THE TEXAS AGGIE
EE. McQuillen................ Publisher
Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M.
Press, College Station, Texas, except dur-
ing the summer months when issued
monthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College of Texas, College Station,
Texas.
F. D. Perkins, ’
C. L. Babcock, ’
E. E. McQuillen, ’20.. Executive Secretary
LB. Locke, ’18............ Assistant Secretary
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Directors
HK Deason, ’16........................ Port Arthur
Charles: L. ‘Babcock, ’18.................. Beaumont
ARR CP Lafl, ’27.......oc cece esieeeinsnnnssnnsnsebosess Tyler
EDI Perking, /’97.......cccceccrcieeannaneses McKinney
J. B. Crockett, 09
OSA Seward, Jr.,”’
JV. “Butler, , ’12
Graham G. Hall, 13
T. M. Smith, Sr.,
Charles 'K. Leighton, ’32................... ustin
PRLS Downs, Jr., ’06........................... Temple
TNC. ADYKes, 220... ..ccc eee rrranienas Fort Worth
C. H. McDowell, 12 Iowa Park
A. B. Hinman, 395... orpus Christi
H. B. “Pat” Zachry, Laredo
R.%S. "Reading, '10......... El Paso
G. Dudley Everett, 15
G. C. McSwain, 20
Ba Vi ‘Spence, 11........ ccc nits Big Spring
E. E. Aldridge, 16......... A MI San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, '16........... San Angelo
EER. Badaly, 210..............cceue i
C. A. Thanheiser, ’
A. P. Rollins, ’
R. A. Birk,
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FD RPerkins, 297.........cccocecetmssases McKinney
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BEL SO il Lh in Tyler
BRAZORIA’S PATTERN
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED
A.'& M. clubs from their earliest
days have performed services of
varying nature for the A. & M.
College and have contributed
heavily to the fine growth of the
institution. The comparatively
small Brazoria County Club, how-
ever, started something new when
“at a recent meeting that club pre-
sented to the A. & M. College li-
brary its check to be used for the
purchase of books of a technical
nature. The AGGIE hopes that
other A. & M. clubs will give this
ROUND PEGS IN SQUARE
HOLES
The Association office is in re-
ceipt of a request from a national
manufacturer for men to fill sev-
eral vacancies in permanent work
of a sales promotion and education-
al nature. The company specifies
graduates in mechanical or chem-
ical engineering who have had some
automotive work experience, pre-
ferably connections with manu-
facturing or service lines. Anyone
interested should write to the Asso-
ciation office at College outlining
his experience. It is understood
the starting pay will be around
$150 per month and the work will
be of traveling nature.
A large Texas manufacturer is
in the market for a sales engineer,
0 | who has had a year or more oil
field experience. The position car-
ries excellent pay but will require
a man of splendid personality and
training. Anyone interested should
write to the Association office giv-
ing a full resume of his experience,
education, and so forth.
The Association office is also in
receipt of a request from a West
Texas concern that engages in the
fabrication of structural steel and
also is a manufacturing agent for
building specialties. The man
should be experienced along these
| lines.
Any communications received in
connection with the above open-
ings, will be immediately forward-
ed to the firm making the inquir-
ies.
Lemay Announces
Candidacy State
Superintendent
Athens, recently announced his
candidacy for the office of state
superintendent of public instruec-
tion. Already announced as oppo-
nents are L. A. Woods, present in-
cumbent of the office, and W. A.
James, former first assistant state
superintendent.
Mr. Lemay is one of the best
| known school raen in Texas and
Turbo “made an outstanding success
man is Hboraried and which is
equally as vital to the School of
Agriculture as it is to the School
of Engineering and the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, or the
Engineering Experiment Station.
A recent inauguration of the pro-
gram of graduate work leading to
the doctor’s degree makes the de-
velopment and improvement of the
A. & M. College library even more
imperative.
It would be presumptous for the
AGGIE to ask every A. & M. club
to make a donation or to help the
A. & M. library, or any other in-
dividual department or activity of
the College. But the AGGIE does
suggest that every A. & M. club
will function better and will se-
cure a wider and deeper interest
from its own members from some
such program of work. The Bra-
zoria County Club is a small or-
ganization, scattered over a large
county, but it has tossed into the
A. & M. pond a stone whose widen-
ing ripples should become increas-
ingly important and valuable to
the A. & M. College.
