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~ ~ 4 v % -• •• *'»••»•* * f» 1 Page 2 College Station, September 23, 1971 Bob RobiUSOU CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle A&JVFs construction circuses “Here’s a letter to th’ editor that says he can’t think 0 b f ut a w y ou,rt W s^ g h,r‘ h a m A e &M and ‘ he — “ - “LAAA-DEEEES . . . AAAND . . . Gentlemen!” The chubby little man with the bow legs and penguin suit paused midway through his pendulum swing, turned a slight shade of pink and added nervously, “and students.” He completed the arc with his open palm reaching for the top of the tent. “Prepare yourselves for the greatest show of your lives. These next four years will pass as min utes and if you are one of the lucky few, you can stay another year for your own private en core.” The little man smiled, polished the “Go Gene, Go!!” button pin ned to the lapel of his coat and stepped over a barricade to the center ring. The crowd was breathless with anticipation. Some wise guy dropped a pin and got a punch in the nose for his efforts. Stu dents, professors, staff members and visitors from all over the 50 states eagerly awaited the begin ning of the performance. “To my right ! ! ! ” Arm out- flung, voice ringing through the years, fatty was warming up to his introduction. “The beautiful, irreplaceable C o e d i n a braves three trenches and a 50 foot deep hole in order to meet her student prince at the MSC coffee shop for a Coke.” Everyone in the stands turned in the direction of the ringmas ter’s waving hand. Listen up More about our traditions Editor: In response to a recent letter to the editor you stated that the civilians know the traditions of Texas A&M and do a good job of voluntarily following them. There have been too many in stances where civilian students violate traditions, for no appar ent reason other than to provoke cadets. There have been several times when a polite request not to walk on the Memorial Student Center lawn was answered with curt and often impolite responses, or simply ignored. At the Wichita State game, I asked a civilian student to re move his hat in honor of the 52 flags and what they mean; this is another of the A&M traditions that civilian students supposedly “know and follow.” The only re sponse was a barrage of snide re marks from surrounding civilians. Immediately after the last Sil ver Taps, the lights, not a few, but almost all the lights in Hart Hall were on, As if that wasn’t enough, someone was serenading the area with psychedelic squeals proceeding from his stereo. There have been too many yell practices where the civilians pop their heads out of their windows or come outside to watch the band go past and then continue with what they were doing, as if they thought that yell practice wasn’t for them. Maybe it isn’t. I am tired of the A&M stu dents who have never been to a football game, a yell practice or participated in anything at A&M other than occasional appearance in class calling themselves Aggies because they don’t know what the word means. Sid Bednar ’73 Certainly some civilians “vio late” traditions as they are not forced into following them as some groups are. Also, in a university of 14,000 it would be ridiculous to expect everybody to aimlessly fall into line. For these reasons traditions are not always observed by some civil ians. But take a look around you at the next game or yell practice, you’ll find that there are more civilians than you think. And by the way, Kyle Field is not a memorial. It is not required that anyone remove their hats.—Ed. ★ ★ ★ Editor: As you know the Baylor Bears play Texas A&M on October 23. Many Baylor girls have heard about the Aggie spirit and are anxious to date an Aggie for the game. If any of the boys at A&M would like to have a date with a Baylor girl for the game, then write Lynn Walters at P. O. Box 6116, Waco, Texas 76706. Please include the following informa tion: name, campus address, phone number, hometown, age, major, classification, interests, and brief description of self. En close a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply. Lynn Walters Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion 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 Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement with the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Members Linds' F. of the Student Publications Board are: Jim idsey, chairman ; H. F. Filers, College of Liberal Arts ; S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Asa B. Childers, Jr., lege of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. W. E. Tedrick, College College ol Veterinary J\ of Agriculture; and Layne Kruse, student. Tedrick, College Services, Francisci Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising dees, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, Septen May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Mail subscriptions are $3.60 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.60 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 6% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatchs credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. EDITOR HAYDEN WHITSETT Managing Editor Doug Dilley News Editor Sue Davis Sports Editor John Curylo Assistant Sports Editor