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LIBRARY CAMPUS EE ea If this paper is not called for return postage is guaranteed by publisher. e—t _ LIBRAKY Agricultural & Mechanical Cetlege o! Tardy ~ College Station, Tess. THE TEXAS AGGIE RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Published €emi-Monthly Except During the S ummer Month s when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. VOL. X CCLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MAY 15, 1936 NUMBER 56 Fx-Students Work And Play At Annual Meeting Flection Thanheiser, Babcock, Bell Climaxes Full-Week-End Of Ass'n. Business Gatherings | Election of C. A. Thanheiser, '01, and C. L. Babcock, '18 as president and vice president, respectively, of the Association of Former Stu- dents, climaxed a week-end of bus- iness activities of the organization. Interspersed with the many entev- tainment features of the week-end, were various committee meetings, the meeting of the old board of di- rectors, and a meeting of the new board of directors, in addition tv the general business session of the Association held Sunday afternoon. In addition to the election of Mr. Thanheiser and Mr. Babcock, Mr. Tyree L. Bell, ’15, Dallas, was nam- ed as a former student representa- tive on the Athletic Council, re- placing Mr. Thanseiser, and with A. G. “Bert” Pfaff, ’27, serving as hold-over members of the council. Secretary E. E. McQuillen, ’20, was re-elected. These selections were made by the new board of directors, elected at the general meeting Sunday af- ternoon as follows: H. K. Deason, 16, Port Arthur; C. L. Babcock, ’18, Beaumont; A. G. Pfaff, ’27, Ty- ler; F. D. Perkins, 97, McKinney; W. Bebb Francis, ’15, Dallas; J. B. Crockett, ’09, Dallas; Oscar A. Seward, Jr., ’07, Groesbeck; H. S. Davenport, ’04, Palestine; T. W. Mohle, ’19, Houston; C. A. Than- heiser, ’01, Houston; John G. Tur- ney, '27, Wharton; T. B. Warden, ’03, Austin; E. R. Torn, ’28, Taylor; P. L. Downs, Jr., '06, Temple; D. H. B. Todd, ’11, Fort Worth; A. A. Wright, '06, Fort Worth; C. P. Dodson, ’11, Decatur; Marvin N. Butler, ’14; Karnes City; Frank E. Bortle, ’32, Brownsville; W. Byron Johnson, ’11, Laredo; Verne A. Scott, 14, Stephenville; C. M. Hen- derson, ’11, Amarillo; E. V. Spence. ’11, Big Spring; I. A. Uhr, ’17, San Antonio; Louis A. Hartung, 29; and Penrose B. Metcalfe, 16, San Angelo. (Continued on page 3) WICHITA FALLS ENJOYS PICNIC REVIEWS WORK The annual April 21 picnic of the Wichita Falls A. & M. Club this year proved another success- ful event in the history of that club. With A. & M. men and their families present, the affair proved a gala occasion. After a lively evening of entertainment, a short business session was held for the election of officers. John W. Brit- ton, ’07, of the First National Bank, Wichita Falls, was chosen president, succeeding John L. Gibbs, ’17. J. O. McCullough was named vice president; with G. Dillard An- derson, ’20, secretary-treasurer._ The Wichita Falls Club during the past year has done some splen- did work and can point to two out- standing achievements. Largely through the efforts of this club during the past several years, the Aggies will this fall play a foot- ball game in Wichita Falls on the afternoon of Saturday, October 3. During the past year, the club has also done some splendid work to- ward interesting outstanding grad- uvates of Wichita Falls High School to attend Texas A. & M. COLLEGE DAYS REVIEWED BY LAREDO MEN The Laredo A. & M. Club, meet- ing at the Plaza Hotel on the night of April 21, held one of the best attended and most enthusias- tic Aggie rallies of the club’s his- tory. With W. Byron Johnson, 11, as toastmaster, a rousing program was provided for an attendance who arranged in classes from 50 years back to as late as 1934. The club’s next meeting: is planned to be held in the form of a barbecue within the next 60 days and all A. & M. men in that section are invited to attend. L. A. Pierce, ’22, county agent at Laredo, was elect- ed as president of the club for the coming year with Charles Richter, Jr., ’30, as Vice president; and Steve Simon, Jr., 22, as secretary- treasurer. Dr. E. H. Sauvignet, '92, and W. O. Vela, ’34, were elected club directors to serve with the officers. W. Byron Johnson was chosen as the club’s candidate for membership on the board of direc- tors of the Association of Former Students. : The program of the meeting was designed as a review from the stu- dent’s viewpoint of the A. & M. College from the late 80’s and early 90’s to the present day. Dr. Sau- vignet and R. H. Traylor, 90 re- viewed their student days on the campus during the day when wood stoves and oil lamps were in use. A. & M. at the turn of the century was discussed by A. J. Neff, ’03, who was a member of the A. & M. team of 1902, the first Aggie team to defeat the University of Texas in football. Bringing the history further up-to-date, Toastmaster W. Byron Johnson told of the years be- ginning in 1908 and Ed Sterling, ’13, took the years beginning with 1912. L. A. Pierce finished up the his- tory and brought it up-to-date by telling of the great A. and M. College of today with more than 3,500 students, a splendid physical plant, and one of the highest rank- ing institutions in the United Stat- es. It was decided that the club should have