2 a3 this paper is not called for return postage is guaranteed Bob publisher. THE TEXAS AGLIE RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. ¢ COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JULY 1, 1937. NO. 78 3 oT si yt Eo Hp» iy x CP hv oy uy FoRM CLUB AT JUNE MBETING : The Grogs County A. & M. Club, newest organization of the A. & M. J exes, was formed at an initial meeting on June 18 and held its h First party in the form of a Dutch Supper on June 24. The party was held at the recreation club house 2 of the East Texas Refining Com- oh pany, Longview. fre J. H. Blackaller, ’28, was elected ‘the club’s first president; PD. ~ Long, 25, Kilgore, vice president; and Austin C. Bray, 29, Glade- water, secretary-treasurer. Direc- above officers, are E. R. “Tony†Torn, 28, Longview, W. T. Bryant, ~~ ’11, Kilgore; and W. R. Burns, ’32, Gladewater. The club plans to meet monthly with meetings alter- nating between Longview, Kilgore, and Gladewater. All Gregg County As & M. men are considered regu- 2 y lar members of the club and the to the A. & M. men of East Texas to join it at its meetings. Honored at the early meetings of the club as the oldest men present were: O. L. Forsgard, ’05; C. M. McKay, "10; A. E. Prince, "14; and ’ Morris Bivins, ’07; all of Long- ~The next meeting of the club ‘will be held in July at Kilgore with ‘definite announcements as to me, location, and place, to be for later. A Soman 05; Bill LT 3; ~ Elmore BR. Torn, 28; .R. H. y Floyd, ’31; Edward Nunez, 28; _T. H. Theriot; J. H. Brown, ’33; C. M. McKay, 10; H. E. Belsher, ; ’27; Frank Ray, ’36; S. Birdsong Bs Jr., ’37; Edwin Fisher, ’38; J. J. Diehl Jr., ’36; J. B. Cashell, ’27; W. D. Northeutt Jr., 21; E. Vogt, ’26; B. N. Taylor, 19; M. H. Bivins, | ’07, Bruce N. Spencer, ’37; R. H. id McCall, ’37; A. I. Robinson, ’37; eet J. T..May, 85; J. B. Turner, '32; $c Therman A. Henderson, ’31; W. 8 T. Stamps, ’32; J. C. Francis Jr., ’29; H. L. Arno, ’33; R. W. Fuller, ; 235:84C. ‘H. - Crawford, 21; J. M. © Jones, 29; W. H. Turner, ’34; Jim Bes Cockrell, ’17; of Longview; W. T. Nhe: - Bryant, ’11; N. B. Gililland, ’34; a P."D. Long, ’25;. BR. E. Adair, '37; F. Gus Prutzman, ’37; Z. Green- berg: avo D.C... Laird, Jr., '32; Wayne M. Harris, ’35; F. L. Nick- le, ’28, of Kilgore; W. R. Burns, 32; Austin C. Bray, 29; Herbert Callaway, ’38; M. F. Ludeman, 33; Hepley Shockley, ’32; J. C. Garrison, ’34; T. E. Karnes, ’35; Jerry Vaughan, ’36; Chas. E. Fritch, 26, of Gladewater, R. B. Whitton, ’17, Big Sandy; and F. N. Robinson ’36, Greggton. R. L. “Red†Bullock, ’31, will go this summer to the Dutch East will Je.T.= Walton, 34. The latter will join the party headed by R. L. “Soapy†Suggs, ’32, and includ- ing C. K. Swanson, ’34, and C. J. Charske, ’34. That party is located 3 at Palembang, Sumatra, Dutch 2 J East Indies. Robert Eberspacher, 01, Hous- ton was recently elected worshipful master of Reagan Lodge, A. F. and A. M. He is in the Signal Dept. of the Southern Pacific Lines at Houston. R. W. “Bob†Colglazier Jr., 25, was the author of a recent paper in the TEXAS ENGINEER on “The Engineer and his place in Relief Activitiesâ€. Colglazier is Assis- tant State Director, Division of Operations, W.P.A., San Antonio. Ys Prior to that connection he was with the firm of Colglazier and Hoff, contractors, of San Antonio. AR Richard A McBride, ’34, is with ‘ the Duncan Foundry and Machine Sy Works of Alton, Ill, with head- ud quarters at Dallas. His office is at 1313 Santa Fe Bldg. ‘Indies to do geophysical work, as |. Fried Fish Champs Enjoy Beach Party Brazoria Co. Club “Joe Louis may be the fightin’ champ, but you-all is the fish-eat- in’ champs†consoled ebony-hued “Big-Boy†to fifty members of the Brazoria County A. & M. Club when that group enjoyed a fish fry at Bryan’s Beach near Free- port on the night of June 22. And the Aggies present had given fish-fryer “Big Boy†plenty of evidence for his consoling remark before the party drew to a close. Freeport A. & M. men, under the leadership of Brazoria Club Presi- dent Joe Welboan, 06, and L. E. “Coot†Bumgarner, ’33, were hosts for the party that drew representa- tion from Alvin, Angleton, Sween- ey, Rosenberg, Brazoria, East Columbia and other places. Visitors from College included E. W. Hook- er and Lil Dimmitt of the A. & M. Athletic Dept., and Association Secretary E. E. McQuillen, 20. President Joe Welboan presided over the informal program which featured short talks by the visit- ors. The next meeting of the Bra- zoria Club will be held at East Columbia in the form of a chicken barbecue, with T. M. Smith, ’01, as general chairman. Ladies will be invited to this party. All A. & M. men in Brazoria are counted as members of the Club and any and all A. & M. men are invited to attend the club’s meetings. H. “Bill†Williamson, 11, Director A. & M. Extension Service, sailed from Montreal on June 18 for a European visit. They will be gone for two months and while in Eu- cultural problems. Dr. Walton will serve as official delegate from the American Asso- ciation of Land Grant Colleges to the Seventeenth International Congress of Agriculture, held at The Hague, June 20-30. Texas A. & M. is well represent- ed in Europe this summer with the above pair, J. F. Casey and Walter Coulter, ’95, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Thanheiser and family, Dr. Luther Jones, ’21, and the Cotton Contest Winners, and