At Summer School
Another record-breaking enroll-
ment for the A. & M. College is |
attending the present summer ses- |
sion with 1,400 students for the |
first semester. Total enrollment |
for both semesters is expected to |
be approximately 2,800, according |
to Registrar E. J. Howell, ’22.
Summer school couples and sin-
gle women are housed in Walton
Hall; graduate students in Hart
Hall; and others in Bizzell, Law,
and Puryear Halls. Meals are
served in Sbisa Hall.
The summer school is under the
direction of Dr. C. H. Winkler,
’01, and courses are offered in
nearly every department of the
College.
Student life during the summer
session takes on an atmosphere
somewhat different trom the reg-
ular term. The presence of coeds
on the campus, an almost daily at-
tendance at the P. L. Downs Pool,
red-hot soft ball league competi-
tion, and special entertainment
events, give the student body a
full social program to go with
their intensified school work.
Record Attendance |
George W. McCauley, ’25, is
president of the Aeronautical Ra-
dio Company, Roosevelt Field, Min-
eola, New York. He is also vice
president of the Plane Speaker
Corporation; president of the Voice
of the Sky, Inc., and president and
general manager of the Atlantic
Airmotive Corporation, all of New
York. As a student at A. & M.
he was a member of Company B,
Signal Corps, and took electrical
engineering.
R. Clinton Beck, 39, is assistant
manager of the Valley Refining
Company, Harlingen, Texas. His
residence address is 805 East Buc-
hanan Street of that city.
Theron W. Ragsdale, ’21, has
been transferred from Fort Peck,
Montana, to Portland, Oregon,
where he is with the U. S. Engi-
neer Office, 629 Pittock Block. He
resides at 7556 N. E. Floral Place.
Other A. & M. men in the U. S.
Engineer Office are Clarence C.
Davis, 27, Edward R. McChesney,
’25; and Charles C. Phillips, ’24.
Edwin A. Staples, ’38, writes
to change his address from Route
1, Orange, to Box 361, El Campo,
where he has recently been trans-
ferred by the Texas Company.
C. Sawyer Wolston, ’18, has
changed his mailing address from
DeRidder, Louisiana to P. O. Box
120, Jackson, Louisiana, where he
is party chief for the Republic
Production Company of Houston.
Welton H. Bremer, ’38, is liv-
ing at 4334 Pork Street, Hous-
ton, where he is in the Bookkeep-
ing Department of the Hughes Tool
Company.
Ralph G. Grant, ’37, is power
sales engineer for the Mississippi
Power & Light Company and is
located at Cleveland, Mississippi.
Grant says he has not seen a dozen
A. & M. men in over a year.
Marvin E. Hiner, ’39, is assist-
ant supervisor for the Farm Se-
curity Administration and located
at Hot Springs, Arkansas. He re-|
sides at 500 Ouchita of that city.
J. 0. “Mac” McMahan, ’37, was
a recent campus visitor, attending
the annual conference of the Texas
Land Farm Association. “Mac” is
with the Farm Mortgage and Real
Estate Division of the John Han-
cock Life Insurance Company in
San Antonio, located in Room 300
Alamo National Building. “Mac”
has seven counties in his terri-
tory and travels about 1,200 miles
per week. He resides at 706 West
Ridgewood, San Antonio.
Doyle M. Ranson, ’38, is county
rural supervisor for the Farm Se-
curity Administration and is lo-
cated at Morton, Texas. He re-
ports that he is still single and has
been with the Farm Security Ad-
ministration for the past year and
a half.
James G. “Bull” Floyd, ’31, is
new member of the association.
He is with the Bridgeport Machine
Company, Wichita, Kansas, and is
located at Odessa, Texas, where
he gets his mail at P. O. Box 2767.
He was captain and full-back of the
Texas Aggie football teams of his
day and a star javelin thrower.
Silver Anniversary — Class of 1915
Under the leadership of Class
President Charlie Davis, of Rich-
land, the 1915 Class enjoyed a
splendid reunion at commencement.
