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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1924)
EE aa a lbh wlan a — TE. N + — GREAT HOMECOMING EXPECTED FOR COMMENCEMENT (Continued from Page 1) these faithful ones make it back every year and without their return com- mencement would not be commence- ment, The Y. M. C. A. building is being set aside exclusively for alumni and former students and other accommo- dations will be provided as needed. In order that we may know something of about how many to provide for those who contemplate returning are re- quested to advise Association head- quarters. An effort will be made to provide comfortable quarters for everyone. The full program for the com- mencement exercises is given else- where in The Aggie. The annual business meeting of the Association of Former Students will be held Mon- day afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Y. M. C. A. Chapel. That night the Brazos county exes will entertain the visit- ing delegation with a party, the de- tailed plans for which will be an- nounced at a later date. This year’s graduating class will be the second largest in the history of the College. There will be 211 to re- ceive the Bachelor's degree in either engineering or agriculture in some of their phases. The program is an elaborate one and those who have not attended a commencement exercise in recent years will have a rare opportunity ahead of them for a great week. ——————————— FORTY-ONE AGGIES EMPLOYED BY T. P. & L. COMPANY (Contniued from Page 1) Ross, N. P., engineering, Dallas of- fice. Thomas, J. B., engineering, Dallas office. Weaver, A. B., engineering, Dallas office. Fason, E. B., field engineering, box 1133, Waco. Hugon, L. R., field engineering, Dallas office. Patterson, E. B., field engineering, Dallas office. Rollins, M. E., field engineering, Dallas office. Allen, B. H., drafting, Dallas of- fice. Hord, J. T., drafting, Dallas office. Radcliffe, F. S., drafting, Dallas office. Wallace, T. G., drafting, Dallas of- fice. Gilmore, L. M., commercial, Dallas office. Hays, F. P., commercial, Dallas of- fice. Legg, A. S., commercial, Dallas of- fice. Wood, J. R., commercial, Dallas of- fice. Apperson, R. S., power, box 263, McKinney, Texas. Beale, R. L., power, Dallas office. Brown, K. J. T., power, box 1404, Waco, Texas. Carlton, R. A., power, Hillsboro, Texas. Cook, L. E., power, Dallas office. box 341, Davidson, G. A., power, box 263,. McKinney, Texas. Eubank, L. C., power, Hillsboro, Texas. Hynds, H. G., power, Waco, Texas. Leidoff, E. J., power, box 263, Mc- Kinney, Texas. McDaniel, J. M., power, Dallas of- fice. Lynch, W. W., operating, Dallas office. : box 341, bor 1404, Rutland, C. J., safety, Dallas of- fice. Langston, W. S., purchasing, Dal- las office. Gilbert, G. W., storekeeper, Waxa- hachie, Texas. Hicks, C. E., meterman, Waco, Texas. Merchant, M. W., lineman, Ennis, Texas. Moore, R. M., clerk, Waco, Texas. Prade, Neal, motor winder, Waco, Texas. Baker, D. U., Seymour Elec. & Ice Plant, Seymour, Texas. Dalton, J. B.,, West Texas Elec. Co., Sweetwater, Texas. Peters, A. A., Wichita Falls Elec. Co., Wichita Falls, Texas. Stobaugh, A. M., Wichita Falls Elec. Co., Wichita Falls, Texas. Wyche, T. S., International Elec. Co., Eagle Pass, Texas. Mlle, HG. ———"— CINDER PATH MEN GIVE “WALLOPING” TO BAYLOR Bg ; (Contniued from Page 1) and will be fought from start to finish. It is doubtful if the Aggies can whip the Longhorns as Littlefield this year undoubtedly has the strongest track team ever gathered in the Southwest. Anderson’s men will give them a close race, however. The Aggies probably will take first and second in the 100 yard dash, in the pole vault as both McCullough and Ward have been doing well over twelve feet this spring. The Aggies are weaker in the field events this year than in past years, however, and that is where Texas will take home the bacon. The hurdles and the jumps wil undoubted- ly go to Texas as will the relay. It will be a meet worth seeing tho. The summary of the Baylor meet fol- lows: McCullough amassed his fourteen points by tieing for first in the pole vault and high jump, and winning second places in the low hurdles and broad jump. Poth of the Aggies and Jones of Baylor tied for second high- point honors with ten points each. Poth ran the dashes in very good time considering the heavy track. Summary: — 100-yd dash—Poth (A. & M.); Wil- son (A. & M.). 