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. /LIBRART | ~ CANPUS FROM THE - REVIEWING STAND Technical Courses by Correspondence - and di ~ ~ RT gl Le ~ r ¥ > ll + © wv pty ‘teresting clipping from the An opportunity to take some technical courses by correspondence has been announced by officials of the A. & M. College. It is believed this opportunity will be of inter- est to many Aggies whose educa- tion was interrupted by military service. Such men, says Dean T. D. Brooks of the College, may find it possible to begin making prog- ress now toward their degrees via the correspondence route. Dean Brooks points out that under nor- mal conditions it is inadvisable to do technical work by correspond- ence. The USAFI, however, now provides such work for men in serv- ice at greatly reduced cost. College authorities want to help A. & M. students in lining up the technical courses required in their curriculum that can be handled by correspond- ence. Anyone interested should write a note of inquiry to the Registrar of the College at the earliest pos- sible date. He will be advised what courses offered through the USAFI can best be substituted for the A. & M course he needs. If no such courses is listed by the USAFI, his request will be referred to the proper department of the College and if at all possible that depart- ment will give him opportunity to do at least the theory part of the needed course by correspondence. This program has been developed by a special committee of the A. & M. faculty and is designed to provide definite assistance to A. & M. men in enabling them to shorten the time required for grad- uation following their return from the armed forces. Inquiries should be made direct to the Registrar's Office at the College. AMONG A. and M. PIONEERS EH 1876 - 1897 Dr. F. E. Giesecke, "86 College Station SAM K. SEYMOUR, SR., ’79, of Colum- bus, was presented 2 50-year Masonie button in June for a hilf century of con- tinuous membership in the AF&AM Lodge of Columbus. He is the father of Sam K. Seymour, Jr., ’18, and J. D. Sey- mour, °13, of Columbus, and the grand- father of the sons of both the above, who also attended A. & M. 1901 Thomas M. Smith East Columbia COL. RICHARD C. BURLESON( Re- tired) has been named a member of the TU. S. Reparations Delegation to Moscow. TOM ATLEE, veteran member of the State Land Office at Austin, sends the address’ of his overeseas son, LT. T. G. ATLEE, JR. ’39, Atlee, Sr., inquiries about football prospects and reports that high blood pressure is keeping me fenced in ‘these days.” 1902 Vv. H. Foy 3322 Knight St., Dallas Mr. and Mrs. JOHN F. ne have out SR., 4445 Walker, Houston have suf- fered the loss of a son, P T. HENRY ROUGAGNAGC, ’45, who was killed in ac- tion on Luzon on March 15. 1904 Jas. E. Pirie State Highway Dept., Paris GEORGE M. HOPE, QM, 321 Ridgeway Ave., Rochester 13, N.Y, sends an” in- “New York Daily News”. He expresses pride in the record of A. & M.s contribution to the armed forces in the present war and in past wars. A. B. CONNER recently retired after many years as Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment: Station and a longtime cigar smoker, is getting a dou- ble thrill out of his cigars these days. He received several boxes of fine cigars sent. to him from Germany by his son, LT. RICHARD R. CONNER, ’30. The cigars were especially made for Reich Marshall Herman Goering. Mr. and Mrs. Conner are now making their home in Marlin. 1905 M. S. Church Continental Bldg., Dallas Silver Taps: Clinton W. Walden." 1907 F. W. Hensel College Station PROF. F. W. “FRITZ” HENSEL, Head of the Landscape Art Dept. of the Col- lege, was honored by a bronze marker at the entrance to the beautifully landscaped grounds of McCloskey General Hospital at Temple. The bronze marker is a tribute to Mr. Hensel, who planned and directed the McCloskey landscaping. 1908 Lem Adams Oxweld R. R. Service Co. 230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill BRIG. GEN. JOHN A. WARDEN has returned to this country after extensive service in India with the Army Service Forces. