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X j BD a A A A A a SAA AAR A A A SNR 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, NOVEMBER 1, 1932. NO. 14 VOL. IX —————— pec sme em meee i Score Seekers Also Have Still Have Opportunity points. His total score was 57% Price ’30, Throckmorton, Texas "31. Read Gillespie ’15, Joe K. Jarmon ’28, ‘all with 22% points. Second Half Annual Contest Gets Underway. With the contest just exactly half over, the sensational “guess- ing” of Alvin F. Mitchell '09, of Corsicana, has put that expert in the lead in the Third Annual Side-Line Coaches Contest. Mitchell showed almost flawless ability in picking the winners, missing only the A. and M.-Baylor game, where the tie score gave him 2% Snapping at the fast-moving heels of Mitchell come a pair of youngsters, Terrell R. Harper ’27, Lawton, Okla., and R. Dee with scores of 52%, and both are within easy reach of the top should Mitchell falter. Right in behind these three leaders come a hungry pack in full cry and still near enough to burst into the lead should their guesses begin to click. In the group, with scores of 471% are W. T. Davis ’30, T. 11, E. D. Barker ’31, B. D. Atwell ’12, Lee “Red” Taylor ’12, T. L. Smith Jr. ’98, L. Skinner ’27, K. E. Simank ’30, and N. B. At the other end of the line an equally bitter fight is being staged for the “booby” prize. It would appear that several en- tries in the contest were making an actual effort to be the low man, but their goal will not be reached without serious opposition. At the half, W. N. Petzing 27, of Dallas, was in the lead for the low prize with the startling score of 17%. Just above him on the ladder and ready to tromp him were Chas. H. Dodson ’26, WwW. S. ’10, L. W. Stasney 24, J. L. Sowell 29, and W. P. McOsker ’19, One of the spectacular features of the contest was the work of H. F. Owsley ’32. That youngster guessed the first seven games without a fumble, then tumbled badly and lost heavily. Another sensational guess was the calling of a tie in the Bay- lor-A. and M. game, this being done by J. T. L. Lloyd ’31, Ben D. Leuty ’24, and E. N. Hogue With a torrid second half coming up the closer, both at the high and low ends of the one hundred of the two hundred entries have an opportunity at getting into the winning monye and a few sensational successful guesses may do much to change the present position of the coach- es. They're on the field for the second half and there’s the whistle. a a A. F. MITCHELL 09, LEADS SIDE-LINE COACHES WITH ALMOST PERFECT SCORE Hotly Contested First Half Finds Leader Closely Pushed—Low Bitter Battle—100 Entries to Displace Leaders as points, out of a possible 60. They are tied for second place C. McGuire ’31, Seth H. Martin H. E Kellner 27, Percy McGhee Ba a a J 2 a a a a a Se a SE A A McNew 20, J. B. 715. race will become contest. At least ALABAMA LIKES LANDSCAPE WORK OF SAM BREWSTER "27, ~ SPECIALIST IN THIS FIELD Sam F. Brewster ’27, was recently awarded the degree of master of landscape architecture (MLA) fol- lowing two years of graduate work at the Massachusetts State College at Amherst. He is landscape spec- jalist for the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institution, better known as Auburn. He makes his home at Auburn, Alabama. He went to Auburn shortly after his graduation from A. and M. and was given a leave of absence to pursue his graduate work. In his extension service work in Alabama, Brewster has assisted in the landscaping and beautifying of homes and grounds, public buildings, churches and schools throughout the _ state. He has been a big factor in the landscape development of Ala- bama, and his work has come in for wide notice and acclaim. While taking graduate work Brew- ster was made a member of Kappa Sigma, national fraternity, and is at the present time a national offi- cer in that fraternity. He has charge of Kappa Sigma chapters located at Georgia Tech, University of Flori- da, Mercer, Emory, University of Georgia, University of Alabama, and Auburn. He is also a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, National ag- ricultural fraternity. As a student at A. and M. Brews- ter was active in cadet affairs. His home is at Temple and he is an oc- cassional visitor to Texas. He is un- married, and writes that his con- tact with college students, is, he hopes, keeping him young. TEXAS SECTION A.S. C. E. NAMES ARNESON HEAD E. P." “Eddie” elected president of the —— Arneson ’10, was American Society of Civil Engineers, Texas Section, at the recent annual meeting of that body held at Mineral Wells. He is one of the outstanding civil engineers of the South and is locat- ed at San Antonio where he is a con- sulting engineer. Among his recent works has been the formation of complete highway plans and pro- grams for Bexar and McLennan counties. The latter program is well under construction at the present time. