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LIBRARY CAMPUS Ten High Classes in Amount Contributions Class Amount 1942 $3078.75 1941 3073.37 1940 2233.00 1909 2224.25 1925 2062.50 1917 1884.15 1913 1867.75 1926 1826.00 1938 1685.25 1939 1559.50 + ry If this paper is not called for return postage is guaranteed by publisher. THE TEXAS AGGIE Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when iss ued Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1943 b 4 Ten High Classes in Number Contributors Class Contributors RETURN 1941 565 POSTAGE 1942 564 GUARANTEED 1940 440 1943 427 1939 317 1938 266 1937 200 1927 182 1930 180 NUMBER 47| joo os The 1943 Texas A. & SM. Development Fund Report Fund Gifts By Classes 4 > “Congratulations and Thanks” - - - Bill Lawson To the more than six thousand A. & M. men who made the 1943 Development Fund an unqualified success, I extend both my congratulations and my personal thanks. As your Association president during this first Fund year fidence in the judgement of your elected officers and direc 3 as a Texas citizen proud of the A. & M. College, I congratulate you upon taking a success- ful step that will prove of tremendous importance in the future development and growth of your College.—Note the Class Reports on participation in you will see that every class since the beginning of the College, save four, is represented. —You have emphatically placed your mark of approval upon upon the Objective of that Fund. spirit and I know you will give the same backing to my successor, new supporting officers and directors. Congratulations upon your great record, and thanks from one who is happy to have had a part in this great program. I appreciate your vote of con- tors. As an A. & M. man and the Development Fund and the Development Fund and — Nothing can stop us with that kind of support and Jake Hamblen, and his Sincerely, Wm. J. “Bill” Lawson, 24 Past President Number of Contributors Total Contributions The Texas A. & M. Development Fund The 1943 Fund — (Ending May 31, 1943) A General Summary of Gifts Received And Their Disposition 6,277 $ 51,119.74 Restricted Gifts Transferred or Used as Directed by Donors: To Student Loan Funds __. $ 1,500.00 For Student Aid 500.00 To Engineering Library 350.00 For World War II Service Flag _____ 1,000.00 Total Restricted Gifts $ 3,350.00 Transferred to Association of Former Students to Cover Supscrip- tions of Donors to THE TEXAS AGGIE $ 3,369.74 $60,000.00 War Bonds Given to the TEXAS A.&M. College to be held under agreement for Construction of The Memorial Student Ac- ; tivities Center—Cost of Bonds $44,400.00 $ 51,119.74 Library From A Summary of Gifts To The College The 1943 Development Fund Presented to the A. & M. College as the beginning of a Fund to be used in the Construction of the Memorial Student Activities Center: War Bonds — Face Amount $ 60,000.00 For assistance in establishing at Texas A. & M. The Professional Engineering 350.00 1,500.00 Transferred to Student Loan Funds ro For Current Student Aid: (Expended according to wishes of Donor) 500.00 Reserved for World War II Service Flag _ 1,000.00 Total Gifts from 1943 Development Fund $ 63,350.00 Right!”, and ends with “Boom—Texas “Let’s Make It Ten Thousand This Year” - Jake Hamblen Remember that old Aggie yell, “Military” 7—It starts with “Squads Left—Squads A. &M.; Give Us Room!”—Ten Thousand Do- nors to the Development Fund this year will put us right up with such older Alumni groups as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Cornell, national leaders in the Alumni Field. 3 —_Over Six Thousand Donors to the Fund last year was a record-breaker for a beginning year, but Ten Thousand this year will prove it was no flash in the pan.