10-1. One mile—Bowen (A. & M.); Gil- lespie (A. & M.). 4:34-2. 120 high hurdles—Jones (Baylor); McGee (Baylor). 16-2. 220-yd. dash—Poth (A. & M.); Wil- gon: CANE TM). "22-9. Skotput—Leuty (A. & M.); Waugh (A. & M.). 394. Pole vault—McCullough (A. & M.); Ward (A. & M.) tied. 11.6. 440-yd. dash—Davidson (A. & M.); Killian (A. & M.). 51.2. High jump—MecCullough (A. & M); | Gaunt (Baylor) tied. 5.7. 220-yd. low hurdles—Jones (Bay- lor); McCullough (A. & M.). 26. Discus—Wilson, R. 0. (A. & M.); Porter (Baylor). 125 ft. 2 mile—Royal (A. & M.); Gillespie (A. & M.). 10:24. Broad jump—Damon (A. & M.); McCullough (A. & M.). 20.8. Half-mile—Weddell A. & M.); Johnson (A. & M.). 2:1%. ich (A. & M.). 164.6. Javelin—Porter (Baylor); ich (A. & M). Relay—A. & M. Neely, McConnell, Killian, Davidson. 3.29. —lp——————————— ADVISORY BOARD OUTSTAND- ING MEN HELP COLLEGE Dieter- (Contniued from Page 1) ident Texas Power and Light Co, Dallas; David B. Castle, architect-en- gineer, Abilene; John B. Hawley, con- sulting engineer, Dallas; J. C. Mec- Vea, city engineer, Houston; J. Ed- gar Pew, vice-president Sun Oil Co., Dallas; J. C. Saunders, manager Bon- ham Division Consolidated Textile Corporation, Bonham; W. C. Trout, manager Lufkin Machine and Foun- dry Co., Lufkin; J. A. Wheeler, vice- president Texas Portland Cement Co., Dallas; and F. O. Witchell, architect- engineer, Dallas. The function of this board is to coordinate the engineering courses in the College with the needs of the industries of the State. As an indication of the splendid work being done by this board in be- half of the College witness the dona- tion of a commodious passenger ele- vator to the College for use in the main building which was brought about by the efforts of Mr. Witchell. A letter from President Scott to the heads of the various industrial or- ganizations with reference to con- tacts by students with the industries through summer employment is il- luminating also. This letter, in part, follows: Summer Employment. “This board consists of a group of business men who have been asked by the authorities of the A. and M. College to bring the viewpoint of in- dustry to them in their work of edu- cating and training young men for the architectural, the engineering and the industrial work of Texas. We have accepted the responsibility be- cause we are convinced that Texas needs the kind of men that the Col- lege is turning out, and because we believe that by a close contact with the industries the young men will leave College with a greater imme- diate value to the industries. “The College is exerting every ef- fort to prepare the young men for their work, but we are convinced that industry has a responsibility to help the College in its work since industry is directly interested in the training of the young men from whom its technically trained men are to be ob- tained. Your association is inter- ested in this matter, and we want your cooperation in bringing it before your members. “There are a number of things which we employers of such men can do, but one of the most pressing needs now is an opportunity for the stu- dents who are taking engineering and architectural courses to get, during their summer vacations, employment of a nature that will supplement their college work. We believe that such work will have many advantages both to the industry and to the student and without undertaking an elaborate argument for the plan, I would men- tion a few points which occur to me. “l. The average student has much to gain by a contact with employees of industrial organizations. He is un- familiar with many of the problems of labor, and if, from such contact, he should tend toward radical views, there would be an opportunity during his college course for him to see the error of any conclusions based on un- stable premises. 