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ship of the 1898 and other classes “of that period. It’s a new idea in ss “fa sper THE TEXAS AGGIE E. E. 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. FotD. "Perkins, '97........cccoceeemnrennaeee- President CGC. L.y Babcock, ’18............... Vice President E. E. McQuillen, ’20... Executive Secretary B. Locke, 8... Assistant Secretary "Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas Directors HK. Deason, ’16...................... Port Arthur Charles L. Babcock rR Beaumont AG Pall,” 27 ...cceae een nen ‘vier F. D. Perkins, ’97.... McKinney JB. = Crockett, 209...............ccomnrrrrirmrnen- Dallas 0. 5A. Seward, Jz., ’07................... Groesbeck J. V. Butler, ’12 Huntsville Graham G.. Hall, ’13.................... Houston TM. Smith, Sr., ’0l.......... East Columbia Charley® K.» Leighton. '32.................... Austin PL. Downs, Jr., ’06..............0..cccrne Temple J. C. Dykes, ’21 Fort Worth CoH. McDowell, ?12.............ccc.ocvuemn Towa Park A. E. Hinman 25................Corpus Christi SHB Par’ Zachry, 22...............-.... Laredo R. S. Reading, ’10 El Paso G. Dudley Everett, ’15................ Stephenville G. C. McSwain, °’20 Amarillo BV." Spence, ’1l............ ...Big Spring E.=E. Aldridge, ’l6.............. ..San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16........... San Angelo ER." Rudaly,: ’10................ College Station COA. 3Thanheiser, ’01....................... Houston A. P. Rollins, '06 Dallas BAL SBIrk, 13. ieee Wichita Falls EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE F. D. Perkins, ’97 McKinney C..L. Babcock,» '18...........cuieeecers Beaumont C. A. Thanseiser, 01 Houston BSR. Eudaly, '’10.............. College Station Oscar A. Seward, Jr., '07....... ..Groesbeck STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES F. D. Perkins, "97 McKinney A Par Mitchell,: 209........................ Corsicana E. E. McQuillen, ’20.......... College Station REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL Dallas 18; Tyler 27 Tyree L. Bell, A. G. Pfaff, "SPRING REUNIONS Easy to foretell are several high- ly successful Class Reunions when Commencement Davs roll around next spring. Work already started by several ‘classes and interest shown by class members, guaran- tees the success of these pleasant interludes in the busy lives of A. & M. men. A “Sul Ross Reunion,” to in- clude all Ex-Students who attend- ed Texas A. & M. when that great man served as its President, is be- ing sponsored under the leader- Ph, 9 y hint romises t to be Class Teanjonfpuit promis Already at work upon their re- unions are members of the 1918 and the 1908 classes, and the com- Harative youngsters of ’28 will ‘attempt their first class campus return. When class members. themselves take. the lead in working up en- thusiasm for their reunions, its easy to predict their complete success. GARRIGAN TONIC If you ever become a bit jaded and stale in your daily chore, take time to stop by and see Owen Gar- rigan, Horseman of the A. & M. Animal Husbandry Department, and the best man in his field in the Southwest. The little Irishman has been at A. &M. for many, many years. Just to see his un- canny skill and ability in hand- ling horses, any kind of horses from huge Percherons to high- strung Thoroughbreds, is a treat. But the Garrigan tonic comes from the infectious enthusiasm this man feels toward his work. He actually quivers with feeling itnened ta Texas with the Houston Structural Steet vumpany ana re- || HINMAN HEADS NEW OFFICERS CORPUS AGGIES Recently elected as president of the Corpus Christi A. & M. Club was A. E. “Red” Hinman, ’25, shown above with his young son. At the present time, Hinman is with Smith & Walker, general contractors, Furman Building, Cor- pus Christi. He does the estimat- ing and designing work for the firm. Other new officers of the Corpus Christi Club include: Cleo Buck, ’28, vice president; Jack M. Shep- hard, '36, secretary-treasurer; Bill Renfro, .’27, ‘publicity; J. A. “Dutch” Rektorik, ’29, entertain- ment; and A. A. “Bus” Moore, ’32, sergeant-at-arms. Serving with these officers as directors are: J. W. Jalufka, ’16; C. S. Reynolds, 294 -tand=M.. B. “Doc’” Killian, 286. After receiving his degree in Civil Engineering in 1925, Hinman went with the American Smeltering and Refining Company as field en- gineer on a two million dollar con- struction job