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Biggest Aggie athletic news of
the summer is the addition of Harry
Faulkner to the coaching staff.
Full details on the matter are re-
ported in a separate story. With
Homer Norton vacationing in Flor-
ida, no information is available as
to what duties the new coach will
be assigned. It is thought likely he
will concentrate on scouting during
the fall, a field in which he is
said to be unusually keen.
It is also understood locally that
assistant athletic director and bus-
iness manager J. W. Rollins, will
be assigned to coach the varsity
ends this fall. That will put Rollins
on the ends, James the balance of
the line, and Karow the backs.
Head Coach Norton will coordinate
the entire program, centering his
efforts on team play and smooth-
ness, and putting his weight wher-
ever needed. If Manning Smith con-
tinues to handle the B team, the
freshman squad will have Hub
McQuillan as head coach, assisted
by Charley DeWare and Brahma
Jones. Lil Dimmitt will treat the
injured and keep the players in
top shape physically and psycho-
logically. It all should add up to a
splendid line-up.
Cheating old Father Time in a
big way, and the envy of his elderly
contemporaries, is Eugene Fason,
22, of Dallas, who recently won
the Dallas City tennis champion-
ship in the men’s singles division.
He is with the Texas Power and
Light company and for years has
been one of the outstanding tennis
players in the city ranks. He is
also a past president of the Dallas
A. & M. Club. The AGGIE would
not like to make any other mem-
bers of the 1922 or earlier classes
feel bad, but can they match his
record in retaining their athletic
ability.
There will be good reason for
the Cadets hurrying home from
the Coast. They must return to
take on Villanova, undefeated for
the past two years, and rated as
one of the best elevens of the East,
as a feature of the Tyler Rose Fes-
“tival. And the following Saturday
they meet T. C. U. in Ft. Worth,
a game they must take if they are
to be in the running for the title.
When the Aggies go to the Coast
l> play Santa Clara this fall they
will be accompanied by several
fans who have already announced
their plans. The party will go out
via the Southern Pacific Lines, re-
turning over the Santa Fe. Stop-
overs will be arranged in El Paso
and Los Angeles for work-outs or |
sight-seeing. The game will be
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O. G. STUART, ’32, FOR THE
past six years employed on the
Dallas Gas Company building
maintenance staff, has been ap-
pointed maintenance engineer for
the Lone Star Gas Company build-
ing, according to George W. Mar-
tin, '21, assistant general manager
and building manager. This change
was effective March 15 and places
Stuart in charge of maintenance
employees in the Lone Star Build-
ing.
Stuart graduated in 1932 in elec-
trical engineering and since his
graduation has been with the Dal-
las Gas Company. During his cadet
days, Stuart was night telephone
operator at College Station for
three years. He was known to his
classmates as “0. G.” Stuart is
married and has a little son three
years old. He and Mrs. Stuart make
their home at 3531 Roselawn, Dal-
las.
J. M. Adams, ’99, is with the
Internal Revenue Department of
the U. S. Government and is mak-
ing his home at 1346 Fulton Ave-
nue, San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Ad-
ams was a recent campus visitor.
Major E. E. Aldridge, ’16, who
is at the present time stationed in
San Antonio, resides at 134 Kath-
erine Courts of that city.
W. B. “Pappy” Drennan, ’38, is
assistant coach at Yoakum, Texas
and at the present time is taking
graduate work at A. & M. for the
summer.
S. J. “Punk” Baker, ’27, is mak-
ing his home at 415 West 1st St.,
Fort Worth, where he is doing
civil engineering work with Brookes
Baker of that city.
played in the Seals Stadium in San
Francisco on Friday night, October
6. The football party will spend
the following day at the Fair be-
fore starting their trek homeward.
Fans wishing to accompany the
party should get in touch with eith-
er their Sante Fe or their Southern
Pacific agent for reservations.
There will be no “Tour” conducted.
Recent campus visitors were
Henry McClelland, ’23, Superintend-
ent of schools at Gilmer and form-
‘er high school coach, and one of
his products, Sid T. Martin, ’35,
who graduated this spring from the
U. S. Military Academy at West
Point. Martin was on his way to
Fort McIntosh, Laredo, where he
has been assigned with the U. S.
Engineering Corps. Martin was
one of the big stars in the Army’s
victory last winter over the Navy.
While at A. & M. he won his let-
ter in football, but injuries pre-
vented his development into the
star class. He really blossomed in
his last year at the “Point”. Mec-
Clelland lettered as a center at
A. & M. and coached football at
| Gilmer High. He achieved consid-
erable fame in this field before
giving up coaching to become Sup-
erintendent.
