The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, March 15, 1939, Image 2

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    THE TEXAS AGGIE
E. -B. MeQuillen:. =... ..... Publisher
Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M.
Press, College Station, Texas, except dur-
ing the summer months when issued
monthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College of -Texas, College Station,
Texas
C. L. Babcock, ’18 President
C. P. Dodsony "11..ci.ceecumgesvese Vice resident
E. E. McQuillen, ’20...Executive Secretary
L." B. Locke, ?18.. 5% "i Assistant Secretary
Subscription Price $5.00
Entered as Second Class Matter at
College Station, Texas
Directors
Dr. R. L. Lewis, ’06 Paris
H. K.. Denson i 0. .cocicuiacsiin Port Arthur
M. H. Bivins, 07 Longview
Add G. Wilson, ’12 McKinney
Dr, M, Bl Starnes, 100. udm Dallas
Colonel O. A. Seward, Jr., ’07....Groesbeck
John R. Saunders, 227........ccsesieres Huntsville
Victor A. Barraco, ’
G. Graham Hall, "13 Houston
T.-M. Smith, 5 20.....cc00 seeceen East Columbia
A. C. Love, '99 Austin
J. B. Snider, ’14 Waco
P. Li. Downs, Jr., 100. .cerrsencissisesmssses Temple
Louis P. Merrill, ’26........ccccceen.cce Fort Worth
E. W. Harrison, ’18................... South Bend
A, BE. Hinman, *25............;.. Corpus Christi
Charles E. Richter, Jr., ’30.......... : ....Laredo
E. V. Spence, ’11 Big Spring
R. T. Shiels, 10 : Dallas
Guy C. McSwain, ‘20 Amarillo
Joe W. Jennings, ‘1l............... Plainview
Major E. E. Aldridge, ’16....... San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16........... San Angelo
F. Dudley Perkins, "97 McKinney
Paul G. Haines, ’17................ College Station
Roy D. Golston, ‘03 Tyler
Charles L. Babcock, ’18................ Beaumont
STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES
C. L. Babcock, 18 Beaumont
D. Perkins, "97 McKinney
E. McQuillen, ’20............ College Station
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
Tyler
A. G. Pfaff, "27
nd
Joe A. Wessendorff,
IMPORTANT AND NEW
FIELDS OF SERVICE
Rich
07
Chief business of the March 1
meeting of the Directors of the
Association of Former Students
was the initiation of the “Thanks-
giving Home Folks” idea, and con-
sideration of the establishment of
a Placement and Personnel Bureau
as a part of the work of the Asso-
ciation. The possibilities of these
two programs are as great as any
work or projects that have even
been tried or considered by A. & M.
Ex-Students.
If the “Thanksgiving Home
Folks” plan is successful the vex-
ing problem of football ticket dis-
tribution for Turkey-Day games at.
Kyle Field will be solved.
The full possibilities of the
Placement and Personel program
cannot be visualized at a glance,
but grow and develop as the mat-
ter is studied and discussed. Suen»
a program would mark a new de-
velopment in the educational and
alumni field of the Southwest al-
though similar programs are the
darlings of top notch institutions in
the older east and mid-west. The
project offers tremendous and val-
uable possibilities to both students
and former students.
Campus response to this program
has been whole-heartedly favorable
from both faculty and student
body. Additional details will be
worked out by a campus commit-
tee appointed by President Bab-
cock. The program will of neces-
sity dove-tail itself into the a:-
ready fine work being done along
this line by college deans and fac-
ulty heads and will supplement and
assist their work rather than re-
place it.
The AGGIE recommends the
study and consideration of these
two proposals by every A. & M.
man. They offer new and wide
fields of service to A. & M. men
and to the Association.
STUDENTS APPROVE
PLACEMENT BUREAU
The Former Students Association
of A. & M. has announced a plan
to create a placement bureau here,
an institution needed possibly
more than any other.
Graduating from A. & M. in it-
self means a great deal, but not as
much as it used to mean. This year
approximately 600 Aggies will
graduate. This is a far cry indeed
from the days when only a few
students graduated each year and
were immediately hired because of
the small number of graduates
both here and elsewhere.
