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4 & Rr a ol - bots J - 4 Ta 3 gl SRNR hd a vl a Rel Pl Fakir oti gh ob Sal ed ARES THE TEXAS AGGIE E. E. McQuillen................ Publisher . YL 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. C. A. - Thanheiser, ’01......... Stele Houston C. L.iBabeock, "18. wi...n2 0 Vice President E. E. McQuillen, ’20.._ Executive Secretary L. B. Locke, ’18 Assistant Secretary Subscription Price $5.00 College Station, Texas Entered as Second Class Matter a’ Directors H. KK. Deason, ’16....5. 0%. Port ‘Arthur C.. Y. ‘Babcock; 2182. 2h te. Lin 3 Beaumont A. 'G. *Plaff, *27 Tyler F. DP. Perkins, (LI SR Ni. McKinney W. Bebb Francis, ’15.. hn J. B. Crockett, Oscar A. Seward, Jr., "07. HA. S. Davenport, ’ T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston C. A) Thanheiser, 2017 £5 ...... ...President John iG. Tarney,t 227. i i nas Wharton T. B. Warden, ’03 Austin BE. .R.-.Torn, 28 Taylor PP. LoiDowns, Jr., 200 Temple DSH. AB. Todd, #11... 5 x... Fort Worth AA. Wright, %00............ co. Fort Worth C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur Marvin N. Butler, "14.............. Karnes City Frank EE.’ -Bortle, +’82............... Brownsville W. Byron Johnson, ’11 Laredo Verrie. A. Scott, ’14............ 5... Stephenville C. M. Henderson, Amarillo P.3Vs Spence, . ’11........0....00 Big Spring LAA Uhr, "17. ais. San Antonio Louis A. Hartung, 29... San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GC. A. Thanheiser, 01 Co .. Houston C.. Lt Baheoek, 718% clon” Beaumont B.D. Perkins, 297%. cineca ss McKinney CAP, Dodson, 111 wan. oioreromteem mrss Decatur Louis A. Hartung, "29 .. STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES C. A. Thanheiser, ’01 Houston A. F. Mitchell, ’09 E. E. McQuillen, ’20 REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL 15 27 Tyree L. Bell, Albert G. Pfaf, NEWS OR SLUR A young man who attended the A. & M. college less than two years was recently : arrested on a serious criminal charge. One state newspaper carried a “streamer” headline, apparently taking pleas- ure in announcing that the culprit was a former student of A. & M. The AGGIE does not believe two years attendance at A. & M. to be sufficient» justification for such head-line identification. Would the same paper dare head-line that a former “Methodist”, “Baptist” or “Christian” church member had been so arrested and charged? Yet in this particular case this young man attended a certain church far longer than he attended the A. & M. College. Of course, when an event or a happening is extremely rare, that very rarity makes it a news item. Perhaps, the extreme rarity and uniqueness of an A. & M. Ex-Stu- dent being embroiled with the law contains some grounds for the lurid head-line. More likely, in the opinion of the AGGIE, some haras- sed head-line writer felt bad that night and took it out on Texas A. & M. That kind of under-handed at- tack is resented by the friends of the institution. THANHEISER’S OBSER- VATION On the first page of this issue appears a letter written by Mr. C. A. Thanheiser, 01, president of the Association, to members of a re- cent graduating class. The letter comes from the very heart of a man who for over 36 years has been among the staunchest of friends and supporters of the A. & M. College. The letter, in the opinion of the AGGIE, carries an observation and a message that is as applicable to all A. & M. men as it is to the class of 1936. Little Miss Judy McQuillen, daughter of Association Secre- tary and Mrs. E. E. McQuillen, is well on the road to recov- ery following a critical illness of several weeks. For the past two weeks she has been at a ‘Temple hospital. She suffered from a streptococcic infection following chicken pox. D. W. “Red” Akins, Jr., ’32, is assistant engineer for the Texas State Line Division of the Ohio Oil Company. His address is 603 Waskom, Henderson, Texas. “Red” has been with the Ohio Oil Com- pany for the past four years. On December 26, 1936, Akins was mar- ried to Miss Martha Jean Stanly, of Dallas. Mauric L. Bryant, ’36, is time keeper for the Levingston Ship- building Company at Orange, Tex- as. He is living at the Burton House of that city. Ross “Sharp” Smith, ’13, is ow- ner of the Mattress and Awning Factory at 208 Williams Street, Waxahachie, Texas. Ellis W. “Steve” Strain, ’19, for