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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1925)
GEORGE W. RISIEN LOUIS POWELL ......... a ———— THE TEXAS AGGIE Published Semi-Monthly by The Asso- ciation of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. BRYAN, TEXAS SA. President A. L. WARD Vice President W. A. ORTH Vice President CARLTON MEREDITH So euiren Vice President IKE ASHBURN..Executive Secretary Subscription price $5.00 including membership in the Association of Former Students; $2.00 to those not eligible for membership. ADVERITISING RATES: Per Inch. For year’s contraet...............ccn..... 30¢ For six month’s contract.......... 40¢ For less than six months........... 50¢ Entered as second-class maftter at Bryan, Texas. IKE ASHBURN......ccooeninuns Publisher enee8Seccccnconene New York City, N. Y. Chicago, Ill. CAPT. READ WHIPPRECHT ... Washington, D. C. Tulsa, Okla. M. H. KOTZEBUE “Be Lin JARRETT ........ St. Louis, Mo. WW. A ORTH aL, San Antonio T. B. HOFFER ................ Fort Worth CARLETON MEREDITH .... Dallas DON LEE Austin JB. PRICE vo finda. El Paso Mol. WABD on, Palestine AL. WARD .......... College Station HH, B. DUNN. ............. Wichita Falls P. 1. MeGINNIS ........ he. Abilene R. W. BURLESON ........... San Saba H. E. BRAUNIG.... ............ Beaumont W. W. McCLENDON.... .... Corsicana MOFFORD DUNCAN ......... Killeen C. A THANHAEISER ............ Houston LUKE BALLARD: i... Waco CoB -WISRODT. iin. nutans Galveston LOUIS ALSMEYER ....... San Benito Directors At Large ‘W. T. BURNS .. Waco JOHN C. BURNS ........... Arlington CAESAR HON .ex...n.n Houston DR. WILLIAM BENNETT BIZZELL While the resolutions adopted by the Association and the news story reciting the accomplishments of the administration of Dr. William Ben- nett Bizzell as president of this in- stitution express more adequately than we can the deep sense of loss that every A. & M. man feels over “Prexy’s” resignation THE AGGIE joins in its insufficient best efforts to pay homage to this great and good man. It has been our happy privilege to be associated with and serve under Dr. Bizzell for many years. There never has been one minute of Dr. Bizzell’s eleven years as President of the College when he was not whole- heartedly concerned with the best in- terests of the A. & M. College. Of his energy he has been entirely too prodigal in his service of the in- stitution he loves so deeply. He has been a hard worker, a deep thinker, a great servant of A. & M. Wherever he goes he will have the sincerest love of all A. & M. men. It was a great reflection of love for and loyalty to Dr. Bizzell, the man, that the A. & M. “people” brought no great pressure to bear on him to make him stay at College Station. All felt that if they urged tco great- ly and made him feel that his duty , was to stay with the College he would stay. They felt that it is to his best interest to accept his promotion and so they kept their peace although they were deeply sensible to the great blow to the College that his going meant. THE AGGIE wishes for Dr. Bizzell, Mrs. Bizzell, Mother Bizzell, Sang- ster and Miss Elaine nothing but hap- piness, peace and prosperity. " hey can be assured that they have mide a contribution to this institution and that the A. & M. College can never fail to reflect the constructive and helpful influence of their lives upon its making. As to the future THE AGGIE has full confidence in the desire and abil- ity of the Board of Directors to choose the best possible man to succeed Dr. Bizzell. No man will be found with all of the many sided capacitios that Dr. Bizzell possesses. Some man must be found with sufficient capacity to grow to meet his responsibilities, and with sufficient experience and aca- demic training back of him to reflect credit upon the institution. The Col- lege community is not speculating as to who that man will be. They will extend ta Dr. Bizzell’s successor the same whole-hearted support and loyalty they accorded to President Bizzell. _— AN APPRECIATION. pro —— Mr. C. C. Krueger, President, Former Students’ Association, San Antonio, Texas. My Dear Mr. Krueger: Please accept my sincere thanks for the fine cooperaticn you have given me during the year of your admin- istration as President of the Former Students’ Association. This year has been a rather critical one at times for the College. In fact, I do not know what would have become of the in- stitution had it not been for the For- mer Students’ Association and its ex- cellent officers. Probably few of your associates will know how much I have had to lean on you and the Secretary of the Association. You have both had the rare ability to work with the officers of the College in real team work. You have taken the leader- ship in a vigorous, tactful way when conditions demanded it and at all oth- er times you have gotten squarely be- hind the President of your College and his associates in a remarkably satis- factory way. May I also express thrcugh you my sincere gratitude to the membership of the Former Students’ Association for cooperating with both of us in the important task of safeguarding the work of the institution this year? Your associatiun has functioned in a remarkable way during the past year. It has been clearly demonstrated that the Former Students, through your organization, have a great opportu- nity for real service if they will fol- low sound leadership like yours and use their influence to promote the welfare of the College. I hope the Association in all future years may follow the example of wise leadership that you have demonstrated during your administration. It has been a joy to work with you during this year and I shall be very grateful to you as long as I shall live for the assistance ycu have ren- dered me. Very sincerely yours, W. B. BIZZELL, : President. 