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Dr. Mark Francis, Campus. THE TEXAS AGGIE Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOLUME II. BRYAN, TEXAS, AN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 15, 1922 NUMBER 7 AGGIE LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM LEAVES FOR CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY CONTESTS Ane *o ’ a Most Extensive Training Trip Ever Attempted by a Te: Will be Made by Coach Stangel and His Men.. C For Winning Are Very Good. - The team of six men who will rep- resent Texas A. and M. College in the livestock judging contests at the American Royal and International livestock shows, left College on No- vember 15th for a training tour of several days. The team is in charge of Prof. W. L. Stangel, animal hus- bandry graduate with the Class of 1915, a member of the International team of 1914 and coach of the team of 1919 that won the International honors for A. and M. College that year. Those who made the team are: B. F. Brown, Rockwall; J. A. Gorman, Beaumont; N. W. Jones, Windthorst; G. A. Lindsey, Bartlett; R. M. Mil- hollin, Lipan; and G. F. Schmidt, Kingsbury. Five of these men will constitute the team that enters the contests at Kansas City and Chicago. The sixth man will be the alternate. The five who will constitute the team will not be selected until the morning of the contest, and as all past grades are to be discarded and only the rec- ord made on the road will count in the final decision of Coach Stangel any one of the six will have an op- portunity to make the team, Much interest is benig manifested in the contest this year as the Texas team will have to win only one more contest for the large bronze bull tro- phy that is given by the Saddle and Sirloin Club of America, to become the permanent property of the Col- lege. The rule is that an institution ‘has to win the trophy three times for it to become permanent property. Texas A. and M. College teams have . won the trophy twice in the last six | contests, having won in 1913 and 1919. The fact that Purdue won last year, which made it the second time that institution has had the bronze bull, makes this year’s contest all the more interesting. If either of these teams win this year the trophy will become the permanent property of the winner and all the teams com- peting next year will start again on an equal footing. Extensive Trip Planned. Coach Stangel has planned one of the most extensive training tours this year that has ever been attempt- ed by a Texas team. Leavnig on the 15th of November, they will be on the road continuously until the day of the International Contest, December 2nd. The first stop will be made at the Percheron farm of Wm. F. Char- bonneau, at Fort Worth. From Fort Worth they will make a direct run to Kansas City where they will ar- rive November 17th and will compete in the collegiate livestock judging contest ‘of the American Royal Live- stock Show the following day. The team will stay at Kansas City for five or six days, visiting the many livestock farms in that vicinity. Among those they expect to visit are Longview Farm, Lee’s Summit, Mo., where they will judge Duroc-Jersey hogs and L. H. Glover's farm at Grandview, Mo., for Poland-China hogs. They will also visit the farms of Fred C. Merry and Frank C. Mec- Dermand, to judge Shorthorn cattle and Wallace Good farm for Hereford cattle. Leaving Kansas City Novem- ber 24th, Coach Stangel will take his team to Ames, Ia., for a two day workout on the herds of the Iowa State College. On the 27th they will go to Ankney, Ia., where they will judge some of the best Belgian horses in the United States on the farm of Mr. Chas. Irvine. The Texas teams have always made it a practice to visit Mr. Irvine and at no point on the route north do they receive so cordial a welcome as that on Mr. Irvine's farm. Will Meet Old Team Member. From Ames, Ia. to Madison, Wis- consin, will be the next jump. On the 27th and 28th the Texans will work on the livestock of the University of Wisconsin, and on th 29th they will go to Waukesha, Wiis., where -they wil judge Short horns on the farm of Frank G. Hard- ing, secretary of the American Short- horn Breeders’ Association and one