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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Had a letter with check enclosed
from Harry Wheeldon. Harry is
with the Lone Star Gas Co., at Petro-
lia.
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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.
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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.
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ROUND HOLES AND SQUARE PEGS.
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> 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.
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Draftsman for chief engineers office Southern Pacific Lines,
$ Houston. Pay $150 per month. Communicate with R. R. Riley. 3
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9 Engineers and agricultural graduates for United States Vet- :
& erans Bureau work. Write this office qualifications, ete. <
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g Chainman and instrument man for highway work. Write J. J.
$ Richey C. E., depar:ment, A. & M. College.
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g other for special work at College. S
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: Two experienced men in earth work working with drag lines, g
; etc., would like to return to Texas. Experience in costs accounting. 3
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
A more complete article with refer-
ence to his death will be published
later.
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