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~ control the institution . . 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. GC. A." Thanheiser, 20)..............cocere Houston C. Li Babcock, *18........oniimss Vice President E. E. McQuillen, ’20..._ Executive Secretary L. By Locke; ’18.......5... Assistant Secretary Subscription Price $5.00 College Station, Texas Entered as Second Class Matter a Directors H.'K. Deason, ’16................... Port Arthur GC... L. Babcock, i 18.......du..ciiccmiunsed Beaumont %, G. Pfaff, 27 Tyler F. D. Perkins, ’97 McKinney W. Bebb Francis, J. B. Crockett, ’09 Oscar A. Seward, Jr H. S. Davenport, ’ T. W. Mohle, ’19 C.cA. Thanheiser,» 0: resident | 1 ¥ John. G.- Turney, 27 54 . i. eee. Wharton T. B. Warden, ’03 Austin E.. R. "Tern, 28 Taylor PL DOWNS, "JT." 208... coc peceiqionive. Temple DoH. BS Todd,. "1 nr de id Fort Worth A. A. Wright, :’06.........0........ Fort Worth C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur Marvin N. Butler, ’14.............. Karnes City Frank ..E..'Bortle,: -’33.. .....c.. Brownsville W. Byron Johnson, ’11 : Laredo Verne A. Scott, ’14............ Stephenville C. M. Henderson, ’11 Amarillo E. V. Spence, ’11 Big Spring I..A. Uhr, San Angelo Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16.... EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE C. A. Thanheiser, ’01 C. L. Babcock, be 4 STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES C. A. Thanheiser, ’01 A. F. Mitchell, '09 E. E. McQuillen, ’20 REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL NINN .. Dallas Tyree L. Bell, ’15 Tyler Albert G. Pfaf, ’27 TOUGH BUT REFRESHING Tough on alumni, but refresh- ing in its frankness, is the defi- nition given to former students by Robert Maynard Hutchins in his book, “The Higher Learning in America.” Of Alumni the presi- dent of Chicago University says, “In this country that strange phenomenon known as the alumni plays a weird and oftentimes a terrifying role. It is very odd, when | you come to think of it, that people who have been the beneficiaries of an institution should think that they should control it, and for that very reason.” : Equally as tough on institution’s trustees he says, “They at least have the undoubted legal right to . But a university that is run by its trus- tees will be badly run. How can it be otherwise? Ordinarily the trustees are not educators, usually they are non-resident. If they are alumni they must overcome the vices inherent in that very inter- esting group. If of their own mo- tion they take an education prob- lem in hand, they can decide right- ly only by accident.” One of the ablest and also one of the youngest major educators in the land Mr. Hutchins is pro- minently mentioned as the next president of Yale. He completely reorganized Chicago University during his seven year reign as its president. In the rare cases where alumni or trustees attempt to control or to decide purely academic ques- tions of education the AGGIE must agree with Mr. Hutchins, which will doubtless be a great comfort to that gentleman. But the AGGIE wonders what would result if college and university presidents were given free and unchecked reins over their insti- tutions for a period of years, with- out question, challenge or sugges- tion from alumni or trustees. The result might be surprising, and might prove the greatest blow ever suffered by education. - Not many presidents would wel- come such tremendous responsibili- ties. CADETS GO SOCIAL A recent issue of the BATTA- LION, A. & M. Student publica- tion, listed cadet dances scheduled for the campus this spring. Start- ing with the “Pasture Prom” early in January there will be social events of major or minor import- ance on practically every week- end until the close of school. The major events usually occupy the whole week-end, with dances both Friday and Saturday nights. No longer are the Ross Volun- teer festivities the outstanding social event of the A. & M. year. They are just one among many. Recent trend has been toward the dances given by classes and by military units. Charles V. Terrell, ’82, veteran Texas state official, was recently elected chairman of the Railroad Commission,” succeeding Colonel Ernest O. Thompson. The commis- sion follows the custom of rotat- ing chairmanship every two years. Mr. Terrell has been a member of the State Railroad Commission for 12 years and is one of the best known public men of the South- west. He was recently honored by C. I. A. as the author of the bill establishing that institution many years ago. Mr. Terrell was a mem- ber of the legislature at the time. He served two terms of four years each at different intervals and in between times was county judge of Wise County several times. With the Railroad Commission