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Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOLUME IV. BRYAN, TEXAS JUNE 21, 1926. NUMBER 16
“AN
y” ROLLINS HEAD/ ASSOCIATION
SAN ANGELO MEN
GIVEBIGPARTY
FOR DEAN FRILEY
West Texans Entertain Aggie Dean
and High School Graduates in Char-
acteristic Style With Huge Ban-
quet That Opens Angelo’s Eyes.
OLD AGGIES SPEAK
High School Boys Given Real Insight
Into Life at Aggieland—Penrose
Metcalfe Keeps Order—C. H.
Weddell Leads Yells and Every-
body Has Big Time.
On the occasion of a visit to their
city by Dean Charles E. Friley to de-
liver several commencement addresses
in that vicinity, the San Angelo Exes
put on an A. and M. party in real
West Texas form. And anyone knows
that that means a real party. Aggies
gathered in San Antonio from all over
that part of the State and with the
High School graduates as guests they
took possession of the city for the
evening.
Dean Friley gave the principal ad-
dress of the banquet but C. H. Wed-
dell, 25, E. V. Spence, ’11 and ’24,
Forrest Runge, ’14, Penrose Metcalfe,
’16, T. J. Kelly, 18, O. W. Green, ’15,
and George Lane, "14, all got the fever
and delivered snappy and entertain-
ing talks on Aggie life and experi-
ences. It was a real Aggie party with
plenty of food to eat, food for thuoght,
enthusiasm and entertainment.
Among those present were: R. C.
Leffel, ’18; A. B. Stocks, 23; 0. W.
Green, 15; J. W. Porter, 22; E. H.
Nimitz, 23; E. V. Spence, '11 and
24; Penrose Metcalfe, ’'16; E. C.
Gunter, ’24; Felix Probandt, 11; J.
F. Runge, '14; E. T. Rawlings, ’18;
R. A. Linderman, "18; L. W. Thomp-
son, 24; C. J. Davidson, ’16; A. R.
Reese, ’19; J. T. Adams, 04;
R. Reed, 20; H. B. Andrews,
W. C. Weddell, 25; E. L. Egan, 23;
George L. Lane, ’14; F. H. Young,
27: R..L. Rogers, 24; R. M. Bur-
man,
Erskine, 24; T. J. Kelly, ’18. The
high school students in attendance
were: John Davenport, J. E. Elliott,
James Clay, W. H. Collyns, J. GC.
Oliver, John Luckie, Weldon Humph-
rey and Charles Kirkpatrick.
“DAD” SHORT, 00,
HEADS SEED (0.
SERVICE BUREAU
Well Known A. and M. Agricultural
Leader Put At Head of New En-
deavor of Large Seed Company.
A. K. “Dad” Short, ’00, the man
who put over the Sears-Roebuck Stu-
dent Loan Fund for the Association
has resigned his position with that
company to accept a place as head of
the Agricultural Service Bureau of
the Robert Nicholson Seed Company
at Dallas. “Dad” is one of the best
known and most loved agriculturalists
in the Southwest. For many years
he was an expert with the Extension
Service of the College and his work
with the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural
Foundation was outstanding in its
field. In speaking of the establish-
ment of his new work “Dad” had the
following to say:
“This offers unlimited possibilities
for service by personal contact with
farmers in their fields and other farm
meetings, and in reliable farm infor-
mation that will be sent out from the
office.
service where personal attention will
be given to inquiries pertaining to all |
. farm problems.”
His many A. and M. friends will
wish him success in this epoch making
undertaking.
As THE AGGIE goes to press
word comes of the death of A. Y.
Shiels, ’11, of Dallas. A. Y. has
been one of the most active and
loyal members of the Associa-
tion during its entire life and is
known and loved by thousands
of A. and M. men. He was re-
cently elected a Vice-President
of the Dallas A. and M. Club,
and has served that body as
President several times.
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28: J. P.:Burden, ’25; A.: M.;
In addition to field service, the |
office will maintain a correspondence |
FIFTIETH COM-
MENCEMENT GOES
INTO HISTORY
Brilliant Addresses, Military Reviews,
Social Events, Visiting Parents
and Happy “Old-Timers” Pass
Big Week-End.
Featuring the fiftieth commence-
ment of the College the graduating
exercises of this past year attracted
a great gathering of parents of sen-
iors, former students and friends of
Former Students succeeding Luke L.
headquarters at Houston.
uvates of the College.