the past 14 years, has been farm- "| ing and raising fine stock at Lan- caster, Texas. William C. “Chief” Torrence, ’13, is city manager of Waco, Tex- as and his office is located in the Municipal Building of that city. Mr. Torrence is married and has one child and his residence ad- dress is 2409 Washington Avenue. Harvey F. “Red” Tschiedel, ’32, is a first lieutenant in the U. S. Army and is located with Company 1805 CCC, Bastrop, Texas. Nathaniel P. “Natt’ Turner, Jr., ’24, is chief engineer with the Tex- as Planning Board, 818 Scarbrough Building, Austin, Texas. After graduation from A. & M., Nat at- tended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and obtained a Civil Engineering Degree. Turner is married and makes his home at 1000 Nueces, Austin. C. B. Warren, ’14, is a partner of the Meadowbrook Jersey Farm, Lorena, Texas. Warren has been managing this farm for the past 16 years. Travis T. “Dutch” Voelkel, ’35, is in the Drilling Department of the Sun Oil Company, Brenham, Tex- as. While a student at A. & M,, “Dutch” was a T-man and the most valuable baseball player in 1935. P. E. “Pete” Wendt, ’30, is with the Sun Oil Company at Brenham, Texas. “Pete” was a T-man in baseball during his cadet days. For the past 13 years, Langston H. “Billiken” Wood, ’23, has been with the Central Texas Iron Works, Waco, Texas. Wood is serving in the capacity of chief estimator. The company is located at 2025 Web- ster. Lawrence C. Wood, 21, is teach- ing physical education and coach- ing at Cameron High School, Cam- eron, Texas. Forester E. Woodruff, ’29, is district manager of the Texas Power and Light Company at Cam- eron, Texas. Woodruff has been with the Texas Power and Light Company for the past ten years. Philip H. “Lucky” Lipstate, ’07, is secretary-treasurer of the Sabine . Royalty Corporation, 314 Peoples Bank Building, Tyler, Texas. Jake T= “Joke” Long, 298,418 owner of the Long Motor Com- pany at Gilmer, Texas. For the past 55 years, Mr. H. B. Marsh, ’78, has been practicing law in Tyler, Texas. He has offices in the Citizens National Bank and his residence address is 805 South Broadway. Mr. Marsh was city at- torney of Tyler from 1882 to 1886 and assistant attorney general from 1887 to 1889. Curtis F. Maxwell, ’29, is with the Humble Oil & Refining Com- pany where he has been employed for the past seven years. He gets his mail in Box 127, Overton, Tex- as. Henry W. “Mac” McClelland, 23, is superintendent of schools at Gil- mer, Texas. He has been with the Gilmer school system for the past 12 years. While a student at A. & | M., “Mac” was a letterman in foot- ball. Julian B. Thomas, ’11, Vice Pres- ident and general manager of the Texas Electric Service Co., serv- ing Fort Worth and much of West Texas, was recently elected as a vice president of the Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce. He served the Association of Former Stu- dents as its president a few years ago. He is one of the leading elec- tric utility figures in the South- west. Hollie T. McCollum, ’15, is rural supervisor for the resettlement ad- ministration and his address is Box 285, Paris, Texas. . AGGIE SCRAPBOOK J. Wayne Stark (From The Battalion) DID YOU KNOW: That in the first four graduating classes (1878, 1879, 1880, and 1881) there were 31 graduates, and 25 of those graduated in Literary. That: the Aggies eat 63,000 sli- ces of bread and 45,000 buns per week. the Aggies eat approximately 1575 pounds of butter per week. the Aggies use 5600 pounds of sugar a week. the Aggies drink 200 gallons of cocoa per meal. the Aggies eat 325 pounds of cake a meal. i That the singer that takes the lead in the final O in Jello on Jack Benny’s program is the high- est paid singer on radio per note, as he gets $25 for that O or $25 per note. Some job—eh? Quotation from an Alumni paper in 1917, “The success of the 1917 team is due to the strenuous work of Coaches Bible and Graves. This is the first time that Bible has had a chance to show his ability among the larger colleges—and the boy delivered. He (Bible) is the ideal type of man for a coach.” That was the start of Bible's coaching and look at him now! !!! A. & M. was undefeated and un- scored on that season—scoring 270 points to their opponents 0. That boys were turned away from A. & M. in 1898 due to lack of dormitories, and again in 1904, fifty or more boys