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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1925)
SAN ANTONIO AGGIES ELECT LEADERS FOR COMING ACTIVE YEAR Bill Orth Heads Club—Tamale Exes Plan Active Year—New Aggies Are Complimented. The Santone Aggies held their reg- ular monthly meeting at the Hotel Gunter on May 7th, and elected new officers for the ensuing year. W. A. Bill Orth, ’13, heads the Club with C. M. Gains, ’12, vice-president, and W. M. Schmidt, ’15, Secretary-Treas- urer. These men are hustlers and the: Tamale boys will be active under their leadership during the next year. The Executive Committee of the Club is composed of Judge W. A. Wurzbach, A. Marbach, W. K. Runt Hanson and Polly Krueger. A. S. Legg was un- animously elected Aggie news hound. C. A. Castillo, 20, was a ‘guest at the last meeting. Castillo hails from Port Arthur at the present time. Don Lee was in the City on the meeting day but reports indicate that the lure of fishing was too strong for him and he was among those missing at the gathering. J. W. Francis, ’17, form- erly of Austin, was present and is selling Indiana Trucks to the gullible | San Antonio public. He will be a good recruit for the Club. Geo. Knox was unable to attend the luncheon because of some new busi- ness venture he is considering. He has been decorating the city with beauti- ful flowers and shrubbery from the Knox Nurseries, but when a fond mother called and asked George what he charged for keeping a baby by the day, he threatened to take his sign down. The Club voted to give the new Ag- gie Exes of this year’s class free mem- bership in the Club for the coming year in order to get them well lined up with the “Old Guard.” They are all extended a cordial invitation to be at the next meeting right after school is out. Aubrey Legg’s motto is “Buy Tires from me and save the difference for Aggieland.” The long slim lad is making history in that hard business, and is secretary-treasurer of the Hicks Rubber Co. weenie — — REPORT OF SECRETARY- TREASURER 1924-1925 The. scholastic year of 1924-25 has witnessed many splendid accomplish- ments by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Me- chanical Collegé of Texas. More than that it has given the constantly in- creasing group of earnest workers for the organization, an ever-widening horizon of usefulness for the insti- tution. We have but scratched the surface of Ex-student activities and helpfulness and the next five years should witness the accomplishment of a program of wonderful helpful- ness and service to the College and its present as well as its former students. The group of those who are in- vesting in the work of the Association has increased from a scarce nine hundred to some fourteen hundred. The amounts pledged for the organi- zation have increased constantly until we now have $108,000.00 as com- pared to seventy-five thousand sev- en hundred and forty-five dollars and fifty cents at Commencement last year. But better than that scarcely a day passes but that some newly | awakened Aggie writes in asking what he can do to assist the organi- zation and pledging his best efforts and thoughts for the Association. Men like John C. Burns, Victor Barraco, Carl Tanner, Fred Brison, Carlton Meredith, Perry McGinnis, W. W. Mc- Clendon and others too numerous to mention are some of those who with- in the past few months have rendered marvellous service to the organization While accomplishments of the Asso- ciation have not been nearly what we wish they might have been, neverthe- less, due to the never-failing co-opera- tion and response of those men upon whom the secretary has called from time to time for help we feel that great good has been done the institu- tion and that we have justified the existence of our organization. Legislature. From the standpoint of the legisla- tive activities of the Association much good to the College has come. The organization participated in the se- lection of a leader locally to fight the battles of the A. & M. College in the House of Representatives and to serve as our floor leader there. The Secreta- ry spent much of his time in Austin during the sessions of the Legislatu- re assisting in presenting the needs of the institution to the law makers. F. M. Law, H. C. Schumacher, Marion Church, Lawrence McGee, Luke Ball- ard, R. J. Potts, Judge Charles Rogan, Judge Wm. Wurzbach, C. C. Krueger, George Moffett, Reuben Bowen, and many other former students of the College came ta Austin on various occasions to help out in the endeavor to secure adequate appropriations and prevent hurtful legislation affecting the College. I think they can justly be given much credit for the passage of an appropriation bill the best in the history of the College, $250,000 being allowed in excess of any prior bill. When the question of Executive Action on the bill arose the Secretary conferred with the Governor and later two committees of former students conferred with that executive in the interests of the College. Removal of permanent improvement items in- stead of removal of salaries of a large number of assistant professors and in- structors which would have paralyzed the institution resulted from these conferences. Furthermore a