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Only three weeks after the death of M.I.T. Freshman Thomas Clark during his Deke fraternity initiation (TIME, Feb. 27), the University of Texas (enrollment 15,500) ran into some hazing trouble of its own. Wearing burlap bags, Delta Sigma Phi pledges had been ordered to drink mineral oil, play wheelbarrow, i.e., walk around on their hands while someone held their feet, push brushes across the floor with their noses. One boy was put to bed with a severely upset stomach. Another was hospitalized. Paul Earney, 24-year-old ex-paratrooper, spent a week in the hospital as a result...
...Christmas. Next day, when divers found Tom's body under the ice, authorities concluded that in the darkness he must have mistaken the reservoir for a snow-covered meadow. "Another victim," said Tom's father wearily, "of a criminal fraternity prank." At week's end, Deke national headquarters told its 51 chapters to see to it that there should be no such victim again...
...Deke" man was stirring, not even a souse...
...rest of the game was dominated by the defensive lines of the two teams. Outstanding defensive players for Open were Deke DeCoen, Ed Cohen, Joe Broido, and safety man Norman Hall. The Closed defensive platoon, which held Open scoreless in the last half, was led by Lowell Sachnoff, Bob Wiley, Tom Vickery, and Sam Paschal...
Coach Dike HydeColor: blue 10 A. F. Dowahare (Kirkland) E 11 Thayer Brown (Kirkland) E 12 Tom Egan (Dudley) E 13 Deke DeCoen (Dunster) E 14 Ken Eddy (Winthrop) E 15 Jerry Dorman (Winthrop) E 16 Eliot Stone (Kirkland) T 17 Charles Hartley (Kirkland) T 18 Peter Hill (Dunster) T 19 Anthony Van Wye (Dunster) T 20 Frank Leahy (Winthrop) T 21 Fred Davis (Winthrop) T 22 Hanson Reynolds (Kirkland) G 23 Andrew Ichiti (Dunster) G 24 William Glazier (Winthrop) G 25 George Chase (Winthrop) G 26 William Frank (Winthrop) G 27 John Riley (Winthrop) G 28 John Altmeyer (Dudley...