Because A. & M. is a state-sup-
ported institution, it has lagged be-
hind some of the important private
schools, where placement bureaus
have been in operation for many
years. The state legislature has
almost always adopted the atti-
tude that as soon as a student has
completed a four-year course of
study in a state school—largely at
state expense—the duty of the state
to its young citizens ends and the
duty of the young citizens to their
state begins. While this point of
view may be questioned by stu-
dents in state-supported institu-
tions, there is some justification of
that attitude.
Had things been allowed to rock
on, we would eventually have had
around 1,000 graduates each year
from A. & M. with no chance of
obtaining employment except
through their own pavement pound-
ing and the work of their already-
worked-down department heads and
deans.
The Former Students Associa-
tion has hopes that the plan may
become operative next fall. Next
year almost 700 students may grad-
uate here. It seems as if the bu-
reau will begin its operation with
a full schedule. However, when the
Former Students Association of A.
& M. undertakes something, the re-
sults are generally quite readily
seen.
The Battalion, for the student
body, offers its sincerest congrat-
ulations to the Former Students
Association on taking a step which
will result in fine opportunities for
all A. & M. graduates.
(From The Battalion)
MORE ROLLINSES
In spite of very careful research
efforts, the Editor of the AGGIE
in last issue’s story on the Rollins’
family, missed two additional mem-
bers of that clan who attended A.
& M. Allen Rollins, son of C. W.
“| Rollins, 93, was a student at A.
& M. in ’37, but resigned after
one year to enter the study of
theology at Baylor University.
John R. Gillham received his mas-
ters degree in 1935 and is secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce
and teacher of agriculture at Clar-
endon, Texas. He is the son of one
of the Rollins’ sisters and took his
masters degree after several sum-
mers of work at A. & M.
When Col. Ike Ashburn, Execu-
tive Assistant to the President,
Texas A. & M., spoke recently be-
fore a joint meeting of all the
luncheon Clubs of the City of
Shreveport, La., he was introduced
by W. L. Rutan, ’15, Shreveport
representative of the National Cash
Register Co. The occasion of the
huge luncheon was the observance
of National Defense Week.
Covering the story with a fea-
ture write-up for the Shreveport
Times was Haynes W. Dugan, ’34,
newspaper man and feature writer.
Col. Ashburn reported upon his re-
turn that the ex-students of the
college in Shreveport had made
that city an “A. & M. Town”.
Theo. A. Polansky, 08, has been
made Sales Manager of the Gulf
Concrete Pipe Co., of Houston, ac-
cording to a recent announcement
by that firm. He comes to his new
position with over 15 years expe-
rience in the concrete pipe business.
For several years he has made his
home in the East. He received his
degree in Civil Engineering.
Edward D. Brewster, ’26, is Dis-
trict Manager of the American
Rolling Mills (ARMCO) Interna-
tional Corp., in Venezuela, with
headquarters at Caracas, Ven. He
moved to that location last year
after serving in a similar capacity
in the Republic of Mexico for sev-
eral years.
Harry M. Saunders, 22, has been
made General Traffic Supervisor
of automatic equipment in the of-
fice of the Vice President of the
Western Union Telegraph Co., New
York City. One of the new duties
of the assignment will be to visit
engineering schools to interview
prospective employees for his de-
partment, and Saunders hopes to
pay the A. & M. Campus an occa-
sional visit. He makes his home in
Plainfield, N. J., and has been with
the Western Union since gradua-
tion.
Jack C. Jones, ’26, has been
transferred from Houston to Pam-
pa by the Humble Oil and Ref. Co.,
to become District Foreman in the
Pampa area.
J. W. “Jimmy” Monk, ’22, re-
cently returned from the Republic
of Mexico and will make his head-
quarters at Fabens, Texas, He is
with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, and for the past year
or so has been doing special inves-
tigation and study in Mexico.
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| WEDDINGS |
Lednicky — Radle
Miss Billie Radle, of Waco, be-
came the bride of Ben J. Lednicky,
37, of Sulphur Springs, at Waco
on February 12. Mr. and Mrs. Led-
nicky are making their home in
Sulphur Springs, where Ben is
connected with the State Highway
Department in charge of a beau-
tification project.
Dawson — McDaniels
The marriage of Miss Josephine
McDaniels, of Gonzales, Texas, and
Aryless H. Dawson, ’37, of Tulia,
was solemnized on February 4. Mr.
and Mrs. Dawson are making their
home at Uvalde, where Dawson is
with the Soil Conservation Service
on the Elm Creek Water Facilities
Project as junior range examiner.
