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LIBRARY CAMPUS Pol 2 REVIEWING STAND Easterwood Airport Easterwood Airport, located approximately one mile west of the dairy barns on College property and further located for old-timers by its proximity to the “Fish Tank,” will become one of the best air- fields in Central Texas. Approximately $230,000 will be spent in additional improvements of the field as a result of WPA and C. A. A. grants added to College funds. The College already has both primary and secondary type training under the C. A. A. program at Easterwood Field. The field is named in honor of Jesse L. “Red” Easterwood, ’09, famed naval pilot of World War No. 1, who was killed in an airplane accident in the Canal Zone May 19, 1919. He was the son of the late Captain W. E. Easterwood, Wills Point, Texas. Easterwood was the second American to qualify as a naval aviation pilot. He served with the Royal Flying Corps of England and made 16 successful raids behind German lines in 1918. No more fitting name than Easterwood Field could have been given to the College airport. be § If this paper is not called for return postage is guaranteed by publisher. THE TEXAS AGGIE RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XII SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1941 NUMBER 3 Easterwood Airport Develops MASTER PLAN OF AIRPORT HAS BEEN The National Defense Front Although a program of national defense is nothing new to A. & M. or A. & M. men, the extent of this program at the College has been enormously widened since the present emergency arose. Known to everyone, of course, is the military and reserve officers’ training given the student body. As the current spring semester opens more than one thousands students are taking advanced military courses which will lead to reserve officers’ commissions upon graduation. The rest of the student body is being trained along military lines in one way or another. It is interesting to note that the A. & M. College furnished 2,200 officers for World War No. 1. Since that time 4,600 other A. & M. men have obtained reserve commissions and 450 more will be graduated this coming June. That is the basic side of the College's national defense work but the program has been enormously expanded in other and equally valuable training. President T. O. Walton, Engineering Dean Gibb Gilchrist, Colonel Ike Ashburn and other members of the College staff are among the nation’s leaders in developing the present national defense program for colleges and universities. The A. & M. College has installed a Department of Aeronautical Engineering and both the basic and advanced Civilian Aeronautics Administration flying courses are given to a full quota of A. & M. students. Easterwood Airport, located on College property approximately one mile West of the dairy barns, will be expanded and improved as a result of a WPA grant of $131,030, which supplements $75,000 obtained from the C. A. A., and $23,000 of College funds. Easterwood Field will become the finest airport between Waco and Houston. Eleven engineering defense courses are being offered by the School of Engineering this semester under authorization by the U. S. Commissioner of Education. These courses will require 12 weeks of intensive study and are limited to men with three years of engineering study and to experienced engineers who wish to specialize and better | equip themselves to work in industries essential to national defense. The courses, free to those who qualify, include the following subjects: Aeronautical engineering, aircraft inspection, design of airplane struc- tures; camp sanitation; water and sewer plant operation; production engineering, production supervision; engineering drawing, metallurgy; < 8 Q - © 8 q < : 5 [. 0 = ox Q 2 d A & ™M : < FARMS . g : ; 4 5 5 s s [ z @ 4 v,] o - hd oN) % a MENS 4. ghia tind : re 1 « CU LNs wr BE nN - Ta | 1E== 4 > [3 1! [Tg — u 2 a COLLEGE PROPERTY WINE Hd C.A P YS w CAVALRY &) ORiILL FIELD : 8 ~~ ¢ NLAS =F MS JAN i = PLAN SHOWING RELATION OF AIRPORT TO CAMPUS i ~ Easterwood Airport of the A. & M. College is shown in the above sketch in relation with other college properties. Combining grants from the C. A. A. and the W. P. A. with college funds will provide money to make the field one of the best in central Texas. The field was named in honor of Jesse L. “Red” Easterwocl, '09, famed Naval machine design, materials inspection and testing. Ms The A. & M. College, during its 66 years of existence, has recognized an obligation to train students for complete citizenship, which must include military training. Nineteen forty-one and today’s emergency find the College still leading the way in national defense among the nation’s institutions of higher education. The Great Adventure - Share It All men abhor war, but after the dye is cast, war