Veritas, Vol. 16, No. 10, October 27, 1975

              Ring Produces War Drama
The second production of the Ring Theatre’s 1975-76 season will be John Arden’s, “Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance,” a serious commentary on war and its ultimate effect on the people it reaches. The production will be presented on October 29 and run through November 2 and will then be repeated on November 5-8.
Arden best expressed the message of his work when he said, “I think that many of us must at some time have felt an overpowering urge to match some particular outrageous piece of violence with an even greater and more outrageous retaliation.”
The play deals with a British Serjeant and three soldiers who descend on a town with a message both overpowering and universal.
Tickets for “Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance” are now available at the Ring Theatre box office which is open Monday through Friday between 1 and 4 p.m. Reservations may be made by calling 284-3355.
Members of the cast of “Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance” are, from left, John Hartnett, Lenora May, Peter Heuchling (Musgrave) and Linda Young, all members of the UM drama department.
Moon Rock Samples Studied by Geology Students
Students in the geology department last month got a close look at pieces of the moon, thanks to Dr. Fred Nagle, associate professor of geology, and a new program begun by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA, to let the greatest number of people benefit from its space explorations, recently inaugurated a program to provide colleges and universities with samples of moon rocks for limited periods of time for study. The University of Miami was one of the first institutions in the country to receive the loan of a NASA briefcase containing 12 samples of lunar material.
According to Dr. Nagle, the geology students who studied the samples were extremely impressed with them, and the educational value of such a program is incalculable.
Dr. Nagle, along with Dr. Cesare Emiliani, chairman of geology, took the samples and some microscopes to Coral Gables High School to show to physics classes.
The samples were in the form of “thin sections,” slices of rock so thin that light can pass through to show their composition and structure. Premounted on microscope slides, the samples represented all of the major rock types known on the moon, according to Dr. Nagle.
“The package included basalts, rich in iron and magnesium silicates, which form the dark areas on the near side of the moon, and anorthosites, which form the light areas,” he said. “Also included in the samples were breccias (fragmentary rocks cemented by heat of meteorite impacts) and examples of the lunar regolith, or “moon dust,” composed mainly of fine grained pieces of rock, glass and meteoritic material.”
Dr. Nagle said that none of the rocks brought back from the moon is younger than three billion years old. “And the rocks looked as if they had been formed yesterday; there has been no weathering or erosion. Rocks of similar age and type on earth generally show dramatic changes
from their original mineralogy, primarily due to the effects of water.”
Security arrangements for the protection of the samples while they were here were strict. Dr. Nagle kept the samples in his personal possession during the entire time that they were at UM, and each night they were locked in a safe. Officials of the Lunar Curatorial Facility at Johnson Space Center in Houston have instituted such tight security precautions that, of the 844.1 pounds of lunar material brought back by the Apollo astronauts, less than one ounce has ever been lost, and that represents 21 separate occasions of accident, negligence or theft.
Dr. Nagle plans to reapply for more lunar samples next year, and will try to work out an arrangement with Otto G. Richter Library, for them to be put on public display.
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CME Program Reorganized
by Jack Oswald
Public Information Officer
School of Medicine
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) program at School of Medicine has been reorganized and expanded to meet the increasing demand by practicing physicians for advanced training.
The demand stems from pressures being brought on physicians by their professional organizations to keep abreast of the latest medical developments. In the past, such postgraduate education largely was an option of the individual physician. Now more and more associations are requiring their members to take accredited courses to maintain good standing. Hospitals also are requiring postgraduate programs for their medical staffs.
At the medical school, CME is a division under the Office of the Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dr. E. M. Papper. Dr. Bernard Fogel, assistant vice president and associate dean for medical education, is now administrator. Program development is directed by Betty Howard, and Deion Hixon is director of conference services.
Since the UM’s medical division of continuing education was established in 1970, under the direction of associate dean Dr. Sidney Blumenthal, the program has doubled in size. In 1971-72, total enrollment for 27 courses was 6,047. In 1974-75, 44 courses were offered and, although currently available figures cover only 39 of these, enrollment totaled 12,591.
“There are two aspects to the expansion,” said Ms. Howard. “One is to meet the needs of physicians in the community, which includes a good bit of South Florida. The other is to meet the needs of the departments within the school which have a demand for the service but lack the staff to fulfill it.”
The programs are to some extent self-supporting, covered by the tuition charged for the courses.
As far as the practicing physician is concerned, the basic requirements for CME programs are quality education and the opportunity to participate in courses offered by accredited institutions and associations—that is, recognition of the course as meeting professional, scientific standards. The associations usually stipulate that courses be taken within a three-year period.
The School’s programs meet these criteria—on a national basis through the American Medical Association and on a (Continued on page 4)