“AND THEY CALL YOU THE FIGHTING TEXAS AGGIES!”
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Take your last look, you AGGIES. There’s gonna be many a
Jap killed and many a battle won before you view it again. Yes,
there’s gonna be many things happen before that Spirit of Aggieland
makes its appearance upon the campus of its origin.
Look again, you TEXAS AGGIES and see a portion of the old
school. Think back, Class of ’44, and recall that first time when you
heard the Spirit of Aggieland from the steps of the “Y”. Think of
that midnight yell practice before the TCU game of ’40 when the soft
strains of YOUR SONG went out into the cold night and Buster
made you fully conscious of all the traditions for which Aggieland
stands. That was your first awakening . . . it’s an old story now,
but you saw it at its best.
This is the Spirit of Aggieland in action, symbolizing the ten
acity of Purpose, .Will, and Good-Fellowship for which Texas Aggies
all over the world are famous.
A few years ago, this Spirit was best shown in the sports arena,
a field of play. Today, it is shown best on the field of battle, and
the enemy is tasting its force. Look at that picture, the flailing
hands, those throats dry and raw from yelling. Do they yell any less
when their throat is raw, do they stop, slack off, or take it a little
easier when they get tired? No, not the Aggies.
On the field of play as on the field of battle, true Aggies always
fight on. If Silver Taps must be played, if the day is lost, it is always
lost by a team that goes down fighting to the very end, supported
through hell and high water, win or lose, by every man in the now
diminished but still famous “Twelfth Man.”
We are the Aggies, the Aggies are we, and no man, act, or
movement can ever split and divide us. Every little thing that goes
into the making of an Aggie comes out as some good characteristic
of manhood. And it is the little things that count. A freshman’s
friendly “hello” when you pass him on the campus; meal service in
the mess hall, or the warm clasp of an Aggie hand in your own—
that’s our Aggieland, that’s part of America!
We play no longer in the sports arena as we did before, but on
the field of battle, in the service of our country, A. & M. athletic
stars, great and small, are serving their country, making touchdowns
for victory. A bigger team, a better team, a team winning over
tyranny, for Humanity.
But whevever a twist of fate will carry this school, The
SPIRIT OF AGGIELAND will aways be saying “I’ll be back.”
Hank flvery
Battalion Sports Editor
“Kyle Field” Makes Its Last Call; Story
Concerning Greatest Grid Coach, Rockne
Well Aggies I guess this is the finishing line. Not only in the
life of the students have changed. We entered this college just three
years ago, but to some extent, the life of sports have changed. For
tunately, athletics have been kept going through the darkest of hours
and through the backing of the finest student body in the nation, it
will still be going when the dawn comes.
There is little to be said in the last issue of the Batt that this
Texas Aggie will ever write. At times it has seemed hard to put in
writing the things that would seem most interesting to you. At times
the road seemed useless and at other times it seemed a great thing ot
be writing something that is a very important part of an Aggies’ life.
I’ve learned alot through my connecting with the sports program
of this school. I’ve seen things that I never thought to be during the
last four months. They were the things that make Texas A. & M. what
it is today.
There’s a little thought that I would like to leave with you and
maybe it might carry you through some dark hour that may come
your way in the days which are to follow. It’s a story about one of
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the greatest grid coach and psychologist of the history of the game . .
. . Knute Reckne. If you will look under the picture of the yell practice
you will see the one sentence that this story has reference to.
During a very important game which Notre Dame was playAig one
Saturday afternoon during the period of Rockne’s teaching, the South
Bend school was some 14 points behind at the half time. The team
entered the dressing room and later Knute came in. He didn’t say a
word, just walked around and looked at each and every player. After
going to everyone he walked over to the door which led outside to the
field. With every gridster’s eye on Rockne, he opened the door, stopped,
and looked backed. The dressing room was very still as Knute said
one sentence . . . “AND THEY CALL YOU THE FIGHTING IRISH!”
After saying that, he walked out of the room and failed to come back
during the half time. As the story goes, the Notre Dame team went
out after the half and won the ball game.
The other thought I want you to think about is the last quotation
of the same article . . . “I’LL BE BACK!” If you will remember, that
is the statement of General McArthur when he left Bataan. And that
is the statement I would like to hear every REAL TEXAS AGGIE make
before he leaves Aggieland for the job that is ahead. There are some
that might not be able to come back, but because they can’t those that
do, will have that chance.
