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UL X COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. JANUARY 1, 1937 NUMBER 68
SUMATRA CLUB
CLAIMS YOUTH
~ AND DISTANCE
One of the youngest A. & M.
clubs, and one that claims to be in
operation at the most remote loca-
tion from Aggieland, is the Island
of Sumatra’s club, headed by R.
L. “Soapy” Suggs, ’32, as presi-
dent; C. J. Charske, ’34, as vice-
president; C. W. Bruns, ’32, secre-
tary; and C. K. Swanson, ’34,
treasurer. Vice President Charscke
explains that the club at the pres-
ent time has no ordinary private,
or “plain vanilla members,” but
hopes to pick up some recruits
from some other parts of the East
Indies Islands. The four men men-
tioned above meet every night at
the dinner table and one of the
club’s objects for the present year
is the purchase of a new tent for
meeting purposes.
Members of the club are engag-
ed in making Seismic Surveys for
the N. V. Nederlandsche Koloniale
Petroleum Maatschappij, a sub-
sidiary of the Standard Oil Com-
pany, and at the present time are
located in Palembang, Sumatra,
Dutch East Indies. Sometime later
this year they expect to move their
operations into the interior of the
Island of Borneo. They extend a
cordial invitation to any visitors
in their section to stop by and see
them.
CHURCH HEADS
DALLAS CLUB
Marion S. Church, ’05
Reaching deep into its hip pock-
et and pulling forth one of its
tried and true members of long-
standing, the Dallas A. & M. Club,
recently elected Marion S. “Par-
son” Church, ’05, as its president
for the current term. He succeeds
George W. Martin, ’21, who be-
comes chairman of the board of di-
rectors of the club.
President Church is a past pres-
ident of the Association of Former
Students and served as that or-
ganization’s president at one of
the crucial periods in the organiza-
tion’s early life. He is one of the
Southwest’s best known attorneys
and one of the real wheel-horses
among the ranks of A. & M. men.
Serving with President Church
will be: W. Bebb Francis, ’15,
first vice-president; R. T. “Bob”
Shiels, ’10, second vice-president;
and G. M. Hateh, Jr. ’33, secre-
tary-treasurer. The board of direc-
tors, in addition to its chairman,
retiring President G. W. Martin,
includes: Wm. Morriss, 02; Hal
Mosley, 01; A. J. Rife, 09; A. P.
Rollins, ’06; Julius Schepps, 14;
and J. B. “Fox” Crockett, '09.
The Dallas Club meets each Fri-
day noon at the Dallas Athletic
Club. It is the oldest weekly lun-
cheon club in the city of Dallas
and has been meeting continuously
for many, many years.
Turner E. “Dink” Hubby, 23,
is secretary and treasurer of the
Huaco Motors, Inc., Waco, Texas.
“Dink” was a member of the Ag-
gieland Orchestra during his cadet
days. His residence address is 2612
Sanger, Waco.
LOAN FUNDS BOOSTED BY RECEIPT $50,000
BEQUEST FROM LATE HON. WILL C. HOGG
Sangster Bizzell
Named Manager
~ Louisiana Bureau
W. Sangster Bizzell, ’22, has
moved from Oklahoma City to
New Orleans, where he has been
elected manager of the Louisiana
Rating and Fire Prevention Bu-
reau. This bureau is the fire in-
surance rate making body for the
State of Louisiana. The board of
directors of the bureau is made
up of representatives of the lead-
ing fire insurance companies oper-
ating in Louisiana and one member
of the board is Carl E. Hancock,
1719, Louisiana General Agent of
the National Fire Insurance Com-
pany, with headquarters at New
OTlcaNS. ok muinsaite.
A son of Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
Bizzell, former President of the A.
& M. College, Sangster was raised
on the campus and is well known
to hundreds of A. & M. men. He
and Mrs. Bizzell and their two
children have moved from Okla-
homa City to New Orleans, where
they will make their new home.
