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Reflections
Bonfire, W-l, the wall .
By WILL ANDERSON
One more final and I’m out of
this place. Now is the time of year
to ask yourself, “What have I ac
complished?” It’s the time to sit
in the Chicken and reflect (as I am
doing now).
Let’s see, the high point of the
first semester was the bonfire.
That’s the time when non-regs and
c. t. s pull together and really work
as a team. They’ve been predicting
the end of the
bonfire for a
number of years,
and I suspect that
it won’t last long
after the Centen- ' v
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been a number of ^
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activities to replace it, like a door-
to-door drive for various charities.
Well, that’s a beautiful idea, but
it’s not quite the same.
When I was a fish, a former class
mate of mine who went to Texas
Tech asked me if there were girls
in the Corps. I said no, and the day
that there were I was getting out.
Well, W-l is here now, a gift from
the member of Corps staff, class of
1975. I’m staying after all, because
I was here first.
I was lectured outside the MSC
one afternoon for almost 20 min
utes by a senior on Corps staff who
said that W-l was “just another out
fit.” Right.
With special dorms, special uni
forms and special privileges, they’re
just another outfit. Right.
I read in an old copy of the Batt
some letters from several students
predicting the end of the Corps
within three years when A&M went
coed. They asked how long before
women would be in the Corps, the
fish drill team and even the band?
Those letters may have been pro
phetic, because I predict that some
day (I’m not going to put a date
on it), there will be girls in every
thing.
Maybe that’s good, but the only
reason I came to this hot spot on
the Brazos was for the Corps and
the fellowship it provides. You
could unashamedly embrace any
c.t. as an adopted brother at Final
Review. But if I ever embrace a
Waggie (heaven forbid), it will not
be as any kind of brother.
But, they’re just another outfit.
Right.
I have to admit that I like the
Wall. It really defines where the
campus ends and College Station
begins. But I question the wisdom
of building it when students’ dorms
could stand a little improvement.
(A little? I’ve heard stories of many
a good non-reg in Milner and Legett
being carried away in the middle
of the night by a pack of starved
cockroaches and never seen again.)
Students can sit up all night dur
ing football season trying to keep
other schools from painting on the
wall. Oh well, another tradition is
born.
I have been assured by a couple
of former students that our presi
dent, Dr. Jack Williams, is a good
Aggie and a great tribute to the
school.
I’ve really had my doubts about
how good an Aggie anyone can be
who knows so little about the
school. My suspicions seemed
to be confirmed during the campus
Muster ceremonies in G. Rollie
White. The Ross Volunteers were
approaching the speaker’s podium
for the 21-gun salute (one of the
most solemn moments in the cere
mony). Meanwhile, our president
was chatting with the person stand
ing beside him on the platform.
I was irritated by the president’s
lack of reverence. I don’t think
Pres. Williams understands the
school.
Student Government really got
off to a rotten start a few weeks
ago with student body president
Jeff Dunn’s aborted plan to request
an investigation of the Board of
Directors. It promises to be another
year of a government that accom
plishes little except back-room poli
tics and back-stabbing.
But I don’t know. Maybe I’m too
trusting, but I still think Dunn
may produce something of value,
given time. We’ll just have to wait
till next year.
But let’s not consider that yet.
It’s been a long year. If we’ve ac
complished nothing else, we have
a few more hours toward gradua
tion. Maybe that’s all we were sup
posed to accomplish.
Someday, we ll all be Fighting
Texas Aggie Former Students
(whoop, whooah) and we ll look
back on these troubled times as the
good old days.
So, join me at the Chicken, and
we’ll raise a glass to that.
Page 2
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1975
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Past editor lauds progress
Editor:
I am glad to note in the May 9
issue of the Texas Observer that the
“Battalion” and the “Texas Ob
server” were the first to break the
outrageous waste of public funds in
the luxury palace for A&M s Board
of Trustees. Later the Dallas News
carried a lengthy piece. It has been
the custom for years and still con
tinues for Trustees to regard stu
dents as receptacles with open ears
and heads for book knowledge dis
hed out by teachers. The idea that
they should have a part in the learn
ing process is slow to be recognized.
I graduated from Texas A&M in
1909 (T. E.) and was editor of the
Battalion in my senior year (repor
ter 1907-08). On the anniversary of
the strike of 1908 I wrote an editor
ial defending the action of the stu
dents. I “buried it in the middle of
the .copy which had to go to the fa
culty committee, but it was disco
vered. I was called on the carpet and
“admonished”. The article was con
fiscated. I graduated in the spring
without penalty. I have never been
an “Aggie” in the commonly ac
cepted use of the term (no reference
to “joke paranoia ”). It was a good
technical college. I just was never a
football or military “nut”.
I hope the Battalion will continue
to be critical of the way the school is
run. I am glad it is now co-ed (40
years late).
Carl P. Brannin, ’09
No thanks
Editor:
To the two campus cops who
lacked the good sense, courage or
initiative (I suspect all three) to help
me on the night of May 4 when I ran
in the hailing storm after my car had
stalled in the middle of a flooded
highway, thanks for nothing.
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To the two Aggie jocks who were
kind enough to take me to a phone
so I wouldn’t lose my job and so I
could call my husband, and who
went to the inconvenience of driv
ing me back to the car and starting it
for me, I thank you. You restored
my faith in the human race as well as
kept me from going into hysterics.
Apparently the only thing the
police force on campus can do with
any enthusiasm or deftness is give
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Stolen radio
Editor:
I address this letter to the person
or persons who broke into my truck
last week and stole my Citizens
Band Radio. You have taken from
me a valuable tool I intended to use
in my summer job and in public ser
vice. (I was the first to arrive in Cal
vert after the recent tornado.)
Therefore I offer you the follow
ing proposition. You may call
845-4493 and tell me where I can
pick up my radio — I don’t care to
see you or know your name. I’ll
even pay for the window you
smashed.
You keep the radio and when
you’re caught you’ll be stuck with a
felony which I will prosecute to the
full extent of the law. Since C. B.
Radios are licensed by the Federal
Government, the crime may fall
under the jurisdiction ofthe F.B.I. I
hate to think one of my fellow Ag
gies did this, but if so I hope he is
decent enough to understand that I
worked and budgeted my money for
quite a while to pay for my C. B. I
would appreciate its return.
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Ken Martin Steakhouse
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Andre’s Bike Shop
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Bill’s Barber and Style Shop
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Budget Tapes and Records
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