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“Greater Love Hath No Man—"
“Greater Love Hath No Man
Than This” is embossed in gold on
the cover of a beautiful citation
being sent by the A. & M. College
to the next-of-kin of each A. & M.
man killed in World War Il. Placed
in a handsome leather cover the
citations read:
IN MEMORY OF
Who has given his life in the service
of our country in the Second
World War
Alma Mater, the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of
Texas, has inscribed his name
on the permanent honor roll
of the College.
Given at College Station, on the
Re Ap AE of =f 1944.
(Seal of the College)
Signed
(By Vice Pres. Bolton or
His
President Gilchrist. /
Flowers for the Living
A recent thoughtful letter to the
AGGIE contained this fine para-
graph: “How few of us ever take
the trouble after graduation to
write a word of thanks to the in-
structors who tried to cram a
little knowledge in our heads.
Teaching is a thankless job at its
best and whether we realize it or
not our instructors have a profound
influence on our lives both in col-
The Program Keeps Moving Along
Elscwhere in this issue appears
a story of fall meetings of several
standing and special committees of
the Association of Former Stu-
dents. Those Committees were ap-
pointed by Association President
Rufus Peeples at the instruction of
the Association’s Board of Direc-
tors. Their activities cover fields
and matters in which every A. &
M. man is interested. The As-
sociation, and A. M. men
generall, are fortunate that the
organization can command the
time and the brains of the type
of men making up those commit-
tees. They spend generously of
their own time, money and abili-
ties to develop, initiate and work
on those programs. J
Present standing Association
Committees include: Athletics, A.
& M. Clubs, Post-War Employment,
The Placement Office
A major West Texas city has
an opening for a man to head its
park system. Landscape and fores-
try training and some practical
experience required. Should be
able to meet the public and advise
citizens on the proper care of
shrubs, trees and flowers. Position
will pay $200 to $250 depending
upon qualifications.
A trained and experienced dairy
husbandr~ major is needed for a
The Registrar of the College and
the Ex-Student office are cooperat-
ing in sending out the citations.
Available records of men killed
and the names and addresses of
next-of-kin are incomplete. It is
realized that months and even
years will be required to complete
the correct mailing of the citations.
You aire requested to assist by
advising the Ex-Student office of
casualties, of the addresses of their
families, and of those who have
not received their citations.
A. & M. men will applaud and
appreciate the thoughtfulness of
the College in thus memorializing
their deceased comrades. They will
be further honored and their names
immortalized on the A. & M. cam-
pus when the Memorial Student
Center is built.
lege and out. I am grateful to
have known Professor F. W. Hen-
sel and others at A. & M.—al-
thourh I am expressing my thanks
just twenty-three years late.”
Such expressions are one of the
bie rewards of a teacher’s life and
many A. & M. men will sav “A-
men’ to this man’s letter, as they
think of old campus friends and
teachers.
Special Gifts, Military Affairs,
and Review of the Association’s
constitution and bylaws. Members
of the committees are a fine cross-
section of A. & M. men, from small
and large cities and of all ages
except more recent classes who are
not presently available. :
Reports of the work and recom-
mendations of those committees
will be made from time to time
in the AGGIE. Their findings are
submitted to the Board of Directors
of the Association, or to the Exe-
cutive Committee of the Board, and
final action is determined. They
are a vital factor in the continuing
program and advancement of the
Association for the benefit of A.
& M. men and the A. & M. College.
No organization can grow stale
or rusty with men like that doing
its planning.
research project in a dairy indus-
try. :
% man trained and experienced
in laundering to supervise and
head up research projects in con-
nection with the laundry industry.
Many other and varied calls have
been received. If interested in the
above, or others, that have been re-
ceived, communicate directly with
the College Placement Office, W.
R. Horsley, manager, College Sta-
tion.
AMONG
A. and M.
0 1
E00 A
1876 - 1897
Dr. F. E. Giesecke, 86
College Station
Silver Taps: JUDGE JOHN
MILEY, ’96. :
A. W. AMTHOR, ’95, is looking forward
to the 1945 reunion of his class. He is
engineer for the La Feria Water Control
and Improvement District, Box 446, La
Feria. . . . F. D. PERKINS, ’97, is still
living at McKinney, Texas.
