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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1938)
"ODDER Tech, third largest higher nal institution in Texas, h one of the best football in the Southwest, seems din its efforts to secure ad- ce into the Southwest Con- le. From discussions with s faculty representatives ov- long period, the Aggie judges bs chief difficulty to be its nce from other conference ols, and the fact that many mbers of the conference feel t the league is already too ge. There is no question but t Tech’s enrollment, education- Istahdards and the quality of : Fobtball, are in line with con- Le standards. e following reflections anent ls situation are not-the thoughts tf the present A. & M. Faculty Conference Representative, nor of any other individual. As mentioned above, they represent what the AG- GIE believes a majority of the Con- ference Fathers think about the admission of Texas Tech. At several times in the past, ef- forts have been made to oust or to bring about the resignation from the conference of the Univer- sity of Arkansas. Not that anyone in the conference held any but the highest regards for Arkansas, but Lecause the distance to Fayette- /ille made the Razorbacks confer- ence presence a burden rather than a benefit to the rest of the loop’s niembers. Tech, our faculty representative declared, was located so far from other conference cities that it would be financially impossible to schedule conference sports like 2 baseball and track, which bring in no income of their own, not to mention such minor sports as golf, tennis, swimming and the like. With no prejudices of its own, it seems to the AGGIE that the — on efit 0 other conference bers. It, s recognized, of course, that Tech would ve enor= ~~ mously benefitted by admittance © to membership. What many of the conference faculty representatives would like would be for Arkansas hes © to line up with another conference, leaving the Southwestern confer- ence composed of six teams, all within a radius of some 250 miles. That would make possible round- robin schedules, with every school meeting every other member school mn ALL sports. { There’s no question about the quality of football played at Tech, and the fine growth and 'develop- ment of the school deserves recog- nition in a leading conference. But the Southwestern Conference Fath- ers seem to feel that the other members of the league should not he called upon to extricate Tech from this difficulty at their own expense. Incidentally, the introduction of a yesolution in the State Legisla- ture demanding that the confer- ence admit Tech did not help their cause. The University of Texas and Texas A. & M. are the only conference members under the con- other schools did not like the thought of the legislature taking a hand in the matter. The Tech football team this fall was one of the strongest in the country, and reports persist that a great freshman team at Lubbock was even better than the varsity. If that be true, the Red Raiders will be one of the country’s lead- ing teams in the next few years. Perhaps the best solution of Tech’s difficulty lies in a sugges- tion made for several years by George White, Dallas News Sports Editor, that another conference be formed with Tech, Centenary, Tul- sa, Hardin-Simmons and possibly Oklahoma City University, as its members. There's a group of schools that play real football, and all of them need and deserve bet- ter conference affiliations than they now enjoy. Surprise package of this win- ter’s basketball season so far has been the fine showing of “Hub” McQuillan’s Aggie basketeers. They looked good even in losing a brace of games to the Arkansas Razor- + backs, and they took the Rice Owls into camp handily. Their chief as- trol of the legislature, and the’ Fitty-Two Will Receive Degree At Mid-Term Fifty-two students in A and M are candidates for degrees in the mid-term graduating class this year, it was announced today from the office of Registrar E. J. How- ell. Three advanced degree candi- dates and 49 bachelor degree can- didates were listed. Last year’s mid-term class was composed of 24 students who ob- tained bachelor degrees and two who were granted master degrees. Candidates this year for master of science degrees are W. R. Min- ver, H.. T.5¢Stewart and >» 1..