Rowdies Routed

Rowdy and tough are the boys in little Oswego (Ill.) High School. Last month they hounded Principal Melvin G. Attig to suicide (TIME, Jan. 2). Shocked Oswegans hoped that the tragedy would startle the boys into decency, but they took no chances. As the new principal they picked a gruff-voiced six-footer, Clarence Salter. To everybody's amazement, Oswego's rowdies, unchastened by Melvin Attig's breakdown, promptly started to haze Principal Salter. Two days after his arrival they rang a false alarm, brought fire engines shrieking to the school.

Last week Oswego High School was placid as a summer day. Principal Salter had promptly suspended nine rowdy ringleaders. One of them was Andrew ("Bud") Pierce, son of the town's mayor.

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