Class 1908 Prepares For 30th
Anniversity Reunion--Asks Aid
In Locating Strayed Members
The CLASS OF 1908, preparing
for a reunion at Commencement
this spring, June 2, 3, 4, is listed
below as far as records in the of-
fice of the Association permit. Lost
and strayed members of the class
are urged to send their addresses,
and members of the class knowing
the whereabouts of any of their
lost classmates are asked to send
in their addresses. Lem Adams,
Vice President of the class, has
been asked to take charge of re-
union arrangements, since Class
President Tom Beesley is deceased.
Members of the class marked
with an asterik are active mem-
bers of the Association of Former
Students. Regardless of such mem-
bership, every member of the class
is cordially invited to attend the
reunion this spring, which will
mark the 30th anniversary of the
group’s graduation.
To help reunion plans, members
of the class are asked to write
others, urging their attendance on
the campus on June 2, 3, 4, and to
make plans for attending. Local
members of the class, Edgar Jones,
Nestor McGinnis, E. A. “Hell-Rais-
er” Miller, George F. “Maud”
Moore, and Hubert Schmidt, will
serve as a committee of local ar-
rangements and welcome for the
returning class.
*T. A. Adams,
Ass’t. in Cotton Adjustment,
Court House,
San Antonio, Texas.
*Lem Adams,
Oxweld R. R. Service Co.,
230 N. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
Amos K. Bass,
811 West 8th Street,
Amarillo, Texas.
V. Z. Beal],
Incorrect Address.
T. J. Beesley,
DECEASED.
GC. A. Blackaller,
Box 186,
Pearsall, Texas.
G. N. Bogel,
Incorrect Address.
Wm. C. Borah,
No Address.
W. E. Bower,
No Address.
*George T. Brundrett,
311 N. Windomere St.,
Dallas, Texas.
T. S. Buchanan,
Big Wells, Texas.
C. A. Burmeister,
4650 Broad Branch Road,
Washington, D. C.
Paul D. Casey,
1752 Laurel,
St. Paul, Minn.
Ernest A. Caso,
Incorrect Address.
J. A. Cobolini,
Brownsville, Texas.
J. L. Cobolini,
Brownsville, Texas.
*A. L. Cornell,
430 W. Hull St.,
Denison, Texas.
*J. B. Crockett,
602 Magnolia Building,
Dallas, Texas.
Dan Culver,
First National Bank,
Lampasas, Texas.
Ivan Dale,
DECEASED.
Jess Dale,
Incorrect Address.
O. L. Ellis,
S. W. Bell Telephone Co.,
Fort Worth, Texas.
*C. M. Evans,
3250 Kinnmore,
Dallas, Texas.
R. W. Faust,
P.O. Box 3,
Comfort, Texas.
*Chas. H. Fleming,
Box 367,
El Paso, Texas.
H.5E.5Foy,
DECEASED.
Henry C. Goldwire,
Sanderson, Texas.
*W.. L. Heller,
Alvin, Texas.
T. E. Holloway,
Bureau of Entomology,
Houma, La.
C. W. Homeyer,
411 First South Street,
Carlinville, Ill.
Leslie N. Huff,
DECEASED.
H. H. Jobson,
County Clerk’s Office,
Dallas, Texas.
*C. Edgar Jones,
Bryan, Texas.
L. R. Jones,
Incorrect Address.
Victor M. Kelley,
2224 Villetta,
Hollywood, California.
John R. Lauderdale,
DECEASED.
*Knox Lee,
P. O. Box 419,
Marshall, Texas.
Michael Lindner,
Comfort, Texas.
*Philip H. Lipstate,
Box 900,
Tyler, Texas.
S. Lomanitz,
234 Terminal Arcade Bldg.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
*C. Alvin Maedgen,
Mathis, Texas.
Oliver T. Maxwell,
Southwestern Drug Co.,
Amarillo, Texas.
T. E. McElroy,
357 Sunset Road,
Winnetka, Ill.
*N. M. McGinnis,
Landscape Art Department,
College Station, Texas.
*F. B. McKie,
Box 325,
Corsicana, Texas.
J. H. McLeod,
1702 Melrose Avenue,
Knoxville, Tenn.
*E. A. Miller,
Extension Service,
College Station, Texas.
*Colonel George F. Moore,
Military Department,
College Station, Texas.
Adriance Munson,
Angleton, Texas.
*Robert B. Neale,
1112 N. Locust St.,
Denton, Texas.
Maxwell Field,
Montgomery, Ala.
W. G. North,
DECEASED.
