The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, November 05, 1927, Image 1

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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 NOVEMBER 5, 1927. NO. 42
Farmers
BARBECUED DUCK
FEATURES LUNCH
LUBBOCK AGGIES
Three Hundred A. & M. Visitors
Feted by Lubbock Club in
Greatest West Texas A.
& M. Meeting
Duck Barbecue!!! Oh, Boy! That's
a new one but a good one and its
what the Lubbock A. & M, Club fed
some three hundred visiting Aggies
and their families when the Farmers
played Texas Tech in their city re-
cently. A. & M. men gathered from
all over West Texas. R. C, Leffel,
18, lead a delegation in from San
Angelo. Douglas Burns, ’16, came
with a gang from Lamesa. John
Cunningham, ’23, and “Red” Wright
brought the whole Amarillo gang.
“Rube” Whipkey, ’11, came in from
Colorado, “Cotton” Davidson, 24,
from Pampa, B. H, Hopkins, ’25, from
Farwell and scores of others from all
over West Texas and New Mexico.
It was the greatest A. & M. gathering
ever held in West Texas.
The Lubbock Club left nothing un-
done in the way of entertainment.
Under the leadership of W, L. “Runt”
Stangel, ’15, President of the Lub-
bock Club, the various committees
functioned perfectly. Frank McClen-
don, ’27, had cars enough on tap to
haul any A. & M. visitor all over the
city or anywhere he wished to go
“panlac” Strange, ’22, held forth at
the registration bureau and got the
name and tagged them as they came
in. Grover Merrill, Charley Reed, N.
L, Peters, ’17, and Clarence Symes,
’08, all had charge of various com-
mittees and every man did his share.
The most important committee of
the barbecue was headed by C. E.
-Maedgen, ’04, in charge of furnishing
. “at? for “so eral hund.ed faun-
gry ‘A. & M. men. He appointed W.
 G. “Bo” McMillan, ’23, as his chief
nimrod and “Bo” delivered the goods
with the help of Grady Higginbotham,
’12, and several other famous hunters.
Several hundred wild duck were
bagged and served at the luncheon to
the delight of those present.
Speeches were limited at the bar-
becue but those present were wel-
comed by Stangel and Charley Maed-
gen. President Walton delivered the
address of the occasion and Secretary
McQuillen was allowed a few words.
J. C. McNeil, 96, one of the members
of A. & M.s first football team was
introduced. It was an eminently suc-
cessful party and day, and a great
tribute to the work and industry of
the men making up the Lubbock A.
& M. Club.
Lambert Ballard, ’22, is still hit-
ting the road for the Briggs-Weaver
Machinery Co., of Dallas, having East
Texas as his territory. He is one of
their star salesmen and makes his
home at Jacksonville. He was mar-
ried about a year ago,
CAT-AGGIE CLUB
ROYAL HOSTS TO
VISITING AGGIES
. Corps Trip to Ft. Worth Made Emi-
nently Successful by Work of
A. & M. Club—Huge Lunch-
eon Features Day
A. & M. hospitality has never been
better exhibited than upon the occa-
sion of the recent Corps trip to Ft.
Worth for the T. C. U. game. The
arrangements for the whole affair, as
far as Ft. Worth was concerned were
in the hands of the Ft. Worth Club
and well did they handle the day.
Hundreds of A. & M. men were there
from all over North Texas. The
trains from College were met, cars
wherever they wished to go. The
erything went off so smoothly that it
was one of the finest and best corps
trips in the history of those move-
ments.
Bill Stripling, ’08, General Chair-
man of all arrangements, and his co-
horts had lunch at the University
Club of Ft. Worth (Melvin Miller,
’11, President) in honor of all visiting
A. & M. men and their ladies. Guests
of honor were also included from the
Faculty of T. C, U. and from the citi-
zenship of the city. Temple Hoffer,
’04, acted as Master of Ceremonies at
the affair which was attended by
nearly three hundred visitors and lo-
cal Ft. Worth men and women. Short
addresses were made by W. K. “Bill”
Stripling, President Waites of T, C.