and serious preparation for war become a great adventure. Despite its inconvenience and suffering, it is still a thrill to most men. Hundreds, even thousands, of A. & M. men have been called from civilian life to active duty. If they do not realize it now, any old soldier will tell them that their days in the army will prove an adventure that will never fade from their memories. The point of these remarks is to request all men who have been called to active duty, to write that news to the TEXAS AGGIE. They will be sharing their adventure with their friends. Tulane Leads The Way A recent reorganization of alumni activities at Tulane University will put the Green Waves’ alumni, and the officers and Board of Directors of Tulane University hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder for an attack on the problems of that institution. A peculiarity in the development of alumni activities in the South and Southwest, has been a lack of cooperation and liaison between the alumni and officers and governing boards of institutions. Perhaps such a condition exists because of the relative youth of Southwestern educational institutions; but it is a condition which should be changed and improved with ma- turity. Under Tulane’s new alumni program a joint committee on alumni affairs will be composed equally of members of the Tulane Board of Administrators and officers of the Alumni Association. The big idea behind the whole program is to place alumni strength and influence behind the program of Tulane University. The essential psychology of the Tulane program is a recognition that alumni affairs are matters of vital interest and importance to the administrative officers of Tulane University, as well as to alumni themselves; and that only by bringing the alumni group into full family standing in position and influence, can complete cooperation and community work and interest be obtained. Spring Sports Spring sports will have their inning soon, with track men already loosening up and baseball just around the corner. Track Coach John Wesley Rollins expects to have as good a team as he had last year; when the Aggies finished fourth in the conference meet. This column’s guess is that the Cadets will do better, at least taking third place behind Texas and Rice who are again expected to fight it out for the title. Marty Karow’s baseball prospects are uncertain. He lost most of the outstanding men of last spring’s team, but returns “Lefty” Bumpers who was one of the best hurlers in the conference and who looked even better in summer baseball. If he can find a catcher to handle “Lefty” and plug up a few more gaps he’ll again furnish tough opposi- tion to the Longhorns, as usual top-heavy favorites. Placement Bureau A nationally operating oil company has need for a chemical or mechanical engineer who is not a reserve officer and due to dependents or other causes, will not be drafted under the Selective Service Act. Starting salary will depend upon the qualifications of the individual. Anyone interested should submit complete information about himself and qualifications to the Placement Bureau, Association of Former Students. Aviator and World War flying hero killed in.a: airplane accident in 1919. “pm COLLEGE BOARD ASKS AUTHORITY TO BUILD AIRPORT, DORMS, AAA BLDG. Beaumont Club Invites 9500 To Attend Football Movies And Hear Homer Norton Feb. 18 Football fans and A. & M. mete The event is expected to at- of Southeast Texas and neighbor- ing Louisiana will be entertained by the Beaumont A. & M. Club with a football movie party on the night of February 18 at the City Auditorium in Beaumont. The foot- ball movies will be provided by the A. & M. Athletic Department with Head Coach Homer Norton on hand to point out high spots. Games to be shown include the Rice-Aggie, the Thanksgiving game and the Fordham-Aggie Cotton Bowl battle. Twenty-five football squads and their coaches from the Sabine Dis- trict have been extended special invitations by the Beaumont A. & M. Club and most of them will be present. The Lake Charles A. & M. Club will attend the meeting in a body as special guests and many members of the Port Arthur Club will be on hand. All A. & M. men in the Sabine district are invited. Invitations Limited In order to prevent congestion only guests of the club will be ad- mitted to the big party. Two thou- sand invitations have been printed and are being handled by the invita- tion committee composed of C. L. Babcock, ’20, R. H. Wyche, "23, W. T. Adkisson, '10,. .H. B: “Doc” Chamberlain, ’34, Hillie Caswell, 97, W. E. Simmons, ’22, R. C. Black, ’17, H. W. Perkins, 33, and Dick Carey, III, ’39. General Chairman of the party |is_Charley Babcock, appointed by Club President Tom Lee Parish, | Texas, where nis motner Still ives: tract an attendance of some 2500 football fans and will be the larg- est