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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 26, 1969 CADET SLOUCH J'l by Jim Earle ‘Goose-Bump Group 9 Ready Board Meets Toda The university’s patentable pro ducer of goose-bumps generates its reaction Thursday at Kyle Field. It begins when John C. Otto Jr. of Dayton calls “fall in.” The prickle grains momentum as he commands “Recall, step off on “Hullabaloo” and explodes when the “Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band” responds to the downbeat of head drum major’s baton. As the clarion fanfare of “The Aggie War Hymn” rolls across the stadium, heart beat surge and adrenalin flows in students and Aggie exes alike. The remainder of the Aggie Band’s A&M-TU game halftime performance is a sure bet, at one point or another, to reach the rest of the 50,000 stadium. Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, in his 24th season of directing the Aggie Band, said the bass horn section will again be spotlighted through the march "Them Bass es.” Sixteen new Sousaphones re cently added to the band instru mentation, eight of the band’s former 18 basses, 38 trombones, 24 baritones, 12 French horns and 71 comets and trumpets will give the King march a solid sound. Four continuous minstrel turns will provide an illusory effect described by one observer as “folding a handkerchief then pull ing it through itself.” A viewer can unravel the optical illusion by picking out one musician and or more in the following him through the ma- After a “lost Indian” counter march, the band will then form the gridiron-wide and 50-yard tall “T”, peel off the outer rim of musicians through a counter march and send the two letters in opposite directions. Leading the band during the pre-game Cadet Corps march-in and halftime performance with Otto will be Maroon Band drum major Richard D. Garrett of Free port and White Band drum major Daniel W. Gower Jr. of El Paso. Band commander is Edwin Lamm III of San Antonio. Rich ard G. Sanchez of San Angelo and Roland F. Bonewitz of Hous ton command the Maroon and White Bands, respectively. A request for authority to seek a department of sociology and anthropolgy at A&M is among the agenda items facing the Texas A&M University System Board of Directors today. The 2 p.m. meeting also was scheduled to include considera tion or confirmation of five con tracts and appropriation requests totaling more than $500,000. A&M is seeking permission to establish a separate sociology and anthropology department within the College of Liberal Arts. The institution currently offers sociology through the Agtj tural Economics and Si Department within the Collefi] Agriculture. Under the pi the College of Agriculture operate agricultural ecorfoi a separate department, State Farm For your c lerving du Tonight on KBT 6:30 Glenn Campbell 7:30 Beverly Hillbillies 8:00 ABC Wednesday Nijli attractive Movie 10:00 TX Final News 10:30 It Takes A Thief 11:30 Richard Diamond Off The Record by Gary McDonald “We didn’t want to be overly sentimental—just to the point!” I LISTEN UP I 1^—■ the bait forum Editor: As a student working my way through my last year of college, married, and with a baby on the way, I may sound a little biased in favor of the Northgate mer chants because it is through one of these merchants that I am able to pay my bills on time. I am writing to supplement the letter in The Batt of last Friday. It just failed to mention the number of Aggies Loupot has bailed out of jail, the chickens that are donated to the vet school Bar BQ, the substantial donation to the Aggie Rodeo Club, the number of do-nuts and sweet rolls I’ve passed out in the stack ing area in the last week, yes, passed out free, the number of times the dishwasher has taken the excess do-nuts to his dorm and passed them out free of charge, and many other things not mentioned above. Since I have pen in hand, I would like to mention another fact known to those who get mixed up on the way to Silver Taps. Is 30 minutes of silence too much to give to a student who has passed away? It’s a sad day in Aggieland when I have to lock the front door to keep a crowd out during that 30 minutes. As long as Lewis Fair owns it and I run it, don’t bother to come by during Silver Taps. We don’t need your money that bad, be sides, we’ll be closed. (t.u. sells the same coffee). Raymond Prewitt ’66 Night Manager Lew Ann’s Restaurant LET IT BLEED — The Rolling Stones The appearance of a new Roll ing Stone album induces a total loss of objectivity and equilibri um. It is difficult to transpose the excitement of listening to this album onto paper. If that says something about my deficiencies as a writer, it says just as much about the quality of the record, which is, as most Stone albums, a rock&roll classic. When doing hard rockers like “Monkey Man,” “Midnight Ram bler,” and especially “Gimme Shelter,” the ending of which is a traumatic experience, they reach the optimum heights of ecstatic frenzy. However, they are not confined to this kind of music as several tunes testify. For example, they do country songs quite well, though as in “Country Honk,” a country ver sion of “Honky Tonk Women” that tries the borders of sanity, not always too seriously. There is nothing on the album that equals the poignant beauty of “No Expectations” from “Beg gar’s Banquet,” but “Love In Vain” and “You Got the Silver” come gratifyingly close. The vocals, naturally, are ex- Cbe Battalion Opinion expressed in The Betialion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, and must be no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer's name will be with held by arrangement with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Mail aabacriptions are $8.50 per semester; 86 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 4*4% sales tax. 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May, and once a week during sum: e Sta student tio: newspaper i n, Texas daily loli' at Texas AAM is except Saturday, », September through ichool. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. EDITOR DAVE MAYES Managing Editor David Middlebrooke Sports Editor Richard Campbell Assistant Sports Editor Mike Wright Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Jay F. Goode, Pam Troboy, Steve For man, Gary Mayfield, Payne- Harrison, Raul Pineda, Hayden Whitsett, Clifford Broyles, Pat Little, Tim Searson, Bob Robinson Columnists Monty Stanley, Bob Peek, John Platzer, Gary McDonald Photographers Steve Bryant, Bob Stump Sports Photographer , Mike Wright CL^rv, * L oria in iock Career Opportunities Await ‘Aggie’ Graduates Career Opportunities for colleg-e graduates with the nation's leading employer are available through our office. Visit us Monday thru Friday. College Division EMPLOYMENT SERVICE *THE EMPLOYER PAYS FOR OUR SERVICES* North Gate 331 University Dr. 846-3737 A Division of E.R.C., Houston, Texas” RALPH’S PIZZA EAST GATE MONDAY THRU THURSDAYS SMORGESBORD $1.25 PER PERSON ceptional, displaying the distinc tive and erotic style of Mick Jagger, with a little help from Keith Richards, a few lady soul singers, and the London Bach Choir. The lyrics are typically Rolling Stone and might be de scribed as a Stone version of A&M’s very own fabled “ables.” The fact that the late Brian Jones plays on two cuts, as does his successor, Mick Taylor, and that the rest of was recorded by the Stones as a foursome, defines this as a traditional album. After seeing them on their current U.S. tour, I can say that they have passed through the transitional stage and impossible as it may seem, they are even better than before. I GOT DEM OL’ KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN, MAMA! — Janis Joplin Regardless of what many crit ics say, Joplin’s new back up band, while not giving her the extra push I would have liked, is not all bad. They do not work against her. Technically, they are a definite improvement over Big Brother & the Holding Company, though they lack that indefinable spirit Big Brother had as one of the original San Francisco bands. Janis is in optimal recording form. She has never been pre sented better on wax. It so hap pens that she is at her best when the band is at its best, like on “Try” and the bluesy ’’One Good Man.” Her timing on "As Good As You’ve Been to This World” is superb and ingratiating. The band lets her down slightly on “To Love Somebody” and “Work Me, Lord” where she turns in excellent performances. They ob viously understand the principle of dynamics, but are a bit in adept at executing it. Janis still has not produced that album so many people expect of her. 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