1898
T. L. Smith, Jr.
P. O. Box 1343, Houston
HARRY E. RAWLINS is in the hard-
ware business in Lancaster, Texas. . . . Ww.
T. CARTER is Chief of Soil Survey, Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, College Sta-
tion. 1899
Dean E. J. Kyle
College Station
1900
Hal Moseley
3807 Skillman St., Dallas
A. K. “DAD” SHORT, Rio Farm, Inc.
Edcouch, Texas in the Rio Valley, writes
for the address of class-mate THOMAS D.
BEALL which is 5 De Mayo Y. J., Ma
Ponce de Leon, Chibuahua, Chih., Mexico.
Mr. Beall has been ranching in Mexico for
many years. 1 901
Thomas M. Smith
East Columbia
TOM ATLEE is with the Land Office at
Austin, Texas, and makes his home at
919 E. 37th St., Austin 21, Texas.
1902
V. H. Foy
3322 Knight St., Dallas
1903
T. B. Warden
City Hall, Austin
J. WM. OLIPHINT gets his mail in Box
711, Huntsville, Texas, where he is with
Gibbs Brothers & Co., Investments.
HENRY
Jas. E. Pirie
State Highway Dept., Paris
M. S. Church
Continental Bldg., Dallas
MRS. HENRY B. FARMER, 3006 Austin
St., Houston 4, Texas, died on October 6
of pneumonia. She had suffered a stroke
last March and was 55 years of age. MR.
FARMER is with the Southern Pacific
Lines in Houston. . . . MAJOR GUS C.
STREET, JR., has returned to civil life
and has resumed his former position as
Regional Director of the wage, hour and
public contract division, War Labor Board,
Dallas. For the past two years he has been
MEN
in the U. S. Engineer Corps, his latest
assignment as Post Engineer at the Bryan
Army Air Field.
1906
J. Rodney Tabor
209 Union Nat’l Bank Bldg.
Houston, Texas
1907
F. W. Hensel
College Station
WM. S. BOYCE is with the Colo. Fuel
& Iron Corp., at Denver, Colo..
1908
Lem Adams
Oxweld R. R. Service Co.
230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill
Victor Murat Kelley, III, who made his
recent appearance in a Los Angeles hos-
pital, made a grandfather of VICTOR
“CHOC” KELLEY, still rated as one of the
great Aggie football backs of all times. He
is one of the best sports figures on the
Pacific Coast and has coached football at
Hollywood high school and other schools
in the Los Angeles area for many years.
1909
Tom A. Van Amburgh
PO Box 1590, Dallas
GARLAND B. FOSCUE has moved from
Chicago, Ill., to Wilmette, Ill., where he
makes his home at 2934 Indian Wood Road
....C. A. RIDENOUR is Resident Engi-
neer with the U. S. Eng. Dept., at Corpus
Christi, Texas. . . . MAJOR JOHN W.
WALLIS sends a gift to the Development
Fund to be divided between himself and
General George F. Moore, ’08, Jap pris-
oner. He reports completing his first 8
months service as Chief Engineer, Avia-
tion Products. ‘“You 1909ers.” he writes,
“Should break loose with some news.
Many of you have just as startling news
as Dave Harris’ marriage, so let’s have
it”. His ‘address remains 126114
Ave., Los Angeles, 24.
1910
Rock G. Taber
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Atlanta, Ga.
Devon
October 24, 1944
Dear Classmates:
I ‘have been waiting to receive letters
from ten more classmates, but the perfect
number seems to prevail, that is, “7”. If
you don’t believe that number is perfect,
look it up. Sometimes I have seen it when
it did not look so perfect though. At any
rate, here we go for the seven.
BEN H. CHRISTIAN, ’10
702 Harold St., Houston
Ben was not only a Christian by name
but a Christian by action. When he left
college, he went with Southern Pacific
Railroad, and later went into business as
Christian Brothers Lumber Company. Ben
is now connected with the Waterman
Steamship Corporation in the Houston,
Texas District. He tells me that he married
The Porter but after reading further we
note that it was one of the Porter girls
whom he made a Christian of. They have
three daughters, Ethel Goggan, whose hus-
band is in New Guinea, and twins, Joyce
and Jocelyn, both of whom are working
for Military Intelligence. Ben evidently
has not lost much of his weight since he
still weighs 200 pounds.
