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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1924)
NLL NINN TIN teed by publisher. WA OO OA VV VV VV VV VV VVVN Charles Rogan, 70I-3 Littlefield / slag. . Austin, Texas. ® ® ‘ 4 ® © $ : be @ TO POSTMASTER: ¢ € RETURN s @® If this paper is not @ ? POSTAGE 2 ® called for return ® bd 4 @ postage is guaran- © | FUARANTEED 4 bY @ ® ® ® pe Q AAA A A A A A AAA AS A TNT A ACN VO VV VV VV VV VV VY Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOLUME III. BRYAN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 1, 1924. NUMBER °*3 DIRECTORY OF FORMER STUDENTS READY FOR DISTRIBUTION SURVEY REPORT NOW AVAILABLE LACKS COURAGE Recommendations As To Educational System and Its Coordination Make No Real Contribution To So- lution of Problems. IS REVIEWED BY AGGIE. Article Below Considers Newspaper Articles on Report. The report of the specialists in ed- ucational administration charged with the work of surveying the institu- tions of higher learning, which con- stitutes a part of the educational sur- vey of Texas, has been completed. While the complete survey report re- lating to the state-supported insti- tutions of higher learning is not ye: available, the conclusions of the com- mittee that surveyed these instita- tions have appeared in the public press of the state. Summary of the Survey Recommen- dations Relating to the Agricultur- al and Mechanical College. The survey report makes severol recommendations relating to the Col- lege, which may be summarized us follows: 1. The complete separation of the University of Texas and the Agricu'- tural and Mechanical College of Tex- as. 2. The creation of a Board oa Higher Curricula with the following duties: (1) Approval or disapproval of all new courses of study. (2) Final authority in determin- ing major and service lines of work (3) Approval or disapproval cf proposals for new institutions of higher learning... _._. .. (4) Preparation of estimates of the financial needs of each institu- tion. 3. All graduate work, including all branches of engineering, should be concentrated at the University cf Texas, with the exception of grad- uate work in agriculture. 4. Training teachers of vocational agriculture should be assigned ex- clusively to the Agricultural and Me- chanical College. (Continued on Page 4) HOOPOOOVPOOOPOOVDOVOOOOOOOD WANT AN AGGIE PENNANT? The Association has a large supply of Texas Aggie wind- shield stickers in maroon ani white for distribution among present day students, former students and friends of the coi- lege. These are being dstributed by county agents and by local tlubs. If you want some and will put them into the hands of persons who will use them, drop a postal card to Associa- tion headquarters advising as to the number desired. No charge. The Association believes that the wide use of these stickers pn automobiles will give a fair ronception, a sort of a picture, nf the following the A. and M. College enjoys. Send in for rome and then see to it you and your friends stick them on your < @® @® @® < <% < ® % ® <% ® ® < <% ® @® ® ® <% < ® ® ® ® ® <% ® % ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® % % ® % ® Ctars. ® <% ® © ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® O ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® % ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® @® ® Ca Ca COR OAS SOR ORO ORO ORO ORO OROSOR ORR, TEMPLE B. HOFFER, B. S, C. E,, '04. LOYAL AGGIE MAKES POSSIBLE FORMER STUDENTS DIRECTORY NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION President Hoffer Oil Co., of Ft. Worth, Bears Cost of Publication of Volume. SEND IN APPLICATION. Book Will be Mailed This Week to Those Who Apply to Association fer a Copy. Free for Members in Good Standing. The Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas announces that the publication of the directory, the ex- pense of publication of which far ex- ceeds what the average man, unac- quainted with printing costs would es- timate the cost to be, is made pos- sible entirely by the liberality and helpfulness of Temple Boynton Hof- fer, B. S., C. E., 04, President of the Hoffer Qil Corporation of Ft. Worth. Early in January of this year, Mr. Hoffer proposed that he would glad- ly bear the cost of publishing such a directory if the Association could get its lists in such condition as to make the publication of a directory a real service to the former students and friends of the institution. The work of preparing has been slow but Mr. Hoffer has stood his ground and has manifested at all times a deep inter- est in the success of our work. His interest in the success of the Association has been reflected in other equally substantial ways. Temple Boynton Hoffer was born at Austin, April 16, 1835. His father John Hoffer, was a merchant at Bal- linger and later at Clarendon. Young (Continued on Page 4) CADETS WIN-LORE IN ANNUAL SHOOT WITH ARMY TEAM A. and M. Team Cops Pistol Match But Loses Rifle Shoot With Crack Second Division Team. . Texas A. and M. divided honors with the second division teams in rifle and pistol firing on the rifle range of the A. and M. College here Friday morn- ing. The regulars won the rifle match by only nine points and the cadets won the pistol by 25 points. But in losing the rifle match only nine points the cadets feel that they were highly honored as four of the five members of the rifle team are the recognized best shots in the United States Army, having been on the national team which shot against the rifle teams of fostered by the