%. P. Thompson. The list of candidates for bach- elor of science and bachelor of arts degrees was announced as fol- lows: J.C. Adams, W. H. Airhart, J. H. Batjer, H. L. Bischoff, J. M. Blanks, J. W. Bradley, .- A. “A. Briggs, Herbert Callaway, T. G. Campbell, Jr., H. C. Carpenter, C. WW. Carter,. W.. A. Cozart, “A... P. Dowling, R. H. Finney, Jr., S. M. Ford, A. A. Haeglin, E. W. Hogan. E. S. Hyman, C. E. Johnson, G. N. Johnson, H. V. Jones, M. S. Jones, Richard King, F. M. Larner, J. L. McCreary, H. B. McGrady, S. A. McMillan, Jr., P. M. Moore, M. P. Payne, Joe Potter, J. B. Ramsey, J. D. Ridenour, H. E. Rose, Joe Routt, S. Sakamoto, O. B. Schwertner, H. L. Sears. R. W. Simmans, Jr., E. L. Smith, W. E. Stages, E. W. Steen, J. J. Tapal, Jr., F. C. Thomas, Jr., R. C. Till, R. L. Tipton, C. A. Walker, W. H. Walker, H. C. White, and C. A. Williams. Roy M. Vick, Jr., ’35, is with the Hauser Machine & Supply Cor- poration at McCamey, Texas. He gets his mail at Box 1046, Mec- Camey. M. G. “T” Taylor, ’36, is an as- sistant in agricultural conserva- tion with the Arkansas Extension Service and is located at Fordyce, Arkansas. S.A. Pinson, ’24, is still -with the Austin Bridge Company but asks that his AGGIE be sent to his home address at 3231 Homer Street, Dallas. R. B. Easton, 21, gets his mail at Box 302, Sinton, Texas. set is an abundance of fight and hustle. They lack much of being championship caliber, but they are going to fool most of the dope- sters who placed them in the cel- lar. Basketball experts around the Southwest ara unanimous in their high praise ~~ ability of Coach McQuillan, ai lit him with working marve. “a limited material as his con. Cagey old boys, are those faculty representatives from each confer- ence school who really ARE the governors of the Southwestern Conference. They “Took” Col. Ike Ashburn in a big way by naming 2is as a sort of unofficial “Czar” f football officials for the coming year. The Colonel served as A. & M. Faculty Representative for sev- aral years back in the ’20s. and his ld compadres paid him a real com- sliment in unanimously electing him to a tough job. When first approached on the matter Col. Ashburn’s reaction was that other men could better fill the job; that he would be happy to serve in any way he could to help the conference. After his initial conference meeting he had the hap- py feeling that everything was all right, another man would be chos- en, and that he had successfully side-tracked the matter. The awakening came when he was informed hat the conference representatives had unanimously agreed that he was THE man, and they then put the heat on him to accept. Not one to shirk any op- portunity to be of service, Col. Ashburn accepted the difficult task. Its a tough assignment, it car- ries no remuneration, and it was not only unsolicited by actively re- sisted. Ashburn’s only reward will be the comforting feeling that ev- ery conference school has complete confidence in his fairness and in- tegrity. AGGIES UPSET DOPE T0 BEAT A second half drive that left their opponents hanging on the | ropes brought “Hub” McQuillan’s Aggie basketball team to an upset | victory over a favored Rice Owl team. The final score was 45 to 39, with the Cadets gaining their clear margin for victory after a close battle until the final five minutes. In their earlier conference games the Aggies dropped a pair to an Arkansas quit that looked like conference champions on their fine form displayed at A. & M. The Aggies will