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Dr. Mark Francis,’ AAR A A AAA AAT A AAA A errr Hea "00000000000 OO4 y 3 © ® POSTMASTER: 4 ® ® . : : ©» ® cp hl | $ RETURN - § not calle or re- turn postage is © & ¢ POSTAGE 2 ® & GUARANTEED. ¢ guaranteed by ; 1 ; : e Q publisher. 4 ® @® > HODOOIDDDOOOOOD Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. BRYAN, GL UNE 16, 1925. VOLUME III. NUMBER 25 $108,000.00 PLEDGED UP TO JUNE IST FOR ASSOCIATION WORK A. & M. College Owes Much to Dr. Bizzell ll Luke Ballard,” 05, New President Ass'n. GREAT STRIDES MADE | AGGIE BXES ENJOY [N TEN YEAR REIGN | ANNUAL MEETING AT OF AGGIE LAND PREXY li 49TH COMMENCEMENT COLLEGE SERVING EVERY ¢ DR. BIZZELL MAKES FARE- PHASE OF AGRICULTURAL Ze bs WELL TALK TO GRADU- AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE 1 ATES OF SCHOOL HE OF TEXAS. 5 SERVED SO WELL. BIZZELL +0 GRLAHONA U. ; BALLARD PRESIDENT i Departure of President Regretted by : Houston Club Surprises Meeting Sons of Aggieland—Review of 18. With Contribution of $5,000.00 His Work His Best Praise. ih in Signed Notes—Social 2 Events Enjoyed. : ® By E. E. McQuillen. { ea When it was first rumored that a The forty-ninth annual commence- Dr. W. B. Bizzell, President of the ig ment exercises of the College and the annual meeting in business ses- sion of the Assceiation of Former Students are history. The main cur- A. & M. College system, had been of- fered the Presidency of the State o> a University of Oklahoma, few thought rert of the thoughts of the old men ie x a 1 vee | present was one of regret at the leav- no new thin 4 ing of Dr. Bizzell along with a feel- ofters fram other institutions. But as ¥ ing of added re Ls for the details of the inducements offered be- N Association ‘to exert every means to came generally known this feeling i cover the loss ta the Institution that changed. Dr. Bizzell had arrived at i re must result from the President’s de- that point where he must advance or kd parture. But social functions were to a great extent sacrifice his own And as he has advanced all this ‘new move is an. ad- step upward x ow of one or ‘man. i that be true we may certainly trace the greatness of our Aggieland of today to this de- NE ~~ parting friend; for the Institution has progressed far more in the ten years of his reign than in all its preceding history. Unstinted praise and commen- dations have been heaped upon this man’s head from innumerable sources —there is no more of that without repetition. But let us ook backward, into the shadow of this great man, (Continued on page 6) AAAS ROUND PEGS IN SQUARE HOLES The Association has openings in Mexico for six draftsmen and one Architect, transportation paid, sal- ary $225.00 to $250.00, board and room furnished. These places are excellent opportunities and the work will be with an old and large company. We also have openings for sev- eral other engineers of various kinds. CTE TORIED AT wn ay A & - Ms Departing President. BIZZELL, XN ew Leader "LUKE BALLARD Former Students. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NAAAAA A AAD AAS ARAN DENTON-IKE AND D. X AT SNAPPY MEETING Barbecue Planned for Next Gathering Twenty Aggies Launch New Club for Aggieland. Twenty-one ex-students of the A. & M. College of Texas held a banquet Monday at noon at the American Cafe, honoring their guests from the Col- lege; D. X. Bible, Aggie Coach, and Ike Ashburn, one-time Com- mandant of the A. & M. Corps and now Secretary of the Ex-Students As- sociation, in which capacity he was visiting Denton. The program was initiated by the entrance into the banquet hall of a very infrequent but unanimously pop- ular visitor to A. &M., Mr. T. Bone Steak, supported by G. Arden Pro- ducts. Followed “cush,” “reg.” and other A. & M. favorites and then when the cigars were going, self-in- (Qonuuned on page BY. C.D. WHITMAN, : 21, WINS | FARM FOR BEST AGGIE GRAD BY RIO GRANDE VALLEY CLUB Charles Whitman, ’21, was announc- ed by Dr. Bizzell at the College Com- mencement exercises to be winner of the prize of a tract of land offered by the American Rio Grande Land ani Irrigation Compaav thru its Presi- dent R. L. Seay of Dallas. Whitmar was selected as the winner over