Over at Austin they have desig-
‘nated a new dormitory for the ex-
clusive use of University Athletes,
with the project to be operated by
the Athletic Department. The same
plan was tried at A. & M. but is be-
ing discarded this year as unsatis-
factory. All freshman athletes will
be housed the same as other stu-
dents. Varsity football players will
be given the option of living with
their respective organizations or
in separate quarters. Within a few
years it is expected all athletes will
again be living in the regular and
normal student quarters at A. & M.
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“Thumb Fun” From Coast to Coast: Keyes
Carson, Champ Aggie Highwayer, Sets A
Record Untied in Hitch-Hiking History
A record-breaking grand tour
of the United States via the
“thumb” route—a visit to both
World’s Fairs and a return trip to
Texas in a mere 16 days, highway-
ing—that is the record set by
champion Aggie highwayer Keyes
F. Carson, 23-year-old Texas Aggie
from Cuero, Texas, (“the home of
the world-famous Turkey-Trot”). It
took him only four days to high-
way from New York City to San
Francisco.
So far as is known, Carson’s is
a record unparalleled in the his-
tory of highwaying! It is a record
unmatched by any, except pos-
sibly Claudette Colbert in the mov-
ie “It Happened One Night”.
Three months ago, Carson found-
ed the National Travel Club, now
well-known and growing. It is to
this that he attributes his suc-
cess on the highway. The members
of this organization, now number-
ing more than three hundred in
Texas, display reflecting signs
showing the college they are from,
1939’rs Get Going
Robert L. Doss, ’39, is working
with his father on the Whitewright
Sun for the summer and expects
to be back at A. & M. in Septem-
ber to work on his masters de-
gree. He will be on an assistant-
ship in the Agricultural Economics
Department. Doss was editor of the
Battalion last year.
John M. Ellis, Jr., ’39, at the
present time is at his home at Mt.
Pleasant. In the fall, Ellis expects
to go to medical school.
Clarence M. Thieme, ’39, has ac-
cepted an appointment as assist-
ant county agent for the A. & M.
Extension Service and will be lo-
cated at Fairbanks, Texas.
W. C. Morris, Jr., 39, is dis-
patcher for the Southwestern Gas
and Electric Company at DeQueen,
Arkansas.
0. °C. “Allen, ''39, is with the
Texas Highway Department and
is located at Childress, Texas.
L.A. Balser, ’39, is with’ ‘the
Magnolia Petroleum Company,
Magnolia Building, Dallas.
D. R. Kitley, ’39, has accepted
a position with the Texas High-
way Department at Tyler, Texas.
A. E. Koch, ’39, is with the Soils
Laboratory, U. S. Experiment Sta-
tion, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
E. Keith Langford, ’39, is with
the Humble Oil and Refining Com-
pany and is located at Baytown
at the present time.
Roger Moehlman, ’39, is with the
Kellough Foundation at Battle
Creek, Michigan.
The following 1939 men are with
the Texas Highway Department: J.
R. Noles, Brownwood; R. T. Pinch-
back, Beaumont; W. W. Potter,
Wichita Falls; M. L. Raabe, Wichi-
ta Falls; R. B. Rodgers, San An-
tonio; A. W. Rogers, Bryan; A. P.
Rollins, Fort Worth; D. H. Rose,
Amarillo; J. E. Rothrock, Pecos;
A. Schlafli, Houston; A. J. Sher-
rod, Austin; R. Q. Spencer, Fort
Worth; M. I. Thornton, Beaumont;
E. J. Wentworth, Pharr; Beswick
Wray, Corpus Christi.
Dan H. McLendon, ’39, is work-
ing in the Speed Oil Company,
1315 Second National Bank Build-
ing, Houston, as a geologist.
Valton B. Woods, ’39, has just
made a connection with the Na-
tional Youth Administration and
will work temporarily out of the
district office in Houston. He ex-
pects later to be the assistant sup-
erintendent of a project at Whar-
ton.
Frank -J. PF. .Polifka, ’39, gets
his mail at Box 213, Bay City,
Texas, where he is employed by the
Hammon Exploration Company in
their Bay City field and gasoline
plant. Until recently Frank has
been in the field doing roustabout
work but has been transferred
into the gasoline plant.
Herbert T. Johnson, ’39, has ac-
cepted a position with the Sherwin-
Williams Paint Company, Houston,
where he makes his home at 1800
Huldy Street. Herbert says he is
enjoying his work and getting
along fine.