resume their conference schedule this week-end with games at Dallas and Ft. Worth, Mustangs and Frogs as opponents. Although there is no champion- ship quality to the Aggie team, their performance so far has proved the surprise of the court season. The team has improved steadily and has made up in fight and hustle some of the cleverness and ability it lacked. AGGIE FISH LOSE As a curtain-raiser for the Rice game the Owl Slimes won an easy victory over the Aggie fish, 38-22. Several of the best Aggie Fish were unable to participate because of low grades on the Dec. 1 re- port. Texas A. & M. Pg Tt Tp Wareis wl ior a: 4 2 10 lark af 3. Dek Sadan 6 4 16 Adame, Fh an 0 0 0 Frieberger, ¢ ....0.00. 5 1 11 Robart ge. .2 ine Nel, 2 0 4 wre, tEs ar deh fe 1 2 4 Rotates iv non: 18 9 45 Rice Poot Tp ETL a SRT Ar 1 0 2 Colder, P=g isi vt 0 0 Craddock fas: inl he. Lo 2 Cordill, .£.... 0 Hk 0 2 Campbell, £ oui Lo 0 1 Steakley, cL. le ny 3 3 9! | Green, ¢ ......... : 1 0 Steale, goa... Aly 2 12 Hyman; g © oe nd 1 9 Totals PRE | 9 39 Half-time score: Rice 24, Aggies 20. Personal fouls: Harris, Clark, Frieberger 3, Robert 2, Dwyer 2, Steen 2, Chandler, Campbell, Steakley 3, Hyman 3. Free throws missed: Clark 3, Frieberger, Robert 3, Dwyer, Cor- dill, Seale. Officials: Ziggy Sears _.and Claude Kellam. A. & M. Fish Bo tit ip Scarborogh, fv. .o....0 4 0 3 Johmston sda 1 1 3 Richardson, if eh 0 0 0 Holden, $82. «said er) 0 0 0 551 I I te ETS I A 0 0 0 Dawson; Curt... 00. 3 1 7 Geer, 1G=-0 ti... 0 0 0 Herman, gi ala. 0 0 0 0 | Dy CE 2 0 4 Pugh, gr oh nm 0 0 0 Eder gi wl ata fea 0 0 0 Rahm, ie nd. hie fo ur 0 0 0 Potala ny Li 10 2 22 Rice Slimes Fg Pt Tp Carswell, Ff...0 0 7 6 20 Nachlagsif 0.0.0 n.. 1 0 2 Pepper, £0 cm... 22L:) 0 0 0 Mitchell if nc... a... 11 1 3 Rihzy re sr nl on, 2 0 4 Schutte, Cc wii. ani. 0 0 0 Gomez, gv... 00 fet 4 1 9 Green, jor. fin A 0 0 0 Cline tg 0.0 nt Lr 0 0 0 Selman, g..........05. 0 0 0 Foals “ius ioe 15 8 38 Clyde Kennington, ’26, has been connected with the Corpus Christi- Nueces County Health Unit as Milk Inspector since April of 1937. F. C. “Chic” Davis, ’30, is still with the Public Service Company and his address is 910 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. Brewer F. “Runt” Witmer, ’20, is with the International Boundary Commission and is located at Me- Allen, Texas. Dr. J. O. Whitehead, ’35, asks that his address be changed to: c/o Dr. H. L. Darby, 503 U. S. Court House, Fort Worth, Texas, until further notice. L. F. Peterson, ’36, is with the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company and gets his mail at Box 216, Iraan, Texas. RICE QUINTET Port Arthur To Honor Gridsters | The Port Arthur A, & M. Club | will entertain the Port Arthur High | School Yellow jacket football team and its coaches with a banquet on | the night of February first. The | party is an annual affair with the high school boys and their coaches as honor guests. The club has in- vited other honor guests, including Association President F. D. Per- kins of McKinney, Secretary E. E. McQuillen and Aggie Athletic Di- rector Homer Norton. Coach Tom Dennis of the Port Arthur high school and his big squad each year look forward with pleasure to this party, which has become one of the most successful annual affairs staged by any A. & M. Club. H. N. Irvine, ’37, is living at 846 Wisconsin Street, Racine, Wis- consin. Irvine is in the Engineer- ing Department of the J. I. Case Company and reports that he likes his job very much. O. M. Geer, ’29, is also with the Case Company. William ‘N. Stockton, ’37, is a student engineer with the Oil Well Supply Company, Oil City, Penn- sylvania. He is living at the Y. M. C. A. of that city. R. S. Black, Jr., ’37, is with the Phelps Dodge Copper Company Smelter in Arizona and gets his mail at Box 686, Clifton, Arizona. Captain M. E. Tillery, ’26, U. S. Air Corps, is stationed at Albrook Field in the Canal