For the past seven years, Sangster
has been with the Oklahoma In-
spection Bureau in Oklahoma City.
His election to manage the Louis-.
iana Rating and Fire Prevention
Bureau is a splendid promotion
and he is one of the youngest men
in the United States to occupy
such a position.” His mailing ad-
dress in New Orleans will be P. O.
Box 730.
Board Meets In
Special Session
Here Saturday
The Board of Directors of the
College will meet in a special call-
ed session at College Station on
Saturday, February 9. The meeting
‘has been called for the purpose of
accepting the recently completed
boys’ dormitory at North Texas
Agricultural College at Arlington.
The dormitory was built as a
PWA project and it is necessary
that is be formally accepted by
the Board before it can officially
become the property of the college.
At this meeting plans and speci-
fications for enlarging and re-
modeling the present quarters in
which the Board meets will be
considered. Also, it is contemplat-
ed that several other matters of a
routine nature will be brought up.
A full attendance of the mem-
bers is contemplated. Elliot Roose-
velt, who was recently appointed to
the Board by Governor Allred, has
been invited to attend, though he
is not yet officially a member. He
will become a member when a
vacancy occurs, either from a re-
signation or the expiration of a
term of one of the present mem-
bers.
Norman P. Dunn, 36, is work-
ing in the Burke Drug Company,
Lufkin, Texas. His home address
is 516 Shepard Avenue.
The student loan funds of the Association of Former Students
have been increased in the amount of $50,000 following the receipt of
that sum from the executors of the estate of the late Honorable Will
Hogg. Delivery of the money was made to President C. A. Thanheiser
and Secretary E. E. McQuillen in December, following a called meet-
ing of the Association’s Board of Directors on December 13, at which
time proper resolutions for the acceptance of the gift were passed.
The testament of Mr. Will Hogg, whose death occurred several
years ago, provided bequests of over a half million dollars for the
establishment of student loan funds at various state institutions. The
bequests were made out of reverence for the memory of Mr. Will
Hogg’s father, famed James Stephen Hogg, and his mother, Sarah
Stinson Hogg. The bequests were specifically made to the incorporated
loan funds of the various institutions. Under the terms of the will,
either the principal of the gift may be loaned, or may be invested and
the interest loaned.
Mr. Will Hogg’s death occurred at the height of the depression and
his executors, headed by his brother, the Honorable Mike Hogg of
Houston, have performed a splendid piece of work in preserving the
large estate and making possible the satisfaction of these bequests.
Including this gift, the student loan funds now being administered
by the Association of Former Students total $244,000. Several hundred
students annually are aided in their efforts to attend A. & M. through
the student loan funds. The Association has loaned during the past 12
years over $600,000 to students at A. & M. These students have made a
fine record in repaying their obligations. As provided under the By-laws
of the Association, the loan funds
are administered under the super-
vision of the Student Loan Fund Trustees of the organization, com-
posed at present of President C. A. Thanheiser, Mr. A. F. Mitchell, ’09,
and Secretary E. E. McQuillen, 20.
At its called meeting on December 13, the board of directors of the
Association, in addition to passing a resolution authorizing acceptance
of Mr. Hogg’s bequest, passed a resolution commending the splendid
efforts of Mr. Mike Hogg and other executors of the Will Hogg estate,
reading as follows:
WHEREAS, The Executors of the Estate of the late Honorable
Will Hogg, under the leadership of Mr. Mike Hogg, have guided and
guarded this estate through the extremely trying and dangerous years
just passed, and have through their keen judgment and unrelenting
efforts made possible at this time the payment of the many wonderful
bequests made by Mr. Will Hogg; be it
RESOLVED, That the Directors of the Association of Former Stu-
dents of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College
Station, Texas, in meeting assembled on this the 13th day of Decem-
ber, 1936, extend to the executors deepest thanks and appreciation for
their splendid, unselfish, and sagacious work that has made. possible the
realization of the vision and desires of the Donor of these bequests;
and be it
' RESOLVED, That in the administration of this Will Hogg Student
Loan Fund the aim of our Association will be to live up to the fine
example set by the Executors in the conservation and development of
the fund, to the end that the fund’s good deeds and influence shall
down through the years bring Honor, Reverence, and Human Apprecia-
tion to the name and to the vision of a great benefactor, The Honorable
Will Hogg.