Johnson — Cheney
Miss Neva Cheney, of Fort
Worth, became the bride of J. H.
“Blackjack” Johnson, '34, on De-
cember 2, in Fort Worth. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson are living in Denton,
where Johnson is an engineer with
the Soil Conservation Service.
Reitch - Bryan
News comes to us of the mar-
riage last fall of Miss Mary Bryan,
daughter of Mrs. L. A. Bryan of
Hawkins, to Mr. Tom C. Reitch, ’25.
Reitch is attached to the mobile
soils survey unit of the Soil Con-
servation Service, and he and Mrs.
Reitch are at the present time lo-
cated at Minden, La.
Gates — Finkelstein
Mr. and Mrs. R. Finkelstein an-
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Flo, to Mr. John J. Gates,
’33, of Houston. After a short wed-
ding trip to Monterrey, Mexico,
Mr. and Mrs. Gates are making
their home at 1901 Berry, Houston,
where Gates is with the Conti-
nental Can Company.
Crockett — Abbott
Mr. J. B. Crockett, 08, and Miss
Vhilma Abbott, of Dallas, were
married in that city on New Year's
Day. They are making their home
at Goldthwaite, Texas, at the pres-
with the Morgan Construction
Company on a big highway pro-
ject. He recently completed a sim-
ilar project at Hughes Springs in
East Texas.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bowden, ’30,
are the happy parents of a little
daughter, Marilyn, born on Feb-
ruary 26, 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Bow-
den make their home at Hillsboro,
where Bowden is with the South-
west Bell Telephone Company.
Dr. and Mrs. P. W. Burns, ’23,
are receiving congratulations from
their many friends over the birth
of a little son, Jack Patton, on
March 4. Dr. and Mrs. Burns reside
on the A. & M. campus where Pat
is head of the Department of Vet-
erinary Physiolog., and Pharma-
cology at A. & M. This is their
second son.
Charley Waugh, 25, former Ag-
gie star tackle, is with the General
Electric Co., at Chicago, as a Field
Engineer. He lives in Elmhurst,
111.
J. C. Oliver, Jr. ’382, is a civil
engineer with the State Health De-
partment and at the present time
is located at Kaufman, where he
gets his mail at Box 660.
Stona N. Powell, "21, is division
engineer for the State Highway
Department at Effingham, Illinois.
Fred L. Montgomery, ’13, is chief
cost accounting clerk for the Phelps
Dodge Corporation, and makes his
home at Morenci, Arizona.
A. E. Caraway, ’34, is with the
Lufkin Foundry & Machine Com-
pany, Kilgore, Texas.
Jesse D. Moore, ’36, is teaching
vocational agriculture at Coolidge,
Texas, where he gets his mail at
Box 343 of that city.
C. C. Apperson, Jr., ’30, is living
at 1602 McGowen, Houston. Apper-
son is with the Curlee Manufac-
turing Company, Houston.
ent time, where J. B. is associated’
+Can You Help Us Locate These
Galveston, Texas. (Last Address).
Eleven Prophets of Modernity
Dr. Mayo’s Column
Dr. Mayo presents herewith
his Eleventh and last “Proph-
et of Modernity”. In the next
issue of the AGGIE, on April
1, he will sum his discus-
sions with a column headed,
“Are You, Then, a Modern
Man?”. He will supply the
material for an answer by sum-
marizing the traits which he
has outlined in other columns
as those of the typically “Mod-
ern” man. In connection with
each trait he will list the
author with whom the trait is
associated and mention ‘the
best of that authors books.
The whole business will con-
stitute both a summary of Dr.
Mayo’s articles and a rather
full annotated reading list in
recent American literature.
ELEVEN PROPHETS OF
MODERNITY
XI. Raymond Pearl: Statistics!
| Statistics!
Certainly the “modern” man is
more respectful of statistics and of
the statistical method of turning
facts into truth, than the man of
any other generation has ever been.
In a sort of bull session, for ex-
ample, I recently asked a biologist
and a sociologist to name the most
significant trends in their respec-
tive sciences. Without any hesita-
tion they both replied: “The ap-
plication of statistical method.”