—Let’s serve notice on those older and larger Alumni groups to move over and “Give Us Room” at the top for a comparatively new, aggressive, up-and-coming Alumni Group.—Let’s make it Ten Percentage of Class Total Class No. of Gifts Contributing Amount Pioneers (1877-80) 5 $ 50.00 1881 1 100. 19.00 1882 1 8.3 5.00 1885 1 9] 8.00 1886 1 9.1 50.00 1888 2 11.8 2.00 1889 1 5.9 5.00 1890 4 22.2 215.00 1891 3 18.8 33.75 1892 4 16.0 30.00 1893 4 26.7 35.00 1894 8 25.8 135.50 1895 13 48.1 770.00 1896 11 45.9 107.50 1897 9 34.6 82.00 1898 9 34.3 1,044.00 1899 10 47.6 180.00 1900 23 92.0 199.89 1901 12 63.2 125.00 1902 14 50.0 87.50 1903 15 40.5 167.50 1904 29 79.4 422.00 1905 32 82.1 399.00 1906 26 56.5 183.00 1907 31 70.4 260.00 1908 35 72.9 261.00 1909 37 88.0 2224.25 1910 43 63.2 487.50 1911 62 64.6 632.00 1912 65 67.7 1021.00 1913 76 66.6 1867.75 1914 70 82.4 1250.00 1915 62 68.1 584.50 1916 70 59.8 670.83 1917 85 62.9 1884.15 1918 59 62.1 542.00 1919 59 59.0 467.50 1920 83 62.9 790.00 1921 97 51.6 859.50 1922 135 60.5 1540.50 1923 108 50.0 698.00 1924 149 66.2 902.00 1925 145 58.0 2062.50 1926 169 55.2 1826.00 1927 182 57.4 1130.50 1928 158 54.1 1206.50 1929 146 44.5 1023.50 1930 180 49.3 1015.59 1931 155 40.5 317.70 1932 174 44.9 965.50 1933 120 33.8 652.60 1934 132 43.0 743.75 1935 132 39.9 956.25 1936 150 IY 893.50 1937 200 374 . 1055.50 1938 266 40.2 1685.25 1939 317 42.0 1559.50 1940 440 53.5 2233.00 1941 565 62.2 3073.37 1942 564 70.8 3078.75 1943 427 100. 449.74 1944 16 87.63 1945 8 21.50 1946 3 3.00 Associates, Friends, & Clubs 66 3289.49 Totals 6277 $51,119.74 Classes Arranged In Order Of Percentage of Contributors Contributing Contributing Class % of Class Class % of Class *1881 100. 1930 49.3 *1943 +100. 1895 48.1 *1900 92.0 1899 47.6 *1909 88.0 1896 45.9 *1914 82.4 1932 44.9 *1905 82.1 1929 44.5 *1904 79.4 1934 43.0 *1908 72.9 1939 42.0 *1942 70.8 1903 40.5 *1907 70.4 1931 40.5 *1915 68.1 1938 40.2 *1912 67.7 1935 39.9 *1913 66.6 1936 37.7 1924 66.2 1937 37.4 1911 64.6 1898 34.8 1901 63.2 1897 34.6 1910 63.2 1933 33.8 1917 62.9 1893 26.7 1920 62.9 1894 25.8 1941 62.2 1890 22.2 1918 62.1 1891 18.8 1922 60.5 - 1892 16.0 1916 59.8 1888 11.8 1919 59.0 1885 9.1 1925 58.0 1886 9.1 1927 57.4 1882 8.3 1906 56.5 1889 5.9 1926 55.2 *Honor classes (with percentage 1928 54.1 of contributors of 66% or bet- 1940 53.5 ter). 1921 51.6 +100% contributors by virtue of 1902 50.0 class fund gift upon gradua- 1923 50.0 tion. Thousand this year—and take our place with the leaders! James P. “Jake” Hamblen, 27 President One special gift to the develop- ment Fund has been made in honor of the group of A. & M. men who served so gallantly on | Bataan and Corregidor. The gift was made by Mrs. Edwin E. Ald- ridge, wife of Col Edwin E. Ald- ’16, himself captured at Mrs. Aldridge is living ridge, Bataan. in the name of Col. Aldridge and the following men and any others pine campaign: *Lt. William Boyd, ’38; *Major Paul A. Brown, ’39; *Capt. George C. Brundrett, 33; “*Capt.” Stockion ‘D. Bruns, 35; *Capt. Wilbert A. Calvert, ’38; *Lt. Clifton Chamberlain, ’40; at Eagle Pass. The gift was made | who served in the ill-fated Philip- | *Lt. Maxey .C. Chenault, ’37; *Lt. Lewis B. Chevallier, ’39; *Capt. William Mark Curtis, ’32; *Lt. Chas. : M. ... Dempwolf, 35; “ *Lt. Hugh Alan Derrick, ’39; *Major Tom Dooley, ’35; *Lt. R. D. “Bob” Evans, '40; *Major Harry O. Fischer, 29; Lt. Orman L. Fitz- hugh, ’40; fLt. Stanley Friedline, ’40; *Lt. Chas. Gaskell, ’41; *Lt. Frank Gensberg, ’38; *Capt. Adolph H. Giesecke, ’26; *Lt. Syd- ney R. Greer, ’35; Lt. Paul R. Gregory, 30; *Lt. William Hamil- ton, ’40; *Capt. Graham M. Hatch, ’31; Lt. James R. Holmes, ’36; *Lt. Urban C. Hopmann, ’40; Sgt. Hugh