sev- eral hundred candidates and the honor is not only a reward for the work life of this boy, but a material gain as well. The tract is com posed of twenty- three acres of the best land in the Valley, located near the City of Mer- cedes, ard already under cultivation and irrigation. Anyone familiar with land values in this garden spot of the state can readily see that the award is one with considerable value. Ameri- can Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Co., through President Seay, have been desirous of establishing a model farm, as a demonstration of just what the rich soil of the Valley will. pro- duce when properly and scientifically handled. Last fall they broached the plan to Dr. Bizzell, Dr. Youngblood, and Dean Kyle and the result was the offer of this fine piece of land as a prize to the best man obtainable from the past five graduating classes of A. & M. Charles Whitman was not reared in (Continued on page 6) ASSOCIATION NOW A Nk CORPORATION - STATE ARTICLES OF INCORPORA- TION AND BY-LAWS AP- PROVED BY AUTHORI- - TIES AT AUSTIN. NO CAPITAL STOCK Purpose of Organization to Aid A. & M. College and Its Students— Aggie Exes Are Incorporated. The Association of Former Students of the A. &M. College is now a chart- ered organization. The Asociation, according to its charter, is without capital stock and has for its purpose the extending of financial and other aid tu students of A. & M. College by promoting social, literary, and sci- entific pursuits. The incorporators are M. S. Church, A. Y. Shiels, J. L. Lockridge and Joe Utay of Dallas, [ke Ashburn, College Station, Tom Blake of Houston and A. C. Love of Beaumont. The articles of incorporation and the by-laws are given as follows: The State of Texas County of Brazos. Know All Men By These Presents: That we, M. S. Church, of Dallas County; C. C. Krueger, of Bexar Ccunty; Ike Ashburn, of Brazos County; Tom W. Blake, of Harris County; A. C. Love, of Jefferson County; E. P. Hunter, of McLennan County; E. L. Ballard, of McLennan County; W. K. Hanson, of Bexar Jounty; A. Y. Shiels, of Dallas Jounty; J. L. Lockeridge, of Wichita County; Jee Utay, of Dallas County; W. A. Wurzbach, of Bexar County, wnd Charles Rogan, of Travis Coun- ty; all citizens of the State of Texas, under and by virtue of the laws of his state, do hereby voluntarily as- ociate ourselves together for the nurpose of forming a private corpo- ration under the terms and condi- ions hereinafter set out, as follows: I. The name of this corporation is THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF THE AGRICULTU- RAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS. II. The purpose for which it is formed is the support of benevclent, chari- table and educational undertakings by extending financial and other aid to students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; by pro- (Continued on page 5) CHARTER RECEIVED PECAN COUNTRY WILL ORGANIZE “HEART OF | No “TEAS A. & Hi. 0LUB" LAMPASAS, SAN SABA, BRA- DY, LLANO, LOMETA AND SURROUNDING TOWNS TO JOIN TOGETHER. IKE AND DANA VISIT THEM San Saba Club Throws Big Fish Fry For Aggies All Over That Part of the State. The Heart of Texas A. & M. Club soon will be a reality. At a fish fry at San Saba on the night of June 11 it was decided to perfect such an or- ganization with San Saba, Lampasas, Brady, Llano, Lometa, Richland Springs, Mason, Bertram and other surrounding towns being the member organizations. The next meeting will be staged at Brady some time carly in July and at that time the or- ganization will be perfected. The Club will meet monthly. In May San Saba Exes perfected an organization with R. W. Burles m 1s president and Fred Brison as sec- retary-treasurer. On the night of June 11th they staged their first big party inviting Aggies from all of the tcwrs in that section to be their ruests. