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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.
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