THE TEXAS AGGIE
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Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M
Press, College Station, Texas, except dur-
ing the summer months when issued
monthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ica) College of Texas, College Station,
Texas.
C. P. Dodson, ’11 President
BAG APtaft, 25... sitimsieinivis Vice President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20........ Executive Secretay
L..B.' Locke,” ’18........- Assistant Secretary
Lucian M. Morgan, ’35.... Assistant Secretary
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Entered as Second Class Matter at
College Station, Texas
Directors
R. F. Rosborough, ’26 Marshall
H. K. Deason, ’l6........................ Port Arthur
Roy D. Golston, 03 Tyler
Don O. Davis, ‘11 McKinney
M. B. Starnes, 27 Dallas
O. A. Seward, Jr., '01.................... Groesbeck
Claude Brown, ’11 Crockett
Vietor A. Barraco, ’15................... Houston
T. M. Smith, Sri, 201...ccconeeases East Columbia
W. J. Lawson, ’22 Austin
J. B. Snider, ’14 ‘Waco
N. H. Riveire, P26.....cccccumsscetnsonses Fort Worth
E. W. Harrison, ’13..eeen..e South Bend
Cleo B.. Buck, ’28.....ccoccosesonens Corpus Christi
L. A. Pierce, ’22 Laredo
Joe W. Jennings, "11.....coceeoeeeeennee Plainview
E. E. Aldridge, ’16................... San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angele
C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
G. Graham Hall, ’13 Houston
George G. Smith, 30 Waco
Al'Q. Saenger, 282..........ovssvstasse? Goose Creek
M. H. Bivins, 07 Longview
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
M. J. Miller, ’11 Fort Worth |
P. Li, Downs, JIr., 200. cuicimgemocrsemse Temple
0. G. Tumlinson, ’18............ College Station
C. L. Babcock, ’18 Beaumont
R. R. Peeples, 28 Tehuacans
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
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......ccccceee.. Richmond
M. J. Miller, ’11
A. & M.’s SOCIAL LIFE
A prominent A. & M. man re-
cently advanced the valuable sug-
gestion that a more general under-
standing of the social life of A.
& M.’s student body would be help-
ful to the College. Too long has
the institution been regarded as a
school interested only in studies,
military training, athletics, and
activities of a strictly masculine
nature.
A review of this spring’s social
activities would disclose the pre-
sence on the A. & M. campus of
more “big name” dance bands than
at any institution in Texas. Prac-
tically every week-end from the
middle of February until the mid-7
dle of May sees a big dance at
A. & M.
Gone are the days when the Ross
Volunteer dances and the Final
Ball, with a few corps dances in
between, comprised the spring’s
social activities. Supplementing
these at the present time are class
and organization dances that have
become highly successful. Each
week-end girls from all over Texas
gather at the College for these
social affairs.
To those who may fear the ef-
fect of these activities on scholar-
ship, the AGGIE points out that A.
& M. students are doing about as
well scholastically today as they
did years ago despite the undeni-
able fact that today’s curriculum
is considerably stiffer. The chief
benefit of the more extensive so-
cial life, is a better rounded train-
ing for the student body of A. & M.
APRIL 21 MEETINGS
A. & M. Clubs and other groups
of A. & M. men are reminded of
the approach of San Jacinto Day,
April 21, designated by long cus-
tom as a date on which A. & M.
men gather together. Since the day
falls on Sunday this year, many
meetings will be held within a few
days before or after April 21.
Already announced are meetings
at Dallas, Port Arthur, the Winter
Garden, and other localities. Other
groups planning meetings in hon-
or of San Jacinto Day should ad-
vise the AGGIE of their plans.
Glenn A. Mooney, ’39, for the
past five months has been with
the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company, Lima,
Ohio, where he is Methods Engi-
neer in the Time Study Depart-
ment. Known to his friends as
“Goon”, Glenn was a member of
the rifle team, the Crayson County
Club, and the Newm-n Club, while
a student at A. & M.
R. Q. “Bob” Oaks, 27, is work-
ing for the Noble Drilling Com-
pany on an oil well near Ozona.
Oaks is an ex-yell leader at A.
& M. He is married and has one
son, R. Q., Jr.
Ross Volunteers Place Wreath on Statue of Lawrence
Sullivan Ross — Man for Whom Company Was Named
The first organized student activity at A.
Former Governor of Texas and President
Of Texas A. & M.
of former
helmets.
statue in
a military
Through a
state.
enrollment
College in 1898.
quired the rank
Rangers. While serving in this capacity, he
defeated a tribe of Comanche Indians and
effected the rescue of Cynthia Ann Parker, a
girl kidnapped from her home in childhood.
