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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 15, 1938
NO. 87
NOR ROUTT AT
BANQUET-DANCE
ey did what his foes failed
o, those home-folks of Bren-
, Chapel Hill and Washington
pty who turned out 400 strong
by tribute to the Aggies’ All-
rican Joe Routt at the Fire-
¥a’s Pavilion in Brenham last
nturday night. They iad Joe on
fae ropes, hanging on desperately
¥F.o maintain sufficient control to
Ystand before the “Mike” and res-
pond when his time came.
And well might young Joe Routt
shed tears as the honoree of the
greatest tribute any group of
“Home Folks” ever paid to a
youngster still in school. They
like Joe in Washington County,
they like his family, they like what
he stands for, and they turned out
in mighty style to pay stirring
tribute to one of their boys.
The Brenham Lions Club spon-
sored the dinner, followed by a
lanes. Most of those present were
ome folk, but there were also
thany from Houston, College, Bry-
an, /Austin and other cities. Those
P./ Byenkam Lions staged a great par-
ty.
“Dutch”
5 Toastmaster, and introduced a host
A of notables, including John Woods,
Highway Commissioner, a repre-
sentative of the Governor, many
sports writers and others. Prin-
cipal addresses were delivered by
Homer Norton of A. & M. and Dana
y Bible of Texas University.
! Climax of the evening came with
“wy the presentation to Routt of a shot-
\gun from the citizenship of Wash-
ington County as an expression of
love and affection and as a tribute
Hohn, ‘13, served as
to ‘his An A erican ‘reco togrition |
0 whs mice
yor of At.
arks of appreciation
high ‘tribute to Homer
orton and Bill James, Aggie
Yes. coaches present and to other mem-
bers of the Aggie team. At the
conclusion of his remarks he was
- made an Honorary member of the
Brenham Lions Club.
Following the barbecue banquet
and program, Routt and his lady
led the Grand March at the dance.
A. M. Early, ’34, has recently
been transferred from New York
City to the Houston office of Ar-
thur Anderson & Company, CPA’s.
His address is 1220 Bartlett Street,
Houston.
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Von Rosenberg
Dr. H. O. Von Rosenberg, ’20,
is an occasional campus visitor. He
makes his headquarters at Hal-
lettsville, Texas, but is on the
road most of the time as repre-
sentative of the pharmaceutical
firm of Park Davis and Co. His
territory covers a large part of
the mid-west and all of the South-
west. He has been with the above
firm for many years, going with
them shortly after.graduating in
Veterinary Medicine. “Von” comes
from a well known A. & M. family,
the Von Rosenbergs rivalling the
Rollins family in number of A. &
M. men.
SAN TONE CLUB
HEARS NORTON
SEES FOOTBALL
A couple of hundred A. & M.
smoker
men were present at a
staged by the San Antonio A. &
M. Club last Thursday evening
with Homer Norton and Bill Jam-
es, Aggie football coaches, and
moving pictures of last fall’s foot-
ball games as the feature attrac-
ions. The party was held at the
Plaza Hotel. The evening was start-
ed with a lively Yell Meeting, led
by Fred Silvey, *37.
President C. J. Stromberger, "24,
of the San Antonio Club, welcomed
the gathering and then turned the
program over to C. C. “Polly”
Krueger, ’12, who served as Mas-
ter-of-Ceremonies. Visitors from
near-by cities were introduced as
were various sports-writers present
as guests of the Club. Association
Secretary E. E. McQuillen, "20, and
Line Coach Bill James made short
talks. uid
Aggie Athletic Director ‘Homer
‘Norton made the principal address | ||
of the occasion and then turned
on the movie camera to bring to
the group last fall’s Thanksgiving
Day football game. Following that
showing, the final half of the San
Francisco game was shown and
the first half of the Aggie-Arkan-
sas game.
At the conclusion of the pro-
gram refreshments were served
and the big group mingled for an
hour’s social “Bull-Pen.”
Ross B. Jenkins,
made county agent
County. He formerly served in the
same capacity in Callahan County.
His headquarters will be Johnson
23, has been
| City, Texas.