Zone. He writes that his location, which is on the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, is a good place to get mixed up on your geography. The sun rises over South America and sets in the Pacific. You fly north to go to ye Craddock * 3, | South America and south to go | to the Pacific Ocean. Tillery ex- | tends an invitation to any wander- | ngEEies in that section to pay iW a visit. but John W. Newton Is Beaumont Honoree John Newton, ’12, recently. ap- pointed General Manager of the Magnolia Petroleum Company Re- fineries, will be honored at a stag dinner sponsored by the Beaumont A. & M. Club. The party will be held at 7:30 P. M., Feb. 10, at the Hotel Beaumont Rose Room, tick- ets $2.50 each. Reservations may be made by writing the Beaumont A. & M. Club,-P., 0. Box 2911, Beaumont, Texas. High officials of the petroleum fraternity, leading citizens of Beau- mont and friends of honoree Nor- ton will honor him on this occas- ion. Although the Beaumont A. & M. Club is staging the dinner, any friend of Mr. Newton’s is cor- dially invited to attend. 4 | & M. Clubs Plan Big February Parties Austin Party Will Hear Norton; Routt The Capitol City A. & M. Club will hold a big ‘Ladies Night” party in the Crystal Ball Room of the Driskill Hotel at Austin on February 5, 7:30 P. M. Special guests will include A. & M. Ath- letic Director Homer Norton, Line Coach Bill James, All-American Joe Routt and other members of the Aggie football squad. The Austin Club extends an in- vitation to all A. & M. men to at- tend this party particularly those in near-by cities. Delegations have already arranged to attend from San Antonio, San Marcos and sev- eral other cities in that area. James L. Fox, ’29, recently join: ed the architectural firm of Haynes and Strange at Lubbock. He has been doing engineering and archi- tectural work for the Treasury Department in Washington, D. C. J. F. Younger, ’37, is with the Baroid Company. He is on the road most of the time but can always be reached at 1111 Second Nation- al Bank Building, Houston. Kurt Siedel, ’36, has been trans- ferred from Houston to the Dallas office of the Truscon Steel Comp- any. ‘Walter J. “Poppa” Horn, ’28,. is with the Truscon Steel Company at Houston. He has spent the past eight years in Youngstown, Ohio. Jack L. Pink, ’27, of Aggieland Orchestra fame, is with the Aca- cia Mutual Life Insurance Comp- any and has his office at 1422 Niels Esperson Building, Houston. He is a past president and one of the most active members of the Houston A. & M. Club. J. 0. Woodman, ’31, assistant county agent at Fort Worth, took his 4-H Club Dairy Judging Team to the National Dairy Show at Columbus, Ohio, last fall after winning first place in the state contests. Major Oscar B. “Ock” Abbott, ’13, is now stationed at Fort Worth, 630 Fort Worth Club Building, as instructor 142nd Infantry, Texas National Guard. While on duty in Washington, he served directly under his former commandant, General Andrew Moses. He will be glad for any of his old friends to drop in to see him. Ralph G. Bowie, ’37, writes that A. & M. is well represented in Cambridge, Massachusetts this year. Taking graduate work at M. I. T., in addition to Bowie, are Jack A. Crichton, ’37; Edgar D. Brown, Jr., 237; A. Call, 36, and Jack Silvey, ’36. Bailey Car- nahan, ’37, is at Harvard School of Business Administration. Bowie lives at the Graduate House, M. I. T., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pat Lipscomb, ’25, has resigned his position with the Johns-Mans- ville Corporation to establish an Acoustical Sales Corporation of his own in Houston. Just as your telephone saves time ashore, Sturdy and dependable, the sea-going so it now saves countless hours for yachts- men off-shore. They need not put into port to call home or office, when Western Electric's radio telephone is aboard. 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