John Platzer
Maggie-Tessie Battle Brews
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Page 2
THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, October 22,
Bulletin Board
While strolling across the cam
pus yesterday I chanced upon a
circular which could change the
whole complexion of the A&M
community.
I advise you to sit down be
fore reading further. A silent
revolt is brewing among the more
militant Maggies. The beard and
sandals on the person distribut
ing the circulars (you should
have seen the guy who was with
her) told me immediately of the
gravity of the situation.
As I nervously reached for the
circular, my eyes focused in on
the copy below. Sure enough the
sweet, young things known as
Maggies were on the edge of a
bloody revolution. While conjur
ing up a mental picture of a com
pany of Maggies in full battle
attire, I read:
MAGGIE MANIFESTO
Maggies of the world unite, you
have nothing to lose but your
chains.
Every year at this time, you
are pushed to the sidelines of
your own stadium without so
much as a word of protest while
a representative of a foreign cult
200 miles to the north is crowned
YOUR Queen.
Is Annella really Wright for
you ? Is there no one among you
that can compete with the fair
damsels of the North? Where is
your Southern pride ?
The time for protesting is
gone; it is now time to act. In
the poetic words of Vince Lom
bardi: “No guts, no glory!”
Organize!! Get yourself a big,
strong, fearless leader (that
should be easy) and demand that
the Aggie Sweetheart be an Ag
gie student. Is that really too
much to ask ?
Christmas put yourself on that
shopping list.
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If Maggies should achieve their
objective, would it not just lead
to a counter-revolution to the
north ? Denton may someday be
buried under circulars such as
the one below:
TESSIE TEMPERANCE
Aggies, Maggies and others,
lend us your ears. We shall never
concede, we shall never retreat,
we shall overcome.
Don’t stop there, however,
drive the foreign invaders from
your territory completely. After
all, a Tessie is to you what a
Volkswagen is to an El Dorado.
Is that not true ?
Is there anything a Tessie can
do that you can’t do just a little
better? Put your foot down and
make sure a Tessie is under it.
Are you really satisfied with
being treated like a second-class
student? Are you content with
being ignored in all the traditions
and social events of your school ?
If not, make your disgust
known forcefully. Make your
case known to all the students.
Don’t be content with being
an item in a store window. This
For as long as there has been
an Aggie Sweetheart, she has
come from Texas Woman’s Uni
versity. As long as there shall be
an Aggie Sweetheart, she will
come from Texas Woman’s Uni
versity.
This is one battle we are de
termined to win. Bear Bryant
once said that “when you have
the bosses, winning is easy.”
Does anyone doubt we have what
it takes ?
Just remember a Maggie is to
us what a Ford pickup is to a
Lincoln Continental.
How many “Goon Grabs” must
we go through to prove our loy
alty? We will fight to the end if
need be but we will fight.
j^isteiTUp - 1
Editor:
Mr. Ashworth’s letter, publish
ed in “Listen Up” on Oct. 17, has
encouraged me to believe that
there may be several students
and faculty members interested
in the appearance of the dome
of the Academic Building-.
Even when this dome is free
from painted slogans and ama
teur witticisms, its appearance is
drab to the point of being ugly.
To view this building, which in
general appearance is a splendid
example of neo-classic architec
ture, with its shabby top is like
seeing an attractive and well-
groomed woman wearing a mop
on her head.
Perhaps interested students
and faculty members might want
to follow the example of Notre
Dame, whose ex-students have
raised funds to plate with gold
the dome of the most striking
building on campus. When it is
necessary to re-plate this dome,
every five years, the old gold-
leaf is stripped and sold to ex
students, suitably mounted on an
engraved plate which states the
date and source.
It may be possible, however,
that our ex-students do not take
as much pride in their campus.
Manual M. Davenport
Head, Department of Philosophy
1. Students at Texas A&M
University shall not engage in
any activity, conversation, de
liberation, or discussion which
may be construed as being de
rogatory to Texas A&M Univer
sity, any member of that univer
sity, beer, or girls who know their
place(s).
2. Students at Texas A&M
University shall not wake the
Student Senate unless the Library
is in imminent danger of burning
down.
3. On December 15, 1973, there
shall be a moratorium on state
ments in favor of parking.
While each of these proposals
is important, it is clear that the
Student Senate needs to ratify
the second immediately.
Daniel D. Mast
yell leader; David Alexander,
CSC first vice president; Mac
Spears, MSC Council president
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Editor:
I was somewhat interested to
learn that the Student Senate of
Texas A&M University made a
decision. (I had always thought
the function of this petit body
was to come out in favor of
parking.)
The next thing we know, the
Student Senate may even take
the initiative on some issue be
fore the University Executive
Committee does.
Before the Student Senate
learns to take the initiative, I
would like to suggest that this
petit body wrestle with the fol
lowing proposals:
Editor:
The Student Senate of Texas
A&M is slowly transforming into
a meaningful student govern
ment. But the progress made thus
far has only been initial, and for
the progression to continue will
require much energy and rededi
cation from the senate leader
ship.
On Thursday, a Student Senate
Vice President will be elected by
you, the students of Texas A&M.
His primary concern, therefore,
should also be with you, and he
should be devoted to representing
you with fairness and responsi
bility. We, the undersigned, be
lieve that Kent Caperton is this
individual, sincerely concerned
with the problems confronting
TAMU and devoted to achieving
their solutions through respon
sive, responsible student govern
ment.
We urge you to vote for Kent
Caperton as Student Senate Vice
President when you cast your
ballot Thursday.
Gerry Geistweidt, senate
president; Larry Schilhab, CSC
president; Matt Carroll, corps
commander; Sam Torn, head
Editor:
Liberal Arts sophomores,
My name is Roger Miller and I
solicit your vote for sophomore
Student Senate representative
from the College of Liberal Arts.
Texas A&M, as must be the
case with any great university,
is involved in a constant evolu
tionary process. Changes are oc
curring and must continue to do
so. The Student Senate should
play a strong role in helping to
bring about constructive and pro
ductive changes.
I see several pressing campus
issues including adequate parking
facilities, fair student seating ar
rangements at Kyle Field and a
real “dead week.” These are just
three of the issues about which
I feel strongly. I would be glad
to talk with you personally about
these or any other campus prob
lems at your convenience.
I feel that I am well-qualified
to hold this position. I am pres
ently a sophomore assistant to
the Civilian Student Council, a
directorate assistant to the MSC,
a distinguished student and a
member of Phi Eta Sigma.
I would appreciate your sup
port and vote in Thursday’s elec
tion. I pledge to devote my full
attention and ability to the po
sition if elected and I hope to
serve you as your representative
to the Student Senate.
Roger Miller
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will meet at 8 p.m. in the Art
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MSC.
Texas A&M Sailing Club will
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in the Architecture building.
THURSDAY
Grayson County Hometown
Club will have an activity night
at 7:30 p.m. in the lounge be
tween Dorms 2 and 4.
V.F.W. Yost 4692 will
film at 7 p.m. at the Post Hi
The business part of the mi
will begin at 8 p.m.
Hillel Club will meet at
p.m. in the Hillel Building.
SCONA XV will meet at
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MSC.
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