THE TEXAS AGGIE
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E. E. McQuillen, 220.54 Executive Secretay
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Directors
R. PF. Rosborough; 226.............occeerinin Marshall
H. K. Deason, ’ Port Arthur
Roy D. GolSton, 208... ceiecciierssasnssonanes Tyler
Don O. Davis, McKinney
M. B. Starnes, ’27 Dallas
O. A. Seward, Jr., 07... Groesbeck
Claude Brown, >I I... 08 ui Crockett
Victor A. Barraco, ’15.................... Houston
TT. 'M. Smith, 'S¥.; 701.......a..... East Columbia
W. J: Lawson, 3122.0. fr 0 ad) Austin
Jon DB, Snider, dg: lt heh ides ieee Waco
N. H. Riveire, ’26 Fort Worth
E. W. Harrison, ’ ; South Bend
Cleo E. Buck, 28. —p-.ohonib Corpus Christi
L. A. Pierce, ’22 _...Laredo
Joe W. Jennings, >11. i. ri... Plainview
E. “E. Aldridge, 216; .................. San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo
GC." P.. Dodson, ’11.. Decatur
G. Graham , Hall,’ 180... ...c.occccidociensiis Houston
George ‘G. Smith, 280.......coccomecitnnssainrmsnai Waco
AV OQ. Saenger, ’32.. 0 Lot... Goose Creek
M. H. Bivins, ’07 Longview
Tyree IL. Beil, ’13... Dallas
Mod. Mller, i? 0 iii tisesons Fort Worth
PY... Downs, Ix., *06..:commiismmsiosrions Temple
0. G. Tumlinson, ’18..........College Station
Coil. Babeock,: >I8........comecmmmresiiu Beaumont
RR. Peeples, 228... cobs tu tiiicori- Tehuacana
STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES
C.. P.. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
F. D. Perkins, ’97 McKinney
E. E. McQuillen, ’20 College Station
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
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Fort Worth
Joe A. Wessendorff, ’07
M. J. Miller, ’11
JUST RECOGNITION
The AGGIE applauds the action
of the Board of Directors of the
College in honoring veteran board
member Edwin J. Kiest, of Dallas,
by naming the key dormitory of
the 12 new dormitories under con-
struction the Edwin J. Kiest Hall.
As a member of the board during
the past 12 years and as a present
member, Mr. Kiest has rendered
the A. & M. College distinguished
and invaluable services.
He will continue to render such
services as long as he is a member
of the College Board. The AGGIE
extends to him on behalf of A. &
M. men congratulations, apprecia-
tion, and affection.
FLATTERY
If imitation is the sincerest form
of flattery, the A. & M. College
and Dan Russell should feel proud
of originating the cooperative stu-
dent housing plan. In the Readers
Digest of June 1939, an article by
Bertram B. Fowler tells of the
rapid spread of the cooperative
plan to other institutions.
Starting at Texas A. & M. in
1932 under the sponsorship of Dan
Russell, the program has grown by
leaps and bounds. From the small
group of boys who lived in a
haunted house in 1932, cooperative
house students have increased un-
til nearly one thousand boys lived
under this program at A. & M. last
fall. From this humble beginning,
reports Mr. Fowler, over 100,000
students lived in such groups in the
United States’ colleges and univer-
sities during the past year.
It should be remembered that a
great majority of students living
in the cooperative groups at Texas
A. & M., and this is probably true
of other institutions, could not
otherwise attend college. Their ex-
penses at Texas A. & M. run from
$100 to $150 per year less than
the expenses of students living in
college dormitories.
There should be no conflict be-
tween this program of housing at
Texas A. & M. and the dormitory
program. Both have their fields of
usefulness. It would be preferable,
of course, if all college students
had sufficient finances to live in
the higher priced and more desir-
able quarters. Since the Utopian
day has not arrived, the project
houses have offered a wonderful
opportunity to literally thousands
of boys and girls of the United
States. Dan Russell, at Texas A.
