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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1981)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1981 low to survive our first Aggie iotball game IATHY SAATHOFF Battalion Staff hat first Aggie football Ir three days of non-stop [sounds great, but first- lould know before making ftraent just what’s in store. prst thing to remember is i to meet anyone in front Field, or the MSC, or any- llse. No one will be able to Ion time, and if they do, it (too crowded to find them. ' a flare if you must break safest thing to do is to have Duse all weekend so people It show up. Hope not too People bring their parents. ■ refreshments (2-3 cases of ad a bag of chips) early. [weekend usually starts with lert Friday night, followed Jdnight Yell Practice. (For e, it starts with Northgate on day night and skipped clas- on Friday.) date should be made for fmcert, yell practice and the One weekend of the same In, so choose carefully, lou’ve never been to a yell Bee, listen up, Ags. Following lindfrom behind Duncan Di li *Hall to Kyle Field is, like |thing else, an Aggie tradi- IA tradition not for the timid. [you decide to brave the trek Is campus, assemble behind ■can around 11:30. Wear fed-in shoes (cowboy boots are t), grubby clothes and card- 1 in your pants. Expect to be [lied, pushed and poked, all (time swaying in long lines and ling Aggie songs. The message pe day is “Where are we?” Ind most important: you are Jwingthe band; do not try to go font of it, or through it. Even if 1 are driving a truck. ; makes them mad. lie who are boring, sober or |e broken legs should not try to the band. Be dull and go (light to Kyle Field. You will get etter seat that way. Sit in the (Idle of the horseshoe — the Py time people wantto sit there. You will have to listen to dorm his, none of which can be Jinted here. Just take our word | it; they’re really saying what |u think they’re saying. ‘'low it’s time for Yell Practice to pcially begin. The yell leaders jiys with short hair wearing palls) are in charge of the whole They will exercise in the Iddle of the field awhile before lining down to lead yells. Be pa int, You probably will not Iderstand what they are doing hen they get there anyway. I They will move around a lot, pd people who have been to yell notice before will know what to 11. The yell leaders will tell stor- its of questionable taste, which are usually pretty funny (i.e. obscene). ; Do not try to run across Kyle Field. There will be C.T.’s sta tioned around the perimeter to make sure no one tries. Don’t try ^tjidrum up business for the health (center; stay in the bleachers. ; After the second “grade story’ «when you find out if you made a good date choice for the weekend. Its time for lights out, and your mom’s not going to be there to tuck you in. Unless she happens to be in town for the game. Do not take a w 1 Hi parent with a heart condition to yell practice, especially if your date has a cold. Lonely people will light match es behind your head; if you kiss with your eyes closed, you’ll never know, until you smell singed hair. A few more yells, a song, and it’s all over. Don’t be disappointed or try to keep the party going, be cause you have to get an early start Saturday morning. The Big Day. Let’s hope you and your date had a good time at yell practice, because having to smooch a sweaty person under the broiling sun puts any relationship to a test. One game, the Ags scored 50 points .... Leave for the game early if you hope to park near enough to read the letters on the stadium. There is no such thing as a parking space close to Kyle Field, except for people who have Money. And for students, there is no such thing as Money. Therefore, we drive to ward campus, park, and walk to the game. Do not forget your student I. D. They will not let you in without it. Wear comfortable shoes, be cause the Twelfth Man, loyal to the end, stands throughout the game. Wear as little clothing as decently possible to daytime games, with suntan lotion. Heat stroke is a definite possi bility, as is rain. Be a good boy scout and be prepared for the worst. Mums are a terrible thing; they cost a lot of money and are nothing but trouble. Long streamers do not fit short people. And if a guy gets a funny gleam in his eye when the girl takes the flower out of the box, better let the roommate pin it on. Don’t expect it to stay, though; it’s all over after the first touch down. And don’t get your hopes up that half-time will bring relief to your aching feet. You have to stand up to watch the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band. When the game is over, stum ble back to your car, go home and crash on the couch. Who cares about Monday tests anyway? THE GOOD AG Gimme cap: from his favorite feed store, where he gets chow for his faithful boss. Aggie shirt (one of twelve in his wardrobe)*^* Back slightly bent,*** ^ from “humping it” Binoculars: he has to —^ keep an eye on that ref — he’s probably for the other team Snuff can: Skoal, because it’s wetter than that other stuff y Beer belly: too many Wednesday nights at the Hall of Fame Senior ring, last f year’s class. He’s on the compression plan, squeezing four years of school into five Pants tucked in — ,l to keep them dry Books: Aggie-culture and Meteorology N Wranglers (Levi’s will do in a pinch) Who is the “Good Ag?” Who is his counterpart, the “Two- Percenter?” The two species co-exist peacefully at Texas A&M University most of the year, but in the fall they crawl out of their study- induced trances (or alcoholic stupors?) long enough to clash about the merits of grown men throwing around a piece of pigskin. The Good Ag knows all the yells, wouldn’t dream of missing yell practice (maybe it’s the only time his girl will kiss him), and is generally recognized as “a good of boy.” The Two-Percenter, on the other hand, is more interested in sports like Frisbee, and while he knows where Kyle Field is, he seldom uses that information unless he needs to reserve a THE TWO-PERCENTER Long hair: blond, ,*** shampooed with Herbal Essence Tank top: displays tan and muscular arms Parachute backpack: normally used for hitchhiking across country, now filled with science fiction books No Aggie ring: he used the money to pay for ‘prescriptions” Granola bar: a vegetarian snack, from V an actual health food store, not a machine Tickets to a Foghat concert in Austin, where his “lady” goes to school Khaki shorts (elastic waist, no belt) Knobby knees, scarred * from falling while playing Frisbee in front of the Academic building Leather sandals (hand made) Graphics by Richard DeLeon Jr. racquetball court. The Good Ag and the Two-Percenter will share class notes, go to the same parties, and generally be congenial, but there is a fundamental difference between them which makes close coupling undesirable. For instance, the two don’t mix as dorm roommates. Apartment life will do, if they each have their own room. Most Aggies fall somewhere between or outside of these two categories, but here’s a guide to help you separate the two groups of Ags. We guarantee you’ll see some of these traits floating around campus this fall. Aggie Trivia “The question of women attending A&M was already brewing in the minds of early ‘radicals.” Ethel Hutson, daughter of professor Charles Hutson, attended the 1893- 1894 session. Her twin sisters completed engineering studies between 1889 and 1903. They received no grades or degrees, however, but were considered courtesy students’ as a favor to their father. ” — A Pictorial His tory of Texas A&M University by Henry C. 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