2. In many cases, the student will have an opportunity to learn more of the profession which he has chosen, and to decide whether it is a profes- sion for which he is fitted. “38. The employer will have an op- portunity to learn something of the characteristics of the student and de- cide whether he will be the type that he will want to take into his organi- zation after he graduates. “4, After such summer work the student will have a better conception of the problems which he will be call- ed upon to solve when he graduates. This will cause him to appreciate more fully the purpose of the courses he is taking and to make a better use of his time in college. ; “5. After a student has worked for an organization during his summers, a loyalty to that organization is en- gendered which is entirely out of pro- portion to the time covered and when he is employed by that organization after graduation he is already a “booster” for his company. “We know that you are actively en- gaged in working for the betterment of the members of your association, and we believe that the plan of co- operation with the A. and M. College is one which will appeal to you as being worthy of your attention. We would like for you to bring the plan before the members of your asso- ciation.” aaa Ss al assed AGGIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS MEET AT BEAUMONT APRIL 21 (Contniued from Page 1) “This may help out the other infor- formation you get and I hope in the future that the Beaumont Club won’t be so conservative of The Aggie space at least while Waco, Houston, San Antonio and some of the other clubs are so extravagant.” From the Enterprise. “L. J. Kopke, civil engineer, who was a member of the first graduat- ing class of Texas A. & M. college, proved the center of attraction at the annual San Jacinto celebration of Southeast Texas Aggies, sponsored by the Beaumont and Port Arthur ex-students’ club on the roof of Hotel Beaumont yesterday evening. “Mr. Kopke was introduced as one of the two oldest living ex-students of A. & M. College. He was one of the two members of the first gradu- ating class, that of 1880. The other is W. H. Brown, postmaster of Nav- asota, Texas. Mr. Kopke declared that Brown and himself have never met since graduation day, 44 years ago. “Approximately 160 ex-students from Jefferson, Orange, Hardin ‘and Sabine counties attended the celebra- tion. College yells and class songs were revived with remarkable pep and remembrance, and all in all, the eve- ning was one joyous event. “J. W. Newton, president of the Beaumont club, delivered the address of welcome. His talk, however, was brief, but it carried an air of the old college spirit—a demonstration of which probably enlivened others to the occasion. A series of yells and songs followed, the table ceremonies con- cluding with a few remarks from A. C. Love, highway engineer. “Dancing followed the dinner, mu- sical selections being dedicated to the following: The 1924 football team, Port Arthur; Beaumont Aggies, Or- ange Aggies, Sour Lake Aggies, Jas- per Aggies, “Prexy’” Bizzell, Coach Bible, Ike Ashburn and old A. and M. “A radio receiving set was rigged up in the ball room and preparations made for listening-in on Col. Ike Ash- burn’s annual address at College Sta- tion, but static proved a discourag- ing interferer. The Aggieland or- chestra was also on the program. “The celebration was perhaps the most enthusiastic in the history of the local club, its success being attrib- utedlargely to the efforts of J. W. Newton, Charles Chinski, R. C. Black, H. F. Spreen and G. B. Morgan of the Beaumont club, and a committee com- posed of Van Mercer and J. C. Moore, from Port Arthur.” : AAR PENS EER FAR SOPH DROWNS IN OLD FISH TANK BODY RECOVERED (Contniued from Page 1) Struwe sinking about midstream. He uttered only the single warning and sank directly. The group of swim- mers rushed to the rescue but the ex- tremely cold water coming from springs near the bottom, and numer- ous obstructions of debris on the floor of the lake made work below the suf- face for the divers perilous and very difficult. It finally was recovered by one of his friends. The Old Fish Tank has taken a heavy toll in lives. This is the fourth cadet to have been drowned in that body of water. ————————— GIFT OF CLASSES IS DEDICAT- ED ON SAN JACINTO DAY (Contniued from Page 1) to indicate their interest in the dedi- cation ceremony. The program as outlined in the last issue of The Aggie was carried out faithfully and impressively. Col. Ike S. Ashburn, secretary of the Associa- tion of Former Students presided. In introducing Governor Neff he re- viewed the matchless participation of the College in this war and declared that A. & M. had met every test im- posed upon her in war or in peace. Governor Neff delivered a most elo- quent tribute in which he eulogized the colleeg men and more especially the A. & M. College men for their great participation and service in the