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A. & M. COLLEGE OWES
MUCH TO DR. BIZZELL
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and see how he has builded and what
he has done. The things we find there
are praise far finer and greater than
mere words can give.
It was a cloudy and rainy day when
the Bizzell family stepped from an af-
ternoon train to the A. & M. Campus
where their new home was to be made.
There were na walks, and only the
poorest of dirt roads. The Campus was
a sea of mud; the grounds ugly, and
the buildings unkempt and scattered.
The whole picture was raw, undevei-
oped, and forbidding. Standing at
his office window a few afternoons
later; watching the small group of
eight hundred students march to sup-
per thru mud and water; and reflect-
ing upon the many tremendous tasks
with which he was confrcnted, the
spirit of the man faltered. But a few
moments later his indomitable will
and spirit had gained control; and
from that day on his whole life was
dedicated to the job before him.
And he was well prepared; born at
historical old Independence in the
same month and year that A. & M.
College had opened her dors to the
sons of Texas, he received his early
n from private tutors and
public schools. At Baylor University
he received his B. S. degree in 1918,
and his Ph.B. degree two years later.
He received the degrees LLB. and
D.C.L. from the Illinois College oi
Law and the A.M. degree from the
University of Chicago. His Ph.D.
wark was done at Columbia and in
1919 the honorary degree ofr 11D.
was conferred upon him by Baylor
University.
His first educational work was as
a public school teacher. After ten suc-
cesstul years in this field he was
called to the Presidency of the Col-
lege of Industrial Arts at Denton,
the great State school for girls. Af-
ter tour years at C. I. A. the A. &
M. Presidency became vacant, and Dr.
Bizzell was the popular choice for
the difficult place.
Conscious that the tasks he saw
would require years for their comple-
tion he nevertheless plunged into his
work with that eager enthusiasm that
is so fine a part of his makeup. Yor
the next ten years Dr. Bizzell gave
to the upbuilding of A. & M. College
every ounce of his energy, every
thought «f his wonderful mind and
every angle of his striking personal-
iy. ‘He submerged himself in its
educatio
problems, both within and without; |-
and the progress of the Institution
auring his tenure of office points in
no uncertain terms to the effective-
ness of his labours.
pr. Bizzell found upon his arrival
a campus with little or no improve-
ments; no walks, poor streets, insuf-
ficient lights and an almost total ab-
_o.oe Of shrubbery and flowers. He
leaves it almost a model; sidewalks
and modern streets run in every direc-
uon and there is no longer a sea oi
mud no matter how hard it rains.
Beautitul lights make night no longer
feared. Trees, shrubs and flowers
have transformed an ugly location
“into the beauty spot of this section of
une State .
Even greater has been the mate-
rial growth of the College plant. The
number of majon buildings has grown
from eleven to thirty. Their valua-
tion has jumped from one and a quar-
ter millions ta well over six millions.
At no time has construction of new
buildings or betterment of old ceased
entirely. All this has been accom-
plished in the face of a general re-
trenchment and discouraging policy of
our State legislative bodies. The A.
& M. College of today will rank with
any institution in the country in its
_ldings, its grounds, and 1s tacil-
ities for pleasant and profitable
study.
Where he found lax entrance re-
quirements and too great leniency in
class-room work, he leaves a college
of the highest scholastic rank. Today
the work of A. & M. College is ac-
cepted at face value for credit all
over the country. The school is a
member af the Southern Intercolle-
giate Association, composed only of
the greatest Colleges and Universities
of the South.
The teaching force has been ex-
panded from some eighty-five to one
hundred and eighty men, many of
them recognized leaders in their cho-
sen fields. New departments and
lines of work have been added as their
need to the State arose, until now
almost every phase of the life and
industry of the State of Texas is be-
ing profitably served.
The Extension Service, “The legs
of the College,” with its hundreds
of field workers and experts, has
been developed into the largest
State extension service in the world.
It is housed in its own building and
the information and spirit of pros-
perity, health and happiness is be-
ing carried into every corner of our
commonwealth.
