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THE TEXAS AGGIE RETURN POSTAGE 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, APRIL 1, 1935 Big Meetings Crowded campus conditions have forced abandonment for this year cnly of all Class Reunions except those of the classes of 1895 and 1900. With every dormitory room in use, and all temporary quarters filled with students, the Associa- tion officers have been unable to find accomodations for reunion classes with the exception of the two groups mentioned above. The regular schedule of reunions is expected to be resumed next year when it is hoped the crowded con- ditions will be alleviated. The Class of 1895, according to class president A. U. Smith of Dallas, will hold a class reunion on the campus April 13-14 this spring that will put to shame any other reunion classes. Twenty of the twenty-four living members of the class have already signified that they will be present and one kx ; or two others are expected to make arrangements to attend at the last ‘minute. The class will be celebrat- ing its 40th anniversary. ; Indications point to a merry bat- * tle between the 1895 Class and the ox 1900 Class for honors in having ercentage of their living mem- rs. Both classes are famous for font reunions in the past, and ir ficers | hope to make this : ffosird breaking. With the aah of the an- 5 meeting of the Association, April 13-14, Congressional Dis- tricts of the State are urged to nominate Directors of the Asso- ciation. Each district is allowed to I nominate its director, and his name is presented to the annual meeting for election, provided he is present at the annual meeting. This procedure is provided in by the by-laws under which the Asso- ciation operates. A. & M. Clubs are expected to take the lead in this matter, and one or two have already made their nominations. Where no club is organized in a congressional district the individual Association bs members may by caucus make : their nomination. It should be born in mind that the nominee must be present at the annual meeting and that he must be a member of the Association in good standing. Pres- ence at the meeting is necessary in order that there may be a quorum of the new directors present at that occasion for the transaction of bus- iness. When a district has no nominee present the Nominating Commit- tee names a man for the place. Di- rectors are elected by the general meeting, and then retire to elect new Association officers. ~~ TUITION BILL 3 MEETS DEATH - IN COMMITTEE The House Committee on Edu- cation, by a vote of 15 to 2, re- cently killed the bill by Represen- tative Davison of Rotan to increase vn A . tuition costs in state schools from Ad its present $50 per year to $150 ER . BE per year. There was little or no i support in the legislature or in a the Education Committee for the measure, and it is not likely to be brought alive again during this session. Friends of State education in Texas rallied unanimously to the fight against the tuition bill, with student bodies taking a lead- ing part in the fight against in- creased tution costs. 05 and 00 Classes Expect April 13 - 14 Other Reunions Abandoned ACTIVE TAYLOR CLUB PLANS T0 HOLD BARBEGUE TAYLOR, Texas, (Spl.)—The Williamson County A. & M. Club in its recent quarterly meeting went on record as opposed to any increase of tuition at the state schools. The club further went on record as favoring the restoration of salaries at all state schools, which were cut several years ago. The club received a report from A. C. Schram, Director from this District on the Board of Former Students Ass’n. of Texas, on the recent meeting he attended at A. & M. College. After a discussion as to whether Ex-Students, who did not finish, should be entitled to wear a ring of identification, the vote was in favor of such a move and it was recommended to the state A. & M. alumni association for further action. Mr. Schram also gave a report on his activity in behalf of the club in securing the passage of a bill in the Texas legislature which e : noid f atio 0 agli, a Taylor Daily Press, T. W. Marse Co., Smith Motor Co., and Reid’s Floral Shop to the Williamson County A. & M. Club in its’ spon- sorship of Miss Elizabeth Gould, as Dutchess from Williamson County, to the Fourth Annual Cot- ton Style Show, Pageant and Ball to be held at A. & M. College on April 5th. President E. R. Torn appointed the following committees: Tom Holub, Chairman, A. C. Schram, and P. L. Tracy to select a candi- date for Director on the Board of Former Students; Rankin