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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1923)
-~ Published Semi-Monthly by The Asso- ciation of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. BRYAN, TEXAS EB. P, Hunter indie President M. S. Church ____1st Vice-President C. C. Kreuger ___2nd Vice-President J. A. Block ..3rd Vice-President Wi B. Cool’. o. nh vvi siden Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE E. P. Hunter,.... Chairman, Waco MS o@hurely olds nid bls 52 Dallas GC. 0: Krueger i i sesnn San Antonio J. AlBloels dn hw Dads Ft. Worth Or A: DeWare ivi vs Brenham Dr. J. Allen Kyle i.’ 3.0 Houston AC, Love ol ne sve Beaumont W. B:'Cook' satu. oh Secretary | Subscription price $5.00 including membership in the Association of Former Students; $2.00 to those not eligible for membership. ADVERTISING RATES. Display Ads. 1 to Guinsertions, 1 inch: ...:3 60 6 to 12 insertions, 1 inch __.__ .bb 12 to 24 insertions, 1 inch __ .50 Business Cards. 12 insertions, (6 months) ___$ 6.00 24 insertions (12 months) __ 10.00 Entered as second-class matter at Bryan, Texas. ¥ A GOOD INVESTMENT IN EDU- CATION. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas is no doorstep baby. It is a legitimate child of the State, brought into existence by legislative processes. The school is entitled to be adequately housed, properly equip- ped, given every encouragement to full development. The Legislature, however much it wiggles and wobbles, cannot disclaim its clear responsibil- ity. , Now is the time to construct build- ings at A. and M.—not in some hazy tomorrow when the waiting high school graduates of 1928 shall be grown to old men in the outworn harness of the agricultural borebears. The eager minds of youthful Texas constitute a precious raw material; the college represents the manufac- turing medium for converting this raw material into something more tangible; a more prosperous country- side, a more virile and intelligent cit- izenship and a greater commonwealth loom large as the potential product. | All that is wanting is to put the edu- cational plant to work at its full ca- pacity. The need was never more urgent and the cause cannot be chal- lenged. Imagine, if possible, our worthy Legislature holding its sessions on the campus of the A. and M. Col- lege, under conditions identical with those endured by hundreds of stu- dents. Our legislative dignitaries would wilt many a collar while re- clining under the heat-smothered canvas of the little tents that serve in lieu of sufficient dormitories. They would hang their heads in shame to find agriculture so woefully neglect- ed at the very capital of farm life; they would want to spend money on substantial buildings rather than on extravagances, things of doubtful benefit, or matters that can better be postponed. Last fall approximately one-third of the graduates of Texas high schools entered the freshman class of this great institution. But will the next 900 or 1,000 freshmen have the temerity to brave even greater hard- ships than did last fall’s class, in or- der to acquire agricultural training? Will not many of them be crowded into law schools, divinity schools, Eastern Universities? Will not many of them go without the learning they crave, their ambitions diverted or curtailed? There are many in our Legislature who are at heart honest and sincere. The time has come for them to cast a vigorous ballot in favor of the con- tinuation, on a worthy scale, of the work of the A. and M. College of Texas. They are the ones who if their foresight equals their sincerety, may be expected to deny the pleas of pro- jects and adventures that have no place in the business of our State, and to throw their support to every reasonable measure for helping the established State institutions perform their intended missions. RE— TWO SIDES ALWAYS. By Luke L. Ballard, ’05. You will agree that there are al- ways two sides to every argument and a good judge never passes on a case in court until both sides are aired. ONE SIDE. The Secretary of the Former Students. If he writes a letter it is too long. If he sends a postal its too short. If he edits a pamplet, he is a spendthrift. If he goes to a Com- mittee meeting he is butting in. If ke stays away, he’s a shirker. If the crowd is slim at the annual meeting, he should have called the member- ship. If he calls them he’s a pest. If he duns a member for his dues, he’s insulting. If a meeting is a howling success, the committee is praised. If it is a failure, he’s to blame. If he asks for suggestions, he is incompe- tent. If he doesn’t, he’s bull-headed. Apparently all he is living for is to see what in the Sam Hill is going to happen next. THE OTHER SIDE. Former Stu- dent and Member, Association of Former Students: He has been bawl- ed out, bawled up, held up, held down, bulldozed, blackjacked, walk- ed on, cheated, squeezed and mooch- ed; stuck for war tax, excess profits tax, per capita tax, state tax, dog tax, and syntax; Liberty Bonds, Baby Bonds and the bonds of matrimony; Red Cross, green cross, double cross- ed; asked to help the society of St. John the "Baptist, Womens Relief Corps, man’s relief and stomach re- lief. He has worked like hell and been worked like hell; lost all he had and part of his furniture; and because he won’t spend or lend all of the lit- tle he earns and go beg, borrow or steal, he has been cussed and discuss- ed, boycotted, talked to and talked about, helped up, hung up, and darn near ruined and the only reason he ever sends in his dues is to to see what in the Sam Hill is coming next. NOW THEN BOTH SIDES: Do you think you were missed or do you believe that the ground has been cov- ered. Well the sad part of the story is, that it might have been worse, so allow me to suggest: Let’s smile a mile or two for a change and believe that the joke is always on the other side, then stick out your chest, pull in your stomach, snap into it, all join hands round and show that old time speed. The score is tied and five min- utes to play. The world is on the side lines holding its own. Old A. and M. is about to lose. Take a couple of days off and run down to the old campus, get the dope straight and then start something. When we pull, all together, as we used to, all we shall ask the world to do is just to excuse our dust and watch our smoke, Colonel Ike, the Old Aggies are com- ing back. % ————i i ——— A TRIBUTE TO DON LEE. A few short days ago, Don Lee, representative of the Portland Ce- ment Association, with headquarters at Houston, while attending to some promotion work in Brenham, was stricken with paralysis and now lies helpless. Don was a wonderful fellow, always full of life and vitality. The opinion of the doctors is that he will never lead an active life again. Never go into the busy marts of commerce, never walk along the open roads, never do the many, many things that make life so enjoyable to us all. Life will swirl around him, but, chained to his bed or his chair, he will never be a part of it. That is what the doctors say. _ About creeds or orthodoxies we know little and care less, but a life lived full to the brim has taught us this. Somewhere out in the great spaces there is a Great Heart, that knows all and comprehends all. A person- ality that has put upon us the lesser stamp of His image, and knows that we are but children just a very little way out of the forest. He is all | kindness and mercy, and Great Heart that He is. His deepest chastisement is as the brushing of the swallow’s wing, and His fury only as the look that a mother gives to her sleeping babe. When a father tells his child to stay out of a certain tree, and then the child falls out of the tree, does he stand and talk of. natural laws and consequences? No, he takes the bruised body tenderly in his arms and nurses it night and day. And so it is with the Great Heart, the Great Friend, the Great Father. Although master of a universe that knows no time or space, yet does He even see the sparrows fall. Will those readers of Chats who pray but seldom, but who pray hard, in the hush of the nighttide, send up a petition that He take our friend, His child, under the shadow of His wing, and there heal the stricken body and send him back to us full of the joy and life and the strength of youth. —By J. H. Briggs, Sales Man- ager, Texas Trap Rock Co., San An- tonio. Don Lee graduated in Civil Engi- neering at the A. and M. College with the Class of 1911. He has been a loyal supporter of the College and one of the most popular members of his class and the Association. Don was invariably a member of every recep- tion committee of the Dallas A. and M. Club when the “Aggies” were due in that city, and was always looking after the entertainment of every A. and M. visitor. THE TEXAS AGGIE can add nothing <¢o the beautiful tribute by Mr. Briggs. but we urge that every ex-student and alumnus of Texas A. and M. who knew Don Lee, and who didn’t, write him and tell him that you know that the optimism that has always sus- tained him in his health will live in in his broken body, and will finally restore it to health again if it be the will of the All Wise One. rai, McLENNAN COUNTY AGGIES. By Luke L. Ballard. ’05. The Ex-Students are always anx- ious to know about each other there- fore the McLennan County Aggie Club proposes to tell the ex-student world what they are doing individ- ually and collectively through this column as well as the Ex-Students who pass our way. * kk George Byars, Class 1910, Supt. Water Works, Waco, Texas, in some unknown way