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EA LIBRARY CAMPUS RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED THE TEXAS AGGIE If this paper is not called for return postage is 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, FEBRUARY 15, 1939. Cadet T Club’s Sports Day To Feature Game The “T” Club’s annual SPORTS DAY featuring a full afternoon practice session of Spring football, exhibition track races, and other gports events, will be held on March 4, according to an announcement by big Bruno Schroeder, president of the club. Other officers of the organization are: Karl “Corky” Steffens, vice president; and Owens Rogers, secretary-treasurer. All three of the boys were stars on last fall’s Aggie football team and will receive their degrees next spring. This annual SPORTS DAY staged each year is under the aus- pices of the “T” Club, with pro- ceeds of the occasion going to the club’s treasury to assist in putting on its annual spring dance. The March 4 date will be the last Saturday of spring football training. The program for the oc- casion will include an introduction of all players on the Aggie squad, an exhibition practice session with explanations and comments by Head Coach Homer Norton and as a climax a rousing practice game and scrimmage. Preceding the foot- ball practice will be an exhibition of track events staged by Track Coach “Dough” Rollins’ men. All football and sports fans are ex- tended a cordial invitation by the club to attend the SPORTS DAY program. The event, as usual, will draw a large number of Aggie sports fans from over the state. Perkins Active In Program Of East Tex. C. of C. F. D. Perkins, ’97, immediate past president of the Association and widely known business and civic leader of McKinney, is serv- ing as chairman of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce's important Rural Relations and Planning Com- mittee. He is also vice president of District No. 1 of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. “His com- mittee will work toward bringing about a closer working relationship between town and country in th interest of community programs,” stated Mr. Paul T. Sanderson, pres- ident of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, in announcing the appointment. E. R. “Tony” Torn, ’28, is agri- cultural director of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, which has its headquarters at Longview. Austin Bank Elects Abe Bull Vice Pres. Alfred C. Bull, '16, prominent Austin business man and civil lead- er, was recently elected active vice president of the American National Bank of that city. He has already undertaken his duties. Bull has been a director of the American National Bank for the last three years. Prior to 1932, he served for gix and a half years as vice pres- ident and director of the former Texas Bank and Trust Company. He is a past president of the Aus- tin Chamber of Commerce and also a past potentate of Ben Hur Shrine temple. During the World War he served as captain. He is a mem- ber of the insurance firm of A. C. and H. W. Bull and has announced that this business will continue under the active management of his brother. As a student at A. & M., he was a cadet captain, man- ager of the ’15 football team, vice president of the Senior Class, a Ross Volunteer, and active in other student affairs. George William West, ’38, who is with the Magnolia Petroleum Com- pany in their Geophysical Division, has recently been transferred to Navasota, where he gets his mail at Box 48. PT. ARTHUR CLUB CONSIDERS IDEA OF SCHOLARSHIP The possibility of establishing a scholarship to be given to an out- standing boy each year was dis- cussed by the Port Arthur A. & M. Club at its regular monthly meeting on the evening of February 6. The idea was proposed to the club by Association Secretary E. E. Me- Quillen, ’20, a guest at the meeting. Other visitors included: Association President C. L. Babcock, ’18, W. J. Hancock, 24, C. W. Williams, ’38, Beaumont; and Claude Everett, 20, Houston. L. L. Laster, '30, president of the Port Arthur Club, presided at the meeting, which was held in the form of a dinner at the Sabine Hotel. To study ways and means of raising money for the club, a com- mittee was appointed consisting of: Jack Gross, 21; Dave Krumholz, ’32; and J. A. Burns, '34. BUILDER HEADS ALAMO AGGIES J. Burris Martin, 27, president of the Alamo A. & M. Club of San Antonio, is in the general