CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle Listen up
Aggies didn’t give enough
THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 26,
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“The only clue I have concerning this missing piece of
Astroturf is that this is where th’ ball was placed for the
winning field goal! Do you think that a souvenir hunter
might have ”
About ‘Uncle Gene’
There have been rumors galore around campus and the state these
past few weeks about whether or not Gene Stallings is soon to depart
this university.
We cannot stop the conjecture being made by everyone from the
experts to the uninformed, but we feel that there are some things in
regard to who coaches the football team that should be said.
We, as observers and interpreters of the happenings on this
campus, would be the last to deny that Gene Stallings will probably not
be head football coach next year. Going by the signs, and there are
many, it would seem that this is “Uncle Gene’s” last year here.
Even though it has been denied, or the knowledge of his leaving
denied, by the powers that be on this campus, we feel almost certain his
passing is imminent. But this is not what bothers us.
What does bother us is the rash of ridiculous rumors that has
marred this campus lately. What bothers us is the disrespect that Gene
Stallings and the football team have had to bear, along with the heavy,
heavy load of having a losing year.
What bothers us is that many Aggies have taken what is one of
the most embarrassing and anguishing moments of any man’s life, when
he is accused of being a failure, and converted it into a joke, a thing to
• delight and please the crowd.
It must be a terrible thing to go through. It must be hard on his
life, his family, his friends, and those who just respect him. But most of
' all, it must be a terrible burden upon him and the A&M football team.
One cannot expect a team to give 100 per cent every time on the
field when they know that they are playing for their coach’s job. One
cannot expect a coach to function at 100 per cent efficiency when he
must feel to be the object of ridicule. In a way, it may be said that we
will not have a better team until they, the players and the coaches, are
relieved of their burden.
But beyond the actual fact of winning or losing, there is the
moral obligation that we, the students, owe to any team or coach. A
student may regard Stallings, or even football, in a contemptuous
manner. If that is the case, more power to him; it is his privilege. But
we cannot see that it is a student’s privilege to ridicule a man who has
given his all for this university. We cannot see how it is a privilege to
ridicule a team who has worked for a victory as hard as they have.
The passing of Gene Stallings will affect this university very little.
Another losing football schedule will affect this university very little.
But, if Stallings must leave and the team must lose, then let them do it
in peace, not in ridicule.
Campus Chest nominations
are due for SMU game
Nomination forms for Miss
Campus Chest will become avail
able Tuesday and are due Wed
nesday, Nov. 3.
Announcement of the Miss
Campus Chest selection will be
made at a Campus Chest Drive
dance following the Nov. 6
A&M-SMU football game.
Awards from the drive residence
hall and Cadet Corps unit cam
paigns also will be made at the
8 p.m. dance in Duncan Hall.
Music for the dance will be pro
vided by “The Chaynes.”
Milton Nielson, drive chair
man of Alpha Phi Omega, said
nomination forms for Miss Cam
pus Chest may be obtained by
the Student Program Office in
the Memorial Student Center.
Nominations should also be
turned in there.
He said the dormitory drive
will start Monday.
Editor:
The Fall Aggie Blood Drive has
ended with a new record of 801
pints set. I would like to thank
the 1100 Aggies who either gave
or attempted to give to make the
drive such a success and to apolo
gize to the 20 people we had to
turn away for lack of facilities
at the time that they came.
The civilians made a great
showing. My dorm, Puryear, had
the highest percentage with four
per cent participating and will re
ceive an award proclaiming their
excellence. The Corps also did
well, with 100 per cent of the
White Band participating and will
receive equal recognition.
As long as I’m patting people
on the back, I believe the Student
Senate deserves much credit for
allowing Alpha Phi Omega to use
their name as a co-sponsor. It
really made us feel important.
With all this complimenting,
there must be a little condemna
tion of the participants. These
people, while giving the impres
sion of being “good guys” are
really very selfish. They only
thought of themselves, their fam
ilies, and fellow Ags. I hope this
fact will help ease the consciences
of those who found an excuse not
to donate.
It seems I have finally found
out who the two percenters are.
They are the only ones at Texas
A&M who give a damn.
