L&E
DR. THOMAS MAYO,
CAMPUS.
RETURN
POSTAGE -
GUARANTEED
THE TEXAS AGGIE
If this paper is not
called for return
postage is guaranteed
by publisher.
Published Semi-Monthly Exeept During the Summer Months when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College
VOL. XI
' COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TEXAS, JUNE 1, 1938
NO. 11
President's Report At Annual
Meeting Gives
And Purposes
BY F. D,
The purpose of this report is to
outline to this annual meeting, as
briefly as possible, the activities
of the Association during the past
year, and its present status and
condition. To achieve brevity much
must be omitted and bare mention
made of many other items of inter-
est and importance.
I would impress upon you that
this is NOT a report of your pres-
ident’s activities, nor those of our
secretary. It is an attempt to por-
tray the general activities of the
past year—and literally hundreds
of A. & M. men were as impotrant,
and more so, in these activities as
were your officers.
It would be impossible for me to
pay tribute to the MANY men who
have played their part in our A. &
M. activities during the past year,
so let me extend to them a blanket
expression of thanks and apprecia-
tion. Without these men the efforts
of your officers would be in vain.
Your board of directors, your
student loan fund trustees, your
athletic council representatives, and
your headquarters office staff here
at College have all served you
faithfully and well. It should be re-
membered that these gentlemen
are YOUR elected representatives. |
They are at all times representing.
you—and they welcome the sug-
gestions, criticisms or ideas of any
member of the Association, or of
any A. & M. man. We owe to them
a debt of gratitude for their fine
services for us. I
Our A. & M. clubs have enjoyed
another fine year. Their influence
for the advancement of A. & M.
cannot be over-estimated. Out of
the mass of fine work done bythese
clubs I call attention to a few out-
standing events: The huge “Ag-
gresssiveness for A. & M.” Ban-
quet of the Dallas Club last Sep-
tember; the Port Arthur Club’s
Yellow-Jacket Banquet; the Beau-
mont Club’s John Newton Dinner;
the Houston Club’s Party honoring
Aggie Varsity and Freshmen foot-
ball squads, and the as yet mys-
terious new organization of the San
Antonio Club. I call attention also
to the action of the small but pro-
gressive Brazoria Club in making
a gift to the A. & M. library—
an action that should lead every
club to plan some more substantial
act of service to our institution.
Our publication, THE TEXAS
AGGIE, has appeared 20 times dur-
ing the year. We sometimes take
the good things for granted, but
we must realize that this publica- |
tion is our chief link with our
school, its activities, and its prob-
lems. It is our chief link with each
other and in my opinion is one of
the most important phases of the
work of our organization.
Through the cooperation of the
Dallas A. & M. Club, the College,
and our Association, a new Direc-
tory of A. & M. Ex-Students has
been made possible. Work has al-
ready started upon the big job of
compiling the information for this
Directory. We hope to have the
names, school years, occupation,
and addresses of 20,000 A. & M.
men in this book. To do that will
require the assistance of every A.
& M. man. You are asked to send
this information in to our office
here—and to assist us in getting
every other man to do the same. It
is hoped to have the book ready for
distribution early this fall.
The Association is rendering in-
valuable and concrete assistance to
the athletic program of the College.
As our athletic prospects brighten,
every member can feel that HE
has played a part in this improve-
ment.
A recent issue of the TEXAS
AGGIE carried a full report of the
annual audit of our Association
finances by the firm of LYBRAND,
ROSS BROS. AND MONTGOM-
ERY. I hope you read that report.
A few items deserve some special
comment. On March 1 of this year,
Picture Work
Of Association
PERKINS
as compared with March 1, 1937, |
our DELINQUENT student loan |
notes showed a DECREASE of 50
per cent—indicating a very decided
improvement in a situation that
has given the Student Loan Fund
Trustees grave concern. Credit for
this fine work, I am advised by
Secretary McQuillen, belongs to As-
sistant Secretary L. B. Locke, and
I think Mr. Locke should take a
bow and accept our appreciation
for his good work.
Another item that I will mention
is in connection with the collection
of dues. A total of 2,083 men paid
dues during the past calendar year,
a very small increase over the pre-
vious year. We have more members
than that, but almost one-third of
them are usually delinquent at any
given date. I am happy to report
that nearly 300 members of this
year’s graduating class have al-
ready pledged active membership
in the Association.
