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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, October 25, 1972
THE BATTALION
Listen Up—
Students Attack Concept Of Female Cheerleaders
Editor:
In regard to the issue of fe
male cheerleaders, I would like to
express a few beliefs which I
hope I share with many other
Ags.
The main point of my argument
against female cheerleaders is not
whether or not women have a
definite place Jn athletics at
A&M (they have proven that
they do), but instead I am con
cerned with the loss of uniqueness
at this school.
Sure, every other school around
has their male-female cheerlead
ing unit with their matching cos
tumes, leading a crowd of bell
ringers, pennant wavers, and
horn-blowers. But never by bells,
flags, horns, or colorful clothing
has any school come near to reach
ing the effect of A&M’s simple,
yet extremely coordinated, yell
ing system.
Perhaps I will be called a tra
ditionalist, but I feel that our
style of yelling, being initiated
by men, needs to be carried on
by men. I am quite glad to see
women at A&M, and I feel they
would be capable of doing a good
job of generating spirit. But how
can we let A&M lose its individ
uality to become just another coed
university ?
I suggest to those who favor
female cheerleaders that they
compare Aggie spirit and crowd
response to that of our “neigh
bor” 100 miles to the west. I be
lieve that most everyone will
agree that A&M has the better
means of coordinating school
spirit—male yell leaders.
John Vaughan '75
★ ★ ★
Editor:
In answer to Mr. Cummings’
degrading remarks about Texas
A&M, it would be a sad state of
affairs if A&M were to break
down its traditions to become
like that of another university,
the fact that we are different is
what makes TAMU a unique uni
versity.
Texas A&M is proud of its tra
ditions which includes male yell
leaders and the yells that we
have. Our yells are not like other
schools because they were strictly
formed by the student body long
ago, and now are traditional. Oth
er universities have “cheers” sim
ilar to those of high schools, and
we are glad that ours are differ
ent.
Although, the tradition of male
yell leaders should never be
changed, we feel that it wouldn’t
be hard to find some qualified
member of the Corps who could
lift 115 lbs. and do a back flip
with agility. Contrary to his be
lief, ‘True Aggies’ are proud to
bear that nickname. We agree
with L. G. Raun, Jr.’s statement
that he came to A&M because
he was proud of its traditions and
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we feel that if Mr. Cummings
feels the way he does about A&M,
he should go to T.U.
David Veal
Jim Knight
Ricky Marbach
★ ★ ★
Editor:
In the last week a few of our
student leaders (mark the term
“leader” because this is my sub
ject) have been strongly attempt
ing certain changes in our stu
dent organization. Progressive
change at A&M is good, however
change for the sake of change is
not. I refer to the recent idea of
female Yell Leaders.
Perhaps many fail to under
stand that the five Yell Leaders
have a position of leadership and
not merely one of cheer and pre
stige. These leaders have the re
sponsibility to 1) provide student
input to the Athletic Department,
2) Control students at sport
events, 3) Build the Bonfire, and
4) Provide direction to the Fish
Yell Leaders. The Head Yell
Leader is also a member of the
Southwest Conference Sportsman
ship Committee and a member of
the President’s Advisory Commit
tee.
An excellent example of good
Yell Leader leadership and con
trol happened last Saturday.
When we were singing the
Twelfth Man an over-joyous TCU
student made the mistake of “rub
bing in the victory” and began to
mimic the Aggie spirit. This cre
ated an immediate reaction in the
stands and with a few cries of
“Old Army Fight” about 45 Fish
began pouring out onto the turf.
Much to the disappointment of
many heated Ags, the crowd was
turned back and a fight was pre
vented by the Yell Leaders. How
much control would a pretty
cheerleader have had ?
The Aggie Bonfire is perhaps
the biggest A&M event that re
quires strong leadership. The Yell
Leaders run Bonfire. Much plan
ning and organization goes into
this massive project. Can a stat
us-symbol with a nice smile com
mand trucks, security, communi
cation, heavy equipment, finances,
maintenance, and tractors as well
as 4,000 male cutters, stackers,
and loaders in a gigantic construc
tion project?
At many universities pretty
twirlers, homecomings, and floats
are nice; but this is Texas A&M
rich in a different kind of tradi
tion and excitement. Even though
we now have a female population,
the preponderance is still heavily
on the male side. By the very na
ture of our organization we still
require strong positive leadership
by Yell Leaders elected for abil
ity and not cheerleaders elected
for Football-game decoration.
