The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, October 02, 1939, Image 1

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VOL. XI COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, OCTOBER 2, 1939 NUMBER 32
Aggie Team Leaves
After Big Send-Off
Before a howling mob of six¢
thousand cadets, the Texas Aggie
football team boarded the train
Monday night at 7:46, bound for
the west coast to play the annual
game with the Santa Clara Bron-
cos.
The send-off was one of the
noisiest and loudest ever accorded
an Aggie squad. With the band
swirling in and out among the mob
of victory-hungry Aggies, and the
Aggies, themselves climbing on one
another to pat their player on the
back, it appeared evident that the
highest degree ever attained in that
good ole Aggie spirit, had been
reached.
The Aggies took advantage of
their spirits to hold one of their
famous yell-practices with “Bodie”
Pierce and Bert Burns leading
the war cries.
Before retiring into the dark-
ness of the Pullman, head coach
Homer Norton gave the cadets a
hearty wave that was taken to
mean that nothing but a clear-cut
victory would satisfy his desires.
All of the Aggie players seemed
in excellent spirits and they too
were thinking of nothing but a vic-
tory.
The party making the trip in-
cluded the following players—Bill
Audish, Bill Conatser, Bud Force,
Marland Jeffrey, John Kimbrough,
Derace Moser, Waleman Price, Ma-
rion Pugh, Ed Robnett, Marshall
Spivey, Jim Thomason, and Frank
Wood, backs.
Bill Buchanan, Jim Sterling, Bill
Dawson, Bill Duncan, Jack Kim-
brough, Herb Smith and Joe White,
ends. ” ag ed
Joe Boyd, Leonard Joeris, Ernie
Pannell, “Chip” Routt, Martin Ru-
by and Euel Wesson, tackles.
Roy Bucek, Charles Henke, Le-
on Rahn, “Bubba” Reeves, Marshall
Robnett, guards.
Tommie Vaughn, Odell Herman,
Henry Hauser, centers.
Coaches in the party include
Homer Norton, Bill James, Man-
ping Smith, Lil Dimmitt, and J. W.
“Dough” Rollins who has acted
as advance publicity guard for
the Aggie party, along with G. B.
Winstead, A. & M.'s Publicity Di-
rector. G. T. Ashford, equipment
man for the Aggies and Jimmie
Parker, student manager, also are
making the trip.
Others included in the group are
Mrs. Ed Lee, Mrs. Homer Norton,
Mrs. Paul Haines, Jack Finney of
Greenville, F. A. “Bodie” Pierce,
head yell-leader, and Dean E. J.
Kyle, Chairman of the Athletic
Council. Dr. P. A. Woodard of
the College Hospital, with his wife
and daughter, is going along to
give any medical ald necessary.
Among the sports writers to
make the trip for their papers are
Jinx Tucker of Waco, Bruce Layer
of the Houston Post, Andy Ander-
son of the Houston Press and E. C.
“Jeep” Oates, sports editor of The
Battalion, who will send telegra-
phic reports of the events occur-
ring along the route and in San
Francisco.
A. F. Mitchell
To Serve On
State Board
Allin F. “Smiley” Mitchell, ’09,
of Corsicana, was recently appoint-
ed for a six-year term as a mem-
ber of the Board of Registration
for Professional Engineers by
Governor W. Lee O’Daniel. Mitchell
is one of the best known engineers
in the Southwest, having served
as county engineer of several
counties in Texas. His last such as-
signment was county engineer of
Navarro County. At the present
time he is a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Student Loan
Funds of the A. & M. Ex-Students
Association. He and Mrs. Mitchell
recently returned from a two
months’ vacation trip to California
and other western states.
Bryan Promotes
W. W. Scott, ’29
City Manager
W. W. Scott, '29, for the past
two years city engineer and more
recently acting city manager of
Bryan, was recently elevated to the
latter position by the City Com-
mission of Bryan. He succeeds
James W. Aston, ’33. Prior to com-
ing to Bryan, Scott was in the
Engineering Department of the
City of Dallas and also in the en-
gineering services of both the WPA
and PWA organizations in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their
six children make their home in
Bryan.
Marsteller Will
Address Two Groups
During Next Week
Dr. R. P. Marsteller, Dean of
the School of Veterinary Medicine,
will attend two conventions next
week and make talks at both
gatherings.
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Dr. Marstel-
ler will speak at the convention
of the Texas Public Health As-
sociation at Galvestion. His topic
will be “Diseases of Cows and
Herd Management.” The next day
he will go to San Antonio for a
convention of the Texas Baby
Chick Association. His address will
be on “The Respousibility of Vet-
_erinary. Medicine to the Poultry
Industry”.
Sponsors Sports
Program For
Humble Employees
Thomas S. King, ’12
The Humble Company’s person-
nel records call him Thomas SS.
King, but to employees of the huge
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Refinery at Baytown, he is Tommie
King—and the short name is a
mark of affection. Although he is
superintendent of the important
electrical division of the Baytown
Refinery, Mr. King is one of the
most popular men in the plant, es-
pecially because of his contacts
with anything pertaining to ath-
letics or young men.
