Re:" Supression in Science" in..

[RC Macaulay]

I remarked that many could learn from how Texas A & M " aggies" overcome derisive jokes about aggies.   Joke about the aggie, had been attending A & M  20 years without earning his engineering degree.. finally the faculty held a rally in Kyle field attended by 40 thousand aggies. Faculty announced if the undergraduate answered one exam question correctly, they would confer his degree.   Questin was.. how much is 6 plus 4.. long hesitation.. absolute quiet in the stands, holding their breath in anticipation,, finally the student answered in question  form... ten????.   Aggies stick together and all rose together in the stands screaming.. GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE !!   If  one knows the wisdom of humor and knows how to correctly apply it, one would be as successful as Texas A & M.alumni. Tell an aggie an aggie joke at your own peril because an aggie comes well armed with the very best aggie jokes. They have cultivated the remarkable ability to make you laugh with them ,at them ,and in so doing cause an endearment toward all aggies.   Richard