THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 27, 1967
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“There’s no mystery to it! I did like you said and studied!”
— Sound Off —
Editor, The Battalion:
I would like to say a few woi-ds
in defense of the “non-regs”. In
an article in the September 26th
issue of the Battalion, “C. H. R.”
gave the impression that the civ
ilian students do not care about
their school. In regard to the
yell practice, I know of very few
people in my dormitory who had
knowledge of it. Being a fresh
man, I am considered uninformed
as to anything, but I, and many
others like me, DO read the bul
letin boards regularly, and we
saw no notice of the yell practice.
I am not trying to defend myself
because of being a frosh, but I
am trying to show that we at
least try to find out what is going
on.
A little question for C.H.R.—
How many of the Corp Freshmen
do you think would attend the Yell
Practices if they were not forced
to?
Another point stressed by the
biting author, was the fact that
the civilians want all the glory
and the best seats after obtaining
their spirit an hour before the
game. I do not know C.H.R. per
sonally, so I don’t know if he hap
pened to be in the two yell prac
tices two days before the SMU
game. If he was, then he should
have been soaking wet like the
rest of us out there. True, there
were more Corp students than
civilian, but again how many
would stand in the rain if they
were not compelled to do so ?
Last, and worst of all we
civilians are accused of hogging
all the student seats in Kyle
Field at the game. What does
C.H.R. propose to do, ban the
civilians from the game so that
the Corps can have the stadium
to itself?
I found this letter completely
out of taste and was a deliberate
slur on the civilian student. I
realize that I am not making any
friends in the Corps, but this is
the chance I take and I feel that I
am right.
Sincerely,
Dan Morgan
It seems “frosh” Morgan has
little knowledge of Aggie tra
dition. So you will know in the
future, “frosh” Morgan, yell
practices are held Monday and
Thursday nights on weeks of
away games and Monday nights
and midnight Friday nights on
weeks of home games. It’s
been that way for a long time.
—C.H.R.
Kissing
This past weekend in Dallas
may go down in history as a first
in the annals of Aggie football
watching.
I had a date with a Tessie. My
first. It may well be my last.
Now then, before all you Tessie
fans get violent, let me explain.
School affiliation had nothing to
do with the problem. For those
Ags who are chuckling “He got
moosed! He got moosed!” that’s
not true either.
To keep a harmonious relation
ship between the two schools, the
merits and faults of Tessies will
not be discussed here. (This is
known in some circles as the
chicken way out.)
The problem was that this girl
had never attended an Aggie
game. In fact she wasn’t too
sure what a football game was.
Now there are obvious advantages
— and obvious disadvantages —
with a date such as this. To wit:
“What time does the game
start?”
“Kickoff is at 7:30.”
“What time is it now?”
“5:30.”
“Then why are we sitting here
by ourselves in the stands?”
‘‘See that line down there ? That
is the fifty-yard line. I am a
senior. I have been going to
school a long time. I have seen
many Aggie football games. I
have never seen an Aggie foot
ball game from the fifty-yard
line, or the forty, or the thirty,
or the twenty. Tonight we are
going to see an Aggie football
game from the fifty. Under
stand ? Sit there and eat your
popcorn. If you have a question,
ask.”
“I have a question. How will
I know when the good guys—the
Aggies—come on the field?”
“Haven’t you ever seen a foot
ball game before?
“No.”
“NO?! You mean you have
NEVER ... not ONCE?? . . .
O.K. Listen. See that large
opening at the end of the field?
Pretty soon men in uniform will
come out of there. The crowd
around us will stand up and wild
cat. Those guys in uniform are
the Aggies.
“Gotcha. I think they’re com
ing now. I see men in uniforms
. . . there they are ... a whole
bunch of them . . . people are
wildcatting. . . . Hey! . . . they’re
carrying musical instruments . . .
and playing marching music . . .
they look just like a band.”
“(Sigh) That IS the band.”
“I was in my high school band.”
“You were? I thought you
said that you had never seen a
football game ? Didn’t your band
play at the games ? What did you
do during the game?”
“I always talked to the girl
who played the piccolo. We never
watched the game.”
(She talked to the piccolo play
er. Women. I wonder if that
junior over there needs a date to
the game. . .. .)
