,
Here is a different view of the construction now beginning
rathe A&M’s new engineering complex located across from
the cyclotron. It will be completed by the summer of 1971.
(Photo by Monty Stanley)
’67 Grad Oates
Dies In Vietnam
Army Capt. Eugene C. (Gene)
Oates III, Texas A&M graduate
and son of a student counselor at
the university has been killed in
a helicopter accident in Vietnam.
The 1967 A&M graduate in
civil engineering died Monday.
Captain Oates, a combat engineer,
had been in Southeast Asia since
January.
He is survived by his wife, the
[ormer Sharon Walding of Bryan;
parents, Col. and Mrs. Eugene C.
Oates Jr., of Jones Bridge Rd.,
and sister, Shirely. Colonel Oates
is a member of A&M’s Student
Affairs Office staff.
Captain Oates was serving with
Company “C” of the 65th Engi
neer Battalion, 25th Infantry Divi
sion in Vietnam. He was commis
sioned in the Regular Army at
A&M in May, 1967. The Ross
Volunteer went to Fort Hood for
his first duty assignment, then
attended jungle warfare school in
Panama, the engineer officers
basic course at Fort Belvoir, Va.,
and Range School at Fort Bragg,
N. C.
A&M,PrisonCooperate
THE BATTALION
Wednesday, August 6, 1969 College Station, Texas Page 7
State Officials
Join TMA Cruise
Two tax-supported Texas insti
tutions have an operation going
in which everybody wins. Espe
cially Texas taxpayers.
The Texas Department of Cor
rections and Texas A&M have co
operated in an interagency con
tract for nearly two years, to
their mutual benefit.
A&M's College of Veterinary
Medicine sends clinicians and stu
dents to the state prison sys
tem’s various units for herd health
training and work in TDC's Agri
culture Department.
Students gain practical experi
ence. The college gets access to
a vast quantity of livestock for
elinical practice purposes.
TDC secures a great amount of
They are located at four points
in Brazoria County, two in Fort
Bend County, one in Harris Coun
ty, three in Walker County and
one each in Madison, Houston and
Anderson counties.
The system headed by Dr.
George J. Beto has a dozen units
scattered over a 170-mile strip of
Texas from west of Palestine to
near the Gulf Coast at Freeport.
“There are other herd health
programs,” Price remarked, “but
none as large nor diverse.”
Object of the contract arrange
ment, he explains, is preventive
medicine. Aggie vet teams work
with herds to prevent serious
problems, rather than treating
individual already-stricken ani
mals.
Actual workings of the arrange
ment are supervised by Dr. W. M.
Romane, A&M vet medicine and
surgery professor who arranges
instructor - student groups for
work in the system.
Three or four teams consisting
of a clinician (instructor) and
four students are in the system
each day, involving daily a total
of 16 students and four or more
instructors, he noted.
Student training varies widely.
It includes palpating mares dur
ing and following breeding season,
worming, vaccination, sterility
checks and eye surgery on the
department’s Herefords, among
many others.
Several legislators and other
state officials have accepted in
vitations to participate in the
final leg of the Texas Maritime
Academy’s summer cruise, a one-
day jaunt Sunday from Port
Arthur to Galveston.
The “Texas Clipper,” TMA
training ship carrying 196 stu
dents, will be returning from a
10-week, 13,676-mile Mediter
ranean cruise.
Adm. James D. Craik (USCG-
Ret.), TMA superintendent, said
the legislators and other guests
are being invited aboard to give
them a first-hand look at the
academy during operations at
sea.
TMA, a division of A&M is
one of six major maritime acad
emies in the nation and the only
one on the Gulf Coast.
Port Arthur civic leaders will
roll out the red carpet for the
Friday arrival of the 15,000-ton
converted oceanliner, with five
area mayors and a band group.
needed assistance with its more
than 33,000-herd and 101,000-plus
poultry flock.
“Taxpayers receive a very real
benefit through direct tax savings
and improved efficiency in the
state-owned livestock operation of
the Texas Department of Correc
tions,” commented Byron W.
Frierson, assistant director in
charge of agriculture.
“The program has been very
important to us in view of our
doubled enrollment,” A&M’s vet
erinary dean A. A. Price referred
to recent expansion of the col
lege’s professional course. “It
fills a great need for our addi
tional students and enables the
college to maintain a high-stand-
ard clinicl training program, even
under the rather sudden and dras
tic enrollment increase.”
“This kind of training can’t be
bought,” Price pointed out.
Frierson noted the prison de
partment’s herds are subject to
every sort of health hazard. Com
pounding such inherent problems
for the system’s one fulltime
veterinarian, Dr. A. G. Ollre, is
widespread dispersion of the de
partment’s 15,745 beef cattle,
2,401 dairy animals, 13,938 swine,
763 horses, 428 dogs and 101,337
fowls.
WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FAIR presents
AN
AQUARIAN
EXPOSITION
WALLKILL.NY.
3 DAYS
°f PEACE
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SUN., AUG.,17
Joan Baez Keef Hartley The Band
Arlo Guthrie Canned Heat Jeff Beck Group
Tim Hardin Creedence Clearwater Blood, Sweat and Tears
Richie Havens Grateful Dead Joe Cocker
Incredible String Band Janis Joplin Crosby, Stills and Nash
Ravi Shankar Jefferson Airplane Jimi Hendrix
Sweetwater Mountain Iron Butterfly
Santana The Moody Blues
Johnny Winter
The Who
All programs subject to change without notice
Art Show—Paintings and sculptures
on trees, on grass, surrounded by
the Hudson valley, will be dis
played. Accomplished artists,
"Ghetto” artists, and would-be art
ists will be glad to discuss their
work, or the unspoiled splendor of
the surroundings, or anything else
that might be on your mind. If
you're an artist, and you want to
display, write for information.
Crafts Bazaar—If you like creative
knickknacks and old junk you'll
love roaming around our bazaar.
You'll see imaginative leather, ce
ramic, bead, and silver creations,
as well as Zodiac Charts, camp
clothes, and worn out shoes.
Work Shops —If you like playing
with beads, or improvising on a
guitar, or writing poetry, or mold
ing clay, stop by one of our work
shops and see what you can give
and take.
Food—There will be cokes and hot-
dogs and dozens of curious food
and fruit combinations to experi
ment with.
Hundreds of Acres to Roam on —
Walk around for three days without
seeing a skyscraper or a traffic
light. Fly a kite, sun yourself. Cook
your own food and breathe un
spoiled air.
Music starts at 4:00 P.M. on Fri
day, and at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday
and Sunday—It'll run for 12 contin
uous hours, except for a few short
breaks to allow the performers to
catch their breath.
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