Chas. R. Haile,
THE TEXAS AGGLE
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The Legislature
Friends of education in Texas
are looking hopefully to the new
legislature convening in Austin
this month. That body will be dis-
tinguished this year by its youth,
and by the number of new faces
in its ranks. Its attitude toward
education is largely unknown, but
as Texas citizens its friendship
toward education and its desire to
aid the educational program of the
state can be fairly safely assumed.
It faces many momentgus and difogwill make theix home <0.Ro
to
ie alumni Association offices.
~ yet, the up-to-date addresses of
these men is the very heart of the
~ Zoran student organization. Ev-
ficult problems, but none more im-
portant than the problem of edu-
cation.
The salary reduction imposed
upon the faculties and employees |
of the State’s high educational in-
stitutions during the past two
years should be rescinded. Even
during boom times the college
teacher was poorly paid and with
the 25 to 35 percent cut of the past
two years many highly trained and
capable men in the teaching pro-
fession are in circumstances akin
destitution.
The Legislature should allow the
governing boards of its education-
al institutions some latitude in the
matter of expenditures, particu-
“larly as regards salaries. At pres-
ent each appropriated dollar is
itemized as to its expenditure. The
unusually capable and successful
teacher or research man can be
paid no more than is appropriated
for his particular rank. An actual
economy would result were the
colleges allowed a lump sum ap-
~ propriation, to be expended as die-
tated by the judgement of the var-
ious governing boards of the in-
stitutions.
Youth is in the saddle at Austin,
from 35 year old Governor Allred
thru the legislature. It has an op-
portunity to institute some far-
reaching and immensely worth-
while changes and improvements
in regards to the State’s relations
with its educational program. It
should take advantage of its op-
portunities.
You Could Help
Here is what happens to an av-
erage 1000 names on a mailing
list after three years, according to
an expert; 410 have changed ad-
dresses from one to four times,
261 have moved to parts unknown,
7 have died and one has gone to
jail.
Examination of our own mailing
lists indicates that of the 410 who
"have moved at least 400 of them
have failed to advise the Associa-
tion office of their new address.
The task of keeping track of
former students, especially during
the past three hectic years, has
brought many gray hairs into
And
ery reader of the AGGIE would
ity | the Southwest. The Band, more
receive the blessing of his asso-
ciation staff by reporting his own
changes of address, and those of
others about whom he hears.
The ‘Band Excells
Were any prize offered for the
outstanding student organization
upon the campus during the past
year the A. & M. Band would be
an easy winner. Under the leader-
ship of Band Director R. J. Dunn,
last year’s band captain Tull Gear-
reald and this year’s captain Fritz
Wehner, that organization has
reached a degree of excellence that
is unique even in the band’s very
fine history. Every formal appear-
ance of the band during the last
two years has praved a revelation
to the public. It has been the
the finest band ever to perform in
than any other feature of the Col-
lege’s student life, typifies the fin-
est and best traditions of the A. &
M. College.
E| WEDDINGS
Loessin-Komandosky
Oscar Loessin Jr., ’32, and Miss
Elizabeth Komandosky of Taylor,
Texas, were married in that city
on December 27th., 1934. They are
at home in Circleville, near Grang-
er, Texas, where Oscar owns and
operates the Loessin Gin.
Taylor — Luker
On Thanksgiving Day in Austin,
the wedding of Miss Virginia Luk-
er, of Proctor, and Mr. Charles A.
Taylor, ’29, took place. Mr. Taylor
travels as a State Creamery In-
spector, with headquarters in San
Antonio. r
Dryden — Kring
Miss Lucile Kring, of Kingsville,
and Mr. Joseph W. Dryden, ’34, of
Robstown, were married on Dec-
ember 24 at the First Christian
Church of Kingsville. Dryden was
editor of the ’34 issue of the
“Longhorn”. Mr. and Mrs. Dryden
Texas, where Dryden is a promi-
nent young business man of that
L.eity.
Schroeter — Viereck
On December 16, the marriage
of Mabel Viereck and Herbert W.
