LIBRARY
CAMPUS
FROM THE
REVIEWING STAND
Tribute to a Soldier, and Roommate
Somewhere in North Africa
August 23, 1943
Dear Mr. Mac,
How is everything down College
Station way? Gosh! what I
wouldn’t give for a good meal in
Hotard’s mess hall and then a big
bull session. While in school we all
had plenty of gripes but believe
me after a few months in foreign
lands everything back home would
seem like a perfect dream.
I'm sure you have heard about
GENE WILMETH’S death. He
was killed May 7th. Since hearing
of his death, I have been to the
place he was killed and also have
seen his grave. I have some Dpic-
tures of his grave. After talking
with several of the boys in his
outfit, it was plain to see that
Gene gave his life as a true Aggie
would. He was hit by shell fire
while out from his fox hole help-
ing his men. Gene was my room-
10,000
mate all 4 years in college and,
although I have seen many boys
go out and never return, this hit
me as if he were my own brother.
The list of Aggie dead will mount,
but those who go down know that
they have given their lives for a
great cause.
It is up to living Aggies to see
that this cause is not in vain, and
that their names are never forgot-
ten,
You will find enclosed a money
order which you may cash and put
in on the Development Fund.
I am in good health, throwing in
my nickle’s worth to put the Axis
where they belong, and keeping my
fingers crossed that I'll be seeing
that place they call the United
States before long.
Sincerely,
Lt. James B. “Bugs” Tate, 41
APO 520, c/o P. M.
New York, N. Y.
IN ’44
Special to Overseas Men
The question has arisen as to
delivery of THE TEXAS AGGIE
to men overseas. The Aggie is at
present mailed under postal regu-
lations gcverning second-class mat-
ter. It would be too expensive to
use Air Mail, and this perhaps
would be frowned on by Army and
postal authorities. Is there any
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way in which delivery can be
speeded ?
The Editor would appreciate
word from some of the members
of the far-flung fraternity as to
just how leng delivery of THE
TEXAS AGGIE requires. Sugges-
tions for improvement in delivery
will be appreciated.
IN 44
Another Alphabetic Language
Back a few years when this
editor was a youngster and lived
near the railroad tracks it was a
point of pride among his mates
to be able to tell American Rail-
roads by the initials on box cars
and the punk who didn’t know A.
T. & S. F. meant the Santa Fe was
an ignoramus indeed. Then came
the day of recognizing automobiles
by their appearance or their honk,
and what lad in the early twenties
couldn’t recognize that old cadillac
horn. Then came the New Deal
and its multitude of initialed bur-
eaus, boards and programs.
Just about the time we get that
language solved, World War II
comes along with the most bewil-
dering alphabetic set-up of them
all. It's a safe bet that a Rip Van
Winkle  awaking today would be
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completely in the dark if he at-
tempted to read personal news
about A. and M. men in military
service.
Everybody knows what USA,
USO, APO, USNR, and all the
easy ones stand for, but how are
you onthis one, TEFTS, AAFPS
(ATE)? Or AA BLN BN VLA?
No, the Editor is not sure him-
self, but he’s trying to learn so
he’ll have a better idea of just
what the Aggies are doing all
over the World. It will all probably
lead to a brand new game and a
test of today’s savvy. Thousands
of youngsters all over the world
can already tell you the kind of a
plane that is winging by a mile
overhead, and they’ll be the first
to understand the new military
alphabetic language. Us old-tim-
ers will just have to look wise.
IN ‘44
The Placement Office
Technical Men:
A national concern has asked
the Placement Office of the Col-
lege for suggestions of men for
the following positions:
Paint Buyer—Salary $4,00 to
$10,000. Must have had experience
in the manufacture or development
of paints, and merchandising ex-
perience would be helpful.
Buyer of Tires—Salary $6,000 to
$10,000. Experience in fabrication
or manufacture of rubber products,
preferably tires, and merchandis-
ing experience would be helpful.
Mechanical Appliance Buyer —
Salary $6,000 to $10,000. Manufact-
uring experience in electrical or
mechanical home appliances, pre-
ferably refrigeration, and mer-
chandising experience would be
helpful.
Anyone interested should im-
mediately contact W. R. Horsley,
Director of the Placement Office,
A. and M. College, College Station,
Texas.