Kennedy, Chairman, M. S. Pugh, E. W. Buch- tein, and M. B. Garry for the Reds, and R. L. Bullock, Chairman, P. C. Gentry, Wade Baker, and Paul Worden for the Blues, to draw up slates of candidates for officers in the Club to be elected Thursday night, April 11th, which is also the night set for the Annual Bar- becue. Committees appointed for the Annual Barbecue are: Barbecue— J. O. Stiles, Chairman, Wade Bar- ker and Rankin Kennedy; Acces- sories, R. L. Bullock, Chairman, Elmer Dalhberg, and W. B. Bodine; Drinks, Tom J. Holub and C. R. Follett; Ice, C. G. Clousnitzery Building and Grounds, J. W. Arm- strong; Lighting and Music, M. S. Pugh; Tickets, Sherman Kennedy; Entertainment, M. P. Frank, Chair- man, Ronald Todd, R. L. Bullock and Edwin Smith. All Aggie Clubs of adjoining counties are cordially invited to at- tend the Annual A. & M. Barbe- cue, at Taylor on April 11. John Lloyd Wright, ’25, who is with the Extension Service of Ar- kansas as District Agent, sends in his dues with the remark that he is still cocky over winning the Side- Line Coaches Contest last fall. He says that’s one of the few contests he ever won, and that the local side-line coaches are pretty weak to let an outsider step in and win over them. Wright's headquarters are at Little Rock, where he gets his mail in Box 391. Marvin T. Rowland, ’30, is with the State Highway Dept., at Bron- sen, Texas, and invites anyone over in that section to drop by for a visit with him. he age Fast: RR lo Sabah fda 1S pad Ab would uake it a felony, punishable | : ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS IN MEETING CONSIDER VARIOUS [TEMS OF BUSINESS MATTERS General business matters affect- ing the Association and its activi- ties were given attention by the Directors of the organization at a called meeting held at College attended and was the final meeting of the present directors before the annual meeting of the Association on April 14. President T. B. War- den presided over the sessions held in the reception room of the mess hall annex. The meeting adjourn- ed in time for those present to witness a short spring football practice scrimmage at Kyle Field General plans for the annual bus- iness meeting and reunion of the Association were discussed and John Erskine, eminent lecturer and author from New York City, was approved as the guest speaker at the joint faculty-former student luncheon, April 14. A vote of thanks and appreciation was given Director Marcus Gist, 22, of Odessa, for his generous gift of a registered Hereford heifer to the student loan funds . Committee reports to the direc- tors included a report from George G. Smith on the work of the spec- ial athletic committee. He report- ed the work of that committee was progressing nicely and that the committee program had met with a ready response from A. & M. men. Ernest Langford. reporting for the Non-Grad A. & M. Ri ; the cooperation being given by the and consideration. HE to the Board of Directors of the College the services of the Associa- tion, and its long experience in the administration of student loan funds. in selting up the John R. Astin Student Loan Fund. Hope was expressed that this money would be made available for use on March 17. The meeting was well | ey President Warden was authoriz- ed to name a committee to offer by the opening of school in Sep- tember. Mr. Warden announced the appointment on this committee of C. A. Thanheiser, Hal Moseley and Secretary E. E. McQuillen. The suggestion that the tradi- tional annual meeting day of A. & M. men be changed from April 21, San Jacinto Day, to October 4 was considered. It was pointed out thet October 4, 1876, was the date upon which the A. & M. College first opened its doors to students, and was the real birthday of the institution. Such a fall meeting date would find all A. & M. men more interested than at any other time of the year, would not con- flict with the annual business meeting of the Association, and would permit more emphasis be- ing placed upon the antiquity and age of A. & M., were some other reasons advanced for the change. President Warden appointed as a committee to give the matter fur- ther study J. T. L. McNew, Charles R. Haile, Col. P. L. Downs, Col. C. C. Todd, and J. Bryan Miller. Various phases of the legislative situation as affecting the college were discussed and plans laid to aid the college authorities in their efforts for relief from the legisla- ture in the matter of appropria- tions. President Warden suggested that the annual report of the Associa- President be printed in the Present at the