Schroeter, 32, was solemnized at
St. John’s Lutheran Church, of
Bellville. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeter
left immediately for Eagle Lake,
Texas where Schroeter is with the
Sun Oil Company.
Dudley — McCown
Miss Mary Katherine McCown,
of Whitney, and Mr. Howard W.
Dudley, 16, were married on Jan-
uary 3 at the parsonage of the
First Presbyterian Church of Hills-
boro. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley will
make their home in Hillsboro, Tex-
as.
Bunton — Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Hewlett E. Walk-
er announce the marriage of their
daugther, Mildred to Dr. Samuel
E. Bunton, Jr., ’33, on December 25,
1934 at Del Rio, Texas.
Mrs. Bunton will make their home
at Del Rio and receive their mail
at" P<0. Box 552.
Gebhart — Sorensen
The wedding of Miss Lilly Sor-
ensen, and Mr. Julius C. Gebhart,
’33, recently took place in the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Philadelphia, Pa.
Corman — Gross
News comes to us of the mar-
riage of Miss Margaret Gross, of
Waco, to Mr. Nathan O. Corman,
’32. Mr. and Mrs. Corman are at
home at Pampa, Texas, where Cor-
man is with the Magnolia Petro-
‘leum Company.
Evans — Shelton
The wedding of Miss Mary E.
Shelton and Joe E. Evans, ’35, a
student of the College, took place
recently in Bryan. Mr. and Mrs.
Evans will make their home at
3311 S. College Ave., Bryan and
Mrs. Evans will continue her posi-
tion with the Experiment Station.
Langston — Martin
At the home of the birde’s par-
ents, the wedding of Miss Ruth
Martin and George Gordon Lang-
ston, ’34, was solemnized. Lang-
ston was formerly of San Antonio
Dr. and
but is now Assistant County Agent,
located at Rio Grande City, Texas,
where he and Mrs. Langston will
make their home.
Albert — Prinzel
On December 28 at the Zion
Evangelical Church, Kurten, Texas,
Miss Mary Lou Prinzel became the
bride of C. G. “Prince” Albert, ’28,
of Houston. Mr. and Mrs. Albert
will make their home in Houston,
where “Prince” is in the employ of
the York Machinery Corporation.
Thompson — Warriner
Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. War-
riner announce the marriage of
their daughter, Freddie Virginia,
to Mr. Henry Durward Thompson,
’32 on December 25, 1934 at Cor-
inth, Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson will be located at Cor-
inth, Mississippi where Thompson
is with Camp M. P.-7, T.V.A.
News comes to us of the wed-
ding of James R. Day, ’29, oil
scout with the Ameranda Petro-
leum Corporation, at Midland, and
Miss Edna Johnson, of San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Day will make their
home at Midland, Texas.
Parrott — Nunn
The marriage of Miss Cleo Nunn,
of Blooming Grove, and Mr. A. E.
Parrott, ’28, of Dallas, recently
took place in Corsicana.
Wathen — Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wil-
liams announce the marriage of
their daughter, Evelyn, to Mr.
Benjamin S. Wathen, ’30, on Sun-
day, December 23, 1934, at Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wathen are at home
to their friends at 329 South Mont
Clair, Dallas, Texas. .
Foskette — Hightower
The wedding of Miss Jane High-
tower and Mr. A. Winslow Fos-
kette, ’26, was recently solemnized
at Nacogdoches, Texas. Mr. and
Mrs. Foskette will make their home
in Missoula, Montana, where Mr.
Foskette is with the State Forest-
ry Service.
Howdeshell — Caldwell
Miss Carrie Sue Caldwell, of
Sherman, and Mr. Harman M.