A. & M. affair ever held in the Sabine District. A&M Grad Injured In London By Bomb Major Robert B. Williams, 23, of the United States Air Corps, was seriously injured in a recent Lon- don bombing raid. He was in Eng- land as an official U. S. Army Air Corps observer. So far as is known, he is the first A. & M. man to be injured overseas in the present World War. Williams was injured from a fragment from a 100-lb. bomb anc fears were expressed that he might lose the sight of one eye. More re- cent reports state that his condi- tion is not serious, although it is not known just what effect the injury will have on his eyesight. Williams was a charter member of the Cadet Air Corps Unit, which was organized at A. & M. in 1921 and has since been discontinued. He served as the unit's command- ing officer as a cadet major in his Senior year and he received his degree in civil engineering. Shortly after graduation he went into the U. S. Army Air Corps and since that time he has become one of the best known fliers in the air corps. His home was at Albany, Ashburn-Norton-Grid Movie Feature Port Arthur Banquet Honoring Jacket Gridsters The annual Port Arthur A. & M. Club banquet honoring the Port Arthur High School Yellow Jacket football team, was held at the Good- hue Hotel on the evening of Feb- ruary 8. Honor guests were the 1940 Yellow Jackets and their coaches. Principal speakers of the even- ing were Colonel Ike Ashburn, ex- ecutive assistant to the president, A. & M. College, and Head Coach Homer H. Norton. As a concluding feature of the program football movies were shown. The big crowd was welcomed by J. A. Burns, ’34, president of the Port Arthur Club, who then turn- ed the meeting over to Bill N. Tay- © Youngest A. & M. Club to ’19, toastmaster. The invoca- tion was delivered by Father J. J. Tortorice. Port Arthur High School Coach Tom L. Dennis introduced the members of his squad and his coaching staff. The banquet honoring the Yel- low Jacket team and coaches is an annual affair of the Port Arthur A. & M. Club and has become an institution in the football life of the Port Arthur High School team. Officers of the Port Arthur Club at the present time include, J. A. Burns, ’34, president; W. A. Stein- man, ’33, vice president; R. J. Dod- son, ’35, secretary-treasurer; Roy Sherrill, ’39, publicity; and Cliff Gunn, ’'16, sergeant-at-arms. Ed Mosher Named Edward J. Mosher, ’28, was se- lected Houston's outstanding young man of 1940 and presented a dis- tinguished service key at the an- nual banquet of the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce. The com- mittee making the selection was composed of members of the Hous- ton Senior Chamber of Commerce with Mr. W. S. Cochran president serving as chairman. In commenting upon Mosher’s selection as Houston’s outstanding young man of 1940, Mr. Cochran outlined his past service as pres- ident of the Houston Junior Cham- ber of Commerce and in other fields. He was director of the Hous- ton Fat Stock Show Ticket Sales Campaign, the Junior Chamber of Commerce’s old clothes drive, active in the annual Red Cross Roll Call. and took an active part in various Americanism programs and other civic activities. He was also active in State Junior Chamber of Com- merce affairs and attended Junior Houston's Outstanding Young Man, 1940 Edward 3. Mosher, ’28 Alamo Club Holds Regular Meetings 1st - 3rd Tuesdays Chamber meetings at various Tex- as points and in Washington, D.C. During the year he served as chair- man of the Management Committee for the West Houston Y. M. C. A. Membership of the youngest A. & M. Club of them all was present when the above picture of the Eagle Pass Junior A. & M. Club was taken. The club was formed just before Christmas at the Eagle Pass home of W. M. Stafford, ’01. Its members have vowed to “stick by A. & M. at all times.” The AGGIE is glad to welcome the Eagle Pass Junior A. & M. Club and its members into the A. & M. family. Members of the club include Reggis Beavan, Jr., 12; Mebane Stafford, "12; Arthur Flores, 12; Bruce Thompson, '14; Billy Howard, 11; Jerry Grossenbacher, 12; Bubber Carson, 12; Charles Carson, 12; E. K. Taylor, Jr., 12; Billy Williams, 12; Billy George, 13; Jimmy Beavan, 9, and “Chatto” Woods. and was a ranch boss in the gen- eral Y. M. C. A. drive. He was a district manager in the Community Chest Drive and a member of the Executive Committee for the an- nual President’s Birthday Ball. Mosher is a member of the Hous- ton Kiwanis Club and the First Presbyterian Church. He was re- cently appointed to the Executive Committee for the 1941 Fat Stock Show Ticket Sales Campaign. He and Mrs. Mosher and their eight year old daughter live at 1107 South Shepherd, Houston. In addition to his activities, Mosher is assistant to the president of the Mosher Steel Company of Houston and directly in charge of