Andy P. Rollins, ’06, B. S. in Civil Engineering, member of the firm of
Nagle, Witt and Rollins, is the newly elected president of the Association of
He is one of the outstanding engineering grad-
Ballard of Taylor. Andy makes his
FIFTY-FIVE GRID CANDIDATES
INVITED BACK FOR SEPTEMBER 10
Aggie Squad Shows Only six Letter Men Returning, But Both
Reserves and “Fish” Look Capable of Filling
Vacant Places.
ia
Its mighty hot to be thinking about
football and cool fall days but Dana
Bible has been busy laying fall cam-
paign plans and has made out his list
of men who will be invited back for
the preliminary period of football
starting September 10th this fall. A
survey of the list reveals an unusual
lack of letter men who will be on
hand and an unusual number of in-
experienced men who will battle for
varsity places for the first time.
Captain Dieterich will lead his
squad and head the linemen. With
him as letter men will be Sikes and
Price at ends, and Babe Watts at cen-
ter. In the backfield Joel Hunt and
“Jelly” Woodman will be the only var-
sity letter men. Its a nice nucleus as
far as it goes but it has to go a long |
way. The five other places, assuming
all the above letter men come thru and
remain uninjured will be fought for
by some fifty ambitious and enthusi-
astie, if green, youngsters.
However, the outlook is not as bad
as it sounds. Some of the non-letter
men are experienced and capable men.
Spike Arnold, Happy Colgin, Edgar,
Utay, and Willis, have all had Varsity
squad experience and cannot be called
green men. Sprott, Rektorik, Bryant,
Deffebach, Gibson, Lister, Townsend,
Figarri, Morris and Wylie are linemen
who have been thru Rothgeb’s mill
and any one of them may develop into
a star forward.
The coming-up crop of Freshmen is
too numerous to mention, but among
them are some of the brightest look-
ing prospects the Aggies have had in
several years. This fall they get their
longed for opportunity to blossom or
to wilt.
Here is the group who’ll carry the
Aggie colors this fall:
Arnold, D. C., back, 2 years on i
, sity squad.
Biffle, R. E., back, 1 year on fresh- |
man team.
| Bisagnio, J. J. back, 1 year on]
freshman team.
Burgess, H. E. back, 1 year on
' freshman team.
| Colgin, P. C., back, 1 year on var-
| sity squad.
Cole, Ovid, back, Battalion football
| league.
Davis, W. E., back, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Edgar, R. L., back, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Flory, C. M., back, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Hunt, O. J., back, varsity letter 1
year.
Miller, C. N., back, Battalion foot-
i — yo
ball league.
Oliver, G. Jr., back, Battalion foot-
ball league.
O’Neil, D. H., back, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Pyland, J. A., back, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Simmons, J. A., back,
freshman team.
Swift, H. G., back, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Utay, S., back, 1 year on varsity
squad.
Weston, F. H., back, Battalion foot-
ball league.
Willis, W. D., back, 1 year on var-
1 year on
sity squad.
Woodman, V. W., back, varsity let-
ter 1 year.
Bryant, A. C., end, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Deffebach, J. A., end, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Gibson, A. N., end, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Holt, E.,, end, Battalion football
league.
Konecny, Johnnie, end, 1 year on
freshman team.
Lister, W. S., end, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Petty, S. J., end, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Pickett, R. W., end, 1 year on fresh-
man team.
Price, P. M., end, varsity letter 1
year.
Sikes, J. V., end, varsity letter 1
year.
Townsend, H. W., end, 1 year on
varsity squad.
Crawford, 'W. L.,
football league.
Cuthrell, J. H.,
freshman team.
Dieterich, L. G., tackle, varsity let-
terman 2 years (Captain).
Figari, E. E., tackle,
varsity squad.
Holleron, W. K.,
freshman team.
Holmes, J. G.,
freshman team.
Miller, E. C., tackle, Battalion foot-
ball league.
Mosher, E. J., tackle, Battalion foot-
ball league.
tackle, Battalion
tackle, 1 year on
1 year on
tackle, 1 year on
tackle, 1 year on
Morris, G. A., tackle, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Sprott, A. C., tackle, 1 year on var-
sity squad.
Welsh, K. R., tackle, 1 year on
freshman team.
Bodine, W. R. guard, Battalion foot-
ball league.
Maufrais, C. B., guard, 1 year on
freshman team.
