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“diately Stalt 1m on tneir wWora and LIBRARY CAMPUS TO POSTMASTER If this paper is net ; RETURN called for return post- POSTAGE age is guaranteed by ' publisher. GUARANTEED Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. VOL. X COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MARCH 15, 1934. NO. 22 RECORD ATTENDANGE EXPECTED WHEN FORMERSTUDENTa GATHER ON CAMPUS FOR ANNUAL MEET i Although prospects of a floor fight at the 2nnual meeting have faded, indications ‘still point to the largest annual gathering of A. & M. men cver to be present, when the business meeting and week-end visit of the Former Students is held on the campus April 14-15. Many reservations have already been made aud several classes are working toward exceptionally sue- cessful reunions. A full program of entertainment for the week-end has been worked out, starting with the Mayo play, “The Aggies”, which will be given in the Assembly Hall on the even- ing of April 13th. The play is a story of student life at A. & M,, the actors students of the institu- tion for the most part. The usual Joint Faculty-Former Student Luncheon will be held Sunday noon, April 15, at the Mess Hall, with the speaker for that oc- casion yet to be named. Baseball, track and intramural Boxing events are scheduled. On Saturday night, April 14, Reunion Classes will have their reunion dinners and on Sunday morning the Cadet Corps is slated to stage a military review in honor of the visitors. Committees to lead in transact- ing the business of the Associa- tion of Former Students will be named soon by President T. B. Warden of Austin and will imme- reports. Various items of business and the election of officers will be the principle topics at the annual business meeting of the Associa- tion, scheduled for the Y.M.C.A. Chapel at 2 P. M., on April 15. A full program for the week-end is printed elsewhere in this issue | of the AGGIE. | MANY PARTIES BEING PLANNED FOR APRIL 21 Reports of April 21st. meetings planned in various sections of the State and the United States have begun to arrive at the Association office. A full list of these meet- ings will be carried in the April 10th. issue of THE AGGIE. In the mean-time, it is hoped that many other localities will plan meetings in honor of this day that has been set aside as the one day of the year when A. & M. men shall meet together. Where no organized A. & M. club exists, some individual or group of A. & M. men is asked to take the lead in making plans and arrangements for a meeting. Write your plans with full details to the Association office, in order that a proper announcement may be made in the next issue of the AG- GIE. E. A. Eversburg, 13, is the own- er of the Minimax Stores of Hous- ton, and makes his headquarters at his place of business at the cor- ner of Westheimer and Waugh Drive. Houston. % aa Anyone interested in op- erating a 100 acre farm near Poteet, Texas, on shares or percentage basis, write to Dean E. J. Kyle, College Sta- tion, Texas. '24-"19-"14-109-'04-'99-94- 84 ~ (lasses Plan Spring Re-Unions When Exes With the approach of the April 14-15 reunion date, and with let- ters going out from the various class presidents and from the Asso- ciation office, interest in this spring’s class reunions is develop- ing rapidly. Prominent members of various reunion classes are urging attendance by all class members, and indications point to a very suc- cessful reunion week-end in April. Plans have been made to furnish sleeping quarters to all men re- turning for the week-end at no cost. Meals will be eaten together in the College Mess Hall. Most of the entertainment features of the week-end are free, and the date offers a pleasant visit to the campus at almost no cost. Golden Anniversary The class of 1884 will celebrate its Golden Anniversary, and its first reunion in many years. Wal- ter Whipprecht, for many years business manager of the A. & M. College, is taking an active in- terest in getting a full attendance of the living members of this class. Among those expected to be pres- ent to celebrate the 50th. birthday of the class are Walter Wipprecht, T. B. McQueen of Marlin, A. A. Shirley of Anna, Gus Giesecke of San Antonio, R. E. Pennington of Brenham, and Dr. B. E. Knolle of Industry. Of the original 14 members of this class five are dead, and the following have not been located, N. A. Dawson, W. B. Philpott, and V. Andrews. Silver Twenty-five years out of A. & M., the class of 1909 is scheduled for its Silver Anniversary. Cap- Anniversary Gather April 14-15 tain D. M. Shearer, Class Presi- dent, unfortunately is stationed in the State of Washington and will not be able to attend. The class is badly scattered but a strong nuc- leus remains in Texas and is ex- pected to be present on April 14- 15. First Reunion At the other end of the list of Reunion classes is the class of 1924, laying plans already for its first return in a body to the campus | since graduation. Herman L. “Coo- tie” Roberts, permanent president} of the class, made a recent visit Ay Dr x ments for the entertainmen of the the Campus to check over arsdnge- group. He lives at Corsicana and is enthusiastic over the prospects for a big return of ’24 men. It will be the first reunion of the class since its graduation. 1914 J. Forest Runge, Christoval, Texas, President of the 1914 Class is already at work upon plans for that group’s return, and if other classes falter the 1914 group may have the best attendance record of the year. “Bully’ Irby, August Lenert and “Deak” Killough, all located on the campus, have prom- ised to have everything in readi- ness for the return of their mates. 