Business Opening:
The Placement Office has been
asked to suggest a candidate for a
10,000
position calling for the following
requirements.
Must be well grounded in ac-
counting principles and capable of
negotiating war contracts and
dealing with the public. Previous
experience along this line helpful
but not required if the ability and
other background are present.
Should be available to assume dut-
ies in the near future. Should be
not over 40 years of age and not
in present draft status. This is a
permanent position, in pleasant
surroundings, and in a stable field
of work. Salary, $300 monthly.
Anyone interested should - file
an application giving complete de-
tails of experience, training and
background with the Placement
Office, A. and M. College, College
Station, Texas.
Agricultural:
“I have been asked to recom-
mend men for positions as voca-
tional agricultural teachers and
county agricultural agents. I will
be glad to hear from anyone in-
terested, giving his training and
experience.”—E. J. Kyle, Dean,
School of Agriculture.
IN ’44
W. W. Touchstone, 22
Heads So. Cal. Club
WEATHERFORD W. TOUCH-
STONE, ’22, was elected President
of the Southern California A. & M.
Club, at Los Angeles, at the May
meeting. ROBERT L. “BOB”
TUCKER, ’29, was chosen Vice-
Pres., and WILLIS G. BLOUNT,
'37, Secretary-Treas. The retiring
officers were: President H. W.
KNICKERBOCKER, ’25; Secre-
tary, RUCKER ELLISOR, ’32.
The Los Angeles and Southern
California Club meets regularly
for dinner at 7 p.m. at the Clark
Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles
on the second Thursday night of
each month. A definite program is
arranged for each dinner. Johnny
Dawson, one of the top amateur
golfers of America, was the club’s
speaker at its August meeting.
Members of the club and their
wives and other friends attended
the opening of WE'VE NEVER
BEEN LICKED at the Paramount
Theatre, at Los Angeles, on the
night of August 26.
The Los Angeles Club is particu-
larly anxious that the many A.
& M. men who have come to South-
ern California in recent years be
invited to attend its meetings.
They will find a warm welcome.
President Touchstone is a mem-
ber of the firm of Touchstone &
Touchstone, Realtors, 810 South
Spring St., Los Angeles, 14 Cali-
fornia. He and his family moved to
California from Dallas a number
of years ago and he has been en-
gaged in the real estate business
in Los Angeles since that time.
Southern California
Club Welcomes You
The So. California A. & M. Club
meets on the second Thursday night
each month, at 7 p.m., Clark Hotel,
downtown Los Angeles. Interesting
programs arranged. A special invita-
tion is extended to A. & M. men in the
armed services, those engaged in de-
fense work in that area, and other
visitors. (Paid Adv.)
If this paper is not called for
return postage is guaranteed
by publisher.
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VOLUME XII
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1943
NUMBER 51
Meet The 1943 Aggie Team
Short on Experience, But Long on Spirit
Meet the Texas Aggies of 1943—
all 45 of them, folks; and don’t
be surprised if Coach Homer Nor-
ton adds a few as the season
progresses.
There are 16 backs, three cen-
ters, 8 guards, 10 tackles and
eight ends who are being issued
new uniforms for the first on
Texas A. & M.’s 1943 schedule of
nine games. The first opponent
will be the Bryan Field Flyers on
September 25 at Kyle Field, the
Aggies’ home gridiron. The next
three games will be on the road:
October 2, a night game in San
Antonio’s Alamo Stadium against
Texas Tech; a night game in Bat-
on Rouge October 9 with Louisiana
State; and the opening Southwest
Conference fray against Texas
Christian University at Fort
Worth on October 16.
The second home game of the
Aggies will be played against
North Texas Agricultural College
on October 23, this game replac-
ing the date vacated when Baylor
University gave up conference
play for the duration. October 30
will find Norton and his youngsters
facing the Arkansas Razorbacks
in Fayeteville and the annual game
with Southern Methodist will be
played on Kyle Field here Novem-
ber 6. The Rice Institute game at
Houston on November 13 will be
the last for the Aggies except the
annual Thanksgiving Day battle
with the University of Texas
Longhorns on the home grounds at
College Station, November 25.
Coach Norton and his assistants,
Bill James, Manning Smith and
Lil Dimmitt have divided the squad
into three teams, and it is planned
to substitute by teams during the
coming season.