& M., can well feel proud for start-
ing and showing the world that
such a program was practical and
feasible.
IN MEMORIAM
At the annual meeting of the As-
sociation held on the campus June
3, the traditional roll of A. & M.
men who had passed to their re-
ward during the preceding year
was called. As the list was read to
the strain of “TAPS”, there were
few dry eyes among the 250 men
standing in respect. Not a man
present but heard the name of some
acquaintance or dear friend who
had passed to the Great Beyond.
of a son born on May 18. They are
stationed at Kelly Field at the
present time. This is their second
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Stallings, ’36,
‘are rejoicing over the birth of a
little daughter, Patricia, born on |
| April 24. Mr. and Mrs. Stallings
'make their home at 1606% San An-
 tonio, Austin, Texas, where Mack
is with the Texas Unemployment
Compensation Commission.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Newt Hielscher,
34, are receiving congratulations
from their many friends over the
birth of a little daughter, Esther,
born recently in Bryan. Mr. and
Mrs, Hielscher make their home
at Conroe, where Newt is connect-
ed with the Conroe High School.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Moehlman,
’31, are the proud parents of a fine
son, C. B., Jr.,, born recently at
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bryan. They
make their home in Bryan, where
C. B. operates a meat market and
grocery store.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pickett,
’32, announce the arrival of a fine
son, Charles L., Jr., born on April
9. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett reside at
605 West Polk, Houston, where
Pickett is with the Standard Oil
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howerton,
’27, announce the birth of a son,
William Rhett, born on January 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Howerton make their
home at 1030 West Mistletoe, San
Antonio. Willie is with the San
Antonio Public Service Company,
where he is chief planner of the
Gas Department, and is also peren-
nial treasurer of the San Antonio
A. & M. Club.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Floyd, ’32,
are happy over the arrival of Jack
Donald and Jean Blair on May 14.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd make their
home in Longview, where Floyd is
with the Atlantic Pipe Line Com-
pany. Needless to say, both Floyd
and Mrs. Floyd are quite proud of
the twins.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pratt, 28,
are delighted over the birth of
little Miss Ann Camille, born April
19. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt make their
home in Dallas, where John is
with the Allis-Chalmers Manufac-
turing Company. This is their secc-
‘nd little daughter.
The annual summer Bell County
A. & M. Club’s old fashioned basket
picnic will be held at the hospital
dairy farm near Temple at 6:30 p.
m. on the evening of June 15. Join-
ing hands for this occasion will be
the Bell County A. & M. Mothers
Club and the Bell County Student
A. & M. Club.
The arrangements committee wi.l
be composed of Mr. and Mrs. P. L.
Downs, Jr. ’06; Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Brewster, Jr., ’18; and Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Wade, 30. All A. & M. men
and their families of Central Texas
are invited to bring their basket
lunches and attend this happy oc-
casion.
Appearing on the campus in new
roles during the last month of
school were Jack Barnes, '30; and
Les Cummings, ’38, petroleum en-
gineer of the Trinity Portland Ce-
ment Company. They came to give
a series of lecture to A. & M. stu-
| dents on the use of Portland ce-
the Trinity Portland Cement Com-
pany. Jack working out of the
Dallas office and Les out of the
Houston office of this concern.
T.-L. Bradford, Jr. ’15, vice
president and treasurer of the
Southwestern Life Insurance Com-
pany, Dallas, has been appointed a
member of the Dallas City Avia-
tion Board. He is a former mem-
ber of the Dallas City Plan Com-
mission.
E. L. Stapp, 31, 102 Guardian
Life Building, Dallas, is anxious to
secure a copy of the 1938 Long-
horn. If anyone knows where such
is available, kindly communicate
with Mr. Stapp or the office of the
Association, College Station.
W. L. “Jerry” Lee, ’217, is receiv-
ing congratulations over being ad-
vanced to the rank of Captain in
the U. S. Air Corps. He is stationed
at Kelly Field.
