C D Chief
Asks Troy
Siren Help
Dividend Payments Delayed
KAROUN TOOTIKIAN . . . native dancer
(Courteny I...A. Tlmt's)
Pakistan Fest Bills Caldwell
Dr. Bussell L. Caldwell, associate history professor at SC, will share the stage with singers and dancers at 8 tomorrow night in a program commemorating Pakistan's fourth independence day at 4.he Olive Hill foundation, 1649 North Vermont avenue.
Caldwell, the adviser to local SC Moslem students, will address the assembled group. Hassan Khayyam, president of the Pakistan association of Los Angeles, will read a message sent for the occasion by M. A. H. Ispahani, the Pakistan ambassador to the U. S.
Miss Karoun Tootikian will present Mogul and Arabian dances accompanied by Hubert Pope. Jabbar Walli. a Bagdad drama director studying in America, will present a playlet. The movie “Kashmir Conflict” will conclude the evening.
All are invited; admission is free.
Civil Defense Seeks Sound Advice for Raid Warning Plans
9C sound experts 4iave been called on to give advice on an air raid warning system for Los Angeles, R. W. Berry, the city's civilian defense director, disclosed recently.	,
In addition, Berry has asked aid from sound men at Cal Tech and UOLA.
Berry stressed the need for a signal of a distinctive type that “would be unmistakeably understandable" as an air attack warning.
He said that the sound of the 66 sirens already installed throughout the city could easily be confused with the wailers on police cars and other emergency vehicles.
According to present plans, no more sirens will be put up until the college experts have studied the various aspects of the problem and made their recommendations.
The city office of civil defense is also awaiting the delayed directive from the federal government on a proper warning system.
Berry said that it is quite possible that the federal civil defense authorities might come out with recommendations that would suggest the junking of the present sirens.
A test of the Los Angeles warning facilities was conducted recently, and showed that much was to be desired. Since then, civil defense officials have worked on the problem of providing a more adequate air raid siren system. Only part of the city’s system was tried out in thc recent test.
Veterans waiting for 1951 National Service Life Insurance dividend payments should not worry if their checks are late, the California State Department of Veterans Affairs announced.
The VA had announced that dividend checks would be sent out three months after the anniversary date of the policy. However, the large number of cases that mast be processed have caused the office to fall behind its schedule. At present, checks are arriving a month late.
If veterans must write about
dividend payments, their letters should be addressed to their district VA office, not the central office in Washington.
However, the policy-holders are urged not to write, as too many extra letters will slow down proceedings.
Money will be sent under the
1951	dividend to veterans of World War II who had a government policy for three months or more after the 1948 cutoff date of the first NSLI dividend. No application is necessary.
If a veteran had more than
one policy during the 1948-1951 period, he will get separate checks at different times.
When a question is asked by a representative nt a veteran, the VA Form 9-4337 authorizing the release of insurance policy information must be submitted.
The VA is now sending out chec»s to February and March policy holders.
Officials pointed out that the late payment of a premium in the anniversary month of a policy may cause delay in dividend delivery.
Summer News
No. 15
72
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1951
What's fDoiiV
VOLLEYBALL
The entry deadline for mixed doubles volleyball is Thursday;
will start Tuesday evening, »ilg. 21. One man and one woman ire required to complete a team. Entry blanks are available at PE
PANEL
There will be a panel on health roblems at 3:15 next Monday, ancock auditorium.
The panel will include Aileene Lockhart, associate professor of physical education; Laurence E. Morehouse, associate professor of physical education; Frank R. Williams, director, division of health education, Arizona State Department of Health.
Moderator: William Ralph LaPorte, professor of physical education.
LUNCHEON TALK
“Principles of Administrators’ Salary Schedules” will be the subject of a talk by Dr. Morris H. *Vinward at the Administration Luncheon club, noon tomorrow, second floor. Commons.
Dr. Winwnrd is principal of the McKinley school in the Santa Monica city school system. He finished his doctoral dissertation on this issue in June of this year at SC’s educational administration department.
All are invited to join the g^oup. The luncheon is $1, and students desiring to attend should make reservations by signing a sheet passed around in all education administration classes or posted on the bulletin board outside 356 Adm.
SWIM HOURS
Swimming hours for the campus pool are 12:15 to 3:15 p.m., Monday through Friday—while on Tuesday and Thursday evenings it is open from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. All
students and faculty are eligible for this recreational service.
FACULTY RECITAL
Alice Ehlers , harpsichord, and Alex Murray, violinist, are featured in a faculty recital Wednesday at 8:30 in Hancock auditorium. It is the last ir* a series of summer concerts and recitals presented by the SC School of Music under the direction of Raymond Kendall
PHILOSOPHER
Professor Theodore M. Greene, department of Philosophy, Yale University, is scheduled for two lectures on August 21-22 under the sponsorship of the SC school of philosophy. His general topic is “What Are We Fighting For’
TUCKER TALKS
William John Tucker, professor of English, University of Arizona, speaks Thursday at 3:15, 133 Pounders Hall on “Present - Day Tendencies in English Literature.’’