CLARENCE (RED) SYMES, ’10
2525 So. 11th, Abilene, Texas
When Clarence left college,
with his Father in Waco, Texas.
he went
He is
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VOLUME XII
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944
NUMBER 77
Fledgling Airmen - 1923
an:
Air-minded over twenty years
‘ago, the above group is made up
of A. & M. juniors who were in the Air Force unit of the R. O. T. C.
Many of them have retained their connection with the aeronautical
field. In the picture are, Front row, L. to R.: Sam B. Grissom, KCS
Ry. Shops, Shreveport, La.; Pryor Donald, Alice, Tex.; Lt. G. A.
Dahlberg, on active duty with the
Ft. Crockett; Paul G. Wallace, who
gineer in charge of design for the T.
killed in an auto wreck returning
USAF, but in the statistical Div.,
sent in the picture and who is En-
P. & L. Co., Dallas; J. M. Parsons,
from summer camp in 1923; Col.
George A. Whatley, APO 953, San Francisco, an Air Force veteran;
James A. Lee, Nash Kelvinator Corp., Kenosha, Wis.; Capt. Conger
Poage, back in the Air Force after several years and recently returned
after combat in the Mediterranean.
Back row, L. to R.: W. A. “Bill” Rounds, 1710 Fair Bldg., ..Ft.
Worth; Brig.-General W. Donald Olds, Steut Field, Indianapolis, Ind.,
one of the great war heroes of the
CBI theatre; C. B. Short, killed in
an airplane accident several years ago; F. C. Herrling, Kurten, Texas;
Robert A. Crawford, Ass’t to Aircraft Service Eng., Boeing Co., Seat-
tle, Wash. (at last report on special work in England); H. A. Murphy,
S&W Service Corp., 90 Broad St., New York City; J. L. Stevens, killed
in an airplane accident several years ago; S. M. Jones, present address
unknown; L. C. Elliott, Regional Director, Civil Aeronautics Authority,
Ft. Worth. :
Dozens of other names now familiar in army and civil Air circles
can be found among those early Aggie Air Force Cadets. The unit in
which the above were juniors was
“Bob” Williams.
commnded by Brig. General R. B.
Mayo to Succeed
Summey As English
Department Head
Dr. George Summey, Jr., since
1922 professor and head of the
Department of English of the Tex-
as A. & M. College, has been re-
lieved of administrative responsi-
bilities of the Department at his
own request and will occupy his
time wholly with teaching as pro-
fessor of English, being succeeded
immediately as head of the De-
partment by Dr. T. F. Mayo, now
professor of English and College
Librarian, Dr. T. D. Brooks, dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences,
has announced.
Dr. Summey’s request for this
change has been presented orally
several times, Dean Brooks said,
and added, “I have valued Dr.
Summey’s services in his present
capacity so highly that I have been
slow to grant his request and have
more than once asked him to defer
it. It seems unfair to delay longer.”
A native of Covington, Ky., Dr.
Summey received his B.A. and
M.A. degrees at Southwestern
Presbyterian University, and his
Ph.D. in English from Columbia.
He did postgraduate work at the
University of Leipzig and at the
University of Wisconsin. His teach-
ing assignments embraced South-
western Presbyterian University,
North Carolina College of Agri-
culture, Alabama Polytechnic In-
stitute, Columbia and the Texas
A. & M. College.
Dr. T. F. Mayo came to the
Texas A. & M. College in 1916 as
assistant professor. He became Col-
lege Librarian in 1919, associate
professor in 1921 and full profes-
sor in 1936. He did undergraduate
work in the University of Missis-
sippi, was a Rhodes Scholar at the
University of Oxford, 1914-16, and
a student there again in 1920-21.
From Oxford he received both B.A.
and M.A. degrees. His Ph.D. was
awarded by Columbia in 1933.
now working with the Farm Security Ad-
ministration. Clarence married Pansy E.
Clinton on June 10, 1914. They are bless-
ed with four children and three grand-
grandchildren. Two boys, who are the older
children, are married and have families.
