Che Battalion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1966
Number 318
KAY ARNOLD
. . . David Miller
BEVERLEY BROWN
... Charles Kluge
ROSEMARY MAUK
. . . William Galloway
CAROL CATER
...John Gay
NANCY RHODES
... Frank H. Markey
DONNA LEBLANC
. . . Butch Pavelka
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JANNA DURARD
... Roland Smith
PATTI DYE
. . Rick Graham
JANE RAMSEY
. . . Don E. Allen
NORENE DALTON
. . . James Dalton
Suspended
Hazing
Upperclassmen Charged
With Freshmen Beatings
Eighteen upperclassmen
from Company E-l were sus
pended from Texas A&M
Thursday after violating uni
versity regulations regard
ing physical hazing.
Seven seniors, including
the commanding officer, four
juniors and seven sopho
mores were dismissed after
they admitted beating fresh
men in the unit with brooms.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan announced the sus
pensions after consultation
with Col. D. L. Baker, Com
mandant of the Corps.
Cadets affected include
George L. Eastman, James
A. Dimock, Louis S. Trapo-
lino, William J. Singleton,
Miro A. Pavelka, Angel
Saenz Jr. and Oscar E. Pena,
seniors, and juniors Olin V.
Harvey, Eloy Garcia, George
B. Davis and Joel Aldape.
Sophomores suspended are
Daniel L. Bailey, Matthew
Dikeman, Michael C. Feehan,
George J. Kacal, Roger D.
Payne, Link E. Summers and
Sanford T. Ward.
The disciplinary action is
effective at once but all stu
dents will be permitted to
complete this semester’s
course work.
SOME OF the students in
volved were expected to file
appeals today with the Uni
versity Appeals Committee.
THE SUSPENSION order
carries with it automatic dis
missal from the Corps of
Cadets, and all students were
to have moved into civilian
dormitories immediately.
“We are extremely disap
pointed with this outbreak
of hazing in the Cadet
Corps,” Hannigan said. “The
university cannot and will
not whitewash illegal activi
ties on the part of irrespons-
Senior Ring Dance,
Vanity Fair Top
Weekend Activity
SHARON ANN LANE
. . . James E. Neely
WHITNEY VICKERS
. . . John S. McMath
By ROBERT SOLOVEY
Battalion Sports Writer
Twas the week before finals
and all through the campus not a
creature was stirring — except
graduating seniors, who are pre
paring to celebrate their last big
weekend of activities at A&M.
Festivities begin at 7 p.m Fri
day with the annual Press Club
Banquet and continue at 6:30
p.m. Saturday with the Senior
Ring Dance and Banquet.
The Press Club will select six
finalists and six runner-ups in
the Vanity Fair competition in
the ballroom of the Memorial Stu
dent Center to highlight the
smorgasbord and special appreci
ation awards.
Semi-finalists from which A&M
journalists will make their selec
tions will include Kay Arnold,
Beverley Brown, Carol Cater,
Norene Dalton, Patti Dye, Janna
DuRard, Sharon Ann Lane, Donna
LeBlanc, Rosemary N. Mauk,
Jane Ramsey, Nancy Rhodes and
Whitney Vickers.
The 1965-66 student publica
tions editors will be awarded
watches for their service during
the past year. Keys and citations
will also be presented to staff
members.
Humorist Newt Hielscher will
be the guest speaker at the Senior
Banquet preceding the 8:30 p.m
Senior Ring Dance in Sbisa Hall
Saturday. The banquet will be in
Duncan Dining Hall.
For more than 15 years Hiels
cher has appeared as guest speak
er or master of ceremonies before
various conventions, banquets,
and sports and service meetings.
He spoke at a recent A&M
football banquet and has enter
tained audiences throughout Tex
as and Louisiana. Hielscher has
been billed as a comedian with
“an enjoyable pace” and “the
humorist with a message.”
After appearing before a group
in Louisiana an official remarked:
“The best performance I’ve seen
by an after dinner speaker’ When
a man can command the attention
and interest of that size group,
after an already long program, he
has something to be proud of.”
Seniors will reverse their rings
and allow the year to face out
ward at the Senior Ring Dance.