U., Col. Nelson, A. & M. Command-
ant, the Hon. Fritz Lanham of Ft.
Warth and others. Visitors were in-
troduced from other cities, with the
Dallas #. % VM. Club present with a
large delegation. President C. H.
Fleming, ’17, of the Ft. Worth Club;
Carl Scudder, ’22, Secretary, D, W.
Carlton, ’23, Myron Ward, 16, E. P.
“Skinny” Haltom, ’18, and in fact
every member of the Ft. Worth Club,
worked like Trojans to make the af-
fair the huge success that it was.
The relations between A. & M. and
T. C. U. were materially strengthened
and warmed that day. The T. C. U.
student body entertained the Cadet
Corps on the T. C. U, campus that
day with a huge barbecue. There was
plenty of rivalry between the two
groups, but it was wholesome and
sportsmanlike. A. & M. men from
all over North Texas were there. C.
B. Clement, ’14, President of the
Wichita Falls Club was there with
Herbert Voelcker, ’09, of Wichita. C.
P. Dodson, "11, came in from Decatur
Jules Schepps, “Parson” Church, Asa
Hunt, the Garittys and the Shiels
were all over among others from Dal-
las. There were hundreds there and
even Burt Hull, ’04, Prexy of the
Houston Club was on hand, via air-
nlane arrival.
RISE OF L. J. BOURKE, "22
IN POWER ENGINEERING FIELD
READS LIKE DIME NOVEL FICTION
L. J. BOURKE
A story that reads like a Fairy
tale and yet is startlingly true is that
of the rise of L. J. Bourke of the class
of ’22, at present Assistant to the
Vice President of the Puget Sound
Power and Light Company of Seat-
tle, Washington. Bourke left A. &
M. in the spring of 1922, the old
Electrical Engineering Sheepskin
tightly under his arm. He went
straight to Stone and Webster in Bos-
ton and was transferred from there
to the Washington Coast Utilities
company in Feb. 1923. One year later
found him Resident Manager of the
Elma property of the Puget Sound
Power and Light Company and in
December, 1924, he was made Secre-
tary to the Vice-President and brought
into the home office in Seattle.
In Oct. 1926 Bourke was again pro-
moted, this time to his present po-
sition as Assistant to the Vice Presi-
dent. The Puget Sound Power and
Light Company is one of the largest
concerns of its kind on the Pacific
Coast and is a Stone and Webster
property. Bourke’s advancement
with this company has been phe-
nomenal,
Not content with this unusual pro-
gress Bourke and several others have
organized the Cascade Power Com
pany for the purpose of developing
water power from various streams in
Washington. These streams come un-
der the authority of the .Fedetal
Power Commission and since the
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were on hand to drive A. & M. folk |
traffic was tremendous but was han-
dled largely by A, & M. men and ev-
Aggie Backs Prove Be
all-around -aggregations ever put
‘good interference runners and
to get back into the Texas game.
tter Than
Vaunted S. M. U. Ball-Toters
—_—
be The Got U Sta IE DaCHE ET
‘out by Bible. All four are fast,
can ‘carry the mail.” Conover
broke two bones in his hand in the S. M. U. game and will do well
LUBBOCK BANK
WELL MANAGED
BY A. & M. MEN
The Lubbock National Bank is one
of the strongest financial institutions
in West Texas and its management
is in capable hands as far as the A.
& M. world is concerned. C, E.
“Charlie” Maedgen, ’04, heads the
concern as President with J. R. Pen-
dleton, ’11, as Cashier. Pendleton or-
iginally hailed from Stratford but
came to Lubbock to go into the bank-
ing business. Both these men are
active members and workers in the
Lubbock A. & M. Club and had much
to do with the recent entertainment
of visiting Aggies at the Texas Tech
game in Lubbock.
24 MEN ENJOY
BRIGHT LIGHTS
OF NEW YORK
Up in the wicked big city of New
Yevk, out near Columbia University,
in Morningside Heights, live a pair of
our own A. and M. boys and one of
them, Sherwood Allen, 25, says he’s
having the time of his young life up
there. Allen and Zay Smith, 24, are
living together and Zay is in the way
of an old-timer in New York. They
are living at Apt. 4, 401 W, 118th St.,
and would be glad to see any other
A. & M. men who might be wander-
ing around up that way. Both Allen
and Zay are doing architectural work
in one of the big New York offices
and taking a few courses at Colum-
bia University at the same time. H.
