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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1939)
FURNITURE FOR NEW BUILDINGS S00N T0 ARRIVE Furniture for the twelve new dormitories and the new mess hall is expected to arrive and to be in- stalled in the new buildings with- in the next two or three weeks, the president’s office has announced. The dormitories are rapidly be- ing completed, pipe lines to the buildings are soon to be finished, the furniture will be put in short- ly—and according to all reports it is certain that the buildings will be ready for occupancy by regis- tration day. DIRECTORS MIX WORK AND PLAY AT COLO. PARLEY Members of the Board of Direc- tors of the Association, who at- tended the meeting in Colorado, found time for play and pleasure after business sessions were com- pleted. The directors were as hap- py as kids let out of school when the meeting finally adjourned and Association President C. P. Dod- son, ’11, Decatur, eased his firm control. Situated 12 miles up a beautiful canyon, near the Continental Di- vide, and along side a mountain stream teeming with trout, there were ample and varied pleasures. Fishing honors for the group went to Tyree L. Bell, ’13, Dallas, and Cleo Buck, ’28, Corpus Christi. This does not include, of course, Host Roy Golston, who knew all the trout by their first names. Giving their best efforts, but of small comfort to the larder, were Fishermen Downs and Dodson. Led by Mrs. Golston, one intrep- | id group of directors took a horse- back journey of several miles up beyond the timber line and to the top of a peak, where the snow never melts. Included in the group were: Colonel O. A. Seward, Jr., ’07; H. K. Deason, ’16; and Victor Barraco, ’15. Another group of directors took an all-day ride up the canyon from the Golston lodge to visit the re- mains of several ghost mining towns. Exploring the deserted vi- cinity several interesting souvenirs were found, including newspaper of 40 years ago with which the miners’ huts had been sealed. Be- yond considerable sunburn, there were no casualties. The directors making the trip joined together at various points and pooled car expenses so that the cost of the trip was reasonable for all. Mr. and Mrs. Golston, who faced the task of feeding the group for four days, found their entire summer supply of food consumed but seemed pleased that the moun- tain air and altitude proved such a stimulant to appetites. A pair of 1931 classmates got together recently and the result will bring the Corpus Christi High School football squad of Harry Stiteler, ’30, to Bastrop for its initial fall training. He worked out details with Lieutenant Dan Humason, ’31, commanding officer of the Bastrop CCC Camp, and his squad will stay in one of the CCC Barracks. Stiteler formerly coached at Smithville and is well known in the Bastrop section. Hu- mason has been assigned to active duty at the Bastrop CCC Camp for some time. He was a star member of the swimming team while a student at A. & M. Stite- ler’s Corpus Christi team won the state schoolboy title last fall. Cliff M. Marshall, 29, has been made assistant County Agent at Childress. He was formerly AAA Administrative Assistant at Child- ress. Prior to these connections Marshall served several years as Agricultural Director for the Santa Fe Railroad and taught vocational agriculture for six years. A. P. “Andy” Rollins, ’06, for the past several years Direcotr of Public Works for the City of Dal- las, recently resigned from that position to re-enter the consulting engineering field. He will continue to maintain his home in Dallas. WwW. L. “Swede” Bostick, "29, is with the Texas Company and is located at Wilmington, California. He and Mrs. Bostick were among the commencement visitors on the campus. McCullough Heads New Organization Texas County Agents Jack McCullough, ’24, of McKin- ney, was elected president of the Texas County Agricultural zation was founded at the recent annual Farmers’ Short Course. The purpose of the organization is to promote the professional improve- ment of its members, and to co- operate in every manner priate for the welfare of the Ex- tension Service. The organization will also aid in building and main- taining high standards of service for the farm and ranch people of Texas. The Texas group will af- filiate with the national organi- zation, which has some 2,500 mem- bers. Other officers include; John O. Stovall, ’24, Canadian, vice pres- ident; and L. L. Ballard, '05, Kerr- ville, secretary-treasurer. Direc- tors of the organization include the following men representing each of the Extension Service Dis- tricts of Texas; J. O. Stovall, "24, Canadian; C. C. Jobson, ’18, Lub- bock; D. A. Adam, 26, Graham; E. Gentry, ’19, Tyler; W. I. Mar- schall, ’12, San Angelo; C. W. Lehmberg, ’17, Brownwood; J. C. Patterson, ’12, Waco; W. P. Bar- rett, Kountze; Luke