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iy M Ww. A. BROWN, R ® n. F. D. 7 BOX 61, DALLAS, TEXAS. TO POSTMASTER If this paper is not j RETURN called for return POSTAGE postage is guaran- : GUARANTEED teed by publisher. Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. VOL. IX BRYAN, TEXAS, MARCH 15, 1932. NO. 4 —_. — I. _ ei l,i ia.a, i —— — pil vet > KING COTTON TO BE HONORED BY CADET SOCIETY Exhibits and Ball to Feature day Given over to Cotton—Outside Agencies interested in Event. Proclaiming the romance of cotton with a pageant, describing the kinds and many uses of cotton with an elaborate exhibit and glorifying cot- ton with a ball reigned over by King Cotton, will be included in plans for a Cotton Festival to be held upon the A. and M. campus on April first under the auspices of the Agron- omy Society. Cadet Tom Drew is president of the society and working closely with the students is J. S. Mogford ’16, of the Agronomy De- partment, and other officials of the Agricultural School. The cotton exhibit will open th» day, with a complete array of dis- plays being brought to the campus through the ooperation of the Texas Cotton Breeders Association, The National Cotton Seed Products As- sociation, the General Electric Com- pany and many other concerns and organizations. The exhibit will show the varied products of cotton. The day will close with an elabor- ate ball in the mess hall. The ladies of King Cotton's court will wear cot- ton dresses furnished by the Textile Institute of New York. Many leaders of the cotton industry, from both the production, the marketing and the manufacturing ends of the business, are being invited for the event and a large attendance is expected. King ~Cotlon, in bad repute uf lat ycais, will once more be honored as the South’s premier farm crop and indus- trial product. —— -—y JiR ——— Louis Lenz, 07, has moved from Houston to Lake Charles, La., where his address is Box 872. The move re- sulted from the consolidation of sev- eral Standard Oil Units, he being formerly with the Vacuum Oil Co, at Houston. His office is at 216 Weber Bldg., and he is issuing an invitation to A. and M. men in that section to pay him a visit. At Hous- ton Lenz was one of the “wheel- horses” of the Houston A. and M. Club, and he thinks there are enough A. and M. men in and around Lake Charles for an active club. ofoefoufoofesfoegocfosfocfectorfoefoctosfecrefocfosfecococfonfocfosfacect: START PLANS § FOR APRIL 21 A. & M. PARTIES April 21st., or San Jacinto Day, the yearly meeting date for A. and M. men all over the world, will soon be here and already plans are being laid in various localities for meetings. Port Arthur has set the pace and secured a pledge of atten- dance from President T. O. Walton to be their guest for the occasion. The boys in the Sabine Basin expect to have one of the largest gatherings ever held in their section in honor of Dr. Walton. Local chairmen or presidents of A. & M. clubs are asked to start early on their plans for this annual meeting and to ad- vise the Association office at College Station of their plans. This will enable publicity to be extended through the AGGIE. The Association office will be glad to furnish lists of A. and M. men in any counties or cities to further the prepara- tion of the many meetings that will be held. If no local chair- man or president of a club exists in any locality where “ there are A. and M. men, it is & expected that some group will arrange to have a meeting and % appoint some individual to take charge of the necessary ar- rangements. NOTIFY SECRE- TARY E. E. MeQUILLEN OF YUUK FTLARS. : . oosfoefosforfergoctoefesfeofosfoetoctoefoefoefasfeafeeoedsefocfecioctoefor: Harry W. “Red” Thompson ’22, is representing the U. S. in checking the proper classification and grading of cotton bought by cooperative or- ganizations in Texas. He has charge of the Dallas office handling this work and can usually be found at 1100 S. Ervay in that city. After graduation he worked for five years in various capacities in the Textile business before going into his pres- ent line of work. He is a former yell- leader, and can still hold his own when there is any “chatting” to be done. In Dallas he lives in bachelor splendor with “Rosy” Taylor ’22. 