of the largest importers and breeders of Shorthorns in America. This will probably be the most profitable work- (Continued on Page 4) : Team A. & M. WILL HAVE ENTRIES IN INTER- NATIONAL SHOW String of Eight Steers Will be Shown At the American Royal and In- ternational Exposition. —T The A. and M. College of Texas will exhibit eight head of steers at the American Royal Livestock show at Kansas City November 18 to 25 and at the International Exposition and Livestock Show at Chicago, De- cember 2 to 9. The exhibit will consist of four of the Angus breed, one pure- bred Hereford, one grade Hereford, one crossbred Angus-Hereford and one crossbred Hereford-Shorthorn. G. S. Templeton, head of the Depart- ment of Animal Husbandry will di- rect the showing of the animals at both Kansas City and Chicago. For many years the College has been showing steers from the herd used for classwork in the shows in Texas but this is the first time that exhibition has been attempted on any large scale in the national shows. En- couragement to enter the larger shows has been largely gathered by Professor Templeton from the suc- cess obtained by the single entry of a Hereford steer at the International | Exposition at Chicago two years ago. The animal was the first prize calf over all breeds, grades and cross- breds in the College and Experiment Station division of the international show and in the open class was only defeated by the reserve grand cham- pion of the entire show. A full brother to this animal, Prince Perfecto 17th, is among the string that will be shown this year. All of the animals being taken to Kansas City and Chicago have been bred, fed and prepared by the Col- lege with a single exception, and that is a senior yearling Angus steer which was bred by Sam H. Hill & Son of San Angelo and added to the College herd as a calf. Last year he was exhibited at four shows, Dallas, Waco, Houston and Fort Worth and was the champion of his breed. He was not exhibited at Dallas this fall. Professor Templeton expects to continue showing at the national shows in after years. A number of very fine breeding animals have been added to the beef herds in the past few months increasing the herd to such size that he will be able to pre- pare an exhibit which will be a cred- it to the beef cattle industry of the state. DALLAS BANKER TO HAVE MODEL FARM Visits College for Inspection and Wants A. and M. Graduate to Manage Enterprise. Messrs. Royal A. Ferris and Ben Cabel of Dallas stopped at the A. and M. College last week as they were on their way to the Gulf Coast for a duck hunt, to confer with Dean E. J. Kyle of the School of Agriculture and inspect the Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry and Poultry de- partments and equipment and study the methods of management in these departments. Mr. Ferris acquainted Dean Kyle of his plans for developing a practi- cal livestock farm on a tract of 500 acres of black land situated about two miles from Waxahachie. He stat- ed that he intends to cooperate very closely with the A. and M. College in the enterprise, his plan being to make his project a model which woul be an example to the farmers in that section of what can be accomplished with livestock in the black land belt. He asked Dean Kyle to recommend a graduate to take over the responsi- bility of developing his plans. '|ELMER CURTIS Arnon, Killed in Aeroplane Accident, March Field, February 19, 1919. FARRIS SHELTON ANDERSON, Killed in action, Attigny, France, October 13, 1918. . WALTER GUSTAVOS BEVILL, Died of Pneumonia, Camp Pike Base Hospital, March 31, 1918. WILLIAM FOWLER BOURLAND, Killed in action, Bois de Nanc France, October 9, 1918. Fe THOMAS REED BRAILSFORD, Killed in action, Belleau Wood, June 1918. ad VORIES P. BROWN, JR. Killed in action, St. Michiel, Se tember 14, 1918. RICHARD PLATT BULL, JR. Died of Influenza, October 17, 1918. JOSEPH DANIEL CARTER, , Killed near Verdun, March 21, 191 ROMEO WALLIS COX, Killed in action, St. Mihiel, Se; tember 12, 1918. j SAMUEL REID CRAIG, Killed in action, St. Mihiel, Se: tember 14, 1918. NORMAN G. CROCKER, Drowned when Tuscania was sunk, February 5, 1918. EDWARD BISHOP CROOK, 7 Died of Influenza, Camp Merritt October 8, 1918. MANSON FRANKLIN