Michael D. Ballew
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Editor:
Reading “Listen up” of Oct. 5,
I was reminded of something that
really bothers me. At the football
game Saturday I didn’t notice a
single civilian student, other than
myself, salute the flag during
the national anthem. Putting your
right hand over your heart is
the way a civilian salutes the
flag. Remember when you said
the pledge of allegiance in grade
school, Ags? You put your hand
over your heart. Right?
I would like to hear everyone
sing the “Star Spangled Banner”
as the band plays. “Texas, Our
Texas” and the “Spirit of Aggie-
land” make it but not our na
tional anthem. I suggest we have
a couple of the S.Q.’s in the press
box at the Baylor game to lead
the stands and see if we can’t
start another “new” tradition at
A&M.
Come on, Ags, next time you
see the flag being raised or low
ered take time out to stop and
salute it, if you’re really an
American you’ll feel a, little big
ger and better.
Keith Hazlewood ’74
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Editor:
I would like to raise a new
issue in the “ticket controversy”
surrounding A&M football
games.
This past weekend, I invited
my relatives up from San An
tonio to watch the A&M-Baylor
game. This group included my
two-year-old nephew. When I
went to purchase tickets for the
Bulletin Board
Tonight
Aggie Cinema will meet at 7:30
in the Art room of the Memorial
Student Center.
Wednesday
Fellowship of Christian Ath
letes meets in the Lettermen’s
Lounge at 9.
Sophomore Council meets in
room 3-D of the Memorial Stu
dent Center at 7:30.
Thursday
Radio Committee will meet in
the Art room of the Memorial
Student Center at 7:30.
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game, the teller said I had to
buy an additional $6 ticket for
the two-year-old.
I thought he was joking and
became more astonished as he
insisted that any additional per
son, regardless of age, had to
pay $6. Now my experience at
virtually any sporting event,
movie, or other leisure time ac
tivity is that standard ticket rates
start from from some minimum
age level (usually between six
and twelve years old). When I
explained to the teller that the
child would sit with me and not
take up an additional seat in the
stadium, I got a congenial “Sorry
About That” kind of reply.
It seems to me that the cur
rent ticket policy on rates is not
particularly conductive to good
alumni relations. Six dollars isn’t
much money but it certainly
seems ridiculous and extreme to
demand regular rates for young
children. Possibly, editor, you
might initiate an effort to change
this policy.
E. A. Copp
Graduate Student
Each ticket states that a ticket
is required for every person at
tending.—Ed.
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Editor:
The Corps of Cadets may be
come a campus minority; you may
add: “Like the fetus of an animal
... an arm here, a sensor there,
an internal organ somewhere;”
but this new A&M fetus may be
developing a cancerous arm, an
unstable internal organ that may
well make A&M a mediocre uni
versity like so many others. The
A&M we know stands strong be
cause of the Corps of Cadets.
Who besides the Corps of Cadets
attend yell practice; who besides
the Corps is faithful in spirit to
the bitter end during football
games; who besides the Corps de
mands neat appearance in stu
dents; who besides the Corps de
mands respect for faculty mem
bers; and who besides the Corps
demands a greater respect for
A&M?
“Ideas that range from those
of the weatherman ... to the
bomb-them-all people ...” may
make a university exciting but
too much excitement does not
make for rational decisions.
A&M remains now a school of
integrity and hope because it is
“A past-oriented school.” Perhaps
the Corps of Cadets and the tra
ditions of the past will become
“Only a minor part of campus
life,” but with the loss of past
traditions, will we also have bare
foot, dirty, long-haired, and foul-
mouthed students talking above
their professors? it has happened
in other universities. Let A&M
be very careful not to “throw
out the window” traditions that
should be kept and followed by
all, while accepting some changes,
as coeds and any civilians who
care to follow the Corps in Aggie
spirit and enthusiasm!
Mrs. Bill Chambers
Rochester, Texas
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Berry College alumni
Dr. James R. Scoggins, profes
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been elected a class representa
tive of the Berry College and
Berry Academy Alumni Council.
He was awarded a bachelor’s
degree in math and physics from
Berry College, Mount Berry, Ga.,
in 1962. Dr. Scoggins also has
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in
meteorology from Pennsylvania
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