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THE TEXAS AGGIE Published Semi-Monthlv at the A. & M. Press, College Station, Texas, except dur- ing the summer months, when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechan- jeal College of Texas, College Station, Texas. Ld0hy, 17 President ind mn Bell, TEC ve Vice President E. E. McQuillen, ’20...Executive Secretary TY... B/ Locke, ’18........... Assistant Secretary Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas E. BE. McQuillen.............. Publisher Directors Knox Lee, ’ H. K. Deason, ’ Joe M. McRevnolds, ’ F. D. Perkins, ’97......... ne B. Francis, 15. eoenieeeeeee eee ) Ww. Wen 10 Estil Y. Cunningham, Ce or ille H W. L. Ballard. "22. cies C. R. Haile, ’12............. Yoh Stark, 221... Elmore R. Torn, ’28 W. C. Torrence, ’13 Phil S. Groginski, ’16... C. P. Dodson, "11. eeernenenneees Marcus Gist, "22...........- W. W. Whipkey, 11. Oscar A. Seward se Duggan, 295......-- n Bs Wh, SOF Ln San Jaime Richard E. Homann, i [LL unc jod C. L. Babcock, ’1T..oecicneenees Beaum Col. P. L. Downs, '79 Albert G. Pfaff, *27 T. W. Mohle, "19. ecomemmeeea UTIVE COMMITTEE : f.- A. Rg San Antonio Littlefield Tyree L. Bell, "15 remnecnee Coreans Ff. R. Torn ,’27 rr ————— ayior T. W. Mohle, "19 nines ous ’ : Groesbeck Oscar A. Seward, "07 ...coooeereee ND TRUSTEES _ ly z J0AN' SU San Antonie AF Mena "0% is Oration REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC Rivert a ——— A. & M. AND THE JUNIOR < COLLEGES The growth of the Junior Col- lece system in Texas has been an outstanding feature in the educa- tional system of the state during the past few years. There are ab present 39 such institutions in Tex- as, with the number increasing by leaps and bounds each year. Last vear over 8,000 students were tole ing college work in the state’s junior colleges and over 80 per cent of these students later enter a senior institution. The ratio of student enrollment at Texas University and Texas A. & M. is approximately 2 to 1, yet last fall Texas University en- volled junior college transfers at a ratio of 6 to 1, as compared to Tex- as A. & M. At that, some 200 boys or one-seventh of the last year’s new students at Texas A. & M. were transfers from junior colleges. Two facts of vital importance to Texas A. & M. are immediately evident. First, the tremendous im- portance of the junior college as a source of student enrollment, and second, the disturbing fact that our institution is not getting its proper share of the junior college transfers. It is with this second fact that the college, its authori- ties and its students, are concern- ed. It is not difficult to place a fin- ger upon the source of the trouble. A junior college transfer, even a junior college graduate who enters Texas A. & M. with full Junior scholastic standing, must be a “Fish” as far as student privileges and liberty is concerned. Quite naturally, this A. & M. custom is a hated one among junior college students and their faculties. The student body of Texas A. & M. could remedy this situation in a day if it so desired. The AG- GIE hopes for no such sudden re- lief, but the problem is an import- ant one and too much damage to the institution has already been done to wait much longer for its solution. HOW ABOUT IT NEW ORLEANS! IL. E. “Coot” Bumgarner, ’33, 936 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, is interested in re-organizing the New Orleans A. & M. Club, and was re- cently sent a roster of Aggies in that city. He is willing to do a big part of the work in making a club a success if some of the others will cooperate. In past years the New Orleans Club was quite ac- tive, and it is hoped it will be re- vived. There are enough young A. & M. men in the Crescent City to put the club over, and they can always count upon the aid and co- operation of the older group. W. P. Privette, 29, and Frank Anderlitch, ’30, are with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, and at- tached to the Ft. Worth office of the Bureau. WEDDINGS Conner-St. Clair The engagement and approach- ing marriage of Miss Constance St. Clair to Mr. Richard R. “Dick” Conner, 30, of College Station, has been announced. The wedding will be solemnized on February 14, and the couple will be located in Dallas, where “Dick” is with the legal firm of Crane and Crane. Easley-Cox News comes to us of the mar- riage of Miss Louise Cox, of Port Arthur, to Mr. Gilbert C. Easley, ’32. Mr. and Mrs. Easley are at home at 1811 Fifth St., Port Ar- thur, Texas. DeBardeleben-Edwards Miss Mary Lou Edwards, of F't. Worth, and Mr. J. M. “Mike” De- Bardeleben, ’29, were married on December 17. Mr. and Mrs. De- Bardeleben are living at Little Rock, Arkansas, where “Mike” is with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. Lyons-Walton The marriage of Miss Betty Wal- ton to Mr. J. F. Burton Lyons, 26, was solemnized on January 30 at 4:30. After a wedding trip to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Lyons will be at home in Fort Worth, Texas. Word-Womack The wedding of Miss Marie Wo- mack and Mr. Karl H. Word, ’27, both of Houston, was solemnized in the Chapel of the St. Paul’s Metho- dist