in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. In the fall of 1926, he re- mained with that organization un- til 1931, at which time he went to headquarters at Harlingen. In 1936, Hinman became asso- ciated with Smith & Walker Con- struction Company in Corpus Christi, where he makes his home. In addition to serving as presi- dent of the Corpus Christi A. & M. Club, Hinman is at the present work for the Federal Sales Corpo- |§ ration of Kansas City. During both 8 of these connections, he made his | § Studies Florida Hort. Problems G. H. “Coffee” Blackmon, ’10, is horticulturist and head of the Hor- ticulture Department of the Agri- cultural Experiment Station of the University of Florida. He makes his headquarters at Gainesville, | Florida and has been with the Ag- ricultural Experiment Station of | that state since 1923. | Mrs. Ketterson Dies Mrs. Mozelle Vick Ketterson, wife of T. B. “Tony” Ketterson, 1731, died in Bryan on January 3. | Burial was in that city. Ketterson | is in the Publicity Department at | A. & M. He specializes in sports publicity. He is the youngest of the Ketterson brothers, J. B. Ket- | terson, | ’24, Sinclair Refining Com- pany, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York City, N. Y., and Frank A. Ketter- son, ’29, 1408 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas. ¥ \ ~VU.\WAYNE STARK DID YOU KNOW: That the first touchdown that was ever scored against the Uni- Mr. Blackmon’s staff consists of | versity of Texas by A and M was five research workers and a secre- tary, one laboratory assistant, two graduate assistants, one refrigera- tion engineer, one grounds fore- man, and six student assistants. The staff devotes all of its time to research and at the present time has 18 active projects under way. These deal with various phases of the following lines of investiga- tion: Storage and maturity st@idies in citrus, vegetable crops, Tung oil, pecans, small fruits, ornamen- tals, and fumigation. Modern lab- oratories completely equipped and green houses are maintained for the work carried on by the depart- ment. They also use a refrigera- tion experimental plant and some 50 acres of land at Gainesville. A large part of their work is carried on cooperatively with growers over the state of Florida and in close cooperation with the field experi- ment stations and laboratories in different sections of the state. Although Mr. Blackmon has been away from Texas for many years, he has maintained an active interest in A. & M. and in his old A. & M. friends. As head of the Horticulture Department of a great horticultural state, he -is one Si the best known men in thi in the world. In Memoria David Rice, ’82 David Rice, age 74, die}dit his home in Houston rec FY ly. Born in Houston, Mr. H} that city. He was engaged j in the cotton business for § ll many years and was a mem- [i §8 ber of the Episcopal Church. § One of the first men to re- [8 | ceive a degree from Texas A. § & M., Mr. Rice studied me- § chanical engineering. He had Bi time serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ex-Stu- dents’ Association. As a student at A. & M. he made his letter in tennis and was active in other stu- dent affairs. MRS. ASHBURN ILL Mrs. Ike Ashburn, wife of Col lke Ashburn, Executive Secretary to the President, Texas A. & M. College, is seriously ill. Although she has made some improvement her condition is still serious. il for many years been an ac- tive member of the Associa- tion. Burial was at Houston, #& Elmo M. Walker, ’21 Elmo M. Walker died on January 6 in a Shreveport hospital from blood poison- ing. At the time of his death, he was county engineer of Rusk County and lived at | Henderson. He is survived by l his wife and children. Burial was at Azle, Texas. Walker for a good many #1 vears had been engaged in H various civil engineering work in East Texas. At the Dickerson Lights when he tells you about the prow- ess of Liberty Loan, famed Ameri- can Saddle Horse sire of the A. H. Department, and he'll lead out and trot, ride and otherwise show off everything else in his stable for your admiration and inspec- tion. If every graduate of the A. & M. College went forth into the world with Garrigan’s enthusiasm for his chosen work, the earth would soon belong entirely to the Aggies. L. H. “Howdy” Ridout, Jr., ’27, is a traveling sales representative for the Fort Motor Company, Dal- las Branch. He reports that Jake Long, ’27, is