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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, May 7, 19G3
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Candidates Seek Class Positions. .
Editor,
The Battalion:
I, Jim Schnabel, am a candi
date for yell leader of the Class
of 1964.
As you know, next year will
be a trying year for the Aggie
Spirit. Some men have already
expressed the desire of turning
the Cox-ps into a Gamma Alpha
Sigma fraternity. Therefore, I
feel that the yell leaders for 1963-
64 will have a difficult and a very
important job ahead of them. I
realize this and I am set to work
hai’d in building up the Aggie
Spii’it to what it should be.
I believe that I have had some
experience for this position be
cause I have worked closely with
Bill Bi’ashears this year in plan
ning yell practices, building the
bonfire, and other functions which
must be performed by the senior
yell leaders.
If I am elected, I plan to stop
making a “Gripe Session” out of
yell practice and use it for what
it is meant to be. I would try
to instill the Aggie Spirit into
the freshmen during New Student
Week so that they will have some
thing binding to keep them at
A&M during the first weeks of
school.
It’s up to you, Juniors. I be
lieve I can do the job and do it
right. I will work my hardest to
build the spirit up to the heights
we all believe it should be. So
if you want a man who will be
in charge of building the biggest
Aggie Bonfire in the histoi’y of
A&M and who is a very “gung-
ho” individual, then vote for Jim
Schnabel on Wednesday, May 8.
James B. (Jim) Schnabel,
’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I’m Ben Wolfe. I would like to
take a moment of your time to tell
you about myself. I am an elec
trical engineering major from
Dallas. I am running for junior
yell leader. This position is one
which deserves much considera
tion before you cast your vote.
You must remember that the per
son you elect will represent you
as an Aggie as well as A&M it
self. This position takes a per
son who isn’t afraid to stand up
for his school, its ideals, and its
traditions. At this point, let me
say that I am about as “gung-
ho” and “Ole Axuny” as you will
find. Let me urg-e you to do your
duty and go to the polls, and
when you do remember “Ole Army
Ben” for yell leader.
Ben Wolfe, ’65
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The Battalion:
I am Harry Haggard and I
am running for senior yell leader.
I hope by the time this letter is
pxdnted I have talked personally
with all the Juniors. However’,
in case I haven’t here is how I
stand.
Yell px’actice is a place to learn
the yells and get the “Fightin’
Texas Aggie Spirit” — definitely
— but it can be more than this.
It can also be a place to obtain
IDEAS. By ideas I mean “Food
for Thought” as this is a college
(and maybe soon a university)
and should have a collegiate type
atmosphere.
This is not to say that yell
practice will be a lectux'e or
speech — No! It will be the
farthest thing fi’om this. It will
contain fables and witticism, but
mainly one yell practice will be
different froixx the next. This
will make yell practice so desir
able people will attend because
they want to and not just because
they have to. I want to make yell
px’actice so interesting that if one
misses a yell practice he will feel
that he has really missed some
thing stimulating.
I would appreciate your thought
on this matter and if you agree
your vote tomorrow.
Harry Haggard, ’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
^ The undying Spix'it of Aggie-
land is world famous. For years
both friends of A&M and those
hostile to Aggies have marveled
at the loyalty and devotion the
men of A&M have shown for
their school, their teams, and
their comrades. This Spirit is not
imaginary, something merely to
which we pay lip service. The
Spirit is real, true, powei’ful, and
lives in the hearts of true Ag
gies throughout the world.
On Satux'day, Apx-il 27, the
A&M Board of Directox’s voted
to open A&M to co-eds on a limit
ed basis. Co-education will bring
some changes to A&M. This is
obvious. There has been talk on
campus that co-education marks
the end of The Spirit, The Twelf
th Man, and many of the other
traditions that have made A&M
great. Although I am opposed to
co-education, I do not believe
that this is true. No person,
nor groups of persons, the legis
lature, the Boax’d of Directors, or
co-eds, can kill The Spirit. As
long as true sons of A&M live,
The Spirit lives.
On Wednesday, May 8, Aggies
once more go to the polls to
select officers and determine posi
tions for next year. I, Don Mc-
Gown, am a candidate for Senior
yell leader in this election. If
elected to the position, I will de
dicate my self fully and com
pletely to the promotion and pre-
sex’vation of the Spirit of Ag-
gieland. We, as Aggies, must
unite and work together as one
strong, powerful body to keep
A&M great. Let’s show this
united spirit by all voting in
Wednesday’s election.
Don McGown, ’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Next Wednesday, May 8, the
polls will open for the annual
election of class officers. If
these elections follow the coux’se
of those in past years, approxi
mately 50 per cent of our class
will go to the polls and vote on
their class representatives for
next year. Last year a large
majority of us voted because we
were told to. This year it will
be no one’s responsibility but
our own. The officers we elect
will represent us for the e*hth’e
school year 1963-64. However,
if we follow past procedure, few
of us will know who they are.
Not more than a small handful
will hunt thexn out to make sug
gestions. Having been class se
cretary this past year, I will
frankly say that our only official
function was to run the class ball.
Besides having the class presi
dent on the Student Senate, we,
the officers, have no legal power
to formulate studeixt policy. But
the class itself has power, and
we exhibited it successfully in
rising to arms against the deci
sion of the ring committee on
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the senior ring option. For the
first time since we came here we
showed that through unity and
cooperation we could accomplish
something. I am proud of this.