Howdeshell, ’32, were married Dec-
bSYOWR. | ber27- in-tie-tivket office of the Getermimpamrand sucessful) GET- |
Sherman Union Station. Mr. and
Mrs. Howdeshell will make their
home in Dallas.
| BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Holler-
on, '29, are the proud parents of a
baby girl born December 14. She
has been given the name of Bar-
bara Gay. Mr. and Mrs. Holleron
reside at 1409 Liberty Ave, Beau-
mont, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick A. Raw-
lins, ’26, are delighted over the
arrival of Little Miss Martha Sue
Rawlins. Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins get
their mail at P. O. Box 1413, Hous-
ton, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Pink, 27,
are receiving congratulations from
their many friends over the birth
of a little daughter, Jaclyn Frieda,
on November 12. Mr. and Mrs.
ton, Texas. Jack served as Pres-
ident of the Houston A. & M. Club
last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Hasl-
bauer, 24 announce the arrival of
a little son born on December 13,
in Dallas. They make their home at
5919 Mistletoe and Haslbauer is
with the Continnental Gin Com-
pany, of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Heldenfels,
Jr., ’33, are the happy parents of
a son and make their home at 118
Conn Ave., Lufkin, Texas.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward D. Brandt, ’23, are
extending congratulations to them
over the birth of another son, born
December 14. The young man has
been given the name of Alan Moore
Brandt. “Ed” and Mrs. Brandt
make their home at 2610 Newman
St., Houston, Texas.
Louis P. Reed, ’28, is a con-
struction superintendent with the
H. B. Zachary Co., general con-
tractors, and located at present at
Austin.
is head of the company, and one
of the most successful highway
builders in the Southwest.
Pink reside at 305 W. Polk, Hous- |
H. B. “Pat” Zachary, 22, |
THOMAS MAYO---
HIS COLUMN
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Are we to lose our INDIVID-
IJALYTY ?
Or is it INDIVIDUALISM that
is on the wane?
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In these days of governmental
experimentation in the directing
of what used to be considered pri-
vate business, we hear a lot of
“yiewing with alarm” by people
who fear THE LOSS OF OUR IN-
DIVIDUALITY.
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“Collective control of economic
processes is bad”, we are told,
“for it tends to rob people of their
initiative.” (Note: They always
mean initiative in getting—not in
thinking or creating.) “What inter-
est and color and value”, they cry,
“would life have if there were no
initiative? Give us back the old
free capitalism, under which every
man, hustling and planning and
dreaming for himself, developed
his own individuality!”
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I wonder!
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Isn't there a confusion here be-
tween INDIVIDUALITY, which
means BEING OR BECOMING
THE SORT OF PERSON YOU
WANT TO BE, and INDIVIDUAL-
ISM, which means GETTING ALL
YOU CAN?
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And isn’t it true that a man who
is intensely individualistic in the
POSSESSIVE OR GRABBING
sense, is hardly ever much of an
individual in the sense of having
ORIGINALITY and highly de-
veloped tastes and personal quali-
ties of his own?
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Though the dictionary doesn’t
make it very clear, perhaps there
is a genuine distinction between
INDIVIDUALISM and INDIVID-
UALITY. Anyhow, with apologies
to the English language, there
ought to be.
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Certainly, the enthusiastic and
TERS whom we know (getters of
money, of power, of popularity,
of “careers”) are not very inter-
esting as human beings—as INDI-
VIDUALS. They don’t follow (and
so develop) their individual tastes
in ideas, in manners, in dress, in
speech, in amusements—nor even
in philosophies of life. Instead,
they carefullly guide themselves
in these matters by considerations
of profit and popularity. They feel
(perhaps rightly) that they must
be in the main current if they are
to make the favorable impression
which will advance them in their
careers. They don’t dare to think
their own thoughts and develop
and act upon their own sense of
what is valuable and what isn’t.
Such free thinking if it gets out on
you, too often interferes with
“success”.
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The GO-GETTER suppresses his
own individual tastes and goes af-
ter the things that he sees other
people going after. His tastes and
interests, therefore ,have no chance
to develop and mature. By the time
that he has “arrived”, these inter-
ests of his have become hopelessly
stunted and petrified.