RECORD DANCE
All students and faculty are invited to attend a record dance Thursday evening at 7:30 in 207 PE. There is no charge.
SQUARE DANCE
A square dance will be held tonight at 7:30 in 207 PE. All students are welcome to attend. Mr. Hall, an outstanding caller, will be present to do the calling. There is no charge.
T.V. TICKETS
A limited number of television tickets are now available at the Recreation office. 112 PE. All students are welcome to them.
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY
A trip has been planned to the Huntington Library and Art Gallery for Friday afternoon. Please inquire at 112 P.E.
SC Prof Converts
Enzymes
Enzymes, the substances which | digest the food in your stomach and cause milk to sour, are being j harnessed at SC in a new technique to advance medical knowledge.
Dr. James W. Bartholomew, associate professor of bacteriology at SC, reported yesterday that with a pure enzyme obtained from yeast and liver cells he was able to change' the fundamental nature of certain bacteria like pneumococcus, which causes pneumonia.
The enzyme, ribonuclease, removed a magnesium salt of nucleic acid from the cell. Removal of 'this chemical resulted in a fundamental change in the staining characteristics of the cell. It is a basic procedure in medical diagnosis to stain bacteria with blue and red dyes for classification and identification purposes and to make the bacteria easy to see under a microscope.
So-called Gram-positive bacteria became Gram-negative when subjected to the enzyme process. Gram-positive bacteria like those which cause pneumonia are generally susceptible to penicillin a>nd sulfa drugs. Gram-negative bacteria, like typhoid germs, are not. Thus, the staining difference between the two types of cells i£ of great import-a'»ce in the treatment of bacterial disease.
Dr. Bartholomew's discovery that pure enzymes will cnange Gram-positive bacteria to Gram-negative contributes directly toward , explaining the difference between these two groups.
“When you know the difference between the two you are a step nearer to knowing why one organism is susceptible to treatment and another is riot,” he said. “You are also a step nearer to developing a compound which might be used to combat the Gram-negative type of bacteria.”
The Gram stain phenomenon was named for the late Dr. Christian Gram, a German scientist. He accidentally discovered about 70 years ago that some bacteria could be stained with a blue dye and stay that color even when treated with alcohol and stained next with a red dye, while other bacteria would lose the blue color and turn red in the same process.
The blue-dyed bacteria are called Gram-positive. The red-
(Courtesy L.A. Timas)
DR. JAMES W. BARTHOLOMEW, associate professor of bacteriology at SC. has discovered how to change one class of bacteria into another, he reported yesterday. Hitherto unknown uses for enzymes are being employed by Dr. Bartholomew, shown staining specimens.
dyed cells are called Gram-negative. All bacteria can be classified as positive or negative, enabling a doctor to know what drug Mill be effective against them.
Dr. Bartholomew’s research started at SC and continued recently during a year’s work at the famed Pasteur Institute in Paris. He was on a Fulbright research
Ehlers, Murray To Give Concert
Sonatas by Bach, Haydn and Mozart will be played in a free public concert at SC tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. in Hancock auditorium by Alice Elilers, harpsichordist, and Alex Murray, violinist.
The concert will be sponsored by the SC School of Music.
Evangelist Talks At V
Charles Templeton, ex-sports-writer of the Toronto Globe, currently on a year’s tour of the United States under the auspices of the National Council of Churches, will speak at the regular meeting of the Trojan Fellowship tomorrow noon in the new YWCA.
Templeton is somewhat of a tradition smasher on two counts.
The intellectually-disiriminat-ing Princeton Theological seminary accepted him as a student, knowing that he had quit high school in the 10th grade and had never been on a college campus ' except as a visitor.
The National Council of Churches also stretched tradition almost to . the breaking point when they hired the young itinemnt evangelst.
fellowship from the U.S. Depart** ment of State.
His study of the chemistry of staining bacteria also led to other discoveries.
For years, bacteriologists have failed to agree how bacteria absorbed dyes for examination under a microscope. Some have contended that the dyes merely coated the cell wall just as paint is brushed on a house.
The SC professor’s research proved that the staining is a chemical reaction much like that which occurs when a piece of cloth is dyed. He also found that any dye could replace another already in the cell.
Dr Bartholomew's dye replacement discovery makes the stages of cell division visible in a simple classroom method which he thinks will be widely accepted by bacteriology teachers.
Official
Notice
Seniors who expect to receive degrees at the end of the Summer Session should check the list that is posted outside the Registrar’s office in Qwens hall.
Howard W. Patmure, Registrar