The Experiment Station, constant-
ly seeking agricultural and engin-
cerning impravements, inventions
and developments, has grown into the
largest such systems in the world. Be-
sides the central plant at College there
are fifteen sub-stations; located in
every part of the State; seeking to
solve the problems of each section
and even demonstrating the solutions
to the beneficiaries themselves.
Consider also the institution and
development of those sterling “Lit-
tle brothers” of A. & M. College, the
North Texas Junior Agricultural Coi-
lege at Arlington, and the John Tarl-
eton Junior Agricultural College at
Stephenville. Their growth in size and
usefulness in the past few years is
one of the outstanding developments
in Texas education. Mention must
be made also of the Prairie View
State Normal for negroes, under the
supervision and control of the A. &
M. system, and one of the best col-
ored institutions in the United States.
Some eight hundred students greet-
ed Dr. Bizzell upon his arrival ten
years ago; over two thousand bid
him, farewell this spring. The yearly
enrcllment, including short cout-e:
and summer schools, has increased
from twelve hundred to over four
thousand. In size the School of En-
zineering bows only to Georgia ‘Tecn
in the whole South and the Schoo.
of Agriculture is second in the whdle
United States. This phenomenal
growth has been steady and con-ist-
ont, bearing mute testimony to the
commendation of the public and their
pelief in A. & M. training and ideals.
Dr. Bizzell entered a small insti-
cution, struggling only to aid those
who came to its gates. He leave:
an active element in the life of the
state of Texas; an institution serv-
ng every phase cf the commerce
.nd industry of the State and Nation.
four thousand young Texans are be-
.ng improved mentally and material-
,y each year and welded into better
citizens. They enter as the rawest
kind of material; they leave as fu-
ure leaders of their communities
and State. Forty thousand boys and
girls are receiving instruction thru
the Extension division. The Experi-
ment Station is develuping drouth re-
sistent grain sorghums for the West
Texas farmer, and East Texas is be-
ing taught the economical use of
fertilizers and the more profitable
marketing of their vegetables. The
A. & M. College has become an inte-
gral and great part of the life of
Texas; and its greatest development
has been under the guidance of W B.
Bizzell.
The test of a great man lies in his
thinking “a thought, in his dving a
deed, in his development of s>mc-
thing that lives after him. By ‘his
scale we call William Bennett Bizzell
great. The Texas A. & M. College
will miss his guiding hand, his ex-
perienced and brilliant mind; but the
A. & M. College will move onward
and build upward. To think other-
wise would be to disparage the handi-
werk of this man the sons of Aggie-
land love. He has builded so well,
he has planted the seeds so deep, that
the continued growth and fruitful-
ness of the A. & M. College will cver
be an honor to him.
He has served we Aggies and the
State df Texas magnificently: our
gratitude goes with him. He is a
great man by the work he has done.
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C. D. WHITMAN. ’21, WINS
FARM FOR BEST AGGIE GRAD
BY RIO GRANDE VALLEY CO.
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the country but immediately after
finishing his course in the Horticul-
tural Department of A. & M. he and
his Brother-in-law went into partner-
ship with the aim of developing a
piece of land some ten miles from the
city of Dallas and raising truck for
the local market. The venture was
successful through the work and in-
dustry of young Whitman, who sup-
plied ‘the knowledge and labor to
match his partner’s capital. In the
four years that this energetic Aggie
was on the Dallas place its value
:rebled, and he became known as one
5f the shrewdest and most successful
truck growers of the county.
The Rio Grande Company will pre-
sent its farm to a most enthusiastic
man; enthusiasm genera:cd by suc-
cess in previous underta<ings: and a
man wha knows not only the theoreti-
cal side of the problem but the pract-
ical side as well. The award is worth
well over five thousand dollars as it
stands today, and under Whitman's
care its value will triple in a few
years. But the givers will profit far
more than the value the land can
ever reach. They will have a plot of
soil to which they may point with
pride as demonstrating the productiv-
ity of the Valley; and its advertising
value will be greater than reams of
printed matter or hours of talk.
