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- LY ww. C. HUGHES, a & vi] P U S . ON pA &F FN NEI oP oD | nd S | RETURN > & If this paper is not S$ » called for return POSTAGE » postage is guaranteed GUARANTEED 4 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, JANUARY 14, 1939 NO. 20 No Change In Athletic Staff Is Decision Athletic Council Expressed By By a unanimous vote and decis- ion the A. & M. Athletic Council last week spiked rumors of any change in the Aggie Athletic de- partment for the coming year. At the conclusion of an all-day meet- ing of the council the following statement was made by Chairman Dean E. J. Kyle. “The Athletic Council, consisi- ing of three faculty members, two members representing the Former Student’s Association, and one sen- ior representing the student body, has made an earnest and thorough study of the athletic situation at the A. & M. College in annual meeting and reports as follows: “1. The Council, by a unanimous vote, does not contemplate and change in the coaching staff. “2. The Council is making every possible effort within its power and within its best judgment to develop an athletic program here that will restore successful ath- letics to this institution.” Present at the meeting were faculty council members, Kyle, C. W. Crawford, '18, and Joe E. How- ell, 22; Ex-Student members A. G. “Bert” Pfaff, ’27, Tyler, and Joe A. Wessendorff, '07, Richmond, and Owens Rogers, 39, represent- | ing the student body. Although no further announce- ment of plans for next year were made, local observers felt that Athletic Director Homer Norton would stand pat upon his present coaching staff. Aggie Band Will Play For (’Danel R. V.’s Also Will Be at Inauguration At Austin Jan. 17 The inauguration will be held in Memorial Stadium in keeping with the governor-elect’s plan to stage a “common citizens home- coming”. In case of inclement weather, the ceremonies will be held in Gregory Gymnasium at the University. The Band has played at several inaugurations, according to Lt. Col. Richard J. Dunn, bandmaster. “I don’t know what we’ll do until we get over there,” he said. An invitation sent to the A. & M. Band did not explain the part the Aggie Band—best known in the South—will play in the ceremonies. As for the inauguration itself, it is believed that this year will mark the first time for a joint session of a house of representa- tives and a senate to be held in a football stadium. Also representing A. & M. will be the Ross Volunteers, who will form the guard of honor for Gov. O’Daniel. Pt. Arthur to Honor Yellow Jacket Team The annual Port Arthur A. & M. Club’s banquet honoring the coach- es and football squad of the Port Arthur Club for a good many years has been extending this honor an- nually to the Yellow Jacket team. Another honor guest will be Ath- letic Director and Head Coach Homer Norton. Officers of the Port Arthur Club include: L. L. Laster, 30, president; Ned Scar- dino, 29, vice president; Charles Arisco, ’34, secretary-treasurer; Oscar T. Hotchkiss, 24, sergeant- at-arms; and Clyde V. May, ’26, publicity dicertor. Chairman Kyle VIC BARRAGO NEW PRESIDENT HOUSTON GLUB Victor A. Barraco, ’15, Houston lawyer and motion picture pro- prietor, has been elected presideat of the Houston A. & M. Club suc- ceeding George A. “Cop” Forsyth, ’17, Barraco offices in the Shell Building in Houston and during the past year has served the Houston Club as its vice president. He is a former Aggie yell-leader; was a Marine captain during the World War; and for many years has been an active member of the Houston Club. ‘Other new officers of the club include: M. E. “Dime” Dealy, ’25, vice president; Jake P. Hamblen, 27, secretary and treasurer; and Charles R. Haile, ’12, sergeant-at- arms. The Houston Club continues to hold its meetings Monday noon on the mezzanine floor of the Rice Hotel and extends a cordial invita- tion to Houston visitors to join the club at any meeting. One of the activities. that is being undertaken by the new officers of the club, ‘under the direction of Secretary Hamblen, is the preparation of a new and up-to-date mailing list of all ex-students in Houston. Regional Director