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‘Rev’ To Debut At Tech Game
By TIM SEARSON
Battalion Staff Writer
The only female member of the A&M Corps, Reveille
III, will make her annual debut Saturday night in Kyle
Field at the Texas Tech game.
A frisky three-year-old collie, “Rev,” as she is known
to all Aggies, can be expected to follow in the tradition
set by her predecessors. Reveille’s appearance Saturday
night will mark 37 years since the Aggies decided a dog
should be their mascot.
ONE MIGHT QUESTION whether the Aggies chose
Reveille I as their mascot or if she chose the Aggies to
represent her. The first Rev, a mixture between a collie
and a spitz, came to the campus as a result of an accident
in 1931 when some Aggies hit the dog while returning to
school.
Although it was against school regulations to have
pets in the dormitory, the cadets smuggled her in without
getting caught. The next morning when the bugle call
woke the cadets, it also disturbed the convalescing dog,
who protested by howling.
BECAUSE THE BUGLE CALL was reveille, the cadets
decided to name the dog the same. The new mascot was
soon accepted by all the students.
Rev soon became a common sight on the campus. She
ate with the students in the dining hall, slept in the dormi
tories, attended classes with them, and pranced before the
Corps and the band at drills.
COMPANY E-2 BECAME the home of the Aggie mas
cot. A sophomore was designated as the mascot corporal
and was given the job of caring for Rev. It was also his
duty to make sure rival schools could not kidnap the Aggie
mascot, an incident which has never occurred.
Reveille I was the Aggie mascot for 13 years until
she died on Jan. 19, 1944. To show their appreciation for
her faithfulness, the cadets buried Reveille I just outside
of the west end of the stadium in Kyle Field, “where she
can always see the scoreboard.”
Seven years passed before the cadets received a new
mascot. In 1951, a Shetland shepherd became the symbol
of the Aggies and she was named Reveille II.
THE NEW REV was just as spirited as her predecessor.
When the Aggie Band would play on the football field at
half-time, Rev would run out on the field and march before
the members of the band. Anyone who dared to step on
the field while the band performed was considered a tres
passer and received a nip on the leg from Rev.
Reveille II often argued with the decisions of the ref
erees, sometimes to the point where she had to be muzzled.
A couple of times she was barred from the field, once for
nipping an assistant coach from Texas Christian University.
During her reign, Rev saw the school change from all
male to codeducational. She also saw the school change
from a college to a university and the Corps became an
elective for incoming students.
REVEILLE II RETIRED officially at Final Review in
May of 1966. She had been plagued with kidney ailments
for a number of years. During the summer after her re
tirement, Reveille II was crippled by attacks of arthritis.
On August 23, 1966, Reveille II was put to sleep. She
was buried beside the first Rev in a ceremony held by the
students after school started in the fall of 1966.
The current Reveille was a present to the student body
from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Husa of Fairbanks, Alaska, whose
sons, Randy and Steve Andes, attended A&M. She made
her first football debut at the Texas Tech game in 1966.
THOMAS M. RIDEOUT, second year math major from
Marshall, is the mascot corporal this year. Rideout took
Rev home with him over the summer.
“To make sure Reveille was safe, I couldn’t tell anyone
who she really was,” said Rideout. “Nobody knew the dog
I was caring for was the Aggie mascot until the day after
I returned to school when my hometown paper printed
the story.”
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VOLUME 64
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1968
Number 15
longstress Anita Bryant | Director To Dedicate
To Open Town Hall Season!
A A vivacious songstress herald- Coliseum stage at 8 p.m. Friday
||§Hri in entertainment, government r — ^ TI ~ 1,
aftt I religious circles, Anita Bry-
-Mint takes the G. Rollie White
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for the opening Town Hall per
formance of 1968-69.
