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October 23,1980

W.U. Joint AB-AM Degree, New Major Approved for Arts and Sciences

Two new programs in the WU College of Arts and Sciences were approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at its first meeting of the year on Oct. 10. They include a four-year, com- bined AB-AM degree program and a major in archaeology.

According to Linda B. Salamon, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the AB-AM program is designed for those stu- dents, perhaps 20 each year, who enter the College with one semester or more of college credit. In the past, many of these students have elected to take more than normal course loads, and some have chosen to graduate in three years. Salamon said that rewarding these students who study for a full four years has advantages for them and for the University.

"For areas where the AM is the terminal professional degree, such as in geology, there is a distinct time advantage for students," she said. "The program also allows these highly motivated students to get into advanced courses and seminars earlier. Third, four years of undergraduate education is an im- portant intellectual growth period which students should ex- perience." The program also maintains a critical intellectual mass in certain graduate courses and seminars.

The degree requires 135 hours of undergraduate and graduate credit, including all academic and residency require- ments for the AB degree. After fulfilling the minimum require- ments for an undergraduate major, students in the program must accumulate an additional 30 units of graduate (400 and 500 level courses) work. Theses and examinations for the AM degree are still required. Additional requirements, such as the study of a foreign language, may be added by the departments.

Formal admission to the graduate school will be delayed until the student's final semester so that undergraduate aid and loan programs can continue. The four-year, AB-AM program will be offered by participating departments within the

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The serenity of a fall day in the Quadrangle was disturbed last week as workmen laid cable as part of a $200,000 campus lighting project. Other areas to be lit are near Olin Library, Duncker, Graham, Prince, Brookings and the Skinker lots.

Study of interplanetary dust particles in the "clean room" at Compton Hall is among the research to be funded by the NASA grant.

WU Scientists Hail NASA Grant For Pioneering Space Research

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected WU as one of four universities in the nation to partici- pate in a newly announced "innovative research" program. Ac- cording to NASA officials, the program is designed to en- courage pioneering basic research which is in the formative or embryonic stage, and which appears to have significant poten- tial for the advance of space science.

The initial grant here of $125,000 per year will be adminis- tered through the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences. Director of the Center and McDonnell Professor of Physics Robert M. Walker hailed the funds as "a significant step in improving the pattern of research support in this country."

"Too often," said Walker, "some of the best ideas go beg- ging because they are considered too speculative. There is a growing realization that total reliance on the current peer re- view system of individual project support does not optimize creativity and innovation."

According to Walker, new ideas first must be nurtured and developed before they can compete in the scientific market- place. "The beauty of this money is that it is flexible," he said, also noting that many major discoveries in the past have been a result of serendipity rather than directed research.

WU's own Center for Archaeometry is a good example. In 1974, city officials were having difficulty in safely cleaning a scale from the Milles Fountain in downtown St. Louis. At an interdisciplinary seminar, WU scientists discussed cleaning the scale with a small, abrasive machine purchased for cutting lunar rocks. The idea was successful, and the Center is now nationally recognized for its pioneering techniques in the preservation of outdoor statues.

Walker outlined several exploratory areas in which the re- search grant may be used. One is the development of new analytical methods for studying extraterrestrial materials such as interplanetary and interstellar dust. Others are working to improve image-processing techniques for space data, conduct-

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Arnold J. Heidenheimer (right) and Nils Elvander at a 1978 conference on Swedish health policies.

WU Professor, Students Contribute To Book on Swedish Health System

Two political scientists, Arnold J. Heidenheimer of WU and Nils Elvander of the University of Uppsala in Sweden, are the editors of a new book on The Shaping of the Swedish Health System, published by Croom Helm of London and St. Martin's Press in New York City.

It is the first book written by social scientists to examine the evolution of the Swedish health care system. A collection of original essays, it draws upon governmental records, interview data and statistical analyses. The contributors examine the modern system against a background of historical develop- ments in medical education and the provision of health insur- ance. The consequences of these developments are related to re- cent decisions involving compensation for doctors, financing health care and the concentration of health care in hospitals.

Of timely interest are those chapters which examine in detail the reasons why Swedish physicians now receive specific salaries rather than being remunerated with patient fees. It also explains why the number of Swedish doctors has increased dramatically, and how this development has affected the costs of the Swedish health system.