W. G. “Bill” Carnahan, ’31, was recently named as a Regional Di- rector of the National Youth Ad- ministration for the South-central Region, covering the states of Ark- ansas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississipi, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, and Virginia. He will make his headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carnahan re- ceived his degree in liberal arts at A. & M. in 1931. As a student he was a member for three years of the A. & M. Debating Society, a member and officer of the Scrib- blers Club, and a member of the Longhorn staff. After his gradua- tion, he was connected with the public schools in Houston two years as probation officer and social worker. After a short period as field representative of the Texas Relief Commission, Carnahan took grad- uate work in social service admin- istration at the University of Chi- cago in 1934; and then entered the employ of the State Emergency Relief Administration of Tennes- see. He later worked for the WPA and in August 1935 went with the TVA to take charge of the family removal operations, and act as Population Readjustment Advisor. He has also served as Regional Chief of Family Selection for the Farm Security Administration in Region 4. His many friends will join the AGGIE in extending him congratulations on his splendid pro- motion. dices and opinions. WILL BE NO CHANGE IN Babcock Urges United Front In every family we find differences of opinion, arguments, strife, but every family must settle these internal differences within itself and present a united front to outside opposition. The members of the family must heed the voice of authority and must elevate the common cause above any personal preju- It would be ridiculous not to recognize and admit that these family differences have existed anent our Athletic Situation. But the voice of authority, a representative Athletic Council, has settled this question and has said that THERE OUR PRESENT ATHLETIC PROGRAM. This Athletic Council, an able and conscientous College. group, is composed of the following: Dean E. J. Kyle, Chair- man, Charlie W. Crawford, Professor of Mechanical Engineer- ing, and Eugene J. Howell, Registrar and Secretary of the Faculty, Faculty Representatives; Bert Pfaff of Tyler and Joe Wessendorff of Richmond, representatives of the Former Stu- dents; and “Slick” Rogers, representative of the student body. After hours of deliberation this council decided that it is for the good of the common cause that the present program be continued. So, the family differences are ended and it is time for us to turn our attention to the really important angles of the matter. We say a UNITED FRONT, but that is not enough. We want an aggressive front backed by a heart-felt unity and devotion to a common cause—the good of A. & M. There are Frogs and Owls to be captured, Hogs to be slaughtered, Mustangs to be tamed, Steers to be branded, and Bears to be trapped. Homer Norton and his aides will direct a fine group of Aggie Athletes bent upon doing just those things. They MUST be supported by the united, enthusiastic, and whole-hearted interest and influence of a great student body and by a powerful, strong, and understandingly loyal Former Student group. Such support is our part in winning games. Unless we do our part we have no right to expect others to do theirs. h C. L. Babcock, President The Association of Former Students At its last luncheon meeting of the old year, the Dallas A. & M. Club promoted Graham M. Hatch, ’31, from the vice presidency to the presidency, succeeding W. A. Orth, ’13. Other new officers include: C. Russell Smith, ’21, first vice pres- ident; J. A. “Hop” Reynolds, ’30, second vice president; E. L. Stapp, '31, secretary-treasurer; and the following directors: W. A. Orth, 13, G. M. Hatch, '34, F. K. Me- Ginnis, ’00, George W. Martin, ’21; E. C. McFadden, '24; J. E. Loupot, ’32; and Jake Metzger, '34. Also elected from the floor to serve as directors were R. L. Koerth, ’31, and Joe W. Edwards, ’25. New of- ficers assumed their duties at the club’s first regular meeting in January. A night meeting of the Dallas Club has been announced by Pres- ident Hatch