Raymond Pearl of Johns Hop-
kins University has perhaps done
more than any other one American
to make us statistically minded. His
articles in Mencken’s old American
Mercury and in Harper’s, and his
highly readable book, “The Biology
of Population Growth,” enjoyed
and discussed as they were by
thousands, have undoubtedly in-
fluenced in a “statistical” direction
the minds of the people who have
in turn influenced most modern
minded men. Hence, even if you
yourself never heard of Raymond
Pearl, you probably owe to him,
if you are a “modern”, some of
your characteristic respect for sta-
tistics.
I should like to recommend
“The Biology of Population
| Growth” as a painless illustration
of how a good statistician can
make truth out of mere facts. By
means of charts and curves, clear
as crystal and much more enter-
taining, the book proves, among
other things:
(1) That the population of a
country follows the same sort of
growth curve as does the body of
a man. That is, in any one period
(such as our own, which began
with the introduction of power-
driven machinery) the population
of a country first increases very
rapidly then less rapidly, and fi-
nally flattens out into stability.
This tendency is indicated on paper
by a curve that looks like an S
pulled out rather flat and then
tilted forward into a diagonal posi-
tion across the page. Thus, we need
not be worried about over-popula-
tion. Unless a new era in production
should set in, and so start a new
cycle of growth, our population in-
crease will diminish and then flat-
ten out in due time.
(2) The rate of increase of pop-
ulation tends always to be less in
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densely populated areas.
(3) The rate of increase tends
always to be greater among poor
people. (Raymond Pearl suggests
that this somewhat alarming ten-
dency may be counteracted to some
extent by the wide and free dis-
semination of the knowledge and
the means of birth control.)
(4) Sexual activity tends to be
greatest among farmers, next
among industrial’ workers, next
among commercial people—least of
all among professionals and “brain
workers”. The narrow and mentally
cramped lives that result from 2a
poor economic and social environ-
ment actually tend to stimulate
sexual activity.
Such profoundly interesting gen-
eralizations as these are some of
the fruits of the science of sta-
tistics. But of course, you may say,
there have always been plenty of
interesting generalizations, even
before statistics were heard of. The
truth is, I think, that what the
science of statistics has really
given to us “moderns” is a feeling
of assurance that such sweeping
statements as the above are not
only interesting but soundly built
up out of millions of hard facts
scientifically collected and scien-
tifically interpreted.
To the statisticians then, in
general, and especially, I think
to Raymond Pearl, the modern
man owes one of the most
characteristic traits of his
modernity: An impatience with
generalizations, however inter-
esting and authoritative in
tone, which are not solidly
based not only on facts, but
on facts turned into truth by
statistical method.
Roy Lee Huckabee, ’36, has been
appointed assistant county agri-
cultural agent for Young County
with headquarters at Graham,
Texas.
John B. McCluskey, Jr., ’36, has!
recently moved to Anderson, Texas,
where he gets his mail at P. O.
Box 133.
W. F. Keeton, ’29, asks that his
TEXAS AGGIE be sent to Dilley,
Texas, where he is now making his
home.
Harry R. Guiberson, ’24, is an
architect and engineer, with offi-
ces at 3908 South Main Street,
Houston, Texas. He has recently
designed several new homes to be
built at College Station.
William C. Young, ’35, is with
the Wallace and Young Lumber
Company, Kyle, Texas.
David L. Tisinger, '35, is an at-
torney with the firm of White,
Taylor and Gardner, Norwood
Bldg., Austin. He received his law
training at Fordham University
in New York City and at Texas
1 University. At A. & M. he was
Editor of the Battalion and winner
of many student oratorical and de-
bate honors. He and Mrs. Tisinger
make their home at 807 E. 30th,
Austin.
Walter R. Swank, ’31, is sales
engineer for the Atlas Supply Co.,|
Salem, Ill. He has been with this
company since Jan. 1936, and prior
to that time was with Gifford, Hill
& Co., and Allis Chalmers Co.
Lost - Strayed - Stolen
Men?
Mike Coleman, ’18,
% Ed J. Bower,
Gallup, New Mexico.
dress).
R. D. Crawford, ’18,
317 E. 10th St.,
Dallas, Texas. (Last Address).
A. A. Dean, ’23,
1147 Montana,
El Paso, Texas (Last Address).
(Last Ad-
Winston M. Brook, ’26,
3407 Gaston,
Dallas, Texas. (Last Address).