Anita Bryant’s talent is re-
CAMPUS CHEST KICK-OFF
Bennie Zinn, right, dean of student affairs, makes the first
contribution to the Campus Chest to David Howard, Student
Senate Welfare Committee chairman and head of the pro
ject. The presentation was part of Tuesday’s “Kick-Off
pinner” at which student leaders and faculty members were
introduced to the project’s planned campaign. (Photo by
Mike Wright)
Zinn Presents First Donation
To Launch Campus Chest Drive
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The first Campus Chest Drive
at Aggieland in four years was
kicked off Tuesday night at a
banquet at the Memorial Student
Center with the first donation
being made by Dean of Student
Affairs Bennie Zinn.
Approximately 110 student lead
ers and A&M faculty and staff
attended the banquet and heard
explanations of the purposes and
goals of the $7,500 effort which
is being sponsored by Alpha Phi
Omega, student service fraternity,
for the Student Senate Welfare
Committee.
“It is a distinct honor to be a
part of this drive,” commented
APO President John Clark.
Student Senate President Bill
Carter gave examples of how the
money collected is to be used, and
Welfare Committee Chairman
David Howard explained how this
year’s drive will be conducted.
BB&L.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
Divided into two parts, the
Campus Chest will be conducted
on campus with a “Miss Campus
Chest” contest and at football
games for spectators and former
students.
“In the past more money has
been collected at the football
games than in the dorm area,”
noted APO Fund Raising Chair
man Bill Faulkner. “With the
interest that has been expressed
by students this year, we hope to
reverse this trend.”
“Since the money collected dur
ing the Campus Chest Drive is to
be used for students, the more
that is contributed will allow more
to be done for students,” said
Carter.
Besides Faulkner, APO mem
bers in charge of fund raising
are Mike Emerson, heading col
lecting at the Texas Tech game;
Vernon Bartle, TCU collection
chairman; Ronnie Smith, Arkan
sas game; and Nelson Graeter,
Rice game. John Cunningham is
publicity chairman and Travis
Strange, promotion chairman.
fleeted in three gold disks for
million-record sellers “Till There
Was You,” “Paper Roses” and
“In My Little Corner of the
Folk singer Leon Bibb will
not appear as scheduled at Town
Hall Friday, Wayne Stark, Me
morial Student Center director,
announced today.
Stark said he learned Tues
day that Bibb had injured his
ankle during the filming of a
movie with Sidney Poitier and
has been forced to cancel all
appearances.
“Mr. Bibb is very embar
rassed about the situation,”
Stark said. “He is doing all he
can to help us find a replace
ment for Friday night.”
Stark said another act will
be found to appear with singer
Anita Bryant at the 8 p.m.
performance, and added he
hopes to announce the replace
ment “as soon as we can get
confirmation from the agency
in Chicago.”
World,” two standing ovations
in White House performances and
frequent TV guest appearances.
Her deep interest in religion
led to concert presentations of
sacred music throughout the world
with evangelist Billy Graham.
Her statement of faith was pub
lished in a syndicated newspaper
column and Dr. Norman Vincent
Peale devoted a chapter of his
best-selling book, “Seven Steps
to Vital Faith,” to Anita.
Numerous awards include be
ing named to the Oklahoma Hall
of Fame last year, the USO Sil
ver Medallion for seven consecu
tive Bob Hope holiday troups
abroad, the National Guards’
Guardsman Award—first time to
a female—and “Official USO
Hostess” at the New York World’s
Fair.
Town Hall Chairman Louis
Adams said some season tickets
are still available.
He indicated a moderate num
ber of reserve seat tickets re
main. Student date ducats, at
$1.50 each, are also available at
the Student Program Office in
the Memorial Student Center.
Student general admision is by
presentation of activity card and
ID.
Kyle Field Expansion
Dedication of Texas A&M’s ex
panded Kyle Field is scheduled
prior to the Saturday night foot
ball game with Texas Tech.
Richard T. Bernard, assistant
to A&M President Earl Rudder,
said the 7:15 p.m. field ceremon
ies will include remarks by L. F.
