THE TEXAS AGGIE
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ing the summer months when issued
monthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechan-
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Texas.
C. P. Dodson, ’11 President
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Directors
R. F. Rosborough, ’26 Marshall
H:. JK. Denson, 0. i cerercrceer Port Arthur
Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler
Don O. Davis, ’11 McKinney
M. B. Starnes, ’27 Dallas
0. A. Seward, Jr., *0Teerrennnenns Groesbeck
Claude Brown, ’11 Crockett
Victor A. Balacay lis RECN Houston
T. M. Smith, Sr., ’
Ww. th Lawson, > Wit
J. Snider, ’14
N 5 RIVeIre,: 226. ...ccoordhmsomrnnmsa Fort Worth
Austin
Waco
BE. W. Harrison, 213... .....c.oeessees South Bend
Cleo: B. Buck; ’28.......cosmeessms Corpus Christi
L. A. Pierce, ’22 Laredo
Joe W. Jennings, 11. ..cccoeereeeeeenne. Plainview
E. BE. Aldridge, ’16.......ccccocienene- San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16........... San Angelo
C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
Graham Hall, ’13 Houston
, '30 Waco
Al O. Saenger, 5. Bia. EAE, Goose Creek
M. H. Bivins, ’07 Longview
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
M. J. Miller, ’11 Fort Worth
Po Li. Downs, J, 206...ccihrosriszisssmrens Temple
0. G. Tumlinson, ’18............ College Station
C. L. Babcock, "18 Beaumont
R. R. Peeples, ’28 Tehuacana
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
A. G. Pfaff, ’'25 Tyler
G. G. Hall, "13 Houston
Don O. Davis, 11 McKinney
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
IN DUTCH EAST INDIES
Left to rieht above are:
Charske, ’34; T. C. Browning, ’36;
C. W. Burns, ’32; E. A. Rische, ’36;
E. G. Jones, 38; J. I. Walton, ’34;
G. ‘H.. Wessler; +733; and *R. L.
Suggs, ’32.
Although the group is now scat-
tered and some have returned to
America, the picture above shows
C. J4A. & M. men gathered for a meet-
ing last year in the Dutch East
Indies. All of the group has been
doing exploration work for oil
companies and most are located at
Palembang, Sumatra, N. E. I. They
seem happy about it all and those
summer suits look very inviting
at this time of the year.
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STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES
C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
Allin F. Mitchell, ’09 Corsicana
E. E. McQuillen, ’20................ College Station
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
Joe A. Wessendorff, ’07.................. Richmond
M. J. Miller, ’11 Fort Worth
THE TRUE SCIENTIST
Elsewhere in this issue of the
AGGIE is a story telling of the
move of Mr. R. E. Karper from
his position as vice director and
agronomist of the Texas Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, College
Station, to Lubbock. He will be
in charge of all grain sorghum ex-
perimental work of the station in
West Texas.
another news item. Under the
surface a story of the true scient-
ist and one of the reasons for the
outstanding accomplishments of
the scientists and research workers
of the Texas Agricultural E3peri:
ment System.
Mr. Karper’s consuming inter-
est, so far as his professional life
is concerned, is grain sorghums.
His work along this line, has been
a big factor in revolutionizing the
“agricultural development of the
great plains area in West Texas.
He gave up his administrative
work, his high title as vice director,
and his comfortable campus home,
to move closer to the actual field
of his grain sorghum research.
That is not to say Lubbock is not
as happy a place to live as Col-
lege Station—but significant is
the fact that Scientist Karper wiil
permit nothing to stand in the way
of his research and development of
grain sorghums. It is that type
of true and devoted scientific spir-
it that accomplishes big things
and there is a lesson to all in the
story of Robert E. Karper.
THE GOOD SIDE OF
A BAD SITUATION
Mr. B. D. Bryan, an A. & M.
man of Abilene, has a just cause
for complaint. Another A. & M.
man, using his name or a close ap-
proximation to his name, has been
making the rounds and mildly
fleecing other Aggies. Temple,
Tulsa, Okla., College Station and
other cities have been visited by
the gentleman with the easy ton-
gue and the slight regard for
honesty.
Washing dirty linen in public is
to be deplored, but there is an
element of good in this situation
even if those who have been shorn
find it hard to see. The good aspect
is the loyalty and friendliness of
A. & M. men, a fine thing even if
it does occasionally offer an oppor-
tunity to a scoundrel. It is embar-
rassing to the AGGIE to publicly
admit there exists one of the frater-
nity who will take advantage of
this fine spirit, but that spirit
must not be destroyed by these oc-
casional renegades.