Clarence, Jr., is a Captain, Company B,
315tk Engineers, 90th Division. I am sure
all of you will remember that Clarence
was the reddest headed red head and was
one of the grandest football players on
the 1910 championship team (which was
the only team that beat Texas University
during our entire four years at college).
LENNIS W. JONES
Box 277, Rule, Texas
When Lennis left A. & M., his first
job was bookkeeper for Rule Cotton Oil
Mill, and after varied experiences in bank-
ing and the mercantile business, he finally
settled down to the real life of farming
and ranching for himself. On January 17,
1912, he married Martha Olivia Speer of
Flainview, Texas, and he says that was
the best day’s work of his entire career.
They have two girls and one boy. Their
daughter, Mabel, finished C. I. A. and“
married M. E. Overton, who is a Captain
with the Tank Destroyers in Hawaii. The
Overtons hkave three boys, znd from the
way Jonesy writes, it is hard to tell
whether they are prouder of their own
FIRST HAND NEWS FROM
JAP WAR PRISON CAMPS
Major Harry O. Fischer, 27, was one
of the Americans escaping rescued from
the Philippines when their transport was
sunk and they were protected by gueril-
las until the arrival of the American
forces. Fischer has brought cheering news
to the families of many A. & M. men
who still are prisoners, although his full
story has not yet been told. Mrs. Fischer
is living at Jasper, Texas, although Har-
ry’s home is at San Antonio. It is not yet
known just how many reports he has
been able to make and perhaps will not
be known until he returns to the United
States. He was a prisoner since the fall
of the Philippines.
NAVY AGGIES AT TEX. U.
KEEP SPIRIT WARM
Keeping the Aggie fires hot, even while
attending the University of Texas as
members of the Navy V-12 program, is
the AGGIE CLUB, made up of nearly
fifty men. A/S Jones C. Pennell, ’42, is
Fresident of the Club, Bill Weaver, Vice-
President and Bill Eads, Secretary-Treas-
urer. The Club meets twice monthly. Re-
ports have it that the Longhorns have
about become reconciled to a realization
that they can’t dampen that Aggie spirit,
wherever it may be.
NED PATTERSON, "39, NEW
PRES. BELL COUNTY CLUB
Ned H. Patterson, ’39, Temple, has
been elected President of the Bell County
A. & M. Club for the coming year. W.
D. Seals, ’26, Belton, was elected Vice-
President; Frank Higginbotham, 22, Tem-
ple, Sec’y-Treas.; and W. E. Wade, ’30,
Temple, Sgt.-at-Arms. The club has out-
Immed an interesting program for this
year.
Retiring officers Include:
Leor W. Eftasney, 24; Vice-President, R.
N. Lochridge, 16; and Scc’y-Treas., Frank
Higginbotham, ’22.
children or their grandchildren, Lennis W.
Jones, Jr., attended A. & M. one year and
is now a Sergeant in the Air Force. He
and his wife are stationed at Westover
Field, Mass. Their other daughter, Kathleen,
married Charles O. McBeath who is a
Sergeant in the Signal Service with Head-
auarters in France. Jonsey now lives in
Rule, Texas.
RUDY S. JAHN
When Rudy left college, he went to
work for tte Southern Pacific Railroad and
is now connected with the City of New
Fraunfels, Texas. Rudy was, as most of
vou will remember, one of the studious
type and a very clean cut lad. He succeed-
ed in holding the women off for a long
time but finally succumbed in 1941 and
married Mrs. Frieda Hoffman. He does
not give us much of the details but says
he has four fine stepchildren. Rudy is now
living at New Braunfels, Texas, P. O.
Box 699.
ROY S. WILLIAMS
When Roy left A. & M., he went to
work for Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
facturing Company in East Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and is now connected with the Malthie
Chemical Company in Newark, N. J.
Roy’s family consists of a married daugh-
ter, two grandsons and a stepson who is
a First Lieutenant Pilot in the Air Force.
He said he quit the engineering game
early in 1923 and has been selling whole-
sale drugs ever since. He states that he
is proud to be a member of the 1910 class
as most all of them seem to be doing
well. When you look up the history of
the class he may have something there.
Anyway, we are glad to have him with us.
Roy is now living at 17 Woodhill Drive,
Maplewood, N. J., and is anxious for any
A. & M. men who come East to come in
and see him.
