Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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it TI-IE SAMUEL S. FELS FUND HROUGH the gift of Mr. Samuel S. Fels of phia, a fund of 1ir5o,ooo has been established at Antioch College for medical research in the Held ' H Nil' of child development. Mr. Fel's interest and curios- ity concerning the efiect upon children of varying environ- mental factors during and after the prenatal period are re- sponsible for the creation of such a fund. The research consists of study and observation of mothers and children of varying economic conditions who live in Greene and Montgomery counties. During pregnancy, the mothers are interviewed at regular intervals by physicians who are members of the Fels group, and records of all relevant in- fluences are compiled and studied. After birth the child is under the observation and study of the Fels Fund for a period of ten or fifteen years. The eHorts of the Fels staff are directed toward including in their observations every factor which may be of importance in the physical and mental growth of the child. The project is unique in that no other study, up to the present time, has considered the factors influencing intra-uterine de- velopment, in the light of their effect upon the child. The study is broad in its scope and its establishment at Antioch is of beneHt both to the foundation and to the col- lege. Members of the psychology department supervise the periodic measurements of mental achievement which are done throughout the entire ten year period-a work of distinct 119

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.3 ,W , A ffwf' 4- Y value to the Fels project. On the other hand, this activity on the part of the psychology department permits students inter- ested in that field to assist in the conduct of the tests and par- ticipate in child observation. The assistance rendered the Fels Foundation by the de- partment of home economics is extremely valuable. Diet of the mother during the prenatal period is an important factor both in the health of the mother and that of the child. The department of home economics prepares diet lists for the mothers and reduces the data obtained from diets actually followed to qualitative basic food elements. Students in the de- partment are given the opportunity to do part of this Work under careful supervision. Cooperation with the college medical department makes available X-ray photography in growth study. The Fels Fund has been established less than a year. The possibilities of this particular kind of research are only begin- ning to be realized. As the work progresses it is hoped that a real contribution may be made to existing information regard- ing prenatal hygiene and child development. I2I