1904 The famous class of 1904, whose reunions in the past have been so successful, has been slow in get- ting under way this year but will probably come fast at the finish. A. B. Conner and John Vick are local members of the class. Five years ago this group held one of the most successful class reunions (Continued on page 3) “| couragement from the Alumni is Houston Exes Honor Coaches At Big Smoker Norton Given New Nick- Name When South Texas Aggies Honor A. & M. Ath- | letic Leaders. ! | I I | With Homer Norton, Cal Hub- bard and Dean Kyle as Honor! guests, the Houston A. & M. Club | entertained on the night of March 17 with a huge Smoker at the fifty men were present at the jov- gations from other cities. Galves- con, Beaumont, East Bernard, Rich- | mond, Goose Creek and many other South Texas cities were represent- ed. After an hour of informal visit- sent were called to order by Jack Pink, ’27, president of the Houston A. & M. Club. E. 0. Buck, ’26, opened the program, followed by Secretary E. E. McQuillen, ’20, of | College, who introduced Dean Kyle, chairman of the A. & M. Athletic Council. Dean Kyle outlined some of the hopes, ambitions, plans and policies of the Athletic Council ‘along athletic lines. He drew ap- plause with the declaration that the A. & M. College athletic teams should secure their share of Natio- 3 tablishment 3s Houston Club. Over a hundred and }! ial party, the Houston Aggies be- 1} ing supplemented with many dele- | ing among each other, those pre- | DALLAS CLUB CALLS BACK RESOLUTION Following the lead of the Board of Directors of the As- sociation, the Dallas A. & M. Club at its meeting on April 16th., rescinded its previous resolution regarding the es- of honorary scholastic societies at A. & M. and affirmed the action and stand taken upon this matter by the Association Directors in their meeting of March 11th. The stand of the Directors at that meeting is reported in another story in this issue of the Aggie. The Dallas Club a few weeks back had passed a resolution ask- ing the College to take no steps in this matter until after the annual meeting of the Association of Former Students, scheduled at Col- lege on April 15-16. This action by the Dallas Club removed the prospect of a fight from the floor at the annual meeting, and places the responsibility for mak- ing a decision in the matter of the scholastic societies in the hands of the authorities of the College. Rifle Team In Nat'l Match After Setting Corps Area Record 'nal and All-American recognition. He paid high tribute to the new | and old members of the A. & M. Rm, Tay WRT LA AT A Bg A CORTE slat aad’ ff rvadcoecu «Homer Norton, new head football coach and Athletic Director at A. & M. Norton told those present of the athletic careers of his new assis- tants and expressed himself as well satisfied with the situation found at College. He frankly told those present that “Cooperation and en- amoacrd Lt, I.E. Reierson’s - Setting a new 8th Corps area Acgie Rifle Team won the annual corps area rifle matches with a score of 1967 points, well ahead of the second place University of Arizona team. It was the third time in the past four years the Aggies have won the Corps area match. The victory entitles the A. & M. team to enter the National Collegiate Trophy Match which they have won a number of times. Firing just as important to success as .eam-play on the field”. pressed enthusiasm over the out- look at A. & M. and was an instant hit with the big crowd. Manning Smith, new Assistant freshman coach, spoke briefly. Dr. Bost, famous bone specialist of Houston and an Honorary mem- ber of the Houston A. & M. Club was another speaker warmly re- ceived. The meeting was closed by G. A. “Cop” Forsyth, ’17, who stat- ed that in the best traditions of A. & M. he felt it necessary to give Norton a nick-name. That nick- Cal Hubbard, new line coach, ex- collegiate matches. began this week also in the annual William Randolph Hearst Inter- During the past season the Aggie team has won thirty-nine victories in forty- eight dual matches. Members of the Aggie team who will receive medals as a re- sult of the corps area match vic- tory are: Captain Charley Tosch, Mes- quite; Roy Huffaker, L. R. Sayers, T. J. Guerdrum, H. E. Meador and A. R. Meador, all of San Antonio; Paul Ott, J. A. Franz, J. B. Heinen and G. D. Gorman, Jr., all of Dal- las; Kenneth Tucker, Burkburnett; name was “Moses”, and under that name the new coach was expected to lead A. & M. out of the athletic | wilderness. | C. P. Henley, Fort Worth; W. S. Sinclair, Galveston; S. J. Ander- son, Lawn; G. E. Schultis, Harlin- gen. ~ TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR ANNUAL MEETING ” "Friday Afternoon, April 13— Friday Night, April 13— Saturday Morning, April 14— Saturday Afternoon, April 14— Saturday Night, April 14— Saturday Night, April 14— Sunday Morning, April 15— Sunday Morning, April 15— Sunday Noon, April 15— Sunday Afternoon, April 15— Baseball, A. & M. vs. Texas U,, Kyle Field. Thomas Mayo Play, “The Ag- gies”, a melodrama of A. & M. student life, at the Assembly Hall. Departmental visits and inspec- tions. Baseball, A. & M. vs. Texas U. Track—A. & M. vs. Rice. Kyle Field. Class Dinners, Mess Hall Finals, Intramural Boxing Gymnasium. Review by A. & M. Cadet Corps. Ass'n. Committee Meetings. Annual Joint Faculty-Former Student Luncheon at Mess Hall. Annual Business Meeting, Asso- ciation of Former Students, Y. M. C. A. Chapel. “Hands Off” On School Affairs Declares Board Taking the Association of For- mer Students out of the internal affairs of the College, was the theme song of the