Peterson of Fort Worth and H.
C. Heldenfels of Corpus Christi.
Peterson is president of the
A&M Board of Directors but will
be participating in the ceremon
ies as chairman of the Kyle Field
Expansion Committee. Heldenfels
also is a member of the board
Much-Criticized Intersection
To Remain Without Stoplight
WEATHER
Thursday—Partly Cloudy. Winds
Northerly 10 to 15 mph. High 74.
Low 66.
Friday—Clear to Partly Cloudy.
Winds Northerly at 10 mph. High
77. Low 56.
Kyle Field—Partly Cloudy. Winds
Southeast at 10 mph. Tempera
ture 76. Relative Humidity 55%.
By TOM CURL
Battalion News Editor
The four-way stop intersection
at South College and University
Drive has been criticized since
its construction.
Many motorists say that a sig
nal light is needed to handle the
traffic that runs six lanes wide
on all four entrances to the in
tersection.
The present design replaced the
dangerous “circle” two years ago.
“WHEN WE HAD THE circle,
nobody knew who had the right-
of-way,” said R. H. Schleider,
assistant district engineer for the
Texas Highway Department. Ac
cording to Schleider, several dri
vers missed the turn and ran
onto the middle of the circle.
He explained that a signal light
required to handle the traffic at
the intersection would be expen
sive, so the Highway Department
decided to try the four-way stop
system.
At present, the City of College
Station has a traffic officer at
the intersection four times a day;
in the early morning as A&M
employees go to work, twice dur
ing the noon hour and at 5 p.m.
when the A&M workday ends.
“WE HAVE ELIMINATED
many of the initial bottlenecks
by putting in right turn curves,”
remarked Schleider.
He said the Highway Depart
ment will make a traffic study
if problems arise.
“The four-way stop has handled
the problems so far,” he added.
A request must be filed by the
City of College Station before
a traffic light would be installed.
“The conduits are already laid
for the signal, should it be de
cided to put one in,” Schleider
said.
He pointed out, however, that
a traffic officer would still be
needed to control the light inter
vals and keep traffic balanced
FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home
of the Super C D - 5% interest
compounded daily.
during the rush periods. In the
morning and at the end of the
lunch hour, traffic is heaviest
on the north and east entrances
to the intersection, while the noon
and 5 p.m. traffic is concentrated
mainly on the south and west
entrances.
and chairman of its building com
mittee.
Earlier in the day, the 30-mem-
ber expansion committee will be
honored at a noon luncheon.
The Tech game is A&M’s first
at home this season.
Work on Phase I of the Kyle
Field expansion program was
completed earlier this year. The
project, which cost approximately
$1.8 million, increased seating ca
pacity from 39,000 to 54,000.
The program also included in
stallation of a new lighting sys
tem, new concession areas, new
plastic seats, refurbished score-
board, landscaping, new elevator
and improved parking facilities.
Long-range plans call for in
creasing capacity to 65,000 seats
by enclosing the south end of
the 39-year-old stadium.
A large portion of the funds
to expand the stadium came from
a statewide campaign to sell seat
options. The Association of For
mer Students and the Aggie Club
played key roles in the drive.
The decision to expand Kyle
Field was made by the board of
directors in late 1965. Plans were
approved in April, 1966, and work
began after the last home game
that fall.
Engineering firm for the pro
ject was Lockwood, Andrews and
Newman, Inc., of Houston, Cor
pus Christi and Victoria. The con
tractor was Temple Associates of
Diboll.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.
—Adv.
RUSH HOUR
A College Station policeman directs traffic during the 5 p. m. rush hour at the Univer
sity Avenue—College Avenue intersection. The four-way stop at the busy intersection
has been criticized by motorists who favor installing a traffic light there. (Photo by
Mike Wright)
WRECK TECH DAY’ Minus Three And Counting
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