GILGHRIST GIVEN
HONORARY DEGREE
DR. GIBB GILCHRIST
Dean Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the
Engineering Department of A. &
M. was given the honorary degree
of Doctor of Science at the nine-
tieth commencement of the Austin
College in Sherman Monday night.
Dr. T. S. Clyce, president emer-
itus of Austin College, presented
the degree at the annual com-
mencement exercises which is one
of the oldest colleges in the state.
The degree was conferred on Dean
Gilchrist by the Board of Trustees
of the institution as an acknow-
ledgement of his outstanding work
in the field of engineering.
Dr. Gilchrist also received an ex-
tension this week of his appoint-
ment as consulting highway spec-
ialist on the Committee of Design
of the State Highway Department
of Texas. His reappointment on the
design committee, which has charge
of the planning and designing of
Texas highways, was made by
Thomas McDonald, Chief of the
Bureau of Public Roads of Texas.
Dr. Gilchrist was born at Wills
Point, Texas, and attended school
there before his entrance into Tex-
as University from which he grad-
uated with a degree in Civil Engi-
neering in 1909. After graduation
he entered the Engineering De-
partment of the Santa Fe Railroad
where he worked as a construction
engineer until the entrance of the
United States into the World War
at which time he joined the United
States Army and served until 1919,
being discharged at that time as
Captain in Engineers. In 1919 he
entered the Texas State Highway
Department as a Resident and Di-
vision Engineer in which capacity
he served until 1924 when he was
made a State Highway Engineer.
In 1925 Dr. Gilchrist left the state
department to enter a consulting
practice in Dallas until 1928 when
he returned to the state depart-
ment where he served until his ap-
pointment as Dean of Engineering
at A. & M. in September, 1937.
Herbert Peavy, 38, is leading all
other new Texas agents of the Lin-
coln National Life Insurance Com-
pany in business, according to an
article that appeared in the May
10 issue of THE TEXAS LINK, a
magazine published by the com-
pany. Peavy is with the Lincoln
National Life Insurance Company,
807 Shell Building, Houston. He
has been spending a day each week
on the campus this spring.
Dick Bernhard, ’28, who is with
the Universal Credit Company, has
recently been transferred to Hous-
ton, Texas, where he gets his mail
at 1815 West Main Street, of that
city.
Henry J. Gruy, ’37, is with the
Shell Oil Company, Inc., and at the
present time is located at Kilgore,
Texas, where he gets his mail at
Box 32. Gruy says he is mighty
glad to be back in Texas after
having worked in southern Loui-
siana for the past 13 months.
Paul Spaugh, Pete H. Comnas,
Hammond A. Helms, and Ernest K.
Langford, are a few of the 1939ers
who are scheduled to begin work
with the Humble Oil and Refining
Company. These boys for the time
being will probably be located at
Baytown, Texas.
Dr. Charles W. Neal, 31, is as-
sociated with Dr. Gleason’s Veter-
inary Hospital, 1619 South Laredo,
San Antonio.
James R. “Jimmie” Day, 29, is
located at Midland, Texas, where
he gets his mail at Box 591.
Whodunit???
“Must be a deep, dark secret’,
mused George Fuermann, Box 2279,
College Station, one of the editors
of the student Battalion, when he
failed to receive a single reply to
a recent story in the TEXAS AG-
GIE seeking information as to
certain traditions of the campus.
“There must have been a first
time,” declared George “for Fresh-
men to be called ‘Fish’—some
bright yell leader must have inau-
gurated College Night—and the T-
formation at football games—and
some beloved company captain
must have started the custom of
all captains being given watches
by their companies.” We are still
interested and would like for the
ex-students to help us run down
the origin of these traditions.
Please drop us a line.
Allen M. Early, ’34, is now em-
ployed as an Examiner of Ac-
counts in the Bureau of Finance,
Accounts, and Rates of the Federal
Power Commission, with headquar-
ters in Denver, Colorado. However,
for the next two or three months,
Early expects to be located at 2027
North Tejon, Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Harold M. Cather, ’17, Morgan-
town, West Virginia, received a
Professional Degree from A. & M.
College with the 1939 Class in me-
chanical engineering.
Logan Cummings, x31, is county
superintendent of Collingsworth
County, with headquarters at Well-
ington, Texas. Cummings is serv-
ing his fifth year as county super-
intendent at Wellington.
