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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. VOL. IX BRYAN, TEXAS, AUGUST 8, 1932. NO. 10 —— EE —— —— — s— MANY A. & M. MEN ON HAND AS ‘FARMERS SHORT COURSE WEEK DRAWS 5000 CAMPUS GUESTS Between four and five thousand visitors thronged the A. and M. Col- lege campus during the week, July 25-30 for the Annual Farmers Short Course. Among the crowds were sev- eral hundred A. & M. men, agricul- tural workers engaged in Extension Service, Exp. Station, Vocational Agriculture and various other agri- cultural activities. For these men the week was one of a home-coming nature, with familiar scenes to be visited and old friends to be greeted. The high spot of the week for many of these visitors was the annual Former Student meeting, elsewhere reported in this issue. Many outstanding figures in the agricultural and business life of the Southwest and of the nation were on the program during the week. Various special groups held meet- ings and conferences during the week. Among these were, County School Superintendents, Public Wel- fare Conference, Texas Baby Chick * Association, Farmers Conference, Ag- ricultural Writers Conference, Exper- iment Station Workers, Extension Service Workers, Grain Sorghum Breeders, and the Texas Beekeepers Association. The general programs were held each morning with outstanding lea- ders as the principal speakers. In the afternoon the program was di- vided up for women, girls, boys, poultry, field crops ard farm engi- neering, livestock, truck and orchard crops, pastures, ete. Judging con- tests were participated in by the boys and various contests by the girls and women. One of the features of the week was the evening programs of en- tertainment, staged at Kyle Field, and combining a seated program with the excitement of a carnival. Min- strels, band concerts, dancing, horse races and exhibitions and rodeo en- tertainment were given before an average attendance of 10,000 in the ‘big concrete bowl. On the other side was the carnival, featuring bowling alleys, fortune tellers, games of chance, red lemonade and various other carnival attractions. Although there was a decrease of some 10 per cent in the attendance lededdodeedodroddeddodedbdeddebdddd dd PRES. WALTON BESTS ILLNESS After a stubborn illness of several weeks during the early part of the summer President T. O. Walton is again at his office. He suffered an attack of erysipelas early in the sum- mer and for over six weeks was confined to his home. De- spite his claims that his fam- ily and his physicians took advantage of him and made him remain in bed longer than necessary, he went through a very trying and dangerous ill- ness. a NOREEN, DR. T. D. BROOKS SUCCEEDS FRILEY AS A. & M. DEAN Appointment of Dr. T. D. Brooks of Baylor University and his accep- tance, to the place made vacant on the A. and M. faculty through the resignation of Dean Charles E. Fri- ley, has been announced. Dean Fri- ley goes to Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, as director of one of that institution’s main divisions. Dr. Brooks will become dean of the sch- ool of arts and sciences and dean of the graduate school at A. and M. Connected with Baylor since 1921 Dr. Brooks is one of the best known educators in the Southwest. He was educated at Baylor and received ad- vanced degrees from the University of Chicago. He has been active in civie affairs in Waco, has served that city as mayor and is a past district president of Rotary clubs. The AGGIE takes this opportuni- ty to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Brooks from the Former Students of the A. and M. College. George C. Moffett ’16, of Chilli- cothe, was given a majority over his opponents in the primary elec- tion as a candidate for re-election to the State House of Representa- this year, officials of the Short Course were elated over the out-| A : come of the week. Those present | tives. He will be serving his second came for the purpose of improving | term. At home he is a banker and (Continued on Page 4) j farmer. GENERAL ELECTRIC PROMOTES A.F. DICKERSON "10, NOTED FOR SUCCESSFUL LIGHTING FEATS the country’s outstanding authorities upon illuminating engineering. He has been with the General Electric Company since taking his degree at A. and M. in 1910. As a student at A. and M. he was captain of Com- pany D during his senior year. Mr. Dickerson’s accomplishments in his particular field have been many. He was resident engineer at San Francisco in connection with the spectacular lighting of the Panama- Pacific Exposition a few years back. He was consultant for similar work for the Rio de Janeiro Exposition. Among his most famous achievements in the East was his selling and de- signing and installing the flood-light system for Niagra Falls. Dickerson is chairman of the street lighting committee of the N. E. L. A., and also serves upon the street lighting committees of the Illuminat- ing Engineering Society and the In- ternational Association of Municipal Electricians. He is a member of the advisory committee on Illumination for Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition which opens next June and for which such extensive prepa- rations are being made. A. F. Dickerson ’10, has recently been promoted by the General Elec- tric Company to the position of man- ager of their illuminating laboratory and lighting sales department. He has