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NO. 11
VOL. XI
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TEXAS, JULY'1, 1938
S.P.EE. Draws
Nations Stars
In Engineering
A thousand engineers, educators
and industrialists searching for a
common ground, were present on
the campus last week for the
Forty-Sixth Annual Convention of
the Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education. It was the
big national organization’s first
annual meeting to be held in the
Southwest, and the second time
south of the Mason and Dixon Line.
Engineers were registered from
every state in the Union for the
four day session, June 27-30, and
prepared and eager to discuss
everything from stoichiometry to
what to do with worn-out razor
blades. Many of the outstanding
figures in the engineering world,
both educational and industrial
were present. Following its open-
ing sessions the meeting divided
into various groups for discussions
and papers on practically every
phase of engineering work and en-
gineering education.
H. C. “Dutch” Dillingham, ’22,
Professor of Electrical Engineering
at A. & M., served as General
Chairman of the local arrange-
ments committee.
400 AT ALAMO
CLUB'S ANNUAL
SUMMER PARTY
Sin agai? le i kdb AAC iA
The Alamo A. & M. Club, San
Antonio, held its annual summer
chicken barbecue on the night of
June 11 with an attendance of ap-
proximately 400 men. The big party
was held at what the club expects
to be its permanent barbecue loca-
tion in a beautiful grove of trees
on the ranch of Henry Weir, ’13,
on the outskirts of San Antonio.
Present for the occasion, in ad-
dition to the usual number of dele-
gations from the San Antonio area,
were Association President C. L.
Babcock, 18, accompanied by a del-
egation from Beaumont and Port
Arthur of A. & M. men; Associa-
tion Secretary E. E. McQuillen;
and Aggie Coach Lil Dimmit.
Prior to this big party members
of the Alamo Club joined hands to
build a big barbecue pit and other-
wise improve the barbecue site.
This annual chicken barbecue
has become famous in the San An-
tonio area and this year’s occasion
drew one of the largest crowds in
the history ofthe occasion. Follow-
ing the barbecue dinner, various
games were enjoyed. C. J. Strom-
berger, '24, is president of the Ala-
mo A. & M. Club.
LASTER HEADS
PT. ARTHUR CLUB
L. L. Laster, ’30, Gulf Oil Com-
pany chemist, was recently elected
president of the Port Arthur A. &
M. Club succeeding John W. Sim-
mons, 30. N. A. Scardino, 29, with
the Texas Company, was re-elected
vice president; Charles V. Arisco,
'36, who is with the Texas Com-
pany, was named secretary-treas-
urer. O. T. Hotchkiss, '24, was re-
elected sergeant-at-arms; and Clyde
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NEW VICE-PRES.
C. ‘P. "Dodson, 11, of Decatur,
elected Vice President of the As-
sociation of Former Students at
the recent Commencement meet-
ing, is a real veteran in the affairs
and work of A. & M. Ex-Students.
For over a quarter of a century he
engaged in the electrical and pub-
lic utility business, only recently
resigning to look after his personal
business interests. For many years
he was District Manager for the
Texas Power and Light Company,
with headquarters at Decatur. He
will continue to make his home in
that city.
A baseball letter-man, a graduate
in electrical engineering, and ac-
tive in other student affairs, he has
always been a loyal and an inter-
ested worker for A. & M. A son,
Ralph Dodson, graduated in 1935,
and is a present teaching and tak-
ing graduate work in the chemistry
department at A. & M.
Mr. Dodson has served several
times on the Board of Directors of |
the Association. He is well known
in Texas Lion Club circles, serving
as a District Governor and taking |
an active part in this civic organi- |
zations activities. He is one of the
little city of Decatur’s outstanding |
civic and business leaders and well |
known thru that section of the
state for his fine leadership.
CORPUS AGGIES
SET NEW REGORD
Officers and members of the
jorpus Christi A. & M. Club re-
cently surprised the Association
office in a delightful way by send-
ing in a batch of Association dues
checks that was sufficient in num-
ber to break any previous records
slong this line. The Corpus Christi
Club has a higher percentage of
active Association members at the
present time than any other A. &
M. Club.
Another very successful affair
———
Durectory Volu
Deceased Men To Be Included-
Record Blank Returns Lagging
nteers Wanted -
| jean
| Inspired by the voluntary example of Homer E. Womack,
volunteers to follow Womack’
heard the news.
*24, Sinton, Texas, the AGGIE is making ‘a call for 500
s example in working on the
new DIRECTORY. Homer made up a list of EVERY A. & M.
