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C. A. Thanheiser, 01 THE TEXAS AGGIE E. E. McQuillen............... Publisher Published Semi-Monthly 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- ical College of Texas, College Station, Texas. CA... Thanheiser, 01.2. 2 President C. L.-Babcock, 218. 7. i... Vice President E. E. McQuillen, ’20.. Executive Secretary L.. B.rlocke; ’18. = Assistant Secretary Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas Directors H. XK. ‘PDeason, ’16........- ulti Port Arthur C.L.. > Babeock;e *18...4..ciivumintoins Beaumont ASG. Pialt, 227. Tyler F. D. Perkins, ’97 McKinney Y¥.. Bebb Eranels, 15. win 2d Dallas JB. “Crockett, {09.0 vi aR Dallas Oscar® A.- Seward, Jr., 2075... Groesbeck H. S. Davenport, ’ TT. W. Mohle,"’19... C. A. Thanbheiser, ’ John G. Turney, T. B. Warden, ’03 E.R. Torn, 28 A. A. Wright, ’06 C. .P. “Dodson, ’11 Decatur Marvin <N.” Butler, 14. =>. =... Karnes City 5 SR I Brownsville Frank E. Bortle, W. Byron Johnson, ’11 Laredo Verne A. “Scott; 214 = wx. Stephenville C. M. Henderson, ’11 Amarillo 0. “VV. Spence, 11... luv LA ashe, 17 Louis A. Hartung, Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE C. A. Thanheiser, ’01 .... C. “1. -Babeoeck,~’18 .... F. D. Perkins, C.."P.~Dodson’,. 11 Louis A. Hartung, ’29 ........... McKinney Decatur STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES Houston A. F. Mitchell, ’09 E. E. McQuillen, ’20 REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL Tyree L. Bell, Albert G. Pfaf, A. & M. PLATES As outlined elsewhere in this issue of the AGGIE, the A. & M. College takes its place with other leading institutions of the country in having available for its friends and former students memorial plates. These beautiful plates are expected to take their place as one of the artistic traditions of the A. & M. College. The AGGIE extends to Mr. Downs, Designer Doyle, and Professors Langford and Hensel, congratulations. To Mr. Downs and the A. & M. Memorial Plate Association who will distribute the plates, the AGGIE extends best wishes and confidence in the suc- 2ess of their undertaking. A. & M. MOTHERS REACH A GOAL Since 1927 one of the chief ob- jectives of the A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs of Texas has been to provide a pipe organ at the A. & M. Col- lege. On Mothers’ Day last month, the objective was successfully reached with the presentation to the College of the wonderful or- gan now in Guion Hall. The organ is a memorial to the mothers of all A. & M. College students. Under the leadership of Mrs. W. S. Mosher, Dallas, Chairman of the Mothers’ Club Pipe Organ Fund, these devoted parents have worked ceasely since 1918 to reach their goal. Mothers’ Clubs of Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Houston, San Antonio, Temple, San Angelo, Beaumont, Cleburne, Bryan, and College Station participated in the successful drive. Too much praise and commenda- tion cannot be extended to these devoted mothers who have given to the College a source of pleasure, happiness, and profit that will be enjoyed during many years to come. WONDER AND DISMAY The recent announcement of the establishment by the War Depart- ment of an Advanced R.O.T.C. unit at Texas Tech brings to those fa- miliar with R.O.T.C. condition at Texas A. & M. a sense of wonder- ment and some dismay. Not that Tech is grudged the unit; more power to that up-and-coming in- stitution for including military training as one phase of its student activities. But the War Department is moving in a direction that may bring about the elimination of Texas A. & M. as a strictly mili- tary school; the only one of its kind and size outside the Service institutions at West Point and An- napolis. Congress provides for only a definite number of advanced R.O.- T.C. contracts, divided upon a pro rata basis among the various Corps Areas of the United States. In spite of rigid requirements there | quality and training at Texas A. & M. There is The production of a set of 12 Texas A. & M. Memorial Plates, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, and their distribution, has been announced by the A. & M. Memorial Plate Association, P. L. Downs, Jr., 06, Temple, Texas, Chairman. The A. & M. plates will ‘| bring to the College the tradition that has been in vogue for many years in many of the older and larger American educational in- stitutions. Final production of these plates follows some two year’s work on the part of Mr. Downs, aided by various other interested