been serving the company as il- luminating engineer. He makes his home at Schenectady and is one of A. & M. MEN HOLD ANNUAL DINNER AT SHORT COURSE Kyle, Seale, Short, McQuillen Called Upon by Toastmaster Pierce— ° Building Program and Mec- Farlin Farms Described. One hundred and twenty-five A. and M. men, accompanied in many cases by their wives, were present at the annual Farmers Short Course Ex-Student’s meeting this summer. The affair was staged in the form of an evening banquet at the Mess Hall. L. A. Pierce ’22, county agent at Alice, acted as master of cere- monies for the occasion. A short and interesting program was enjoy- ed at the conclusion of Mr. Dun- can’s excellent dinner. Dean E. J. Kyle ’99, was intro- duced and spoke upon the new build- ing . program of the college. Brief- ly sketching the developments lead- ing to A. and M.'s securing a sharc in the University oil endowment, Dean Kyle passed to a more detailed description of the construction work planned and under way. His hear- ers were particularly interested in the new agricultural buildings and in the acquiring of additional land for the dairy and animal husbandry departments. The new animal in- dustries building, the first of its kind in the southwest, was described in detail by Dean Kyle. (Continued on Page 4) CHURCH HEADS NEW OFFICERS DALLAS AGGIES MARION S. CHURCH ’05 Memories of old Oriental Hotel days of the Dallas A. and M. club were recalled this spring with the election of Marion S. “Parson” Church ’05, as president of the Dal- las club and with his supporting cast of officers. T. B. Warden ’03, first vice-president; A. P. Rollins ’06, sec- ond vice-president; Dave Levy ’14, secretary, and S. Y. Guthrie ’25, treasurer, were the other officers elected. The new slate was introduc- ed at a regular Friday meeting of the club held recently at the Uni- versity Club atop the Santa Fe Building, new regular Friday noon meeting place of the organization. The new officers were introduced by Ewing S. Moseley ’16. Louis Crow ’14, is the past president. In his remarks of acceptance Pres- ident Church stated: “Any club needs work to create interest and to be successful. Committees will be ap- pointed at once on entertainment and on objectives. Your officers are go- ing to expect full cooperation from every member of this club, and plenty of work from every member of every committee.” Other officers spoke in a similar vein and the winter program of the Dallas Club is expected to be one of the most ambitious in the long his- tory of that organization. The Dallas club is meeting each Friday at noon at the University club. i for BEAUMONT CLUB ENJOYS ANNUAL MELON CUTTING Big Annual Affair Staged at Munic- ipal Air Port—Dan Russell of A. and M. Chief Speaker. Over a hundred A. and M. men, their families and friends, gathered at the new Beaumont Municipal Air- port on the evening of July 18th, to enjoy the annual summer Water- melon Feast of the Beaumont Club. The affair has become a regular summer function and has grown in attendance and enjoyment each year. The above crowd was present this year, in spite of an afternoon of rain and showers during the eve- ning. With the huge hangar for shelter, the inclement rain had no effect upon the crowd or upon its high spirits. Dr. Daniel Russell, head of the de- partment of Rural Sociology at A. and M. was the principal speaker of the evening. He spoke upon “What the young men and women of school age are thinking, wonder- ing and worrying about.” Matty Bell and Secretary MecQuillen, other vis- itors, spoke birefly. A short address upon the political situation was made by Hugh N. “Axle” Glezen ’20. Other visitors were introduced by Presi- dent D. Pat Wheat ’28, presiding. Naturally the chief project of the evelling was the destruction of the smd) mountain of iced melons, and whife the older folks accomplished thasend, the youngsters were almost hy, iin an ice cream cones. There were games of every kind r+ everyone. Horse-shoe piten honors were won by J. C. “Major” Fleming '27, of Port Arthur, but visiting contestants in the melon eating marathon were for outdistanc- ed by such stalwart Beaumont entries as F. L. “Rabbi” Bertschler ’21, R. C. Heartfield 23, and Charlie Bab- cotk "19. Several fast games of “Bin- go” with the uneaten melons as przes and with Charlie Babcock as chef auctioneer completed the even- ings program. I charge of arrangements for this evening were Richard C. Heartfield "25 chairman; R. H. Wyche ’23, J. F. Combs and! Pat Wheat. EMERY SUCCEEDS NELSON ASA. & M. COMMANDANT Lieutenant-Colonel Ambrose Emery of the Infantry Branch of the U. S. Amy has arrived on the campus to swceed Col. C. J. Nelson as Com- mindant of Cadets. The new Com- mindant came to College from Wash- ington where he has been attending the War College. He has a distin- gushed service record, is himself a griduate of Georgia Tech, and has sem foreign service in the U. S. Amy in various parts of the world. He has three sons, one of whom will ener A. and M. this fall. (ol Nelson, retiring commandant, afer five successful years, has been trasferred to Ft. Snelling, Minn. PIOMOTION SENDS LEGG TO BORDER ,ubrey S. Legg ’21, was recently nated manager of the Eagle Pass prperties of the Texas Electric Seyice Co., and will move at once fren Midland to Eagle I'ass. In ad- diton to the power and light prop- ertes for both Eagle Pass and Pie- drs Negras, across the Rio