perhaps others. Jim Prewit, ’23 District Aden Db: 23, has been made ‘District Agent for the A. & M. Extension Service, according at announcement of Vice Director and State Agent Jack James “Jim†Prewit, Shelton, ’17, Prewit’s headquar- ters will be at College where he has been serving as an assistant District Agent since May 1. For nine years he was County Agent, McCullough County, Brady, com- ciation at that organization’s an- nual. meeting, held in Waco. Butler piling an unusually fine record there. He succeeds the late R. W. Persons. Prewit graduated in Animal Husbandry and was a captain in '|the Cadet Corps. He was business manager of the 1923 Longhorn, a member of the baseball squad, an All-Company football player and a member of the Y.M.C.A. Cabinet. President T. O. Walton and H. | ‘|rope will study and observe me- | thods of adult education and the handling of various rural and agri- to be | THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO THE FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A. & M.: As your newly elected President, I desire, thru the columns of the AGGIE, to express my deep appreciation of being the recipient of the greatest honor the Association of Former Students can confer upon one of its number. This evidence of your confidence ani affection warms my heart and will ever furnish an inspiration to give the best I have in the discharge of the duties of the office. . I have an abiding faith in your loyalty and I want to take this occasion to urge you to give your unstinted support to our Association. Let us spare no effort to increase our membership. In numbers there is strength. We must go for- ward or backward. The larger we are, the more powerful we are and the more we can accomplish. There is much to do; so many ambitions to be realized, that it behooves every A. & M. man to do what he can for the advancement of his beloved Alma Mater. In the heart of every Aggie there is a burning desire to see old A. & M. grow into one of the greatest educational institutions of its kind in this nation, second to none. This cannot be accomplished in a day, but is can be accomplished a step at a time through the close cooperation of our Association and the authorities of our College. If we are to fulfill our responsibilities and measure up to our opportunities we must the sons of A. & M. have the united support of all Sincerely Yours, F. D. Perkins The tradition of fine, unselfish leadership that has developed in connection with the officers of the Association of Former Students was upheld at Commencement with the election of F. Dudley Perkins, ’97, President, and Charles L. Bab- cock, '18, Vice President. Both are veterans in the ranks of active A. & M. men. Mr. Babcock served as Vice President of the Association last year and both men have been members of the Ass'n Board for several years. New President Perkins lives at McKinney where he has been a leading citizen since the turn of the century. As a student at A. & M. he was a star in the early day football and organized and cap- tained teams of his day. Known to his old friends as “Dudâ€, or “Sy†Perkins, he took Civil Engineering and was active in student affairs. Shortly after leaving school Mr. Perkins enlisted and served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. When that fracas was over he went to McKinney where he went to work for the McKinney Compress Co., later becoming manager of this business as well as that of the Me- Kinney Cotton Oil Co. From 1909 to 1929 Mr. Perkins was in the cotton export business and during the same period was head of a highway construction company that built highways in Che ts i nT) Sea y 9.7 ~ aa HX pi Texas and other states. In 1906 he acquired the franchise and built the McKinney Sewer System which he still owns. During the past few years he has retired from ac- tive business, although he continues to serve on various directorships and boards. He is a director of the Texas Textile Mills, the Burrus Elevators, Vice-Pres. McKinney Federal Building and Loan, and a director of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. Although ‘successfully engaged in several lines of business during many years Mr. Perkins found time to take an active part in the civie affairs of his city and his state. He has served as president of the McKinney Harmonie Club, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Hunt- ing and Fishing Club and the Hill- crest Country Club. For several years he served as president of the United Charities of Collin County and more recently as Chairman of the County Relief Board. A tall, handsome, polished gen- tleman who has enjoyed a life- time of splendid leadership in civic and business affairs, Mr. Perkins will make a wonderful leader for the Ex-Student’s Association dur- ing the coming year. The organiza- tion is exceedingly fortunate in its ability to command the services of the splendid men who have served it so well as its presidents. bo " b of Tw x PRA ARI ets A ae LA te » id Fi has hf pei s, Texas House Asks Congress Correct Injustice "17 Men The fight to correct, thru U. S. Congressional action, an injustice done to six members of the 1917 Class of Texas A. & M. in connec- tion with their commission as offi- cers in the United States Army, worked its way into the last session of the Texas Legislature. Under the leadership of