regular army the past year. In the rifle firing the regulars gained a lead of ten points in the 200- yards slow fire, but the Aggies crept up on them, gaining steadily on the 300 and 500 yard slow firing range and the 300 yard rapid fire, then drop- ped back nine points in yielding on the 200 yard rapid fire range, which was the last fired. Lieutenant Rob- inson of the 1st Infantry was captain of the rifle team which composed four enlisted men. Lieutenant Hennessy was captain of the pistol team. other countries in the cempetitions, — ATHLETIC INTRAMURAL PROGRAM GETS AWAY WITH FLYING START WITH OPENING BASKETBALL RACE The gigantic intramural athletic program which has been carefully and thoroughly worked out by the new Department of Physical Education to extend the benefits of organized play and regular physical exercise to the entire student bedy of the A. and M. College of Texas, was well started this week with the beginning of the interbattalion basketball league. There are four divisions of the league designated for convenience as rary outside courts have been erected for a begining and wil be adequate for the fall months. By the time win- ter has arived and made out-door playing uncomfortable the new gym- nasium will have been completed of- fering the facilities sufficient for a large league of players. The basketball league is only a be- ginning of the program of play that has been planned by the Department of Physical Education under the di- rection of H. H. House. Through a A, B. C, and D. In two of the leagues there are five teams each and in each of the other two six teams, making a to tal of 22 teams that will be brought into competition. All teams in each one of the leagues will have action once a week, meaning that there will be a series of games on the basket- ball courts on the Aggie dril lfield four days of each week after class- work ends at 5 o’clock and in the in- terim until suppel call. The days se- lected for play are Tuesday, Wednes- day, Thursday, and Friday. Tempo- | questionnaire he has ascertained the likes of every student for kinds of sport and is now buisily engaged in checking these answers in order to be able to organize the kind of sport best desired by the students. Included in the program of train- ing besides the compulsory calisthen- ics for freshmen are basketball, base- tall, boxing, cross country, equitation, football, golf, hare and hound, hand ball, polo, rifle shooting, soccer, swim- ming, tumbling, and pyramids, track, volley ball, tennis, and wrestling. M. H. “Ox” Ford is with the Fed- eral Horticultural board and is now located at Tuscon, Ariz., with head- quarters at the Tusconia hotel. B. R. Kennedy, of the Texas Farm Cotton Bureau is located at P. O. Box 250 in Austin. Kennedy wants a di- rectory. Houston Aggies Play Daddies To Orphans Playing “Daddy” to a flock of lit- tle orphan tots is about the most worthwhile and the most joyous game in the world according to Meredith James, Ralph Soape, M. T. Garrett, Harry Giles, and some of the other outstanding men at Houston. The Harris county A. and M. Club observ- ed “Father and Son Week” by taking the kiddies of Faith Home at Hous- | ton, on a theatre and supper party last week. “I think we got more fun out of the little fellows than they had out of the show and the A. and M. Club is going to follow up this sort of work right along,” Meredith wrote the Association headquarters. “The club put it over and we simply acted at Theatre Party as “Daddies” for the kids that after ' noon.” | The Houston A. and M. Club is | sponsoring a number of exceedingly i worthwhile moves at Houston. Atten- dance runs around one hundred a week and enthusiasm is high. Good work with the High School boys is being done by the Bayou City Aggies, too. Much discussion of the report of the Board of Control with their recom- mendations with reference to subordi- | pating the A. and M. College to the | University of Texas from the stand- point of salaries was had at the last i meeting of the club. Dr. Kyle also discussed the report of the Education- al survey which takes some fancy slaps at Aggieland. THE PEPPER BOX HI NMSELF | HOW HE STRUTS HIS STUFF Bob Berry in one of those end runs—Everybody’s getting their man. {the whimsical smiles of Lady Luck THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND WITNESS LONG HORN VICTORY OVER AGGIES IN LAST TWO MINUTES OF PLAY Lady Luck Smiles on Longhorn s When Magnificent Stadium is Dedicated Turkey Day—Aggies Lacked Punch at Opportune Time. In a hard fought game marked by and marred by the derisive smiles of that same Lady insofar as the Aggies are concerned, Bible’s proteges wound up the season Turkey Day with a sev- en to nothing defeat at the hands of the University of Texas. That de- feat followed a victory over the Rice Institute team on Nov. 14 at Kyle Field by the score of 13 to 6. The University game was lost when only 2 minutes and thirty seconds were left to play. A short basketball loop pass just over the secondary line from Stalter to Allen, was struck twice by Aggies and finally bounded into the arms of Allen, who broke through just at the right time to re- ceive the twice deflected ball and run twenty-five yards for a touchdown. The game started with a brilliant show of offensive strength by the Ag- gies following Kishi’s magnificent thirty-five yard return from the kick- off. A couple of psses put the ball down within striking distance of Tex- as goal line where Berry, Kishi, and Wilson succeeded in raming the ball to the University’s two yard