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University Daily Kansan Monday, March 23,1964
Harvard M.D. Sees Possibility Science May Overcome Heredity
By Delos Smith UPI Science Editor
NEW YORK—Dr. Samuel A. Levine sees the possibility of science interfering with heredity in order to give longer life and better health to persons whose ancestral 'tendencies' are against them.
"We may not be able to change our parents but we may be able to change ourselves or our offspring," he said. Before it can be done, however, science must find out what is at the base of these "tendencies."
specific inherited defect been iden- | tified."
As of now, science speaks loosely of them. "We speak of the family tendency to diabetes, hypertension, gout, coronary disease and many other conditions," he continued. "In only a few of such diseases has the
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — (UPI) — Wisconsin Democrats readied political "truth squads" today to hound the steps of Alabama Gov. George Wallace in the state's presidential primary.
Wisconsin Democrats Prepare for Wallace
Wallace was scheduled to arrive here at noon (EST) and resume his politicking with a speech at White-water State College later in the day.
'L'Alouette' Is Tuesday Night
Le Treteau de Paris Theatre Co. will produce the play "L'Alouette," by Jean Anouilh, at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow at the University Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The theatre company is under the auspices of the French government, and has the patronage of M. Edouard Morot-Sir, Cultural Counselor to the French Embassy.
Le Treteau de Paris Theatre Co. will tour 65 campus cities with their 1964 production of "L'Alouette." The company toured the U.S. in 1588. At that time, it was the first professional French company to tour the U.S. since Sarah Bernhardt sponsored such a company in 1891. Since 1960 the American tour of the company has become an annual affair.
"L'Alouette" (the lark), produced by Jean de Rigualto, is the story of Joan of Arc.
HIS HOPE was directed at structure rather than at function. No one, he said, doubts "the size and shape of the ears, the wrinkles on our brow or face, the shape of the head, the color of the eyes and so forth are mainly determined by hereditary factors."
The segregations governor spent nearly all of last week campaigning on college campuses and small town streets in his bid to "shake the eyeteeth of national politicians" with a big vote in the April 7 primary.
WISCONSIN GOV. JOHN Reynolds, the Democrat's "favorite son" candidate, said last night that a substantial vote for Wallace would "give heart to the hatemongers from coast to coast."
In a Palm Sunday political speech, Reynolds urged Democrats to be tolerant of Wallace supporters "because they do not know fully what they are doing."
State Democratic leaders said they would play "tollow the leader" with Wallace, crossing and re-crossing the campaign trail of the Southerner to speak to every group he does.
WALLACE HAS ALSO entered presidential primaries in Indiana (May 5) and Maryland (May 19). The Senate floorleader on civil rights, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn., said yesterday in Detroit that he hoped Wallace would not be successful in his northern campaigns.
"I hope the people will see the moral issue on this question." Humphrey said.
Wisconsin Democrats led by Reynolds warned party members that Wallace "must not be looked upon as a joke."
Reynolds said the effects of the primary would be felt far beyond Wisconsin. He said the size of Wallace's vote would measureably affect the fate of the civil rights bill.
Then how about the diameter of arteries to the vital organs, and also their configurations? For instance, a person's ancestral patterns may give him arteries to the adrenal or pituitary glands that are slightly larger than is ideal.
Dr. Levine, who is professor of medicine emeritus, Harvard University, focused on these endocrine glands because "the endocrine system has such profound effect on all the organs and functions of the body. In a large measure it determines whether we are alert or sluggish, tall or short, whether we are dark or fair, hairy or hairless, hypertensive or hypotensive.
"The effect of a very slight alteration in the caliber of any artery to a vital structure is going on constantly 24 hours a day and for many years. It would follow that a child who appears to be quite normal at birth, but whose parents are hypertensive may remain very well but have a very slightly larger adrenal artery than normal, just as he may have larger ears than normal.
"THE VERY slightly increased blood flow to the adrenal glands may have resulted in a minute increase in the production of epinephrine or norepinephrine. After 30 years of this excessive secretion clinical hypertension could have resulted."
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Jazz Quintet Plays Variety Of Modern Jazz at Forum
The Midwestern Jazz Quintet entertained the audience at yesterday's Jazz Forum with a program that ran the gamut of modern jazz, from Be-Bop mainstream to "the new thing."
The group opened with Horace Silver's composition, "Hippy." The up-tempo of the tune provided the group with a brisk workout.
After several pieces, Herb Smith, alto saxophone, and Bill Hargrave, trumpet, took a break while the percussion section did some free-form improvisation. Some interesting interplay took place between Manfred Eaton on piano and Dick Youngstein on bass. Drummer Gray provided the free-form excursion with solid, but sensitive support.
The quintet then improvised on a tune called "Dear John." The tune has no written chorus, and the soloists are confined to the harmonic and rhythmic limits of the dorian mode and 3/4 time. Hargrave dedicated the tune to tenor saxophonist John Coltarue, who has been experimenting with model improvisation for the last few years.
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