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THE TEXAS AGGIE FE. E.. 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. Perkins, 07 J... Le erestins? President s-Babcock;: 18....00 .cconse Vice President E. McQuillen, 20...Executive Secretary BS Lecke, 18............ Assistant Secretary F. D. Fe Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at | College Station, Texas Directors H. K. Deason, "16... ................. Charles L. Babcock, ’ A. G. Pfaff, 270.....ccrreeiiinnaninnrsasaennnees J F. D. Perkins, ’97.... ; J. B. Crockett, 09... 0. A. Seward, Jr., J. Vy Butiey, «12:1 5. Graham G. Hall, ’ 7. M. Smith, Sr... ’01 Charles K. Leighton, ’32.................... Austin PT. Downs, JY "06. .....coos teunroon ocean Temple J CaDylkes: hiro ts sdesonninio Fort Worth Iowa Park C. H. McDowell, 12 Corpus Christi L AE. Hinman, >25.......... H. B. “Pat” Zachry, ’ BS. Reading, 210........s.0. cece ites El Paso G. Dudley Everett, ’15.... ....Sephenville GAC. McSwain, 220... corinne Amarillo BV Spence, 01 lh... Big Spring Ea B.r Aldridge, 16.....50 oe otto San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, "16........... San Angelo BER. Eudaly, ’10..:....c..c.-...-. College Station C. A. Thanheiser, ’ H A. P. Rollins, 06 RA Birk 213. idee EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE F. D. Perkins, 97 McKinney C. L. Thanheiser, "0l......ccooouoceeneen Houston ER. Eudaly, ’10....c...co--- College Station Oscar A. Seward, Jr., "07... Groesbeck STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES F. D. Perkins, "97 cine McKinney A. F. Mitchell, "09... .....cooorirneaeen Corsicana E. E. McQuillen, '20........... College Station REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL 1 Le Bell lB. aed om 0 5 ins Dallas oo PLAFE, "27-icemcmnsonmienensaesanionsnenans Tyler LEADERSHIP Wide-Spread and highly com- plimentary comment from prac- tically every metropolitan news- paper in the State and from hun- dreds of smaller papers, greeted the recent “Progress Report,” cov- ering the growth and development of Texas A. & M. from 1925 through 1937, and condensed in this issue of the TEXAS AGGIE. President T. O. Walton, as execu- ~ tive head of the institution during these years, his executive assist- ants and his faculty, and the Board of Directors of the College have been highly praised for the tre- mendous increase in size and use- fulness of the College and its col- lateral agencies. Friends and sons of Texas A. & M. occasionally became impatient with those charged with the ad- ministration of the institution for the apparent conservativeness of these authorities, Board of Direc- tors, President, Faculty, and other administrative heads. Proof of the wisdom, the tine judgement and the capable leadership of these men is easily found in the record of their achievements during these past twelve years. As administrative head of the largest educational system of Tex- as, with its highly important col- lateral agencies that have con- tributed so much to the State’s welfare and prosperity, Dr. T. O. Walton has proven his ability both as administrator and as educator. President Walton has been guided and supported by an able, unsel- fish and wise Board of Directors, a board made up of outstanding Texas citzens a majority of whom are themselves graduates of the institution. The Faculty of the main college, the Directors of the collateral agencies such as the Extension and the Forestry Services, the Ag- ricultural Experiment Station, the Junior Colleges and all the rest, must come in for their share of the credit for the fine record the entire system has made. To them all, Directors, President, Faculty, Directors and deans and heads of the various divisions of the A. & M. System, The AGGIE extends the thanks and the appre- ciation of A. & M. men. Loyal to their institution, and loving it, A. & M. men are equally loyal and fond of those who have so care- fully and so successfully guided its destines. Recommended to every A. & M. man, and to every Texan, isa close study of this report. The re- sult cannot but be a deep feeling of pride in a great institution. Oscar F. Washam, ’15, has re- cently recovered from a very ser- jous illness in the Veteran's Hos- pital at Muskogee, Oklahoma. He is now on duty with the Soil Con- servation Service at Denton, Tex- as. He and Mrs. Washam are re- siding at 1817 Mulberry Street, Denton. George L. Clayburn, ’37, is county agent at Conroe, Texas. DID YOU KNOW: That Frank G. Anderson, com- | mandant at A and M last year, was