TEXAS PARADE—
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J. M. Isbell, ’03
McLennan and Wichita Counties;
served as a resident engineer for
The Highway Department in
Wichita County and finally was
promoted to district engineer in
1938.
“These were the bare facts. From
another source came the following
information:
“He is the kind of a chap that
you hear the fellows speak of both
affectionately and proudly as the
‘Boss’ behind his back. He is both
kind to and appreciative of the
efforts of those who serve him and
can be depended upon in any emer-
gency. He has an uncanny (prob-
ably his Scotch blood) intuition and
gets a great deal of pleasure out
of the accomplishments of the in-
dividuals working under him.
“He attends every meeting of the
Rotary Club and is deeply interest-
in all their projects and is a mighty
good Rotarian.
“His outstanding interest, or
what would be called his hobby, is
boys. He is never too busy to talk
to or become interested in any
boy who comes into the building.
He is much interested in the Boys’
Club of Wichita Falls and the Boy
Scouts.
“These are the things they say
about J. M. Isbell behind his back.”
Jas. E. Pirie, ’04
land surveying and then returned
to railroading before joining The
Texas Highway Department as di-
vision engineer in June, 1919, at
San Angelo and Ballinger. In
May, 1922, he became city en-
gineer of Ballinger and six months
later was county enginer of Run-
nels County and resident engineer
for the Highway Department.
From June, 1924, to March, 1931,
he was county enginer in Throck-
morton and Shackelford Counties
and resident engineer for the High-
way Department when he was ap-
pointed division enginer at Paris.
“Jim is a member of the Lions
Club and is president of the Cam-
era Club. He became a member of
The American Society of Civil
Engineers in 1920 and was presi-
dent of the Texas Section in 1930.
Both before and after his term
as president he served on various
committees and the executive
board. In his spare time Jim
engages in homecraft, mechanical
work, and photography. Several of
his pictures have appeared in Tex-
as Parade.”
Mr. Pirie is permanent presi-
dent of the 1904 class. He is the
father of Jim Pirie, Jr., ’30.
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FODDER
Texas Aggie—Sports Fodder . . .
Basketball is practically over
and baseball and track training
under way in the College league.
Texas University will again be
heavy favorites for diamond hon-
ors, with a fine array of returning
veterans and many likely pros-
pects up from the freshman ranks.
Texas annually gets as much first-
class baseball material as the rest
of the conference teams together,
and this coupled with the coaching
wizardry of that up and coming
youngster, Billy Disch, keep the
Steers far in front of the baseball
parade.
Rice and Texas will again fight
for the track title, with the Aggies
running a poor third and even in
danger from S.M.U. or Baylor.
Spring football is under way at
all conference schools and all
camps are happy and singing ho-
sannas over next fall’s prospects.
And they are all right, too, with
the conference definitely better in
general football ability and quality
that it was last fall.
T. C. U. will be muchly improv-
ed. A giant line and the appear-
ance of a likely crop of cophs-to-
be headed by the heralded Dean
Bagley of San Saba, is bringing
smiles to the troubled Frogs.
Arkansas is the only team not
known to be improved over last
fall, and the Porkers are quite
likely to be better. They are not
due to be in the race for confer-
ence honors, however.
Morley Jennings at Baylor be-
lieves he’ll have his best team in
several years. A fine groups of
returning veterans and a second
Kimbrough in hte person of San
Antonio’s Crain helps the Bruin
cause.
Rice under new-comer Jess Nee-
ly will be better, too, next fall.
Not good enough to win the title
unless Neeley turns in a miracle
job, but troublesome. They sing
about another new-comer, Weems
from Rockdale who is said to be
a better punter than Ollie Cordill.
Top favorites for the title must
be listed as S. M. U., Texas Uni-
versity and Texas A. & M. The
Mustangs have finished second
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See and Hear
About FBI Work
The regular monthly night meet-
ing of the Dallas A. & M. Club was
held on February 23 at the Adol-
phus Hotel and featured a motion
picture program of a film cover-
ing activities of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation. Present for
the occasion was Special Agent Ed-
ward E. Conroy of the FBI, who
spoke on the work of the bureau
and explained the pictures. Mr.
Conroy and his pictures provided
one of the Dallas Club’s most
interesting programs and a large
crowd was on hand for the occa-
sion.
the past two years. They have the
finest backfield array in the con-
ference and ample line strength.
