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Show FOR STUDY, WORK nnvjs H- -r- f jj Planted A Desire' 7IHIGD i 3Wl!in3IHIE5 i - (From 1ti Rollglou Nm Srvlc jmd the wlrn Associated Prost and ths Umtu Press Inter aat.onol.) o( th Background on hippies How do hippies who get high on weeds and but out of life get that way? An Orthodox priest from the Haight-Asbur- y hippie district of San Francisco put the blame squarely on the home, and not the hippie. Rev. Gregory Ofiesh gave his views to the Clergy Conference of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America meeting in Dearborn, Mich. The hippie is a victim of one of the greatest said Father Ofiesh, "the total lads of tragedies, He said no individual or society love in bis home. could be expected to function without love, or without an appreciation for living. Dr- Roland K. Robins, inset, works at the intricate system of tubes and flasks - in his laboratory at the University of Utah. Clergy discrimination NEW YORK Some statistics to badwa charge that the Episcopal Church denies its Negro clergy equal placement and advancement opportunity have been released by the unofficial Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU). The statistics were contained in a special report on the Placement and Deployment of Negro Clergy in the Episcopal Church, which also made recommendations to clean up this scandal. The Home Department of the Church's Executive Council has said there are some 320 Negro or predominantly Negnj congregations in the continental United States. Of these congregations, the ESCRU report 77 are under the ministry of white priests." noted, Membership rise Membership in churches of the Assemblies of God rose more than 20,000 since 1965 to a new total of 576,058, according to a report given the denomination's biennial convention at Long Beach, Calif. Rev. Bartlett Peterson,- - general secretary, reported' that the total number of ministers increased 602 to 16,505 during the biennium. Of the total, 413 were ordained and 189 licensed ministers. The number of churches, he said, went over the 8,500 mark for the first time in June, to a total of The 8,506. Hit school grants NEW HAMPSHIRE The National Council of Churches, American Jewish Congress and American Civil Liberties Union have urged the New Hampshire Supreme Court to find unconstitutional a new state law that would grant parochial schools part of the state's sweep-stake- s revenue. filed jointly by the three organizations (in response to the court's invitation), the law was described as a novel and unprecedented sepdeparture from the principles of church-stataration. It also argued that money granted to a (parochial) school advances all of its purposes, "no matter how it is entered by accountants on its a memorandum e books. v The best teachers 1 DALLAS, TEX. Parents are the By SEBRINA FROM desperate parents Could your new drug save my dying child? often come to Dr. Roland K. Robins, who has been in cancer research for the past CALLS 17 LONG BEACH, CALIF. In By best religious teachers even though they are often unaware that they are teaching, a noted Catholic laywoman and author said at an Episcopal meeting in Dallas. Parents are teaching from morning to night although many of them believe religious education comes from the classroom, said Mrs. Mary Reed Newland of Monson, Mass. She spoke at a seminar on religious education sponsored by St. Francis Episcopal church. Academic degrees are not required of parents to become good teachers, said Mrs. Newland. She said that basic knowledge of Christian truths and doctrines are essential. And she added that virtues are "best shown by the practice of them rather than definition. years. During this time Dr. Robins has received national recognition for his work in the preparation of new drugs for cancer control. His study and research have taken him to Oregon, New York, New Mexico, Arizona State University at Tempe, and presently, he is at the University of Utah where he holds a joint appointment as professor of chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and professor of medicinal chemistry in the College it Pharmacy. Prof. Robins has just returned from attending the seventh International Congress of Biochemistry held in Tokyo, Japan, representing the University of Utah. While there, he contacted a number of Japanese scientists who have discovered certain new antibiotics which are active against experimental cancer in mice. Prof. Robins does research with the idea that cancer can be controlled if the growth of the cancer cells can be stopped. The problem is to inhibit the growth of the cancer cells without harming the normal cells. At the'present time he is the assistant editor of an international chemical Journal entitled, The Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry." "Chemotherapy or the treatment of cancer with drugs is gaining success all the time, especially in the field of leukemia, Dr. Robins said. Chemo-therapy is about the only hope for leukemia (cancer of the blood) since the cancer is so widely carried throughout the body. Dr. . Robins, formerly of Delta, Utah, is the eldest son of the late Kenneth R. Robins and Florence Cropper Robins (now living in Provo). He finished high school in three years at Delta High. He attended Brigham Young University, and at his graduation his father said, Son, now you are married you had better stop going to school and get a job. But he told his father he was going on as far as he could. 'You planted a desirA to study early in my life and I cannot stop just yet, he said. This was in 1948. The next year he received his masters degree and a graduate teaching fellowship to go to Oregon State University at Corvallis to obtain his doctor's degree. He first became interested in cancer research when he undertook a problem in chemistry relating to cell growth for his doctoral thesis in chemistry. After receiving his doctors degree in 1952 he accepted a felluwsh:p to go to New York where he spent a year in cancer research at the Welcome Research Laboratories as a Sloan Ketfellow. tering While here he continued his studies on the synthesis of new drugs against cancer. While here he discovered more compounds active against cancer than had been found in 15 years. They were amazed at hii progress. It was while here he found many compounds active against leukemia. Dr. Robins was dedicated to his work, and while others took coffee and even during his noon breaks hour, he would continue on with his post-doctor- work In the lab. After his year in New York City, he returned west In 1952 and went to the New Mexico Highlands University. Las Vegas, N.M., as an assistant professor of chemistry. Here he directed a r research program in the fight against cancer. Grants for the program came from the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, tire American Cancer Society, and the National Institute of Health. The work accomplished at New Mexico dealt with the synthesis of compounds used in animal cancer programs to determine their value in inhibiting tumor growth. After the materials were developed in the laboratory at the university they Instiwere sent to the tute in New York for final testing. He was aided by chemistry students working toward their master's degree. One of his former students from New Mexico Highlands University, Dr. Leroy B. Townsend, is currently assistant research professor of medicinal $20.000-per-yea- tes-t-in-g Sloan-Ketterin- WEEK C. EKINS chemistry at the University of Utah and is presently collaborating frith Prof. Robins in a current research effort at the University of Utah. It is of no small interest that although no new drug Active against cancer came of the five years at New Mexico Highlands University, FroL Robins during this period did discover that one of the drugs he had made was active against gouty arthritis. At the present time this drug, is one of the foremost drugs in the world agajnst arthritis caused Ls also used by gout. Allopurinol against gyperuracomia. At the present time, the field of chemotherapy is one of the brightest spots in the cancer picture. Now much of the hope of cancer control is based on selective action of new drugs and antibiotics. Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with chemicals or drugs. Dr. Robins research is in the synthesis of chemicals or drugs which will do a certain job. He changes the molecular structure of the molecule to tailor the drug for a particular purpose. At the present time there are nlxiut 30 groups who are working in the same specific field as Dr. Robins in this research. phase of Dr. Robins has been supported by the American Cancer Society in his work from 1954 to 1965. He was on the National Cancer Chemistry Panel for three years, and at the present time is a consultant for the National Cancer Institute. He has served as a consultant to the Midwest Research Institute at Kansas City, Mo. He is consultant for California Corporation for Biochemistry. He is the author and co author of approximately 125 scientific- articles published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, and other periodicals. In 1957, Dr. Robins accepted the position of associate professor of chemistry at Arizona State University at Tempe, Ariz. While at Tempe, 10 cancer research grants totaling more than 6500,000 were awarded the university ENDING SEPTEMBER Alio-purina- l, Continued 16, 1967 on Fage 13 CHURCH-- 11 |