, usually arriving within three or four days. For example, Calcaterra estimated that the relatively expensive search she did for the lawyer cost $43: $10 surcharge to an off- campus commercial user (there is no surcharge for either WU faculty or student users), $15 to print 300 article citations and $18 for actual computer connect time, higher than usual be- cause three data bases were used in the search. The average total cost to a WU user is about $9.
Olin also offers the services of a slightly different data file, the Data Archive, which, unlike the Computer Search Service, costs only the price of a computer tape. The major source for the Olin Data Archive is the Inter-University Consotium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., the ICPSR has a library of raw research data of all kinds: research samples, censuses, government data. Accord- ing to Victoria Witte, a WU social science reference librarian who recently assumed the management of the Data Archive, a researcher chooses from a manual the data desired; Olin asks Ann Arbor for the data and receives a copy of it on a computer tape. Olin then makes several copies for its growing in-house Data Archive library. By merely providing a blank tape, the re- searcher may also get a copy. An updated list of the 80 data sets in Olin's Data Archive library will be available in a few weeks.
"In addition to its use in the Computer Search Service, the library uses computers in technical services, like Cataloging and Acquisitions," Calcaterra said. "The advent of the com- puter age has made the library an even more exciting place."
—Charlotte Boman
"Hotel Paradiso," a riotous, turn-of-the-century French farce, opens at 8 p.m. Fri- day, Nov. 30, in Edison Theatre. Jessica Goldstein (with umbrella), in the role of a vengeful dragon of a woman, prepares to lower the boom on her hen-pecked hus- band, played by Tom Clear. Debi Sinclair is the object of his intentions. The Per- forming Arts Area production continues at 8 p.m. Dec. 1, 7 and 8, with a 2:30 matinee on Dec. 2. Tickets are $3.25 general admission and $2.25 for students. For further information, call the Edison Theatre box office at Ext. 6543.
Films, Novels Used To Depict Urban Life
Arthur M. Silverblatt, WU instructor in urban studies, uses fiction and films to help future planners understand city life and its problems.
Silverblatt teaches two courses in the WU University College: "The City in Ameri- can Literature" (fiction) and "Pop Culture and Urban Life" (film).
He starts with the Puritan conception of city life and uses books such as Manhat- tan Transfer by John Dos Pas- sos to show misfits in urban culture who have no cohesive sense of identity.
The Humphrey Bogart film classic The Maltese Falcon is used to illustrate modern man, coping with urban life.
Silverblatt uses the film The Philadelphia Story to portray Cary Grant as the "urban man." "This film shows the Hollywood concept of the urban man who comes into con- flict with middle class values. The film shows what happens when the middle class intrudes on the upper class."
For some students, he said, this approach is the first op- portunity to question the values of city living. "When they get turned on by the literature or the film exper-
Football Bears Receive The WU Battling Bears
wrapped up the 1979 football season with more than 40 team members receiving let- ters and awards, Coach Chris Ginoulakis announced this week.
Special honors went to de- fensive end Mike Holznecht, who was named Most Valu- able Player, Honorary Cap- tain and Best Defensive Player. He also won a foot- ball letter.
Dennis Hunter, running back, was named Best Of- fensive Player and James Sin- clair, punter, Best Specialist. Team captains for 1980 will be
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Arthur M. Silverblatt
ience, they become enthusias- tic about the quality of city life," he said.
Silverblatt uses Native Son by Richard Wright to show "what radical oppression can do to both blacks and whites. The students will not forget this lesson when they see changing neighborhoods, es- pecially when they have to make plans for these neigh- borhoods."
The films and books bring urban planning to life, Silver- blatt said. "My students will be presented with problems as urban planners. These courses look at various kinds of cities and various themes in city life. This approach will enable the urban planners to make sensi- tive decisions about urban problems." -King McElroy
Awards, Letters Scott McGrew, center; Jeff Nauman, defensive end and Ted Schwab, defensive back.
The football Bears ended the season with a two-win, seven-loss record.
Bond Values Change Beginning Jan. 1, the Series
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Club Gives $3,500 to Fund For Women Business Students
The Business and Professional Women's Club of St. Louis has contributed $3,500 to the Lillian Sagorske Memorial Schol- arship Fund at WU, which the group established in 1950 "to benefit women desirous of improving their status in the busi- ness world."
This new gift increases the principal in the Sagorske Fund, named in honor of the late Lillian M. Sagorske, a former presi- dent of the club, to $13,500. Sagorske, who died in 1949, also served as president of the Missouri Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs from 1942 to 1944. Her family also contributed to the Sagorske Fund. Over the past quarter cen- tury, 28 young women enrolled in the WU School of Business and Public Administration have received grants totalling $11,850 from the Sagorske Fund.
