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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1969)
HEAVE AWAY, BOYS Many towels, pairs of gloves, and other assorted materials were used to protect Aggie bodies during the cutting duration. This year’s cutting area was located south of the campus near the Texas International Speedway. (Photo by Bill Hathaway) GUIDING ONE INTO THE CORE LEVEL 1T \- * freshmen tote a log into the main core level, work. The crews were rewarded every now and then Most stacking crews were made up of freshmen and with a five-minute break after several hours of work, sophomores with an upper classman supervising their (Photo by Bob Stump) 0. A A Corps outfit loads one of the semi trailer trucks that several of the trucking firms in the Bryan-College Station area generously donated for use during Bon fire Week. (Photo by Bill Hathaway) WAITING FOR A LOG Fourth stack workers take a break while the ground crews prepare anothei* log to send up to their lofty perch. Footing of the fourth story sometimes got down to the nitty gritty as logs approached their final resting place. (Photo by Mike Wright) Credits Layout lEditor: Mike Wright hotographers: Bob Stump, Mike Wright, and Bill Hathaway EASY DOES IT Second stack workers guide a log into place during Monday’s drizzle. As is usually the case, it rained at the start of the project, but the distracting drop lets did little to damage the enthusiasm and spirit of the work. (Photo by Bob Stump) An Aggi a boom to the t< A- log sc the rest < mud. He (Photo b