But in order to assure that we
will continue to be represented
and have our say, we must strive
toward greater class unity and
cooperation. No matter who we
elect tomorrow, let’s get behind
them next year and let them know
what we want through individual
and group suggestions. One thing
we cah do is call meetings. We
know from recent experience that
these meetings can have tangible
results. So, if I have- any say
on the matter, I am going to see
that we hold some class meetings
throughout the year, whether it
be a gathering of the class as a
whole or representatives of the
class.
Next year our class will hold
heavy responsibilities in the
Corps, student activities, and gen-
eral representation of A&M for
the first time since we arrived on
this campus. Many of us have
pax’ticular suggestions and ideas
which we wish to have consider
ed. I repeat, the main way we
can cai’ry thorough these sug
gestions and ideas is by action
through class unity. The step
you must take at present is to
get out and vote, no matter whe
ther you select me as your vice
president, or a non-reg, or who
ever you decide upon Let’s double
that 50 per cent mark tomorrow
by full representation of the Class
of ’65 at the polls.
Jim Burns, ’65
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Editor,
The Battalion:
My name is Gene Meier and
I am a candidate for Corps yell
leader, Class of ’65. My qualifi
cations are a strong voice, a
knowledge of the yells, and the
possession of the Fightin’ Texas
Aggie Spirit. I urge everyone
to vote in Wednesday’s election
and would appreciate each So
phomore’s consideration when he
places his vote.
Gene Meier, ’65
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
I, John Fitts, am a candidate
for Senior Class President. My
main goal is seeking this office
is to build the Class of ’64 into
a stronger, more unified working
body that we will all be proud
of when we are known as Aggie
Ex’s.
A united group is an informed
group working in an environ
ment where ideas can be culti
vated and put into practical ap
plication. Ask yourself this ques
tion — “Have I been adequately
informed of the major events that
have taken place here during the
past month?”
For an intellectual community
to exist, ideas must meet in open
conflict with a decision being
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rendered as a result of that con
flict. Recently, the student body
met with a group of non-commit
ting officials of the college. This
was indeed an open conflict, but
did our views mean anything ?
Were our ideas treated with re
spect? In my opinion, the meet
ing was called, not for the pur
pose of informing the student
body or hearing the students’
views, but for the single purpose
of slowing down or halting, if
possible, the influx of challeng
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If I am elected yourS
Class Px’esident, I will pit!
a vigorous effort to see tls
class is informed and rei)
by our governming officii;
John Fitts, ’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Class of ’65, as you te
morrow is election day. Hjl
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HOW TO SEE EUROPE
FOR ONLY $300 A DAY: NO. 3
When all of you go to Europe during your summer vacation,
you will certainly want to visit Spain, where the tall corn grows,
The first thing you will notice upon entering Spain is the
absence of sibilants. In Spain “s” is pronounced “tli” and
thereby hangs a tale. Until the reign of Philip IV-or Guy
Fawkes, as he was sometimes called—Spaniards said V just
like everybody else. Philip IV, however, lisped, and Spaniards,
having an ingrained sense of propriety and not wishing to em
barrass their monarch, decided that everybody should lisp. Tfe
did indeed put Philip IV very much at his ease, but in the end
it turned out to be a very bad thing for Spain. It wrecked tk
sassafras industry—Spain’s principal source of revenue-ami
reduced time nation to a second-class power.
As a result, Spaniards were aH forced to turn to bull fightin?
in order to keep body and soul together. Today, wherever yon
go in Spain—in Madrid, in Barcelona, in Toledo, in Cleveland
—you will see bulls being fought. For many years the bulb
have sought to arbitrate this long-standing dispute, but the
Spaniards, a proud people who use nothing but Castile soap,
have rejected all overtures.
It is therefore necessary for me to explain bull fighting to
anyone who is going to Spain. It is also necessary for me to
say a few words about Marlboro Cigarettes because they pay
me for writing this column, and they are inclined to pout ill
ignore their product. In truth, it is no chore for me to sing the
praises of Marlboro Cigarettes, for I am one who fairly swoons
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full, rich taste erf good tobaccos plus the pure white Selectrate
filter, and Marlboro is the only smoke I have found that fulfills
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light a Marlboro. Marlboros come to you in soft pack or Flip-
Top box, and are made only by the makers of Marlboro.
But I digress. Let us return to bull fighting. Bulls are by
nature bellicose creatures who will keep fighting till the cows
come home. Then they like to put on pipe and slippers and
listen to the “Farm and Home Hour.” However, the Spaniards
will not allow the bulls any surcease. They keep attacking the
bull and making veronicas—a corn meal pancake filled with
ground meat. Bulls, being vegetarians, reject the veronicas
and then, believe you me, the fur starts to fly!
To be perfectly honest, many Spaniards have grown weary
of this incessant struggle and have left their homeland. Co
lumbus, for example, took off in three little ships—the Patti
the Maxene, and the Laverne—and discovered Ohio. Magellan
later discovered Columbus. Balboa also sailed to the New
World, hut he was silent on a peak m Darien, so it is difficult
to know what he discovered.
Well sir, I guess that’s all you need to know about Spain.
So now, as the setting sun casts its rosy fingers over El Greco,
let us take our reluctant leave of Spain—or Perfidious Albion,
as it is jocularly called. Aloha, Spain or Perfidious Albion, aloha!
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