Hunt, ’38; *Lt. Andy James, 40; “21. ~Jack' ‘W. Kelly, 29; Special Gift Honors Horoes ‘Philippine Campaign *Major John V. King; Lt. John L. Lester, ’29; Capt. William E. Lewis, ’40; *Lt. John McCluskey, 36; *Capt. Jerome A. McDavitt, ’33; *Major Gen. George F. Moore, 08; Lt. Jack W. Morris, ’41; Lt. John Muse, ’40; *Lt. John R. Noles, ’39; *Capt. O. W. Orson, ’32; *Capt. Chester A. Peyton, 133; Lt. Carl Pipkin, 40; *Li, Col: R. H. “Bill” * Rogers, 306; Capt. Henry J. Schutte, Jr., ’39; *Capt. W. A. Scrivener, ’37; *Lt. David Snell, ’37; *Lt. William M. Taylor, 39; Capt. Roy M. Vick, Jr., ’35; *Lt. Jack K., Walker, ’36; Lt. Charlton Wimer, ’39. *Prisoner of war. tDeceased. The Development Fund’s First Year The Texas A. & M. Development Fund, launched last fall as the only financial program of the Association of Former Students, has been a tremendous success. This special issue of THE TEXAS AGGIE comprises the FIRST ANNUAL FUND REPORT. As has been planned and announced since the beginning of this new program, this annual report lists each individual donor to the fund and outlines the disposi- tion of the total fund thus given. This report covers the 1943 Develop- ment Fund which closed its books on May 31. Gifts received now and later this year will be credited to the 1944 Fund, closing on May 31, 1944. First Goal of Objective Reached The goal for this 1943 Fund was $50,000; to be placed in War Bonds for the duration, then to be available to launch construction on the campus of the Student Activities Center. That goal was reached. The Grand OBJECTIVE of the Development Fund, at this time, is the construction of the Student Activities Center as a great Memorial to the A. & M. men who have served in the armed forces of their country. The Center is declared to be the greatest need of the College and its student body. No more fitting, lasting or useful memorial could be built in honor of Aggieland’s fighting sons. Through the Development Fund in its first year there now rests in the vaults of the College War, Bonds totalling $60,000, earning interest and awaiting the day when they can be used to launch construction of the Memorial Student Activities Center. Making a Dream Come True Through the Development Fund over Six Thousand A. & M. men last year moved a step nearer the dream of a student center on the A. & M. Campus. True, the Sixty Thousand Dollar beginning is only a small part of the funds that will be required to build the entire Student Activities Center. Nevertheless, it is the FIRST TIME that money has been placed upon the barrel-head for a program that hitherto has been only a Golden Dream of students, faculty, Alumni and College Direc- tors. Over Six Thousand A. & M. men gave money last year to make that dream assume some material form, and those six thousand Aggies and thousands of others will not stop, now that they have dedi- cated their loyalty and interest in A. & M. to making this Golden Dream come true. Recapitulation For those who came in late, here’s how. the Development Fund Plan works. There are no longer any dues in the Association of For- mer Students, and EVERY A. & M. man is considered a member of the organization. Every man is solicited to make an alumni gift to the Development Fund, of whatever amount he wishes and feels able to give. The amount of each man’s gift is held confidential. An annual report, of which this is the first, lists by name all donors, class stand- ings, totals received, and detailed statements of the fund’s disposition. Gifts last year ranged from one dollar to one thousand dollars, with five dollars by far the most common amount. From each gift an amount not to exceed one dollar is used to cover each donor’s subscription to the Texas