C. A. Thanheiser, 01
THE TEXAS AGGIE
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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
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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.
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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.
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