The 1943 Texas ~ Aggie squad
contains only four boys who were
on the College Station campus for
spring football practice, None of
the present squad has made a var-
sity letter at Texas A. & M. or
any other college or university.
None has had varsity “bench serv-
ice” during a regular season, but
all have had high school or junior
college football experience of vary-
ing lengths of time. By far the
majority of Norton’s squad is un-
der 18 years of age, although some
of the boys are older and are in
school under deferment from mil-
itary service because of the courses
they are taking. One is married,
and several may not be allowed
to remain throughout the season
by their selective service boards.
Norton’s tentative first team
has Eldon Long, 179, of San Ben-
ito and Marion Settegast, 19, of
Houston, a pair of 6-footers at
ends; Goble Bryant of Dallas and
Monty Moncrief of Dallas, 200-
pound tackles; Herbert Turley,
195, of San Antonio and Harry
Neville, 180, of Conroe at guards;
Dick Wright, 170, of Nacogdoches
at center; and the backs are Earl
Beesley, 170, of Dallas, Stanley
“Red” Turner, 200, of Beaumont,
Bob Butchofsky, 170, of Ysleta and
Marion Flanagan, 175, of Sweet-
water.
Pushing the ‘white shirts’ are
the ‘reds’ with Bill Greer of Fort
Worth and Jim Wiley of Dallas at
ends; Otto Granizin of Miles and
Sparky Eberle of Sweetwater at
tackles; Charley Hohn of College
Station and Charles Overly of
Longview at guards; Bob Gary of
Dallas at center and in the back-
field are Don Deere of Brecken-
ridge, George McAllister of Eden,
Jess Burdett of Abilene and Bill
Gunn of Columbus running neck
and neck for the blocking spot,
and James Hallmark of Kilgore.
The third team is two-deep at
all but the center and one back-
field post: Ends are C. E. Wright,
Beaumont; C. W. Yeargain, Dal-
las; L. E. Moore, Forney, and R.
L. Schodde, San Antonio.
Tackles are Joe Sacra, a late
registrant from Denison; E. M.
Goltz, Abilene; T. T. League of
Hamilton; J. H. Jones of Wichita
Falls; C. R. Shira of Hamlin, and
J. S. Williams of Haskell.
Guards are W. A. Brown of
Grapeland, H. M. Brennecke of
Brenham, J. L. Mizell of Conroe,
and B. R. Reynolds of Houston.
The center is O. H. Sims of Hous-
ton, and backs are: E. H. Mueh-
luause, Belton; W. F. Berger, So-
nora; B. G. McCurry, Royse City;
E. R. Callender, College Station;
W. M. Soyars, Sabinal; K. F.
Pogue, Dallas and D. R. Hughes,
McLeod.
Advance ticket reservations re-
ceived to date by the A. & M. ath-
letic office indicate the 1943 sea-
son again will see large crowds at
Kyle Field despite wartime {ravel
restrictions and the inexperience of
the squad that will represent Tex-
as A. & M. in the Southwest Con-
ference race.
Coach Norton called the team
together in the midst of practice
early this week and complimented
the boys for the manner in which
they have pitched in and master-
ed the Aggie system of football in
short a time.
“Your running game at this
stage of training is very pleasing
to me” Norton told the young-
sters. “You can win some ball
games with a little more improve-
ment. Now we'll start in on the
passing game, and if you do half
as well with it ‘as you have with
the running plays, we'll give some-
body a good football game.”
“The boys.” Ncrton said, “seem
to realize the responsibility that
is on their shoulders to play the
high class of football that fans
have come to expect from all teams
wearing the Maroon and White.
“We must admit that there is
a lack of experience on the squad,
but by the same token the other
schools are facing just as serious
problems in having to mould a
team out of boys who never have
played together before this sea-
son.
“Some of the Southwest Con-
ference teams have boys who have
played a little bit of college foot-
ball, but they all are strangers
to the various systems of play em-
ployed at the different schools.
“Of course if I had my choice,
I’d take experienced boys; but let
me tell you right now that I've
never before seen such determina-
tion, such willingness to learn,
such eagerness to fill the shoes
and jerseys ~f the regulars on
the Aggie teams of years gone
by.
