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By PETE HALE
Campus Reporter
A life-size statue of E. King Gill,
the original “Twelfth Man, ” has been
completed and will be presented to
Texas A&M University during Milit
ary Weekend, said Paul Gulig, chair
man of the Class of ’80 Gift Com
mittee.
The bronze monument will be
placed outside the gates at the north
end of Kyle Field, behind the Aggie
Club offices.
Mark Murphy, class of ’80 presi
dent, will make the dedication
March 1 at 9:30 a.m. A special guest
at the ceremony will be Gills’ niece
and closest relative, Mrs. C. B.
Nicholas of Pipe Creek.
Gill, class of ’24, gained fame at
Aggieland in 1922 when he was cal
led from the stands to suit up as a
reserve during the Dixie Classic
football game in Dallas. Coach Dana
X. Bibles’ team had suffered numer
ous injuries and Bible thought he
might need an extra player.
Although Gill never actually en
tered the game, his willingness to aid
his team sparked the Aggie tradition
of students standing during football
games to show their support as the
Twelfth Man.
The idea for the statue com
memorating Gill and the Twelfth
Man originated with the class council
in the fall of 1978. Money has been
raised through class dances, T-shirt
sales and other class projects.
Artist G. “Pat” Foley of Houston
was chosen to do the scupture. Foley
is also the creator of the “Planned for
the Future” figures in front of the
Memorial Student Center, and the
bronze eagle in Spence Park.
Gulig said the final payment on
the $14,000 statue will be made this
week. The granite base will cost
$1,054 and three plaques describing
Gill and the Twelfth Man cost about
$400. Ground preparation done by
the University cost the class about
$6,000, bringing the total cost to ab
out $21,000.
Gulig said the class expects to fin
ish payments for the monument with
money raised by the upcoming Ring
Dance.
“Everything looks good so far,”
Gulig said. “The statue is finished,
the base will be ready by the middle
of February, and tbe plaques are
already here.”
The University grounds mainte
nance department is on schedule
with construction of sidewalks, spe
cial lighting, additional landscaping
in preparation for the statue.
Gulig said the University has been
vry cooperative.
“We think it will be a very special
place,” he said.
Gulig said that in addition to the
gift being presented to the Universi
ty, the class of ’80 has also commis
sioned a special, limited edition of
the Gill statue in miniature. The 12-
inch, bronze replicas will cost $150,
and they are available to anyone
through the class of ’80.
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FRIDAY
ABILENE AREA HOMETOWN CLUB: The club will meet and have
a party at 7:30 in the Treehouse Apartments Party Room.
BAPTSIT STUDENT UNION: Will host a supper at 6:30 p.m. in the
Baptist Student Center for all International and American students.
HILLEL CLUB: Will hold Shabbat dinner and services at 6 p.m. in
the Hillel Foundation Bldg., 800 Jersey.
“HELP!“: The Beatles’ second picture features a kaleidoscopic compo
site of comic lunacies, mad capers and unpredictable Carollian
nonsense dialogue and gags in a wildly incredible wonderland of
spies, deities, villians, lovelies and loonies. Seven Beatle songs are
included. The move will show at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
“MAIN EVENT”: Barbra Striesand and Ryan O’Neal are cast as a
successful perfume manufacturer and a retired prize fighter, re
spectively. Barbra loses her fortune when her business manager
embezzles the company’s funds and Ryan must fight to help her
regain the money. The movie will show at 7 and 9:45 p.m. in
Rudder Theater.
“ALLEGRO NON TROPPO“: A film linking animation with classical
music, borrowing from and sending up tbe form of Fantasia for its
own purposes, will be shown at midnight in Rudder Theater.
SATURDAY
HILLEL CLUB: Will hold morning services with Melanie Aron at
10:30 a.m. at the Hillel Foundation Bldg., 800 Jersey.
“DEATH TRAP“: This Broadway play by Ira Levin will begin at 8 p. m.
in Rudder Auditorium.
“MAIN EVENT": Barbra Striesand and Ryan O’Neal are cast as a
successful perfume manufacturer and a retired prize fighter, re
spectively. Barbra loses her fortune when her business manager
embezzles the company’s funds and Ryan must fight to help her
regain the money. The movie will show at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. in
Rudder Theater.
“ALLEGRO NON TROPPO“: A film linking animation with classical
music, borrowing from and sending up the form of Fantasia for its
own purposes, will be shown at mignight in Rudder Theater.
EUROPE CLUB: Will have a welcome back party at 8 p.m. in the
Tanglewood South Apartments party room. Bring your favorite
drink and snack.
SUNDAY
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Will have a potluck lunch for
the Muslim community of Bryan-College Station at 11:30 a.m. in
145 MSC. Interested persons should either bring a dish to serve 20
portions or be charged $3.
DELTA Y: Will have a skating party at 4:15 p.m. at Pooh’s Park.
Everyone is invited.
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION: A Quran study class and chil
dren’s play will be held at 10 a.m. in 302 Rudder.
“A MAN, A WOMAN AND A BANK": Donald Sutherland and Brooke
Adams, a bnk robber and advertising photographer, respectively,
fall in love while Sutherland plans a bank heist. Adams takes his
picture, which is ironically used on a promotional bampaign for the
bank. The feature will show at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
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