HOMER L. PEARCE
When he left A. & M., Homer went
on a ranch. He is now Assistant Postmas-
ter and owns a small electrical business
in Sterling City, Texas, Box 59. Homer
married Miss Anna Brown in 1911. He
was a little tardy in answering our letter
but gave a good reason. He had to take
his wife to a hospital for an operation.
We are very glad to know that she is well
again now. They have a daughter and two
sons. Both sons are graduates of A. & M.
and are Captains in the Army.
0. E. STIMSON
© 0. E., affectionately known as Eddie,
as most of you will remember was a little
chunky, freckle faced Freshman who part-
ed his hair in the middle—yet, he was
anything but effeminate. Eddie was with
the County Engineering Department in
Harris County, Texas, and is now working
for the Texas Pipe Line Company. He
married Miss Lula Lota Kiker of Stephen-
ville, Texas. They have one child. At the
present time, Eddie is working on the Big
Inch Line between Houston and Little
Rock as he was loaned to the War Emer-
Continued on Page 2
President,
Law Resigns As
College Director;
Harrison Named
Dr. F. Marion Law, ’95, Hous-
ton banker, ‘has resigned from the
Board of Directors of the College
and Ervin W. “Hook” Harrison,
’13, rancher of South Bend, Texas,
has been appointed in his place.
Announcement of the change was
made by Governor Coke Steveuson,
who accepted the resignation with
regret. ,
Mr. Law has been a member of
the A. & M. governing board for
the past 22 years and served as
Chairman of the Board for many
years. He served in that capacity
longer than any man in the history
of the College. The pressure of ais
personal business and of his ex-
tensive war activities especially in
connection with war loans, dictated
his resignation. He is President
of the First National Bank of
Houston and one of that city’s
leading civic figures. His term
did not expire until January 1949.
Perhaps no man, over so many
years, has been so intimately con-
nected with Texas A. & M. affairs.
In addition to his long tenure as a
member of the College Board he
is a graduate of the institution and
a past president of the Associati¢n
of Former Students.
New director Harrison received
his degree in Agriculture in 1J3{3.
After several years as County
Agent he entered the cattle busi-
ness near Graham under the firm
name of Graham and Harrison.
He has achieved outstanding suc-
cess as a cattleman and rancher.
He has been active in the program
of the Association of Former Stu-
dents, serving the organization sev-
eral terms as a member of its
Board of Directors. His appoint-
ment, according to Governor
Stevenson, followed wide-spread
recommendations of A. & M. men
and other citizens of his section of
the state. He will not succeed Mr.
Law as Board Chairman, the Divec-
tors electing their own presiding
officer. :
Owls-Steers Top
Grid Race As Hogs
Eliminate Aggies
With their losses to T. C. U. and
Arkansas the Aggies have been
eliminated as title contenders and
face even tougher going as they
hit the road for the remainder of
their schedule. S. M. U. comes next
at Dallas on Nov. 11, followed by
Rice at Houston, Texas at Austin
and Miami University at Miami,
Florida, on the night of Dec. 8.
But for a siege of bad fumbling
against both T. C. U. and Arkan-
sas the Cadets might be right in
the thick of the conference scram-
ble.
When Rice playing inspired foot-
ball beat Texas, the Owls zoomed
to the top of the conference and
were heavy favorites for the title.
Then they dropped a game last
Saturday to Texas Tech, and now
look no better than a tie with the
Longhorns for the championship.
Texas is not likely to drop another
game, while the Owls face tough
battles with Arkansas at Fayette-
ville and the Aggies at Houston.
The Cadets, if they learn to hold
on to the ball, may do a lot of
deciding just who will win the
title. Both Rice. and Texas are
heavily bolstered with Navy Re-
serves.
If the Cadets have not done too
well on the gridiron they have the
best cross-country team in the
Southwest, with a pair of victor-
ies over Oklahoma and a victory
over Texas. Ray Putnam is coach
of the team.
Aggies 6; Arkansas 7
A successful point after touch-
down and another bad case of fum-
bling at critical moments provided
the Arkansas Razorbacks with a
7-6 victory on Kyle Field and re-
moved the Aggies from title as-
pirations. As they did against
T. C. U. two weeks before the
Cadets had all the better of the
statistics but lost to a more alert
team that made fewer mistakes.
