Show S' S J t Science Talent Quest Shows Aid ess By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-I I dont don't often go into such intimate matters as private murders in these columns but I have been impressed lately to see the results of the untrammelled spirit of modern youth whose repressions and inhibitions have been removed by thoughtful parents who use reason instead of the cruel discipline such as I have suffered having to go to bed without supper for instance when I was impudent im impudent to my elders or being kept in the house for throwing my arithmetic at the cat instead of doing my homework or having my mouth washed out with acme soap when I used language unbecoming a future commentator a pretty J uuie who was irked by having to leave the city to dwell with her parents In m some dull rural area of Missouri re re- rebelled re- re belled Aft After r shoo shooting ing Mama a. a arid and d rapa apa mem me me sofa and tried to dispose of their property Then there Was the poor little seventh-grader seventh who smarted thoughtless taunting by a farmer farmer farmer far far- mer who thought the youth displayed poor form in sawing wood The boy shot the old man and dumped him himIn himin himin In a creek There was the year old girl gir from Portsmouth Va who playfully sprayed five GIs with revolver shots in a shooting gallery and the six girls aged 14 to 16 who beat up th their ir female gym instructor in a Bronx high school Of course I am not old-fashioned old enough to encourage corporal punishment punishment punishment punish punish- ment but it does seem that a little less sparing of the rod might have prevented spoiling the crime record of the peaceful communities from which these youngsters came Perhaps it wouldn't have helped though when the nations of the world set such bad examples I couldn't help thinking of a paragraph para- para graph ranh in the concluding chanter of that highly important a and d re revealing ealing book by former Secretary of State Cordell Hull Said Hull and I can see him leaning back as he dictated looking over the wide sweep veep of the Maryland I 1 landscape a and n d s c cap a p e letting his thoughts go back over the rich days of his years We UWe have a desperate need for more religion and morality as the background for government I The religious and moral foundations for thought and conduct require strengthening here as well as throughout the world There is no higher civilizing influence than religious religious religious re re- re- re and moral concepts Corruption Corruption Corruption tion and tyranny can be driven out of government nt only when these con- con ts cV-ts ts ets give men the faculty to recognize recognize rec rec- recognize rec- rec such evils and the strength to eliminate the them In these days when we hear so many unpleasant references to the atom bomb it was a relief to the national capital to get its annual reminder that the people who know most about atomic energy think far more about how it can promote human welfare than about how it itcan itcan Itcan can extinguish human life Sixteen thousand high presented themselves this year as possible winners in the seventh annual annual annual an an- nual Westinghouse science talent 1 tanu finer rIgorous tests 40 finalists were selected to come to Washington for talks with scientists visits to Capitol Hill and the White House and conversations with their colleagues These 40 students have a reasonable reasonable reason reason- reasonable able assurance of scholarships of of 1000 each from various sources aside from the search awards while the two lucky top winners each are arc given 2400 with which to continue their studies There was another interesting thing about this years year's awards the awards the revelation that America still is drawing draw draw- ing lug heavily on the theOld Old World World- for its scientific talent The boy who won the top prize was born in Budapest Andrew Andre Kende displays his experiments experiments ex ex- with new solvents to reduce reduce re re- re- re duce explosion hazards bazard He is Andrew Kende a year old chemist a handsome youngster five feet eight inches tall Of the 40 finalists finalists final final- five were born in Europe a and d 26 parents of the 40 finalists were foreign The girl winner was year old Barbara Claire Wolff of Flushing L. 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I where the United Nations has its headquarters although there is no connection All the contestants must have worked on a special scientific scientific project and Miss Wolff devoted devoted de de- devoted de- de voted her time to production of Now if you raise fruit you ou will be interested in this al alThough al- al though you probably wouldn't a if you met it on one of your strolls stroll through your orchard A is a change change change-a a change in the shape body-shape of a fruit fly The fly itself will not be permitted per pel to get a at your fruit Its eggs egg I have been dyed and irradiated on- on I serva Hon of which processes in the thelong thelong thelong long run probably will help the fruit industry When Miss Wolff isn't dying dy ing eggs eggs and and irradiating them them she she A x i iI I I Barbara Claire Wolff who plans to become a geneticist is shown with the equipment she uses to produce is editing her school paper playing badminton studying and we suppose suppose suppose sup sup- pose practicing the modern dan dance e and enjoying her clubs which include include in in- clude elude math maUi cancer and microscopy organizations Young Kende's project has to do with removing or reducing explosion i hazards in the chemical processes by which such modern synthetics as the silicones sex hormones and some synthetic rubbers are produced com corn Some day thanks to him men and women may be able to face the most alluring hormone or the most explosive overshoe or automobile automobile automo automo- bile bUe tire in comparative safety and may even efen be able to walk right up to a silicone and slap it on the back The 40 finalists were reminded by Watson Davis Science Service director director di di- director rector Harlow Shapley director ol ot Harvard college observatory and W. 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W Waymack atomic energy commissioner commissioner com corn missioner that it is not enough these thee days however for scientists to stick to their scientific last letting the rest of the world go by As Dr Shapley put it Dont be so laborious in your laboratories laboratories labora labora- tories that you ignore your responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities as citizens And as Way Way- mid macl warned Nowadays the scientists enlists must not only aid in the thC AO ii m lJ it out mil in luu dissemination an and use of that knowledge for the general welfare wel wel- fare Unfortunately there are all too few trained scientists in this atomic age As the report of the Presidents President's 5 S S- rese research board pointed out the technological and scientific progress progress progress ress of this country depends upon one-half one of 1 per cent of our population pula p tion some tion-some some persons This small group comprises the trained m manpower the manpower the scientists scientists technicians technicians and engineers upon which the operation and the expansion of our economy depends And those actually actual actual- ly engaged in scientific research technical development or teaching comprise comprisE- a much smaller group within this pool pool only only persons The science talent search and similar similar sim sun ilar liar projects undertaking to discover and encourage youthful scientific talents are helping to ensure the fu fu- future future ture security and prosperity of the United States which depend as never before on the rapid extension I ut VL not only ue ue- cause the laboratory is the tle first line of defense in wartime and the scientist scientist is the indispensable warrior but also because scientific discovery is the basis for our progress against poverty and disease Ex GIs can upset the budget again this yeal In its attempt to i trim Mr Truman's spending congress congress congress con con- gress makes no allowance for nearly nearly nearly near near- ly million dollars still unclaimed in terminal leave pay due enlisted d men The Presidents President bulging budget budget budget bud bud- get set aside only five million dollars for this item just 1 per cent of the total possible cost In contrast to the usual Hollywood practice the governments government's film production production pro pro- includes none of the usual thrillers Latest minute 25 short subject made by Uncle Sam bears the prosaic title Toward a Uniform Uniform Uni Uni- form Plumbing Code Other recent cover movies on blister rust control Japanese agriculture foot and mouth disease S Some of the people who say they would rather be right than president dont don't get the chance they deserve |