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Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
BRYAN, TEXAS, APRIL 30, 1924,
NUMBER 8
COME ON BACK HOME FOR COMMENCEMENT!
GREAT HOMECOMING EXPECTED
FOR COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Pioneers of Days of 1876-79 Will be Back to Hear Classmate and
Commandant Deliver Chief Addresses of Annual Exercises.
What is expected to be by long odds
the largest homecoming of former
students of the A. and M. College in
the history of the institution will be
staged Saturday May 31, Sunday June
1, Monday June 2, and Tuesday June
3. Extraordinary preparations are
being made for the entertainment of
returning sons of the College and for
those who can be here a wonderful
visit is promised.
And they will be here from all years
in the life of the College. The Pio-
neers, the “Youngsters” of the Col-
lege are coming back. Col." B.D.
Bowen of New Orleans, Col. P. L.
Downs, Temple, Wash Hardy of
Shreveport, L. J. Kopke of Beaumont,
Will H. Brown of Navasota, Dan De-
Maret of College, old timers all, mem-
bers of the cadet corps in 1876, 18717,
1878, and 1879, are coming back in
force. In adition to those enumerated
above there will be a host of others of
those same days who will be back on
the campus, some of them here for the
first time since they left.
And a tribute is to be paid to those
men. Two of their number have been
chosen to be the commencement
"and will contribute to the
speakers. Dr. E. Y. Mullins of the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi-
nary, Louisville, Ky., elected president
of the Baptist World Alliance at
Stockholm last year, a graduate of the
A. and M. College and a cadet here in
those late seventies will deliver the
commencement sermon. Major Page
Morris, at that timed Captain Page
Morris, first commandant of the Col-
lege, and who in later years served a
number of terms as a Federal Dis-
trict Judge and whose home now is in
Pasadena, Cal., will deliver the com-
mencement address. These two speak-
ers are known to all of the Pioneers
of the College and their coming here
will be an other reason why these
Grand Old Men will flock back to the
College.
Then the classes of 1890, '91, and
’92, also are comnig back in full force
history-
making reunion.
The mere boys of 1904 and of 1909,
’10, '11 and ’12, also will be back. of
course there too will be many Aggies
who will return whose classes will
not be holding reunions. Some of
(Continued on Page 8)
ADVISORY BOARD
OUTSTANDING MEN
HELPS COLLEGE
Industrial Leaders Cooperate With
Dean of Engineering School in
Formulating Courses.
SEEK SUMMER WORK.
W. R. Scott, Southern Pacific Lines,
President of Board, Wants Under-
graduates to Have Contacts
With Industries.
One of the most aggressive and for-
ward looking steps that have been
taken at the College in many years
was the organization, through the
President of the College and the Dean
of the School of Engineering, F. C.
Bolton, of the Advisory Board of the
School of Engineering. This board is
composed of outstanding men from all
of the industries or occupations rep-
resented by the various branches of
the School of engineering.
For instance, it has for its presi-
dent, W. R. Scott, president of the
Southern Pacific lines. Other mem-
bers of this exceedingly helpful group
are Luke C. Bradley, district man-
ager Stone and Webster, Houston; J.
Perry Burrus, president Dallas Cot-
ton Mills, Dallas; C. E. Calder, pres-
(Continued on Page 8)
GIFT OF CLASSES
I5 DEDICATED ON
SAN JACINTO DAY
Governor Neff Pays Eloquent Tribute
To A. & M. Men in World
War
PREXY SENDS MESSAGE.
Dr. Bizzell Hopes Memorial Will Give
Inspiration to Cadets In All
Days to Come
Exceedingly impressive ceremonies
marked the dedication of the memo-
rial to the participation of the A. &
M. College in the World War and to
the war dead of the College, on April
21. Relatives of the men who are on
A. & M.’s War Honor Roll were pres-
ent in considerable numbers.
The memorial was unvailed by
“Monty” Montgomery, president of
this year’s senior class, by President!
Huff of the junior class and by Presi-
dent Munnerlyn, of the sophomore
class. John C. Mayfield, cadet col-
onel of the class of ’23, now located
at Houston, also participated in this
honor. The roll of the dead was
called by Cadet Col. H. L. Roberts.
Galveston Aggies had a representa-
tion here consisting of A. G. Zincke
(Continued on Page 8)
Meeting at Tulsa Results in Invest-
ment of $2600 by Aggies in Okla-
homa to Association Fund
H. E. HANNA IS PREXY.
Captain First Baseball Team To Beat
Texas University Heads South-
eastern Association
H. E. HANNA ’05.
‘elected secrtary.