Captain and Mrs. Leroy Hudson, |
'27, are delighted over the arrival |
ment in oil fields. Both are with |
Scoates-Johnson
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching |
‘marriage of Miss Helen Johnson, |
of Waco, and William Daniel |
| Scoates, ’35, son of Mr. and Mrs. |
‘Dan Scoates of College Station. |
Miss Johnson is the daughter of |
‘Mrs. Samuel D. Johnson of Waco
and a graduate of Baylor Univer-
sity. The wedding will be solemn-
ized on June 11 at the First Presby-
terian Church of Waco. Mr. and |
| Mrs. Scoates, elect, will make their
‘home at College Station, where Bill
‘is an assistant to his father, who
is head of the Agricultural En-
gineering Department at A. & M.
Day-Works
The marriage of Miss Sarah
Helen Works and Russell E. Day,
’30, both of Kilgore, was solemn-
ized at the First Methodist Church
of Kilgore on June 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Day will be at home to their many
friends at Kilgore, where Russell
is with the Texas Railroad Com-
mission.
Cooper-Davis
Miss Nixie Elizabeth Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Davis of Throckmorton, became the
bride of Mr. Durward W. Cooper,
’38, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Cooper, recently. Mr. and Mrs.
Cooper will reside in Breckenridge.
Dodson-Christian
Miss Kitty Beth Christian,
daughter of Charles D. Christian,
225 Oak Cliff Boulevard, Dallas,
and Ralph Jordan Dodson, ’35, were
married on June 7 at the First
Methodist Church in Decatur.
Ralph is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Dodson, 11, of Decatur, and
received his masters degree in
chemical engineering from A. & M.
this year.
Wanja-Banse
Miss Lillian Banse, of Weimar,
became the bride of L. F. Wanja,
’32, of McKinney on April 11. Mr.
and Mrs. Wanja will make their
home at 1001 West Lamar, McKin-
ney, where Wanja is with the Texas
Power and Light Company.
Keller-Taylor
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Sallie Taylor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tarleton
B. Taylor of Waco, to Wallace O.
Keller, x40, son of Mrs. Jean Kel-
ler of San Antonio. The marriage
will take place at the home of the
bride’s parents on June 18 with
only the immediate families and
close friends present. Mr. and Mrs.
Keller, elect, will make their home
at Austin, where Wally is employ-
ed as manager of the Hausler and
Kilin Cigar Company of that city.
McGill-Griffin
Miss Irene Griffin, of Bryan, re-
cently became the bride of Herman
'N. McGill, ’39, son of Mr. and
‘Mrs. Thomas McGill of Tyler. Mr.
‘and Mrs. McGill are making their
‘home in Tyler.
Carroll—Kirkpatrick
The marriage of Miss Ann Her-
man Kirkpatrick, daughter of Mrs.
Leah Kirkpatrick of Bremond, and
Thelston B. Carroll, ’39, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Carroll of Harvey,
was recently solemnized at the
First Baptist Church of Bremond.
Carroll received his degree in vo-
cational agriculture from A. & M.
this year.
Smith-Wheeland
Thomas F. Smith, ’22, and Miss
Ruth Wheeland, both of Houston,
were married in Houston on May
13. After a wedding trip to Dallas
and other North Texas towns, Mr.
and Mrs. Smith are making their
home in Houston. He is with the
American General Insurance Com-
pany, 700 Rusk Biulding, Houston.
Talkington-Weed
Miss Weed, daughter of Mr. J. D.
Weed, of Fort Worth, and J. T.
Talkington, ’37, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Talkington, of Fort
Worth, were recently married at
the home of the bride’s sister.
After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs.
Talkington will make their home
in Fort Worth.
McDonald —- Field
News comes to us of the wed-
ding recently of Miss Nonnie Field,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Field, of Calvert, and Mr. W. T.
