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>rt Twelfth Man tradition
Junior yell leaders
John Fetner
sophomore
physical education
I am running for junior yell
leader because I am excited about
what is going to happen next year
at Texas A&M. However, I feel
that if we are to live up to our po
tential. we, as a University, have
to come and work together like
never before. Team-work and ef
fort will be the key,, not only on
the field, but all over campus.
My goal will be to have the
Twelfth Man working as a team
and giving 100 percent all the
time.
I will be able to bring a great
enthusiasm which has developed
through my relationship with
Christ. 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.