doing well as Ford dealer at Gilmer, Texas. He also asked the whereabouts of Francis Melear, ’27, who is at Big Wells, Texas, and W. D. “Bill” McCabe, ’27, who is in Hollywood, Califor- nia, 1000 Larrabee. Harry Duckett, ’25, for the past four years has been with the firm | the sporting goods business as of Houstoure, Bevan & Stevenson, | manufacturer, wholesaler, and re- agents Hartford Insurance Comp- | tailer, 110 Court Street, Orlando, luminating projects in the United outstanding experts. Fort Stockton, Texas. handle, Texas, Box 425. Frisco World Fair A. F. Dickerson, ’10, is manager of the Illuminating Laboratories and Lighting Sales for the Gener- al Electric Company headquarters at Schenectady, N. Y. He is in direct charge of the illumination for the 1939 Golden Gate Exposi- tion at San Francisco. According to all reports, this exposition will go down in history as establishing a “yard stick” for World Fair lighting. Dickerson has been in charge of many of the largest il- States and is one of the country’s Pat H. Cooper, ’35, is living at R. N. Craig, ’36, is living at Pan- Merlin Mitchell, ’17, who is in Florida, has a young son who was a great football star in high school this past fall. Merlin says the boy can outrun him—which makes him pretty fast—unless Father Mitchell any in Houston. He reports that Phillip Frank, 27, and Tom. S. Austin, ’32, are in the Safety En- gineering Department of the Hart- ford located near him. His office is 611 Union National Bank Build- time of his death, he had underway a huge highway construction program in Rusk County. As a student at A. & M., he was cadet major of B the artillery battalion, a member of the Ross Volun- teers, and active in other stu- dent activities. J. Siler Mey, ’28 J. Siler Mey, age 32, died of pneumonia in a hospital at Del Rio on December 26, 1937. Burial was at Del Rio. Active pallbearers were: Louis E. Hobbs, 28, Hous- ton; R. P. Ingrum, Jr., 28, Uvalde; Horace Fawcett, ’24, Del Rio; Lyls S. Almond, ’23, Del Rio; Hugh Rose, J. V. Drisdale, 24, Juno; and Dr. Sam E. Bunton, ’33, Del Rio. Survivors include a widow and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mey, Del Rio. As a student at A. & M. “Si” was president of the Sophomore Class in 1926; a member of the Ross Volun- teers; and active in other stu- dent affairs. Since graduat- ing at A. & M., he has been engaged in the ranching bus- iness. has slowed up considerably since his A. & M. days. ing, Houston. . gry ATE has spent his entire life 1a |B in the year 1902 by George Hope. The motto of the whole corp was, “Down with Varsity.” This was the year that the Aggies claimed the title of “The Champions of the South.” A and M played nine games this year, winning seven and tying two. However, later in the season, the Aggies defeated the two teams that had tied them earlier in the season. That thirty-five years ago the chevrons worn by Aggies covered a goodly portion of the sleeve. The chevrons were somewhat like those worn by West Pointers today. That back in the old days, bat- tery pictures were made with a feminine sponsor standing in ranks with the officers, she stood at at- tention, holding a saber. That the freshmen of.1900 wrote in the 1903 Longhorn: “Our tiny barrack rooms were often invaded by a lawless crew who hesitated not to use an ugly looking strap upon our innocent unsuspecting selves.” That some boys are not very considerate of the many people on the highway, who stop and give rides to Aggies. We wonder why some few boys have to give the Aggies a black eye—by not acting like gentlemen when they are try- ing to catch a ride. four 321 Esperson Building, J. W. Hull, ’36, and W. G. McLarry, : That West Texas State Teacher’s Callege at Canyon, Tawag will prob ably. have a basketball starting line-up that will average six feet and three-fifth inches in height. That Joel Hunt, one of the Ag- gle greats in football history, was listed on Grantland Rice’s All- f | American football team ten years 8 | ago. That the University of Texas has one of the largest and most im- portant libraries in the South— while Texas A and M has a very 5 poorly equipped library. Last year 4 | there were 51 land grant colleges listed in the United States and 8 Texas A and M, a land grant col- & | lege, was listed 51st in library fa- cilities. The University hopes to build its library more with the aid of the Legislature and exstudents ® — which makes us wonder why our library could not be enlarged and improved by similar means. That the average age of cadets in A and M in 1903 was 18 years, that the average weight was 140 i pounds, and that the average size of shoes was 6%. g Robert Saibara, ’31, is an elec- ® | trical engineer for Dr. E. E. Ro- : saire, Subterrex. He is located at Houston. 