individuals. The plates are typically “A. & M”. In a joint competition among archi- tectural and landscape art students, the design of Cadet J. F. Doyle, of Brownwood, was chosen for the plates. Professors Ernest Langford, ’13, and F. W. Hensel, ’07, heads of the Architectural and Landscape Art Departments of the College, were in charge of this competition and rendered valuable services in the development of the plate de- sign. DESIGNED BY A. & M. MEN UNDER INSPIRATION P. L. DOWNS JR., 06, MEMORIAL PLATES S00N READY The plates will be produced in a set of 12. They will be maroon and white in color and a different campus building or scene will oc- cupy the center of each plate. The beautiful border on the plates por- trays the traditions of both Texas and the Texas A. & M. College. Authorities who have seen the de- signs say that these will be the most beautiful college plates that have ever been made by the famous Wedgwood firm. Distribution of the plates will be handled by the A. & M. Memorial Plate Associa- tion with full details appearing in the advertisement in this issue of the AGGIE. At a recent meeting ‘of the Board of Directors of the Association, Mr. Downs and his as- sociates received many congratula- tions and commendations for their splendid work in developing these plates. A former member of the A. & M. Board of Directors, and a past president of the Bell County A. & M. Club, P. L. Downs, Jr. better known as “Pink”, is among the best known A. & M. men in | Texas. COX— (Continued from page 1) culture at Georgetown for five years and also took graduate work at Southwestern University, lo- cated in that city. Two years ago he went to Tyler succeeding Louis P. Merrill, ’26. The Tyler program which Cox has so successfully car- ried forward, includes a widespread vocational agriculture program, ac- tive participation in the soil con- servation work, dairy herd develop- ment and improvement, and var- ious other features. As manager of the East Texas Fair, Cox has been instrumental in effecting an almost complete reorganization. Mr. and Mrs. Cox, with their three children, have already moved to Houston to make their new home. Succeeding Cox at Tyler is V. F. Fitzhugh, ’28, who has been voca- tional agriculture teacher in Tyler for the past two years. His splen- did record in that particular ca- pacity brought his election and pro- motion to the position vacated by Cox. Dury L. Helm, ’16, was recently eulogized by the Bosque County Democratic Convention, which he presided over as chairman. A una- nimous resolution was passed by the convention approving and in- dorsing his services as county chairman and reciting the fine work he had done for the Demo- cratic Party in Bosque County. Helm is one of the best known men in his section and one of the best liked. were not enough advanced -con- tracts to take care of the present Junior and Senior classes at A. & M. this year. Next year’s classes will be considerably larger and the situation will become acute. Compulsory military training cannot long be maintained at Tex- as A. & M. if any considerable number of Juniors and Seniors are unable to secure contracts for the advanced R.O.T.C. Course. That thought will bring dismay to many who feel that the military feature is the most desirable part of col- lege life at Aggieland. The sense of wonderment arises from the apparent failure of the War Department to recognize the extent of military not much room for argument on the point that A. & M. products from a military viewpoint are far superior in training to those from other large schools where military activities are incidental. In spite of this fact such schools as Okla- homa A. & M., Oklahoma Univer- sity, L.S.U. and others are rank- ed as high and given as much or more consideration as Texas A. & M. Establishment of an advanced unit at Texas Tech will eventually reduce still further the number of advanced contracts at A. & M. Texas A. & M. is going further in military training then any other large, first-rate public school in the United States. The War De- partment should recognize that fact and act accordingly. Failure to do so will mean the eventual end of the present complete military set- up at Texas A. & M. TYLER CLUB— (Continued from page 1) Roy D. Golston, ’03, was elected president; C. B. Spencer, ’24, Soil Conservation Service, Lindale, was named vice-president; and W. O. Cox, ’29, secretary-treasurer. President Golston is one of Ty- ler’s best known oil men and citi- zens and under his leadership, the