One of the high spots of the group's
week-end was a class meeting on
Friday afternoon held at the Bryan
Country Club. The following re-
gistered: :
Adriance, Guy—College Station
Barraco, Victor A.—Houston
Browder, J. H., Jr.—Groesbeck
Bugbee, John S.—Clarendon
Carson, W. W., Jr.—Austin
Cawthon, Frank W.—Dallas
Cherry, Tom G.—Giddings
Clarkson, P. W.—Ft. Sam Houston
Davis, C. J.—Richland
Davis, S. F.—Stephenville
Denton, V. C.—Pahokee, Fla.
Everett, G. Dudley—Stephenville
Gillespie, W. S.—Houston
Hudspeth, C. C.—Gilmer
McCollum, H. T.—La Grange
Menke, E. P.—Hempstead
Montague, F. O.—Bay City
Martin, W. P.—Lubbock
Persons, D. H.—Bryan
Peters, E. M.—Hunt
Reynolds, W. L.—Houston
Rutan, W. L.—Shreveport, La.
Sanders, M. D.—Dallas
Saper, G. A.—Houston
Smitham, V. R.—Dallas
Sterling, E. A.—Laredo
Tigner, T. H.—Angleton
Watson, J. L.—Austin
Washam, Oscar—Denton
Whittet, C. S.—Birmingham, Ala.
Yeary, H. E.—Farmersville
Yeary, J. C.—LaGrange
Mayne L. Brumleu, ’36, has re-
cently accepted a position with the
Texas material Company as a trav-
eling auditor. Mayne gets his mail
at 2510 St. Emanuel, Houston, Tex-
as, and reports everything as going
along nicely.
Wm. H. Faubian, ’28, has been
appointed manager of the Hous-
ton Branch Office of the Connec-
ticut General Life Insurance Com-
pany, located at 1710-12 Com-
merce Building. Fabian is a vet-
eran insurance man of Houston,
being previously with the North-
western National and is a holder
of the C. L. U. designation.
Henry M. Clayton, ’19, electrical
engineer of the City of Memphis,
Tennessee, Light, Gas, and Water
Division, is President of the Civi-
tan Club. He is active in the civic
and business life of Memphis and
has lived there a number of years.
Another member of the Memphis
Civitan Club is Thomas E. Max-
son, 22, Office Engineer, Depart-
ment of Public Works, Memphis,
Tennessee.
Melrose T. “M. T.” Garrett, ’16,
is President of the Garrett Engi-
neering Company, Consulting and
Supervising Engineers, 918 Rich-
mond Ave., Houston, Texas. “M.T.”
is a past Secretary of the Hous-
ton A. & M. Club and a former di-
rector of the Association. While
in school, he was a distinguished
student, editor of the Battalion
and assistant editor of the Long-
horn. “M. T.” and Mrs. Garrett
have two children and reside at
1750 Branard, Houston.
In the picture, first row left to+4
right, are: S. F. Davis, Stephen-
ville; J. L. Watson, Austin; Guy
Adriance, College Station; W. S.
Gillespie, Houston; Charlie Davis,
Richland; W. L. Reynolds, Houston;
Marvin D. Sanders, Dallas; and O.
F. Washam, Denton.
2nd Row: E. A. Sterling, La-4
redo; V. C. Denton, Pahoka, Flo-
rida; C. C. Hudspeth, Gilmer; John
S. Bugbee, Clarendon; H. E. Yeary,
Farmersville; P. W. Clarkson, Fort
Sam Houston; E. P. Menke, Hemp- :
stead; Victor A. Barraco, Hous-
ton; G. D. Everett, Stephenville.
p Top Row: C. S. Whittet, Bir-
mingham, Alabama; J. H. Browder,
Groesbeck; J. C. Yeary, LaGrange;
H. T. McCollum, LaGrange; D. H.
Persons, Bryan; and E. M. Peters,
Hunt.
Golden Anniversary — Class of 1890
Dr. J. Allen Kyle, 90
Dr. J. Allen Kyle was the only4and the Association of Former
member of the 1890 Class present
on the campus at commencement to
celebrate the class’s Golden Anni-
versary. Unexpected illness pre-
vented at least two other mem-
bers of the class, John E. Rad-
ford, Houston and J. W. Ragsdale,
Victoria, from being on hand.