Jan Bertholf
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Editor:
I would like to remove the illu
sion that many students have that
football players receive preferen
tial treatment. Many people seem
to think that college athletes have
it so easy.
I feel that college athletes have
it much harder than regular stu
dents. To be an athlete one must
work very hard and sacrifice
many things in which regular stu
dents enjoy.
Some people think that the
three freshmen athletes recently
involved in the incident where the
cars were damaged received pref
erential treatment. In his deci
sion, Dean Powell, probably took
in consideration the time, effort,
and sacrifice that these young
men have and will invest in this
institution.
I am in no way defending the
three freshmen athletes, because
they were wrong, but I’m merely
trying to point out that the life
of a college athlete is anything
but easy. As a matter of fact,
many students at this university
would have already packed up
and left, if they had to go through
the punishment that the three
young men are receiving.
Michael Bruton
★ ★ ★
Editor:
We were all aware of the great
increase in the number of bicycles
on campus which has taken place
in the last year. This - is under
standable since a bicycle is very
practical campus transportation
and can be lots of fun.
However, there are certain
times when a student speeding
across campus on his bike is a
nuisance and a safety hazard.
Every day there are near colli
sions between pedestrians and cy
clists on campus. A sidewalk
crowded with students is no place
to ride a bicycle.
Some people seem to have the
attitude that since they are on
a bicycle and are going faster
than people walking, they have
the right of way. This is contrary
to accepted traffic rules which
state that a vehicle should always
yield to a pedestrian. Some stu
dents seem to get a thrill by try
ing to get as close as possible to
a person as they speed around
him.
It should be understood that
bicycles are vehicles, just like cars
and motorcycles. There are too
many people on campus to allow
bicycles to be ridden in crowded
areas. Bicycles should be kept off
the sidewalk and ridden in the
street with other vehicles.
Darrell Dunn *75
‘Atom Smasher’
Hospital Cancer
Treating
Patients
The University of Texas M. D.
Anderson Hospital and Tumor In
stitute is now treating cancer
patients at A&M’s cyclotron.
TAMU conducted an extensive
series of animal tests in prepa
ration for human treatment at
the $6 million nuclear installa
tion, often called an “atom
smasher.” The university also
constructed a patient reception
building and converted one of the
cyclotron chambers into a treat
ment room.
Joint announcement of the
“fast neutron therapy” program
was made last spring by Dr. R.
Lee Clark, M. D. Anderson presi
dent, and Dr. Jack K. Williams,
TAMU president.
A&M Aquanauts
The two institutions received a
$484,000 grant from the National
Cancer Institute for first - year
operations. NCI has pledged sup
port of the program for at least
three years.
The Anderson-TAMU program
is the only one of its type in the
U. S. Anderson officials noted
considerable success has been re
ported in treatment of cancer pa
tients with high-energy neutrons
at Hammersmith Hospital in
London.
“We feel this is a highly sig
nificant undertaking which holds
promise of being an effective
means of treating certain types
of human cancers,” Dr. Clark
noted in the initial announcement.
“We think this technique will
have the added benefit of allow
ing the patient to receive fewer
treatments of radiation than re
quired by current procedures.”
“A&M has considerable
strength in the nuclear science
and engineering fields and is
proud to have its facilities and
other resources used for this im
portant program,” Dr. Williams
stated.
Dr. Clark said patients are
driven by limousine from Hous
ton to College Station twice a
week. The patients are accompa
nied by a registered nurse who
also is a radiotherapy technician.
Arrangements have been made
with Bryan-College Station phy
sicians and hospitals in the event
special medical care should be re
quired for any patient while at
the cyclotron.
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live on the surface but make daily
trips to the habitat carrying air
tanks, mail, food and equipment.
Fife noted Shapiro can make
quick trips to and from the habi
tat because his body will not be
come saturated with nitrogen dur
ing the short period he will be on
the ocean floor.
The habitat being used by the
TAMU group was designed and
built by the Perry Foundation,
which makes it available to scien
tists throughout the country. It
is called Hydro-Lab. It is 16 feet
long and eight feet in diameter.
Fife considers the unit to be
“especially good.”
“Contrary to the tendency of
engineers to make habitats more
•sophisticated,” he pointed out,
“this one has been made more
simple and fool-proof.”
Even before going under for
this seven-day stay, Fife is al
ready thinking about a 14-day
mission to determine if any phy
siological deterioration takes
place after a longer stay at such
depths.
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