Thence we have, so often, the
pathetic spectacle of middle-aged,
“successful” men with the callow
tastes which would be normal in
a lad of sixteen. These men have
gone in for INDIVIDUALISM;
their energies have been directed
entirely into their “careers”,—that
is, into GETTING things. The re-
sult is that they lack INDIVID-
UALITY. In their tastes, their
manners, and their attitudes, they
are as much alike as peas. They
‘are as easily stampeded as sheep.
(By the way, ARE sheep easily
stampeded? for literary reasons,
I hope they are!)
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As FORCES, these men have
grown. As PERSONS, they petri-
fied at an early age. They are very
great at a college football game
(especially with a little oiling!)
Genuinely adult interests leave
them cold.
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Unfortunately, their success in
“getting” automatically makes
them our ruling class. In the last
analysis, national policies are de-
cided by them. And so our society
is run, by and large, by more or
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must be run to suit them. No
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So perhaps the CURTAILING
ECONOMIC INDIVIDUAL-
ISM, which we seem to be heading
for, and which our conservatives
view with such alarm, will not be
such a bad thing after all. Perhaps
it will lead to a greater develop-
ment of PERSONAL INDIVID-
UALITY. These same infantile
careerists became go-getters, not
because they lacked the capacity
for individual development, but be-
cause our society encouraged them
to interpret “success” in purely
possessive terms. In a NEW DEAL
SOCIETY, where POSSESSIVE
INDIVIDUALISM is curbed, and
where CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL-
ITY is consequently liberated, we
may with some reason expect to
see their younger brothers and
their sons develop ‘more adult
testes and riper attitudes.
Maybe the BIG OLD BOYS
themselves (bless their childish
little hearts!) will change some-
what. If you, by any strange
chance, should happen to know one
of them, it might be interesting to
watch Him—with or without the
help of a looking-glass.
A visitor to the campus prior
to the Thanksgiving Game was
Alfred F. Buchanan, ’14, of Dry-
den, Texas. He is in the general
merchandising business there. For
many years he was with the State
Reclamation Dept. at Austin. Al-
though a long way from College
he is as enthusiastic as ever. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Buchan-
an and their young son.
James B. Turner, ’32, is with the
Sun Pipe Line Co. in the East
Texas Oil Field and gets his mail
at Box 150, Longview, Texas.
Dr. Sam E. Grove, ’32, is still
with the Bureau of Animal In-
dustry of the U. S. Dept. of Agri-
culture and located at 870 La-
fayette Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. He
reports that he likes his work fine
but that the weather at this time
of the year in New York makes
him long for a few days of warm
Texas sunshine.
Frank S. hy Jr., = 27% who
has been with the San Antonio
office of the Lincoln National In-
surance Co. for the past five years,
was recently promoted to become
cashier of the big Los Angeles,
Dr. Dan C. Peavy, ’23, promi-
nent Cuero dentist, was recently
crowned Sultan Yekrut, reigning
head of the festivities held annual-
ly in connection with the famed
Cuero Turkey Trot. After leaving
A. & M. Peavy attended Tulane
University, then took his medical
work at Baylor in Dallas.
W. Bassett Orr, ’25, has been
named Assistant to V. R. Smitham,
'15, General Manager of the Texas
Rural Communities. Orr was
formerly assistant director of the
Rural Rehabilitation Department
of the State Relief Board. His
headquarters will continue to be
at Austin.
Herman K. Henry, ’25, has been
placed on active duty in the U. S.
Army and is company and First
Lieutenant of CCC Co. 863, Camp | 8
F-35 A, at Rimrock, Arizona.
He reports several other A. & M.
men on active duty in other near-
by camps. He reports that he is
enjoying his work very much and
sends regards to all his friends.
John C. Blair, ’30, is with State
Park Board and has been doing
some work at Groesbeck recently.
He gets his mail at 703 West
Fourth Ave., Corsicana, Texas.
Wade F. Guion, ’25, is running
a refinery in the Argentine. His
address is 778 Calle Chile, C/0
Ultramar, S.A.P.A., Buenos Aires.