Four of the 14 contributors to this comprehensive book are or have been associated with WU. In addition to Heiden- heimer, they are: Mack Carder, a candidate for the PhD in political science; Bendix Klingeberg, who studied sociology and political science here and at the University of Hamburg; and Hirobumi Ito, who earned the AM degree as a major in the Germanic-Scandinavian studies area on this campus in 1977.

Heidenheimer, Carder and Klingeberg contributed papers on the role of the medical profession in health policy reforms after 1945. Ito and another participant, Ole Berg, a political scientist at the University of Oslo, concentrated on historical and comparative studies.

In the closing chapter of the book, Odin W. Anderson, pro- fessor of sociology and director of the Center for Health Administration Studies at the University of Chicago, and James Warner Bjorkman, assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, conclude:

"In sum, the health services will continue to be a growth industry and in public demand. The health sector will continue to be labour-intensive. And high technology will continue to develop. All of this will be expensive. There is no cheap way out. Health services cannot be efficient; yet they must be pro- vided. Health services will continue to receive a high priority because they are wanted—regardless of so-called outcome measures."

Saturday Family Swims Offered The WU Department of Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15 and

Sports and Recreation will of- Nov. 22. The pool will be fer family recreational swims divided into three sections: for faculty, staff and their one lane for lap swimming; children from 10:30 a.m. to one section of shallow water; noon on Saturdays, Oct. 25, and one section of deep water.

Four-Day Early Music Festival Features Staged Monteverdi Opera

Four evenings of Renaissance and Baroque music will be presented during WU's first annual Early Music Festival Thursday, Oct. 30, through Sunday, Nov. 2, on campus. It is sponsored by the Department of Music.

Highlighting the festival on Nov. 2 will be an authentically staged and costumed performance of Monteverdi's short opera // Ballo dell' Ingrate (The Dance of the Ungrateful Women) (1638), performed by WU's Collegium Musicum, and directed by Nicholas McGegan, artist-in-residence at WU. The Col- legium is comprised of students in WU's graduate Historical Performance Practice Program.

Courtly dances and stylized, rhetorical gestures are used in this work, which illustrates the calamity—eternal life in hell— that befalls women who reject men's love. Garbed in costumes covered with tears, the ghosts of damned, unmarried women dance and sing their sadness while Pluto, god of Hades, warns living women to "gather ye rosebuds while ye may."

This concert, which will begin at 8 p.m. in Holmes Lounge, will also include a performance of the "Magnificat" from Monteverdi's Vespers (1610), sung by the WU Madrigal Singers, directed by Orland Johnson, professor of music.

The festival will open on Thursday, Oct. 30, with a concert of 16th-century Spanish and Italian vocal and instrumental selections by the Early Music Ensemble of St. Louis at 8 p.m. in Graham Chapel. The performers are Christine Armistead, soprano, Willard Cobb, tenor, Lauri Pierce, viola da gamba, Rodney Stuckey, lute, and Kevin Mason, lute and viola da gamba. Armistead holds an AB degree in music from WU; Mason is a doctoral candi- date here.

Baroque flutists McGegan, who is director of

Nicholas McGegan the festival, and Lynn Hizer, and harpsichordist Charles Metz, will give an all-Bach (J.S. and C.P.E. Bach) recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in Holmes Lounge. Metz, a WU graduate assistant, and Hizer are both doctoral candidates at WU.

The Concerto Castello, a Massachusetts-based ensemble, will perform a concert of 17th-century Italian and German instrumental music on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. in Holmes Lounge. The performers include Bruce Dickey, who is a WU artist-in-residence, cornetto and recorder, Dana Maiben, violin, Alice Robbins, cello, Charles Toet, trombone, and Frances Fitch, harpsichord. Admision to all concerts is $2 at the door.

The festival will also in- clude two master classes on 17th- and 18th-century music Nov. 1 and 2 from 1-3 p.m. in Holmes Lounge. McGegan and Metz will lead Saturday's class on 18th-century cham- ber music. Members of the Concerto Castello will lead the Sunday workshop on late Renaissance and early Ba- roque music.

Both master classes are free and open to the public. Players of modern as well as old instruments may partici- pate. Those wishing to per- form must register by calling An ornament on a Re„aissanCe in. Ext. 5774. strument.

