The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, September 15, 1937, Image 2

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THE TEXAS AGGIE
EB. McQuillen............. Publisher
Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M.
Press, College Station, Texas, except dur-
ing the summer months when * issued
menthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College of Texas, College Station,
Texas.
Fo DD Perking, "97. ...cccmmcituieniin President
C. L. Babcock, ’18............ Vice President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20... Executive Secretary
L. 'B./Locke, ’18.......... Assistant Secretary
Subscription Price $5.00
Entered as Second Class Matter at
College Station, Texas
; Directors
EH." K. Deason, "18....h0..coccivmmmins Port Arthur
Charles L. Babcock, ’18........... Beaumont
A. G. Pfaff 27 Tyler
F. D. Perkins, "97 McKinney
J. B. Crockett, 09 Dallas
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J. V. Butler, ’12 Huntsville
Graham G. Hall, ‘13 Houston
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J. C. Dykes, Fort Worth
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H.%B." “Pat”. Zachry, 222.5... Laredo
R. S. Reading, '10 El Paso
G. Dudley Everett, "15.............. ..Stephenville
G. C. McSwain, ’20 Amarillo
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Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo
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C. A. Thanheiser, 01 Houston
A. P. Rollins, '06 Dallas
R. A. Birk, ’13 Wichita Falls
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
F. D. Perkins, 97 McKinney
Chi... Babcock, 5 18........ 0. 0mimemeens Beaumont
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REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
Dallas
Tyree L. Bell, "13
Tyler
A. G. Pfaff, "27
WELCOME HOME
The return of Colonel Ike Asburn
to the A. & M. College as execu-
tive assistant to the president is
one of the best pieces of news
that A. & M. men have heard in
a. long time. No man who has
ever been connected with the insti-
tution has been more widely loved
and respected than Ike Ashburn and
none has ever been more devoted
to the best welfare of the institu-
tion and of A. & M. men than has
Ike Ashburn. If the AGGIE can
ever reflect the unanimous
thoughts of A. & M. men, it does
so when it extends a warm welcome
to Colonel Ike Ashburn on his re-
turn home to the campus.
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THAT DALLAS PARTY
The huge party, given by the
Dallas Club recently and report-
ed elsewhere in this issue of the
AGGIE, proved to be more than
its originally intended celebration
in honor of the 35th birthday of
the Dallas Club. The event devel-
oped into a really great occasion
of tribute to the A. & M. College
and its various divisions. Before
the evening was over the party
developed a genuine revival spirit
that caused the loyalty and ag-
gressive support of A. & M. men
to flare high. Officers and mem-
bers of the Dallas Club have every
reason to feel an intense pride in
the very real success of their big
event and the A. & M. College
will reap a rich benefit from the
affair.
LETS EASE THIS PAIN
Annually a number of fine, loyal,
usually reasonable A. & M. men
become hurt or angry over the
football ticket situation. It should
be possible to eliminate most of
these difficulties with a little bet-
ter understanding of the ticket
problem. Everyone concerned at
College is anxious that the former
student be given the very best
treatment in this connection that
is possible and this is particularly
true of both the Athletic Depart-
ment and the Association of Form-
er Students.
Consider the A. & M. stadium
and its design. Between the goal
lines on the two sides of the field
are only 12,000 seats. The remain-
ing 20,000 seats are in the horse-
shoe at the north end and beyond
the goal lines at the south end. The
visiting team gets all tickets from
the 50 yard line to the end of the
stands at the south end. That
means both sides, too. And that
leaves only 6,000 seats, evenly di-
vided between east and west sides,
between the goal line and the 50
yard line. The A. & M. Cadet Corps
takes up most of all the East
side.
Even a “Bug-hunter’s” mathe-
maties will arrive at the unfortu-
nate fact that only 3,000 seats are
left on the side of the field, be-
tween the goal line and the 50 yard
line. And all the Athletic Depart-
ment must do is to make those
3,000 cover all the demands of
former students, faculty, the Press,
the Legislature, the families of
members of the football squad, the
holders of season tickets as sold
to faculty members, special re-
quests made by College Board
members, and innumerable other
requests made by this or that pro-
minent Texas citizen. |
As one example of how these
3,000 seats melt away, consider the
families of members of the football
squad, and except for a very strict-
ly limited number these lads pay
full price for all tickets bought.