34 are doing the same kind of work with Subterrex. R. B. Thacker, Jr., ’25, is living at 1909 Idylwood Drive, Houston. Thacker is with the Sinclair Re- fining Company. A. J. Lumm, ’33, who is with the Soil Conservation Service, has been transferred from Waco to Waxa- hachie, where he gets his mail at 1214 W. Main Street. Charles K. Horton, ’09, is pres- ident of the Texas Concrete Pipe Company, Houston, and gets his mail at P. O. Box 1910 of that city. Mr. Horton is married and has two children and lives on a hundred acre farm off of South Main Street, Houston. R. N. McCollom, 27, is with the Westinghouse Electric and Man- ufacturing Company, in the Cen- tral Station Division Sales, Bing- hamton, New York. McCollom says there are very few Aggies in his part of New York. McCollom re- sides in Chenango Forks, New York. | WEDDINGS Abercrombie-Artz Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Artz announce the marriage of their daughter, Grace Eva, to Mr. Char- les Milo Abercrombie, 26, on De- ember 16, 1937, at Houston, Tex- as. Mr. and Mrs. Abercrombie are making their home at 2917 Arbor Street, Houston. Abercrombie is an active member of the Houston A. & M. Club. Hill-Varley Mrs. Josephine Eure announces the marriage of her daughter, Mary Eure Varley, to Mr. Willmot Garrison Hill, ’27, on December 18, 1937, at Hattiesburg, Mississip- pi. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are at home to their many friends in New Or- leans, Louisiana, and Hill offices at 509 Stern Building. Magrill-Bramyon Miss Edith Bramyon, of Lock- hart, became the bride of O. Byron Magrill, ’33, on October 20. Mr. and Mrs. Magrill are living at Leaky, Texas, where Byron is coun- ty agricultural agent for the A. & M. Extension Service. During his cadet days, Magrill was a letter- man in football and other athletics. Evans-Meason News has come to us of the re- cent marriage of Miss Sarabeth Meason, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Paul C. Evans, ’37, of Healdton, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Evans are at home to their friends at Healdton, Oklahoma and get their mail at Box 848 of that city. Boswell-Woodruff Miss Lorene Woodruff recently became the bride of H. Kimes Bos- well, ’37, of Barry, Texas. They will make their home at the pres- ent time at Whittenburg, Texas, where Boswell is an engineer for the Phillips Petroleum Company. Crain-Clapp The wedding of Miss Mary Lou- ise Clapp, daughter of the late Harry A. Clapp and Mrs. Clapp of Collegeport, to Oscar Lee Crain, ’31, of Bryan, was solemnized on December home of the bride, with Reverend aul Sugel vfficlading, The viidke was given in marriage by the Hon- orable George Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Crain are at home to their many friends at the Edge Apart- ments, Bryan, Texas. Oscar is with the State Highway Depart- ment. Obergfell-Boehck Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edward Boehck announce the marriage of their daughter, Gertrude Louise, to Edward Albert Obergfell, ’32, on December 30 at the Community Church, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Obergfell will be at home to their friends at Los An- geles, California, where Obergfell is with the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Crow-Choate Miss Joyce Maurine Choate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Choate of Beeville, recently be- came the bride of Barney M. Crow, '33, son of Mrs. A. B. Crow, of Beeville. Mr. and Mrs. Crow will make their home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Crow recently returned from Caripita, Venezuela, South America, where he has been for several years with the Standard Oil Company. Behrens- Willis The marriage of Miss Eva Wil- lis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willis of Brenham, and Alvin A. Behrens, 26, also of Brenham, was recently solemnized. Mr. and Mrs. Behrens will make their home in Brenham, where Behrens is with the Barnes Company. Goforth-Smith Miss Ruth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tol G. Smith of Jacksonville, and