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Pag-e 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 4, 1967 Salado Creek Has Colorful Past As Texas Historical Landmark “I don’t want to see another football game—or even a TV!” AUSTIN—Salado Creek — a winding, picturesque, historical creek in Bell County—has been designated as Texas’ first Re corded Texas Natural Landmark. The announcement was made today by John Ben Shepperd of Odessa, president of the Texas State Historical Survey Commit tee. “It has long been felt that worthy and significant historic natural landmarks should be designated to show their import ance as evaluated by the State of Texas,” said Shepperd. “This of ficial recognition should promote preservation of worthy natural landmarks. “This award is given only to natural landmarks that are iden tified prominently with the broad cultural, political, economic, mili tary, or social history of Texas. “Salado Creek meets all these criteria, and is worthy of pres ervation.” i The creek flows for 35 miles in Bell County, joining the Lam pasas River in central Bell County. Salado Creek has unique, na tural beauty, with gushing lime stone springs that produce clear water. A clean rock bottom in vites wading, and studying the Boston Burn Unit Answers Many Lifesaving Questions Hundreds of calls to 617 726-2000, telephone number of the Boston Burn Unit, save thou sands of lives each year. The Bum Unit, on the fifth floor of Massachusetts General Hospital, was bom in the after- math of the November 28, 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire. Mention of this Boston nightclub, where 491 lives were lost, still causes shud ders in Boston. Today, 24 years after its birth, the Burn Unit serves as the world’s most im portant research center and as a clearinghouse for information on burn injuries. The night of July 14, 1966, with co-director Dr. John F. Burke manning the “hot line,” the Burn Unit served with parti cular distinction. , • 'Alii IJ . Dr. Burke’s first call came at 6 p.m., from New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, which had just admitted a man burned in an auto accident. Bellevue was puzzled by the fact that the man had only 15% of his body burned, but had a falling pulse rate. “It sounds like lung tissue dam age,” said Dr. Burke. “The patient must have inhaled flame . . . condition indicates that his lungs are unable to transfer enough oxygen to the blood. It doesn’t matter that he has only 15% surface burns; the respira tory burn is always independent of those. Put the patient on oxy gen at once and set up drainage. If he does not respond, get him on a plane and send him to us!” Death by burning is one of the most horrible ends conceiva ble, according to an article on the Boston Burn Unit in MAN’S MAGAZINE. However, the na tional survival rates have changed little in the past 25 years. A minute percentage of persons with burns over 50% of their bodies live. Aware of these grim statistics, Dr. Burke, and other Burn Unit physicians, cannot help but pray that more Bum Units will be established in other states and throughout the world. Dr. Burke spent the next hour in relative quiet: two calls from suburban doctors and one from Miami, asking if the hospital there could send an acid burn case to Boston. At 10:30 p.m., Dr. Julius Bar ney called from Indianapolis with news of a fire at Kokomo. Union Carbide’s vast rocket chemical plant had had a fire in the vat room, where vast quantities of volatile rocket fuels had explod ed. The toll: one man melted as if he were wax; five critically burned survivors. What followed, was a series of long-distance calls from Dr. Burke in Boston to Dr. Barney in Indianapolis, advising of treat ment procedures, etc. Then, be cause facilities in Indianapolis were inadequate to treat severe bums, an airlift was established —with White House assistance— and the survivors were flown to Massachusetts General for per sonal treatment by Burn Unit doctors. Air Force Offers Scholarships To College ROTC Students The U. S. Air Force will award 3,000 scholarships to ROTC stu dents in 180 colleges and univer sities throughout the United States. The scholarships, to begin with the 1967-68 school year, will cover the full costs of tuition, fees, lab- ortary expenses, and an allow ance for books. Each recipient also receives a non-taxable $50 per month. Texas A&M is expected to have over 50 candidates for the grants. Last year, 26 juniors and. 34 sen iors were awarded the scholar ships. Under the scholarship program, adopted September 1965, sopho more, junior and senior cadets in any Air Force ROTC detachment