BEAUMONT CLUB
HONORS NORTON
With Homer Norton and Secre- |
tary E. E. McQuillen as honor
guests, the December meeting of
the Beaumont A. & M. Club at-
tracted over 125 Aggies from
Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange,
Sour Lake, Nederland, and other
cities in the Sabine section. The
party was held at the Neches Pow-
er Plant at the Gulf States Utili-
ties and proved to be a big even-
ing for all of those present. Bar-
becue with all the trimmings was
enjoyed. Al Saenger, '32, president
of the Beaumont Club, served as
master of ceremonies for the in-
formal program. Homer Norton
gave a brief report of the football
season which had just been con-
cluded and outlined prospects for
the coming year. Secretary Mec-
Quillen was called upon for an “off
the record” report and complied
as far as possible without impli-
cations.
Lieutenant Robert C. Cross, 36,
is serving a tour of active duty
with the U. S. Army and is located
at Fort Clark, Texas.
Archie Damon Wins
National Contest
Archie Damon, 25, of Houston,
recently won a nation-wide contest
conducted by the National Broad-
casting Company, for his letter on
“What Radio Means to Me.” The
award was a new radio, one of
the finest and most modern on
the market today.
Suffering a broken back in an
automobile injury nine years ago,
Damon has been confined to a
wheelchair since that time. He
was a star basketball player at
A. & M. and took his degree in
structural architecture. He and his
father, Mr. W. W. Damon, operate
a filling station in the 2400 block
on the Telephone Road in Houston.
According to Archie, “Dad does
the work and I do the talking.”
Despite of his misfortune, he has
one of the most cheerful smiles in
Houston. He manages to attend
some of the events of the Houston
A. & M. Club and usually man-
ages to see several football and
other athletic events each year at
A. & M. He is always glad to see
his friends at his place of business
on The Telephone Road.
li
Harry Burkett
Ford Manager
Oklahoma City
Harry J. Burkett, '17, Ford
Motor Company, was recently
transferred from Louisville, Ken-
tucky to Oklahoma City, where he
is manager of a Ford Motor Com-
pany territory which includes Ok-
lahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
He formerly occupied similar posi-
tions with the Ford Motor Com-
pany in Houston, New Orleans,
and Louisville. Burkett reports
that while in Louisville, he quite
often visited with John S. “John-
ny” Allen, ’17, who is assistant
manager of the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Exchange, with headquart-
ers in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also
reports that he and W. K. “Runt”
Hanson, ’16, who is assistant man-
ager of the Ford Motor Company
at Atlanta, Georgia, were in De-
troit together on the day of the
T. C. U. Game and that the news
of the game’s outcome was the
occasion of a real celebration on
their part.
Burkett was captain of the A.
& M. basketball team of 1917 and
one of the finest basketball play-
ars of his day. He has a son who
is a star high school athlete and
who he hopes to bring down to
see the College sometime this year.
Many A. & M. men who have
achieved real success with the
Ford Company, were given their
start by Mr. Burkett. Among
these are Wilford W. “Possum”
Townsend, ’19, who is manager of
the Ford plant at Cristobal in the
Canal Zone; Louis H. Clay, ’24,
assistant manager of the Houston
branch of the Ford Company; and
W. K. “Runt” Hanson, "16, assist-
ant manager of the Atlanta branch.
Len E. Sweatman, 25, is a new
member of the Association. Sweat-
man is secretary-manager of the
| Fort Worth National Farm Loan
Association, 716 Mrs. Dan Wag-
goner Building, Fort Worth. His
residence address is 1023 Shaw
Street of that city.
