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'Fish lady'still listening after 13 years
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It’s the only round table in the
room and it’s in a corner. No one
would ever notice it unless he was
looking for it. Just like her.
She sits at the round table in the
corner, her back to the room. Occa
sionally, a person might catch a quick
glimpse of her face as she turns to
include someone in her conversa
tion. More than likely, though, a
person will notice the group of
Corps of Cadets freshmen gathered
around the table and intently listen
ing to the woman with black-turn-
ing-gray hair and a small black tag
on her blouse that identifies her as
the “fish lady.”
Ruth Hunt sits in the basement
MSC snack bar every weekday
morning and talks to anyone who
pulls up a chair, but it’s usually the
Corps freshmen who need her most.
That is why Hunt started coming to
the snack bar.
“I guess I saw a need and tried to
fill it,” Hunt says. “That’s as near as I
know how to explain it. I love A&M.
I love the Corps. I love the girls, and
I love everybody. But the non-regs
don’t particularly need me.”
The small woman with a big fol
lowing came to Texas A&M almost
by chance.
“I have one son and he works for
the University,” Hunt says. “He was
here, and in 1965 his stepfather left
me. I just didn’t know which way to
turn. He persuaded me to move
down here, since he had only one
mama, and I had one son. I don’t
live with him, but I’m so glad he did
(persuade me) because I have had
something to care about.”
As she talks, Hunt uses her hands
in small movements to emphasize
her words. Her blue eyes, behind
glasses, rest on whomever she is
speaking to, drifting around the
room only when she searches for a
word. Her face is covered by
wrinkles that come from a lifetime of
caring. She is dressed nicely in a
plum-colored suit.
Hunt came to College Station in
1967. The first group of Aggies she
started talking to were student ath
letes who ate at the Ramada Inn res
taurant. The group called itself the
Roof Club.
Hunt began working as a cashier
for the Rudder Tower Restaurant
when the Ramada Inn was sold.
Hunt attends freshmen confer
ences to invite the students to visit
her. But last August she became sick
and had to be hospitalized.
She attempted to make it to her
table, but couldn’t. She missed a
whole semester for the first time in
13 years, and speaks about it with re-
gret.
But this semester she is back at
her table talking to freshmen.
“I can’t call all the Corps by name,
of course,” she says. “I just say
‘Hello, honey!’ It’s good for me, and
1 hope it’s good for them. Most peo
ple my age are not doing something
like this. I would be bored stiff cro
cheting and rocking in a chair.”
Hunt displays an extensive knowl
edge of Corps life and of Corps vo
cabulary. As she speaks, she stops to
explain the different terms used by
the Corps so that no one feels lost or
left out.
Hunt, with a South Texas drawl,
admits she is a grandma figure for
many students and says this under
standing and tolerant image allows
students to talk more easily.
“We normally just talk about the
Corps and what their problems are,
and I’m interested in where they
went and what they’re gonnaj
Hunt says.
She gives advice and ansy
questions when she is able.Shet
ipates questions that she woni
able to answer by asking a fifth-;,
senior to be around the fable;%
one whom she thinks is k'nowfolj
hie, yet not intimidating.
Although she supports theht-
men, she would never taketheirii
in matters concerning the Corps
stead, she advises freshmen,
have complaints to wait until ij
are upperclassmen, and then ,
to correct the problems.
“I have pretty good luck with
tention,” she says. “I always sac
can keep them until bonlirf
couldn’t take a stick and run
off. I hope I do some good
(students) tell me 1 do.”
Not only does Hunt talk tovo.J
Aggies, but she enjoys heingreu
bered by Aggies at reunions a;
Ramada Inn on game weekt;
Last year, at a 15-year reunion,
man told her that he usedtowalif
the Ramada Inn just to see hers:
ing face on days when he wat
pressed.
Sidewalk circus entertains audience at A&M
By Cray Pixley
Reporter
Students and visitors were treated to the small
est complete circus in the world at noon Wednes
day by Rudder Fountain.
Despite morning rains, the skies cleared to al
low the Royal Lichtenstein Quarter Ring Side
walk Circus to perform magic, animal acts, nar
rated mime fables and juggling.
The Rev. Nick Weber, ringmaster and circus
founder, attracted a large audience using fast-
paced jokes, a miniature horse, two spider mon
keys outfitted in diapers, parrots and a three-
legged dog named Mr. Scotty.
“This is the first time Father Weber and his
circus have performed at A&M,” the Rev. Marvin
Kitten, campus minister at St. Mary’s, said. Texas
A&M is one of the few major universities that
had never been visited by the Royal Lichtenstein
Circus, he said. The Texas A&M Catholic Stu
dent Association members were hosts of the cir-
One fable performed Wednesday,
“Ploughsharing,” conveyed the ideas of
friendship and sharing.
Circus members Jody F.llis and Kelly R:|
ertson performed juggling and balancing a®:
“We are excited by the performance, but be
cause of the circus’ schedule we may not have a
return performance until three years from now,”
“We perform a few fables which are
intended to inspire . . . audiences. ”
— I he Rev. Marvin Kitten, campus
minister at St. Mary's Catholic
Church
the crowd, while the animal circus starsjur:
through hoops and one dog was shot oui
cannon.
"Most of the circus members are former
versity theater students who saw the circus:'
formance and were interested in joining,' K
said.
Kitten said. “The circus divides the country into
three sections and travels through one section
during nine months of the year.”
Mitch Kincannon, circus manager and:
former, who has been with the circus for
years, said most volunteer performers star-
the circus for one to two years.
“Circus members get room, board and a;
other things,” Kincannon said.
The circus is interesting because it doer
charge for performances. Kitten said.
The circus, founded in 1972, is the full-time
ministry of Weber, a member of the Jesuit order.
“It revives a medieval way of performing
magic and animal acts, then we perform a few fa
bles, which are intended to inspire and entertain
audiences,” Kitten said.
The troupe is composed of Weber and four
volunteer members — two men and two women.
One member, Larry Ryan, escaped from a
locked postal bag after being chained hand and
foot. Weber and his troupe used “volunteers”
from ibe audience to help with many of the acts.
“The circus usually receives donations fror
sponsors, but it would perform even if
couldn't make any donation,” Kitten said "Tf
do not take up donations from the audiemt
all.”
The circus also has patrons from all over
country who contribute to their performaac
Kitten said.
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