Roy R. Krezdorn, ’32, has recent-
ly accepted a position with the
Lower Colorado River Authority
and is making his home at 208 East
31st Street, Austin, Texas.
Jesse L. New, ‘34, is assistant
production foreman with the Union
Production Company and is located
at Vivian, Louisiana. He gets his
mail at Box 25 of that city.
Paul A. Cunyus, 27, is living at
1522 Summitt, Tyler, Texas, where
he is a soil conservation director
for the Soil Conservation Service.
Cranfill H. Cox, Jr., 'x34, was re-
cently named secretary of the Gil-
mer Chamber of Commerce, Gil-
mer, Texas.
Captain O. P. Weyland, 23, U.
S. Air Corps, has been transferred
to Kelly Field.
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In Memoriam
Kenneth A. Garrison, ’22
Kenneth A. Garrison, age
39, 4118 Roseneath, Houston,
died recently. He is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. O. Garrison, of Tulsa, Ok-
lahoma. Burial was in Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston.
James Marion Jones, ’35
Second Lieutenant James
Marion Jones, age 26, reserve
officer on active duty as an [§
instructor at Kelly Field, was §
killed on May 21 when the
plane he was flying crashed
nine miles from San Antonio.
He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Jones, of Temple.
Burial was in that city. After
graduating from A. & M. in
1935, he graduated in 1936
from Randolph and Kelly
Fields. Since his graduation
he has been stationed at Mit-
chell Field, Long Island,
Langley Field, Virginia, and
Kelly Field. He is survived
by his parents of Temple, and
two brothers, Hal Jones, Jr.,
25, of Waco; and W. D. C.
Jones, of College Station.
Willis F. Gunn, ’28
Willis F. Gunn, age 33, civil
engineer of Longview, Texas,
died June 5 in a Fort Worth
Hospital from complications
attributed to an automobile
accident several years ago.
For several years, Mr.
Gunn was county engineer of
Gregg County. He is survived
by his wife, two sons and a
daughter, all of Longview,
and his mother, Mrs. Floyd
E. Gunn, of Fort Worth. Bur-
ial was in Fort Worth. He re-
ceived his degree from A. &
M. in science and was a State
licensed land surveyor.
REUNION CLASSES—
(Continued from page 1)
CLASS OF 1899
Present at Reunion
J. M. Adams
San Antonio, Texas
E. H. Astin, Bryan, Texas
Col. T. Harry Barton
El Dorado, Arkansas
Dr. L. F. Bland
Dallas, Texas
C. D. Evans
Lake Charles, Louisiana
T. L. Horn
Palestine, Texas
Dean E. J. Kyle
College Station, Texas
A. C. Love
Austin, Texas
E. L. Martin
Dallas, Texas
W. H. Whisenant
San Antonio, Texas
CLASS OF 1904
Present at Reunion
Thomas W. Blake, Jr.
Houston, Texas
J. Harvey Briggs
San Antonio, Texas
ELECTION DODSON—
(Continued from page 1)
tance and approval of President
Babcock’s report offered by Mes-
srs. F. D. Perkins and C. D. Evans;
and a resolution asking that every
effort be made to organize addi-
tional A. & M. clubs, presented by
O. H. Eichblatt, ’36.
Auditing Commtitee
The following report was sub-
mitted and approved by the Audit-
ing Committee of which only Al O.
Saenger, ’32, Goose Creek, chair-
man, and Rufus R. Peeples, 28,
Tehuacana, were present:
“We have inspected the annual
audit report of the Ex-Students
Association, as made by the firm
of LYBRAND, ROSS BROS. AND
MONTGOMERY and find all ac-
counts and records in splendid con-
dition ,indicating most excellent
handling of all affairs of the Asso-
ciation throughout the past fiscal
year.
“We had the opportunity of go-
ing over the report in complete
detail with a representative of the
auditors. We wish to thank the
firm sincerely for their fine work
in the preparation of this report.
“Notable for this year is the
excess of cash receipts over cash
disbursements of $3,960.12, as com-
pared with an excess of disburse-
ments over receipts of $4,486.71
for 1938.
“We wish to compliment the sec-
retary and his office staff for their
work in keeping all fiscal matters
in such fine shape.”
Nominating Committee
The nominating Committee with
the following present: E. R. Eu-
daly, ’10, College Station, Chair-
man; J. P. Hamblen, ’27, Houston;
Julius Stein, ’26, San Antonio; H.
