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“ig, Sa Ro EN MR. W. A. BROWN, R.P.D. 7, BOX 61, DALLAS, TEXAS. a As If this paper is not RETURN called for return POSTAGE postage is guaranteed GUARANTEED by publisher. Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued mont hly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. VOL. X COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 15, 1937 NO. 86 Veterans of Quarter Century Service To A. &M. Honored By Ex-Students at Huge Banquet Forty-one veterans, who have each served the A. & M. College for a quarter of a century or more, were honored by the Association of Former Students last Saturday night at the annual A. & M. Col- lege Staff “Family Dinner” in Sbisa Hall. Over 800 were present at the big occasion. Marion S. Church, ’05, Dallas, delivered the principal address of the evening following his intro- duction by Toastmaster F. D. Per- kins, ’97, president of the Associa- tion of Former Students. In his inimitable way, the “Parson” paid high tribute to the honor guests “and to the fine work they have done, not only for the A. & M. Col- lege but for the citizenship of the Southwest. In a beautiful way he expressed the devotion and the ap- preciation felt by the former stu- dents of A. & M. for these men. Following the musical program, arranged by Mrs. Parker D. Han- na, and featuring “The songs they sang,” President T. O. Walton op- ened the program by extending greetings to those present, and at the conclusion of his remarks in- troduced Toastmaster Perkins. Mr. Perkins expressed the pleasure of the former students of A. & M. in honoring the men whose in-| fluence, leadership, and teaching have played so large a part in their lives. At the completion of Mr. | on 5% 3 hme ness, the T lowing ci- ‘tation was presented to each of the banquet’s honorees. “Like other institutions, the ' Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas is ‘the leng- thening shadow’ of the men and women who have given it devoted and able service. Those who have served the College for a quarter of a century or more have been the most im portant forces in directing its development, and shaping its character. We therefore, as Former Students of this great institution they have built, do hereby express to Charles Puryear our gratitude and appreciation for this 48 years of loyal, fruit- ful labor for our College and for us, and our sincere wish that he may enjoy years of continued happiness and help- fulness to mankind.” December 18, 1937 College Station, Texas Dr. Charles Puryear, dean emer- itus of the College, who has been in the services of the institution for 48 years, headed the list of honor guests, which also included: Frederick E. Giesecke, academic and engineering experiment sta- tion, 36 years; Edwin Jackson Kyle, academic, 35 years; Alva Mitchell, academic, 35; Oscar Melville Ball, academic, 34; George S. Fraps, ag- ricultural experiment station, 34; S. E. Asbury, agricultural experi- ment station, 33; John B. Bagley, academic, 32; Ross Perry Marstel- ler, academic, 32; Charles Boyle Campbell, academic, 30; John Weems Mitchell, academic, 30; G. W. Orms, agricultural extension service, 30; J. H. Rogers, agricul- tural experiment station 30; C. O. Watkins, administrative, 30; George Banzhaf, agricultural ex- tension service, 29; Roland Colum- bus (colored), auxiliary, 29; Thomas Otto Walton, academic, - 29; Frank C. Bolton, academic, 28; With the exception of the Board of Directors of the Association and of the College it was impossible to extend any invitations to Ex-Stu- dents or other friends of the Col- lege for the dinner honoring faculty and college veterans of a quarter- century service. Each A. & M. Club was asked to send an official del- egate representing the club. The Shisa Hall banquet room was over- flowed by the 800 members of the College staff and their ladies. David Cluie Jones, academic, 28; Ralph K. Chatham, administrative, 28; John H. Erickson, agricultural extension service, 28; Fred W. Mally, academic and agricultural extension service, 28; James Sulli- van, agricultural experiment sta- tion and administrative, 28; Monroe Washington (colored), auxiliary, 28; Thos. B. Wood, agricultural ex- tension service, 28; T. F. Carson, administrative, 27; David Brooks Cofer, academic, 27; Elbert Gentry, | agricultural extension service, 27; Walter W. Wipprecht, administra- tive, 