Article discusses the life of the author's father, Augustus Newton Spencer, a railroad contractor and cattleman who founded Yukon, Oklahoma. Mary Spencer Whitlow includes stories from her own memory as well as the growth and development of the town.

Article describes the life and work of Bishop Francis Clement Kelley, a Catholic priest, chaplain, and later bishop. Sister Mary Joachim Oberketter discusses his attempts to revitalize the Catholic Church in Oklahoma and the numerous books he published.

Article discusses conditions of the Confederate forces in Indian Territory towards the end of the Civil War through background information and inclusion of an inspection report by Lieutenant James Patterson, Assistant Inspector General.

Article explores the various treaties the Confederate states made with American Indian nations during the Civil War. Kinneth McNeil describes the officials involved, the legal ramifications of these treaties, and the draw of equality these treaties afforded.

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 27, 1964.

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Maimee Lee Robinson Browne, community leader for education and public welfare.

Notes and Documents column including documents about and including the winning essay for the Oklahoma City Public Schools annual contest, the OHS playing host to the AALSH, Oklahoma historic sites, and a book of songs about Indian Territory.

Article discusses the anti-evolution movement that occurred in the United States in the early twentieth century following the introduction of Charles Darwin's theories to the public. Elbert L. Watson focuses on anti-evolution legislation in Oklahoma and some of the religious figures spearheading it.

Article describes the life of Chief Roman Nose, provides background on the history of the Southern Cheyennes, relations with the United States government throughout the years, and the naming of Roman Nose State Park.

Article provides a tribute to Oklahomans who have passed away but whose impact is still felt. Joe W. Curtis lists civic leaders, veterans, newspaper editors, educators, and politicians who left their mark on Oklahoma history.

Article describes the life of Henry Caruthers Roman Nose, a Cheyenne who had been interned at a prisoner-of-war camp, attended Carlisle Institute, and advocated assimilation into white society. Karen Peterson constructs a portrait of the man through his writings and recollections.

Reversible photoinduced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signals and photoconductivity were observed when a solution of tetracyancethylene (TCNE) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) was irradiated in the charge-transfer band of the complex formed between these two compounds. The eleven-line hyperfine structure of the EPR spectrum which was obtained demonstrated the presence of TCNE negative ion radical. The concentration of this radical was found to be directly proportional to the square root of the light intensity. Second order decay kinetics were followed when the light was shut off. Both the EPR signal and the photoconductivity rose initially as the square of the time. The latter portions of the growth curves could be fit to the latter portions of a hyperbolic tangential growth curve. From these data a reaction mechanism was proposed. The rate law dn/dt + kn{sup 2} = {alpha}L(1-e{sup -{beta}t}) = 0, where n = the concentration of radicals, t = the time, k, {alpha}, and {beta} are rate constants, and L = the light intensity, described both the photo-induced EPR and the photoconductivity within the limits of experimental accuracy.

In its usual form activated complex theory assumes a quasi-equilibrium between reactants and activated complex, a separable reaction coordinate, a Cartesian reaction coordinate, and an absence of interaction of rotation with internal motion in the complex. In the present paper a rate expression is derived without introducing the Cartesian assumption. The expression bears a formal resemblance to the usual one and reduces to it when the added assumptions of the latter are introduced. The new equation for the transmission coefficient contains internal centrifugal terms. The derivation employs an extension of the Stackel-Robertson formalism for separation of variables in mechanics. The fourth assumption can also be weakened and a rotational interaction included in the formalism. In applications of the rate equation use is made of the recent findings that in the immediate vicinity of a saddle-point or a minimum a potential energy surface can be imitated in some major topographical respects by a surface permitting separation of variables. The separated wave equation for the reaction coordinate is then curvilinear because of the usual curvature of the path of steepest ascent to the saddle-point. Calculations of transmission coefficients and rates can be made and compared with those obtainable from the usual one-dimensional …

In its usual classical form activated complex theory assumes a particular expression for the kinetic energy of the reacting system one associated with a rectilinear motion along the reaction coordinate. The derivation of the rate expression given in the present paper is based on the general kinetic energy expression.

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The variational method is applied to the monoenergetic time dependent transport equation to obtain a simple relation for the asymptotic decay constant in small pulsed assemblies. The results indicate that flat trial functions may be a reasonable representation of the flux distributions in the thin slab limit. This approach is superior to many of the usual transport approximations. (auth)

Monte Carlo (MC) calculations were made that show that an observed reactivity increase due to fuel rod bowing in the Sodium Reactor Experiment can be accounted for by the accompanying change in the thermal flux distribution. The questionable reliability of calculations with a simplified fuel element model that indicated the same relation prompted the MC calculations. Comparison with experimental results and results calculated by other means established the reliability of the MC calculations. (D.C.W.)

A process for the production of seamless tungsten tubing is described. The process consists of the extrusion of sintered powder sleeves at elevated temperatures to sizes close to the final dimension. The tubing is finished by warm drawing. A size range of 0.100-in, diameter to 1 1/2-in. diameter has been fabricated. A preliminary evaluation of properties of the extruded tubes is given. (auth)

Economic and operational ground rules and their effects on fuel management are summarized, and examples showing the approach to typical fuel management problems are presented. The problems associated with in-core fuel management are also discussed, and the merits of various fuel cycling methods are evaluated. (D.C.W.)

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A method of operation developed for maintaining a minimum power peaking factor throughout the operating cycle of a power reactor is described. The basic operating principle for peaking factor minimization is presented, and its use in the design phase to compare and set design parameters and in the operational phase to establish control rod patterns is outlined. The method will (hopefully) increase the power density in the Big Rock Point Reactor. (D.C.W.)

A digital computer program FLARE was developed for calculating the core reactivity and power distributions in the Big Rock Point Reactor. The calculations are restricted to a relatively coarse mesh, but good agreement was obtained in comparisons with operating data from the Kahl reactor. (D.L.C.)

Photocopy of a clipping from The Dallas Morning News. Richard Morehead writes from Austin, Texas, reporting on rumors that President Lyndon Johnson does not care if Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough loses his seat in the U.S. Senate.

It was thought that if a multi-detector device could be developed, the scanning time would be greatly shortened, with such consequent advantages as being able to work with lower dose of radiation, to obtain serial determinations, and to work with shorter-lived isotopes.