The 50 or more boys on the squad
will want almost 500 tickets, and
no one, the AGGIE believes, will
doubt the right of these players
to desirable seats. And so it goes
until the 10 yard line is reached
and there the wails begin.
The AGGIE goes to the extent
of editorializing upon this matter,
in the hope that its readers will
study the situation and understand
the difficulties facing the Athletic
Department in filling the ticket de-
mand for a big game, primarily
the Thanksgiving Day classic.
True it is that occasionally tick-
et troubles arise through a mistake
made here at College. These are
unavoidable but have been reduc-
ed to a minimum. When they occur
they should be brought promptly
to the attention of the Athletic De-
partment and they will be correct-
ed.
It must be admitted, however,
that most of the trouble arises
from the delay or the failure of the
former student Association mem-
ber to avail himself of his prior
ticket purchase rights. After the
general public sale has opened he
can not expect to purchase better
tickets to the S. M. U. game in
example, last fall several fine A.
& M. men became angry over poor
tickets to the S. M. U. game iin
Dallas, when they tried to buy mid-
field tickets a few days before
the game and after a sell-out had
already been announced.
Perhaps the most encouraging
feature of this difficult situation
is the growing number of rabid
football fans who deliberately ask
for tickets in the END sections.
Offhand the AGGIE recalls that
former tackle George “Stud”
Barnes, ’11, Ikg Ashburn and a
number of others annually request
tickets AWAY from the more
crowded mid-field. The editor of
the AGGIE several years ago found |
that the game could be more heart-
ily enjoyed in one of the sections
at the end.
These annual football ticket dif-
ficulties can be lessened. In the
first place it should be realized
that when the short-coming or the
delay is YOUR fault, no blame
should be attached to the Athletic
Department. Then if the fortunes
of war or football locate you on
the goal line at the big game, bear
in mind the whole ticket problem
and don’t let the fact that there
are others closer to the 50 yard
line ruin your afternoon.
The AGGIE holds no brief for
those charged with the selling of
football tickets and their distribu-
tion, nor is this editorial an at-
tempt to “Cover-up” for them or
to alibi for them. But it is harm-
ful when good and loyal A. & M.
men go away from the campus
angry because of the location of 4
their tickets to a football game,
and for that reason the AGGIE is
interested.
We can ease this football ticket
pain by being prompt with our
ticket purchases and by mellowing
our desire to be among those whose |
trousers obliterate the 50 yard
line marker. And don’t be among
those who ruin their pleasure with
the thought that the Athletic Dept.
holds back the good tickets for
their personal friends. They have
no friends as far as tickets are
concerned.
Let’s ease this annual pain by ||
laughing at it, by good-natured
tolerance and by more fans want-
in gtickets in the end sections.
You’d be surprised how much fun
you can have back there, and its
more exclusive.
Aubrey P. “Ox” Meador, Jr.
'35, is on active tour of duty with
the U. S. Army and his address is
7th Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Since graduation Meador has been
with the Production Credit Asso-
ciation, Bryan, Texas. As a student
at A. & M., Meador was captain
of the Ross Volunteers and quite
active in student affairs.
F. E. Robert, "37, has accepted a
position as teacher of vocational
agriculture at Crockett, Texas.
N. E. Texas Aggies
Form Club and Plan
Next Party Oct. 14
Organization of a Northeast
Texas A. & M. Club was completed
on the night of September 9 when
60 Aggies were present at a meet-
ing held at Mt. Pleasant. O. H.
Eichblatt, Jr., ’36, Pittsburg, was
named president of the club; Er-
nest C. Johnson, 24, Jt. Pleasant,
vice president; and Tom Porter,
34, Mt. Pleasant, secretary-treas-
urer. The party was held at the
Ellis Kelly Country Club near Mt.
Pleasant.
The next meeting of the club
will be held on the night of Octob-
miles west of Pittsburg. All A. &
M. men and friends of A. & M. in
Northeast Texas are invited to
attend the meeting. Definite plans
for the club’s program will be
completed at this time.
At the first meeting of the club
men were present from Mt. Peas-
ant, Pittsburg, Talco, Longview,
Daingerfield, Atlanta, and other
Northeast Texas cities. J. H. Black-
aller, ’28, president of the Gregg
County Club, was present and aid-
ed in the organization of the new
club. :
James A. Muller, ’35, is working
for W. H. Curtin & Company, Ine.
This company sells laboratory ap-
paratus and chemicals. He gets
his mail at 1822 Kipling Street,
Houston.
