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I also have obtained a knowledge and love for A&M through my three semesters in the Corps of Cadets, and the one semester I had to spend out of the Corps. I also will be able to bring a strong understanding of sports to the job through my high school athletic career andmajor. Finally, I just hate seeing A&M lose. Allen Temple Jr. sophomore horticulture Howdy Aggies! I’m Allen Temple from Paris, Tx., and I’m running for junior yell leader. I have had two brothers at Texas A&M, and ever since coming to visit them I hoped to be a yell leader. To be a good yell leader takes undying spirit and a great amount of dependability. If chosen for yell leader, I would devote myself to keeping the Fightin’ Texas spirit burning within our Twelfth Man. Since being enrolled at A&M, my ac tivities have included the Corps of Cadets, the Corps Public Rela tions Committee and SCON A. Ags, it would be my privilege to get out there and share my en thusiasm with you next year and display that Aggie pride that sets us above the rest. Tom Kelley sophomore agricultural economics Howdy! My name is Tom Kel ley, and l am seeking the office of junior yell leader. My dad is a member of the Class of ’58, therefore I have grown up ex posed to Aggie pride and tradi tions. Becoming a yell leader has been a dream of mine ever since I can remember. The responsi bilities of being a yell leader are many and require a lot of hard work and dedication. I am pre pared to meet those responsibili ties by doing whatever it takes to be a good representative of A&M and the Twelfth Man. During my two short years at A&M, I have become actively in-' volved in many student activities which include the Corps of Ca dets, Student Government and Fish Camp. To be elected yell leader would be a dream come true, and I know I would do my very best to meet the standards we all hold for yell leaders. Lou Manitzas sophomore business administration Howdy! My name is Lou Man- kzas, and 1 am running for ju nior yell leader, and would really enjoy being a yell leader. I feel I am very spirited and also feel I would better represent the stu dents at Texas A&M. There are approximately 36,000 students at this school; 34,000 of which are not in the Corps of Cadets. Yet there are no yell leaders who are non- Corps. The reason behind this is the lack of non-reg voters. This year is going to be different. This year not only will the Corps be represented, but there will be a non-reg yell leader ip 1985-86. A&M is the most spirited Uni versity in the nation, and I feel I am qualified to lead her in yells. Remember, when election time rolls around that a vote for Lou is a vote you, the students of A&M. GIG’EM AGGIES! Marty Holmes sophomore general studies “Howdy,” my name is Marty Holmes, and 1 want to be your next junior yell leader. 1 am from Grand Prairie and plan to major in marketing. Becoming a yell leader has been a dream of mine for a long time. My family has an Aggie tradition dating back 53 years. We all know what it feels like when the Aggie Band begins the War Hymn, and I would be proud to lead the Twelfth Man next year. A yell leader at A&M should be one who exemplifies Aggie spirit everywhere. I feel I have the enthusiasm and personality needed by one who holds this position. I am active in the Corps of Cadets and the public rela tions committee. 1 have also been to Fish Camp two years. I look forward to meeting you and having the privilege off leading the Twelfth Man in yells next year. Traditions Anything thafs done more than once is habit By LESLIE HEFFNER Reporter Traditions at Texas A&M are cliches that never end. Ag gies have even given tradition their own meaning — anything that’s done more than once. The oldest tradition known to A&M is “once an Aggie al ways an Aggie.” The first A&M graduate class is said to have started it. Puryear Hall, one of the old est dormitories, is thought of as the originator of midnight yell practice. Harry E. Allen, Class of ’32, recalled his memories of the first practice in a letter to the University archives. It was written a few days before the 1932 Texas game: “Some of us were gathered in Puryear Hall in the room of Peanut Owens. He was a junior yell leader. He had on a pair of red pajamas and a red baseball cap. I believe it was I who told him, ‘Peanut, we ought to have a snake-dance at Tatoo and you lead it.’ Someone said to go alert the band in Foster and others to go to all the dorms close by and have all the fresh man turn out. “We then got in touch with Horsefly Berry hill and Two Gun Herman from Sherman, both senior yell leaders, and asked about having all the fel lows finally congregate at the ‘Y’ for a midnight yell practice. They told us they could not personally authorize this but if we did congregate, they would happen to be there at the ‘Y’. “As per usual, we had lots of railroad flares and torpedoes on hand. We took some over to the ‘Y’ and stuck them in the flower tubs that were there and that was the start of our midnight yell practice.” Howdy, one of the more fa mous Aggie traditions, was un heard of in 1928. Students then would walk to classes without greeting each other with ‘howdy.’ No one really knows when the tradition orig inated. Howdy is not the only friendly sign Aggies display. Twenty yards to go, ten ... touch down. Every time the Aggie football team scores, Ag gie men give their date a kiss. Like countless other traditions, this one probably will survive. Although these traditions and many others — such as the Twelfth Man, Silver Taps, Muster and bonfire — have existed for years, some tradi tions have begun only recently. One of these is a three-day weekend. Aggies seem to think that professors will excuse them from Friday classes be cause they stayed up to late so cializing at Northgate. Some Aggies go to the Chicken or Dudley’s Draw. Others just en joy fraternizing in the front of the Northgate bars and restau rants. Whatever it may be, Thursday night at Northgate has become one of the most popular new traditions.