Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 20, 1968 THE B/VTT/VLI^^N
I Listen Up the halt forum
Editor,
The Battalion:
I can no longer constrain my
disgust at the inconsiderate,
churlish, obnoxious, obstreperous
behavior of certain individuals
which inhabit this bastion of en
lightenment on the Brazos. I am
referring to the cultural trog
lodytes who deemed it necessary
to leave G. Rollie White Coli
seum on Friday night prior to
the exit of the entertainers.
I thought that the consummate
level of boorish behavior had
been attained at the performance
of Jan Peerce a couple of years
ago. On that occasion, many in
dividuals expressed their dis
pleasure at his style of vocaliz
ing by literally stomping out
after he had begun to sing. How
ever, even that exhibition was
eclipsed Friday night at the per
formance of Sam and Dave and
a fine group of musicians. In
addition to the usual number of
people wandering in and out dur
ing the show, hordes had the un
mitigated discourtesy to begin
trooping out before the show had
been completed. This ignorant
display by a large segment of
the audience could hardly have
left other than bitter memories
among the performers. The uni
versity will be lucky if such an
outstanding group consents to re
turn to the campus.
Would it not, therefore, be
appropriate to instill in A&M
students, in addition to this elu
sive thing you call “Spirit”, some
fundamental aspects of common
courtesy and manners which are
necessary to the proper function
ing of a human society.
This is just one more of a
myriad of problems which A&M
must surmount if it ever hopes to
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
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“Somehow I feel history is about to repeat itself again!”
attain the status of a great
university.
D. E. Harper, Jr.,
Graduate Student
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
It has been said that tradi
tions at A&M are not observed
as strictly now as they once were.
I disagree!! It’s not that tra
ditions are being ignored, but
rather that new traditions are
being formed. Students this year
seem to be well informed about
these new traditions, for they
were abided by with few excep
tions at the last football game.
Some of these new traditions
are:
1. Do not place your right
arm over your heart during the
National Anthem.
2. Do not sing, “Texas, Our
Texas”.
3. Hump it half-way through
a yell.
4. “Squeeze’ . . . your knee
caps.
5. Place your hands in your
pockets when The War Hymn or
The Spirit (now known as the
Alma Mater Song) is played.
6. Applaud when the team
does well.
7. Curse the team when they
don’t do well on a play.
8. Don’t wildcat if the team
does not do well on a play.
9. Don’t wildcat if the team
does do well on a play.
10. Don’t wildcat when the
team breaks the huddle.
11. With the exception of
fish, wildcatting is prohibited in
Kyle Field.
12. Boo and hiss the officials
whenever we are penalized.
13. Keep one eye on the game
and the other on your date; ig
nore the yell leaders.
We have really been behind
other schools who have had
these traditions for years. Now
that we have University status
it is about time that we have
some worthy traditions. So let’s
go down to Austin and show
those teasips that we’re just as
good as they are, instead of
better.
Jim Vogas
THE BATTALION
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EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
i/P) — Operators of a tavern had
to haul down a 35-foot sign out
side the place.
A state liquor inspector told
them the word “saloon” is against
the law in Colorado now.
While rustling- through the trash cans
here in the office, looking for new material,
I came across a letter-to-the-editor which
caught my eye. It evidently is for real as
it has an Austin postmark and is handwrit
ten either by a girl or a very odd male tea-
sip :
Editor,
The Battalion:
“We are two UT (t. u.) coeds. Having
seen the recent letters in the Listen Up column, we decided
to get in on the action.
“My roommate is 6’2” tall and weighs 86 pounds. She
is slightly bowlegged, has hairy legs, and has a case of
halitosis (that’s bad breath for you Aggies who don’t under
stand) .
“I am a very well-rounded person, being 5’ tall and
weighing 350 pounds. I have a slight case of acne, but
am getting it cleared up. I have buck teeth, a big nose,
and a flat hairy chest.
“Both of us are very nice girls, just what all you Ags
want. We write our mothers every day, make our own
clothes, and the frat rats here at t. u. love us.
“If any of you Aggies would like to chance a date for
the Turkey Day game, just write:
Lynn Lizard and Pattie Pig
This is bad enough, but the letter I found the other
night was even more intriguing. It was in the “out” basket,
neatly typed on Battalion stationery and in an unsealed plain
white envelope addressed to the ladies in question.
★ ★ ★
“Dear Pattie and Lynne,
“For a week now, my managing editor and I have been
pondering your letter of Nov. 5, searching our souls for a
solution to the dilemma it presents. You see, Dave and I are
only human; there comes a time when our integrity as
newspapermen and our honor toward our fellow Aggies
are overshadowed by deeper, more basic drives.
“Such drives, Pattie and Lynne, have (alas) brought
us to the point of appropriating your would-be message to
our readers for our own use.
“Anyway, after reading your charming self-descriptions,
we decided we just couldn’t risk letting such pulchritude
go to waste on the standard, run-of-the-mill, non-journalism-
major, with which this campus is fairly seething. We were
compelled to give you a little information about ourselves,
and we think you’ll agree with our decision. Dave and I
are virtually identical twins, each standing 4’3” (on planti
grade feet, I might add) and each closely resembling Wal
ter Matthau, except bald, and each missing three fingers
from the left hand. My main interests are bear-baiting
and bobsledding; Dave is a slightly less athletic type,
favoring quoits and abstract jigsaw puzzles. We laugh a
lot, mostly at the wrong times in the movies. To paraphrase
your letter, we’re both “just what all you t. u. girls want.”
“Unfortunately, we both have dates for the Turkey
Day game already, but just can’t stand the thought of
somebody else kissing you when the Aggies score. If we
can’t have you, nobody can.
‘We hope you understand our situation. Please feel
free to write to us if you’d still like to horse around some
weekend. We could make beautiful music together.
“Sincerely,
John W. Fuller
Dave Mayes”
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