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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, June 9, 1966
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Sound Off
Kyle Field Expansion
Texas Aggie Exes are on the bandwagon again. This
time the former students are working on a Kyle Field
expansion project which will cost about $1.5 million.
Why are the former students undertaking this project?
They give several reasons, which include:
1) The present football plant is outdated and when
more than 18,000 persons attend a game half of them
have bad seats.
2) A&M’s enrollment is expected to increase to 11,000
next fall and keep increasing rapidly for the next few years.
3) A&M is spending over $25 million on campus build
ings and the exes want the athletic program to grow with
the campus.
4) Former students believe that football coach Gene
Stallings will have teams in the next few years that can
fill a stadium of over 50,000 capacity.
How will the expansion be financed?
Seat options are being sold to former students from
$150 to $250 and the exes believe that they will be able
to raise over half of the money needed for the expansion.
The expansion plan calls for two phases:
1) Two independent structures to rise above the
present shallow slopes of Kyle Field on both the east and
west sides.
2) All of the old Kyle Field will be torn and the
stadium made into a bowl.
Because of this project, the former student should
be commended. It will be a long, hard struggle to collect
all the funds necessary for the project, but because of the
pride that Aggies have for their school the project should
be a successful one.
A Salute To 4-H Clubs
The Battalion offers a hearty salute to the 4-H move
ment, and to the 4-H Club members who participated in the
recently concluded Roundup held on campus.
The 4-H Club program is officially the youth phase
of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
4-H Clubs have evolved with the years into groups
designed to help the all-around development of the nation’s
youth. Their purpose is to create self-expression as well
as technical skill.
A four-leaf clover with four H’s is the famous symbol
of the program. The H’s stand for head, heart, hands and
health. They pledge their head to “clearer thinking,”
their heart to “greater loyalty,” their hands to “greater
service” and their health to “better living.”
It is with both pride and honor that the A&M campus
has served as its host this week, and The Battalion ex
presses hope that they will soon return.
Dear Editor
The Battalion
I would like to take this opor-
toonity to tell you how much I
appresheate bein’ permited to
kum to A&M. Every since I was
a little kid I’ve wanted to attend
this great institution. I was
scaired that my 70.002 average
would keep me out, but I guess
me and the register showed em.
Everyone’s treetin’ me so nice.
Why when I walked into my dorm
three jooniors told me to kum by.
Right friendly if I must say so
meself. My first day on this beeu-
tiful campus and I already had
three new friends.
Everything is so nice here. My
room in Walton Hall is much
like I’d suspect the Conrad Shel
ton to be. It’s even got a privy
that you don’t have to step out
side for. This is the life for me.
I wrote my Aunt Bess and told
her I jest might become a pro
student, that means a permanent
one.
However after I’d gone through
registratin’ I’d change my mind.
They treeted me like a pingpong
ball in there. Just bouncin’ back
and forth between profs, deans,
and these mean lookin’ men in the
kaki uniforms. Made me feel so
good because they all kep sayin’
“You take him”. They really think
alot of a student here. I’s always
been told that they didn’t care a
lickin’ for the student but I gess
that was some teesip that told me
that. That’s what I’s been taught
to call a Longhorn student al
though I really don’t see the con
nection.
Of course it’s only been one
week that I’s been here so far,
but I’s dissappointed that I has-
not seen a single cadet wearing
those policeman boots. That’s one
of the reesons I come here is to
wear those pretty boots. All the
girls back home in Sneedville’s
jest wild about them boots. I
gess I’ll really wow them when
I go back home with some. But
don’t think I’s only interested in
boots. I also want an education.
That’s why I’m studying physi
cal agraculture. Don’t know what
it is but all of the jooniors in my
dorm are takin’ it so it must be
good.
Gess I’s better git going. It’s
almost time for chow and I prom
ised my muther I’s git plenty to
eat. Jest want to say again how
much I like it here and I want to
meet everyone of you Aggies, of
which I is now one.
Cyric Hayseed ’70
(See Sound-Off page 4)
CADET SLOUCH
Hotard’s Holler
How To Register Early
By JOHN HOTARD
Eureka!! (That’s Greek for
“Would you believe . . .”) I have
finally found the solution to the
registration problem.
No longer will I pitch my pup
tent in front of the newsstand,
only to learn in the morning that
they don’t have my card packet.
No longer will I have to trot
back to the Registrar’s office
and get it.
No longer will I get kicked out
of school for hitting a secretary
in the Registrar’s office.
No longer will I stand in the
wrong line nad find out too late
that I’m enrolled in Nuclear
Physics 691 instead of P.E. 102.
No longer will I try to sign up
for Spanish 105 and learn that
the only course left open is
Technical Swahili for Beginners.
The solution to all these prob
lems is simple — work during
registration.
First you find somebody who
needs help, such as a department
head, the housing office, etc. If
nobody can use you, then set
yourself up in business. Make
your job sound feasible so that
you can get your card packet
early from the Registrar.
The next morning, sneak in the
back door, which, incidentally, is
as good a place as any to work.
As the people come by, yell at
the top of your voice, “through
this DOOR, please!!” It’ll never
occur to anyone that that door
is the only one in that side of the
building anyway.
But to really get into the
action, you need a stamp. You’re
a nobody unless you have a big
rubber stamp. It can say any
thing from “Gig’um, Ags” to
“Watch Your Step While
Boarding Plane.”
With a stamp, you’re ready to
go. Find a table and sit down.
If you’re sitting at a table with
a stamp and a pad of paper,
people will automatically come to
you for one simple reason:
People filing through registra
tion are the most gullible people
you’ll find anywhere. They’ll do
or sign anything just to get out
of the place.
“Would you hold out your
elbow, please? (Stamp!) Thank
you. This swastika entitles you
to free movies at the Grove. Don’t
wash it off until the. end of the
summer.”
“Sir, do you use an electric
razor or a safety razor?”
“Electric.”
“All right, sir, that’ll be a $4
fee for extra electricity use.”
“Then I’ll use a safety razor.”
‘That’ll be $6 for extra water
consumption. Pay here, please.”
“O.K. mam, is your shoe size
over a size eight?”
“No.”
“Then pass on the left side of
the table, please.”
Also registering people is also
a good way to learn invaluable
information about all those sweet
young things that abound on
campus in the summertime.
“May I see your card packet,
Miss? Your name is Jo Ann
Nelson of 610 Nagle Street?”
“Yes.”
“Age?”
“21.”
“Do you have a phone?”
“TA 2-4675.”
“Does your father own any
firearms?”
“No.”
“O.K., now I need to stamp
your slip.”
“I BEG YOUR pardon!!” (Slap!)
“Your fee slip! Your Fee slip!”
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