meeting were President T. B. Warden, H. J. Mikeska, Col. P. L. Downs, A. F. Mitchell, Hal Moseley, C. M. Evans, George G. Smith, A. A. Wright, C. A. Thanheiser, Marcus Gist, S. J. Treadaway, J. T. L. McNew, Er- nest Lagford, George Byers, L. O. Thanheiser, V. P. Parr, L. B. Locke, and E. E. McQuillen. JOHN ERSKINE 10 SPEAK AT OUR LUNCHEON John Erskine, eminent writer, lecturer and musical leader of New York City will be the guest speak- er at this year’s annual joint Facul- Student Luncheon, scheduled at noon on April 14, ty-Former during the annual meeting of the Association of Former Students. The affair will be held in the Mess Hall Annex and is an annual fea- ture of the former students meet- ing. An attendance of some 300 is expected. The speaker is President of the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, but is perhaps best known as an author and as a teach- er of English literature. For many years he was Professor of English Literature at Columbia University, and his lectures were so popular that he was unable to accomodate all who wished to become his stu- dents. He is widely known as a lecturer and public speaker, par- ticularly in the East. Among the best known of Mr. Erskine’s works are, “The Private Life of Helen of Troy” and “Galla- had.” His latest book is “Bachelor of Arts.” His best known lecture is on the subject, “The Moral Obli- gation To Be Intelligent.” The presence of Mr. Erskine at the Luncheon is possible because of his presence upon the A. & M. campus for a lecture that is one of the features of this years Campus Entertainment Series. He will speak in Dallas the day before his appearance at College Station. PLAINS AGGIES PLAN MEETING AT DAIRY SHOW The Sixth Annual South Plains A. & M. Club Banquet will be held this year on April 15th., at the Hilton Hotel in Plainview at seven P. M. The party will draw its usual quota of from one hundred to two hundred A. & M. men from every section of the Plains country. The banquet is one of the features of the annual Panhandle-Plains Dairy Show, which will be going on in Plainview at the time of the ban- quet. Alex Bateman, ’13, of Farwell, President of the Club and A. R. Nisbet, Jr., ’18, of Plainview, club secretary, are taking the lead in making arrangements. It is plan- ned to have several visitors pres- ent from the A. & M. campus, with an especial invitation being extended to President T. O. Wal- ton. The Annual meeting of the Association on the previous day at College will prevent either the president or the secretary of that organization from being present. The South Plains A. & M. Club extends to every A. & M. man in that section a warm invitation to be present at the banquet on the night of April 15th. The affair will take the place of an April 21st. meeting for those attending and the communities they repre- sent. Robert Saibara, ’31, is compu- ter on a seismograph crew for the Independent Exploration Ce. Merl Saxon, ’32, is with the Luf- kin Foundry and Machine Co., Luf- stion met approval of the des Re. a mw of AE TR A RNR Full Week-End Planned For Ex-Student Campus Visitors At Assn Meeting April 13-14 WARDEN NAMES COMMITTEES FOR ANNUAL SESSION Nominations, Auditing and Reso- lutions committee members, to serve at the annual meeting of the Association on April 14 have been named by President T B. Worden, ’03. In advising the committee membership of its appointment Mr. Warden urged their presence at College on the day of the meeting. In order to insure a full attendance of the Nominating Committee an alternate group was named from which . replacements might be drawn. George G. Smith, ’30, of San An- tonio, heads the Nominating Com- mittee as Chairman, with member- ship as follows: V. W. Woodman, 27, Temple; V. P. Parr, 26; Hous- ton; “P. * 8. Grogingki, ?16, Ft. Worth; Col. M. J. McCombs, ’03, Dallas; C. L. Babcock, ’18, Beau- mont; Luke L. Ballard, ’05, Breck- enridge; J. Bryan Miller, ’18, Jack- sonville, and Hal Yakey, ’08, Agua Dulce. Alternate members of the nominating committee were named as follows, A. C. Schram, ’16, Tay- [Lory N. 5 JLirsen, te Hongtongl i Hohn, 14, Sy : Runge, Christoval; Scott Moore, ’11, Yoakum. NOMINATING The Nominating Committee pre- pares a slate of Directors for con- sideration at the annual business session, naming four directors “at large,” and naming directors for those places not filled by nominees from the State’s 21 Congressional Districts. The Directors are elected by the membership present at the annual business meeting, and they in turn elect the association offi- cers for the