Smith County Club is expected to have an active year of work. The reorganization meeting was called by Cox, assisted by a committee of DeWitt C. Greer, 23, Golston, Bert Francis, ’31, and Garland Holt, ’30. Counties surrounding Smith County will be invited to partici- pate in the activities of the club. After a delicious barbecue din- ner, the meeting was called to order by W. O. Cox as temporary chair- man, who outlined the purposes of the gathering and asked those present if they wanted to reor- ganize and make active the Smith County A. & M. Club. The response was enthusiastic and the new of- ficers elected as mentioned above. President Golston asked for a board of directors of the club, and the following were elected: DeWitt C. Greer, ’23; Bert Francis, ’31; Gar- land Holt, ’30; V. F. Fitzhugh, ’28; and Bert Plaff, 27: Mr. Cox outlined to the club some of the things that an A. & M. Club might do, mentioning specifically a project sponsored by the Tyler Chamber of Commerce by which eighteen farm boys were enabled to attend Texas A. & M. this year. Other short talks were made by C. B. Spencer, ’24; County Agent Elbert Gentry, ’16; Dewitt C. Greer, ’23; Bert Francis, ’31; E. L. “Buck” Taylor, ’28; and others. President Golston announced that the officers and directors would make plans for the next meeting which would be held dur- ing the latter part of June. Month- ly meetings are planned during the summer, with more frequent gatherings during the winter months. Among those present were the following: Bert Francis, ’31; Karl F. Elliot, ’16; J. H. Perkins, ’32; Jed N. Robinson, ’28; Roy D. Gol- ston, :’03; V.. <A. Walston, 26; George W. Hobgood, ’26; Joe Gol- enternek, ’32; Eli Taylor, ’32; Fred Smith, 23; Stephen J. Mech, 34; M. A. Kelly, ’34; R. L. “Bob” Herbert, '31; DeWitt C. Greer, ’23; Allen Goforth, ’33; L. F. Saunders; Elbert Gentry, ’16; R. C. Lines, 30; J. M. Mings, 23; V. F. Fitz- hugh, ’28; E. G. Holt, Jr., ’30; Virgil Vaughan, ’31; L. L. Roberts, "11; “W. A. Porter,” 8G; IC. “8B. Spencer, 24; Walter M. Young, 35; Roy L. Hauger, ’33; Fred Porter, ’31; C. C. Willis, 22; Rol- and Madeley, ’35; Archie P. Sims, 187 "E.>'L.> “Buck” Taylor, 28; Carl Muenzenberger, ’27; H. G. Bellamy; G. J. Fry, ’35; J. D. Mit- cham, ’31; J. T. Oden, ’19; Joe Fro- bese, ’35; P. R. Johnson, ’27; R. F. Mitchell, ’29; Marvin Hays, ’31; Clyde Foster; and W. O. Cox, 29. James M. Tongate, 21, is an umpire in the East Texas Baseball League. Jim follows the umpire profession in the summer and the cotton business in Waco during the winter. BIRTHS | woos NES Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Caddess, ’34, are the happy parents of a seven-pound son born at the Wil- kerson Memorial Clinic in Bryan. At the present time Caddess is unemployed and he and Mrs. Cad- dess are making their home in Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Qualls, ’32, are delighted over the arrival of a fine son, Gene Randolph, born on April 30, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Qualls make their home in Hillsboro, Tex- as. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Swengel, ’30, are receiving congratulations from their many friends over the birth of a little daughter, Jean Evelyn, born May 20, 1936. Swengel is working for the York Ice Machin- ery Company and is located in their Houston office. Mr. and Mrs. Swen- gel make their. home at 2113 East Alabama Avenue, Houston. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mayfield, ’23, announce the birth of a son, John Chester Mayfield Junior, born at the Le Roy Sanitarium, 40th East 61st St., New York City, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield make their home in New York City, where John is with the Houston Port Bureau, 10 East 40th St. ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS— (Continued from page 1) pointed former President T. B. Warden to convey the thoughts of the directors on this subject to the A. & M. College Board of Di- rectors who were also in session. Mr. Warden returned immediately with an invitation from the Col- lege Board for a joint meeting of the two groups, which was held. Matters of importance and interest to the College were frankly dis- cussed by Mr. Marion F. Law, ’95, Chairman of the College Board, President T. O. Walton, and by President Thanheiser of the Asso- ciation and Association Directors Perkins, Warden, and others. Pres- ident Walton outlined some of the problems of the institution and President Thanheiser promised the Association’s