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Number 98: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1958
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‘Molemen’ Hang, Burn ‘Goose’ Effigy
Californian
To Give 6th
Guest Lecture
Theodore Osmundson Jr., a
landscape architect from San
Francisco, Calif., is scheduled
to deliver the sixth lecture in
the Division of Architecture
series Tuesday night in the As
sembly Room of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Speaking at 8 p.m., Osmundson
will discuss “Residential and Pub
lic Landscape Projects from Cali
fornia.”
Osmundson is a graduate of
Iowa State College with a degree
in Landscape Architecture.
In 194G he began private prac
tice with John Stanley in Berkeley
and San Francisco. He is now vis
iting lecturer at the Department
of Landscape Architecture at the
University of California.
The firm of Osmundson and
Stanley is known by its published
works in the residential garden
field through publications a s
“House Beautiful”, “American
Home”, “Better Homes and Gar
dens”, and “Sunset Magazine.”
In recent years the firm has
been active in landscape designing
in the park and recreation field as
fc T ell as schools, hospitals, motels
»nd many other large scale pro
jects.
Six Men In Race
For School Board
Six men are in the race for two
positions on the A&M Consolidated
School Board which will be de
cided in an April 5 election.
Dr. J. S. Rogers, board chair
man and J. R. Jackson, the two
members whose terms will expire,
have both filed for re-election.
Others filing for two posts are:
J. B. Baty, GOO Jersey St.; A. E.
(Buddy) Denton, 602 Guernsey;
Truman Jones, 1212 Munson; and
James H. (Jim) Dozier, 1005 Wal
ton.
Rogers and Jackson are from the
Southside and College Hills areas
of the city and if tradition holds
true, the new board member will
be elected from these areas. Us
ually the board represents a selec
tion of members from all parts of
the city, giving all districts equal
representation.
Baty and Denton are from the
Southside section, while Jones and
Dozier are from the College Hills
sector.
‘Molemen’’ March at Midnight
—Battalion Staff Photo
A group of hooded “molemen” hanged and about midnight. The demonstration was
burned an effigy tagged “Goose” last night reportedly in protest against a tac-officer.
In Corps Outfits
Seniors Plan Starting
Trial Honor Code Soon
By FRED MEURER
In a class meeting yesterday,
seniors took a major step toward
installation of an Honor Code at
A&M by drawing up plans for a
trial honor system to be under
taken in Corps dormitories probab
ly within the next two weeks.
“The trial system will let the
men experience what is expected
of them .under the Honor Code
system”, said Taylor Scott, chair
man of the orientation committee.
Definite regulations for the plan
will be decided at the commanding
officers’ meeting Tuesday after
noon. Scott said this trial period
should lay the foundation for a full
scale Honor Code next year.
The trial program will deal pri
marily with an honor system dur
ing Call to Quarters, remarked
Scott. After the trial period, he
said, unit commanders may keep
the system in their outfits if they
.want to.
Scott said the C.O.’s would set
a beginning date for the trial
pei’iod at Tuesday’s meeting.
The orientation committee will
serve as the Honor Council and as
the Board of Review for violators.
The trial period will be extended
until the class can decide, on the
basis of the program’s results,
what the next step will be.
During the meeting, the seniors
heard a report on the orientation
committee’s visit with faculty
members of the business admini
stration, history and physics de
partments. Said Scott:
“They all received the Honor
Code idea very well and offered
any assistance to put it into ef
fect.”
Numerous other departments
told the committee they would be
glad to discuss the program with
Honor Code representatives.
Scott said the committee eventu
ally hoped to appear before the
Academic Council to report on
steps so far and suggest means
whereby the faculty board could
assist in the orientation.
On the Civilian student side, re
presentatives pointed out at yes
terday’s meeting that they hoped
to form an Honor Code system
parallel to the one the Corps draws
up. The Civilian Student Council
reported they had discussed the
Honor Code with most dorm coun
selors and had anangod to meet
with those who have not yet been
contacted.
