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Arkansas State press., 1958-05-09
1t Happened At AMEN College
by john Howard

Dr. Sellers Jea Parker professor of Horticulture at AM
&N college has been selected to attend special biological
sciences institute June 30 to August at Oregon State college
Corvallis, it announced here this week.
The institute is for so selected biological science teachers
from colleges and universities the country 1t Is offered
under special from the National Science Foundation
During the six weeks topics will include genetcs micro
biology growth and development radiation biology marine
and invertebrate biology, and enviromenta biology
Some of the nations leading scientists will topic
leaders the institute Mornings will be devoted to lectures
By visiting scientists and members of the Oregon State college
staff Afternoon sessions will include laboratory periods DEM
onstratons discussions, reading, reports and field work
One afternoon and evening week will be devoted to
college teaching problems Detectives of the institute to
improve subject matter competence of the participating teach
from the nation and help movate able students
TO consider in science DR. Henry Hensen dean OF
csc graduate school, is institute director.
Arkansas State press., 1958-05-09
AMGN College Student Chosen
For Leadership Training Seminar

gional and religious groups. Col,
leee students, farmers, industrial
workers, teachers, junior exeeu-
tives, social workers, ranchefs
and foreign service personnel are
included. Many are sponsored by
the Encampment's cooperating
organizations.
The Encampment program
combining features of both semi
mar and summer camp, focuses
on major current issues: United
States foreign policy and the u
N; civil rights and civil libertles'
and economic problems including
labor-management relations ana
trade union policy. Lectures
workshops and field trips make
I'D the formal curriculum. Out
standing authorities and govern
ment officials are guest panellsts'
The resources of the New York
and San Francisco are explored
both for study and recreation.
Three students from AMIN
college attended the Eneampment
last summer. They were Marian
Anderson, Dana LaJoyee Horn
and Maynard Arlanda Welch.
Arkansas State press., 1958-05-09

business trip to Fort Smith 70.
Gently in the interest of the
Churches of God in Christ of the
Fort Smith district, over which
he presides as district superin.
tendent :. Mrs. Allie E. Landers
was called to Kansas City. Sun.
day on account of the grave III.
ness of her sister, Mrs. portia
Mcdaniel Mcintosh. Roosevelt
Moore, who wCs critically iniur.
ed in a traffic accident recentlv
was dismissed from the hospital
last Friday. Otis Jones, a ma.
tive of Conway, died in the Mis-.
souri, Pacific hospital, Little Rock
early Sunday morning, April 81.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs Dovie Boseman Jones. one
sister, Miss lola Jones. several
nieees, nephews and cousins
Final rites were held list Sat-
urday afternoon at o'clock at
the Church of Christ, conducted
by A. d. Gentry. Burial was in
the Robinson Memorial cemetery
by Cosmopolitan funeral home of
Morrilton. Masonic rites were
held at the grave. Out of town
relatives and friends here for
the services were Johnnie Graf.
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. John Cole Of
st Louis, Mrs. Mortee Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chprlie Macddoek,
Mrs Geraldine Haynes, of Kansas
City Mrs. Helen Mabry of Wichi-
ia, Kans; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bal
enton, Wichita; Fred Balenton, jr,
of Pine Bluff; Mrs. Murla Benz
nett, Mrs. Hester Wade, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Cole, Mrs. Della Jones
and Mrs. Grace Hervey all of
Little Rock. Mrs. Annie B.
Jones and Johnnie Fortune, re-
main on the sick list. Mrs.
Bernice Davis of Tunica, Missis-
sippi, was a weekend guest in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Gilmore. Mrs. Willie Cowan
was admitted to the Conway Me-
mortal hospital recently for treat
ment. :. =. Robert Winston was
dismissed recently from the Mis-
souri, Pacific hospital. He is con-
valescing at his home on Fac
tory street. Richard Sullivan
of Morrilton, visited here recent
ly. Mrs. Annie M. Piggee was
dismissed from the Conway Me-
lhorial hospital Sunday. Her con-
dition is much improved Mrs.
Jeffrey Roberts is home after
a brief stay in the hospital. -.
The Rev J. S. Allen of Little
Rock, was guest speaker at I'm
ion Baptist church Sunday morn
ing and evening, My 4 Out
of town visitors sharing with us
our morning worship service were
Mrs. j. S. Allen, Miss Edna M.
Robinson, Rev. r. B. Willingham,
all of Little Rock, Mrs. Juanita
Harris and Mrs. Maxine McDan-
iel of Ell Reno, Oklahoma Mrs.
Julia Woodland, who has been i'll
for sometimes. also worshipped
with us. Get your STATE
PRESS paper weekly from your
local agent, Mrs. Mertyce l.. Hen
ry, 905 Willow street, or call
1007
Arkansas State press., 1958-05-09
HoNoRs DAY TO BE HELD

