The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, April 01, 1934, Image 1

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VOL. X COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 1, 1934. NO. 23
~ ANNUAL MEETING PLANS NOW COMPLETE
~ April 21 Meeting Plans Develop
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Warden And Norton to Be Guests
At Parties In West Texas Cities
As a finishing touch to the fine
year of service he has rendered
the Association as its President,
Ben Warden, ’03, will take Homer
Norton, new A. & M. Athletic
head, on a weeks tour that will in-
troduce the new coach to the A. &
M. men of Abilene, Plainview, Am-
arillo, Wichita Falls, and Ft. Worth
and the territory surrounding
these cities. The trip will start
on the morning following the an-
nual business meeting of the As-
sociation on April 15, at which
time President Warden expects to
see his successor elected as presi-
dent of the Association. These
meetings will serve these localities
as their annual April 21st celebra-
tions.
On April 4th, Norton, Hubbard,
Warden, Kyle and others are be-
ing the honor guests at a huge
Central Texas rally sponsored by
the active Williamson County Club.
This meeting will draw from
Austin, Temple, Waco and all in-
termediate points. On the follow-
ing night, April 5th. the same
group will he honor guests at a
big Smoker at the Plaza Hotel at
San Antonio. The San Tone Club
expects visitors for this meeting
from all over Southwest Texas.
These meetings will be Norton’s
last appearance in Texas until he
reports for duty at A. & M. this
ABILENE
Around a hundred A. & M. men
and their guests are expected to
gather in Abilene on the night of
April 16th., to become acquainted
with Homer Norton and to hear
Ben Warden. The meeting will be
in the form of a banquet and will
be at 7 P. M. at the Wooten Hotel
in Abilene, A. & M. men from that
whole section are urged to attend.
Reservations should be made thru
W. A. “Bill” French, ’13, State
Highway Dept., Abilene. Among
the guests will be many high school
coaches and graduating seniors.
PLAINVIEW
A. & M. men from all over the
Plains country in West Texas will
be present at a big meeting on the
night of April 17th., in Plainview.
The annual Plains Dairy Show
will be in full sway, and this meet-
ing will be an annual one that is
held each year. Warden and Homer
Norton will be special guests, with
others from College Station also |
certain to be on hand. The meet-
ing will be held at the Hilton Hotel
in Plainview at six P. M. and an
attendance of two hundred is ex-
pected. Delegations from Lubbock
and other cities on the Plains will
swell the crowd. Alex Bateman,
of Farwell, Texas, and A. R. Nis-
bet, Jr., of Plainview, will be in
charge of the arrangements. Res-
ervations should be made before-
hand or upon arrival at Plainview
for the opening of the Dairy Show
on Monday.
AMARILLO
The Amarillo-Pandhandle A. &
M. Club will celebrate April 21st.,
and honor Homer Norton and Ben
Warden with a party at the Capi-
tol Hotel in Amarillo at 7:30 on
the night of April 18th. The Am-
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COMMITTEES T0
SERVE MEETING
NAMED BY PRES.
Ass’n Business To Be Expe-
dited by Advance Work of
Representative Groups
Meeting Sunday Morning.
Committees to serve at the an-
nual meeting of the Association
on April 15 have been named by
President T. B. Warden and noti-
fied of their appointment. All
Committees will meet at the office
of the Association at 10:30 on the
morning of April 15th., and pre-
pare their reports for présentation
at the annual meeting that after-
noon.
The Auditing Committee, charg-
ed with the inspection of all fin-
ancial records of the Association
is composed of KE. H. Astin, '99,
Bryan; Wm. A. Howerton, ’28,
San Antonio; John B. Jones, 26,
Houston; Chas. L. Babcock, ’19,
Beaumont; Dave H. Levy, 14, Dal-
las; J. U. Parker, ’32, Tomball,
‘and T. B. Lewis, ’21, Groesbeck.
The Nominating Committee,
charged with nominating the Di-
rectors of the organization for the
coming year, is made up of Dr.