Campus Notes Off Track Dancers, a

professional St. Louis dance company, has commissioned Mary-Jean Cowell, WU assis- tant professor of dance, to choreograph a new dance work for the company's "Concert of New Works," to be presented at 8 p.m. Sat. Oct. 25, at St. Louis Conservatory and Schools for the Arts (CASA), 560 Trinity Ave., University City. Satoru Shimazaki, WU dance artist- in-residence, will appear in the piece, entitled "Corridors." The music is by Steven Radecke, musical director of the WU dance division.

Samuel B. Guze, vice chan- cellor for medical affairs and president of the WU Medical Center, was installed as chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) dur- ing the association's annual meeting this month.

Reka Kozak, a reserve and circulation assistant in the WU Biology Library, recently presented a paper at the In- ternational Conference for Librarians of Hungarian Origin in Budapest. Her topic was on "Methodological Problems in Preparing a Bib- liography Relating to Hungary in Washington Uni- versity Libraries, St. Louis."

Marilyn S. Pryor, director of the Division of Profes- sional and Career Programs in the WU School of Continu- ing Education, was selected "Working Woman of the Day" (Sept. 2) by KXOK radio. This semester, Pryor's division developed 68 busi- ness and professional semi- nars offered through the School. In recognition of the award, Pryor was interviewed by broadcaster Phil Duncan and given several gifts by the station.

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Students may inquire at the College about existing five-year programs leading to graduate degrees from other University divisions.

Curricular and faculty resources for the major in archaeology have been drawn from the departments of An- thropology and of Art and Archaeology. The major requires an introductory course in archaeology and 24 hours of advanced credit of which at least 10 hours must be devoted to supervised archaeological fieldwork. Sarantis Symeonoglou, associate professor of art and archaeology, is the program's director. Other faculty working closely with the program are Patty Jo Watson, professor of anthropology, David L. Browman, asso- ciate professor of anthropology, and Lee A. Parsons, part-time lecturer in art and archaeology and curator of primitive art, St. Louis Art Museum.

Salamon explained that the archaeology major is similar to other interdisciplinary programs on campus, such as Jewish Studies and Women's Studies. "One or two students a year have been choosing a self-designed course of study in archaeology. This action formalized that study, using existing resources and without adding new staff," Salamon added.

Salamon also discussed the new undergraduate minor program, approved last spring. In addition to departments in the College, the schools of Business and Public Administration and of Fine Arts have submitted outlines for minors this fall, offering unique opportunities to students, according to Salamon. A minor is being considered by the School of Architecture.

"For the first time at this University, it is possible to study in two schools within four years," Salamon noted. "The minor is an opportunity to gain intellectual enrichment and to expand one's consideration of career goals. The key reason for the minor is to help students plan

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their four years here as a whole."

Complete lists and descriptions of available minors are now being com- piled, and copies will soon be on file at the offices of all undergraduate divisions as well as the College.

French horns contribute to the Wind Ensemble's unique sound.

Student Group Strives to Offer New Music for Wind Ensemble

It's not all John Philip Sousa's fault. The burden should be shared by medieval trumpeters, centuries of military tradition and college football. The perception remains that wind and brass ensembles are for raising spirits and leading parades. Not so, according to Dan Presgrove, director of the WU Wind En- semble.

"The symphonic band or wind ensemble is in the infant stage as an artistic organization," Presgrave said. "There are many composers who are exploring the possibilities of wind en- sembles, and we always include a good portion of this in- novative repertoire in our programs."

The ensemble will hold the first formal concert of its eighth season at WU on 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, in Edison Theatre. The program will feature Robert Jager's Sinfonietta, a recipient of an Oswald Award (given by music publishers) in 1972. Other works on the program are by Hartley, Reed, Strauss and Pro- kofiev. The free concert is open to the public.

In its search for new music, the ensemble has not over- looked WU composers. The group has performed two pieces by Robert A. Wykes, WU professor of music. In March, it will premiere a piece for wind ensemble and jazz quartet by Kim M. Portnoy, a WU graduate student.

Founded by Presgrave in 1972, the ensemble is made up mostly of WU students and of students and music educators from area colleges. When there is a choice, WU students are given preference for seats in the ensemble. Outsiders help fill gaps in sections.