AMIN college students
who received listiigs in Who's
Who in American Colleges and
Universities and those stu
dents who are to receive scho-
larships, prizes and awards for
outstanding contributions at
the college, will be honored at
a special Honors Day Exer-
else, May 13 at HOO a. m.
in the college gymn.
DR.. J. B. Jones, director
of Student Life, will be in
charge of the Who's Who stu
dents and Professor r. f. Rus
sell, head Department of His
tory and Government will
work jointly with Dr.. Jones
for students who will receive
prizes, awards and scholar
ships for outstanding contri-
buttons during the year.
DR.. Mallory is completing
her thirty-third year as presi-
dent of the institution she
founded and ranks as one OF
top speakers in the nation
She is a graduate of Jackson
Arkansas State press., 1958-05-09
Conway

Rev. John w Rogers made a
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absence of even the most
timid and dilatory lobby.
many members of Congress
quite reasonably wondered
whether it was worth it after
all. Why not save statesman
ship for when it would count.
An official version of THE
Star-Spangled Banner" rati-
fed by act Of Congress, was
on the point Of being aban-
doned, but Mr.. Broyhill
raised a sturdy voice in pro-
test. big p little p or
small capital p I don't give
a Continental. But let's
make it official!"
It's not official yet. but
superior intelligence Is at
work. Meanwhile. revel in
individualism, and sing 1t
any way you want.
AS for the melody. the
committee will recommend
that dotted rhythms alter
nate with even rhythms in
20 say >" and "by the
dawn's ." and in similar
passages. This should do
much to help the ensemble
in extemporaneous group
singing, for there is now no
popular unity on-this point.
If I were consulted, I
would suggest that the en-
tire tune be abandoned and
a better one substituted for
our National Anthem. My
feeling that it is a poor song.
hating and awkward, is not
shared by many others whose
critical opinion is equal. at
least, to my own. The fact
cannot be gainSaid, never
theless, that the span of an
octave and a perfect fifth,
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TURNTABLE TALK
By JAMES G. DEANE
Star RECORD Critic

Are records by very young
musicians good buys?
The answer seems to be yes
and no. Take the case Of
Glenn Gould. the precocious
young Canadian pianist who
has just begun making the
rounds OF American concert
halls. His first record was of
Bach's Goldberg Variations.
and it made something Of a
sensation. 1t can be said to
have earned a yes on the
predatory question.
But bis second record, q
coupling Of two late Beeth-
oven sonatas. was far less
successful. 1t was quite out of
the running alongside the eff
forts Of master Beethoven
opponents.
Gould's two newest Column
bia records repeat the initial
pattern. One features Bach's
@ major and e minor parti-
tas, and the playing is high
ly stimulating. The other is
a coupling Of Beethoven's B
fiat concerto and Bach's D
minor concerto, with Leonard
Bernstein as the podium col
laborator.. 1t is. to me at
least, considerably less salts
flying.
Gould's largest present
asset, besides a flashy tech
nique, is his youthful en-
thusiasm. It was doubtless
this that made his essay Of
the Goldberg variations so
successful. He brought q
fresh approach to the music.
But he is a nervous and APP
parently rather cratic per-
former. 1t is to be hoped
that he will develop more
repose (not the kind induced
by tranquilizers), without
losing his present vitality. He
will also be q much finer
artist when time has elm
mated the present excessive
tendency to mannerism evil
dent in his Beethoven play
ing.
Bernstein, another super
charged personality, may not
be the most satisfactory COL
laborator for a high-tension
young pianist. The orchestral
accompaniment on the Bach
Beethoven record seems sim
ilarly nervous and over
stressed.
All of Gould's records show
another attribute which 1t
can be hoped he will outgrow.
Like some other absorbed
musicians, he huns.
Two unattached fugues
from Book Two of the Well
Tempered Clavier are on the
disc with the partitas. In this
era of completeness, they
seem out of place.
Young Gould's present linn
itations do not negate his
talent, or the value Of his APP
parent special dedication to
Bach. He is someone to watch
with anticipation.
X 4 = 4
NOVELTIES
Several forays, major and
minor. into the realm OF the
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TURNTABLE TALK
Boch and. Beethoven
Essoyed by Gould

