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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1924)
<& X X X X X > > x > x X X 4 X X x 4 4 4 K X 4 X > X X A. and M. College of Texas as its TO POSTMASTER: If this paper is not called for return postage is guaran- teed by publisher. VVVVVVVVVVVY 8 1 HER Sr HE TEXAS AGGIE RETURN POSTAGE sUARANTEED Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOLUME III. BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 15, 1924. NUMBER 15 BE ONE OF THE 1500 EXES IN WACO NOV. 1 TO TWIST BEAR'S TAIL STAGE ALL SET FOR WACO SHOW LOTS OF PEPPER Waco Exes Will Parade and Feed Hundreds of Former Students On November 1. GAME WILL BE A HOT ONE. Annual Struggle Between Bears and Aggies Promises to be Feature of Football Season. On to Waco. The cadet corps will be there. The College official fam- ily will be there. The Aggie Exes by the hundreds will be there. In fact everybody and their dog will be there. It is going to be a great A. and M. day, November 1 is, when the Baylor Bruins and Texas Aggies take the field at the Cotton Palace for their, annual struggle. There will be a parade by the ca- det corps in which the ex-students are urged to participate. There will be great gobs of food free. There will be fun at the banquet board and the dinner will be over in ample time | for everybody to get to the park and witness the calisthenics and see the team take the field. The official invitation from the Me- Lennan county Aggies tells the story: (Continued on Page 6) GRADUATE SCHOOL OPENS WITH BIG ENROLLMENT Fifty-Six Men Have Entered New School for Advanced Instruction. | i FROM MANY COLLEGES. Twenty-Seven Institutions Are Repre- sented in Registrations. A. & M. Leads With Two Representatives Making its introductory bow at the opening of the term of 1924-25, the, Graduate School of the A. and M. College of Texas, under the guidance, of Dean Charles Puryear, has gotten away to a flying start. There are en- rolled for graduate work fifty-six men representing twenty-seven different institutions. Of that fifty-six twen- ty-three have done graduate work in the College heretofore; thirty-three are new students insofar as graduate work is concerned. Thirty-seven of the number registered are officers of the College, twenty-two being mem- bers of the teaching staff, seven of the Experiment Station, six of the Exten- sion Service and two miscellaneous. Applications of three others for en- rollment in the graduate school were (Continued on Page 6) ALLISON, END. No team will make much around these two boys’ side of the line. BETTER KEEP AWAY FROM THEIR END OF THE LINE WAUGH, TACKLE. They are there like a ton of brick and are turning in great games. AGGIES HAND 7 TO 0 BEATING TO FIGHTING SEWANEE TIGERS IN BRILLIANT GAME AT DALLAS Dazzling and Daring Overhead Attack of Tennessee Mountaineers Fails to Penetrate Aggie Defense in Big Intersectional Game at Dallas. Displaying a desperate, dazzling, and dangerous overhead attack the Sewanee Tigers battled fiercely the Texas Aggies through four quarters of the most gruelling and spectac- ular football game ever seen in Tex- as, when the Texans administered a seven to nothing whipping to the Tennessee Moutaineers at the Dallas Fair Park Stadium, October 11. It was surprising, unorthodox football that Sewanee played, the Tennessee- ans gambling feverishly from the kickoff and through all four periods for victory with a most unusual but consistent aerial attack. They pass- ed from every formation, for every distance, and from every location on the field violating all rules of “foot- ball as she is played.” But they got away with a large number of these gambler’s chances. All in all Sewanee attempted forty- seven passes making seventeen. Of that number three were for losses while the other fourteen were for gains. The longest came from back of their own goal line when a nine yard pass resulted in a fifty yard gain before Berry, safety man for the Aggries, brought the runner down af- ter a brilliant tackle. It was fearfully hot. The Moun- taineers, however, had some advan- tage over the Aggies from the stand- point of heat as the result of the use of cotton instead of wool jersies. But it was hot to the spectators and it was ten times as hot to the two teams. " But in spite of the heat it was a rip snorting game all through the four periods, the fight never abating for even a minute. For sheer fight it probably surpassed any game played in Texas for some seasons. In spite of some mistakes in judgment it was good football most of the way. The tackling was fierce. Interference was excellent and Allison and Waugh for the Aggies gave some wonderful dem- onstrations of how interference may (Continued on Page 5) FOR ECONOMY they are off the press which should Those who are not members DIRECTORIES TO BE MAILED ON APPLICATION Responding to the good judgment and experience of other asso- ciations of ex-students it has been decided to mail directories only io those who request a copy. The publication of this volume will be at much expense and great economy must be practiced in the distribution. Therefore if you wish a directory send in this statement “T want a copy of the directory of the Association of Former Students.” Four nae alia aqaress and you-w ill receive your copy just as soon as ing can secure copies