The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Friday, March 20, 1959
Tom Dooley Gets Cought
‘Hanging Around 7 Class
In the spring, a young Aggie’s
fancy turns not only to love but
to pranks as well. And this
week, one of the best pranks in
many a year was uncovered at
A&M.
It seems a fictitious student
named Thomas A. Dooley had
been “attending” classes for sev
en weeks. And until last week,
the gag planned and executed by
three seniors had worked like a
charm.
The non-existent student was
registered in February by adding
his name to a list b§ing circulated
on the first meeting of a class.
When the instructor did not catch
the gag and assigned “Mr. Dool
ey” a seat in the room, the men
A&M Receives $1,500 Grant
A $1,500 Du Pont Summer Re- wrote up the results of master’s
search Grant has been received research as a thesis, took the oral
by the Department of Chemical examination and received his mas-
Engineering, Dr. J. D. Lindsay, ter’s degree.
head of the department, announced He returned to A&M in October,
today. 1956, to work toward his PhD. de-
The grant will be used to support gree and joined the staff of the
research work by Natham E. Depai-tment of Chemical Engineer-
Welch, an instructor in the de- ing as an instructor in September,
partment, and to purchase supplies 1957.
and equipment for the research,
Lindsay stated. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
Purpose of the Du Pont summer HARTFORD, Conn. (A 5 )—A man
research grants is to provide recently tried to cash a check at
younger staff members in college the Sound End Bank and Trust
and university departments with Co. Teller George Cherlong refused
opportunities to further their to cash it.
scientific development by engaging A few minutes later, the man
in research or other appropriate returned and said he had a gun in
activity during the summer. his pocket. Cherlong, by then,
Welch, a native of Baytown, re- was annoyed. “If you’ve got a
ceived his B. S. degree in chemical gun,”. he said, “let me see it or
engineering from here in 1953 and get out.”
then began work on his master’s The man left. Then he came back
degree. By Sept. 1, 1954, he had again and asked to see the vice
completed his academic courses and president. The bank had had
research work for that degree. enough. Police were called and they
He then joined the Research Di- charged him with attempted rob-
vision of Columbia Southern Chem- bery. They said he apparently had
ical Co. in Corpus Christi where been drinking.
he did cost analysis and develop-
ment work on the production of Near Wardensville, W. V., Lost
hydrogen pex-oxide. River disappears under Sandy
On Oct. 28, 1954, Welch was Ridge and reappears more than
called to active duty by the Ail four miles away as the headwaters
Force. While in the Air Force he of the Cacapon River.
decided to bring a friend to class
and answer roll call.
All went well for seven weeks.
Then one day last week “Mr.
Dooley” was called on for recita
tion. And on this particular day,
the now-famous “student” was
“absent.”
The professor called his name
several times and then, in a mo
ment of revelation, stopped short.
“Where is Mr. Dooley?” he
asked suspiciously.
Realizing their marathon' jig
was up, the guilty Ags spoke up,
adding a coup de grace to their
prank.
“Mr., Dooley ? Oh, he’s hang
ing around here somewhere.”
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