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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980 MSC Cepheid Variable presents a Thurs., Oct. 30 "The Legend of Hell "The Haunting 1 House 1 8 p.m. in Auditorium 10 p.m. in Theatre 12:00 p.m. in Theatre All three features for $2.50 Guys and Gals Hair Design ARE CHANGING THEIR NAME TO MANHATTEN SOUTH MANHATTEN SOUTH DESIGN CENTRE STILL THE VERY BEST IN HAIR CARE! AND NOW WE’VE ADDED SOMETHING NEW! 112 Nagle at University 846-5761 A commitment to tradition. Kent Caperton will do justice to the legends and traditions of Texas A&M, and simultaneously add an invigorating spirit to the Texas Senate. Kent Caperton’s commitment to Texas A&M is undisput- able. He is a former student body president of TAMU, and later became an assistant to former A&M president, Jack Williams. Kent has also taught at A&M as a visiting lecturer in the College of Business. Kent understands the problems which Texas A&M faces. During the I980’s, he will be the ideal person to articulate and defend the needs of our university. He will fight to keep A&M strong, and will zealously guard the Permanent University Fund. Kent believes in A&M; he will work hard for its future. The new decade calls for a new kind of senator, an intelli gent, dedicated senator who represents the true feelings and interests of A&M students, Kent Caperton is right for the job. Kent Caperton is hard-working, forthright, and aggressive. Texas A&M deserves no less. Class of 71 President of Student Body Assistant to the President Distinguished Student Vice-President of MSC Council Scona Roundtable Co-Chairman - 1979 perton Cadets like spurs traditio By MARCY BOYCE Battalion Staff Jingle cap, jingle cap, jingle cap walk. Bottle cap spurs and an accompanying jingle cap walk readily distinguish freshmen cadets from the rest of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets this week as they prepare to confront Mustang mania Satur day at Southern Methodist University. The entire Corps will travel to Dallas this weekend for midnight yell practice and the football game the following day. The spurs traditionally are worn every year to raise spirit the week before the Texas Aggie-SMU Mustang football game, but also to remind all cadets that “before you can wear your senior spurs, you’ve got to wear your fish spurs,” Corps Operations Officer Phil Greilich said. Freshmen cadets usually make the spurs the weekend before SMU game following a week-long raid of campus vending machines and alleys beside local bars, Greilich said. The treasure hunt culminates in a mass bottle-cap pound-out on the quad in front of the Corps dormitories. The caps are punctured and threaded onto a clothes hanger which is wrapped around the freshmen’s heels and held on by a boot band. Some outfits require their freshmen to wear 84 caps on each shoe to represent their class year, while others wear the number of their squadron or company on each shoe, Greilich said. “Freshmen let their imaginations go wild on the way they can make them (the spurs) extend from the rear,” he said noting that upperclassmen often have to advise the freshmen how to angle the spurs to prevent tom pants. The trip to the SMU game this weekend is their first Corps trip of the year. Midnight yell practice will be held Halloween night on the parking lot of the Railhead on Greenville Avenue and Park Lane in North Dallas and a field across the street, Senior Yell Leader Mark Outlaw said. Kenny Davis, a comedian-singer, will be appearing in the restaur ant’s lounge which has a 300 seating capacity, he said. The mayor of Dallas, Bob Folsom, and distinguished members of the faculty have been invited to attend a parade of the Corps in downtown Dallas at 9 the following morning, Nov. 1, Greilich said. Beginning at Griffin and Young streets, he said, the Corps will march north on Griffin, turn right on Commerce street and pass a reviewing stand in front of what used to be the Baker Hotel. The Corps followed by Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry will then pro ceed down Commerce, across Akard Street where the Fighting Texas Aggie Band will play, turn right on Harwood and then disband at Young Street. Texas irimenl quire e rbing t Conve [epth of ie Texa (rocess k Ron Bi g on th Irocess i; source The U' — A s id the < — Air e burn, -The m and r ells. About ;mainde icther T sing the The Rt lid, and Brim he as cond> asterwoi “I’ve o ar,” Bi ember •ogram j Freshmen in the Corps are wearing bottle-cap “spurs” tkii week, in honor of the football game against the Southen Methodist University Mustangs this weekend. The numberol flattened bottle caps in a freshman spurs is decided by tils outfit. The toy et belov “There ound ir ergy ir ing to < in extract ‘We’re : techm I process ATTENTION STUDENTS If you are planning a Christmas Trip you should make your reservation NOW! Seats are limited. The sooner you make your reservation the better your chance of getting the flight and date you desire. London's custom aren t for tourish fecund th on the e There people do ® They 1 1 DO IT NOW! TODAY!! BEVERLEY BRALEY TRAVEL, INC. located in the Memorial Student Center. No tele phone reservations accepted for Christmas Travel. We have agents who speak Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Italian, English and some Texana. ~ Uni versfty T u th era fT ChapeU 315 N. College Main Hubert Beck, Pastor 846-6687 IOJhr\/T\L^ J/^y Wednesday Evening Candlelight Communion Service 10:00 P.M. WORSHIP SERVICES AT 9:15 A.M. AND 10:45 A.M. BIBLE CLASS 9:30 A.M. FELLOWSHIP SUPPER 6 P.M. HOLY COMMUNION (FOLK SETTING) 7 P.M. for Texas Senator. Pd. by Kent Caperton Campaign Committee. Tony Jones. Treasurer. 