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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1924)
* COLLEGE PLANS T0 INSTITUTE PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES Creation of the department of physical education to function just as do the other instructional depart- ments of the College will be pro- vided for next year if the Board of Directors adopts a recommendation which has been passed by the Gen- eral Faculty of the College. President Bizzell has had as one of his chief ambitions for some time to come the creation of a physical education department. It was with that end in view that H. H. House was brought to the college year be- fore last. While no definite announcement has been made by Dr. Bizzell or the faculty as to the scope to be covered by the newly created department, House has conferred with Head Coach Bible and President Bizzell a number of times as to the organiza- tion of the new work. One feature of the instructional work from a practical standpoint will be the conduct of classes in cor- rective gymnastics for men who are not physically well developed. The aim of President Bizzell is to make the schedule of instruction in ath- letics of benefit to every man instead of being highly specialized on a few outstanding individuals. The com- pletion of the gymnasium will make possible some real work from that standpoint. In addition the theoretical instruc- tion will cover personal and social hygiene, as well as other commonly accepted phases of physical educa- tion. For the past two years House has been conducting freshman physical examinations and’ doing follow up work on deficiencies found in the physical development of the first year men. When he is released entirely from athletic coaching, as he will be next year, he will put more of his time into this phase of his work. Hospital records during the next three years of a student’s collegiate life will make a splendid physical record for him. House is splendidly trained for this work and has been utilized as head coach in baseball only until such time as President Bizzell was ready to inaugurate his program of physical instruction. He graduated from Springfield College, Mass., with the degree of Bachelor of Physical Education in 1917. He then became assistant professor of physical educa- tion at- ‘Ohio, Wesleyan University, where he served until the outbreak of the war, when he was given a leave of absence to enter the service. ‘After the war he returned to Ohio and served for another year in the physical education department as associate professor, and then went to Clarke University, Worcester, Mass., where he took his Master of Arts de- gree majoring in school of hygiene, phsychology, and education. He re- ceived his Master’s degree in 1922 "and immediately came to A. & M. It is expected that just as soon as President Bizzell returns from Eu- rope that full announcement will be made with reference to the creation of this very vital department. : House now has the rank of Asso- ciate Professor of Physical Educa- tion. i WEDDINGS. re Jones-Frazier. Announcement has been received here of the wedding of Oscar Frazier ’23, more familiarly known as “Ox” and Miss Adele Jones, a former co-ed student of the College. The wedding occurred at Hillsboro, March 27th. Miss Jones is the daughter of B. C. Jones, assistant professor of chemis- try at the College. “Ox” after his graduation has taught school in the Hillsboro High School, his home. They will make their home at Hillsboro. k kk Glen-Metcalfe. Announcements of the marriage of Miss Callie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Glenn, of Matador, to Thomas Pryse Metcalf are out. The wedding occurred on Wednesday evening, March 26th, at Matador. They are at home at Matador. —_———————————— M. G. Snell, ’21, writes an inter- esting letter from New Mexico, re- garding his tour of that State on the Cow, Sow and Hen Train, made pos- sible through the Santa Fe railroad. He was accompanied on this tour by Fred Hale, ’22, agricultural agent of the Santa Fe. He reports a splen- did trip, and says that he met a num- ber of A. & M. men throughout New Mexico. One Sunday was spent in Roswell and a regular old fashioned Aggie reunion was held. C. H. Rothe, ’21, Wayne Rice, '17-’20, and Kirk- land, ’21, all were present. Another - Sunday was spent in the home of R. O. (Dick) Wupperman, ’22, at Raton. While in Raton he saw J. G. (Fatty) Google, '14, who is dairying a few miles out from the city. WICHITA CLUB IS MAKING PLANS FOR APRIL 21 MEETING Bruce Frazier, of Electra Appointed Chairman of Program Committee For San Jacinto Day Program Wichita Falls Aggies are making plans for a big San Jacinto Day