assistant coach at A and M in 1920 under D. X. Bible, head coach at the University of Texas ‘at the present. | That Phillips University at Enid, Oklahoma and Oklahoma A and M, located at Stillwater, Oklahoma were members of the Southwestern Conference in 1920. That the Mess Hall and the Main Building were destroyed by fire in 1911. That A and M played two foot- ball games in two consecutive days during the 1910 football season. The Marshall Training School was supposed to play A and M October 8, but the train was four hours late and the game was put off until the following Monday, when the Aggies won by the score of 42 to 0. The game the following day was played against Austin College and the Aggies defeated this team by the score of 27 to 5. That seniors wore white pants and gloves as a part of their dress uniform in 1912, That back in the ‘old days’ the alumni would form a battalion and march to the Mess Hall under command of the oldest ranking of- ficers present, while convening on the campus on Alumni Day. A notice in a 1919 ex-student paper said that the first woman in- structor, who was teaching here at that time (Mrs. Wanda M. Farr) was a very popular teacher with her class. That Joe Routt recently received the new award issued by the A and M College athletic council which is a trophy to be received by Texas Aggie football players who make unanimous All-American football teams. The award will include a silver trophy and a lifetime pass for two tickets to any Aggie ath- letic contest no matter where it is played. That Colonel Ike Asburn, now executive aide to the president at A and M, was awarded the Dis- tinguished Medal and was Cited for Bravery for deeds done in the the World War. The description of the act of extraordinary heroism by Colonel Ashburn is as follows: “after being practically paralyzed for more than an hour from a wound in the neck, he resumed command of his battalion and con- tinued to lead it with exceptional daring and effect until he was in capacitated by a second wound two days later.” That the Daily Bulletin was called the Reveile in 1919. That on March 2, 1919, Guion Hall was to be the scene of one of the most sympathetic gatherings ever held—according to the Alumni Quarterly in February, 1919. The occasion was to pay due homage to the thirty-eight loyal sons of A and M who gave their lives to their country during the Great War. The very same day, the sta- tue of Governor Lawrence Sulli- van Ross was to be unveiled. That Curtis Douglas, ’21, at the age of eighteen years, was com- missioned a Lieutenant of Infan- try in 1918. That in 1919, a cadet in A and M was listed on the delinquency list being charged with “kicking cadet while in ranks.” That the R.O.T.C. was organized under the name of Student Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) The students in this service were sub- ject to call at any time. That the Battalion and the Longhorn were not issued during the 1918-1919 session. That Thos. S. Gathright was President of A and M in 1878 also professor in two departments. He taught in the Commercial depart- ment and the department of Men- tal and Moral Philosophy. (Ima- gine President Walton trying to find time to teach in two depart- ments in A and M today). That cadets were not granted permission to attend private par- ties or places of public amusement during the school term in 1876. That students were required to attend chapel at least once every Sunday in 1878. Robert C. Focke, ’32, is now with the Humble Pipe Line Com- pany at Houston and his address is 1819 Berry Street of that city. Wm. W. Barnes, Jr., '37, is with the Armour Institute of Technol- ogy, 3300 Federal Street, Chicago, Illinois. MOST HUNTERS ONLY DREAM OF THIS TRIP “Dear Mac: “You keep insisting on a report of my hunting trip to British Col- umbia last fall so here it is and it is all your fault. “With Mrs. McMillan and our son, William, and an old hunting and fishing partner, W. E. “Bill” Humphries, of Lubbock, we crossed the international border in the northwest corner of Montana and drove approximately 185 miles into the Province of British Colum- bla. The family visited the summer resorts while Bill and myself were out in the brush. “After reaching the trapper guide’s cabin (with whom we had made contact over a year ago) on the Kootenay River, we packed into the very heart of the Rockies, covering 200 miles by pack horse and on foot during the trip. The country is very rough, high and heavily timbered, except on the sky lines. Only an occasional