25g cBecfoafocfefocfeefoeeafoafscocecsofefocoeocoecoedocscdosorgosdocfordondofosdeedenfosdendesfectocdaclosiacieciactosfosfrafesfoofecfosfasfocfocts 2,9..9, 9.0.0 0.0.0.9 0 0 Bh each Beli el oF co 2h 2 rele $redocBaede eo w Goof aefofeffoodosfoctectoctocfosfoofonfontacdoctoforgosf frefrafacecfeocforforforfentoocforforfonfocfocfecfecfosfosfonfectocfeecfordecforfococfocforfosforfonfacorfordorfosdonfococfosfesfoofecfacdacrecfosfesdenforfececderd SENATOR CHARLES GAINER, "89 SCORES AGAIN AS LEADER IN ARRANGING MFARLIN GIFT Every great accomplishment of an unselfish and philanthropic nature can be traced to the ingenuity, in- terest, loyalty and perseverance of one man. Senator Charles S. Gainer, '89, of Bryan, was the “King-Pin” in arranging for and completing the details incident to the recent great McFarlin Gift of 7,000 acres of land to the Student Loan Funds of A. and M. It was he who conceived the gift, who interested Mr. and Mrs. McFar- lin and their associates in the pro- ject and who refused to be beaten by the many obstacles until the great philanthropy was completed. Charles S. Gainer has been inti- mately associated with A. & M. for almost half a century. He was a stu- dent in the early days. He was the Representative in the lower house of the State Legislature during the tremenduous period of expansion when Dr. W. B. Bizzell headed the institution. He went to the State Senate four years back and took up his fine work along legislative lines where he had left off ten years pre- viously. He carried through the Sen- ate without a dissenting vote the legislative approval for the division ~f the oil monies of the University, perhaps the most important develop- ment in the history of A. and M. Interested in sports he has for years been a close follower of A. and M. athletics. He was an inti- mate of Charley Moran and last fall when the Aggies won their first baseball chan.pionship in 25 years only Roswell Higginbotham was more pleased. In arranging for the McFarlin Gife he persevered when others gave up in despair. No obstacles daunted him and one by one he overcame the many troublesome details incident to so large a gift. As “Dad” Short was responsible for the Sears-Roe- buck Student Loan Fund, and as other individual A. and M. men have been responsible for similar fine and unselfish accomplishments, so Char- les Gainer is responsible for the Me- Farlin Gift. The gratitude of A. and M. men is his. : NEW YORK CLUB ADOPTS PLAN T0 GET LOAN FUND March and April Meetings Scheduled With Special Invitation to City Visitors—Giesecke Student Loan Plan Favored. Plans for the development of a student loan fund engaged the at- tention of the New York City A. and M. club at its February meeting, held on the evening of the 26th., at the Griffon, 77 Park Ave. A loan fund committee composed of Frank D. Steger, former Y. M. C. A. secretary at A. and M.,, Guy T. Haltom, ’06, and Paul O. Gillette ’13, reported its deliberations. After considerable discussion the club adopted a plan proposed by W. E. Giesecke ’92, for the development of a loan fund. At each meeting it was decided to appropriate all over ten percent of the cost of the meal from the “Tips” collections, that fund to be held separate until large enough to become a student loan fund. Other A. and M. clubs were in- vited to participate in the plan, to the end that each club would have a regular contribution coming in to its student loan fund. Other plans for the fund's development will be dis- cussed at future meetings. In the absence of President Guy T. Haltom, Secretary John C. May- field ’23, presided at the meeting. J. L. “Tubby” Starnes ’18, and R. E. Whalin ’21, were named as a com- mittee to arrange for a Mexican Dinner for the March meeting which will: be held en-“March 30th. ~Any visitors to the city on that date are invited to be present and can secure complete details by calling the club’s telephone, listed in the city directory under “Texas A. & M. Club.” E. C. Rack ’'13, L. E. “Nookie” Priester 18, and John C. Mayfield ’23, were named as a committee to make ar- rangements for a dinner dance to be held on the night of April 21st. They will make further announce- ments at the March 19th meeting. RIN A Ba EES] A. C. “Loggy” Sprott ’28, famous football tackle, is with the Tele- phone Company and lives at 414 W. 120th Street, New York City. 200 EXPECTED ATTEND ANNUAL HI-WAY COURSE Nationally Known Figures to Feature Program—Course Precedes Dates Annual Meeting Former Students. Nationally known figures of the Highway Engineers world, together with outstanding members of the profession in the Southwest, will fea- ture the program just announced by Director J. T. L. McNew ’18, for the Eighth Annual Highway Short Course, to be held at College on April 7, 8 and 9. The event will ke under the auspices of the Civil Engi- neering Department of A. and M. in cooperation with the Texas State Highway Department. Two hundred engineers are expected to be present. The short course will be followed by the annual meeting of the Associa- tion of Former Students on April 9 and 10th. Among those on the program wil be R. D. Bradbury, Director Wire Reinforcement Institution, Washing- ton, D. C.; W. H. Furlong, manager highway department, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce; T. C. Thee, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, Oma- ha, Neb.; Dr. Edwin A. Elliott, Eco- nomist, T. C. WH. Ft.» Worth; Gibb Gilchrist, State Highway Engineer; C. E. Swain, U. S. Bureau Public Roads, Ft. Worth; A. D. Potter, State Highway Department, Austin; T. J. THOMAS EXPECTS BIG ATTENDANCE ANNUAL | MEETING J.