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TO POSTMASTER | If this paper is not 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. BRYAN, TEXAS, JUNE 23, 1932. NO. 9 VOL. IX POTTS SPEAKER NIGHT MEETING DALLAS GROUP Regular Friday Luncheons Moved to University Club—One Evening Party Each Month. The University Club of Dallas was the scene of a recent regular month- ly night meeting of the Dallas A. and M. Club, with some fifty mem- bers and their guests present. W. E. “Ted” Winn 22, as chairman of the entertainment committee for the occasion, prepared a splendid pro- gram with Dean C. S. Potts, heal of the law school of S. M. U. as the principal speaker. Secretary E. E. McQuillen ’20, of College Station, was present and spoke briefly. Mus- ic for the evening was enjoyed from the two young sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Winn, and from Mrs. Edith Ball and Mrs. Captain Jenkins. In his remarks Dean Potts com- pared the ministerial forms of Eur- opean governments with the presi- dential form of the United States. He touched briefly upon the crime situation and problems of the United States. Before his formal remarks he recounted several interesting epi- sodes and reminiscences of his days as an instructor at A. and M. He is a brother of R. J. Potts of Waco and Arthur Potts of Harlingen. The Dallas Club, under the presi- dency of L. C. Crow ’13, is holding its weekly luncheon meetings each Friday at the University Club, atop the Santa Fe Building in Dallas. Once each month a night meeting is held. The club recently moved its meeting place from the Baker Ho- tel to the University Club. VALLEY AGGIES CLUB PRESIDENT New Leader Well Known as Valley Agric. Authority—Big Plans Under Way for Club. Henry L. Alsmeyer 23, recently elected president of the Rio Grande Valley A. and M. Club, is one of the most successful county agents in the ranks of the Extension Service of the State. He has served in that ca- pacity in the Valley since 1925, mak- ing his home and headquarters at San Benito. He is among the best posted men upon the problems of Valley agriculture and horticulture in that famous section. Before be- coming county agent he taught vo- cational agriculture at Santa Rosa, also in the Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Alsmeyer have three children, a pair of fine boys and a daughter, born May 3, 1932. The boys, according to “Hank,” are head- ed for A. and M. at some time in the future. Louis Alsmeyer ’20, a brother, is serving as county agent with the Extension Service of the State of Florida. Alsmeyer writes that the Valley club this fall and winter will stage some real meetings. The club is made up of A. and M. men living in the whole Rio Grande Valley and has an active record of work in the past. O. L. Byrd ’24, is the imme- diate past president of the group. SA J. T. Murrell 26, has returned to Texas after several years in Mara- caibo, Venezuela. His present ad- dress is 1723 College Avenue, Fort Worth, A. and M. fathers, with sons in the 1932 graduating class, were a- mong the commencement throng. The above were pictured just before the commencement pro- cessional started its slow march to Guion Hall. A. C. Moser ’01, with a pair of recent stalwarts in the 1932 class, takes first rank. A. C. Moser Jr. left, was cadet colonel this year. W. J. Moser, right, was also active in stu- dent 2ffaiis. The father is in the Mortgage and Securities business in Dallas and the family lives at 1903 Moser Ave. At the top right is F. Kamp Mec- Ginnis ’00, landscape architect of Dallas, with his son, Francis K. Jr. The son received his degree in land- scape architecture and was a star member of the A. and M. Rille team. They live at 3920 Shannon Lane, Dallas. Lower left is Thomas M. Smith 01, and his son, T. M. Jr. Their ome is at East Columbia where Mr. Smith is manager of the J. G.