cele- bration. At their meeting last week they appointed a committee to make arrangements for the San Jacinto Day celebration Here is a newspaper account the meeting: At a meeting of the Wichita Falls A. & M. Club at the Wichita Club, Saturday evening committees were appointed and tentative plans an- nounced for the local celebration on April 21. Bruce Frazier was ap- pointed chairman of the program committee. The program will feature a radio program in order that all ex- students may listen in on the pro- gram broadcasted from College Sta- tion; Robert Stiles will have charge of this feature of the program. Her- bert De Lee was appointed chairman of the dance committee. President J. M. Isbell presided at :he Saturday night meeting and short calks were made by Bruce Frazier, of the Texas railroad commission on “Organization” and by W. T. Carter, who eulogized the late Col. E. B. Cushing; and by J. L. Lochridge, for- mer president of the local club. Mr. Carter and Mr. Lochridge both tendered their resignations to the club. Mr. Lochridge will leave for his work in Dallas and Mr. Carter will leave Wichita Falls to begin a soil survey of Milam county. Former students who attended the meeting Saturday night are: J. M. Isbell, Herbert De Lee, M. M. Works, C. C. Crane, Harry Wheeldon, W. T. Carter, Bruce Frazier, Ernest Birke, Hermann Dunn, Bennie Garrity, Huffman Baines, Robert W. Stiles, C. L. Murph, F. Burkett and J. L. Lochridge. DEPARTMENT GETS of COMPLETE PLANS R. V. ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK END Many Visitors Expected to Return to Campus for Spring Festivities April 17, 18, 19. Committees. on preliminary ar- rangements for the Ross Volunteer festivities which will be celebrated April 17, 18, and 19, have anounced their plans and the decoration com- mittee has now started its work of converting the great mess hall into a spring garden for the scene of the gay events of dancing and feasting which will be the outstanding events of the period of merrymaking. The prelude to the celebration will be the queen’s ball on Thursday even- ing April 17. It wil lopen with the enthronement of First Lieutenant of Ross Volunteers S. C. Bartlett and Miss Katherine Beard of Mart as roy- al rulers of all that part and person- ality of Aggieland joining in the spir- it of mirth and hilarity. Courtiers selected by the royal pair to add dig- nity to the ceremony are F. S. McGee, J. V. Drisdale, J. V. Myers, W. D. Johnson, F. H. Downs, and V. G. Le- Laurin. These and their constorts will participate in the coronation Friday the second day, will be marked by the R. V. banquet, a tea dance in the early afternoon, a base- ball contest on Kyle Field between the Aggies and the Baylor Bears, and in the evening by the R. V. Hop. The march will be led by Captain F. S. McGee and Miss Mary Beers of New Orleans. ‘ The R. V. exhibition drill will be the attraction on Saturday afternoon and it will be followed by the second baseball game of the series with Bay- lor. In the evening there will be a vaudeville performance by local tal- ent in the Assembly Hall. It will in- troduce the main attraction of the day and the final event of the festive INSPECTING BOARD PLEASED COLONEL TODD DECLARES Commandant Publishes Memorandum Praising Cadets for Helpful Cooperation. The following memorandum has been published by Col. C. C. Todd with reference to the annual visit of the inspecting officers to the College: The members of the Inspection Board have expressed themselves as being entirely gratified with the showing made by the Corps of Cadets during their inspection of this in- stitution from April 1st to 3rd in- clusive.. They came expecting much and found that conditions exceeded their expectations. This applies to every phase of the training and it would be an injustice to particularize with reference to any one activity. The Professor of Military Science and Tactics wishes to express his ap- preciation to members of the Corps of Cadets for their sincere and active cooperation in making the inspection a credit to the college. Final results cannot be published until all colleges of the United States have been in- spected. However, it is fully expect- ed that the traditions and records of the institution will be entirely main- tained if not advanced when the final report is made. Realizing that many cadets have saerificed part of their own time in preparing for the inspection and turn- ing out for same, it is ordered that the inspection and ceremony sched- uled for Saturday, April 5th, be sus- pended and that all practical mili- tary instruction for Thursday, April 10th be suspended. By order of Colonel TODD: M. M. MONTGOMERY, Adjutant. IEEE. BR la SEF - -Sp5 n] p] AGGIES AT INFANTRY SCHOOL. Mofford S. Duncan, 1st Lieut. 