The Battalion
• STATE and LOCAL •
Wednesday, November 21,1990
Aggie proud
Cliff Coleman, an industrial distribution major, gets his picture
taken in front of the System Administration Building.
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Good Bull
Class of ’57 former student recalls Aggie escapades in book
By MELISSA NAUMANN
Special to the Battalion
You probably have heard about the outhouse
being stolen for bonfire and you might have
heard about Bevo being kidnapped.
But have you heard about the football player
who strapped a soda machine to his back and car
ried it up four flights of stairs? Or what about the
Texas A&M students who assaulted campus po
lice officers with snowballs but never were cap
tured?
Well, here’s your chance.
Dr. John Hoyle, Class of ’57 and professor of
educational administration, has compiled some
of the wildest pranks and practical jokes that Ag
gies have pulled over the years in “Good Bull; 30
Years of Aggie Escapades.”
And if anybody knows about Aggies, it’s
Hoyle.
Hoyle’s life as an Aggie began in 1953 when he
turned down a professional baseball contract
with the St. Louis Browns and accepted a baseball
scholarship at A&M.
Now with three degrees from the University,
Hoyle’s baseball background still is with him — in
1984, he received the Award of Honor from the
American Baseball Coaches Association.
“I still have the Browns’ contract,” Hoyle says.
“I was to be assigned to their farm team in Ada,
Okla. My parents encouraged me to get a college
education and now I’m glad I followed their ad
vice.”
About three years ago, Hoyle decided to put
all his college memories together in a book.
He recorded his stories, got some from other
former students and investigated some rumors
he had heard. Then eight months ago, Hoyle
consulted a publisher, and the result is a 96-page
book full of anecdotes.
For example, one titled “The' Missing Coke
Machine” is about an A&M football player who
became angry when the soda machine stole his
quarter. After hitting it to no avail, the student
strapped the machine on his back and lugged it
up four flights of stairs.
The next day, he was discovered by campus se
curity in his room surrounded by dozens of
empty bottles.
Unfortunately, he told security guards he
could carry things upstairs, but he did not carry
things down because he was afraid of hurting
himself.
The guards had to use a crane to knock out a
window and three rows of bricks to lift the ma
chine back down to the first floor.
Some of Hoyle’s classmates who have read the
book agree that Hoyle has captured the Aggie es
sence in his book.
“ ‘Good Bull’ vividly recalls when A&M was
all-male, all-military and Aggies were a unique
‘tribe,’ ’’Jack Rains, ClasS of’60, says. “It’s must
reading for all past and present ‘hell-raisers.’ ”
Hoyle will sign books Saturday in the MSC
from 9 a.m. until the football game begins and
then for an hour-and-a-half after the football
game.
Books also are available through Insite Press at
776-0086.
Panels of teen jurors
to put pressure on peers
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — Pan
els of teen-age jurors will sentence
juvenile offenders in some cases
next year, Nueces County officials
said.
The objective is to use peer pres
sure to persuade youths to lead a
crime-free lifestyle, organizers of the
new Corpus Christi Teen Court said.
District Judge Mike Westergren,
chairman of the Nueces County Ju
venile Board, announced the pro
gram Monday at a news conference.
He said the teen court should help
dissuade first-time juvenile offend
ers from committing more crimes.
It will be sponsored in 1991 by
$5,000 from the Junior League of
Corpus Christi, $10,000 from the
city government and $25,000 from
the Nueces County Juvenile Depart
ment.
The program has one paid staff
member, Orlando Garcia, who has
worked in the adult and juvenile
probation system.
Any first-time Class C misdemea
nor offender between the ages of 10
and 16 may choose to go before the
teen court. Class C misdemeanors
include traffic violations, fighting
and public intoxication.
The program requires that a
youth first plead guilty before going
to the teen court for punishment,
Westergren said. Teen-agers will
serve as prosecutors and defense at
torneys. A district judge will preside
over the hearings.
Six teen-agers will sit as jurors and
decide punishment after hearing ev
idence. Sanctions will include com
munity service and restitution, West
ergren said. A judge may alter the
sentence if it is deemed necessary.
Teen-age participants will be se
lected from area high schools. Those
youths who plead guilty and are sen
tenced by the teen court must serve
in some other capacity, such as a ju
ror, in future proceedings.
Sheriff James Hickey said he sup
ports the program designed to tar
get young misdemeanor offenders
before they commit more serious
crimes.
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In Advance
Health department will sponsor turkey trot
Joggers planning on eating a
large Thanksgiving dinner can
get a head start on taking off ex
cess calories in Thursday’s 22nd
annual turkey trot.
The turkey trot is sponsored by
Texas A&M University’s Depart
ment of Health and Physical Fit
ness and Kinesiology.
The fun run, which is free and
open to the public, will begin at 8
a.m. in front of G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Turkey trot organizer Jack
Chevrette says hundreds of peo
ple are expected to participate in
the non-competitive event come
rain or shine.
“We usually have every type of
person, from experienced run
ners to grandmothers,” Chevrette
says. “Everyone’s welcome and
everyone that finishes will receive
a certificate.”
The turkey trot course is about
3.1 miles long and stretches
around the Texas A&M golf
course. There are no pre-race
registrations or prerequisites for
participation.
“The event is just a healthy way
to burn off calories and have
some fun,” Chevrette says.
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