Chancellor William H. Danforth and the new dean of the University's School of Business and Public Administration, Robert L. Virgil, Jr., received the recent gift from Ethyl L. Richter, chairperson of the Club's Educational Loan Fund. The ceremonies, attended by leaders of the Club and recent re- cipients of Sagorske Fund scholarships, were held at Whitte- more House.
Chancellor Danforth and Virgil commended the club for its loyal support and continuing generosity on behalf of women students in the University's business school. Virgil noted that the number of women enrolled in WU's School of Business has been increasing steadily. Currently, 38 percent of the 360 stu- dents pursuing undergraduate degrees in business at WU are women. At the graduate level, 32 percent of the 436 students who are candidates for master's degrees in business adminis- tration are women.
By comparison, in 1974-1975 academic year, only 22 per- cent of the undergraduates and 16 percent of the graduate stu- dents were women.
"Providing endowment for scholarships is an enlightened way to help private universities," Virgil said. "These scholar- ships enable us to attract superior students."
Mrs. Billie Jean Ketcherside, office administrator of Ortho- pedic Associates, Inc., is president of the Club. Ruth MacArthur, staff supervisor of operator services for South- western Bell Telephone Co., is president-elect.
Robert L. Virgil, Dean of WU's School of Business and Public Administration, chatted recently with four winners of Lillian 1Y1. Sagorske Memorial Scholarships established by the Business and Professional Women's Club of St. Louis. Left to right, they are: Patricia Giles, the 1953 to 1954 recipient, now employed as a stu- dent loan accountant at WU; Carolyn Howard, the 1975 to 1976 recipient, assist- ant staff manager in the comptroller's office at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.; Sherlyn Betts, last year's recipient and now a WU senior in the business school; and Gail Borenstein, a WU freshperson in the business school, this year's re- cipient. Giles earned the BSBA degree from WU in 1954; Howard was awarded the same degree from WU in 1977. (Photo by Peter H. Zimmerman)
Calendar November 30-December 6 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 11 a.m. Department of Systems Science and Mathematics Seminar, "Conjugate Gradients and Lanczos Algorithm: Solving Large Symmetric Systems of Linear Equations," David Scott, Computer Sciences Div., Union Carbide Corp., 100 Cupples II.
3 p.m. Women's Studies Colloquium, "Sexual Needs and Sexual Preferences: A Feminist Analysis of Sexual Tolerance," Jacquelyn Zita, doctoral candidate, WU Department of Philosophy. Cohen Lounge, Busch Hall.
4 p.m. WU School of Medicine Seventh Annual Carl Vernon Moore, MD, Memorial Lecture, "HLA and Disease: The Hidden Cost of Survival of the Fittest," Hugh O. McDevitt, M.D., prof, of medical microbiology and medicine, Stanford U. School of Medicine. Carl V. Moore Aud., 4580 Scott.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 12 noon. WU Woman's Club Luncheon honoring two 50-year members. A fur fashion show by Continental Furs follows the lunch. Algonquin Country Club, 340 N. Berry Rd. $6.50 per person. For reservations, call Mrs. Marnay O'Neal, 647-2344, or Mrs. Lu Miller, 997-4838.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 4 p.m. Department of Psychology Colloquium, "Aging and Intelligence," John L. Horn, prof, of psychology, U. of Denver. 102 Eads Hall.
5:30 p.m. Society of Professors Emeriti Anniversary Banquet. Cocktails, dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by a short concert. Guests of members are invited. Admission $11. Whittemore House. For reservations, call Elizabeth Schreiber, WU assoc. prof, emeritus of French, at 721-1159.
8:30 p.m. School of Architecture Lecture, "Architecture Between Formal Autonomy and Social Concern," Susanna Torre, New York architect. Steinberg Auditorium.
8:30 p.m. Hillel Foundation Lecture, "Searching for Your Jewish Roots," Arthur Kurzweil, author and lecturer on Jewish geneaology, New York. Hillel, 6300 Forsyth.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 12 noon. Biomedical Engineering Program Seminar, "Electro- Ultrafiltration: A New Method for Separating Blood Components," Robert E. Sparks, WU prof, of chemical engineering. 305 Bryan. 4 p.m. Committee on Literature and History Seminar, with John Pocock, prof, of history, The Johns Hopkins University. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. 5 p.m. Women's Workshop, "Black Female as Minority on Campus," Gwendolyn Stephenson, director, WU Student Services, and Adrienne Glore, area coordinator, WU Office of Student Activities. 312 Ann Whitney Olin Women's Building.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 11 a.m. Assembly Series Lecture, "Women in the Making of the Modern Family," Carl Degler, prof, of history, Stanford U., and Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, Calif. Graham Chapel. 4 p.m. Department of Physics Colloquium, "The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory," Henry G. Blosser, prof, of physics, Mich. State U. 201 Crow.