143 period which will be the third dance of the week, an informal dance tra-. ditionally known as the corps dance. | Music for all the dances will be supplied by Jimmie’s Joys orchestra. BR CHICAGO A. AND M. CLUB. (By W. M. Denny ’21) A clipping from the “Daily Bulle- tin” of March 14 gives an account of the A. and M. band music being broadcasted by WBAP at Fort Worth. NEW BUILDING Dcpartment of Buildings and Utili- ties Will Construct Another Unit in Building Plan A modern type, all steel ware- house and mechanical shops building to cost approximately $12,000.00 will be started within the next few days to house the carpenter shop, repair shop and other intradepartmental units of the Department of Buildings and Utilities and to supply ware- house space for lumber, dormitory furnishings, janitors equipment and other stores used by the department. The new building will take the place of the group of unsightly shacks that occupy the space imme- diately north of the Department of Buildings and Utilities building. These obsolete sheds are now being moved back off the building lot with their miscellaneous stores which they will continue to house until the new structure is erected, and the ground is being raised by filling in earth be- ing removed from the street between the greenhouse and the laundry. The new building will be one of the Tuscon factory built steel con- structed types and will be shipped in five cars. It will be one of the saw- tooth roof rtyle and will compose five bays or sections. Size will be 140x 80 feet, giving it almost the length of the administration building of the department. It will be located longitudinally parallel to the other building with its western end on a common line with the other. Multi- ple windows will give ample natural lght to the interior to facilitate work within. _n —-— BIRTHS. i — — Bechert. E. E. McAdams, city manager for Bryan, class-mate of Fritz Bechert, now a prominent patent attorney at New York City, advises The Aggie that Fritz and Mrs. Bechert are cel- ebrating the birth of a son. Fritz has offices at 350 Madison Avenue and is one of the moving spirits of the group of former Aggies located in New York City. * %k ¥ McPheters. On March 26, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McPheters. Profesor McPheters was formerly lo- cated here in the Physics Department. He is now Agricultural Engineer and Extension Specialist in Stillwater, Oklahoma. I was lucky enough to be not listen- ing in during the program, so I miss- ed a real treat. It seems that a few people up this way were more for- tunate than I, for some of them sent telegrams to let the fellows know that the music was appreciated. Among the telegrams sent were the follow- ing: Jewel P. Lightfoot, Chicago, Ill. Joseph Weidel, La Grange, Ill. Col. A. F. Lorenzen, Chicago, Ill Harry Fuller, Danville, Ill. J. M. Griffeth, Chicago, Ill. We know Joseph Weidel’s address, but the others are strangers, and we wondered if by any chance they were A. and M. men. Would you please look in your files to see if these men are listed there, and if they are, send me their addresses so we can look them up. (Weidel is the only Aggie on our list). Another of opr members has left this part of the country and taken up his abode in New York. J. P. Wags- staff who was with the American Bridge and Steel Co. at Gary, Ind., and whose address was Riverside Hall, Gary Ind., has moved to 26 Gleane St., Elmhurst, Long Island. You can make that correction on that list of addresses that Mr. Powell sent to you. Could you send me the name and address of the secretary of the New York Club. My latest information is that it is Mr. Fred J. Bechert, 350 Madison Ave., N. Y., but I get no re- sponse to my letters sent to him at that address. It seems too good to be true that Coach Rothgeb will soon be back on the job with D. X. LUKE BALLARD VISITS HEADQUARTERS Old Luke Ballard, with his Corona under one arm, a flock of water me- ters under the other arm, and a story of the Waco gang in his mouth, stopped by Association headquarters last week-end. Luke was on his way to New Orleans and wanted to know what A. & M. men are located in that oas’s. Never worry. He will stir them out and take over a few notes from them you can bet on that. Luke says that Tom Oliver, Abe Gross, and E. P. Hunter all are on the sick list but that they all are im- proving and soon will be up and at ’em again. As usual he had a flock of names and addresses to turn into the Asso- ciation as the result of his wander- ings over the State. If he put in as effective work for his employers as he does for the Association his firm would not be