managed to ge his di- gestive system all crossed up “and had to go to the hospital and be op- erated on in order to get it straight. At this time we are glad to report he is on his feet, taking nourishment again regularly with normal results. k* ck 3k Dallas Aggie Club loses to Waco Club as Eugene Fason, Class 1922, has resigned from the Dallas Power and Light Company and is now with the Waco Jackson Radio Company Laboratories. Welcome to our Club Eugene, we have much for you to do. * kk Francis G. Taylor, (Fat) Class 1922, now of Houston, Texas, visited with the boys individually May 15th. for the Karem Temple Ceremonial, and so far as we could see the visit was pleasantly mutual. Come again, “Fat” every little chance. * ok x Price C. Mills, Class 1895, joined up, and said he had a bunch of fun at the Annual Banquet on San Ja- cinto Day. Atta boy! you will have more fun by attending the monthly meetings regularly. Say how about a barbecue on your farm for the club? k kk C. C. Braden, Class 1918, College Station, Texas, was in attendance at the Karem Ceremonial and judging from the smile he was wearing on leaving Waco he had quite a bit of relaxation. No, you did not think we saw you. However, come again, the latch string hangs on the outside all the time. % kk “Rosie’’ Taylor, Class 1922; of Hillsboro, Texas, was observed op the Streets of Waco, and it was a pleas- ure to see him, however, next trip “Rosie,” look us up. We want you to know that we are at your service when in our town. * kk The Famous “Casey” of College Campus Confectionary fame rambled around Waco, but we did not get his number before he departed for where we do not know. Next time we will have him pinched if he doesn’t tell us something. * kk Walter G. Lacy, Class of 1895, President Citizens National Bank, Waso, Texas, was elected President of the Waco Chamber of Commerce at a recent Directors meeting. You can’t keep A. and M. men down. k kk George T. Lewis, Ex- ’21, is doing vocational work with the Waco City Water Works and is planning to re- turn to A. and M. next September to complete his course. eh hk W. E. Allen, Class 1912, Secretary McLennan County Aggies, and with the Waco Electric Company, has a register at his place of business and urgently requests all A. and M. men to drop in and register, when in the city. Fellows don’t fail to let us know when you are in town, if we don’t know you we want to. k kk E. P. Hunter, 1899, President of the Ex-Students Association and Gen- eral Manager Cameron Lumber Com- pany, Waco, spent a few days with other A. and M. men at Austin with the Legislature, and we understand the results were favorable for old A. and M. Fine work, E. P., next time we will be with you or bust a belt buckle. ' ® % % Tom F. Oliver, 1895, President of McLennan County Aggies, General Insurance, Waco, has been out in the oil fields, stirring up business, how- ever advises he got away without investing in any “Wild Cats.” * kk Dr. Rufe E. Adams, 1910, per- formed on George Byars 1910, in get ting the digestive system of the lat- ter free from kinks, that is the old time spirit A. and M. men for one another. * kx 3k “Big Jim” Kendrick, we note, is with Uncle Charlie Moran coaching the Praying Colonels. Atta boy Jim, don’t forget that the eyes of the Me- Lennan County Aggies are on you and know that you are coming back home to us one of these days. Let us hear from you again. * kk M. M. Bridgewater, ’17, Whipple Barracks, Ariz., the McLennan coun- ty Aggies would surely like to have a copy of the Whipple Echo for we always like to know what is going on with all A. and M. men. Send a copy to Luke Ballard, Waco, Texas, also the bill. % k A McLennan County Aggie was in Denton the other day and ran into Trimble, ex ’20 now City Engineer for Denton, and he is going to get busy and organize an Aggie Club in that county. Trimble tell us about it through the Texas Aggie. Others will be interested also. hee The McLennan County Aggies are getting very democratic as of old. They are meeting now in the various Cafes in Waco, and actually making formality a penalty, in their month- ly meetings. That means they can eat what they please, say what they please, but they must be there to en- joy these privileges. * kk Say, fellows, didn’t that May 1st. issue of the Aggie look good, just think how many of the old gang got together and in all ports of old U. S. A. The McLennan County Aggies are making San Jacinto Day happen every month and we wish they all would, better still, every week. kkk Let’s go, everybody. Let’s organize an Aggie Club in every county in Texas and everybody take the “Tex- as Aggie’. When you have read it give it to some school boy and watch him read it from cover to cover. That’s spreading Old A. and M. * ok ok All