'rat Cap Snatching Must Stop!' Say Tech, Emory Authorities

'RAT CAP SNATCHING MUST STOP!' SAY TECH, EMORY AUTHORITIES Dean Skiles Warns Strong Action Will Be Taken By Tech Faculty Against Freshmen Raiding Emory In the last edition of the Emory Wheel, the student newspaper of Emory University, an editorial appeared appealing to the stu­ dents of Emory to stop the rat cap snatching. This article resulted from steps taken by the Emory University of Georgia Tech au­ thorities to nip in the bud any warfare between the freshmen of Tech and Emory. When asked for the official opinion about E m o r y and Georgia Tech's co­ opera t ing to e l iminate th i s f reshman feuding, Dean Skiles was emphat ic in his rep ly : "Georgia Tech wholehear t ­ edly endorses th i s improvement in r e ­ lat ions between Tech f reshmen and E m o r y f reshmen. Any Tech f r e shman who is apprehended in the act of dis­ tu rb ing the rout ine life on the E m o r y campus , or on a n y o ther campus for t h a t ma t t e r , will be subject to dis­ cipl inary action by the Execut ive Commit tee of the Facu l ty . " Speaking to the f reshmen on one of the p r o g r a m s of or ienta t ion las t Tuesday, Dean Floyd Field empha­ sized t h a t the f reshman cap is a sym­ bol of Georgia Tech: "The f reshman cap should be considered as a badge of honor, and worn a s such. Tech men should g r a n t to o thers the same privilege and should respec t the i r r igh t s . Keep your own cap and do not a t t e m p t to acquire o the r s . " DR. M. L. BRITTAIN WRITES LETTER TO WELCOME FRESHMEN