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Page 8 • The Battalion Thursday • April 25,19% 1 Over ISO ^ Speciality Drinks Bic Txr Big Screen TViM » Nl Lunch & Dinner ►93-6429^ ^ ^ ^ t hi5 ^ k ^ miw marostiKMB) Hilarious Pub Songs from Liverpool Post Oak Mall •CJU.DCJ T.LLL Lifeguards Needed Sweetwater Pools, Inc. in Houston is looking for leadership-oriented individuals to run our pools this summer. Training will be offered- must have or willing to take Lifeguard Training, First Aid, and CPR courses. You will manage as well as lifeguard. This is a full-time summer job (40 hours per week/6 days per week). Salary range $800.00- $1,000.00 per month plus swimming lessons and bonus. Assistant Managers as well as Lifeguards are also needed. Call between the hours of 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri. to set up an appointment for an interview. (713) 270-5946 TAMU - Math This Summer Consider taking a math course this summer. 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DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY m 505 University Dr. East, Suite 101 College Station, TX 77840 On University Drive between Randall’s & Black Eyed Pea SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE CAMPUS Concern: University looks for leads Continued from Page 1 has come to me to provide me with first hand information,” Southerland said. “Be cause this appears to be a Corps-related situation, the commandant has full knowl edge of the rumor mill and would and has aggressively pursued all possible leads.” Gen. Thomas Darling, Corps of Cadets commandant, said the possibility of such an organization has caused concern. Dar ling said, however, that pursuing the mat ter has been difficult because of a lack of evidence. “I have proceeded in an informal way to see what I could find out about all of this,” he said. “Eve talked to a number of people, seeking advice, but I have no facts to go on. That’s my problem.” Darling said that the concept of secret organizations, in general, is an idea that is not embraced by Corps administration or cadets. He added that student sentiment against Stickers runs high. Although he has not been able to verify the organization’s motives or agenda, Dar ling said he is concerned that the Stickers may be an organization that would contra dict what the Corps is trying to achieve. Corps Commander Tyson Voelkel, a se nior industrial distribution major, said that although he cannot verify the group’s existence, the idea of secret organizations goes against the beliefs of the Corps. “If this group exists or is indeed orga nized,” Voelkel said, “it does so explicitly against what the Corps of Cadets stands for and undermines what being an Aggie is all about. “If they are involved in something like this, they are hurting the Corps and going against the Aggie Code of Honor and prov ing that they have no integrity.” Voelkel said the possibility of the exis tence of Stickers has prompted a greater fo cus on leadership training within the Corps. “I’ve given countless hours of advice and mentorship to not only Steven (Foster, next year’s commander), but other key leaders in the Corps that may be succeptable to this type of organization,” Voelkel said. “I feel strongly that they know more about what real leadership is and with that knowledge will not do anythingto hurt A&M.” Southerland said the A&M administra tion welcomes any information that would help verify the existence of Stickers and its purpose. “If individuals have first-hand know! edge or information that would constitutea charge against individuals or an organiza tion, I’m listening,” he said. Flistory: Secret organizations nothing new to Texas A&M Continued from Page 1 elections and the selection of cadet rank. The Kala Kinasis was eventu ally disbanded, but reorganized years later as the TTs. The TPs, which stands for True Texans or Tonkawa Tribe, also had secret membership and goals. During the time, another dancing club, the Swastikas, was formed. Much like the Kala Kinasis, the Swastikas, in addi tion to hosting social functions, sought to control the outcome of elections and Corps leadership selection.The Swastikas even tually evolved into the Stikas, or Stickers. The Swastika is an ancient symbol that means "meeting.” It gained racial and anti-Semitic connotations during World Welt II. In 1952, the A&M administra tion learned of the True Texans and disbanded the organization. Despite the secrecy of the organi zation, officials were able to gath er a confession from one member, who provided them with a copy of the organization’s membership. Students involved with the orga nization were forced to educate the administration about the or ganization and to disband it im mediately because University regulations strictly prohibited be longing to any organization whose purpose and membership was not public. Membership in the TTs was by invitation only, and popular ity, according to members, was a prerequisite. The TTs had a secret hand shake, which involved squeez ing three times while shaking hands. Initiation into the orga nization required potential members being blindfolded and led to a secret meeting place where they were forced to kneel. While kneeling, initiates were forced to swear an oath of allegiance to maintaining the secrecy of the club and its mem bership. Members of the TTs were typically seniors, but the orga nization had, at times, accepted a few sophomores and juniors. During the controversy sur rounding the TTs, the students of the University were vocal in their contempt for such organizations. The Student Senate voted unanimously to ask the admin istration to revise regulations prohibiting any involvement with organizations that had se cret membership or goals. The senior class also voted unanimously to encourage the administration to continue in vestigating the TTs. A&M President M.T. Harring ton issued a statement at the time condemning the existence of secret organizations and asserted that “membership of secret orga nizations of this type will be just cause for dismissal.” All those who were found guilty of involvement with the TTs were immediately placed on conduct probation for the rest of the school year, and all involved cadets were reduced to the grade of private. By 1954, despite the TTs promise not to reorganize, the secret organization once again was functioning. The administration again Sterling Hayman, TheBmiM Above is a piece of graffiti art located underneath Heldenfels Hal The artwork, which is no more than 20 years old, features the symbol of the Swastika Dance Society on the helmet. To the left of theheadis the symbol of the True Texans, an organization that was supposedlo be permanently disbanded in 1954. launched an investigation and found that the TTs were in fact re-formed, violating University regulations. University officials, after con ducting interviews and an investi gation, found that 18 students were members of the True Texans. Eighty-five students present ed the administration with a signed petition recommending that the University dismiss all students found guilty of being members of the TTs. Eventually, 19 students were “indefinitely dismissed” from Texas A&M. Four of the dis missed cadets were membersci the A&M football team, unda Paul “Bear” Bryant. Several of the cadets, wlit were close to graduation, diJ return to finish their courses over the summer. The resl were not allowed backintothe College. Floral Design Demonstration Based on Mussourgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition’ By James L. Johnson Director, Benz Gallery of Floral Art Thursday, April 25 7 P.M. J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries For information: 845-8501 This program made possible in part through a grant from the Arts Council of Brazos valley and the Texas Commission on the Arts. MAY GUAM If you ordered a 1996 Aggieland yearbook and will not be on campus this fall to pick it up, you can have it mailed You should stop by the Student Publications business office, room 230 Deed McDonald building, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and pay a $6.50 mailing and handling fee. Yearbooks must be picked up within one semester of the publication date, and they will not be held, nor will they be mailed, without payment of the mailing and handling fee. 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