T. A. Polansky,
1932 9th Avenue,
Huntington, W. Va.
Chas. A. Reichenstein,
Worth Segar Store,
7th & Main,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Frank E. Rhode,
No Address.
E. R. Robinson,
Incorrect Address.
*W. E. Sampson,
Box 78,
Houston, Texas.
R. E. Schaeffer,
Schulenberg, Texas.
First State Bank & Trust Co.,
*Colonel D. B. Netherwood,
Dr. Oscar Melville Ball, for 34
years professor and head of the
biology department at Texas A.
& M. College, who has been ap-
pointed professor emeritus and
CURATOR OF NEW MUSEUM
curator of the new college museum.
He will combine his own extensive
collection of fossil plants with
the paleontological specimens as-
sembled by the late Dr. Mark
Francis.
Two of the most extensive collec-
tions of fossil material in the South
{ will be combined shortly at Texas
A. & M. College to form the foun-
dation of what is expected to de-
velop into one of the Nation's front
rank museums.
Dr. Oscar Melville Ball, for 34
years professor and head of the de-
partment of biology of the college,
has, at his own request, been re-
lieved of the duties of that posi-
tion and named as professor emeri-
tus of biology and curator of the
Texas A. & M. College museum.
Dr. C. C. Doak, member of the col-
lege biology staff since 1926, has
been named new head of the de-
partment of biology by Dean T. D.
Brooks, of the school of arts and
sciences.
Dr. Ball now is superintending
the moving of the collection in a
small brick and concrete structure
near the college administration
building.
Included in the collection of fos-
sil animals chiefly of mammoths
and mastodons, assembled by the
late Dr. Mark Francis, internation-
ally known veterinarian, over a
40-year period, and Dr. Ball’s col-
*Dr. H. Schmidt,
College Station, Texas.
Geo. E. Skaggs,
No Address.
*A. iJ. Smith,
Cameron, Texas.
M. C. Spivey,
Lufkin, Texas.
R. H. Standifer,
1714 Fairmont Street,
Fort Worth, Texas.
*W. H. Telfair,
Box 311,
Port Arthur, Texas.
*Joe Utay,
1510 First National Bank Bldg.,
Dallas, Texas.
Colonel J. A. Warden,
Plattsburg Barracks,
New York.
W. W. Washburn,
Box 178,
Raymondville, Texas.
A. B. Whittet,
3271 Van Hazen, N. W,,
Washington, D. C.
C. P. Wilson,
No Address.
Jay Wray,
Center Point, Texas.
CLASS OFFICERS
President
T. J. Beesley
DECEASED.
Vice President
Lem Adams,
Oxweld R. R. Ser. Co.,
230 N. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois.
Secy.-Treasurer
C. W. Homeyer, Jr.,
411 First South St.,
Carlinville, Ill
A. & M. FOSSIL COLLECTION TO
BE BASE OF NEW MUSEUM
lection of fossil plant life gathered
over a 35-year period. Both collec-
tions, Dr. Ball said, include a large
number of “type specimens,” or
specimens which scientists use as
the basis of establishing new spe-
cies in classifying the different
forms of plant and animal life.
EX-STUDENTS—
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worth while contributions, not in
line of duty, for the advancement
of Texas A. & M.” was rejected.
New Plan
In a vigorous discussion partici-
pated in by practically every di-
rector present, the new Student
Activities Plan was again approved
instructed to proceed at their dis-
cretion. Full explanation of this
matter will be contained in a
later issue of the TEXAS AGGIE.
A short discussion was held re-
garding the possibility of closer
contacts for mutual advantages be-
tween the Junior Colleges and the
Texas A. & M. College. It was
brought out in this discussion that
authorities of the institution al-
ready had this matter under ad-
visement and were making satis-
factory progress.
A short athletic report was made
by Tyree L. Bell, ex-student rep-
resentative on the Athletic Council.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
President Perkins expressed his
appreciation to the board for its
fine work during the year and its
splendid attendance to the board
meetings. The following were pres-
ent for the business session:
J. V. Butler, Chris J. Stromber-
ger (proxy for E. E. Aldridge), G.
D. Everett, Leo Thanheiser, T. M.
Smith, P.. L. Downs,. Jr., ‘R. T.
Shiels, Al O. Saenger, C. L. Bab-
cock, A. P. Rollins, J. B. Crockett,
Tyree L. Bell, H. K. Deason, C. A.
Thanheiser, E. R. Eudaly, A. F.
Mitchell, Graham G. Hall, P. B.
Metcalfe, Colonel O. A. Seward, F.