Representative Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16, San An- gelo, the House of Representatives passed a resolution asking passage of Senate Bill 602, in the national congress. The men involved, G. A. Woody, L. L. Kotzebue, John Otto, Frank W. Halsey, Sam L. Metcalfe and Myron J. Conway were Honor Mi- litary Graduates in 1917. During the War thru error of the War Department, they were commission- ed in the U. S. Army as of Octo- ber 25, 1917, whereas they should have been commissioned as of August 15, 1917. Thru the error the six men were placed some 2,000 files lower on the list of officers than they should have been placed. T. P. Metcalfe, ’11, Franklin, Texas, and others have been lead- ing the fight over the past 10 years to correct this injustice. The War Department admits its error but has steadfastly refused to sanction any correction. FLASH: As the Aggie goes to press news comes that Col. Moore has been assigned to ‘A. & M. for duty. He will succeed Col. Converse R. Lewis as professor of military science and tactics and head of the military detachment at A. & M. A recent campus visitor was Col. George F. Moore, 08, U. S. Coast Artillery Corps, who has heen | 5 stationel at Fort Monroe, Va. As a student at A. & M. he was known as “Maude†Moore, and was a let- terman in football and active in various other student affairs. He received his degree in Civil Engi- neering. M-M-M AGGIES HOLD BARBECUE WINTERS RANGH A. & M. men from the Hill Country, making up the Triple M Club of Mason, Menard and Mec- Cullough Counties, gathered sev- enty strong on the night of Friday June 25 for the first of the group’s three summer parties. This affair was held at the ranch of Dick Winters, ’l5, near Brady, with barbecued beef and mutton and a big pot of “The Gentlemen from Ft. McKavett’ as principle items on the menu. In a short business meeting ofter the barbecue Frank Newsom, ’27 County Agent at Mason, was e- lected president of the club, sue- ceeding Dick Winters. The next meeting of the group will be held at Menard, with Menard Aggies serving as hosts. Later it is ex- pected a third party will be held at Mason. All A. & M. men in the three counties mentioned above are con- sidered actual members of the Triple M Club, and the group also extends to all other A. & M. men a warm invitation to be present at any of its meetings. Thanheiser Meets With New Yorkers Although he had already retired from office as President of the Ex- Student’s Association, C. A. Than- heiser, ’01, recently found time while in New York City to have lunch with a small group of A. & M. men and to give them latest news from their College. With his family he was in New York before sailing for a tour of Europe. Pre- sent at the luncheon were Hugh EeDaniel; 8h weretary NTA Br M. Club, R. W. “Bob†Stiles, 22, J. B. Ketterson, 24, R. H. “Pick†Kent, 20, President’ N. Y."- A. & M. Club, Paul Washburn, 25, Herbert L. Weinberg, ’23, and sev- eral others. |LONG TIME TILL CHRISTMAS BUT ROBERT DANIEL, 10 HARVEST YEAR'S XMAS TREES Tis an old saying that A. & M. men do everything and go every- where, and the present work of Robert N. “Fat†Daniel, ’30, seems to bear out the statement. Now that real hot days are the regular order of business in Texas, Datel comes along with a nice long let- ter about his business, which is of all things, CHRISTMAS TREES. Daniel is the supervisor for the J. Hofert Company, the United States’ largest cutter and distribu- tor of Christmas trees, which ships between 800 and 1,000 carloads of fir trees each year for Christmas decorations. These trees are ship- ped to all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Hawaiian Islands, Cuba and the East Indies. Most people think of Christmas trees only at the Yule season, but to Daniel and his company its an all-year, big-business proposi- tion. Actual harvest begins in Octo- ber after the trees have undergone certain tests and inspections. The company cuts trees only under government supervision and all cutting complies with the provi- sions and principals of forest con- servation. In many small towns and com- munities where the trees are cut the whole population engages in the festival of Christmas Tree har- vest. Daniel is supervisor of his firm’s Montana and British Colum- bia area and finds the business most interesting. He reports that quite often when he starts making business contacts in midsummer for Christmas trees he is regarded as slightly dangerous, but that a check on the financial standing and size of his company soon convinces the customer that he is reliable. During the summer and early '30, IS UP NORTH HE GETS PAID FOR THIS fall months Daniel stays in the wilds of Montana and British Co- lumbia, supervising the harvesting of the millions of trees his com- pany distributes. Later he returns to have charge of the distribution in an area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. He is on the road most of the time but gets his mail at 4722 Swiss Ave., Dallas. Early in June Daniel was marri- ed to Miss Evelyn Byron of Man- gum, Okla., and they are now in British Columbia. There’s one undisputed thing a- bout being a “Christmas Tree Manâ€; he should get a lot of plea- sure out of thinking about the happiness his efforts will bring to the thousands of people who use his product. And another thing, too. Daniel, it wouldn’t be so bad being with you up there in British Columbia right now!