CURTIS, Died of wounds recieved in Azgons ne, October 23, 1918. a RE JESSE L. EASTERWOO n Killed in aeroplane cosdent, 18 Zone, May 19, 1919. or JAMES G. ELLIS, JR. Killed in action, Second battle of the Marne, July 3, 1918. R.. JAMES ROLAND FINLATER, Died of Influenza, in England, Oc- tober 26, 1918. BENJAMIN H. GARDNER, JR. Killed at second battle of the Marne, July 18, 1918. ERIC ALBERT GOLDBECK, Killed at Chateau Thierry, June 7, 1918. EDWIN MOBLEY GORMAN, Killed “at second battle Marne, July 21, 1918. CYRUS EARLE GRAHAM, Killed in aeroplane accident, France November 9, 1918. JAMES FRANCIS GREER, Killed in aeroplane accident, France October 21, 1918. GEORGE LITTLE HARRISON, Mortally wounded at Marvillais, Alsace, July 12, 1918. CHARLES HAUSSER, Killed in action, Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918. HAMLET PARK JONES, Killed in Action, St. Mihiel, tember 12, 1918. WALTER SHERMAN KEELING, Killed in aeroplane accident, F%. Sep- a \LEST WE FORGET LUKE WITT LOFTUS, Mortally wounded at Nogales, Ari- zona, August 27, 1918. GRAHAM DANIEL LUHN, Killed in action, Etienne, France, 10ctober 8, 1918. WILLFORD McFADDEN, Went out with aeroplane patrol Worth, September 10, 1918. over German lines, October 7, 1918, and never returned. JOHN CLYDE Mc¢KIMMEY, Killed in action, St. Etienne, Octo- ber 9, 1918. (JOHN LAMAR MATTHEWS, Killed at Essequenoy, Oise, France, October 16, 1918. |HADYN POTTER MAYERS, Killed in action, July 31, 1918. JOHN HARWELL MOORE, Killed in action near Soissons, July 18, 1918. - |JOHN BOLANZ MURPHY, Killed in action, Missy-aux-Bois, . [July 20, 1918. ~ |ROBERT WALKER NOLTE, Killed in Battle of Blane Mont, Oc- ; tober 9, 1918. |HERBERT N. PETERS, Killed in action, St. Mihiel, Sept- [tember 26, 1918. |HARRY LAMAR PEYTON, Killed in aeroplane accident, Kelly Field, March 28, 1918. |wENDELL FRANCIS PRIME, Killed in action Sassey on the Mu- - |ese, November 6, 1918. FERDINAND REGENBRECHT, Mortally wounded, St. Mihiel, Sep- |tember 19, 1918. EDMUND LARETZ RIESNER, Killed in action, Belleau Wood, June 14, 1918. |CHARLES EDWARD RUST, Mortally wounded in aeroplane fight over the lines, October 10, 1918. FRANK WILLIAM SLATON, Killed in action between Chateau Thierry and Soissons, July 20, 1918. CHARLES LEROY TEAGUE, Killed in action, St. Etienne, Octo- ber 8, 1918. WILLIAM GEORGE THOMAS, of the! Killed in aeroplane accident, Nancy, France, January 7, 1919. JOHN PERCY THOMPSON, Killed at Chateau Thierry, June 3, 1918. GEORGE FRANCIS WELLAGE, Killed in action, St. Mihiel Sep- tember 12, 1918. CONEY UNCAS WOODMAN, ‘Died of Pneumonia, March Field, Cal., December 5, 1918. RICHARD P. WOOLLEY, Died of Influenza, Nice, France, January 16, 1919. BENJAMIN FISKE WRIGHT, Killed in action, Champagne Front, October 8, 1918. HORACE CONRAD YATES, Died of Influenza, Camp Travis, October 18, 1918. The cadet corps, military instruc- ors, and war experienced officials, utilizing the systematic organization and military equipment of the Col- lege produced a commemoration ser- vice in recognition of Armistice Day in the College auditorium Saturday morning which was most fitting with the remarks of Col Ike Ashburn, commandant, in the course of the ser- vice that “Texas A. and M. had the largest participation in the forces of democracy during the world war of any other of the larger edu- United armed cational institutions in the States.” A total of 2300 former studentse of the institution or 49 per cent of the former student body, served in the army and navy during the war,” he said, “which does not include the hun- dreds who served in the architectural and engineering industries which con- tributed so much in the winning of the war.” Col. Ashburn, who served with the 90th division from the beginning of its training in Texas to the end of its drive in the St. Mihiel sector that turned the tide of war, by recount- ing in touching words the progress of the war as he saw it from that lead- ing combatant division, effected a sac- red tribute of silent attention from the audience. Thomas F. Mayo, librarian, who gave up his resident study at Oxford COLLEGE FITTINGLY HONORS HEROES WHO DIED IN FRANCE to aid the British in the war then re- called the ideals which actuated the men