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| LIBRARY Mery Christmas And A Happy New Year To cveryong RETURN If this paper is not called for return POSTAGE postage is guaranteed GUARANTEED by publisher. Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College VOL. XI COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 15, 1938 NO. 19 Legion Gives Campus Home To Needy Sons The American Legion and the A. & M. College will join hands in the construction of a dormitory home to house sons of American Legion members at Texas A. & M. The selection of a site for the building will soon be made. The American Legion has appropriated $20,000 for the project and it is expected that WPA participation will add another $30,000 to $40,000 making possible the erection of a $50,000 structure. The gift and generous program of the Legion was announced at the Thanksgiving meeting of the Board of Directors of the College. The building will house sons of Legionnaires whose fathers are un- able to provide funds for regular dormitory accommodations. If these do not use all available rooms, the sons of World War veterans will be next in line. It is expected that work on the dormitory will be started shortly after the first of the year. AGGIE: QUINTS REVERSE LOSS T0 TEACHERS Showing a surprising reversal of form the Aggie basketball team won their first game of the year against the Sam Houston Teach- ers at Huntsville last Saturday night. To make the evening a com- plete success the Cadet B team likewise defeated the Teacher's B team. In a previous pair of games the Teachers won handily from the Aggies at College. With only Captain Sammy Dwyer left from last year’s team the Ag- gies have not looked impressive to date, but have shown steady im- provement. The team this week will take a barnstorming trip that will call for games in Sinton on Monday and Tuesday, San Antonio Wednesday and Thursday. During the holidays they will play in a big tournament in Oklahoma City. The conference schedule opens against Rice at College on Jan. 5. In the SCam Houston Teachers victory a pair of former John Tar- leton Junior College forwards, Tinker and Sarrigan were out- standing on the office, with Cap- tain Dwyer brilliant on the de- fense. Sam Houston Fg Ft Tp Pucketts fs... 20. 28 e043 Landers; ctu onianoane ) ga BE C. Dotson,gci.r. tua: 4050 38 F. DotSON ae. oon sisoeerssner 0-3. 33 Cotton, geinrin......oil hs Liealy: 12 LTR Rn | See loud 1) WTIEYs i eae. ios teranse ram siians 2%. ~2..6 J ET ER 9 a7.5.95 A.&M Fg Ft Tp Carrigan, Ee hn dx 1 9 Tinker, fri. .mainiiobing... 6.0 12 Wheels, ¢'... 0 0 ah F500 DWYeT, £ coi-ctams iarianndrss ters 17-18 07 ETO oi ibe 0 0-0 Smith, £.....cnmannnin 1-—--}1-—35 DAWSON: 5.2 c.nredundonnesseaitozas Tr. 10%3 Totals” co... 2 13 - 4: 30 A. D. Martin, ’21, Dallas was re- cently elected president of the Southwestern Ice Manufacturers Association at that organization’s annual convention in Houston. Carl K. Eckhardt, ’x19, Houston ice manufacturer, was re-elected as a director of the organization. Five Men Were Honored By College For Passing 25 Years In Its Service At Annual Christmas Dinner Here Saturday All members of the official fami- ly of A. & M. College and their wives have been invited to attend a Christmas dinner to be given at the Mess Hall at 6:30 p. m. Saturday, December 17. The invi- tation from President T. O. Wal- ton included all full-time members of the staffs of all department heads, deans and directors and also the graduate assistants. It is planned to continue a prac- tice started last year in honoring all members of the official family who have served the college or any of its divisions for a period of 25 years. Statistics— For Christmas Dinner Served Twenty-five hundred pounds of turkey were purchased to insure that each and every one of the 2,802 Aggies now eating at 125 tables in Sbisa Hall would have plenty to eat last night when the annual Christmas supper was serv- ed to the Corps. And with this enormous amount of turkey went .| plenty of all the “trimmings”. In addition to the more-than-a- ton of roast turkey that were con- sumed, the Christmas-supper menu of the mess hall included the fol- lowing items: Corn-bread, consisting of some 200 pounds of corn meal, 2 crates of celery, 200 pounds of onions, and small amounts of other ingre- dients. Gravy—more than 75 gallons. 