HUNT AND SIKES
TEAM AGAIN
The appointment of Joel Hunt
and J. V. “Siki” Sikes, both of the
class of 1928, as gridiron mentors
at Georgia University seems par-
ticularly fitting to their many A.
& M. friends. The names of Hunt
and Sikes, at least in the athletic
history of A. & M., are always
synonymous.
The two boys entered A. & M.
together, starred together on the
A. & M. football teams of ’25, "26,
and ’27, played on the same base-
ball teams during those three
years, roomed together, and were
inseparable friends and compan-
jons. The forward passing combi-
nation of Hunt to Sikes provided a
thrill that A. & M. football fans
will never forget. Separated these
past 10 years, they join hands
tigether at Georgia University. The
fates seldom allow two men as
closely bound in friendship as Hunt
and Sikes to work hand in hand to-
gether. They are young men to be
entrusted with the responsibilities
of handling the football situation at
a major institution, but their A. & |
with ‘his work in the Athens
schools.
Ashley K. Duncan, ’37, is an en-
gineer for the Shell Oil Company
and is located at Houma, Louisiana
at the present time.
Robert D. Burden,
sistant in agricultural conserva-
tion for the A. & M. Extension
Service and is located at Hondo,
Texas.
’37, is an as-
Lieutenant George K. Fell, ’36,
is with the 8th Cavalry, Fort Bliss
Texas. He expectes to be in the
United States Army until July
1938.
George B. Bellville, ’36, is a re-
search chemist for the Texas Com-
Street, Port Arthur, Texas.
E. P. Weatherby, Jr., ’35, is with
the General Electric Company in
Cleveland, Ohio. He is living at
11125 Lake Avenue.
James A. Hall, ’37, is a petro-
leum engineer for the Texas Rail-
road Commission and gets his mail
at 110 Byrne, Houston, Texas.
Another A. & M. ex who has
wandered far away is W. B. Hemp-
hill, ’34, who has recently gone to
Caripito, Venezuela, South Amer-
ica to do seismograph work with
the Standard Oil Company of Ven-
ezuela.
Dr. John B. Reneau, Jr., ’37, is
doing private practice in veteri-
nary medicine at Munday, Texas.
Van A. Harris, ’37, is working
for the Fish and Game Commission
as game warden at Meridian, Tex-
as. He gets his mail at Box 333.
Wm. C. Smith, ’37, is an engi-
neer for the Empire Oil & Refin-
ing Company and is located at
Pampa, Texas.
Monroe U. May, ’37, is assistant
county agent of Ellis County and
is living at 711 Brown Street, Wax-
ahachie, Texas. May says he likes
his work fine.
M. friends are confident of their
success. There’s still magic in the
Hunt-Sikes combination.
S. R. Lemay, ’21, for the past 16
years superintendent of schools at
pany and is living at 3805 Sixth
Campus Personalities
W. L. (Penny) PENBERTHY
Walter IL. Penberthy, friendly
director of intramural athletics,
was born in Elyria, Ohio, and spent
his childhood there, with his grad-
uation from high school in 1920
terminating his stay in that city.
In the fall of 1920, Mr. Penberthy
entered Ohio State University
where he paid special attention and
study to athletics and physical in-
struction. While at Ohio State,
“Penny” was initiated into the Sig-
ma Delta Rho and Scabbard and
Blade, honorary military organi-
zation. He attended Ohio State for
six years, working part. time of
his last three years as instructor in
| Physical Education and taking a
light course in the university. He
graduated from this school in 1926.
Upon graduation, Mr. Penberthy
came to A and M in the fall of
1926 and took up the duties of
Professor of Physical Education
and Director of Intramural Ath-
letics and is serving in that capa-
city now. Under his regime, intra-
mural athletic contests have made
great forward strides and the num-
ber of students taking part in
| campus sports shows a decided in- |
crease every year.
“Penny”, as he is known by ev-
ery man on the campus, is prob-
ably the best known and best lied"
professor in the college. It is said
that he has never forgotten the
name of any of his students and
this has been affirmed by former
students who have revisited the
campus. As he personally conducts
many freshman classes in physical
training and supervises all fresh-
man physical education courses,
the number of students he comes
in contact with is enormous.