Remember Aggies, what ever name you make for yourself will be
making a name for your school. When the going gets tough, and no
doubt it will, think of not only of yourself but of the name TEXAS
AGGIE. You are going to make that name, good or bad, and if its worth
having, its worth making good.
The name of Texas Aggie
Will Always stand,
As a living symbol
Of a better Man.
The name Texas Aggie is an adjective, and does not mean that
every high school graduate that enters this school can take that
name. Anyone can buy a shirt and collar ornaments.
Aggie-Exes, ”44 and ’45
You have read some of their writings many times and you prob
ably know many of them. But this corner wants ot thank them by
this means for helping putting this page out. Thomas Boog, Ruben
R. Caro Costas, John Stout, and Bill Jarnagin have worked hard and
were faithful to the job all the way. They are real Aggies. Appreciation
goes out to the many of Aggies and men connected with sports for
their work. Coach Norton has been very helpful in my dealings with
him.
Aggie Sports Are Pledged
To Continue For Duration
Aggie sports will not be discon
tinued for the duration, as is the
case in many other schools, but
will continue to operate as best
they can and to participate in all
conference sports for the coming
years. This will be one of the ma
jor steps ever taken by A. & M.
to make itself a name in the field
of sports, for under present con
ditions coaches will be faced by
obstacles that in peace time would
have stumped some of the best.
But Aggie coaches have already
shown what they can do under a
strain, and so the future of ath
letic teams here at Aggieland is
not an impossible task.
Coach Lil Dimmitt showed the
world what could be done with only
a handful of men when he fash
ioned a championship track team
of a group of new men who were
rated by experts as having very
little chance at the title. Coach
Homer Norton fared almost as well
with his baseball team, taking
them to a tie with the Texas Uni
versity Longhorns. Both of these
achievements were accomplished
after many of the key men and
important stars were lost from
the team to go into the services of
the country. The tennis and golf
teams found a loss of too many
men too great, and they won no
titles, but they showed true Aggie
spirit by producing teams. This is
something many of the other ma
jor colleges failed to do, saying
that conditions were too bad to
allow the forming of a team.
Next year, things will be even
stiffen for the Cadet coaches, as
they will have only embryo ath
letes, garnered from the fresh
man and sophomore classes, as the
main portion of the junior and
senior classes will be gone by the
time sports activities are renew
ed. There will be, however, a few
squadmen left from this year’s
teams, and these will be used as a
nucleus for the main team to be
built around.
The plan to continue sports will
face its major test when next
year’s football season rolls around.
Although the majority of last
year’s squad will be gone, Norton
will find himself with plenty of
material to work with as many
star gridmen are now taking their
freshman work here. There will
•false be some, men back from last
year’s squad, and they will form
the bulk of the team. However, the
thing most likely to stop the Ags
would be the lack of competition,
as there are very few Southwest
Conference schools planning to en
ter the football wars next year.
This might tend to leave the Ag
gies in the cold as far as regular
competition is concerned; however,
(See AGGIE SPORTS, Page 4)
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Below is an article that I asked Harold “Stud” Berry, a real Aggie,
to write in the last issue of the Batt. Take it for what it’s worth.
“Army”, today we find ourselves at the end of one thing and
the beginning of another. For a lot of us, this is the end of a long
rocky road with a million turns and stumbling blocks ... it was a long
and hard old grind and now we face a thing even greater and offering
a lot more opposition. Can we as Texas Aggies come out on top?
Thinking of the Final Review brings some good memories of Ag
gieland, being a “fish” sound of the board, sweating quizzes, Corps
Trips, and hi-waying all over the state. Who can forget those days.
Let’s leave thinking that for the past two years we’ve been invaded
by the outside world and lost things that meant a great deal to our
classes. With us let it be “Remember hte Aggieland Of Old” and think
of the days that we will be back to make the school hte best in the
world. We’ll drop the ‘EX” off of the Aggie-Ex and be Aggies again
and waiting for a Thanksgiving Day when the Texas Aggies beat Hell
out of Texas U!
Harold A. Berry, ’44.
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