saving of not less than $75,000 for the College resulted from these conferences. In addition to the work with the Leg- islature the Association has had con- stant and sympathetic touch with the Chief Executive in straightening out some of the problems of the College. Board Members. From time to time the Association has gone on record urging a greater representation of former students on the Board of Directors of the College. In January a committee of the Asso- ciation called on Governor Ferguson and suggested the names of available former students for appointment on the Governing Board. There were three appointments to be made and as a result of this conference Judge W. A. Wurzbach, of San Antonio, and Hon. H. C. Schumacher, of Hous- ton, were appointed to these positions. The Board now numbers five former students of its nine members, the other three being Hon. P. L. Downs, Jr., of Temple; Hon. Walter G. Lacy, of Waco, and Hon. F. M. Law, of Houston, who is president of the ‘Beard of Directors. Directory. Through the liberality of Temple B. Hoffer, ’04, of the Hoffer Oil Corporation, of Fort Worth, the As- sociation published a directory of for- mer students showing the names, lo- cation, etc., of some five thousand former students of the College. Addresses. The office records have been built up from some three thousand correct addresses to approximately 8,000. The ambition of the orgarization is to have the corrected addresses of all of the sixteen thousand former students of the College. : The Aggie. Realizing that The Aggie is the ce- ment with which the members can best be held together we have tried to publish a readable paper. We are the only former students’ organiza- tion in the United States which pub- lishes a newspaper, the remainder all publishing magazines. We do not be- lieve that there is any comparison, however, in the effectiveness of the two mediums. E. E. McQuillen, who joined forces with the organization in February, is now doing very ei- fective work with this publication. It would seem that greater returns should be had from advertising in this medium, but due to the fact that there is no city close to the Col- lege it is impossible to secure much revenue from advertising. In fact The Aggie entails an expense of about $2,500 annually to the general revenues of the Association. Calendar. The little souvenir calendar which shows dates for all athletic and other important events has met with pop- ular approval. ‘Its publication costs around $250 annually. New Positions. Working at the problem of .epost- tioning old A. & M. men the As&ocia- tion has located some sixty odd men in new positions. The hope is held by the Secretary that a division of employment or a sort of personnel = bureau may be created within our organization this next year to stabilize and systema- tize and render far more effective the whole problem of former student and undergraduate employment. Local Clubs. The number of local clubs has been increased very greatly this past year. New organizations are functioning at San Marcos, Corsicana, Stephenville, Denton, Paris, Greenville, San Saba, Pittsburg, Boston, Abilene. Practically all of the older clubs are keeping up their interest and have rendered much. fine service to the Parent Association and the College. Mothers’ Clubs. Dallas and Fort Worth Mothers’ Clubs have kept actively at work in behalf of the College and have con- stantly increased their loan funds. As the result of Mothers’ and Dads’ Day at the College, May 10, 11, at which time about 400 parents visited the College, more of these Mothers’ Clubs are being organized now in A. & M. strongholds. This day was put over by the Dallas A. & M. Mothers’ Club and the Association of Former Stu- dents. It was one of the most help- ful events in the history of the Col- lege. Campus Activities. The Association is striving to play the part of the Big Brother to the present day cadet. Much of the time of the Secretary is spent in campus activities and with campus prcbhlems and every effort is being made to keep the Association constantly in touch with the problems, the heart beat of the College. Quarters. The Association now has perma- nent quarters and has collected in one way or another adequate office fix- tures and furniture. The office is on the first floor of the Civil Engi- neering Building. Student Loans. The following infcrmation with ref- erence to student loans and the con- duct of these loans for the schoiastic year of 1924-25 will give you an in- sight into what we have done and the policies under which these loans are administered: (a) Loans are made only to sta- dents who have satisfactorily com- pleted at least one term in this insti- tution; (b) Who are passing their work and showing an earnestness of pur- pose; (¢) Who must have help in order to continue their work in this institu- tion; (d) Who have demonstrated a sense of financial responsibility; (e) Whose conduct has made them worthy of assistance and who are ex- pending some effort ‘to maintain themselves here; (f) All notes are signed by some responsible person; (2) The loans bear six per cent in- terest; (h) No loan exceeds $150.00; (i) All loans mature within one year; (j) If the boy is unable to pay all