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By WILLIAM J- - CROMIE NEW YORK Your nerves are not the 'wires" scien static, message-carryin- g tists once imagined, but are constantly changing, fibers that writhe and s squirm like rapidlv-growm- g angle-worm- This ture new pic- of the nervous system explains severed or o injured nerves r e themselves by regrowth It also mav explain drug addiction, some mental and how we learn and memorize And it pi ovules a biological basis for believing that neativity, imagination and ability to solve problems can be in cieased at anv time in a persons life The real character of your nervous svstem which includes the brain, was revealed by Dr. Paul A Weiss, a Rockefeller Lniveisitv biologist While working on methods of treating World War II wounded, he was puzzled by the behavior of nerves His subsequent injuied research has uncovered the means bv which nerve cells grow and renew them selves within the living body Lntil Weiss biologists discovery, Thought that the substance and function of nones became fixed a few weeks how ''.ptfii'r- - y.' , re-st- M?. dis-eise- s, 'ix Mini r . - n Scientist now know that nerve cells consume, then replenish themselves. manufactured material by thl nerve lenges the opportunity to mciease our capabilities exists throughout the entire course of life he says ' Some people are running on Model T nerves They do not practice exposing themselves to new stimuli, and so lose their capability to deal with new situa tions Their nerves become one ti at k institutionalized, inflexible and this mav be one of the factors that speeds aging " W eiss believ es that nerves do more if they are used more, and that few people use them to capacity. Proof of this is the hypersensitn itv he developed by handicapped persons ' The blind hear and smell better says body "The brain is essentially a complex network of interconnected nerve cells, says Dr Weiss "Since these are under going constant change, tomolrow you'll have a different brain than today It may contain not only fiesh material of the same kind, but different chemicals that have been formed by the experl ences you had in the last 24 hours " The main point, according to Weiss is that the brain and nervous system are amendable and not fixed in their function or capability at the time of birth By exposing ourselves to new chal a 'ter birth Now we know that they are the fasted growing cells in the human body, he siys "They consume themselves as they perform their duties in the body, but constantly manufacture new material to replace what is used up Weiss observed tiny ripples moving along the nerves, from cell body to the end of the nerves where they connect with other nerve cells or activate muse les and glands He determined that these movements were waves of life than persons with sight, and their senses of touch and taste are more a ,te Also, the loss of some muscle neives causes the remaining ones to woik harder and to giow larger Such mi teases in sensory and motor power may involve a feedback from the sense organs and muscles This feedback could result in faster growth or a change in the type of material making up the moving nerve "Sense organs" says Weiss, "may be affected by outside stimuli in ways that call for different or lm proved brands of molecules to be manu factured by the cell body " This may be how people develop sen sitivity or addiction to certain drugs The drug may alter the cells pioduction machinery m such a way that its new molecules have a high affinity or natuial attraction for1 that drug Moving an animal from quiet sui roundings to a social situation that is stressful and overcrowded causes instant chemical changes in its brain This not to the onlv i uises ditieient leactions sunt- - dt ug but it well may be a umtn billing taitoi in the development of some mental disturbances It we can find some wav to get the tell mulmieiv to go back to making tie In and ot molecules it m imifactuied t foie t liange induced bv the drug oi t'e social situation then we mav have a kev to curing drug addiction and heating the mental dislutbumrs mvs Weiss The pixx is.s of memotv also mat involve a series of chemical alteiations of the hi nil m i espouse to ou'side simu he same might be said for lea in lation Weiss points out tint the links hi tween the brain s 100 billion cells are not fixed like soldered wires Circuits can be A broken and connections remade change in a nerve cell might cause it to break its old links and take up w ith other cells having machinery more like its own A cell oi circuit with a totallv dif ferent tyjie of performance can result and this well mav be how we loam ie member and forget At tins stage, such ideas aie puielv Weiss admits ' But we will speculative a long go way towaid giving them basis in fact if we can show thai the successive waves of substance traveling along the nerve fibers do not carry the same kinds of material on every trip Instead of bringing in fresh supplies of teplace-men-t protein thev mav be earning new tvpes of matenal