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Number 149: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1953
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Six Aggies Mobbed At UT
sEarly Thursday Morning
Six A&M students report they
Y-'ere mobbed early Thursday morn
ing by University of Texas stu
dents while policemen looked on.
One of the students, Derrell Len
Steakley from Novice, said the in
cident began about 1 a.m. Thursday
morning directly in front of Me
morial Stadium in Austin.
Before this incident came to an
end, the students said they had
been shaven, painted, forced to do
calisthenics, rolled in grass, forced
to “walk” into a fish pond full of
chilly water and ride back to Col
lege Station in a car plastered with
paint and trash.
Another incident involved five
students, but the details concerning
this second group are undisclosed.
The men were freshmen, and were
in Austin at about the same time
as the first group.
The first group was in a 1953
Oldsmobile driven by Edmund Tom
of Campbellton. With Steakley
a n d Tom were Francis An
drews, Houston; Warren Martin,
San Antonio, still in the hospital
from the incident; Donald Weber,
Columbus, Ohio; and Joe Moore,
Deleon.
Tom and Moore are freshmen,
and the other Cadets are sopho
mores. The men did not comment
on their purpose for going to Aus
tin.
Here is the story which Steakley
and Tom told The Battalion:
They said they were stopped in
front of Memorial Stadium by a
car with two uniformed policemen
in it and one man dressed in civil
ian clothing wearing a badge. They
said the men were campus police
men.
The policemen searched the car.
They next searched the Aggies.
Steakley and Tom said they found
nothing. The officers took the T.D.
numbers of the students, their
names and outfits.
One of the Aggies asked a po
liceman if there was anything else
they wanted.
An officer replied no, that was
all they wanted, but “you might
B on fir e Gua r ding
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Full-time bonfire guarding will
begin at 7 tonight and continue
until 7 a. m. Tuesday.
Schedules, including dates, times
and areas to be guarded, have been
distributed to units concerned.
Day student units will guard the
bonfire during corps meal hours.
These units are squadrons 8,, 12
and 16, A and B composite and A
athletics.
Starting Saturday night, field
telephones, operated by signal
Cutting Area,
More Trucks
Speed Bonfire
A new cutting area for bon
fire wood has been opened,
and much-needed trucks are
promised for the weekend.
A cutting area that will be
open in all kinds of weather has
been opened in case rain closes the
roads to the Tom. Arhopolous land.
The new cutting area is six
miles south of the college on high
way 6. The Arhopulous place is
west of the Wellborn railroad sta
tion.
Clarence (Clancy) Woliver, bon
fire transportation chief, has
promised more trucks for the
weekend.
“From the looks of things now”,
he said, “we will have from six to
eight large semi-trailer trucks plus
the six bob-tail trucks we now have
for the weekend.”
More upperclassmen are needed
in the cutting areas, according to
V. M. (Monty) Montgomery, head
yell leader.
The stacking around the main
drill field is completely in the
charge of A anti-aircraft artillery,
he said.
Weather Today
corps cadets, will connect the
guarding areas.
“No cars will be stopped at any
outpost for any reason,” said Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant
commandant.
No one will be allowed inside
the outer ring on the bonfire with
out showing an A&M identifica
tion card.
“Even if the man is in uniform,
he will still have to show an identi
fication card,” Wilkins said.
No one will be allowed inside
the inner ring.
Coffee for guard details will be
donated by the dining hall, with
student activities office and the
YMCA distributing it.
“We expect no unusual trouble
protecting the bonfire this season,
Wilkins said.
Library Sets
Short Schedule
Cushing Memorial Library will
run on a short schedule during
the Thanksgiving holidays. The
revised schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, Nov. 25—8 a. m. to 5
p. m.
Thursday, Nov. 26—Closed.
Friday, Nov. 27,—8 a. m. to 5
p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 28,—8 a. m. to
12 noon.
Sunday, Nov. 29,—closed.
Monday, Nov. 30, — Regular
schedule.
lose some hair before you get out
of here.”
Pulled In Close
The police had pulled in very
close to the rear bumper of the
Aggies’ car, they said. Another
car, in the meantime, pulled in
front of the students’ car and
blocked them off from escape.
The students got back in the car.
Tom asked one of the policemen if
he could get the door on the other
side of the car shut.
“I don’t care what you do with it.
Close it if you want to,” replied
the policeman. Steakley said the
university students seemed to take
this as a cue, and one reached in
★
L. C. Stromquist, chief traffic
and security officer of the uni
versity, told The Battalion this
morning that the policeman pres
ent was not a campus officer. He
said the man was a member of
the Austin police department.
