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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, October 24, 1972
THE BATTAUCt
Listen Up —
The Issue Begins: Yell Leaders
Pro And Con
Editor:
Cindy McLain writes that the
idea of female yell leaders abhors
her. I suspect she meant that
she abhors the idea, but, anyway,
her point is well taken. I, too,
am disgusted by the thought of
having a bunch of girls leading
“Farmers Fight.”
As a matter of fact, I am amaz
ed that rational thinking people
of any sex would want to utter
such tripe. The A&M yells severe
ly diminish the possibility of gain
ing respect from the other con
ference members for a team that
already bears the burden of living
down a nickname like the “Ag
gies.”
Until all those ludicrous
K-Y-L-E F-I-E-L-D-type things
are scrapped, the chance of field
ing any type of respectable yell
team seems remote.
But to return to Miss McLain’s
original point—the co-ed opposi
tion to female yell leaders. It’s
to be expected, I suppose. How
ever, the type of exploitation and
chauvinism that her attitude rep
resents is disappearing in most
parts of the civilized world due
to the equality-of-the-sexes
movement. One would think that
the female students, who are al
ready thriving in their predomi
nantly male environment, would
not be so quick to begrudge us
males a few chicks in short skirts
to stand alongside those handsome
fellas in Mr. Clean suits.
Perhaps they’re merely afraid
that the corps would be embar
rassed at not being able to find
any Candidates agile enough to
do back flips or strong enough
to hoist 115 lbs. into the air after
a touchdown. Out of this whole
ridiculous yell-leader-cheerleader
controversy only one thing seems
certain: A&M would have to do
a considerable amount of house
cleaning before it would merit
Hank Paine’s suggested tag of
“The University of Texas at Col
lege Station.”
Burt Cummings
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Female yell leaders is one of
the best ideas I’ve heard of in
quite a while. One of A&M's old
est traditions of an all male uni
versity was broken some time
ago. Let’s face it, the girls are
here to stay and they deserve
an active part.
I realize that the freshman
throwing the yell leaders in the
fish pond after a win is another
tradition. Well what is wrong
with a female yell leader taking a
little dip in the pond too? After
all U.S. girls are quite good
swimmers as evidenced by the
'72 Olympics.
As far as visualizing five girls
and five boys dressed in maroon
and white uniforms leading any
yell it would be okay with me.
I would love to see five girls in
short dresses leading yells, it
would probably inspire me to yell
louder!
Women students have come to
A&M, and for that I am thank
ful. I love many of our old tra
ditions, but I am open minded
enough to want to see some new
ones. We have some great look
ing chicks going to this university
and it is time to shed the all male
Student Request For Sale Of Beer, Wine
On UT-Austin Campus Is Felled By Regents
AUSTIN, (A*) — University of
Texas Regents have turned down
in effect, a request by students
to permit the sale of beer and
wine on the UT-Austin campus.
Regent Frank Ikard of Wichita
Falls moved to support the stu
dent union’s board of directors in
their efforts to work out legal
complications with the City of
Austin and the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission.
But the motion was tabled 5-3.
CADET SLOUCH
Voting for it, and thus against the
sale of beer and wine on campus
were Jenkins Garrett of Fort
Worth, Dr. Joe T. Nelson of
Weatherford, Dan Williams of
Dallas, A. G. McNeese of Hous
ton and chairman John Peace of
San Antonio.
Voting against the motion and
in favor of working out the legal
difficulties were Ikard, Frank C.
Erwin Jr. of Austin and Mrs.
Lyndon B. Johnson of Stonewall.
by Jim Earle
f) in
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“If only we could have made the big push during th’
first 2 minutes instead of th’ last 2 minutes . . .
Legal hurdles to campus sales
of alchololic beverages were an
Austin city ordinance prohibiting
the sale of beer, wine and liquor
within 300 feet of a church or
school and an ABC rule that
liquor licenses must be in the
name of private persons or bus
inesses.
The student union is a non
profit corporation.
Erwin said allowing a business
to run a concession on campus
would be a dangerous precedent
for the regents to set, but was
in favor of trying to solve the
legal problems.
Steve Van, a former student
union president, said funds from
the sale of beer and wine would
help upgrade union services.
