European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ill examine by Randolph e. Schmid the associated press he marshmallow s place in american culture is Between bittersweet chocolate and Walm Graham crackers the smithsonian institution declared last month. Quot it s a Sticky subject Quot admitted Richard Hiborn As he opened the third annual smithsonian conference Ort stuff in. Washington. A palatable mass of information followed. \ panellists discussed Pale marshmallows in prehistoric times the medical uses of marshmallows the rigid social implications of the Moon pie is. The amorphous co Coo Cluster marshmallows in Art and music and the evolution of the modern marshmallow. Indeed asserted Katherine Ott of the smithsonian s division of medical a sciences her Tongue in Cheek marshmallows have even found a place in the Healine arts. Googoo a users a bit of marshmallow culture. A amps Michael Abrams originally one of the five Humours of the body identified by the ancient greek physician Galen a along with Lymph blood,1 bile and Beer a it was later dropped after a lawsuit by the Good humor Man she said. Modern experiments Ott went on have suggested the use of marshmallows rather than silicone in implants. Marshmallows Don t Migrate around the body she said although there was a tendency to gravitate toward campfires Gary Aronsen of the museum of natural history took up the origins of the marshmallow stay Rufii Alabascus which he traced through the fossils found in a petrified marshmallow bed in the West. The miniature marshmallow was first sighted on an Island in 1832, said Aronsen who sought to determine whether the Large and Small versions Are the same species a being similar in every Way except size. Both types of marshmallow have evolved under intense predation by humans he observed. Quot i can t believe i m doing this Quot the scientist muttered before regaining his composure and explaining he was unable to Complete his research a because his dog ate the subjects. Quot most of us never kissed a girl until we had first pressed a marshmallow to her lips Quot said Folklorist Thomas m. Kirlin in a lecture titled the marshmallow in midwestern male courtship rituals. Kirlin recalled his efforts As a 14-year-old to Enchant a girl by toasting a marshmallow Over a Bonfire a losing several into the flames and burning his fingers before succeeding. Finally he said Quot we feasted on s More stuff on marshmallows following Are titles of some of the topics addressed at the smithsonian institution s third annual conference on stuff which focused on marshmallows. A the marshmallow s influence on generational bonding in Southern cuisine. A it s beginning to look a lot like easter fetal foam finds a form. A the marshmallow in midwestern male courtship rituals. A cube mallows surfing through an internet Marsh. A the Moon pie millennium and Coo goo Cluster transgressions. A it s a marshmallow world and other horrors of american popular song. A a a Agenesis or Clado genesis an initial Survey of the morphology variation and origins of the marshmallow with special reference to the dwarfed lineage of the species. A cosmology and the marshmallow Chick a steady state theory is. The big bang a hands on experience. A the associated press marshmallows the magic of courtship worked we kissed. It lasted about a  \ a. \ turning to today s information society John Fleckner and Thomas Buckley told of a visit to cube Mallow in the internet Marsh. Searching the worldwide computer. Network for marshmallow references they discovered an 1806 treatise on using marshmallow mucilage to treat kidney stones an experimental paper on the heat released by burning marshmallows a news Story about football fans pelting players with Frozen marshmallows and hundreds More., marshmallows have not had a grand place in popular song however lamented Dwight Bowers of the smithsonian. A a /. A a. In 1951 Dinah Shore recorded marshmallow Moon including the Lyric Quot there s a marshmallow to of non a velvet sky  marshmallow mashed into velvet not an image that conjures Romance. Game Clough went to the source for her Experiment offering schoolchildren a Choice of marshmallows in a taste test. Quot there was a gender difference in marshmallows Quot she found with boys preferring big ones and girls the miniatures. Offered a Choice of colors and flavors boys went for Green while girls liked Orange and Pink. A Post lecture scientific Experiment was even arranged involving a microwave oven and marshmallow easter Chicks to test w Hether the result would be Quot steady state Quot or Quot big  the smithsonian s conferences on stuff Are becoming an april fool s Day tradition. Previous years have focused on jello and Peanut butter. No word yet on next year s topic. Short subject senator trying to push Coke out of schools by Robert Pear the new York times it May be True As the advertising slogan says that things go better with Coke. But school lunch is not one of them the chairman of the Senate agriculture committee said recently. The chairman sen. Patrick j. Leahy Dot. Has introduced a Bill that would encourage schools to restrict or ban the Sale of soft drinks and other items of Quot minimal nutritional  the coca cola co. Is lobbying against the a proposal. It has organized a letter writing Campaign by school principals. A a a superintendents and coaches who fear they will lose some of the Money they get from vending machines. The Campaign has prompted Leahy to complain that the company puts profits ahead of children s health. Quot the Tiff has set off a  was chairman of the agriculture nutrition and forestry committee Quot Leahy said Quot i have stood on the Senate floor and defended child nutrition programs hundreds of times. I have fended off attacks from drug companies Petty Crooks Price fixers budget cutters and critics of All kinds.-,.a a a a a a a a a a. A a never thought i would see the Day that i a would have to defend our child nutrition programs under heavy attack from the coca cola co., one of americans corporate giants with worldwide profits of $2.1 billion last year Quot. Coke s Campaign illustrates the efforts of food companies to gain Access to the school Market Trade shows and journals sponsored by school food service workers Are full of such appeals Quot bring Taco Bell products to your school a a pizza hut makes school lunch  coca cola sounded the alarm in letters to school officials around the country. Bonnie j. Pruett an assistant vice president of coca cola warned against a further government restriction on the Sale of soft drinks in  she included a form letter denouncing the Leahy proposal and it suggested that school officials Send it to Congress school officials in Georgia Iowa Louisiana Tennessee new Hampshire and new Jersey complied using language similar or identical to that recommended by Pruett. Randal w. Donaldson a spokesman for coca cola in Atlanta said a we make no nutritional claims for soft drinks but they can be part of a balanced diet. Our. Strategy is ubiquity. We want to put soft drinks within Arm s reach of desire. We strive to make soft drinks widely available and schools Are one Channel we want to make them available  Dorothy Caldwell opposes that idea. Quot to is the schools responsibility to teach students to eat healthfully said Caldwell president of the american school food service association whose 65,000 members operate school lunch and breakfast programs. Quot the Sale of foods of minimal nutritional value deters students from learning the right lessons. They May be taught Good nutrition in the classroom but they get a different message if they can buy soft drinks and snack foods right outside the school cafeteria. It suggests that schools Are More interested in their dollars than their  Leahy l 1 i if a. It of i i. It to n n it h h it Quot 11 i d i d tie to d. By id Eli it id Al c a h As Thad at Ite Ste jew or its Ai