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THE TEXAS AGGIE Published Semi-Monthly by The Asso- ciation of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. BRYAN, TEXAS MARION S. CHURCH .____President C. C. KREUGER, _1st Vice-President Tom C. BLAKE, _2nd Vice-President A.C.ILOVE, ._.___ 3rd Vice-President IKE ASHBURN : PU, VRP RE Executive Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: MS CHURCH sa Dallas C. C. KRUEGER, ____San ‘Antonio THOS. W. BLAKE, _______ Houston AC LOVE Co i Beaumont J. L. LOCKRIDGE,___Wichita Falls MJ MILLER . Ciilrm. Ft. Worth Subscription price $5.00 including membership in the Association of Former Students; $2.00 to those not eligible for membership. ADVERTISING RATES: Per Inch. »Poriyear’s contract... oo io 30c For six ‘month’s contract. ._- 40c For less than six months___.___ 50c Entered as second-class matter at Bryan Pa IKE ASHBURN OUR WAR DEAD. Publisher It is entirely fitting that the Wiar Memorial, the gift of the classes of 1923-24-25-26 should be dedicated on San Jacinto Day. Celebrating then as we "do, the victory of the Battle of “San Jacinto it is well that pause should be made and tribute paid to Our Sons of A. and M. who during the last war, died the Glorious Death of the Soldier. A. and M. has met many tests. Every son is happy that in time of stress and strain of War she was not found wanting. Aggies responded more large- ly than did the former students of any other College in the United States, according to the ‘survey made by the New York Times, and they always were found in the positions of leader- ship. Many ycung men of Great Promise were cut down in those days and they placed on' our shoulders the responsibility of measuring up to the high de- votion to Duty, Honor, and to Country that they demonstra- ted. ' God Bless the Memory of the A. and M. men who died in the Service. ER RRR Rs BEAUTY OF FRIENDSHIP. What is sweeter or tender than the friendship or brotherly love . of strong men. The Aggie thinks that - perhaps one of the greatest contribu- tions A. and M. makes to the lives . of her men is the ability to love their fellow man.” What sweeter picture could be found than that of the life- long friendship of O. E. Reynaud and E. B. Cushing. Boyhood friends, room mates at College, with a warmth of affection not always found in those _of blood ties these two men kept alive always the flame of friendship and «devotion to each other. Ever notice how your heart warms to an A. and M. man whether you ever saw him before or not? BE rrr ti SUGGESTIONS WANTED. ~ You fellows remember that the Secretary of the Association is sail- ing an uncharted sea and is just “sorter feeling his way’ in this new ‘work. ‘Errors will be many. Do not hesitate to write in and correct any error that may be made. Do not hesitate to offer any suggestion which you think may make the As- sociation more effective. We all have one common desire and the As- sociation will be exceedingly happy to entertain every suggestion that any Aggie, in or out of the Associa- tion, may have with reference to its conduct. —_———————————— ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. . Announcement of the approaching "marriage of W. W. Maxwell, Jr., ex- Aggie, now a student in the Univer- sity of Texas Medical School at Gal- veston, to Miss Rebecca Hightower of Austin has been made. Miss High- tower is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hightower and graduated from the University in the class of 23. Maxwell lives at Austin. He will complete his medical course next year. —————————— Had a letter with check enclosed from Harry Wheeldon. Harry is with the Lone Star Gas Co., at Petro- lia. = J. W. KINGSWELL, ’18, DISCUSSES CRASH IN CUBAN SUGAR WORLD J. Wi. Kingswell, ’18, is back at the College following a long stay in Cuba and is taking advanced work in landscape gardening. Kingswell is making the Y. M. C. A., his head- quarters. At the