27; Arthur B. Conner, agri- cultural experiment station, 26; Ralph Clark Dunn, academic, 26; Percy Glydon Gunter, academic, 26; G. T. McNess, agricultural ex- periment station, 26; H. H. Wil- liamson, agricultural extension ser- vice, 26; George Ayres, adminis- trative, 26; A. J. Cotton, agricul- tural extension service, 26; Wal- ter Downard, academic, 25; John R. Edmonds, agricultural extension service, 25; Charles Cleveland Hed- ges, academic, 25; John Jefferson Richey, academic, 25; J. Lynn Thomas, agricultural extension service, 25; and Mrs. Edna W. Trigg, agricultural extension ser- vice, 25. HE WATCHED A&M. GROW If any one man has been inti- mately connected with the life and growth of the A. & M. College during the greater part of its his- tory, that man is Walter Wippre- cht, ’85, shown above as he was snapped last summer. He entered the college as a freshman in 1881 and was awarded the first actual college degree given at the Col- lege. After his graduation in 1885 he taught two years at A. & M,, then took graduate work in Chem- istry in Europe and returned to do chemical work of the Agricul- tural Experiment Station. After two years in that service he re- signed to pursue chemical work and later to engage in business in Bryan. In 1914 Mr. Wipprecht returned to the College as Business Man- ager, and served in the general fiscal office of the College until he reached the age of retirement this fall. During all these years he has been an active member of the old Alumni Association and the present Ex-Student’s Associa- tion. He served the Alumni Asso- ciation as President in 1890-91. Three sons, Read, Carl and Walter J., graduated from A. & M. in 1917, 1918, and 1923. Not a single man is left at A. & M. who was connected with the College when Mr. Wipprecht en- tered as a student. He has watch- ed the sometimes slow, sometimes rapid growth of the institution. Today, over 70 years of age, he is hale and hearty. And if you want first-hand information about A. & M. in the “Old Days” his fine memory and his close association with the institution, can supply that information. DALLAS AGGIES PICK BELL; HOLD ATHLETIC RALLY Tyree L. Bell, '13, was recently elected president of the Dallas A. & M. Club succeeding R. T. “Bob” Shiels, ’10. Other officers elected included: G. M. Hatch, ’35, first vice president; R. O. Cox, "25, sec- ond vice president; and Roger “Speedy” Simpson, ’23, secretary- All were named unani- treasurer. mously. The new board of directors of the club consists of: R. T. Shiels, ’10, chairman; A. P. Rollins, 06; William Morriss, ’02; J. B. Winder; and ‘A. J. ‘Rife, 09. The biggest weekly meeting held by the Dallas A. & M. Club at its regular Friday noon occasion at the Adolphus Hotel, was enjoyed recently in the form of an athletic rally during the annual Southwest Conference meeting, with Athletic Council Chairman E. J. Kyle, Coaches Norton, James, Rollins, and others present. Well over 100 members were on hand for the rally. The Dallas A. & M. Club, as it has been doing for over 25 years, meets regularly each Friday noon at the Adolphus Hotel. Finn Architect New Dormitories Alfred Finn, Houston, was nam- ed as architect for the two million dollar dormitory construction pro- gram at Texas A. & M., which is expected to get under actual con- poration. R. J. Cummings, alo of Hous- ton, was named as consulting en- gineer for the dormitory work. These appointments were made by the board of directors of the College in cooperation and consul- tation with the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation officials. [VAN LANGFORD NEW PRESIDENT BRYAN C. OF C. Ivan Langford, '17, Bryan bank- er, was elected last week president of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, Colonel Ike Ashburn was named first vice president of that organization, and Wilmer R. McCullough, 25, second vice pres- ident. Colonel Ashburn is executive assistant to the president of the A. & M. College and Mr. McCul- lough is one of Bryan’s most active yung business men and stockmen. The Bryan and Brazos Chamber of Commerce represents both the city of Bryan and county of Brazos and the A. & M. College commu- nity. It is one of the most active civic organizations in the state. President Langford is cashier of the First National Bank of Bryan. He has been in that insti- tution for several years and was in the produce business