McDonald, 33, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Inspect Boulder Dam
William L. Thomasson, ’36, and
J. M. Stevenson, ’36, who recently
completed a special Graduate
Training Course at the Allis-Chal-
mers Manufacturing Company, Mil-
waukee, are shown above studying
an exact scale model of the giant
Boulder Dam. Going over the mat-
ter with them is Dr. W. M. White,
manager of the Allis-Chalmers hy-
draulic department. Dr. White de-
signed the mammoth turbines for
Boulder Dam, each of which, with
115,000 - horsepower, discharges
enough water daily to supply a city
of ten million people.
AT LAKE CHARLES PICNIC
Back row left to right: Wallace
Watkins, Welsh, La., Frank Hous-
ton, ’94, Lake Charles; J. B. Meit-
zen, ’25, Lake Charles; J. Y. Orms,
’32, Iowa, La.; Joe Golasinski, ’34,
Lake Charles; R. Y. “Matt” Craig,
28, Lake Charles; C. L. Arthur,
’30, Lake Charles; A. A. “Moon”
Golasinski, ’32, Pasadena, Texas;
I. L. “Shug” Goen, Lake Charles.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Spencer, ’29,
will spend the summer in Bryan
after four years spent in Honolulu.
Spencer has been serving with the
government as an architect on the
Hickman Air Field in Hawaii and
is on a three months’ furlough.
Melvin J. Miller, ’11, is general
chairman of arrangements for the
Fort Worth Junior Chamber of
Commerce sponsored luncheon hon-
oring Dr. Homer P. Rainey, new
President of the University of Tex-
as, on June 7. The luncheon will be
held at the Blackstone Hotel, and
Fort Worth citizens have invited
all ex-students of the University
living in north Texas to attend.
JackiiO. Silvey, ’87, sont cf Dr.
and Mrs. O. W. Silvey, College
Station, received his master of
science degree from Massachusetts
Tech last week. He has accepted a
job with the Lombard-Governor
Company at Ashland, Massachu-
setts.
Wayne E. Long, 27, professor of
mechanical engineering at Texas
A. & M., and his family will spend
the summer at Beaumont, where
Wayne will be on special assign-
ment as assistant to the chief engi-
neer of the Magnolia Petroleum
Company plant in that city.
J. T. McDonald of Bryan. Mr. and
Mrs. McDonald at the present time
are residing in Austin, where W.
T. is a member of the House of
Representatives in the Texas Leg-
islature.
Cole — Garitty
The marriage of Miss Sarah Lee
Garitty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Garitty, Corsicana, and Fran-
cis Dill Cole, x’37, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. U. Cole, Corsicana, was
recently solemnized at the First
Methodist Church in Corsicana. Mr.
and Mrs. Cole are at home to their
many friends at 1430 West Seventh
Street, Corsicana, where Cole is
with the First National Bank of
that city.
Schurba — LaBarba
Miss Sarah LaBarba, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Chris LaBarba of
Dallas, recently became the bride
of Peter A. Schurba, ’39, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Schurba, also
of Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Schurba
will make their home in Dallas.
Middle row: A. S. “Ben” King,
’26; Chas. D. Evans, ’99; J. Aubrey
Bonham, ’15; John J. “Rosey”
Neale, ’30; P. L. “Two-Gun” Tracy,
’25, Lake Charles.
Bottom row: Roy Franques, W.
Graves Castle, 23; A. R. Turbeville,
’30; Lamon Goodwin, ’27, all of
Lake Charles; and R. L. Ledbetter,
’28, Basile, La.
Nearly one hundred people, mem-
bers of the Southwest Louisiana A.
& M. Club and their families and
friends, enjoyed a barbecue dinner
on May 20 at the final meeting of
the club until fall. The party was
held at the Prien Lake home of J.
A. Bonham, ’15. W. Graves Castle,
’23, president of the club was in
general charge of the meeting, but
A. S. “Ben” King, ’26, was awarded
high honors on his excellent work
as chef.
Swimming, horseshoe pitching,
badminton, and other games enter-
tained the crowd until dinner was
served.
At the short business session A.
