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VOLUME 64 Number 132
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1969
Telephone 845-2226
A&M Hosts 75
Of Texas’ Best
TEXAS’ BEST
The top 75 scholars among Texas’ high school seniors of ally proficient students were briefed here on various seg-
1969-70 were at Texas A&M Thursday and Friday for the ments of A&M’s student life and colleges.
President’s Scholar Candidates Congress. The scholastic-
Dorm Students Get Last Chance
Students who expect to live in
a residence hall for the fall se
mester and have not yet made
reservations should report to the
Housing Office at once and fill
out room reservation cards.
The following residence hall
assignments will be in effect for
fall, 1969: CIVILIAN — Hart
(part), Law, Puryear, Mitchell,
Legett, Milner, Walton, Hotard
(13), Hughes (14), Fowler (15—
part), Keathley (16), Moses
(17), Davis-Gary (18), Mclnnis
(19), Moore (20), Crocker (21),
and Schuhmacher (22).
CADET CORPS — Spence (1),
Kiest (2), Hart (part), Briggs
(3), Fountain (4), Gainer (5),
Lacy (6), Leonard (7), Harrell
(8), Whiteley (9), White (10),
Harrington (11), Utay (12), and
ATHLETIC — Fowler (15, part),
Henderson.
Liccioni New
Purchaser
George Dewey Liccioni Jr. has
been promoted to purchasing
agent for Texas A&M effective
Sept. 1, announced purchasing
director Wesley Donaldson.
Liccioni, 37, has been technical
buyer for the university since
Feb. 1, 1968. He replaces George
W. Litton, who retired.
Liccioni and his wife, Beverly,
live at 405 Dogwood St., College
Station.
A former district superintend
ent for an oil company, Liccioni
decided he wanted a college edu
cation. He sold his Sweeny, Tex.,
home and moved to Texas A&M
in 1961.
He was 28 at the time. He
worked as a student labor super
visor in the Agricultural Exten
sion Service mail room between
classes. In May, 1965, he gradu
ated with a B.A. in history.
He worked as a purchasing
agent for A&M’s Agency for In
ternational Development p r o-
gram for the Dominican Repub
lic in 1967, a one year program
where over $1 million was spent
for agriculture equipment and
supplies.
The first floor of Hughes Hall
will not be available for students
to transfer belongings thereto at
the end of the summer session.
Students who will live there in
the fall may either take their
belongings home with them be
tween the summer term and the
fall semester or they may make
arrangements with the Agrono
my Society to store them in the
basement of Walton Hall, (845-
3043).
Students who will live in Fowl
er Hall (15) and the first floor
of Gainer (5) will obtain specific
clearance from the Housing Of
fice before moving belongings
into their fall rooms. Students
must vacate their summer rooms
of all belongings unless they will
be occupying the same room in
Direct Dialing Comes
To Cities In Area
GEORGE D. LICCIONI
BB&L,
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
Completion of a $3.5 million
project makes it possible now for
customers in Bryan-College Sta
tion and five other towns served
by General Telephone Company
in this area to dial their own
long distance calls, announces B.
A. Erwin, division manager for
General Telephone Company of
the Southwest.
Towns in the network are
Bryan, College Station, Kurten,
Caldwell, Somerville, Deanville,
and Tunis.
More than 30,000 telephones
and 17,000 customers are in the
network, which permits custom
ers to dial direct to millions of
telephones throughout the United
States and Canada.
All customers received an in
struction booklet which tells pre
cisely how to use the new serv
ice. Persons who have not re
ceived an instruction booklet or
anyone needing additional copies
may obtain them by calling the
business office during regular
office hours, Erwin stated.
The equipment making this
new service available last Sun
day is located in Bryan, Erwin
said. Plans for modification of
and changes in local equipment
wexe begun more than four years
ago. Additional long distance cir
cuits have been added between
Bryan-College Station and area
towns so customers in the net
work can have access to the
equipment. In addition to install
ing the intricate EDDD facilities
in Bryan and surrounding towns,
the overall project involved con
struction of a new central office
building in Bryan and additions
to existing buildings in College
Station and Caldwell.
Erwin pointed out that General
Telephone customers will have a
more advanced type of long dis
tance dialing service than most.
Auto Permits
Are Available
Parking permits for the
coming fall semester and the
ensuing year are now avail
able at the Campus Security
office in the YMCA Building,
according to security chief Ed
Powell.
The cost of permits are $10
per year for both faculty and
students. For students the
other prices are $5 per semes
ter and $9 for two semesters.
“All customei’s having DDD
service can dial station-to-station
long distance calls; however, the
equipment we have also permits
customers to dial their own per
son-to-person, collect or credit
card calls,” he said.