contract- ing business in that city, with of- ficers in the Travis Building. Un- der his direction the Alamo Club has arranged a definite and inter- esting program for each meeting of the club—regular meetings being held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at noon. The club recently changed from the Bluebonnet Hotel to the Milam Cafeteria for its regular meeting place. Martin has been connected with the building materials business in one way or another since leaving A. & M. For several years he man- ufactured hollow tile and brick and later sold building materials for a San Antonio firm. He has been in the general contracting business since 1932. Martin and his fellow officers have undertaken a program to build up a membership in the Alamo Club to 100 men. During the past fall, average attendance of the club has ranged from 30 to 35 men. Other officers include: Dr. W. B. Parsons, ’33, vice president; A. E. Voelkel, 37, secretary; Wil- liam A. Howerton, ’28, treasurer; and Directors W. D. Stubblefield, ’34; Frank Bitter; and C. J. Strom- berger, "24. MANY HAPPY RETURNS Louis J. Kopke, ’80, recently celebrated his 83rd birthday at his home in Beaumont, 2598 Broadway. He is still actively pursuing his engineering work and stated on his birthday that only a cold prevented him from going out and surveying a rice farm. He has been doing engi- neering work in Beaumont for the past 58 years and was the first graduate of civil engi- neering of A. & M. College. S. W. Florentin, 31, is residing at 921 N. Cleveland, Sherman. He was recently transferred from Ok- lahoma City, Oklahoma. Going thru their paces with a vim and dash that brings wide smiles to the faces of their coaches, some three score ambitious candi- dates for next fall’s Aggie football team are at work for their thirty day spring practice session. Every man who will be a serious threat for a starting position next fall is participating in the work with the exception of big Bill Dawson, who is on the varsity basketball team. In the. best health since his ill- ness of two years back, Homer Norton has discarded his famous “Sky-Buggy” and is down on the field in the thick of the work. As- sisting the head mentor are Bill James and Marty Karow, varsity line and back-field coaches, Man- ning Smith, “B” team coach, and Charley DeWare and Virgil Jones, assistant freshman coaches. Several position changes are be- ing tried. Dawson, when he re- ports at the close of basketball, will be moved from tackle to end, where he played as a freshman. Euel Wesson, heaviest man on the squad, is getting a try in the back- field, as in Finis White. As an offset letter-man Odell Herman has been moved to center and freshman Ed Robnett to guard. Several men were picked up fol- lowing mid-term exams. Earl Smith from Alabama, back, Aub- rey Darby and Chester Heimann, ends, all stars on the great 1937 freshman team, have conquered their school work and are back at another football try. Changed Tactics The Aggies next fall will exhibit some change in their offense maneuvers. There will be no shift- ing after coming out of the huddle. Only two formations, the double wing and the Notre Dame Box will be used. From these formations the Cadets will launch a minimum of plays necessary to meet all con- ditions of the defense. For the duration of the spring session the entire squad has been divided into four teams, the New York Giants, the Green Bay Packers, the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears. On each Tues- day and Thursday, weather permitting, a pair of games will be played. The final big game of the session will be played on March 4 as a fea- ture of the Cadet T Club’s Annual Sports Day. Specta- tors will be welcomed at any practice session, however, ac- cording to Head Coach Homer Norton. The March 4 Sports Day climax is expected to draw an attendance of several thousand visitors. Strong-Weak Points Looking over the team situation as a whole certain strong and weak points stand out. Tackle play should be the equal of any in the conference with All-Conference Joe Boyd, Ernie Pannell, Chip Routt and Charlie Henke, letter-men re- turning and all big and powerful. Joeris, Ruby and McPhail of the freshman group and Wynne Craw- ford, squadmen, will back them up but are not due to displace them. The situation as guard is not so pleasing, although Marshall Rob- nett may emerge as the best at that position in the