0. £4 New evidences of increased activi- ty on the part of former students of the Ccdllege in the interest of the in- stitution are seen daily. Indications are that when school opens this fall there will be more young men knock- ing at the doors of the College who have been influenced by old A. & M. men than ever before in the history of the College. Scarcely a day passes but that the Association has inquiries ‘| as to expenses, etc., and opportianities for employment for some worthy boy at the College. And incidentally it seems that the College is going to get its share of boys who have some athletic capacity and that without any slush fund or expenditure on the part of any one. There are still in Texas some athletes who place “the school” ahead of other inducements. A. & M. has the plant, it has the coaching talent, it has the opportunity for ath- letic participation. That should be sufficient. There should be no need for holding out financial inducements to any boy to come to Aggieland to engage in athletics. It is a matter of regret that a num- ber cf faithful sons and servants of A. & M. are heeding the call to other institutions. W. L. Stangel “Runt,” as he is affectionately known, A. K. Shert, Col. C. C. Todd, A. H. Leidigh, ‘A. T. Potts and others are entering other fields of service. THE AGGIE wishes them God Speed. We know that A. & M. will be just as dear io their hearts as it always has been and we know that we still can count on their help and service. 0. VU AAA ; : Sport Fodder NAAN H. B. Dunn, ’23, Wichita Falls; Herman Heard, 23, College, and Jack McCullough, ’24, with the Purina peo- ple out of St. Louis, met at Com- mencement and settled a dispute of long standing. They were all old track men and thought they still had the old power. The distance was 220 yards and McCullough led the field with Heard a poor second. Dunn wasn’t so hot. * %k Xk Doc Stewart and seventy-five of his gridsters are having a huge ban- quet in Austin. Plans for next fall will be outlined and enthusiasm fanned. The Longhorns are laying great hopes on the coming grid season and with the wealth of new material will rank with Baylor as favorites for the title. “Stookie” Allen, the boy who scored the fluke touchdown that defeated the Aggies last Thanksgiving Day recent- ly won the heavyweight boxing cham- pionship of the University in a hard bout with Leo Baldwin, the Freshman star from Wichita Falls. Sandi Es- quivel also won the championship in his weight. Men like these are go- ing to make it hard for other confer- ence teams. The Athlete who quits cold when his season is over and stores up fat at the expense of energy and ambition is the one who has to hunt an alibi when the game is over. We’ve got tco many of that kind at A. & M. right now but are probably better off than many schools. They say “Grandpa” Woods, the Rice pitching ace, hasn’t anything but his uniform. But he managed to win with it. He’s also a clever half back and will be heard from again in the fall. Illness has kept “Trim” Rigney, 17, out of the game for the Detroit Tigers for the past two weeks. The little ex-Aggie has had a hard time staying in shape in the big leagues. When he is in good health he is one of the best shortstops in the majors. Rip Collins, ’17, the other Aggie with the Bengals, has pitched the best ball of the year for Detroit, according to the Sporting News. Pat Olsen, ’22, another ex-Aggie twirler, is shooting ’em in for the Pittsfield, Mass., team in the Eastern League and going good. Prospects look good for a great in- flux of new athletic material at A. & M. next fall; how about that good man from your own neighborhood? The deciding point in his selection of a school to complete his education might be a kindly interest by an old Grad like yourself. The faculty axe flashed at Rice and lopped off the Owl captain of next year’s eleven. We all have our troubles. ~Thalheimer and Mather, doubles tennis team of the University will de- fend their Intercollegiate champion- ship in the East this year. The Long- horns have achieved national promi- nence in Tennis and have won the national dcubles championship for the past two years. Bridges got his spring football un- der way after the baseball season, and the Bruins are loud in their praises for next fall’s prospects. With a fine nucleous of old men back and some of