trap- per lives in the district. We did not see another person of hear a strange gunshot during the entire trip. “Bill and myself accounted for four bears, four mountain goats, two bighorn sheep, two deer, two elk, one moose, one coyote, and caught plenty of cutthroat trout in the swift flowing glacier-fed rivers and streams. The meat diet was varied with an abundance of blue grouse, spruce hen, and ptarmigan, killed along the trail with a .22 pistol. In addition to the trophies, we made about 2,000 feet of colored movies on the trip. “The personnel of the trip in- cluded three naturalized Canadian trappers of German, Norwegian, and English birth. Their faculties for carrying heavy packs of 100 to 125 pounds over a rough trail beset with streams, boulders, and windfalis, are remarkable. “Our usual travel procedure was to go as far as possible by pack train, pitch camp and back-pack with limited supplies and equip- ment up into the high country above timber line where the ani- mals had sought relief from in- sects. On occasions we would make only nine or ten miles a day with the pack train where heavy wind- falls and slides necessitated the cutting of a trail for the horses. “It was a thrill to witness from a sky line seat the animls as they went about the contented life among a setting of unexcelled splendor. One day as we reached the summit of a high range, we looked down into a huge basin three miles in with to see three elk, ten mule deer bucks, and 27 bighorn sheep rams, the latter be- ing the wariest animal on the North American continent. “Pitching temporary camp that night at timber line with balsam boughs for a bed and the stars for cover, we dozed throught the chilly night before the warmth of a roar- ing camp-fire. Next morning we were on the trail again at the break of day. After a hard, nerve tingling stalk of eight hours across rock slides and scattered brush, we were peering over the rocky summit directly above the 27 mag- nificent rams as they rested their heavy horns on the rock slide. Bill planted his choice where he lay on the shale and when the band dashed away, I killed a near record head measuring 17 inches in ecir- cumference at the base. Another night out and we were back at the base camp ready to move into the bear country. Two bears were the reward of this trip and the moose and elk seasons were only two days away. “The best elk and moose district lay about 50 miles away so it was the train again for the outfit. The type and size of elk head was a matter of choice. I passed up 24 bulls before the head fulfilling rather rigid specifications bellow- ed defiance to another bull which had only a few minutes before dethroned him of his harem of five cows in a terrific battle witnessed from a granstand seat a mile away. “Goats, in their white woolly coats and chin whiskers swaying in the mountain breeze, were perched everywhere high among the rocky cliffs. Moose stalked within 50 feet of us as we sat partially concealed at their favorite small lakes and ground out hundreds of feet of movie film. The deer would come, too, to partake of the water, strong in sulphur content and to eat the clay along the banks. Bear came to feed on the carcasses of the trophies killed during the early part of the hunt. Truly we had a ringside seat to the greatest show on earth where the parade of wild life in its never ending charm and beauty lends a reversal to the pic- ture of a world torn by petty jeal- ousies, hate, and unrest. Are we going back? Well, Mac, you an- swer that one.” “Sincerely yours, Bill MeMillan, ’22, Lubbock, Texas.” THOSE FOOTBALL TICKETS Dear Mac: “My humble opinion of that what’s the answer for the ticket sale activities of the Former Stu- dents as brought out in a recent issue of the TEXAS AGGIE, is that the Association should defi- nitely GET OUT of the ticket selling matter. The Associaion is taking the blame in many instances when it very probably is not at fault. The graduating classes of the past 10 years should be en- titled to seats as good as those who finished in ’76. Just because a man finished in 1876 is no good reason why he should out-rate a 1937 graduate as far as tickets are con- cerned. . . . “Yep—I still think that the For- mer Students’ Association had bet- ter get out of the ticket business and let somebody else do the dirty work. I know that if they don’t there are going to be lots of exes quit the Association, because they think that they should get reason- ably good seats when supposed to have the first shot at them and not