8 p.m. Department of English Reading, " 'Between Us: A Breather at the Beginning:' First Voices from a Novel-in-Progress, Women and Men," Joseph McElroy, novelist and WU Visiting Hurst Professor. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall.
8 p.m. School of Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture. Richard Ash, printmaker, will present and talk about his work. Steinberg Auditorium.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 2 p.m. Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Lecture, "Kunstlerboheme und Kindheitsmotiv in der Literatur urn 1900," Wolf Wucherpfennig, prof, of German, Albert- Ludwigs-Universitat, Freisburg im Breisburg, W. Germany, and visiting prof, of German, U. of Cincinnati. 320 Ridgley. 4 p.m. Department of Anthropology Colloquium, "Healing, Class Consciousness and the Dialectics of Conquest in Southwest Colombia," Michael Jaussig, prof, of anthropology, U. of Michigan. 101 McMillan. Coffee will be served at 3:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Department of Chemistry Seminar, "Primary Reactions in Photobiology and Photochemistry," David Mauzerall, prof, of chemistry, Rockefeller University. 311 McMillen Lab.
8:15 p.m. Asian Arts Society Slide Lecture, "Painting the Chinese Dream: The Situation of the Arts in China," Joan Lebold Cohen, instructor of Oriental art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and at Tufts University. Steinberg Auditorium.
Performing Arts FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 8 p.m. Performing Arts Area Production, "Hotel Paradiso," a French bedroom comedy by George Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres. Richard Palmer, WU associate prof, of drama and director of Edison Theatre, will direct the student and faculty cast. Edison Theatre. Admission $3.25; $2.25 for WU faculty, staff and all students. Tickets available at Edison Theatre Box Office. (Also, Dec. 1, 7 and 8, 8 p.m.; and Dec. 2, 2:30 p.m., all in Edison.)
Exhibitions WU Centennial Faculty Exhibition. WU Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; 1-5 p.m., Sat., Sun. Historical segment, upper gallery, through Jan. 31. Contemporary segment, lower gallery, through Jan. 6.
"Recent Acquisitions," Rare Books and Special Collections, Olin Library, level 5. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Through Dec. 31.
"The Treatment of Cataract Through the 18th Century," WU School of Medicine Library Annex, 615 S. Taylor. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Through Dec. 31.
"19th-century American Selections from the WU Permanent Collection." WU Gallery of Art, Print Gallery, Steinberg Hall. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; 1-5 p.m., Sat., Sun. Through Jan. 18.
"Werner Drewes—Prints," a selection of color woodcuts and etchings by the world-renowned Bauhaus artist, a member of the WU School of Fine Arts faculty from 1946 to 1965. Bixby Gallery, Bixby Hall. 10 a.m.-12 noon; 1-4 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Through Dec. 14.
Music SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 8 p.m. WU Wind Ensemble and Band Joint Concert, Dan Presgrave, director and WU instructor of music. Graham Chapel.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 8 p.m. WU Civic Chorus Concert, directed by Orland Johnson, WU prof, of music. Graham Chapel. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 8 p.m. WU Choir Concert, directed by Orland Johnson, WU prof, of music. Graham Chapel. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 12:15 p.m. Department of Music Student Concert, with performances by several students. Graham Chapel. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 8 p.m. WU Orchestra Concert, directed by James L. Sedares. Graham Chapel.
Films FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Straight Time." Brown. $1.75. (Also Sat., Dec. 1, same times, Brown.)
8 p.m. Office of Student Activities American Film Series, "Duck Soup" and "The Bank Dick." Rebstock. $1.50.
12 midnight. WU Filmboard Series, "Woodstock." Brown. Admission $1. (Also Sat., Dec. 1, midnight, Brown; and Sun., Dec. 2, 8 p.m. Wohl Center.)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 8 p.m. Office of Student Activities Double Feature, "I Love You Again" and "Murder, He Says." Rebstock. $1.50.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 7:30 and 9 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Laura." Brown. $1.75. (Also Tues., Dec. 4, same times, Brown.) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Cria." Brown. $1.75. (Also Thurs., Dec. 6, same times, Brown.)
Health Fair Today Representatives from local
health organizations will be on campus for a women's health fair today, Nov. 29, in Lambert Lounge, Mallin- ckrodt Center. The major presentations will take place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The fair is sponsored by the Higher Education Center of St. Louis.