to be held in the form of a smoker at 7:30 p. m. in Par- lor E, Adolphus Hotel. Honor guest and principal speaker will be Association President C. L. Bah- cock, ’18, of Beaumont. In general charge of the program will be Dr. M. B. Starnes, ’27, and R. T. “Bob” Shiels, ’10, directors of the Asso- ciation of Former Students from Dallas. All members of the Dallas Club, and all A. & M. men, are cordially invited to attend the smoker. Open also to all comers on a catch-as-catch-can basis, will be an informal dinner for President Babcock in the Coffee Shop of the Adolphus Hotel at 6 p. m. The December 30 meeting of the Dallas Club featured the presence as an honor guest, Coach Pete Cawthon, of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, in Dallas for the annual Cotton Bowl Game. The Dallas A. & M. Club con- tinues to hold its meetings in the form of regular luncheons at the Hotel Adolphus at noon every Fri- day. The club has been so meeting GRAHAM HATCH ELECTED HEAD DALLAS CLUB - NAMES STANDING COMMITTEES FOR GROUP'S WORK since 1903, and is the oldest reg- ular luncheon club in the city of Dallas. The following standing commit- tees were announced by President Hatch: Athletic, W. B. Francis, ’153, chairman; Joe Utay, '08, vice- chairman; J. A. “Hop” Reynolds, ’30; E. C. McFadden, 24; C. T. Norman, ’37; A. J. Rife, 09. At- tendance, R. L. Koerth, ’31, chair- man; J. A. “Hop” Reynolds, 30, vice-chairman; H. R. Striegler, ’30; M. E. Rollins, '14; Jack Bailey, ’17; J. A. Stevens, 27; C. W. Hahn, ’36; and W. G. Ross, '34. Program, Rus- sel Smith, ’31, chairman; E. L. Stapp, ’30, vice-chairman. Public Relations, R. T. Shiels, ’10, chair- man; J. Metzger, ’34, vice-chair- man; Ewing Moseley, ’17; D. W. Carlton, ’23. Legislative, J. W. Ed- wards, 25, chairman; J. Loupot, ’32, vice-chairman; Yale Griffis, ’30; William Morriss, ’00; M. S. Church, ’05. Publicity, W. A. Orth, ’13, chairman; R. O. Cox, 25; F. McKnight, ’32; C. M. Florer, '27; E. B. Fason, ’22. Directory, Tyree L. Bell, ’13, chairman; A. P. Rol- lins, 06; M. B. Starnes, 27; R. T. Shiels, ’10. Resolution and Visita- tions, J. W. Williams, ’18, chair- man; A. C. Bayless, 26; and Wm. Langlotz, ’27. Bruce F. Wyatt, ’37, is located at Crockett, Texas, where he is with the Farm Security Administration. Carl Muenzenberger, 27, is in the floral business at Corpus Christi, at 712 Chaparral Street. KYLE RE-APPOINTED Dean E. J. Kyle, ’99, of the Tex- as A. & M. School of Agriculture, was recently re-appointed for a three-year term as Director of the Farm Credit Board for the Texas area. He has been serving in this capacity for the past three years. Harry Stiteler To Be Honored At Houston Banquet Sponsored By A&M Former Student Assn Harry Stiteler Waco Club Party The Waco A. & M. Club held its annual Christmas Party at Crip's Barb-B-Q place on the new Dallas Highway on the evening of Dec- ember 21. The party featured ven- ison barbecue at the banquet and the former Congressman O. H. Cross was the “principal speaker. 1 Officers of the Waco and MecLen- nan County Club included: J.J Adams, 32, president; R. E. O’Con- nell, ’33, vice president; R. M. Sherman, ’24, secretary; and C. Reed Compton, ’23, sergeant-at- arms. The club holds regular meet- ings monthly. Reorganize Club At Brenham Party Reorganization of the Washing- ton and Austin Counties A. & M. Club was effected at a meeting in Brenham, held last Friday night. Louis A. Sprain, 37, Washington County agricultural agent, was chosen to act as president of the club and Dan O’Neil, ’29, Bren- tham High School athletic director and head coach was named secre- tary-treasurer. The club plans to hold a minimum of one or two meetings each year and to engage in an active program of work for A. & M. Organization of the club follow- ed a showing of football movies by Marty Karow, of the Aggie athletic staff. Nearly 500 people saw the movies, which were explained by Karow. Assisting in the reorgan- ization of the club were Caesar Hohn, 14, of College Station, for- merly of Brenham, and Association Secretary E. E. McQuillen. Big Spring Men Visit Roosevelt A. & M. men of Big Spring on the night of December 15 met for a few minutes informally