sit on the 20, 10 and goal line, and behind the goal posts and see the PUBLIC sitting on the 50 and the 40 yard lines. . . . “YOU KNOW BY NOW I AM SURE THAT A TEXAS AGGIE IS THE WORLD'S HEAVY- WEIGHT CHAMPION GRIPER— you should know that since you have been in the Association of- fice long enough to know by now.” Sincerely, C. W. Roberson, Jr., 28. About Aggie Manners My dear Mr. McQuillen: “IT wish to make comment with respect to two editorials appear- ing in a recent issued of the TEX- AS AGGIE. “I would like to see a roster of the ’03 men such as that published for the ’08 men. “lI was very much interested in the editorial entitled ‘Anonymous but is he Right’. I thoroughly agree that the point of view ex- pressed in the editorial is correct. I have had the opportunity of ob- serving a large number of engi- neers. Unfortunately, most of us are somewhat rough when it comes to social graces and amenities. 1t is my feeling that technical insti- tutions of the country could do no greater service to engineering stu- dents than to give an adequate amount of attention to this phase of training.” Sincerely yours, Engineer, 03. Dear Mac: “ ... Regarding a recent AG- GIE editorial concerning more so- cial training for A. & M. graduates, I suggest that they be given a good stiff course in tatting and ecro- chet work. . . .” Sincerey your, Rough and Ready, ’20. Dear McQuillen: “Attached is my check for 1938 dues. Since I graduated from A. & M., I have learned that mess hall manners are hardly calculated to assist a young man in his social relations. It has been my obser- vation that graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, without exception, possess perfect manners and enjoy perfect ease in their social contacts. A. & M. men have too gallant a reputation to fall behind in this matter. Although { s WEDDINGS Buford — Kincaid Miss Pauline Kincaid, daughter of Mrs. Alton Kincaid of Bonham, became the bride of William R. Buford, ’37, of Terrell, on March 17 at the home of the bride’s moth- er. Mr. and Mrs. Buford will make their home at Snyder, Texas, where Buford is with the Humble Oil & Refining Company. Weatherly — Heard Announcement has been made of the marriage in May 1937 of Inez Heard to Edward B. Weatherly, ’37, San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. Weatherly are making their home at 215 Delmar Street, San Antonio. Cummings — White News come to us of the marriage on Christmas Day of Miss Vera White, of Palestine, to Charlie M. Cummings, ’33, of Bryan. At the present time, they are making their home at Grapeland, Texas, where Charlie is with the Humble Oil and Refining Company. During his ca- det days, Charlie was a valuable member of the football squad, and took part in other campus activi- ties. Bowden — Chase Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chase an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Henley, to Mr. Clifton Morris Bowden, ’30, on February 6 at Hillsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Bowden are making their home at 203 Merritt, Marshall, Texas, where Bowden is with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Com- pany. Guests at the wedding in- cluded T. L. Hiner, ’28, Houston; and A. P. McDonald, ’30, of Bryan. Jack K. Walker, ’36, is serving a tour of active duty with the U. S. Army and is with CCC Co. 3818, Brownwood, Texas. J. Theodore Jones, ’35, is with the Santa Fe Railroad Company and makes his headquarters at 801 Fisk Street, Brownwood. Asa Ben Gibbs, ’37, has returned to Texas from Schenectady, N. Y. and is now located at 2605 Pine Street, Texarkana, Texas. Norman J. Lea, ’33, is living at 307 North Columbus Street, Mar- shall. John L. McGraw, 28, is working on his Ph.D. degree at the Univer- sity of Colorado. His address is 957 Grandview Avenue, Boulder. W. H. Armstrong, ’21, has re- cently moved from Washington, D. C. to Hales Corners, Wisconsin. He gets his mail in care of gen- eral delivery. S. J. Flood, ’33, was a recent campus visitor while en route from a business trip in Louisiana back ‘to his Houston headquarters in the Production Research Department of the Humble Company. A. PF. Moffitt, Jr., ’37, is with the York Oil-Field Supply & Equip- ment Company and at the present time is living at Hotel Brendle, Robstown, Texas. J. J. Lluy, ’37, is still with the General Electric Company and gets his mail at 2 Fuller Street, Sche- nectady, N. Y. Walter R. Minzner, 37, is living at 42 Baremeadow Street, Methuen, Massachusetts. R. E. “Bob” Zeigler, ’37, is with Van