THE TEX
S AGGIE
Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOLUME II.
BRYAN, TEXAS, MAY 15, 1923.
NUMBER 14
EX-STUDENTS
TALK ON UTIL-
ITY BUSINESS
Explanation is Made of Internal Op-
eration of Big Business to Tech-
nical Students.
Informal information on the inside
operation of branches of the public
utility business was given to electri-
cal engineering students recently by
-A. S. Legg, ’21 and C. J. Ruthland,
’10-’11, both former students of the
College now in the employ of the
Texas Power and Light
The men came to the College at the
invidsi,. n of Dean F. C. Bolton who
suggested that with their viewpoint
as former students and supplemen-
tary experience in the industry they
might discuss the work for which
present students are preparing a way
that would assist them very material-
ly.
The invitation given them to speak
is in line with the policy of this and
other technical departments to keep
closely in touch with the operatives
of the industry for which they train.
BOOK BY PRO-
- FESSOR COFER I
IN DEMAND
Requests Come From Twelve States
Following Publication of Com-
mendatory Editorial.
A vital concern in the lapse of in-
terest in diction of business corres-
pondence is indicated in the great
number of requests for copies of the
book on business English by Profes-
sor D. B. Cofer of the English De-
partment of the College which have
followed editorial comment on the
~ book published in Commerce and Fi-
nance and reprinted in the Dallas
News. a
Editorial comment of Commerce
and Finance was that ‘the use of
stenographers and typewriters has
made most business men utterly care-
less of their diction in correspon-
dence and buried the old-fashioned
art of letter writing almost beyond
ressurrection.” The writer then closed
with the suggestion ‘that those who
aspire to improve the style of their
business correspondence should write
to Professor Cofer for a copy of the
book.”
Requests for copies within less than
two weeks after the publication of
the editorial have come from twelve
states. Nearly all are from execu-
tives of large commercial concerns.
A few are from individuals, and edu-
cational institutions of various kinds
are included in the list of those in-
terested.
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GRADUATE NOT EXPECTED
TO RECOVER FROM INJURIES
Lieutenant James A. Gardner, ’22,
is in a hospital in San Antonio suffer-
ing from injuries received in an auto-
mobile accident near that city. He is
not expected to recover, according
to newspaper reports.
Gardner was the first captain of
the A. and M. Air Service unit. He
served in the air service during the
war. After graduation he accepted
a commission in the air service and
at the time of his accident was taking
the flying course at Brooks field.
DE SE —— —
R: E. George, ’85-’87, Passenger
Agent of the Southern Pacific Lines,
was on the campus las" week looking
after and arranging for the move-
ment of the students going home for
the summer vacation. He stated that
on June 5th, his road will run special
trains through for accomodation to
San Antonio, Ft. Worth, Dallas,
Waco and Houston without change.
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PEST CONTROL IN CROSBY
COUNTY.
There are quite a few prairie dogs
in the county, especially the south
part, advises J. W. Jackson, 13 coun-
ty agent of Crosby, in his March
report. Four batches of poison have
been made up this month and excel-
lent results have been secured. We
hope to induce others to get rid of
dogs, and with the results that we
have been getting it could easily be
done. I have seen as high as four
dead dogs from a heaping teaspoon-
ful of poison. The formula is also
death on rabbits.
Company. |
THE MAIN BUILDING.
MONUMENT WILL
BE ERECTED
~ ON THE CAMPUS
Record in Granite Will Commemorate
Glorious Participation of College
to Coming Generations.
A monument of Texas granite in
the form of an obelisk will be dedi-
cated to the College in honor of the
54 former students of the College who
died in the world war by the classes
of 1923-24-25 and 26. It will be the
senior gift of these four classes now
in school to the institution, and will
be erected on the court west of Guion
Hall.
Decision in this matter has been
reached as the result of conferences
and final vote of all four classes. The
idea was first ¢onceived only recently
after the senior class had selected its
committee to decide on an appropriate
gift of the present senior class to the
College.
A building committee will now be
selected, consisting of one represen-
tative of each class, which will co-
operate with Professor E. B. La-
Roche, architect of the College in se-
lecting the monument and arranging
other details of its erection and dedi-
cation.