It is the hope of the AGGIE that
the spirit of helpfulness among A.
& M. men will continue and even
grow stronger. In the interest
of that spirit it is suggested that
all appeals for assistance, finan-
cial or otherwise, be carefully
checked and verified as to their
authenticity. And when a faker is
discovered there should be no hes-
On the surface just
THE COTTON BOWL—PRO AND CON
Dear Mac:
I think it is very timely to say
something pertaining to the South-
western Conference teams partici-
pating in the proposed Cotton Bowl
activities in the future. This letter
is written as an A. & M. ex-student
and a follower of good clean ath-
letics, and not from a business
standpoint. I think that the con-
ference teams should be interested
in playing in the Cotton Bowl, or
in Texas, for a number of rea-
sons, principally as follows: First,
the followers of football in the
Southwest should be given an op-
portunity to see their champions
in a post-season game, as after all,
they receive the support of these
followers year after year. Second,
those who make up. the winning
team should allow their school
mates, families and relatives to
see them in a championship game.
Third, the one way to make the
Southwest most prominent in the
eyes of the nation is to play the
game in their own backyard and
allow our section to receive this
nation-wide publicity. The only way
this can be realized is for the
champions to play a prominent
team of another conference in our
State. Fourth, the Cotton Bowl, un-
der its present proposed set-up,
will assure as much financial re-
muneration when all bills are paid
as has been been offered by other
Bowl invitations. Fifth, you must
realize that if this section of the
country is to become nationally
prominent in athletic circles a be-
ginning must be made some time,
so why not start building now. It
may take several years to accom-
plish this, but we certainly would
reach our goal in a short span of
years of we should start now.
Unquestionably, it is a great
honor to play in a game in the
Sugar Bowl or in the Rose Bowl,
but the Cotton Bowl can be made
just as prominent some day. An-
other reason the Bowl should be
supported is that after all, cotton
is one of the major industries of
our great state and should be pub-
licized and given all of the boost-
ing everyone can give.
Pioneering the Cotton Bowl has
to be done by some group, so until
a better proposal is offered, why
not everyone support this unselfish
proposal made by the business men
of Dallas. Let’s see if we can build
a big attraction in the Cotton
Bowl, and have expressions from
everyone on this now.
The chances of playing a Rose
Bowl game are, I would say, 100
to 1, and a Cotton Bowl game
would insure a big game each year
for the Southwest Conference
champions. The stadium in Dallas
at the present time seats 47,000
people, and within two or three
years it would be too small. I am
quite sure that Dallas would see
itancy in turning him over to the
police.
The fraternal spirit among A. &
M. men is too fine and too valuable
to endanger by permitting a weak-
ling or two in every decade to go
unpunished.
4that the stadium will be enlarged
to take care of the demand. Per-
sonally, I am for Texas and the
Southwest Conference first, las and
always.
D. W. Carleton, ’23
Adolphus Hotel,
Dallas, Texas.
Dear “Mac”,
Since this is my first opportunity
to do so, I want to start this letter
by extending to you my very best
wishes for A Happy and Prosper-
ous New Year.
As usual my letters are few and
far between and only then when it
comes time to pay my Association
dues or when I have something on
my mind. Well I have something
on my mind so here goes.
In my travels I run across a
expected we talk over old times
number of former students and as
and then discuss the current prob-
lems at college. Of recent months
the problem foremost in our minds
has been the possibility of Texas
A. & M. College and the Southwest
Conference pledging themselves to
play its championship team in the
Cotton Bowl in Dallas. We are
wholeheartedly against fis pos-
sibility.
We feel that by not pledging the
College or the Conference to play
football in the Dallas feature on
New Year’s day, but instead re-
main open to all invitations it will
be much more advantageous to
both the College and the Confer-
ence. Numerous reasons prevail.
In the first place we do doubt if
a Texas city is a logical city to
stage such an event. Most Texas
cities do not have suitable January
climate for such an outstanding
sports attraction. Neither do they
have hotel facilities, a stadium
large enough to compete with oth-
er bowl games, the hospitality, the
carnival spirit, nor anything else
to offer except the possibility of
a good football game. This in it-
self is not enough to make the
event attractive from a national
standpoint. The {football game
should be only the climax and not
the whole show.
I think that we can safely as-
sume that a stadium filled to
capacity with local people, local
seribes, and local talent would be
a fine thing for the local people.