Dr. Kyle is one of Texas’ best
known physicians and continues
his active practice in his office at
403 Second National Bank Build-
ing, Houston. He received his de-
gree at A. & M. in Agriculture,
later studying medicine at Co-
lumbia University. He is a past
president of both the A. & M. Club
Students and is a former member
of the Board of Directors of the
A. & M. College. His medical hon-
ors and citations are numerous. He
has been president of the Texas
State Board of Medical Examiners
and president of the Harris County
Medical Society.
Dr. Kyle has been a staunch
friend of the College during the
entire 50 years since his gradua-
tion. He is still a regular figure
at football games and at other
meetings and his presence on the
campus at commencement proved a
pleasure to all other A. & M. men
present.
LEONARD S. HOBBS, 16, is
engineer manager of Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft Division, United
Aircraft Corporation, East Hart-
ford, Conn. He has been with the
United Aircraft Corporation for
the past 13 years. He is in charge
of the enormous expansion of the
Pratt & Whitney plant at East
Hartford.
He received his degree in mech-
anical engineering and was a dis-
tinguished student at A. & M.
and later received his master’s
degree in engineering from Kansas
State College.
DAN B. COURVILLE, ’27, has
been promoted to assistant super-
intendent of the West Texas Dis-
trict of the Gulf Oil Corporation
and transferred from Wickett to
Odessa. For the past nine years,
he has been field foreman in
charge of production for the Gulf
in Ward and Winkler Counties. He
in 1927 in
mechanical engineering and was
captain of the first {flight
corps. He is an active member of
Permian Basin A. & M. Club.
received his degree
air
Family Party
At Beaumont
Honors Ladies
The Beaumont A. & M. Club
held its annual family party re-
cently - with over one hundred in
attendance. Bridge, bingo, domi-
noes, and other games were en-
joyed.
Many prizes of the evening were
awarded to the ladies present. The
prizes were donated by the Beau-
mont merchants and included a ra-
dio, electric clock, an accident in-
surance policy, 20 pounds of rice,
and various other nice gifts.
To handle Beaumont candidates
for the Opportunity Awards, Club
President H. B. “Doc” Chamber-
lain, ’34, appointed a committee
composed of C. L. Babcock, ’20,
chairman; R. C. “Dick” Carey, "11;
and C. R. Dillinger, ’26.
Dan J. Wallin, ’38, has recently
Hemphill, Texas, as Rural Super-
visor of the Farm Security Ad-
ministration. He gets his mail at
Box 368.
Roy L. McClung, ’37, was a re-
cent campus visitor, Roy is carload
salesman for the Burrus Feed Mills,
Dallas, and makes his headquarters
at Georgetown, where he receives
his mail at Box 487. Roy’s terri-
tory extends from Hillsboro to Del
Rio and he is on the road most of
the time. Roy and Mrs. McClung
are the proud parents of a 5-
month-old boy, Roy L., Jr.
Walter Haby, ’30, who ranch-
es at Calf Creek, near Brady,
is president of the Cen-Tex
Wool and Mohair Company,
which recently opened Texas’
first wool scouring plant, lo-
cated at San Marcos. The com-
pany is strictly Texas owned.
All members of its board of
directors are Texas ranchers
and business men. Southwest
wool growers hope that the
inauguration of the state’s
first wool scouring plant will
open a new era for the wool
growers of the Southwest.
Haby is an active member of
the TripleeM A. & M. Club
and serves as the mayor of
Calf Creek in addition to run-
ning extensive ranching inter-
ests.
J. J. Lluy, ’37, is living at 814
Decatur Street, South Norfolk,
Virginia, where he is with the
Lone Star Cement Corporation. Be-
fore going with the Lone Star,
Lluy was with the General Elec-
tric Company at Schenectady, New
York. The chief chemist of the
Lone Star Cement Corporation at
South Norfolk, Va. is Lee Dodge,
24.