In speaking of the type of stu-
dent at A and M College, Mr. Pen-
berthy says, “I do not believe that
a more wholesome and finer type
of student body on the whole can
be found at any other college.”
Wm. L. Stokes, Jr., ’37, is farm-
ing at Bartlett, Texas, where he
gets his mail at Box 503.
J." Malvin. Hare," 37, is ‘county
| superintendent of schools at Cald-
well, Texas.
H. A. L. Fritze, '29, makes his
home at 2809 Mountain Avenue,
Apartment  D-1, Birmingham.
Fritze, is a chemist for du Pont
Company in the Explosives De-
partment.
Albert E. Morris, 37, is assist-
ant manager of the Farmers Im-
plement Company at Graham, Tex-
as. His mailing address is Box 517.
DeWitt C. Creveling, Jr., ’25, is
living at 2640 South Hill Street,
Los Angeles, California.
John Frank Day, ’30, is super-
intendent for the Brenham Cotton
Mills, Brenham, Texas. He gets his
mail at Box 220.
Louis J. Bourg, ’37, is working
on his Ph.D. degree at Iowa State
College, Ames, Iowa. He is living
at 304 N. Russell Street.
Trumon Bratton, ’37, is teaching
vocational agriculture at Miles,
Texas. He gets his mail at P. O.
Box 224 of that city.
Joseph H. Brigance, ’36, is with
J. S. Abercrombie Company locat-
ed at Brazoria, Texas.
Joseph M. Glover, 37, is assist-
ant county agent for the A. & M.
Extension Service and is located
|at Johnston City, Texas.
=0-=0 WAYNE STARK
DID YOU KNOW:
That in 1879, Texas A and M had
19 graduates in German, 8 in Latin,
5 in Greek, 3
Spanish, 6 in science, 7 in litera-
ture, and only 3 in math. This
school was listed as an agricultural
in French, 5 in
and mechanical school, yet the ma-
jority of its graduates that year
were language majors.
That in 1907, A and M defeated
Ft. Worth University in a base-
ball game by the score of 34 to 0.
That the clubs listed on the A
and M campus in 1909 would
sound rather strange to the Aggies
of today. Some of the clubs listed
in 1909 were: the K.K. Dancing
Club, Swistika Dancing Club, the
S.0.L. Club, the Wranglers, the
Macaroni Club, the Flunks, the
“U-11” Club, Ancient Order of
the Bats, Veterans of the Lost
Cause, Los Vacqueros del Sur, and
the Variety Club.
That December 19, 1908 was list-
ed as an important date among
Aggies during that school year, as
it was one of the two days that
real butter was served in the Mess
Hall by Sbisa.
That Chas. A. DeWare, captain
of the 1908 football team (father
of our present day Charley De-
Ware) made all-Southwestern team
for two years. He was called the
grittiest football player in the
South.
That E. P. Arneson, ’10, father
of one of our present day seniors
by the same name, was vice-pres-
ident of the Junior Class in 1908-
09.
That in the early days of this
institution, the people of Texas
considered this college as a re-
formatory school for unruly boys.
That student publications of 1910
announced that: “Hazing is no
more—in its place is ‘instruction.’
Instruction is given in Music (most-
ly vocal), the manly art of Self-
defense, and the useful art of Wood
and Water Carrying.”
That the pleasures of the stu-
dent body as they were listed in
1908: witnessing athletic contests,
the Lyceum Course, congeniality
of the cadets, hops, eating cush,
cussing Sbisa, sleeping—and some
said that there were none.
"That Dr. C. B. Campbell, head
of the Modern Language depart-
ment, was secretary and treasurer
of the athletic council in 1908.
That the class of 1918 was the
first class in the history of A and
M to take an absolute stand against
hazing. The seniors resolved, “haz-
ing must go, let our class be the
first to accomplish the impossible.”
That from the 1910-11 school
year until the 1917-18 school year,
that the boys who served as cadet
colonel during each year of that
period held some other position
other than that of sergeant major
during their junior year. During
this period of eight years, not a
sergeant major on the regimental
non-commissioned staff, served as
cadet colonel during his senior
year.
That Texas A and M once had
a representative in the Olympic
Games. Jack Mahan, a member of
the Aggie track team in 1919, en-
tered the javelin throw as a mem-
ber of the U. S. team at the Olym-
pic Games held at Antwerp, Bel-
gium in 1920.