Christi High
When
School signed Harry Stiteler, 31,
.to a three year contract as head
/football coach, the up-and-coming
/ coastal city annexed a coach with
Corpus
the finest record in the United
States. For the past six years Sti-
teler’s teams have won 55 games,
lost four and tied six. That's a
championship record in any league.
In compiling the record Stiteler
coached at Bellville and at Smith-
ville, at the latter place filling the
athletic job and also serving as
principal of the high school.
A bare recital of the facts in
the career of Harry Stiteler, as a
HARRY STITELERS RECORD EARNS
CORPUS CHRISTI COACHING JOB
student at A. & M. and as a
coach since his graduation, does
not tell this man’s story. He has
an inner fire that is largely re-
sponsible for his success; a fire
so hot that it will carry him to the
top if he can stand the heat. :
His classmates at A. & M. call-
ed him “Bull” Stiteler, in honor of
the 120 pounds he carried into
football, track and other athletic
battles. He held the Southwest
Conference record in the pole vault
for several years. He won his let-
ter in football, without doubt the
smallest conference football Ilet-
terman in modern years. Sports
writers dubbed him “Light Horse
Harry”.
Some of the wrinkles in the face
of Frank Anderson, track coach
at A. & M. in those Stiteler days,
came from his constant, but not
successful efforts to keep his
star pole-vaulter from risking life
and limb in tough intramural foot-
ball battles. But there were brains
behind the Stiteler fire. He out-
witted Anderson, and he was a
“Distinguished” student his last
three years at A. & M.
Stiteler goes to Corpus Christi
for his first coaching venture in
Class A high school football. He
goes to Corpus on a three year
contract. Look out for his team in
high school circles during the next
three years. That record of 55 viec-
tories against 4 losses means that
“Light-Horse” Harry has a big
“Something” in the football coach-
ing line.
of Blanco.
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| Houston, Texas.
Georgia Nooncs Joel Hunt
Head Football Coach And
“Sth” Sthes May Join Hun
Joel Hunt and “Siki” Sikes were caught in the above
picture following last spring’s
Sike’s team trounced the Texas University Longhorns for the
Conference Championship. Hunt has already been named as
head football coach at Georgia University and local wise-
acres believe that Sikes will join him.
Joel Hunt, '28, one of the great- |
est backfield stars in the football |
history of ‘Texas A. & M., and for
the past five years backfield coach
at Louisiana State University, has
been named head football coach
at the University of Georgia.
Strong rumors from the A. & M.
campus indicate that his first as-
sistant and line coach will be his
JOHN BRASELTON
INVENTS GAME
If the country goes crazy about
a new game, Mini-Minton by name,
blame can be laid to John W. Bras-
elton, ’26, shown above as he pre-
pares to start a game. Mini-Min-
ton is.patterned after the general
idea of Badminton with a little!
Ping-Pong thrown in. It is an ex-
cellent indoor game and has met
with an enthusiastic reception
where it has been introduced.
Johnny Braselton, known on the
campus as “Honest John,” grad-
vated in Liberal Arts in 1926. He
was a letterman in both football
and baseball, and president of the
Y. M. C. A. cabinet. He has been
in Y. M. C. A. work most of the
years since leaving A. & M., at the
present time being athletic direc-
tor of ‘the: ¥. M. C. A: ‘aty'Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
Braselton is president of the
Mini-Minton Company, 205 South
Cheyenne, Tulsa. Sets of the new
Mini-Minton Game sell for $2 each.
The game is receiving a warm res-
ponse wherever it has been intro-
duced and can be played safely
indoors.
A recent campus visitor was
John L. Alber, ’31, who is enjoying
a six weeks’ vacation following a
three-year period of service in
Peru, South America, where he is
with the Humble Oil and Refining
Company. He reports that his work
in Peru has been very interesting
and plans to return there after his
vacation, which will be spent in
Houston, his home town. He sends
regards through the AGGIE to all
his old A. & M. friends and for the
next few weeks can be reached in
Houston at Route 6, Box 1019,
conference performers. Hunt also
+ made a letter in baseball, while
Sikes lettered also in basketball
[oN
“a recipe for pecan fudge.
final baseball game in which
old teammate at A. & M, J. V.