two regular meetings each year—one April 21 and one during the week preceding Thanks- giving. Other special meetings will be called at the discretion of the president. The club hopes some- time in the near future to have as its guest President T. O. Wal- ton, of the A. & M. College. Pres- ent at the meeting were the fol- lowing: Charles E. Richter, Jr., ’30; Manuel F de la Garza, '13; Wendell Guinn, ’19; L. A. Pierce, ’22; W. B. Johnson, ’11; Dr. E. H. Sauvig- net, 92; R. H. Traylor, ’90; A. J. Neff, ’03; William O. Vela, ’34; Francis Almond, ’30; Lott Taylor, 129; J. iB. BR. Leary, ’19; J. BE. Willis, ’27; S. K. Mason, ’15; Mar- cus Wormser, ’19; Ed Serling, 13; B. W. Harwood, ’26; and Steve Simeon, Jr., 2°22. E. J. “Pop” Willson, '33, and Bob Greer, ’35, both with the State Highway Department in Austin, have an apartment together at 816 West 6th St., Austin. UNDAUNTED BY PASSING OF 50 SINCE THEIR CADET DAYS, MBN OF '86 TAKE ACTIVE PART RE-UNION WEEK-END YEARS In the picture left to right by couples, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Tilson, Texarkana; Mr. and Mrs. H. Richter, Cuero; Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Gie- secke, College Station. Active Membership Increase Features President's Report Past Year's The purpose of this report is to out'ine to this annual meeting, as briefly as possible, the activi- ties of the Association of Former Students during the past year and its present status and condition. In order to achieve brevity, many important items must be omitted and only a few words can be de- voted to other items of interest and importance. I would like to impress upon this meeting one thought regarding this annual report. It is not a report of your President’s activities, nor of those of our Secretary. It is an attempt to portray the general ac- tivities of the past year and Iit- erally hundreds of you, who are members of this Association, play- ed a most important part in these particular activities. It would be impossible for me to pay tribute to the many men who have devoted time and effort for the good of this Association during the past year, so let me ex- tend to them all a blanket expres- sion of thanks and appreciation. Without this cooperation, the ef- forts of your officers would be use- less and in vain. I do not think it amiss at this time to express publicly my per- sonal appreciation to my employers for their kindness and generosity in allowing me to take time from my work on numerous occasions to carry out to the best of my ability the responsibilities as your Pres- ident. This Association has been most fortunate during the past year in having the services of a Board of Directors that functioned admir- ably. With only one exception, ev- ery meeting date that was selected was a day on which occurred floods or snow storms causing dangerous and hazardous driving conditions over long distances. In spite of these adverse weather conditions, the attendance was almost perfect and your President wants to record his appreciation in this report. In addition to the regular meeting which was held at this time last Spring, a called meeting was held at College on May 19th., on which Ass'n. Activities day every river in the State of Texas was flooded, at which {ime the Executive Committee and the Student Loan Fund Trustees wcre elected, the year’s budget passed, rules set up for the investment of the Association’s trust fund, the “Pull ’Em In” campaign approved and various other items of interest discussed. Another meeting was held at College on October 26th., at which time reports were made by the President and the Secretary upon the affairs of the organization, a new and larger Athletic Commit- tee was appointed, Attorney Gen- era McCraw was chosen speaker for today’s luncheon, various reso- lutions were passed and rules were set up regarding delinquent Asso- ciation members. A joint meeting of the Execu- tive Committee and the Athletic Committee was held at College on January 19th. Following reports from the President and Secretary, this annual meeting date was ap- proved. A decision was reached to request permission from the Col- lege Board of Directors to estab- lish a filling station on the Cam- pus to provide employment for worthy student. This item is still under consideration by the Board. General plans for aiding the Ath- letic Program were also drawn up and started. This brief outline of some of the activities and deliberations of your Board and its committees is re- ported to indicate to you their careful and active service and their valuable supervision of the busi- ness and policies of our organiza- tion. I would like to remind you that your Board of Directors con- stitute your elected representatives. They are at all times individually or in session representing you and they welcome the suggestions, criticisms and ideas of any member of the Association or of any A. & M. man. The program of this or- ganization is usually the result of suggestion—a majority opinion—- gleaned from all A. & M. men. Of marked significance are the many (See President’s Report, page 3) Record Attendance Throngs Campus As A.