Martin L. “Rabi” Raabe, ’39, who
has been located in Graham, Tex-
as, with the State Highway De-
partment, has been transferred to
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Joe H. Campbell, ’39, is with the
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Com-
b-M- B- ‘Hodges, Jr.,
KEYES CARSON
and another showing their desti-
nation. And they present creden-
tials to drivers who give them
lifts. These cards identify mem-
[hers of the organization, release
the driver of all liability due to
having a passinger in his car, and |
thank him for the ride. The pur- |
| pose of the Travel Club
[
| enable
is to
college students to save
| expense money by traveling around
‘the country at the kindness of |
| those who have cars.
| The entire trip, including four
days spent in New York inspect- |
ing all the wonders of the mag-
at San Francisco looking over the
beautiful Golden Gate Exposition,
required only $48 in traveling ex-
penses for food and lodging. It took
43 rides to complete the 6,500-mile
trip. Carson said he got only six
nights sleep on the journey—av-
eraging 2.8 hours per night. He
used his reflecting sign to good
avail, and had little trouble catch-
ing rides day and night. (Not
counting that time in Arizona he
sun two hours before catching
one!)
pany at Midland, where he is liv-
ing at 901 West Texas. Campbell
got his degree in petroleum engi-
neering.
A. Jared Allen, ’39, is a flying
cadet with the U. S. Army Air
Corps Detached at Love Field,
Dallas. Allen was a member of
the championship swimming team
at A. & M. during his cadet days.
Other A. & M. men who are flying
cadets at Love Field are R. G.
Early, ’37; Francis M. Potts, ’39,
of Waco; and Everett Davis, ’39. |
Eugene C. Pilant, ’39, of Bryan,
has been appointed dairy super-
intendent at the United State Pub-
lic Health Service Hospital, Fort
Forth, Texas, where he is on the
job and enjoying his work very
much.
Willard F. White, ’3
for the State Highway Depart-
ment, Abilene, where he is living
at 1241 North 5th Street of that
city.
’39, is rodman
for the State Highway Department
and is located at 2300 Roosevelt
Avenue, San Antonio. He is liv-
ing at 124 Halliday Street, San
Antonio.
R. L. “Bob” Tosch, ’'39, has ac-
cepted a position in the Engineer-
ing Department of the Dallas Pow-
er & Light Company, Dallas. “Bob”
is from Mesquite, Texas. As a ca-
det at A. & M., he was a disting-
uished student, a member of the
“Y” Cabinet, president of the A.
& M. Radio Club, and participated
in many other campus activities.
Wesley B. Patterson, Jr., ’39, is |
with the Humble Oil & Refining
Company, Baytown, Texas, were
he is a student trainee in the re-
finery. Patterson gets his mail at
Box 464, Baytown.
Kenneth Chambers, ’38,
the Texas Relief Commission and
is locataed at Clarksville, Texas.
Lieutenant Odell M. Conoley, ’35,
who is with the U. S. Marine Corps
and stationed in Peiping,
with the American Embassy for
the past two years, is now in com-
mand of the Marine Detachment,
U. S. S. Henderson, and can be
reached in care of the Postmaster,
San Francisco, California.
W. W. Evans, associate member
of the Association and veteran em-
ployee of the A. & M. Extension
Service, has been transferred as
county agent from Baylor County
to Wilbarger County, where his
headquarters will be at Vernon,
Texas.
Louis H. Shearer, ’32, who is
with the Core Laboratories, Inc.,
Santa Fe Building, Dallas, has re-
cently received word that he is
being transferred to California in
the near future.
Joe J, Fox, 22, has recently
changed his address from 8631
Annetta, Saint Louis, Missouri,
to 721 N. Main St., Indepence, Mo.
He is chief chemist for the Mis-
souri Portland Cement Co.
W. Earle Tardy, ’36, is with the
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
and is located at Cleveland, Texas.
He and Mrs. Tardy were among
the many campus visitors during
the commencement.
9, is rodman
is with
China |
Benny Altman, ’38, is with the
Gulf Publishing Company, 1513
Hunt Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Altman is staff writer for the
publication OIL WEEKLY. His
residence address is 1747 South
Bolder, Tulsa.
R. L. Acres, ’29, is making his
home at 1459 Scharpe Avenue,
Houston, Texas, where he is with
the W. F. Curlee Manufacturing
Company, of that city. Acres was
‘one of the 29’ers who returned to
the campus for the recent reunion
of the 1929 Class.
James A. “Pat” Patterson, ’30,
who has been at Woodland Park,
Colorado with a CCC Company for
the past five years, has returned
located at 5542 Merrimar, Dallas,
{ Texas.
Major Leslie W. Brown, ’15, has
recently. been transferred to Okla-
homa A. & M. College, Stillwater,
Oklahoma. For the past several
years, Major Brown has been sta-
tioned at Fort George G. Meade,
Maryland.
Jennings “Al” Humphries, ’29, is
with the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company and at the present
time is located at San Antonio,
Texas.
E. H. Sullivan, ’37, is with the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, Shreveport, Loui-
siana. His residence address is 1065
Sheridan Street, of that city.
R. Michael, ’37, gets his mail at
| Box 563, Mission, Texas. Michael
is a new member of the Associa-
tion.
