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Vol 65 No. 43 College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 26, 1969 Telephone 845-2226
Bonfire Blazes at 7:30 Tonight;
'Vggie Spirit Shifts Into High
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Five flaming torches weilded by yell leaders will set
the traditional pre-Thanksgiving Day game Bonfire
[light at 7:30.
David Fisher, senior yell leader and stacking chief, said
Tuesday night that things were going so smooth that
- 15 SEATS |was thinking in terms of six stacks instead of five.
“Unless something holds us up,” he said, “I think we
have six stacks.”
The Bonfire is already planned to be the biggest ever
li the first with five stacks. It will be 105 feet tall,
ording to Sam Torn, head yell leader and Bonfire
ervisor.
Head Coach Gene Stallings and the senior members of
Pfl' R football team will attend the yell practice, and Stallings
!1 talk to the student body.
The gigantic Bonfire symbohzes the burning desire of
ry Aggie to beat the hell out of Texas.
Fisher said that the work was “even with, or ahead of,
year, despite the rain and problems with broken
Jleys.
We’ve had about 3,000 men out here working,” he
iuat arrive w tw jd, “and we’ve had real good effort and cooperation from
1 ‘proceeding 6 pS» iiybody, civilians and corps.
“We’ve had real good luck with the trucks and heavy
(See Bonfire Burns, page 3)
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ckeyes falling from the ranks of the unbeaten.
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L NOTICE lider because the Texas Longhorns were straining their ears
1th fingers crossed hoping that the Michigan Wolverines
ss man oo Jrid do the impossible. To the Longhorns, who have been
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led out by university officials Tuesday because the game is
)t sold out.
Tickets were still available at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A&M Athletic Council chairman Dr. O. D. Butler said
at the game had to be sold out 48 hours prior to the
ickoff before televising it could become possible.
More than 4,000 unsold student tickets were placed on
le to the general public Monday.
STORES Bf'|2; they got themselves a Rose Bowl bid and opened that No.
ion can save,'4 door to the Longhorns.
auto parts, o| The Longhorns have heard themselves called the greatest
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)w they will have three chances to prove it. They will leave
leir trusty Astroturf and invade Kyle Field where they will
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Tonight at 7:30 on the drill field behind Duncan Dining
fell the spirit of Aggieland will reach its yearly apex with the
iurning of the Bonfire.
The five yell leaders will light the fire that symbolizes
he Aggies’ desire to beat the hell out of Texas to start
ire-Turkey Day game activities.
The Bonfire will be one of seven events on the calendar
or students, their dates and visitors here for the game.
The highlight of the week will come at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, amid the shouts of “Gig ’em” and “Hook ’em”
rom the stands of Kyle field as the Aggies and Longhorns
collide for the 76th time.
Curtis Mills, Aggie junior who set the track world on fire
last summer when he ran a world record time of 44.7 seconds
in the 440-yard dash at the NCAA Track Championships in
Knoxville, Tenn., will be honored in a short pre-game
ceremony.
Following the Bonfire, Town Hall will present singer
Johnny Rivers in G. Rollie White Coliseum before a sellout
crowd of 8,000.
The 27-year-old musician, who has won six gold records,
will stage a one-hour show starting at 8:45. Doors to the
coliseum will open at 8:15 to the capacity throng.
(See Bonfire Leads, page 6)
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