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Page 4 THE CHARLOTTE, COLLEGIAN April 13. 1964 •««r Bill Curry speaks to basketball team and supporters at union dinner. Health Physics Discussion On Radiation Research Myron Fair, a research scient ist with the Division of Health Physics of the National Labora tory at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, spoke here last Wednesday on new methods of radiation meas urement as they relate to the health aspects of radiation phys ics. Up to now, the question of just how much radiation a living body has been exposed to, and just how much of that radiation has been absorbed by that body, and just how much damage has been done to a living body by that radiation, has been rather a moot point-there has been no precise w'ay to determine the very basic measurement of how radiation, and how much of what type of radiation, to call a unit of measurement. Mr. Fair acquainted our inter ested students with an accurate means of determining the unit of measurement of radiation, the roentgen unit. It amounts to a measurement of the amount of electrical enegry produced by several different particles pro duced by the irradiation of a given volume of air. Electrical energy, of course, is measured in couloumbs, and the result is an odd figure. The radiation physi cists call this amount of electri cal energy a roentgen unit, and apply that term only to radiation measurement. From here, Mr. Fair continues, we must go on to the question of how much of this radiation energy has been absorbed by the body or the air which is being irradiated. For convenience’s sake, he calls this body or vol ume of air a “test charge”. The “Absorbed Dose”, in contrast to the “Exposure Dose”, is that amount of radiation which actu ally does work-the energy which actually goes through the test charge is ignored in figuring the Absorbed Dose, since it does nj work, and, in effect, might as well not exist. Up to this point, Mr. Fair pointed out, we had considered only games or X rad iation. In figuring the absorbed dose, however, all types of radia tion should be considered, since they all do work when they are absorbed by a body or system. The unit of absorbed dose is equal to the ratio of the expos ure undergone by a body or sys tem to the mass of the system; the unit is called the rad, and is equal to 1 100 of one joule, per kilogram of mass of the system. This took the discussion to the question of how much damage is done by a given amount of radiation absorbed by a body or system. Since there are many different types of radiation, and since they all have different ef fects, it is apparent that if the effect is to be measured, then there must be a means of equali zing the effects of different types of radiation. This is done by com paring the amuont of work done by the one type of radiation, gamma radiation, with the amount of work done by the one type of radiation, gamma radia tion, with the amounts done by the other types, alpha and beta. This comparison, expressed as a ratio of the one to the other, is called the quality factor. Gamma radiation as the standard, has a quality factor of 1, alpha and fast neutrons have a factor of 10, and slow neutrons one of 2.5. This gives the researcher a figure to work with, based on a line of mathematical reasoning which is also used by the physicists out side the biological field. The unit of effective radiation is cal led the rem, and is arrived at by multiplying the number of rads of absorbed radiation by the quality factor for each type of radiation. One rad multiplied by the quality factor for gamma radiation, 1, will give an answer of one rem. There is where the physicists leave off; the bologist now must take that rem and decide how much damage is done by it to different types of living tissue. This is under reasearch now, and it is possible that a radiation researcher will be able fairly soon to assess the type and amount of damage done to any living system, by mathematics, based on the units of measure ment which were introduced in Mr. White’s talk here. Practically, this is important to the individual worker in radi ation laboratories. It is possible to state a figure, which the in dividual can understand in terms of himself, with much more ac curacy than before. With im provements in determination of the basic units of radiation ex posure, absorbed radiation, and biological effectiveness, there will be greater safety in radiation work, and, should we ever need it, better safety in radiological warfare. We now know more precisely the amount of radiation required to do a given amount of damage to living material, and we can measure that amount more accurately. 