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Letters to the Editors Editors, The Battalion: Even though Harry Espey’s let ter did have some good points con-, cerning- Silver Taps, etc., I would like to publicly challenge it, for the most part, as being nothing but the unfounded, mislead, and misinformed, babblings of another typical Aggie Crusader. If you will go back over the let ters that concerned the TT inci dent, you will find that the gripes were over two main topics: (1) The editorial comments of the Batt. (which aren’t worth the pa per they are printed on); (2) The “trial” and what not that a sub ject receives for his wrongdoings (which could use a little clarifica tion). There was no mention of the punishment being too harsh and no mention of A&M not be ing a good school. One letter did say that A&M has such a reputa tion in certain quarters. And, if Espey hasn’t heard some people say that, then his hearing must be as bad as his reading. Sincerely, Larry Griffin ’56 Editors, The Battalion Hear Sirs, I was looking through the Shep pard A. F. B. newspaper the other day and came across this article about an Agg'ie. I thought you might be interested because it gives A&M some real publicity. Being as how I lived at College Station for some time and was con verted to an Aggie fan and had read the “Batt” quite often, when 1 read this 1 thought about send ing it to you. I attended A&M Consolidated High School for sev eral years. When you’re around A&M you seem to get the spirit with them. Knowing the Aggies, this article couldn’t be truer. I don’t know who the Aggie was but I’ll bet he was one that the school can be proud of. Yours truly, Johnny Keown Burkburnett, Texas The article: Do you know what an AGGIE is ? If someone would have asked me that question about one month ago I would have been stymied for an answer. The first thing I prob- »bly w T ould of done was to head for Mr. Webster and his wellknown (book on answering such types of questions. Don’t think I’m the most cour ageous individual around but I have an AGGIE in my BOQ. Yes sir, a real “tried and true” AGGIE. One who gets up at six o’clock everyday to put on his finest hill billy music, one who calls the mes- quite trees against the barren prairie PICTURESQUE, one who drinks only Lone Star beer, one who’s got the doggonest spirit I’ve ever seen in my whole life and one of the friendliest people I’ve ever met. AGGIE is a nickname for the person who attends or who has at tended the great institution known as Texas Agricultural and Mechan ical (A and M). Oh, I had gone I to school near Colgate University in New York state and thought those 1300 guys had spirit every- time they played my alma mater. But what I hear about the AG GIES, I “ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.” Why the Aggies get up during a football game and never sit down. They just cheer and cheer and cheer (oops down in AGGIELAND they call it yell because it’s more masculine). Well as I was saying I got this Aggie in my BOQ. When I first met him I really didn’t notice any thing strange until he started talk ing about Texas and football. Then my boy really swings into action. First he relates the history of A. and M. Then he goes through a few quick wildcat cheers (standing with hands waving above head and screaming in a banshee type yell). From here he starts with the rea son for his team’s record this year (won one and lost nine). Well, these Aggies are real salesmen. They gradually begin to win you over to their side even though some of the things they expound on are a little exaggera ted. Once in awhile they let you get a few words in about your part of the country. For instance the time I told my Aggie about the subways in New York City and how they packed people in there like sardines. The Aggie winced and got back to A. and M. and next year’s football team. Editors', The Battalion: One of the most widely recog nized and praiseworthy manifesti- tations of the intangible thing known as the “Spirit” is the Ag gie habit (?) of speaking to one’s fellow Ags when he passes them. Says Corps tradition, “It’s a Sen ior Privilege not to speak,” mean ing, apparently that there’s noth ing in the book that is available to make a Senior speak. Still, there are those Corps Seniors ( a ma jority, in fact) who find it worth while to speak to everyone they meet, even the fish and the Sopho mores. What’s the matter with those men, Army? You can’t call them Corps-happy; about 80% of the non-regs a Sophomore meets will speak to him. Perhaps the rea son a Senior speaks habitually is that he hasn’t come so far in life that he’s forgotten his days as an underclassman, and can remember how it felt when, occasionally, he was snubbed by an Aggie of a class or two higher than he, who was too busy thinking to return a greeting with even so much as a surly grunt. We’re not griping about the Sen iors who don’t interrupt a conver sation to speak to a Sophomore, but to those who, engaged in noth ing at all, walk past underclass men and are too unconcerned to grant them a word of recognition, we take this opportunity to sug gest something that A&M Sopho mores have been told year after year: “Speakin’ oughta pick up!” Respectfully, Bill Heard ’57 James Byrd ’57 J. C. Blair ’57 Union Madley ’57 Irwin J. Schultz ’57 Jack Wyatt ’57 Eloy Villa ’57 E. G. Ramirez ’57 Delmar Harper ’57 Walton To Work At Houston Show E. V. Walton, head of the agri cultural education department, will be superintendent of livestock judging contests at the Houston Fat Stock Show Feb. 12. About forty agricultural educa tion students will also attend the show. They will act as section leaders in different classes and tab ulate final results of the contests. TAKE THE FAST WAY DALLAS | 1 hr. 38 mins. Lv 7:05 am, 2:15 pm FT. WORTH 2 hrs. 7 mins. Lv 7:05 am, 2:15 pm ALBUQUERQUE G hrs., 15 mins. Lv 7:05 am y Phone 4-5054 For Reservations | > and Information Thursday, January 21, 1955 THE BATTALION Sec. II—Page 3 6 Pleasure Time 1955* Town Hail To Present Fred Waring Feb. 10 Carol Kelsey Pleasure Time 1955 A mammoth cast of entertainers will perform here Feb. 10 when Town Hall presents Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time 1955” featuring his glee club, orchestra and solo ists. 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