“Long distance calls dialed
by customers are automatically
timed and all information about
the call is recorded on punched
tape, thus making the record of
the call complete and accurate,”
he continued. The tape is later
fed into a computer so the call
is properly charged.
the fall.
Students who will live in any
hall other than Hughes Hall must
move their belongings to their
new rooms by 7 p.m., Friday,
Aug. 22. Halls which are not
being used for summer school
will be unlocked from 1 p.m. un
til 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21,
and Friday, Aug. 22, to accom
modate students who must move.
In order to protect student
pxoperty, all halls expect Crock
er (21) and Schuhmacher (22)
will be locked at 7 p.m. Friday.
Aug. 22. Schuhmacher (22) will
be available between terms only
to students who have been as
signed there for the fall semes
ter. Such students may make ar
rangements at the Housing Of
fice to live in their fall rooms.
All other students requiring ac
commodations between terms
should report to the Housing Of
fice for an assignment in Crocker
Hall (21). All arrangements for
the between-term period must be
completed by 5 p.m. Friday.
Any students found living in
one of the halls to be left open
who have not registered with the
Housing Office on the between-
term roster will be subject to
legal and disciplinary action.
High school students who ap
pear likely to be Texas A&M
Class of 1974 pacesetters were
the university’s guests Thursday
and Friday as President’s Schol
ar candidates.
The 75 high school seniors and
25 to 30 principals were at A&M
for the President’s Scholar Can
didates Congress. All 75 ranked
at the close of 1968-69 among the
top one per cent of the nation’s
high school seniors of 1969-70.
Fifteen to 20 of the visiting
students received President’s
Scholar awards, the top scholar
ship given by Texas A&M. Desig
nation as a President’s Scholar
at the beginning of a recipient’s
senior high school year includes
a scholarship of $1,000 each for
four or five years study at A&M.
“These young men have been
selected out of over 600 nomina
tions submitted by high school
principals throughout T e x a s,”
noted Robert M. Logan, financial
aid director who conducts the
program for President Earl Rud
der.
“They are outstanding schol
astically,” Logan added. “They
also are student leaders — class
presidents, athletic team captains,
drum majors and active in extra
curricular activities, church and
social life.”
“They are No. 1 students,
selected at the end of their jun
ior years for President’s Scholar
nominations,” injected Bobby
Johnson, financial aid super
visor.
The candidates come from Tex
as schools with senior classes
ranging in size from 15 to more
than 1,000 students, Logan said.
“We believe the entire group
can obtain at least a tuition
award scholarship from A&M
through Opportunity Awards,
Science Honor Awards or other
similar scholarships,” he com
mented.
Logan said A&M’s first 10
President’s Scholars, who will be
A&M sophomores this year, were
all Distinguished Students both
semesters of 1968-69. They had
2.4 or better grade point ratios
of a possible 3.0.
“Of the 20 President’s Schol
ars who will start classes at
A&M next month, 19 have other
scholarships recognizing their
outstanding achievements,” he
remarked. “The other hasn’t
checked in yet but it’s probable
he does too.”
Friday morning, Congress par
ticipants had a special orienta
tion. Each President’s Scholar
candidate was then interviewed
by a university staff member.
Principals, meanwhile, will be
in a program presented by the
Liberal Arts College and Edu
cation Department on innovative
education techniques.
During an hour seminar early
Friday afternoon, candidates,
their counselors and parents
were briefed by representatives
of A&M’s various colleges. De
partment tours of the candidate’s
interest were made afterwards.
A dinner at Sbisa Hall honor
ing the young men and princi
pals concluded the congress,” Lo
gan announced.
President’s Scholar awards
will be made the first week of
the 1969-70 high school term,
probably between Sept. 1 and
15.
5 Aggies Receive
Co-Op Awards
Five students in Texas A&M
University’s Cooperative Educa
tion Program received certifi
cates in recognition of outstand
ing accomplishment in ceremon
ies this month.
Dean Fred J. Benson of the
College of Engineering present
ed awards to four Aggies tied
for first place in the employer
evaluation competition. David
Edward Hairston, sophomore
aerospace engineering major
from Arlington; James Russel
Finley, Jr., junior in civil engi
neering from lola; Chai-Man
Chow, electrical engineering
sophomore from Hong Kong;
and Clark Alan Benson, junior
chemical engineering major from
Bryan, won the honors.
Hairston’s employer is General
Dynamics of Fort Worth, Finley
works for the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, Chow is
with Atlantic-Richfield of Dallas,
and Benson is employed by Sig
nal Oil in Houston. Employers
made their evaluations on the
basis of relations with others,
attitude, application, judgment,
dependability, ability to learn,
and quality of work.
