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TEXAS A AND M’S $2,000,000 DORMITORIES will l:ok
like the above photograph when the huge building pro ect is
ccmpleted, probably in 1940. Abeve is Architect Alfred C. Finn’s
drawing of the addition. Twelve new dormitorics can be seen,
along with a new mess hall on the extreme right.
THE NEW MESS HALL will be large enough to care for
the approximate 2,500 students who will be housed in the twelve
new structures, 1,250 rooms. The old Mess Hall will continue in
use to serve the students living in the eleven old A and M dorms.
A LOAN FROM THE RFC of $2,000,000 makes possible the
building program. Members of the Beard of Directors were suc-
cessful in obtaining a long-term loan, which will be paid off with
proceeds from the new dorms and mess hall, at a four per cent
rate of interest.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD’S committee on building are
R. W. Briggs of Pharr, E. J. Kiest of Dallas, and Elliott Roosevelt
of Fort Worth. Robert J. Cummings of Houston is consulting
engineer for the project. Architect Finn is also from Houston.
(Photo Courtesy The Houston Post)
HALF OF A AND M5 &,
000 STUDENTS
TAKE PART IN INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS
DURING FIRST HALF OF S5GHOOL YEAR
Texas A and M College is said
to have one of the most complete
and efficient systems of intramur-
al athletic competition of any col-
lege in the United States. The fact
that the College is non-coed en-
hances the programs, as every stu-
dent is more or less interested in
it. Around half of the school’s 5,000
students took part in the program
during the first term.
It is the purpose of the intra-
mural athl-tic program to provide
an cpportunity for every student
to tako part in athletic sports in
which h- is interested, even though
ha =a not b= proficient enough
for varcity competition. The de-
rartment 2lso encourages students
to take part in as many sports as
possible.
“Mr. Penny” has a peculiar knack
for remembering names and faces,
and once he has met a student, he
will call him by name at all sub-
sequent meetings, although he
meets some two thousand students
every year.
Other representatives in the or-
ganization include one faculty rep-
resentative, one representative of
the Senior Class, and one Senior
and one Freshman manager in each
unit. of the: R.'Q.. T."C. :
The department carries on two
separate and distinct complete pro-
grams—one for Freshmen, and one
for upperclassmen. These programs
are very similar.
Every Freshman is required to
include physical training in his
curriculum as a non-credit course,
scholastically speaking. Until three
years ago he has had to meet class
three times weekly and engage in
some sport for one hour. Now, due
to the ingenuity of Mr. Penberthy,
he can get this course off by par-
ticipating in the intramural pro-
gram, which he probably would
have done anyhow. ’
There are sixteen sports includ-
ed in the Freshman program, in-
cluding basketball and speedball in
October, rifle shooting, swimming
and cross country racing in Nov-J
ember, touch football, football, and
volleyball in December, horseshoe
pitching and handball in February,
boxing, wrestling and playground
ball in March, and water polo, golf,
and track in April.
Competition in every one of these
sports is keen and the winners in
each sports are rewarded with tro-
phies. Also, the high man for the
year is given a medal. The winning
unit of the R. O. T. C. is given the
intramural champion’s flag, a beau-
tiful flag which is carried at all re-
views and on all corps trips. This
organization is determined by a
scoring system, giving so many
points for participation, and a bo-
nus for winning. This trophy is
hotly contested, and is one which
the winning company, battery, or
troop is proud to display.
The department publishes a stu-
dent’s handbook including rules
and regulations, and describing in
full the whole program. All equip-
ment for practice and match games
is furnished by the department,
and it also maintains adequate fa-
cilities such as football fields, bas-
ketball courts, baseball diamonds
and the like for carrying on com-
petition in each of the sports of-
fered.
E. R. Duke ’23, has recently been
appointed state crop insurance su-
pervisor by the Federal Crop In-
surance Corporation. He has re-
signed his position as County Ag-
ent at Amarillo and has already as-
Duke has
Extension Service
sumed his new duties.
been with the
since 1927, having served as county
agent for Hartley and Potter Coun-
ties. He will continue to make his
headquarters at Amarillo.
John B. Jones, 26, for the past
several years Executive Vice Presi-
dent and Secretary of the Houston
Bank for Cooperatives, has been
elected general manager of the Rio
Grande Valley Citrus Exchange. He
will report soon to this new con-
nection. The Exchange is a coopera-
tive sales organization for twenty-
five Valley grapefruit and orange
packing associations. Prior to mov-
ing to Houston for his work with
the Bank for Cooperatives, a part
of the Federal agricultural bank-
ing organization, Jones was head
of a big cooperative organization
at El Paso.
( CAD A EE WT HT a A EA SOS Ar SP UTS
SPORT
FODDER
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Welcome to Aggie athletic fans
is the news that practically 100
per cent of the athletes in school
this spring emerged from their
battle with final exams in fine
shape and will be eligible next fall.
In fact, the record made by the
boys this spring was one of the
best in several years and Homer
Norton and his staff were wearing
big smiles when the news was out
that their athletes had so consist-
ently passed their school work.
SPECIAL TO THE AGGIES IN
BORNEO, SUMATRA, SOUTH
AFRICA AND OTHER FAR-
FLUNG SPOTS: A. & M. finished
third in the baseball race and third
in the conference track meet, in
case your Texas papers have not
already arrived.
An interesting group at the re-
cent annual Ex-Student’s meeting
was seven members of the 1896
football team at A. & M. In the
group were Cy Perkins, McKinney;
Earl Rawlins, Lancaster; Cavitt
Love, Austin; Ed Kyle, College
Station; H. H. Tracy, Tulia; E. M.
Overshiner, Abilene, and Ervin As-
tin, Bryan. Also present was their
coach, the first at A. & M., Horace
W. South, Houston. Those fellows
played over every game of their
schedule. All are staid and success-
ful business men today.
Marty Karow, Aggie baseball ho
assistant football coach, will play
baseball this summer with the Wa-
co Dons, strong semi-pro outfit.
In his opening game with that
team he homered in the ninth inn-
ing with a mate aboard to win the
game for the Dons. Pitching for
the same team will be Walter Bass,
Aggie freshman star, who looks
like a conference winner. Bass is a
tall lad, a right-hander, with lots
of stuff.
Jake Mooty, ’35, former Cadet
pitching star, is hurling winning
ball for Syracuse in the Internat-
ional League.
Pete Dowling, ’37, who had a try
at pro baseball last summer is in
Houston this summer, playing with
the strong Cameron Iron Works
team.
Thomas A. Pilkey, 29, is lighting
director for the Staten Island Edi-
son Corporation, 50 Bay Street,
Staten Island, New York. As a stu-
dent at A. & M., “Tommy” was
sports editor of the Battalion and
took an active part in many cam-
pus activities.
Oscar Loessin, Jr., 29, is with
the Loessin Gin Company, Granger,
Texas. Loessin has been bookkeep-
er and repair man in this concern
since leaving A. & M. He is marri-
ed and has one child.
Homer E. Thompson, ’31 is as-
sistant county agent for the Ex-
tension Service and is located in
Lubbock County, where he gets his
mail at P. O. Box 1400 Lubbock,
| Texas. Thompson is still single.
1933 DIRECTORY
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MOIVIDUAL RECORD ~ SHEET
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some other A. & M. man—our goal
is 20,000 A. & M. men in this book.
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