ion Partnient, ! his resi. iching at Professor teacher was a schools, ho °l gradu. an d masters Slacks im »mcnr U * A N C " igton, 111, 9 P.M. , Texas onday) \er )ry ning Aggie Silver Taps Echos Through Darkened Campus A&M’s Ham Radio THE BATTALION Keeping Silent Tuesday, September 26, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 3 COLLEGE STATION — Stu dents file out of their dormitories and slowly head for the heart of the campus. All lights are out and the only sound is that of a marching honor guard. It’s 10:30 p.m. Silence is brok en by the first of three volleys of rifle fire. Taps is played three times, with the last note prompt ing students to return to their rooms. Not a word has been spoken. Texas A&M University has thus paid final respects to one of its own with observance of Silver Taps. The unique ceremony is one of numerous traditions which still prevail at Aggieland, though the university has undergone major transformations in recent years, mushrooming in size and expand ing in scope far beyond its tra ditional concept. Some Aggies—including “Mr. Aggie,” the late P. L. (Pinkie) Downs—have long maintained Sil ver Taps is the school’s greatest tradition, even ranking ahead of the annual spring Muster which is observed wherever Aggies gath er throughout the world. No one knows how or when Sil ver Taps originated. A&M Arch ivist Ernest Langford, however, has documents on file which in dicate the ceremony was being observed before the turn of the century. The ceremony was apparently first held in front of the Old Main Building, the original campus structure which burned in 1912. For the past 47 years, it has always been in front of the stately Academic Building, and “Sully,” a large bronze statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, a 19th Century governor of Texas and president of Texas A&M. Silver Taps includes the tradi tional bugle salute to a fallen comrade, played in a stirring har monic arrangement by four mem bers of the Aggie Band stationed in the Academic Building dome. The beauty of the simple taps is enhanced by an “echo” of the passages phrases, supplied by one bugler playing at a softer level. When university officials learn that a student has died, the U. S. flag is lowered to half-mast on the tallest pole in the state, serv ing notice that Silver Taps will be held that night. With A&M’s largest enrollment, chances are that only a few in the multitude personally knew the student they came to honor. But he was an Aggie, and that’s rea son enough for all to be present. Silver Taps has only been held in honor of one person who was not a student at time of death. The exception was the late Mr. Downs, a member of A&M’s Class of ’06 who devoted his life to the university and was official greeter when he died March 21. The dramatic moving Silver Taps ceremony has inspired sev eral poems, one of which con cludes: Stand at attention, Aggies! Once more we honor them, The Silver Taps Battalion of Texas A&M. 10-Ft. Subway Cars CARBONDALE, ILL. )_An engineering professor at Southern Illinois University has an assign ment to brainstorm an idea—trav el underground. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to come up with a vehicle that will split rock to tunnel along its own roadway deep inside the earth. Prof. Edred Hough is trying to determine if it is possible for man to travel like a mole. The corps granted him $40,000 to ex plore his theories. His working hypothesis is that a machine some 10 feet long could be designed. It would use a self-contained hydraulic frac turing unit. Texas A&M’s ham radio sta tion, W5AC, has had light traffic with South Texas after Hurricane Beulah smashed the region’s com munication capabilities. Ted Wittliff of Taylor said the Memorial Student Center radio committee which he chairs has had operators on duty most of the time since Beulah hit land south of Brownsville. He added that W5AC has han dled a few messages and indicated several factors have put the sta tion primarily on listening status. “The hurricane knocked most South Texas hams off the air,” Wittliff pointed out. “Rigs still operating have been overloaded with outgoing messages,. Our geographic location hasn’t ' re quired net participation. And with all the emergency transmis sions, it’s best if a ham stays quiet and doesn’t clutter things.” Witliff said students wishing to send messages into South Tex as may use forms supplied near the MSC bowling lanes. He not ed, however, that mail and tele phone service is being returned to the region. The committee holds its 1967- 68 organizational meeting Tues day at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2A of the MSC. “Anyone interested in ham radio operation is invited,” Wittliff said. BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES One day 4 Office Furniture • Plumbing Fixtures All damaged items restored to full Utility by our repairs department. C & D SALVAGE CO. !2nd & S. Tabor Streets — Bryan It is now time for all Corps Accounts, Civilian Government Organizations Depart mental and Professional Clubs, Hometown and Interna tional Clubs, Honor Societies, M.S.C. Advised Accounts, Sports Clubs, Student Body Governing Organizations, and Service Or ganizations, to be officially rec ognized at the Student Finance Center, MSC. Each club must file a list of their officers with tile Student Finance Center. DEADLINE OCTOBER 16. HELP WANTED Part time job. Church Nursery $1.26 per hour. 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Hello Aggies— tor Schulz i Welcome back home Aggies! We have missed you. Well another school year is beginning and it is our hope you do well in all of your endeavors and that you accomplish all of your undertakings. When you find time for recreation we hope you will visit us and renew old acquaintances. You know we are open 7 days a week ‘til midnight and you’ll always find some of your friends here. We’ve added a brand new 5x10 Carom table to our center and this now gives us 2 - 5x10 pocket tables, 2 - 5x10 snooker tables, 2 - dVgxO ft. pocket tables, 14 - 4x8 pocket tables, 9 of the latest pin ball machines, Toosball table (the new sensation form coast to coast and a new bumper table. We also have a new supply of jointed cue sticks from $9.95 to $95.00. Let’s all join forces and pull a little harder and help put the Aggies back to NUMBER ONE in 1967. It can be done! 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