“Siki” Sikes, '28, at present varsity
baseball coach and assistant foot-
ball coach at A. & M.
Hunt at quarterback and Sikes
at end compiled a brilliant football
record at A. & M. They were mem-
bers of the immortal 1927 cham-
pionship eleven and both were all-
and baseball.
pr & M
b
They roomed together
Ly
past five years, Hunt
ckfield coach at L. S. U.
pg A. & M., he played
New York Club
Although Christmas vacations
cut down attendance of the New
lar meeting on the 17th of that
Hugh McDaniel,
28, the following were present for
Club Secretary
the dinner and participated in the
bull-session which followed: J. R.
Jarrett, '30; Wm. W. Orrison, ’34;
W. M. Curtis; Herbert E. Kellner,
9%:~ RH. Kent, 220; T.\D." Owens,
238; ‘H.. A. Bddins,~’31: and’ H.-H.
MeDaniel, ’28.
AGGIE COAGHES
GUESTS VALLEY
CLUB"S BANQUET
Rio
iremendous
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It’s harvest time in the
Grande Valley with a
crop of citrus adorning that sec-
tion’s beautiful orchards, but sev-
anty-five A. & M. men and theix
ladies took “Time out” to attend
The Rio Grande Valley Club’s ban-
quet last Thursday evening at the
Cortez Hotel in Weslaco. Guests
included several Valley high school
coaches, Coaches Norton and Jam-
es from A. & M. and Secretary E.
E. McQuillen. :
Noel Ryall, ’28, President of the
Club, served as master of cere-
monies. After an introduction of
guests short talks were made by
Coaches Norton and James and by
Secretary McQuillen. Motion p=
tures of the Thanksgiving game
were shown, followed by pictures
of other conference games last
fall.
1 | baseball Etor several
‘oacnea at Marshall
Juni¥: hii By He served at A. &
M. asjassistant coach under Matty
Bell © one year before going to
1. SAU.
§ ‘es likewise took a fling at
pibfessional baseball before going
i1to the coaching profession. He
c@ched at Blinn Memorial College
Brenham and at East Texas
al
Sate Teachers College before
ciming to A. & M. three years
ago.
Both Hunt and Sikes are mar-
ried—Mr. and Mrs. Hunt having
one daughter.
Definite information as to wheth-
er or not Sikes will go to Georgia
has not been received and Sikes
himself is non-committal in regard
to the matter. Local rumors, how-
ever, state that the job has been
offered to Sikes at a higher salary
than he now receives. These facts
and the close friendship between
Sikes and Hunt indicate that the
A. & M. Athletic Department will
lose one of its outstanding coach-
es.
The University of Georgia is lo-
cated at Athens, Georgia and is a
member of the Southeastern Con-
ference.
FLASH: Rumor true—Sikes
accepts Georgia contract.
If You Have Any
Pecan Weakness
Beware O. S. Gray
If you want to stay out of the
pecan business, take care not to
be exposed to the 1938 catalog of
the O. S. Gray, '17, Pecan Nur-
sery, at Arlington, Texas. As one
of the leading pecan specialists
and nurserymen of the Southwest,
Oscar Gray has prepared an ex-
ceedingly attractive catalog with
interesting information regarding
the growth of pecans. He
transmitted to the catalog his own
enthusiasm for pecan culture. Any-
one wishing to enter the pecan
business will find competent as-
sistance from Gray, beginning with
the testing of soils to determine
their fitness for pecan growth, and
continuing through the purchase
of first class pecan land, planning
the orchard, setting out trees, and
handling any other details that
might arrive. The only thing he
failedl to cover in the catalog was
has
cludes all A. & M. men in the Val-~
ley, and although the group is
widely scattered up and down that
area, the Club has held its or-
ganization for many years.
Breckenridge Folk
Honor the Ballards
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Ballard,
who for the past several years
have made their home at Brecken-
ridge, where Luke has been county
agent, were given a big farewell
party in that city recently. Luke
has been transferred to Snyder
where he will continue to serve as
county agent. His place at Breck-
enridge has been taken by W. R
Lace, 24.