8,500 Parker-house rolls. Butter—75 pounds. Cranberry sauce—175 pounds. Green peas—20 cases, of 6 gal- lons each. Assorted nuts—450 pounds. Celery—6 crates. Olives—16 gallons. Oranges—8 cases. Apples—10 crates. Grapes—10 crates. Fruit cake—Over 350 pounds. Hot cocoa—200 gallons. Forrest McIntosh, ’31, is with the Lyon Brooder Company, San Diego, and also teaching school. He gets his mail at Box 13, Santee, California. ing passed 25 years Five members of the staff of A. & M. shown here will be honored aturday night at the college's nnual Christmas dinner for hav- in service here. Top row, left to right, George W. Johnson of the Extension Ser- vice, Ray E. Dickson Sr. of the Spur Experiment Station, and Dr. S. W. Bilsing, head of the Ento- mology department. Bottom row, left, Dr. Hubert Schmidt of the Experiment Station and M. K. Thornton Jr. Service. of the Extension Santa Claus dropped down the chimney of 78 Texas Aggie ath- letes after they left for home Sat- urday and delivered 34 Varsity letters and 24 frshman football numerals for their participation on Aggie teams this past Fall. At a meeting of the Texas A. and M. Athletic Council Saturday afternoon recommendations for the award of 31 football letters, 3 minor cross country varsity let- ters and 24 freshman numeral awards were approved. This is the largest number of letters ever awarded by A. & M. 34 Varsity Letters ‘Those receiving the awards in- cluded: Varsity football—William Aud- ish, Brenham; Joe Boyd, Dallas; George Bransom, Burleson; Ran- kin Britt, Ranger; William Connat- ser, Denison; Fred Coston, Dallas; William Dawson, Crockett; Henry Dittman, Goose Creek; William Duncan, Henrietta; Robert Hall, Port Arthur; Henry Hauser, Kerr- ville; Charles Henke, Kerrville; Odell Herman, Abilene; Marland Jeffrey, Port Arthur; John Kim- brough, Haskell; William Minnock, Galena Park; Alvin Olbrich, Bur- lington; Ernest Pannell, Waco; Walemon Price, Newcastle; Marion Pugh, Fort Worth; Marshall Rob- nett, Klondike; Owens Rogers, Mart; William Routt, Brenham; Eli Rushing, Stephenville; Bruno Schroeder, Lockhart; Herbert Smith, San Angelo; Karl Steffens, Brady; James Thomason, Brown- wood; Dick Todd, Crowell; Tom- mie Vaughn, Brownwood; Joe White, Amarillo. Minor “T” awards: Cross coun- try—M. E. Hogan, Waco; O. W. Hamilton, Star; and Clarence Hall, Marshall. 24 Freshmen Freshman football George Williams, Eldorado; Marshall Spi- vey, Lufkin; Cullen Rogers, Mart; J. A. Abbott, Corpus Christi; J. 31 Gridsters Given Coveted T- Harriers and Fish Recognized - Council Honors Record Number R. Sterling, Panhandle; Julian Walker, Edinburg; Fount Wade, Lexington; Buford Dugger, Robs- town; Roy Bucek, Schulenberg; Elvis Simmons, Somerville; Pete Henry, Lake Charles, La.; Charles Bumpas, Quanah; Derace Moser, Stephenville; Willard Clark, Stow- ell; Edward Robnett, Klondike... Grant Smith, New Braunfels; Zo- lus Motley, Abilene; Kyle McPhail. St. Petersburg, Fla.; Leonard Joer- is, Abilene; R. W. Mansfield, San Angelo; Leonard Holder, San An- tonio; Martin Ruby, Waco; Harold Cowley, Freer; and Euel Wesson, Temple. ALAMO AGGIES ELECT MARTIN; ENJOY FROLIC J. B. Martin, ’26, was elected president of the Alamo A. & M. Club at San Antonio at that or- ganization’s recent election meet- ing. He succeeds C. J. “Chris” Stromberger, ’24. Other new of- ficers include: Dr. W. B. Parsons, ’33, vice president; A. E. Voelkel, '37, secretary; and the usual per- ennial treasurer, Willie Howerton, 28. Serving with the above as di- rectors are retiring President Stromberger, ’24; W. B. Stubble- field, ’34; and Frank Bitter. The Alamo Club held a very successful “Hard Times” dance at Oak Grove, near San Antonio, on the evening of December 15. There was no charge for the party—the only requirement being that all attending had to wear hard times clothes. A big time was enjoyed by a large crowd. The Alamo Club holds its reg- ular noon luncheons every other Thursday at the Bluebonnet Hotel in San Antonio. Ag War Hymn Author Wilson Explain Details HOUSTON GLUB'S GRID PARTY I% GREAT SUCCESS The Texas Aggie football squads, both varsity and freshmen, along with the entire coaching staff, were guests of the Houston A. & M. Club at an enthusiastic party stag- ed at Dokey Hall in that city on the evening of December 5. Some 500 men, including the guests, at- tended. The program for the evening was on a strictly “no speeches” basis. Each member of the varsity and freshman squad was introduced by Captain “Slick” Rogers and Dick Todd being presented for short talks. Gerald Mann, attorney gen- eral elect of Texas, was present and was also introduced, as were various other dignitaries, includ- ing Association President C. L. Babcock, ’20, and Morris Frank, of the Hoston Post. G. A. “Cop” For- syth, ’17, president of the Houston A. & M. Club, welcomed the group and introduced Al Saenger, ’32, of | Baytown, as ring master. To start the meeting off, Saenger called for two former yell-leaders from Beaumont, Jake Langford, '27, and Frank L. “Rabbi” Bertschler, ’21. The evening’s program was com- pleted with a brilliant floor show and moving pictures of the A. & M.