Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-31
TEXAS SCIENTIST
GIVEN HIGH HONOR
900 Prize Awarded to
BIOLOGIST for Study of
x.Ray Effects.

| NASHVILLE. Tenn. December 81.
Dir. Herman J. Muller. professor Of
zoology at the University of Texas.
was awarded the highest honor with.
in the gift VI the American ASaocia.
| ton for the Advancement of Science
! last night.
! His paper on effects of X.radiation
/ on genes and chromosomes received
the $1,000 prize given annually by
the association for one Of the best
original contributions tn human
knowledge at its convention.
Announcement of the award was
made by Dr. Robert J. Terry Of
Washington University. st. Louis.
chairman Of the prize committee.
/ Concerned Effect on Heredify.
/ DIR. MuIler's paper detailed expert
ments in the effects of N-radiaiion in
changing the heredity tranmittiny
agents in the fruit ny So as To alter
distinctly the characteristics of des.
pendants.
Athletics is about the only field ad.
iacent 10 education which docs not
turn out a rubber stamp product
in the opinion of Prof. Truman l..
/ keiie-. professor Of education and
psychology at Stamford University.
! In athletics. at any rate, the strong
/ find expression for their physical tai
cnts. while the puny are not forced
J into foot ball. he told a sectional meet
ing of the association.
Educational practice In general.
/ however. he characterized az mod
ern Procrustes" neurological host.
who stretched or 3mputated the
/ limbs OF his guests To fit his beds.
| His expla nation was that teachers
Z simply did not know enough at pres.
ent TO work with the varying talents
! that come before them. such a. the
gift Of CAB" or Ia genius for arith.
! meiic.
Radio Leads to Science.
/ Boys fresh from their radio sets
are likely TO suspect that hey know
more Than their teachers when they
=. read presentations of electrical sub
/ Jects in their school text books.
That IN "demoralIzing influence"
seen by Claude X. Fountain. professor
of physics a, George Peabody College
/ for Teachers. who advocates complete
discard Of what be calls Fra nk Inns
/ Guess About Electricity" All cleo
f tric3t phenomena should be explained
by the electron theory. ne contends.
! Addressing IA sectional meeting or
! he association. he declared thai
radio has stimulated the desire of
: young men ~ penetrate beyond the
veil Of natures SECRETS more than any
other discovery in the history ri the
world
The va tefmelon has been sailing
under false colorS, for il isn't he
| most moist fruit. ~ IL popularity he.
/ lie*e1 Instead. hat distinction
/ fighifuily belongs ~ the cltron
/ New Product j. Sought.
! Or !. 7 Rosa 81 the University Of
taifornis= agricultural experiment
sG,iion. who cleared MP the situation
! today, raid that investigators were
bYbridizin3 the iwo fruits IN The hope
/ Of getting 4 sweet melon that would
NOS spoil quickly and that would re
3 sisf wilt
Mani insect enemies have been
f0und guilty of one more crime
/ against farm prosperity. Prof 4 \
i GTsnoyNky Of the University of Wis
i cDHsin revealed in Il paper presented
befnre the Assptci8ti0 ~ Economic
I EniDmolopiAts today,
/ ~as prayed last summer. he said
+ hal the common poiBto ieafhoppst In
! responsible fo' a damaging disease nf
anjif8 --"yeiioWE ~ Yeiiow top.
The boppeFs nis0 snert clover. coy,
bfsns, garden beans and other
j l"91hft~ ptpf. GraDoVskys "Kperi
uients Indicated