When the Civil War started, Ross enlist-
ed as a private, in 1861. Four years later he
was discharged as a Brigadier-General. Ai'ter
the war, he returned to Texas to raise cotton
on a plantation in the Brazos River Valley.
& M. appeared in 1887 as a crack military com-
pany called the Scott Volunteers. In 1891 the
name was changed to Ross Volunteers in honor
governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross,
who became president of A. & M. at that time.
The uniform of the company at this time
was of white duck with gold ornaments and a
tin helmet.
to gray and blue with a big Stetson hat, but
since this dress did not meet with favor, the
white uniform was again adopted with the
substitution of white caps in place of the tin
In 1907 the uniform was changed
As part of the annual activities the Ross
Volunteer Company places a wreath on Ross’
front of the Academic Building.
In choosing the name of Ross Volunteers, the
company could not have picked a more appro-
priate name from a military standpoint.
Ross was born in Iowa, but moved to
Texas at an early age. From the beginning
he was marked for a military career. So able[
leader was he that at 18 he ac-
of captain in the Texas
campaign carried on mainly by his
friends Ross was elected governor of the
In 1890, immediately after his term of
office as Governor of Texas, Ross was elected
president of Texas A. & M. College. So popular
was he over the state that many parents in
effect sent their sons to Ross rather than
to A. & M. During his administration the
of the college increased enormous-
ly. In the capacity Ross served until his death
Bell County Club
The regular March meeting of
the Bell County A. & M. Club,
was held at the Blackland Experi-
ment Station near Temple on the
night of March 20. Coffee and
doughnuts were served following
the club’s general discussion of
matters oi interest. Officers of
the club include: C. H. McDowell,
’12, president; Charles Walker,
vice president; W. F. Saage, ’26,
secretary-treasurer; and Dr. L.
Houston Brown, ’31, sergeant-at-
arms.
The club chose Miss Rosalie Step-
hens of Temple as Duchess to
the A. & M. Cotton Ball on April
19. Joining hands with the Mothers’
Club, over 100 A. & M. men and
their friends were prescnt at a
huge family picnic.
D. H. “DOCK” HANDLEY, JR.,
’33, has been transferred from
Southeast Texas to Ohio, where he
gets hist mallet P.O. Box 173,
Celina, Ohio. He was transfer-
red from the Magnolia Pipe Line
Company to the Socony Vacuum
Oil C~mpany and his move was 2
splendid promotion. He is engaged |
in the operation of high speed
Deisel engines and centrifugal
pumps. He reports seeing O. M.
Geer, 29, and family in Coldwater,
Ohio and hcpes to run across other
A. & M. men up there when the
winter is over. Handley writes in-
terestingly of his work and the dif-
ferences between Ohio and Texas
He says Mrs. Handley and son ex
tend a welcome to any A. & M.
msn ~ in his section to drop by
ind see them.
Judson G. Jackson, ’31, is a seis-
mologist with the
Service Corporation, 709 Kennedy
Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Sto-
ny”, as he was known to his class-
mates at A. & M., spends most of
his time traveling, having spent
two years on the Island of Trin-
idad, British West Indies, doing
seismic work with this company.
L.. M. Duhon, Jr., ’40, is employ-
ed by the Humble Oil and Refining
Company at Tomball, Texas.
J. C. Shockey, ’38, has been ap-
pointed assistant county agricul-
tural agent by the A. & M. Ex-
tension Service for Brown County,
with headquarters at Brownwood,
Texas. Shockey replaces Clair J.
Anderson, ’35, who recently re-
signed this position.
J. Chas. S. Hall, ’34, gets his
mail at Box 27, Eden, Texas. Hail
is a partner in the Eden Wool &
Mohair Company and reports ‘hat
he is getting along fine.
Seismograph |
A. & M. Sponsors
Housing Parley
A two-day conference on the
low cost house May 17 and 18 will
be the contribution of the Texas
A. & M. College department of
architecture to this important ques-
tion and is expected to draw wide
interest and attention, due to the
excellence of the program being
arranged and the thoroughness
with which the subject wil be
covered. The meeting will be open
to the general public as well as
those especially interested by rea-
son of occupation.
Outstanding architects, realty
developers, building supply men,
industrialists and home {financing
experts will be on hand to con-
tribute to the discussions and dis-
play the latest in materials and
edvanced new structural practices
to those in attendanca.
Architectural students at A. &
M. are taking a leading part in
planning the entire conference with
assitance of faculty members, and
Dean Gibb Gilchrist of the School
the presence of a nationally knwn
expert on design and construction
at the conference, it was announec-
ed.
Travis V. Buchanan, ’39, is em-
ployed by The Texas Oil Company
in El Campo, Texas, in their Pro-
ducing Department.