That during the 1918-19 school
year, the Signal Corps had more
outfits than the Field Artillery.
The Signal Corps had two compan-
ies, and the Field Artillery had
one battery.
That during the 1877-78 school
year, there were eight depart-
ments in A and M, with only nine
professors, counting the president
and the commandant of the col-
lege, who also taught classes.
That during 1878, a paragraph
of the college regulations read,
“Hair will be worn short and
whiskers and mustaches not allow-
ed.”
That A and M and the Univer-
sity of Texas played a football
game in San Antonio during the
fall of 1899. The game was to start
at 1:00 p. m., but due to the late
arrival of the University team, the
crowd of 5,000 people were forc-
ed to wait two hours before the
game started. Due to an argument
with the referee, the captain of
the Aggie team, Moseley, led the
A and M team off the field—and
the referee forfeited the game to
the University with the score of
6 to 0. The Texas University team
was called the “Varsity” and the
Aggie team was called “College.”
| WEDDINGS
Dupree-Streetman
Miss Velma Streetman, of Hous-
ton, became the bride of J. A. Du-
pree, Jr., 32, of Houston on De-
cember 28 in the First Baptist
Church of Liberty, Texas, with
Reverend R. E. Streetman, of Coop-
er, brother of the bride, officiat-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Dupree are at
home at 5034 Rusk Avenue, Hous-
ton. Dupree is a local carrier of the
main post office in Houston.
Eschenberg-Fiedler
On New Year’s Day, Miss Linda
Fiedler, of Shiner, at the home of
her parents, became the bride of
Elwood H. Eschenberg, ’36, of In-
gleside. Mr. and Mrs. Eschenberg
are making their home at Ingle-
side, Texas, where Eschenberg is
with the Humble Oil and Refining
Company.
Airhart-Miller
Miss Oleta Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller of
Melissa, Texas, was married to
Wallis H. Airhart, ’37, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Airhart, of Blue
Ridge, Texas on January 20. Mr.
and Mrs. Airhart are residing at
615 N. W. 5th Avenue, Mineral
Wells, Texas, where Wallis is an
assistant in agricultural conserva-
tion for the A. & M. Extension
Service.
December-Pundt
~ Miss Myrtle Pundt, of Alice, be-
came the bride of F. O. December,
’36, on December 28, at the Cathol-
ic Rectory at Alice. Mr. and Mrs.
December are at home to their
friends at Orange Grove, Texas.
Cage-Von Schritz
The marriage of Miss Frances
Ruth Van Schritz, of San Antonio,
to Lieutenant James G. Cage, ’36,
was recently solemnized. The wed-
ding took place at the home of the
bride’s uncle and aunt, Colonel and
Mrs. Andrew W. Smythe, in San
Antonio. After a brief wedding
trip, Lieutenant and Mrs. Cage are
making their home in Uvalde,
Texas, where Cage is in hase, :
of the CCC camp.
Miss Jean John son,
port, Louisiana, became t
of Henry W. Busch, ’33,
ton, recently. After a honeymoon
trip spent in Old Mexico, Mr. and
Mrs. Busch will be temporarily lo-
cated in Weslaco, Texas, where
Busch is with the McCollum Ex-
ploration Company.
Cowart-Jones
News comes to us of the mar-
riage on December 29 of Miss
Theda Jones, of Griffin, Georgia,
to Dr. Fred Cowart, ’31, of Experi-
ment, Georgia. The marriage was
solemnized at the First Episcopal
Church of Griffin. After a brief
wedding trip to Daytona, Florida,
Dr. and Mrs. Cowart are at home
to their many friends at Griffin,
Georgia. Dr. Cowart is associate
director of horticulture and ento-
mology for the State of Georgia.
Fitzgerald — Kendrick
On January 30 at 9:30 a. m. at
the home of her parents in Shre- |
veport, Louisiana, Miss Florine
Kendrick became the bride of W.
E. “Willie” Fitzgerald, ’35, also of
Shreveport. After a wedding trip
to New Orleans and Baton Rouge,
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald are at
home to their friends in Shreve-
port, where “Willie” is in partner-
ship with his father in the Fitz-
gerald Plumbing and Heating Com-
pany. As a cadet at A. & M., Fitz-
gerald was a member of the Ross
Volunteers and participated in
many activities.