Let me call your attention also
to the total assets of our Associa-
tion—now $276,000—and our ex-
ces of assets over liabilities and
reserves, $246,000. Most of this
money is in our student loan funds,
and in addition we are administer-
ing the $15,000 J. R. Astin Loan
Fund for the A. & M. College. I
mention these figures to impress
upon you that we have built up an
orgarization that. possess substan-
tial assets—and that these assets
must be always carefully and
soundly guarded and administered.
Perhaps the hardest job our or-
ganization faces, certainly the most
enduring, is the maintenance of
records. Without records upon A.
& M. men—their addresses, years,
and other information, the very
foundation of our Association
would disappear. The task is one
of the big jobs of our headquarters
office. I mention it because it is of
such tremendous importance to the
Association, to the College, and to
individual A. & M. men.
This report is so far unsatisfac-
tory to me. In a very brief and in-
complete way I have, perhaps, built
a skeleton of the work and life of
our Assoiiation of Former Stu-
dents. But a bare recital of this
thing done—that many dues col-
lected—these total assets—fails, to
my mind, to properly evaluate the
work and the worth of our organi-
zation. We are something more
than a skeleton.
What would happen if we had no
strongly organized Association?
No headquarters office here at A.
& M.? The first thing that would
happen would be the rapid degen-
eration and loss of records labor-
jously compiled and maintained
during the past 20 years. Class re-
unions and other meetings, as we
have them now, would be impos-
sible. Only since we have had our
present organization has our A. &
M. club functioned so widely and
so well. Our knowledge of what's
going on at A. & M.—of the prob-
lems of the institution—of what
our A. & M. friends are doing and
of where they are—this knowledge
would be no more. Gone, I'm afraid,
would be the fine, friendly con-
sciousness that we all belong to
the A. & M. family—that we stand
together, united in common inter-
ests and in common work. Gone
would be our organized strength
and our organized work for our
alma mater. The maintenance and
the promotion of these things are
the most important and the most
useful work of our Association.
These things are the flesh and the
blood and the warmth that make
that skeleton a living thing.
C. H. Megarity, '23, is owner of
the C. H. Megarity Agency, fire
insurance and automobile loans,
Brenham. He is married and has
one child. At A. & M. he was a
member of the basketball team.
NEW PRESIDENT
C. L. BABCOCK
Charles L. Babcock, ’18, new
President of the Association of
leaders. For the past five years or
tion and during the past two years
School Board, a past president of
the Beaumont A. & M. Club and of
the Beaumont Young Men’s Busi-
ness League. A native of Galves-
ton, he spent several years with
the Burroughs Adding Machine
Company before opening his insur-
ance business in Beaumont in 1929.
J. B. Thomas, 11
New President
kt. Worth Club
J. B. Thomas, ’11, vice president
and general manager of the Texas
Electric Service Company of Fort
Worth, was elected president of
the Fort Worth A. & M. Club at a
recent meeting. A past president
of the Association and a past pres-
ident of the Dallas A. & M. Club,
Mr. Thomas is a veteran in A. &
M. activities.
The supporting staff of officers
includes: Vice president N. H. Riv-
eire, 26; J. G. Allen, ’27; Len
Sweatman, ’25; and Robert T. Nel-
son, ’34, was chosen as secretary-
treasurer.
The Fort Worth Club’ is meeting
monthly and will hold its next
meeting on the night of June 24
at the Lone Star Gas Company
auditorium in Fort Worth. In
charge of that meeting will be a
committee composed of: Herbert
Spreen, 22; Ardmore Healy, ’24;
and W. O. Jones, 19.
Sam A. Roelofs, ’30, is Vice Pres-
ident and engineer of the Mak
Construction Co., 615 Public Square
Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.
Oral K. Jackson, ’15, is with the
U. S. Engineers, and makes his
home at Montebello, Calif.
| He and Mrs. Babcock have two
' sons, and fortunately for the peace
of the Babcock family Mrs. Bab-
Former Students, is the best known cock is as enthusiastic an A, & M.
citizen in the Sabine Disurict, aud
is one of the city of Beaumont’s served as Editor of the Battalion,
outstanding business and civic | Assistant Business Manager of the
Longhorn and President of the
more he has been one of the most| Glee Club. He left school in 1918 to
active workers in the history of | enter the army, being commission-
the A. & M. Ex-Student’s Associa- | ed as a Second Lieutenant and sta-
tioned at Jackson, Miss.
has served the organization as its |
vice president and as a Director. ‘Babcock has attended meetings of
Mr. Babcock is owner and man- A, & M. Clubs in almost every
ager of the C. L. Babcock Insur- section of Texas. He is an excel-
ance Agency with offices in the lent speaker and his enthusiasm is
Pearlstein Building, Beaumont. He contagious. He has been one of the
is a member of the Beaumont City |
of the Ross Volunteers; and active
in student publication work. He is
|
supporter as is her husband.