Church on December 24, 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Word are receiving their many friends at their home at 1748 Richmond Road, Houston, Texas. Karl is with the S. W. Bell Telephone Company at Houston in the Traffic Department. Chamberlain-White News comes to us of the mar- riage of Miss Maurine White, of Beaumont, and Mr. Harold Ber- nard Chamberlain, ’34, of Hender- son, Texas, on January 11. After a wedding trip to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain are at home at 1427 Orange St., Beau- mont, Texas. Riley- Wheeler Announcement has been made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Simmie Wheeler to Dr. E. T. Riley, ’35, of Hughes Springs. The wedding will be sol- emnized sometime in February. Taylor-Eubanks On December 26, W. O. “Dutch” Taylor, ’34, of Groesbeck, and Miss Emmalenee Eubanks, of Mexia, were married. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are making their home in Shiloh, where Taylor is principal of the Shiloh Junior High School. J. A. Bonham, ’14, is with the Magnolia Petroleum Company in their Land and Lease Department, and has his headquarters at Lake Charles, Louisiana. His mailing ad- dress is Box 872. O. O. Mattiza, ’32, is field en- gineer with the Gulf Refining Company at Port Arthur. Emil Stuter, ’34, is an engineer in the Soil Conservation Service at Brownwood, Texas. He reports that J. H. Johnson, ’34, is planning en- gineer; Z. C. Dameron, Jr., ’30, is agronomist; and O. J. Norton, ’31, is technician in charge at the same location. Alfred N. Moon, ’35, is a cotton buyer at Swifton, Arizona. D. K. Greenhaw, ’35, is located at Tuckerman, Arizona. George D. Keathley, ’35, is with the Soil Conservation Service at Lamesa, Texas. He reports that they are in the midst of putting out trees on the Shelter Border Pro- gram and are mighty busy. Chester A. Swope, ’31, is with the Austin Bridge Co., as a con- struction Superintendent, and locat- ed at present at Dublin, Texas. A. R. Singleton, ’32, lives at BIRTHS p Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mitchell, 29, are receiving congratulations from their many A. & M. friends over the birth of a little girl on January 8. She has been given the name of Margaret Ann. Mr. and Mitchell are living at 1618 Seevers, Dallas, Texas. “Johnnie” Mrs. headquarters at Dallas. is located at Conroe, Texas. Comanche, Texas. Box 2757. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Stark, ’27, are happy over the birth of a son, David Allan, born on January 25. Stark is with the U. S. Customs and is at present located at Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Golasinski, ’32, are rejoicing over the arrival of a fine son, Robert Edward, born on January 21. Mr. and Mrs. Gola- sinski make their home in Pasa- dena, Texas, near Houston. Gola- sinski was a member of the Aggie football squad during his Cadet days, lettering at guard. was formerly commandant of the College, and is now with the En- gineering Dept. of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon G. Langs- ton, ’34, of Conroe, are the parents of a little daughter, Sylvia Louise, born on January 25. Gordon is an assistant in cotton adjustment and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McFadden, 24, are delighted over the arrival of a fine boy born on Deceber 10. Mr. and Mrs. McFadden reside in Dallas where McFadden is with the Texas Employers Insurance Com- -pany. They get their mail at P. O. In Memoriam W. L. Coleman, Jr., ’17 Wiley Lee Coleman, Jr., ’17, known to his A. & M. friends as “Fannie” and a famous figure in the football history of the Southwest, died at his home in Fort Worth on January 28. At the time of his death, he was thought to be on the road to recovery from a heart attack suffered on January 16. He had been in ill health, how- ever, for several years. Coleman’s football fame rested upon his important part in the 1915 Texas A. & M. - Texas University battle at Kyle Field. With the Long- horns heavy favorites, Cole- man kicked two goals from placement, one from the 43 yard line and a second a bit shorter. Although the Aggies later scored a touchdown, it was these two kicks that broke the heart of the great University team. After leaving A. & M.,, Coleman was appointed a second lieutenant, later going into the aerial observation with the National Supply Company and then went with the E. L. White and Company at Fort Worth, of which he has been president and mana- ger since the death of his father-in-law in 1920. He was 41 years of age at the time of his death and is survived by his wife, his parents, and one sister. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery of Fort Worth. Dudley E. Whitten, ’29 Lieutenant Dudley E. Whit- ten, ’29, of Wharton was kill- ed in an airplane crash at Boling Field, Washington, D. C. last week. Whitten was in the U. S. Air Corps and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Another of- ficer who was also killed in the accident was piloting the plane, which had just leveled off for a landing when the craft was dashed to the ground by an unexplained service. He was seriously in- jured in an air crash in France but recovered after an operation for a spinal in- jury in New York City in 1923. After the war, he worked cause. THOMAS MAYO--- HIS COLUMN L Sooner or later, I suppose, it was that should tackle politics. Sinclair Lewis “It Can’t Happen Here” is his political nov- inevitable el, and by no means his best novel, if you ask me. However, having been written by Lewis, it is enter- taining. Moreover, having been written by a man who invariably uses novels to convey theories of or comments upon contemporary life, “It Can’t Happen Here” is worth reading for the political views which it implies. Ed ES ES Roughly, here is the interpreta- tion of recent history upon which it would seem to be based: Since the beginning of modern times, all Western nations have been capital- istic. That is, their means of pro- duction have been privately owned and operated for private profit. Within the last fifty years, a strong socialistic movement has arisen in each Western country. That is, a certain section of its thinkers and workers have begun to demand that the means of production be publie- ly owned and run to supply goods to those who need them. Since most of the Western nations have demo- cratic government, this socialistic tendency has begun to express it- self recently in planks of various political platforms, and to get it- self thereby enacted into law and into practice. So far has this pro- cess gone, in fact, that people who believe very strongly in capitalism have begun to feel grave alarm for the very existence of the private ownership of the means of produc- tion. sk ES k Now, whenever this alarm at the rise of socialism becomes suffi- ciently acute, Lewis seems to think, it provokes a counter-attack which is backed, naturally, by the class who own most of the means of pro- duction. This reacting against the encroachments of socialism upon the profit system, is generally known as Fascism. EJ sk Ed Fascism, Mr. Lewis would say (or at least, I think he would say) includes several distinct steps in its program: (1) The restriction 1 of freedom of speech. This is neces- sary to silence those writers and speakers who strengthen the so- cialistic movement by talking about it; (2) the hamstringing of labor unions; (3) finally, the abo- lition of democratic government, in order that private ownership of the means of production may not be legislated out of existence by Parliaments or Congresses to which a majority of socialistic re- presentatives have been elected. * % ok In order to carry out such a pro- gram, the rise to power of a dic- tator is of course essential. This gentleman must be a mighty pow- er with the common people, whom he must be able to detach from their loyalty to the Labor Move- ment and to any socialistic ideas which they may have imbibed. He generally has to gain their atten- tion by promising them all sorts of bonuses, divisions of wealth, etc. without; however, touching on the ownership of the means of produc- tion. The Fascist Dictator must al- so be willing to strike a bargain, at the proper stage of the proceed- ings, with the class of people who have already become alarmed at the rise of socialism. Thus Hitler, who is generally thought of as a Fascist Dictator, began with vast promises to the poor people of Ger- many; by means of the influence thus gained, crushed out socialism, communism, and the Labor Move- ment, but now stands revealed as pretty much the puppet of the great financial magnets of Ger- many, who would appear to have been supporting him all along. This then, seems to be the theo- retical background of Mr. Lewis’s political novel, “It Can’t Happen Here.” Because of lack of space, ignorance, and various other handi- caps, your columnist has put the matter “roughly”—in fact, brutal- ly. The novel itself tries to prove, by means of the tale of an Average American Liberal, that such a hor- rifying sequence of events is by no means impossible in our own United States. This sort of thing has just happened in Germany, E— 27; 20d some small European states. Given the same set-up, Mr. Lewis asks—, given a rising tide of socialistic feeling, an alarmed pro- perty-owning class, and a clever, unscrupulous, and popular dema- gogue, what is to keep it from hap- pening here? * * * This first sign of a rising Fas- cist movement would be, it seems, a vigorous attempt to check free speech in newspapers, magazines, books, and college classrooms. This attempt would of course be made in the name of patriotic resistance But if you want to follow the other steps, read “It Can’t Happen Here.” to Communist propoganda . . . Joe Combs, County Agent of Jef- ferson County with headquarters at Beaumont, probably has the finest offices of any county agent in Texas. He is housed in the beau- tiful new Jefferson County Court House, with a suite of offices that make him the envy of other agents. With him as Assistant County Agent is R. Ralph Thompson, 33. J. S. Welboan, 06, sends in his dues and writes that he hopees to be present at his class reunion May 2 and 3 this spring. He is a mem- ber of the 1906 class and is in charge of the Taxes and Insurance Department of the Freeport Sul- phur Company at