Easter Seals
Go On Sale In
Five Counties
The 1958 Easter Seal Cam
paign, sponsored by the Bra
zos County Crippled Chil
dren’s Society, officially got
underway yesterday.
Funds from the drive will be
used to supply braces, therapy
treatment and other medical care
for crippled children in a five-
county area. The counties are Bra
zos, Burleson, Grimes, Robertson
and Washington.
Sales also help support the Bra
zos County Crippled Children’s
Therapy Center at 100 Highland,
Bryan. Children from the five
counties each day receive therapy
administered by Leonce (Buddy)
Lanoux, registered physical ther
apist.
General chairman and Brazos
County representative for the drive
is Mrs. George Foster, of Bryan.
Other county representatives are
Jack Faulds, Burleson; Mrs. J. H.
McDonald, Grimes; Mrs. W. S.
Hoyt, Robertson; and Miss Lillian
A. Klatte, Washington.
The drive officially began yes
terday and extends through April
6.
The 1958 appeal letter will be
sent from the Brazos County chap
ter, with Mrs. Leslie V. Hawkins,
College Station, in charge. Volun
teer workers are addressing, stuff
ing and mailing 16,500 letters.
Mrs. Hawkins said the A&M In
dustrial Education Student Wives
Club has been the largest contrib
utor to the volunteer staff.
Other groups participating in
mailing the seals are the Jaycettes
of Bryan, Ladies of the A&M Meth
odist Church of College Station
and parents and friends of the
Crippled Children’s Club.
Back To School
Parents went back to school last night as Consolidated
Junior High and High Schools held open house. Above,
sixth graders and their parents watch a blackboard math
contest.
Aggieland Pictures
Slated For Sophs
Sophomore yearbook portraits
| will be made next week and the
; week following at the Aggieland
Studio between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m.
March 10-11 are the days for
j A, B, C and E Infantry; A Ordn-
^ ance; B and C Armor; and A, B
i and C Engineers.
On March 13-14 A Transporta
tion, A, B and C Field Artillery; A,
B and C AAA; A Signal; and A
Quartermaster are scheduled.
A Chemical; A Veterinary; A,
B and C Composite; A and B
^ Athletes; and the Maroon and
! White Bands will report March
17-18.
Squadrons 1-11 are slated for
j March 20-21 and March 24-25 are
J the days for Squadrons 12-23.
Thomas Beckett, a new Civilian
member of the Student Senate,
asked yesterday that the Senate
apologize to Joe Tindel, editor of
The Battalion, for “the embarrass
ment caused him” in answering
the Senate’s request for his re
moval last month.
The motion was turned down by
the body after about 25 minutes of
discussion by a strong, oral vote,
with several Senators abstaining.
Proposer of the motion for a
Senate apology was Thomas Beck
ett, a senior veterinarian medicine
major from Austin. Beckett was
! attending his first meeting of the
j Senate; he was appointed last week
I by the Civilian Student Council to
I fill a vacancy left by a student not
! returning for the spring semester.
The proposed resolution stated
that:
“The Board of Student Publica-
j tions has decisively rejected the
i Senate’s recent charges against Joe
i Tindel and found that he did not
! act in bad faith as they charged,
: therefore,
Resolved that the Senate hereby
apologize to Mr. Tindel for any
embarrassment its charges may
have caused him and for the in-
| convenience he was caused in ans
wering these charges.”
Pat Resley, chairman of the Is
sues Committee, which presented
the request to the Board, told the
! student body ‘T’ve known Joe a
j long time—I don’t think we owe
him an apology—nor do I think he
I expects one.”
Beckett retorted that he felt the
: Senate had lost much face on the
, campus and that someone was in
error in the matter in as much as
i the Senate felt he (Tindel) was
Hooded Protesters
Moan At Midnight
By JOE BUSER
Aboute 20 moaning “molemen”, carrying torches and
dressed in white T-shirts and wearing hoods over their heads,
hanged and burned an effigy tagged “Goose”, in the Corps
area last night about midnight.