with El- liott Roosevelt, a member of the College Board of Directors, who was in their city to be the featured speaker at the annual Big Spring Chamber of Commerce banquet. Among those in the group were: E. V. Spence, ’11; R. L. Beale, 24; Burke Summers, ’25; Edmund No- testine, ’22; W. K. Baxter; Bruce Frazier, 20; Emory Duff, ’23; Fritz Wehner, ’35; A. A. Porter, 26; and H. W. Whitney, ’23. Spokesman for the group was E. V. “Gene” Spence, ’11, city man- ager of Big Spring. Big Spring Aggies also joined hands on December 21 with the students now at A. & M. from Big Spring in staging a big A. & M. club dance at the Settles Hotel, featuring the music of Ray Mad- dox. The dance was well attended by both students and ex-students, as well as by other Big Spring young folks, and proved to be a very successful and enjoyable oc- casion. Harry Stiteler, 31, who put an- other notch on an amazing high school coaching record by winning the State School Boy Class A Championship this fall with his Corpus Christi Buccaneers, will be the honoree, together with his staff, at a banquet to be staged by the Association of Former Stu- dents at the Rice Hotel in Houston on the evening of February 11. Co- operating in the project will be the Houston A. & M. Club and the Athletic Committee of the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Plans for the event were laid and announced by C. L. Babcock, Beaumont, president of the Asso- ciation, following the approval by mail of the Directors of the Asso- ciation. “It is our desire,” declared- . President Babcock, “to extend ‘flowers to the living’ on this oc- casion. The banquet will be open not only to former students of A. & M. but to the public and we ar« expecting a capacity crowd of 500.” To be honored along with Head Coach Stiteler will be his assist- ants, J. A. “Dutch” Rektorik, ’29, and Bill DuBose. : Stiteler’s coaching career has been unprecedented in the South- west. The diminutive; prematurely gray, former AGGIE quarterback, and for several years conference pole vault record holder, has coach- ed teams that have won:'55 games, lost one, and tied two ‘during the past five years. He has coached at Bellville, Smithville, and last year at Corpus Christi, where his team won the Interscholastic League Championship. A As a student at A. & M,, Stite- ler was First Lieutenant of Troop B Cavalry, a member of the Schol- arship Honor Society, and a let- terman in both football and track. He received his degree ‘in liberal arts. Ad oh Sa He is the second A. & M. grad- uate to coach a Class A Inter- scholastic League football cham- pionship team—Johnny Pierce, "21, previously turning the same trick with his Corsicana High School Tigers in 1932, the year following Stiteler’s graduation. In addition to the above chief honorees of the party, recognition will be made of other A. & M. men serving as coaches, who last fall won regional honors with the foot- ball teams. The Houston A. & M. Club, under the leadership of President Victor Barraco, '15, pledged its whole- hearted cooperation in making the dinner a success at its regular weekly luncheon last Monday. At that meeting President Babcock outlined the proposed dinner and before the meeting was over, a complete organization of the affair had been set up. The occasion is expected to draw attendance from various sections of the state. All high school coaches are extended special invitations and: other lead- ing figures of the Southwestern world will be present. Additional details of the party will be found in the February 1 issue of the TEXAS AGGIE and will be given from time to time in the daily press. H. E. Hampton, ’26, resigned his position with John Hancock Life Insurance Company, as farm man- ager, to accept a position as in- structor in agronomy in the Agron- omy Department at A. & M. Hamp- ton was one of the lucky students who made the cotton tour sponsor- ed by the Agronomy Department each year. C. C. “Ironhead” Willis, ’32, field man of the Lindale Soil Conserva- tion area, has had a new respon- sibility added to his duties. He will serve as editor of a popular weekly column in the Lindale News telling of activities of the farmers in his area.