In between those two defeats by
T. C. U. and Arkansas the Aggies
swamped hapless N. T. A. C. by
a sixty something to nothing
score.
Seven times against Arkansas
the Aggies fumbled, and six times
the Porkers recovered. Four times
the Cadets drove deep into Arkan-
sas territory and seemed headed for
the touchdown that would have iced
the game away, but each time a
fumble or an intercepted pass
stopped their drive. An Aggie fum-
ble and a long ~ Arkansas pass
brought the Hog’s their touch-
down and they made that import-
ant conversion that the Cadets had
earlier missed and there went the
ball game.
The Aggies scored on a long pass
from Cashion to Howell and a
series plunges by Scott.
A. & M. Arkansas
2 6
First downs 1
Net yards rushing 167 47
Net yards forwards 83 109
Forwards attempted 10 26
Forwards completed 4 10
Intercepted, by 3 2
Punts 7 12
Punts, average 37 28
Ball lost, fumbles 6 1
Yards, penalties 50 40
Committees Plan Ass'n Program-
Athletic and A. & M. Club Groups
Meet-Post War Employment Next
Nat’l Capitol Club
Picks New Leaders
At a regular meeting of the
National Capitol A. & M. Club on
October 18, Earl L. Struwe, ’28,
(136 N. Park Drive, Arlington, Va.)
was elected President; Major R. N.
Talbot, ’29, (4325 S. 356th St., Arl-
ington, Va.) First Vice-President;
T. Lee Gaston, 24, (4700 Connecti-
cut Ave., N. W. Washington) Sec-
ond Vice-President; and Captain
James Bernard Baty, 25, (1818 N
St., N. W. Rm. 1211, Washington)
Sec’y-Treas.
The club followed its policy of
alternating offices between men in
the armed service and civilians. The
new officers were proposed bv a
nominating committee composed of
R. T. Baggett, 26, D. C. “Spike”
Arnold, ’27, and M. R. Cooper, ’27.
Retiring officers not eligible for
re-election include: Pres: Lt. Col.
George B. Kaiser, ’28; First Vice-
President: D. C. Arnold, ’27, Sec-
ond Vice-President: Maj. J. M. De
Bardeleben, ’28, Sec’y-Treas.: R.
T. Baggett, ’26.
President Struwe is one of the
three members of the club who has
attended every meeting this year.
He is with the Petroleum Admin-
istration for War. Vice-President
Talbot is with the Army Air Forces,
and T. Lee Gaston is Assistant to
the Chief, Soil Conservation Serv-
ice. Sec’y-Treas. Baty is in the
Surceon General’s Office.
The retiring officers reported to
the Club that its Treasury was “i
the black” and that a roster
Washington, D. C., A. & M. men
had been compiled containing 278
names. The club meets regularly
each month and invites all A. & M.
men in the Washington area and
all visitors to attend.
FREE-FOR-ALL BETWEEN
’39-°38-°40 CLASSES IS
STARTED BY BOB ADAMS
’
Capt. R. M. “Bob” Adams, 1939 Class
president and representative broadcast a
wager against the classes of ’38 and ’40
that his ‘“Thirty-niners” would beat them
both in the present 1945 Development Fund.
He was promptly called by Capt. John
Bone, ’38, Camp Fannin, Texas, and by
Capt. Max McCullar ’40, Camp Carson, Colo.
The bet is a Stetson hat, “I didn’t know
both of them would take me up’, writes
Adams, “But they’ll really fix me up for
Lats when this deal is over and we re-
turn to civil life.” He is in the Pacific.
“Almost hate to take advantage of
old Bob’, was Max MecCullar’s answer to
the challenge.” Our 1940 Class finished
way ahead of ’39 last year and we'll do
the same again.” He ought to be more
careful who he challenges, but I can use
the hat, anyhow.”
Final standing in last year’s Fund show-
ed 1940 with 58.29, contributing to the
Fund with 1939 at 48.7 and 1938 at 49.8%.
No class standings to date on the 1945
Fund have been calculated but will be
announced about January. That will give
all classes an opportunity to put on a
sprirt during the final months of the
Fund year which closes next Mazay 31.
