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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1980
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has published three times this fall
and said he hopes to continue, if the
lioney appears.
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By WILEY GILMORE
Battalion Reporter
1 A grin threatened to invade Don
|Meyer’s face, but never quite
[appeared. It just idled along at the
corners of his mouth.
1; It was the kind of almost grin that
one tries to stifle when he’s just given
Jmeone a hot-foot and is waiting for
the victim to react; or when he’s slip
ped a whoopee cushion into your
ir and you’re about to sit down.
J Meyer was in the Memorial Stu
dent Center Wednesday, talking ab
out his very own newspaper, Roger’s
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the title after his name
that Walter Cronkite
has today, ” Meyer said.
I‘Tiie most trusted man
in America. ”
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plane crash in Alaska in 1953.
■Rogers’ death was mourned then
vivith much of the same intensity as
, John Lennon’s is now.
■' “He had the title after his name
ithat Walter Cronkite has today,”
Meyer said. “The most trusted man
iyi America.
H“Outside of Bob Hope,” he con
tinued, “no one today commands
JUch allegiance.”
^■leyer’s paper is a collection of
ibiginal material, written by his
ptaff,” including the perpetually
elusive editor-in-chief, Elliot Gran-
Adams.
■ The material is topical and mostly
pented toward politics. The paper’s
augural issue in September stated
its intent to be guided by the spirit of
Will Rogers and to “pay homage to
the man who made America laugh.”
Meyer, 30, publishes the paper at
his own expense, and he said, the
average cost per issue is about $180.
Meyer has published one issue
each in September, October and
November. He distributes copies
free at the MSC on the first Tuesday
of each month.
Meyer, who was bom in Oklaho
ma, came to this area two years ago
with his wife and son. He said he
works part-time and is enrolled as a
special student at Texas A&M, tak
ing courses required for the certified
public accountant examination.
Rogers’ Will is somewhat self-
indulgent, Meyer said. “This is
something I had dreamed about
doing for a long time,” he said.
“Handing out a paper for free is
not practical,” he said, “but it
seemed to be the right time.”
The paper concentrated on the na
tional elections in each issue. It also
has several departments, including
editorial, letters and a few advertise
ments.
Lurking within the paper are
some gentle grins. From the Novem
ber issue: “A candidate should only
be allowed to make a promise which
he can afford to pay for out of his own
pocket.”
Also: “Those congressmen who
lose (in the general election) will re
turn in a capacity known as a lame
duck, which is undoubtedly an insult
to ducks. At least a duck knows how
to keep his tail feathers dry and his
head above water. ”
The second page of the paper con
tains its only concession to adverti
sing; not really advertising of pro
ducts but of additional services
offered by the paper.
One is “Buy a Compliment,” a
service in which the paper will send
the customer a letter of commenda
tion for a dollar and the significant
details of the achievement.
Also available is a monthly letter
to parents. The ad guarantees that
each letter will include a request for
more money.
But Meyer waxed most poetic ab
out the homemade cookie service.
Each Thursday, for $2, he said
The Will delivers a dozen home
made chocolate chip cookies to the
subscriber or to his or designee.
“We deliver the cookies in a
brown bag with a Will Rogers quota
tion lettered on the side,” Meyer
said, “and on the other side of the
bag is a ‘thank you’ or your own per
sonal message.”
“We have a lady who diets all week
long just so she can have her dozen
cookies,” Meyer said, almost suc
cumbing to the grin at the corners of
his mouth. “They go down all at one
sitting,” he added.
Meyer cited testimonials of illnes
ses cured and depressions relieved
by the therapeutic powers of the
cookies.
He likewise alluded to the news-
From the November
issue: “A candidate
should only be allowed
to make a promise which
he can afford to pay for
out of his own pocket. ”
paper’s superiority for the house
breaking of puppies. He added that
canaries seem to sing better when
The Will is with them (in their
cages.)
Meyer did not put out a Decem
ber issue due to lack of money.
“Tve already used up all of my
money,” he said, hinting that sup
port might be forthcoming for a Janu
ary issue. He said that he didn’t want
to use traditional advertising, but
preferred some type of underwriting
along the lines of PBS.
And he already has plans for Janu
ary’s feature article: “Reconciling
ourselves to the Republicans.”
“The Democrats got what they de
served,” Meyer said. “Anyone who
can’t cut taxes in an election year
doesn’t deserve to be re-elected.”
tudents form AgriSpeakers
to plug agriculture, A&M
By VENITA McCELLON
Battalion Reporter
If Six Texas A&M University stu
dents are planning to add many
■hours of work to their general course
'load next semester, with the de
velopment of the AgriSpeakers
|program.
The Agrispeakers, a team of six
idents from the College of Agricul-
re are making themselves available
schools, civic clubs, youth groups
d civic groups to speak on agricul-
|re-related topics, said Randy
reen, a member of the team.
“We decided it would be a way to
omote Texas A&M and the image
the University,” Green said.
Ve il try to give a student’s pers-
ctive of what this generation of
riculturists are going to be facing. ”
The team, which is made up of
rmer leaders in 4-H and Future
irmers of America, will travel in a
0-mile radius of College Station to
i engagements for banquets and
eetings, with each member of the
am prepared to speak on one or
o topics, Green said.
“These are developed leaders with
expertise in public speaking,” said
Dr. Herman D. Brown, professor of
agricultural education and advisor
for the team. “This is just one way we
feel like our young people can go out
and tell those not directly related to
agriculture something about it. ”
Brown calls the program co-
curricular and said it should help to
develop professional skill in the
speakers.
The students will receive traveling
expenses and an honorarium from
each group to compensate for their
time. Green said.
“The idea is not to make money or
the University would have never
approved it,” Green said.
Green’s talks are entitled “What
ever Happened to My Country, Tis
of Thee”’ and “Agriculture: The
Issue of the 80s.”
“We’re going out to try to say a few
things about the country but not to
promote any kind of political views,”
Green said. “There are differences of
opinions on many different issues in
the agriculture community. Each of
us has his own opinions.”
Texas A&M
wins award
from AS AE
Texas A&M University has been
presented the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers Past Presi
dents Award for its support of tech
nical, educational and professional
efforts in agricultural engineering.
The presentation was made to
Texas A&M Acting President Dr.
Charles Samson at the society’s re
cent winter meeting in Chicago.
The ASAE is a society committed
to improving agriculture through the
application of engineering princi
ples.
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