The incident was reportedly a protest against Maj. Ed
ward L. Scott, a tactical officer.
The protesting “moles” slowly walked around the qua
drangle, brandishing their oily torches over their heads
softly moaning. The hundred or so on-lookers remained quiet
during the three or four-minute demonstration: the only
noise as they marched was the moaning and the pop of flash
bulbs from the large group of photographers present
After the short silence, thef
crowd began shouting “Burn
Apology To Tindel
Vetoed By Senate
it—burn Goose.” The “mole
men” then produced a rope
and hanged the effigy from
a neai'by tree.
As the crowd formed a circle
around the tree, the noise increased
until the “moles” touched their
burning mop-torches to the effigy.
The spectators, who had increased
three-fold by then, showed ap
proval by wildly cheering as the
dummy burned.
The white-clad moles quickly
disappeared into the nearby dorms
as soon as the stuffed object was
burning.
The observers remained at the
fire for some time, occasionally
whooping, most of them grinning
widely.
The students witnessing the
demonstration began gathering be
tween dorms 5 and 7 about 11:30
p. m. A variety of costume, vary
ing from raincoats to bathrobes
was worn. No one was in uniform.
Earlier this week, single-sheet,
mimeographed paper, dubbed “The
Mole—Printed in the Steam Tun
nels of A&M” was circulated in
the Corps dorm areas. Several
references were made to tac-of-
ficers, though none by name. It
also included some comments on
college administration and Corps
operation.
Weather Today
Today’s weather should be fair,
becoming showery tonight, the col
lege weather station reports. A
high of 78 degrees and a low of 50
are expeeted.
Yesterday’s high was 76 degrees.
Corps Baseball
Starts Monday
In Travis Park
Corps baseball jumps off t
a fast start Monday as th
cadets invade Travis Park i
Bryan for two games, settin
off the second year of Army
air Force baseball.
At 5 p.m., the 2nd Battalion, 2n
Regiment plays host to the 2n<
Battalion, 1st Regiment in the i
tial game of the year. At 7:
the 5th Group, winner of the Ai
Force league last year, takes o
the 2nd Group under the lights.
Two full rounds of play ar<
scheduled for this year’s pennan
race, with e^ich team playing te
games. A playoff between the win
ners of the Army and Air Fore
leagues will be played at the en
of the season.
Army and Air Force officers wil
umpire the games. Bats will b
furnished by the Air Science De
partment, but each team must pro
vide its own baseballs and catch
er’s equipment.
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Society Presents
Movie Ton igh t
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” wilj
be the Memorial Student Centex
Film Society’s attraction for to-l
night in the Ballroom beginning at
7:30, accoi’ding to James WestJ
society chairman.
guilty of acting in bad faith, yet
the Board did not.
“The Senate should recognize its
mistake and not ‘stew in its own
juice.’ ”
Only three members of the Sen
ate audibly voted “aye” to the
measure — all three Civilian stu
dents.
1,200 Served
At CHS Moms,
Dads Supper
Approximately 1,200 hun
gry College Station citizens
j ate chicken last night at the
I A&M Consolidated Mothers
and Dads Club community
! supper, Mrs. Robert M. Stevenson,
j supper committee chairman said.
The fried chicken supper was
i served in the CHS gymnasium
! from 5:30-7 o’clock. Proceeds from
! the event will go to furthering ac-
; tivities of the Consolidated schools.
Most of the diners stayed for the
! schools’ open house held by grades
| 6-12, as students went through ab-
! breviated schedules of their daily
| classes, taking their parents as
special guests.
Both the junior and senior high
school presented an assembly in
the CHS auditorium as part of the
| open house. The Senior Chorus,
under the direction of Robert
Boone, was the featured attraction
for the senior high program. The
Junior Boys Chorus, directed by
Frank Coulter, took the spotlight
I for the junior high assembly.
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Sully Gets “Unpainted”
A group of Civilian freshmen gave Sully a much needed I
cleaning yesterday. The stok, old gentleman was recently
the site for a direct hit by a can of orange paint.