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The Battalion •STATE AND LOCAL* 3 *5-3314 iday, November BO, 1990 Dueling dancers ere their tfety and leata' and far Americat And fora illy rial, is an iment iduals in jd. il Liberty this hey claim trice te process Bill of te ite Dec. lividuals rd simply t. drug user ice might ten you > law, it light now; mptation t to child sion and ;reat. Let erring to merely at this lance coul , somethitl • the Unfc: ; state. It’s if the Miai f things t( bolitical SONDRA N. ROBBINS/The Battalion The Nutcracker Prince (Dmitry Tuboltsev) fights “The Nutcracker.” All tickets for this weekend’s the Mouse King (Maxim Knish) in the Bolshoi remaining performances at Texas A&M have Ballet-Grigorovich Company’s version of the been sold. For more information call 845-1234. Not-so-old traditions Yearbook called ‘Longhorn’ not so long ago Forty-one years ago, it was hard to tell Aggies from Longhorns — at least by judging a book by its cover. That’s how long it’s been since Texas A&M’s year book, once named the Longhorn, became the Aggie- land. As A&M and the University of Texas at Austin pre pare for their annual confrontation Saturday, one of the yearbook’s editors who was instrumental in getting the name changed remembers the confusion caused by the Aggie yearbook carrying the name of its archrival’s mascot. “The name ‘Longhorn’ was originally chosen because it represented Texas and was associated with agricultu re,” says Abilene resident Earl Glenn Rose, Class of ’49 and the yearbook’s “civilian” editor that year. Rose, who shared editorial duties with Corps of Ca dets member Truman Martin, thought the annual needed a name more befitting the spirit and pride of Aggieland — and to avoid confusion with the school’s Austin rival. A story printed in a 1949 edition of The Battalion underscored Rose’s concern: During the Christmas holidays, an Aggie freshman showed a borrowed copy of the 1940 Longhorn to his father saying, “Dad, this is the Longhorn. Look it over.” The father turned to the dedication page and read it. Looking up, he said, “Now isn’t that nice?” “Isn’t what nice?” the cadet wanted to know. “Why it says ‘Dedicated to the Spirit of Aggieland,”’ his father replied. “I think it’s awfully fine of t.u. to dedicate their annual to your school.” Although a vote failed to drop the reference to “Texas University” in A&M’s fight song the “Aggie War Hymn,” an emotionally charged election was held to change the yearbook’s name. The ballot asked whether to change the name, and contained 12 possible new names submitted by stu dents. Because traditions have a special meaning to all Ag gies, and since the Longhorn’s name had become tradi tion during the 45-year period, Rose had a long, hard fight on his hands. Just the thought of uprooting one of A&M’s long-standing traditions set many students on edge, but others enthusiastically embraced the idea. Students in favor of a name change agreed the Long horn was not only insignificant to A&M in every way, but was much more fitting to the “sister branch over in Austin.” Opponents questioned what could be gained by the change, which would cut into an already thin field of old traditions that bind all Aggies. A news story from another 1949 edition of The Bat talion indicates the students were asked: “If the year book had never had a name until this year and an elec tion was being held to name it, would you vote for the Longhorn? Think about it.” Rose said after the initial vote to change the name was approved by a 2-to-l margin, proponents had a loyal backing and full support from the student body. Now the task was to find the perfect replacement. Suggested names included “Reveille,” “Twelfth Man,” “Bonfire,” “The Spirit of Aggieland,” “Final Review” and “Aggieland 1949.” There was a run-off between “Final Review” and “Aggieland 1949,” with “Aggieland” the eventual win ner. In the end, however, it was UT that broke the story. Rose told Richard ‘Dick’ Elam, who worked for UT’s student newspaper, the Daily Texan, and was one of Rose’s good friends, about the name change. A few days later the Daily Texan ran a headline that effectively read, “What’s this about the Aggies changing their yearbook name because they don’t like Long horns?” A fellow Aggie is said to have replied, “We don’t do things to upset ’T-sips. We do things to please Aggies.” Abortion opponents garner support in legislature, hope to restrict access AUSTIN (AP) — Abortion oppo nents say they once again will try to restrict access to the procedure when the Texas Legislature convenes in January. For the fifth consecutive regular session, Rep. 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