the company’s purchasing and traf- fic operations. He moved to Hous- ton from Dallas in 1933. As a student at A. & M. Mosher received his degree in mechanical engineering and was first lieuten- ant of Troop B. Cavalry. He was a member of the football squad, play- ing tackle and played on the 1927 championship team. He was a mem- ber of the Ross Volunteers. The Alamo A. & M. Club of San ‘Antonio has instituted a new and ‘unique program of meetings with one noon luncheon and one night meeting regularly scheduled for each month. The club meets at the Milam Cafeteria for a noon lunch- eon on the first Tuesday of each month and on the third Tuesday night of each month a regular meeting is held. The location of the night meeting will be varied, as well as the nature of its pro- grams. On the night of January 21 the first of these night meetings was held at Tankersley’s and proved very popular. Many A. & M. men on army duty at San Antonio were present. Speaker of the occasion was Lieutenant Colonel James B. Taylor, U. S. Army Cavalry, who spoke on the present military train- ing program. At a recent Tuesday noon lunch- eon of the club, the principal speak- er was Carol M. Gaines, '12, attor- ney of San Antonio. Officers of the Alamo A. & M. Club are as follows: Clyde E. Grissom, ’27, president; 0. W. Sommers, ’29, vice president: Willis E. Collins, ’29, secretary; and W. A. Howerton, "27, treasurer. Legislative permission to enable the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College to acquire land for and construct and operate airports for the College and its branches, in connection with the teaching of aeronautical engineering, has been introduced in the House of Repre- sentatives by Representative W. T. McDonald, ’33, Bryan. Another bill introduced by Mec- Donald would empower the College to construct dormitories and an agricultural office building, and also to acquire additional power and steam plant equipment. It is expected, if this second bill passes, that work will be resumed immediately on the dormitories, for which contracts have been let and ground broken, but on which work has been held up due to a question regarding the financing, raised by State Auditor Tom King. The Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration has made a loan and agree to accept bonds, but Audi- tor King has raised the question of sufficient income to liquidate them. The authority to build an office building, if granted, will solve the problem of housing for the AAA and other Federal agencies now housed on the Campus. The RFC also has made a loan for this and plans were approved by AAA of- ficials at Washington, but prog- ress was held up by a ruling of Attorney General Gerald Mann that special legislative authority. was required by the board of di- rectors before a building could be erected for anything but educa- tional purposes. The plans for the building are such that it can be converted into a dormitory or used for class rooms, and in the mean- time could be. rented to Rederal agencies. LR ; 1tt nf Lh A. & M. board of directors in- cludes A. H. Demke of. Stephen- ville; R. W. Briggs, wi, of Pharr; E. J. Kiest and Joe Utay, ’08, of Dallas. Austin Banquet % i Driskill, Feb. 24 The annual banquet of the Capi- tal City A. & M. Club will be held at the Driskill Hotel in Austin at 7 p. m. on February 24, according to an announcement by C. Grady King, ’22, club president. The fea- ture of the evening will be the showing of football movies of the past season and explanations by Head Coach Homer Norton, or a member of his coaching staff. T. B. Warden, 03, will serve as toast- master. Club President King and his officers extend a cordial invi- tation to all A. & M. men, and particularly those in the Austin area, to attend the banquet ac- companied by their ladies. ‘Houston Junior Club To Hear Bishop Quinn The Houston Junior A. & M. Club will hear Bishop Clinton S. Quinn speak on Youth Problems at its next meeting to be held at 7 p. m. on the evening of February 20. The meeting will be held at the Old Mexico Tavern, 120 Gray Street. Alfred L. Raney, 38, pres- ident of the club extends a cordial invitation to all A. & M. men to be present and hear Bishop Quinn. Waco Club To See Football Movies Football movies will feature the regular February meeting of the Waco A. & M. Club to be held on the evening of February 19. The meeting will be in the form of a banquet at the Roosevelt Hotel in Waco starting at 6:30 p. m. L. E. “Ed” Berry, ’29, president of the Waco Club, extends a cordial invitation to all Central Texas Aggies to attend. Movies at Temple The Bell County A. & M. Club and a large number of its friends enjoyed movies of last fall’s foot- ball games last Thursday night. The show was held at the Temple High School auditorium and pic- tures of the Rice and Cotton Bowl Games were shown.