| _mi.h and Bros. Co. Young Smith’ vas a member of the track squad Juring his school days. Lower right is Allen Love ’32, and nis father A. C. Love ’99. The son cllowed in his father’s footsteps in z.aduating in civil engineering. Cav- itt Love, Senior, is resident engi- neer for the State Highway Depart- ment at Ennis, Texas. WIDE HONORS TO R.L. MAY & WIFE FOR CURED HAMS Mr. and Mrs. R. L. May, two- year agric., '15, of Amherst, Texas, recently won nation-wide recognition for their prowess in curing hams. At the Lubbock Meat Show Mrs. | May won first prize, while her hus- band took second honors. Th- prize winning ham was bought by friends and sent to Speaker Gar- 'ner at Washington. The Mays were given national recognition for pro- ducing and curing these fine home products. They live on a farm near Amherst, and have the reputation of being one of the most efficient’ farming families in the State. | Be ——. We fe of a de He fe fe fp of pe fe He ' x News comes from Dean : Kyle of the possibility of op- enings for vocational agricul- tural teachers in Porto Rico for the next year. Anyone in- terested should write direct to the Porto Rican Bureau of Commerce and Industry, Room 4001-A, Dept. of Commerce Building, Washington, D. C. ¥e ne , , We He de oe fe fe He He He ake »e He le 0 »e ¥. We 2 7 ge We Ve ”e J "we \J ”e J "we Ye ”e Billy Jarvis ’25, is coaching and teaching in the Spearman, Texas, high school. SONS FOLLOW DADS AT A. & M. - NEW YORK PICKS MAYFIELD PRES; TEVERETT SECY. 100 Dollar Donation Voted as Start of Club’s Student Loan Fund— Meetings Recessed till Fall. ~ JOHN C. MAYFIELD John C. Mayfield ’23, was named as president of the New York City A. and M. Club at that organization’s Mav meeting. He had served the club during the past two years as secretary-treasurer. Frank M. Lev- erett ’21, was elected secretary- treasurer. The club has disbanded for the summer but will resume its reg- ular monthly meetings in the fall. The May meeting was held on the 21st at The Griffon, 77 Park Ave. with eighteen members present. Guy T. Haltom ’06, retiring president, | was given a vote of thanks for his services. The club voted to secure from the A. and M. College a bronze plaque or seal of the college, to be placed in the lounge of the New York City Western Universities Club. Edgar C. Rack ’15, and other A. and M. mem- ters of the Western Universities Club were given a vote of thanks for their efforts along this line. It was voted to start the New York A. and M. Club Student Loan Fund at A. and M. by sending to the As- sociation cffice a check for $100 from the Club’s treasury. John Mayfield, new president, has served the New York Club for two terms as secretary-treasurer. He is Eastern Representative for the Hous- ton Port Bureau and has his office at 10 East Fortieth Street in New York City. Frank M. Leverett ’21, new secretary-treasurer, is mechan- ical and efficiency engineer for The Texas Company, and is located at 135 East Forty-Second Street in New York. Announcement of fall plans for the club will be made in a later issue of the TEXAS AGGIE. Eugene S. Coghill Jr. ’11, is cap- tain of Company F, 111th Engineers, Texas National Guard, Houston. The company, under Coghill’s direction has completed plans for a two-story armory building which will be one of the outstanding buildings of its kind in the South. At A. and M. Coghill was a star member of sev- eral “Company” athletic teams, and took his degree in civil engineering. y k kk Edwin F. Flato ’01, mayor of Corpus Christi and prominent business affairs of South Texas, was recently chosen president of the Texas Hardware Jobbers Associa- ‘tion at that organization’s annual | convention. in EL PASO CLUB NAMES NELSON LEADER AGAIN Juarez Party on April 21st Enjoys Short Talks and Poetry— Monthly Meetings Thru Summer. Although somewhat belatedly re- ported the El Paso A. and M. club celebrated April 21st in fine style with a dinner served in Juarez, Mex- ico. Greer B. Nelson 24, dairy and milk company executive, was re- elected president of the club with R. B. Goodman ’20, and H. F. Tickle 25," ag vice-presidents. John B. Jones ’26 was named secretary-treasurer. Various items of routine business were transacted, among them the raising of 22 feet of pennies, in the A. and M. Mother’s Clubs drive for “Mile of Pennies.” Short talks were made by Flint McGregor 03, L. S. “Tiny” Keen 