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Student elected head of national club
Susannah Grubb, a senior hor-
ticulture major from Silver City,
N.M., has been elected president
of the Association of Collegiate
Branches of the American Society
for Horticultural Sciences, a na
tional organization of horticul
ture clubs.
Grubb also is vice president of
the Southern Region Association
of Collegiate Branches, one of the
four regional branches that make
up the national organization.
As president, Grubb will travel
to each of the four regions to ad
vise member chapters. She will
serve as the liason between the
parent organization, American
Society for Horticulture Sciences,
and the student chapters. Susannah Grubb
Grubb says one of her main goals is to encourage research in hor
ticulture industries.
After graduating in May, Grubb hopes to get a six-month horti
culture internship in New Zealand before working in the horticulture
industry, she says.
Former A&M adviser earns merit award
Dr. Alan Alter, former chief
undergraduate adviser for me
chanical engineering at Texas
A&M, has been awarded a certifi
cate of merit by the National Rec
ognition Association for his con
tributions in academic advising in
1985-1986.
Alter retired in August after
more than 30 years of teaching at
A&M.
Alter began teaching mechani
cal engineering here in 1949 and
worked his way from instructor to
interim head of the department,
a position he held from 1984 to
June 1985. Dr - Alan A1 ter
In 1984 he received the Association of Former Student’s Distin
guished Teaching Award for his contributions in student relations.
He was honored again in May 1985, when he was awarded the
C.W. Crawford Award for his contributions to the College of Engi
neering.
The award, named after a former associate dean of engineering,
is presented only when the college finds someone deserving of it.
Alter says he now is busy catching up on his reading and is think
ing about doing some writing.
A&M traditions
Fish Pond gets nickname from freshmen
Editor’s note: This week is bonfire Push Week, another in a long line of
Texas A&M traditions. Today The Battalion will publish the last two in a se
ries of articles on Aggie lore submitted by members of Student Govern
ment’s Traditions Council, who gathered their information by combing
through the University Archives.
Make room for ’87
After Thanksgiving
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By Karen Rector
Special from the Traditions Council
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE . . . the clock finally ticks down
to zero, and once again the flghtin’
Texas Aggie football team “beats the
hell” out of another Southwest Con
ference team. Hundreds of fresh
man cadets swarm onto the field,
tackle the yell leaders, and carry
them off to . . . Prexy Fountain.
Prexy Fountain is more com
monly known as the Fish Pond be
cause of the freshman tradition of
throwing the yell leaders in the pond
after a victory. The name “Prexy” is
an old term for president, and the
fountain stands at the original site of
the University president’s home.
The Fish Pond was a gift of the
Class of ’38. It has been renovated
several times since then, most re
cently by the Class of’77.
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Aggies, UTs Bevo go bock a long way
By Tod Guidry
Special from the Traditions Council
All Aggies have heard the story of
Bevo — the famous star from that
school in Austin. The mascot got its
name after University of Texas stu
dents reworked the mascot’s 13-0
brand, which represented A&M’s
1915 football victory over UT.
I quoted this story to a friend of
mine, who promptly corrected me
with the real story. After research, I
found him to be right.
Bevo was a gift to UT from one of
its alumni as a result of Texas’ 1916
victory over A&M. UT students
planned to brand the 21-7 score on
Bevo’s side.
Instead, six Aggies drove to Aus
tin with branding irons and a fur
nace, captured the bull and burned
the 1915 score on the longhorn’s
side. This created a headache for
UT staff and students, and the result
was a Bevo barbeque for the two
schools’ presidents and athletic de
partments.
In time, Bevo became the UT
mascot as we know him today.
Official dismissed after
luxury changes in home
FORT WORTH (AP) — The Air
Force relieved a base commander of
duty while it investigates luxury im
provements he made to his home,
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram re
ported Thursday.
In a copyright story, the newspa
per said that Air Force investigators
are looking into the addition of a sun
porch and solid brass bathroom fix
tures at the home of Col. Charles G.
Kucera, 48.
Kucera was relieved Tuesday as
commander of the 7th Bombard
ment Wing at Carswell Air Force
Base.
Travis L. McCracken, a base elec
trician, says at least $36,089 in reno
vations were made to the 3,800-
square-foot home in fiscal 1985 after
Kucera moved there in June.
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