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, held this year at Atlantic City, a paper sent to the meeting by Mr. Arneson was widely discussed and complimented. The subject of this paper was “The Required Data for the Development of a city Plan.” Arneson has been intimately asso- ciated with the development of the highway program in the State of Texas for the past many years. As a student at A. and M. he was’ editor-in-chief of the 1910 Longhorn, a baseball letter-man, cadet major and vice-president of the senior class. Srafocfocfreforfort Aeslperefedececdocdeadiaodecdecdocdosdraduadindecdecds FARMER TEAM HAS VETERAN BACKS Capt Jimmy Aston ‘OUR veteran backs of the Aggie football squad are pictured above. Captain Jimmie Aston, Farmersville, is playing his last year. He is a 190 pound halfback, fullback or quarterback. W. B. “Dub” Williams, 160 pound quarterback, hails from Greenville. He will graduate this spring, although this is only his second year on the Farmer eleven. “Pete” Hewitt, Groesbeck, is play- ing his final year. He is a 165 pound halfback. Rue Barfield, Port Arthur, is playing his second 1year upon the A. aiid M. team aus uoted for his " Dub” Williams Q Fue \ Barfield strong defensive player, especially against passes. locking ability as a halfback. He is also a BAYLOR HOLDS AGGIE TEAM TO SCORELESS TIE A scoreless tie was the best the Aggies could dc against Baylor Uni- versity, in their first game played in that city in several years. Fre- quent fumbles, poor kicks by the Farmers and a pair of staunch de- fensive lines made the game a slow and uninteresting one, except for a Baylor homecoming crowd that re- garded the tie as a moral victory for their team. And a moral victory it was, with the Aggies exceedingly lucky to escape defeat. Not that the Bears outplayed the Aggies, since the Aggies had the ball in scoring territory more often, but because Baylor missed an easy chance for a field goal in the closing minutes of play that would have brought them a victory. And in that final quarter the Baylor team was outplaying the Aggies. The Aggie running attack was stopped cold, with big Ted Spencer gaining practically all the ground the Aggies amassed from running plays. The vaunted Baylor passing attack was stopped just as coldly. Baylor made five first downs to the Aggies’ four. Three fifteen-yard kicks in the early stages of the game prov- ed costly to the Aggies. Fumbles, first by one side and then by the other, likewise marred the contest. Matty Bell started his second team and that eleven proved as good as the regulars when they were insert- ed into the game in the seccnd quar- ter. Charlie Cummings, Willis Nolan and “Honk” Irwin starred for A. & M. in the line, with Spencer gaining often on line plunges. James, Petty, Clark and Norton were the lumina- ries of the day for the Bears. The Farmers’ best scoring opportu- nity came in the third quarter when Domingue failed to make a first down on the Baylor five-yard line by inches and the ball went over. The Baylor opportunity came in the final minutes of play when a series of passes and short gains through the line carried the ball to the Ag- gies’ ten-yard line and a first down. In three line plays the Bears lost ground and then their attempted place kick from the 12-yard line (Continued on Page 4) “BOYS WILL BE BOYS” AND OLD “RAM” BOOKS DISCLOSE CADET PRANKS OF LONG AGO Present Day Youth Would Have Trouble in Matching Efforts of Some of These Enterprising Examples.—Dark Chapters in Lives of Lead- ing A. & M. Men to be Aired by Texas Aggie Research Staff. Truth will out! And the ancient records of A. and M. continue to dis- close startling facts. A “ram” book, from the Commandant’s office, for the year 1909, reveals many startling entries. Staid business and profess- ional men of today will blush at these disclosures. In the interest of scientific research and the great god Truth, the AGGIE feels that these recently unearthed facts should be given the light of publicity. “Rams” or demerits were given with a lavish hand in those hardy days, though some of the pranks would have been more severely pun- ished today than yester-year. : One of the first entries in the book, on page headed, Ehlinger, G. E., reads as follows: “April 14, tak- ing goats from one hall to another after taps, thereby causing confus- ion among cadets.” For that crime, Ehlinger, G. E., drew 8 demerits. And B. D. Atwell Jr. got 4 demerits for “going under table when lights went out in Mess Hall.” M. L. An- derson drew 4 demerits for “wiping face on table cloth,” and George Ashford was rammed for “very dir- ty collar at drill.” Cold Days December 14-15, 1909, must have been cold days as many “rams” were listed for “crowding around stove at breakfast.” And R. B. Barnitz was listed for “taking eatables other than his own.” R. E. Baylor was list- ed for “leaving too much fire in his stove during breakfast,” and C. N. Beazley for “ruthlessly destroying toilet paper.” Charlie Whitfield must have been noisy according to this entry, “mak- ing unnecessary noise to disturb en- tire campus, 10 demerits.” And W. A. Ball was penalized for “rusty butt at inspection.” A tough fellow was W. H. Calloway who drew rams for “throwing rocks at another company marching to mess hall.” W. H. Cur- tin drew a heavy penalty for “play- ing musical instrument while other students were trying to study,” and C. E. Dahlgren was