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Celebrating the Bonfire they never had
Class of '64 to experience event they
missed after assassination of JFK
By Kim McGuire
I HE BATTAUON
n the 30th anniversary of
I Ithe only Bonfire cancella-
tion in A&M's history, the
Class of '64 is returning to cam
pus to celebrate the Bonfire they
never had.
About 100 members of the
Class of '64 and their families will
be honored at a luncheon the day
of Bonfire and will be recognized
that night before the stack bums.
The Class of '94 invited the
Class of '64 to return to A&M after
Service Chairman Cynthia Her
nandez came up with the idea.
Hernandez said she had been
dining with a friend and her fa
ther, Bob Schneider, when he
mentioned how his senior Bonfire
was canceled because of the assas
sination of President Kennedy.
"He said he felt as though a big
part of his senior year was missing
because of that and mentioned
; how he wished he could experi
ence Bonfire," Hernandez said.
" As soon as he said that I began
thinking of how we could invite
them back."
Hernandez enlisted fellow Ser
vice Chairman Barrett Fromme to
help her present the idea to the
Class of '94 at one of its first meet
ings of the year.
Since then, the plans have been
approved by A&M administrators
and the Bonfire Committee and
are now in the final stages.
Chad King, Class of '94 presi
dent, said the Class of '64's return
is an honor.
"We feel very honored to have
them back," Kang said. "In my
opinion this is the greatest exam
ple of what Aggie spirit is all
about."
Mike Marlowe, former head
yell leader, John Gabbert, Class of
'64 agent and Schneider will speak
at the kick-off of Elephant Walk
Nov. 23. Michael Crain, Class of
'94 vice president, said members
of the Class of '64 will also return
for the festivities.
That night, the Class of '64 and
their families will march behind
the band from the quad to the run
way of the Bonfire site. Head Yell
Leader Mark Rollins will recog
nize the alumni before Bonfire is
lit.
"it's an honor when you con
sider most of the Class of '94
hadn't been born when we gradu
ated," he said. "With us old guys
being 30 years older, we've been
wondering if the spirit's still alive
with so much that has changed
since we graduated.
"In my opinion, the Class of
'94's invitation to us re-instills our
faith. This is one of the greatest
shows of Aggie spirit I've ever
witnessed."
The Bonfire tradition that Mar
lowe and other members of the
Class of '64 will experience is
much different from the Bonfire
tradition of their time.
"Back then, there was no such
thing as redpots or jyellowpots,"
Marlowe said. "The Corps, as well
as the few non-regs, built it and it
was overseen by the yell leaders."
Marlowe said after hearing the
news of Kennedy's assassination,
an emergency meeting was
called into President Earl Rud
der's office. Marlowe, the class
president, and Rudder decided
canceling Bonfire was the best
thing to do to honor the slain
commander in chief.
"There was even talk of cancel
ing the game," Marlowe said. "We
realized we couldn't do that, but
at the same time, we couldn't have
a big celebration."
Marlowe said the decision was
well accepted, but it was still a sad
experience.
"It was the most we had, it was
the least we could give" he said.
Bonfire was dismantled, except
for the centerpole around which
the student body gathered for yell
practice.
"The emotion was extremely
high," Marlowe said. "I think
that's what got the team so
pumped."
Pure emotion, Marlowe said,
drove the 6-2-1 Aggies to a 13-3
fourth quarter lead over the num
ber one ranked Longhorns.
"Then, t.u. came back in the
fourth quarter and had us 15-13
when one of our guys intercepted
a pass and ran it in for a touch
down in the last few seconds of
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the game," Marlowe said. "We
thought we had won the game
and men the referee called it hack.
Everyone at the game saw the guy
was clearly in. Even in their arti
cle, the Dallas Morning News said
it was a touchdown."
Thirty years later, Marlowe
and his classmates will return to
fulfill a missing piece of their se
nior year.
"You can't imagine what a
great experience this is going to be
for us old guys and the emotions
we will be having," Marlowe said.
"This is truly good bull."
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By James Bernsen
The Battalion
Texas A&M University officials
say students and faculty benefit
greatly from the worldwide com
puter services provided by Internet,
a global framework for communi
cation and information exchange.
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"There are over two million ma
chines connected on Internet
around the world," said Dave Saf-
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archives and mainframe computers
around the world.
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that there is almost too much infor
mation, with more than 1,000 news
groups on bulletin boards covering
topics such as history, computers,
television and politics.
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