Ex-Student living in Sinton. with his name, years at A. & M,,
business connection and address, and sent in the list for the
new Directory. As a result several “Lost” men have been
found, and several advised about the Directory who had not
| Such a task for a large city would be impossible, but can
of 5,000 population or less. So,
be easily done in the 500 or more Texas cities and communities
The Directory is asking an un-
known 500 heroes to step forward, as Homer Womack has
done, and compile this information and send it in. That kind
of cooperation will be necessary if the Directory is to be the
success every A. & M. man wants it to be.
DECEASED MEN
Unless there is objection,
it is planned to include in the
Directory the names and school years of A. & M. men who
have died, so far as the records of the Association show this
information. This will be a new feature of the 1938 Directory,
but has been suggested by the relatives of several deceased
of the club was a huge welcome
party honoring Harry Stiteler, 31,
new Corpus Christi high school
conch. The attalr was held at the)
Mathis lake and attended by over
100 A. & M. men and their families.
Officers of the Corpus Club who
are turning in such a fine record
include A. E. “Red” Hinman, ’25,
President; C. F. Buck, ’27, Vice
President; Jack M. Shepherd, ’36,
Secretary-Treasurer; Bill Renfro,
’27, Publicity; J. A. Rektorik, 29,
Entertainment; A. A. “Bus” Moore,
32, Sergeant-at-Arms; and the fol-
lowing serving with the officers as
Directors, J. W. Jalufka, ’16, C. S.
Reynolds, ’24, M. B. “Doc” Killian,
26.
Karnes Co. Club
Meets at Kenedy
V. May, ’26, was named publicity
agent.
The club has also voted to in-| M. movies, the Karnes County Club
crease its present student loan
fund now being administered by
the Association. The Port Arthur
Club meets regularly on each first
and third Monday evening in the
Goodhue Hotel. On the first Mon-
day of each month, the meeting is
in the form of a dinner at 6:30 and
the third Monday evening of each
month, a business session is held
at 7:30. The officers of the club
cxtend a cordial invitation to any
Port Arthur visitors to attend these
meetings.
Featuring the showing of A. &
held a meeting on the night of
June 17 at the auditorium of the
Kenedy High School. Arrangements
for the party were made by club
president Marvin Butler, ’14, of
Karnes City, and L. E. “Cap”
Bailey, ’25, of Karnes City.
Delegations were present from
Kenedy, Karnes City, Floresville,
Runge, Yorktown, and other near-
by cities. The program of the oc-
casion included the A. & M. movies
and short talks by Messrs. Rollins
and McQuillen.
A. & M. men. They want the names of these men included in
the ROLL-CALL of A. & M. men.
RECORD BLANKS LAGGING
Although 10,000 A. & M.
Ex-Students were sent record
blanks to be filled out and returned for the new 1938 Direc-
tory over 50 per cent have not yet been received. Another
broad-side will be mailed on July first. It is again urged that
EVERY man fill out his c¢wn
he make himself a committee
blank and send it in—and that
of one to ask every other A.
& M. man to do the same, or do it for him.
Ass’n. Directors
And Gulf Breezes
Meet July 8-9-10
The most extended and ambitious
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Association of Former Stu-
dents in that organizations history
will be held on July 8, 9, and 10
according to a recent announce-
ment from new President Charles
L. Babcock, 18, Beaumont. Follow-
ing approval by sufficient members
of the board to insure the complete
success of the meeting, President
Babcock has accepted the invita-
tion of Carrol E. “Doggie” Ward,
’12, Beaumont, for the Board to
hold a meeting at the Ward sum-
mer residence at Caplen, on the
Bolivar Peninsula between Gal-
veston and Port Arthur.
The first business session of
the Board will be held Friday
night, July 8, with another session
scheduled the following day. In
between business sessions Board
members will find ample oppor-
tunity for fishing and bathing.
Caplen is located on the narrow
peninsula, with the Gulf of Mexico
on one side and Galveston Bay on
the other. Owing to the nature of
the accommodations the meeting
will be a stag affair.
Host Ward, still known to his
A. & M. and other intimates as
“Doggie” Ward, is ranked as one
of the really great athletic stars
in Southwestern history, many
sports writers listing him as an
All-Time All-Southwestern End.
Various items of association
business will be considered by the
Directors at this meeting, and
plans made for activities and work
for the current year.
