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_ .'Vi). _ •, - •_ . . ** - • ' • • . . . Hi I ' I mion THE BATTALION Thursday, October 5, 1967 College Station, Texas Page 7 Yells, Yell Leaders Stay Unchanged Over Years ‘I could stand with the Corps at a football game today and go right along with the yells,” a TODAY 1943 Texas A&M graduate re marked. The evaluation of similarity in the way the A&M student body conducted yells during World War II and today was made by John Longley of College Station, an in- and editor of the “Longhorn,” surance executive. A&M yearbook which later be- He was student body president came the “Aggieland.” With only minor differences, yells and the way they will be led by Neal Adams of Tyler and other EVERYDAY KROGER LOW. LOW PRICES! m 1(K /CHUNK TUNA«gg Star-Kist Del Monte Early Peas C 303 Cans bs with cel- Ine, onions, ig and pep- ly and add ing lightly he oysters, ghtly. T KROGER. 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A convoy of buses for the Ar kansas game in Fayetteville Nov. 4, midnight yell practice at Texas Woman’s University Oct. 20 and full-Corps formation of the block “T” at the Thanksgiving game are being arranged. The precise manner in which 11,000 students blanket all sta dium sounds with “Yeaaaa, Gig ’Em Aggies” was perpetuated by former yell leading greats such as “Catfish” Goodman, of El Paso, class of ’15; J. A. (Hop) Reynolds of Dallas, ’32; Jack (Bigfoot) Na gle of Houston, killed in WW II; Clarence J. (Foots) Bland of St. Louis, ’41, and W. H. (Chuck) Chalmbers of Houston, ’43. A yell leader’s nickname was usually characteristic of the way he performed in front of the Corps. Every Aggie becomes thorough ly familiar with the yells as a freshman, so yell leaders’ person, ality differences that would tend to alter “Gig ’Em,” “Aggies,” “Farmers Fight” and “Lizzie” are smoothed over by the student body. “The same signals and direc tions were used when I was a stu dent,” commented James E. (Joc ko) Roberts, A&M farm manager who graduated in 1932. His young er brother, Lewis, was head yell leader in 1936. J. Gordon Gay watched yell practices on the YMCA steps in the early ’40s, when Mrs. Ford Munerlyn taught “The 12th Man” to the Corps. J. O. Alexander of Wellborn, senior yell leader in 1942, said occasional new yells have been in- troduced and “Saw Varsity’s Horns Off” of the “Aggie War Hymn” was formerly a yell. He noted that Herbert P. (Hub) Aston and Charlie Trail installed “Old Army” in 1939. “Fifteen for Team” included 15 rahs when retired mechanical en gineering professor Charles W. Crawford was a student in 1911- 15. “It was shortened to nine and then to three,” the veteran Ag gie explained. “Yell leaders un der Goodman had what we called the 1,000-mile walk and skyrocket was frequently done. Company yell practices were common then.” Crawford said Corps yell prac tices were held on the steps of Mitchell Hall, the “Y” balcony and Goodwin Hall steps. “Yell leaders dressed the same as the corps then. When it came time to yell, they pulled off their ties, rolled up their sleeves and got with it,” he said. Roberts feels yell leaders’ quali ties relate to athletic successes. /ilf the yell leader really had the spirit, he transferred it to the Corps and they let it be heard,” he remarked. The former Aggie cage star cited Reynolds for the talent. “He had an effervescent way, a contagious smile and could talk his way out of prison. Hop had a tonge like a motorboat,” Rob erts declared. Several exes agreed Jack Nagle was one of A&M’s great yell lead ers. “Bigfoot originated stomping in yell practice,” Barney Welch says. “He was one of the greatest,” Roberts added. “He left school after the Thanksgiving game his junior year to go into the service. When he went down with a bomb er on his 25th mission, Nagle had a sack of dirt from Kyle Field with him. Some natural yell changes have been made—the rote of yell prac tice, frequency of certain yells over others, the number of yell leaders, due to increased student body size, and the way football has changed. Marion Pugh pointed out one of the latter cases. The quarter back of A&M’s 1 9 3 9 national champion explained that substi tutions were infrequent. When a player left the field for a sub, the Corps usually spelled out his name. Signals indicated the spe cific player. “Once when Coach (Homer) Norton took me out, I looked over and saw the head yell leader hold ing his nose as a signal to 'spell it out’ for Pugh.”