Evening star., 1943-05-09

A BTdZllldIl woman physician Spe-
cializing in obstetrics and child care
has been awarded the $500 Latin
American fellowship annually pro-
vided by the American Association
of University Women for a years
study in this country, according to
an announcement yesterday.
DR.. Yvonne Parigot de Souza, head
doctor in prenatal care at a hospital
in Parana, will study advanced OBJ
stetrics at Columbia University and
observe child clinics and social well
fare centers to acquaint herself with
this country's methods of organizing
for maternal and child welfare.
Upon her return to Brazil, she
plans to set up standard maternity
center to help improve conditions
with regard to the care of mothers
and babies in her country. Her
program calls for training nurses
at the center and for writing and
distributing literature on prenatal
hygiene.
Dr. de Souza is one of number
of distinguished Latin American
women who have studied in this
country on the Latin American fell
lowship. Currently holding the
award is Dr. Mercedes E. Gatell,
Havana attorney, now at George
Washington University
Contributing to Fellowship.
The Washington branch Of the
AAUW has supported the fellow
ship since it was inaugurated and
is contributing to its endowment
fund.
In addition to DR.. de Souza, II
outstanding woman scholars have
received $500 fellowship awards for
1884 from the AAUW.
Through the Aurelia Henry Rein
hardt International Fellowship a
woman from this country hopes to
study in Mexico. She is Miss Mar
garet c. Schemel, instructor in mod
ern languages at Indiana University,
who will undertake a study of the
various aspects of present-day mod
ern language instruction in the Sec
ondary schools of Mexico.
Subjects into which other fellow
ship recipients will delve extensively
include public school dental hy-
giene. inhibitions of the central
nervous system, race discrimination
between white and colored children,
the philosophy of contemporary
French writer, experiments with
animal surgery in the field of sex
hormones, vegetation of the United
0f fu-N ,ic&i
societies in Indiana, the life and
works of 14th century Dominican
and the Biblical theme of Judith
and Holofernes.
Central Inhibition Studied.
A Baltimore woman, Miss Harriet
F. Mylander, was awarded the Eliza
beth Avery Cotton Fellowship and
plans to complete scientific study
of central inhibition. one of the
least we'll understood phenomena
of the central nervous system. Now
a student Of pharmacology at the
Harvard Medical School, she will
work for her Phi. D. degree at Rad
cliffe College.
The Kathryn McHale Fellowship,
honoring the AAUW general direc-
tor. has gone to Miss Marguerite
Young of Terre Haute, Ind. who
will write book entitled "Utopias
on the Wabash"
Miss Young explains that the two
Utopias were founded by George
Rapp of Wurtemberg, and by Robert
Owen, father of the British labor
movement and modern socialist"
The Sarah Berliner Research Eel
lowship will enable DR.. Dorothy I.
Parker to continue the project she
started last year on an AAUW
award. A botanist of Bargersville,
Ind, she is preparing botanical en-
cyclopedia of the United States
She is now writing volume I. The
Vegetation of Western United
States and will write volume II.
The Vegetation of Eastern United
States on the new award At
present there is no such work and
Miss Parker has been urged by
botanists the country over to COM
plete her textbook.
Studies Dental Hygiene.
Miss Leah Gold, dental hygien-
!st in the public schools of New
Haven, Conn, received the Marion
Talbot Fellowship to conduct re-
search on the effectiveness of spe-
oific dental hygiene methods among
students of junior high school age.
Miss Gold, a native of Russia, will
work under the direction of the
Yale Graduate School. with CO.
operation of the New Haven Board
of Health and Board of Education.
Race prejudice as it is manifested
among Negro and white children of
kindergarten and first grade age will
be the subject of research to be con-
Quoted by Mrs. Mary Ellen Hohiesel
Goodman of Los Angeles, recipient
of the May Treat Morrison Fellow