Bickel — Agnew
Miss Jeannette Agnew, daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. James Howard
Agnew of Houston, and L. S. Bick-
el, ’25, of Dallas, were married at
the First Presbyterian Church of
Houston on January 29. After a
wedding trip to Mexico City, Mr.
and Mrs. Bickel will be at home at
4227 Herschell, Dallas. Bickel is
with the Dallas Gas Company and
an active member of the Dallas A.
& M. Club.
Whitehead — Ripperton
The marriage of Miss Clara Rip-
perton, San Angelo, and Dr. Jack
Whitehead, ’35, of Fort Worth,
was solemnized on January 22. Dr.
and Mrs. Whitehead are on the
road most of the time in the west-
ern part of the state, where Jack
is employed as a veterinarian for
the Bureau of Animal Industry
with headquarters at Fort Worth.
GIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. LaRue D. “Bud”
Myers, '35, are receiving congrat-
ulations from their many A. & M.
friends over the birth of a son,
Richard, recently. Mr. and Mrs.
Myers make their home in Ruston,
Louisiana, where “Bud” is with
the T. L. James Construction Com.
pany. Mrs. Myers is a sister of W.
E. “Willie” Fitzgerald, ’35, of
Shreveport, Louisiana.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Busby, 28,
are receiving congratulations from
their many friends over the birth
of William James, born January
19. Mr. and Mrs. Busby make their
home at 825 West Fern, Sherman,
Texas, where Busby is junior agri-
cultural engineer with the Soil
Conservation Service. They have
one little girl five years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bolton,
’34, are the happy parents of a
little girl, Katheryn Virginia, born
on December 16 in Bryan. Mr. and
Mrs. Bolton are making their home
in Longview, Texas, at 132 Jewell
Street, where Frank is practicing
law. Frank is the son of Vice
President F. V. Bolton, of the A.
& M. College.
Richard N. Conolly, 37, is in the
Sales Division of Anderson, Clay-
ton & Co., Houston. His home ad-
dress is 3019 Arbor Avenue of that
city.
Roy A. Bailey, 28, is living at
66210 Llano, Dallas. Bailey is with «©
the
Luke C. Stephens, 37, is a les.
man for the Meyer Blanke Supply.
Company, San Antonio, Texas. His , a
residence address is 123 Durango. Fs
AH
J. A. Stephens, ’24, ty a
cian and surgeon at Paris,
with offices at 505 First N 1
Bank Building of that cit
X. B. Cox," Jr., 37, is an assist-
ant in Sm WR A for
Milton M. Cooke, 37, is a petrol-
eum engineer for the Merit Oil
Corporation and gets his mail at
Resettlement Administration.
the Sheel Building, Houston, Texas.
John T. Talkington, ’37, is a field
clerk for the Texas Company and
gets his mail at Box 898, Glade-
water, Texas. While a student at
Texas A. & M., J. T. was employed
in the Fiscal Department.
Robert O. Bland, ’37, is shipping
clerk for Gordon Sewell & Com-
pany, Palestin, Texas.
Price M. Barnett, ’37, is manager
of the Barnett Lumber Company,
Inc.,
Palacios, Texas.
In Memoriam
Carter N. Moses, "09
Carter N. Moses, age 40,
was killed in an automobile
accident near Burnet on Jan-
uary 30. Burial was at Bur-
net. 3
; Mr. Moses had never mar-
ried but is survived by Mrs.
Ealy Moses, his mother.
Mr. Moses was born in Bur.
net County and had lived
there all of his life. He ran
a mercantile business at Ber-
tram. During the World War
he served with the Ninetieth
Division.
Irvy G. Burney, ’28
Irvy Gladstone Burney,
age 32, died at the Welch
Hospital in Rocksprings, Tex-
as on January 8 from the ef-
fects of pneumonia contract-
ed only a few days preceding
his death. He is survived by
his widow, four children, and
his mother. His widow was
the former Miss Pearl Tracy,
of Houston, sister of C. A.
Tracy, 31, and P. L. Tracy,
’30. Services were held in
Rocksprings and burial was
in that city.
Mr. Burney was engaged
in ranching near Rocksprings
and took an active part in
community and education af-
fairs in that city.