having jurisdiction over the oil and gas industries of the state, as well as over railroads, it is one of the most important governmental agencies of Texas. John W. Hawkins, 93, is re- siding at 1802 Lavaca Street, Aus- tin, Texas. John L. Biles, ’32, is living at 549 High Street, Woodbury, New Jersey, and says that he is anxious to receive THE TEXAS AGGIE. Harold Mayes, ’27, is still with Austin Brothers, 1815 Coombs Street, Dallas, Texas. Austin Brothers is one of the largest steel fabricators in the Southwest and Mayes has been with this company He is now plant superintendent. D. R. Ward, ’32, is superinten- dent for a highway construction job for the H. B. Zachry Company and is at the present time located at Fort Davis, Texas. Alvah C. Bishop, ’34, is an am- bulance driver for the Roberts Un- dertaking Company at Beaumont, Texas. Claude «J. “Gabrysch,' ’33, is teaching school in Karnes County, where he is located at Falls City, Texas. Herbert G. Craft, ’36, is employ- ed by the City of Dallas, where he is working in the pumping plant. His residence address is 4602 Maple Avenue, of that city. ~V. H. Duncan, ’29, is in the Ac- counting Department of the Crown Central Petroleum Corporation and located at Box 433, Pasadena, Texas. A. A. “Golly” Golasinski, ’32, is also located at Pasadena, Texas, where he is manual train- ing instructor in Pasadena High School. “Golly” was a member of the Aggie football team during his cadet days. Fred C. Burkhart, 26, is a chemist for the Crown Central Petroleum Corporation. He makes his home at 1137 Wyatt Street, Houston, Texas. H. W. Dugan, ’34, is literary agent for Black Star and is locat- ed at 834 Second Avenue, New York City," N. Y. Wallace T. Davis, ’30, is teaching school at Malakoff, Texas. Apparently the A. & M. student body has become well accustomed to these many social events since they no longer occasion any very noticeable upheavals or disturb- ance on the campus. Those par- ticipating have their fun and the rest of the student body goes quietly along its way. To those students who enjoy the social whirl ample opportunities are offered on the campus, and that is as it should be in the opin- ion of the AGGIE. various graduation classes. continuously since his graduation. | intervening years. classes the AVERAGE age of Also comforting is Treasonable Disclosure Shows ’12 Class Only Kids And Dad’s Studies Quite A Breeze Today You're just older, is the answer to the reaction of most former students when they see today’s student body and think the youngsters are coming to school at a younger age than ever before. And that con- clusion can be backed up by cold figures recently concocted by A. & M. Registrar Joe E. Howell, 22. The toughest blow of all will be suffered by the class of 1912 with the news that that class was the YOUNGEST in the past 25 years, with the median age of 21. At the other extreme are the classes of 1923, 1930 and 1936, median age of 23.3 years, or a trifle better. Among the younger classes, with median ages of around 21.5 are 1914, 1916, 1922 and 1926. Various explanations, ranging from the World War to economic reasons have been advanced to explain the differences in the median age of the And while revelling in acts of treason the AGGIE will go further, pointing out to student sons of old grads that the records disclose con- siderable differences in their college courses. Just for example, in 1912 the young engineer took plane and solid geometry in his freshman year, trigonometry and analytics in his sophomore year and calculus in his junior year. His son today must arrive on the campus with plane and solid geometry already mastered in high school and tackle trig and analytics in his freshman year and calculus in his sophomore year. Maybe the youngster carries no wood and water, or trudges thru bitter cold to the old “Nat” for the weekly bath, but he is called upon to master school work that would have stumped the old man. And on top of that today’s youngster must get in those apparently necessary week-end trips that did not worry his worthy sire. With this more or less ugly bit of treason out of its system the AGGIE reassures the father of today’s student that other details of his campus career and life shall remain obscured by the shadows of the Registrar Howell’s further statement that in spite of the median age difference in graduation grown younger by three months, during the past 25 years. In another 75 years they will be in an even year younger at graduation than were their daddies. graduates has Ben M. Brown, ’11 PROMOTION, 1911— (Continued from page 1) at Maxwell Field, Alabama, where he holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Air Corps. A third A. & M. man concerned in this story, George McCormick, "91, is also a graduate in mechani- cal engineering. As superintendent of motive power for the Southern Pacific Lines, with headquarters in San Francisco, he is one of the best known men in railroad circles in the field of motive power. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two sons, both taking mechanical en- gineering at Rice Institute. Jerome D. “Jelly” Harris, ’30, is with the State Highway Depart- ment, San Antonio, Texas. C. Russ Carney, ’36, is working for the Illinois Central Railroad with offices in the Kirby Building at Dallas. Russ is living at 1007 North Bishop, and would like for any of his friends passing through Dallas, to give him a ring. Russ was editor of the 1936 Longhorn and a popular campus figure. Reese K. Albert, ’32, is assistant city engineer for the City of San Angelo. He makes his home at 310 South Koenigheim Street of that city. Jack K. Lowrey, ’27, is doing clerical work for the Sun Oil Com- pany at Beaumont. He offices at 1106 San Jacinto Building, Beau- mont. George D. Comnas, ’35, is with the Humble Oil and Refining Com- pany and at the present time is located at the Tyree Hotel, Bay- town, Texas. Lyman S. Gardner, ’34, is on an active tour of duty with the CCC and is located at Silver City, New Mexico. Gardner is a new member of the Association. Clay M. Floyd, ’28, makes his home at Midland, Texas. S. J. Glenn, ’30, gets his mail at Box 241, Raton, New Mexico. Glenn is in the Engineering De- partment of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. C. D. Hall, 32, is a salesman for the Texas Company and lives at 2032 Wilshire Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas. Raymond P. “Pat” Halloran, '25, is assistant superintendent if the Central Texas Iron Works, Waco, Texas. He has been with this firm for the past 11 years. His residence address is 1809 Franklin Avenue, Waco. John Frank Day, Jr., ’30, is as- sistant manager for the Post Cot- ton Mills at Post, Texas. He gets his mail at Box 442. Jack J. Grant, ’25, is living at 462 Atlantic Street, Corpus Chris- ti, Texas. Russell F. Balthis, Jr., ’36, is a salesman for the National Supply Company of Delaware and his headquarters are Shreveport, La Colonel Bennet Puryear, ‘05, United States Marine Corps, has been recently transferred from Washington, D. C. to San Diego, California, where he is now sta- tioned. Colonel Puryear is a brother to Dean Charles Puryear, Emeritus, of the A. & M. campus. | W. M. Andrews, Jr., '31, is ‘an engineer with Dowdell, Lockwood, & Andrews, consulting engineers, Houston, located at 512 Esperson Building. Andrews’ home address is 404 Stratford Avenue, of that city. Carl A. Giesen, ’35, is located at 3819 Bowser, Dallas, Texas. BIDTHYS WEDDINGS a tT Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McDonald, '23, are receiving congratulations from their many friends over the birth of little Miss Mary Margaret McDonald, on January 10. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald make their home in Navasota, where McDonald is associated with John D. Rogers, one of the South’s best known cot- ton-seed breeders. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. “Bob” Berry, ’26, are the proud parents of a fine son, Robert McClain, born on January 5. Mr. and Mrs. Berry make their home at Commerce, Texas, where “Bob” is head coach at the East Texas State Teachers College. Mr. and Mrs. T. Frank Hunter, ’35, are delighted over the birth of a little daughter. Hunter is taking a post-graduate course in geology at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Franke, ’26, are the happy parents of a little son born on September 30, 1936. He has been given the name of Mil- ton Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Franke reside at 1600 Westover Road, Aus- tin, Where Franke is resident engi- neer for the State Highway De- partment. Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Dieterick, ’27, announce the birth of a son, John Louis, born December 1, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Dieterick make their home at Salinas, California, where Louis is with the Moss Rose Cream- eries. R. E. McAdams, ’32, is field geologist for the Shell Petroleum Corporation with general head- quarters at 1118 South Texas Bank Building, San Antonio, Texas. Mec- Adams travels extensively and for the present gets his mail at Pear- sall, Texas. J. M. Lawson, ’32, is a physician in the Harris Clinic Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas. J. M. Ragsdale, ’36, has been transferred as assistant county agent at Benton, Missouri to as- D. L. “Steve” Stevens, ’20, sends in his dues for membership in the Association. His address is Route 3, Brownwood, Texas. “Steve” sends best wishes for the New Year to all his old gang. W. K. Cottingame, ’24, has been transferred as County