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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1927)
A ty a 2 ed wa 3% * % * *x *x ¥x kx * * * % % ¥ % * * ¥ * % 4 * * * : * * * TO POSTMASTER * * RETURN * * If this paper is not * : ; * * -* called for return * * POSTAGE * * postage is guaran- * * * * teed by publisher. * y * GUARANTEED * * * : * - * % ¥ kx * % * kx ¥ * : ; : * kk kok k Kk k Kk ok Published Semi-Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. . VOLUME IV. + BRYAN, TEXAS AUGUST 15, 1927. NO. 35 ENDOWMENT PLAN GROWS AS DUTCH VISITS CITIES Wichita Falls, Amarillo and San An- tonio Latest Cities to be Visited and Hearty Response Met in Each Place. COUNTY AGENTS APPROVE At Huge Luncheon During Farmers’ Short Course County Agents Stamp Plan With Approval; Outside Business Men Con- tinue to Subscribe. Caesar Hohn and his Henry Eitt and Albert Krueger, have just returned from a visit to San An- associates, tonio where they report excellent suc- cess in the Endowment Plan drive. Previous to that they had been up to. Amarillo and Wichita Falls where they were royally received by A. & M. men in those places. With over four hundred units subscribed for the plan has become firmly started and continues to grow in favor every day. Numerous letters are being received from other Former Student and kin- dred organizations for full descrip- tions of the idea that is proving so interesting and successful. Business men with a desire to use their money for some real! good con- tinue to become interested in the plan. Mr. J. L. Walden, President of the Southwestern Engraving Company of Fort Worth is a late contributor, sub- scribing for four units. (Continued on Page 6) NEW ENDOWMENT DIRECTOR WIDELY KNOWN BY AGGIES “Dutch” Hohn, One of A. & M.s Greatest Athletes and Workers, is Doing Great Work With New Plan. “DUTCH” HOHN, ’14 Many, many years country boy came to A. and M. from Yorktown. Awkward, green and ger- man made him a favorite subject for the many jokes that A. and M. cadets can devise. He was not slow to learn in such a school of experience. Before he he had become himself the player of jokes. He had become one of the greatest Aggie athletes of all time, distinguishing himself in both foot- (Continued on Page 5) ago a green left © A. & M. NEW YORK CLUB PRESENTS MOODY WITH GOLD WATCH A. & M. Club in World’s Greatest City Shows Real A. & M. Spirit in Gift to Governor on Occasion of Visit. AGGIES ACTIVE IN WELCOME E. C. Rack and Dan Edwards Officials in New York’s Welcoming Com- mittee; Rack Makes Presen- tation at Huge Banquet; Edwards Guides Gover- nor Over City. One of the outstanding events of the recent “All-Texas” good will tour of one hundred Texas leaders to tue North and East was the presentation to Governor Moody of a wrist wrath by the New York A. & M. Club, on the occasion of a huge banquet in that city given the visitors by the Brock- lyn Chamber of Commerce. The pre- sentation was made by E. C. Rk, "15, President of the New York A. & M Club and was the subject of nation- wide publicity at the time. The New York A. & M. Club has been in ex- istence for many years. This Club is an example of the unparalelled loyal- ty of A. & M. men, that no matter how far away, nor how busy they may be, they always have time for each other. During Governor Moody’s stay in New York another A. & M. man act- ed as his official guide to the city in the person of Lieut. Dan Edwards, (Continued on Page 6) BARRY MILLER SPEAKS TO 500 AT DALLAS PICNIC [Lieutenant Governor Expresses Friendship for College and Ap- preciation of A. & M. Men at Great Dallas Club Jamboree. VISITORS INTRODUCED “Jelly” Hayes, B. N. Wadley, Geo. Anderson and Others Draw Praise for Arranging Affair; Speak- ers and Picnic Food Vie for Favor. (As Reported in The Dal-Aggie) Five hundred present last week at the luncheon and picnic. In order to keep down any argument that might arise, we won't say how many were present at each of the two functions. But we can safely say the 450 who were at the picnic went away pro- claiming it the best one in years. For about two weeks “Jelly” Hayes had had his committees working. Each committee chairman had been pouring it on his committeemen, and the result of it was a real old- time Aggie Picnic. Parson Church acted as Toastmast- er—if he might be termed such at a picnic. Joe John called him the “An- nouncer.” But Toastmaster or An- nouncer—Parson told it to ’em. He announced several distinguished guests who made short — but to the point speeches. Among them: Jules Schepps, President of the Ex-Students F. E. GIESECKE, 86, T0 AGAIN TEACH A. & M. ENGINEERS Returns To College as Head Engineer- ing Experiment Station and Archi- tectural Department. Has Dis- tinguished Record. F. E. GIESECKE, ’86 The: return to A. &*M. of F. E. Giesecke, 86, as Director of the A. & M. Engineering Experiment Station of the Architectural Department has been greeted with en- and Professor thusiasm by A. & M. men who have heard the news. He was given a leave of absence irom’ his post as (Continued on Page 5) 200 PRESENT AT ANNUAL SHORT - COURSE LUNCHEON C. H. McDowell, ’12, Holds Everybody in Control as Toastmaster; Schepps, Hohn, Church and Haines Principal Speakers. 5,000 AT SHORT Thru Witheu: Bobble; En- dowment "lan Endorsed by A. & M. Meeting. With a record-breaking attendance Eighteenth Annual Farmers’ Course was the most successful ever Jsheld. On Thursday of the week the 8 | former Stugelits of A. & M. who were I'l on the camplis, to lege “and ‘Bryan ‘| annual luncheon and it, #60, was the most successful ever staged at Col- lege. “Over two hundred A. & M. new mess hall annex and enthusiasm and pleasure were rife. C. H. McDowell, ’12, from Denton, was chosen toastmaster and general guardian of law and order . Many of those remembered Mac from his foot- ball days when he was a great center on the Aggie team. V. R. Galzener, 22, started the ball rolling by lead- ing a few yells and Aggie songs. Secretaary E. E. McQuillen when called upon to welcome the visitors re- (Continued on Page 6) MCLENNAN “Scenes from Waco A. Club Kountry Store & M. Texas Cotion Palace Waco, Texas LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS T0 KOUNTRY STORE REVEALS REPRESENTATIVE FIRMS OF U.S. SPECIAL DAY CONTRIBUTORS Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas— Plover Hams, Little Pig Sausage, 1-2 Ib packages Breakfast Bacon. Brown Candy & Cracker Co., Dallas —Crackers, Candies and Assorted Cakes. Davis Baking Powder Co., Hoboken, N. J.—Davis Baking Powder. Liggett & Myers Tboacco Corpora- tion—Chesterfield Cigarettes. _ Price-Booker Mfg. Co., Waco, Tex- as—Pickles, Relishes and Chow Chows. Southern Cotton Oil Trading Co., New Orleans—Snow Drift Van Camp’s, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. —Van Camp’s Pork and Beans. WACO CONTRIBUTORS Automotive Repair Co., Auto Sup- lies & Garage—B:dttery & Trade Ticket Armstrong, F. A. Jeweler—Hand- some Cleck. Artesian Cream Co. Face Cream—Face Creams and Powd- | er. ] Alexander Brokerage Co., Broker- (Continued cn page three) | GENERAL CONTRIBUTORS Aunt Jemima’s Branch Mills, St. Joseph, Mo.—Aunt Jemima’s Pan Cake Flour. Adome, E. Z Co., New Orleans, La.— Blueing. American Thread Co., New York— Embroidery Floss. Anheuser-Busch Co., St . Louis— Anheuser Busch, Beer, Ginger Ale, Malt. Austin White Lime Texas—Sacked Lime. Co., Austin, Armstrong Cork Co., St Louis— Ford Gaskets. American Steel Wool co., New York—Steel Wool. American Pop Corn Co., Sioux City, Iowa—Canned Pop Corn. Bayle Food Products Co., St. Louis —Bayle Peanut Butter. Barton Mfg Co., St Louis—Bar- ton’s Dyeanshine & Shoe Cream. Brillo Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.— Brillo. Wholesale| Babbitt Co., B. T., New York—“Ba- bo” Cleaner Crackerjack Co., The, Chicago— Crackeriack and Marshmallows. Continued on page three) KOUNTRY STORE OFFICIALS REVEAL DETAILS OF PLAN IN LETTER TO CONTRIBUTORS To All Those Contributing to the A. gies, their relatives and friends, to & M. Kountry Store for its 1926 boost, bargain for, and buy the same Operation: Dear sirs: Please permit this public manner of | expressing our grateful thanks for the good merchandise donated by you | to our “KOUNTRY STORE” for its 1926 operation. We are acknowledging our appre- ciation through the columns of our newspaper, THE TEXAS AGGIE, and in this public manner for two reasons. First, your donations have helped further our cause to assist worthy and ambitious boys of limited means in obtaining an education at the A. & M. College, and for that reason a private acknowledgement of our gratefulness seems too tame, too in- adequate to genuinely express our feelings. We not only want to pro- claim them to you, but to the