of his loan on the date of maturity, interest is collected and further ex- tension given. The following Loans and Accounts are maintained by the Association: Beulah Templeman Loan Fund. Fort Worth A. & M. Mothers’ Club Loan Fund. Campus Study Club Loan Fund. Class of 1922 Loan Fund. J. H. Nussbaum Loan Fund. Casey-Sparks Loan Fund. Dallas A. & M. Mothers’ Club Loan Fund. The Association or General T.oan Fund. A total of 172 loans have been made since September 1, 1924. The total amount in all funds is $7,368.54, most of which will be available for loans this fall. Beneficiaries of this fund are showing a splendid disposition to take care of their obligations. We proceed on the theory that to permit a boy to be careless or indifferent with reference to his obligations is to do him an injury rather than render him a service. For that reason we are go- ing to collect every one of these ob- ligations. Athletics. The Association participated in the plans for the homecoming and enter- tairment of the ald letter men in Feb- ruary.The Association has, through the President and the Commandant, secured cantrol of a number cf the better concessions and these will be reserved for athletes. In all of these coricessions one old man and one or two fish will be taken care of. Per- haps the best one is the hamburger stand which will make it possible for three men to earn their expenses in school, one being an old man, and two being Fish. Better Speaking. The Association, realizing the nec- essity for stimulating interest in bet- ter public speaking and better writing on the part of Cadets has been active in securing awards for excellence in those activities. The E. B. Cushing award for the best thame, the P. L. Downs award and the Charles Rogan Award far the most effective Speaker have been made possible by this or- ganization. It is the hope of the Association that more former stu- dents will offer awards to encourage scholarship, and proficiency in some of the lines in which A. & M. men are weakest with the viewpoint of strengthening the A. & M. graduate and increasing his effectiveness. Tours. Thanks to the loyal end effective help of McQuillen and Miss Patty Tucker, who comprises the staff of the Association, the Secretary has been able to be away from the office a great deal without seriously inter- fering with the activities of the of- fice. Approximately six weeks were spent in Austin. In recent weeks in company with D. X. Bible, a swing around covering many A. & M. strong- holds has been made and the gospel of a greater A. & M. and a greater Asso- ciation preached. About 3,000 miles have been covered by Ford, the pur- chase of which was authorized by the Executive Committee. The two evan- gels averaged from 125 to 200 miles per day overland and made from three to five speeches talking at High Schools, Luncheon Clubs and A. & M. gatherings. Aside from the owner- ship of the Ford the total expense to the Association for these trips has been less than sixty dollars. These trips I am confident have done much good in stimulating interest in the College and more especially in cre- ating confidence in the athletic poli- cies and system at the College. Ex-Student Emblems. The Association last Commence- ment directed the Executive Commit- tee to consider a button or some such device for an official ex-student em- blem. We have adopted a belt buckle, a lapel button, and a pin which will be distributed through our offices at small costs. This report is growing tedious, I am sure and I shall not bore you with plans for the future. There are so many opportunities for service on the part of the Association that I could talk by the hour of them. Some of these are supplementing salaries for the President and other cutstanding positions of the College in order that we may continue to hold fine broad- guaged men who can command the respect of the leaders in their par- ticular field. The provision of funds for academic coaches for work with freshmen ard especially freshmen ath- letes. The construction of an ex-students’ home. The crea- tion «f the personnel section of this office. Those are just a few of the many things which we can do. If the sixteen thousand former stu- dents of the College were to become aggressively interested in the pro- gram of this organization, and give us a vitalized organization with the full financial and moral backing of that great group of men, we cculd in two years’ time make A. & M. College the greatest institution of its kind in the country. An awakened sense of loyalty and obligation to our institu- tion, a helpful constructive attitude without meddling or interfering ten- dencies with reference to the College, and a leadership such as we have had in the past will make a wonderful contribution to our College and to our State. My hope and ambition is to see this Association become the great- est factor for good in the life of this institution, that it ever had known. ——h — jy — ~P— Whereas, our beloved President, Dr. W. B. Bizzell, is being urged to accept the Presidency of the University of Oklahoma, and Whereas, since his acceptance of the presidency of this institution in 1914, he has given his life’s best ef- forts for and worked incessantly in the interest of the A. & M. College, and Whereas, during his administration the College in its physical plant has shown, a magnificent devel«pment, its scholarship and academic standing have been placed on a higher plane, its system increased and its service to the State and Nation greatly mag- nified, marking Dr. William Bennett Bizzell as having made a greater con- tribution to the College than any other man ever connected with the institu- tion, and Whereas, by his scholarly bearing, his tact, diplomacy, good judgmen:, ability as a financier and administri.