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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1924)
TTA Hear BRR llmmm— we nae ARE A ESE POLLY POINTS TO GOALS FOR COMING YEAR (Continued from Page 1) “One of my chief hopes is to see a flourishing A. and M. Club where- ever any considerable number of Ag- gies are gathered together. We want 100 A. and M. local clubs functioning constantly and effective- ly. When we get that many clubs to going then we will experience no difficulty in keeping our interests properly before the High Schools and before our civic and political homefolks. “I want the Association to foster and aid the program of the College as outlined by the President of the College and by the Board of Direc- tors. “I want the Association to help keep alive in the present student body that great heart beat of Aggie spirit that has distinguished us from the common run of institutions in the past. “I want our Association to keep just a little ahead of the times in helping to fashion student thought and to direct ex-student activities. “To this end I invite the whole hearted cooperation of every one of the fifteen thousand former students. I want your help. I want you to work. You can not discharge your _ duties to this association and to the College with a check. Get out and put in a little time for the organi- zation. Sign up one of your friends for the Association and see what a thrill of pride and feeling of useful- ness it brings to you. “Let’s hit that line hard beginning with September 1 and make our As- sociation the greatest instrument for good that it can be made to be.” —_——————————— AUSTIN AGGIES ORGANIZE CLUB. MANY MEMBERS (Continued from Page 1) The ample (physically secretary of the general association was the next space filler and he told of the ob- jectives and the missions of the As- sociation. Some of the purposes which the Travis County Club can serve also were outlined. Little Pink Downs of Temple, a member of the Board of Directors, told how they do it over in Bell county, and made a red hot plea for every man to back the college and the Association in every possib}p way. Polly then took the floor and told of some of the accomplishments put over by the Association and made an appeal for the undivided support and loyalty of every man who has gone out from the College. Notes were passed and a total of $1200 was pledged with more to be given by members of the Travis County Club later. In spite of the lateness of the hour the club approved the constitution and by-laws as presented by Judge Rogan. Already plans are under way for the entertainment of the A. and M. Corps and other Aggie visitors at the opening of the University’s stadium next fall. Leo Ehlinger says that he knows how to best entertain these Aggie visitors and that will be with a victory which the Travis County Club is going to guarantee. The Travis County A. and M. Club will meet hereafter on the first Thurs- day evening of each month at the Driskill Hotel. All A. and M. men who may be in Austin on one of those meeting dates are urged to be pres- ent. Attending the initial banquet were the following former studnts of A. and M. Collge: W. K. Hanson, ‘San Antonio; S. C. McCarthy, Austin; Charles R. Haile, Austin; C. A. Mec- Eachern, Austin; John T. Egan, Bry- an; H. T. McCollum, Georgetown; V. M. Ehlers, Austin; E. G. Eggert, Austin; John C. Bytler (instructor), Austin; David HolMerson, Austin; Adolph Goldmann, Jr., Austin; D. D. Murphee, Austin; A. N. Eby, Aus- tin; Walter E. Davis, Austin; Ralph L. Pfau, Victoria; A. B. Smith and George S. Dowell, Austin; Joseph W. Ramsay, Leo Ehlinger, H. F. McDon- ald, W. P. Ratchford, E. H. Pendle- ton, John F. Shelton, Jr., H. M. Bohn, Joe H. Munster, Austin; Colo- nel Ike Ashburn, “Aggieland”; F. E. Giesecke, Austin; C. C. Krueger, San Antonio; R. F. Jones, W. A. Trenck- mann, Charles Rogan, John W. Goodwin, Austin; P. L. Downs, Jr. Temple; N. A. Cleveland, Beaumont; C. V. Terrell, W. B. Cross, L. D. Williams, Jake Hirshfield, A. P. Rob- inson, Austin; Dr. W. B. Bizzel], president of Texas A. and M. Col- lege, College Station; A. M. James, J. A. Douglas, James W. Francis, Austin; Bonner Frizzell, superinten- dent of schools at Palestine. Ss W. D. Olds ’24, E. E., is now with the Freeport Sulphur Co., at Free- port. Olds was taken on down there as the result of interest displayed by 0. C. Lott. The Freeport people wanted two A. and M. men but they were not available just then. Olds is in with a live bunch of Aggies. NEW STRUCTURE IS FIRST UNIT OF BIG PLANT (Continued from Page 1) “Much of the credit for this new structure is due to President Biz- | zell,” declared James Sullivan, Bus- iness Manager of Athletics. “Dr, Bizzell has gone more than half way in helping us over our problems and his sympathetic interest and helpful- ness has made possible the provision of this new field house without our having to call on our friends for help.” The Athletic Council have declar- ed themselves to be happy over the fact that they are able to build the structure without a ‘‘drive” on ex- students for help. The new building is to be ready for occupancy by the first of the year and the basketball schedule will be played on the new court. Prof. E. B. LaRoche, head of the department of architecture has given THE AGGIE the following state- ment with reference to the organi- zation, ete., of the new building: “The new Athletic Field House now under construction at the A. and M. College is being built as the first unit of the final Gymnasium Group which is projected for the fu- ture. The present building will house basketball courts, and give a seating capacity of approximately five thousand people. Ample pro- vision has been made for the present and future needs of