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit. Mrs. Warden and their daugh- ter have been making their home at Mec- Kinney while he was overseas. JAMES S. NEIBERT gets mail on RFD. 4, Winamic ,Indiana. MEN Dear Lem: Thanks for your letter and your good wishes with respect to my recent repair job. It slows a young man down consider- ably to have to use crutches, but I am expecting to throw them away within a short time as my leg is definitely getting better. In looking over THE TEXAS AGGIE I haven't seen very many letters from our classmates and I have not sent in anything because my family’s status has changed very little in the last few years. Of course, we are getting older and the children are marrying and leaving home and we have accumulated a few grandchildren, but I am still selling kilowatt hours and expect to stay on the job probably seven or eight more years when I will be forced to retire and hunt up some new occupation. Knox Lee S. W. Gas & Elec. Co. Marshall, Texas. 1911 Melvin J. Miller 1601-05 Ft. Worth. Nat‘l Bk. Bldg. LT. COL. EUGENE V. SPENCE has been released from active duty by the Army Corps of Engineers, and has been sworn’ in as a member o fthe Texas Board of Water Engineers. He was appointed for a term which expires in August, 1947. Col. Spence served two years in the Ist and nearly four years in the 2nd World War. He had been stationed at Camp Swift, Bastrop, for the past three years as Post Engineer. For ten years prior to entering the service in 1941, he was City Manager of Big Spring. FELIX B. PROBANDT gets mail at 517 S. Adams St., San Angelo, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Probandt have twin sons in. the service, both overseas. 1912 W. M. Goodwin 1811 N. Lamar, Dallas KARL F. HOEFLE has been named Acting Superintendent of Waterworks for the City of Dallas. He was previously Engineer of Construction and Maintenance for that city utility. LESSER NEWTON, Rockdale, Texas, has been notified that his son, LT. ROGER T. NEWTON, ‘45, has been missing in action over Austria since April 25. 1913 L. D. Royer 911 Transit Tower, San Antonio BRIG. GEN. OSCAR B. ABBOTT is Commanding Officer of Camp Beale. Calif. J. G. ROLLINS resumed his position as Director of Public Works, Dallas, on July 16. Mr. Rollins was given a leave of absence from the Works to work on Cen- tral Bouvelard plans, under congradt with the city and Texas Highway Depart- ment. BRIG. GEN. JEROME J. WATERS, JR., is Director of the Military Missions Division on the staff of the commanding general of the Caribbean Defense Com- mand. For the previous two years he was commander of the field artillery school at Kunming, China, and CO of the 32nd Corps F. A. at Ft. Bragg, N. C. Mrs. Waters and their daughter and son live at 607 St. Louis St., Springfield, Mo. MR. and MRS. F. D. “SHORTY” LOWN, SR., of Brenham, are happy over the re- turn of their son, LT. FRANKLIN D. LOWN, JR., ’41, from a German prison Gi 1914 Dave H. Levy P.O. Box 900, Dallas 1, Texas Wedding Bells: ARTHUR H. IRBY. 0. J. “BUCK” JAMES writes from “Coya’” Rancagua, Chile, S. A., where he is with the Braden Copper Co. He is a veteran with the company in Chile and snds regards to his many friends. A. B. “BUCK” GOUGH has been trans- ferred from the Memphis, Tenn., Classing May 22, 1945 The Honorable Edwin J. Kyle, ’99, and President Juan Jose Arevalo of Guatemala talk things over in Kyle’s arrival in Guatemala City. formally shortly after Ambassador Ambassador and Mrs. E. J. Kyle are now at home at the U. S. Ambassy in Guate- mala City, Guatemala. In a letter Dean Kyle extends a cordial invitation and the “T wish you old boys could have been on the side lines when I presented my Juan seen. After presenting my letter, Jose Arevalo. He is a large, fine-looking formal affair. It took place in the reception room of the Presidential Palace which is the most beautiful building I have ever had quite a friendly chat. They have lots of public meetings down here and I, as Ambassador, am expected to attend all of them and a good many times make speeches. I wish I had old Red Martin and Babe Astin to write my speeches for me.’ ’ Dean Kyle reports Guatemala a very beautiful country with an ideal climate. Since their arrival in Guatemala, they have been swamped by courtesies, f : and two grandchildren will be with them ’23, their son-in-law, is stationed at Wright tors. . Their daughter, Mrs. T. H. Baker, for the summer. Lt. Col T.