in Bryan prior to his banking connection. Animal Production Men Elect Williams D. W. Williiams, head of the Ani- mal Husbandry Department at Texas A. & M. since 1923, was elected president of the American Society of Animal Production at that organization’s recent annual meeting in Chicago. The election ‘was unanimous. This association draws its mem- bership from college professors of animal husbandry, extension and agricultural experiment station animal husbandry workers, and the Federal Bureau of Animal Indus- try workers. It is the leading or- ganization of the United States concerned with general animal prog duction. So. Calif. Club Honors Heroes Frisco Battle On Sunday, December 5, fol- lowing the team’s terrific trounc- ing of the San ‘Francisco Dons, members of the Southern Califor- nia A. & M. Club and their ladies— *| met at the spacious Cafe de Paree in Los Angeles to dine, dance, and pay homage to our coaches and football stars. Prexy Dillon Stevens, ’13, pre- sided and introduced Coach Homer Norton who dropped years off the assembled shoulders with his ac- counts of the valiant work of A. & M.s gridiron warriors. After this speech, which fanned into flame every spark of deter- mination in this club to get our boys a chance to slay the mighty Trojan of U. S. C. or the snooty Bruin at U. C. L. A. Coach Nor- ton answered endless questions be- fore introducing Coaches Bill Jam- es, Dough Rollins, ’17, H. R. Mec- Quillan, Lil Dimmitt, Manning Smith, and sports writer Jinx Tuck- er. Then the wives and sweethearts present reached for their compacts as the Coach called on the heroes of the occasion—All-American Joe Routt, Virgil Jones and Dick Todd to rise and say something about themselves. Goodbye to Texas was sung with gusto—even the ones who could not remember the words snorted through their noses until the raf- ters rang. Thanks to Bob Brummett, ’27, the All- American Aggieland Drum- | Bob White, Jim Bradford, 24, Fred v | mer, along about ozs, the sophis Rosenberg, ’14, and the like to cut the Big Apple as well as babes like T. L. “Bud” Stromberger, ’25, or Lee Huebel, '34. What this club lacks in numbers it certainly makes up in enthu- siasm. Take the case of Walter L. Bostick, ’29, so help me, that Swede was seriously ill with double meas- les or galloping flu, but with true Aggie Spirit he rose from a near death bed and before 12 o’clock he was doing the Subby Q with such abandon you’d a thought he was at an Elks Convention. In addition to most of the regu- lars, this little social was enjoyed by newcomers Engineer George Lesikar, 28, Musician Bob Brum- mett, Professor Tom Conway, ’20, Oilman Jack Oliver, Lawyer Fred Kraft, ’22, and Realtor Webb Touchstone, ’21, who barged in wearing so many A. & M. arm- bands and T medals he leaned over like the famous Tower of Pisa. After all this excitement we’ll be doing business at the same old stand, the Clark Hotel, on the sec- ond Wednesday night in 1938 when Choc Kelley, ’10, will spring a sur- prise guest you can’t afford to miss. Hunter L. Smith, ’30, is in the Plant Department of the Dallas Power and Light Company. Smith works in the laboratory doing test work, and finds his experiences very interesting. After leaving school in 1930, Smith went with the Virginia Electric and Power Company in Richmond, Virginia. He has been with the Dallas Power and Light Company since 1933. Smith states that he worked with 0. W. Schuecany, ’34, who is lab- oratory foreman of his company. A HAPPY XMAS and a Healthful — Prosperous 1938 Is The Sincere Wish of the TEXAS AGGIE For Each Of Its Readers and for All A. & M. Men And Their Families Waco Aggies Eat Crippen Venison The regular monthly meeting of the Waco A. & M. Club was held at the Elite Cafe in that city on Thursday evening with a good at- tendance. Feature of the occasion was a venison dinner invited through the hunting prowess of Walter Crippen, ’21. Principal speaker was Mr. Jinx (Tucker. sports editor of the Wacd News Tribune. President Ben F. “Rev- eille” Brown, ’23, presided. Final plans were announced for the Christmas Holiday A. & M. Dance. which will be satged as a joint party by present day A. & M. stu- dents and the Waco A. & M. Club of ex-students. ~ The many friends of Lieutenant Wm. L. “Jerry” Lee, 27, were re- lieved when the news came from the Philippines that he had been found alive, after being missing for several days