unfamiliar are represented in
recent keyboard discs.
The most challenging is q
Columbia record embracing
Arnold Schoenberg's entire
solo piano output. performed
by a. pupil and disciple. Ed
ward Steuermann. To the
ear attuned to conventional
tonality this music will hold
little If any immediate APP
peal. Others may consider it
Of the greatest interest. 1t is
one thing undeniably: I'M
orthodox.
Nine sonatas and an i'm
posing fandango by Antonio
Soler. 18th century Spanish
monk and keyboard virtuoso,
are offered on q Decca rec
ord. The music, at times sug-
costing Haydn or Mozart. is
fluent and sometimes sur
prisingly forceful. Frederick
Marvin. who has made a spe-
cialty Of Soler's music, is the
performer.
An Angel recording of Pro-
kofieff's first piano concerto
appears to be the first In the
LIP catalogues. It has the
usual Prokofieff vitality and
piquant harmonies and is
highly listenable. Rachmani.
noff's tuneful first concerto,
written at 10 but later re-
Ivised, occupies the oversize
Moura Lympany and the
Philharmonic Orchestra un-
der Walter Susskind and
Nicolai Mako perform ably.
\ 4 \
ADDENDA
More on keyboards:
Eduardo del Pueyo, q ma
tive Spaniard, serves up
Granados' dozen Danzas Es-
panolas expressively on an
Epic record.
The third Angel List rec
ord-the second solo-by
Gyorgy Cziffra. Hungarian
refugee, offering the second,
sixth, 18th and 18th Hun
garian rhapsodies, confirms
the advent Of another virtu-
oSo.
The first solo Brahms in
many years from a veteran
Brahmsian, Wilhelm Back
haus. and a companion COUP
ling of Bach's fifth French
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

BRAHMS BY ORMANDY--
Eugene Ormandy, who will
conduct the Philadelphia
Orchestra in a concert this
week. Two symphonies and
an overture Of the German
romantic composer will be
played.
Die ,v Pi sIns ;b, TEL Ne ,N whsSs 4:
All. I'VE: To All Of Us. Prsetoriusi
Sons Of the Passion, Oldroyd; Re-
ioice in the Risen Lord. Pfautsch;
soYerby: Let Thy Holy Presence,
Tchesnokof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
THURSDAY

FANNY ROSS HENBEST and Jane Lea
pianists, Phyllis Gieseler. soprano.
Doris Low, alto; Robert NoFthrup
tenor Gordon Barnes, baritone
EliIabeeth Breed and Mimi NiehSls
Rea Winters, piano, Arts Club. S:45
Also hat Colt die Welt geliebel Bux
tehude Fugue In f minor, Opus lb2
Schubert; March in c. Opus t2i
No. / Schubert. Fantasy in minor
OPUS vlo3s. schubert schubert Sonata H II E
Liebeslieder Waller Brahms.
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Tuesday