Agent from Moore County to Collingsworth County with headquarters at Wel- lington, Texas. Forrest P. Buie, ’21, is branch manager for the Trucson Steel Company at 731 A. M. & M. Build- ing, Houston, Texas. Buie pledges his loyal support of the Association and its work during the coming years. Alex A. Fischback, Jr., 29, writes to change his address from P. O. Box 1311, Tucson, Arizona, to Box 831, Yuma, Arizona. Fisch- back’s district headquarters are still located in Tucson but he is located in one of the field offices. Julian L. Henry, ’16, has been appointed an assistant in agricul- tural conservation for Ellis County with headquarters at Waxahachie, Texas. W. B. Hubbard, ’34, is living at El Campo, Texas and gets his mail at Box 382. John B. Waide, Jr., ’29, has been transferred as county agent from Bailey County to Moore County with headquarters at Dumas, Tex- as. John O. Stovall, 24, has been transferred as county agent from Collingsworth County to Hemphill County. His headquarters will be at Canadian, Texas. Morris Bock, ’33, makes his home at 3811 Wendelken Street, Dallas, Texas. Alton W. Bryant, ’30, gets his mail in General Delivery, Stephen- ville, Texas. James L. McFarland, ’12, is with the General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York. He is an electric furnace engineer and his home address is 1409 Keyes Ave- nue. Tisinger — James The AGGIE has recently receiv- ed the belated news of the mar- riage of Miss Mary Kate James, of Garland, to David L. Tisinger, ’35, of Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Tising- er are making their home in Austin at 1208 Guadalupe, where David continues studying law at the Uni- versity and also sells life insur- ance and Chevrolets. David was Editor of the Battalion while a student at A and M and a popular campus figure. Burleson — Crouse Miss Nannette Crouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crouse, of Mart, and Richard E. “Burley” Burleson, ’35, were married on Christmas Day, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Burleson are making their home teaching vocational agriculture. Maloney — Miller News comes to us of the recent marriage of Miss Pauline Miller, of San Augustine, to Joseph H. Maloney, ’25, of Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. Maloney will make their home at Trinity, Texas where Joseph is in command of a CCC camp locat- ed there. Willson — Dewees Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Lois Dewees to Mr. E. J. “Pop” Willson, ’33, of Lubbock. The wed- ding will take place on January 21 at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Pearl Dewees in Ft. Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Willson will make their home at Lubbock, where Department. Davis — Muir Miss Francis Marie Muir be- came the bride of Clarence C. “CC” Davis, 27, at Malta, Montana on December 17, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are at home to their many friends at Fort Peck, Montana, where Davis is an associate engi- neer with the U. S. Engineers on construction of Fort Peck Dam. and says he is really enjoying his work. Maxwell was on the varsity football team during his cadet days. Maxwell gets his mail at Box 447, Alvin, Texas. Tilman Moore, 20, is. associate professor of agriculture at the West Texas State Teachers Col- his mail at Box 522. Weldon F. Walker, ’35, asks that his address be changed from Box 192, Mansfield, Louisiana, Stamford, Texas. Robert H. McLemore, ’33, is an engineer with the Sun Oil Com- pany and his address for the pres- ent is Box 110, Beeville, Texas. McLemore reports that he is get- ting along fine and is enjoying his work. a IN MEMORIAM L. E. McGee, ’11 Colonel Lawrence E. Me- Gee, age 57, Commander of the 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard and U. 8S. Property and Disbursing Of- ficer of Texas, died in an Austin hospital last Wednes- day, following an illness of several weeks. He was a vie- tim of a heart disease from which he has suffered for several years. National flags were displayed at half-mast at all Texas Armories in re- spect of his memory. Colonel McGee lived in Dallas for many years and was police and fire commis- sioner of that city from 1919-1921. For many years he was connected with the Advertising Department of Sanger Brothers and was a charter member of the A. & M. Club of Dallas. As Com- mander if the Texas Nation- al Guard, Colonel McGee was instrumental in quelling the riot, which broke out in Sherman in 1930 when the Grayson County Court house burned. He is survived by two sons and a daughter. Burial was in Dallas. . A \ in Barry, Texas, where Burleson is “Pop” is with the State Highway Stapp N. Maxwell, ’35, is teach- | ing and coaching at Alvin, Texas lege, Canyon, Texas. Moore gets to ne