Buddy Brock and a 24-piece
orchestra with a female vocalist
First Bank & Trust now pays
4%% per annum on savings cer
tificates. —Adv.
will provide the music. The theme
of the dance is “Our Years at
A&M.”
The ballroom will be decorated
in the Aggie tradition, with rep
resentations of such symbols as
bonfire, senior boots and Sully.
The dance will end at 12:30 a.m.
Pictures will cost $10.50 with $1
for extra prints.
The Vanity Fair finalists will
appear in the 1966 Aggieland and
will be presented at the Senior
Ring Dance.
Seniors can also take advantage
of the Senior A-Go Groad which
will be at the Bryan Country
Club at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets
are available at the door.
Battalion Presses
Honor Dead Week
The presses will slow down next
week as the Battalion comes out
only two times.
Giving staff members an op
portunity to rest and study for
finals, papers will be produced
Tuesday and Thursday of dead
week.
During Final Week the Bat
talion will come out but one time,
June 2, and the first summer is
sue will roll out June 9.
ible groups.
“The more responsible
leadership element in the
student body, both Corps and
civilians, must exert their
influence to eliminate these
practices which hurt A&M
far more than they imagine
at present.”
The suspensions vary in
severity, with juniors receiv
ing the harshest punishment
and sophomores the lightest.
SENIORS eligible for
graduation May 28 will not
be permitted to receive their
diplomas but may apply for
reinstatement and enroll
ment in absentia no earlier
than the second summer ses
sion. If their applications
are approved they may re
ceive degrees in August 1966.
Juniors will not be permit
ted to apply for readmission
until the spring semester of
1967, while sophomores can
not attend summer sessions
and must reapply for admis
sion in the fall. Each case
will be judged on its own
merits.
All students under advanc
ed ROTC contract had their
contracts terminated but
may reapply for a contract
upon their acceptance for re
admission into the univer
sity.
The hazing incident was
brought to the attenion of
Department of Military Sci
ence officials through an
anonymous source Wednes
day. Baker and two other
officers went to the unit’s
dorm and inspected freshmen
and found several with sev
ere bruises.
First Brigade unit com
manders were ordered late
Wednesday to turn in to the
Commandant’s office lists of
all freshmen with bruises
apparently received from
brooms. Some units in the
brigade did report cases of
SEVERAL other units, in
cluding the combined band
and some Air Force squad
rons, conducted freshman in
spections Thursday night
with similar results as those
found in the First Brigade.
Company E-l is housed in
the north dormitory area, the
scene of water fights and
friction between Corps and
civilian segments of the stu
dent body earlier this semes
ter.
University regulations call
for suspension or dismissal
of students who participate
in acts of physical hazing, in
cluding the use of a board or
other instruments.
1966-67 DRUM MAJORS
Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, director of the Texas Aggie Band,
has named as drum majors for next year head William M.
Hensley, center, Maroon Band Freeman J. Jarrell, left, and
White Band Donald C. Burleson Jr.
AN EDITORIAL
A Good Time
For Fairness
The perpetual plague of the Corps of Cadets has once
again reared its ugly head for the state’s inspection.
The latest outbreak of physical hazing and the swift
manner in which offenders were dealt with should make
it painfully and perfectly clear that those charged with
the responsibility of enforcing regulations intend to do
just that.
The application of justice, however, oftentimes is not
administered in the most equitable manner possible, and
the case in point is no exception.
There can be no disputing the fact that the accused
individuals are in fact guilty of physical hazing, and The
Battalion cannot defend their actions.
The regulations concerning physical hazing are well
known by every individual in the Corps. The punishment
for violation of the rules is spelled out in detail. And
every cadet, even before he picks up a broomhandle or
curtain rod or coat hanger, knows the consequences of his
action if he is ever caught.
There can be no place in the Corps of Cadets for per
sons who thrive on physical hazing as an integral part
of the ritual of Corps life, and such individuals should be
punished when apprehended.
But if punishment is to be rendered, it must be meted
out to all offenders in proportion to the offense.
The article to the left of this editorial lists the names
of 18 cadets suspended for physical hazing. Some of these
individuals are guilty to a disgusting extent and should
be punished accordingly.