WIND ENSEMBLE OF THE D. C.
TEACHERS COLLEGE Dickey Art
Gallery. 8 pm. Kalnmermusik,
Opus "a, No. 2, Hindemith Sonata
basso oeT H ti shaTS9on and
fugue, Hovhaness; 5oundpiece for
trumpets. horn. trombone and tuba
PHTLADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. Eugene
Ormsndy. conductor, Constitution
gram. symphony No. l. c minor;
Symphony No. .. d. Tragic over
ture, d minor.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
NotionoI Anthem Fuss
No TeoPot TEMPEST

through the State DEPART
ment about the proper key,
tempo and dynamics of God
Save the Queen: now when
Mr.. Eisenhower visits London
we can insist that the British
observe official dogma con-
corning our patriotic Muse
when the redcoats were
storming Fort McHenry.
The committee is trying to
keep the official version as
near as possible to Keys
original. not from the spirit
of the purist but because 1t
feels. rightly. that few If any
Of the changes that have
been made over the years
(same. as a matter of fact, by
Key himself) are improve
ments. For example, Key
wrote, 20 say can you see
by the dawn's early light
=. !" a line that is better
adjusted to the flow Of the
melody than the more COM
mon "oh, say! Can you see
:" Key thought of his
bombs and rockets generi-
cally and wrote consistently
of them in the singular
rockets red glare" and
"b o m b bursting in air"
These are only two of a large
number: Of emendations now
being considered by the Hill
Committee. To cite them all
in this article would be only
to repeat the detailed report
available in Notes.
One decision. however, has
its human. or possibly super
human, aspect, and may
quietly amuse the reader.
Key wrote. Praise the power
that hath made and pre-
served us a nation!" the
lower case "p" making the
word an attribute of Divinity
rather than Divinity himself.
When the poem was first set
in type in a Philadelphia
newspaper Office by a print
er's devil too young to be on
the field of battle, the word
stood with a capital "P."
Power" now became a syn
onym for God" like AL
mighty" Since, the word has
been printed indiscriminate-
ly. sometimes lower case,
sometimes upper. The YER
sion in the United States
Army songbook, however, is
unequivocally a capital "P."
The Hill Committee, in a
preliminary meeting in New
York some time ago, sug-
gested that the lower case
.'p" be made official. Big "P"
or little ''p" was equally de-
feasible on logical or poetic
grounds, and in absence of
any literary weight in favor
of one or the other, what Key
unambiguously meant should
be allowed to stand. A re-
porter present at the meet
ing knew a good story when
he heard it. and the next day
newspapers across the land
told of the battle of "P"
versus "p."
The dog in Sputnik was
perhaps drier finder, but "p"
in 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner" was pretty fiammable.
In no time the Hill Com
mittee. newspaper editors,
and particularly Congress
were flooded with that we'll
known righteous indignation
that besets us all in the face
Of impurities so insignificant
that we are afraid no one
else will engage them in NOR
tai combat. 1t was clear that
the Hill Committee was pro-
posing to take God out of
the National Anthem. The
suggestion was astounding
to the Hill Committee itself,
for God was immutably
there, vested in "P," lower
case or capital. The lower
case "p" bespoke divine
power as clearly as in Mat
thew 13-"the kingdom, the
power. and the glory" an
exactly analogous case.
In the face of so many
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from B fat to F, cannot be
managed by a congregation
of unframed voices. Few
hymns 60 beyond an octave,
possibly none has a range of
more than an octave and q
third. The role of Fiordiligi
in "Cosi fan tutte," a diff
cult, though not extreme,
colorGturG part, has a range
of only five notes greater
than "The Star-Spangled
Banner"-from A natural to
B natural. I think we could
get a unsteady superior ma
tional anthem-one compar-
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and sixth English suites are
on London. The playing is
especially mellow. The
Brahms review copy was
marred by off-center press
ing.
Ginette Doyen, a talented
French performer. on two
Westminster discs plays the
full collection of Mendels-
sohn's Songs without Words.
Her playing has softer OUT
lines than that Of Ania Dorf-
mann, and the sound has
more depth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