L. Ballard, ’05, Kerrville; V. L. Sandlin, Whar- ton; E. D. Beck, 21, Alice; Jack McCullough, ’24, McKinney. All members of the organization are | county agricultural agents. MEN WANTED The U. S. Civil Service announc- es examinations for principal ex- tension agriculturists, $5,600; se- nior extension agriculturist, $4,600; senior extension home economists, $4,600. Applications must be on file not later than August 14, 1939. A Texas General Contractor needs a young Civil Engineer who is interested in getting a start in the building business. Price Campbell, ’13, president of the West Texas Utilities Company at Abilene, presented $1,000 in cash prizes in the West Texas Chamber of Commerce’s Soil and Water Utilization Contest. The prizes were donated by the West Texas Utilities Company which services 166 communities in the West Texas area. When the National Reserve Of- ficers Association of the U. S. held its annual meeting recently in Porto Rico, there were several A. & M. men on hand for the oc- casion. C. M. “Bud” Florer, 27, Dallas, President of the Texas R. O. A., Howard Badgett, "29, Col- lege Station, and H. B. “Red” Simpson, ’25, who came all the way from Honolula, were the Aggies present. They all report a great time. J. Kenneth Williams, ’30, recent- ly purchased an improved farm near Denison where he will estab- lish a poultry farm. He is Assist- ant Professor of Poultry Husband- ry at the University of Idaho, Mos- cow, Idaho, and will supervise his farm during his summer vacations. He has been in his present posi- tion in Idaho for the past eight years. J. D. “Jake” Langford, Jr., ’26, deputy collector in charge of the Beaumont office of the U. S. Bu- reau of Internal Revenue, is a former star Aggie yell-leader. He is the son of John D. Langford, Sr., 99, of Greenville. Louis Franke, 27, Editor and publicist for the Extension Ser-| vice of the A. & M. College, Byron Winstead, ’22, Publicity Director for the College, and other mem- bers of the staff are proud of the recognition given their work at the recent annual meeting of the American Association of Agricul- tural Editors. In the journalism ex- hibit of this meeting Texas A. & M. won first place on a published feature story and second honors on exhibits as a whole. Elmore R. “Tony’’ Torn, ’28, Ag- ricultural Director for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, has been loaned by that organization to the State Fair of Texas, to serve as Director of the first chemurgic show ever held by a state fair. He will assemble and direct this fea- ture of the 1939 State Fair, to be held at the fair grounds in Dallas. E. J. Bohuslav, 31, is teaching industrial arts at Boling, Texas. Ag- | ents’ Association when that organi- | appro- | JAMES E. “JIGGS” BOOTH, ’28 Pair Aggies Head Columbus C. of C. It was almost an A. & M. affair when the Columbus Chamber of Commerce held its recent annual banquet and installed its new pres- ident. Retiring President Walter G. Dick, ’18, turned his duties over to new President Sam K. Seymour, Jr., ’18, and the principal speaker of the occasion was Col. Ike Ash- burn, Executive Assistant to the President of the A. & M. College. | The Seymours are an A. & M. | family. First was Mr. S. K. Sey- mour Sr. of the class of ’79. He was followed by his sons, Sam and | J. D. Seymour, ’13. The family operated a large lumber, building materials and hardware business at Columbus, and J. D. Seymour is "also consignee there for the Tex- as Co. Sam K. Seymour Jr. is a Retiring Chamber of Commerce President Walter Dick, ’18 is agent at Columbus for the Humble Co. He carries the unique distinction of having been reported killed in action in France for several weeks before his friends and parents learned of the mistake. HOWARD B. “RED” SIMPSON, 95, was a recent campus Visitor while returning to his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, following at- tendance at the National Reserve Officers Association Convention at Puerto Rico. Simpson is chief pro- bation officer of the juvenile court in Honolulu. While on the campus, he visited with his former room- mate, Bassett Orr, 25, land econ- omist of the U. S. D. A. Simpson originally went to Hawaii as assistant athletic coach of the University of Hawaii. Fol- lowing several years in the athletic field, he entered his present work. Simpson was highly enthusiastic about life in Hawaii and his own youthful and exuberant spirit and appearance, bear out his claims for the land of the hula-hula. Earle H. Varnell, ’21, area con- servationist of the State Soil Con- servation Service, and his entire office recently moved headquar- ters from Vernon to Abilene. From that office will be administered the Soil Conservation Services Rolling Plains Area. The office is located on the second floor of the Fulwiler Building. Others making the same move included: F. E. Tutt, ’27; Marvin Hays, ’31; Dale Bidwell, ’38; and Roland C. Made- ley, ’35. J. Allen