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The 4-foot-square sculptures are on dis play al the college this month. Schumacher, who worked closely with Dr. Robert Rice, an associate professor of optometry, learned enough about the eye to put to gether first a workable model and then the actual sculptures. Each of the three depicts a different view of the eye. In order to engineer his creation most effectively, he tried too match the grain of the wood to the actual structure of the eye tissue. This in volved the use of 15 different types of wood. Schumacher persuaded 25 people to invest $100 each to pay for the project. Sketches of the sculptures were completed in February, but then the hard work began. He labored for three months in his small workshop in the backyard of his Houston home and managed to complete one sculpture a month. He now hopes to sell the work for about $22,000. Rice said he was not surprised by the collaboration of science and art. “Surprisingly enough, anatomy has a lot of art in it. It is a very three- dimensional science, and we deal more with atlases than textbooks. If anything, as far as teaching goes, one of the weakest links is the lack of graphic depiction of the eye. So it was not unnatural for me to act as an art adviser,” Rice said. Although the real anatomy of the eye formed the basis for the pieces, Schumacher had to exercise consid erable artistic license and make some major modifications before he reached the end product. The sculptures are very different from each other, although they share a common theme. The last view is the most representational of the three. Shuttle Discovery to blast off June 22 United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —- With engineers rushing to fix a se ries of nagging problems with the new shuttle Discovery, the space agency Tuesday cleared the orbiter for blastoff June 22. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Discovery is scheduled to roar into space on its maiden flight from its oceanside launch pad at 8:43 a.m. EDT. If all goes well, the seven-day mis sion will end June 29 on a lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., at 9:53 a.m. EDT. Veteran shuttle astronaut Henry Hartsfield and his rookie crewmates Michael Coats, Steven Hawley, Mike Mullane, Charles Walker and Judy Resnik plan to deploy a new commu nications satellite and conduct a vari ety of exotic experiments. NASA officials in Washington said the launch date will be “reas sessed” in about a week after a thor ough check of Discovery’s systems to see how they came through Satur day’s test firing of the shuttle’s big main engines. Discovery is the third shuttle in NASA’s growing fleet and it origi nally was scheduled to blast off June 19. The three-day slip was caused by numerous delays getting Discovery to the launch pad and a one-day de lay in cranking up the shuttle’s main engines for a crucial test run. The flight readiness firing was conducted successfully Saturday but a series of problems were noted prompting a 24-hour delay until Wednesday in loading the Syncom-4 communications satellite and other cargo into Discovery’s payload bay. NASA spokesman Rocky Raab said a device that controls the pay- load bay door latches, the vent sys tem and latches that lock the shut tle’s fragile mechanical arm in place gave faulty readings that puzzled en gineers. Technicians also planned a care ful look at the reinforced edges of Discovery’s wings to make sure small heat insulators were properly in stalled, and began work to repair one wingtip that was damaged dur ing the shuttle’s processing in its hangar. In addition, about 12 heat-shield ing tiles were damaged during the engine test and will have to be re paired or replaced. Meanwhile, spokesmen lor the Canadian astronaut program told a news conference in Ottawa Tuesday that the first U.S. space shuttle mis sion with a Canadian on board will blast off 3 'A weeks earlier than origi nally scheduled. The mission has been set for Oct. 1 rather than Oct. 24, as part of a general rescheduling of shuttle mis sions by NASA. Closed-door investigation launched. Authorities look into tallship accident United Press International HAMILTON, Bermuda — Ber mudan authorities Tuesday launched a closed-door investigation into the freak sinking of a British square rigger as an intense search at sea failed to turn up any trace of 18 missing people. A Polish schooner that rescued eight of 27 people from the 117- foot-tall Marques will scatter funeral wreaths and observe a moment of si lence al the spot where the ship sank, officials said Tuesday. The schooner Zawisa Czarny was scheduled to leave Bermuda late Tuesday for a 12-hour sail to the area where the Marques capsized and sank in less than a minute dur ing a freak hurricane 78 miles north of Bermuda. After a brief service for the one dead and 18 missing, the Polish ves sel will resume the 1984 Tall Ships Race from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Marques was par ticipating in the race when it sank Sunday after being hit by “an incred ible” wind and two giant waves. Three Canadian Forces ships and one U.S. Coast Guard cutter criss crossed an area of 3,240 square miles Tuesday looking for any sign of the missing crew members and passen gers but came up empty. Race officials said the search would be called off at dusk Wednes day. Nine people survived the sinking of the Marques — eight who were rescued by the Polish vessel Zawisa Czarny and taken to Bermuda and one who was taken aboard a Ca nadian frigate heading for Halifax. The Bermuda Department of Transportation began a closed-door investigation in Hamilton. Among the witnesses scheduled to be heard were several officials of the Sail Training Association. The British colonial government of Bermuda announced it will pro vide funds to help repatriate the eight survivors brought to Bermuda. 1’he eight spent Tuesday shopping for new clothes. A&M prof writes Texas history book Police beat AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823-8051 OVER 30,000 PEOPLE READ IT IN THE BATTALION Our time tested bookpacks will hold up to all the rough treatment a student has to offer. Known for durable materials and reinforced construction, all our packs have a lifetime guarantee. Stop by soon and choose from a wall of rich colors and over a dozen different designs to suit your personal needs. 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Tired, frail, and unhappy with Texas’decision to join the Confeder acy, Houston went home to Cedar Point where he died two years later. So began the tale of the state’s withdrawal from the Union which it had voted overwhelmingly to join just 16 years earlier. Texas was unique among the seceding states be cause of its ambivalence toward se cession. Houston was not alone in his opposition. There had been some who had urged him to resist the move to remove him as governor. But Texas was more a southern than a western state in 1861 — most of its settlers were immigrants from Deep South of border states. Texas A&M University history professor Walter Buenger has writ ten a book chronicling this time in the state’s history that is both a nar rative of secession in Texas and a case study of the causes of secession in a southern state. Entitled “Secession and the Union n >**<- oik: -nw ■ : «vf Baptist Student Union Summer Activities Noon Bible Study Tuesday and Wednesdays 11:45am Howdy Party-Thursday, June 7 featuring Brenda Grim 7:00pm 201 College Main (behind Kinko’s) 846-7722 Presents the Muffalata... A New Orleans Specialty of Flam, Hard Salami and Swiss Cheese with our own Specially Marinated Olive Dressing. Served on your choice of white, whole wheat or rye bun. -WITH THIS AD - ONLY $2.25 This Special Expires June 15. in Texas,” it is a study of public hys teria, the pressure for consensus and a failure of the political process. On his way home after leaving Austin, Houston was called on by men who had fought with him to make a speech in Brenham. He was reluctant to speak until a mob of southern sympathizers threatened him with violence. Sam Houston ad dressed the crowd with his old friends and comrades-in-arms ring ing the platform with drawn revolv ers. “Secession and the Union in Tex as” by Walter Buenger is available from the University of Texas Press. The following incidents were re ported to the University Police De partment through Tuesday. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A red Schwinn ten-speed bicy cle was stolen from the Hart Hall bike rack. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • Someone activated one of the fire alarm pull stations on the first floor of Haas Hall. • The face plate was stolen from the door to the third floor men’s room in the Oceanography and Me teorology building and the com modes were stuffed with paper tow els. 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