24, and R. B. Reading ’10. Reading spoke of the meaning and signifi- cance of April 21st in past Texas history, and the inspiration it should furnish to Texas citizens of today. A feature of the evening was the recital of the famous poem, “The Piddlin’ Pup,” by “Cat” Goodman. The poem is said to have been com- posed by W. K. “Runt” Hanson ’15, with the understanding that only Goodman should ever recite the mas- terpiece. The El Paso club will continue to meet monthly, and visitors to that city are always warmly welcomed. Full details of meeting dates and plans may be secured from any of the El Paso A. and M. men. EE i A A - -- LG a Claude C. Fuqua ’24, charged re- cently with violating the Federal Narcotic Act, explained that his small poppy field near Effie, La. was an experimental plot. Fuqua spent several years in .Venozuels, and explained that he brought the poppy seeds from that country. He was carrying on experiments to de- termine if he could produce dye with coal tar and poppy gum. 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L {0-4 ofeole ofedie 9 eo 9 ©. 5, 9.8. eo Ce PURYRAR NAMED DEAN EMERITUS “BOLTON RAISED Ccllege Directors Announce Faculty Advancements and Pass Budget. Hughes and Porter Head De- partments. Dean Charles Puryear will become Dean Emeritus of the College thru action of the Board of Directors at its commencement meeting. Dean F. C. Bolton, dean of the school of en- gineering, will become Dean of the College, and will presumably con- tinue as head of the engineering school. Professor M. C. Hughes was named head of the electrical engi- neering department, and Professor W. L. Porter of the mathematics department, in place of Deans Bol- ton and Puryear. Other faculty posi- tions and ranks were likewise pass- ed upon by the Board at its meet- ing. ; Dean Puryear, ill during the past two years, came to A. and M. in 1889. Thousands of A. and M. men have studied mathematics under his guidance. A stern disciplinarian as Dean of the College, he nevertheless, won the respect, admiration and love of the many A. and M. stu- dents who have known him. Dean Belton, new Dean of the College, is likewise a popular figure among A. and M. engineers. Fiscal budgets for the college and its branches were passed by the Directors, carrying substantial re- ductions in amounts under previous vears. Matters concerning the build- ing program of the college were like- wise studied and passed upon. CARLTON RESIGNS AS BUSINESS MGR. A. & M. ATHLETICS D. W. CARLTON [4 ’ Resignation, for “personal reasons’ was announced by D. W. Carlton ’23, on June 3rd. The resignation will take effect September first this year. It was later announced by the ath- (Continued on Page 4) Houston Club Honors Athletic Staff at Smoker ~=Ben Milam now Scene Monday Luncheon Table Kneeling: Left to right—Graham Hall 13, 3. CG. “Klepto” Holmes ’28, Hugo W. H. Zapp ’12, Charles Haile 12, 8Carli #Doc” Sprague 129, John E. Fontaine ’28 Sam Camp ’27, Jack L. Pink 27, W. L. Hughes Jr. '30, Russell Day '28, Frank G. An- derson. Back Row: Left to right—Roswell Higginbotham ’21, Duane W. Carlton '23, Messers. Riley and Farmer, Guy Cornett 16, W. W. “Red” Lawson '10, president Houston club; Col Ike Ashburn, Johnie Crump ’27, Roy Fal- kenberg 27, Haygood Ashburn, Mat- ty Bell, Horace K. Brown ’30, Dug Thomas ’21, H. L. McNeil 11, Wm. S. Broome ’14, Banks Moreland ’17, George A. “Cop” Forsyth ’17, Her- bert L. Wilkee ’30. The athletic coaching staff of A. and M. was entertained by the Hous- ton A. & M. club at a smoker at the Ben Milam Hotel on the even- ing of May 13th, the day preceding the annual spring meeting of the S. W. Conference. Some twenty-five members of the Houston Club were present. A Dutch buffett luncheon was served during the evening, and a short program of dancing and other entertainment was enjoyed. In- formal talks were made by several of the guests as well as members of the club. The Houston club will hold infor- mal luncheons during the summer at the Ben Milam Hotel, meeting each Monday noon. Graham Hall ’13, of the Ben Milam, is always on hand to welcome any visiting A. and M. men.