Paul M. Wiley, ’37, has changed
his mailing address to The Texas
Company, West Columbia, Texas.
Herbert M. Mills, ’39, assistant
agricultural agent at El Paso, has
been placed in charge of Boys 4-H
Club work. Mills also has charge of
the Southwestern Livestock Show
as general superintendent and they
‘are expecting a big show this year.
The Sheriff’s Posse is sponsoring a
professional rodeo in connection
with the show. Over six hundred
entries have been received from
West Texas and New Mexico 4-H
Clubs and Future Farmer boys and
girls.
W. F. “Jack” Madison, ’37, had
an extraordinarily good automo-
bile accident in which he complete-
ly demolished his car, but got out
with only minor bruises and a cut
up right hand himself. “Jack” feels
that he really is lucky to have got-
ten out alive. He is with the Price’s
Creameries with headquarters in
Roswell, New Mexico. As a stu-
dent at A. & M., “Jack” was a
member of the Y.M.C.A. Cabinet,
the Kream & Kow Klub, and di-
rector of the Entertainment Series
for 1937.
of Engineering will arrange for
Laredo Club
The Laredo A. & M. Club pre-
sented a showing of the Sugar
Bowl movies at the Laredo High
School Auditorium on the even-
ing of April 19. L. A. Pierce, 22,
Laredo county agent, and Charles
E. Richter, Jr., ’29, Laredo
surance man, were in charge of ar-
rangements. Over 600 A. & M.
men and their guests saw the pic-
ture. Present were H. R. “Hub”
McQuillan, of the Aggie Athletic
Department and Secretary E. E.
McQuillen, ’20.
in-
Harry W. “Rosy” Aldridge, ’35,
was a recent campus visitor. Har-
ry and Mrs. Aldridge were chaper-
oning some young ladies who were
attending the weekend dances.
Harry is in the cleaning and press-
ing business in Gilmer, Texas, and
reports things as going along fine.
W. B. Pace, ’36, became county
rural supervisor in Clay County,
Arkansas for the Farm . Security
Administration on March 1. Pace
will be L. C. Jinks’, ’22, main as-
sistant. They are located at Althe-
imer, Arkansas.
“Everyone knows of A. & M.,”
writes Fred Major, ’39, “But I have
not met any A. & M. men.” Fred is
a federal meat inspector for the
Hormel Packing Company and gets
his mail at Box 211, Austin, Minne-
sota.
with the Caterpillar Tractor Com-
pany in the Publications Division
of the Service Department. He gets
his mail at 512 East Wilcox, Pe-
cria, Illinois.
Marion O. Crow, ’36, former Ag-
gie gridster and brother of John
Crow, ’35, Athletic Director of Al-
len Academy, Bryan, has been
transferred to Rio de Janerio, Bra-
zil, South America, where he is in
the Export Department of the Ca-
terpillar Tractor Co.
T. Gilmore Harris, 27, is with
the Bank of America, National
Trust and Savings Association, at
Van Nuys, California. “Gilly”, as
he is known to his classmates, re-
ports that he is still single, and
has been out in California about
a year.
Lee L. Stewart, ’39, has accept-
ed a position with the State Soil
Conservation Board, 618-20 Pro-
fessional Building, Temple, Texas.
Hugh L. Clearman, ’40, mid-term
graduate, has appointed assistant
county agricultural agent for
Deaf Smith County with headquar-
ters at Hereford.
BIRTHS
| WEDDINGS
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Hopper,
’36, are receiving congratulations
from their many friends over the
birth of a little daughter, Sue.
Sam and Mrs. Hopper make their
home in Bryan. Sam is a profes-
sor in the Mechanical Engineering
Department of A. & M. Sam re-
ceived his Bachelor’s Degree from
Texas Tech at Lubbock and receiv-
ed his Master’s from A. & M.
Dr. and Mrs. H. Byron Lackey,
’30, are delighted over the arrival
of a fine son, James Henry, on
March 12. They make their home
at Pecos, where Byron is a promi-
nent dentist. As a student at A.
& M. Byron is particularly re-
membered for his activities on the
varsity baseball team as catcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cross,
’36, are the happy parents of a
son, Robert Odell, born on January
17 at the Stamford Sanitarium.
Robert and Mrs. Cross are located
at Anson, Texas, where Robert is
with the Farm Security Adminis-
tration. Robert thinks the way this
young man is growing, he should
make A. & M. a mighty good full-
back in another twenty years.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wonna-
cott, ’38, are rejoicing over the
birth of a little daughter, Gail, on
December 7. George and Mrs.