The Ballard farewell party was
in the form of a ranch party. E. R
Maxwell, ’16, served as toastmast-
er. Mr. Ballard’s work was highly
praised by various speakers and
the party proved an inspiring tri-
bute to the friends made by the
Ballards during their stay at
Breckenridge and Stephens County.
A. & M. Represented
At N. O. Sugar Bowl
Texas A. & M. was well repre-
sented at the New Orleans Sugar
Bowl New Year’s Eve Ball by Miss
Barbara Gilmore. Miss Gilmore.
together with representatives of
other institutions, was maid to the
queen of the Sugar Bowl festivi-
ties.
Arrangements for Miss Gilmore
to represent Texas A. & M. were
made by New Orleans A. & M.
men under the leadership of Hor-
ace A. “Tom” Sawyer, ’16. Her es-
cort was William Coulter, ’36, who
is attending the L. S. U. Medical
School in New Orleans.
Myron F. Ward, ’16, is super-
visor of 27 South Texas Counties
for the Emergency Crops and Feed
Loan Office of the National Farm
Credit Administration. His head-
quarters are in San Antonio but
covering this large territory in
that area keeps him on the road
a large part of the time. He gets
his mail at 1123 Rigsby Avenue,
San Antonio. Although his work
prevents him from attending A.
& M. meetings regularly, Ward can
usually be found present whenever
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(CORPUS PARTY
HEARS BABGOCK
~~ NORTON - JAMES
The Corpus Christi Club, cele-
brating “Ladies Night” and with
President C. L.
Homer Nor-
Association Vice
Babcock, Beaumont,
ton, Bill James and Secretary E.
E. McQuillen as honor guests, en-
tertained with a banquet at the Pla- i
za Hotel on the night of January
10. Two hundred A. & M. men,
their ladies and guests were pres-
ent for the occasion. The crowd in-
cluded many guests who came from
neighboring cities. Also among the
honor guests were Bruce Layer,
Sports Editor, Houston Post, and
Clark Nealon, ’31, Post Sports
writer.
A. E. “Red” Hinman, ’25, Pres-
ident, opened the evening program
by introducing as Toast-master Dr.
King Gill, 24. Talks were made by
Mr. Babcock, Coaches Norton and
James, and Bruce Layer. Among
others introduced were Dick Carey,
11, Beaumont, O. D. Deputy, ’17,
Brownsville, L. C. Doney, ’17, Hous-
ton, Raymond Berry, Corpus
Christi High Coach, and E. E. Mec-
Quillen.
After the speaking part of the
program -was over the crowd saw
movies of last fall's football gam-
es, shown and explained by Homer
Norton.
The Corpus Christi Club is meet-
ing regularly each month and in-
vites all A. & M. men in that sec-
tion of the State to attend its
meetings and parties.
Sherrill Agency i
Enjoys Big Year B
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Agency, of coor eto, wound 1 na
1937 with a fine record of hand- 3
ling property sales of over a half
a million dollars. The agency oper-
ates as an exchange for buyers
and sellers of Texas lands and in-
dustrials and is also in the insur-
ance and loan business. Mr. Sher-
rill is a past president of the Asso-
ciation of Former Students.
MAGNOLIA™S NEW
REFINERY GHIEF
John W. Newton, 12, has been
elevated to the position of man-
ager of refineries for the Mag-
nolia Petroleum Company. His pro-
motion followed the recent death
of Mr. E. E. Swope of Beaumont.
Newton has been assistant manag-
er. He will continue to make his
headquarters at Beaumont where
the Magnolia Company has its
largest refinery.
Mr. Newton went with the Mag-
nolia Company in 1914, after teach-
ing for two years at A. & M. fol-
lowing his graduation in chemical
engineering. He has made steady
progress with the company ad-
vancing to chief chemist, assistant
refinery superintendent at Beau-
mont, and assistant manager of
refineries for the entire company
in 19386. He is an active member
of the Association of Former Stu-
dents and of the Beaumont A. &
M. Club. He was born and reared
he has an opportunity.
in Bryan, Texas.
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