Causby, ’28, is with the Metal Works, Houston, Texas and at the present time is located at Beeville, Texas, Causby is a sales- man for culverts, which are sold to county commissioners. Dr. W. H. Horn, ’37, formerly with the Federal Bureau of Ani- mal Industry, recently settled in Childress where he will serve as city food, meat, and health inspec- tor, and will also maintain a vet- erinary office. Captain Hugh E. Wharton, ’28, was recently elected President of the San Antonio chapter, Reserve Officers Association. He is owner and proprietor of the Artile Shop, 517 N. Flores, San Antonio. He is famed as head “Chief” of the San Antonio A. & M. Club, with bar- becued chickens as his materpiece. Fred Zalmanzig, ’37, is Vice Pres- ident of the San Antonio Reserve Officers Association. former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Former Students. JAMES BOOTH, 28, ILLUMINATES CAVERNS FOR PUBLIC TO ENJOY James E. “Jiggs” Booth, ’28, be- lies the prevalent idea that elec- trical engineers lead dull and un- eventful lives. Some of them may seldom see anything except the insides of their plants—but not Booth. Most of the time since his graduation, he has spent in the National Park Service, U. S. De- partment of Interior. Just what a crack electrical en- gineer would do in the National Park Service can be observed at the Longhorn Cavern State Park, Burnet, Texas, Carlsbad Caverns, and other state and national parks. Booth designed and supervised the installation of the lighting sys- tem for the cavern in the Longhorn Cavern State Park at Burnet, Tex- as. He designed and supervised the installation of the transmis- sion line from Fort Davis to the beautiful Indian Lodge in the Da- vis Mountains State Park. He de- signed a lighting distribution sys- tem for the Lake Brownwood State Park. One of his most interesting piec- es of work was designing exten- sions and improvements for the lighting system of the Carlsbad Caverns. He has been more recent- ly engaged in supervising the in- stallation of an electric lighting distribution system for the Bould- er Dam Recreational Area at Boulder City, Nevada. A common reaction to the light- ing system in the Longhorn Cav- erns and also at Carlsbad Cavern is, “We know you did it, but where did you put it?” So skillfully are the lighting fixtures concealed that not a single light, or piece of wire, is seen. When there were no nooks available from which to il- luminate a formation, these ingen- ious electrical engineers provided such nooks by extending a wave, or a fork of a rock, in plastic form, to conceal the lamp and reflector. Visitors to these state parks, and particularly to the Carlsbad and the Longhorn Caverns, invariably come away deeply impressed with the beautiful lighting and the im- pressive effects so achieved. When you visit these caverns and other state parks, and after recovery from the tremendous impression of their natural beauty, you can re- flect further that it has been scien- tifically and ably presented to you through the ingenuity and ability of Electrical Engineer James E. Booth, ’28, and other members of the National Park Service. Judge Sleeper, ’79, Recalls Pioneers Of First Class Reading recently of the con- ferring of the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Daniel Bak- er College, Brownwood, on the Rev. Malcolm Black of Sterling City, oldest surviving member of the first graduating class of A. & M. College, Judge W. M. Sleeper of Waco, a member of the same class, recalled the names of some of the others still living who were in school with him at that time. The first graduation exercises at A. & M. were held in 1879. Judge Sleep- er was the only one to receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He now is 79 and has lived at Waco since 1868. For twelve years he was a member of the state board of legal examiners. Those who were at A. & M. in 1879 and still living, Judge Sleeper said, other than Mr. Black, 84, are: H. F. Billert of Waco, George W. Baylor of Carrizo Springs, R. D. Bowen of Paris, William J. Bryan of Abilene, M. W. Carroll of Beaumont, S. A. Cavitt of Me- Gregor, Louis A. Cerf of New York City, K. B. Corley of Aquilla, John W. Goodwin of Dallas, George W. Hardy of Shreveport, William Ma- lone of Houston, Dr. J. A. Mercer of Chilton, J. W. Moffett of Abi- lene, H. B. Marsh of Tyler, H. A. Paine of Houston, Owen Smith of Conroe and H. E. Vernor of San Antonio. L. V. Lienhard, ’13, was recently promoted from district engineer of the A. T. and S. F. Railroad Company of La Junta, Colorado, to become trainmaster at La Junta, Colorado. He has made his home in Colorado for many years and has been with the Santa Fe for many years. Tom L. Matthews, ’27, is farm- ing at Chapel Hill, Texas. Charles A. King, Jr. 32, and C. E. “Bull” Marcum, ’33, represent one of those deep, close, and life-long friendships, often developed among A. & M. men. Since graduation they have been together often, at one time spending several months on a gold mining ven- ture in the wilds of the Re- public of Mexico. They were recently each married as re- ported in the marriage column of the AGGIE. Although mar- ried in different cities, the two couples met at Laredo, from which point they started on their honeymoons to Mexico City. Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. King will live in Rio Grande City and Mrs. and Mrs. Marcum in Crystal City. Both are county agents of the A. & M. Extension Service. Joe W. Northrop, ’39, and Nooe W. Johns, ’39, are with the Stan- rdard Oil Company of Texas and at the present time are doing plane table and level work at Weimar, Texas. DIRECTORS’ MEETING— (Continued from page 1) helpful suggestions were made. Di- rector G. G. Hall, President Dod- son, and Secretary MecQuillen, were instructed to study the pos- sibility of securing a distinctive car sticker for Association mem- bers and to report on this matter at the next meeting of the board. Election of Directors Several directors suggested the desirability of some change in the present method of electing direc- tors. As a result of the discussion, the Executive Committee was ask- ed to study the matter and to make a report at the next meeting of the entire board. Among the sug- gestions made in this connection were that directors should be elect- ed on a “staggered” basis, rather than an entire new board each year; that provision should be made to include the election of directors representing younger classes; that the Nominating Com- mittee should function before the day of the Annaul Meeting in ord- er to give more time to this im- portant matter. Field Force Following their “inventory”, the directors spent two hours discuss- ing the future program of the As- sociation. Featured in this discus- sion was a suggestion for the or- ganization of a Field Force in every county of Texas and in lo- calities out of the state where A. & M. men were concentrated. Mem- bers of this Field Force would co- operate closely with A. & M. clubs, where such clubs were function- ing, and would be in direct charge of work along the many lines of the Association’s program. It was explained that in each county the plan called for the election, or selection, of a county chairman, or leader, with lieutenants, or assist- ants, to work on such programs as student enrollment, placement, athletic, public relations, and oth- er phases of the general program of the organization. The idea was received with enthusiasm and the president was directed to appoint a committee, or to use the Execu- tive Committee, for a further study and report. Work-Loan Scholarships Working on a program to make more efficient use of the Asso- ciation’s Student Loan Funds, the directors considered at length the establishment of scholarships at A. & M. which would combine stu- dent jobs with loans. Recipients would be chosen from outstanding boys whose eligibility had been satisfied by the registrar of the college. A. & M. clubs, or local committees, would be used for these final decisions, under the procedure now being followed by th Port Arthur A. & M. Club in selecting a student for its scholar- ship. The directors heartily ap- proved of the idea but requested its further study and a definite recommendation from the Student Loan Fund Trustees. The Complete Program As a concluding feature of the meeting, Secretary McQuillen rec- ommended that the board make every effort to set up a general program and policy to cover the fields in which the alumni organi- zation should work. Should the proposed Field Force be later or- ganized, such a permanent pro- gram for the organization would include the following general divis- ions: 1. Maintenance of Records 2. Publication of the TEXAS AGGIE 3. Administration of Student Loan Funds and the Work-Loan Scholarships 4. Services to the College, its students, its faculty, and to Ex- students 5. The encouragement, assist- ance, and promotion of A. & M. clubs, class reunions, and other A. & M. meetings from activities 6. The Placement and Person- nel Division 7. The Field Force With several of these items yet pending, the board did not at this meeting set up a general program but expressed the hope that this might be possible in the near fu- ture. Following a rousing resolu- tion of thanks and appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Golston for their hospitality, the meeting was ad- journed. MACHINE & SAMSCO KOHLER PLUMBING FIXTURES COMPLETE STOCKS AT BRANCHES SAN ANTONIO Waco - Austin - Corpus Christi - Harlingen San Antonio SUPPLY CO. Material. Wm. CAMERON & Co. (INCORPORATED) LET US REMODEL YOUR HOME Payments Monthly Under N. H. A. No Red Tape—Deal Direct With Us We have built homes in the Southwest for over half a century with Cameron’s Quality Building Ninety Lumber Stores to Serve You