"As a student at A. & M. Babcock
During the past several years
leaders in making the Beaumont
Club one of the finest A. & M. or-
ganizations in the state. The Asso-
ciation is fortunate in its ability
to command his services, and to
add his name to the long list of
fine men who have so ably and so
unselfishly served as presidents of
the organization.
Ketterson Resigns
College Position
T. B. “Tony” Ketterson, ’31, for
the past seven years assistant to
the Director of Publicity of the
Texas A. & M. College, and in
general charge of all sports pub-
licity of the College, has resigned
his post effective June 1. He will
go to New York City where he will
be located and where he will con-
tinue to engage in newspaper work.
For the past year, he has been the
official sports statistician for the
Southwest Conference.
As a student at A. & M., he re-|
ceived his degree in liberal arts; |
was a member of the cavalry; a|
distinguished student; a member
the younger brother of J. B.
“Skinny” Ketterson, ’24, Sinclair
Refining Company, 630 Fifth Ave-
nue, New York City, N. Y.; and
Francis A. Ketterson, ’29, 1408
Westheimer Road, Houston.
Since the announcement of his
resignation, College officials have
received expressions of regret
from practically every sports
writer in Texas, among whom Ket-
terson was a very popular figure.
No announcement has been made as
to his successor.
J. W. Dorsey, ’26, is teaching
vocational agriculture at Palmer
and was a recent campus visitor.
A&M Exes Throng Campus At
Commencement Meeting-Elect
Charles L. Babcock, ’'18, Beau-
mont, was - unanimously chosen
President of the Association
of Former Students for the
current year by the Directors of
that organization at the annual
meeting on the campus last week-
end. C. P. Dodson, ’11, Decatur was
named Vice President and E. E. Mc-
Quillen, ’20, re-elected Secretary-
Treasurer. Retiring President F.
Dudley Perkins, McKinney, was
chosen to serve with the president
and secretary as a member of the
Student Loan Fund Trustees, and
Joe Wessendorf, 07, Richmond, was
named as a member of the Athletic
Council. He succeeds Tyree L. Bell,
with A. G. “Bert” Pfaff, 27, serv-
ing one more year of his term on
the council.
Election of an Executive Com-
mittee and the transaction of other
business was deferred by the Board
of Directors until its next meeting
which will be held later in the sum-
mer or early next fall.
The new Board of Directors of
the Association was elected by the
annual meeting, the entire slate as
proposed by the nominating Com-
mittee being chosen without con-
test. Members of the Nominating |
Committee were, R. T. Shiels, 10,
Dallas; Oran Dawson, ’32, Nacog-
doches; Jack McCullough, ’24, Mec-
Kinney; J. H. Blackaller, '28, Long-
view, and Roy B. Davis, "27, Plain-
view,
The new Board of Directors of
the Association is as follows:
Dr. R. L. Lewis; ’05, Paris
H. K. Deason, ’16, Port Arthur
M. H. Bivens, ’07, Longview
Add G. Wilson, ’12, McKinney
Dr. M. B. Starnes, ’27, Dallas
Colonel O. A. Seward, Jr., ’07,
Groesbeck
John R. Saunders, ’27, Huntsville
Victor A. Barraco, '15, Houston
G. Graham Hall, ’13, Houston
T. M. Smith, 01, East Columbia
A. C. Love, ’99, Austin
J. B. Snider, ’14, Waco
P. L. Downs, Jr., 06, Temple
Louis P. Merrill, ’26, Fort Worth
EW. “Hook” + Harrison,” 13,
South Bend
A. E. Hinman, ’25, Corpus
Christi
Charles E. Richter, Jr., ’30, La-
redo
E. V. Spence, ’11, Big Spring
R. T. Shiels, ’10, Dallas
Guy C. McSwain, 20, Amarillo
Joe W. Jennings, 11, Plainview
Major E. E. Aldridge, 16, San
Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, 16, San An-
gelo
F. Dudley Perkins, ’97, McKin-
ney
Paul G. Haines, ’17, College Sta-
tion
Roy D. Golston, 03, Tyler
Charles L. Babcock, ’18, Beau-
mont
CLASS REUNIONS
IN JULY AGGIE
Class Reunions, held last
week-end on the campus, will
be featured in the July issue
of the TEXAS AGGIE, with
pictures of those present. Since
the AGGIE is published only
once each month thru the
summer, the July issue will be
the next one off the press.