-Harri Baker, Field, Dayton, Ohio. flowers, and visi- BE igh, CCE EPA gigs J TL" aR" HDG A bs, Cagle i o O¥all babs: } ’ , " t POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage fo» which is guaranteed. THE TEXAS AGGIE for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable 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 VOLUME XII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1945 NUMBER 92 Faculty Men to Teach in Europe Six members of the Texas A. & M. faculty left for France and England as members of the teaching staff of the Overseas University Study Center being set up at Fontainbleau, FFrance, and Shrivenham, England. They will give college instruction to personnel of the Army of Occupation in Europe. Members of the group are: Major J. L. Thompson, .’35, now on military leave from the College; V. M. Faires, Head of Management Engineering; J. A Orr, 22, and L. L. Fouraker, ’14, from the Civil Engineering Department; Dr. S. S. Mor- gan, Professor of English, and C. ..J. Finney, ’22, planning architect for the Construction Program. All are expected to return to the Col- lege at the conclusion of this special assignment. Homer Hunter Heads Dalls A. & M. Club Homer A. Hunter, 25, Assistant City Manager of Dallas, was elected president of the Dallas A. & M. Club on July 13. He succeeds A. N. Saxon, ’26. Other new officers include L. N. Oliphant, ’13, vice president; F. K. Buckner, ’23, vice president ; and Ralph Soape, 11, secretary- Treasurer. Club directors are A. N. Sax- on, ’26, ex officio; Homer A. Hunter, ’25, ex officio; John L. Pratt, 28; A. P. Rollins, ‘06; Tyree L. Bell, ’18; ..H. Cunningham, 10; and H. M. Loupot, 28. New President Hunter served the Club as vice president during the preceding term. The Dallas A, & M. Club meets every Friday moon on the mezzanine floor of the Hotel Adolphus and extends a cordial invitation to all A. & M. men, particular- ly to Dallas visitors, to attend its meet- ings. ; Texas Tech Dean Dean W. L. Stangel, ’15 W. L. Stangel, ’15, head of the De- partment of Animal Husbandry at Texas Tech since that school’s early years, will become Dean of Agriculture on Septem- ber 1. He succeeds Dr. A. H. Leidigh, ’21, retired. Professor Stangel received his - degree in Animal Husbandry from A. & M. in 1915, followed by graduate work at the University of Missouri. He returned to the Animal Husbandry Department of the College, teaching for several years until going to Texas Tech in September, 1925, when he was appointed head of the Animal Husbandry Department there. He is one of the best known livestock men in the entire Southwest and in heavy demand as a judge at many stock shows. ‘While at A. & M., he coached the senior live- stock judging team. His 1919 team won the international championship at Chi- cago. As a student at A. & M., Dean Stangel was known to his classmates as ‘Runt’, and starred in Company athletics. He was a member of the famed ‘“C-D” teams that swept intramural championships in those years, Mrs. Stangel is the former Misy Ruth Cannon. They have two daughters. CHARLIE NITCH DIES Charles Nitch, Sr., for many years College tailor, died at his residence in Bryan this summer. He left the campus a number of years ago to establish his tailor business in Bryan. For a long stretch of years he operated the Campus Tailor Shop, and a “Nitch- made” uniform was the latest word in campus style. Office of the Cotton and Fiber Branch, WFA, to El Paso, Texas, 517 U. S. Court House. 1915 Dr. Guy W. Adriance College Station, Texas ED RACK, 4500 Frederick Ave., Bal- timore 29, Md., sends some interesting news of the activities of MAJOR GEN. RODERICK R. “RED” ALLEN’s 12th Armd. Division in Germany. MAJOR GEN. EDMOND H. LEAVEY is now on duty at Hq., USAF, Western Pacific, APO 707, % Pm., San Francisco, Calif.,, as Deputy Commander and Chief of: Staff. . ELMER A. LUDDEKE is Manager of the Office of the US Employment Serv- ice, War Manpower Commision, at Cuero, Texas. His son, PFC. DAVID E. LUD- DEKE, ’45, is overseas but looking for- ward to the day when he can return. to A. & M 1916 Capt. P. H. Olsen APO 658, N. Y. C. Silver Taps: BRIG. GEN. CLAUDIUS M. EASLEY. H. K. DEASON, of The Texas Com- pany, Port Arthur, was erroneously listed in the Development Fund report. He was placed in the 1918 class, but should have been in the 1916 class. Deason is a mem- ber of the Board of Directors of the As- sociation, a past president of the Port Arthur A. &M. Club, and one of the civic leaders of that city. COL. JOHN F. EHLERT has been as- signed to the 13th Regt., Camp Howze, Texas, since last November, and reports having trained over 10,000 men in his