that change the neiv-ou- s svstem itself or the otgans it serv es mu The Organization Man Invades Education SKYWATCHCR Partial Eclipse Hill Will Highlight '01 od "2 organization man has made his In education and wall exert increasing influence in the profession The "organization man" has been used to identify the person who puts his or her A'-"- ? organization above self and f in all activ lties to further the cause of collective action. appearance term, By Hansen Planetarium Staff The major celestial attraction during the month of May will be the partial eclipse of the sun which occurs on the morning of the 9th. The eclipse will begin about 6.50 a m., Mountain Daylight Time and will last one hour and fifty minutes. the moon will cover At approximately 45 per cent of the suns diameter At least two eclipses of the sun occur every year, but only occasionally is one visible from Utah. Because the eclipse starts soon after sunrise, which is at 5 50 am. on that day many observers may not be able to vee the beginning of it because of the obscuration of the sun by the mountains to the east. A lesser attraction during May will be the Eta Aquand meteor shower which is at a maximum shortly before sunrise on May 5. This is one of the weaker showers and it will also be Interfered with to some degree by the waning crescent moon. May also provides an opportunity for the telescopic observation of the minor planet known as Vesta. Although not the largest of the asteroids, it is the only one that can be seen with the unaided eye. However, it is at the limit of visibility, and an exceptionally dark sky combined w ith better than average eyesight will be needed to locate it with the eye alone. Vesta is currently moving rapidly westward through die constellation Libra. Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are still to be found in the skies this month. Their positions are shown on the star chart, which gives the orientation of the heavens at 11 :00 p m. MDT on May 1, and at 10 00 p m. MDT on May 15. The calendar of events for May: Moon Monday May 1 Friday May 5 Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Tuesday May 9 New Moon; Eclipse of the Sun the the od lo I Deseret News Education Editor The May's Activity en on ne do eir the nds )ig- - sli- - ess so- - let, A', eet at tah in h tes, lo no his 3g ons ght be in use or pad can I ith- - tail. "organization before employe and professional organizations became powerful, was the "company man who ordeted his life and thinking to merge with the desires and purposes of the employer for whom he worked. man, In Wednesday 17 May Tuesday May 28 own Saturday May ends if ever, heard works them by honored Added composers. to this attraction, Professor Kuchler, who is also head of the Music De- 'ex- - ' ter? include compositions by four of his composition class Kenneth students Kuchler no Kenneth Kuchlercourse, conducted program would be complete without the Utah premiere of one of Don Gill is numbers. Mr. Gillis, composer, author, conductor, trombonist, producer, educator, producer of the NBC Symphony Orchestra concerts that were conducted by Toscanini, vice president of the National Music Camp at Interlochen (1945-62Is a close' friend of Maestro Kuchler. And Sundays program will and as have its Don Gillis composition always, one with a whimsical title. Of As the "organization man multiplies, and more activities will come under this scrutiny There will be fewer and fewer opportunities for individual action and more and more specificity In all that Is done more One almost can see the day when, not All this fare is available for free Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock when the retro- Westminster Symphony Orchestra presents its 13th annual Spring Festival. The program includes: Short Over. Jure (to an uncomposed opera), Don Gil-liSinfonia No. 60, Hadyn; Indian Suite No. 2, MacDowell. Then the Westminster College Brass College-Communi- you it s; Choir will step into the spotlight with Its student conductor, Stephen Cole Its program includes- King s Prayer, Finale, Act I, "Lohengrin, Wagner, Overture, Joseph m Egypt, E. H Mehul, Soldiers Chorus, "Faust, Gounod. Next, the Brass Chou- will be joined by the Westminster String Ensemble and perform the original compositions by the four students: Amy Trimble, Carol W. Berryman, Karen Speaks and Ray Thompson. The Spring Festival will be presented lq the Westminster College Payne Gym. At the sitme hour SEE' HEAR that the Westminster Symphony is presenting its concert, the Music Department of the University of Utah will also be presenting its own chamber music recital. And its director, Prof. Louis Booth, can also lay claim to a premiere. The new composer in - residence, John La Montaine, will serve both as composer and performer. He will join with Universitys own noted pianist, Gladys Gladstone. and play his "Sonata for Piano, Four Hands, Opus 25 " Its three movements are marked: Preamble, Scherzo, Fugue Following the performance a discussion on contemporary music will be conducted