rammed for “eating while Battalion was at at- tention.” : “Non Reg.” Regulation uniform was the big problem then as now, and here’s Tom B. Darst stuck 10 for “wearing civ- ilian clothes to R. V. Dance” and Pat Devine ran afoul the law with “trous- ers rolled up at drill’ and “wearing sweater under blouse” John Egan drew several entries for “bed not properly piled” and “gazing around in ranks.” J. M. Forsyth drew down plenty of wrath for “setting in win- dow and making facetious remarks to cadets in formation.” And Carroll M. Gaines must have been sleepy the morning this entry was made: “Not going through reveille exer- cises enthusiastically.” And another page reveals that P. M. Geren was in the same prank about the goat with G. E. Ehlinger. He also drew a ram for “having tooth-pick in mouth in mess hall.” M. C. Giesecke was rammed several times for “smoking cigarettes on the campus” and S. Gillaspie for ‘not passing eatables” W. M. Goodwin also had mess hall troubles as these entries indicate, “as carver, not pre- serving order at table” and ‘“throw- ing victuals at another cadet.” C. H. Griesenbeck was a prankster but was often caught. He was ram- med for “puting ice in another ca- det’s bed” and “for bringing talcum powder to mess hall and putting it in salt shaker.” On March 28, is a strange entry, on the page of C. Hohn “having gun hauled in without authority.” C. C. Krueger was called for “answering roll call too loudly,” and B. J. Mansfield for “smoking cigarette in main building.” Another cadet was heavily fined for “making insulting noises while bugle corps; was at attention.” (Continued on Page 4) CENTENARY WINS AFTER HOT TILT AT SHREVEPORT Final Farmer Drive Stopped One Foot Short Goal Line—A. & M. Team Shows Improvement. Although playing their best game of the season the Texas Aggies bow- ed to the undefeated Centenary Col- lege Gentlemen at Shreveport by the score of 7 to 0. The big thrill of a well played game came in the final minutes of play when the Ag- gies drove from their own 20-yard line to the Centenary goal line. On the last play of the game, and on the fourth down with goal to go, Domingue carried the ball 3 yards to within inches of the goal line but failed to go over. In their four games of the past four years the Aggies and the Gentlemen have broken even with a pair of victories each. The first quarter saw the speedy Centenary defense, aided by some bad Farmer kicking, carry the ball to the Aggie one-yard line where the drive was halted and the ball went over. Neither team threatened in the second quarter. In the third per- iod the Centenary team scored, with Manning Smith, quarterback, doing the job. The veteran signal caller, a younger brother of M. V. Smith 22, took charge of the drive and al- most single-handed carried the ball for a touchdown, the game’s only score. (Continued on Page 4) KIRBY FOREST SURVEY SHOW PLANTING NEE - = ) The following report in the last issue of The Texas Forest News, was made by Mr. E. O. Siecke, State Forester and his staff. This proper- ty, known as the John Henry Kirby State Forest, was given to the Col- lege, with all income to be used to establish a student loan fund to be administered by the Association of Former Students. Mr. Siecke has been very helpful in working out the development and protection of this property. An Association commit- tee serves as an advisory group on this matter, the committee being headed by Mr. Siecke and includ- ing also Mr. A. K. Short ’00, Mr. E. C. Durham ’99, and J. I. McGregor 16. The report follows: An intense forest survey of the John Henry Kirby State Forest, con- sisting of a twenty per cent field survey, was completed during the fore part of August. This forest cov- ers 600 acres located in Tyler coun- ty near Hyatt Station, about five miles south of Warren. The area was a gift from John Henry Kirby to the State of Texas for forestry purposes and is under the direct su- pervision of the Texas Forest Ser- vice. In making this gift, Mr. Kirby stipulated in the deed of conveyance that the net returns from the forest should revert to the Former Students’ Association of A. and M. College for use in aiding worthy students at that institution. The survey indicates that the area is only fairly stocked with trees, and it will be necessary to replant the more open places and follow proper protective and management methods to obtain a full stand. Growth stud- ies made of the present stand indi- cate that the trees are making a good annual increment. During the next five years thinnings for posts, small poles and fuel material can be made in parts of the forest. The ul- timate timber crop of large poles and saw-timber will probably not be ready to cut for 25 to 50 years. “TOMMY” COCHRAN PLAYS SENSATIONAL TOURNAMENT GOLF Thomas B. Cochran ’17, of Tyler, has been the golfing sensation of the state during the summer and fall meets. He has shown a resumption of the form that made him, a few years ago, the amateur champion of the state. He is in the oil business at Tyler. As a student at A. and M. “Tommy” Cochran was a cadet cap- tain, an all-company football player and a member of the Ross Volun- teers.