B. Chamberlain, ’34, Beaumont;
Harry Stiteler, 31, Corpus Christi;
S. J. Baker, 27, Fort Worth; R. E.
O’Connell, Jv., 33, Waco; Oran
Dawson, ’32, Tyler; and J. H. Quis-
enberry, ’31, College Station, nom-
inated a complete slate of directors
as listed below—all being elected
unanimously by the membership
present:
R. R. Peeples, 28, Tehuacana
R. F. Rosborough, ’26, Marshall
H. K. Deason, ’16, Port Arthur
Roy Golston, '03, Tyler
D. O. Davis, ’11, McKinney
M. B. Starnes, ’27, Dallas
0. A. Seward, Jr., '07, Groesbeck
Claude Brown, ’11, Crockett
Victor A. Barraco, ’15, Houston
T. M. Smith, Sr., 01, East Col-
umbia
W. J. Lawson, ’22, Austin
J. B. Snider, ’14, Waco
N. H. Riveire, '26, Fort Worth
E. W. Harrison, ’13, South Bend
C. E. Buck, 28, Corpus Christi
L. A. Pierce, ’22, Laredo
Joe W. Jennings, ’11, Plainview
E. E. Aldridge, ’16, San Antonio
C. P. Dodson, 11, Decatur
G. Graham Hall, ’13, Houston
G. G. Smith, ’30, Waco
Al O. Saenger, ’32, Goose Creek
P. B. MetCalfe, ’16, San Angelo
M. H. Bivins, ’07, Longview
Tyree L. Bell, ’13, Dallas
M. J. Miller, ’11, Fort Worth
P. L. Downs, Jr., ’06, Temple
0. G. Tumlinson, ’18, College
Station.
C. L. Babcock, '20, Beaumont
Cecil F. “Red” Boulden, ’20, for-
merly with the Portland Cement
Association at Austin, has accepted
a position as engineering examiner
with the W. P. A. organization at
San Antonio. His office is in the
Smith-Young Tower.
John C. Burns
Fort Worth, Texas
Jerome C. Cochran
Houston, Texas
Arthur B. Conner
College Station, Texas
August F. Dahme
Yorktown, Texas
Henry S. Davenport
Palestine, Texas
Ralph B. Dunn
Fort Worth, Texas
Dr. Robert H. Glass
Lufkin, Texas
Stayton W. Hamner
Healdton, Oklahoma
Ernest Haner, Jr.
Monroe, Louisiana
Warren Houchins
Houston, Texas
Burt E. Hull
| Houston, Texas
William E. Japhet
Houston, Texas
C. E. Maedgen
Lubbock, Texas
J. W. McCutcheon
Stephenville, Texas
Alexis McCormick
Kountze, Texas
Robert W. Meek
Houston, Texas
Gustav H. Pape
Waco, Texas
James E. Pirie
Paris, Texas
A. G. Sattler
Houston, Texas
L. Varner Stinson
Durant, Oklahoma
CLASS OF 1909
Present at Reunion
Roy E. Aldwell
Sonora, Texas
Lt. Col. B. F. Delamater
Columbus, Ohio
William H. Furneaux
Dallas, Texas
D. B. Giesecke
Angleton, Texas
M. L. Grady
El Paso, Texas
David B. Harris
Houston, Texas
F. W. Heldenfels
Corpus Christi, Texas
R. E. Martin
Mason, Texas
Lt. Col. A. A. McDaniel
Dallas, Texas
Allin F. Mitchell
Corsicana, Texas
Henry W. Munson
Angleton, Texas
C. A. Ridenour
Corpus Christi, Texas
A. A. Riley
Houston, Texas
W. D. Roseborough
San Antonio, Texas
William Rosenfeld
Houston, Texas
Charles C. Schley
George West, Texas
T. A. Van Amburgh
Dallas, Texas
Herbert R. Voelcker
Wichita Falls, Texas
H. E. Whittet
Poteet, Texas
C. L. Wignall
Port Arthur, Texas
W. F. Wise
Dallas, Texas
CLASS OF 1914
E. L. Ayers
Bradenton, Florida
Harlan K. Baker
Fort Worth, Texas
Hubert E. Braunig
Beaumont, Texas
W. S. Broome
Houston, Texas
L. L. Fouraker
College Station, Texas
Ernest Gibbens
Alpine, Texas
Roy Green
Hale, Colorado
Fred W. Hoepfner
Corpus Christi, Texas
Arthur H. Irby
Richmond, Texas
Albert L. Jennings
Groesbeck, Texas
D. T. Killough
College Station, Texas
M. H. Kotzebue
Houston, Texas
G. I. Lane
Eastland, Texas
Dr. A. A. Lenert
College Station, Texas
David H. Levy
Dallas, Texas
William B. Melton
Hondo, Texas
V. V. Parr
Spur, Texas
Joseph A. Peterson
Houston, Texas
D. B. Pickens
Dallas, Texas
E. C. Rack
East Orange, N. J.