Merle S. Hammack, ’37, is teach-
ing vocational agriculture at Fer-
ris, Texas, and is very enthusiastic
over his work.
G. B. Randolph, Jr., ’37, has ac-
cepted a position with the Humble
Oil and Refining Company and
gets his mail at 4334 Pease, Hous-
ton.
Louis A. Kaczmarek, 85, is a
second lieutenant in the Infantry
Reserve and is stationed at CCC.
Co. No. 3805, Camp SCS-7-T, Bart-
lett, Texas. “Kaz” would like to
hear from any of his old friends.
John O. Silvey, ’37, is still going
to school even though he did re-
ceive his degree in June from A.
& M. John is attending Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology and
gets his mail at Box 278, M. I. T.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Weldon F. Appelt, ’36, who was
formerly with Allis-Chalmers, Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin, has changed
jobs and is now with the Humble
Oil and Refining Company, Bay-
town, Texas. He gets his mail in
care of General Delivery, Baytown,
Texas. Appelt was recently a vis-
itor in the Association office.
R. Wofford Cain, ’13, is president
of Utilities Natural Gas Company,
803 Gulf States Building, Dallas,
Texas.
Robert B. Glasgow, 37, is work-
ing for the Agricultural Experi-
ment Station at College Station.
Glasgow took an active part in de-
bating at A. & M. last year.
IN MEMORIAM
S. G. BAILEY
S. G. Bailey, age 51, Sec-
retary of the A. & M. Board
of Directors and Assistant
to the President, died sud-
denly on Aug. 23 from a
heart attack while on a fish-
ing trip in northern Colorado.
Burial was at Bryan. He is
survived by his widow, and
one daughter, Mrs. J. E.
“Pete” Robertson, ’34, of El
Paso.
Mr. Bailey came to the
campus in 1914 and since
that time has been a fami-
liar figure in the life of the
college and well known to
many thousands of A. & M.
men. No announcement has
been made as to his succes-
sor.
Gilbert Allen Geist
Gilbert Allen Geist, Phila-
delphia artist and architect,
| died recently in that city. He
was connected with the de-
partment of architecture at
A. & M. from 1909 until
1934, and was one of the
best known figures on the
campus during the 25 years
of his service. For many
years he served as Art Di-
rector for the college LONG-
HORN.
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| WEDDINGS
Ullrich-Holt
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage on September 18 of Miss
Margaret Holt, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Lester Holt of Halletts-
ville, to Charles Elwyn Ullrich,
'34, also of Hallettsville. Mr. and
Mrs. Ullrich-elect, will make their
home in Bryan. Ullrich ‘is connect-
oad with the Agricultural Experi-
ment Station at College Station
and gets his mail at Box 63, Col-
lege Station. He is a former Ag-
gie football star.
Sudderth-Friend
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Judith
Friend, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank F. Friend of San Angelo,
‘to Earle Ward Sudderth, ’30, son
of Mrs. Margaret Sudderth of Lex-
ington, Oklahoma. The wedding
took place on September 12 at the
home of the bride’s parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Sudderth will make their
home in Midland, Texas, where
Sudderth is a civil engiineer.
Cotton-Cox
News comes to us of the recent
marriage of Miss Lucy C. Cox to
A. J. Cotton, ’13. Effective Sept.
13, Mr. Cotton was made county
agent emeritus of Lampasas Coun-
ty and he and Mrs. Cotton will
make their home at Lampasas,
Texas.
Buttrill-Hallman
Miss Mattie Lee Hallman,
daugghter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Hallman of Waco, was married to
H. C. Buttrill, ’36, of McAllister,
Oklahoma recently. Mr. and Mrs.
Buttrill are at home to their many
friends at McAllister, Oklahoma,
where Buttrill is connected with
Swift and Company.
Bellamy-Lamkin
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Maxine Lamkin,
of Huntsville, to W. D. Bellamy,
’34, district sanitary engineer for
the State Health Department. The
wedding wiill take place on Sep-
tember 21. Mr. and Mrs. Bellamy,
to be, will make their home in
Huntsville.
Thompson-Fain
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Mildred Fain,
daughter of Reverend and Mrs. L.
L. Fain of Beaumont, to R. Ralph
Thompson, ’33. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson are making their home
at 2346 Broadway, Beaumont.
Texas. Thompson is connected with
the A. & M. Extension Service as
an assistant in agricultural conser-
vation.
