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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1924)
ALLL ALLOA LAA 0.000 0 404044 4 4 4 4 4 TO POASTMASTER: 4 % 4 > 4 > K > If this paper is not ¢ » called for return 4 » postage is guaran- ¢ ) teed by publisher. 4 VN NNN q X > X X x q X X ‘ AAS > NANA LALL FN VV VV VV VV VV VN Charles Rogan, HE TEXAS AGGIE | / \ A\A\A\A\ AAA LAELLLL NNN NNN VN $ ® ® ® ¢ RETURN 8 POSTAGE 4 SUARANTEED @® ® PACA AAC A AOAC AACA WA NN VV VV VV VVVVVV Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOLUME III. BRYAN, TEXAS, MARCH 15, 1924. NUMBER 5 NEW GYM TO BE READY FOR 1925 BASKET ALL NEW GYM ASSURED TOBEREADY FOR 1925 BASKETBALL Plans Under Way Now For $100,000 Gymnasium. Will Have Three Basketball Courts. PLANT IS TO BE USEFUL New Structure Will Make Possible Corrective Gymnastics. To be used for Corps Dances Also. Bible’s basketeers in 1925 will have the happy privilege of cavorting about over the best basketball court in the Southwest and in the best gym- nasium in the Southwest. Plans are being prepared by E. B. LaRoche, head of the Department of Architec- ture, and who serves as college archi- tect, and by James Sullivan, business manager of athletics, for a $100,- 000.00 gymnasium to be erected on the site of the present structure. When President Bizzell reutrns from abroad in May, every detail is to be ready for his approval and for ap- proval by the Board of Directors. Work will start immediately and by the middle of next fall the building will be completed. The building is to be erected by the College and ath- letic department cooperatively. According to the plans of the Ath- letic Council the new building will have a seating capacity of between 4,000 and 5,000 persons. It will be of steel and reinforced concrete con- struction. It will be stuccoed and with a red tile roof will be an excep- tionally attractive building. There will be a big regulation court of in- laid maple for the varsity court. In addition there will be a court pro- vided for the “fish” and one for the Top Row, Left to Right: Bottom Row: FIGHTING FARMERS OF °24 Coach Bible, Prather, Brient, Kyle, Damon, Duckett, Darby. Washburn, Dealy, Capt. Gill, Wilcox, Dansby. TERRIFIC FIGHT SECRETARY VISITS THREE CLUBS ep tts Rm reserves. ‘These floors also will be used as dance floors for the corps dances. It is contemplated, also that Coach House, who is associatte pro- fessor of physical training will be able, with the new building and equip- ment, to provide corrective gymnas- tics for those cadets who may be de- ficient in some part of their physical make up. The building will be one of maximum usefulness and will be well equipped. Adequate dressing rooms for all Aggie athletics will be provided. In (Continued on Page 4) . @ THAT APRIL MEETING If you want a speaker for your San Jacinto Day meeting communicate with Association headquarters. We have lined up quite a bit of talent capable of putting across a heavy verbal barrage. These men will be happy to be the guests of your club on that event. That night Station WTAW will broadcast a program con- sisting of music by the Aggie- land orchestra and offerings from one or two of College Sta- tion’s speakers of the edition de luxe. aaa a ROR ROR ORO OR ORR ORR SOR OSORIO SOROS FEATURES GAMES WITH TEXAS FIVE University Takes Two Whirlwind Con- tests From Aggies in Closing Games of Season. RECORD IS NOT BROKEN Texas Must Win Championship for Four Consecutive Seasons Before They Can Boast of Besting Ag- gie Accomplishment. The Texas Aggies closed out the basketball season by dropping two of the hardest fought basketball games ever played on the Kyle Field court to the Texas Longhorns March 7 and 8. These games were whirlwinds from start to finish and were marked by a killing speed, brilliant defensive work and frenzied fight. Texas won the first game Friday night by the score of 24 to 14, clearly supreme throughout the contest. The Satur- day night’s contest was in doubt throughout and the Aggies really had the edge on the Longhorns. The score in that contest was 17 to 11. Playing their last games Darby and Captain Gill gave splendid ac- (Continued on Page 4) FINDS AGGIE SPIRIT EVERYWHERE San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth All Giving Much Attention to Accomplishments by Association. (By Ike Ashburn) In Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio, since the publication of the last Aggie I have found a strong and continued interest in the success of the Association. At Fort Worth I had a delightful meeting with some thirty odd Aggies who came together at the Texas Hotel for a special meeting just to meet “their hired hand” the newly elected secretary of the Association. 4 “Dallas was out for 1 good time and celebrated the anni- rersary of Texas’ Independence with a co-ed dinner at the Oriental, which attracted 142 guests. 