MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. MAY 29. 1363
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Awards Presented to
Students at College
Ashland - Student officials
campus leaders in many fields
of activity and scholarship
winners were presented
awards and honors at the an
nual assembly recently in
Britt ballroom of Southern Or
egon college.
Linda Cornutt. Central
Point, was presented the Jack
son Foundation award of
$1,000 by Donald Lewis, SOC
business manager. Mrs. Mabel
W. Winston, dean of women,
announced the two recipients
of the Victor Mills awards,
Lani Frenzel, Redmond, and
Bill Bcbbcr, Ashland.
Alpha Delta Kappa senior
grants were presented Joan
Isham, Grants Pass; Wendy
Johnson, Gold Beach, and
Neil Philliber, Ashland.
Phi Delta Kappa recogni
tion as "Man of the Year in
Education" was given Darwin
Bevens, Ashland. The Associ
ated Commuters grant was
presented Mary Jo Heath,
Medford.
Scienca Math Awards
Science mathematics awards
from the Chemical Rubber
company were presented Bill
Heyerman, Medford, in fresh
man chemistry; Howard Sha
fcr, Medford, in first year
physics; and Gerald Smith,
Talent, in freshman mathe
matics. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson,
SOC president, announced
that citizenship awards for
residence halls had been won
by Linda Smith, Klamath
Falls: Pete Mimnrugh, Riddle;
Carole Kelso, L a k e v i e w;
Bruce Lattin, Klamath Falls;
and David Reid, Lebanon.
Dr. Alvin Fellers, director
of student affairs, recognized
students elected to Who's Who
in American Colleges and Un
iversities. The list included
Bill Bebber, Ashland; Fred
Heard, Klamath Falls; Joan
Isham, Grants Pass; Joe Luc
zycki, Klamath Falls; Lloyd
Morrow, Rogue River; Doug
las Olsen, Eugene; Lynne
Ouclletle, Sutherlin; Sandra
Pierce, Portland; J o n i e t a
Smith, Cottage Grove; Priscil
la Speers, Ashland; Roberta
Warnock, Medford; and Jo
anne Wilcox, Portland.
Receives Commendation
Siskiyou editor. Heard, re
ceived a commendation and
award from Siskiyou adviser,
Hugh G. Simpson.
Dr. Loy Prickett, Raider
yearbook adviser, gave recog
nition to the staff, including
Doris Bench, Talent, editor;
LaVonne Wnillock, Ashland,
business manager: Jeannine
James, Medford: Karen An
derson, North Bend; Barbara
Anderson, Monte Vista, Calif ;
Daniel Kirkpatrick, Ashland;
Maria Carter, Medford: and
Dorothy Burmcisler, Medford.
The Raider editor honored
Simpson, director of informa
tion at the college, by dedicat
ing the yearbook to him.
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate, .963)
Wasp-Waist of Wasp Keeps
Her Diet Liquid-and Dull
It hardly seems possible
that the genuine and original
wasp-waist, that exceedingly
narrow "connecting link"
which attaches the thorax on
an insect with the abdomen,
could possibly contain all the
necessary inner parts, and
function so perfectly. In this
very constricted section must
be contained several appur
tenances. ThrouRh this constriction
passes the aorta, the main
trunk of the insect's arterial
system, carrying body juices
or blood, if we want to credit
the insect with the possession
of this vital fluid: the nerve
cord; the muscles that control
the entire rear section; the
tracheae, and the digestive
tube.
Looking with justified
amazement at the waist of the
wasp we notice how very
small it is. barely greater in
d'iamctcr than the lead in a
pencil. Yet this undersized
waist accommodates a great
number of necessary parts,
all very necessary to the in
sect's health and well being,
each tube much smaller than
a human hair.
Must Use Caution
Extreme caution must he
constantly exercised by Mrs.
Wasp if she wishes to avoid
acute indigestion as even a
tiny particle of solid food can
bring on a severe case of
stomach cramps that could
prove fatal. So. she eats only
liquid food-thc nectar from
flowers and the sap from
plants. She will consume unly
liquids as long as she lives.
The very young wasp, be
fore she develops the waist
characteristic of her kin d.
cats solid flesh-spiders and
other insects that her mother
thoughtfully provides for
her. Unlike the young of most
animals that start out in life
on a liquid diet, and later
eat mostly solid food, the
wasp starts out with solid
food and later reverses the
process.
Of course, the wasp is not
entirely alone among the in
sects in having a restricted
waist. The ants are patterned
similarly, but like the wasps
and hornets and a few others
get along beautifully. In the
very smallest ant species, the
size of the constriction be
tween body and abdomen is
reduced to a much smaller
size.
Parts in Miniature
Here, too, the tubes,
muscles, nerves and other
necessary pieces of equip
ment are unbelievably small,
scaled down to a minuteness
whereby they can be con
tained in diminutive wasp
waists. Even under magnifica
tion, the aorta of a tiny ant.
itself only four millimeters in
j length, hardly seems to be
there at all. The same is true
of the digestive tube, tracheae
j and the nerves, but in spite
i of their smallness, they arc
I all -highly functional.
: There is not a great deal of
difference between the diges
tive process of the insects and
our own, except that in the
! insect, the food once it enters
the body, is encased in a mem
brane that is produced by the
j stomach. The food is contained
therein until digestion has
'completed its work. All food
must be passed along through
I the tubes, cords and control
: "wires." and always in
liquid state.
Otherwise, the wasp would
have an upset stomach, a
really bad case of acute in
i digestion. This Is the penalty
she must pay for possessing
I a "wasp-waist."
' Tank Truck Driver in
: Satisfactory Condition
i Gresham - TPI' - Robert C
Barnes. 34. Hincs. was report
ed in satisfactory condition
after the nil tanker he was
driving slid off the Mt Hood
highway 10 miles east of Gov-
; ernment Camp Tuesday
and rolled over. Barnes was
j able to climb from the cab
'nd make his way to the road
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