are elgible. They are selected on the basis of scores on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Achi evement Test, a minimum grade average of 2.5 on a 4 point scale, and a rating from an interview ing board composed of institu tional officials and Air Force ROTC staff officers. The awards will go to 600 soph omores, 1,400 junior, and 1,000 senior cadets. There is no maximum on the number of scholarships that can be awarded to a given college or university hosting an Air Force unit with the four-year ROTC course. In addition, all detach ments meeting ROTC require ments are assured of a minimum of one scholarship at each of the grade levels. The remainder of the scholarships are determined on a competitive basis and through the interviewing board. The scholarship program was authorized by the ROTC Vitaliza- tion Act of 1964. Since the act was passed, 2,000 scholarships have ibeen awarded — 1,000 in 1965 and an additional 1,000 in 1966. The Air Force plans to have 5,500 scholarships in effect by 1970. This is the maximum number authorized to be in ef fect at any one time by the law. The scholarships are in addi tion to the regular monthly pay to Air Force cadets holding con tracts. Burn therapy is a slow process, a battle fought on three fronts, energy loss, infection and shock. The fire-ravaged body; lying sta tionary and wrapped dike 'a mum my in bandages soaked in silver nitrate solution, undergoes a hor rible process of attrition, equal to the drain of the most violent exercise. Stamina is vital to sur vival. Burn therapy calls for stami na in the doctor, too. Patients need constant attention, day and night, in the acute stage; then follows a long, meticulous path back, involving all the skills of surgery, physiotherapy and nu trition. The expense ? Contributions from the U. S. Public Health Service and the Shriners help to assuage the burden of long and expensive recoveries. How the Bum Unit’s Dr. Burke labored over the Union Carbide plant fire victims and how he saved the life of more than 60%- burned Edward Miskunas is a testimonial to the dedication of Dr. Burke and to the existence of the Boston Bum Unit. % OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT NOW! 5 Per Annum Paid Quarterly on INSURED SAVINGS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 2913 Texas Ave. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community neiospaper. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or m otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneoi origin published herein. Eights of republication of all othi date publication of all nev the he redited to it or not of spontam rein are also reserved. 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Address: school to 2% The Battalion, a student published in Colleg Sunday, and Mondaj newspaper a Station, Texas daily a _ _ _ May, and once a week during summer school. on, Texas daily except Saturday, ,nd holiday periods, September through • Texas A&M is except Saturda MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Publisher Texas A&M University Student Editor _ Winston Green Jr. Managing Editor rT_. John Fuller News Editor Elias Moreno, Jr. Staff Writers Patricia Hill, Mike Flake, Robert Borders, Jerry Grisham Sports Editor Gary Sherer Staff Photographer Russell Autrey species of native fish. The banks abound with water cress, mint, native flowers, and flowering shrubs; and oak, pecan, and elm trees. “Salado Creek has a rich and colorful history which illustrates why it merits designation as a Recorded Texas Natural Land mark,” said Shepperd. “During prehistoric times, Indian tribes wandered up and down the creek hunting and fishing. There are many camp sites located near the numerous springs on the creek. “Later the Spanish explorers named the creek, but no settle ments were made until the Anglo- Americans were allowed to settle under the government of Mexico. Permanent settlers came to the creek when Texas became a state in 1846. “Many Civil War units were organized and drilled on the banks of Salado Creek,” continued Shepperd. “After the Civil War, when the great cattle drives started north, the Chisholm Trail came from the south and crossed Salado Creek on the trail’s way to Abilene, Kan.” There were eight mills within nine miles on Salado Creek, which created a milling center. These mills suppied the needs of all the local pioneers and of the wagon trains that carried provisions to frontier settlements and western forts. Business competition was keen but friendly. Shepperd also told about a Salado pioneer, Col. E. Sterling C. Robertson, who donated 100 acres of land at his crossing on the Salado Creek for a college. “During the 1850s, 60s, and 80s, Salado College held an out standing position in Texas educa tion,” said Shepperd. “The school was chartered by the State of Texas in 1859. Soon after, the village of Salado was established, on part of the 100 acres of land. “The stagecoach line carrying mail and passengers from Austin to Waco crossed near the big, bubbling springs here.” In 1860, the Masonic Lodge of Belton laid the cornerstone for the new college building. 