Aggie. For this past fund year less than fifty cents of each gift was required for this purpose, the balance being re-appropriated back to the fund to go to the College to swell the Activities Center Fund. All other money given to the fund is used to fulfill the Fund objectives as set forth each year by the Directors of the Association. Basic purpose of the Fund is to give to the College or its student body some of the facilities, services or equipment needed to maintain Texas A. & M.’s position in the educational world, and for which neither State nor schoel funds are available. The Student Activities Center serves a double purpose. It is the greatest need of the College and its student body, and Texas A. & M. is perhaps the only major institution in America without such student facilities. In addition, it will be a most fitting, enduring and useful memorial to the thousands of A. & M. men who have served in the armed forces of their country and more particularly to those who have given their lives in the defense of their country. Overwhelming Approval The Development Fund plan was launched last fall after several years’ study by successive officers and directors of the Association of Former Students. It met overwhelming approval, as attested by the best yard-stick of all, over Six Thousand men making gifts to the Fund. That number was more than twice the number who had previous- ly in any one year paid membership dues. A. & M. men like the Fund’s definite and challenging objective. They like its democratic foundation, whereby each man may give in accordance with his ability and his desire. They like the policy that makes EVERY A. & M. man a member of his Alumni Association, and that eliminates the former “Member” and “Non Member” classifications. They like the idea of this annual report, showing exactly how the Development Fund has been handled, and listing the names of those whose gifts composed the Fund. They want their names on this annual report. Most of all A. & M. men like the new plan because it is productive, because it gives them a real part in the building of an even greater school, because through the Development Fund they can contribute something to make campus life better and more advantageous to to- day’s and future student bodies. They will like the Fund plan even better at some future date when they can look with pride upon some of the Fund's accomplishments and say, ‘“That’s what me and Ten Thousand other Aggies gave to our college.” That day will surely come. ABOUT THIS FUND REPORT This is the first Annual Report of the Texas A. & M. De- velopment Fund. It carries the names of individual donors, ar- ranged by classes. Relative class standings are given. Final totals and disposition of the fund are tabulated. The office of the Asso- ciation faced a tough job in determining the proper classes for many men whose attendance at A. & M. was irregular. One ex- ample is the World War I man, normally a ’16, ’17, or ’18 man, but who returned and received his degree in 1920 or ’21. Another difficulty was faced in determining the class of men attending more than the allotted four years, and those who attended a shorter period of time than the normal four years. IF YOUR CLASS IS IMPROPERLY LISTED, please advise the Associa- tion office which Class you wish to be identified with. Editors of the AGGIE hope few mistakes or omissions have been made in this annual report. Corrections and suggestions for future re- ports will be both welcome and helpful. Another difficulty faced was in connection with rank of men in the military services. Advance apologies are extended to those whose latest promotions are not listed or to those whose military status is not indicated.