locker rooms, supply. rooms, instruction rooms, showers and lavatories for all field sports as well as offices for the Ath- letic staff, a “T” Club room, and a ladies room. For the present the building will, also, provide space for classes in physical training. This work, however, will grow and another unit is contemplated at a later date to provide proper space for the full development of physical training in all its aspects. “The Athletic Field House is be- ing built of permanent fire resisting construction; the foundation being of steel and concrete; walls of brick; and the roof of steel trusses and ce- ment tile. It has been necessary to omit for the present the upper bal- conies as well as the stairways lead- ing to them. This reduces the seat- ing capacity to three thousand un- til another Fifty Thousand Dollars becomes available for adding these balconies and stairs. The next im, provement contemplated is an outs door swimming pool which in time will be followed by the unit for physical training. The present build- ing is so designed that these future improvements will fit in with the plan and will finally give to the Ag ricultural and Mechanical College an athletic plant second to none in the South.” In a recent letter to Charlie De- Ware, W. L. Carter tells about the first gymnasium to be erected here: “In connection with the attached letter, it may be of interest to you to learn of the first efforts made by students of the A. and M. C. to es- tablish a gymnasium for the Ath- letic Association. “In September or October, 1878, some 15 or 20 of the students held an informal meeting and discussed the desirability of securing athletic goods. As we had no room any- where in which to establish a gym- nasium we concluded to limit our ef- forts to “outdoor sports.” As there were no funds for the purchase of any sporting goods it was decided to solicit contributions from other stu- dents. I was selected to solicit these funds and, as I remember it, we se- cured considerably over $100 with which we purchased the following: Boxing gloves, foils for fencing, quoits, footballs, and baseballs and bats. At that time it did not seem necessary for us to purchase masks, mitts and other ‘defensive armor.’ “Notwithstanding these purchases, the students seemed to prefer such sports of ‘Foot-and-a-half,” and other games suggested by the Com- mandant, who, but a few years be- fore, was in the Confederate service and seemed to assign more import- ance to such games. The reason I remember this so well is because of the following incident in connection therewith: : “After having received permission to visit all students’ rooms I began the canvass and while in the stu- dents’ room (on the third floor im- mediately above the entrance to the main building) someone gave me a cigar. I placed the cigar in my mouth, with no thought of lighting same, and continued to visit other students’ rooms. The Officer of the Day (Dr. Mullins) evidently saw me with the cigar in my mouth and re- ported me to Major Morris, the Com- mandant, as ‘smoking in building. I was called before him and, not- withstanding my defense, he assessed eight demerits against me. I ap- pealed to President Gathright by letter and received in reply the state- ment that inasmuch as the Comman- dant, Major Morris, had exclusive jurisdiction over discipline he could not interfere therewith. “Subsequently while discussing the matter with my English teacher he remarked something like the fol- lowing: ‘This method of dispensing justice is peculiar to all military or- ganizations.’ “At that time there were no sem- blance of instructions as to ‘agricul- ture’ or as to ‘mechanics.’ The usual collegiate course was taught in addition to a strict military train- ing. Some of the students insisted that the initials ‘A. and M. C.’ repre- sented ‘Arrogant and Militaristic Carnivora.” I do not know that this definition ever became popular, but it was not uncommon to hear the ex- pression. “As I remember it, the roll call of Company B, of which I was a mem- ber, was something like the follow- ing: Ahrenbeck, Bell, Bledsoe, Bon- ner, Bowers, Bridges, Carter, Caw- thorne, Chinski Cerf, Dwyer, De- Merett, Duffield, Gary, Hand, B,, Hand, C., Iglehart, Jackson, King, McLemore, MecNamara,—and here my memory fails me.” - T. J. PINSON QUOTES PRICES ON STOCKS din— Would be pleased to have offers on any of the following stocks: 1525 Western Casualty & Guaranty Company, Phonenix, Ariz. 1425 N. Y. Con. Oil & Ref. Co, Buffalo, N. Y. 160 Universal Tire & Rubber As- sociation, Houston, Texas. 100 Victor Refining Company, Wich- ita Falls, Texas. 10 Walk-Over Oil & Gas Company, Dallas, Texas. Will sell 10 First National Bank, Lovelady, Texas, at $200.00. 10 First National Bank, Rockdale, Texas, at $150.00. T. J. PINSON, Forney, Texas. Ja — y— “HILL COUNTRY” CLUB STILL GOING STRONG (By J. C. Yeary) The Hill Country Club meets the first Friday in each month, but on account of the 4th coming on that date, this month’s meeting will be held on the 11th of July. Our club being composed of several counties, we meet at a different place each month so that the traveling is divided up as much as possible. We will meet this month in Gillespie county with E. H. Reilly of the class of ’95. The meeting will be held at Reilly’s Ranch three miles from Morris Ranch and if you folks over there think that we fail to have a good time and get the proper spirit in our meet- ings just come over and we will show you. If you can’t come, ask Runt Hanson. I have been out to the Legion Hos- pital several times to see H. E. Smilie of the class of ’15, who is pretty sick but is feeling better since he has been out here. If you know of any other former students who are in the hospital out there, let me know and