line. There the Longhorns held. again in that quarter did the Aggies have the ball in Texas territory and! after that, due to losses on exchange of punts, the ball was not deep enough in Texas territory to permit of a de-' termined offense. The first quarter was decisively A. and M,’s. The second and even break but in the third and fourth Texas had the edge. The game was hard fought through- out with neither team able to accom- high and far. There was a slight breeze from the north. Both teams indulged in practicing forward passes as the vast stadium resounded with the battle cries of the students. The Aggies cheer leaders arrived and the cadets went wild. Each had its quota of former football heroes on the side lines. The coaches called their men around them for the final conference. Just before the teams went into play the Longhorn band brought the audience to its feet again with “The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You.” Longhorns Sockless. For the first time in its history, the Texas team took the gridiron sockless, as Coach Stewart believes bare legs are hardest to tackle. Crippled Captain Miller of the Ag- gies begged his mates .to win the game for him. Captain Miller receiv- ed a broken leg in the first game of this season. Captain Marley of the Longhorns and Acting Captain Waugh met in mid-field and tossed the coin. The Aggies won the toss and elected to Once | defend the north goal. Kickoff at 2:50. At 2:50 Thompson kicked to Kishi, who ran the ball back forty-five vards, almost getting away for a touchdown. Wilson made a yard over left tack- le. The ball was out of bounds and was carried in fifteen yards. i Kishi made no gain at right tackle. Berry made no gain around left end. Wilson fell back to kick. He kicked forty yards to Foster, plish a great deal off of the other team. The dedication of Texas’ magnif- icent stadium was a memorable event and approximately thirty-six thousand spectators saw the game. The scene and the setting was magnificent. The game was spectacular in spots. The game in detail follows: At 2:30 the Aggies came on the field led by Captain Miller on crutch- es. A few seconds later the Longhorn team came in from the opposite en- trance. Both teams warmed up. The rooting of the rival sections was very lively. Approximately 35,- 000 persons were in the stadium. “Mule” Wilson practiced punting for the Aggies with quarterback Ber- ry handling the punt, while Wright practiced kicking for Texas with Smith, Foster and Smalley handling the punts. The coaches conferred with the of- ficials. The green turf of the field was in excellent condition, and made a pretty picture, mingling its colors with those of the opposing schools. Aggie Kickers Good. M. Dansby practiced kicking field goals for the Aggies. Both Wilson an Wright, the men who will do the kick- ing for the two teams, seemed to be who was downed on Texas’ 20-yard i line by Hardman. Slover made 6 yards off left tackle. It was a bad pass and Irvin of the Aggies recovered the ball on Texas 20-yard line. (Continued on Page 3) WHO HAS THIS PICTURE? N George Hope, tackle on the ’02 Aggie team, the first to ad- minister a walloping to the Uni- versity of Texas has written Tom Blake, Houston lumber- man urging that Tom endeavor to get a copy of that picture of the first touchdown ever made against Texas. The Aggie would like, also to have a copy of that picture and if some old timer who has it will send it in THE AGGIE will have copies made, send George one, and promptly return the original to the own- er. George is with the Longacre Agency, real estate, insurance, and loans, at 366 Broadway Un- ion Hill, New Jersey. We would be glad to hear from any one who knows whe has one of these pictures. VN NNN NV N L\A\A\ VNN @® @® % @® ® ® % ® ® ® @® @® @® ® ® @® % ® ® @® ® ® ® @® % ® @® @® @® @® % ® ® ® ® ® © @® @ @® @ @ @ @ in great form, sending their boots Oa a a CaO OR OR OR OR SOS OR ORO SOR Oa OS OR SOR OSS ORO AGGIES BEGIN TRAINING FOR BASKETBALL SEASON OF 1925 Early basketball work has begun at Texas A. and M. College. Under the direction of Captain Paul Wash- burn and Gene Darby, star forward of last year, who finished his athletic ca- reer at the end of the season, the fun- damental principles of basketball are being reviewed by the members of the squad. Fourteen men were called out for practice by Captain Washburn. Seven of last year’s squar are in uniform. They are: Captain Wash- burn, guard; Harry Duckett, center; Marvin Dealy, guard; Sid Kyle, cen- ter; Arch Damon, fcrward; Gut Kru- ger, forward, and Mark Wilcox, for- ward. Of the seven, Washburn, Duck- ett, Dealy and Damon are leter men. In addition to the old squad men, Washburn called out five members of and Perkins. John Broad and Bill Montgomery, members of the 1923 and 1922 freshman teams, were also called out. The very fundamentals of basket- ball are being taught and reviewed, the men being in good condition. However, better condition ie being worked for in the thre afternoons the team practices a week. Prac- tice is being held in Bryan at the Al- pletion of the Aggie gymnasium, len Academy court, pending the com- which is now under construction. A little goal practice is had every day. At the end of the football season, Norman and Mitt Dansby, now two cogs in Bible's football machine, will report for basketball bringing the to- tal out for practice to 16. Norman was a member of the 1924 squad, and the 1924 freshman team. They are: Tapp, Baker, McConaughey, Blown r Mitt played regularly for the fresh- man five.