Winner of the research paper
competition was Robert Kenneth
Gish, sophomore in electrical en
gineering from Midland, who pre
pared his paper based on work
done at Mobil Oil in Midland.
Title of the winning paper was
“Fundamentals of Logic.”
Approximately 275 students
are enrolled in the Cooperative
Education Program in which pe
riods of employment in industry
are alternated with periods of
campus study, according to As
sistant Engineering Dean John
G. McGuire, coordinator.
“Texas A&M has had a for
malized program since 1963, and
each year has seen an increase
in interest and participation,”
McGuire said. “Enrollment has
doubled in the last two years.”
McGuire indicated that the pro
gram appeals to many students
because it offers practical experi
ence directly associated with the
course of study and provides a
salary from which they can save
for their education.
The University’s goal is to pro
duce a more mature and better
educated graduate, McGuire con
tinued. A flow of ideas between
the University and the cooperat
ing industries also results. The
program is open to students from
all engineering and science de
partments, including transfers
from junior colleges and other
universities.
The student spends at least
three Work periods in industry or
with campus research organiza
tions and usually graduates with
his class in four years.
“Industi’y cooperation is excel
lent, and employment opportuni
ties for our graduates are very
good,” McGuire concluded.
Principal speaker at the cere
monies was Dr. C. Floyd George,
administrative associate at At
lantic-Richfield. Dean Benson
made welcoming remarks. A
steak fry for the students, ad
ministrators, department heads,
and guests followed at Hensel
Park.
Open Heart Surgery Here Successful
Two Texas A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine professors
have successfully performed the
first open heart surgery on an
animal at the university.
Dr. Kenneth Knauer and Dr.
H. P. Hobson performed the sur
gery on a 35-pound chow-chow
owned by Mrs. E. L. Keyser of
2907 Sunset, Houston.
Open heart operations on ani
mals have been performed in
other parts of the nation, Dr.
Knauer said, but the A&M pro
cedure has much value in terms
of research and instruction.
The procedure used by the
A&M surgical team was describ
ed in a recent publication by a
veterinarian, Dr. James Ross of
the Baylor Medical Center, Hous
ton.
Dr. Knauer performed the sur
gery and reports the dog is re
covering successfully from the
operation. The surgery appar
ently eliminated the “pulmonic
stenosis” condition.
The dog was referred to the
A&M Small Animal Clinic by
Dr. Clyed Slay of Houston. Dr.
Knauer, assistant professor of
medicine (cardiology), said the
animal had a heart murmur and
since he was a young dog they
suspected it was congenital.
Extensive examinations show
ed the pulmonary valve separat
ing the pulmonary artery from
the right ventricle of the heart
was defective.
Dr. Knauer felt the dog was
born with a small valve and it
had grown together leaving a
very small opening from which
blood was being pumped under
high pressure to the lungs. The
heart was enlarged and the
blood’s high pressure through
the small opening had caused a
ballooning effect on one side of
the pulmonary artery.
“This condition,” Dr. Knauer
explained, “is one of the two most
common congenital defects of the
heart found in dogs.”
The veterinarian has three
choices: Do nothing and the dog
will live a few months; treat
ment with “digitalis” medications
and the dog will receive help but
will have a shorter life span, or
treat with medications and cor-
FIRST OPEN HEART PATIENT
Dr. Kenneth Knauer, right, examines the eight-month-old chow-chow he performed open
heart surgery on at Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine. It was the first at
tempted open heart surgery on an animal in Texas. Assisting Dr. Knauer is Dr. H. P.
Hobson, head of the Small Animal Clinic general surgery team. Dr. Knauer is a cardiology
specialist.
rect the condition with surgery.
He received assistance from
Dr. Hobson, associate professor
of surgery and chief of the gen
eral surgery team at the Small
Animal Clinic.
Several A&M veterinary med
icine seniors who graduated last
week observed and assisted with
the operation.
Dr. Knauer said the operation
involved placing an instrument
with retractable blades into the
beating heart. The instrument
is pushed through the pulmon
ary valve and the blades are ex
truded.
Bringing the instrument back
through the valve cuts an open
ing and a probe is used to stretch
the opening.
The surgery took 90 .minutes,
Dr. Knauer reported.
The cost of the surgery would
be similar to that involved in
open heart surgery to a human,
Dr. Knauer related. However,
A&M charges according to a per
son’s ability to pay and a great
part of the open heart surgery
was charged off to research and
instruction.
A sales representative for a
television video-tape company
was visiting the college the day
of the surgery and the complete
operation was recorded for future
instructional use, Dr. Knauer re
lated.
“The College of Veterinary
Medicine is quite dependent on
the practicing veterinarians for
referred cases,” Dr. Knauer said.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.