William N. Reed
Sterling City, Texas
Present at Reunion
L. G. Rich
Stephenville, Texas
M. E. Rollins
Dallas, Texas
J. Forrest Runge
Christoval, Texas
F. H. Schmidt
Slaton, Texas
W. C. Schuwirth
Dallas, Texas
John N. Simpson
Fort Worth, Texas
Milton L. Stroud
Waco, Texas
Ernest B. Tinker
Hillsboro, Texas
James M. Vossler
Houston, Texas
C. B. Warren
Waco, Texas
CLASS OF 1929
Present at Reunion
Robert G. Abernethy, Jr.
Palestine, Texas
R. L. Acres
~Houston, Texas
E. Vergne Adams
Bryan, Texas
Dr. D. B. Anderson
Sparta, Tennessee
W. D. Armstrong
Princeton, Kentucky
W. Howard Badgett
College Station, Texas
Clifford H. Barmore
Bryan, Texas
Z. W. Bartlett a Jr.
Freeport, Texas
Jay Bertrand
Houston, Texas
W. L. Bostick
Wilmington, California
Austin C. Bray
Dallas, Texas
H. E. Burgess
College Station, Texas
Thomas G. Caudle
Cisco, Texas
James V. Cowan
Jal, N. M.
John H. Cuthrell
Houston, Texas
R. E. Dansby
South Houston, Texas
E. R. Daughtrey
Del Rio, Texas
JER.s Day;
Midland, Texas
Horace M. Douglass
Lufkin, Texas
J. R. Emmons
Henderson, Texas
A. A. Fischback, Jr.
Tucson, Arizona
I. H. Fooshee
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AT Frels
Port Lavaca, Texas
E. T. Fuller, Jr.
Beaumont, Texas
George G. Gibson
College Station, Texas
Paul F. Harder
Houston, Texas
Louis A. Hartung
San Antonio, Texas
J. Moss Holmes
Saint Jo, Texas
Al J. Humphries
San Antonio, Texas
Edwin C. Jancik
Houston, Texas
F. J. Jones
Lone Oak, Texas
T. K. Lagow
| Waco, Texas
'S. S. Langford
De Quincy, Louisiana
August J. Lehman
Freeport, Texas
C. K. Leighton
Austin, Texas
Virgil O. Miller
Chula Vista, California
John Harris Montfort
Houston, Texas
B. F. Norman, Jr.
Freeport, Texas
W. P. Patton, Jr.
Lockhart, Texas
Benjamin H. Pochyla
Houston, Texas
E. Boswell Porter
Caldwell, Texas
A. DaiPratt
Bryan, Texas
William P. Privette
Austin, Texas
Charles D. Pyeatt
Fort Worth, Texas
C. R. Redden, Jr.
Tyler, Texas
S. M. Richie
Fort Worth, Texas
C. S. Robertson
Houston, Texas
N. A. Scardino
Port Arthur, Texas
C. W. Schweers
New Orleans, Louisiana
John W. Scott
Denison, Texas
William D. Singleton
Memphis, Tennessee
Joe L. Sowell
College Station, Texas
Dr. F. C. Steinman
Fort Worth, Texas
T. Vertress Stephens
Bellville, Texas
James A. Trail
College Station, Texas
R. L. Tucker
Wilmington, California
Kurt A. Welgehausen
Houston, Texas
Herbert W. Whitney
Big Spring, Texas
Hermann Wren
McAllen, Texas
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1938 GAINS OVER 1937
Insurance Written 363% !
Premium Income . 553%!
Liabilities 7/9, 5% 560% !
Assets.’ one conle 640%!
Surplugic . Cu, she 674%!
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Jan., Feb., March, 1938
Gains Over
Jan., Feb., March, 1939
Insurance Written 198%!
Premium Income . 256%!
Liabilities: =v +4 + 570% !
AggeteWl a epipigey 793% !
Surplug®. 5%". ." 945% !
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