The college and the State of Texas
would get some nice publicity of
course but from a standpoint of
real national interest the event
would be a flop. People and out-
standing sport scribes are not go-
ing to come to Texas from the
North, East, West and deep South
to see a good two hour football
game when there is nothing else
to offer. Let’s not hide our light
under a bushel. Let’s let the rest
of the country see what we have
to offer in the way of a fine foot-
ball team. Let’s be free to take our
football team to places where the
climate is pleasant and the spirit
of carnival prevails. That is where
the most people will be and that
is where they will come to see an
outstanding sports event.
WEDDINGS |
BIRTHS
Rhea — Yates
Miss Pearl Yates, of Dallas, be-
came the bride og Judge G. Rhea,
’39, on December 25. The wedding
took place in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.
Rhea is teaching vocational agri-
culture at Chapel Hill.
Fermier — Wilkin
Miss Biddy Lillian Wilkin, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Wilkin of Houston, became the
bride of George F. Fermier, ’32, al-
so of Houston, son of the late Dr.
and Mrs. E. T. Fermier, formerly
head of the Mechanical Engineer-
ing Department of A. & M. Col-
lege. The wedding was solemnized
in the chapel of St. Paul’s Metho-
dist Church of Houston. After a
wedding trip to Monterrey, Mexico,
George and Mrs. Fermier will make
their home in Houston, where
George is research engineer for
the Reed Roller Bit Company.
Bagley — Sims
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sims, of Aus-
tin, have announced the engage-
ment and approaching marriage of
their daughter, Margaret, to Mr.
Thomas Bittle Bagley, ’32, of Hous-
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Bagley, head of the Cotton Market-
ing Department of the A. & M.
College. The wedding will be sol-
emnized at St. Thomas’ Episcopal
Church at A. & M. College on Feb-
ruary 10. Mr. and Mrs. Bagley,
elect, will make their home in
Houston, where Tom is connected
with the Houston Compress Com-
pany.
Klossner — Farnsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha J. Farns-
worth announce the marriage of
their daughter, Betty Maxine, to
Mr. Roy O. Klossner, 38, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Klossner, of
Pharr, on January 14, at Pharr,
Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Klossner are
at home to their many friends at
1211 Caplin, Houston, Texas.
Shockey — Yeager
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Ellen Sue Yeager,
of Mineral Wells, to Mr. J. C.
Shockey, ’39, of Gilmer. The wed-
ding will be solemnized at the First
Presbyterian Church of Mineral
Wells on February 10. Mr. and
Mrs. Shockey, elect, will make
their home in Mineral Wells, where
Shockey is administrative assist-
ant of the AAA.
George G. Reese, '37, has ac-
cepted a position as field repre-
sentative with the Union Central
Life Insurance Company, with
headquarters at Denton, Texas. He
is making his home at 520 Ama-
rillo Street of that city.
Chester L. Morgan, ’25, requests
that his address be changed from
504 West Bell, Houston, to 5422
Leopold Drive, Houston.
Orrel L. Patrick, ’39, sends his
check covering Association dues
and asks that his mail be sent to
Box 981, Fort Stockton, Texas.
Harry H. Halsell, ’39, gets his
mail at Box N, Hobbs, New Mex-
ico, where he is an engineer with
the National Supply Company.
By not definitely committing our-
selves to the Cotton Bowl will not
mean that we cannot play in the
Cotton Bowl when conditions are
favorable and at the same time
we will also be free to avail our-
selves of the best offer open to us
if and when we are the “kingpin”
of the Southwest Conference as
we are today.
‘While I am on the subject of
football, I would like to take this
opportunity: to congratulate Coach
Homer Norton, his staff, the team
and the college for the wonderful
showing they made this past sea-
son. We should feel proud of the
fact that we have Homer Norton
as our coach, and this it not “fair
weather friendship” speaking be-
cause you can refer to my letter
before the football season opened,
pledging my support to Coach Nor-
ton and the team, WIN, LOSE, or
DRAW.
Mac, please publish this letter in
the AGGIE and lets have an open
forum on the subject. Let’s have
other opinions and then proceed on
a course, not based on bias or pre-
judice but most favorable to the
college and the Conference.
D. C. “Spike” Arnold, ’27,
P. 0. Box 1923,
Raleigh, No. Carolina.
Lieutenant and Mrs. W. P. “Bill”
Ragsdale, Jr., ’33, are rejoicing
over the arrival of a son, Walter
Bender, on December 14. “Bill” is
a Second Lieutenant in the U. S.
