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VOLUME IIL
BRYAN, TEXAS, MAY 16, 1924.
NUMBER 9
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Plans Completed for Biggest Commencement in History of ColleSe
MANY HONORS ACCORDED MULLINS
AGGIE EX AND BAPTIST LEADER
Commencement Speaker for 1924 Has
Been Given Many High Places in
Religious World.
STUDENT HERE IN 1876.
Spent Two Years at A. and M. in Days
When Judge Page Morris Was
Commandant.
Dr. E. Y. Mullins, former student
of the A. and M. College who will de-
liver the baccalaureate sermon Sun-
day, June 1, is one of the outstand-
ing religious leaders in America. His
selection as president of the Baptist
World Allegiance at Stockholm last
year is just an indication of the pres-
tige he enjoys in religious leadership.
Herewith is given a brief resume
of this great man’s life and achieve-
ments.
He was born in Franklin county,
Mississippi. He lived until he was
nine years old in Mississippi, and then
removed to Texas, where he grew to
manhood and where he received his
college education. He lived first in
Chapel Hill, Texas, where he attend-
ed school. His father removed to Cor-
sicana, when he was eleven years old.
There he attended the common schools
and in 1876 went to the A. and M.
College, where he spent two years.
He learned telegraphy as a boy in
the office at Corsicana. After leav-
ing College he became assistant ope-
rator in the Western Union office in
Waco, whose manager at that time
DR. E. Y. MULLINS.
was Mr. Fink. After being in Waco
a few months, he was called to a po-
sition in the Western Union office in
Galveston, where he remained one
year. Resigning from this office, he
went to Corsicana to stdy law, and a
little later he moved to Dallas where
he entered the law office of the late
Col. Wm. L. Williams.
Major W. E. Penn was holding a
great meeting in Dallas at the time,
and young Mullins, who had a po-
sition as telegraph operator in the
Western Union office in Dallas while
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INTEREST GROWS
IN HOME COMING
COMMENCEMENT
Plans Being Made for Return of Five
Hundred Former Students. Coming
in Great Numbers.
BIG CLASS TO GRADUATE.
211 Men Are Candidates for Degrees
This Year. Second Largest Gradu-
ating Class in College History.
What is expected to be the greatest
commencement in the history of the
A. and M. College will be ushered in
formally on Saturday, May 31. From
that time until the close of the grad-
uating review, Wednesday afternoon,
life at College will be just one long
round of activities; military ceremon-
ies, class activities, demonstrations
and the usual commencement fea-
tures.
This commencement will be great
from many standpoints. A greater
return of the former students of the
College for this year’s exercises is ex-
pected than at any other year in the
history of the College. Plans are be-
ing made for at least five hundred
former students. Local clubs from
New York, Chicago, and the most re-
mote states down to and including the
youngest club in Texas will be repre-
sented by delegations.
The classes of 1876-77-78-79, 90-91-
92, and 1904 and 1909-10-11-12 are
going to be represented in great num-
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JUDGE PAGE MORRIS IS HOPING TO MEET
GREAT GATHERING OF MEN OF SEVENTIES
MAJOR PAGE MORRIS.
As Commandant of the A. and M.
College.
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Former Commandant is Eagerly An-
ticipating Reunion With Early Day
A. and M. Students.
OLD TIMERS ARE COMING.
Association Secretary Hears From
Large Number of Intention to Re-
turn for Their Reunion.
That he is eagerly looking forward
to his return to Texas and more es-
pecially the A. and M. College, which
institution he has not seen for more
than forty years is the statement of
Judge Page Morris who will deliver
the commencement address June 3.
Judge Morris was the first com-
mandant of this institution serving
here in the years 1876 and ’77.
Mrs. Morris will accompany him on
this trip to Texas. They expect to
arrive here from their home at Passa-
dena, Cal., on May 30, and will be here
for all of the commencement exercises
and festivities.
After leaving Texas, he was then a
Major in the United States Army,
Judge Morris retired from the service.