The police officer told him the
incident went off like it was
planned, with no violence. The
officer reported he gave the Ag
gies a choice of going to the
police station or getting “the
treatment.”
Stromquist said he was sorry
things like this happen. He said,
“School spirit is fine, but it cer
tainly can be carried too far.”
★
and started to pull an Aggie out
of the car.
Grabbed The Aggie
The Aggies grabbed the man and
pulled back. The Aggie was bent
backwards around the door in the
scuffle and screamed.
Steakley said the police were
walking away at the time.
“They might not have seen if,
but the only reason was they didn’t
want to see it,” said Steakley.
The university students took the
six Aggies in front of Hill hall and
shaved gashes ip their hair.
They were going to take the
shirts off the Aggies, but the Ca
dets took their own shirts off “be
cause we were afraid they would
tear them.”
The mob then painted “TUT all
over the mens’ bodies from the
waist up, and painted their hair.
They also poured honey and jelly
on some of the Aggies’ heads.
Next the university students cut
off the left pants’ leg of each stu
dent and painted their left legs.
“These are senior boots!” remarked
one of the mob. They then painted
the Aggies’ buttocks.
The six men were taken to an
open field near the dormitory and
told to do push-ups. They did sev
eral and then were told to roll on
the grass, which they did.
They next were “walked” into a
fish pond. Their clothes were
thrown in after them. The Cadets
fished out their clothes and were
“escorted” back to their car.
(See SIX AGGIES, Page 6)
Dianetics Group
Loses Recognition
BORDEN AWARD—Everett D. Besch, senior veterinary
student, receives the $300 Borden award for veterinary
students, from Bryan Blalock, representative of the Bor
den company. Besch is editor of the Southwest Veterin
arian magazine.
Sen ale
U of H
Commends
Decision
The student senate voted last
night to send a letter to University
of Houston officials commending
them for prompt action in punish
ing the students responsible for
beating three Aggies the night of
Nov. 13.
Senators thought U of H author
ities had done a thorough job in
finding out the members of the
mob which attacked and beat sen
iors Gus Wulfman, Tom McDer
mott and Don Stallings.
In line with the U of H beatings,
the senate suggested that any
A&M student who had information
on the fight Friday should turn it
in to either his dormitory counselor
or the assistant dean of men.
In other action involving A&M
students and other schools, the sen
ate formed a Committee to investi
gate the recent incidents in Austin.
Feeling was high in the senate
that some form of protest should
be sent to University of Texas au
thorities in view of the head shav
ing and painting of six A&M fresh
men Wednesday night in Austin.
The senate recommended that
A&M students should expend all
their energy on the bonfire and not
Letter
Sparks
to
rwi ir f
I rouble
An undetermined number of cadets and non-military stu
dents last night loaded the belongings of an Odessa junior
into his car and watched him drive away as members of the
group played “Boomer Sooner” and “The Aggie War Hymn.”
The student was John Clark, the non-military junior who
bitterly criticized Aggies in Wednesday’s edition of The
Battalion.
Students, reportedly packed Clark’s belongings in boxes
and led him from his room in non-military dormitory 2 to his
automobile. The boxes were placed in the car. Witnesses
said Clark drove away followed by two or three cars filled
with students. Spectators said that he did not resist. It
was reported that between SOtzrz I ZTZ ~
and 60 students were at the I raif-
COOLER
Clear and cool today, tonight,
and tomorrow’. May get cloudy by
Sunday. High yesterday, 78. Low
this morning, 43. High today in
the low 60’s.
A seven-man committee ruled
yesterday that the Dianetcs club
be removed from the list of campus
organizations recognized by the
college.
The group was composed of six
college specialists in medicine, psy
chology and sociology and C. G.
(Spike) White director of student
activities, chairman.
They met behind closed doors
with W. S. McCulley, the Dianetic
club’s advisor. McCulley explained
dianetics, a thought process which
is supposed to promote clear think
ing and cure mental and physical
ills. He also explained the objec
tives and program of the dianetic’s
club.
In a prepared statement, the
committee reported that dianetics
does not follow accepted scientific
principles. Members believed that
A&M should not support teachings
which do not follow the scientific
knowledge taught by the college.
The statement explained that the
Dianetics club may reapply for
recognition as a mental hygiene
or similar club. To do this the
club must revise its objectives with
“more commonly accepted scientific
| principles.”
