Page 2 THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1975
Concert tickets?
Editor:
I am a lover of music, and Blood
Sweat and Tears has always held a
dear spot in my heart. It’s too bad,
really, that myself and hundreds of
other poor saps won t get to go to the
concert unless we lay out four bucks
for reserved seat tickets.
It’s also really unfortunate that so
many thousands of other lucky jerks
will get to see the concert free.
What’s more, it is really sad that the
reason that I don’t get to go like
those other students is because all
the tickets were given out before I
could get one.
It’s damned unfortunate that I
couldn’t get over to the programs
office sooner because of my
academic schedule that allows abso
lutely no free time the first three
days in any given week.
May I suggest that in the future
they pass out a given number of tic
kets each day so that dudes like me
will have an equal chance of fighting
for a ticket to the concert?
Lee Thomas
Endzone seats
Editor:
When I saw my football tickets
today, my worries were over about
the new ticket distribution system.
Now that I’m a senior, I finally get to
sit in the endzone again, just like my
freshman year. After two years of
suffering through 10, 20 and even 25
yard line tickets, my faith was con
firmed in the Aggie system. I don’t
know whether to thank the Student
Senate, the Athletic Department,
or the helpful lady at the window for
my good fortune of being able to set
in the endzone during my senior
year, so thanks to everyone.
Russell Hamley
Ol’ Rev.
Editor:
I am a fifth year senior this semes
ter and it feels really good to be
“back home.’ The ceremonies and
memorial yell practice have just
been completed for Reveille III and
I daresay that each student who at
tended could not call such an activ
ity a “morbid spectacle ”! Since Re
veille III became the school mascot,
A&M has seen many changes occur.
One who has observed more
changes than any of us. Reveille III
will now rest near the archway into
Kyle Field.
The Aggie mascot has done as
much as any one tradition here at
A&M to unite the student body.
She signifies the qualities that each
Aggie should strive for during his
life. Let us treat our mascot with a
little more respect from now on and
let her be a reminder to us to show a
little more respect and friendliness
to our fellow students.
Steven D. Roper
SLOUCH
By JIM EARLE
“What I miss about home games is not getting to
leave early!”
‘Gold rush’ no rush atal
. Herbert Coine and Irwin Shiske, _ costs in returning gold W,
Associated Press
It was as if a great gong were
struck and gave off no sound, oi
some fireworks were lofted into the
sky and no bursting kaleidoscope
showered down.
The “great gold rush ol 1975
turned out to be a creep, said an
important gold dealer. 1 here was no
rush, no eagerness to own the pte-
cious metal that in bullion form had
been banned to Americans for 41
years.
Associated Press Business Analysis
Herbert Coine and Irwin Shiske, costs in returning gold barst,
vice presidents of J. Aron & Co an market. They realized that
, , i .*- 1-vnv*Izinr firm yoki wasn t tmxzat/o .uJ
'The media did a great sej
the public in pointing out It
drawbacks, by pointing 0ut i I
gold bars were not a panacea?
that prices go down and up.” ^
Rescinding of that ban last Dec.
31 was accompanied by great ex
citement and expectations of a rush
to gold dealers. Many had expected
people even woidd draw money
from savings accounts to buy gold.
Hucksters forecast big price rises.
The peak price, around $190 an
ounce, was reached just about the
time the public was permitted to
buy bullion, which is the metal in its
rather plain, unfabricated, bar or
wafer forms. The price this week
was around $150. Some boom!
What killed the gold boom?
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banking firm gold was,/, alway, „ eg0 ^
which puts industrial and commer- they eventually realized^,
cial buyers and sellers together - have to pay $25 to $50 an 0 L
they are more or less disinterested obtain an assay prior to S al e .
observers of retail markets — gives “ :J
this assessment:
There was a lack of tradition of
gold ownership in the United
States. Americans apparently are
unlike Europeans, who tend to
place great faith in the ability of gold
to retain its value during inflation or
collapse.
But even before the lifting on the
ban on bullion, Americans were
permitted to own certain gold coins.
Many smart people already had
satisfied their longing for gold by
purchasing these coins. They didn t
have to wait until Dec. 31.
Thirdly, the price of gold kept ris
ing, and Americans are wary of buy
ing items on the rise. Sometimes
they might conclude that prices,
though high, might continue rising.
This time they didn’t think so. They
were correct.
Finally, there were too many
“anxiety elements” to owning gold.
“There was a carnival atmosphere, a
,feeling that flamboyant operators
(would bilk the public.” There was a
fear of financially weak dealers
j going bankrupt.
There were fears also that bars of
alloys would be plated to look like
gold, and there were fears that some
dealers would make extraordinary
profits.
Finally, they said, Americans be
came aware of the difficulties and
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