He located in Duluth, Minn., and for
three years was judge of the munici-
pal court of that city. He later served
one year as judge of the State Dis-
trict Court there. Elected as a mem-
ber of Congress from the Duluth dis-
trict he served his country in that ca-
pacity for six years. After his re-
tirement from Congress he was ap-
pointed judge of the Federal District
Court in Minnesota which position of
JUDGE PAGE MORRIS
Retired Federal District Judge Who
Will Deliver Baccalaurete Address.
honor he held until he retired recently
having served twenty years as Fed-
eral District Judge.
“I am anticipating great pleasure
in meeting the ‘old boys,” ” the Judge
writes. “They were really as old as
I was at the time of my service there
and we are all old men now. I shall
also note with pleasure the great
growth of the College, with its more
than two thousand students and the
splendid work it is doing.”
GONZALES GANG
-AWAKENS TOWN
IN GET-TOGETHER
Rousing Meeting of Old Timers Re-
sults in Rejuvenation of A. and M.
Club There.
THEY SIGN DOTTED LINE.
Under Leadership of San Antonio
Workers Boys Make Investment
In Association.
BY HARTWELL KENNARD.
The old town of Gonzales came to
life again with a called meeting of
the Aggie Exes at 8:00 p. m., April
8, 1924, in a rousing meeting.
Dinner was served to the gang and
during the meal A. H. Fitzgerald, who
was president of our old club told us
something of the purpose of the meet-
ing and introduced “Runt” W. K. Han-
son of San Antonio, who had come to
us as a missionary. Runt told us of
the work of the Association of Ex-
Students and made an inspiring ap-
peal to every man to give some of his
energy to the College that gave him
an education, that it might live and
be of further service to the young
manhood of the state.
Bill Orth, also of San Antonio, also
told of the birth and work of the As-
sociation and of the fight that is being
waged from some quarters upon
higher education. He dwelt upon the
needs of the College and upon the
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AGGIES SECOND
IN TRACK MEET
RECORDS BROKEN
University Cops Southwestern Meet—
Six New Marks Set in Spite of
, Heavy Field.
AGGIE CAPTAIN IS A STAR.
McCullough Wins First Place in Pole
Vault for Twenty-First Time. Tops
Bar at Twelve Feet One Inch.
In what was expected to be the
fastest track meet in the history of
the Southwest Conference at Austin
May 10, Texas A. and M. took sec-
ond place. The meet was not so fast
as had been expected because of a
heavy track which interfered consid-
erably in almost every event. Six
new conference records were estab-
lished, however, in spite of the heavy
field. It is a matter of great regret
that the paths and take-offs were so
heavy because it is believed that al-
most every record in the conference
would have fallen had the weather
and track been ideal. The University
of Texas presenting what was perhaps
the best balanced track team ever as-
sembled in the Southwest or South
for that matter, won first place.
It will be remembered that recently
Texas gave a terrific beating to Mis-
sissippi A. and M. College in a dual
meet at Austin. Last week while Tex-
as was winning the Southwest hon-
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Great Mother of A. & M. Men
Dies at Her Girlhood Home
In the death at Buda on April 27th
of Mrs. Mary Wilson Puckett, the A.
and M. College lost one of its staunch-
est friends and greatest mothers. Five
sons, one grandson, and two brothers,
enrolled in the A. and M. College was
the record of loyalty to the institution
established by this good woman.
In addition to all of these she is
survived by her husband, W. W.
Puckett and by five other brothers and
four sisters and numerous other rel-
atives in Travis county.
Mrs. Puckett was a pioneer resident
of that county, having lived in the
Buda and St. Elmo communities all of
her life.
Mrs. Puckett saw but one football
game in her life that being the game
with the University of Texas in Aus-
tin in 1906, the year Felix S. Puckett,
now of Houston, was captain of the
Aggies. Her sons were: J. W. Puck-
ett, 04, Johnson City; F. S. Puckett,
'07, Houston; Walter Puckett, 10,
Fort Worth; D. M. Puckett, ’11, Wich-
ita Falls; J. R. Puckett, 16, Everett,
Washington. J. B. Wilson and J. M.