Freeport, Texas. Francis C. Turner, ’29, is with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, located in the Little Rock office. W. Mulvey Goodwin, ’12, will move from Dallas to San Antonio on Feb. first to become Branch Operating Manager of the General Electric Supply Corp., 723 Perez Ave. He has been with the G. E. Supply Co., for the past several years in Dallas, and prior to that time with the same company in Houston. V. D. Want, ’33, is living at 515 N. River St., Seguin, Texas. Sam H. Dixon, Jr., ’05, well known Houston architect, was re- cently appointed to the staff of the Houston office of the F. H. A. MUNNERLYN HOME RUINED BY FIRE LAST SATURDAY Fire destroyed the state-owned home of Prof. W. F. Munnerlyn on the College poultry farm Sat- urday morning. Although no one was injured most of the personal property in the house was either lost or badly damaged. The fire, of undetermined cause, originated in the attic of the child- ren’s bedroom where there is no stove or flue. Smelling smoke, Mrs. Munnerlyn opened the door to find the room enveloped in flames. With her hair singed, she escaped with the two children who were in an- other room. J. W. Gibson, 35, is an assist- ant in cotton adjustment at Dain- gerfield, Texas. L. C. Jinks, ’22, is now Regional Farm Management Specialist for the Resettlement Administration and gets his mail at 4920 Hill- crest Avenue, Little Rock, Arkan- sas. His territory covers Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi and he is one of the busiest men in any of these three states. James R. Day, 32, was recently transferred from Midland to Monu- ment, New Mexico where he is with the Amerada Petroleum Corpora- tion. He lives at his company’s camp and is acting as resident geo- logist for the new field at Monu- ment. J. M. “Mike” DeBardeleben, ’28, was a recent campus visitor. He has been transferred from Ft. Worth to Little Rock, Arkansas, and is an engineer of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. His address in Lit- tle Rock is 1000 Prospect, Apt. 2, and he’s still in the newly-wed class. Will C. Beckham, ’25, is owner and manager of the Beckham Flor- al Co., of Dallas and gets his mail at 505 West Jefferson, that city. DUES-FOOTBALL -HAZING Dear Fellows: The first thing is the money or- der—it was in here when I wrote the letter but it might be gone by the time it reaches Aggieland. I hope not though as I like to read the Aggie and to have every part in the school I can even though I haven’t been back since last sum- mer. I hope that the old college keeps up its good records in every phase and grows larger every day. How- ever, I would suggest that they adopt the old method of using the board on the freshmen. It gives a fellow something more than a meal standing up. It is barbaric but af- ter all said and done we are living in a barbaric day in time, with the Supreme Court and the Democrats tearing up the politics of the coun- try. Well, to get back to politics, I would like to see the Aggies play some of these Southern Conference football teams so we can show them that there is really a school over in Texas. How about arrang- ing for a game with Georgia Tech? We have lots of Aggies in this part of the country who would like to see something like that. Help us out. Well, I guess I have served my sentence so I will stop this bit of “Bull” and get some sleep (once ban Aggie always an Aggie). Yours truly, John G. Otts, ’34 Box 2210 York Ice Mach. Corp., Atlanta, Georgia. (This column hopes to serve as a ciearing house for the opini ideas suggestions of A. and M. men. All communications must Yh bes the $200 the writer given. Thev must be free from libel, personal abuse or critical personalities, and preferably short. Readers of THE AGGIE ave invited to express their views upos ABOUT THAT ’06 REUNION Dear Mr. McQuillen: Your letter of January 7th ad- vising me of the proposed meeting of our class of 1906 for its 30th anniversary on May 2nd and 3rd has been received and sincerely ap- preciated. Immediately on reading it I be- came homesick to see the old bunch again and I have failed to lose that feeling after several days. It is too early for me to be able to state with absolute assurance that I can be there but every effort will be made to arrange my affairs so that it will be possible. Twenty-four years have passed since I was last at college and I have some doubts as to my ability to recognize it in view of the many changes that doubtless have occur- red. While it may appear that I have forgotten my former associa- tes the opposite is the case as any- one who knows me in Sacramento will testify. I bore my friends so continuously with stories of the great Texas institution that my nickname with many of them is “Texas A. & M.” I am constantly in touch with many of the old timers who live in California, notably Choc Kelly of Hollywood, with whom I have at- tended many Pacific Coast football games. We follow the fortunes of the Texas teams with great inter- est. Tell Gleason and Elliott to do their best to get our old bunch to- gether again and I will be there if at all possible. Very truly yours, Jas. S. Dean, 06 City Manager Sacramento, Calif.