The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, April 15, 1939, Image 1
LIBRARY CAMPUS RETURN If this paper is not POSTAGE called for return 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 a nd Mechanical College VOL. XI COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 15, 1939. NO. 25 College Directors Express Opposition To Bill Raising Jr. Colleges To Senior Rank Thorough opposition to the legis- lative to change the junior colleges at Stephenville and proposal Arlington to senior institutions has been voiced by the Board of Di- rectors of the A. & M. College in a letter to Senator Albert Stone of Brenham. These junior colleges, since being taken over by the state many years ago, have been administered under the direction of the A. & M. College Board of Di- rectors and as parts of the A. & M. College system. In the message to Senator Stone the College board declared that there was at this time no justi- fication for raising the rank of these institutions. The statement pointed out that existing senior in- stitutions in Texas were insuffi- ciently provided for, and that no new senior institutions should be established until existing institu- tions were better financed. This statement of the board put at rest many misunderstandings in regard to the official attitude of the College toward raising these junior colleges to senior rank. At the present time the bill to raise these institutions has been passed by both the House and the Senate of the Texas Legislature. The House of Representatives, how- ever, has refused to concur in Senate amendments, and further consideration of the bill has been postponed until April 24. AUSTIN HONOR AGGIE SOLONS The Capital A. & M. Club, Aus- tin, turned out in full force at a recent regular Monday noon luncheon at the Driskill Hotel to do honor to its special guests, the A. & M. Ex-Student members of the Texas Legislature. Among the honor guests were Senators George Moffett, Chillicothe, and Penrose Metcalfe, San Angelo, both mem- bers of the 1916 Class; Represen- tatives Green Newell, '10, Elias- ville; W. T. McDonald, ’33, Bryan; Jeff Stinson, Dallas, and others. Several other members of the House who are Ex-Students of A. & M. were unable to be present. In the absence of Club President Herman G. Heard, ’23, Vice Presi- dent W. J. “Bill” Lawson, 22, pre- sided. The Capital City Club meets for luncheon every Monday ] noon at the Driskill, and extends a cordial invitation to all visiting Aggies to be present. Whing-Dilly Is Success At Houston Several hundred members of the Houston A. & M. Club and their guests were present at that organi- zation’s annual Spring Whing- Dilly, held last Saturday night at Dokey Hall in Houston. Coaches Marty Karow, Hub McQuillen and Lil Dimmitt, and members of he Aggie baseball team were honor guests. The party was in the nature of a dutch supper, buffet style. Presiding over the short speak- ing program was Al Saenger, 232, Goose Creek, who introduced va- rious guests and later served as impresario of the musical and dancing part of the entertainment. General chairman of arrangements was Carleton Speed, 26, ably as- sisted by Quartermaster Jack Pink, 217, Claude Everett, '20, and others. Officers of the Club include Victor Barraco, ’15, President, M. E. “Dime” Dealy, '25, Vice President, Jake Hamblen, 27, Secretary- Treasurer, and the perennial Ser- geant-At-Arms Charles R. Haile, 12. The Club meets each Monday noon at the Rice Hotel.’ Ladies Night At Ft. Worth The Fort Worth A. & M. Club will observe San Jacinto Day in the form of a ladies night on the evening of April 20 at the Lone Star Gas Company auditorium in Ft. Worth. The event will start at 8 p. m., and will feature the show- ing of A. & M. movies by Athletic Director Homer Norton and Asso- ciation Secretary E. E. McQuillen. Roy Falkenberg, ’27, is in charge of the evening’s program and urges that A. & M. men be attended by their ladies. Aggies Win Track Meet In a triangular meet at Kyle Field last Saturday, “Dough” Rol- ling’ Aggie track and field men won an easy victory over Howard Payne and Abilene Christian Col- lege. The Cadets piled up 90 points, Howard Payne running second with 541% while A. C. C. trailed with only 25%. Scoring honors went to Boedeker of Howard Payne with 121% points, closely pushed by “Red” Cecil of the Aggies with 121%. The red head won both dashes, took third in the broad jump and anchored the winning sprint relay team. One of the best performances of the day was Ag- gie Jerry Faubion’s 145 foot heave of the discus. Temple Plans April 21 Party The Bell County A. & M. Club will observe April 21 with a meet- ing and program arranged by a committee consisting of Emil Wade, ’30, chairman; Sam Floca, Ar W. C. “Bill” O’Dowd, '32; Robert Cooper, 31; and H. O. Hill. On March 27 the Temple and Bell County Club were special guests of the Bell County A. & M. Mothers Club at a community party, held at the Kyle Hotel in Temple. Nearly one hundred people were present, proceeds of the evening going to the A. & M. Long- horn for a full page in that publi- cation for the Bell County A. & M. Mothers Club. Club Organized to Help Ride Catching College Students An organization called the Na- tional College-University Travel Club is being formed for the pur- pose of making ride-catching easier and safer than here-to-fore for college and university students, by an A. & M. student. The organization proposes the sale of reflecting emblems which can be obtained only by people who are college students and mem- bers of the organization. This, it is said, will enable stu- dents to