Monday, October 1, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3
Howdy Week promotes
ometown atmosphere
By CARMEN THOMAS
Reporter
reorganized Traditions Council
opened its activities with Howdy
Week Saturday, Sept. 29. Howdy
Week is held to re-establish the
fTlxas A&M tradition of saying
“howdy” on campus.
■Bob Stephan, Traditions Council
chairman, said he hopes students
will become accustomed to saying
hqwdy during Howdy Week and
continue the tradition. By saying
howdy, students can renew the
hometown atmosphere on . campus
even though the University has
grown,Stephan said.
The council will be selling Howdy
T-shirts for $4 during Howdy Week
in the Memorial Student Center.
Stephan said the Traditions
Council’s purpose is to unite the
campus through tradition-related
activities. Last year the Traditions
Council had open membership with
300 students. The new council con
sists of 15 students selected from all
areas of the University. Stephan said
the new council structure will allow
better communication and organiza
tion.
Stephan has met with bonfire red-
pots to plan promotions for the 75th
anniversary of bonfire this year.
Traditions Council will publicize the
“Aggie Bonfire 75th Anniversary
Benefit Bash” which will be held
Oct. 25 to raise money for bonfire.
The council is planning to begin a
spring semester All-University Night
with the Athletic Council. It would
be similar to the fall semester All-
Universtiy Night except the basket
ball teams, women’s softball team
and men’s baseball team would be
recognized instead of the football
team.
The Traditions Council will again
host the Switch-Off-for-Kick-Off
game this year in which A&M fe
males are encouraged to ask males to
the game. This year’s game will be
the A&M vs. Rice game, Oct. 27.
Bonfire cutting classes begin
Workers get safety tips
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By TRENT LEOPOLD
Staff' Writer
■ The first of six cutting classes for
this year’s bonfire will begin tonight
at the Grove, said head bonfire civil
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which are designed to show people
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“We want to emphasize how im
portant it is for people to attend one
of these classes before they go to the
actual cutting site,” McLeon said.
“Nobody will be allowed to cut at the
site until they attend one of these
safety classes.”
The classes will begin at 6 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday and
Wednesday night and are coordi
nated by Company C-1.
Wood for this year’s bonfire will
be cut in Carlos, a community about
14 miles from Texas A&M.
The first cut will be October 13.
Several events are planned for the
75th-anniversary bonfire.
“We are planning to have a big
bonfire benefit party on October
25th which should be the the first
major event, but it is still in the plan
ning stages,” McLeon said. “The
main thing we need is enthusiastic
people to make this year’s fire a big
success.”
McLeon said all that people need
to bring to classes are themselves
and an open mind.
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North Arkansas school district have
fevrmed a group to speak against the
lireat of censorship they believe is at
the heart of actions by a committee
that has been scouring school librar
ies for any textbooks considered ob-
ctionable.
Ailene McCracken, a teacher and
of the organizers of the group
lied Voters for Quality Education,
id petitions asking for the dissolu-
on of the book committee were be
ing distributed among parents of the
oncord School District.
McCracken said the district’s deci
sion to form the book committee
(that advocates censorship) was part
of a move by a statewide organiza
tion called Family Life America God,
or FLAG, “to do away with sex edu
cation, with history books that don’t
glorify the past, with books about
other cults and with the teaching of
evolution.”
FLAG members denied the alle
gation.
The rural, 575-student school dis
trict in northern Cleburne County
formed the book committee follow
ing complaints by an unknown num
ber of unnamed parents about the
contents of the books their children
were bringing home, school board
members said.
The book committee met for the
last time Thursday. Ollie Latch, the
committee chairman, said Friday his
group’s recommendations would be
presented to the school board Oct.
11. Latch would not discuss the con
tents of the report to be presented to
board members.
School officials have declined to
reveal the names of the books that
attracted objections other than iden
tifying one sex education book,
“Facts About Sex For Youth,” by Dr.
Sol Gordon.
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Chancellor Arthur G. Hansen and his wife,
Nancy, left, show their appreciation to Billie
Jean Reed after the ribbon-cutting ceremony
at the opening of the chancellor’s house.
Chancellor’s new residence
opens, valued at $1 million
By KARI FLUEGEL
Staff Writer
“Bless this house, O Lord we
pray. Make it safe by night and
day.”
After the Century Singers sang
“Bless This House,” Texas A&M
System Chancellor Arthur G.
Hansen, his wife Nancy and
Chester J. and Billie Jean Reed of
Houston cut the ribbon to offi
cially open the new chancellor’s
residence at a pre-game cere
mony Saturday.
The new $1 million house at
Number One Reed Drive (located
off Jersey between Wellborn
Road and FM 2818) was officially
named The Reed House in honor
of the Reeds who donated the
bulk of the funds for the house.
“It is a reality today and will
hereby be known throughout to
all Aggies as the Reed House,”
Dr. Robert L. Walker, vice presi
dent for development, said. “I’m
not sure how to express apprecia
tion for this gift.”
The Reeds were presented
with a special box-like plaque
commemorating their contribu
tion to the house.
Chester Reed earned his doc
torate in veterinary medicine
from A&M in 1947 and was
named Distinguished Alumnus in
May.
Besides the Reeds, 10 other
A&M families donated funds for
building, landscaping and fur
nishing of the house.
August and Lottie Bering pro
vided the funds for the courtyard
and fountain in front of the
house. The fountain was given in
memory of August Bering’s par
ents.
C.E. “Pat” and Elsie Olsen pro
vided money for the pond behind
the house. The pond is stocked
with “fightin’ Texas Aggie cat
fish,” Hansen said.
Other funds for building and
furnishing the house were pro
vided by George Eppright, Bob
and Mary Alice Frymire and the
late H.B. “Pat” and Polly Zachry.
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