I will get out to see them as often as I can. ee y— A. AND M. TEACHES UNITY. Here is a front page editorial which appeared in the San Antonio Express recently: “While the Ex-Students of the University are, when they are not quarreling over the presidency of the institution, driving for a new stad- ium, the former Aggies under the leadership of Carl Krueger are form- ing one hundred local associations of men who studied at College Sta- tion and are piling up $200,000.00 with which to help build more dor- mitories. Nearly half the needed sum is already subject to check. But more than all else, the Aggies are following where President Bizzell leads. They teach other things than mathematics at A. and M. Unity is one of them.” LAREDO WILL BE NEXT. Laredo will be the next active A. and M. Club to be organized ac- cording to H. B. Zachary who was in San Antonio last week-end. He says that Tyree Bell has just gotten located in Laredo, his address being in care McElwrath Construction Co., Puig building. Zachary, Tyree and Marcus Wormser are going to or- ganize the club there. Zachary until a few weeks ago was assistant county engineer. Now he is in business for himself doing a general engineering and contract- ing business. SAN MARCOS TO ORGANIZE. 0. W. Clictt, of San Marcos, and John D. Cape are taking the lead in planning the organization of the Hayes County A. and M. Club. There are about twenty-five Aggies in Hayes county, most of them resid- ing in San Marcos and these two men should be able to get together a live organization. Polly Krueger is planning to go down and help put over the organiza- tion when Clictt and Cape get their meeting called. IT’S JUNE! Mason-Forgason. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mason an- nounce the marriage of their daugh- ter Mattie Mae to Mr. Jack Pope Forgason on Saturday, June twenty- eight, nineteen hundred twenty-four at Gonzales. They will be at home at Hondo. Jack graduated in June of this year. * kk *¥ Baskin-Wendt. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bas- kin announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Lou to Mr. Frank T. Wendt on Tuesday evening, June the twenty-fourth at half after eight o'clock, First Methodist church, at Cameron, Texas. They will be at home at Lamesa where Frank has very successfully engaged in a land development con- cern since his graduation. Mrs. Wendt is a sister to Bennie J. Baskin now coach at Allen Acad- emy. ¥ k %x Keller-Meinscher. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keller an- nounce the marriage of their daugh- ter Meta to Mr. William E. A. Mein- scher on Wednesday evening, June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty four at eight o’clock, Evan- gelical Pauls Church, Leroy, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Meinscher will be at home at Hamilton where Meinscher now is serving very acceptably as County Agent. * kk XR Brown-May. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Thompson announce the marriage of their daughter Mossie Brown to Mr. Irvin Marion May, on Wednesday, June fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty four at Overton, Texas. They will be at home at Whites- boro where May is in charge of vo- cational agricultural instruction. * ok * Bond-Whitehouse. Mr. J. W. Bond announces the marriage of his daughter Winnie to Mr. Ben Whitehouse on Wednesday, June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four at Cleburne. Mr. and Mrs. Whitehouse ’24 will be at home at Roby where Ben will teach school this next year. %* kk %¥ Tarver- Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hamilton Tarver announce the marriage of | their sister Lillian Self to Mr. Geo. Bason Morgan on Thursday, June twelfth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, Shreveport, Louisana. At home after the twenty-fifth of June, 812 North Street, Beaumont, Texas. * kx BN Hazlewood-Bull. Mr. Alfred Castleman Bull—know him? Well that’s “Abe” Bull, of the firm of Bull and Deviney, Austin and president of the Travis County A. and M. Club. Well Abe’s mar- ried. Slipped a high spitter right over on all of his friends and the Aggie club of the Capitol City. He married Miss Edna Hazlewood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosser Hazlewood. The wedding occurred on the second of July. No intimation of the approaching wed- ding had been given although Runt Hanson said that he suspected that Abe had something on his mind, the way he acted. After their marriage they went to Galveston for a few days and now are at home at 810 West Twenty- third St. Next thing we know Runt Hanson will be taking the leap. * dk oR Mason-Knox. Lightening is hitting all around George Knox over at-San Antonio. A few months ago E. B. Potthast, a recent graduate in E. E., at the Col- lege married George’s sister, Miss Mable Knox. Now comes his kid brother, E. W. Knox, Jr., better known as “The Kid” and takes the plunge. On June 26th he married Miss Jeffe Mason, daughter of Mrs. J. W. Clayton, of 120 E. Waco St. They were married at the First Bap- tist church. Mr. and Mrs. Knox are making their home at 1715 Main Ave. “E.W.” who graduated in 1923 in E. E., is also with the Southwest Bell Telephone Co. Time is “Fly-ing George.” —_— MAJOR RUSSELL TO STAFF COLLEGE. Major Clinton W. Russell, Air Service, U. S. A., who has been de- tailed to the College for the past sev- eral years as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics was here this week. Major Russell has been detailed to the Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and af- ter a month’s leave in California he will report there. Russell is an ex-student of the A. and M. College. His home was at Hico. 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