Charles Whitman is well known to
thousands of Aggies, both among
his fellow classmates and among old-
er and younger classes. Five years
ago he would have been perhaps the
last man to have been chosen as the
winner of such an award in the years
———
to come. He himself says he never
dreamed of his life turning in the
paths it has when he finished school.
The many hours of hard work on the
project near Dallas; the worry and
struggle and finally the pleasure of
success have all combined to guide
his feet in the path of life. A suc-
cess at twenty-five, a gentleman and
a credit to his State and School. A
few more like him each year" will,
make the A. & M. College of indis-
pensable value to the State of Texas.
After a short trip to the Valley to,
look over the tract of land set asid:'
by the Rio Grande Land Company
Whitman returned thru College and’
stated in an interview that the Val-
ley was the greatest section of the
whole country and that he was filled
with enthusiasm to get at his project’
and help in the development of this
great region. Whitman had only
words of praise for the liberality of
Mr. Seay, President of the donor Com-|
pany and other officers and em-:
ployes of the Company he met while
on his trip. He stated that every pos-
sible help and aid was to be given
him and he feels sure of his own suc-
cess and that of the whole Valley!
country.
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LUKE BALLARD, ’05,
NEW PRESIDENT ASS’N.
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Dr. Bizzell’s few words were a’ de-
parture from the set program; anc
the man who has served Aggieland
s¢ well and so long could scarce con-
trol his emotion as he spoke for wha.
he knew to be the last time to a meet-
ing of Former Students. Hardly a
man in the hall that was not wiping
a tear from his eye as this man fin-
ished and left the room with bowed
head and shaking shoulders.
The next outstanding and unex-
pected thing on the program came
when Ralph Soape, President of the
Houston A. & M. Club, arose and in
formal style moved that M. T. Gar-
rett, Sec’ty of the Houston garg, pre-
sent to the Association the results o:
the work of the Houston Club in the
past few weeks. The motion passed
and Garrett handed the President of
the Association a thick sheath of sign-
ed nctes to the organization, repre-
senting over five thousand dollars, the
largest amount ever presented to the
Associatiqn in one bunch. It was elo-
quent testimony of the work the South
Texas City has been doing for the
cause of Aggieland.
One of the strongest groups of of-
ficers the Association has ever had
were elected with Luke Ballard, ’05, of
Waco, as President. A. L. Ward, ’10,
College Station; W. A. Orth, ’13, of
San Antonio, and Carleton Meredith,
’13, of Dallas, were chosen as Vice-
Presidents. Ike Ashburn was re-elect-
ed Secretary-Treasurer. With this
group of workers the Association will
pe in as capable hands as it has been
in the past, and the good work will
go forward without faltering.
The barbecue was a howling suc-
cess. George Long, of the College
had plenty of food, and the well
known Aggie appetites were in ev-
idence to make way with it. Vie
Barraco of Houston, and Tyree Bell
of Everywhere, ran a close race on the
consumption of ice cream cones with
the honors about even.
It was a regular commencement—
every old man who came enjoyed him-
self and the ones who couldn’t ceme
missed a big time. More detailed
reports on the meetings will be found
in the minutes, the Secretary’s report
and in the resolutions passed.
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PALESTINE AGGIES DINE LOCAL
GRADS WITH ANNUAL PARTY
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about the old school. George Long,
as the Evangel of the evening from
Belt Buckle
Designs Approved
the Association offices.
with 10 or 14 K solid gold emblem.
are also to be had.
10-K Pin $ 2.25
2 1700 10 LT eS 3.00
10-K "Bution i........occceneumeia 2.25
14-KABution ...i.cooomins 3.00
Silver Buckle and Belt .... 6.00.
OFFICIAL AGGIE EMBLEMS
For Ex-Students
Meeting of Association
The new designs of Official Jewelry are being distributed thru
The Pins and Lapel Buttons can be had
in solid, 10 or 14 K gold, with safety catches. The Belt Buckles can
be had in Sterling silver with raised silver emblem, or Sterling silver
This material has been fully investigated and is guaranteed.