200 Scholarships To Be Awarded By A&M Faculty Fifty To Attend Concrete Course Here Next Week Fifty participants are expected at Texas A&M University Jan. 11-13 for the Texas Ready Mixed Concrete Association short course. The business outlook, concrete housing, future of concrete and aggregate, communications, and training and managing man power are opening day topics. A. L. Kramer, coordinator for A&M’s Engineering Extension Service, said William F. Howard, association president, will direct the course. Howard is vice presi dent of Capital Aggregates in Austin. Other subjects of study include marketing and sales, labor regu lations, law, employer-employee More than 200 Opportunity Award Scholarships to study at Texas University will be awarded through state-wide competition to Texas high school seniors this spring. Application to the scholarship program which has assisted 2,400 A&M men must be submitted by March 15, announced Robert M. Logan, student financial aid director. Opportunity Award Scholar ships pay $800 to $3,000 over a four-year period. The annual stipend of $200 to $750 is de termined by need. Student part- time work will be arranged, if necessary. A candidate’s character and leadership ability, scholastic rec ord, College Entrance Exam Board test scores and need of financial aid are considered in making the award. More than 65 per cent of students applying in 1965 received assistance. “We hope to have that many vacancies again this year,” Logan said. He pointed out that 500 students are now attending A&M on Opportunity Award Scholar ships. Application forms are available through high school counseling and guidance offices, vocational agriculture teachers, A&M moth ers and dads clubs or by writing relations, credit and collections, the faculty scholarships commit- promotional activities, safety, and tee, Student Financial Aid Office, preventive maintenance. Texas A&M, College Station. Dickens can’t scare you when you’rearmed with Cliff’s Notes. As you read "Tale Of Two Cities," your Cliff’s Notes will provide a complete explanation and summary of every chapter. It will do won ders in smoothing the "rough" spots and in creasing your under standing. And don’t stop with Dickens. There are more than 125Cliff’s Notes ready to help you make bet ter grades in every lit erature course. 1 at your bookseller or write for free title list TALE OF TWO CITIES Rncs'irti® _g^f ,/ ^^ v Bethany , |ttat E ion IN Li'ncoln, Nebr. 68505 JUlflSd :Note&- Sound Editor; The Battalion, Dear Sir: Lacking the time and the money for stamps to thank every person responsible for SCON A XII, I thought that perhaps THE BATTALION could aid me in my plight. The Student Conference on Na tional Affairs in its very concep tion speaks well for A&M, but its continual existence is a recurring salute to the cooperation between its staff, the advisers and the students. SCONA is a good example of public relations in action. The cooperation between the Corps, with its varied components and the civilians is somewhat con trary to the expected and is exemplary of the achievements of thorough planning. The delegates can never for get the unique experience of SCONA XII: the review, Dun. can Mess Hall, the consuls, life in Memorial Student Center, tlie other delegates, but most of all the Aggies. I think that perhaps there waj more than one VICE-chairmaj active in the planning (a dance committee, MAYBE?), but plat- ning and preparation were at all times evident in the smooth run. ning schedule, the speakers, tie topics for discussion and all of tie multitudous arrangements in. volved in such an operation. Thank you A&M for four mar velous days. Sharon Migues Mary Hardin-Baylor College ATTENTION ALL CLUBS ! ! ! Athletic, Hometown, Pro fessional, and Campus Or ganizations. Pictures for the club sections of the Aggieland are now being scheduled at the Student Publi cations Office, Y.M.C.A. Build ing. CIVILIAN SENIORS and GRADUATE STUDENTS Will have their portrait made for the Aggieland ’67 THRU JANUARY 15 Portraits will be made at the University Studio (coat and tie). 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