Kerrville Club
Enjoys Movies
And Barbecue
A. & M. men of Kerrville and
that area held a meeting at the
Kerrville Country Club on the night
of June 16 with some 75 present.
Principal features of the evening
were a delicious barbecue dinner
and the showing of A. & M. movies.
Short talks were made by Assist-
ant Aggie Athletic Director J. W.
Rollins, ’17, and Association Sec-
retary E. E. McQuillen, ’20.
T. W. Hillin, ’32, Kerr County
agent, acted as general chairman
of the occasion. It was decided to
hold another meeting later in the,
summer and C. A. Roland, ’29, |
Kerrville business man, was named |
general chairman for the meeting.
The Kerrville group has only re-|
cently organized and plans an ac-.
tive program. j
Triple M. Club
Gets Going At
Brady Meeting
The first of its three annual
summer barbecues were held by
the Triple-M Club at the Fair
Grounds in Brady on the night of
‘June “18. ‘The club is made up of
the A. & M. men of McCulloch,
Menard, and Mason Counties and
holds one meeting each summer in
cach of these counties.
The Brady meeting was under
the general direction of H. Dick
Winters, ’15, rancher; R. F. “Dick”
Hartman, ’34, county agent; R. M.
“Louie” Priesmeyer, ’26, and
Shields “Chuck” Norwood, Jr., ’25,
Brady business men.
Between 75 and 100 A. & M.
men were present from the Triple-
M Counties. Following a delicious
barbecue, the club enjoyed a show-
ing of the A. & M. movies. The
next meeting of the club will be
beld at either Mason or Menard.
Ft. Worth Aggies
See A. & M. Movies
Over 100 members of the Ft.
Worth Club were present at a
meeting held at the Lone Star Gas
Co. Auditorium on the night of
June 24th. Principal feature of the
program was the showing of A. &
M. movies, with several football
games providing the high spots.
Herbert F. Spreen, 22, was Chair-!
man of the evening's
committee.
In the absence of President J.
B. Thomas, ’11, the meeting was
called to order by Vice President
N. H. “Paul” Riveire, 26. After a
few announcements he turned the
program over to Mr. Spreen.
Present for the occasion were J.
W. “Dough” Rollins, ’17, Assistant
Athletic Director at A. & M., Asso-
ciation Secretary E. E. McQuillen,
and a small delegation from Dal-
las, including W. A. “Bill” Orth,
13, new president of the Dallas
A. & M. Club.
program
El Paso Invites
The El Paso A. & M. Club will
hold what it expects to be its big-
gest meeting in several years on
the evening of July 23 at Zaragosa,
Mexico, across the Rio Grande
from Ysleta. Joining the club in
this meeting will be all present A.
& M. students and ladies are in-
vited. President T. R. “Tommy”
Black, ’26, anticipates an attend-
ance of well over 100. The El Paso
Club extends a cordial invitation
to all A. & M. men and their la-
dies and all A. & M. students in
that area to be present for this
cccasion.
Huge Building Program May
Develop If Federal 0.K. Is
Given Plans College Board
SHORT COURSE
WILL FEATURE
ANOTHER JUNTO
A. & M. Ex-Students and
their friends will hold their
second Short Course “Junto”
on the night of July 11, as one
feature of the short course
week. So popular was the first
Junto, held during the 1936
Short Course, that the event
will be repeated. The affair
will be a stag party, and will
be held at Hensel Park, near
the campus, from 5:00 to 7:00
P. M., Monday evening, July
11. All A. & M. Ex-Students
and friends of the college are
invited. Since the invitation in-
cludes practically every col-
lege employee attending the
short course an attendance of
several hundred men is expect-
ed. Local A. & M. men are
likewise invited. The tax will
be fifty cents per head, and
a buffet dinner will be served.
Principal feature of the enter-
tainment will be a “Home
Talent” play, and a short talk
by Association President C.
L. Babcock, ’18, Beaumont, who
will be the only speaker.
Bill Orth Heads
New Officers Of
Dallas A. & M. Club
W. A. “Bill” Orth, ’13, has been
elected president of the Dallas A.
& M. Club succeeding his former
roommate and classmate, Tyree L.
Bell, ’13. Other new officers in-
clude: First vice president G. M.
Hatch, Jr. ’31; second vice pres-
ident C. M. “Bud” Fowler, 27; and
vecretary-treasurer Henry C.
Wendler, ’34.