Others have indulged in hazing to a small degree and
still others are “first offenders,” yet regardless of the
frequency of their actions all are technically guilty.
Still certain inconsistencies cannot be overlooked.
Many seniors will walk across the stage of G. Rollie
White Coliseum a week from Saturday who have violated
the hazing statute more flagrantly than any of the 18.
Yet they will graduate on time while three seniors will
not be permitted to join them.
Many seniors-to-be, including some in command posi
tions, will retain their rank although some would be dis
missed from school at once if their actions were discovered.
And if the Administration desired to rid the Corps
of all upperclassmen who have practiced or condoned haz
ing this year, there would be no shortage of dormitory
space next fall.
Those who are being made to bear the brunt of an
evil much too prevalent throughtout the Corps are those
who have had the dignity and decency to admit they are
wrong. Many offenders will remain unscathed at the
expense of these honest 18.
Yesterday’s action leads us to believe that a rash of
hazing has erupted on campus, but it is no secret that
similar occurrences have been fairly regular at other times
and in other units this year.
Remaining pockets of hazing proponents must be eli
minated if the Corps is to ever realize its potential, but
this will take more than making examples of 18 cadets.
In some units hazing is still considered an accepted
principle and occupational hazard of life at Aggieland.
Sophomores who were beaten as freshmen have been brain
washed into believing such action is standard operating pro
cedure. By their junior year they are encouraged by seniors
who support hazing and participate with them. Each sub
sequent class of freshman follows the example of the
upperclassmen and thus physical hazing is perpetuated.
The Corps has enjoyed a fine year thus far. Conduct
at athletic events has been unusually good and the Corps
has even been complimented by student bodies of other
schools for its outstanding behavior at times this year.
But the respect and good will engendered this year are
now wiped out as media carry the story of another unfor
tunate incident to the people of Texas and the nation.
There must emerge in the Corps more leaders with
enough maturity, responsibility and plain common sense
to realize that the lingering remnants of physical hazing
must be destroyed, whatever the cost.
The battle must be won from within, and the victory
is yet to come.
Senate Passes
Political Groups
By JOHN B. FULLER
Battalion Staff Writer
The newly-elected Student Sen
ate, meeting for the first time
Thursday, unanimously passed a
motion indicating support for the
admission of political clubs on
campus.
The measure was introduced by
Parliamentarian Dan Fischer who
called for a stand by the new
body “in order to keep this mat
ter before the administration.”
“There are thousands of stu
dents in this University who want
political clubs on campus,” said
senior senator Dick Franklin in
support of the measure. “We
owe it to these people to repre
sent their views here.”
The motion endorses the ad
ministration - proposed political
forum “as a step forward in the
interest of student education,” but
stresses that the Senate does not
consider it “the only alternative
to political clubs.”
Much of the meeting was de
voted to a discussion of the water
fight situation. Terry Aglietti
reminded that the Senate Execu
tive Committee had earlier dis
cussed the problem at great
length and were unable to reach
a decision on what action might
be taken.
“I’m sure there’s a solution,”
he said. “We just couldn’t come
up with it. We need your ideas.”
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan said the drownouts
caused the largest amounts of
damage suffered in the spring
vandalism.
“When expenses run to three or
four thousand dollars for dormi
tory repairs, these activities cease
to be fun,” he said. “I’m sure
there will be objections when we
hand the student body a bill for
that amount, but I’m afraid it’s
likely.”
Commenting on proposals to
reduce Corps-civilian tension
through intramural playoffs or
administration - backed water
fights, Aglietti said “any sort of
planned activity would accomplish
nothing.”
“Water fights are purely spon
taneous actions,” he went on. “A
student doesn’t stop to consider
the effects of what he’s doing;
logic never enters into it. It just
seems that people get these mo
mentary urges during this part
of the year.”
Suggestions from several sen
ate members generally favored
reduction of the rivalry through
persuading incoming students
that “we’re all Aggies — Corps
and civilians alike,” as Aglietti
pointed out. Speeches to this ef
fect by Senate President Barney
Fudge and other campus leaders
on All-College Night in addition
to direction from unit command
ers and civilian counselors, were
named as possible methods of in
fluencing the new freshmen.
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