by Dr. Lowell Durham, composer in his own right and former dean of the College of Fine Arts, with Mr. La Mon-tam- e. Mr. La Montaine was bora in Chicago be- - He did his advanced studying at both the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and at Juilliard as a scholarship student. During World War II, he served in the U S Navy He has concertized as a pianist, and then became a member of the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini He has a long and impressive list of compositions to his credit, including his Piano Concerto that was commissioned by the American Music Critics and which won a Pulitzer March -- ), have a question partainlng to astronomy, fcwid to The Skvwatcher, care of the Deseret News, PO Box 1257, Self take City, Utah MHO If your question Is used In this column, you will rclvf two free tickets to the Star Chamber pny arsm at the Hansen Planetarium M to going several Last-Quart- tak- - and some partment at Westminster College, is Monday May 29 Uranus ends retrograde motion Moon Tuesday May 30 by well OUR MUSICAL WHIRL TRUST Kenneth Kuchler to offer a program of enticing but seldom, grade motion ling were Teacher organizations thus will put pressure on their members to do onlv that unik whiih is spec ifird umiot terms of their contracts The contracts thpm selves will become more and more specific and limiting Teachers or grouns of teachers will be less and less likely to even if voluntarily give extra service they want to. They will not risk the censure of their peers Of course, teachers are not alone in this trend. Established labor and professional organizations have blazed the trail Deseret News Music Editor First-Quart- Mars teachers years By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Full Moon 27 former employed to serve "at the pleaxuie of the board of education " They had little or no part m establishing conditions of employment and were expected to obey the rules promulgated bv their schjjol boards No wonder they sought a change. This has changed, and is continuing to change at an accelerated pace Teacher organizations, now more unified, militant and powerful, have won the right to help determine conditions of work. They consider that a teachers tune Is his capital stock and that it Is to be sold that it is not to be given away. Teachers, or groups of teachers, who voluntarily give extra service are likely to incur the wrath of the organization men and women It will be pointed out to them that their tame is valuable, that it is not to be given away and that if the board of education wants to have it, It ought to pay for it. Sunday Concerts Offer Premieres Moon iag- - of the Sunday May 14 Neptune at Opposition In the constellation Libra Vesta at Opposition Monday May 15 In the constellation Libra pa- era- - forerunner A Last-Quart- DM, 4 strives mid-eclip- mg Inonly in education but m all activ lties, conwill be dividual action regulated by ditions of behavior Jointly specified bv participating groups THEY'RE YOUR SCHOOLS By LAVOR CHAFFIN Prize 17, 1920 in 1959 In addition to the "Sonata for. Four Hands, the Sunday program will include Dvorak's "String Quartet in F, AmeriMembers of the quartet can, Opus 96 include Janet Groesbeck and Kirstin George, violinists; Christopher McKellar, viola; and Dwayne Bryner, cello. Ernest Blochs "Concerto Grosso for Piano and Strings will be performed by the University Chamber Orchestra with Oscar Chausow as conductor. Virginia Warr, pianist, will be soloist. ON RECORD Peter Serkin, the boyish pianist, and Seiji Ozawa, the boyish conductor, are an exciting pair as they fling forth two of Bartok's three piano concertos, the first and the third Flinging is almost literal for the first, and youthful vigor is needed from both conductor and pianist. It is (hat percussive and hard driven. Ozawa, Japanese bom and music director of the Toronto Symphony, has been making a big splash this season as gust conductor of the most celebrated orchestras, and young Serkin is establishing a large reputation in his second full season Vof concerbzmg. -- the - altar- ry o tf ron-- , an it hlch", I V 'O' xt 0 w 3 S. issia 2 s to -- witlj ILL Vest o .V . Us o v -- his" b f, j the; nam, h teacher may well be Tomorrow' faced with the proposition that if I do this job too well or spend too much time on it, the organization will be after me " Then, if he is as average as the ret of as, he will conclude that its safer and more comfortable fo keep within pre scribed limits I hope that the freedom to do more than la asked or expected will not be or from taken away from teacheis anyone else If it should be, then society will have suffered a cruel and destructive blow IN GRANDPA'S DAY Yes, They Were Better Balanced By DR JOYCE OTHERS grandpa says that people didnt have all these mental ill nesses when he was young, do you be lievp him d Well you should, according to Dr Margaret Mead At a recent symposium on "The Emotional Basis of Illness the New famous anthropologist reminded York doctors that an increase m patients with