“When the new numering system
prevented some of the new boys
from getting the jerseys of the
Routts, Kimbrough, Thomason,
Robnett Boyd, Pugh and our other
fine boys, the newcomers were
heart-broken. They came out for
football with a single purpose—
to carry on for the fellows they
had seen play and had read about
—and I may be less optimistic after
a coupe of games, but I firmly be-
lieve these boys we have here will
give any team on our schedule the
battle of their lives.
“Sure theyre green. They'll be
trapped, sucked in, boxed out and
run-over. I know that. But the
team that does too much of it is
going to know it hasn’t been play-
ing checkers or parcheesi.
“I'm really agreeably surprised
in the team. They may not play
the best football in the world, but
they’ll be trying to win every
game. They’ll make mistakes, and
those mistakes will roll off and be
forgotten when they show the
spirit I know is in them—and come | 7:30
back after a let-down with fire in
their eyes and the old jinniger in
their play.
“I look for a fine football sea-
son, and a type of football that
will surprise the skeptics. The very
lack of experience in the players
is going to cause them to do things
on the playing field that older boys
would not even dare attempt.
Some miscues will be made, there’ll
be back-fires galore; but every
play will be a thriller. These boys
are determined to play their hearts
out, and from the grandstand it
will be a spectacular season.
“From the players’ bench, I'm
going to have the time of my life.
Win or lose the boys are going to
be playing football for the lessons
it teaches in cooperation, teamwork,
good sportsmanship and fine phy-
sical fitness. I'm going to play a
lot of boys, make frequent substi-
titions by teams so the youngsters
will not stay in there and get hurt
Veterinarians Predommate as 120
Aggies Receive Degree In Final
Large Senior Group for Duration
—+ Its ranks decimated by war con-
His Second War
General Pierce
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN
L. PIERCE, ’19, whose A. and M.
days were interrupted by World
War I, is now chief of staff, Arm-
ored Command, Fort Knox, Ky.
He entered A. and M. in the fall
of ’15 and entered military service
in June, ’17. He has been in the
U. S. Army since that time, and
this spring was promoted to the
rank of Brigadier General. He is
an older brother of FRANK C.
PIERCE, ’39, of Laredo. General
and Mrs. Pierce have three child-
ren.
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Meet ith Them
NOTE: This column will be a regular
feature of the AGGIE and will endeavor
to carry up-to-date information about
meetings of A. & M. men and A. & M.
Clubs. To be effective such information
MUST be accurate, complete, and timely.
Since many transient A. & M. men will
use the information it must not be mis-
leading. For that reason only definite de-
tails of meetings can be carried. Clubs
having no definite meeting dates can not
be listed. When meetings have been def-
initely arranged as to date, time, location
and other details the AGGIE should be
advised three weeks in advance, if possible.
The cooperation of Club officers is es-
sential if the column is to be of service.
Texas:
AMARILLO-PANHANDLE — Regular
meetings, first Monday night each month;
Dinner, 7 p.m., Capital oHtel; V. G. For-
rester, ’25, Box 1414, Pres. BEGINNING
OCT. 4, THRU FOOTBALL SEASCN,
MEETINGS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT,
CAPITAL HOTEL, DINNER 7 P. M.
AUSTIN (Capital City)—Every Monday
noon, luncheon, Driskill Hotel; T. B. War-
den, ’03, Pres.
BEAUMONT—Regular monthly meetings,
officers please report definite details. Geo.
C. Morris, ’18, Pure Oil Co., Pres.
BRAZOC COUNTY—1st Monday night
Sach month; Walter Coulter, ’95, Bryan,
res.
CORPUS CHRISTI — Last Wednesday
night each month; next meeting Sept. 29,
at ‘The Chicken Shack.” Frank Collins,
’12, Sec.
DALLAS Every Friday noon, Adolphus
Hotel (see hotel bulletin board). F. H.
Cunningham, ’10, Otis Elevator Co., Pres.
FT. WORTH—Every Tuesday noon, Hotel
Westbrook Coffee Shop. Ardmore Healy,
’28, Pres.
GALVESTON—Please report, Joe Boyd,
’40, Hodd Drydocks, Pres,
HOUSTON—Every Monday noon, Rice
Hotel mezzanine, Meredith James, ’13,
Guardian Trust Real Estate Dept., Pres.