They think they are due, and if
they are much improved over last
fall they will probably take the
bunting.
The Bible-Plan Longhorns are
due, too, unless they've missed fire
with that multitude of jobs scat-
tered around over there the past
three years. They've got more foot-
ball players than anyone else in
the conference and they can line
them up three deep in every posi-
tion. Several new stars coming up
from freshman ranks are due to
help, with Jack Crain still fur-
nishing the fireworks. The Thanks-
giving Day game site in Austin
will favor the Bible-men no end
ad they have as good a shot at the
conference as any team.
With the best paper prospects on
record, and the best chance any
conference champion ever enjoyed
to repeat, the Aggies face the
tough situation of having to be a
super team if they are not to
be disappointing. They get a
tough break in the schedule, meet-
ing Texas, S. M. U. and Baylor,
top conference foes, away from
home. And none of those teams
have ever shown any inclination to
be easily taken in their own back
yards. Add to that the fact that
every team they meet will be
primed to the highest notch and
even the most enthusiastic Ag-
gie fan must quail a bit.
This column predicts the team
that wins next fall will be the
team that can develop a potent and
sharp passing attack. Taking S.
M. U., Texas, Baylor and A. & M.
as the top four teams, each will
have power and good running be-
hind big and good lines. Last year
the Aggies had a powerful running
attack that overshadowed their
fine passing, but the passing was
there and the passing was the most
deadly attack the team possessed.
That reasoning must give an
edge to S. M. U., with the Mallouf
and Clement a pair of experienced
and capable passers on hand. The
Aggie passing must be better
than it was last fall, since the de-
fense is certain to be better against
the power attack of Kimbrough,
Thomason and Co. An inspired
team can stop a running attack
much easier than a passing attack,
and they’ll all be inspired against
the cadets next fall.
Southwest conference football
has been tough in the past. It will
be at its tops next fall, with more
really outstanding performers on
those teams than ever before.
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W. L. Wedel, ’37, is living at 415
W. Franklin Street, Waxahachie,
Texas, where he is now working
with the Soil Conservation Service.
F. A. Davidson, ’33, who is
serving his seventh year as super-
intendent of the Franklin, Texas,
public school, and who has made
an outstanding success as head of
the instituiton, was re-elected and
given a new three-year contract by,
the Franklin School Board recent-
ly.
N. B. F. McGuire, 34, is residing
at 1909 S. Ross Avenue, Bryan,
Texas. MvGuire is principal clerk
with the AAA, College Station,
Texas.
Clyde H. Mangold, ’39, is in the
Ice-cream Department of Swift
and Company, Fort Worth, Texas.
He is living at Route 2, Box 601,
of that city.
Gaines M. Boyle, ’39, asks that
his AGGIE be sent to Meadow-
Lawn Farms, Route 2, Brookston,
Texas, where he is working for
Mr. M. L. Smiley’s Hereford Cat-
tle Farms as herdsman.
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box fire from the boiler of the
locomotive. Purpose of the plug
is to prevent boiler explosions
caused from insufficient water in
the boiler. Lack of water causes
the drop plug to overheat and
drop, leaving a hole in the crown-
sheet through which steam from
the boiler flows into the firebox
to quench the fire before a boiler
explosion can occur.
Mr. McCormick has been gen-
eral superintendent of the South-
ern Pacific since 1916. After grad-
uating from Texas A. & M. he en-
tered the railroad field as an ap-
prentice in the shops of the S. P.
at Houston. Afterwards he was
a draftsman for the railroad both
at Houston and San Antonio, un-
til he went into the Spanish-Amer-
ican War where he was a Captain
of Company A, First Texas Regi-
ment. Following the war he re-
turned to Southern Pacific at
E. K. Mosher, ’28, is president
of the Houston Jnuior Chamber
of Commerce, Touston, Texas. Ed
is purchasing agent for the Mosher
Steel Company, Houston.
Houston.  Successively he was ad-
vanced to: mechanical engineer in
1900; assistant superintendent of
Mechanical Department, El Paso
Division, 1911; and assistant gen-
eral manager of all S. P. lines in
Texas and Louisiana, 1913, remain-
ing in Houston until appionted to
his present position in San Fran-
cisco.
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