Patrick Hayes in Association with
The Friday Morning Music Club
Presents
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able to the best Of other
countries. I am sure we could
get one that could be better
negotiated by our citizens.
1t must be said that Key
himself had no misgivings
about the tune. THE Star
Spangled Banner" is the Sec
ond poem he wrote to the
same tune. The other, nine
years earlier. is entirely diff
ferent, but by coincidence
does contain the phrase
"star-spangled flag"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
news OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
star Music Critic

star MUSIC Crttic
The Star Spangled Banner
has been our National An
them since March 3. 1891, but
the question is, exactly what
is "The Star Spangled Ban
ner?" A work of art, as, for
example. Beethoven's sonata.
Opus LOG. can very well exist
with alternative readings the
precedence of which canebe
determind by the musician in
his study or the pianist in the
heat of performance. since
the only final arbiter is dead
and silent. With q legal en-
tity is is different. even if that
entity is in fact q ribald
drinking song. sohered and
sanctifled by act Of Congress.
Now that "The Star Span
gled Banner" is ofiicially ours,
though the tune was pinched
from the British. we must de-
fine it as specifically as we do
the troy weight Of a silver
dollar.
Now while all Of US are
happy upon request to chortle
those notes Of the tune avail
able to our particular vocal
range. and to give forth with
as many of the words as we
can remember, few of us
know any definitive version Of
the anthem the details of
which have been somewhat
blunted since it was written
in 1914 by Francis Scott Key.
Samuel Sands, the first pub
Usher of the piece, introduced
43 changes from Keys manu-
script. and as this broadside
was used as the basis of the
two first newspaper publica-
tons Of the poem. it can be
seen that the poem got OF to
a bad start. Over the years
many other changes were
made in the text of both
words and music, although as
Richard s. Hill, of the Music
Division Of the Library of
Congress and the worlds
foremost authority on THE
Star Spangled Banner" says,
none Of the alterations was
so gross as to make the song
unrecognizable."
"R ecently Congressman
Broyhill of Virginia has taken
1t upon himself to remedy the
situation" writes Mr.. Hill in
the current issue of the mu-
sic-magazine. Notes. He has
introduced into Congress a
joint resolution for the es-
Enlistment of an official
version Of the National An
them. HE notified the
National Music Council, and
Howard Hanson. its president,
appointed a committee to
study the matter.l The Com
mittee consists Of Mary
Howe, William B. Mcbride,
1t. A. r. Tata. and myself
lRichard S. Hill as chair
man. The often minute de-
tails that had to be discussed,
sometimes at great length,
proved difficult to resolve by
correspondence, and there
fore Prof. Mcbride helped
simplify the situation by ar
ranging for Dean Warner
Lawson Of Howard University
to serve as his alternate. Since
Dean Lawson, like Mrs. Howe
and myself, lives in Washing
ton, the three of us at least
have been able to thresh
things out around a table;
and although it has still been
necessary to confer with 1t.
Tata by mail. think we have
been able to arrive at a work.
able preliminary version"
Name just two things that
can't be done around a table,
especially in Washington!
Our bastard banner will soon
wave proudly legitimate. Her
shoddy history before Hill
will be expunged from the
slate. and need no more be
known to man than the
phrases of our Bible before
Jerome. When Queen Elisa
beth visited Washington Of
fetal instructions were issued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK
TODAY

