Merry Margolish with Teacher and Color Blindness Test Results
(Original Caption) Sixteen-year-old Merry Margolish grew curious about the whole subject of color blindness when her father remarked how much he liked the new gray tablecloth. You see, it was pink. That's when the wheels in her head began turning and an idea for a project that would bring her national recognition was born. The high school student devised an original color wheel to test and evaluate color blindness. This project placed her among the nine girls in the 40 top finalists across the nation in the 16th Annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Advice on her project came from Dr. Carlton Spear, chairman of the science department at New Rochelle High School, shown here giving Merry assistance as she reviews her results. Merry tested 83 of her fellow students in the school infirmary, all during her lunch hours. She found that color blind students fell into four categories a
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