full support in at- tempting to successfully carry through the legislative program of the College authorities. During this joint session, Mr. Downs presented to the College Directors a set of his memorial plates, which were accepted by Chairman Law. Upon their return to their own meeting place, Mr. Thanheiser o- pened the general discussion on means of increasing the active membership of the Association. A general discussion ensued led by Mr. Babcock, Mr. Perkins, A. A. Wright, and others. Upon motion of Mr. Wright, the president was instructed to appoint a committee of three to consider the matter of increased Association membership and to make a report at the next meeting of the Board. Mr. Than- heiser appointed Directors Warden, Mohle, and Babcock to serve as this committee. The meeting was closed following a general discussion of athletic problems. The board ap- proved a suggestion by Mr. Dea- son that the senior association rep- resentative on the Athletic Council be invited to report to the directors occasionally on general athletic matters. The meeting was adjourn- ed at 3:30 p. m. The following directors were present: H. K. Deason, ’16, Port Arthur; A. A. Wright, ’06, Fort Worth; John G. Turney, ’27, Whar- ton; P> 1’ ‘Downs, -~Jr.,”. 08, Temple; Henry S. Davenport, ’04, Palestine; F. D. Perkins, ’97, Me- Kinney; J. B. Crockett, ’09, Dallas; T. B. Warden, 03, Austin; W. By- ron Johnson, ’11, Laredo; Marvin Butler, ’14, Karnes City; Louis A. Hartung, ’29, San Antonio; E. R. Torn, ’28, Taylor; Colonel O. A. Seward, ’07, Groesbeck; Dr. Verne Scott, ’14, Stephenville; T. W. Mohle, ’19, Houston; C. L. Bab- cock, ’18, Beaumont; Ben Irby, ’17, Beaumont; and C. A. Thanheiser, "01. Robert W. Scott, ’29, is associat- ed in the undertaking and funeral business with his father at Gates- ville, Texas. He recently completed a post graduate course in advanced emblaming and restorative art in Houston. He has been serving as Funeral director in Gatesville for several years. Eubank —- Sparks Miss Aleen Mae Sparks, of Waco, became the bride of H. Carter Eu- bank, ITI, on May 17. The wedding took place at the Central Presby- terian Church of that city. After a wedding trip to Virginia, Wash- ington, D. C. and New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Eubank will make their home in Waco, where Mr. Eu- bank is connected with his father in the brokerage business. Kidwell — Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Blanchard, Davenport, Iowa, announce the ap- proaching marriage of their daugh- ter, Mary Blanchard, to Graber Kidwell, ’32. The wedding will take place on June 12 in Fort Worth. Following a wedding trip to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. elect, will be at home to their many friends at Tyler, Texas, where Kidwell is an engineer at the Tyler State Park. Fowler — Walker News comes to us of the wedding on May 16 of Odell Fowler, ’35, and Miss Francine Walker, of Fort Worth. Odell is with the Armstrong Packing Company and located at Galveston, Texas. Voelkel - Baumier Travis T. “Dutch” Voelkel, ’35, and Miss Evelyn Baumier, of Bren- ham, were married on May 14. “Dutch” is with the Sun Oil Com- pany and they will make their home in Brenham. Quisenberry — Buzy Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Peal Clara Buzy, of Cham- paign, Illinois, to Mr. John H. Quis- enberry, ’31, on June 6 at the Uni- versity Baptist Church, Champaign, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Quisenberry, elect, will spend the summer at the University of Illinois, Urbana, where Quisenberry will get his Ph.D. at the end of the summer. On September 1 they will return to the campus, where Quisenberry is a member of the A. & M. faculty. Wiley - Earle The marriage of Miss Anne Earle, of Dallas, and Mr. William H. Wiley, ’36, of Port Arthur, was solemnized Saturday, May 30, at the home of Mrs. R. M. Wilson, in Bryan. After a wedding trip to San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley will make their hame on the cam- pus at College Station. Ketterson — Vick Announcement was made recent- ly of the engagement and ap- proaching marriage of Miss Mo- zelle Vick and T. B. “Tony” Ket- terson, ’31, to be solemnized on June 20. Mr. and Mrs. Ketterson, elect, will make their home in Bryan. “Tony” is with the Pub- licity Department of the A. & M. College. DeLee — Blanton On May 22, the marriage of Miss Catherine Blanton, of Dallas, and Mr. Herbert E. DeLee, ’22, of Cor- pus Christi, took place. Mr. and Mrs. DeLee will make