&M. Men Come Home For Annual Week-End | club include: AGGIE-S00NER CLUBS HONOR THE BIZZELLS Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Bizzell were honored in Houston on the night of May 4 by the Houston A. & M. Club and the Houston Oklahoma University Club. The affair was an informal dinner at the Rice Hotel attended by approximately 100 guests. Colonel Ike Ashburn, president of the Houston A. & M. Club, acted as general arrange- ments chairman for the event and F. M. Law, ’95, chairman of the Board of Directors of Texas A. & M., served as toastmaster. Dr. Biz- zell’s career was outlined from his early school teaching days at Mont. gomery and Navasota and through his presidency of the College of In- dustrial Arts, Texas A. & M., and Oklahoma University. Among the speakers eulogizing the Bizzells were Dr. J. Allen Kyle, 90, Dr. T. O. Walton, Colonel Ashburn, and others. LIMESTONE CLUB NAMES OFFICER PLANS PROGRAM W. W. “Pete” Hewitt, ’33, of Groesbeck, was named president of the Limestone County A. & M Club, at a recent annual meeting of that organization. Hewitt is head of the Athletic Department of Groesbeck High School. Other officers of the club include: Boyd Callen, ’31, State Highway Depart- mant, Groesbeck, vice president; Walter Leach, ’24, of the Humble Oil Company, Groesbeck, secretary- treasurer; and Wiley Davis, ’88. hardware merchant at Groesbeck, sergeant-at-arms. Directors of the Colonel O. A. Se- ward, Jr., 07, Chairman, with the State Highway Department, Groes- beck; Oscar Taylor, ’15, county schools, Groesbeck; C. A. Nuss- baum, ’20, capitalist, Mexia; Ray Griffin, 19, postmaster, Kosse; W. P. “Bill” Alexander, ’35, county schools, Coolidge; John M. Drink- ard, ’03, farmer, Mart; T. B. Lewis, ’21, county agent, Groesbeck; and Rufus Peeples, ’28, farmer, Tehua- cana. Colonel O. A. Seward, Jr., ’07, was elected by the club as its nom- inee for membership on the board of directors of the A. & M. Ex- Students’ Association. The next meeting of the club is planned to be held in the nature of a steak-fry during the early summer. All A. & M. men living in Limestone County and its sur- rounding areas are warmly invited to affiliate with the CaCo; Club. © W. G. Hill, ’27, who is with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, is now located in New Orleans, Louisiana, with his office at 509 Stern Building. At the beginning of the AAA program, Hill was sent to College Station to start the Tex- as Program but was transferred recently to the above location. | Flocking to the campus from ev- ery section of Texas and from var- ious other states in the Union, a record breaking attendance of for- mer students held their Annual Meeting on May 2 and 3. With pcriect weather prevailing and a week-end filled with entertainment features and Association business meetings, the affair was rated one of the most successful in the long history of Texas A. & M. alumni and former student gatherings. Over 500 people crowded to over- flowing the big banquet room of the mess hall for the annual Joint Faculty-Former Student Luncheon Sunday noon. The presence of At- torney General William MeCraw as guest speaker and Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Bizzell added to the enjoy- ment of the occasion. I. A. Uhr. "17, President of the Association of Former Students, served as toastmaster for the luncheon. Both Mr. McCraw and Dr. Bizzell deliv- ered interesting and worth while messages to the big crowd. Colonel Ike Ashburn was asked to intro- duce the various reunion classes. In addition to hearing various reports the Association of Former Stu- dents at the Annual Meeting Sun- day afternoon, Mr. C. A. Than- heiser, ’01, of Houston, was elected President of the Association to suec- ceed Mr. Uhr. Mr. C. L. Babcock, ’18, of Beaumont, was named vice- president, and Mr. Tyree L. Bell, "15, of Dallas, chosen as represen-- tative on the Athletic Council. Other outstanding features of" the week-end included the Texas. Aggie-Texas University baseball game Saturday afterncon, reunion class dinners Saturday night, in- tramural boxing tournament finals Saturday night, and a gorgeous, thrilling review given by the A. & M. cadet corps in honor of the vis- itors on Sunday morning. Various reunion classes held so- cial affairs of their own. Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Giesecke entertained members of the 1886 class with a dinner on Saturday night, while members of the 1911 class enjoy- ed a lawn party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Williamson the same evening. More visiting former students were registered at the Y. M. C. A. Headquarters than at any previous Annual Meeting. Other features of the week-end are covered in more detail elsewhere in this issue of the TEXAS AGGIE. Piney Woods Club Follows Angelina 'Doches Gathering Organization of the Piney Woods A. & M. Club was effected at a barbecue held on the Angelina River between Lufkin and Nacog- doches Counties primarily, al. though others in that section will be welcomed. : M. C. Spivey, ’08, of Lufkin was named president of the Piney Woods Club; E. L. Gaston, ’23, of Nacogdoches, vice president; and Bob Herbert, 31, of Nacogdoches, secretary-treasurer. The new Piney Woods Club succeeds the old Ange- lina County Club headed by E. C. Durham, 99, of Diboll. The recent meeting was in the form of a bar- becue and was well attended by some 50 men. MORE ANNUAL MEETING NEWS IN THE NEXT ISSUE en--the-many-activities of —————