Verne Scott, ’14, Stephenville; L.
A : Pierce, "23, Alice; Dr: N. -B,
Starnes, ’27, Dallas; George G.
Smith, ’30, San Antonio; W. L.
Ballard, ’22, Jacksonville; J. I. Me-
Gregor, ’16, Houston; R. J. Potts,
’07, Waco; Col. O. A. Seward, ’07,
Groesbeck; Judge W. A. Wurzbach,
88, San Antonio, and H. E. Brau-
nig, ’14, Beaumont.
The Resolutions Committee is
composed of Jack Shelton, ’17,
Luling; Jack Pink, ’27, Houston;
E. R. Alexander, ’23, College Sta-
tion, E. R. Torn, ’28, Taylor; P. M.
Geren, ’12, Ft. Worth; I. A. Uhr,
’17, San Antonio; and Ernest Lang-
ford, ’14, College Station.
The McFarlin Farms Review
Committee, to review the policies
and operation of the McFarlin
Farm properties, is composed of
E. R. Eudaly, ’10, College Station;
A. B. Connor, 04, College Station;
C. A. Munch, ’17, Kaufman; Walter
M. Love, ’22, Waxahachie; A. F.
Mitchell, 09, Corsicana; Tyree L.
Bell, Corsicana, and J. T. L. Mec-
New, 18, College Station.
The Tailor Shop Committee, to
inspect this property, is made up
of Robert M. Sherman, ’24 Waco,
Henry Ross, ’23, Bryan, and Jas.
C. Fleming, ’27, Port Arthur.
To select the Speaker for the
annual Joint Faculty-Former Stu-
dent Luncheon, to be held at the
Mess Hall at noon, April 15, a
committee is at work composed of
J. T. L. McNew, ’18, Dean Frank
C. Bolton, and D. T. Killough, ’14,
all of College Station.
Stump Williams Is
Odd Fellow Officer
Stump M. Williams, ’17, was re-
cently elected Grand Secretary of
the Texas Odd Fellows organiza-
tion. He lives at 5834 Velasco,
Dallas, and has already assumed
his new duties. He was reared at
the Odd Fellows Orphan Home at
Corsicana. At A. & M. he was a
member of the Band and a popular
figure upon the campus.
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Pr —
Elect Torn
President
New Club
Elmore R. “Tony” Torn, ’28, re-
cently elected President of the
Williamson County A. & M. Club,
is with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. His office is in the
new Post Office building at Taylor.
He is enthusiastic over the pos-
sibilities of the Williamson County
Club and under his leadership the |
club is planning an ambitious pro-
gram of work. He was a Cadet
Major in the Cavalry unit as a
student at A. & M.
HARRY MAYO, "19,
TAKES POST IN
ORLEANS PARISH
Harry M. Mayo, Jr., '15, was re-
cently named Assistant District
Attorney of Orleans parish, Louis-
iana, and has assumed his new
With New Orleans located
in this parish the post is an im-
portant one. Mayo lives at 2222
Wirth Place in New Orleans and
has been a resident of that city for
many years. He took his law
degree at Loyola Untversity, New
Orleans..
Mayo graduated from A. & M.
in 1915, taking his degree in
Animal Husbandry. He was ac-
tive in student affairs, both ath-
letic and social. His home was at
Houston.
duties.
WILLIAMSON 0.
J PLANS BI
ORK PROAAN
“Tony” Torn, 28, New Presi-
dent of Group That Plans
Active Year’s Work To Aid
A. & M.
Lead by Elmore “Tony” Torn,
28, a “Blue” slate of candidates
swept into office to lead the re-
organized Williamson County A.
& M. Club. Torn lives at Taylor.
Roy Varnell, ’30, of Granger, was
elected Vice President, P. C. Gen-
try, ’28, of Thrall, Secretary-Treas-
urer, W. Boone Richards, 21, Tay-
(lor, Director of Activities, and
Sherman Kennedy, Taylor, Pub-
 licity Director. These officers and
their committees have mapped out
the Club during the coming year.