-B. "THOMAS '11 “I hope we can have the largest Kelly ’18, State Highway Depart- : i ‘ ment, Austin; E. P. Arneson ’10, San and best annual meeting in the his- Antonio; E. C. d, Waco; |tory of the Association” declared 1. YG. Tachary 92, Tarede; T. Fd President J. Bo Thomas "1 of Fi E. N. Gustafson, Huffman, Lufkin; Bay City; J. J. Richey, head, civil engineering department, College Sta- tion, and J. T. L. McNew ’18, Pro- fessor highway engineering, College Station. Among the entertainment features planned for the engineers are a ban- quet, basball games among them- selves and between A. and M. and Baylor, and a golf tournament. Reg- istrations for the course can be made through Mr. McNew. A. and M. at- tendants at the short course are urg- ed to remain over the week-end to attend the annual meeting of the Former Students Association. REUNION CLASSES LAY PLANS FOR APRIL 9-10 GATHERINGS AND URGE MATES PRESENCE Class reunion plans for the April 9 and 10th, week-end are making rapid progress. The class of ’'82 is scheduled for its golden anniversary, the class of 1907 for its silver anni- versary and the class of 1922 for its first reunion. Between them come the classes of ’87, 92, ’07, ’02, ’12, and ’17. Class presidents and class members living upon the campus and in Bryan, are lending their aid in securing wide attendance. Present in- dications point to outstanding reun- ions of the 12, ’17, and 22 classes, with the other groups having a month in which to overtake the leaders. Those planning to be present are urged to send their reservations at once to Secretary E. E. McQuillen. 180882507 Class presidents of these groups are unknown to the Association, and members of the classes have drifted widely with many having answered the final roll call. Nevertheless, their members are urged to be present on April 9 and 10th., and to advise Sec- retary McQuillen of their reserva- tions and present whereabouts. Foy Prexy, ’02 V. H. Foy, president of the 1902 class, 5616 Pershing Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., and W. H. McDonald, secretary-treasurer of the class, Neches, Texas, have issued a joint call to their mates. Members of the class are urged to be present for the reunion celebrating the 30th anni- versary of the group. If it is possi- ble for them to be present they are asked to write one of the above offi- cers with a sketch of their lives since leaving A. and M. and with news of their present whereabouts and occupations. Class members are also urged to write their old room- mates and to arrange to meet these friends upon the campus at the reunion. ’07—Silver Anniversary W. G. Moore, Texas Power and Light Company, Dallas, is president of the 1907 class. The only member of the group still on the campus is F. W. “Fritz” Hensel, former editor of the Longhorn, and at present head of the Landscape Art department of the college. He will constitute a welcoming committee of one to re- turning members of the class. 212 Harris Underwood, La Porte, Tex- as, is president of the 1912 class and this group should have a big atten- dance on April 9 and 10th. Members already on the campus and in Bryan include Major W. C. Washington, James M. Forsyth and H. C. Wickes. They will have additional plans to announce in the next or April first issue of the AGGIE. War Class, ’17 President Barry Joyce of the ’17 class is already on the campus as head of the Department of Petroleum Production Engineering together with George Long, D. S. Buchanan, and Ivan Langford in Bryan. Between them they should be able to make the week-end interesting for their returning classmates. And the War stories these boys should be able to relate to each other! (Continued on Page 4) Worth, in issuing the call for the annual conclave on April 9 and 10th. “The Association meeting this year,” continued the organiation’s president, “will be of unusual interest. The Me- Farlin Farm Gift is to be thoroughly explained and additional plans made as to its management. There are un- usual reports to be made, new offi- cers must be elected and other busi- ness transacted. The new buildings and proposed new buildings will be of interest to all A. and M. men. Old friends will be there to greet you and there will be many hours of hap- py entertainment planned for your pleasure. Reunion classes will find a very real pleasure in coming to- gether once more. My own city of