“By the way, there are certain
traditions that we observe at
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On First Down?!?
British Psychologist Sees
End To Engagement Period
A&M football games. For in
stance, every time A&M makes a
first down or completes a pass,
the Aggie kisses his date.”
“Says who?”
“Whatayamean, ‘Says who?’
Nobody. It’s tradition.”
“I don’t believe you. A girl
friend of mine says it’s only
when you score.”
Boy, 16, Declared
Adult For Trial
GEROGETOWN. <A>) _ Dist.
Judge Kirby Vance bound over
16-year-old James Wolcott to the
Williamson County Grand Jury
Tuesday aftera closed-door exam- f
ining trial.
Purpose of the trial was to de
termine if there was sufficient
evidence against Wolcott in the
Aug. 5 slaying of his parents and
sister to send the case to the
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Vance refused to discuss Tues
day’s proceedings, saying trials
had been reversed for premature
disclosure of evidence.
County Atty. Sam Stone, the
Williamson County juvenile judge,
certified Wolcott as an adult and
bound him over to district court
jurisdiction.
The bodies of his father, Dr.
Gordon Wolcott, a Southwestern
Universtiy biology professor; his
mother, and his sister, Elizabeth,
17, were found shot to death in
the Wolcott home.
El Paso and junior Donald C.
Grevert of Springfield, Va.
“So, who are you going to be
lieve, her or me?”
“Her.”
‘Well, she’s right. Now then,
do you know how a score is made ?
Everytime we make a first down
or complete a pass, it’s known as
scoring, even though we are not
awarded points unless it occurs in
the end zone.”
“Oh.”
“The game’s started. Watch
the guys in maroon and white.
We’re starting a yell. Hump it.”
“I BEG YOUR PARDON! I
WILL NOT!”
“Put your hands on your knees,
stupid.”
“What are those guys doing
now ? ”
“That’s the chain gang. They’re
going to measure to see if we
made the first down.”
“Not them. The Cheerleaders
are. . . .
A&M’s Rifle Team
OpensCompetition
Texas A&M’s rifle team opens
its 1967-68 season Saturday, fir
ing against Prairie View A&M
on the six-point range in the
Military Science Building.
The Saturday morning match
will be the first of 15, according
to Maj. Luther Crum, officer-in
charge.
A National Rifle Association
All-American shooter, Christo
pher M. West of San Antonio,
will lead A&M’s old hands into
the inaugural match. Others who
will shoot Saturday are David P.
Bailey of Waco and William P.
Herring of Clint, sophomores;
senior John W. Schuepbach of
“YELL LEADERS!!”
“The yell leaders are making a
fist with their left hand and are
grabbing their left wrist with
their right hand. What does that
mean ?”
“Uhhh, YEAH. Well . . . uhhh
. . . hmmmm . . . You see . . .
I’ll explain it all to you when the
game’s over.”
“When do we get to sit down?”
“At the end of the first half.
When the band marches onto the
field, we wildcat, and then sit
down during halftime.”
“Are we wildcatting because the
band is marching or because we
get to sit down?”
“That’s an interesting ques
tion.”
“By the way, if Aggies kiss
their dates everytime they score,
what do they do if they win?”
LONDON. kT) — Engagement
rings are doomed. White wed
ding will be rituals of the past.
Couples will wed only after
they’ve lived together. Who says
all this? Psychologist James
Hemming in “Marriage Guid
ance,” official publication of
Britain’s Marriage Guidance
Council.
Most British cities have state-
supported marriage guidance
councils where citizens may go
for free advice on marriage and
marital problems.
If Dr. Hemming is right, the
woi’d marriage itself could become
obsolete, replaced by the expres
sion “pair-bound.”
Dr. Hemming says that to the
next generation marriage will no
longer be regarded as the only
respectable way of having any
sexual life.
“Social emphasis will not be
on maintaining chastity at all
costs,” he contends.
Instead, couples will concen
trate on “sincerity, mutual con
cern and responsible mate selec
tion.”
He does not prophesy that
marriage will go completely out
of style.
He says marriage will become
“a social statement of intent, if
and when partners desire it.”
His article is entitled “Is There
a Future for Marriage?”
What does the Marriage Guid
ance Council think of Dr. Hem-
ming’s views?
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