He is serving at the present time
as chairman of the Athletic Com-
mittee of the Baytown Refinery
Employees’ Humble Club. In this
capacity he heads all work pertain-
ing to all branches of sports and
their tournaments. One of his big
pleasures during the past summer
was the success of the Baytown
Oilers, one of the state’s strong
semi-pro baseball teams. King’s
team was nosed out in the final
game of the Houston Post’s semi-
pro baseball tournament.
Mr. King is president of the
Tri-Cities A. & M. Club and has
a son, Tommie, Jr., who is a Sopho-
more at A. & M. this year. His
daughter is Mrs. Harper Dan Jar-
vis. According to the A. & M. boys
of the Tri-Cities Area, Kings chief
rival in boosting A. & M. is Mrs.
King.
Texas Aggies Turn To Air---Train
For Army Air Corps mm California
Harry Johnston, ’35, and W. G. McNeill, ’38, are at Ryan
Air School, San Diego, California.
Among the group of new Ait WANTED
Corps flying cadets training at
the Army’s aviation training cen-
ter at the Ryan School of Aero-
nautics, San Diego, are Harry W.
Johnston and William G. McNeill,
College Station students, who ar-
rived at the Southern California
air school on July first along with
35 other fledgling fliers.
Johnston and McNeill
among the first of the Air Corps
flying cadets to begin flight in-
struction under the Army’s new
whereby pri-
were
training program,
mary flight training is now being
given at nine commercial flying
schools instead of at Randolph
Field, Texas, as heretofore.
The local Air Corps student pi-
lots were graduated from Texas A.
& M., Johnston in 1935 and Me-
Neill in 1938. Johnston holds a
commission as first lieutenant in
the Infantry Reserve. He was a
geologist for the Standard Oil
Co. of New Jersey in Venezuela
for two years. McNeill, whose
home is in Seymour, was prom-
inent in campus activities here.
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A member of the 1912 Class re-
cently lost his copy of the 1912
Longhorn through a fire. He is
most anxious to possess another
copy. Any one having a copy that
can be purchased, or knowing
where a copy may be secured, will
confer a deep favor by writing
such information to the TEXAS
AGGIE.
REVEREND BRANSFORD EU-
bank, 22, is back at A. & M. this
fall and will pursue graduate work
in the Animal Husbandry Depart-
ment. Mrs. Eubank and her two
children will remain at the family
home in Brownwood.
Eubank has spent several years
since his graduation from A. & M.
as a teacher and missionary in
China. He taught animal husban-
dry in Yenching University at
Pekin, China, from 1924-27. From
1927-30, he attended Princeton
Seminary—then returned to China
for agricultural and evangelistic
work. He returned to the United
States in 1937.
Freshman Squad Is Question Mark
With Few “Big Name” Stars
But Fine Future Possibilities
“Thin in numbers but rich in
quality”, was Freshman Football
Coach H. R. McQuillan’s summary
of his Aggie Fish squad after the
first week work-outs. Some 50
youngsters made up the group.
Aiding McQuillan in putting the
lads thru their paces were Virgil
Jones and Charlie DeWare, former
Cadet grid luminaries.
Opening game on the freshman
schedule will be against Allen Aca-
demy on the night of October 9
at Forest Field in Bryan. Later the
Fish will meet the first year teams
of Rice and Texas University.
Comparatively few “Big Names”
are listed among the boys, although
several come under that classifi-
cation. As far as the Aggie coaches
are concerned, however, they are
all starting from scratch and the
unknown youngster gets as good
an opportunity to show his wares
as the former All-Staters.
LINESMEN PROMISING
Side-Line observers have been
particularly impressed with the
linesmen, ends and guards loom-
ing especially strong. Outstanding
backs are scarce although Willie
Zapalac, 200, Jake Webster, 185,
and others look like great pros-
pects.
There should be no dearth of
ends for varsity service in the next
few years if the Fish come thru.
Paul Wofford, 205, Ft. Worth;
George Smith, 180, Port Neches;
Marvin Mitchell, 185, Gainesville;
Cecil Voss, 180, Sweetwater, are
leading the pack after the first
week. Others showing promise as
wing-men are Jim Knight, 175, La-
Grange; Ed Henard, 170, Welling-
ton; Jamie Wilson, 180, Belton;
Bill Duncan, 165, Henrietta, and
Harold Boyd, 170, Dallas.
Brahma Jones likes his guard.
They look a bit like Jones in that
they are active, compact; lads who
like it rough and tough. Best of
the lot to date are C. M. Miller,
192, Belton; J. N. Kraras, 196,
(Continued on page 4)
Aggies Bury Centenary Jinx
With Easy 14 -
0 Victory
Tight Defense Features Tilt
Ex-Students Aid
247 Boys Thru
Student Loan Fund
Two hundred and forty-seven
boys were extended a helping hand
in financing their way through A.
& M. this fall through the Loan
Funds of the Association. When the
smoke cleared away after regis-
tration, nearly $25,000 had been
advanced to these boys.
Under present student loan rules
all of these boys compiled satis-
factory scholastic records during
their previous years at A. & M.