Ft. Worth will be out to win the at- tendance record and issues a chal- lenge to Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio to match their attendance. Agricultural men should be especial- ly interested, in view of the proposal to hold the 1933 meeting at the time of the Farmers Short Course during the summer. It should be one of the best meetings ever held by the or- ganization, one of the busiest and one of the most fruitful.” VARIED ENTERTAINMENTS TO VIE WITH BUSINESS SESSION AS CENTER OF BIG WEEK-END - 2. Plans for the Annual Meeting of the Association are rapidly matur- ing, with the date set for April 9th and 10th., Saturday and Sunday. Sat- urday will be given over to enter- tainments, college visits and inspec- tions, while the business meeting of the Association will be held on Sun- day afternoon. The meeting will fol- low the annual highway short course, April 7, 8 and 9, and many A. and M. men present for that course will remain over for the Former Student meeting. Among the entertainment features for Saturday will be a full afternoon and evening at Kyle Field. The Ag- gies will meet Rice in a dual track meet, and after that event the Far- mer baseball team will meet Baylor. At the Memorial Gym that evening, April 9th, the finals of the intra- mural boxing tournament will be staged. A corps dance at the mess hall will complete a busy day of pleasure for the visitors who care to attend. Sunday noon, April 10th., the an- nual Former Student Faculty Dinner will be held at the mess hall, with an appropriate speaker for the oc- casion. The event is an occasion for quaintanes between the old student and their former business meeting will follow immediately. Committee appointmefits Pav TE a le “o for the meeting vill he at the Y. — next issue of the AGGIE. Election of officers, always an interesting fea- ture, will be held. Various reports upon the affairs of the Association will be made, including a complete report upon the details of the recent McFarlin Memorial Student Loan Fund land gift. A. & M. Club Rivalry There will again be a good-natur- ed rivalry between the larger A. and M. Clubs for the honor of having present the greatest number of mem- bers at the meeting. Last fall the honor was won by Houston, although San Antonio as a ‘dark horse” took a close second place. It is understood that San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth will this year make a strong effort to have more present than Houston. : Summer Meeting This year’s business meeting will be particularly interesting to Agri- cultural men, as the Board of Direc-" tors at a recent called meeting voted to recommend to the annual meeting that the 1933 meeting be held in the summer on the day preceding the (Continued on Page 4) Outstanding service to his school and to his community won for E. H. Varnell 21, of Cisco, the honor of being chosen Master Teacher of Vo- cational Agriculture in the State of Texas for the past year. His award was made after a study of the work of 250 vocational agricultural teach- ers in the state and is the highest honor that can come to one of these teachers. He has been runner-up in the annual contest for the past two years. Last year’s title was won by William N. Elam ’17, of Taylor, two years ago by Alfred C. Casey '16, of Denison. Reared on a farm near Corsicana, Varnell graduated from A. and M. in 1931. He was a distinguished stu- dent and a member of the Tennis team while at A. and M. He took graduate work at the Colorado Agri- cultural College and at Texas A. and M. He previously taught vocational agriculture at Manor, Hubbard, Mt. Calm, Talco and has been at Cisco since 1927. OUTSTANDING WORK BRINGS MANTER TEACHER AWARD TO AGRIC. TEACHER, E. H. VARNELL Varnell’s outstanding work for the past several years has been general in its nature and includes consistent contact, work in town and country, development of agricultural resources, practical guidance in agricultural work to 45 boys through the year, evening schools for helping men in near-by communities solve their farm problems, a summer encampment for Future Farmers of America chapters and outstanding exhibits at fairs. Winning the Texas honor makes Varnell the State contestant in the Southern Contest for Master teach- ers and gives him a chance at the National Award. At the Ft. Worth Fat Stock Show this year Varnell’s students had out- standing exhibits. His judging teams have won many honors in past years. He was instrumental in establishing at Lake Cisco the first district camp for Future Farmers, and the work of his students has proven an inspir- ation to the boys and the teachers of many other communities. the renewal of friendships and ac- faculty, friends. 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