Preliminary plans call for a single
shaft of Texas granite rising 60 feet
high from a rectangular base 10 feet
square. Tablets will be placed on the
sides of the base, bearing the names
of the 54 sons of A. & M. who paid the
supreme sacrifice in the late war, the
classes donating the monument and
information relative to the partici-
pation of the College in the war.
Dedicated Next Fall.
It is expected that purchase will be
made before commencement this
spring, that it will be erected during
the summer and dedicatory exercises
will be held next fall, very probably
on Armistice Day.
Presidents of the four classes are
taking the responsibility of carrying
out the project. They are: B. F.
Brown of Rockwall, senior; H. L.
Roberts of Corsicana, junior; S. A.
Noble of Greenville, sophomore; and |:
S. M. Kyle of Pecos, freshman. R.
G. Pustejovsky of Moulton is chair-
man of the senior gift committee
which decided on the combined gift
by all four classes now in school.
A number of valuable gifts have
been made in the past by graduating
classes. The class of 1922 contributed
an oil painting of President W. B. Biz-
zell. Other gifts include a student
loan fund of $1000.00, the flag pole
and arch over entrance to the athlet-
ic field.
The monument now projected bear-
ing the inscription that Texas A. and
M. sent into the war in defense of
democracy the greatest percentage
of its former student body of any of
the other large educational institu-
tions in the United States will have
a glorious place among other famous
memorials to Texas war heroes.
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The McLennan County Aggie News
Hound was in Lufkin, Texas, the
other day and run into a nest of un-
organized A. and M. men. Among
them was W. V. (Hilgie) Glass, 05,
in the Drug business, R. H. Glass, ’04,
Dentist, Roy Kirth, ex-’04, Banker,
Brown Perry, ’20, R. B. Cozart '086,
Raymond Abney ’06, M. C. Spurg,
ex-'03. Believe they are going to or-
ganize one of these days too.
DALLAS A. AND M.
MOTHERS
HOLD NOVEL TEA AND MAKE
CONTRIBUTION TO LOAN FUND
Remember Dallas Students in A.
and M. College on Mother’s Day
With Ice Cream and Cake Feed. Model for Similar Organi-
zations of A. and M, Mothers.
(By Marvin Stephens)
The Dallas Mothers’ Club has brok-
en into print again. This time it is
in a very unique way. One can never
tell what wonderful ideas will pop
into mothers’ heads. h
The William Bennett Bizzell Loan
Fund for Senior Students is over
$100.00 richer than it was before the
mothers pulled their little s‘unt. And
the stunt, got them auite a lot of
publicity.
They put their heads together and
planned an “apron tea.” Invitations,
with small aprons enclosed, were sent
‘to a number of interested people with
the following verse.
OUR INVITATION.
This little apron we send to you,
And here’s what we ask you to do:
Examine it carefully, a pocket to find
Then keep it ever in your mind.
Now measure your waist line, inch by
inch,
Be sure that your measure does
not pinch.
For each little inch that you meas-
ure around
In the little pocket let a penny be
found.
The game is very fair, you must ad-
mit,
You “waist” your money, we pock-
et it;
Please deliver the
weight
On May first, that is the date.
apron and its
And please remember, one and all,
This is the A. and M. Mothers’
Club call,
A
Botl. you and your apron we want to
see
And we will count your pennies
with glee.
* THe apron tea was held at the home
of Mrs. F. O. Mitchell, 3800 Gillon
Avent.e, at 3 p. m. The amount taken
speaks for the attendance. A very
good program was rendered while the
mothers were drinking tea.
Misys Genevieve Peterson game
some readings. Miss Dorothy Egan
rendered several violin solos. Mrs.
Alexangler gave a whistling number.
Mrs. Albert Scales sang some songs,
and Miss Melba De Shields gave a
reading. :
Feed Boys Cream and Cake.
And to cap the climax of their do-
ings for A. and M. College, the
Mothers’ put on a big ice cream and
cake feast for all Dallas boys on
Mothers’ Day. Approximately 150
Dallas boys ate cake and gobbled ice
cream to their hearts content. It is
not for the first time that the Dallas
Mothers’ Club has fed the boys.