request of The Aggie he has prepared the following little state- ment with reference to his travels and activities abroad. “After my discharge from the army in 1919 I drifted down to Cuba, where I had lived formerly, to see what possibilities the raising of citurs fruit there offered. Finding that the United States quarantine against foreign fruits made that an unpromising enterprise, I accepted a position then open with a sugar mill —The Cupey Sugar Company. “This was in the joyous days of the “Dance of the Millions”’—to use the Cuban’s phrase—when the world was demanding sugar at any price, when every planter felt himself a plutocrat, when cane lands changed hands every day at increased values, and Havana held a mad revelry with the flowing money of newly made millionaires. “In the summer of ’21 the peak was reached, then the bottom fell out of the sugar market. By the end of the year sugar had dropped from twenty-three cents to little over one cent per pound, property of all kinds—since everything there is con- nected more or less directly with sugar—dropped 100 per cent and more in value, and the national banks, with their money loaned on securities suddenly made worthless, failed, one after another. The gov- ernment declared a moratorium of four months, during which time none need pay nor could collect any debt —not excepting a checking account. “In the first year our company paid a general bonus, but the following year those of us who could stay on the payroll felt ourselves lucky. We made a short crop, but the sugar did not pay for the grinding. That sum- mer and the following practically all cultivation was abandoned, the mills being unable to finance the planters, and many of the mills being absorb- ed for debts by foreign banks—espe- cailly the National City. As all ef- forts had been on the raising of cane to the exclusion of all other crops when the crash came, many planters went hungry. Such of the negro la- borers as could were glad to work for their food, most of them reverted to original type and lived off the na- tural produce of the country, and many of those who could not readapt themselves literally starved to death. “In the crop of 1923 sugar came back to normal prices—three to five cents—and although the evil results of the neglect the fields passed through are not yet totally eradicat- ed, the sugar industry is on a pros- perous basis again this year. “My work has been in watching, the field interests of the company, with direct charge of its own plant- ings and with a supervising capacity over its general cane area. This lat- ter work took the nature of making estimates of the cane supply and of planning development, where nec- essary advising planters in methods of field practice, and—most import- ant—in keeping the company advised as to the value of security on ad- vances made to planters. I have re- signed from this work to return for this term and take some post grad- vate work in landscape gardening, hoping to become established for my- self in Havana. “With all best wishes to old friends and classmates, I am, “Sincerely, J. W. Kingswell.” BASEBALL MEN ENTERTAINED BY BELL C0. AGGIES Temple Former Students Give Dinner Honoring House’s 15 Men When They Visit There. The Aggie spirit met the Temple spirit again Sunday as soon as the A. & M. baseball team got off the train here for the Monday and Tuesday ball | games with the Temple Surgeons and all day yesterday the Aggies were honor guests in Temple. Last evening about 20 former stu- dents of A. and M. College gave an informal banquet at the Stegall hotel for the Aggies. P. L. Downs, Jr., was toastmaster of the short program and talks were made by Captain Jack Forgason of the visitors, M. V. Smith Jr., of Belton, former A. & M. third baseman and Business Manager Jack Sullivan of A. & M. athletics. The talks were brief, welcoming the visitors and expressing the apprecia- tion of the visitors for their recep- tio nhere. Captain Forgason said that he felt that he and his men were visitors instead of “ball players” but said he hoped that a law would soon be passed making it a death penalty to call “for after dinner speeches.”