emotional problems is, in part, a result of modern medicine In grandpa s day a baby had to be hardy to live through infancy and an adult had to be rugged to reach old age A decrease in infant mortality and an increase in life expectancy, brought about by modern medicine, has changed the character of our population. No longer must people be physical towers of strength just to survive But their lack of physical stamina leaves them psychologically vulnerable Neither society nor the medical profes sion has yet learned to handle successful ly these sensitive people To make things even more difficult our modern urban world grows ever less tolerant of unusual behavior In primitive societies a man is allowed to fly into a rage, sink into a deep depression, or greet his neighbors by making faces Everybody knows him and makes allowances In America no such leeway in behavior is allowed. Everyone is expected to be pleasant, alert, efficient, neat and clean Anyone who deviates from the norm is urged to get psychiatric help. Unacceptable behavior is very often a cry for help, Dr. Mead said, and cifed the case of the little boy who ate paper. He ate great quantities of paper in an attempt to get his parents to understand that he was troubled. But they were permissive parents who allowed their children to do as they pleased, so they ignored the childs strange habit. Until he ate the theater tickets Then they called for help. Dr. Mead thinks that the increase in the number of people calling for help for emotional and mental troubles is a promising sign in modern society. It means, she says, that people who once felt hopeless in the face of their problems, now feel hopeful that something can be done. , And . . . Let's Not Hurry Over Lunch Bv Max R (oi P. In Mm tin s i I! RRY JONES h of the local chamber and in pion had lunch together last to ta'k over some pioblens of ( mi ess the slate and the s dt I ake I ( arc n m M i Bit thev did mmr talking than eating and here s the reason The governor called Max saving he would like to talk ovei a few things with lum Would he have lunch So the governor puked up Max at noyn and thev dinve to the Country Club Be back in about an hour, the govin dismissing his driver. was That just a couple of minutes he remembered that the Country Club doesn t sen e a noon meal on Mondav ernor said be-fo- He tried to flag down his driver who was just disappearing down the winding dnvewav but couldn t catch his eye Bv the lime Cal tried to contact his driver though the Highway Patrol dispatcher, the fellow had checked out for lunch And Max had cancelled a prior engagement which was at least good for a steak' Our man, Theron Liddle, the managing editor, got en Invitation to a White House reception the other day. Not one invitation, of those "through channels but the real thing It came direct from the White House' But not direct enough So Theron isnt of going In the first place, the press busthe it might have been business iness of press I can t remember which, will keep him away. But in the second place, he didn t get the invitation In time Mr. Trevithick is doing terrific as it Postmaster for the City of Salt wasn't his fault. What caused the delay was the fact that The White House had the wrong but, even worse, they stieet address forgot to use a zip code' I ran across an old friend, Tommy Moore, at the San Francisco Airport the other day. He was telling me about their latest arrival . . . born a month ago. It seems that Tommy and his expectant wife had been east to visit her parents and had just landed at the airport when the signs came. Mamma had to get to the hospital quick It was a busy time and no cab in sight. So Tpmmy grabbed a rent-- a car. He said they were so happy to get his Susan to the hospital on time and being stumped for a name, decided to name their pretty new daughter after the rent-- a car people. I was back in Salt Lake walking through the terminal before it dawned on me that I don't know whether the little gals name is Avis or Hertz Moore Amana of Iowa, probably the only d corporation to make a custom refrigerator, has dropped a line to say the fanev ice box will be discontinued The $4 750 item w as not a big seller. I know a fellow who married one a d refrigerator, that is. mink-covere- mink-covere- siiiiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiimmminimirmiiiiiiiiiiiintiHniiniiiiiiii BIG TALK even-tempere- en;- ) Eventually, it seems when every ai tivity is organized, a person's actions will be directed from birth to death and his mobility which in a free enterpnxe society has been at least partly based on his willingness to do more than was expected of him, will be limited When 9 Friday, April 28, 1?67 ing si" , NEWS UjT' A 'fra l f T this latest star chart to help you locate the major visible constellations during Ma . , ; i -- N V U, v ' , Ji- 1 4 "My dear, l;ve just come off the - 23rd East exit of the freeway a most hair-raisin- g experjehce" Pram photo Mho fty Uonol V. McNooly for th DmotpI Ntwi' popular dally Baby Birthday foahira. |
