The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, September 15, 1937, Image 2
DR ic, Abad 3 » oe Cir do 3} of “Fadi 8 Ras Ja Tana NEL AS i SRL ELE Lb io CH oh oN rile EN LF Tm hE wa le fe de Ty NE Shp hl al SEER RA 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 0. A. >Seward, Jr., '0%.....0 eine. Groesbeck J. V. Butler, ’12 Huntsville Graham G. Hall, ‘13 Houston TT. eM. 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McQuillen, "20............ College Station 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. ; J 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. er 14 at Ferndale Lake Club, six | 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. x Cords Baht on Eg Tr a Lad ee A ay a § kN a Ne hl vat os ral are, BEL AER AER BE LI x Si LL a et JT a 5 Lier NA 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. ———— 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, ei SE SS 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-