[AGL] Monday was nickel beer day

[Harry Edwards]

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Charles Whitman shooting 
gallery. What some of you might not remember is that that day was also 
the 100th anniversary of Scholz Garten. To commemorate, Scholz's was 
offering nickel beer. I rode in from Lake Austin in mid-afternoon to 
encounter a truly bizarre and chaotic scene at Scholz's. Whitman was 
dead by then and everyone was trying to somehow deal with the 
immensity. Suds were being drained at a phenomenal rate by faculty  and 
students alike. I remember drinking with some art department types, Vic 
Babu of ceramics, Bill Walsh, sculpture, Jobn Lednicky, metalsmithing. 
They ran out of tap beer fairly, unprecedented on any  other day. 
Six-packs were then sold for 30 cents apiece. As most of us know, beer 
is a sloppy anesthetic, but it was the best we had on August 1, 1966.

twisty dodds