3506 E. 29th, Bryan, Texas 77801. Jbra/u/MgJjrei/pjyt/imy... WANT.ADS Battalion Classified 845-2611 INTEVEP, S.A. Research & Development Center. An affiliate of Petrbleos de Venezuela, S.A. INTEVEP carries out research & development in the areas of petroleum exploration, production, refining and petrochemicals. The research facility is located in suburban Caracas. The work atmosphere is dynamic and stimulating and our staff is young and committed. We are interested in interviewing chemists, chemical engineers, computer engineers, mechanical engineers, geotechnical engi neers, geochemists, geophysicists, geologists, petroleum engi neers and information science specialists who are pursuing graduate degrees and are interested in a career in applied re search. Venezuelan nationals are encouraged to apply. Bilingual candi dates preferred. Sign up to meet with us on OCTOBER 31. If unable to meet us on October 31, send your resume 750 Welch Road, Suite 204 Palo Alto, CA 94304 short films and video by southwest independent film makers two films by Texas film maker, AndyAndtrson Discussion led by artist. United Press International LONDON — In the lofty great hall of the Royal Courts of Juste, | six ambassadors, including America’s Kingman Brewster, gathersl before the Queen’s Remembrancer to watch a man count 61 nails, “This is an unusual, exceptional, even unique ceremony,” said tk Queen’s Remembrancer, Sir Jack I.H. Jacob. Nothing better illustrates how tightly the English cling to their past than this faintly comic “Rendering of the Quit Rents” — tk yearly rental payment to Queen Elizabeth for two plots of U nobody can even find. But Jacob, in his black robe and chest-lengh curled wig, said sud “time-honored traditions lie at the heart of the social fabric.” They are observed for the people, not for show. The British saw many ancient ceremonies for themselves, waiting until the tourist! have gone as if to prove that these traditions have genuine meanif and are not empty display. “Such ancient, time-honored, traditional ceremonies show ou pride in the past, our faith in the future,” said Jacob, whose oddoffici; of Queen’s Remembrancer is another ancient holdover. “And be-1 sides, they add a little color to our lives.” Hardly any page of living history goes back further than theanndj Quit Rents ceremony. The one held the other day was the 7l “It is older than Magna Carta,” Jacob said. “Some authoritiessayilj is older than any other ceremony but the coronation itself. “It is one of the oldest, most esoteric and distinctive ceremonies ii| English legal history.” So the lord mayor came in procession, all scarlet, lace and ostrich plumes. There were lords and ladies, justices and commissioners, four former lord mayors and four embassy heads dj mission. They watched a throwback to feudal times, when the king sottl times accepted as rent paid a token — a rose, a glove, a pepperci»| — instead of cash or service. Queen’s Remembrancer Jacob doffed his black tricorn hat till ritual three times, then outlined “a quit rent of extreme eccentricityj for a plot of waste ground called “The Moors” in the county d| Shropshire. The rent was first recorded in 1211, but the land’s location was in the shuffle of centuries. Now, Jacob said, it has been “found’il last. “In one bold stroke of creativity,” he said, current Lord Mayor Sc Peter Gasden picked a farm field in his native Shropshire declared it was “The Moors” of the quit rent. He even erected i plaque to solemnize the fact, and brought the farmer to London t« see the rent paid the ancient way, with a billhook and hatchet, Eight centuries of custom required city official Stanley F. Heatk to prove the billhook was dull and the hatchet sharp. Five times he struck a bundle of twigs with the billhook, then will a shrug held up the bundle uncut. But one blow of the hatchet sent!; severed half of the bundle whistling past his right ear. “Good service,” the Queen’s Remembrancer said. The second rent was first paid in 1235 by Walter le Brunt, wk squatted next to the London tilt yard of the Knights Templar and sel up a forge to shoe their horses and mend their armor. “The exact location of the forge has given rise to a great deal d research and speculation,” Jacob said. But after 745 years nobod; knows where it was. Its rent, hoewever, remains what it was then- six horseshoes and 61 nails. SOUTHWEST FILM AND VIDEO S k Dr. j Syst two nights of film and video by southwest film makers October 29 November 5