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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, November 11, 1966
Sound Off— Arthritis Affects
Editor;
The Battalion:
Dear Sir;
The Judo Club appreciates your
the Eagle concerning a former
District Engineer C. B. Thames,
who retired in June to accept an
advisory post in Jordan.
Even Youngsters
fine article concerning our activi
ties and aspirations in yester
day’s (Wed.) Battalion. I wish
to point out that we meet every
week at 5 p.m. rather than 7 p.m.
as stated. Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Don Scafe,
Judo Club President
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Editor,
The Battalion,
Sir,
Please place this in your next
issue of The Battalion. . . .
The Aggies will inherit the
earth—by sheer numbers and dis
tribution!
There may be other, more im
partial, observers who won’t
agree, but that’s the conclusion of
the Bryan Daily Eagle, according
to an article sent to us by Dis
trict Engineer J. G. Hanover.
Latest example of the ubiquit
ous Aggie is a story reported to
After many years of upholding
the honor of The University of
Texas while surrounded by Ag
gies in Bryan, Thames finally
threw in the towel and moved 7,-
000 miles away from Aggieland.
But not even that play was
effective. As Thames worked out
final arrangements with his new
landlord in Jordan, the landlord
asked what part of the States he
was from. Thames answered,
“Texas.”
Whereupon his landlord im
mediately rejoined, “I am a Texas
Aggie!” and burst into the “Ag
gie War Hymn.”
Salim I. Kamal, the Jordanian
Aggie, received a bachelor of sci
ence degree in agriculture at
A&M in 1930, and has been direc
tor of agriculture in the Ministry
of Education in Jordan.
—from “Texas Highways”
courtesy Geo. J. Kempen, Jr. ’21
Alpine, Texas
The tragedy of arthritis in
children may come as a surprise
to many who thought of the dis
ease as an adult problem.
The local chapter of the Arth
ritis Foundation is gearing up
for a concerted public education
campaign to prevent the disabl
ing effects of arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis, potential
ly the most crippling form, can
also strike the very young and,
when it does, the results can be
even more devastating than in
the fully mature.
Treatment of juvenile arthri
tis consists of a well-balanced
combination of drugs to relieve in
flammation, swelling and pain,
along with physical therapy, first
in the hospital and later at home.
It is here that the unsung heroine
of the treatment team must come
to the forefront.
“I can’t figure out why th’ upperclassmen got upset about
my sugguestion! Why wouldn’t it be a good idea to let a
contract for th’ Bonfire?”
Professor Makes Lectures
Early diagnosis and treatment
of any form of arthritis in the
young or old is the simple mes
sage we wish to underscore to
day. But in growing children,
rheumatoid arthritis (or Still’s
disease) can produce the cruelest
deformities. The growth centers
of the bones may be affected, but
in a crazy pattern — so that
only one leg or arm may be
stunted, while the other grows
normally.
ONLY A MOTHER who has
painstakingly learned how to care
for her arthritic child at the side
of a well-trained physical therap
ist can fully know the teduim and
strain of day-in, day-out exercis
ing of the involved limbs. Rigid
schedules must be set up under
the supervision of a physician and
closely followed to prevent immo
bility. Hot baths or the applica
tion of heat to the joints must be
carried out. And, once or twice
a day, if possible, she must exer
cise each joint at least seven times
to its fullest range — and there
are normally about 24 ranges
for each joint.
From Phoenix To Pensacola
Sea Ys. Maine
by ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
Associated Press Writer
PHIPPSBURG, Maine UP) — Junk cars continue to
plague Popham Beach.
Rusted auto bodies, the subject of national publicity
last spring when a Bowdoin Col-
Texas A&M education profes
sor Dr. T. M. Stinnett is in the
midst of 10 lecture trips taking
the former National Education
Association assistant executive
secretary from Phoenix, Ariz. to
Pensacola, Fla.
lege photo exhibit included a
pair of pictures showing Views of
the beach with discarded cars,
are again stirring controversy in
this resort community.
But this time, the junkers are
used in a controversial program
to halt another perennial beach
problem — erosion.
Shirley Pratt, former first
selectman, has deposited some 35
junk autos in front of his res
taurant in an effort to halt ero
sion which he claims last winter
chopped 25 feet off the sea side of
his property and over the past
few years has cost him over 100
feet of parking lot and beach land.
Pratt plans to cover the row
of cars with an earth fill. He
says he doesn’t expect the cars
to halt the erosion but hopes
they will serve as a stop-gap
measure until a permanent solu
tion is found.
Pratt says that if the erosion
this coming winter is as severe
as last year, the waters at high
tide will be licking at the founda
tions of his restaurant and only a
few feet from the summer cot
tages he rents.
Last winter a restaurant lo
cated just south of his succumbed
to the force of the tides, winter
storms and the encrouching
ocean. The White Spot, a land
mark on the beach for a half a
century or more tipped into the
ocean and was burned to keep the
debris from littering the beach.
Although other Popham proper
ty owners recognize the dilemma
faced by Pratt, they don’t all
agree with his methods.
If the cars fail to hold the
tides, some Popham residents fear
the tons of earthen fill will de
posit a layer of silt over much
of the beach.
Car bodies used to enlarge a
parking lot at the north end of
the beach were uncovered after
only one winter and became the
subject of one of the more dra
matic pictures in the exhibit “As
Maine Goes” by Photographer
John McKee of Bowdoin College.