meeting of the Directors of the organization held on the campus on April eleventh. And the song was rendered so vigorously, and so unanimously that the question of Honorary Scholastic Societies at A. & M. was turned back to the authorities of the College, the results of the | Interview Campaign answers were buried deep, and the policy of “Hands Off” as regards internal problems was restated with em- phasis. The meeting was attend- ed by fourteen directors, a record attendance at a called meeting. Fight Prospects Fade All prospects of a fight over the Scholastic Society matter at the annual meeting on April 14-15 lution reading as follows, “At a previous meeting, the Board con- sidered the matter of the establish- ment of Honorary Scholastic Sovieties av A. & Ti. sideration has brought about the belief that our group should not undertake to make a decision of this nature, but that such decision should be made by the constituted authorities of the College.” The statement was passed unanimous- ly. Interview Results Buried In the same frame of mind the directors instructed President War- den to make no report upon the answers made to his interview campaign. “Every A. & M. man,” explained one director, “Is inter- ested in these problems, but their solution must rest with the: Col- lege authorities. The Association has no business committing itself upon one side or the other, wheth- er the question be co-education, hazing, athletics or scholarship societies.” Under these instruc- tions, President Warden announc- ed that no tabulation of answers to the Interview Campaign would be made and that all returns would be held private in his office. Read Directors Meeting Minutes on Page 4. ‘San Tone Smoker To Honor Norton And Other Guests Homer Norton will be introduc- ed to the A. & M. men of San An- tonio and Southwest Texas and will be the Honor Guest at a Smoker given by the San Antonio A. & M. Club on the night of April 5th. The time has been set at 8 p. m., the place the Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel in San Antonio. President George G. Smith, ’30, of the San Antonio Club, writes that the admission tax will be very small. Other guests will include T. B. Warden, President of the Associa- tion, Dean E. J. Kyle, Chairman of the A. & M. Athletic Council, San Antonio Sports writers, All City High School players, and other cel- ebrities. The San Antonio Club extends an especial invitation for this af- fair to the A. & M. men and their friends from Southwest Texas and delegations are expected to be pre- sent from many surrounding cities and counties. The Plaza Hotel Ballroom, San Antonio, April 5th.,, at 8 p. m.— Stag Smoker. 455 DIREGTORS END OVER SEHOLISTIC SOG VOTE TO SPONSOR TRAIN EAST faded with the passage of a reso- + aw 4 DRLLCY OUTST [ill Elta Special Tram To Be Run For Temple Game A Special Train to Philadelphia, Washinton and New York City, with the Aggie-Temple grid game in Philadelphia as its central point, will be sponsored by the Associa- tion, following action on this mat- ter by the Directors of the Associa- tion at their meeting on April 11th. Efforts to include the A. & M. Band on this trip will be made. President Warden was instructed to appoint a committee to work >ut the details of the trip. That ‘he Association incur no financial obligations regarding the matter was a specific instruction of the Board. President Warden announced the following special committee to ar- range for the trip and to represent the Association in the matter, Graham Hall, ’13, Houston; I. A. Uhr, ’'17, San Antonio; John P. Garitty, ’16, Corsicana; E. P. Hal- tom, ’'19, Ft. Worth; Julius Schepps, ’14, Dallas, and Secretary KE. E. McQuillen, ’20, College Sta- tion. Trnder-preimimary considerationr — is an all-expense trip that would include a full day at Washington, ° the game at Philadelphia, and a trip to New York City. Various sight-seeing tours will likely be included, as will be a ticket to the football game, a ticket to a lead- irg New York City theatre, a night Club party in New York, and other features never included in any similar trip. : Railroad representatives have assured officers of the Association that they would cooperate in every way in making the trip a success. The committee named above is ex- pected to have all plans worked out for formal presentation at the annual meeting of the Association at College on April 15. Present plans are to make the trip open to every one, with special emphasis, of course, placed upon the participation of A. & M. men and their friends. Special railroad rates are being requested, and the cheapest rate in history is expect- ed to be granted. The football team will go on the special train in all probability. HAZING BRINGS DISMISSAL 10 10 A. & M. SOPH Ten sophomore students of A. & M. were summarily dismissed early in ‘March because of an out- break of hazing in one of the col- lege dormitories. “Such drastic action as dismissal is regettable”, said President T. O. Walton, “But the College authorities, in view of the rigid policy against hazing, have no alternative when students are found guilty of such practices. With the support upper class-men have been giving the authorities the practice of hazing has been practically eliminated, and the present instance represents ‘only an isolated effort on the part of a few students to reinstate it.” Following the dismissal of the ten students there was some slight resentment in the student body, but cool heads among the senior class were in accord with the ac- tion of the discipline committee. The dismissed students will not be allowed to re-enter college until Feb. first 1935.