Wonnacott reside at 73 Fulton
Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
George has been a salesman for
the Stuling London Furniture Com-
pany for the last several years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Forrest Runge,
’14, announce the arrival of a fine
son, Richard Sealy, on March 4.
| Mr. and Mvs. Runge make their
home at Christoval, where Forrest
is a prominent rancher. They al-
ready have two little girls and
Forrest is all puffed up over having
a son to send to A. & M. in the
future.
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News come to the Aggie that
John G. Hamner, 20s 1S still [
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Goodrich,
733, are the parents of a young
son, Tommie, II, born on March 2
at Marlin, Texas. Tommie is with
the Falls County A. C. A. and
reports things as going nicely.
Tommie was Yell-Leader his sen-
iro year in school and was active
in other campus activities.
Edgar H. Zuehl, ’40, is manager
of the Edgar H. Zuehl Estate and
gets his mail at R. F. D. 1, La
Vernia, Texas .
Wallis H. Airhart, ’37, who is
with the Agricultural Conserva-
tion Program, was transferred on
March 1 from Callahan County to
Palo Pinto County as administra-
tive assistant. His headquarters
will be Mineral Wells and he will
get his mail at Box 26. While a
student at A. & M., Wallis work-
ed in the Association office.
James M. Jones, ’39, is connect-
ed with the Engelman Gardens at
Elsa, Texas.
Norman A. Donges, ’27, has
been transferred from Medford.
Oregon, to CCC Division, Head-
quarters Ninth Corps Area, Pre-
sidio of San Francisco, California.
Robert T. Alexander, ’34,
ranching at Canadian, Texas.
is
ER
IN MEMORIAM
C. E. Lindeman, ’03
Charles E. Lindeman died in
Austin on March 18 and was burizad
in that city. Among his survivors
is a brother, J. R. Lindeman, ’05,
1501 Forest, Evanston, Illinois.
Several years ago, Mr. Linde-
man retired from active business
to manage his family estate in
Austin. He was born on March 1,
1883 and was know as “Fox” Lin-
deman to his classmates. He re-
ceived his degree in mechanical
engineering.
He lived at 208 West 14th Street,
Austin, Texas.
Roy W. Terry, x Agr ’11
Roy W. Terry, county agent of
Concho County for 23 years, died
of a heart attack on March 8. He
is survived by his widow, his moth-
er, two brothers, and two sis-
ters. He was one of the oldest
veterans in the ranks of the coun-
ty agents in the A. & M. Exten-
sion Service.
Harben-Grugett
Miss Genice Grugett, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Grugett of
Richardson, became the bride of
Raymond C. Harben, ’35, of Tex-
arkara, on Saturday, March 16, at
8 p. m. at the Richardson Chris-
tian Church. After a delightful
wedding trip to Monterrey, Mr. and
Mrs. Harben are at home to their
friends at Texarkana, where Ray
is with the International Creosoting
and Construction Company.
Ewell-Lowrey
News comes to us of the recent
marriage of Miss Mildred Lowrey,
of Cooper, and Walter L. Ewell,
’31, of Corpus Christi. Mr. and
Mrs. Ewell will be located at Cor-
pus Christi, where Walter is with
the Texas Company Terminal. As
a student at A. & M., Walter was
on the varsity football team, and
participated in many other campus
activities.
Morehead-Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tom Lawrence,
of Bryan, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Helen, to John
H. Morehead, Jr., ’37, of Pampa.
The ceremony took place at the
First Methodist Church of Bryan
on March 24. Mr. and Mrs. More-
head are making their home at
Pampa, Texas, where John is teach-
ing in the Pampa high school.
Knight-Payne
The marriage of Miss Beatrice
Payne, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
William E. Payne, of Slaton, to
William R. Knight, III, ’37, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Knight, Jr,
of Houston, was solemnized recent-
ly at the First Baptist Church in
Slaton. Mr. and Mrs. Knight will
return to Galveston where they
will both continue their studies at
the University of Texas Medical
School.
Harris - Pumphrey
Miss Ethel Pumphrey, daughter
of Mr. E. F. Pumphrey of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, became the bride of Mr.
Julian C. Harris, ’33, of Dallas and
Nacogdoches. The ceremony took
place in the chapel -at the First
Methodist Church oi’ Dallas. After
a short wedding trip, the couple
will make their home at Nacog-
doches.
LOUPOT’S
TRADING POST
Now offers a new service:
to Ex-Students. Begin-
ning Jan. 1, they began
to buy Regulation Uni-
forms and Books that are
being used. If any Ex
has any article that
might be of value to. the
student, describe it in de-
tail as to what it is. If
clothing, size, condition,
tailor if possible, and
year purchased, if bought
new or used. Drop this
information in the mail
and convert the uniform,
book, or drawing instru-
ment into cash.
Address your mail to
LOUPOT’S TRADING
POST
College Station, Texas
J. E. (Chief) LOUPOT, Mgr.
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