of the directory at $5 per copy. IN THEIR DISTRIBUTION Give be by November 1. of the Association in good stand- C0 2 a a COO CaO Oa On ALAA ALAA AAALALLRBDLALL LA ANA AVA SODDODPVDVVDVVDVOOOP® OAROROSOR “SILENT” MILLER TO CONTINUE AS CAPTAIN OF 1924 AGGIES Leader of Aggies Twice Cheated Out of Football Participation by Broken Leg is Honored by Retaining Leadership of Present Team in Spite of His Being In- capacitated. Retired from the game a second time by a broken leg Louie “Silent” Miller, contender for All-Conference honors at fullback and one of the mainstays offensively and defensively of the Fighting Aggies of 1924, will continue to lead that team as captain. In the spring of 1923 “Silent” was chosen to lead the football team of that fall as captain. A broken right leg sustained in spring training cheated him out of those honors. He abstained from participation in inter- collegiate athletics last year in order that he would have another year of eligibility for football. Last spring he again was chosen to captain the Ag- gies, this time for the season of 1924, The start of the Aggies this season has been exceedingly auspicious. Much of the credit for that splendid spirit was due to the leadership of Captain Miller. Friday, October 3, he was taken from the field with a broken leg sustained in the first quar- ter of the game with Southwestern. University. This break is just a lit- tle above the old break and involves that break. Of course it is a worse break than was the first one. Louie is through as an athlete from an in- tercollegiate standpoint. But he is not through as a Captain. He will be able to leave the hospital in time for the S. M. U. game and will make all of the trips and captain the Aggies ORAS ICO A A A 4 0 0 28 CAPTAIN “SILENT” MILLER. from the bench in all conference con- tests. Tribute is being paid to Miller by everyone. His very loss, however, seems to inspire the team and their fighting spirit has been quickened by the tragic injury to their captain. Miller’s spirit will be felt on the team and his continuation as captain is a just tribute to his services to Aggie teams in the past. His injury prompted Clem Pinson, diminutive but fast and capable back of last year to return to A. and M. to help fill the hole made by Silent’s in- jury. Clem will make a big contri- bution to the team and Aggieland is happy that he could make the sacri- fice to return to College when he had not planned to do so. LILY BESS KYLE TO BE A. & M. DUCHESS AT THE COTTON PALACE Lily Bess Kyle, daughter of Dean and Mrs. E. J. Kyle will represent the duchess at the premier social event of the Waco Cotton Palace this fall. She has selected as her maid Miss Helen Dowty, present student at the University of Texas and a former student of A. and M. She is the niece of Prof. and Mrs. W. L. Hughes. Miss Kyle is now engaged in selecting her costume adornments and naming the seven A. and M. student escorts who will attend her at the coronation cere- mony of King and Queen at the Cot- ton Palace. 1 Southbound train. PO OOO OO OOO OO ON NINN AGAVAUAN OOOO V VV VV VY GOING TO MOVE? If so please be sure and notify the Association of Former Stu- dents in order that we can make proper change in your mailing address. Scarcely a day goes 9 by that we do not have requests 4 for the addresses of a great number of men. Usually it is @ important that these makilg rg the requests get in touch with the person sought. You may be ¢ the next one. If you are going to move fire in that new loca- tion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > N > > ® OF ® ® VN VN O RRR OORT FOROS ORORO IOS OROSOSORO SOROS ALLEN YATER, 22 STRUCK BY TRAIN DIES INSTANTLY M. E. Graduate Completing Appren- ticeship at Santa Fe Shops Killed in Oklahoma. O>® ANA DPD DNDDDDRDRDRDRRRLROVOS Death has exacted another toll from the ranks of former students of the A. and M. College. On Wednesday, October 8th, Allen Yater 22, M. E.,, of Cleburne was struck by a fast mov- ing Santa Fe passenger train at Thackerville, Oklahoma, being killed almost instantly. He was buried at Cleburne. After his graduation Yater went to work for the Santa Fe shops at Cle- burne. He was just completing his apprenticeship there and had been de- tailed to make a number of runs on locomotives for observation and, ex- perience with reference to the oper- ation of these engines. He was rid- ing in the cab of a freight train that had gone “in the hole” for the fast After standing on the siding for a while Yater step- ped down from the gangway of the engine, directly in front of the on- rushing passenger train. His neck was broken and death re- sulted immediately. He was carried to Gainesville and later was taken to Cleburne. His mother Mrs. Carrie Yater lives in Cleburne. A sister married Ray Chappelle, a graduate of the College. — AUDITORS FINISH WORK ON BOOKS OF COLLEGE The work of auditing the books of the College was completed yesterday by the A. Austin Smith Company of Houston. The work was done by W. E. Hammond, C. P. A. of the firm, as- sisted by J. C. Cobb and J. C. Nie- meyer. Mr. Niemeyer stated yester- day that the finished report of the audit would be compiled by October 15. _ D. H. Levy, 14 formerly of Waco |. is now with the Engineering depart- ment of the Texas Power and Light Co., at Dallas. “Jew” sent in his check for dues this