— Temple Telegram. — -_ ire “i Professor Fermier received a let- ter dated March 26, in which R. C. Partridge, M. E. ’12, tells of the death of his father at Munday, Tex- as. His death resulted from injuries received from the premature explo- sion of a stick of dynamite. SCOURING PLANT IS HELP TO GROWERS FIXES SHRINKAGE Wool Scouring Plant Operated by Experiment Station System In Interest of Producers To enable farmers and stockmen to estimate the shrinkage for which they are charged when they sell their wool and mohair to buyers the Agricultural Experiment Station of the College is operating a wool scour- ing plant. Samples sent to the Sta- tion prepaid will be scoured, graded and a detailed report sent to the grower immediately without any charge; and at the end of the season all the semples received will be sold and remittance made to the grower for the return on his wool or mo- hair. Operation of the plant in past years has shown that many thousands of dollars could be saved annually to Texas growers if accurate informa- tion on the extent of the shrinkage were had before sales are made. The plant is in charge of J. M. Jones, chief of the Division of Ani- mal Industry. During his work in the field next month he will visit as many of the wool and mohair pro- ducers as possible to advise them of proper methods of selecting represen- tative samples. ——t— eee. Who knows where old Gay Merri- wether formerly of Corsicana is? Wish you would notify the Associa- tion as to his address. A AN ROUND HOLES AND SQUARE PEGS. 3 Wanted. 4 > Engineer to fill position as draftsman for Fort Worth and Den- « > ver at once. Ordinary railroad drafting, making station and right- ¢ > of-way maps. Man preferred who has some knowledge of building > construction, sufficient to know how to put a building together and > to take off quantities from plans. Pay $168 per month. Apply W. S. Broome, office engineer 511 Denver Record Building, Fort Worth. k kk Draftsman for chief engineers office Southern Pacific Lines, $ Houston. Pay $150 per month. Communicate with R. R. Riley. 3 > x % % : > 9 Engineers and agricultural graduates for United States Vet- : & erans Bureau work. Write this office qualifications, ete. < * kx 4 g Chainman and instrument man for highway work. Write J. J. $ Richey C. E., depar:ment, A. & M. College. * kk 4 ® . ® K Two architectural draftsmen, one for architectural firm, an- & g other for special work at College. S K J Men Available. 4 : Two experienced men in earth work working with drag lines, g ; etc., would like to return to Texas. Experience in costs accounting. 3 Wok % 4 K : One C. E., experienced in high pressure still tests, and also 4 3 highway experience. @ & By Ph & 4 Two chemical engineers, refinery experience. . 3 ® > > a OO OE OO OR OR OR OS ORO OR OR OR OOS OS OR OROSOS OR OSOSOS ORR ORO OODDDOOODODOOOP | AGGIES EASY WINNERS OVER RICE BALLERS Take Two Opening Games of Season Without Difficulty By Larg Scores. The Agz’es had but scant difficul- ty in disposing of the Rice baseball hopefuls in two: games on March 28 and 29. The first one came as a vic- tory to the Aggies by the score of 11 to 2. The last one was more of a track meet and resulted in a score of 25 to 9 in favor of the House fol- lowers. The box scores for these two games follow: Rice ABR. HPO A E Locke, cf-2b ____._ 550 30:3 4.0 Swartz 8b Coax 200.0490 Hill'ss .L_.. 0 30.70 012%] Bay, Cr ae hae 57 itd vA 0 Hale, jesil -Suipoigs 4:0 156:52: 0 Bloxom Zb=ssii iB 1.14451 Nino, rpil..l. 0s 4.0:0. 3 3 0 Adams, Ab: wee 3:70:11 10:32 Fisher, rfid: bul. 3.20 +1.::0:50 0 Wilford pombe 2 0.1 00650 Lewis, iil. .otl.. 0. 