- tor he has proven himself withou: a doubt the peer of any educator in the Southland and by his love and devo- tion to the College, its students, and its former students, he has won our undying respect and devotion, Now therefore be it Resolved: That we, the former students of the Agri- cultural and Mechanical College of Texas, assembled in our annual busi- ness meeting, urge Dr. Bizzell to re- main with Texas and Texans, to con- tinue to serve this institution as no other man can, and that he turn a deaf ear to the entreaties of our boethren to the North, Be it further Resolved, however. that should Dr. Bizzell decide to cast his lot with the University of Oklaho- ma, that we extend to that institution our sincerest congratulations and tbtat we pledge to Dr. Bizzell and his family our deepest affections and best wishes in whatever field they may serve. BR I RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE INDEPENDENT STATUS OF THE A. & M. COLLEGE AND AN EQUITABLE DIVISION OF THE PERMANENT UNIVERSITY EN- DOWMENT FUND. Whereas, the Board of Regents of the University of Texas an? the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, at a joint meeting held in Fort Worth, January 6, 1913, mutually agreed to the complete separation of the Uni- versity of Texas and the Agricultural and Mechanical College and to a di- vision of University lands, one-third of the total being definitely assigned to the Agricultural and Mechanical College and two-thirds to the Univer- sity of Texas, and Whereas, the Sixteenth (1579), Sev- enteenth (1881), Eighteenth (1383), Nineteenth, (1885), and Twentieth (1887), Legislatures definitely set aside a part of the income from the University endowment for the use of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col- lege, and Whereas, the governing authorities of the two institutions have repeated- ly re-affirmed the agreement of Jan- uary 6, 1913, with reference to the status of the Agricultural and Me- chanical College and the division of the University of Texas landed endow- ment, therefore Be it Resolved, that the Forwn:r Students’ Association in annual con- vention assembled do hereby memo- rialize the members of the Legislature to submit to the people of this state for their consideration a provoseld amendment in harmony with the orig- inal and subsequent agreement of tne Board of Regents of the University of Texas and the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College authorizing the independent status of the College and an equita- ble division of the University endow- ment fund between the two institu- tions, and Be it further Resoived, that the Former Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical Coliege of Texas pledge its best efforts indi- vidually and collectively to use all ai- propriate means at our command lo have this proposition submitted to the Legislature and favorable action tuk- en by our law-making body. And be it further Resolved, that a proper course be pursued by the of- ficers of this Association to such and obtain for the A. & M. College of Tex- as its just proporticn of the rzturns of, any character, from said lands; that a committee of three be app ed by the President to look after such matters until the next annual meet- ing, doing all things at their best dis- cretion to promote the procedure nec- essary to obtain such ends. That such committee be requested to repor: of their work at the next annual m-e - ing. Blt’ SL - S— Whereas, the Association has in the past and will in the future carry for- ward a wonderful work in assisting financially worthy students attending the A. & M. College of Texas, and Whereas, the means at hand are limited and the demands large, in fact, our funds are not adequate at this time to properly and fully meet the calls, and Whereas, there may be concessiors at the College that may be available for operation of same to the end that the net proceeds acquired may be used in student loan work Now, therefore, be it Resolved: That the Association recommend to the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College of Texas that consideratio.: he given to the policy of making avail- able some of these concessions in or- der that a loan fund adequate for the needs of the Association may be buiit up through such means. Rls — Whereas the military discipline at the A. & M. College is an important force in producing the type of man representing our institution and Whereas, the Former Students are greatly interested in the maintenance of efficient military regulations; be- lieving such influences to be tne greatest contributing factor in estah- lishing the brotherly feeling of each cadet for the other