1 slipped in on the regular meeting of the San Antonio A. & M. Club and found thirty-five present for that event. In each of these A. & M. strong- holds I found new evidences of co- operation and support. Some Aggies who had held out against the Asso- ciation for some reason or other, some of them good reasons, have let vo of their doubts and have lined up solidly behind the Association. I found the local leadership in each »f these towns loyal, active, and i judicious. All in all my visit to these A. & M. clubs gave me a new vision of possibilities of the work, and new enthusiasm for the ac- complishment of these possibilities. Fort Worth Meeting. My first stop was at Fort Worth, where Alf Luckett and Charlie Flem- ing. and M. J. Miller had gotten a splendid crowd out. I saw George Young the first time in some years. R. H. (Dick) Standifer, another old friend I had not seen in some years also was on the job. W. S. Broome was another old timer I had not been associated with lately. Had a de- lightful visit with B. K. Goree, an outstanding Fort Worth lawyer. Got one of Ned VanZandt’s booklets on the fiftieth anniversary of the Fort Worth National Bank of which the Van Zandt’s are the back bone. T. B. Hoffer, of the Fensland Oil Co., is going to publish the First Ag- gie Ex-Student directory. He was out at the meeting and much inter- ested. Snap Shot Bill Adkisson, “Nuts” Williamson, Fannie Coleman, (Continued on Page 4) AGGIES DRIVEN TO WATER POLO FOR WORKOUTS Old Jupe Puts Damper on Baseball and Track Training Aspirations. Float- ing Ball Necessitated. PROSPECTS ARE NOT BAD Listo f Candidates for Baseball Gives Promise of Heavy Hitting and Hard Hustling. After a three week’s workout in water polo and with their first game less than a week away the Aggie baseball hopefuls are hoping and praying for an even break with the weather. As yet not one good day for a workout has come Kyle field- ward and House has had but scant opportunity to size up his men. Nevertheless the squad will be cut to 21 men this afternoon and utilization will be made of every half way de- cent day in the endeavor to get in shape for this first mill. House is hopeful for a very good season or failing in that he knows that he will have a very poor season. The club will be better balanced than last year’s club was, except in pitch- (Continued on Page 4) ‘| 2 memn:orable day for WILL DEDICATE WAR [1EMORIAL CAN JACINTO DAY Gift of Classes of 1923-24-25-26' Hon- oring World War Dead to be Un- veiled at College April 21. GOVERNOR NEFF TO SPEAK Chief Executive of State Will be Prin- ciple Speaker. Relations of Aggie Heroes Invited to Attend. Scn Jae'nto Day, Apr’l 21, will be College Sta- t'on. On the afternoon of Monday, Aprl 21, the War Memorial, honor- ng the A. & M. men who ded in the s:rv ee and the participation of the inst tution in the World War will be led cated. Governor Pat M. Ned v 1 be the chief speaker. An effort <= be'ng made, also, to bring to Col- ‘age on that day Major General envy T. Allen, formerly in com- 1nd of the €0th Division in which organization so many A. & M. men arved. General Allen after th= a mist’ ce was placed in command of the Seven’h Corps and later com- manded the Army of Occupat'on in Germany. Just now he is unable to sey whether he will be able to come to Texas at that t'me or not due to h's service with the American Olym- » ¢ Association. Plans as announced by President Bizzell before his departure for Eu- rope called for inviting the families and friends of every A. & M. man who paid the supreme price to be honor guests of the College on that day. Fifty-two A. & M. men gave up their lives during that struggle. The Cadet Corps under the direction of Col... C. C, Todd, —ecommandahrt, w'll be massed at the memorial, which is to be located on the open lawn just west of Guion hall. Ike Ashburn will preside and will intro- duce Governor Neff. Following the Governor’s address Cadet Col. H. L. Roberts will call the roll of the dead and representatives of the classes of 1923-24-25- and 26 will unveil the memorial. ; Following the dedication of the Memorial Governor Neff will present commissions to the seniors of the R. 0. T. C., who have accepted commis- (Continued on Page 4) A THAT AGGIE DIRECTORY Within a very few weeks the Association hopes to be able to publish a directory giving an al- phabetical list of every A. and M. ex and his location and also giving lists of former students by counties and localities. We need your help in locat- ing some of the inactive fellows. If you know of an A. and M. man who you have reason to believe is not in touch with the Association send us his name, year, address, and occupation. We want to distribute this di- rectory at commencement. “SPECK” EASLEY BEATS WORLDS RECORD IN RIFLE SHOOTING Captain C. M. “Speck” Easley, , S. A, ’16, has broken the world’s record in rifle