were turned a- way due to the same cause. (Same ole trouble) : That A. & M. had a woman in- structor in 1918. There was a vacancy in the biology department and this woman was asked to ac- cept the position because there was a scarcity of college men due to the World War. G. Iverson Goodwin was “The Father of A. & M.” as he was the author of the bill that created A. & M. College. THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO: Be one of the students that help some of the professors grade pa- pers—and get to grade my own paper on final exam. Move A. & M. to dry country. Have more banquets during each term—especially those with fresh strawberry ice cream. Make it against college regula- tions to give a plus in a final grade. If a prof cannot stretch a plus to a minus in the grade above, let him keep the plus. Ride in the cab of a railroad engine with the engineer, lean my head out of the engine, and blow the whistle whenever necessary. See the Junior Class get Freddie Martin or Bennie Goodman for the final ball. Make it possible to serve some good tea in the Mess Hall —instead of the present tea that is served to us. Frank S. “Mug” McGee, 24, gets his mail at Box 418, Marshall, Tex- 2s. Harry W. McGee, 21, is an at- torney at Marshall, Texas, where his address is Box 505. C. C. Wilson, . 25, is field representative of the First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago, Illinois in North Texas, with head- quarters ,at Sherman, Texas. There are many Texas A. & M. men in the Texas organization of the First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank. Mar- vin D. Sanders, ’15, is manager of the Dallas office; while Arthur C. Bayless, ’26, is assistant manager. Located as a fieldman in the Rio Grande Valley at San Benito, is C. E. “Ted” Hudson, ’25. John R. Slay, ’19, serves the same company in Central Texas, being located at Frost. : Gordon G. Langston, ’34, is sec- retary-manager of the Chamber of Commerce, Conroe, Texas. The or- ganization in this city is a county- wide proposition and is at the pres- ent time in the midst of an exten- sive paving program, and has re- cently completed the erection of a new court house and several new school buildings. As a cadet at A. & M., “Gordy” was a member of the band and the Aggieland Orchestra. Eddie Dreiss, ’14, of San Anto- nio, spent last week on the campus, his freshman son being seriously ill at the College hospital. With his son’s recovery the father enjoyed campus contacts with old friends. He was captain of A. & M.’s first .| basketball team. WEDDINGS Pepe — Gibson J. B. Pope, "26, and Miss Brucene Gibson, of Angleton, were married on New Year’s Day. Mr. and Mrs. Pope are residing at 410 West Oak- wood, Tyler, Texas. Pope is with the Soil Conservation Service and has his office in the Federal Court House. Before her marriage, Mrs. Pope was county home demonstra- tion agent at Angleton, Texas. Knox —- George Miss Catherine George, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. George of Iowa Park, became the bride of Dr. Roland F. Knox, ’26, also of Iowa Park, recently. The wedding took place at the home of the bride’s parents. Dr. and Mrs. Knox are located at Wichita Falls, where Dr. Knox is associated with a clinic there. After graduation from A. & M., Knox attended Rush Med- ical College, Chicago University. Craig — Freeman Mrs. Katherine Freeman, of San Antonio, announce the marriage of her daughter, Sarahbelle, to Nor- man W. Craig, ’34, of San Antonio. The wedding took place on Decem- ber 30 at the Prospect Hill Metho- dist Church of San Antonio. A re- ception was held at the home of the bride’s mother. Mr. and Mrs. Craig are at home to their many friends at 1600 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio. Craig is with the United States Post Office. Gibson — Hood Miss Matie Beulah Hood, of Bryans Mill, Texas, became the bride of W. G. Gibson, 36, recent- ly. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson make their home at Marietta, Texas. Barbeck — Haensel The wedding of Miss Mildred Haensel, of San Antonio, and Arth- ur H. Barbeck, ’36, was solemnized in Grace Luthern Church, San An- tonio, on November 21. George Nickerson, ’36, Richard Alexander, ’35, and Kurt Monier, ’35, acted as ushers. Mr. Mrs. -‘Barbeck will make their home in Kilgore, Texas, where Barbeck is with the Rail- road Commission. Kimbrough — Buck The AGGIE has just received the belated news of the marriage last July of Miss Frances Buck, of Seymour, to W. R. “Bill’ Kim- brough, ’35, formerly of Haskell, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Kimbrough are making their home at Here- ford, Texas, where “Bill” is as- sistant county agent. “Bill” is a former Aggie football player and during his student days worked in the Association office. Danshy — Day Miss Ethel Mae Day of Waco, and Roland C. Dansby, ’34, of Bryan, were recently married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Day, at Lott. Mr. and Mrs. Dansby will make their home in Bryan, where Roland is connected with the American Steam Laundry of that city. Tisdale — Lanham Announcement has been made of the recent marriage of Miss Vir- ginia Lanham and W. Roy Tisdale, ’34, which was solemnized in the parsonage of the First Methodist Church in Brady. Mr. and Mrs. Tisdale will make their home at San Saba, Texas, where Tisdale is employed in the office of the county agent. Frobese — Gary The wedding of Miss Rebecca Gary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Gary of Tyler, and Mr. Joe | C. Frobese, ’35, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Frobese of Austin, was recently solemnized at the country home of the bride’s parents in Tyler, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Frobese are at home to their many friends at Tyler, Texas, where Joe is teaching vocational agriculture. Hatton — Thomas Announcement has been made the marriage on December 23 Miss Lucile Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howell Thomas of Dalhart, to Joseph M. Hatton, 34, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mose Hatton of Abilene. The wedding took place at the South Methodist Church in Dalhart. Mr. and Mrs. Hatton are making their home in Abilene where Hatton is serving as assist- ant county agent. of of BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hale, ’22, are receiving congratulations from their many friends over the birth of a little daughter, Nancy June, on February 6, at Bryan. Fred is chief of the Division of Swine Hus- bandry of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, at College. Mr. and Mrs. Hale make their home on the campus and Nancy June is their third child. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hedges, 32, are the proud parents of a little daughter born on January 25. She has been named Harolyn. Howard is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Hedges of College Station. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges make their home in Palestine. Mr. and Mrs. Max Winkler, ’36, are delighted over the arrival of a fine son. Max is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Winkler, ’00, of the A. & M. College Campus. Mr. and Mrs. Winkler are making their home in New Braunfels, where Max is with the New Braunfels Public Schools. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Herren, ’29, are receiving congratulations over the arrival of a son; John Charles, Jr. on January 17. They make their home at 414 North Santa Fe, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Van Zandt, ’30, are rejoicing over the birth of a little son on Christmas Day. Van Zandt is teaching voca- tional agriculture at Tulia, Texas and says that Tulia is one of the oldest and best department of vocational agriculture in West Texas. Dahl - Nelson Miss Ada Louise Nelson, of Houston, recently became the bride of Warren C. Dahl, ’32, of Hous- ton. The wedding took place at the home of the bride’s parents. Fol- | lowing a wedding trip to South Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Dahl are at home at 6620 Sherman, Houston. Thompson — Laycock News has reached the AGGIE office of the marriage on Novem- ber 4 of Miss Mary Laycock, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lay- cock, of Shamrock, to Nash O Thompson, ’36, of Canyon, Texas. The wedding took place at Sayce, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are at home to their friends at Can- yon, where Nash is assistant county agent. Nash is a former Aggie football player and a popular cam- pus figure. Hugh R. Wilson, ’36, is an assist- ant in agricultural conservation for Montgomery County, with headquarters at Conroe, Texas. He gets his mail at Box 