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THE BATTALION Page 5C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1976 tradition, which was started on the eve of the Texas-A&M game in 1932, is to hold the gatherings at midnight. says, I lole ii| side itf seals 1 ell practice leads fall football fever alparj 1 i days I r hole A, v , e alfli By SANFORD RUSSO Battalion Staff I'A-a-a Ole Army.’ md the! ‘Yeah.’’ is kw'Got a fable for ya Army.’’ al alle said. [‘Get grodey.’’ \nd so the ritual of yell practice ptinues. Led by their elected yell leaders, students gather to practice the [ime-honored fighting threats that Ive become a trademark of Aggie otball fever. There are three types of yell prac tices: those held Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the conve nience of the Corps of Cadets, those held at midnight the night before the game and those held after the game. The tradition of midnight yell practice was started on the eve of the Texas-A&M game, 1932. The up perclassmen thought it would be “good bull ’ (an expression used to justify almost anything) to rouse the fish for a yell practice. Before long most of the campus had gathered on the steps of the Y building. Today, the cadence is blown by the brass and as the band sweeps by the crowd, the masses fall in behind it. WELCOME BACK TO AGGIELAND! To complete your room or apartment, visit The Added Touch for silk flowers and accessories. 114 PLEASANT (Turn at the Farm Patch offS. College on Pleasant St.) 846-2314 Tues. thru Sat. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. During the arm-to-shoulder pro cession, women should guard their backs because the fish (freshman) tradition, the “pinch,” more appro priately called the “grab,” is being practiced. As the crowd approaches Kyle, the rapid forward motion is slowed. Great caution should be taken be cause people are knocked down, shoes are kicked off and shoulders are separated at this point. Those who fall may be trampled. Kyle Field is open before the pro cession arrives and some choose to avoid the rush and get places early. The bottom of the horseshoe is the best place to hear what is going on. The yell leaders traditionally don’t use microphones and they can’t be heard when they get in “the hole.” Since Aggies award their dates with a kiss each time the team puts points the scoreboard, at midnight yell practice lights are dimmed and scoring practice commences. Fish light matches to spotlight their favorite upper-classmen when the lights are out. The books say that the fish light matches to show their burning desire to beat the opposing team. Another highlight of yell practice is the juniors doing their class number of pushups. This happens after a junior yell leader decides the crowd is going to beat the junior class hell out of the opponents of the the week. This is strictly a senior privilege. Fish are forbidden to watch this display so the sophomores attempt to distract the fish. The whole affair takes about thirty minutes and is rounded out with “Fifteen for team, farmers fight, call it a night.” After-the-game yell practices can be happy or sad. If the team wins, rather than carry the team members off the field, the yell leaders are chased down and carried to the nearest body of water. Today, this is the University Cen ter fountain. In the past it was the fish pond across from Sbisa Dinning Hall. From the steps of the nearest building (formerly the Y Building and now the Rudder Complex) the soaking-wet yell leaders conduct a yell practice. Upon losing a game, the Ags stay in the stadium and the yells are done once more to show the team that the fans still support them. Prices Slashed!! Texas Instruments electronic calculator uuith memory TI-2550TI was^s&^s: NOW $3495 Texas Instruments programmable slide-rule calculator SR-52 WAS $399=95) NOW *29995 nr Is raj UNIVERSITY TEXT BOOKS CALCULATORS SCHOOL SUPPLIES M BOOKSTORE AGGIE GIFTS & SOUVENIRS Animal acupuncture useful A Texas A&M professor of veteri nary medicine says acupuncture has' worked on humans and there’s no reason why it can’t work on animals. Dr. Bill McMullen, a large-animal clinician, said in a recent interview that acupuncture can eliminate pain, be used in animal surgery, and one day soon “may become another branch of veterinary medicine.” Research has shown, McMullen said, that needles placed in the proper areas can make life easier for cats and dogs and horses. “We are only scratching the sur face of animal acupuncture now,” he said, “but it offers a lot of promise. It will not be a replacement for the cur rent methods of veterinary medicine, but an addition to the practice.” Acupuncture can eliminate the pain of arthritis and offers great pos sibility in the treatment of shock in animals and in certain operations where an anesthetic might be dangerous, McMullen said. McMullen told The Associated Press he had witnessed an operation on a pony where two of the silver needles had been placed in the left ear. “The skin jumped when the knife passed through. The muscles reacted, but the pony looked straight ahead with no obvious pain. “On another occasion, two nee dles were placed in the hind legs of a dog and an incision was made in his stomach about four inches long. Once the operation was finished, the incision was closed, and the dog ran back to his room with no obvious pain,” McMullen said. “There has been a tremendous Opportunities available for singing students Opportunities for new students with vocal music interests are availa ble in the Singing Cadets, Century Singers and the Community Sin- gers. The Cadets and Century Singers operate through the Memorial Stu dent Center and share rehearsal facilities there. An all-male glee club, the Singing Cadets travels throughout the Southwest and has garnered appear ances at the White House, on televi- son and in southeastern Europe. Auditions for 20 to 25 new Cadets will begin the first day of fall semes ter classes. The group needs basses and second tenors. Sign-up for audi tion times is in the vocal music office, MSC 003, lower level near the Hassle-Free for students off-campus Hassle-Free is a Student Affairs’ organization designed to help stu dents cope with problems unique to the off-campus living experience. The program, now in its second year, aids day-students in handling a wide range of affairs, from obtaining late grade reports to signing apart ment leases. Forty volunteer representatives will reside in apartment complexes throughout the Bryan-College Sta tion area this fall, Tommye Moorehead, Hassle-Free coor dinator said. These reps will keep students in touch with University activities and offerings by posting apartment bul letin boards with announcements. Each rep will also provide students with handbooks explaining Univer sity and community services and agencies. i The reps will distribute a monthly newsletter, which outlines solutions to off-campus living problems. Moorehead said that Hassle-Free is the mediator between the growing number of off-campus students andi the University. Anyone interested in locating the nearest Hassle-Free rep should call 845-1741 or go by YMCA 108. games area. Bob Boone directs the Cadets. The Century Singers is a mixed chorus and is under the direction of Margaret McArthur. Auditions start the first day of classes with sign-up in the vocal music office. The Cadets and Century Singers will answer questions at Open House, Saturday on the MSC second floor. The Cadets are scheduled for a halftime performance and a January tour of the Panhandle. The Singers will join the Cadets in a Houston Symphony performance in November. For people who want to be a part of the community, The B-CS Com munity Singers welcome anyone who likes to sing and their first prac tice will be 7:30p.m. Sept. 2 in MSC 003. amount of research work in recent years that offers real good proof that acupuncture is more than hypnotism or hog-wash.” The A&M professor said acupuncture was first believed by some to be “post-hypnotic sugges tion or patient preparation. I’d like to know how post-hypnotism works with a horse. I went in with an open mind. It can be an ideal situation for a quack, no doubt about that. How ever, I see its future now.” McMullen said that in the past few months he has worked with eight or 10 horses using acupuncture and “we had amazing results with two of them, improvements in three, and no improvement in the others, but understand these were almost hope less cases. That is generally what we are getting on acupuncture, the hopeless cases. It would be nice to have the advantage to see what we could do in the routine cases.” The veterinarian said acupuncture is being used now on race horses suffering pain from various ailments. “I don’t look on that with too much favor, but at least it is not a drug that can be harmful to the horse.” r MSC V Cafeteria J Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. Each Daily Special Only $1.49 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 AM to 1:30 PM — 4:30 PM to 7 PM . 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