the best young material in the state the Bears will be powerful next year. Boody Jchnson and Abe Kelly, old Waco High stars will be watched with interest. Texas will line up the greatest ar- ray of material the Southwest has ev- er seen on one team. Besides their old men they will have Ox Higgins, Joe King and Estes of Dallas; Bald- win of Wichita Falls, Saxon, star halfback from Austin College and any number of other good men. Stewart may have a hard time picking his team and the number of stars may be a dangerous thing before the season is over. The Mustangs will build a new team around Watters in the line and Cor- tegmelia in the backfield. They've got quite a few outstanding stars coming up but the sailing will be hard for the coming campaign. Heissmafi has lost several of his best men thru one reason or another but should have a better team than last year and the Owls were bad enough last fall. T. C. U. is an unknown quantity. The loss of Frazee deprived then: of lots of power and they likely won't cut up very much. Coming home to the Aggies we are faced with a question mark. Dana Bible may be able to crash thru with a better team than his material indi- cates. The Farmers are weak in the line for the first time in many years and Rothgeb will have a tough prob- lem iny developing that proverbial brick wall. However, there’s lots of latent power on th: Aggie squad and-- well, next fall will tell the whole story. Let’s wait. * kk kx The T. C. U. Horned Frogs will be able to appreciate the old adage of Catfish Goodman when he was yell leader at A. &. M. that “Church a’int out till the last hymn’s sung”—Rice busted up a nice case of overconfi- dence for them, in the recent con- ference baseball race. * k ok Coach Bender will arrive at College about the middle of the summer and will have everything lined up for his freshmen when they arrive in Sep- tember, Now is the time for you old football fans to start work on the high school men of your town. * * % We're wondering what Billy Disch will finally do. Both Texas and S. M. U. supporters claim he will be with them next year. He may have to go to the Mustangs next fall whether he wants te or not. ssa Arthur Knickerbocker, 21, is still at Wichita Falls with L. E. Withan, contractor. “Knick’s” address is 1610 10th St., and he’s the same old boy. Doesn’t seem right not to have one of the Knickerbocker clan around here. * % x Johnnie Pierce, 21, who coached varsity line under Bible and Rothgeb, and handled freshman basketball and baseball this spring has signed to handle all sports at Corsicana High School. The Oil City gets one of the best men in the state with the ac- quisition of the old Aggie star. His ex- perience at A. & M. following the years of his playing days make him a well balanced coach for any line of Athletics. We expect to hear of the Corsicana high in State high school circles very shortly. * ¥ % If Bagby and Futrell have really withdrawn from Arkansas the Razor- backs have suffered a crushing blow to their football aspirations for next year. Francis Schmidt will go . way to find a better half back than Bagby, and Futrell was a valuable man too. cert ~~ PANTHER CITY NEWS Well here we are again—we have been gone for a long time but we are here to stay now. Col. Ike and D. X. “sho’” did wake us up. For on Tuesday, May 19th, both gentlemen were our honored guests; and what I mean to say Mr. Texas Hotel opened wide his doors and about 75 Aggies poured in and mingled around a bit as if they hadn’t seen each other in a long time—and also they kinda got on the inside ot the 11 star athletes that were invited by President T. B. Hoffer to attend the feed. These High School stars are taking Aggieland very seriously and we feel certain that the majority of them will be down there next Sep- tember. We wants to say that this feller, Dana X. is one more orator. For gen- tlemen he made one more whale of a speech. We thought that Coaching was his line but any day he wants to start making speeches we want zc state we can recommend him as the best. Why, when he got through wiih us we felt just like youngsters run- ning up and down Leggett hall with a burly Soph in after us with each hop. We take this opportunity of con- gratulating Coach Bible, James Sulli- van and the College Authorities for developing the physical training de- partment to the extent that it is sec- ond to none among all phases of edu- cation projects. ~ Col. Ashburn told us of the many improvements of the Association that are now in the making and we as a solid group are behind this man on any thing he undertakes. Go to it Ike, we are with you 100 per cent. While we are scattering the flowers around we think that the Fort Worth A. and M. Mothers’ Club is due for great showers of them for they have been doing some wonderful things in this town and for their boys now in school at the College. And their Club sent our Club a large bouquet of Glad- iolas and we appreciate this very much. Quite a few of the old Aggies were present at this meeting and Mr. Polk 2X of the Atkins-Polk Wholesale Groc- cers made a