Wilson, both of the Class of ’80, were
her brothers. Manor Puckett of San
Anonio, a grandson, is now a student
at A. and M. and is an outstanding
baseball man.
She was buried at her old girlhood
home in Travis county.
EXTENSION WORKERS
VISIT ON CAMPUS
Carl Tanner ’16 and John T. Car-
lisle ’22, both recent recruits to the
of
the College were on the campus last
Agricultural Extension Service
week. Tanner, who after his grad-
uation farmed at his home near
Wolfe City has more recently been
in the cotton business at Spur. He
now is county agent for Lamar
county at Paris.
Johnnie Carlisle has been running
the Texas Co.'s stock farm at Port
Arthur since his graduation but
gave up that work to go into exten-
He .is at Palestine,
Anderson county. Johnnie reports
a healthy interest in the Palestine
A. and M. Club.
Polly Eaggleston, assistant county
agent at Houston also visited on the
campus. Polly and “Tubby” Star-
nes who is with the Phoenix dairy at
Houston drove up from the Harris
county capital for a visit on the
campus.
All of the visitors attended the
Extension Service picnic at Royal's
lake, near the campus.
sion service.
DALLAS MOTHERS
ESTABLISH FUND
WORTHY STUDENTS
Dallas A. & M. Mothers’ Club Creates
Student Loan Fund for Deserving
Young Men.
WATCH THE FUND GROW.
Starting With Nest Egg of $100 Steps
Already Have Been Taken to Great-
ly Increase Amount Available.
Establishment of the Dallas
Mothers’ Club Student Loan Fund
with a nest egg of $100 has been one
of the most significant events of the
past week for the Association of For-
mer Students. Under the terms of
this donation the money available in
this fund will be loaned under Asso-
ciation direction. Dallas boys will have
first call on the fund but in case there
is not sufficient demand from them
to use all of the funds available the
money will be let out to other worthy
students.
The establishment of this fund
came as the result of the May~meet-
ing of the Dallas A. and M. Mothers’
Club. It was decided to establish the
fund and to build it up as rapidly as
possible with the view point of hav-
ing several hundred dollars available
shortly for worthy students.
Last year the club gave $50 to the
William Bennett Bizzell Loan Fund
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HOUSTON AGGIES
GIVE HIGH BOYS
TRIP TO COLLEGE
A. & M. Club of Bayou City Gives Per-
sonally Conducted tour to
Aggieland.
WORKING ON A BIG STUNT.
Houston Gang Developing Program
That Will be a Knockout to All
of Texas.
As a part of its program to interest
outstanding high school men of Hous-
ton in the A. and M. College the Hous-
ton A. and M. Club on Friday of last
week sent up to the College twenty
picked men from Houston High. These
men were men who were favorably in-
clined to the A. and M. College and
who had made unusual records in
scholastic attainments, athletic en-
deavor, and who otherwise were out-
standing high school men, oe
The bringing of these men to the
College ‘was the result of an idea pro-
pagated at a regular weekly meeting
of the club and entered into most
heartily by the membership of that
organiaztion. Funds to pay the ex-
penses of twenty men were raised at
one meeting and the details of work-
ing up the trip were referred to Andy
Rollins, Roy Wood and Nick Brau-
miller. Andy is just one of the half
dozen Rollins boys who have come out
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BOPOOOODOOOOOOODOPOOOOOOOP
IT ALWAYS TAKES
AN A. AND M. MAN
TO DO THE JOB.
The University of Texas has
just about completed the exca-
vations for thei rnew stadium.
It will be a magnificent stad-
jum. We know it will be a whiz.