2.0:040:10: 3:0 Total. luli. 32 2.62429 4 Aggies— Player AB R HPO A E Williams, Mf. oi 4B cd0 25:2 <dvi- Craig, 2b: .i ti 4s di e2 3:2 0.8:050 Chapman, 3b. ...5: 2::.27:2 x15:'0 Puckett, efits 4 AL 2ing 0-0 Johnson, 1b i... .3h33506:-00.2'0 Kyle, rou in de Tia nT RR RH, Forgason, «ei. ..sv4 isl ileal 0sslie 0 Bradford, sg wild 19 ci8iflun(a eT Bogers, piai.0 ath 4 :1005.10:409 0 Total «.. ide 38:11+15:2%+15 1 Score by innings: Ricatvi. vied: 00000100 1—2 Aggies ..3.0'1:6.0-3:10:0 :x—11 Summary: Stolen bases: Chapman 2, Puckett 1; Sacrifice hits: Craig, Rogers; Two base hits: Adams, John- son, Bloxom; Three base hit: Wil- ford; Double play: Lock, Bloxom and Adams; Innings pitched: By Wilford 6; Struct out: By Rogers 9, by Wil- ford 2, by Nino 3; Base on balls: Off Rogers 4, off Wilford 2, off Nino 1; Hit by pitcher: Bradford (by Wii- ford) ; Runs off Rogers 2 in 9 in- nings; off Wilford 10 in 5 innings; Time of game: 2 hours and 23 min- utes; Umpire: O’Herne. kk %d Rice— Player AB R.HPO' AE my ocke, Cf ; viii» 4 2.12 0:9 Swartz, ss-p ....3 1. 1:2 7 2 Hale, N3b’ 5: es 3.4 3 int uml Bloxom, p-s¢’:. 5: 0 £2.88 1H] Wilford, ‘2b. 4 0 1.24, 440 Nino, It. 000; 5. 0-107: 0: rv 133 Adams, “1b 7... 0 23°00 31 ad Risherpiarlien so Spl 1 0.0 Walkers: y vin 4p 3:02. +8350: 0 Total... ..%.. 33 9.10.24 18 3 Aggies— Player AB R HPO A n Williams, i5..0.5. 8447510: 1 Craig, 3b Sv eid 3:41:83 4.9 Chapman, 3b:v. i+ 6 dv 254 1:58 0 Puckett, ef oii 6.8: 6..2:0:% Johnson, "1b. 1.6, 3: id 42 «0x0 Byles vl aie os 8: cltyal 53:40 0 Porgason,: © «+o. Gr 325252 4d 040 Bradford, 88 ....env9. 1, 1:40:00 Montgomery, ss .2 0.0 0 3 1 Graves, Dic vip 004500531 30 ‘Crawford, .p . 8-25 2 50-610 Total“... ..." 49 25.23 27 18 2 Score by innings: i Rice... ~ 240201000— 9 10 &{, Aggies ...30274711x—25 23 2 Summary: Stolen bases: Swartz 1, Hale 2, Craig 1, Forgason 2; Sacri- fices: Locke, Craig, Montgomery; Two base hits: Hale, Bloxom, John- son, Williams, Craig, Puckett, Chap- man; Three base hits: Kyle, Forga- son; Home runs: Johnson 2, Puckett; 21 hits and 23 runs off Bloxom in 6 innings; 3 hits and 5 runs off Graves in 11-3 innings; Struck out: by Bloxom , Swartz 1, Crawford 4; Base on balls: off Bloxom 3, Swartz 4, Graves 4, Crawford 2; Double play: Montgomery, Craig and Johnson; Umpire: O’Herne. — <i CAPTAIN KELLY AT WATERTOWN ARSENAL A letter, with check enclosed, from Captain Dave C. Kelly, formerly of Greenville, announces a change in station for him. He now is at the Watertown, Mass. Arsenal, having been transferred there from the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. He expécts to be there for four years. For two years he attended the Ordnance School at the Arsenal and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most of his time was spent in doing test work at the Proving grounds on tractors, tanks, trailers, and gun carriages. He wanted to attend the banquet given in honor of Prexy and Charlie Friley at New York on March 11, but was unable to do so. AGGIES WILL HAVE THREE MEN "IN BIG LEAGUES THIS SEASON Indications are that the Aggies will have three men high up in profes- sional baseball this year. be E. E. “Trim”. Rigney, short stop, with the Detroit Tigers of the Amer- ican League, Warren “Rip” Collins, pitcher with the same team and C. E. “Pat” Olsen with the New York Yan- kees of the American League. Considerable alarm for Rigney was felt two weeks ago when Tyrus Cobb sent him to Mayo Brothers at Roches- ter, Minn., for. diagnosis and treat- ment for a trouble with his hip which has bothered him greatly for the past two years. It bothered him greatly —and yet he only hit 317 last season and had a fielding average which made him considered as one of the five best short stops in the big league. Now word comes from Mayo Brothers that there is nothing seriously wrong with Trim and he expects to partici- pate in several of the exhibition games and to be ready to go in the opening game at Detroit. Trim al- ways has been a much loved Aggie and his thousands of A. & M. friends