Allen P. Goforth, 33, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Goforth of Tolar, were married at the home of the bride’s parents on January 15. Mr. and Mrs. Go- forth will make their home in Jacksonville, Texas, where Allen is technician in charge of the ECW Camp SCS-T-19. H. A. Fitzhugh, ’33, of Menard, was best man and W. A. “Bill” Porter, ’30, was groomsman. McReynolds — Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Law- rence announce the marriage of their daughter, Catherine Eliza- beth, to Mr. Joseph M. McReynolds, ’22, on January 1, 1938, in Musko- gee, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Me- Mr. and Mrs. James Aston, 33, are receiving lations from their ma over the arrival of a fine on December 21. Mr. a Aston make their home Revere Drive, Dallas, whe present time “Jimmie” is City Manager of Dallas. A dent at A. & M., “Jimmi cadet colonel during his year, a letterman in footba participated in many studer tivities. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. CG cke, ’36, are delighted over birth of a fine son born on De ber 28. They make their hom 2010 Fairview Avenue, Hoy Texas, where Leonard i Ineeda Laundry & Cleaning C any. Mrs. Giesecke was form Miss Jo-Auna Tatman, of Br Mr. and Mrs. Horace P. Dansby Jr., ’36, are celebrating the arriva of a fine son born on Deeember 25. He has been named Horace P. III, but will be called “Dan”. Mr. and Mrs. Dansby make their home in Bryan, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wenmohs, ’32, are rejoicing over the birth of a little girl born in Bryan on De- cember 16. Mr. and Mrs. Wenmohs make their home at College Sta- tion, where John is with the A. & M. Extension Service as assistant in program planning. ; News comes to the AGGIE of the birth of an eight-pound son to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Wilkins, 36. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins make their home at 2856 Pershing, El Paso, where Taylor is coaching and teaching in one of the high schools in El Paso. As a cadet at A. & M,, Wilkins was a star athlete. Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Miller are the proud parents of a fine son, Virgil Eugene, born on December 21. Mr. and Mrs. Miller reside in’ Calexico, California, where er is with the U. S. Bureau of Ento-/ 28 at Homecroft, the mology. anf wich | Mr. and Mes. Fred W. Hall, ’30, | annewmees tho eryyvivd] of jitéle Mics. Nancy Helen Hall, born on Septem. ber 17. Mr. and Mrs. ish in 1 their home at Uvalde, Texas, where Fred is county agricultural agent for the A. & M. Extension Ser- vice. VIE ade de Bi: ay y Cy Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hovey, 32, are the proud parents of a little daughter, Merrill Ann, born on December 5. Mr. and Mrs. Hovey reside in the Morrell Park Addi- tion, Goose Creek, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. “Jack” Evans; '24, are receiving congratulations from their many friends over the birth of a fine son born recently. “Jack” and Mrs. Evans make their home in Houston, where he is with the Ford Motor Company. During his cadet days, “Jack” was a pop- ular Aggie football star. Ross H. Brison, ’23, has been transferred as county agricultural agent from San Saba County to Callahan County with headquar- ters at Baird, Texas. Ross is a brother to Fred R. Brison, ’21, professor of horticulture at A. & M. William L. Garrard, ’35, is with the Texas Highway Planning Sur- vey, 304 East 5th Street, Austin. In the same office are: L. S. Part- ridge, 26; Geo. L. Carver, ’21; Jack M. Jordan, ’32; and Glynn L. Harris, :’26.5 : Reynolds are at home to their many friends at the Santa Monica Apartments, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joe - is with the Inson Supply Company, 220 N. Boston, Tulsa. ihr Westerman — Thompson Miss Jessie Thompson, of Fort Worth, recently became the bride of H. K. Westerman, ’34. The wed- ding was solemnized on November 23. Mr. and Mrs. Westerman are making their home in Eastland, Texas, where Westerman is an as- sistant in agricultural conserva- tion. Poulson — Anderson News comes. to us of the recent marriage of Miss Doris Anderson, of Beaumont, to Dan H. Poulson, ’25, of Lott, Texas. Afer an extend- ed wedding trip to Monterrey, Mex- ico, Mr. and Mrs. Poulson are mak- ing their home at 2210 Hazel Street, Beaumont, where Poulson : is with the Gulf States Utilities Company of that city. 2 / Sa Re