One of the chief reasons that
we are counting so strong on
the successful completion of this
stadium is that when the Uni-
versity Stadium committee got
ready to let the contract for the
construction of the plant they
let the job to an Aggie. The
firm of Walsh and Burney, con-
tractors of San Antonio, will
build the big U. Bob Burney
is a C. E. of 04, and is a high-
ly successful contractor.
And so the story goes—even
when Texas University wants a
job well done they turn to Ag-
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BIZZELL AND FRILEY
NOW ON WAY HOME
FROM FOREIGN TRIP
“Prexy” Bizzell and Charlie Fri-
ley, Registrar, are at sea en route
back to America after a hurried
European trip which included visits
to France, Italy, Switzerland, Bel-
gium, Holland, and England. They
sailed from Southampton on the Lev-
jathan on May 138th and are due to
land at New York City of May 19.
No time will be lost in getting back
to College.
Messages to Mrs. Bizzell and Mrs.
Friley report a great time. It is
hoped that Dr. Bizzell will be great-
ly refreshed and rested after this
trip.
Both have been thoroughly well
all during their absence from the
States even during their sea vogage.
G. R. “Pud” Minier of Waco has
taken to the road. Pud now is sell-
His postoffice ad-
dress still is 1317 Washington Ave.,
Waco.
BASEBALL SEASON
CLOSES NEXT WEEK
IN BRENHAM GAMES
Baseball at A. and M. will come
to a close next week with the annual
contests with Southwestern Univer-
sity at Brenham. This week-end
the Aggies are meeting Texas Uni-
versity at Austin. Games schedul-
ed last week with Southwestern Uni-
versity at College Station were rain-
ed out.
The season has been an up and
down one for the Aggies. Lack of
pitching strength has been the chief
cause of House’s big worry with the
Aggies. Back of consistent pitch-
ing, however, the team has been in-
comsistent in its performance due
to inexperience largely.
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Andrew Winkler, 1900 of The
Grove, Texas, sends in his check and
says that he wants to have a part
in the student Loan Fund. We are
very glad to have this promise from
{by Dr. R. B. “Tubby” Ehlinger 13,
Mr. Winkler.
“KINKY” MORGAN IS NOW
MEMBER FOUR HUNDRED
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Dr. J. O. Morgan, head of the de-
partment of Agronomy is now a
member of the “Four Hundred”. He
has had his appendictis removed. Dr.
Morgan had: been feeling badly for
some weeks. An acute attack of
appendicitis resulted in an immed-
iate and highly successful operation
college surgeon. Dr. Morgan has
made a splendid recovery and has
resumed his duties in the depart-
ment.
RE a SEE
R. S. Redding, Southwestern Gas
and Electric Co., at Texarkana
writes to Dr. Bolton that R. H. Mil-
ler ’13, with the General Electric
Co., at Kansas City recently was in
Texarkana with the Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce on a trades
excursion. Redding reports that
Miller is doing splendidly in his
work at K. C.
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H. C. Carroll who is with the
State Highway Department writes
that since May 1st, he has been lo-
cated at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and
that he is anxious to get the Aggie
since that is the only connecting
link that he has with the old school
and the gang.
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HILL COUNTRY A. AND M. CLUB.
Inspired by the leadership of “Polly” C. C. Kreuger and “Runt”
W. K. Hanson and G. H. Briggs of San Antonio, sixteen good and
true Aggies from the hill country surrounding Kerrville completed
an organization Friday, May 3. They not only organized permanent-
ly the Hill Country A. and M. Club with Casper Real as President but
every man present, sixteen in number, signed notes in favor of the
Association of Former Students and its loan fund. A total of $975
J. C. Yeary was elected financial secretary for that section and ac-
cording to “Polly” may be expected to turn in a big piece of work for
More detailed announcement of the formation of the Hill Country
Club will be made in the next Aggie when we have had a report from
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T. J. Hardeman of Minden, La.
is another member of the cadet corps
of those days who will turn his steps
back towards the College in June.
He says that he is extremely anx-
ious to see the institution inasmuch
as he has heard much of the mirac-
ulous growth of the College.