who fought with the allies and reminded those present of their pres- ent obligations to perpetuate these ideals. “They fought for our desire of individuality in government and society,” he said. “By their accom- plishment we are permitted to live with the ideal that we may have gov- ernment without surrendering our rights to individual development. It is now our obligation to learn to think socially, be tolerant of others, and see the other man’s point of view, justify the ideal for which our heroes fought and prove that it is more worthy than the German ideal of in- dividual suppression for efficiency, which was destroyed.” As the congregation stood at atten- tion, Cadet Col. John C. Mayfield read the names of the 51 sons of A. and M. who paid the supreme sacrifice. In the reverent spell of silence that followed the last name, a battery of cannon just outside the hall began firing the salute of 21 guns, and the echo returning from the last honorary blast mingled with the sound of taps blown by a bugler in front of the hall, so intense was the feeling produced by these dying sounds following the memories which had been previously aroused by the words of the speakers, |that hardly a one in the audience was able to suppress an expression of sympathy in tears. COLLEGE SECURES STRONG MAN IN PROF. GEO. GROUT TO HEAD D. H. DEPARTMEN1 Received Training in Best Dairy Schools of North and Has Had Broad Experience in Commercial Breeding and Dairying. BRAZOS A. & I. CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Comprehensive Plans for the New Year are Being Worked Out for Club by New Board. The Brazos County A. and M. Club held its first meeting since the summer vacation on Monday night, November 6, and new officers were elected and plans discussed for the new year. The meeting was held in the form of a banquet at Sbisa Hall and was well attended by both Bryan and Campus A. and M. men. The meeting was presided over by the old president, W. L. Stangel. H. H. Williamson ’11, state agent, Extension Service of the College was elected president, S. C. Evans, 21, Boys’ Club Agent, Extension Service, 1st vice-president, Dr. B. U. Sims, Bryan, 2nd vice-president, F. E. Lichte ’06, Textile Department, 3rd vice-president and D. E. Baker ’18, Drawing Department, secretary- treasurer. The three additional mem- bers of the board of directors elected were C. E. Friley ’20, Registrar; J. Webb Howell ’94, Bryan and B. D. Marburger 05, Professor of Railway Engineering. Plans were discussed for entertain- ing the large representation of far- mers who are coming to A. and M. College on a tour of inspection un- der the auspices of the numerous A. and M. Clubs over the state. These will be shown every courtesy possi- ble by the local club. It was decided to change the time of meeting from the first Monday night of each month to a noon lun- cheon on the Tuesday after the first Monday of each month. At least three meetings during the year will be held on Tuesday nights and the ladies will be invited to attend. The first of these meetings will be held shortly after Thanksgiving. DR. FRANCIS TALKS ABOUT RARE FOSSILS Uses Specimens From the Veterinary Department Museum to Illus- trate Lecture. Before the Science Seminar, a monthly meeting of the scientist of the College for the discussion of sci- entific subjects, this month Dr. Mark Francis delivered a very interesting lecture on ‘““Mastodons and Mam- moths” in which he traced the his- tory of the elephant family from its point of origin in northern Africa and its subsequent migration to the different parts of the world and par- ticularly this continent which led him up to the most interesting part of his lecture. Dr. Francis told of several remains which he had found. His account of the difficulties encountered in exca- vating for the fossils, removing them and transporting them safely to the College was interesting. Many of the best specimens ever discovered, he said, have been destroyed through the carelessness of the discovers in re- moving them. In this connection he made an appeal for more interest ani help in preserving the best of these specimens in a museum here at the College, saying that many of the best discoveries in this section of the