Their work for A. and M. is much
more active in ways that are benefi-
cial to the present students than is
the work of A. and M. Clubs of ex-
students. And the “Texas Aggie” 5
back of their every move. There is
only one other club like the Dallas
club in the state and that is in Fort
Worth. It would be a wonderful thing
if other large cities had Mothers’
Clubs.
And in connection with the tea
that the mothers held for the Loan
Fund, a wonderful piece of poetry,
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" PROGRAM FOR FORMER
STUDENTS 3
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Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement, Monday, June 4,
1923. (For Former Students Only.) :
Register at Association
Y. M. C. A., immediately on arrival for room assignment.
6:00 a. m.—Reveille.
6:15 a. m.—Police Call.
6:30 a. m.—Chow Call.
8:00 to 11:30—Inspection of the College and Meeting
old friends. If you want to get in touch
with anyone on the campus, ask for in-
formation at The Association of Former
Students’ booth in the lobby of the Y. M.
Ce A X
12:00 a. m.—Class reunion and luncheon for the Classes
> of 1878 to 1883; 1893 to 1897; 1903 to
1906; 1913 to 1920, Sbisa Hall Annex. $
2:00 p. m.—Annual meeting of The Association of For-
mer Students, Chapel, Y. M. C. A.
6:00 p. m.—Annual Alumni and Ex-Students Barbecue,
Animal Husbandry Building.
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of Former Students Booth,
camp before
' | commencement committee,
TWENTY-THREE CLASSES
TO HOLD REUNION AT
COMMENCEMENT THIS YEAR
Elaborate Program Planned for Entertainment of Visiting A. and
M. Men. Class Luncheons to be Held Monday Noon—Annual
Meeting Monday Afternoon, Barbecue that Night.
ONE HUNDRED
SIXTY-THREE
TO GRADUATE
Commencement Program Presents
Streng Speakers From Among
Leading Educators.
A sermon by a world famous Bible
teacher, an address by an interna-
tional educator and former U. S.
commissioner and an address by a
brigadier general, competitive and
exhibition military drills, luncheons
and dinners and various formal ex-
ercises with splendid features on
June 2, 3, 4, and 5 will compose the
principal events of the forty-seventh
annual commencement exercises of
the . College.
Certificates of graduation in engi-
neering and agriculture will be given
to 162 seniors who will complete the
four-year courses, to 18 who will
complete the two-year courses and
the award of reserve officer commiss-
ions to the majority of the four-year
graduates. A total of 94 candidates
for graduation are eligible to receive
commissions as reserve officers and
25 others have only temporary dis-
qualifications. Of this latter number
10 must attend summer training
receiving their com-
missions, 1 must have a surgical op-
eration, 1 already holds a commiss-
ion and 13 are under age. All of
these will receive certificates of eli-
 gibility which will entitle them to
their commissions as soon as they re-
move their disability.
The complete program as announc-
ed by Dr. F. B. Clark, chairman of
the committee on commencement ex-
ercises include an almost unbroken
series of events from 2 o’clock on
Saturday June 2, to 5 o’clock on
Tuesday, June 5, at which hour the
special trains will take the student
body from the College.
The baccaluareate sermon will be
preached by Dr. Herbert L. Willett,
professor of Semetic languages and
literature in the University of Chica-
go Sunday morning, June 3 at 10:30
o’clock. Dr. J. M. Price, professor of
religious education in the Southwest-
ern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Fort Worth will deliver the religious
organizations address the same even-
ing. Brigadier General Paul B. Ma-
lone of Fort Sam Houston will pre-
ent the commissions to the military
graduates Monday afternoon at 5:00
o’clock. On the following Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock Dr. Philander
P. Claxton, provost of the University
of Alabama and former United Stat-
es commissioner of education will de-
liver the baccalaureate address to the
graduating class.
Ex-Students Meet.