M. Tatum, 24, and J. F. Ferruecci, "24,
have gone them one better and are
living in Greenwich Village, itself,
where they too are enjoying life and
work. The four get together evry]
now and then for a little “conference,”
sometimes known as a “Bull Pen.”
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J.T. Murrell, 26, is with the
Geological Department of the Gulf
Production Company and makes
Wichita Falls quite often. Murrell
was formerly City Milk inspector and
health officer of that city.
D.C.GIDDINGS,’78 _ |
RECOVERS FROM
AUTO ACCIDENT
The many friends of DeWitt C
Giddings, '78, of Brenham, will be
glad to know that he has made rapid
recovery following the automobile ac-
cident recently and is now well
enough to be at home following a stay
in the hospital. The accident occur-
red between Brenham and Austin and
Mr. Giddings suffered a broken left
arm in addition to other injuries. He
was a member of the “Pioneer” Class
at A. & M, and is one of the leading
bankers of his section of the State.
He has continued his loyalty to the
College thru the many years of his
useful life since leaving Aggieland.
WHEN IT SMOKES
MCDONALD WEEPS
NO FAIR-HE SAYS
He is in charge of the biggest
smokestack in Texas and every time
it smokes he breaks down and weeps.
Its no inke because W. A. McDonald
’10, Superintendent of Power for the
Houston Lighting and Power Com
pany says that no properly behavec
and regulated smokestack shoul
smoke and when this one does he i
right out there at the plant raisin:
cain to know the reason why. Th
stack is located at the Deepwater
plant of the Company and is 362 feet
high, a little highcr than the Rice
Hotel. Mae went with the Houston
Company in 1913 and has steadily
risen to his present position with the
rapidly growing company.
2
SJ. “Punk” Baker, ’27, is taking
graduate work in Physical Education
and Coaching at the University of
Illinois this winter. His address is
112 E. Green St., Champaign, I1l., and
he is getting along fine. He played
baseball with the Houston team of the %
Texas League last summer and will
report to them again next summer.
“Punk” was captain of the basketball
team at A. & M. last year and played
| Pati giries’is one ot the best
KOUNTRY STORE
LIVEST SPOT AT
COTTON PALACE
Abe Gross, Happy Hynds and Waco
A. & M. Club Members Busy
Putting Over Big Project
For Loan Funds
Up at Waco the A, & M. Kountry
Store is one of the outstanding affairs
of the Cotton Palace and one of the
most perfect projects ever put over
by an A. & M. Club. Under the gen-
eral supervision of Col. Abe Gross,
’95, and with the cooperation and help
of the whole Waco Club, the Koun-
try Store has grown each year until
it has assumed mammoth size. The
proceeds of the project go to increase
the Student Loan Fund maintained
here by the Waco Club and already
this fund has enabled more than sixty
boys to remain in A. & M, and com-
plete their education.
Secretary Mac and “Dutch” Hohn
visited the Kountry Store one day, on
the special Armstrong Packing Day,
and found it a bee hive of activity.
President “Happy” H. G. Hynds, ’10,
Col. Abe, J. B. Snider, ’14, Tom Oli-
ver, '05, Bob Blake, ’06, and a score
of others were hard at work, assisted
men of Waco. Every trader at the
Store gets his money’s worth each
time and often gets goods far in ex-
cess of the money spent. The Koun-
try Store will be written up in more
detail later, but if you have an idea
those Waco boys are not busy with it
just pay them a visit and see them
in action.
Hugh K. Harris, '25, drops us a line
from the effete East with the news
that he is taking graduate work at
Massachusetts Aggies at Amherst,
Mass. His address is 83 Pleasant St.,
Amherst, Mass. He taught at the
University of Main last year and is
becoming a great “Winter” athlete.