-Rice football game. Memphis Aggies Although they have no official club, several A. & M. men in Memphis, Tennessee, get together almost every week. The group in- cludes: Dr. Sam Sanders, 23, Med- ical Arts Building; * Dr. Robert Franks, ’38, Gilman & Mount Clinic; W. E. “Buster” Keeton, ’27, American Finishing Co.; W. D. “Bill” Singleton, ’29, Ford Motor Plant;. L. .J.1 Watson, 27, U.S. D. A., 1132 Falls Building; L. T. Stone, 28, Cotton & Cottonpil Press; Robert Langram, ’29, 600 Madi- son Avenue; and Allen Smith, 28. The club suggests that any other A. & M. men living in Memphis give one of them a call and join with them in some of their bull sessions and that the same applies to A. & M. men who may be pass- ing through their city. A. & M. Plates Many A. & M. men are ordering sets of the A. & M. Commemora- tive Plates for Christmas gifts, ac- cording to P. L. Downs, Jr., ’06, who visited the campus last week. Since 90 days are required for de- livery of the plates, attractive Christmas cards announcing the gifts are being sent out by Mr. Downs to those for whom the plates have been ordered. Manufactured by the famed Wedgwood Company of Etruria, England, the beautiful A. & M. plates have been highly commend- ed and many sets or them are now in use in the homes of A. & M. men over the United States. The Plates still sell for $24 per dozen for the original edition and $18 per dozen for the regular edition. Ord- ers may be placed with Mr. P. L. Downs, Jr., 1316 North 13th Street, Temple. One-half of the cost should accompany the order. Storm Over As and Publishers Song Control “A tempest in a teapot” was the campus reaction following recent newspaper reports concerning the use of the AGGIE WAR HYMN. The misunderstanding in connec- tion with the use of the song was promptly untangled by J. C. “Pinky” Wilson, ’20, rancher of Florence, Texas, author of the song. Wilson recently transferred his copyright of the song to the Thorn- ton W. Allen Company, of New York City, for the purpose of se- curing wider distribution and use of the song and for protecting it against misuse. There will be no limitations placed upon the use of the song by any student organi- zation. : Wilson has also written new words to the AGGIE WAR HYMN, which will be interchanged with the former “Good-bye to Texas University” words so that. the Ag- gies’ leading song can be properly used at any and all occasions. The new version of the song appears elsewhere in this issue of the AG- GIE. The old version will be used when the Aggies are actually in competition with the University of Texas. The AGGIE WAR HYMN was written by “Pinky” Wilson while in the trenches of France during the World War and has proved to have wider appeal than any other of the Aggies’ school songs. The Thornton W. Allen Company, to whom the copyright was transfer- red by Wilson, specializes in col- lege music and holds similar col- lege songs under contract of most of the larger institutions of the United States. Both this company and Wilson feel that the new ar- rangement will bring about a much wider use of the AGGIE WAR HYMN and make it one of the best known college songs of the country. Wilson is ranching at Florence, Texas, which is near Georgetown—Ilooks just like he did 25 years ago, and says he will be glad to see any of his old A. & M. friends who might find their way out to his place. FT. WORTH CLUB ENJOYS SMOKER Over 100 members of the Fort Worth A. & M. Club gathered at the Blackstone Hotel last Tues- day night for a smoker. President J. B. Thomas, ’11, presided over the informal party, which was opened with a brief one act skit featuring George T. Brundrett, ’08, of Dal- las, and Association Secretary E. E. McQuillen, ’20. Principal talks of the evening were made by Association Vice President C. P. Dodson, ’11, of De- catur, and Secretary E. E. Mec- Quillen. Following these talks a general round table discussion was enjoyed with various topics of in- terest to A. & M. men and their institution coming in for discus- sion and consideration. The Fort Worth Club meets regularly and urges all Fort Worth and visiting A. & M. men to attend its meet- ings. Officers include: J. B. Tho- mas, '11, president; N. H. Riveire, 26, first vice president; J. G. Al- len, ’27, second vice president; Len Sweatman, ’25, third vice president; and Robert Nelson, ’34, secretary. Hugh F. Barnhart, ’34, is county agent for the A. & M. Extension Service and his headquarters are !at Thrcckmorton, Texas.