Each year, the group gives four formal concerts on campus, one concert at a local high school, and four "pops" concerts, usually at St. Louis shopping centers. Next March, the group will perform at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Although the ensemble includes only two undergraduate music majors, it is made up of serious and well-rehearsed musi- cians, according to Presgrave. One member of the ensemble is a medical resident at Barnes Hospital who manages to arrange his work schedule around ensemble rehearsals.

Subsequent concerts in Edison Theatre are scheduled for Dec. 1, March 3, and April 28.

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ing fundamental physical chemistry studies of planetary ma- terials (particularly the noble or inert gases) and experiments at ultra-high pressures, and developing a new detector for observ- ing faint celestial objects in the infrared (a spectral region longer than visible light and shorter than radio waves).

The grant will boost the annual budget of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences to $2,125,000. The Center is an interdisciplinary group of approximately 70 researchers, tech- nicians and graduate students, including 18 faculty members from the departments of Physics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemistry and Electrical Engineering.

Calendar October 24-30

Friday, Oct. 24 12 noon. Black Studies W.E.B. DuBois Lecture Series, "Black Love," Robert C. Tucker, assoc. prof, of psychiatry, Yale U. Wohl Cafeteria.

2 p.m. Department of Technology and Human Affairs Seminar, "Some Technical Ironies in the Control of Air Pollution," Warren White, WU assoc. prof, of mechanical engineering. 102 Eads.

3 p.m. Women's Studies Program and the Undergraduate History Association Lecture, "Charivaris, Marriage and Community in 17th- century France," Natalie Zemon Davis, prof, of history, Princeton U. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall.

4 p.m. Eighth Annual Carl Vernon Moore MD Memorial Lecture, "The Role of Gonadal Steroids in Sexual Differentiation," Jean D. Wilson, prof, of internal medicine, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Tex. Carl V. Moore Auditorium, North Building, 4580 Scott Avenue.

Saturday, Oct. 25 9 a.m. Neural Sciences Program Seminar, "Role of Calcium in Synaptic Plasticity," Vincent Castellucci, division of neurobiology and behavior, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia U. 928 McDonnell Science Bldg., 4750 McKinley.

11 p.m. WU Judo Club Invitational Tournament. Francis Field House.

Monday, Oct. 27 11 a.m. Department of Civil Engineering Seminar, "The Shear Center and the Center of Twist Revisited," Morris Ojalvo, prof, of civil engineering, Ohio State U. 100 Cupples II. 12 noon. Department of Biology Seminar, "Chloroplast Biogenesis in Vitro," Nam-Hai Chua, cell biology department, Rockefeller U. 322 Rebstock. 4 p.m. Department of Biology Seminar, "Dobhansky, Sturtevant and Wright: The Origin of the 'Genetics of Natural Populations' Series," William Provine, prof, of history, Cornell U. 322 Rebstock. 6 p.m. Department of Technology and Human Affairs Seminar, "The Nylon Story," Rolf Buchdahl, prof, of university studies, N. Carolina State U. 307 Urbauer. 8:30 p.m. School of Architecture Lecture, "Reflections on Work: Past and Future," B. Doshi, founder and honorary director, School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, India. Steinberg Auditorium.

Tuesday, Oct. 28 8 p.m. Art of the 1970s Lecture Series, "Photographs in the 1970s," Ken White, WU asst. prof, of fine arts. Admission $2.50; $2 for WU community. Steinberg Auditorium.

Wednesday, Oct. 29 11 a.m. Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman Memorial Lecture, "Social Justice in a World of Shrinking Resources and Rising Poverty," William L. Shirer, author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and Gandhi: A Memoir. Graham Chapel.

3:30 p.m. Center for the Study of American Business Public Choice Workshop, "A New Approach to the Spatial Theory of Voting," Melvin Hinich, prof, of economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 300 Eliot. 4 p.m. Department of Physics Colloquium, "Neutrino Oscillations," Max Dresden, prof, of physics, SUNY, Stony Brook. 201 Crow.

Thursday, Oct. 30 4 p.m. Public Affairs Thursday Lecture, "Housing Patterns and School Segregation," Gary Orfield, prof, of political science, U. of III., Urbana. Lambert Lounge, Mallinckrodt Center.