(Continued on Page 4)
the College to what proved to be per-
haps the most brilliant commence-
ment in the history of the institu-
tion. The commencement sermon was
delivered by President C. C. Selecman,
of S. M. U., Dallas, while the bacca-
laureate address was given by Dr.
Liberty Hyde Bailey of Cornell Uni-
versity.
The old timers were here in great
numbers making their plans for the
Semi-Centennial Celebration Oct. 15,
16, and 17 of this year.
The graduating class numbered 269.
Honors and distinctions were greatly
increased. Fine scholarship through-
out the last collegiate year was re-
flected and all in all it was a truly re-
markable commencement program.
|. Sunday afternoon former students
attended open house at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. lke Ashburn. The
presence of Dr. Hutton, Dr. and Mrs.
Francis, and others of early and long
connection with the institution served
to give the informal gathering a re-
union atmosphere.
Sunday evening President and Mrs.
Walton held open house for parents
of seniors, ex-students and for friends
of the institution on the presidential
lawn, a truly delightful gathering.
Monday was a day of inspections
and drills and the afternoon was
marked by the business meeting of
the Association followed by a barbe-
cue tendered the ex-students by the
Brazos County Ex-Students’ Club. The
final ball wound up the day. Tuesday
morning the commencement exercises
proper and then at 1:30 that final pa-
rade. By 3:40 the campus was depop-
ulated, six special trains and a regu-
lar caravan of automobiles having
whisked away students and guests
alike.
W. H. Ingram, ’23, is with the Texas
Power and Light Company, 524 In-
terurban Building, Dallas.
ASHBURN REPORT
SHOWS PROGRESS
FOR YEAR 25-26
gress in Student Loans, 510 Hav-
ing Been Made Last Scho-
lastic Year.
Tremendous growth in the student
loan activities of the Association was
shown by the report of the Executive
Secretary, Ike Ashburn, given at the
annual business meeting of the or-
Three times as many
loans were made in the scholastic
year of 1925-26 as were made in the
preceding period there having been
512 loans made by the Association
this year just closing. The amount
represented in these loans was over
$100 per man or in excess of $51,000.-
00.
Secretary Ashburn, instead of read-
ing his report, gave a verbal report!
of the activities of the Association.
Three "major objectives were out-
lined for the Association activities,
those being: first, work for the in-
stitution supplementing the efforts
of the Board of Directors, President,
and other constituted authorities of
the College along with every possible
line of helpfulness to the institution;
ganization.
touch with each other, publication of
THE AGGIE and other papers of in-|
terest to the ex-students, work with!
athletics (both the secretary and as-
sistant secretary are members of the
Athletic Council) seeking of positions
for unemployed Aggies or helping
men who wish to make a change, and
everything that means for the hap-
piness and well-being of the former
students; and third, work with the
present-day cadet through student
loans, through employment placing,
and through counsel and friendship.
Each of these fields were covered.
Legislative effort, work in helping or-
ganize the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce, attendance at high school
commencements, luncheon clubs, and
many such efforts were outlined, as
evamples of helpfulness to the in-
stitution.
New local clubs were reported as
at Boston, Mass.; El Paso, San An-
gelo, Pittsburg, Fort Worth on a reg-
ular weekly meeting basis, Lubbock,
monthly; Austin, reorganized.
New Mothers’ Clubs are at Waco,
Houston and San Antonio.
MANY RESOLUTIONS REFLECT
SPIRIT
OF ASSN MEETING
Business Meeting of Exes Commends Board of Directors, Seniors,
President and
Commandant.
At its annual meeting the Associa-
tion of Former Students employed
resolutions to express among other |
things their extreme gratification for
the excellence of the scholastic year
just closed. Marion Church, chair-
man, Andy Rollins, E. P. Hunter, A.
K. Short and A. L. Ward, composed
the committee.
Here are the resolutions as adopted:
To the Senior Class
Whereas, the spirit and conduct of
the senior class in cooperating with
and aiding the officers of the College
in maintaining a desirable and envi-
able discipline in the conduct of the
entire corps of cadets during the past
session has been exceptionally marked
and
Whereas, such discipline, gentle-
manly and military bearing is in ac-
cord with the Aggie Spirit as desired
by this Association;
Therefore, be it resolved by this As-
sociation, that we heartily endorse
and commend the conduct of the sen-
ior class and express to them our
sincerest appreciation for the disecip-
line they have helped to maintain
and we most earnestly commend their!
conduct and record to the incoming
senior class as being especially worthy
of emulation to the highest possible
extent.