The above officers made up the
“Blue” slate, and were victors in
the election over a “Red”
headed by A. C. Schram, ’16, and
an ‘“Insurrectionist” slate headed
by M. B. Garry, ’25. Monthly
reetings of the club are planned.
A huge Central Texas A. & M.
Sally with Hower Norio, Cal
Hubbard, T. B. Warden and Dean
Kyle as Honor Guests is being
sponsored by the club on the night
of April 4th., at the Taylor Country
Club.
President T. B. Warden, ’03, of
Austin, was the guest of the Club
at its recent election meeting and
aided the group in outlining its
proposed program and schedule of
work.
Membership of the club’s stand-
ing committees is as follows:
Executive, J. W. Armstrong, ’01,
J. B. Woiton, 25," R. H. Nelson,
27; Permanent Program, Rankin
Kennedy, ’30, M. P. Frank, ’29,
Cecil Threadgill, ’31; Attendance,
R. L. Bullock, ’31, Dudley T. Mann,
29, G. A. Dahlberg, ’23; Honorary
Membership, A. C. Schram, ’16,
Paul Worden, ’30, Duane Barton,
’30; High School Relations, J. C.
Martinets, 25, F. P. Dahlberg, ’25,
M. B. Garry, 25; Agriculture, Dor
Brown, W. O. Cox, 29, W. N. Elam,
’17, W. W. Barker, ’25, R. Q. Todd,
Dahlberg, ’18.
Isadore L. Miller, ’25, is with
Gordon’s Jewelry Store in Houston,
411 Travis St.
an ambitious schedule of work for '
slate |
27, R. E. Hudspeth, ’29, Elmer
Friday Afternoon,
Friday Night,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night,
Saturday Night,
Sunday Morning,
Sunday Morning,
Sunday Noon,
ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM
April 13—Baseball, A. & M. vs. Texas U.,
April 13—Thomas Mayo Play, “The Ag-
Saturday Morning, April 14—Departmental visits and inspec-
Saturday Afternoon, April 14—Baseball, A. & M. vs. Texas U.
April 14—Retreat.
April 14—Re-Union Class Dinners.
April 14—Intramural Boxing Finals, Gym-
nasium.
April 15—Campus Tour—Cars Furnished
by Brazos Co. A. & M.
Club.
April 15—Ass’n Committee Meetings.
April 15—Annual
Sunday Afternoon, April 15—Annual Business Meeting, Asso-
Headquarters Y. M. C. A. Lobby.
Kyle Field.
gies”, a melodrama of A.
& M. student life, at the
Assembly Hall.
tions.
Track—A. & M. vs. Rice.
Kyle Field.
Joint Faculty-Former
Student Luncheon at Mess
Hall.
ciation of Former Students,
Y. M. C. A. Chapel.
Please Register Upon Arrival.
*
HEGORD ATTENDANGE EXPECTED
fo FORMER STUDENTa RETURN
Th WEEK-END
| Class Re-Unions
Although comparatively
few reservations have been
made at this time there is
ample evidence that gather-
ings of this year’s Reunion
classes will be well attended.
Especial interest is attached
to the 50th Anniversary Re-
union of the Class of 1884,
who will be paid special
honors. The Class of 1909
will observe its Silver Anni-
verstary. Reunion Classes in-
clude 1924, 1919, 1914, 1909,
1904, 1899, 1894, and 1884.
Members of the older
classes will be quartered at
the Aggieland Inn on the
campus and at the College
hospital. Younger groups
will sleep in Foster Hall.
Members of the reunion
classes are urged to get in
touch with each other and
come to the campus together
for the week-end. Reserva-
tions should be made by
writing the Association of-
fice at College Station.
A. & M. MEN ON
HIGHWAY SHORT
COURDE STAFF
Two-hundred highway enigneers
and others interested in highway
construction are expected to be on
the campus for the 10th annual
High-way Short Course given by
the Civil Engineering Dept. of the
College in cooperation with the
State Highway Dept. The dates for
the course are April 12, 13 and 14,
immediately preceding the annual
meeting of the Association of For-
mer Students on April 14-15. Out-
standing men in the highway world
are to be on the program.