“Students are spending the
money anyway,” said Van. “What
I'm saying is I want the union to
keep the money and Use it to in
crease services.” * 5
Garrett said selling liquor on
campus would ultimately put UT
in the “police business.”
“It’s not a moral issue to me
We’re getting into the beer bus
iness and that has all the prob
lems of being in the beer business.
It’s being administered by an edu
cational institution does not min
imize the problems,” Garrett said
Van said he hoped the matter
would come before the regents
again when the legal questions
are answered.
Peace said, however, the vote
“clearly indicates the majority of
the Board of Regents is against
the University going into the beer
or wine business or to permit a
beer or wine operation on the
University campus.
Cbe Battalion
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appearance of yell leaders.
Jerome Urbanosky ’75
★ ★ ★
Editor:
We, as eight Maggies, are tired
of being asked “Why did you
come to A&M?”. The question is
sinister enough, but the look in
the eyes of the questioner is some
thing else.
We came to A&M because it is
something special. No other
school could have the total sup
port of its student body to carry
out the functions that A&M does.
Imagine TU trying to hold Sil
ver Taps. It would more than
likely turn into something less
than a riot.
The traditions of A&M are
what makes this school unique.
One such tradition is male yell
leaders. We feel the word “male”
should not even be omitted from
the list of qualifications. There
will always be those girls who
would like to run for yell leader.
Who knows, in a couple of
years they might even win. And
what would follow such an inno
vation in the traditions of A&M ?
Women in the band, or, God for
bid, a girls’ Drill Team.
We are thankful that we are
students of A&M now. Once
changes such as these begin they
are hard to stop and A&M be
comes just another college like
all other colleges across the na
tion.
Elizabeth Allison Alice Holmes
Becky Beardsley Brenda Lake
Denise Drury Terry Naugle
Kathy Graham Carolyn Shoaf
CLASS OF ’76
★ ★ ★
Editor:
I’ve never been more upset after
reading a paper than I am to
night after reading THE BAT
TALION. I am referring to the
articles about considering female
yell leaders for A&M.
I’ve always considered A&M to
be different than any other
school in the nation. It is built on
tradition, the tradition of former
students who now are more loyal
to their school than any I have
ever heard of. The money they
send here, the love of the school,
and their respect for anyone who
has ever graduated from here is
unequaled anywhere.
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I’ve witnessed this since I was
a kid because my father gradu
ated in 1950. I believe we owe
these former students something.
I believe we have a duty we can
be proud of: to carry on the tra
ditions of these great former stu
dents.
I came to A&M because it was
different than any other school.
If you don’t want a school that is
proudly different, why not attend
T.U. ?
L. G. Raun, Jr. ’76
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Last Friday night I was privi
leged to attend the Town Hall
concert given by ‘Bread’ and Eng
land Dan and John Coley. Note
that there were two groups for
this performance, as there usually
are. Few members of the audi
ence seemed to know.
I and others I have talked to
since am quite embarrassed and
somewhat perturbed at the dis
play of crudeness and rudeness
that most of the audience showed
to England Dan and John Coley
not to mention those members of
the audience who wanted to hear
these performers.
Anyway, throughout their
tire performance there was
stant loud talking and
walking around in the audj
And towards the end of their
formance some people wouldi
start to applaud every thru
music lowered in intensity ah
er or not the song was on
question, too, whether at the
of their part of the show,
audience was clapping just
cause it meant ‘Bread’
next or because they enjoyed
first group.
If groups continue to
this sort of treatment, I’nui
that word will get arouni
booking agencies, managers,
the groups themselves that,lj
audiences are not the best I
it may get hard to find gn
that will be willing to peril
here.
So come on Aggies, gm
and show a little respect to
groups as well as to the rir,
the audience. We have all
for the show and some of Wi
want to hear it.
Pete Dario
BRYAN
OUT OF TOWN
MAILING LETTERS posed problems for A&M students
and College Station residents this weekend when both the
Air Mail and Out-of-Town drop boxes were filled at the
College Station Post Offices. Perhaps the sudden ii
of outgoing mail was caused by another lonely Aggie wee
end. (Photos by Doug Kirk>
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