Lesson learned: Don’t mess with college students during Finals Week.
Several members of the KKK attempted to set up a kerosene-soaked cross outside a dormitory. However, in visiting the campus during finals week. Most of the residents were still awake, studying for exams, and several heard the hammering. Once alerted, students streamed from both ends of the building carrying whatever items were handy—golf clubs, tennis rackets, bricks, a softball bat—and put the panicked Klansmen to flight.
The KKK returned the next night and succeeded in burning a cross at the gate of the College before students reacted. The following day, however, a group of students hanged a sculpture of a KKK member with a sign reading, “KKKers ARE CHICKEN. [x] [x]