ensuing year. AUDITING Sterling C. Evans, 21, Houston, has been named chairman of the Auditing Committee, with W. L. Ballard, 22, Jacksonville, C. P. T. Griesenbeck, ’18, San Antonio, S. J. Treadaway, 07, Terrell and E. P. Hunter, ’00, Waco, serving with him. This committee is charged with an inspection of the financial records and position of the Asso- ciation and its loan funds. The committee will be aided by a repre- sentative of the firm of Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, Auditors and Accountants of Hous- ton, who will in advance of the meeting audit all financial records and transactions of the Association. RESOLUTIONS Major W. W. Cardwell, ’13, Lock- hart, has been named Chairman of the Resolutions Committee made up of himself, Joe E. Howell, ’22, of College Station, Tyree L. Bell, ’15, Corsicana, C. P. Dodson, ’11, Decatur, and C. C. “Polly” Krueger, ’12, of San Antonio. This committee prepares resolutions, expressing the thoughts of the meeting, for presentation at the annual session. President Warden urges all men named upon these committees as principals or alternates to be pres- ent at the annual meeting on April 14, and to give their best thought and attention prior to that date to their respective responsibilities. He further urges Association members to make known to these committee members their thoughts, sugges- tions or criticisms regarding the business and the activities of the Association. E. M. “Jiggs” Freeman, ’22, is with the Meriwether Supply Co., 1312 Jordan St., Shreveport, La. WR MT. abo Plans have been completed for this year’s meeting of the Former Student’s Association, to be held on the campus on April 13-14. A full week-end of entertainment and other activity has been outlined for visiting A. & M. men. The annual business meeting of the Associa- tion will be held at the Y.M.C.A. Chapel on the afternoon of April 14, with President T. B. Warden in charge. In addition to the election of Directors and officers for the com- ing year the Association members will hear reports of the work of their organization and its working committees and officers. Plans will be laid for future activities and various other matters of bus- iness will be handled at the meet- ing. Campus headquarters for re- turning Exes will be at the Y.M. C.A., where a registration desk and information booth will be main- tained. Members of the Brazos County A. & M. Club, under the leadership of president Dr. Hubert Schmidt, 08, will serve as an in- formal reception committee. Vis iting former students are reques oY, ed to register upon their J. Moen on 4g campus : 7a ? he % al a ox ho a Ke i the nora) C Sa Day Contests, April 5, i ‘a day early, in order to rol 3 present at the annual Asso- ciation meeting. A large num- ber of the visitors for these two special events are A. & M. men and they are urged to make their plans in order to be present on the campus April 14 to attend the annual Association business meeting that afternoon. A large atten- dance is expected for both the highway engineers short course and for the Smith- Hughes Day contests. QUARTERS Crowded conditions on the cam- pus and in the dormitories, due to this year’s record-breaking stu- dent enrollment, has complicated the question of finding sleeping quarters for those returning for the week-end. However, beds will be provided for all men, their be- ing a possibility that these will be put in the Gymn at Kyle Field. Many of those visiting will ar- range to visit in the dormitory with student friends or relatives. Bryan and College hotels and pri- | vate homes will handle all others. Class Reunions, reported else- where in this issue of THE AG- GIE, will be a feature of the wee- end. The classes of 95 and ’00 are staging a lively battle for the honor of having the highest per- centage of living members pres- ent at their gatherings. Owing to the crowded dormitory conditions and the difficulty in finding cam- pus accomodations all other class reunions except these two have been postponed. Baseball games with Baylor University will be played at Kyle Field on Friday and Saturday af- ternoons. On Saturday night the finals in the annual intramural boxing tournament will be held at the gymn. Following that enter- tainment visiting Ex-Students have been invited to attend a faculty dance at the Mess Hall. Retreat Saturday afternoon is expected to attract a big attendance and will be the only military feature of the week-end. Absence of many sen- ior cadet officers on inspection trips has prevented the usual mil- (Continued on page 4)