Bill Henry Added to Our Menu: AGGIE SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak or Country Fried Chicken With French Fries & Crisp Green Salad *1 25 OAKRIDGE SMOKEHOUSE RESTAURANT 807 Texas Ave. College Station Coedina jumped into the ring, smiling, waving frantically at the adoring onlookers and promptly fell into the first ditch. Seconds later, she climbed out, carrying a caution sign in her free hand. The crowd applauded her as she deftly eluded the next two ditches and someone shrieked as she tripped over another caution sign and dropped into the 50 foot pit . Minutes of cold silence passed. A road grader started up some where outside the tent, but no one noticed. Then a yell. Instant ly the crowd was on its feet, cheering wildly. Coedina was car ried out of the pit on the shoul ders of her student prince, a Coke in each hand. The ringmaster called Coedina and her prince out to the center ring. They held hands, bowing to their adoring public, spilling their Cokes. The ring master took his hat off, a circular metal hat, painted red, and bowed, too. The show had begun. He started to intro duce the next act, but the clowns beat him to it. They rumbled in on a 1907 VW with tractor treads over the wheels. Two of them. Behind them came four more clowns with picks and shovels and a huge bag of cement. Behind them came an other clown with a hose. They pushed the ringmaster out of the way and rumbled up to the first trench. The two clowns with picks and shovels started chop ping away at the sides of the ditch. The two clowns with the bag of cement muscled their way up to the ditch and dumped the cement on the first two clowns. The clown with the hose ran up to the ditch and started dowsing the whole mess. During the excitement, a police official looked for the license number of the tractorized VW and opened up his citation book. This was after the fire official took away the water hose. The driver clown started argu ing that he wasn’t parked, just waiting for a temporary bridge to be built over the trench. The officer started writing out another ticket. The argument continued for three hours and the officer had to send a clown back twice for a fresh pad. He had just finished taping a ticket over the exhaust pipe when the VW roared into life and climbed into and out of the ditch. The officer chased it, scribbling furiously on his pad. Four years later, the ringmas ter, tired lines etched into his jelly bean face, came out for a final bow. He called Coedina to the center ring. She waddled out, smiling and waving at the cheer ing crowd, slightly plump from too many Cokes. The graduate prince followed close behind, wav ing his orders for induction into the armed services. The seven clowns came out for their bows. Two of them, encased in cement, were carried by their buddies. The officer was nowhere to be found. “And now, ladies and gentle men . . . and graduates, a fond good-bye. May your years of try ing to find new routes to your classes be instrumental in hurdl ing the obstacles of life outside. Don’t forget to pick up the new up-to-date map at the door so you can find your way off the campus. It’s a bargain at $15.” The ringmaster and performers left, backs slumped in sorrow at the end of another era. Spectators formed a line at the door, check books in hand. The cop was at the bottom of the pit, next to the overturned VW, writing out a ticket. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIE1 AGGIE PLAQUES Plaster Accessories Finished - Unfinished Working Area Free Instructions GIFT - A - RAMA Redmond Terrace College Station T< 1 BURGER HUT Remember Happy Hour! BEER ON TAP 20c Monday - Friday — 4:30 p. m. - 6 p. m. 317 University Dr. North Gate AGGIES ... DON’T DELAY! Order Your Boots Now For Future Delivery - Small Payment Will Do YOUR BOOTS MADE TO ORDER Convenient Lay-A-Way Plan ONLY $75.00 A PAIR We Also Have Spurs & Chains Economy Shoe Repair & Boot Co. 109 E. Commerce San Antonio, Texas 78205 — CA 3-0047 Bulletin Board Fish yell leader tryouts will be held this Monday Fish yell leader tryouts will be held Monday at the Grove, A&M’s head yell leader Jim Fer guson has announced. Interested male students should report to the Grove at 5 p.m. Feguson said the field will be narrowed to 10 candidates by 6 p.m. by the yell leaders. The yell leader committee will interview the 10 finalists Monday evening and select five fish yell leaders. Tonight Cepheid Variable Science Fic tion Club will meet in the Physics Building room 146 at 7:00. Austin Hometown Club will meet in rooms 2A-B of the Me morial Student Center at 8:00. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club meets in 3-A of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30. Motorcycle Club will meet in room 3B of the MSC at 7:30 to pick up membership cards. International Students Associ ation will meet in the Assembly room of the MSC at 7:00. Monday Wings and Sabres will meet in the Military Sciences Building at 7:30. Have you bought your copy of the TEXAS AGGIE CALENDAR BOOK? 52 brand new pictures of A&M day by day schedule of events Send one to your folks; send one to your girl friend ONLY $1.50 At Journalism Office, Room 301 Services Building Exchange Store MSC Gift Shop ATTENTION ALL FRESHMEN! 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