week. “HE SAYS IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK AGAIN” “CLEM PINSON Clem was not planning to return to College this year. There was no one to stay with his mother following his sister’s marriage. And then too he had entered in several different lines of business. Along came the disastrous injury to Louie Miller and Clem came back. He says he ex- pects to go on and graduate. Thou- sands of Aggies everywhere appre- ciate the sacrifice that Clem has madd to help out the Aggies and hope that he will be able to get that old degree and at the same time give two more years of wonderful service in foot- ball. PROF. BITTLE DEAD GAVE UP WORK AC: COUNT OF ILLNESS Faithful Instructor, Member of Fam- ily Long Identified Prominently With A. & M. Dies at Bryan. The death of Professor “Beall” (B. W.) Bittle, a veteran member of the A. and M. teaching staff brought sor- row to the College community recent- ly and sympathy for the bereaved relatives who reside on the Campus. His death occurred in Bryan where he had gone to reside after ill health had made his teaching activities too bur- densome for him two years ago. Expressing the sorrow of the community, President W. B. Biz- zell extolled the life and work of the man. “Professor Bittle served faithfully and efficiently as a member of the teaching staff of the English Department for several years,” he said. “He was highly respected by the students because of his gentle- manly qualities and faithful devotion to his work.” Greatest grief in his death is brought to his nieces, Mrs. J. B. Bag- ley and Mrs. C. C. Todd and to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Bittle who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Bagley. H. A. Carroll, ’23 and C. L. Wall, Jr., 24, are employed at the Lynn (Massachusetts) Works of the Gen- eral Electric Co. Tickets for the football 1st. No box seats for sale. section for former students Eleven Registered Animals Produce 537.93 Pounds of Butterfat Each On Test at Bryan Dairy Farm of Aggie Exe. In business for only about three years, Carl Wipprecht, B. S., in D. H,, in ’18 has succeeded in building up a : herd of registered Jersey cows at his dairy in Bryan which has established an exceptionally splendid record. Eleven of his registered animals, which constituted all of his producing registered cows at that time, tested out an average for the past year of 537.93 pounds of butter fat and 10,662 pounds of milk each. Any production of butter fat which exceeds +500 pounds per year is an ‘exceptionally good record. After his graduation and service in the army Carl spent a year and a half on the road for the College on register of merit work with Jerseys. Then he entered business for him- self. He started on a very rational basis with only six head of registered cows, a good young herd bull, and a number of good grade animals. He has slowly, and with but little ex- pense built up his herd until he now has 59 head of registered, young stuff and cows. He is milking 28 cows which are producing about 650 pounds of milk daily or a daily aver- age of 23% pounds, roughly, three gallons each. Carl is selling whole between A. and M. and Baylor, will be put on sale, on Oct. wish the tickets sent you by registered mail send 10 cents additional, or otherwise tickets will be mailed at your risk. No tickets will be reserved after Oct. 25th by tha Wnece gaa A. & M. Club as they will be thrown open to the public. Mail check or money order to E. P. Hunter, Care Wm. Cameron & Co., Waco, Texas. CARL WIPPRECHT ’18, IS MAKING FINE RECORD WITH JERSEY HERD IMPORTANT. game at Waco on Nov. 1st, Reserved seats in A. and M. will be $2.00 each. If you CARL WIPPRECHT, D. H, ’18. milk at retail in Bryan and has built up a splendid business for himself. He hi his barns and a 22 acre Ber- muda grass pasture on the outskirts of town where he keeps his producing herd. His dry stuff ranges on a 141 acre Bermuda pasture some distance out from ‘town. In addition to his dairy herd he has a herd of Duroc Jersey hogs in which he is taking much pride. He has just finished a litter in the ton litter con- test, seven of his registered pigs in one litter weighing 1960 pounds at six months of age. PROFESSOR GEIST ON STAFF PHILADELPHIA PAPERS PAST SUMMER Professor G. A. Geist of the Draw- ing Department was one of the mem- bers of the A. and M. faculty who en- joyed a most profitable vacation the past summer. Exploiting his advan- tage as former art editor of the Phil- adelphia Public Ledger he secured a position on the art editor’s staff of that great daily for part time and en- gaged his remaining time with the Philadelphia Record doing news re- porting. For the Ledger he did var- ious kinds of pen work including some advertising drawing. His chief piece of work with the Record was a sur- vey of the New Jersey highway sys- tem, prepared on the opening of the new concrete highway which now traverses the state, mostly by reason of the contributions of the Du Ponts. His drawings published with his arti- cles illustrated the architecture of the bridge types on the road. ——p———— {eee Major Bennet Puryear, Jr., “Little Pewee” ’05 is now at the headquarters of the Marine Corps at Washington, D. C., as assistant quartermaster for the Marine Corps. He makes his res- idence at 3338 Stephenson place, N. W., Washington.