Gordon Thomason, ’25
Heads Chicago Club
On October 3, the Chicago A.
& M. Club held a very enthusiastic
meeting at their Anniversary Din-
ner. Following the dinner, election
of officers was held as follows:
Gordon R. Thomason, ’25, presi-
dent; W. H. Davidson, ’24, vice
president; A. L. Van Nest, 28,
treasurer; and C. C. Neighbors,
29, secretary. Everyone was very
enthusiastic over A. & M.s im-
proved football team and over
future prospects. The Chicago
Club’s new - officers anticipate
another successful year for the
club. The following attended the
dinner: C. A. Waugh, 25; A. P.
Lancaster, ’22; J. W. Chewning,
’13, A. L. Van Nest, ’28, R. E.
Bauer, 29, S. M. Richie, 29, S. C.
Bartlett, 24, R. M. Scales, ’22,
George M. Lewis, ’24, R. L. Gar-
rett, 24, T. H. Ragsdale, ’25, D.
P. Tunstall, ’30, Louis H. Powell,
’14, Chas. .Schlom, 12, C. .C.
Neighbors, ’29, and Gordon R.
Thomason, ’25.
AUSTIN AGGIES
PLAN 10 MEET
MONDAY NOONS
W.  C.. Torbett, Jr., 723, . 71908
Newning Avenue, Austin, has been
named president of the new weekly
A. & M. luncheon club, the Capitol
City Club, at Austin. The club
meets each Monday noon on the
second floor of the Driskill Hotel
and extends at all times a warm
invitation for Austin visitors to
attend these meetings.
Other new officers of the club,
all of whom were elected at the
December 7 meeting, include: A.
H. Christian, ’32, vice-president;
Herman G. Heard, ’23, second vice-
president; and C. K. Leighton, ’33,
secretary-treasurer. Retiring offi-
cers include: Joe Muenster, ’99,
president; George G. Smith, ’30,
vice-president; and Albert Hanne-
man, Jr., '31, secretary-treasurer.
Organized for several years, the
Capitol City Club has been meet-
ing either monthly, or at the call
of its officers. The club hopes to
|' meet successfully weekly, however,
land hopes to have with it each
week some of the many A. & M.
men who happen to be in Austin
at the time on business. The club
has laid plans for a series of en-
tertaining programs at its meet-
ings and expects to have at least
one night party each month, pos-
sibly with the attendance of ladies.
TRAVELS STATE
ON ASS'N. WORK
CHESTER A. BIGGERS
Chester A. “Chet” Biggers, ’14,
has been added to the staff of the
Association as field secretary, fol-
lowing action of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Association taken
lastfall. He is traveling over the
state contacting A. & M. men and
also making investigations of some
delinquent student loan fund ac-
counts.
A native of Bonham, Texas,
where he still makes his home, Big-
gers received his degree in elec-
trical engineering in 1914. He was
First Lieutenant of H-Company in
the cadet corps during his student
days. During and after the World
War, he served almost four years
in the U. S. Army as First Lieuten-
ant and Captain and saw 11
month’s service over-seas with the
36th Division and in the U. 8. Air
service. After the war, he spent
several years in the Pacific North-
west and for eight years was sup-
erintendent of schools at Ely, Ne-
vada. During the past three years,
he has been with the Federal Land
Bank and with the Resettlement
Administration at Dallas. He is
unmarried.
It is believed by the officers and
directors of the Association, that
A. & M. men will welcome an op-
portunity to talk with a repre-
sentative of the Association direct
from the campus and that the con-
tacts made by Mr. Biggers will
serve to increase interest and mem-
bership in the Association. At the
present time, he is confining his
visits to the smaller cities of the
state and the officers of the Asso-
ciation ask for him a warm wel-
come from the A. & M. men that
he visits.