THE BATTALION
Mnesday, November 24, 1965 College Station, Texas Page 7
Pyre Smaller
But Still Shows
Aggie Spirit
Traditional Bonfire Theme:
Beat The Hell Outa TU!
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ie to beat
iving day
While the 1965 Aggie Bonfire
will be 21 feet smaller than
1960’s record 101 feet, its flames
will no doubt carry the heat of
the Aggie Spirit all the way to
Austin.
Dating back to 1909, Aggie
Bonfires have traditionally been
A&M’s way of welcoming return
ing exes and crowning the Spir
it of Aggieland. The standard
theme of all A&M Bonfires has
been “Beat the hell out of TU.”
As Aggieland has grown, so
have its Bonfires. The height of
A&M’s flaming symbol has more
than tripled since the 25 foot log
Bonfire of 1942. Prior to that
date Bonfires had been construct
ed of old boxes and scrap lumber.
Industrious Aggies added a
center pole in 1945, and the fol
lowing year two poles were
spliced together for a much tall
er fire The fall of 1949 gave
A&M the claim to the “world’s
largest bonfire”, as the center-
pole stretched to a then seeming
ly impossible 65 feet.
A need for a greater area
forced the Bonfire to be moved
from the center of the drill field
in 1955 to its present location
near Navasota parking lot.
Over the years all Bonfires
have guaranteed at least three
things . . . blood, sweat and
blisters.
Hospital officials find tran
quilizers almost necessary as
great masses of unfortunate Bon
fire builders come trickling into
their offices each year reporting
severe lacerations from axes,
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PINKIE...
(Continued From Page 3)
is always open to any Aggies.
Mrs. Downs, Pinkie’s wife for 48
years, has fed many homesick
Aggies and provided a “home
away from home” that for many
made the difference between
sticking it out or pulling up
stakes and heading down High
way 6. Another loyal A&M sup
porter in his home is his daugh
ter, Grey Downs, who is a secre
tary at the Exchange Store here
on the campus. Despite all his
love for Aggieland, Pinkie has
never neglected his family or his
church, which he places above
all. He has been a member of the
Methodist Church for 81 year and
a Mason for over 51 years.
Part of Pinkie’s kindness to
others was repaid him in 1955
when he found himself in the
hospital with a growing hospital
bill and personal debts. The Braz
os County A&M Club organized a
variety show called “In the
Pink,” with proceeds to be used
to pay off Pinkie’s debts and hos
pital bill. With the $3,000 they
collected, they did this as well as
pay the mortgage on Pinkie’s
home.
Pinkie’s plans for the immedi
ate future are to live to be at
least 92. This will enable him to
witness Texas A&M’s 100th birth
day in 1976, at which he plans
to deliver the centennial address!
tonight after bonfire
SEE TWO REAL
THRILLERS
“ECCO”
&
“NOT TONIGHT
HENRY”
(AFTER BONFIRE)
CIRCLE
TONIGHT 2 COLOR HITS
Walt Disney’s
“OLD TELLER”
&
Elvis Presley
In
G.I. BLUES”
splinters in the most embarrass
ing places, plus numerous cases
of poison ivy.
Due to a great many injuries
suffered from the 1955 Bonfire,
the 1956 Bonfire workers wore
signs on the backs of their jack
ets reading “Safety First.”
At times the tremendous task
of constructing the big fire seems
overpowering. A discouraged
Paul Halladay, 1955 Head Yell
Leader, described a behind-sched-
ule log stacking effort thusly:
“The logs out there are just like
the Aggie football team: they’re
many, mean and marvelous.”
Mischievous Longhorns have
attempted to burn the Bonfire
prematurely several times, but
even the cleverest of schemes
have failed.
The wildest attempt at sabo
tage came the year TU students
dropped a fire bomb from a low-
flying airplane. Unfortunately
for the students, the bomb
missed, and alert Ags caught the
plane’s serial number as it buzz
ed overhead. The would-be sabo
teurs were turned in and prompt
ly expelled.
Another bomb missed its mark
in 1956 when two Teasips at
tempted to explode the Bonfire
with a detonator device installed
in their car. The explosives were
buried many feet from the stack,
and the ensuing explosion des
troyed nothing more than a few
weeds and the not too ingenious
Sips’ pride.
A&M students have outsmart
ed their pals from Austin several
times by prelighting the Teasip
homecoming bonfire. Texas us
ually wins the football games,
but devoted Aggies manage to
dominate the pregame hocus-
pocus.
Tragedy struck the Bonfire in
1955 when James E. Sarran, an
A&M sophomore, died by push
ing two buddies to safety as he
was crushed between a car and
truck. The car went out of con
trol and crashed into the stu
dent’s guard post.
In 1963 the Bonfire was cancel
ed in honor of the slain President
John F. Kennedy.
Bringing back memories of
horseplay, tragedy and hard
work, the 1965 Aggie Bonfire will
be the final spark of the Aggies’
burning desire to saw Varsity’s
horns off — SHORT!
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