Athletic Successes
Whereas, our Coaches D. X. Bible,
Claude Rothgeb, Frank G. Anderson,
and John R. Bender, and Business
Manager James Sullivan, have
brought about a highly
year in all sports and athletics in
general producing Southwestern
championships in football, cross coun-
try and golf, finishing second in track
and baseball and making good show-
ing in basketball, and
Whereas, such records are unusual
| and are resultant principally from the
«good work of these splendid men;
Now, therefore, be it resolved that
{ we do convey to these gentlemen, by
means of this resolution our sincere
thanks and appreciation for their
splendid services and results, further
that we assure them that we appre-
ciate their abilities to produce such
teams without coarse or ungentleman-
ly tactics but by a thorough under-
standing of their chosen work and
(Continued on Page 4)
Secretary of Association Shows Pro-
i dents.
second, keeping the ew-students in|
| Students, May 31, College
successful |
land Meredith James.
Commencement Business Meeting
Well Attended and Strong Sif
of Officers Selected for 1926-27
“MINUTES” SHOW
LIVELY EVENTS
ANNUAL MEETING
200 Aggie Exes on Hand for Business
Meeting—Association Shows Good
Progress But Faces Real Tests
Ahead.
Following one of the most rousing
and successful meetings ever held by
the Association of Former Students,
Andy Rollins, ’06, of the firm of
Nagle, Witt and Rollins, headquarters
at Houston, was unanimously chosen
as President of the Association for
the ensuing year. Assisting him are
Temple B. Hoffer, ’04, president of
the Hoffer Oil Corporation, Fort
Worth, and a member of the city
commission of that city; Julius
Schepps of the Schepps bakeries, Dal-
las, a ’14 man, and George P. Knox
of Knox Nurseries, San Antonio, also
a '14 man, were chosen as vice-presi-
Ike Ashburn was reelected as
executive secretary and treasurer.
The meeting got away to a fine
start after music by the Aggieland
Eight orchestra.
A full account of the business trans-
acted at the meeting is given under
the heading of “Minutes of the As-
sociation,” to be found below:
MINUTES OF 1926 MEETING
‘Minutes of the Annual Business
Meeting of the Association of Former
Station,
Texas, follow:
Music by the Aggieland Eight or-
chestra added zest to the opening of
the annual business meeting of the
Association. Invocation was offered
by Rev. W. H. Matthews of the Col-
lege Y. M. C. A.
Silent tribute to the memory of the
ten members of the Association and
all other A. and M. men who have died
during the past year was offered fol-
lowing the reading of the list of the
dead by Secretary Ike Ashburn. R.
P. Yett of the Aggieland orchestra
sounded taps following the silent
tribute. )
President T. O. Walton of the Col-
lege received a hearty welcome when
he was called to the speakers’ stand
by Luke L. Ballard, president of the
Association. President Walton dis-
cussed some of the problems that lie
ahead of the College and expressed
his appreciation for the fine loyalty
and helpfulness of the Association.
President Ballard announced the ap-
pointment of the collowing commit-
tees:
Nominations—Marion S. Church,
Dallas; Andy P. Rollins, Houston;
E. P. Humbert, Waco; A. K. Short,
Dallas, and A. L. Ward, of College
Station.
Auditing—Andy Rollins, Tyree L.
Bell, Corsicana, and E. P. Hunter,
Waco.
Nomination of Directors—C. A.
Thanheiser, Houston; E. R. Eudaly,
Waco, and Carleton A. Meredith, of
Dallas.
A special committee to draft reso-
lutions on the death of P. S. Tilson,
which occurred May 29 at Houston
was announced by President Ballard
as consisting of Graham Hall, C.
Hohn, Ernest Japhet, H. H. Ueckert,
Another com-
mittee which is to give consideration
to the framing of a proposed ritual
for introduction of Aggies into A. and
M. Clubs is composed of Marion
Church and Abe Gross of Waco.
It was moved and carried that the
minutes of the 1925 meeting of the
Association, which minutes were pub-
lished in THE AGGIE, be approved
and that the reading of the minutes
be dispensed with.
President Ballard then made his an-
nual report which pointed out some of
the accomplishments of the organiza-
tion during the past year and pointed
the way to far greater achievements
by the Association.
The report of the secretary-treas-
urer then was given and a digest of