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HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) — The
boy in the bubble is beginning to
want out and doctors now wonder
“how long can you keep someone in
a goldfish bowl.”
The boy is David, a youngster
born without natural body defenses
against disease.
David, whose last name is a hos
pital secret, turned three on Sept.
21 and he has spent his entire life
protected from disease by a germ-
free plastic bubble filled with fil
tered air.
His contact with other humans is
through only the big black gloves
which extend into his chamber. His
food and toys are sterilized. His
parents are faced through a plastic
wall.
But, until recently, the boy has
been content and safe in his trans
parent cocoon.
Now, say his doctors, he’s begin
ning to ask questions about the out
side world and to express a wish to
go there.
“It’s only in the last month or six
weeks that he’s begun to think about
getting out,” said Dr. David A.
Freedman, a professor of psychiatry
at the Baylor College of Medicine.
“I think that the next step ishis,
trying to remove himself from that
room,” said the doctor. “The whole
question is how long can you keep
someone in a goldfish bowl. These
are the questions that people are
agonizing about.”
To leave the plastic envelope
would, sooner or later, mean a fatal
infection for David.
He could last for perhaps weeks
outside the bubble, said Dr. John
Montgomery, a co-leader of the
team dealing with David. “But
eventually he would run into some
organism germ for which there is no
treatment.”
The germ, said Dr. Montgomery,
could be one which has little effect
on most people. But with no im
mune mechanism, David’s defenses
are minimal.
Despite his bizarre environment,
say the doctors, David has de
veloped well physically, mentally
and emotionally, so far.
He’s agile and active running
around inside his bubble, playing
with a ball and with several plastic
toys.
“David is ready to read, ” said Dr.
Murdina Desmond, a professor of
pediatrics. She and Dr. Freedman
both believe the boy is brighter than
most three-year-olds and is particu
larly advanced in language skills.
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A local four-man group composed
the soundtrack music for the Aggie
Players’ production of “Lovers and
Other Strangers.”
The play is the opening of the new
season for the Players. It is a full-
length comedy that will open Mon
day night at 8.
It will play in the Rudder Center
Forum through Oct. 12. Tickets are
$1 in advance or at the door. The
50th person and date on opening
night will get free tickets to the per
formance.
Beau Sharbrough, a junior
philosophy major, wrote the major
theme and four variations for the
soundtrack. He also plays Mike in
Act IV of the play, entitled “Mike
and Susan.”
Chuck Adams, a junior in marine
biology, also composed two varia-
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tions on the original theme to be
used. The other two members of the
group are Brian McPherson, a
junior English major, and Brad
Ellis, a cook at International House
of Pancakes in College Station.
The group wrote original sound
tracks for the Aggie Player’s “The
Glass Menagerie” and “Greens-
leeves Magic ”, which Sharbrough
said was the first musical by the
Aggie Players.
Sharbrough, speaking of “Lovers
and Other Strangers,” said “This is
the biggest one yet. We re really
proud of it. ” Robert W. Wenck, di
rector of “Lovers and Other Stran
gers” said “It is pretty good. They
have come up with a soundtrack that
is well fitted to the mood of the
play.”
Sharbrough said the group plans
to go commercial later this year, but
specific plans are flexible now. He
stressed that there is no head man
and that everyone in the group is
very talented. “It is all the way a
group effort.”
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Dr. Desmond said David has also
developed great affection for his
mother, father and sister. He
spends six weeks at home every
three months or so, living inside a
cluster of plastic isolators.
The boy first began talking of the
outside during a recent visit home,
said the doctor. He watched his
father work and then said, “You let
me get out of this bubble and I’ll
help you.”
To his mother he said: “When I
get out of the bubble, I’ll go with
you to the kitchen.”
Briscoe
avoids
decision
WICHITA FALLS (AP) — Gov.
Dolph Briscoe, here Tuesday on a
campaign swing in North Texas,
said he would not consider the
reappointment of Frank Erwin to
the University of Texas board of re
gents until after the November gen
eral election.
The controversial Erwin’s term
expires in January. During a brief
press conference Briscoe said, “I
will not make any decision on any
such appointment that is due after
this election until after the elec
tion.”
When asked if he felt indirectly
responsible for school tax increases
due to the legislature’s failure to act
on school financing, Briscoe replied
there have been quite a few school
districts that have reduced taxes this
year.
“In the last session of the legisla
ture I sponsored a measure that
would have provided relief on a
one-year basis, ” the governor said,
noting the bill passed the Senate but
failed in the House on a tie vote.
In addition, Briscoe said he
would introduce at the next session
of the legislature an emergency bill
which would appropriate $40 per
average daily attendance for each
school district in the state.
As an example this would amount
to $510,960 for the Wichita Falls
school district.
Concerning the predicted $1.5
billion surplus in state funds ex
pected in three years, Briscoe said
such predictions are based on a con
tinuing strong economy.
If such a surplus were realized, he
said he would recommend that the
legislature eliminate the four per
cent sales tax on utility bills.
“This would save the taxpayers of
Texas about $80 million annually,”
he said.
Briscoe also voiced support for
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby’s suggestion
that a portion of the surplus be
placed in a capital reserve.
The governor also made cam
paign appearances in Haskell and
Vernon and left Wichita Falls for
Amarillo. About 1,500 supporters
and area candidates attended the
Wichita Falls rally.
Library tours go
on voluntary basis
for first semester
The library is conducting tours on
a volunteer basis.
Tours are divided into two
groups, general and specific. They
will be offered four days a week be
ginning Monday through Nov. 5.
General tours are designed to
help the student refresh his mem
ory on using basic library tools.
These tours will be offered Sept. 30
and Oct. 3 at 7 p. m. and Oct. 1 and 2
at 2 p.m.
Specific tours are sessions de
signed to help the student learn
more about particular areas of the
library. Specific tours offered are:
1. Microtext Area, Oct. 7 at 4
p.m. and Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
2. Technical Report Center,
Oct. 7 and 8 at 3 p.m.
3. United States Government
Publications, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.
and Oct. 9 at 4 p. m. ‘
4. Special Collections, Oct. 9 at 2
p.m.
5. Archives and Manuscript Qi
lection, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m
6. Using the card catalogandsc
ials print out, Oct. 21at7p,t
and Oct. 22 at 3 p.m.
7. Resources in Business ai
Management, Oct. 21 at I
a. m. and Oct. 22 at 7 p.m,
8. Technical Services, Oct. i
and 22 at 4 p.m.
9. Resources in the Science
Oct. 23 and 24 at 3 p.m.
10. Resources in the Social Sc,
ences, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. an
Oct. 29 at 3 p.m.
11. Using Interlibrary loan sei
vices and the National Uni
Catalog, Oct. 30 and Nov.
at I0ia. m.
12. Resources in the Humaniti
Nov. 4 and 5 at 3 p.m. at
Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
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