their home in Corpus Christi, Texas. Floyd — Perdue Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Olline Perdue and Mr. Gordon Rus- sell Floyd, ’30, of Gladewater, Tex- as. The wedding will be solemniz- ed on June 7. Beaver — Thomason The marriage of Miss Winnye Blanche Thomason, of Dallas, to Howell E. Beaver, 31, of Garland, took place recently at the Grace Methodist Church of Dallas. Kaltwasser — Easley On May 9, Miss Euna Easley be- came the bride of Mr. Ervin Kalt- wasser, ‘34, of Manchester, Okla- homa. Mr. and Mrs. Kaltwasser will make their home in Waldron, Kansas, where Kaltwasser is em- ployed with the Halliburton Oil Producing Company. Lacy —- Ford The marriage of Miss Glenda Ford, of Santa Anna, to Mr. John Lacy, ’23, of Dallas, will be solemn- ized on June 6, at the First Bap- tist Church of Santa Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, elect, will make their home in Dallas. Kidwell, Ingram -— Williams News comes to us of the mar- riage on March 13 of Mrs. Leonora Williams to Mr. George L. Ingram, '34. Mr. and Mrs. Ingram are at home at 2923 Avenue D, Fort Worth, Texas. Ingram is with the firm of W. G. Clarkson, Architects. Greeves — Futch This office has received the news of the marriage of Miss Doris Futch, of Beaumont, to Carnie R. Greeves, ’32. Mr. and Mrs. Greeves will make their home in Houston, where he is employed by the Oil Well Supply Company. Halyard — Johnston Miss Elsie Johnston, of Grape- land, and Mr. A. B. Halyard, ’30,- of Crockett were recently married. Mr. and Mrs. Halyard will make their home at Minden, Louisiana where Halyard is employed with a geophysical survey crew of that city. : Miller — McGinnis The marriage of Miss Mae L. McGinnis, of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mr. George E. Miller, ’28, took place on May 2 at Trinity Church in Georgetown, Maryland, near Washington, D. C. They will make their home in Washington, where Mr. Miller is connected with the U. S. Department of Agriculture and has been residing for three years. Greer — Smith On June 7 at the home of the bride’s parents, Miss Ruth Smith, of Austin, and S. Robert “Bob” Greer, ’35, will be married. They will make their home in Austin. Greer is with the State Highway Department. : Hickey —- Delemater The engagement of Miss Ruth Delemater, of San Antonio, to Mr. William H. Hickey, Jr., ’34, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was an- nounced recently. The wedding will be solemnized on June 23 at the First Baptist Church of San An- tonio. They will make their home in Chattanooga. Mowery — Vivian News has finally reached this office of the wedding of Irvin C. Mowery, '32, and Mies Lillian ian, of Eagle Pass. The wedding took place on December 13, 1935. Mowery is with the Soil Survey in Maverick County, Texas and gets his mail at Box 518, Eagle Pass, Texas. . To Schepps — Davis News comes to us of the ap- proaching marriage of A. I. Schepps, ’32, to Miss Monette Davis, Houston, on June 14. At present Schepps makes his home at 2513 St. Emanuel, Houston. Hooser — Ray The marriage of Miss Lois Eliza- beth Ray, of Dallas, and Mr. Don- ald B. Hooser, ’34, of Dallas, were recently married. After a delight- ful wedding trip to Mineral Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Hooser are at home to their many friends at 3318 Dart- mouth, Dallas, Texas. Jackson — Taegel Miss Bobbie Lorraine Taegel, formerly of Taylor, and Robert F. Jackson, ’32, of Taylor were re- cently married in Temple at the home of the bride with close friends and relatives as the only wedding guests. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are at home at the Rennie Bucy Apartments in Taylor. Jackson is with the Tex- as Power and Light Company, of Taylor. Draper — Learned Mrs. Robert J. Stewart, Berke- ley, California has announced the marriage of her daughter, Miss Louise Lucile Learned, to Robert F. Draper, 35, of Commerce, Texas, which took place March 14. Mr. and Mrs. Draper will make their home at 1131 King’s Highway, Com- merce, Texas. Ackenhausen — Hatfield News comes to us of the recent marriage of Miss Azile Hatfield, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Mr. J. R. Ackenhausen, ’34. Mr. and Mrs. Ackenhausen will make their home in Borger, Texas, where Ackenhausen is employed with the Phillips Petroleum Company and receives his mail at Box 1292. Dick Hartman, ’34, was recently promoted from assistant county agent at Goliad to County Agent of Bandera County with headquar- ters at Bandera. ’ oe eee