coun- try are taken away to museums in New York and other large eastern cities. He exhibited a number of fos- sils, however, to show that A. ani M. now has the nucleus of a most val- uable collection, pointing out several fossils which if mounted would sur- pass in value any similar ones in the possession of the greatest museums in the world. George P. Grout, successful univ- ersity and commercial dairyman in the Great Lakes dairying district of the United States has been employed to head the Dairy Husbandry De- partment of the A. and M. College of Texas. He is now engaged in disposing of his personal property which cannot be well managed from a distance as Texas is from his home state of Min- nesota and will come to Texas with- in a reasonable length of time to take up his work with the College, ac- cording to E. J. Kyle, Dean of the School of Agriculture. In securing Mr. Grout, Dean Kyle feels that he has accomplished one of his best ideals for the Schoolof Ag- riculture. The wide technical train- ing of the man represented in the bachelor and master degrees which he holds, his ability to properly pre- sent all matters relative to techni- que with forceful effect as evidenec- ed by his success as instructor and professor in the dairy departments of the largest northern agricultural col- commercial breeder and dairyman and his strong personal presence dem- onstrated by the many executive po- sitions which he has held in the lar- gest livestock associations of the north, lead Dean Kyle to believe that he will expand the dairy department of this College to a rank befitting a state with the greatest potential pos- sibilities in the dairy industry of any other state in the union. At present Mr. Grout is part owner and manager of the Jean Du Luta Farms, situated near Duluth, Minne- sota. In his eleven years as manager of these farms Mr. Grout has devel- oped some of the finest cattle in the world. His management has to its credit fourteen of the fifteen world’s champion production records of the Red Polled breed. His Gurnseys have made two world’s records. His Hol- steins and Jerseys have been constant winners at county fairs, state fairs and national shows throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Grout was born and reared on a grain farm and his early realization that such a single cropping system could not continue forever directcd him to dairy husbandry. He finished the course of the school of agricul- ture, the University of Minnesota, serving as an instructor in dairying during his studentship. After a short period spent in traveling for a dairy manufacturing company he entered the North Dakota Agricultural Col- lege as a student and instructor, graduating with the degree of B. S. in agriculture in 1908. After gradua- tion he was appointed assistant in dairying in the University of Minne- sota and givin the privilege of doing graduate work. He received his mas- ter’s degree from the University in 1909. He was made assistant profes- sor of dairy husbandry in the Univ- ersity and placed in direct charge of the college herd where he remained until he joined the Duluth farms. At present Mr. Grout is president of four dairy associations and direc- tor in three others. He is also an edi- tor and writer. — JR — i TIMMONS-BOULDEN WEDDING SOLEMNIZED AT AMARILLO Miss Lona May Timmons and Cecil F. Boulden of this city were united in mariage Saturday evening, Nov. 4, at 7:00 o'clock, by Dr. H. W. Virgin in his study at the First Baptist Church. The couple were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ted George. Mrs. Boulden, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Timmons of 1610 Monroe street and who having grown to young womanhood in Ama- rillo, has made for herself a host of friends, was attractively gowned in a dress of navy blue silk crepe. Mr. Boulden, who has resided in Amarillo for several years, graduated at the Texas A. and M. College in 1920, where he specialized in civil engineer- ing, and now holds a position with the Randell Construction Company here. The couple, following the ceremony, went immediately to their new home at 1008 Harrison Street, where they will be at home to their friends. leges, his successful experience as a