49'ers Hold 1st Athletic Banquet Charlotte College held it’s ath letic banquet in the college un ion, Wednesday, March 25. After the invocation by Mr. MacKay, a supper consisting of a salad, roast beef, peas, baked potatoes, and pie alamode was served to the group consisting of everyone connected with athletics at C. C. and others. Coach Edelman in troduced the guests at the ban quet and wound up the introduc tions with the guest speaker of the night, Mr. Bill Curry, sports director of WSOC-TV. Mr. Curry’s talk was enjoyed by everyone at the banquet. It was one of the most comical talks this reporter has heard. When North Carolina’s clown prince of sports casters had fin ished, the banquet was turned over to the coach. Coach Edelman then introduc ed the cheerleaders and their adopted mother for the sports year, Miss Mildred English. Cheerleaders receiving awards were Baiba Lukevics, Gloria Ward, Ann Thompson, Bonnie Borthen, and Gween Chapman. Mr. JVIacKay then awarded tro phies to the members of the bowling team. Members of thc- team who rolled enough games to receive a trophy were: Ernest Bouyoucas, captain, Kenneth Sloop, Jan Ridenhour, Clinton Canaday, Robert Alexander, Rus sell Moody, and Robert Schaef fer. Coach Edelman then took charge of the meeting to present awards to the basketball team. The Co-captains, Butch Gilbert and Jimmy James, received tie clasps and trophies. The other players who re ceived trophies were Charles Ja cobs, Mike Means, Joe Sabitini, Gary Gummerson. Ronnie Robin son, David Caldwell, Ronnie Green and Gene Henderson. Let- termen on the team had meet earlier to choose a captain for next year. It was announced that Butch Gilbert and Charlie Ja cobs will be co-captains of the 40’ers in the coming season. As the meeting drew to an end the basketball team gave pre sents to Miss English, Mr. Mac Kay, Coach Edlman, and Miss Cone. The Cheerleaders continu ed the giving by awarding a gift to Miss English. Dr. Cone summ ed up the feelings of all the words she offered when she said “You are all winners. Everyone is proud of you.” r * DIAC Conference winners Ernest Bouyoucas and neth Sloop display bowling trophies. Important! Here is the campaigning and voting schedule for the upcoming elections. Re member these dates and VOTE! April 13-15 — Executive Council Nominations April 16-22 — Campaign Week B April 22 Assembly April 23-24 — Executive Council Elections April 29-May 1 — Stu dent Legislature and Judi ciary Court Nominations May 2-6 — Student Leg islature Elections -Reynolds Wrap- Up- By Jim Reynolds CROWN Ernest Bouyoucas and Kenneth Sloop led the C. C. 49’ers bowl ing team to three of the seven trophies, in the Dixie Intercol legiate Athletic Conference Bowl ing Tournament. Ernest was all events champion, and placed sec ond place in the singles. Ernest teamed with Kenneth to take the number two spot in the doubles events. Five members of the team tra-1 Spanish Major Is Approved Students of Spanish at Char lotte College will be happy to know that the major in Spanish, so long in the works, has at least been approved. Dr. Pierre Macy, in an interview, stated that courses in Spanish for stu dents pursuing the major had been offered as far as the third year, and that senior-year work would be available next year. Requirements and course offer ings will be published in the forthcoming catalog. Further, ac cording to Dr. Macy, there is now a French major being offered, and there are plans for a Ger man major in the future. Moore To Visit CC Next Monday Judge Dan K. Moore, Dem ocratic candidate for governor of North Carolina, will visit Charlotte College Monday, April 20th. He will speak to Dr. Don Freeman’s Political Science 302 class at 9:30 a.m. During the morning break he will be at the College Union for a coffee hour and he will speak to students at that time. Charlotte College Bowling Team FINAL STATISTICS, COMPLETE ROSTER veled to the event and walked off with the three trophies. Ern est and Kenneth posted an aver ages of 181.7 and 177.0 respective ly over nine games each. Robert Alexander held a 154.3, Russell Moody had a 141.0, over nine games and Jan Ridenhour had a 138.3 over six games. A WRAP UP salute to the bow'ling team for a bang up job. Golf, Tennis Makes C. C. Debut Charlotte College’s dreams of becoming a four-year college and maybe a branch of the greater university syp.tem seem very near in the dreams of manv students. The dreams of many of the sports fans of Charlotte College are also fast materializing. Two sports that are, in many schools, minor sports have become major sports to C.C. in the light of the fact that they are the third and fourth sports to be paticipated in by the school teams. All home golf games will be played at the Paradise Valley Country Club, at 1:00 p.m. According to informed sources the team looks reasonably strong. On the tennis icourts the team is looking to a good first year in conference play. The tennis matches will also start at 1:00 p.m. and will be played at the Independence Courts. These students by playing for the school are giving much of their time for the interest of the student body. Please don’t let them down. Give them the moral support by attending the events. Butch Connell, Jimmy Helms, Bill O’Herron, Rush Shull, Rus sel Sloss, and Skip Stanley are the memljers of the golf team. The students who make up the newly organized tennis team are Bobby Burns, Rick Holt, Jay Cur- rin, David McArthur, Barry Grice, Art Meyer, and Russ Jones (Player-Coach). NAME AVERAGE NO. GAMES HIGH GAMES HIGH THHI Robert Alexander* 150.4 9 180 504 Larry Auten 122.0 27 192 416 Tommy Blythe 122.0 7 147 429 Chris Boyoucas 142.0 10 180 495 “Ernest Boyoucas** 172.0 29 209 562 Bobby Burns 128.0 20 169 420 Clint Canaday* 151.0 17 190 501 William Hough 135.0 17 183 474 Ted Kaperonis 145.0 9 162 463 Charles Medlin 121.0 6 155 404 Russell Moody* 147.0 9 172 449 Frank Perez 176.0 14 208 545 Jan Ridenhour* 143.0 9 176 482 Robert Schaeffer* 141.1 28 182 474 Kenneth Sloop** 162.5 33 223 551 Don Wise 153.0 11 219 512 LISKS INC. 2908 Selwyn Ave. 'The One Step Shop" SWEATER WINNERS (PARTICIPATED IN 20 OF 30 GAMES) COLLEGIANS GO FOR... Open Kitchen PIZZA 1318 W. MOREHEAD ST. PHONE 375-7449
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