Bell-Swan
Miss Ruth Muriel Swan became
the bride of John Sparks Bell, ’29,
of Sulphur Springs, on August 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell are making their
home in Sulphur Springs, where
Bell is in the grocery business with
his father.
Sargent-Walker
Miss Jo-Nell Sargent, of Brack-
ettville, Texas, and A. H. Walker,
’36, were married on August 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker are at home
to their friends at Van Horn, Tex-
as, where Walker as county agri-
cultural agent.
Schmidt-Fisk
The belated news of the mar-
riage of Miss Margaret Fisk, of
San Angelo, to Carl Schmidt, ’30,
on May 28, has just reached the
AGGIE office. Mr. and Mrs.
Schmidt are at home on their
ranch located near Mason, Texas.
Lackey-Ross
The AGGIE has just received
the news of the marriage of Miss
Mary Nan Ross, of Pecos, to Dr.
Byron Lackey, ’30, dentist of Pecos.
The wedding was solemnized on
June 23. During his cadet" days,
Lackey was a prominent baseball
catcher at A. & M.
Moore-Kendall
Announcement has been made
of the engagement and approach-
ing marriage of Miss Sue Kendall,
daughter of W .B. Kendall, to Mil-
ton M. Moore, ’36, of Houston. The
wedding will take place early in
the fall.
Struwe-Witherspoon
The wedding of Miss Martha
Witherspoon, of Waxahachie, to C.
E. Struwe, ’35, formerly of Waxa-
hachie, was solemnized on Septem-
ber 9 at the home of the bride’s
parents. After a wedding trip to
Monterrey, and other interesting
places in Old Mexico, Mr. and Mrs.
Struwe are at home to their friends
at the Howell Apartments, Bryan,
Texas, where Struwe is private
secretary to Mr. W. S. Howell,
Jr.
Shull-Connor
Miss Virginia Conner, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Connor of
Daingerfield, became the bride of
Edwiin Mathews Shull, ’33, of Dal-
las, at the First Methodist Church
of Daingerfield recently. After a
short wedding trip to Galveston,
Mr. and Mrs. Shull are back in Dal-
las, where they will make their
home.
MecGrath-Holliday
The marriage of Miss Rowena
Holliday, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Steven Holliday, to John J.
McGrath, ’33, was solemnized at
the home of the bride’s parents on
August 22. After honeymooning in
Mexico City, Mr. and Mrs. Mec-
Grath are making their home in
"Liberty.
Kennedy-Speer
Miss Margaret Speer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Alden Hawkiins of
Dallas, became the bride of James
P. Kennedy Jr., ’37, of El Paso,
on August 27. The wedding took
place at the St. Albans Episcopal
Church in El Paso. After a honey-
moon in California, Mr. and Mrs.
Kennedy will make their home in
Fort Davis on their ranch. Ken-
nedy is following a tradition of his
family and has ordered a hand-
made, silverwrought riding saddle
for his bride, who also will give
a handsome saddle as a wedding
gift to her husband.
Kendrick-Booth
Announcements have been re-
ceived of the marriage of Miss
Rosemary Booth, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Booth of Amarillo, to
Meredith B. Kendrick, ’37. Mr. and
Mrs. Kendrick are residing at 3805
Madlin Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas.
Chovanec-Hajovsky
Miss Martha Hajovsky and Al-
bert L. Chovanec, ’28, were married
at St. Phillip’s Catholic Church
in El Campo recently. Mr. and Mrs.
Chovanec will make their home at
"Brownson, Texas, where both will
teach in the school.
Disch-Seaman
Miss Dorothy Ethel Seaman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
M. Seaman, of Houston, recently
became the bride of Oran Dorsett
Disch, ’27, of Franklin, Louiisiana,
with Dr. Peter Gray Sears offii-
ciating. The groom was attended
by F. L. Nickle, ’28, who served
as best man. After an extended
wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Disch
will make their home in Kilgore,
where Disch is with an oil comp-
any. Disch has recently returned
from South America where he has
been connected with the Standard
Oil Company of Venezuela.
News comes to us of the mar-
riage on July 8 of Percy R. Reid,
36, of Corpus Christi. Mr. and
Mrs. Reid are making their home
at S. Marlborough, Dallas. Percy
is a former Aggie football player
and a popular campus figure dur-
ing his cadet days.