Among the A. & M. men as-
signed places on the program are
included Tom Kelly, ’19, Engineer
of Road Design, Highway Dept.;
J. T. L. McNew, ’18, Professor
Highway Engineering, A. & M.;
J. G. Rollins, ’13, Division Engineer,
Highway Dept., San Antonio; E. P.
Arneson, ’10, Consulting Engineer,
San Antonio; James E. Pirie, ’04,
Division Engineer, Paris; H. B.
Zachary, ’22, Contractor, Laredo;
A. P. Rollins, ’06, Consulting Engi-
neer, Dallas; A. G. McKain, ’31,
State Highway Dept.; W. C.
Youngs, Jr. ’25, State Highway
Dept., Austin.
Smith-Hughes
Day
With the annual Smith-
Hughes Day at A. & M.
scheduled for April 16th.,
the day following the annual
meeting of the Association,
it is hoped that many of the
Vocational Agricultural
teachers will make arrange-
ments to attend this annual
meeting. By setting up thei
arrival time a few hours they
will be able to attend the
big luncheon that day at noon
and the annual business
meeting that afternoon.
CAMPUS VISIT
With Foster Hall set aside as
sleeping quarters, the Y. M. C. A.
Lobby as lounging and registration
headquarters, and with entertain-
mant features dotting the week-
end, everything is in readiness for
the annual Former Student
Campus Reunion and the annual
business meeting of the Associa-
tion of Former Students. April 14-
15 are the two big days, although
many visitors have signified they
will arrive on the 13th., in time to
attend the Student Show that
night, Thomas Mayo’s Production,
“The Aggies”.
Many former students who have
not visited the campus during the
past 2 years are making the trip
especially to see the new buildings
and the changed campus plans re-
sulting from the now completed
two million dollar building pro-
gram. The new buildings will be
open for inspection Saturday morn-
ing, and a general tour of the
campus in cars is being arranged
for Sunday morning. Owing to
many Senior Cadet officers absence
from the campus on inspection
LripsTuver une week-eiid urert” will
be no Military Review as has been
customary in the past. The Corps
will be on review, however, at Re-
treat Saturday night and at noon
on Sunday.
Among the athletic events to be
enjoyed are a pair of baseball
games with Texas University as
opponents, a track meet between
the Aggies and Rice Institute, and
the finals in the Intra-mural box-
ing tournament. Homer Norton,
new Athletic Head, will be on the
campus during the week-end and
is anxious to become acquainted
with as many former students as
possible.
The business meeting of the As-
sociation will be held again in the
lobby of the Y. M. C. A, im-
mediately after the annual Faculty-
Former Student Luncheon at the
Mess Hall, Sunday noon. Election
of officers and other business will
be transacted at this meeting, with.
President T. B. Warden, ’03, in
charge.
The full program of the week-
end is carried elsewhere in this
issue. Present indications point
to the largest attendance this an-
nual meeting has ever enjoyed.
FISH FRY AT
HUNTSVILLE
As the Aggie goes to press news
comes of a meeting of A. & M. men
to be held at Huntsville, Sunday
afternoon, April 8th., in the form
of a Fish Fry. A. & M. men from
Huntsville, Conroe, Groveton and
other cities near-by will be present.
A car or two of visitors from Col-
lege is expected, with members of
the Aggie coaching staff as guests.
One of the purposes of the meeting
will be the election of an Associa-
tion Director to represent the Con-
gressional District in which Hunts-
ville is located.
Plans call for the crowd to meet
at 3 p. m. at the Chamber of Com-
merce office in Huntsville, and to
go from there to the place for the
fish fry. Bill Lawson, ’22, Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce of
Huntsville, is taking the lead in the
arrangements. Lawson flashes that
everyone is invited. Drop him a
line you'll be there for your share
of the fish and the good time.