conference. Audish is another letter-man guard but has never proven that he was a real star. The position is wide open and one guess is about as Norton Pleased With Spirit Of Gridsters in Spring Work - Games to Feature Practice good as another as to who the best four or six guards will be when September rolls around. “Bubba” Reeves, Johnie Storseth and Dan Jardell, reformed tackle, have en- joyed varsity squad experience, while Pete Henry and Roy Bucek were regulars on last fall’s Fish team. Unknown quantities are freshman Zolus Motley, changed to guard from tackle, Ed Robnett, younger brother of Marshall and full-back on last fall’s Fish team, John Buckner, Junior College trans- fer and son of John F. Buckner, | 12, Cleburne, freshman Jude Walker and others. Right now the most promising of the lot are the Robnett brothers, Audish, Storseth, Bucek, Henry and Jardell. The posi- tion is wide open, with only Mar- shall Robnett enjoying much of an edge over his competitors. Letter-men Tommy Vaughn and Henry Hauser are leading the pack of centers but glancing nervously over their sholders at Odell Her- mann, moved from the backfield to the snapper-back position. If he can learn the mechanics of the job the aggressive Hermann may be running at the starting birth. Cen- ter play should be definitely better this year than last, despite the loss of letter-men Coston and Eli Rush- ing. The End Problem The search for ends is as vigor- ous as that for guards. Letter-men Jo-Jo White, Herb Smith and Bill Duncan have the edge at this time, Lat much is cxpected of severa newcomers. Bill Dawson, who will return to end next fall after a year at tackle, and Aubrey Darby would make one of the most spec- tacular pair of ends, in point of size, ever seen on a conference team. Both tip the scales at better than 225 pounds and tower six foot six inches into the sky. As freshmen in 1937 they were ex- cellent pass catchers. If they can likewise learn to block, to handle defensive assignments and to per- (Continued on page 3) Ass’n. Directors To Meet Mar. 4 The Board of Directors of the Association will meet at College Station on Saturday, March 4, following a call is- sued recently by Association President C. L. Babcock, 18, Beaumont. Various items of business are scheduled to be handled by the group at its meeting and plans laid for the remainder of the school year. The meeting has been call- ed on the date of the cadet T-Club’s annual SPORTS DAY and it is expected that the business session will be closed in time for the direec- tors to enjoy the events at Kyle Field. Association members are reminded that the directors are their representatives. Any of the directors, or of- ficers of the Association, wel- come at any time sugges- tions in connection with the affairs of the organization. The meeting will convene at 10:30 a. m. at the reception room of the mess hall annex on March 4. BOUND COPIES of the New Directory Arrangements have been made to provide especially bound copies of the new Directory, at cost, for those wishing to make such a purchase. The binding is imitation leather, with your name in gold. The cost, $1.25 per copy. If you would like such a copy, send your check for $1.25 and the book will be delivered to you within two weeks. This offer open only to Association members. THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS College Station, Texas Veterinary Head Dr. Samuel Emmett Bunton, 29 and ’33, of Del Rio, was elected president of the State Veterinary Medical Association of Texas at that organization’s recent annual meeting in Dallas. Bunton receiv- ed his degree in animal husbandry in 1929 and was a member of the International Livestock Judging Team. He returned to Texas A. & M. and graduated in veterinary med- icine in ’33. He was reared on a ranch at Valentine, Texas, and at the present time is veterinarian with the Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission at Del Rio. Dr. Bunton from boyhood has been interested in diseases of farm and ranch animals. His practical background and his work in both animal husbandry and veterinary medicine have made him one of the outstanding men in his field in the Southwest. He has been extended an invitation to deliver a series of lectures on Diseases of Ranch Ani- mals to the senior veterinary stu- dent at Texas A. & M. this spring. INT’N’L. ENGINEERING AUTHORITY TO BE ON COLLEGE C. E. STAFF Dr. Karl Terzaghi, one of the world’s