Members of the board of direc-
tors of the Dallas Club include:
Past president Bell; W. A. Orth;
W. F. “Bill” Wise, 209; Arthur .C.
Bayless, 26; R. O. Cox, '25; J. W.
Williams, ’18; and Jake Metzger,
'34.
President Orth is supervisor of
operations for the Dallas District
of the WPA office. He is a past
president of the San Antonio A. &
A $4,500,000 building program
for the College may be started in
late summer or early fall if plans
materialize for a PWA grant of
two and a half million dollars to
supplement an RFC loan of two
million dollars. It is understood ap-
plication has been made by the
Board of Directors of the College
for such a grant. The RFC loan
for the construction of additional
dormitories has been granted for
almost a year.
Should the new plan be approved
by Federal authorities, twelve new
dormitories to house 2,650 stu-
dents; a mess hall adjacent to the
new dormitories to seat 2,800; an
lauditorium to seat from 8,000 to
110,000 people, and a new 160 room
‘hotel would be built. Additional
‘moneys would be spent for the ex-
tension of utilities, equipment for
the buildings, and the construction
of streets and side-walks..
It is planned to locate the new
dormitory group in the area south
of the Animal Husbandry Pavilion
and east of the Agricultural Ex-
periment Station buildings and the
Campus Consolidated School. The
old sheep barn would be crowded
into some other location.
A. & M. Ex-Students will await
with interest further news of this
huge building program. In the
meantime, with an estimated en-
rollment of 5,800 students coming
up next year, College Authorities
are wondering where to house the
ing them where to find sufficient
classroom space to teach them.
THEY GATHERED
AT BIG SPRING
FOR THIS PARTY
With Big Spring men as hosts,
A. & M. men from a wide area in
that section joined hands to hold a
very successful meeting at Big
Spring on Sunday night, June 19.
General chairman of the occasion
was E. V. “Gene” Spence, 11, City
Manager of Big Spring. Delega-
tions were present from Abilene,
Sweetwater, Snyder, Colorado, Mid-
land, Odessa, Sterling City, La-
mesa, and other nearby points.
The evening started off with a
meeting at the Settles Hotel at
which short talks were made by
Assistant Athletic Director J. W.
M. Club and spent several years at
College as superintendent of con-
struction during the last big build-
ing program. Vice President Hatch
is with the City Health Depart-
ment of Dallas; Vice President
I"lorer is with the Dallas Power and
Light Company; and Secretary-
Treasurer Wendler is with the In-
ternational Business Machines
Company.
The Dallas Club continues to
meet each Friday noon at the Adol-
phus Hotel. The club has been
meeting every Friday noon for over
30 years.
Temple Picnic
The Bell County A. & M. Club
joined hands with the Bell County
A. & M. Mothers’ Club in an old
fashion basket picnic held at the
Texas Agricultural Experiment |
Station near Temple on the night
of June 9. In spite of inclement
weather, the picnic was well at-
tended by both A. & M. men and
by the parents of A. & M. students.
Outstanding performance in con-
nection with the picnic dinner were
turned in by Association Secretary
McQuillen and W. C. “Bill” O’Dowd,
32. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McDowell,
"12, superintendent of the Experi-
ment Station, were hosts for the
occasion.
Rollins, Association Secretary E.
E. McQuillen; Luke L. Ballard, ’05,
Snyder; T. J. McCarty, 22, Abi-
lene; Tom J. Dwyer, ’12, Odessa;
A. S. Legg, ’21, Sweetwater; W.
T. “Tanlac” - Strange, 22, “Big
Spring; E. V. Spence, ’11; Walter
“Rube” Whipkey, ’11, Colorado;
and others.
Following this meeting, the big
crowd adjourned to a nearby thea-
tre for a showing of the A. & M.
movies. In a brief business session,
the club elected new officers with
Burke T. Summers, 25, Big Spring,
business man, president; and Her-
bert W. Whitney, ’29, Big Spring
City Secretary, as secretary-treas-
urer of the club. The meeting was
the most successful ever held in
Big Spring.
A. & M. Men Head
Reserve Officers
Major E. Joe Howell, 22, A. &
M. College registrar, was elected
president for the current year of
the R2serve Officers of Texas at
that crganizaticn’s recent annual
meeting in Waco. Howell is a
major in the infantry reserve and
has been active in the affairs of
the College R. O. A. Other officers
elected were: Captain. C. M. “Bud”
Florer, ’27, vice president, of Dal-
las; and First Lieutenant C. M.
Abney, 34, judge adjutant general,
of Marshall.
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