THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1981
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Library displays
team memories
Staff photo by Dave Einscl
jiesc articles are part of a collection of Aggie Archives. The collection will remain on
lemorabilia displayed in the University display throughout the football season.
By JOHNA JO MAURER
Battalion Reporter
“How sweet it is — Aggies beat
UT, win undisputed SWC Cham
pionship.” That was The Battalion
headline on Nov. 29, 1967.
This copy of The Battalion and
other football memorabilia are on
display in the Sterling C. Evans
Library.
Dr. Charles Schultz, Universi
ty archivist, said this display is one
of a series he plans for this year
and will be shown until the end of
football season.
Schultz also has included the
football from the 1939 Texas
A&M-University of Texas game, a
helmet from the 1940 Sugar Bowl
game against Tulane University
and a picture of the first Texas
A&M football team in 1894.
A Dec. 6, 1939, issue of the
“Texas Aggie,” a magazine pub
lished by the Association of For
mer Students, is displayed along
with the 1939 game schedule and
the 1939 Southwest Conference
champions’ picture.
Schultz said he highlighted
1939 because that was the only
year the Aggies won the national
championship.
A newspaper clipping of an in
terview with Milton Sims, class of
’87, also is included in the display.
Sims started the first Aggie
football team in 1894. In the inter
view, he spoke about the lack of
encouragement his team got from
the school. University officials
sometimes had the team walk “ex
tras” (extra tours with a rifle), so
they wouldn’t have time to prac
tice, he said.
In 1894 when the University
was strictly a military school, the
team had only 14 members, he
said.
Also included in the display are
various items from other years
when the Texas A&M football
team won the SWC champion
ship.
Schultz selected several prog
rams and books as a sample of
Aggie football pride and tradition.
He said he wants students to
see some of the things available in
the University Archives so they’ll
know what is available for use.
Often students use the clip
pings file to research topics for
speeches and papers concerning
Texas A&M history.
Some archive photos date back
to 1877 while other records begin
in the 1950s, he said.
Most material in the Archives
comes to the University as gifts
from former students since no
funds are available to buy historic
items, Schultz said.
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By FARA ALEXANDER
Battalion Reporter
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pfit, nationwide organization
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A&M.
Anachronism refers to some-
ngthat isn’t in the time period
is normally associated with —
■ example, Blue Bell ice cream
■ancient Egypt or television sets
pr the Mayflower.
Therefore, members of the
tA are people who impersonate
lople from earlier times.
] The roles chosen by members
Inge from cavemen to people
from the 1660s, Ann Bogucki,
spokesperson for the group, said.
However, most members prefer
to imitate people from the
medieval period after the fall of
the Roman Empire, she said.
The society was formed in Ber
keley, Calif., during a 1966 May
Day celebration and is known for
its medieval feasts, costumes and
celebrations.
The organization is based on
seven medieval kingdoms within
the United States. The kingdom of
Ansteorra, or “The Lone Star, ” in
cludes Texas and Oklahoma.
Kingdoms are divided further
into shires or baronies depending
on the area or size of group. Baro
nies are larger than shires.
Bogucki said officers of each
shire are appointed by officers at
the kingdom level.
For example, the kingdom
Seneschal (leader) appoints the
shire’s Seneschal, and the king
dom Mistress of Arts chooses the
shire Mistress or Master of Arts.
Titles given to officers are the
same as those used in medieval
times. Bogucki, Seneschal of the
Shire of Shadowland, is in charge
of communications between the
shire and kingdom and coordin
ates public relations and expendi
tures for the shire.
Members move to higher posi
tions through awards presented
by kingdom officials during a spe
cial awards ceremony.
The first award members may
receive is the Award of Arms,
given for ability and involvement
in the organization, Bogucki said.
The Order of the Pelican, the
Order of Laurel and the Order of
Knighthood are the highest
awards received.
Fighting in medieval style is an
important part of the society,
Bogucki said. Twice a year kings
are chosen through Crown Tour
neys where knights duel for the
kingship.
Knights use swords made of rat
tan covered with silver duct tape
and plywood shields.
Local fighters demonstrated
their skills and use of armor at
Lake Somerville about two weeks
ago, Bogucki said.
At society feasts, members eat
in medieval style with or without
food daggers, and some prefer to
drink out of bowls as the Vikings
did, she said.
King’s College, the society’s
main event, is scheduled for a
weekend in February at Texas
A&M. During the King’s College,
kingdom experts teach classes in
costuming, witchcraft and
medieval politics.
The group also is sponsoring a
medieval dance workshop Nov. 14
in the Zachry Engineering
Center.
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By FARA ALEXANDER
Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M United Way
mpaign is nearing its goal of
, as the drive nears its end.
Tim Phillips, co-chairman of
e campus drive, said $46,308
ive been raised — leaving
9,692 to raise to complete the
56.
ted Way fund-raising drive
0S to meet goal this week
oal.
Texas A&M students, faculty
nd staff have contributed 83 per-
ent of the goal. The majority of
i money has been raised
ough pledges from faculty and
i. Manftaff, he said.
Phillips said individual student
Mtributions haven’t been as sig-
ificant since the campus drive
began on Sept. 28.
For example, the student col
lection table at Sbisa Dining Hall
only brought in about $5, he said.
But contributions from collection
tables at the Memorial Student
Center and the Commons have
not yet been totaled.
Student organizations’ fund
raising projects include the Resi
dence Hall Association’s “Any
thing Goes,” which brought in
over $100, and the Alpha Phi
Omega Aggie Auction. Contribu
tions from the auction have not
come in yet.
The Singing Cadets also helped
attract attention at the Student
Government collection tables at
the.MSC, Phillips said.
Phillips encourages students,
faculty and staff to contribute to
the United Way fund raising pro
ject by the end of this week to help
complete the campus goal of
$56,000.
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