splendid talk as well as Judge Goree, both of ’em youngsters of the past ages. The new officers of the Fort Worth A. & M. Club are the same as the old officers and they are: Mr. T. B. Hof- fer, ’04, recently elected City Council- man of this city, president; Mr. C. H. Fleming vice-president; C. D. William- son, ’19, secretary, and their good work is expected to continue as it has in the past. We are behind them to a man. We had some very distinguished visitors at our meeting and we were very glad to have them. Among them were: Doc. Giles, 22, Ferucci of Dal- las; Buck Buckner, 23, Lillard Bros., from Decatur, and some Athletes from Decatur Baptist College, and say, there was also Bill Cook from Houston—we surely were glad to see him and all the rest. Whenever in town let us know, we want to see you. McKINNEY BOYS FETE EVANGELS OF AGGIELAND Accompanied by Don Lee, Vice President of the Asso. and Carlton Meredith, Pres. of the Dallas A. & M. Club, Ike and Dana on their North Texas trek were entertained with a luncheon by the McKinney Aggies. The graduating boys of the Boyd High School of the city were guests of the club and enjoyed the occasion thoroughly. After the fried chicken and other incidentals were disposed of in true Aggie style F. D. Perkins, ’97, President of the Collin County Club, introduced the visitors from out of town to the few who did not already know them and Ike and Dana gave them the latest dope from headquar- ters. Ike touched mainly upon the College and the Association of For- mer Students while the little football coach gave one of his famous talks upon Sportsmanship and athletics. One fact brought out was that Pres- ident Perkins had been a member and captain of A. & M.'s first foot- ball team and had played in the first game ever staged between the classic rivals of the Southwest: A. & M. and Texas University. Besides the visitors and the high school party the following Aggies were on hand: R. F. Saunders, ’17; Dan Scott, ’15; W. I. Bryan, ’00; Fitzhue Newsome, John L. Gibbs, ’17; Henry Barlow, ’11; Don O. Davis, ’11; Jack Franklin and Add G. Wilson, ’12, ID you ever spend a day and night at our Texas A. & M. College? If you never have you have missed one of the happiest experiences of your life. It is worth any man’s or any woman’s time and trouble to go and live at least one day in the atmos- phere of a purely BOYS’ WORLD. As a people we don’t half way know the bigness and the fineness of our American hoys. And there is something about a boys’ school that we do not find anywhere else. And it’s not all BAD either, as some good folks are inclined to believe. There is a kinship, a fellowship and a friendship between boys and boys, and men and boys at a boys’ schoal that is unknown in a co-edu- cational institution. Boys learn to know and love other boys there better than any- where else. And boys study men mcre closely in such a school than anywhere else. On the other hand MEN make an intensive study of the lives of our boys at such schools. They tind out more about our boys there than we ever would discover at home or in a co-ed college. That's their business and they attend to their business. They see our buy just as he is, stripped of all his home environ- ment. There he is stood in line and measured along with the mind and spirit and character and phys- ical strength of 2,000 other boys from every part of the country. No, he is not graded there by what he might have been, or should have been or could have been. Necr is he measured by what his father is, or is not; has or has not. At the A. & M. College they accept your boy for just what he really IS, and do their best to mold a man out of the material they find in him There are many things missing in a boys’ college that we mothers especially feel very mecessary to a boy’s education. But there is a compensation for all those missing links in his education that few of us have ever appreciated. And one form of that compensation is a bet- ter understanding of MEN and a greater love and loyalty for all boys and men in the life of our buys. After all, when college days are over, our boy is going to have to live and struggle and fight the battles of life in a world of men. And it’s one of the finest lessons in life for that boy to get a better knowledge of real men in the mak- ing. LADIES FAVORED AT BELL COUNTY AGGIE MEETING The monthly luncheon of the Bell County A. & M. Club at the Temple, Friday Harvey House, evening turned inte 5) very delightful affair with the pro- gram featuring “ladies’ night,” the was luncheon being in charge of the bachelors of the club. Each member was accompanied by his “lady” and in the hotel lobby places were drawn so that no one sat with the lady he had brought and everyone became better acquainted at the very outset of the evening. J. M. Forsythe was toastmaster and the principal talk was made by Luke Ballard of the Waco A. & M. club, discussing the subject of “A Lady’s Place at A. & M.,” treating the sub- ject both humorously and seriously. Two splendid readings were given by Miss Cassie Hicks of Baylor