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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1979
MIT official to speak
at medical convocation
Medicine’s marriage with
technology will be examined today
in an address by Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology Provost Wal
ter A. Rosenblith, who will keynote
Texas A&M University’s annual Col
lege of Medicine Convocation.
Rosenblith, a scholar on the topic
of science’s influence on society,
will speak during 3 p.m. ceremonies
in Rudder Theater, said Conclave
Director Dr. Sam Black, head of
medical microbiology and im
munology.
Champion cats call
Bryan cattery home
The meeting is held to honor the
newest crop of medical students and
the dozens of Brazos Valley physi
cians who work in the medical edu
cation program at Texas A&M.
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By CHERYL CESSNA
Battalion Reporter
They’re all paper cats with a med
ley of meows, and they call the Blue
Valley Cattery home.
A paper cat is one who is pedig
reed, said Helen Snyder, manager
of the cattery, located in Bryan.
The cattery, she said, not only
breeds Persian show cats, but serves
as a cat kennel as well.
Snyder, 59, said the business was
started in 1967 when Amon Bailey,
then a Texas A&M University stu
dent, was given a blue Persian as a
present. Bailey, who still owns the
cattery but is frequently out of town
on business, began leaving the cat,
Blue Baron Peppere (also known as
Baby Kitty) with Snyder while he
was out of town.
“This was my first exposure to a
paper cat, said Snyder, who was
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raised on a farm in Iowa. “I'd been
exposed to pedigreed horses, cows,
hogs and sheep, but never to a
paper cat. Baby Kitty was the start
of it all. We got him a little blue
cream kitty as a playmate.”
Snyder said what started as a pas
time turned into something more
time-consuming.
“It starts as a hobby, and then it
begins to be a challenge to come up
with something in your breeding
that is really outstanding, something
that everybody would want. But you
don t get a show cat in every litter
— in fact, you don’t get a show cat
every year.”
Still, Snyder has had some suc
cess. For instance, a 12-year-old cat
named Blue Valley Mess is a success
story. “When she first started in the
show ringing, everybody wanted
her. Well, we decided if everybody
wants her, we want her.”
She said Blue Valley Mess, who
got her name because “she was a
mess when she was born,’’ was
named the too tortoise shell Persian
in the nation for three years.
She has also was won two Best of
Best awards, which Snyder said is
one of the most sought-after honors
in cat showing. “It means that cat
was the best of all the cats in the
finals,” she said.
“Another thing that is coveted is
to have your cat named an All-
American cat,” Snyder said, “and
we’ve had several of these.
The scoring for the All-American
award, she said, is based on a sys
tem of points earned in cat shows at
regional and national levels.
Snyder said she’s not able to at
tend as many shows as she’d like.
“I wish we could, but time is an
element. It doesn’t take so long to
go to the cat show, but it takes a
long time to get ready for it. You
have to shampoo them every other
week, groom them every day to
keep the dead hair out and keep
them clean as a whistle.”
But she said there hasn’t been a
cat show held in this area since
1967, and she’d like to see one
started.
“I want to have a household pet
show here, and I think we could
have a tremendous one,” Snyder
said, “You’d judge them on who’s
got the longest whiskers, who’s got
the longest tail and who’s got the
biggest smile.”
She said the kennel was started as
a means of support for the breeding
operation. Boarding rates, she said,
are $2 per day, or $3.50 if there are
two cats in a cage.
She said the cattery also sells kit
tens, with prices ranging from $75
to $500.
Snyder said she has received
some unusual requests from people
leaving their cats with her.
“They say, ‘Now, you be sure my
cat’s food is at room temperature,
and you almost have to measure it
out. Sometimes they even bring a
measuring scoop.”
And she said cats don’t need as
much exercise as some people be
lieve. “This bit about, ‘Oh, my kitty
needs to go out in the fresh air,’ is a
bunch of hogwash. They get their
exercise. With most of the cats, you
can leave the cage door open and
they won’t go anywhere.”
And of course, she said, there are
cats with quirks. “I have a cat that
boards with me who’s a paw soaker.
He puts his paw in the water bowl
and soaks it, and then he sucks on it.
That’s the way he drinks his water.
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Another step toward the building
of the 1979 Bonfire has been com
pleted as the last Bonfire cutting
class was held Thursday afternoon.
Safety rules and measures to be
used while working at the cutting
site were emphasized in the classes
conducted by Corps of Cadets
Company C-l. Seniors Mike Swen
son and John Grunwald supervised
the sessions.
Anyone planning to work at the
cutting site was required to attend
one of the 30 minute class sessions
which had been meeting daily since
Oct. 9. Cutting cards were issued to
those who attended the class. Swen
son said the workers at the cutting
site must have the cards at all times
when in the area.
Swenson said most of what was
taught was common sense, because
most of the people had been out at a
cutting site before.
However, the classes also em
phasized safety tips for those who
are making their first journey to the
cutting site.
First-year Bonfire workers must
wear a white strip of tape around
their right leg. The piece of tape is
known as a “virgin stripe, and
Swenson said it identifies new
workers so that others can keep an
eye out for their safety.
As a safety precaution, worta
are advised to wear sturdy shoesaol
clothing and leather gloves top
tect their hands from blisteis.
Swenson said.
People with alcoholic bevenjs
will not he tolerated, he saii
"They’ll he kicked off the site a*
not allowed to come back,
added.
Bonfire workers wifi not Mo*
much actual cutting this year,
Swenson said, but they will In
trimming branches off treti
knocked down by the bulldozers.
Grunwald demonstrated lit
proper way to carry and sharpens!
axe. Using an assistant as a log,\t
also demonstrated the propemi
trim the branches from a log. So®
safety tips on the use of chain sa*
were also made.
Swenson said everyone in thecal'
ting area must sign an agreemed
with the Texas Municipal Powers
thority, which owns the landbeinj
worked on. This agreement waives
TMPA of any responsibility for it-
juries that may occur on their prop
erty.
Swenson added out that there#1
he medical personnel there to take
care of injuries and snake bites.
Saturday is the first day ofcuitioS
on the TMPA cutting site, southeast
of College Station.
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“While these are the most recent
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private support to be well over 521
million this year, said Vice Presi
dent for Development Robert
Walker.
The figures compiled by
NASULGC showed Texas A&M
ranked seventh in terms of support
from foundations with $5.9 million;
ninth in corporate gifts with 55.1
million and fourth in alumni gifts
with $6.5 million. Only the Univer
sity of California System and MIT
consistently ranked higher,
The only category in which Texas
A&M did not rank among the top 10
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