Stringhalt Mustangs In Drive For Conference Title
HIGHLY TOUTED MUSTANG ELEVEN
OUTCLASSED BY INSPIRED AGGIES
LEAD BY FLASHING JOEL HUNT
Horned Frogs Spring Surprise in Holding Farmers to Scoreless
Tie at Fort Worth But Texas Tech Swamped at Lubbock.
MANN AND HUME
CRUMPLE BEFORE
FIGHTING LINE
With Hunt Setting Pattern Whole
Aggie Team Stars in Wonder-
ful Offensive Battle.
(By Lloyd Gregory)
He’s the sweetest football player in
all the Southland and his name is Joel
Hunt, 162-pound captain and quarter-
back on the Texas Aggies. Playing
the most notable game of his already
illustrious career, Hunt here Saturday
on Kyle Field, before 15,000 football-
mad enthusiasts led Dana Bible's
fighting Aggies to a smashing 39-13
victory over the S. M. U. Mustangs.
This decisive triumph over the Blue
and Red, one of the most glorious of
Aggies history, stamped the Bible
men the outstanding contenders for
the Southwest conference title, and
established the Farmers one of the
major elevens of the country, for did
they not humble the proud Mustangs,
who conquered overwhelmingly the
Missouri Tigers, who in turn beat
Northwestern ?
Hunt Big Star of Game
Hunt may not make the all-Ameri-
“big time” Eastern sport scribes, but
that won’t be proof he isn’t entitled to
a first string all-American berth, for
if ever a football player showed all-
American class, that player was Joel
Hunt Saturday.
The Aggie leader was everywhere.
He tore off the tackles and around the
ends; outkicked the renowned Redman
Hume; outpassed Captain “Jerry”
Mann; intercepted pass after pass;
was a phantom in an open field, and
an inspired player on the defense.
“He’s the best football player in the
world and in Dallas, too,” cried one
enthusiastic Aggie partisan, as he
sang the praises of Joel Hunt and
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LEWIS BLACK, 21,
LEWIS K. BLACK
Lewis Black, ’21, President of the
Bell County A. & M, Club at Temple,
has made a change in work, going
LACY CONSTRUCTION (0. ADDS -
TO KOWALSKI 06,
GRIFFIN, '13, A. & M. MEN ON STAFF
from the City Engineering Depart-
ment of the city of Temple to the L.
H. Lacy Construction Co., of Dallas.
He will still be in Temple for some
time as this company has the con-
tract for constructing the new Kyle
Hotel in Temple. Under Black’s lead
as President the Temple and Bell
County Club has continued to funec-
tion as one of the most active and
regular of the Local Clubs over the
State. Under the leadership of the
| | club a special train has been secured
to run from Temple to the Thanks-
| | giving Day game at College.
Lewis says he can’t get away from
A. & M. men, even if he wishes to.
M. B. Kowalski, '06, is General Super-
intendent of the L. H. Lacy Company
and J. J. Griffin, ’13, is in charge of
the local job in Temple. Lewis says
it is mighty fine to be working for
A. & M. men. The Bell County Club
will miss this “Wheel-horse” when the
time comes for him to leave Temple.
He is a real worker and one of the
best friends the College and Associa-
tion possesses.
C. E. Wooldridge, 27, is with the
Roxana Petreleum Company in Dallas
and says he’s a Geophysician. He’s
The little
sprinter is living at 2018 Cullen St.,
and says he likes his work fine.
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Hubert Loeffler, ’90, is with the San
Antonio offices of the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad. They are running a
train to College on Thanksgiving Day
and he will be on it, both in an official
capacity and as a football fan.
certainly frank about it.
third base on the baseball team.
CONFERENCE STANDING.
Team Po. W. :L. T, Pet.
A. & M ....3 215 15 1 .833
Arkansas ....2:%33«. 1 0 750
SM. U, ..«x3«%3 18010 .667
Texas ...... 4 215 1145 1 625
ToC U4 re 500
Baylor ....." S030 000
Rives. poor von 9 "0:20 .000
J. W. Ross Jr., "26, has moved from
Gainesville to Ennis where he is with
the Texas Power and Light Co.
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