greatest authorities on soil mechanics and structural founda- tion engineering, has become asso- ciated as consultant for a period of one year with the Engineering School of Texas A. & M. Col- lege, according to a recent an- nouncement by Dean Gibb Gil- christ. Dr. Terzaghi gave three lec- tures on the campus February 10, 11, and 14, under the auspices of the Civil Engineering Department that were widely attended. For the remainder of the year he will serve as consultant with the engineering school. Langford Boomed For Highway Pose Ivan Langford, ’17, cashier of the First National Bank of Bryan and one of the civic leaders of that city, is being boomed for the position of chairman of the State Highway Commission. Langford’s many friends in Bryan and the East and Central Texas arca are communicating with Governor O’Daniel urging his appointment. He is a member of the Bryan City Commission and is past president of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce. He receiv- ed his degree from A. & M. in electrical engineering and prior to his banking connection had con- siderable experience in the con- tracting field. Chas. G. Crocker, ’28, is an engi- neer with the United Gas Corpo- ration, Houston. His residence ad- dress is 1636 Dunlavy, of that city. Harry Stiteler - - Honored at Houston Banquet Sponsored by Ex-Student Ass'n Other Coaches More than 150 Aggies-exes gath- ered Saturday night at the Rice Hotel in Houston to honor Harry Stiteler, 31, coach of the state championship Corpus Christi high school football team, and other former Aggies who have met with success as mentors of high school elevens. The Association of Former Stu- dents of Texas A. & M. college staged the banquet and presented the coaches with awards. Cooperat- ing with the Association in put- ting on the party and making it a success, were the Houston A. & M. '|Club and the Athletic Committee ‘lof the Houston Chamber of Com- | merce. Stiteler, the little man who gain- ed his “T” in track and football at A. & M., gave credit for the big season at Corpus Christi to a “grand bunch of boys,” fine work by Bill DuBose and J. A. Rektorik, his assistants, and splendid support from Corpus football fans. “It was a perfect setup and I am sure any of the coaches here at the table could have won,” Stiteler said. Other coaches honored at the party were J. A. “Dutch” Rektorik, ’28, and Bill DuBose; Bill Stages, ’37, Hull-Daisetta; Cooper P. Rob- bins, 28, Diamond Hill, both win- ners of Class B regional honors; Stapp Maxwell, 35, Alvin and Wal- ter Phythian, ’37, Crockett, suc- cessful through bi-district play in Class B. C. L. Babcock, ’18, Beaumont, president of the Former Students Association, presented scrolls to the Honor Guests. Col. Ike Ashburn served as toast- master. Vie Barraco, ’15, president of the Houston A. & M. club made the address of welcome and A. C. McCaughan, mayor of Corpus Christi, responded. Joe Utay, 08, Dallas member of the Texas A. & M. board, saluted the honor guests. James W. Aston, ’33, city manager of Bryan, told of school days with Stiteler and play- ing with the Corpus coach. Frank G. Anderson, who coached Stiteler, told of the determination shown by Stiteler as a freshman and how hard work carried Harry to conference honors as a pole vaulter and later landed a place one the football team. Dutch Hohn, ’12, supplied the “gridiron” feature when he panned the coach and later presented him with a live pig. “This is from the folk of Brenham for the way you acted when you coached Bellville,” Hohn said. Mike Mazurki and Popeye Swen- son, a couple of heavyweight wrest- lers, crashed the party and wanted to know if Stiteler would be need- ing any material for his 1939 Cor- pus team. A. & M. Sponsors Junior College Debate Tourney The first Texas A. & M. Junior College Debating Tournament will be held on the campus the 24th and 25th under the auspices of the English Department of the College. The tournament has been confined to the first 10 Texas Junior Col- leges accepting the invitation. Each school will be represented by two two-men teams, one prepared to debate the affirmative side of the question and the other, the nega- tive. The question for the tournament is stated as follows: “Resolved That the United States Should Cease to Use Public Funds for the Purpose of Stimulating Business”. Awards of a loving cup to the winning team and ribbons to individual speakers will be made. NO. 22 1.6.2]