be recognized by drivers both by day and by night traveling and will insure drivers of safe pick-ups, thereby increasing the number and classes of people who pick up riders. The plan was originated by Keyes Carson of Cuero, an A. & M. student. CAPTAIN DONALD OLD, ’23, U. S. Air Corps, was co-pilot on the big bomber that flew to Chile in February, carrying medical sup- plies to the earthquake district. A former Aggie track star during his cadet days, Captain Old has be- come a real veteran in the U. S. Air Corps. [and present Port Arthur Club Officers Officers of the Port Arthur Club, under whose leadership that active organization has established the first four year A. & M. College Scholarship, are shown above. In the picture, top row, left to right are 0. T. Hotchkiss, Jr., ’24, a past president of the club, general chair. man of the scholarship committee Club Sergeant-At- “Arms; M. L. Rosenberg, '22, an- other past president and one of the original founders of the Port Arthur Club; Ned A. Scardino, ’29, Vice President of the Port Arthur Club. In the bottom row, left to right, Charles V. Arisco, '36, Sec- retary-Treasurer; Clyde V. May, ’26, Publicity Director, and L. L. Laster, ’30, President, of the Port Arthur Club. Dallas Expects Record Crowd Advance ticket sales by members of the Dallas A. & M. Club bear out that organization’s claim that this year’s April 21 Stag Party will be one of the largest gather- ings of A. & M. men ever held. The big affair will be staged at the Morriss Buick Co., Cedar Springs and Pearl Streets, Dallas, and will feature a “Dutch” buffet dinner and football movies with sound ef- fects by Homer Norton. All A. & M. men are invited and many tickets have already been sold in nearby cities. The party starts at 6:30 P.M A. F. MOURSUND, 95, IS DE- scribed in a recent issue of the Texas Parade as an engineer who loves ranching. At the present time he is district engineer at San Angelo for the State Highway De- partment. Shortly after his graduation in civil engineering in 1895, Mr. Mour- sund went with the Southern Pa- cific Railway until 1906, when he decided to try his hand at ranch- ing. Engineering called him back, however, after two years, and he returned to the Southern Pacific until 1916. Ranching again got the upper hand for another three years before he returned to engineering. Since 1923 he has been with the State Highway Department, with the exception of two years, 1925- 27, when he again engaged in ranching. Mr. Moursund is a mem- ber of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a Thirty-Second Degree Mason, and a Rotarian. He is married and has two children. HENRY B. “PAT” '22, Laredo, one of the best known contractors and builders in Texas, was elected vice president at large of the Associated General Con- tractors of America at that or- ganization’s meeting in San Fran- cisco in March. Zachry is expected to ascend to the presidency of this organization in 1940. Among others in the Texas group at the convention was J. Rutledge “Perch” Hill, '13, presi- dent of the Texas Highway Branch, A. G. C., and past president of The National Sand and Gravel Associa- tion. He is a member of the firm of Gifford-Hill and Company, Inc. of Dallas. ZACHRY, | Longhorns In As Opponents Fold The Conference baseball race is over almost before the half-way mark with the Texas Longhorns practically in possession of the flag. When the Aggies split a two game series against Rice last week- end they ended their already slim chances to make the race a close affair. Texas is undefeated in con- ference play, while the Aggies, Baylor, and S. M. U. have each lost four games and are still ahead of Rice and T. C. U. Unsteadiness of a fine college pitching staff, and the lack of a real batting punch has been the Aggie downfall. Munnerlyn’s Team of Insurance Company Win Annual Contest A team headed by Ford Munner- lyn, ’26, district manager for Sea- board Life Insurance Company of Houston, won first place in the an- nual March of Progress campaign held each year in March by the company. Mr. Munnerlyn’s team finished 124 points above the sec- ond team. In March the College Station agency for Seaboard sold $233,000 in life insurance, with Sidney L. Loveless, editor of the 1938 Long- horn, heading the agency with $78,117. Two other Aggie exes are in the College Station agency, A. H. Mec- Cutcheon, ’38, and H. E. Burgess, 29, R. T. “BOB” SHIELS, ’10, STILL down but far from out, is slowly staging recovery from his serious auto accident near:y two months ago. He is in St. Pauls Hospital in Dallas. Chief of his injuries is a badly damaged hip. Recent visitors found the big fellow cheerful and full of fight despite the long siege he has been thru and the certainty that he must remain in bed sev- eral additional months. He is an official of the General Electric Co. at Dallas, a past president of the Dallas A. & M. Club and a pres- ent member of the Board of Direc- tors of the Association. He can re- ceive visitors now and will also enjoy letters from his friends. Waco To Honor Prexy Walton With A. & M. President T. O. Walton as honor guest and with all A. & M. men in central Texas invited, the Waco Club will stage a San Jacinto Day party, Wednes- day, April 19, 6:30 p. m., in the banquet room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Waco. The largest gather- ing since the old Cotton Palace days is expected by officers of the Waco Cluby Vice President Bob O’Connell, ’33, will preside. The committee on arrangements includes Ben F. “Reveille” Brown, ’23; Hubert “Crabby” Davis, "22; and Joe Scud- der, ’20. New