1D. Perkins, E. E. McQuillen, and
L. B. Locke.
H. B. Farmer, ’05, is living at
3006 Austin Street, Houston. Farm-
er is an engineer in the Right-of-
Way Department of the Southern
Pacific Lines, where he has been
employed for many years.
Austin E. Burges, ’15, one of the
leading soil scientists of the South-
west and author of “Soil Erosion
Control”, recently became associat-
ed with the First Trust Joint Stock
Land Bank in Dallas to carry out
erosion control practices on that
bank’s farms in Texas. Long a
well-known agricultural writer,
Mr. Burgess has been connected
with the Soil Conservation Service
in Texas.
H. Lidell Tucker, 22, chemical
engineer with the Gulf Refining
Company at Port Arthur. is one
of the happiest men in the state
of Texas. A visit to his home dis-
closes one reason for his happiness
in the form of a charming wife
and three fine children.
He is still remembered as a
member of the famous Cast Iron
Quartet during his college days,
and is an active member of the
Port Arthur A. & M. Club.
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| Texas Sweetheart
and officers of the Association were |
James C. Chatmas, Jr., 37, gets
his mail at Coleman, Texas.
W. D. ‘Harris, ’24,. has; been
transferred from Henderson to
Rusk, where he is still with the
State Highway Department.
Homer D. Roberts, 26, who has
been teaching vocational agricul-
ture at Naples, Texas for the past
several years, has been transfer-
red to Denton, where he will serve
in the same capacity. His brother,
J. E. Roberts, ’37, who has been
teaching vocational agriculture at
Denton, recently resigned to be-
come associated with the A. & M.
College Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Wilson O. Kaden, ’37, with the
Lambert Landscape Co., Ind.,
Shreveport, Louisiana. His address
is 905 Dalzell of that city. Kaden
admits that he thinks landscape
architecture is a fine profession
and he says he is enjoying his
work very much.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Downs, Jr,
’06, Temple, recently announced
the engagement and marriage of
their daughter, Miss Grey Downs,
‘to L. M. Baugh, Temple. The wed-
| ding took place February 5. Miss
Downs was chosen last summer as
No. 1" for. the
Fort Worth Casa Manana Show.
Her father, Pink Downs, is a for-
mer member of the A. & M. Board
of Directors and one of the most
enthusiastic and loyal A. & M.
men in the state.
Wayne L. Sigler, ’33, who has
been assistant in agricultural con-
servation at Breckenridge, has
been appointed county agricultural
agent of Kendall County, with
headquarters at Boerne, Texas.
Cal T. Wallace, ’36, has been ap-
pointed assistant in agricultural
conservation for Cottle County
with headquarters at Paducah.
A recent campus visitor with M.
S. Duncan, ’15, county agricultural
agent at Henrietta. Mr. Duncan
has a son in school at the present
time.
Edwin E. Sawyer, 36, is living
at Sonora, Texas.
Thomas L. Gaston, Jr., ’24, is
with the Soil Conservation Service
project located at Vernon, Texas.
His resident address is 2108 Wil-
barger Street of that city. Other
A. & M. men connected with this
project are: J. M. Bird, 28; F. E.
Tutt, '27; P. B. Price, "20; C. A,
Tidwell, ’35; and Oscar Billemek,
234.
H. C. Buttrill, ’36, is living at
105 W. 15th Street, Apartment 1,
Austin, Texas.
J. Rutledge “Perch” Hill, 13, of
the Gifford-Hill Company at Dal-
las, was recently elected president
of the National Sand and Gravel
Association. He is one of the best
known contractors and material
men in the Southwest.
Friends of T. B. Warden, ’03, of
the Texas Cement Industries, Aus-
tin, and former president of the
Association, will be glad to know
that he is much better folowing
a recent rather serious illness.
The loan funds of the Associa-
tion extended financial assistance
to 190 students at mid-term regis-
tration recently completed. With-
out this assistance, most of these
lads would have been unable to
continue their education at A. &
M.
After seven weeks of illness,
Hal Moseley, ’00, city manager of
Dallas, has returned to his post
and according to reports looking
fit and ready to tackle his big job.
W. O. Alexander, 32, is with the
National Youth Administration
with headquarters at 415 Kirby
Building, Houston. Many A. & M.
men remember him as an expert
ventriloquist who has entertained
them many times.
F. A. Davison, ’33, has recently
been given a new three-year con-
tragt as superintendent of the
Franklin Schools, Franklin, Texas.
He is at the present time serving
his fifth year in that position and
has made an outstanding success
in developing the Franklin school
system.
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