together, one, two, three, lets tell old Bill Cook, by letter, so much news about the Aggie Boys that he won’t have anything to write him. self and then he can put in more time on other things. It’s our Texas Aggie, lets use it, Bill don’t care, do you Bill? ®t % There is an Aggie Club in Chicago, one in Washington, D. C., many in Texas. ‘There are some ne, out Frisco way. Come on boys, lets dig in, we have got to hear from Frisco way some how. * ok x Wort Boyett ’06 is in the picture show business at Brownwood and we give him the once over the other day and he is going to organize an Ag- gie Club out there and be at Com- mencement also. DR. SNEED TELLS OF BEAUTY OF ALPS Dallas Pastor and Party, on Tour of Europe, Are At Lucrene. (Dallas News.) The following communication has been received by the Dallas News from Dr. Glenn L. Sneed, pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Dallas, who is touring Europe with his wife and a party of Dallas peo- ple. The comunication is from Lu- cerne, Switzerland, and is as follows: “This is Monday morning and while I am waiting for the other members of my party to come down to break- fast I will write you a line. We left Milam, Italy, last Saturday and came through Como, by Lake Como, which is said to be the center of the silk industry in those parts. Our train stood near the lake for some time, as if to wait for us to see the lake. “Our passports were examined and we came on to Chiasso, the frontier between Italy and Switzerland. Here our passports an dsuit cases were ex- amined by the Swiss. Soon we were in the heart of the Alps and after passing through a number of smaller tunnels we came to the famous Gut- hard tunnel, which took us fourteen minutes to pass through. Scenery is Beautiful. “We saw a number of beautiful lakes and some valleys where we got a close view of some of the farms about which I had studied when a stu- dent in the Texas A. and M. College. When we came to Fliielen we took the boat and came the full length of Lucerne. The sun was shining and the lake was very calm and the moun- tain scenery was all that one could de- sire. It is said here that there is no more beautiful scenery in all Switzer- land. We passed the chapel of Wil- liam Tell and stopped at a little vil- lage where the Swiss State started 600 years ago. On my right were high snow cov- ered peaks piled high one upon the other like a tremendous stairway to the stars. On my left was a steep mountain covered with green grass, where contented cattle grazed and where prosperous looking homes gave the impression of sweet content among the farmers. Trees were blooming near the water edge and COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM. FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE A. AND M. COLLEGE, JUNE 2-5. Saturday, June Second. 5:00 p. m.—Individual Competitive Drill by the Ross Volunteers. 8:00 p. m.—Senior Class Play— “A Full House”—Benefit the William Ben- nett Bizzell Loan Fund, Guion Hall. Sunday, June Third. 8:30 a. m.—Presentation of “T” Medals. oring “T” men. 9:30 a. m.—Inspection.of Quarters. Review of the Cadet Corps Hon- — Commencement Sermon, Reverend Herbert L. Willett, Ph. D., D. D., Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature, Uni- m —Address to the Religious Organizations, Rovertid J .M. Price, 10:30 a. m versity of Chicago. 4:15 p. m.—Band Concert on the Campus. 5:30 p. m.—Exhibition Drill by the Ross Volunteers. 8:00 p.m A. M.,, D. D., Professor of Religious Education, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Presenta- tion of Certifiveates to Members of the Senior Class, Guion Hall. Monday, June Fourth. 8:30 a. m.—Exhibition Drill by Artillery. 9:00 a. m.—Mass Athletics by the Infantry. 9:30 a. m.—Live Stock Show, Animal Husbandry Building. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p. m.—Inspection of Departments of the College: 11-12—(1) Exhibit of work of students of Architecture, 4th flior Academic building. (2) building. (3) Engineering Building. (4) Exhibit of work of students of Drawing, 4th floor Acrcaiemic Exhibit of textiles and textile machinery in operation, Textile Display of commercially valuable non-metals, metals equipment materials used in petroleum geology work, Department of Geol-. ogy, 3rd floor, Electrical Engineering Building. (5) (6) (7) Veterinary Hospital open for inspection. Field artillery and cavalry stables open for inspection. Military Science laboratories and section rooms open for in- spection, Militray Science building. (8) (9) (10) building. (11) Agricultural building. (8) (12) Signal Corps equipment, Electrical Engineering bujlding. Rural life charts and maps, room 409 Agricultural building. Farm Management charts and maps, 4th floor, Agricultural Accounting and statistical laboratories and equipment, 4th floor Agronomy exhibits, rooms 100, 111, 113, Agricultural building. Visual instruction—movingpictures—Department of Vocational Teaching, 3rd floor Academic building. (13) building. (14) cultural building. 