I The committee also praised Mc
Culley for his efforts in extra-cur
ricula activities. The statement
emphasized that his efforts have
been “enthusiastic and sincere.”
Committee members and their
college departments are Dr. Melvin
Brooks, and Dr. Barton Nelson, ag
riculture economics and sociology;
M. S. Kavanaugh, education and
psychology; Dr. A. J. Kingston,
Basic division staff, Dr. J. E.
Marsh, college physician and Dr.
G. E. Potter, biological science.
Kiwanians To
Install Officers
College Station Kiwanis club of
ficers will be installed Dec. 15 at a
ladies night banquet in the Me
morial Student Center ballroom.
Raymond Robins, trustee of the
Kiwanis International, from
Athens will be guest speaker for
the occassion, said H. E. Burgess,
Kiwanis club president.
Officers to be installed are J. B.
(Dick) Hervey, president; Bob
Cherry, first vice-president; Isaac
Peters, second vice-president; Jim
Baty, W. S. Manning, John Sperry,
L. G. Jones and Dan Russell, di
rectors.
‘Oedipus’ Is Next
Play er Production
Sophocles’ Greek classic, “Oedi
pus Rex,” will be the Aggie Play
ers next play, said C. K. Esten,
sponsor of the group.
The Players will design and
make their own costumes for the
play.
It will be presented in the 1’ound,
probably on March 15 and 16 in
the Memorial Student Center,
Esten said.
“Mr. Roberts,” presented by the
Players last week, was a success,
said Esten. More than 700 persons
attended performances Nov. 9 and
10 in Guion Hall.
Profits earned from plays pre
sented are used by the Players for
a trip and for their banquet, said
Esten.
on reprisals against UT.
Senators were unanimous ih
their expression that there should
be no action against UT students
similar to their actions against
A&M students. Let the committee
formed to investigate the Austin
action do any retaliating, said one
senator.
V. M. (Monty) Montgomery,
head yell leader and student sena
tor, said he and some other cadets
followed a car around the campus
Monday night.
Montgomery said he suspected
that the car contained UT students.
“We were ready for them,” Mont
gomery said, “We had a 12 gauge
shotgun and an axe in the car.”
The senate passed a motion con
demning all beating and painting
by A&M students.
The senate appointed a commit
tee to study the possibility of in
cluding a fund in next year’s senate
budget to cover the cost of lunch
eons for visiting student councils
from Southwest conference schools.
A committee composed of the
vice presidents of the sophomore,
junior and senior classes will meet
to investigate dormitory float outs
and what should be done to elimi
nate them.
The senate discussed what could
be done about the amount of hill
billy music being broadcast by
WTAW and dropped the subject
when it learned no recommendation
it made would be binding.
Drive-In Bandit
Still at Large
The person who stole $133 from
the Circle Drive-In theater Nov. 10
has not been caught.
J. M. (Chito) Gonzales,-who was
on duty in the box office when the
robbery occurred, went to Houston
this week to inspect the Houston
police picture file.
He looked at 10 suspects and
more than 300 morgue pictures
without recognizing the robber.
Three Asked
To Resign
By U of H
HOUSTON, Nov. 19 —UP)
Three University of Houston
students involved in a Friday
fight in which three Texas
A&M students were injured
were asked today to resign from
the university.
The three were not identified.
“Our boys were in the wrong,”
Vice President C. F. Hiller said.
“The fight was unprovoked on the
part of the A&M students.”
The fight took place on the cam
pus after the A&M students had
returned their dates to a girls’
dormitory.
The A&M student newspaper,
the Battalion, yesterday identified
the injured students as Don Stal
lings, Pasadena, badly cut jaw and
two black eyes; Gus Wulfman,
Amarillo, bruises and two black
eyes; and Tom McDerMott, Col
lege Station, two separated ribs
and two black eyes.
scene. Some of these were
said to be top ranking cadet
officers.
Persons living, in dormitory 2
with Clark refused to tell Battalion,
reporters what happened. How
ever, it was learned that a fund
was collected for Clark. The Odes
sa junior had said in a letter to
The Battalion that he would enroll
in University of Oklahoma if Ag
gies would give him the money.
Clarks’ roommate, David Mc-
Cane, junior from Columbus, made
no comment when first qlestioned.
He was asked if he thought Clark
would return. He indicated that
he didn’t think so. McCane said
that he had roomed with Clark
since school started.
College officials and student
leader’s voiced their opinions last
night shortly after John Clark
left school.
When informed of the incident,
President of the College David H.
Morgan said, “Well, that’s not the
way to handle anything of that na
ture. I’m not in favor of mob ac
tion of any kind.”