S. “Ben” King was elected pres-
ident of the club for the coming
year, succeeding Graves Castle. Joe
A. Golasinski, ’34, was named first
vice president; W. G. Castle, 23,
second vice president; A. R. Tube-
ville, ’30, secretary-treasurer; and
Lamoyne Goodwin, ’27, sergeant-
at-arms.
For the past year the Southwest
Louisiana Club has been one of the
most active of all the A. & M. clubs
and has enjoyed many happy meet-
ings and parties. The next meeting
of the club will be early in Septem-
ber.
Professor Harold Vance, head of
the department of Petroleum En-
gineering at Texas A. & M., has
been burning a little midnight oil
himself these days, preparing for
the state bar examination the last
week in June. He has been study-
ing law in his spare time.
John W. Whitfield, ’37, former
Aggie football star, has been ap-
pointed assistant county agent of
Ellis County, with headquarters at
Waxahachie. He succeeds M. U.
May, ’37, who has accepted a place
as assistant county agent in charge
of boys’ club work at Lubbock.
Dr. Frank W. Brundrett, '37, has
recently opened his own small ani-
mal hospital at Corinth and 8th
Streets in Dallas. He is the son of
George Brundrett, 08.
The Rife Construction Company,
Dallas, has been awarded a $843,-
000 contract of construction of the
Southern Regional Research Lab-
oratory at New Orleans, Louisiana,
by the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture. The campany is headed by
) A. J. Rife, '09, of Dallas.
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James B. Douglas, ’30, is a junior
agricultural engineer with the Soil
Conservation Service, and is located
at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He
works out of the Amarillo office
and is doing flood control work.
He was a recent campus visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Peeples, "28,
Mrs. Joe Peeples, and Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Whaley recently entertained
with a Barn Warmin’ Dance at
their Bluff Valley Farm at Tehua-
cana, Texas.
FRE Sher IY SO BR aa GEIR Ba
| In Memoriam
1938-39
“Since last we met togeth-
er, a number of our class-
mates and comrades have an-
swered the final roll call.
Deeply loved by those who
knew them and highly honor-
ed as A. & M. men, their
passing touches our hearts
with sadness. As a tribute to
their memories, and as a
{ symbol of our deep affection
for them, we stand in silence
while this sad roll is called.”
Dr. George C. Bauer
L. J. Hart
Fred W. Mally
W. W. McCarter
Charles O. James, ’39
Clarence White, ’39
Thomas N. Brown, ’38
Robert A. McElroy, ’38
Sam D. Bass, ’37
Reed Montgomery, Jr., ’37
James M. Jones, ’35
Herman J. Miller, ’35
Hepler Fisher Shockley, ’35
Robert M. Holke, 34
Warren B. Rogers, '34
Russell Smith, ’34
Donald M. Grupe, ’34
Fred Eeds, 32
R. A. Goodman, ’32
A. M. Keppler, ’32
Oscar Ballenger, ’30
Jack T. Browning, ’29
James Albert Murphy, 29
Robert M. Campbell, ’26
William F. Ballew, 24
Samuel J. Blocker, '24
Robert E. Berry, 23
Nolan R. Kennedy, ’23
Kenneth A. Garrison, 22
Lewis K. Black, 21
Leslie F. Griffin, ’21
F. V. Murrah, ’19
W. E. von Rosenberg, ’18
John P. Garitty, '18
W. K. Hanson, ’16
W. Louis Hill, ’15
Elo H. Stelzig, 14
Will S. McCraw, ’14
Al Prince, 14
John Gary Arledge, ’13
Quinlan Adams, ’12
Edwin P. Arneson, ’10
R. W. Stafford, ’10
Hawley S. McCall, ’03
Thomas R. Day, ’02
W. P. Meroney, 00
Neville P. Ross, "99
Otto J. Knolle, 97
A. Semones Adams, ’95
Frank Richie Ross, ’94
Wallace P. Metcalfe, ’93
Thomas H. Baker, ’92
S. F. King, ’84
L. J. Kopke, ’80
Thomas J. Hardeman, ’79
Roger A. Rogers, ’79
John Q. Tabor, 79
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