world. Second, it is a well known fact, that our KIUNTRY STORE accepts and sells only the best merchandise, | we therefore want to advertise to ev-, ery Aggie, his relatives and friends, throughout the world wherever this | paper may reach them, the class of ! m2rchandise that is helping their Stu- dent Loan Fund, and ask these Ag-| wherever and whenever occasion pre- sents itself. Therefore, the purpose of this open letter. We are publishing under a sepa- rate column the names of those firms and corporations to whom this letter is addressed, and the name of the merchandise they contribute to the stock of our KOUNTRY STORE for 1926. Believing, however, that many do not realize, beyond, the good adver- tisement their merchandise receives ‘through wus, the real philanthropic benefit their donations bring about, we ask your indulgence to recount just a brief historical retrospection of the origin of our KOUNTRY STORE, and the good we have already accom- plished from the profits derived there- from. The McLennan County A. & M.| Club is made up of graduates and ex- | students of the A. & M. College, resid- : ing in McLennan County, Texas. | This Club has always exerted its best efforts toward such constructive! work as would be of direct benefit to | | the A. & MM, College, its present and | (Continued on page three) H. G. “HAPPY” HYNDS, ’10 “Happy” Hynds, President of the Waco A. & M. Club, is also Chief En- gineer for the Texas Power and Light Company in Waco and that terri- tory. He has made the Waco Club an excellent president and his work with the Kountry Store has been one of the factors making it such a great COL. ABE GROSS, ’95 The A. & M. Kountry Store is as- sentially a result of the tremendous amount of work put into it by Abe Gross, one of the most active mem- bers of the Alkssociation. He hak built it up until it is one of the fea- tures of the Waco Cotton Palace. It stands as a monument te his untiving guaccess. energy and foresight. MCLENNAN COUNTY AND WACO A. & M. MEN DOING GREAT WORK IN SUCCESSFUL KOUNTRY STORE The A. & M. Kountry Store, put on each year at the Waco Cotton Palace by the McLennan County and Waco A. & M. Club, has become one of the largest and most successful affairs of its kind ir the country. The idea has been slowly but surely developed dur- ing the last few years by the Waco Club until it has become one of the cutstanding features of the annual Cotton Palace. To Col. Abe Gross, ’95, much of the credit for the success of the enterprise has been given, al- though the Colonel himself says that it never could have been done without the united cooperation and support of the entire McLennan County Club and the hearty and generous support of various business firms and manufact- urers. The general plan of the store is that the merchandise is donated. Chances are sold that entitle the buy- er to a chance at the grand prizes. Each buyer of a ten cent ticket, how- ever, receives merchandise that is their own student fund, being the only local A. & M. Club to do so. Thru this loan fund nearly a hundred students at A. & M. have been finane- ed during the past three years. In preparing this story of their project the officers of the Club have laid open their entire scheme of op- eration. They are not selfish in their request but they do not wish to have their scheme copied in a way that would “kill the goose that lays the golden egg.” The officers of the McLennan Coun- ty and Waco Club are: H. G. “Hap- py” Hynds, ’10. President; Jack M. Lewis, '02, Vice-President; Walter G. Lacy, '96, Treasurer; W. E. Allen, ’12, Secretary; Col. Abe Gross, 98, Ex- ecutive Chairman Kountry Store; Finance Committee, E. P. Hunter, 00; H. G. Hynds, ’10; T. F. Oliver, '95; R. J. Potts, '06; the Directors of the Club are: H. G. Hynds, ’10; Walter G. Lacy, '96; R. O. Faires, '03;" Jack M. Lewis, ’02; John F. Barnes, 07; Robt. well worth more than that price. In that way no one fails to receive full value for the money he receives | Thru the earnings of the Kountry! Stere the Waco Club has established | { i E. Blake, '09; Walter Crippen, '21; Robt. M. Sherman, '24; Dr. Rufe E. Adams, "10; Abe Gross, '96; Floyd A. Munroe, '23; A. O. Oberlander, 114; and W. E. Allen, "12, COURSE. Most Successful of all Farmers’ Sh a Courses; Week's Program Goes © of over five thousand visitors the Short: men jammed the banquet room of the.