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA EXES
PERFECT PEPPY ORGANIZATION
New President of Oklahoma Club.
He is on the honor roll with Windrow
and “Bill” Stripling ,having given
$1,0000.00 to the Association Fund.
Twenty-six sons of the A. & M.
College located in Northeastern Ok-
lahoma got together on the night of
April 19th for a party. When the
evening was spent the net results of
that meeting were: The formation
of a permanent organization for
Northeastern Oklahoma with local
chapters at Tulsa and Bartlesville
and probably at other points where
A. & M. men are gathered; $2600 in
pledges to the Association; and the
decision to meet regularly and work
constantly for the best interests of
the Association, the College and its
student body and former students.
In the election of officers H. E.
Hanna, ’'05, lumber man of Tulsa,
who pledged $1000 for the Associa-
tion and who sent in his check imme-
diately for $200, thereby adding an-
other name to the honor roll, was
elected President. M. H. Kotzebue
| Tulsa Boiler & Machinery Co. was
That was for the
Northeastern Oklahoma Club. For
the Tulsa Club J. C. Underwood
(Red Underwood) was elected presi-
dent and J. M. McReynolds,
(Continued on Page 4)
POPOOOOODDOODOOOODOOGOOOOY
THAT OLD AGGIE SPIRIT.
Robstown, Texas,
April 10, 1924.
Dear Mr. Ashburn:
Here is an old “ex” that
“wants to help a bit. Find my
offering enclosed—part for my
Association dues and the other
for the loan fund. Let me hear
from you about these notes. I
want to help some more. It does
my heart good to read the “Ag-
gie” and just dream of those
‘years recently gone by and I
want to call them back—but as
I can’t I want some deserving
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Let me hear at your conve-
nience in regard to how I can
help. If I don’t have time to
write in and tell you how I feel
—you can know I am behind
every move of the Association
and College.
I am married and settled
down to cotton farming. Our
prospects are bright for a good
crop at present, but of course,
that is an early forecast.
Am always wanting to help
the cause.
Loyalty to Association.
F. E. Flinn, ’22.
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CINDER PATH MEN
GIVE “WALLOPING”
TO BAYLOR BEARS
In Spite of Overwhelming Score in
Favor of Aggies Meet Is Hard
Fought. wr
MEET TEXAS ON MAY 2ND.
Dual Competition With Longhorns
Should Prove Thriller. Texas
Best in Field Events This
Season.
In spite of the fact that the Aggie
track team administered a decisive de-
feat to the Baylor team April 16 that
meet at Kyle Field was one of the
hardest fought ever staged here. The
final outcome was 91 to 25 Baylor
winning only in the hurdles. But it
was nip and tuck for the finish in
each event and the Bears fought and
clawed viciously.
The meet with Rice scheduled for
April 26 was rained out. Rice, how-
ever, has nothing this year in track
having been defeated by Southwest-
ern University which only gathered
twelve points against the Aggies.
The next meet that the Aggies go
into will be with the University of
Texas, May 2. It will be a hard one
(Continued on Page 8)
AGGIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAN
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MEET AT BEAUMONT APRIL 21
Southeast Texas Aggies Celebrate in Wonderful Fashion on San
Jacinto Day. Nearly 200 Loyal Aggies from That City, Port
Arthur, Orange and Other Nearby Texas Towns Joined
in Celeoraticn.
F. L. “Rabbi” Bertschler, 21,
Griffing Nurseries at eBaumont, tells
about it below:
“I am enclosing clipping from to-
day’s Enterprise together with a pro-
gram which gives a little light on the
dinner-dance last night. It was a
lively affair and full of pep. A fine
crowd highly enjoyed it. Wasn't able
to get in on the radio program to our
regret.
Ben Irby led the yells. Numerous
calls for “Hidy Tidy” rang out from
all quarters. Many of the fair sex
were of University training, but no
friction ensued. General Love an-
nounced no animosity except at
Thanksgiving. “Bugs” Fabian wore
horn rimmed glasses with great dig-
nity and light reflectors were required
on the shining domes of various prom-
inent ex-Aggies.