429. William D. “Willie D” Harris, ’24, is with the State Highway De- partment at Henderson, Texas. Harris serves in the capacity of office engineer. Horace F. “Dutch” Holland, ’15, is assistant cashier of the State National Bank at Marshall, Texas. Holland has been with the State National Bank for the past 11 years. He resides at 405 Perry Drive, Marshall, Texas. Edward G. “Grabba” Holt, Jr., ’30, is a draftsman for the Humble 4 0il and Refining Company at Ty- ler, Texas. He gets his mail at Box 2025 of that city. Francis V. “Puss” Irvin, ’26, is assistant in soil conservation for the A. & M. Extension Service and makes his home at 2924 Bourland, Greenville, Texas. Bruce E. Story, ’35, has. recently accepted a position with the Inter- national Boundary Commission, and is located at San Benito, Tex- as. Vernon Cole, ’20, is a traveling salesman for the Tom Padgitt Com- pany, Waco, Texas. Cole is located at Marlin, Texas and gets his mail at Box 302. Bernard B. Gilmore, ’36, is em- ployed by the Presbyterian Board of National Missions, U. S. A., and is teaching vocational agriculture and farming at Ganado, Arizona. R. G. Kirk, 36, is working for the State Highway Department and has recently been transferred from Smithville to Burnet, Texas, where he is working under Mr. E. B. Calvin, ’24, resident engineer for the State Highway Department lo- cated at Burnet, Texas. M. M. Dikeman, ’36, has recent- ly changed his address in Dallas and he and Mrs. Dikeman are now located at 4805 Cole Avenue of that city. MU . IN MEMORIAM J. W. Loftin, ’79 James Smith Loftin, age 74, died January 22, 1937 at his home in Tyler, Texas. A member of A. & M.s first graduating class, Mr. Loftin was a very prominent and es- teemed man of his commu- nity. Mr. Loftin registered from Tyler in 1878 and at- tended A. & M. that year and 1879. After leaving A. & M., Mr. Loftin returned to Tyler, where he lived until his death last month. C. E. Hancock, ’19 Carl Elmo Hancock, age 42, died February 7, 1937 at the Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carl took the “flu” in Lake Charles about three weeks ago. He was brought to New Orleans later and apparently was get- ting along very well. How- ever, a systemic poisoning set in and he was unable to throw it off. Hancock had been a resi- dent of New Orleans since April of 1934. He was a spec- ial agent and engineer for the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Con- necticut. He maintained an office in New Orleans at 144 Carondelet Street. Carl was secretary of the New Orleans A. & M. Club and A. & M. has lost one of its staunch- est supporters. Prior to mov- ing to New Orleans, Han- cock lived in Atlanta, Geor- gia, where he was with the the same insurance company. Before being transferred to Atlanta, Carl was a resident of Houston. Born on January 21, 1896 in Cooledge, Texas, and there attended high school. He also attended Southwestern Uni- versity before entering A. & M. in 1915. As a cadet at A. & M., Hancock was known to his classmates as “Puss”. He pursued a mechanical en- gineering course; was a mem- ber of the Ross Volunteers; an officer of the band; and engaged in other campus ac- tivities. Hancock is survived by his wife and one daughter, Fran- ces Hancock, of New Orleans, and his mother, Mrs. A. F. Hancock, of Cooledge. Inter- ment was held at Cooledge. Joe Chanowsky, ’31 Joe Chanowsky, age 24, died recently in Los Angeles, California, where he was liv- ing at the time of his death. Joe formerly lived in Bryan, Texas and attended Stephen F. Austin high school of that city. He entered A. & M. in 1929 and remained a student here until 1931. : J. U. Searcy, ’83 J. U. Searcy, age 75, died at Gladewater, Texas on Jan- uary 9. For nearly 50 years, he was identified with the public educational system of Wood County. He served as county superintendent of Wood County for 11 years and taught school in that county almost 50 years. He is survived by four daughters. Charles L. Wilkins, ’89 Charles L. Wilkins, of the class of "89, for many years a prominent banker, died on December 31 at Brenham. He was president of the Farm- ers National Bank of Bren- ham, which he organized in 1916. Survivors are his wife and one daughter. Burial was at Brenham. Dave Orand, ’13 Dave T. Orand, Jr. '18, died in Waco recently. He had made his home in that city for several years.