when he and two other high officials of the Philip- pine Army ran into a typhoon, while returning from the scene of a Mogo rebellion in the Southern Archipelago. Lieutenant Lee, of the U. 8S. Army Air Corps, has been loaned to the Philippine Army and is serving as chief of that army air corps. He has been in the Philip- pines for several years with head- quarters at Manila. Norton to Speak At A. & M. Meetings In So. Texas & Valley The first series of A. & M. meet- ings planned for the New Year have been announced at Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio, featuring Aggie Ath- letic Director Homer Norton. He will be at Corpus Christi for, a big meeting on the night of Jan- uary 10. On the night of January 12, he will be the honor guest and chief speaker at a big meeting of the Rio Grande Valley Club, definite location to be announced later. On January 13, he will be the guest of the San Antonio A. & M. Club at either a luncheon or a night meeting with final details the three meetings, Mr. Norton will show pictures of the Aggie football team in action in several of its games last fall. Accompany- ing him on the trip will be Line Coach Bill James and Association Secretary E. E. McQuillen. Lawrence E. Cron, ’37, gets his mail at Box 11, College Park, Mary- land. Homer E. “Tommy” Thompson, ’381, is assistant county agent of Lubbock County and gets his mail at 1400, Lubbock, Texas. Homer says that he likes his work fine and enjoys getting the TEXAS AGGIE. yet to be announced. At each of Houston Aggies Turn Out To Honor Varsity-Fish Gridmen And Coaches At Stag Smoker Nearly 500 A. & M. men gather- ed at the Dokey Hall in Houston on the night of December 13 to honor Aggie varsity and freshman football squads and their coaches. The party proved to be the largest held in Houston in several years. The general Arrangements’ Com- mittee of the Houston Club con- sisted of: President G. A. “Cop” Forsyth, 17; Vice President Vie- tor A. Barraco, ’15; Jack L. Pink, 27; Sam Camp, '27; M. E. “Dime” Dealy, ’25, and others. Featuring the very important kitchen details were: Chief Chef Pink and his able assistants, W. W. McClendon, ’10, and George G. Smith, ’30. The big crowd heard Aggie Ath- letic Director and Head Coach Homer Norton declare, “Next year’s conference football race will be equally as tough as the one that just closed. We believe our Aggies will again be right up there fighting for the top. I don’t say we will win but I repeat that we are on the right track at Aggie- land and that we are going to con- tinue improving.” Short talks were also made by other members of the A. & M. coaching staff; by Harry Viner, one of the leading officials in the Southwest Conference; “Cop” For- : (syth; All-American Joe Routt; Dick i odd, and others. i games nd a Noor show were oth- er program features. Swelling the attendance at the party were delegations from Beau- mont, Rosenberg, Richmond, Bren- ham, and other South Texas cities. Walton Chairman College Group’s Exec. Committee President T. O. Walton, of Tex- as A. & M. was named chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, which met in Washington late in November. Dr. Walton served the association as president in 1933. Also members of his Executive Committee are two former students of A. & M.: Dr. Chas. E. Friley, '19, president of Iowa State College, and Dr. R. G. Bressler, ’15, president of Rhode Island State College. As representative of most of the large state institutions of high- er education in the United States, this Executive Committee carries large responsibilities in the de- termination of national agricul- tural policies. HOUSTON ROTARY CLUB OBSERVES TEX. A. & M. DAY A. & M. Day was observed at the Houston Rotary Club at one of that organization’s meetings in early December. The program was in charge of W. Ernest Japhet, 04, and Danny Clinton, ’21, both of whom are officers of the Houston Rotary Club. The program consisted of an ad- dress by Dean T. D. Brooks of A. & M.; an address by cadet Lieuten- ant Colonel Colson, who told about student life at A. & M.; and a talk by little Miss Constance Tambo- rello, Harris County 4-H Club girls, who told of her accomplishments in her 4-H Club work. The program was so enthusias- tically received by the big Houston Rotary Club, that requests have been received from other Rotary Clubs over the state for a similar program. wr