Sodd-Zurawski
According to newspaper reports,
Bill Sodd, ’35, of Fort Worth, form-
er Aggie slugger who has hit so
well with Wilkes-Barre in the New
York-Penn. league that the Cleve-
land Indians are going to take
him, was married on September
11 to Miss Helen Zurawski, who is
an ardent Wilkes-Barre rooter. Mr.
and Mrs.. Sodd will make their
home in Texas.
Warren “Rip” Collins, ’18, still
rated as the greatest punter who
has ever performed on a South-
western gridiron, and formerly
Big League baseball pitcher, has
been appointed a member of the
Texas rangers. For the past four
years he has been deputy sheriff
at Austin.
“Rip’s” Big League career kept
him in the American League from
1920 to 1931 during which time
he served with New York, Boston,
Detroit, and St. Louis. He will
make his headquarters for the
present at Austin. Ranger service
is not new to him since he was a
member of the force several years
ago. He starred in football on the
Aggie elevens of 1915 and 1917.
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BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Camp-
bell, ’28, are rejoicing over the
been given the name of Amy. Mr.
and Mrs. Campbell make their
home at Mason, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Golasinski,
’26, are receiving congratulations
from their many A. & M. friends
over the birth of a little daught-
er, born on August 27. This is
his third child—the other two being
little boys. They make their home
at 826 W. Melwood Avenue, Hous-
brother of J. A. Golasinski, 34, and
A. A. Golasinski, "32.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. “Rabbi”
Guseman, ’32, are delighted over
Ann, born on August 17. They
make their home at 319 Pierce
Avenue, Houston, Texas. Guseman
is connected with
Company, 1315 Palmer Street,
THouston.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Speed,
34, are the proud parents of a
little daughter born on August 22.
Speed is with the Standard Oil of
Texas as a draftsman and his ad-
dress is 210 South L, Midland,
Texas.
of a son, William Michael “Mick-
ey” Kleber, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
M. “Dutch” Kleber, Jr., ’30. Mr.
and Mrs. Kleber are living at 507
South Willomet, Dallas. Young
at A. & M. with the class of 1959.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Norton,
’26, announce the arrival of a lit-
tle daughter, Priscilla Cotelle, born
recently in Houston. Mr. and Mrs.
Phil is assistant college architect
for the A. & M. College. Mrs. Nor-
ton is the former Miss Priscilla
Sims, of Bryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Noel E. Ryall, ’28,
their home, born on July 24. They
have named her Ramona Downs.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryall are living at
Los Fresnos, Texas, where Noel
is manager of the Bayview Or-
chard Service.
Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Zubl, ’35, are
delighted over the arrival of a fine
son, John Andrew, on August 13.
Zubl is with the Bureau of Animal
Industry and he and his family
are located at Edna, Texas and
gets his mail in care of general de-
livery.
"81, are rejoicing over the birth of
an eight pound son, David Jr., born
on August 27. Mr. and Mrs. Brat-
ton are living at 6404 Westchester,
Houston, Texas. :
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. “Fritz”
Mogford, ’18, are celebrating the
ghter who was born on August
31. She has been named Fritzie.
Mr. and Mrs. Mogford live on a
ranch at Streeter, Texas.
Stanley W. Mims, ’25, for the
last four years resident engineer
for the State Highway Depart-
ment at Crockett, recently resign-
ed to be manager of the Chamber
of Commerce at Crockett. Mims is
a past president of the Crockett
Lions Club and has taken an ac-
tive part in the civie affairs of
that city.
Marvin H, Mimms, ’28, will
teach and serve as assistant coach
at the Grapeland High School,
Grapeland, Texas. He was former-
ly head coach at Conroe.
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Field Scovell, "28, former Aggie
football player, and his mother,
Mrs. M. G. Scovell, have moved
to Bryan from Dallas. Scovell re-
Presents the C. & 8S. Sporting
Goods Company of Austin and will
make Bryan his headquarters. He
has been with this firm for the
past three years,
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C. T. Norman, ‘37, is sanitary
engineer for the city of Dallas
Water Department. He says that
the City Water Department’s soft
ball team is composed entirely of
former students of A. & M., plus
a few exes from other Texas
schools. Norman gets his mail at
607 South Winnetka, Dallas.
birth of a little daughter. She has
ton, Texas. Golasinski is the older
the birth of a little daughter, Mary °
JLane-Wells
News comes to us of the birth
Kleber is planning on registering
Norton make their home in Bryan.
are entertaining a little girl at =
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Bratton,
arrival of their fourth little dau-