Word: weres
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Erwin rebutted the charges by saying he had only been defending the university against a bunch of SDS'ers trying to take over the campus. (There were maybe two or three SDS'ers at the creek the morning he was inciting to riot. For that matter, there aren't but...
THIS WAS the first time anyone had ever used police on this campus on any large scale to suppress dissent (a couple of campus cops had once chased a few people out of the Union who were sleeping there), and the city and state police had always avoided the campus...
The injunction came through, but the trees were all down by the time it did. In the meantime, I had to go to a class. When I got back, most of the protesters had left- there were just a few tough-looking lugs sawing up the remains of the trees...
Erwin chucked when the group demanded his resignation. He ignored a similar demand by the Daily Texan. He also chuckled when the football-minded Texas-Exes gave him the "Distinguished Axe" award and a little poem that ended with "only Frank can kill a tree." By now everybody was mad...
Last Saturday was another beautiful sunny day. About 250 of us gathered at Waller Creek to plant some trees, clean the place up and shore up the banks with rocks and logs. I only stayed a couple of hours, but it was really nice. I worked hard carrying rocks, and...