are wishing him all sorts of good luck this season. If his hip does not both- er him he will be perhaps the out- standing star of baseballdom , year. | Rip has been a “hard luck guy” from the very first of his baseball career. Malarial fever, an injured arm and a half dozen different things They will’ have transpired to keep him from de- livering the goods as judges of base- ball men know he can deliver them. Cobb is still hoping that Rip can get in shape this year and believes that 'f he does he will turn in a great sea- son. Ty should put a yellow and white uniform on Bib Falk, of the White Sox, and dress up some more of the American League teams in the colors of the University and then let Rip at ’em. He would get in condi- tion in a hurry. Here’s hoping the Big Fellow has no hard luck this season. Pat Olsen was a member of the graduating class of 1923. He report- ed to Des Moines of the Western League after graduation and had a splendid season out there. At the close of the baseball season Des Moines sold him to the Yankees. Pat reported to the Huggins crew at New Orleans. He did not draw the slip that sent a host of aspiring young baseball men back to slower company and Huggins announced his intention of taking him to New York and giv- ing him a still further opportunity. It will be extremely unusual if Pat should be able to stick in this his first year in the fast show without being sent to the American or a lit- tle slower circuit for further season- ing. He is big, young, heady, and a fiend for work tho’ and that coupled with his clean living will make him hard to stop. BUGS MORRIS HERE. Bugs Morris, who has signed up to coach at Lb’lcne Christian College next year is visiting friends on the caripus. Bugs will not play with Ardmore In the Western Association this year. “I have to report early and have to remain vith the team un- til after the opening of school and I do not believe it is worth it” is the reason assigned by Bugs for giving up professional baseball. Bugs is centering all of his atten- tion on produc’'ng effective teams at Christian College next year. He was with Greenville High School last sea- son. He got a late start in football due to a late release from Ardmore but at the latter part of the season | had his team well up in the running. Ye ————— WORD IS RECEIVED OF DEATH OF FATHER OF McGINNIS BOYS Word has been recived by Mrs. W. B. Bizzell from Mrs. N. M. McGinnis of Dallas, of the death of the elder McGinnis, father of P. T., N. M,, and F. K. McGinnis at Terrell. Informa- AT a a a aC CRO aC COR a RO OR OR OR OR A RO A RC SC THE NASH SHOCK EQUALIZER GRANTS YOU GREATER SPEED No need of slowing your Ford down to a crawling pace when the road becomes rough! 'By keeping the body level, though one wheel may be raised or lowered 8 inches above or below the other, the dan- ger of turning over is eliminated, riding is assured. PRICE $10.00. “Fatty” Felt, Ex-'13 O22 Ca a ORO CO OR Oa Oa ORO OS OR ROR ROR ROSOROR SOROS OI AOR OR OSOROT OIRO SSRI ROSOR REO N22 a a COO OR OR OE OE OO OR OE A AIRZROTTNE @® TEXAS STONE PRODUCTS COMPANY GEN’L. OFFICES, DALLAS Quarry, crush and grind 2000 tons of limestone daily. at their Wise Co. Plants. ‘struction material. We sell the fine the farmer. czcounts. INSTALLATION $1.00. If your dealer can’t supply you send us his name and we will send you an equalizer for ten days free trial. THE FELT COMPANY Coarse sizes are marketed as Road Building and con- RAW AGRICULTURAL LIME screenings and dust at low prices to LIME increases crop production and builds up bank Ask your County Agent about LIME. Write us for information. DOOD ODPODODDOVDODDDDDDDPDDODDDDODODDDDODDDDOOOOOD OOO tion as to the cause of his death and the details of his bural, etc., have not been received at College. Mr. McGinnis, who has made his home at Terrell for many years was the father of three A. and M. men. 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