war. President Bizzell, fresh from a trip to the battlefields sent a messaite which arrived the day following the dedication ceremony. His message follows: “In a few more days you will un- veil the memorial to the sons of the College who paid the supreme sacri- fice in the Great War. Will you be so kind as to express my greetings to those assembled and give my °x- pressions of regret that I cannot be present. “I had an opportunity while in France a few days ago, to visit a sec- tion of the battlefield. While the people of France, with the assistance of our own country, have gone about the task of rehabilitation with great energy, there still is much evidence of the desetruction wrought by shot and shell. When one sees acres of white crosses indicating the terrible fatalities of the late war, the inevita- ble thought recurs time and again: Have these heroic men died in vain? “You are unveiling a memorial to our own dead. In the solemnity of the hour we should ask ourselves the question: Have our brave boys, once the happy students of our own be- loved College, paid the supreme sac- rifice for no purpose? “I am thinking today as I write of what those fond parents of their sol- dier-sons whose memories you are memorializing, have suffered, I am thinking of the loss Texas and the nation has sustained in the untimely passing of these men who gave prom- ise of so much usefulness. What les- sons are we to learn from these tragic experiences of war? It was Jean Paul Richter who said, “In order to see into life, and still more, into our- selves, suffering is requisite.” We have suffered as a result of the ter- rible war. If we can see deep enough into life to realize that war is as use- less and as unjustifiable as dueling, our heroic sons may not have died in vain. . “As you grow better,” says Phil- lips Brooks, “you sweep up out of the grasp of money, praise, ease, dis- tinction; you sweep up into the nec- essity of truth, courage, virtue and God.” My prayer today is that this memorial may help the countless thousands of Texas youths who come to the A. & M. College in subsequent years to grow better. May this me- morial remind them of the heroic deeds, devotion to duty and fidelity to high purpose that was exemplified in the lives of some men who had in earlier years lived the same life and were inspired by the same ambitions as themselves. Memorials such as this help worthy manhood “to sweep up into the necessity of truth, cour- age, virtue and God. “My parting word as I convey it across the sea, is a prayer that all of us on this historic day in the annals of Texas may use the significance of this occasion to reconsecrate our lives to unselfish service to our state and nation, more loyal allegiance to the Prince of Peace, and more zeal- ous in good deeds to the end that the brotherhood of man and the father- hood of God may be so universally accepted as to insure eternal peace among the peoples of the earth.” “Very sincerely, your friend, “W. B. BIZZELL.” —_—— PALESTINE EXES FORM A. & M. CLUB SAN JACINTO DAY (Contniued from Page 1) A brief summary of this splendid meeting follows: In response to a call made by M. F. Ward, secretary of the Palestine Bus- iness League, the following ex-stu- dents of A. and M. College met for a banquet at the Beatty Hotel here on Monday night, April 21, 1924: H. S. Davenport, 04; J. V. Meyer, 16; H. L. Wright, 84; M. F. Ward, ’16; Homer Avant, ’16; Earl C. But- ler, 07; J. Orrin Cuttler, ’08; Chas. A. Johnson, ’89; T. Y. Horn, ’99; Wal- ter H. McDonald, 02; Wm. H. UuPuy, 19; G. J. Kohler, 04; C. T. Holmes, 23; B. F. Gray, 23; E. H. Maymon, ’00; Bonner Frizzell (instructor ’11- 13). At the conclusion of the banquet a permanent organization was perfected and officers were elected. A decision was reached to have reg- ular meetings on the second Monday night of each month. At the next meeting to be held on May 12 thirty- six boys graduating this term from the aPlestine High School will be the guests of the club. After the transaction of all bus- iness various members were called upon to give reminiscences of old A. and M. days and some good stories were told. Enclosed is a list of sixty-four ex- students who now reside here or who formerly lived here. A LONE LNA LLL LANA LALLA A.A AAA A AAA AL AAA A a VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV ONIN NINN Wm. 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