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Vdavk THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, November 3, 1966 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle JhSJs “I’m going to miss the rush and wait ’till Friday!” The Spirit Of Aggieland By JEAN MARTIN There’s an old tradition at A&M — football. With it come some of the other joys of life, midnight yell practice, burning banners and the bonfire. The night before the big night the silence is broken by the band, and no one can resist the wonder ful feeling of being trampled and trampling as the solid mass moves to Kyle Field. Spirits are high. “Fish Jones, are you drunk?” “No, sir.” “Why not?” “No excuse, sir.” Once inside, the lights are cut off to allow for more Aggie tra dition. All is quiet, and the stadium is aglow with fire from those who came without a date and don’t want to forget what it’s like. The spell is broken by “Why aren’t you kissing your date?” “She won’t let me, sir.” The Aggie Spirit actually goes back a few years, to the time of thfe" cave than, but ih those days we wrestled mastodons arid saber- toothed tigers instead of hogs. A&M preserves the traditions in herited from our tough fore fathers; but rather than a matter of life and death, it’s a matter of beating the hell out of Arkansas or not. The game proved that even Arkansas has benefited by the research of Texas A&M, which has enabled farmers to grow big ger cows, sheep, and pigs every year. Aggies are good sports. We know we can’t get all the points,, but the saddest words after the game were, “I didn’t even get to kiss my date. I want to kiss my date.!” In spite of the score, the Ark- ansasans were not able to leave Kyle Field without some doubts of their victory. They had paused to watch curiously as A&M gave the last loyal yells with the vigor that proved we were undefeat- ed. It’s the Spirit of Aggieland that 'Will forever haunt those who would like to think they beat the Aggies. I Sound Editor, This letter is to repute the article which appeared in the Batt Nov. 1, 1966 concerning the “high life” of the athletes and the scrumptous meals we enjoy daily. The main complaint is your use of the word “Athletes” when the article dealt with football players exclusively. You gave the impression that all athletes enjoy these extraordinary meals when this isn’t the case. Right now, the cross country team, potential SWC champions, are in the peak of the season and have yet to even catch a whiff of a 14 oz. T-bone or anything other than standard Sbisa . . . chow. That article will give my bud dies in the regular Corps another reason to say we athletes have it easy with meals like that, easy Corp life, and new dorms. In reality, our meals, even dur ing the peak of track season, fall short of the menu described in that article. Naturally an athlete’s Corp life is easier—in order to be a good athlete, one must have already attained a high degree of self dis cipline which the Corp endeavors to instill in its members. As for an easy life — we on the track and cross-country teams are up at dawn the first four days of each week running, and again EVERY afternoon, often logging 16, 18, 20 or more miles daily. I sometimes wish we could get those 6,000 calories a day but am reminded of the futility of that venture with the sign “no seconds on meat” staring me in the face. In conclusion, keep the good food going to the football team because they deserve it but don’t try to make everybody believe ALL athletes are getting that chow. J. W. Heffner (Track) ’69 * • * Editor, The Battalion, Saturday I got my first taste of what the Aggies call two per centers. Being new to Aggie land, I am just getting familiar with some of the Aggie tradi tions, but it wouldn’t take an Ag gie to be disgusted at the be havior of the fans at the A&M- Arkansas game. It was great to have such a good crowd at the game, but how many realized that a large per cent of the crowd had probably THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. he Asso< blieation of all ! ~i uie pa ein. Ri also reaer postage paid epublieation or all nev otherwise credited in the *- , --hed herein. also erwise cred jin publish' herein Second-Clat es cn local reserved. at College Station, Texas. 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Balance due no later than November 15, 1966 SEATS STILL AVAILABLE 25 STUDENT CHRISTMAS CHARTER TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY P. O. BOX 4107 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 ) I am interested in the Charter to Washington, D. C. ) Deposit of $50.00 enclosed for my immediate reservation. Make checks payable to: Student Christmas Charter - Washington, D. C. Mail deposit to P. O. Box 4107, College Station, Texas 77840 Name Mailing Address Department Telephone FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: N. K. Cranfill Larry Eicher 6-A Puryear Hall X-4-E Hensel Apts. Campus Tel: 846-8362 Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for dispatches credited per and local news •igin published herein. Kights of republication of alter he to it or not paper and local news of spontaneou Rights of republication of all othe 16 per nbjefct to 2% nest. Address: never been to a home game, and only came to this game because of the Aggies undefeated record. Consequently the true Aggie fans ended up standing in the isles the entire game—that is until the last quarter, and then those fair weather fans poured out of the stadium. Surprisingly, even a Corps member, a senior, headed home. I am under the impression that an Aggie fan stands by the Aggie team, even when they are losing. This certainly wasn’t the atti tude of the fans at Saturday’s game. If all those two percenter-ers would have just stayed home there would have been plenty of seats for the true Aggies—and I believe we could have done a good job boosting those Fight’n Aggies. We didn’t beat Arkansas, but look-out SMU . . . Gig-em!! Mrs. B. F. Cockrell >:. * * Editor, The Battalion, Sir, Once a week I pick up all the Batts in my front yard and then throw them away. I was wondering over coffee, why the Batt doesn’t have a good cross word puzzle. It would be most enjoyable to have three cross word puzzles to work every day, rather than two, and it would help the looks of my yard. George Lovett ’63 Finance Club Speech Today Davis McGill of A. G. Edwards & Sons in Bryan, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, will speak at the Finance Club meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Room 208 of Francis Hall. In other business, a junior representative to the Liberal Arts Council will be elected and plans made for an upcoming barbecue. Open Letter Invites Aggies At last, it’s that time of year all TWU girls have eagerly been anticipating — the 1966 Dallas Corps Trip. In order to get into the Aggie Spirit of things, the Student Council of Social Activi ties has planned “Tessie Kickoff”, a dance in the Student Union Building and in the Old Gym nasium Building at Texas Wom an’s University, Friday, Novem ber 4, at 8:00 p.m. We will be featuring a “Go- Go” band, The Yaks, Aggie Spirit, and lots of fun. Many lucky Tessies and Aggies already have dates for this week end. However, for those who do not, we have planned to have TWU hostesses at the dance who guarantee to help you find a date. We have more surprises in store for you, but that will re main a secret until you arrive in Denton, Nov. 4. An Aggie game not preceded by yell practice? Unheard of. At midnight we will have a real “Gig-Em!” yell practice on the lawn in front of Hubbard Hall. What to wear? You will be most comfortable in casual clothes. You will see posters on your campus with all the vital infor mation concerning these activU ties. As President of the Studerft Council & Social Activities I would like to invite you to the campus of Texas Woman’s Uni versity, Friday, November 4. Our entire student body is looking forward to seeing you there to help make the 1966 Dallas Corps Trip a giant success!!! Sincerely, Cheri Holland President, SCSA MIAMI <A > > — Twice in three weeks thieves stole decorative plaques from a suburban syna gogue. 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