The classes of 1928, 1918, 1913,
1908, and the Sul Ross group
held successful reunions at
Commencement last week-end.
W. E. Anderson, 27, 913 South
Brighton, Dallas, is celebrating
over leading the entire field staff
of the Life Department of the Na-
tional Life and Accident Insur-
ance Company for the first quarter
of 1938.
G. A. “Crabby” Powers, ’17, the
old baseball star, is living at Se-
guin, Texas, where he is agent
for the Humble Company.
Officers- Hold Class Reunions
Featuring splendid Class Reun-
ions, a snappy annual business ses-
sion, an enjoyable Faculty-Former
Student Luncheon, the usual thrills
of Commencement exercises and
the final review, and the presence
on the campus for the week-end of
General George T. Bartlett and
General Andrew Moses, former
Commandants, the annual meeting
of the Association of Former Stu-
dents was a great success. Over
500 A. & M. men were registered
at the “Y” headquarters.
Visiting A. & M. men began
drifting in early Thursday, with
the heaviest arrivals coming Friday
afternoon. Class meetings that af-
ternoon, the graduation exercises
at Kyle Field and the Final Ball
that night proved big attractions.
A huge reception on the lawn of
the Walton home gave everyone an
opportunity to renew old acquaint-
ances.
Saturday morning came the Final
Review, followed by the Faculty-
Former Student Luncheon at noon
and the annual business meeting of
the Association that afternoon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Nearly three hundred A. & M.
men were present when the annual
business session of the Association
was called to order in the “Y”
Chapel by President F. D. Perkins.
Following the reading of a list of
deceased men, with “Taps” sound-
ine softly, the meeting heard »e-
ports from the Auditing, the Res-
olutions, and the Nominating com-
mittees. These reports were ac-
cepted and approved without dis-
cussion. The report of President
Perkins was greeted with heavy
applause, and this report is car-
ried in full in this issue of the
AGGIE.
In both the: President’s report:
and in the Auditing Committee's
report, special praise was paid to
Assistant Secretary L. B. Locke,
’19, for his good work in improv-
ing the status of the student loan
funds with respect to delinquent
notes.
Following their election the new
Directors retired for a short meet-
ing to elect officers. Dillon T.
Stevens, ’13, president of the
Southern California Club, Los An-
geles, was placed in charge of the
meeting and presided during the
absence of the Directors. Short
talks were made by Col. Ike Ash-
burn who reported upon the gen-
eral welfare and condition of the
College, by Homer Norton, Ath-
letic Department head, by Dean E.
J. Kyle, Col. T. H. Barton, ’99, of
Eldorado, Arkansas, and others.
The announcement of the elec-
tion of new officers was greeted
by applause and president-elect
Babcock was escorted to his post
by ‘BR. T..-Shiels;- 10," and TI... K.
Deason, ’16. In his brief remarks
of acceptance, Mr. Babcock pledged
his best efforts to the work of the
organization, and asked that every
A. & M. man do his part.
Another feature of the meeting
was the presentation to retiring
president Perkins of a framed res-
olution of appreciation and affee-
tion for his good work during the
past year. The resolution was giv-
en a rising and a rousing vote.
Resolutions passed by the meet-
ing included a welcome to new
members of the A. & M. faculty
and congratulations to those who
had been promoted; a request that
the Board of Directors of the Col-
lege give thought to the possibili-
ties. of a ncw campus hotel; and
the resolution on the deceased A.
& M. men, as carried elsewhere in
this issue.
The meeting was
promptly at 4 P. M.
adjourned
Robert B. Reilly, ’26, is construc-
tion superintendent for the Austin
Road Co., Dallas, and lives with
Mrs. Reilly and their two children
at 5151 Monticello, that city.