Grande, he will have charge of the ice and waer properties for both cities. The nev appointment is a splendid vro- motion. Legg has been with the Tex- |agP. & L. Co., and the above com- pay since his graduation, with the exeption of one year as a member of the faculty of A. and M. in the Io. E. Department. He has made a otedy advancement during these yess and is one of the youngest en in he state in a similar position. COLLEGE ARCHITECT Under the direction of Dr. F. E. Giesecke ’86, plans have been drawn for the new building program of A. and M. He occupies the position of college architect and director of the engineering experiment station. After graduation from A. and M. in 1886, Dr. Giesecke taught here for many years, left for many more years and returned several years ago to his present position. His office is locat- ed in Ross Hall on the campus and right now he’s one of the busiest men in the state of Texas. TERRELL LEADS IN CONTEST FOR STATE R. R. COM. Charles V. Terrell for re-election as State Railroad Com- ’83, candidate missioner of tallied a big lead over his mary election and will go into the run-off campaign with a decided ad- Texas, fice, both C. A. DeWare and Col. P. the primary election. C. V. Terrell was born in Wise county near Decatur, and after his high school days attended A. and M. as the winner in a competitive ex- amination. He numbers hundreds of A. and M. men among his closest friends and supporters. After his ca- det days he studied law and prac- ticed this profession until 1921. Dur- ing his early days he served as city attorney of Decatur, and also later served Wise county as county judge. He served several terms in the State Senate and was appointed State term. Although re-elected (Continued on Page 4) UILDING PROGRAM UNDER WAY —— TWO MILLION DOLLARS GOES INTO BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TO BE COMPLETED IN 1933 Within another sixty days the two million dollar building program of the A. and M. College will be un- der full steam. It will be the great- est building spurt enjoyed by the college since its foundation more than half a century ago. The money is derived from the A. and M. share in the landed endowment of the University, secured last year by the College after forty years of ef- fort. At the same time a four mil- lion dollar building program is un- der way for the University at Aus- tin. The A. and M. buildings are be- ing built by contractors of the state and by the college building staff, with all remaining work being done under contract. Architectural work for the huge program has been done by the staff of College Architect, Dr. F. E. “Pal” Giesecke ’'86. Dr. Gies- ecke is also director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, a major division of the A. and M. College system. In building up his for the tremendous and rushed pro- gram of construction. Dr. Giesecke drew many of the outstanding men from various architectural firms of the state. W. J. Smith, nationally known architect of Chicago, has serv- ed as consultant on the program. Chemistry Building The first building to be started un- der the new program was the chem- istry building, to be completed early in 1933. The present unit of this structure will cost $350,000, and will be joined to a previously constructed unit costing $100,000. These figures include all equipment and when com- pleted the building will represent one of the finest of its kind in the South. It will be one of the largest buildings upon the campus. Ag. Engineering The Agricultural Engineering build- ing, under contract to Walsh, Bur- ney and Key of Sam Antonio, will be finished around the first of the year. It will cost with its equipment a- bout $206,000 and will be located north of the agricultural building, about where the veterinary hospi- tal is now located. The present wooden shacks housing this depart- ment will be scrapped. (Continued on Page 4) AMARILLO CLUB ELECTS COX "17 NEW PRESIDENT | | opponents in the pri-| Plan Big Fall Celebration When Far- mer Grid Team Plays for First Time in Amarillo. Carl C. Cox ’17, was recently elect- "ed president of the Amarillo-Pan- vantage. He is a veteran in Texas handle A. & M. Club, politics. Mr. Terrell was the only A.' most successful of the A. and M man known to have remained local clubs. in the campaign for a state-wide of- ’26, as president. Other new officers L. Downs having been eliminated in president; one of the and M. He replaced J. F. Ford included Col. Oscar Seward ’07, vice- Thad Ansley ’28, secre- | tary and Carl Miller ’28, treasurer. "The club meets every Monday noon at the Capital Hotel in Amarillo and has been enjoying active and well- attended meetings at this location and on this date for several years. Members of the ‘Amarillo club for many years have staged each fall the Panhandle-Aggie Round-up, and that affair has become one of the "annual outstanding A and M. affairs. This year there has been some dis- cussion of changing this plan and having the Round-up on September 24th., when the A. and M. varsity Treasurer in 1922. He was then elect- 'football team will meet Texas Tech ed to that position for a two-year at Lubbock. Final decision will be announced in the AGGIE. Visitors in 1924 he to Amarillo are cordially invited to withdrew to fill the vacancy upon join this active club at their Mon- | day luncheons at the Capital Hotel. architectural staff of around 30 men -