Morgan said he would have to
have more details of the students’
actions before he could say what
action the college would take.
“The whole incident is regret
table, he said.
John P. Abbott, dean of the col
lege, Said, “I was surprised to
learn that the letter in The Bat
talion was genuine.
“It’s violent intemperateness had
led me to think it was a hoax. But
I am sorry to learn that some of us
think the right answer to violent
accusation is a violent reprisal.
“Long experience has taught me
that the best answer is to let the
facts speak for themselves. Error
cannot persist when confronted
with truth.”
Investigation Proposed
W. L. Penberthy, dean of men,
said the college would have to
make a thorough investigation.
“We’ll look into it and then take
the appropriate action,” he said.
“I can’t think of anything
worse,” said Bennie Zinn, assistant
dean of men. “I never thought
the students would do anything
like what happened.”
He said things are pretty bad
when a man can’t write an article
for the paper and give his opinion.
“It is bad when the students can
Pun anyone off anytime they
please,” Zinn said. “That is against
everything we are supposed to be
working for here. If we are going
to start this, we will just have a
mob.”
Col. Joe Davis, commandant, who
was investigating the incident, said
it was not a corps function.
When asked about the incident,
Fred Mitchell, commander of the
cadet corps, said, “No comment.”
Later he said, “The cadet corps
was not involved.”
Ide Trotter, president of the
student senate and corps chaplain,
said, “No comment.”
Gets 257
Pints Here
\
Two hundred and fifty-sev
en pints of blood were donated
here Wednesday.
“It was the smoothest op
eration we have been on,”'
said Dr-. Marion Carter, director of
the Central Texas Regional Blood
center.
Fifty-seven pints of blood were
donated as replacement blood for
A&M student Charles Arnold, who
is in Waco’s Hillcrest hospital re
covering from an automobile acci
dent Oct. 3.
The Center’ will send the rest of
the blood to Armour and company
for processing into plasma. The
plasma may be used for the nriii-
l.ary services or for civil disasters.
The College Station Chamber of
Commerce and Civic Development
association served coffee hot choc
olate and cookies to donors. Box
lunches' Were given to donors who
missed meals because of the crowd
ed schedule.
Dorm Drive Set
For TV in
A fund-raising campaign will be
conducted Tuesday and Wednesday
to put television in the Memorial
Student Center.
Donations will be taken from
dormitory students on those days.
More than $120 dollars already has
been collected from tubs placed in
the MSC for that purpose, and one
television set has been donated by
Jack Finney, ’39.
“A donation of 25 cents from
each man would put the fund close
to its $2,000 goal,” said Charlie
Parker, member of the MSC coun
cil.
Don Friend and Carroll Phillips
will contact cadet commanders
about collecting the fund. Carroll
Forrester will ask non-military stu
dent senators to handle the non
military collections.
“I feel all students will want to
donate to the fund since it is for
their benefit, and the sets will
make those long week-ends more
bearable,” Parker said.
Donations will be accepted Horn
former students and mothers clubs
after Thanksgiving, he said.
Four or five sets and eight out
lets are proposed for the MSC.
The outlets will permit the sets
to be moved to different parts of
the building on special occasions.
A&M Student Puts
Degree to Work
One A&M student is making use
of his civil engineering degree to
finance his school work for a mas
ters degree.
Robert F. Hillman, graduate stu
dent from Fordyce, Ark., is work
ing as a general engineer on the
new PE building now under con
struction here. He is employed in
his spare time by Farnsworth and
Chambers Inc., general contractors
building the structure.
Hillman received his engineering
degree last spring along with his
officer’s commission. He obtained
a deferment for as long as was
needed to get his masters. He
will report for active duty in the
signal corps immediately after re
ceiving the degree.
Livestock Show
Planned March 20
The Little Southwestern Live
stock show is tenatively planned
for March 20, said Raymond O.
Rutledge, president of the Saddle
and Sirloin club.
Some of the activities being
planned by the program committee
are horse-cutting, girls’ barrel
racing, ham auctioning, and the
livestock showing and judging.
In the livestock showing and
judging the participants are judged
on their showmanship in prepar
ing and showing their animals. The
award for the best showman will
be a silver platter inscribed with
the winner’s name, the date, and
the reason for the award.
Col. Walter Britten of Bryan,
well-known southwest livestock
auctioneer, is donating his services
and will auction off the hams at
the livestock show.
The proceeds from the sale of
the hams help defer the expenses
of the livestock judging teafri’4
trips. ,