Air Corps and he and Mrs. Rags-
dale are making their home at
Langley Field, Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch T. Harris,
’28, are happy over the birth of a
fine son born last June 27 in Dal-
las. He has been named Frederick
David and Harris reports that
from present indications he looks
like pretty good timber for the
1958 football squad. Mr. and Mrs.
Harris make their home in Dallas,
where Arch is in the Credit De-
partment of the Liberty State
Bank.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Lapham, ’29,
are the proud parents of a fine
son born on January 15. The Lap-
hams make their home at College
graduate work.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Frank
Ray, ’38, are delighted over the
birth of a little daughter, born on
January 4 in Longview. Mr. and
Mrs. Ray make their home in Long-
view where Ray is teaching in the
Science Department at the Judson
Grace High School near Longview.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. “Bill’ Car-
michael, ’28, M.S., ’37, are receiv-
ing congratulations over the ar-
rival of a fine son, born on Jan-
uary 24. “Bill’ and Mrs. Carmichael
make their home in Bryan, where
“Bill” is principal of Lamar Junior
High of that city.
J. E. Clark, Jr., ’38, sends in his
dues and reports a recent change
of address to Box 516, Devers,
Texas. Clark has recently -cele-
brated his first wedding anniver-
sary which took place on January
22, 1939. The AGGIE has just re-
ceived this belated news but knows
it will still be of interest to Clark’s
many friends.
Jesse C. Dietz, ’39, who is with
the Crosby Steam Gage and Valve
Company, has recently been trans-
ferred to the New York Office of
the same company and is located
at 33-11, 85th St., Jackson Heights,
New York. Dietz has been located
at Dallas since his graduation this
summer.
Nooe W. Johns, ’39, is with the
Standard Oil of California, Indian
Oil Concessions, Ltd., 2 Bath Island
Road, Karachi, India. Johns writes
for some back issues of the AGGIE
so that he can read up on the
Nations Number One football team.
Barney S. Wise, Jr., ’37, is work-
ing in the County Agent's Office
at Decatur, Texas, where he is
agricultural administrative assist-
ant tor the AAA.
Price Neely, ’39, is now in the
grocery business in Decatur, and
gets his mail in care of the Neely
Grocery, Decatur, Texas.
William C. Smith, ’37, is making
his home at Pampa, Texas, where
he gets his mail at P. O. Box 456.
E. I. Bailey, 25, is an electrical
engineer with the Petroleum Rec-
tifying Company of California and
at the present time is located at
Toledo, Ohio, where he resides at
1302 Parkside of that city.
Emory Duff, ’23, is signal super-
visor for the Texas and Pacific
Railway Company, Fort Work, and
his present address is 3317 Hemp-
hill of that city.
Charles D. Trail, ’39, is a new
member of the Association and re-
sides at College Station, Texas,
where he gets his mail at Box 1904.
Trail is a representative of the
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Com-
pany.
Elwyn W. Steen, ’39, gets his
mail at Box 909, Bryan, Texas,
where he is teaching in the Me-
Kenzie-Baldwin Business College
in Bryan.
Richard L. Garrett, ’24, has been
transferred from Chicago to New
York City, where he is with the
He is residing at 3555, 78th Street,
Jackson Heights, Long Island, N.
Y-
Station, where Lapham is taking
Electrical Research Products, Inc.|
James H. Echterhoff, ’36, his
recently changed his address from
3139 Woodlawn, Shreveport, Loui-
siana, to 1737 Irving Place of that
city.
C. D. Dunaway, ’28, is superin-
tendent of the CCC Camp with
the Soil Conservation Service at
Temple, Texas, where he is resid-
ing at 805 N. 13th Street of that
city.
B. M. Hackedorn, ’39, is living at
406 Wisconsin Street, Baytown,
Texas, where he is in the Mechan-
ical Department of the Humble Oil
& Refining Company.
W. C. Young, ’38, and Guy
Puntch, ’31 are located at Carthage,
Texas, where they are working for
the Department of Public Welfare,
Division of Old Age Assistance.
They get their mail at Box 181,
Carthage.
Joseph Weldon Bradley, ’38, has
been appointed assistant county
agricultural agent by the A. & M.
Extension Service for Montgomery
County, where his headquarters
will be Conroe, Texas.
Alfred J. L. Toombs, ’38, is liv-
ing at 1740 Walnut Street, Berke-
ley, California, where he is a
chemical enginer with the Shell
Exploration Company, which is the
research division of the Shell Oil
Company. Toombs is a laboratory
assistant chemist, and reports that
he is thoroughly enjoying the work.
His laboratory is beautifully and
completely equipped and he feels
he is in the big middle of the lat-
est and biggest developments.
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