able to take care of the business developed by him. Inf. T. N. G., of Killeen, is at Fort Benning, Ga., attending the Infantry school. Duncan is taking the ma- ch’ne gun course and says he is en- joying it greatly. Capt. A. D. Bruce, another old timer Aggie, also is attending the In- fantry school. Bruce is rounding out his fourth year at the Dough Boy School. He was an instructor for three years and now is attending a class. He is a member of the ad- vanced and company commanders’ class. Bruce had a wonderful record dur- ing the war and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In the readjust- ments of rank which followed the re- duction of the army he was made a captain well up on the list. Wendell M. Phillips, of Blytheville, Ark., who attended A. & M. from ’18 to ’20 inclusive is one other A. & M. man at Benning. Duncan says those two are the only ones he can locate. i EE Wm. Mowlam, ’23, is in the em- ploy of the City of Corsicana being located with the department of per- mits and inspection. He says he is glad that Aggies everywhere are waking up. a Credit another Aggie with a splen- did accomplishment. The recent grand champion, “Victor,” at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, Fort Worth, March 8 to 15, was bred, fed, and exhibited by Jno. M. Gist & Son of Midland and Odessa, Texas. Byron Gist, junior member of the firm, is an A. & M. College graduate of the Animal Hus- bandry Department, class of 1910, land has always been a great booster for A. & M. In May 1922 the College purchas- ed a nice bunch of heifers, five of which came from the Gist herd. At this time Gist gave the College a steer calf that won first in junior yearling class at Fort Worth this spring. Byron does not hesitate to say that credit for much of the suc- cess and popularity of Gist Herefords is due to the training in judging and feeding of livestock received at A. & M. College under the wise guidance of Jno. C. Burns, then head of the A. H. Department. The bull, “Victor,” was selected, fed, and exhibited under the direct care and supervision of Byron Gist. Showing as a junior yearling and as a two year old, Victor made 15 shows, out of which, he won a total of 11 first prizes, 6 junior and senior cham- plonships, and 5 grand championships. In money prizes including his part of money won in groups he won a total of $850.00. He topped the ANA AANA A A hd STOCK SHOW GRAND CHAMPION BRED AND FED BY BYRON GIST "10 Texas Hereford Association Auction Sale at Fort Worth for $1,750.00, making the third time out of the last four annual sales that Gist bred cat- tle brought the highest price. This is the first time that a grand champion bull at Fort Worth has been bred and raised by a Texan. Victor was carried as the main Hereford attraction on the Southern Pacific—A. & M. College Demonstra- tion train that wound up at College Station, Dec. 12, 1922. He was left at College from that date until March 1923, and used with some of the Col- lege cows. The College got three calves from this service before re- turning him to the owners at the stock show. tt — — — PETERS TO ORGANIZE ROBERTSON AGGIES E. H. Peters, Box 336, Calvert, has sent in a liberal note for the For- mer Students Association and plans to spend some few weeks in making a drive among the former Aggies of Robertson county in the interests of the Association. “I surely am greatly interested in the success of the Association and the Loan Fund more especially and I am anxious to help not only finan- cially but in the efforts to enroll every former Aggie”, said Peters in sending in his note. AN ANA A) hb 4 p24 THOS. W. BLAKE, President. You fellows in Robertson county ‘remember ‘Hearne Lbr. Co.. My yard. Jackson county, “Merchants & Planters Lbr. Co.,” Fronciatos. You A. and M. Men in College or Out—When You Want Lumber or Railroad Timbers, Ties and Piling, Poles, for Mill Shipment REMEMBER THOS. W. BLAKE LUMBER CO. Class ball Team to Defeat University of Texas WHOLESALERS AND MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS YELLOW PINIXZ Hardwoods, Cypress, West Coast Lumber and Shingles, Ties and Piling Second National Bank Building HOUSTON WV ’04. Captain of first Foot- Hidalgo county, remember ‘“Hi- dalgo County Lbr. Co.,”” Mission, Texas. My yard. “Tell me you saw the ad in The Aggie so I can tell Ike—he needs SAMSCO. FOR EVERYTHING IN MACHINERY Mill, Water, /team, Mine and Oil Well Supplies. Largest and Most Complete St9cks in Texas. SAN ANTONIO MACHINE & SUPPLY co. SAN ANTSNIO, CORPUS CHRI/TI & WACO Oa Oa Oa OO OOS OR OR OR OR AOL LOR OROROR ROSS OSORIO My Yard. help.” A\ AN VN bub \ 4 ~ PAVAVAN A\A\A\ A\ A\A\ Za\, A A AN A A. 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