1-4— (1) (2) Exhibit of nuts and propagation charts, room 202 Agricultural Exhibit of work of students of Landscape Art, room 270, Agri- Physics Building and laboratories open to visitors. Refining of petroleum, refining of cotton seed oil, burning of clay products, soap making, centrifugal dryers, Chemistry lab- oratories. (3) Electrical Engineering laboratories in operation, demonstration in wireless telephony, Electrical Engineering building. (4) Automobile show, auspices of Agricultural Engineering Depart- ment, Animal Husbandry building. f | (5) (6) ic building. (7) Open house at the Dairy Barn—{free ice cream cones. Displays of biological collections, fossils, ete., 3rd floor Academ- Displays and exhibits by the Highway and Civil Engineering Departments, Civil Engineering buildng. (8) ricultural Building. (9) (10) Agronomy Exhibits, rooms 100, 111, 113, 300- 303, and 308, Ag- Mechanical Engineering shops will be in operation. Exhibits of Agricultural machinery and Farm Equipment, Ag- ricultural Engineering buildings. | 12:00 m. —Luncheon and Annual Reunion of the Classes of 1878 to 1883; 1893 to 1897; 1903 to 1906; 1913 to 1920; Shisa Hall Annex. 2:00 p. m.—Annual Business Meeting of the Association of Former Students, Y. M. C. A. auditorium. 5:00 p. m.—Formal Presentation of Reserve Commissions, addres by Brig- adier General Paul B. Malone, U. S. A., Guion Hall. 6:00 p.m m.—Annual Dinner of Association of Eortaer Students, barbecue, Animal Husbandry Building. 8:00 p. m.—Automobile show, Animal Husbandry building. 9:00 p. m.—Final Ball. Tuesday, June Fifth. 8:30 p. m.—Exhibition Drill by the Cavalry. 9:45 p. m.—Commencement Processional. 10:00 a. m.—Commencement Exercises: Address, Honorable Philander P. Claxton, Provost of the Uni- versity of Alabama. Valedictory, Cadet Major G. A. Hollowell. . Announcing the Honors, President W. B. Bizzell. Granting of Certificates to Students completing the Two-Year Courses, President W. B. Bizzell. Awarding of Diplomas, Honorable L. J. Hart, President of the Board of Directors. 1:30 p. m.—Graduating Review. ruddy faced people made me feel that this is a fine place to live. “There are many more things that I would like to mention, but it is now time to go to the American Express Company and to Thomas Cook & Sons to see about the day’s sightseeing. We have seen the Lion of Lucerne wound- ed and dying in his lair. This is carved out of the solid rock and is more than 100 years old. It commemorates the events of 1870-71. The Glacier Park with its glacier churns, is most inter- esting. The hall of mirrors, where you see yourself six times at once, and then 1,000 times, is a mystifying wonder. ~~ Yesterday we attended church at the Church of England. In the evening we heard an Italian or- chestra. Today we leave for Inter- laken and from there to Lauzanne, Geneva, Paris and London. We are all well and enjoying our trip. At Rome a pickpocket got my passport. I advertised and got it back. Hope all goes well with Dallas.” i GOOD SUPPLY OF ITALIAN BEES IN PROSPECT. Te Beekeepers of Texas were able, last year, to obtain a number of pure Italian queen bees from the Queen Rearing Yard of the Texas Agricul- tural Experiment Station, A. and M. College, near San Antonio, Texas. The prospect is good this year for a much larger supply which will begin to be available about the last of April, according to Mr. H. B. Parks, in charge of Apicultural Investiga- tions for the Station. These queens are reared in con- nection with the experimental work and are the best that can be proeduc- ed. Many of the queens reared are used in the experiments, but there is generally a surplus produced and as they are just as good as the experi- mental material, they constitute a very desirable supply for beekeepers who wish to breed up their colonies to the highest standard. They are supplied by the Station to applicants in order of their requests at a nomi- nal price of $1:00 per queen, and apiarists desiring some of these queens should mail their orders, ac- companied with check, to Mr. H. B. Parks, Apicultural Laboratory, Route E, Box 91 A, San Antonio, Texas. INCREASED DEMAND FOR FER- TILIZER THIS YEAR. Fertilizer tag sales this season had reached 66,700 tons on April 1sg, as against 30, 500 tons last year, ac- cording to an announcement made today by Dr. G. S. Fraps, Chief of the Division of Chemistry, Texas Ag- ricultural Experiment Station, and State Chemist, who is in charge of these sales. This is the largest sale of fertil- izer tags since 1914, when the sales reached 77,400 tons.