Captains Adams, Bone and MecCullar
will be watching those standings with
double interest. All three point out that
contributions to the 1945 Fund are due,
now, from all men who have not given
since the ’45 Fund opened on June 1
SAN FRANCISCO AGGIES
WELCOME ALL VISITORS
Meeting on the seventh of every month,
at 465 Post St., 8 p.m., the San Francisco
Club specializes on a warm greeting to
A. & M. men passing through or station-
ed in or near that city. Mrs. R. L. Dixon,
wife of Capt. R. L. Dixon, ’31, won the
evenings ladies’ prize and Capt. M. K.
Taylor, ’34, the men’s prize. A new visi-
tor to the club was Lt. E. E. Randall,
’44. Club Secretary William K. Davis, 4444
Geary Blvd.,, can always provide latest
Club information. The October meeting
was reported by Capt. Homer Pearce, '36,
3778 Washington St., San Francisco.
KINKEL NEW PRESIDENT
NORTH AMERICAN CLUB
Dick Kinkel, ’41, has been elected pres-
ident of the Texas A, M. Club of
North American Aviation, composed of
A. & M. men working at the huge plant
at Grand Prairie. Harry Cohn, ’39, was
named Vice President and Preston Spauld-
ing, ’26, was re-elected Sec.-Treasurer.
Jack Saunders, ’31, and Raymond Pipkin,
’39, are retiring President and Vice Pres-
ident. The North American Club is
cooperating with the Dallas A. & M. Club
on the Nov. 10 party honoring President
and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist. The Club meets
monthly, and also publishes its own
paper, “The Fighting Aggie’”’, which Kin-
kel has edited for many months.
IN DUTCH EAST INDIES
Lt. B. B. McCurdy, ’41, reports an Ag-
gie gathering in the Pacific Dutch East
Indies, on October 1. Among those present
were the following : Lt. Elmer Fulcher, '31 ;
Majcr Emi: Stuter, ’34; Lt. J. A. Warder,
’356; Class of ’39—Capt. Robt. Rodgers,
Capt. O. L. Jounselman; Class of ’40—
Capt. M. E. Austin, M/Sgt. Robert Crook :
Class of ’41—Capts. Dave Yarbrough, Joe
Eloodworth, Nate Snyder, James Puckett
and Lts, Guy Crawford, B. B. McCurdy;
Class of ’43—Lt.s Lee Houvsewright, H.
Mogford, H. Gibson; and Lt. John Payne,
’45.
SAYS DAN WILSON, ’41
PAYING OFF BET
“That 1942 Class will need some ’41
help this year” says Ens. Dan Wilson, ’41,
who sends an extra gift to the Develop-
ment Fund to pay the loser’s end of a
wager made last year with Capt. Bob
Powell, ’42. The pair bet a hat on which
of their classes would finish ¢n top in
the 1944 Development Fund, and the 1942
Class won the wager. Since both of the
betters were in the Service they decided
neither could use a hat right now and
that the loser should pay the other’s con-
tribution to the 1945 Development Fund.
Wilson’s new address is LSM Unit 1102
Staff, ATB, Little Creek, Va. “I'll concede
1942 the victory LAST year” wrote the
Navy’s Wilson, ‘“‘But it will be another
story when May 31 rolls around next
spring and the final standing for 1945
is announced.”
forward by several special commit-
tees, appointed by President Rufus
structions from the Association’s
Board of Directors.
Athletic Committee
The standing committee on ath-
letics is composed of all men who.
have served as clected Ex-Student
representatives on the Athletic
Council since the present organiza- |
tion of the council was formed
some ten years ago. The Commit-
tee held its first meeting at Cel-
lege on Sept. 23, with a full at-
tendance. Tyree L. Bell was elect-
ed chairman and the group stated
as its purpose, “To work in co-
operation with athletic authorities
of the College, recognizing that,
the Athletic Council was the gov-
erning bcdy of athletics.” Dean
Kvle and other members of the’
Council were present as was Head.
Coach Homer Norton, and they en--
tered fully intc the discussion of
how A. & M. men could best help.
the athletic program. Many items:
of interest were discussed.
The committee has requested
each regularly organized and fune-
bordering states to establish a
standing local committee on ath-
letics. Chairman Bell has made
that request and many clubs have
named and advised Mr. Bell the
membership of their committees.