R. C. Estrada, ’38, is with the
Central Drug Company, Laredo,
Texas. Estrada reports recently
‘running into Harry Johnston, ’36,
and Ernest J. Owen, '36, who plan
to go to South America in the very
near future.
Woodrow M. Bell, ’38, is playing
baseball with the Brownie Baseball
Company and can be reached at the
Empire Hotel, Springfield, Illinois
until October 1. After this time,
‘Bell's address will be Box 315,
‘New Braunfels, Texas.
Alvin A. E. Stanchos, ’13, who
‘has been principal of the Metz
| School at Ecleto, Texas, will be at
Yorktown, Texas, Route 2, Box 89,
for the summer.
W. Allen Bloodworth, ’37, has
recently accepted a position as
manager of the Fort Bend County
Feed Company, Rosenberg, Texas.
For the time being, his address is
General Delivery, Rosenberg, Texas.
Dr. Chas. L. Coleman, ’36, is
owner of a large animal hospital
at 518 Anacapa Street, Santa Bar-
bara, California. Charles reports
that business has been mighty
good—but collections rather slow.
I. B. Baccus, "24, is living at 115
Admiral Road, Stillwater, Okla-
homa, where he is connected with
the Oklahoma A. & M. College.
Baccus is an assistant professor
in the Electrical Engineering De-
partment of that college.
nificent Fair there, and two days |
had to wave his thumb in the hot]
to Texas and at the present time is!
HARRY FAULKNER
JOINS AGGIE
COACHING STAFF
Harry Faulkner, at present bus-
| iness manager of the Lubock base-
ball team in the West Texas-New
Mexico League, will become a mem-
‘ber of the Coaching staff of A. &
'M. in September, according to an
| announcement made recently by
| Joe Utay, ’08, Dallas, a member
of the College Board of Directors
and chairman of that group’s ath-
letic committee. Approval of his
‘appointment awaits the next meet-
ling of the College Board in late
| August but this is considered a
formality.
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Faulkner is an athletic veteran
in the Southwest. For many years,
back in the early twenties and be-
fore, he coached the teams of the
old Terrell Prep School in Dallas.
During those days Terrell Prep was
the King-Pin among schools of
its class, and Faulkner teams were
famous throughout the Southwest.
In 1922 he was on the staff at
S. M. U. Since those days he has
been connected with baseball in
various capacities, originally as
manager of several teams, and for
the past several years as business
manager of league teams.
In recent years Faulkner has
done considerable free-lance scout-
ing, and this is said to be his
specialty. He scouted Texas Uni-
versity for the University of Okla-
homa for several years, during
which period the Sooners have been
unusually successful against the
Steers.
Although no committments have
been made by the Athletic Depart-
ment at A. & M. or by Mr. Utay,
it is quite likely that Faulkner
will do most of the scouting for
the Aggies this fall. He is as well
acquainted with the style of foot-
ball played in the Southwest as any
man in this section. His use in
this way will relieve other mem-
‘bers of the Aggie staff and permit
' their concentration on their regular
work.
In making the announcement.
George White, Dallas News Sports
Editor, said further, “In Faulkner,
the Aggies are adding to a splen-
did staff a man who is probably
better acquainted with the football
tactics employed by other schools
than anyone in the business. He
"worked at S. M. U. and he has
scouted all of the others at various
times. Harry is the type who has
had a touch of professional sports
in his veins fooling with baseball
for a livelihood in the summer and
he makes no false pretenses for
what college football is, but he
knows the game.
Board of Directors
Will Meet August 19
The Board of Directors of A. &
M. College will meet August 19,
to consider a number of matters.
One of the main reasons for the
meeting is the approval and dis-
position of the budget for A. & M.
for the new school year. Another
is to decide on the location of a
new East Texas sub-station of the
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Other matters the Board will take
up are to be announced at a later
date.
The many friends of DeWitt C.
Greer, ’23, and Robert Greer, ’35,
will regret to learn of the death
of their mother, Mrs. Sam R.
Greer, of Tyler, in an automobile
accident last week. The tragedy
occurred near Big Spring. Both
DeWitt and Robert are with the
State Highway department, lo-
cated at Austin and Dallas, respec-
tively.
Everett C. Clark, Jr.,- is with
the Humble Oil and Refining Co.,
Corpus Christi. Clark gets his mail
at Box 711, Corpus Christi.
P. C. “Happy” Colgin, ’29, who
has been county agent with the
A. & M. Extension Service for the
past several years, has recently re-
signed to accept a position with
the AAA, College Station, Texas.
“Happy” was formerly located at
Tulia, Texas.
D. H. Johnson, 29, is with the
Atlantic Refining Company, Dal-
las, Texas. His residence address is
3800 Hanover, Dallas.
D. Bundy Yarbrough, ’38, is an
administrative assistant for the
AAA and gets his mail at Box 268,
Canton, Texas.