He has some nice things to say
about Thomas Mayo’s Aggie col-
umn and sends regards to his
friends in the States.
W. T. “Tommie” Short, ’25, is in
the architectural department of the
Santa Fe Railroad general offices
at Galveston. He has been with
them since his graduation. He is
a Captain in the 360th. Infantry
Reserves.
Howard Johnson, ’25, is receiv-
er for the Amarillo Hotel at Ama-
rillo. He is with the Mississippi
less infantile adults—or at least
@ the time of his death he was
iM a Cadet Officer in the U. S.
§ Air Corps at Barksdale Field,
8 Shreveport. Burial was at his
Calif., office of the same company. |
Valley Trust Co.
IN MEMORIAM
David Eichelberger, 33
An accidental shot result-
! ed in the death of David M.
8 Eichelberger, of the class of
1933, last month in Shreve-
port, La. He was cleaning
the gun when it went off,
killing him immediately. At
2 home, Waco, with school
4 friends serving as pall-bear-
Hl crs. He was a member of
gl one of Waco’s oldest fami-
i lies. After graduation from
A. & M. Eichelberger com-
i pleted the aviation course at
Randolph Field last October.
He had been stationed at
8 Barksdale Field since that
Bl time. As a student at A. &
M. he was Captain of the
Ross Volunteers and active
in other campus affairs.
H. Marvin Sneed, ’01
H. Marvin Sneed, promi-
nent Calvert citizen and bus-
iness man, died recently at
that city after an illness of
more than a year’s duration.
Burial was at Calvert. He
was president of the Citizens
State Bank of Calvert at
the time of his death. He is
survived by his wife, two .
daughters and two sons. H.
M. Sneed, Jr., 26, is a son
of the deceased.
Frank S. Shippi, 09
Frank S. “Skinny” Shipp,
noted athlete, died recently
of a heart attack in Chat-
tanooga, Tenn., where he had
made his home for many
years. At the time of his death
he was proprietor of a soft
8 drink and cigar store, and
§ active in Democratic politics
in his city. He is survived by
§ his widow, one son and sev-
§ cral brothers and sisters. For
§ many years he was the own-
i er of Shipp’s National Sec-
ret Service Bureau, a widely
known detective agency. Dur-
ing the past year he was an
unsuccessful candidate for.
§ sheriff. His correct name
was Shipp, rather than Ship-
pi, as he was known when a
student at A. & M.
“Skinny” Shipp was well
known throughout the south
as a star athlete. He was an
All-Southern end at Sewa-
nee before coming to A. & M.
to play football during the
season of 1909. That team,
with such stars as Hamil-
ton, Kelly, Balenti, Rugel,
Hooker, Barners, Ward,
Thompson, Hohn, Carlin,
Cretcher, Shippi and Brown,
was undefeated and trounced
the University twice. It was
Charlie Moran’s first year
as coach.
I. A. Cottingham, ’86
Irven A. Cottingham, age
68, of 3520 Broadwaye Ave,
Houston, died in November
after a short illness. He had
fl been a resident of Houston
§ for the past 44 years and was
a retired official of the
Southern Pacific Rail Lines,
Burial was in Forrest Park
Cemetery, under Masonic
auspices. He is survived by
his wife, two sons and five
daughters.
After graduating from A.
& M. in Civil Engineering in
1886, Cottingham went with
the Southern Pacific in 1889.
He served in varying capac-
ities until he became Chief
Engineer for the Southern
Pacific Lines in Texas in
1918. He retired from rail-
road service in 1932, but con-
tinued to work as a consult-
ing engineer,
Lloyd Zapp is a junior engineer
with the Humble Oil & Refining
Co., and located at present at Tom-
ball, Texas.
Lieutenant Henry W. itt, "25,
of the Texas National Guard, is a
member of the graduating class of
the National Guard Officers
School, recently finished at Edge-
wood Arsenal, Md. He has been at-
tending the Chemical Warfare
School for the past six weeks and
will return to his home in San An-
tonio after the graduating exer-
cises on November 16.
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