A. & M. Men Receive
Advanced Degrees
At Commencement
In addition to the largest num-
ber of degrees being conferred
on the 1940 graduating class of
the A. & M. College of Texas in
the history of the college, the first
degree of Doctor of Philosophy
ever granted by the A. & M. Col-
lege was given to Dr. D. D. Giles,
21, of Nacogdoches. An honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws was
conferred upon Dr. Charles E. Fri-
ley, ’19, President of Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa. Dr. Friley
was the commencement speaker and
this degree came as a complete
surprise to him.
Several professional degrees
were conferred. H. P. Smith, M. S.,
1926, Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion, A. & M. College, received the
Professional Degree of Agricul-
tural Engineer; Roye W. Franks,
’30, Utah State Board of Health,
Salt Lake City, Utah, the Profes-
sional Degree of Chemical Engi-
neer; James M. DeBardeleben, 28,
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, Lit-
tle Rock, Arkansas; Frances C.
Turner, ’29, U. S. Bureau of Pub-
lic Roads, Fort Worth, the Pro-
fessional Degree of Civil Engineer;
Eugene W. Boehne, ’26, General
Electric Company, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, the Professional De-
gree of Electrical Engineer; and
Oran H. Moore Sr., ’26, Loan Star
Gas Company, Dallas, the Profes-
sional Degree of Mechanical En-
gineer.
A. & M. men receiving the de-
gree of Master of Science were:
Ewing E. Brown, ’37, College Sta-
tion; Joe Jeff Danforth, ’33, Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station, A.
& M. College; Robert E. Fix, ’38,
Dallas; James H. Griffin, ’38, U.
S. Engineer Office, Galveston; R.
Holloway Hughes, ’37, College
Station; Samuel T. Kein, Jr., ’38,
Houston; John V. Laird, ’38, Hous-
ton; Charles F. Lewis, ’39, Bloom-
ing Grove; J. B. Lloyd, ’34, Mar-
quez; John R. C. McGowen, ’39,
Amarillo; Homer C. Martin, ’38,
Mason; Roth E. Parker, ’39, Crock-
ett; Roger A. Pendery, ’38, Hous-
ton; Perry C. Schoenfeld, ’38, San
Antonio; James C. Shoultz, ’25,
Grapeland; Troy P. Wakefield,
’38, Madisonville; Royce E. Wis-
enbaker, ’39, Mineola; F. A. Da-
vidson, ’33, Franklin.
BR. W. “Bob” Briggs, ’17,50f San
Antonio and Pharr, Texas, is a
member of Governor O’Daniel’s
nine members National Defense
Aviation Board for Texas. This
board was set up by Governor
O’Daniel to provide the U. S. Gov-
ernment with urgently needed data
and assistance in connection with
aviation training facilities in Tex-
as. Briggs is president of the R.
been transferred from Tyler to:
W. Briggs and Company, con-
tractors, and is a member of the
Board of Directors of the College.
Lieutenant A. J. Allen, ’39, U.
S. Air Corps, is stationed at Mitch-
ell Field, Long Island, New York.
T, P, “Tulfy” Smith, 719, has
been made a partner of the John
L. Wortham and Son Insurance
Company, of Houston, and elect-
ed as a director of the American
General Insurance Company of that
city. He has been with the organi-
zation for the past 12 years and is
a specialist in writing and hand-
ling surety bonds. He is an active
member of the Houston A. & M.
Club, and is one of the state's
most enthusiastic football fans.
M. V. Cousins, ’21, is personnel
officer for the United Gas Com-
pany at Shreveport, Louisiana.
John G. Swope, ’17, of San An-
tonio, will have a son at A. & M.
in September. Swope is a past
president of the San Antonio A.
& M. Club.
Joseph C. Slaughter, ’37, has
been awarded a Rockefellow Foun-
dation Research Scholarship, which
he will use to continue his grad-
uate work in the University of
Iowa. He is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. S. B. Slaughter, of Bryan.
He received his degree in science at
A. & M. in 1937, and his master’s
degree in 1939. During the past
year he has worked on his Ph.D.
at Iowa University.
A. T. Bratton, ’37, is supervis-
ing dairy and farm operations for
the State Board of Control, Aus-
tin, Texas. He has supervision of
such operations at the eleemosy-
nary institutions of the state.