PORT ARTHUR Please report, D. A.
Davis, ’37, Pres.
SAN ANTONIO— (Alamo) First and third
Thursday noons, Petroleum Club, 4th floor
Alamo National Bldg., Myron F. Ward,
’16, Pres, y
TEMPLE—Please report, Leon Stasney,
’24, Pres.
WACO—Third Wednesday night each
month, —. B. ‘“Sweede’’ Haney, ’23, Texas
Textile Mills, Pres.
Out-of-State:
CALIFORNIA, (Southern Calif.)—Sec.
ond Thursday night each month, dinner,
Clark Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, 7
p.m., special invitation to men in service
and in defense work in that area; Weath-
erford W. Touchstone, ’22, 810 S. Spring
St, Ts. A.; Pres.
MISSOURI, Kansas City—Regular month-
ly meetings, last Friday night each month,
: p.m., Green Parrott Inn. November
meetings to be Ladies Night. Frank M.
Lyle, ’17, Pres., 317 U, S. Court House.
NEW YORY CITY—First Tuesday each
month, lunch, 12:30, Bedford Hotel near
Times Square and Grand Central Station
at 118 E. 40th St.; A. Y. Gunter, ’25, Also
Products, 30 Church St., New York City,
Pres. :
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia—First Thurs-
day each month, 7:15 p.m. at Michaud’s
1512 Walnut St., Philadelphia; Max Edg-
ley, ’24, 244 Congress Ave., Lansdowne,
Pa., Chairman. ‘“Honcrary officers in arm-
ed services).
PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA —
First Thursday each month, 7:15 p.m., at
Michaud’s 1512 Walnut St., Philadelphia ;
Max Edgeley, ’24, 244 Congress Ave.,
Lansdowne, Pa., Chairman, Ph. Decatur
2070. “Honorary officers in armed serv-
ices.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Regular monthly
meetings; please report, Carleton D.
Speed, ’26, 1900 F. St., Apt. 136, N. W.,
res.
NOTE TO CLUB OFFICERS:
Many Club officers have not re-
ported upon meeting dates and
plans of their clubs. Please do so
if your club has a REGULAR
meeting date. Please report well in
advance SPECIAL or CALLED
meetings. This column can only
be useful through your coopera-
tion.
Development Fund
Ahead of Last Year
As Campaign Opens
The Texas A. & M. Development
Fund started its second year with
a bang, running at this time well
ahead of last year in number of
contributors. This year’s goal,
“10,000 IN ’44”, is the most am-
bitious goal the Texas A. & M.
Ex-Student organization has ever
set for itself. The initial mailing
of the campaign went out on
September first and will be follow-
ed by another reminder on Octo-
ber 1st.
Noteworthy in this year’s De-
velopment Fund campaign has been
the assistance given by A. & DM.
men, in addition to their own gifts.
The September letter carried an
extra blank check, with the re-
quest that it be handed to another
Aggie. Splendid cooperation along
that line has been the deciding
factor in making this year’s num-
ber of contributors run ahead of
last year. That aid is most es-
sential at this time, with the A.
& M. group scattered so widely and
with so mnay of them at unknown
locations.
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Dallas Drafts
F. H. Cunningham
After Hot Fight
Following one of the hottest
campaigns in its long history, the
Dallas A. and M. Club has named
F. H. CUNNINGHAM, ’10, Presi-
dent. He succeeds JAKE METZ-
GER, ’34, who resigned when he
moved from Dallas to Houston.
Cunningham was elected upon the
recommendation of a nominating
committee composed of A. P. ROL-
LINS, ’06; J. W. WILLIAMS, ’18;
and HOP REYNOLDS, ’'30. Chosen
to serve with him and assist him
were Vice Presidents: HENRY
J. "MARTYN, 14; J. L. "PRATT,
28: and "RAL KOERTH, 130. A.
N. SAXON, ’26, continues to serve
as Secretary-Treasurer.
The hot battle of the election
resolved itself into a struggle be-
tween new President Cunningham
and the Dallas Club. Cunningham
wished to continue simply as Vice
President, and run the Club with
the close assistance of his fellow
Vice-Presidents. Although putting
up a tough battle, he was finally
overwhelmed and officially elevat-
ed to the Club Presidency. He is
with the Otis Elevator Company,
1822 Young Street, Dallas, and is
a long-time active member of the
Dallas Club.
