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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1979
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‘Impossible’ drill set
for Aggie Band Saturday
By CAROL AUSTIN
Battalion Reporter
It’s freezing cold, the sun has just about gone
down, and the Aggie Band is still out there prac
ticing.
“We won’t get it perfect until Saturday, but we
will have a perfect drill for the game, said James
Dees, head drum major.
Dubbed “the impossible drill a few years back
after students ran the drill through a computer, it
was promptly rejected on the premise that two peo
ple cannot be in the same place at the same time. At
midfield, the band splits into two segments which
cross diagonally with each other.
“It’s accomplished by putting your foot through
the stride of the man in front of you, the one you re
crossing through,” Dees said.
“It takes a lot of concentration, said Thierry
Work, a freshman from Normandy, France.
A popular misconception is that the Band uses
computers to plot its drills. Saturday’s drill was
drawn up by Dees.
“We re doing the impossible, plus. It s a cross-
through with a new twist. Dees said.
The 252-member marching hand will rely upon
such staples as “the Aggie War Hymn, “Noblemen
of Kyle,” “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and “Theme
from Patton,” familiar crowd pleasers.
There is an element of rivalry between the fight-
in’ Texas Aggie Band and the Texas band, billed as
the Showband of the Southwest.
“Naturally, that’s to be expected just because of
who they are,” said sophomore Rodney Kret.
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A&M program
teaches about sd
A handkerchief, dollar bill,
pencil, sharp stick, rubber band,
safety pin, piece of string, flat
rock, key, paper clip, old buckle
and book of matches — which
could you use if you were ship
wrecked?
Adults may need to give this
some thought, but there are
numbers of elementary school
students who know immediately
that these items can be survival
tools. They learned from reading
literature about the sea in a spe
cial program developed by Texas
A&M University.
The elementary program,
funded by the federal Sea Grant
program and conducted by the
Texas A&M Department of En
glish, often provides young stu
dents with their first glimpse of
the world of water while intro
ducing them to sea-related litera
ture.
The project is coordinated by
David Stewart, head of the De
partment of English. Publica
tions and classroom materials
have been developed by Norma
Bagnall, also of the Department
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ujoritij
of English.
“We are stressing
awareness,” Bagnall said,"'!
the same time wearer
the national re-einpliasis
reading skills. The
people in the United State
within 100 miles of an ocean
one of the Great Lakes, yeti®
children within this grouptuv
never experienced the oceans
Great Lakes first hand."
The first step of the proas
involved the compilation a
publication of a bibliography
children’s marine-related lili
ture and information books,n
tied “Sea Sources. Thisledli
pilot marine awareness le
package developed and
sroom tested by Bagnall.
The package, for use in
kindergarten through sev<
based on eight hooks bynatiot
ly recognized authors.
Bagnall’s book will be availil
in time for the third phase
program, the fifth annual
dren’s Literature of the Sea
nar which will be Feb. 1
Texas A&M.
L-o 2
Truck deregulations
could aid consumers
Deregulation of the trucking in
dustry could mean lower consumer
costs, says a Texas A&M University
economics professor.
Dr. Thomas Saving said deregula
tion will force more competitive
pricing and a wider variety of ser
vices. The industry will provide
quick shipment for expensive pro
ducts that companies don t want to
warehouse. Slower shipment will be
available for companies that can
afford to store their stocks, he said.
Companies will have to pay more
for the faster service, but they will
not have to pay the more expensive
cost of warehousing a product, Sav
ing said, adding that could mean an
overall decrease in consumer pro
duct costs.
The conclusions are among the re
names Kn
Agricultm
suits of a study conducted byS> p. or l^ a '
for the National Science Founil Lnnstmas
in which he tried topredictcoils prices ran
ences of deregulating the trui
industry.
He predicted the outcome
be much like what bappenediil
airline industry when govemi
recently took away its control
day. Saving said, air travefei
less for fares than before dere
tion.
The study pointed out thatnA United l
tions requiring truckers to omnEW YOR
on a first-come, first-serve bassHo was kidna
government-sanctioned priu ombian terror
through rate bureaus have adcRnplained tl
the inefficiency of the iiakvn forgotte
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Gunshot wound kills semC^j
Taps to honor two Tuesdw^^
Silver Taps for Neal W. Hahn, 22, shot wound as cause of death. Ijhenon-jur
and Douglas C. Wright, 23, Texas
A&M University students, is tenta
tively set for Tuesday.
Hahn, an economics major, was
found in his apartment Tuesday
night. Peace Justice Mike Calliham
issued a ruling of self-inflicted gun-
is the tentl
semester.
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