The committees will be requested
to assist in discussing with ath-
letes the advantages of attending
the A. & M. College. :
Members of the Committee in-
clude: Caesar Hohn, ‘12, College:
Station; Julius Schepps, ’14, Dal-
las; Bert Pfaff, ’25, Tyler; Tyree
L. Bell, ’13, Dallas; M. J. Miller,
"11, Fort Worth; T. W. Mohle, ’19,
Houston; T. B. Warden, 03, Aus-
tin; C. C. Krueger, ’12, San Anton-
’21, Austin; and J. A. “Hop” Rey-
nolds, ’30, Dallas.
A. & M. Club Committee
Following long discussion at the
summer meeting of Association
Directors a con:mittee was author-
ized to consider the development
and coordination of a general pro-
gram for A. & M. Clubs. The com-
mittee was named by Pres. Peeples
as follows: H. Dick Winters, ’186,"
Brady, Chairman; A. P. Rollins, 08,
Dallas; George H. Lacy, 13, Hous-
ton; Ardmore Healy, ’28, Fort
Worth; C. D. “Babe” Watts, ’26,
Corpus Christi; Louis Hartung, ’29,
San Antonio; and C. L. Babcock,
20, Beaumont. The group met az
College on Oct. 21.
The committee was unanimous
in the belief that some common
program of work should be de-
veloped for A. & M. Clubs. As a.
beginning of a coordinated pro-
gram the committee recommended
that every club set up now stand-
ing committees on Athletics and
Post-War Employment. The com-
mittee further recommended to the
Board of Directors of the Associa-
tion or the Executive Committee
that a common charter be issued
to each regularly organized A. &
M. Club, with certain minimum re-
quirements to be met to keep the
charter in force. RR r
Plars for the further organiza-
tion and extension of A. & M.
Clubs were discussed but the com-
mittee felt they should not: be
pushed at this time. Fd
Executive Committee—Post-War-
Employment
A joint meeting of the Executive
Committee and the Post-War Em-
ployment Committee will be held
on the campus on Nov. 4, by call
of Pres. Peeples and Chairman C.
P. Dodson, ’11, Decatur. To be dis-
cussed will- be the initiation of
some of the post-war employment
plans and other business of the
Association. A later TEXAS AG-
GIE will carry a full report of
the meeting. .
Team-Work Brings *
McCloskey Aggies
To Football Games
Twenty-five guests from the McCloskey.
General Hospital, Temple, headed by .Gen:.
eral James A. Bethea, Commanding of-
ficer of the hospital, were campus guests
for the T. C. U. - Aggie game as a
result of some good team-work between
the A. & M. Clubs of Brazos and Bell
Counties and the hospitality of President
Gilchrist. W. E. Wade, ’30, Temple, and
P. L. “Pink” Downs, Jr., ’06, Collegg
Station, handled the details of the visit.
The entire party was the guest of
President Gilchrist at the game, as numer-
ous men from army hospitals have been
all fall. The visitors were given a royal
welcome on the campus and as they left
Mr. Downs presented to them to take back
'| fifty-two boxes of cakes and cookies, pre-
pared by Bryan and College ladies.
FISH AND GAME DEPT.
INVITES HELP ON
RESEARCH COLLECTION
Traces of the wide travel of A. & M.
men recently is being seen in materials
collected and sent to the Texas Coopera-
tive Wildlife Research Collection, accord-
ing to Dr. Walter P. Taylor, head of
the Dept. of Fish and Game of the Col-
lege. “Anyone having opportunity to secure
interesting and scientific specimens of
vertebrates or other animal life or in-
teresting plant life, we hope will send
them to us by express collect,” declared
Dr. Taylor. “Packages should be label-
ed, ‘Scientific Specimens, No commercial
value, duty Free.” Dr. Taylor particularly
hopes some of the men who have studied
under him here and who know ‘he type
of specimens that would be valuable will
find time and opportunity to do some
mammal or bird collecting.
Peeples, 28, Tehuacana, upon in--
tioning A. & M. Club in Texas and
io; General A. B. Knickerbocker,
Important features of the pro- -
gram of the Ex-Student Associa-
tion are being planned and cairied