4 p.m. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Seminar, "Studies of Desert Landforms," Farouk El Baz, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. 104 Wilson. 8 p.m. Department of English Lecture, "A Midsummer Night's Dream and Other Comedies," Stuart Tave, WU Visiting Hurst Prof, of English. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall.

Films

Friday, Oct. 24 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Being There." Brown. $1.75. (Also Sat., Oct. 25, same times, Brown.)

8 p.m. Classic American Cinema Film Series, "Bird of Paradise" and "Tarzan and His Mate." Rebstock. $2.

12 Midnight. WU Filmboard Series, "Dr. Strangelove." Brown. $1. (Also Oct. 25, Brown.)

Saturday, Oct. 25 8 p.m. Classic American Cinema Film Series, "It Happened One Night" and "Roman Holiday." Rebstock. $2.

Monday, Oct. 27 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "The African Queen." Brown. $1.75. (Also Tues., Oct. 28, same times, Brown.)

Wednesday, Oct. 29 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "Day for Night." Brown. $1.75. (Also Oct. 30, same times, Brown.)

Music

Sunday, Oct. 26 8 p.m. WU Wind Ensemble Concert, directed by Dan Presgrave. Edison Theatre.

Thursday, Oct. 30 8 p.m. Department of Music Early Music Festival with The Early Music Ensemble of St. Louis performing 16th-century Spanish and Italian vocal and instrumental works. Graham Chapel. Admission $2. 8 p.m. "Ragtime '80," with the New American Ragtime Ensemble. Edison Theatre. General admission: $6; $4.50 for WU faculty and staff and area students; $2.75 for WU students. Tickets available at Edison Theatre Box Office. "Ragtime '80" runs through Nov. 2.

Exhibitions

"James S. McDonnell Memorial Exhibit. Olin Library, main floor. Hours: 8 a.m.-12 midnight, Mon.- Thurs.; 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Fridays; 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturdays; 11 a.m.-12 midnight, Sundays. Through Dec. 4.

"Visual Catalogue Exhibition," sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art. Bixby Gallery, Bixby Hall. 10- 12 a.m. and 1-4 p.m., weekdays; 1-5 p.m., weekends. Through Nov. 14.

"Greek Vases and Roman Glass," Print Gallery, WU Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekdays; 1-5 p.m., weekends. Through Nov. 23.

"Cubist, Expressionist and Surrealist Paintings and Sculptures." Upper Gallery. WU Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekdays, 1-5 p.m., weekends. Through Nov. 2.

"American Art." Lower Gallery, WU Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekdays; 1-5 p.m., weekends. Through Feb. 1.

Performing Arts

Friday, Oct. 24 8 p.m. Edison Theatre Dance Series, "Spanish Dances in Concert," featuring Pascual Olivera and Angela del Moral. Edison Theatre. General admission: $6; $4.50 for WU faculty and staff and area students; $2.75 for WU students. Tickets available at Edison Theatre Box Office. University Night tickets for Friday night only, $5 per person, including reception following concert. For information, call 863-4853.(Also Sat., October 25.)

8 p.m. Thyrsus and Student Union Production, The House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare. The all-stu- dent production will be directed by Steven Leon, WU senior drama student. Drama Studio. General admission: $2; $1.50 for WU students. Tickets available at Edison Theatre Box Office. (Also 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 25, and Sun., Oct. 26.)

Sports

Two of the world's foremost Spanish dancers, Pascual Olivera and Angela del Moral, will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 at Edison Theatre.

Sunday, Oct. 26 1 p.m. Soccer, WU vs. Wabash College. Francis Field.

Laffer, Roos Speak At Business Conference

Lawrence K. Roos, presi- dent of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Arthur Laffer, Charles B. Thornton professor of economics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, will be among the participants of a two-day economic policy con- ference entitled, "The Supply Side of Economic Policy." The conference will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25 in the Seeley G. Mudd Courtroom and will be open to the WU- community. It is sponsored by the WU Center for the Study of American Business and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

The conference will open at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 with remarks by Roos and Murray Weidenbaum, director of the Center. Laffer will speak at 9:15 a.m. on "A Theoretical Model of the Supply Side Ef- fects of Economic Policy."

Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R- Utah) will speak at dinner on Friday evening. The Senator serves on Senate committees on Budget, Small Business, Judiciary and Labor and Human Resources. For more information call Melinda Warren, Ext. 5630.