Pratt defends his project as a
conservation measure. He points
out that it was undertaken only
after efforts to have the town,
state and federal governments act
proved fruitless.
At the request of Pratt, select
men met with state parks and
recreation officials and the rep
resentatives of the Army Corps
of Engineers to see if steps could
be taken to halt the steady ero
sion.
At the time it was ruled that
since only private, recreational
property was involved, there was
nothing the engineers could do.
The Parks Department is con
cerned because a 500-acre plot
located several hundred yards
south of Pratt’s beach is slated
to become a state park if the
Maine Legislature, that convenes
in January, approves.
But work by the Corps of En
gineers is at least months and
possibly years in the future. In
the meantime Popham residents
and the thousands of people who
converge on the area during the
summer months are going to have
to cope with both erosion and
junked cars.
Most beach property owners
still aren’t aware of Pratt’s
erosion control project since he
didn’t begin work until after the
annual Labor Day exodus for
winter homes.
One long time resident of the
town who has seen the face of
the beach change periodically over
the years, dismisses all such ef
forts as useless, declaring. “What
the sea wants, the sea will take.”
Faculty, Staff
Event Nov. 17
This year’s second Texas A&M
University faculty-staff dinner-
dance will be held in the Assem
bly Room of the Memorial Stu
dent Center at 7:30 p.m. Thurs
day, November 17, according to
Don Young of the Texas Forest
Service, Faculty-Staff Dinner
Club Committee Chairman.
Deadline for buying tickets for
this and the two remaining din
ner-dances and individual-event
tickets for this dinner-dance only
is noon Wednesday, Young said.
Tickets may be bought at the
MSC Main Desk or from Dr. Rus
sell J. Kohel, Soil and Crop Sci
ences Department.
Music will be furnished by Dick
Baldauf’s Aggieland Combo.
Dress is informal.
Members of the faculty and
staff of A&M employed at Col
lege Station are cordially invited
to attend and bring guests.
CASA CHAPULTEPEC
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846-8566
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tutions to see promising teacher
education innovations.
The educators have been to
Texas University and during Dec.
13-16 will visit Chicago, Stanford,
UCLA, San Francisco and San
Diego.
GENERAL GROWTH of the
child is impaired, too, so that
most children with the disease
are small for their age group.
If untreated, there can be progres
sive destruction of the joints and
atrophy or shriveling of muscles
and other tissues. Fever may be
the only initial presenting symp
tom, making early diagnosis ex
tremely difficult.
IT IS ESTIMATED that some
50,000 children in the United
States suffer from this cruel dis
ease, a formidable statistic, which
can be cut down to size by an
unbeatable combination — the
most dedicated team there is —
physician, physical therapist, and
parents with the love and emo
tional stability to face the long
hard pull back through rehabilita
tion.
Dr. Stinnett is presently visit
ing universities across the coun
try as consultant of the new Uni
versity of West Florida. Dr.
Stinnett and Dr. W. J. Woodham,
education faculties dean of West
Florida, are touring various insti-
On Dec. 8, Dr. Stinnett address
es two educational groups at
North Texas State. A paper,
“The Three Biggest Challenges
Facing the Texas Teaching Pro
fession” will be presented at a
Dec. 10 Texas Teacher Educa
tion and Professional Standards
Conference in Dallas.
The teaching standards expert
will address the American Associ
ation of School Administrators at
Indiana University during a Great
Lakes Drive-In Conference Dec.
12.
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BELL SYSTEM
Recruiting Team On Campus
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November 16,17 & 18
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Represen ting
Southwestern Bell Technical and non-technical students,
particularly those seeking management and administrative assignments —
E.E.; M.E.; I.E.; C.E.; Math-Physics; Physics-Math; Bachelor’s or
Master’s in Economics, Accounting, and General Business.
Location: South Texas principally.
Bell Laboratories Research and Development — B.S.,
M.S. and Ph.D. candidates. Emphasizing E.E.; M.E.; Physics; Engineer
ing Mechanics and Mathematical Sciences.
Locations: New York and New Jersey vicinity.
Long Lines Bachelor’s and Master’s candidates — Electrical,
Mechanical, Civil, Industrial Engineering candidates with broad interests
in economic and management problems. Business Administration gradu
ates who have interests in science and technology.
Locations: Mid-West states initially.
Sandia Corporation Master’s Degree in Mathematics,
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Bachelor’s candidates of out
standing scholarship in Engineering considered for technical development
program. Bachelor’s and Master’s in Business Administration and
Accounting.
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Western Electric All Engineering disciplines needed to fill
Technical Engineering positions in design, product, systems, military,
research and management training. Positions for non-technical graduates
are in purchasing, accounting, manufacturing, merchandising, manage
ment training.
Locations: Southwest—Mid-West—Eastern and Northern states.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
SCONA Delegate
Application Time
Growing Short
Tuesday is the deadline for fil
ing applications to serve as Texas
A&M delegates to the 12th Stu
dent Conference on National Af-
fairs at A&M.
Applicants must have 1.5 grade
point ratios or better and be o{
junior classification or higher.
Application forms are avail-
able in the Memorial Student Cen
ter director’s office, the Comman
dant’s office, the Post Office-Gift
Shop area of the MSC, and in the
Student Affairs office of the
YMCA.
Interviews of prospective dele
gates are set Monday through
Friday, announced SCONA Chair
man Bob Heaton. Twenty-four
delegates will be selected.
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