and Whereas, the Former Students are desircus of maintaining the A. & M. College as a College for men only and the development of its products into strong, robust, courageous, masculine types, : Now therefore be it Resolved, 1hat the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College be made known of the views of the Former Students and that the President of the Association appoint a committee of five as a contact agency to discuss such matters of policies with them and to from time to time serve as a means of convey- ing suggestions to said Beard in the end that we may be of some con- structive help to the Governing Body of the College and in such way prove of some service to our institution. —————————— Whereas, absolute unanimity of opinion and undivided loyalty and af- fection has been one of the tradi- tional outstanding characteristics of the Cadeti Corps of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and Whereas, we believe that organiza- tions which destroy this unanimity of feeling and concert of action and which create factionalism or provoke discord have no place in the student life of this institution, Now, therefore be it Resolved, That we call upon the student body of this institution to preserve the ideals and traditions of this College in this re- gard and stamp out any such organi- zations and that we furthermore call upon former studants of this institu- tion who had membership in such or- ganizations and who are far enough removed from their collegiate days to realize the injury done to the institu- tion through the presence of these crganizations to return to the campus and urge their young brothers to disband these enemies to an undivided spirit and absolute democracy. Whereas, the A. & M. College of Texas has established a reputation for military efficiency and excellency, and \ Whereas, the Corps of Cadets of this institution has been known for their fighting and democratic spirit, and Whereas, this institution has been famed for producing he-men cf rug- ged and thorough schclarship and character, and Whereas, there has been some ques- tion as to such elements and charac- teristics of the students and graduates being diluted by lack of the main- taining fully the traditions of the College and living the life of strict service to strenuous endeavors. Now, therefore be it Resolved: That the former students call upon all persons, fcrces and influences to the best of their ability to keep alive ir, its purest form the democratic ideals and fighting spirit and lend ev- ery endeavor to kindle anew the spir- it of aggressiveness and fuse it with an inconquerable spirit of the fi" ive so that our great institutoon shall be developed to its greatest good. —_—p tf —— Whereas, W. L. Stangel, who has been Professcr of Animal Husbandry, at times Secretary of our Association and Secretary of the Brazos County Local Club and has rendered distin- guished service as Coach of the Live Stock Team, has accepted the head of the Animal Husbandry Departn:ert of the West Texas Technological Insti- tute, and Whereas, Colonel C. C. Todd. Com- mandant ¢f the Corps of Cadets and Professor of Military Science and Tactics here has been transferred by the U. S. Government to duty in for- eign fields, and Whereas, A. T. Potts, Horticulturist at the Experiment Station of Texas, has resigned to engage in personal business in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and Whereas, A. H. Leidigh, Agronomist of the Experiment Station cf Texas, has resigned to accept the position of Dean of the Agricultural Department of the West Texas Technological In- stitute, and : Whereas, A. K. Short, of the Ex- tension Department, has likewise sig- nified his intention of leaving the Extension Service fcr a commercial position, and Whereas, all five of these gentle- men are distinguished and able sons of our ‘institution and have at all times been zealous in promoting its success and development, Now, therefore be it Resolved, That we congratulate these gentlemer up- on their wonderful records at this in- stitution; and that we assure them of our high regard und wish them the greatest success in their new fields of endeavor. — —_— a 2 G. J. Lane, ’13, is another County Agent making good. “Gradie” is at Roby and writes to remind us of the good old days. BRISTOL HOTEL SAM HOUSTON HOTEL HOUSTON, TEXAS SAME POLICY SAME MANAGEMENT O’leary—Hall ’13—Mickelson Proprietors Sa Ja a a a a Oa OO OR OR ROR OR ORO ROSS $% @ ® % ® % @ ® ® ® ® ® % ® ® ® ® <% ® ® ® @ { SOUTHERN PACIFIC Is Synonymous with Service ) ) > A Train for Every Destination. y Former Aggie, graduate in Mechanical Engineering, desir- ¢ es change in employment. Sev- { eral years practical experience § after graduation in work allied ? to the above course; particular- ¢ ly specializing in municipal power, light and water works en- | gineering, and am also well § qualified in the art of refriger- | ation from both the practical as ¢ well as the theoretical side. Can ? furnish the best references as to ability and character. Am } married, have family and am of 3 mature age. What have you te 8 offer? $ Address replies to Texas Ag- gie, College Station, Texas. 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