SENIOR RECITAL. Washington Musical
Institute, 1880 10th St, 8 pm.
Varied program by students.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE RE-
FORMATION, 3 pm Brass ensemble
Canzona No =, GABRIEL: Paduana,
Schein: Gailliard Schein: Canzona
No; 4. Gabrielle; Sonata No. "a,
Reiche.
VIRGINIA LINN. ezzo-soprano. Mese-
role studios OF Music 4:3O pm.
Music BY Handel. Mendelssohn;
Schumann: Brahms: Paladlihe:
Debussy: Chausson: Barber: crist.
Sam FAVARELIA. tenor; Dorothy
Kadde Emery piano. YWCA. 4 pm.
Mel cor piu. Paisello Come ragRio
del sol. Caldara: II milo tesoro,
Mozart; -Four songs from Die Schone
Mullerin, Schubert: Beau Soir. De-
busy; Bonjour, Suzon, Delibes: Jai
pleure en- reve, Hue: La fleur que
tn m'avais ietee. Bizet: In the
Silence of the Night. Rachmaninoff:
Have You Seen But a White Lily
Crow. anon: The Sally Gardens.
arr Britten: oliver Cromwell arr.
THE FEIDMAN STRING QUARTET.
National Gallery OF Art s pm.
Quartet in E minor, OPUS 80. No. ..
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and
Strings. ShnstsIevitch
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WEDNESDAY

PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. EuEene
flrmandy, conductor. Constitution
Hall, $50 m. Repeating Tuesday
RICHARD ELLsAssER. organ. Foundry
Methodist Church. s:l5 pm. ALI
Bach program; no detelis ENsInsots
WESLEYAN UNIVERSLIlL oya
Pfautsch. director Nortnmlnstcr
PRESBYTERIAN Church, pm. prssyer'
Bloch: o Praise God. Robert Wnyts:
kldoramus. e., ppaspaInrhh, sa gchn,
bsrt: Like As Father: Key Psalm
i34, Fissinger The Lamb, ueorse
tark. COPELAND: Riddle Ne Inls
Beresma; Music When SOFT VOICE.
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FRIDAY

vIRTUosI DI ROMA. Library Of Con-
STsSs s ssS P% in H mbO1 sy p5S
ana cvmbals, Pine. 427: Concerto In
F, oboe. strings and cymbals, Pine.
800, Concerto in p nat, Pine 1888;
The -Four Seasons, for solo violin
CONCERT BY MEMBERS OF THE
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB
Cosmos Club, 1880 Am, Concerto
for plano. violin and string quartet.
Chausson. Adieu, forets. Tchaikoy-
Baby's Family. villa Lobos.
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TOMORROW

MARIA INES BECERRA. piano. Pan
American Union, . pm, Harmonious
Blacksmith, Handel; Sonata In E,
Opus 100. Beethoven: Intermezzo,
Opus 11s. No. 3. Brahms Two
Chilean Tonadas. Allende: Sonatine,
Ravel
THE MARYLAND UNIVERSITY SYM
PHoNY. ORCHESTRA. stu dent
Luily- Einstein: symphony In B nat,
La Refine. Haydn: Italian overture,
Schubert: Petite Suite. Debussy:
Dance Rhythms. Riegger,
Concert Choir and symphony o.
chestra, with Cantor Jacob Barkin,
tenor $50 pm. All-Julius .Chates
program: Psalm 142: Melody and
Dancer; Three Songs; Plano Con-
The Nome nugget., 1958-01-31
Scientist May Have Solved Mystery of Northern Lights

NEW YORK, R-One mystery of the dancing northern lights may be solved, University of Maryland scientist said today.
 These shadowy lights are be- lieved to be caused by atomic particles - protons-racing from the sun.
 But, stated pr. s. Fred Singer, the question is: Where did they get their fantastic speeds?"
 Clocking their flight earthward from solar flares, the speed was found to be 1000 miles per sec ond, Singer told a meeting of the American Physical Society.
 But measuring their action and penetration of the atmosphere, he said, they must have been travel ing at least 10 times as fast = 10000 miles per second.
 One way they may build up this enormous speed, he suggest ed, is with the help of their fel- low protons and the earth's mag netic field.
 He said he imagined these pro- tons bouncing back and forth in the earth's magnetic field from one hemisphere to another - but never quite reaching the atmos- phere.
 While they are bouncing back and forth, large number of these protons from the sun are sacri- ficing part of their energy to speed up a few of their brethren.
 Finally these souped-up pro- tons burst out of this magnetic trap and barge into the atmos- phere where they smash into earthly atomic particles and cause the northern lights, he said.