Univer- sity, Waco. Mrs. R. L. Barclay made a strong appeal for support of the exstudents’ of A. & M. for the student loan fund to aid cadets and following this appeal “electric chair” methods were used on several members, wires carry- ing high voltage having been ar- ranged along with the place cards be- forehand. On the call for $1,000 sub- scriptions to the fund, P. L. Downs Jr., and Leo P. Meerscheidt arose with a little urging from the electric wires hidden in their chairs but both paid off their subscriptions and re- sponded enthusiastically. In a “balloon blowing contest” for the ladies, Miss Louzelle Barclay won first prize and Mrs. S. F. Clark won second. The program was arranged by a committee compcsed of the toastmas- ter, Grady Turner and L. K. Black. A short business session was held following the program with M. S. Duncan; president of the club, in the chair, f 0200020202020 202020202020002020502030502050:020202020202020:0,0,0,0,0,0 The Last Bugle Call By Phebe K. Warner In Ft. Worth Record of June 5, "25. But there is one feature in the college life af A. & M. students that will cling to their hearts and linger in their memories till the last breath of life has died away. And that is the BUGLE CALLS. For four long years they are awak- ened every morning by the sound of those plaintive notes. Every hour of the day has a call and ev- ery call has a different meaning. Since their enrollment in that col- lege their entire life has been di- rected hither and thither by those bugle calls. You never hear a bell at A. & M. Every move is made at the sound of a bugle. The rising bugle, the breakfast bugle and ev- ery recitaticn begins at the bugle call. And then as the day dies in the West and the great sun sinks to rest, there comes floating through the air the call of retreat, when 2,000 young Americans STOP wherever they may be on that campus and stand in silent rever- ence while Old Glory is slowly low- ered into outstretched arms. That scene alone you will never forget. Nor will that sacred and patriotic training ever be lost in the hearts cf our boys. And then long after the stars have lighted their little candles in the sky and the big kind moon is beaming down on those friendly little shacks, coine those sad, sweet strains of taps, which means to ev- ery A. & M. boy the knell of the dying day. Until that minute there is a light in every boy's win- dow on that campus. But as that last long strain dies away in the darkness the lights begin to flicker out and soon all is silence and darkness. ‘Never will the boys of 1921-1925 forget that last bugle and the bugler. For four long years C. R. Wood of Honey Grove had been the night bugler at A. & M. Col- lege. Every night 2,000 boys put their books away, turned out their lights and tumbled into bed at the sound of that last call. But just when the final vi:tor: of a college course was in siwht there came a time when there was NO bugle call. While his 2,000 schoolmates slept, their bugler ley dying, alone. If that dear boy bo could have sent out one more call 2,000 friends would have rushed to his rescue. But his last bugle call had died away in the starlight o% the night and his spirit was wafted away on the wings of fate int) ETERNITY. “POWDER PUFF” PUBLISHERS MAKE NICE CONTRIBUTION TO STUDENT LOAN FUND The Bryan and College girls have made a nice contribution to the Gen- eral lcan fund of the Association, by turning over to us the surplus from their recent special edition of The Battalicn. The edition is an an- nual issue of the college student publication and carries the preten- tious name of “The Powder-Puff”. The success of these girls from both a journalistic and a financial view- point must be alarming to scme of our ambitious He-men of the Cam- pus. It is thru gifts of this nature that the general loan fund has been so materially increased during the past year. We hope it will increase as fast or faster in the future, and every ore contributing, either direct- ly or indirectly, should feel that Le has done a worthy thing. We will need fifty-thousand dollars to handle the applicaticns for loans that will be made to us next fall. And every little bit helps. _ a —-_— — James M. Stone, “Dough,” ’13, for many years in the cattle business is now with the city of Houston. Dough and Mrs. Stone and their two chil- dren live at 1720 Mary street. * ok 3k Charles A. “Stumpy” Whitfield, ’13, has the agency for the Magnolia Pe- troleum Company, at Cisco. After fourteen months overseas Stumpy went into the automobile business at Fort Worth but shortly afterwards went to Cisco where he has been since. “Stumpy” says he is going to turn over some of those good Cisco high men to College Station.. * Xx Xk G. N. McDaniel, X ’23, is finishing this year at Boston Tech in E. I. He has been there two years. He does not know what work he will take up but has a salesmanship ia mind. He should make a good one. Any man should who could talk Bos- ton Tech out of 1 1-2 years’ credits on two years work at A. & M. or any other college. I have had one year’s experience there so speak from ex- perience,