officers will also be elected at the meeting. Young Charlie Beats Old Pat Kyle Field of twenty or more years ago looked more natural to a few oldsters who last Friday watched the Aggie Fish baseball team [beat the Gatesville High team. Coaching the Gatesville youngsters was P. H. “Pat” Olsen, 16 famed Cadet pitcher of his day and one-time Baseball cap- tain. But even “Pat's” wisdom couldn’t put his lads over with Fish Star Charley Stevenson sending 15 of the visitors back to their bench muttering “He hasn’t got a thing”. The score was 7-2. Stevenson walked but one man and gave up six hits. His battery mate was Earl “bama’ Smith. Out- side of Stevenson’s performance the Fish were not impressive. Waxahachie Party The Waxahachie A. & M. Club will meet on the night of April 19 in that city with Homer Norton and his football movies as enter- tainment features. Plans for the party are being made by Dr. J. R. Gill, ’35, of Waxahachie. All A. & M. men of that area are ex- tended a cordial invitation to at- tend. F. F. A. Vocational Judging Contests To Be Staged April 17 The 22nd Vocational Judging Contest, in which entrants from high schools from all parts of Texas will participate will be held Monday at A. & M. under the aus- pices of the Junior and Senior chap- ters of the Future Farmers of America. This contest, which features ten types of judging, is limited to boys over Texas who are members of the Future Farmers of America. This year, Mr. Henry Ross, who is chairman of the contest rules committee, expects some 2500 boys to attend. The judging classes will be in livestock, dairy, poultry, crops, en- tomology, cotton, horticu ture, farm shop, plant production. soil con- servation, and wild life. All of the contest judges ae chosen by the contest superintendent, and are members of the faculties under the various judging events. Assured Movie T heater A movie theater for College Sta- tion was assured today by N. E. Boughton, Developer of College Hills Estates, city residential and business addition. “We will have a picture show erected here in time for use next fall,” Mr. Boughton said. He did not go into details. College Hills Estates is now su- ing the Bryan Amusement Comp- any for $25,000 damages and can- cellation of a deed to a tract of land in College Hills for failure to erect a building as they allege the Bryan concern should have done. The Bryan Amusement Company has not yet filed defendant’s peti- tion in answer to the one filed in District Court by College Hills. First Four Year Scholarship To Be Awarded High School Graduate By Pt. Arthur Club LT. “+ A scholarship, making possible attendance at Texas A. & M. for four years, has been established by the Port Arthur A. & M. Club and will be awarded to a member of the 1939 graduating class of the Port Arthur Thomas Jeffer- son High School, according to an announcement by L. L. Laster, ’30, President of the Port Arthur Club. The Club has had this matter under consideration for some time and the above decision results from the activities of a special committee of investigation, approved by the membership of the Port Arthur A. & M. Club. The scholarship will be granted for a four year period and wiil carry the following awards; an annual cash value of $150, paid the recipient of the scholarship by the Port Arthur A. & M. Club; a guarantee of a student job at College through which the student may earn as much as $150 per year. These two sources of revenue, with his summer earnings, will enable any student to attend Texas A. & M. General requirements to be met by applicants for the scholarship are as follows: He must rank in the upper 25 per cent of his class scholastically; He must be finan- cially unable to attend College in any other way; He must provide $50 of his own money at the open- ing of school each year. ~~ The boy selected must maintain satisfactory scholastic records while holding the scholarship, and will be required to report in per- son to the club from time to time. Applicants - will be considered on the basis of character, personality, school activities, outside activities and any other points which may be deemed desirable by the Scholar- ship Committee. Graduates of both January and June, 1939 classes of the Port Arthur High School are eligible for the award. Students desiring in- formation or consideration for the scholarship should make applica- tion in writing to Oscar T. Hotch- kiss, 4615 Sunken Court, Port Arthur, prior to April 15, 1939. NEW CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED AT COLORADO Youngest A. & M. Club is an organization formed recently at Colorado, Texas, known as the Colorado A. & M. Club. Call for the meeting was made by Jack Christian, ’32, Colorado High School athletic director and coach, and former star Aggie football linesman.; W. W. “Rube” Whipkey, ’11, Colorado printer and publisher, was named temporary president, with J. Wiley Holmes, ’37, temporary fiom wi A permanent organiza- tion will be affected at the group's next meeting. It is planned to hold monthly meetings. Among those present were the following: Joe C. Williams, 27; Jack Christian, ’32; Joe H. Smoot, ’11; R. H. DeLaney, 23; B. W. Scott, ’11; R. C. Made- ley, Vernon, ’35; F. C. Shilling- burg, ’35; R. L. Thigpin, 33; M. A. Stinson, 33; J. L. Galey, '35; L. F. Lawhon, ’32; C. H. Case, ’38; Dr. J. D. Williams, ’35; A. B. Kyle, 34; F. W. Parker, ’30; J. W. Holmes, 37; H. W, Sanders, 22; W. W. Whipkey, 11. THE PORT ARTHUR CLUB will celebrate April 21 with its annual San Jacinto Dinner-Bridge Party with the wives and sweet- hearts of members as honor guests.