shooting. During his cadet days he was a “bug” on rifle shooting. Here is a story with reference to his achievement. The world’s rifle record has been recently broken by Capt. Claudius M. Easley of the Thirty-First Infantry, United States army, who was reared in Waco and is now stationed in the Philippine islands. The score was 343 out of a possi- ble 350, the old record being 341. Captain Easley’s scores were: 200 yards, slow fire, 48; 200 yards, rapid fire, 60; 300 yards, slow fire, 47; 300 yards, rapid fire, 50; 500 yards, slow fire, 50; 500 yards, rapid fire, 50; 600 yards, slow fire, 48. The 300-yard slow fire score was shot in the rain with a 15-mile wind, which explains the fact that he dropped more points there than at any other range. Capt. C. M. Easley is the son of A. C. Easley of Waco. He is a Waco boy. He graduated from Waco High School in 1912 and Texas A. and M. ‘n 1916. He received his first mili- tary training in the Texas National Guard companies of Waco, and his first rifle shooting on the Easley ri- fle range near Waco. He has attend- ed almost every national rifle match since 1909, and was a strong con- tender in the tryouts for the Olympic games in 1920, having lost the match in that year for best individual shot in the United States army by only one point. Captain Easley is not on- ly a good rifle shot but is an organ- izer and trainer of rifle teams, hav- ing trained the first American rifle team to defeat the Filipinos on their native soil. He has been in the Philippine is- lands more than two years, and is expected to return to the states in a few months. ‘changes. D. X. AND MRM. D. X. OFF TO NEW YORK FOR RULES MEET No Great Changes in Code for 1924 Expected By Bible As Result Con- ference National Rules Committee D. X. Bible, well chaperoned by his Commanding General, Mrs. D. X. Bible, left this week for New York City to attend the annual meeting of ‘he Foot Ball Rules Committee, vhich will meet March 21-22, at the Biltmore hotel to consider changes in ‘he football code for the season of 1924. D. X. anticipates no great Clarification and definition of rules will occupy the attention of the committee for the most part, he believes. Some clarification of the rules deal- ing with the onside kick must be made. Another question which is being agitated in some quarters has to do with the time for closing the (Continued on Page 4) ALL-BATTALION FOOTBALL MEN BANQUET GUENTY Athletic Council Gives Feed in Honor of All-Star Men Picked From Battalion Teams Winners of the All-Battalion foot- ball honors, coaches, * captains and managers of all the Battalion foot- ball teams were the honor guests of the Athletic Council at a banquet at the Mess hall this week. The ban- quet was a huge success being char- acterized by much food and few speeches. The First Battalion composed of Companies “A,” “B” and “C” won the flag. The first All-Battalion team chosen by a vote of the student coaches and managers, was announced as follows: ends, Bennett (Art.) and Pistole (First) ; tackles, Grissom (Aviation) and Beutel (First); guards, Finchum (Continued on Page 4) S. P. LINES CLAIM RECORD IN EMPLOYMENT OF A. & M. MEN With a total of forty-seven located A. and M. men in the employ of the Southern Pacific lines, Louisiana divisions, J. I. McGregor is challenging the world for the S. P. “I believe that there are more A. and M. men in the employ of the Southern Pacific in Texas and Louisiana than there are in the service of any other company,” said McGregor in furnish- ing The Aggie with the names of these men. “If any other institution can beat our record I'd like to hear from them.” His letter follows: “Attached is partial list of the A. and M. men connected with the South- ern Pacific lines. ‘We are not send- ing all of the names of our A. and M. men in at the present time, as we wish to challenge all other large cor- porations who are employers of A. and M. men, as to the number on their pay-roll, and should they best us, we want to hold a few in reserve so that we can reach down and dig them up, Texas and | | bunch is much the same towards our 50 to speak. Then should we fail the ‘only recourse is to hire some more. “The feeling of our S. P.-A. and M. railroad system as it is towards our alma mater and we are willing to go the limit in furthering the interest of both. The Southern Pacific lines have always been a heavy employer of A. and M. men, which can only mean one thing and that is, that A. and M. men have delivered the goods. “With personal regards to yourself, and best wishes for our Associa- tion, I am, “Very sincerely yours.” S. P.-A. and M. Men. Baur, Louis W. A., 211 Maplewood St., Houston, Texas. Bretschneider, W. B., Div. Engineer, Houston Ter- minal, Houston, Texas. Cottingham, I. A., Valuation Dept., 925 S. P. Bldg., Houston, Texas. Cot- tingham, G. R., Auditor’s Office, S. P. (Continued on Page 4)