“Doc” Childers drove 150 miles
from San Augustine in order to be
present. Brought two Aggies with
him. Orange, and the other sur-
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rounding South Texas towns furnish-
ed their quota. Castillo, formerly
of Mexico, since recently of Port
Arthur, was greeting old ac-
quaintances Much bragadocio pre-
vailed among the various new par-
ents and wives and families were all
present. “Bull” Johnson’s father was
greeted with applause. “Goodbye to
Texas University” was sung noisily
and each Aggie rose and introduced!
himself announcing the year he left
A. and M. Dancing prevailed until a
late hour.
“Beaumont, Port Arthur, and the
entire Sabine District of the south-
eastern part of Texas will have more
activity in the future among Aggie
clubs as a result of the great success
of this get-together. Beaumont will
have a luncheon every two weeks
(Monday being the day). Exact place
will be announced in the Aggie later
and all Aggies are cordially invited to
drop in.
(Continued on Page 8)
AGGIES STAGE
COMEBACK ON
TRIP ON ROAD
House’s Nine Took Measure of S. M.
U. Twice, But Lost to Baylor
Once at Waco.
GOOD! BAD! INDIFFERENT!
Aggies Have Been Inconsistent Per-
formers. Meet Rice This Week.
Close Conference Race With
Texas at Austin.
Good, bad, and indifferent baseball
has been played by the Aggies since
The Aggie last told of the whippings
administered them by the ever vic-
torious Longhorns. Leaving College
last week after a disasterous series
of defeats, especially by the Baylor
Bears who had no right to their two
victories over A. and M., the Aggies
turned in a good record on the road.
S. M. U. was met and vanquished in
two contests at Dallas. The game
scheduled for Waco with the Bears the
next day was rained out. On Saturday
they met the Bruins, however, los-
ing to them by the score of 5 to 1.
Friday and Saturday of this week
the Aggies meet Rice. If they exert
themselves they can pluck the Owls,
(Continued on Page 4)
CLASS REUNIONS FOR JUNE
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1 low make it a point to turn
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® College the latter part of May
> in order that you may be here
> for the class reunions, June
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4 see what marvelous growth the
S institution has enjoyed in these
> recent years.
) Come back and see those
friends of the days gone by.
1 Come back and see the inspir-
) ing and thrilling features of a
y commencement at A. and M.
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FORTY-ONE AGGIES
EMPLOYED BY
T.P.& L. COMPANY
Julian B. Thomas Reports N early
Half a Hundred Aggies With Texas
Power and Light.
With a total of forty-one former
A. & M. College men employed by
the Texas Power and Light Co., that
organization is giving the Southern
Pacific lines a good race for their
money in the matter of employes
who are Aggies. Julian B. Thomas,
of the engineering division of the
Texas Power and Light Co., has sent
into The Aggie the list of those em-
ployed by that company and some of
its allied organizations.
“We are just getting started good
on our program of A. & M. men”
said Julian in submitting the list “and
if we eep increasing the number of
Aggies in our employ the Southern
Pacific lines will have to loo to their
laurels.
Aggies employed by the T. P. & L.
are as follows:
Brown, Claude, engineering, Dal-
las office.
Cox, C. C., engineering, Dallas of-
fice.
Hunt, A. E., engineering, Dallas
office.
(Continued on Page 8)
PROMISING ATHLETES
HIGH SCHOOL AT WACO
PLAN TO COME HERE
Jinx Tucker writing in the Waco
News-Tribune has a good deal to say
about the two Naylor boys at Waco,
outstanding athletes on the Waco
High Tigers. He states further that
these two youngsters are going to
enter A. & M. next fall. There fath-
er is a practicing physician at the Mec-
Lennan county capitol.
Here is the clipping:
“In Johnny Naylor, centerfielder,
Waco High has one of the greatest
high school outfielders we have ever
seen. This lad, only 17 years of age,
can cover more ground in the out-
field than the great majority of Tex-
as Association stars. He is a left-
handed batter, has speed to burn,
and one can hardly throw him out on
a slow infield hit. It takes perfect
fielding and a snappy throw to get
him out on a hard hit infield ground-
er. Naylor was the star quarterback
of the Waco High team last fall, and
plans to enter Texas A. and M. next
fall along with his twin brother,
Parker Naylor, who also starred at
Waco High in football last year, but
who does not play baseball. Johnny
Naylor should develop into one of the
Aggies’ greatest athletes and we be-
lieve he will. In fact we would not
be surprised should he step from col-
lege to the majors.