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because they're too tired to protect
themselves at all times.
“Anybody who stays away from
football this season if they possibly
can get to a stadium is going to
pass up the greatest entertainment
bargain ever offered by the South-
west Conference.
“We have found that the Ag-
gies of 1943 have had good high
school coaching. They know the
fundamentals and more too. They
have been practicing hard, and
they have mastered our style of
play. They realize no freshmen
ever had the same opportunity to
letter on a college team, and ev-
ery minute of practice sees them
playing like they are in a regular
game.
“Most of the boys had spring
training in their high schools. The
varsity coaches have been able to
devote all their time to the single
squad in school at this time,
whereas in other years the varsity
coaches worked with the older boys
and the freshman coaching staff
handled the great mass of novices.
This year there is no separate
freshman squad, they’re all var-
sity.
“The serious, hard-working atti-
tude of the boys shows a determi-
nation on their part to give Texas
A. & M. College a team to remem-
ber.”
ditions the 1944 Class will receive
its degrees at Commencement Ex-
ercises this week end. Some 120
degrees will be awarded, eleven be-
ing advanced degrees and the rest
the bachelor degree. Members of
the class in most instances are
headed for military service or to
work directly connected with the
war program.
Judge L. J. Wardlow, Fort Wort,
a former member of the Board of
Directors of the College, one of
the state’s best known, livestoek
men, and Chairman of the State
Livestock Sanitary Commission,
will deliver the Commencement Ad-
dress on Friday evening at Guion
Hall.
For the first time in the history
of the college a majority of the
graduates will receive their degrees
in Veterinary Medicine. Over sixty
men will walk away with their
DVM. Enginering follows with
twenty-six, Agriculture is the
major of fourteen and Arts and
Science four. No Final Review will
be held.
The 1944 Class, sadly riddled by
the loss of hundreds of its mem-
bers to the armed forces, is com-
pleting its work almost a year
ahead of time due to the speed-up
war program of the college. This
will be the largest number of de-
grees to be awarded by the College
for some years, and at least until
such time as the present more lib-
eral rules of the draft act take ef-
fect. Under those rules students in
technical ccurses who are within
24 months of graduation when
reaching eighteen years of age, are
deferred until graduation.
The next term of school opens
on Sept. 24-25, giving the student
body a week’s vacation. College
officials expect another five or
six hundred to enroll, to maintain
the present student enrollment of
approximately 1500 cadets.
Hooker Resigns As
Ath. Dept. Secretary
E. W. “DEAN” HOOKER, for
the past fifteen years Secretary
and Ticket Manager for the Ath-
letic Department, A. and M. Col-
lege, has resigned that position to
become Asst. Chief Clerk for the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, with headquarters at Col-
lege Station. Succeeding him is
PAUL L. FERGUSON, ’40, in-
structor in the Marketing and Fi-
nance Department of the College.
Before going with the Athletic
Department fifteen years ago,
Hooker worked two years in the
College Fiscal Office. He was one
of the most popular men ever to
handle football tickets at A. and
M., even if he wasn’t always able
to produce a “pair on the 50-yard
line.”
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College Directors
Postpone Meeting
The College Beard of Directors
has postponed a scheduled Sep-
tember 6 meeting to an indefinite
date, perhaps in October. The post-
ponement was announced by
Board Chairman F. M. Law, ’95,
Houston. The meeting was post-
poned because of the absence from
the State of several Board mem-
bers. Particular interest is at-
tached to meetings of the Board
this time, because the Board faces
the responsibility of selecting a
President to succeed Dr. T. O.
‘Walton, resigned, and a Director
of the Extension Service to suc-
ceed H. H. Williamson, ’11. A reg-
ular meeting of the Board is an-
nually scheduled during the sec-
ond week in Octcber.
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“Doc” Asbury Retires
SAMUEL E. ASBURY, Asst.
State Chemist, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station retired on
September 1, having reached the
age of seventy. He had been with
the College since 1904, and was
familiarly called “Doctor” by his
many campus friends. A bachelor,
his home on and near the campus
has for many years been a favor-
ite gathering place for lovers of
music and flowers.