M. D. Chapman, ’26,
Texas Power & Light Co.,
San Marcos, Texas. (Last Ad-
dress).
Carl D. Clardy, ’30,
3516 R14,
D. F. Cheaney, ’31,
218 Latham,
Houston, Texas. (Last Address).
Alvin A. Druckhammer, ’34,
1204 Westheimer,
Houston, Texas. (Last Address).
Wm. P. Alexander, ’35,
CCC Co. 2868 F-37-N,
Carlsbad, N. M. (Last Address).
Theodore M. Dorsett, 37,
2220 Avenue G,
Galveston, Texas. (Last Address).
Louis J. Bourg, ’37,
304N. Russell St.,
Ames, Iowa. (Last Address).
James C. Chatman, Jr., ’37,
Coleman, Texas. (Last Address).
A. Pete Dowling, 38,
3210 Noble St.,
Houston, Texas. (Last Address).
W. W. Scott, ’28, was recently
appointed City Engineer for Bryan
and has already assumed his new
duties under City Manager James
Aston, ’33. For the past several
years Scott has been an examining
engineer on WPA projects, work-
ing out of the San Antonio office.
He was also a member of the en-
gineering department of the City of
Dallas for several years, Mr. and
Mrs. Scott and their five children
will make their new home in
Bryan.
George L. Ellis, ’28, recently
moved from San Antonio to Scotts-
dale, Arizona.
In Memoriam
T. J. Hardeman, ’79
Thomas J. Hardeman, of
Minden, La., died recently ac-
cording to information re-
ceived from Judge W. M.
Sleeper, of Waco, through
Colonel G. Wash. Hardy, "79,
of Shreveport. Mr. Harde-
man lived for many years at
Minden, whre he was one of
the best known civil and
highway engineers in the
state of Louisiana and where
he was employed in that
state’s Highway Department.
He was the son of General
Hardeman for whom Harde-
man County, Texas was nam-
ed and he was one of the
first graduates and first stu-
dents of Texas A. & M. Col-
lege.
Louis John Kopke, ’80
L. J. Kopke, age 83, of
Beaumont, died March 13 at
three p. m. at his residence,
following a long period of ill
health. Services were held
from the First Baptist
Church of Beaumont, of
which he was the oldest dea-
con. Burial was in a local
cemetery of Beaumont. Mr.
Kopke is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Jessie Kopke; a son,
Norman Koepke, and a daugh-
ter, Miss Ethel Belle Kopke,
all of Beaumont.
Born in San Felipe de Aus-
tin, Texas, 1856, Mr. Kopke
was one of the first two grad-
uates of the A. & M. College
in 1880. Since his graduation,’
Mr. Kopke has been steadily
engaged in engineering work.
During the past 58 years, Mr.
Kopke had probably survey-
ed every acre in Jefferson
County and knew every
square foot of Beaumont. Mr.
Kopke was an active member
of the First Baptist Church
of Beaumont and also of the
Beaumont A. & M. Club.
Frank V. Murrah, ’19
Frank V. Murrah, age 40,
died at his home in Bartles-
ville, Oklahoma on February
26 from a heart attack. He
was buried at Bartlesville,
where he has made his home
since graduation from A. &
M. He is survived by his
wife, his mother, one sister,
and three brothers. Two of
the brothers are W. E. “Cap”
Murrah, ’22 of Bartlesville,
and Thomas Murrah, ’38,
who makes his headquarters
in Houston and is with the
Federal Land Bank.
Born at Holland, Texas,
Murrah came to A. & M.
from Plano, Texas. He re-
ceived his degree in electrical
engineering in 1919 and serv-
ed in the World War as an
officer in the Machine Gun
Corps at Camp Hancock,
Georgia. He went to Bartles-
ville, Oklahoma in 1919 as a
junior engineer with the Em-
pire Companies. After five
years with that organization,
he resigned to teach music
and for many years was in
charge of the Dewey high
school band, in addition to his
regular musical class work.
He was a 32nd degree mason;
a member of the American
Legion; and Secretary of the
Bartlesville Musicians Union.
As a student at A. & M,,
Frank Murrah was captain
of the Aggie band, a mem-
ber of the Ross Volunteer,
and a leader of one of the
first student dance orches-
tras.