Monday will be former students’
day. Twenty-three classes of former
students from and including the years
1878 to 1883, 1893 to 1897, 1903 to
1906 and 1913 to 1920 have been
called to meet at the College this
year and this call is expected to
bring here the largest number of
the former student body that has ever
gathered. The annual reunion will be
held around the luncheon table in
the College mess hall at noon, a bus-
‘ness meeting will follow the lunch-
eon and the big annual celebration
and pep meeting will come with a
barbecue in the livdstock judging
arena of the Animal Husbandry build-
ing in the evening.
Following the commencement ad-
dress on Tuesday morning Cadet Ma-
jor G. A. Hollowell of Albany will de-
liver the valedictory address. Presi-
dent W. B. Bizzell will then announce
the honors which have come to the
College during the year and present
L. J. Hart, of San Antonio, president
of the Board of Directors who will
give the diplomas and certificates.
The complete program as prepared
by Dr. F. B. Clark, chairman of the
may be
found in this issue of The Texas Ag-
gie.
Those who will receive diplomas
this year are as follows.
(Continued on Page 4)
Twenty-three classes will hold re-
unions here Commencement, June 2
to 5, which promises the largest num-
ber of former students ever assem-
bled on the College campus to be
gathered here on that date. The large
number of classes to hold reunions
was caused by the adoption of the
new plan for holding reunions at five
year intervales instead of ten as has
been the practice heretofore.
While the largest number of form-
er students ever assembled will attend
these reunions every visitor will be
comfortably provided for and a pro-
gram has been arranged by the local
A. and M. Club that will furnish a
variety of entertainment for the vis-
iting exes.
Monday, June the 4th, has been des-
ignated as Former Student Day, but
visiting exes are urged to attend the
entire commencement exercises. Mon-
day morning will be given over to an
inspection of the different depart-
ments of the College. This will give
the old timers an opportunity to see
their former professors and also té
see the present student body in ac-
tion.
Class Luncheon at Noon.
The classes will hold their reunions
at the noon hour when they will lunch
in four groups. Group 1 will be made
up of the Classes of 1878 to 1883 in-
clusive; group 2, Classes 1893 to 1897;
group 3, Classes 1903 to 1906, and
group 4, 1913 to 1920. The members
of each class in these groups will
lunch together.
The annual meeting of the Asso-
ciation of Former Students will be
held Monday afternoon, begining at 2
o'clock, and it is urged by President
Hunter that all former students at-
tend this meeting as several matters
of vital importance to the alumni and
ex-students and the College are to
come before this meeting. Mr. Hun-
ter and the members of the Execu-
tive Board have been very active in
the membership campaign for the As-
sociation and Col. E. B. Cushing and
his committee on Ways and Means
have rendered a signal service to the
College this year in looking afffer
legislative matters for the College
These will have interesting reports
to make to the Association and sug-
gestions as to the future policies and
plans of these committees will, no
doubt, be submitted for consideration
at this meeting.
Barbecue Monday Evening.
The big Alumni and Ex-Students’
Barbecue will be held Monday night
begining about 6 o’clock and runing
as long as the pep of those in at-
tendance will justify. The barbecue
is to take the place of the annual ban-
quet held in the past. The barbecue
picnic feature wil enable old friends
to mingle together more informally
than has been possible at the banquet
and the increasing number in at-
tendance will also be more easily car-
ed bor.
For those whose pedal impedimenta
will not prevent their participation in
the dancing art, there will be the
Final Ball, one of the largest social
functions of the year, which will be
held on Monday night.
While ample provision will be made
to take care of everyone who attends
the Commencement Exercises, the
work of the Secretary will be made
much easier if all who expect to at-
tend will notify him in advance. This
will enable him to make reservations
before the rush at the opening of the
Commencement program begins.
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PINSON AND McCARTER TO
EDIT AND MANAGE MATTALICN
T. A. McCarter of Galveston has
been elected editor of the Battalion
student publication of the College
for 1923 and S. A. Pinson of Forney,
has been elected business manager,
Both are juniors. McCarter became
distinguished in the student body re-
cently by being chosen as the junior
toastmaster. Pinson won distinction
last fall as a quarterback on the var-
sity football squad.
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