PRICE LIST:
headquarters, gave one of his justly
famous talks on Aggieland; and it
was chock full of information and
enthusiasm. He described the work
of the institution and the life of the
students. Needless to say his re-
marks made a deep impression upon
his high school listeners and many of
the old-timers heard things they nev-
er knew before about their Alma Ma-
ter. :
Other Aggies made short talks,
among them being H. S. Davenport,
04; Ike C. Myers, ’08; Bonner Friz-
zell; M. F. Ward, ’15; V. A. Hamilton,
George Burkett, Ralph Smith and J
T. Stafford replied for the visitors.
Most of these boys are expected to
enter A. & M. next fall.
J. T. Carlisle was elected President
for the coming year, with H. S. Da-
venport Vice President, and M. F.
Ward, Secretary-Treasurer. These
men are all live wires and the club
should have another year as succes-
ful as the one just finished. The
spirit of A. & M. burns steady in the
hearts of these East Texas boys; and
when they throw a special party it
simply flares up and lights that whole
part of the State. Their banquet for
the high school graduates is an annu-
al affair and has beccme.one of the
best known functions in that part of
the Land of Milk and Honey.
NAAN hg
NAAAANY
Mrs. Cora Austin Reed requests
the honor of your presence at the
marriage of her daughter Rhea Flor-
erce to Mr. James J. Wyly, Jr., ’22,
on Saturday, June the twenty-seventh,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five at
one o’clock, Central Christian Church,
142 West Eighty-first Street, New
York City.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thomas an-
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Carrie Bel to Mr. Hamer Earl
Rea on Sunday, the seventh of June,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
Austin, Texas.
They will make their home in Lock-
hart, Texas.
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Mrs. M. A. Krecek requests the
honor of your presence at the mar-
riage of her daughter Elsie Juanita
to Mr. Paul D. Cretien, 20, Friday
2vening, June the twelfth, nineteen
aundred and twenty-five, at eight
o'clock, Central Christian Church,
Dallas, Texas.
At home 112 Concho St., Dallas.
mm ed
L. N. Taylor, 01, is with the Dow
Motor Co. of Houston, and is busy
selling Henry Ford products to the
whole population of South Texas.
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ENGRAVING
HOUSTON-TEXAS
Lapel Button
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at Commencement
Buckles to fit the new wide styles
S10-K Buckle and Belt...$ 8.00
S14-K Bnckle and Belt... 9.00
Wide. Silver. ol. ico einmmites 7.50
Wide Sc10:=RK. o.oo teenies 9.50
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A. P. Young, ’88, County Judge of
Erath County, is a real old-timer.
Since 1890 he has been practicing law
in Stephenville and has twice served
as County Judge. He is still a wheel-
horse in his work for Aggieland.
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One of the younger Aggies in
Stephenville is J. C. “Fats” Dykes,
’21, Principal of the Stephenville
High School. Fats has turned out
some of the best basketball teams in
the State since he went out to the
west and has made a remarkable rec-
ord in his agricultural teaching work.
5 Jie
E. J. Howell, 22, is Registrar and
Commandant at the John Tarleton Ju-
nior A. & M. at Stephenville. He is
Secretary of the local Aggie club and
a worker.
M. J. Conway, '17, is still in the
army and is Asst. “Bull” at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota. Mike seems to
like Minneapolis and we know he
makes a good soldier from his A. &
M. record. He is 2 First Lieutenant.
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J. C. “Smiles” Richardson, ’18, is
the latest recruit vo the ranks of the
oil kings. Smiles always said he had
oil on his land in South Texas and re-
rent developments have born him
out.
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King Gill, 24, one of Aggieland’s
few three letter men, was down for
Commencement and announced that
he was scheduled to enter some med-
ical school next year. King has been
coaching and teaching at Greenville
High the past year.
4 You fellows in Robertson
county remember “Herne Lbr.
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; Jackson county, “Merchants
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REMEMBER
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THOS. W. BLAKE, President. Clgss 04. Captain of first
football Team to Defeat University of Texas.
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“Tell me you saw the ad in
The Aggie so I can tell Ike—
he needs help.”
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Phone Preston 6004
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