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. D. X. Bible, James Sullivan, and Col. and Mrs. Ike Ashburn, of Ag- gieland. Enroute to San Saba the del- sgation saw Col. P. L. Downs, Leo Meerscheidt, and a number of othe: )ld Aggies at Temple. Little P. L. ind his family were in Mineral Wells. At Killeen a brief visit with Mofford 3. Duncan brightened thirgs up con- siderably. The night was spent .t Lampases with Dudley Mocre and his rood wife giving the visitors a pre- nally ccnducted tour over the city The next afternoon and evenin:; were spent with the San Saba boys. They had a great party. Some sev- nty-five persons failed to make ever :0 much as a big dent in the fried fish, barbecued squirrel and barbe- sued young goat which were provi- ded by the San Saba fishermen und hunters. Food there was in abun- dance. The good ladies had decorated ‘he pavillion at the Fair grounds in a nost excepticnal manner. Dudley Moore, Munroe Mayes, and young L. Oliver, all of Lampasas, and Pinkey Wilson, of Florence, provided rare en- tertainment with their Cast Iron quartet. Dudley also put the boys through their paces with “Farmers Fight” and fifteen for the Aggies. (Continued on page 3) PALESTINE AGGIES DINE LOCAL GRADS WITH ANNUAL PARTY. Spirit Runs High at East Texas Banquet—George Long From College Principal Speaker. A. & M. spirit flared up in the red hills of Anderson County on the even- ing of May 28, when the Palestine and Anderson County Exes entertain- ed the local high school graduates with their annual banquet. Some twenty «f the “Old-boys” were on hand to welcome an equal number of high school boys, and. the spirit of Aggieland ran rife. George Long, Di- rector of Exhibits for the College and a member of the class of ’17, was tho principal speaker of the evening. H. L. Wright, ’86, President of the local club, acted as toastmaster and called on varicus members in the par- ty for expressions of their opinions of A. & M. and what they liked best (Continued on page 6) not lacking, and the open house at Ike’s and the barbecue on Monday right were high lights in the week- end’s pleasures. Sunday afternoon the Ashburn home was thrown open for all Aggie Exes and the whole afternoon was spent in pleasant talk and meetirg of friends. As usual both Mr. and Mrs. Ashburn had every one feeling perfectly at home and that meant a big time ih SO Jy Exes jogetaar, Askembly Hall, with President rue ger presiding, and with much action and only a few speeches. But the few speeches were well worth listen- ing to, and tho’ the meeting lasted all afternoon, it was interesting and pleasant enough to hold every man in his seat without even restlessness. (Continued on page 6) THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL TICKET SALE Tickets for the Turkey Day game to be played at College this year will be handled in the same way as last year. This was decided up- on by the Directors af the Asso- ciation and business manager of Athletics Sullivan. Blanks will be mailed to members of the Associa- tion by the Athletic Department, with full instructions as to how to get desirable seats for the mighty battle. VIC BARRACO, ’15, LEADS ALL '15, Houston’s flying Vie Barraco, entry in the “Thousand Dollar Beau- ty” drive for additional pledges to the Association, led the field at the finish with a total of nearly two thousand dollars to his individual credit. John Burns of Arlington came in a close second with almost THOUSAND DOLLAR BEAUTIES IN CAMPAIGN FOR PLEDGES something. The idea of the plan was set forth ard the race put on by Pres- ident Kreuger; and the results were very encouraging. Almost ten thous- ° and dollars in subscription notes was added to the treasury in the two months preceding commencement. Counting in the nctes signed by this scar’s graduating class the addition vas nearly fifteen thousand. Barracc led the field by hitting no.e of ’em than anyone else. Both he leaders, Barraco and John Burns, yrote in that all you had to do was ;0 find an Aggie who had not pre- siously signed, and that practically 111 of them were glad of the cppor- tunity. It was a good drive and a successful one. Polly and every one of his “Beauties” are to be congrat- ulated upon the good work accom- plished. The Houston Club walked off with: the City Honcrs with a total of close to five thousand dollars. Every mem- ber achieve this surprising result. Their presentation of these notes at the commencement meeting was one of the sensations of that occasion. | every one of the “beauties” scoring of their .club hit the ball to A aes