Volkenberg & Vogel, land- scape architectural firm in Dallas. His residence address is 4810 Gas- ton Avenue. Kenneth S. Buchanan, ’35, is now connected with the Texas Nursery Company, Sherman, Texas. During his cadet days, “Buck” was a dis- tinguished student three years. Jesse C. Howard, Jr., 37, is. a chemical engineer for the Socony Vacuum Company. His address is 419 Woodside Place, Woodbury, New Jersey. it is too late for me to receive any benefit from it, I would like to see the institution institute a policy that would send A. & M. grad- uates out into the world better equipped to take their places in polite society. I know from ex- perience that it is hard to get this kind of training in the school of hard knocks.” Sincerely, ’28. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. C. B, Seidenglanz, 27, are delighted over the arrival of their second baby girl born on March 8 at Florence Nightingale Hospital in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Seidenglanz make their home in Dallas and Charlie offices in the second unit of the Santa Fe Build- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Kana, '34, are the proud parents of a little girl, Anita Marie, born on March 5. Mr. and Mrs. Kana make their home in Baytown and get their mail at Box 708. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Whitmire, ’33, are rejoicing over the birst of a fine son, Jack, on January 28. They make their home at Midland, Texas and get their mail at Box 542, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Mathis, ’29, announce the arrival of a son, Lynn Dalton, on February 25. They make their home at Ana- huac, Texas, where Raymond is county agricultural agent for the A. & M. Extension Service. Mr. and Mrs. Joe William Foster, Jr., ’86, are the happy parents of a fine son, Joseph William, III, born recently. They make their home in Calvert. Mr. and Mrs. L. Ed Lee, ’37, are receiving congratulation from their many friends over the birth of a little daughter on March 5. They are living at 3902 Lamar Street, Apartment 2, Houston, and Ed is with the Haliburton Oil Company of that city. Mrs. Lee is the former Miss Evelyn Norton, daughter of Coach and Mrs. Homer Norton of College Station. As a cadet at A. & M., Ed was cadet colonel; captain of the basketball team in 1937; the most valuable player in 1936; a distinguished student; and participated in many campus activities. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon G. Davis, ’32, are happy over the birth on February 23 of a little daughter, Karen. They make their home at 2013 Latimer Street, Dallas. Tom L. Sessions, 27, Dallas at- torney, recently announced his can- didacy for the State Senate. His office is at 603 Republic Bank Bldg., Dallas, and he received his law degree from S. M. U. after his attendance at A. & M. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin H. Astin, 99, well known banker, planter and business leader of Bryan, re- cently returned from a six week cruise to South America. A great football star in his school days when he was known as “Babe,” Mr. Astin is a life-long friend and supporter of the College and its activities. Although not an ex-student of Texas A. & M., friends of the Col- lege and many A. & M. men who knew him will regret to learn of the sudden death last week of Mr. John M. Lawrence, Sr., Bryan bus- iness and civic leader. He was the father of John M. Lawrence, Jr., "17, at present Vice President of the City National Bank of Bryan. Mr. Lawrence Senior was a loyal friend of A. & M. a leader in Brazos River Reclamation and flood control plans and one of Bryan's best loved citizens. W. Bassett Orr, ’25, recently moved to the campus where his of- fice is on the top floor of the new Administration building. He is representing the Division of Land Economics of the Bureau of Agri- culture. He and his family are making their home in Bryan. Jos. C. Smith, ’37, was recently employed by the Houston plant of the National Lumber and Creo- soting Co. Houston manager of the company, with offices in the Shell Bldg., is W. W. “Red” Law- son, ’10. Wm. E. A. “Bill” Meinscher, ’14, of Bellville, Texas, was a recent visitor to the Association office. Judson Neff, ’28, is living at 1974-T4th Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Neff is with Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company. Buford R. Kohler, 37, is an en- gineer with the Sun Oil Company and at the present time is located at Bay City, Texas, where he gets his mail at Box 146. fra