SOPHDROWNS IN
OLD FISH TANK
BODY RECOVERED
Cadet Raymond Struwe Meets Death
in Lake Near College. Is Fourth
Cadet to Drown in That Body
of Water.
The body of Raymond A. Struwe,
sophomore of Company H, who was
drowned in the Old Fish Tank about 3
miles west of the College Sunday af-
ternoon about 2 o’clock was taken to
the home of his parents at Caldwell
Monday night, accompanied by his
brother, J. B. Struwe, a senior, T. C.
Bain of Caldwell, his roommate, and
an escort of 15 cadets in command
of A. E. Foerster of Rosenberg, cadet
captain of Company H.
With about 25 other cadets includ-
ing his roommate, Struwe left the
campus on a hike to the lake about
1:30 o'clock. They reached the place
about thirty minutes later. Most of
the group took off their clothes im-
mediately and were accustoming their
bodies to the cold water near the bank
when Struwe and V. O. McCoy of Lub-
bock started a race for the oposite
bank. McCoy gained a lead and was
about three-fourths the distance
across when he was startled by a faint
scream of distress and turned to see
(Continued on Page 8)
PALESTINE EXES
FORM A. & M. CLUB
SAN JACINTO DAY
New Aggie Organization Will Meet
Monthly. Officers are
Elected.
There is another new A. and M.
club in the fold. It is over at Pales-
tine, and they will have regular meet-
ings monthly over there. The next
meeting will be held on May 12th. At
that time an effort is going to be
made to get Sangster Bizzell, Nemo
Knapp of Jacksonville and their gang
together with Hike McConnell and the
Crockett and Tyler crowds over for
the meeting. The high school grad-
uating class of boys, thirty-six in
number, will attend in a body. Ike
Ashburn, Executive Secretary of the
Association, is going over for this
meeting.
The newest Aggie organization was
born on April 21 under the leadership
of M. F. Ward, secretary of the Pal-
estine Business Men’s eLague, Bon-
ner Frizzell of the high school and
other Aggie leaders.
Harry L. Wright was chosen pres-
ident. Walter H. McDonald of Ne-
ches, vice-president, M. F. Ward, sec-
retary, George M. Welborn, treasurer,
and Bonner Frizzell, correspondent.
(Continued on Page 8)
D. W. CARLTON DOING
SPLENDID WORK IN
INTEREST OF COLLEGE
D. W. Carlton, ’22, now an instrue-
tor in Polytechnic High School at
Fort Worth has sent in a list of about
fifty boys who will be members of
the graduating class of that institu-
tion this year and whom Carlton is
seeking to interest in attending the
A. & M. College. They are outstand-
ing men in athletics, scholarship, and
other attainments and would be a
credit to the College.
Carlton has asked for fifty catalogs
and he is distributing these among
the Fort Worth youngsters. He also
has sent letters to the office of the
Association of Former Students in
order that other information may be
sent to these boys.
Now is the time to act for your
College as this is the season of the
year when high school graduates are
determining what institution they
shall attend.
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HELP WANTED.
WANTED—A poultry farmer—one
who can work and think at the same
time—to run 40-acre place, with one
thousand hens. Must furnish first-
class references and prove capable
and industrious; intelligent and de-
pendable. Modern house, fine loca-
tion, and excellent advantages. If in
earnest, write Ike Ashburn, Texas
Aggie, College Station, Texas.
NACOGDOCHES
AGGIES FORM
ORGANIZATION
Wortham Chosen President New A.
& M. Club Brought Into Existence
By Doc Giles and G. D. Francis
Under the leadership of Dr. D. D.
Giles, practicing veterinarian at Nac-
ogdoches and G. D. Francis, automo-
bile salesman, the ex-students of
Nacogdoches on San Jacinto Day
formed a permanent organization to
work without cessation in the inter-
ests of the College and the Associa-
tion of Former Students. “Billy” W.
M. Wortham, farmer, was chosen
president of the Nacogdoches A. &
M. Club, “Doc” Giles was elected sec-
retary-treasurer and G. D. Francis
was chosen scribe. The boys had a
good feed and that was followed by
a regular “bull pen” in which all
participated.
The Nacogdoches boys are out to
set the pace for the rest of the world.
Listen to what their scribe says:
“We believe that we have one of
the best organizations in the United
States and if all the members will
support the Ex-Students Association
as well as the Nacogdoches Club, the
Association will be the best of its,
kind anywhere. The Nacogdoches
(Continued on Page 4)
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