Approximately one half of the
loans made were to Seniors who
will receive their degrees next
spring.
No further loans will be made
until second term registration in
February.
Registration
Now 6,030
According to figures released|
Monday by Registrar E. J. Howell,
the registration total is still ris-
ing slowly with the present en-
rollment at 6,030.
This figure is not expected to
change greatly since there are only
two more days remaining in which
students may register in any course
without automatically receiving a
grade of “F”. October 5 is the
registration deadline.
Complete figures giving the en-
rollment by classes and organiza-
tions will be available October 10.
C. H. McDowell
Again Heads
Bell County Club
C. H. McDowell, ’12, superinten-
dent of the Blackland Experiment
Station at Temple, was re-elected
president of the Bell County A.
& M. Club at that organization’s
September meeting. A former Ag-
gie football star, McDowell per-
formed so capably as president of
the club last year, that he was
drafted for additional service.
Other officers named included:
Charles “Chick” Walker, vice presi-
dent; W. F. Saage, ’26, secretary-
treasurer; Dr. L. Houston Brown,
’31, sergeant-at-arms. The club’s
Executive Committee will be com-
posed of: P. L. Downs, Jr., ’06;
W. J. Neumann, ’30; B. Z. Zinn,
26; Ed Brewster, Jr., ’18; and
Dr. Jamie Barton, ’38.
Reports of the club’s activities
for the past year and plans for
the coming year were discussed
by the club. Retiring officers in-
clude: C. H. McDowell, ’12, presi-
dent; Emil Wade, ’30, vice presi-
dent; and P. L. Downs, Jr., ’06,
secretary-treasurer.
KIEST AIDS W. T. A. W.
Radio station KRLD’s 10,-
000-watt transmitter has been
given to the A. & M. College
by Mr. Edwin J. Kiest, pub-
lisher of the Dallas Times Her-
ald and owner of Station KR-
LD. The transmitter has been
inoperative since a new 50,-
000-watt unit was installed by
KRLD. Mr. Kilest has been a
member of the A. & M. Board
of Directors for many years.
The only one of the dormitori-
es yet named, has been named
Edwin J. Kiest Hall in his
honor..
E. F. Roberts, 26, who is with
the John Deere Plow Company, has
moved from Houston to Dallas.
Any Jinx that Centenary may
have held over the Aggies was
deeply buried on Kyle Field last
Saturday when Homer Norton’s
charges roundly outplayed the
Gentlemen, 14-0, and might have
run the score higher had Norton
left his first stringers in the fray.
The Aggies used almost every man
on their bench before the afternoon
was over, 33 of the boys getting
a chance to show their stuff un-
der fire.
Chief feature of the battle was
an air tight defense that trottled
the visitors completely. Only once
did the Gentlemen have the ball in
Aggie territory, and that after
recovering a fumble on the 40 yard
line.
Big John Kimbrough tallied both
touchdowns for the edification of
the 10,000 home folks. Cotton Price
and Jim Thomason set the stage
with a pass that was good for 34
yards to the Centenary 16. On the
next play Kimbrough faked a
drive at left tackle, veered wide
and raced for the touchdown with
a couple of the Gentlemen hang-
ing on for the ride. That was in
the first quarter. In the third pe-
riod Kimbrough again plowed a-
cross, this time from the five yard
line.
Sweetest play of the game was
a called back touchdown punt re-
turn by Bill Connatser that went
for 64 yard. Charley Henke, guard,
and several others furnished some
effective blocking and the twist-
ing, shifty Connatser did the rest
all by his lonesome.
Put the name of Bill Buchanan
where it can be remembered. He
stole the spot-light with a real dis-
play of end play and may be a
star. He is a transfer from Weath-
erford Junior College and was play-
ing in his first Aggie game. Anoth-
er sophomore, J. R. Sterling, start-
ed the game at end and handled
his assignment satisfactorily.
(Continued on Page 4)
NICK WILLIS NOW
COMMANDANT AT
ALLEN ACADEMY
Lieut. Nicholas Willis, better
known as Nick Willis to Aggie
football followers, has been added
to the staff at Allen Academy in
the official capacity of command-
ant of cadets. A graduate of A. &
M. in the class of ’36, he was out-
standing at A. & M. both in mil-
itary work and in sports, being a.
varsity football letterman for two
years and serving as co-captain in
1935. He has been doing graduate
work at A. & M. and the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. He reported for
active duty at Camp Bullis August
6, and at the conclusion of his
duty there, will assume his respon-
sibilities at the academy.
Wiley Takes New Post
On Arkansas U. Staff
Bill Wiley, who last term was a
graduate assistant in the Poultry
Husbandry Department, has re-
cently accepted a new position as
assistant professor on the staff of
the animal husbandry department
Wiley received his bachelor of
science degree at A. & M. in 1935
and his master’s degree the follow-
ing year. For the second term of
summer school he taught as
an exchange professor at Sam
Houston State Teachers College.
H. R. Bertzel of Sam Houston
State Teachers College taught
in Wiley’s place there this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley left for
Arkansas the first of September
and will make their home at
Fayetteville.