Research reveals the truth
Highway 6 does run both ways
by Cathy Saathoff
Battalion Staff
Suppose, just for a mi
nute, that you have been a
Bad Ag.
Not a two-percenter, no,
but something much, much
worse. Something in the
vicinity of a one-half per
center.
Bad, bad you.
Suppose you lied, cheated
or stole, or tolerated those
who do.
Or maybe you walked on
the grass at the MSC. Or sat
down during a football
game.
Maybe you don't know
the words to the Aggie War
Hymn, or have become en
gaged to a teasip.
Just suppose that you
have broken the rules.
Suppose that you still had
the courage to show your
face in Aggieland.
Brave you.
Such foolishness is not tol
erated here.
Be prepared. A uniformed
defender of the Aggie Faith
will come rushing up to you.
He has the best interests of
the school at heart, you
know, but you don't care.
You have Done Wrong
and must now be punished
accordingly.
In his most savage voice,
the defender will inform you
of the seriousness of your
crime. Don't expect him to
read you your rights,
however.
Poor you.
Such a spectacle. The
peaceful demeanor of the
campus will be destroyed as
you are chastised for your
offense.
Over and over again, you
will hear one thing from the
crowd that gathers to taunt
you. There is no alternative;
you must heed their advice:
"Highway 6 runs
both ways!"
So there you are, banished
from Aggieland with those
fateful words so frequently
written in Letters to the
Editor.
Where to go, what to do?
Is there life outside CoUege
Station?
There's bound to be, since
there's not much here.
And so you set out on
your trip down Highway 6.
What will you find?
It seems like such a simple
principle, a road that goes in
two directions. Not all do,
you know.
Focus sent a reporter and
photographer out in search
of the truth about Highway
6, and we can now report
with total confidence that
Highway 6 does indeed run
both ways.
So should the unthinkable
happen, and you are forced
to hit the road, never fear.
The course has been map
ped out for you so you'll
know what to expect for the
first 50 miles in each direc
tion.
Lucky you.
The trip begins at the main
entrance to the campus, on
Texas Avenue, and con
tinues through town in the
direction of your choice,
eventually rejoining the
Highway 6 bypass.
From there, you'll see
miles and miles of cows and
crops and little old country
stores.
Really, there's not much to
see; Highway 6 is mainly a
way of getting from Here to
There.
But what's really along
Highway 6?
We traveled it, and can
now say truthfully: not
much.
Read on.