regiment. . . JULIAN L. FOSTER, General Supt. and Chief Engr. for the Lone Star Gas Co., Dellas, reports that he was erroneously listed with the 1918 class in the Development Fund report. . . . COL. JAMES C. SHORT, APO 81, San Francisco, is somewhere in the Philip- {4 1917 Jack C. Shelton Farm Credit Adm., Fed. Land Bk. Houston, Texas Silver Taps: COL. JOHN A. OTTO, JR.; COL. GEORGE A. WOODY. Wedding Bells: BENJAMIN E. IRBY. SCOTT B. DYER gets his mail at 515 E. Mulberry, San Antonio, Texas. SIM H. CREWS has been elected pres- ident of the Smith County A. & M. Club at Tylel. He is with the Sinclair Prairie Oil Co., in that city. His son, MAJOR SIM H. CREWS, JR. ’36, is in the Pacific. LESTER L. BRYAN, U. S. Geological Muster On the Elbe A characteristically Aggie scene is that above from the famous Aggie April 21 Muster of the 9th Army on the Elbe somewhere in Germany. The Muster had its own printed program, which has become a collector’s item. Lt. Gen. William “Texas Bill” Simpson was the headliner among a number of honor guests. The Muster was delayed a week by a German attack. Maj. D. B. “Woody” Varner, ’40, was Muster chairman, assisted by the following committee: Maj. Leo Bum- garner, 33; Maj. F. C. Smith, ’37 Fry, ’39; Capt. Frank M. Pool, ’40; Maj. F. A. Pierce, Joe M. Robinson, ’38. Sixty-six were present. : Maj. Mack Hodges, 39; Lt. J. G. ’40; and Capt. door LHR eel Bale” aR Be Ua Ask oe oe * TWAS A CERTAINTY * SOONER OR LATER * Progress of World War II could be charted by the orig- in of thousands of letters re- ceived by the Association from A. & M. men on the fighting fronts. The two European origins the office has been on the lookout for have been Ber- lin and Berchtesgaden. The letter from Berlin hasn't yet arrived, but Lt. Raymond F. Eisenhauer, ’44, Berchtesgaden on May 20. He did not even mention Berch- tesgaden’s former inmate, A. Schickelgruber, being more concerned with asking for news of his classmates and mildly chiding the Association for listing him in the Infantry instead of the Engineers. His address is APO 472, N.Y.C. Now we are on the lookout for letters from Berlin, expected any day, and then from Tokyo, finally. X HK RX XK XK XX XK XK KERR KR RXR X XX hoo. ok Bok. od ko. * Fund Report Errors In preparing the list of 8,108 con- tributors to the 1945 vevelopment Fund which closed May 31, there was the inevitable omission of a few names and the erroneous list- ing of others. Discovered so far are the following: / Class of 1915 Dave H. Persons, Box 1362, Ver- non, listed with Class of 1916. Class of 1916 H. K. Deason, Box 712, Port Ar- thur, listed with Class of 1918. Julian L. Foster, Lone Star Gas Co., 1915 Wood St., Dallas 1, Tex- as, listed with Class of 1918. Class of 1917 C. W. Lehmberg, County Agent, Brownwood, omitted from Report. Class of 1927 Major Sam D. Camp, APO 216, c/o PM, New York, omitted from report. Class of 1939 Capt. Albert A. Maberry, APO 76, c/o PM, New York, omitted from report. Class of 1941 Capt. Ellis S. Marks, APO 403, c/o PM, New York, omitted from report. Class of 1943 Mr. L. Bert Tennison, Jr., 624 Melba St., Dallas 8, Texas, omitted from report. Class of 1944 Omitted from report: Jud D. Strother, Oil Well Supply Co., Audit Division, Dallas. S/Sgt. Charles G. Rogers, APO 360, c/o PM, New York. Class of 1945 Pfc. Noral F. Clapp, APO 445, ¢/o PM, New York, omitted from report. Survey, 212 Old U. S. Courthouse, Port- laind, Oregon, served as Muster chairman at that city and reports a meeting of a small but enthusiastic group. He has been on the Pacific Coast for many years. Col. Col. JOHN G. SWOPE has been awarded John G. Swope the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in connection with miiltary oper- ations. He is attached to the Inspector General’s Department and has been at the Hq., European Theater of Operations. He made his home in San Antonio before going on active duty. Col. Swope was chair- man of the huge April 21 Muster held in Paris this year, one of the most successful affairs of its kind ever held overseas. Mrs. Swope lives at 516 Colquitt Ave., Hous- ton. F kk * * * * % * * * * * FA * writes from * %* %* * %* sk sk k * sk * * * k * % The Germans Didn’t Have a Feather Bd Ph Pfc. Robert G. Alves, ’44 “You could have knocked me down with a feather,” declared Pfc. Robert G. Alves, ’44, telling of his capture singlehanded of a German general, 4 other officers and 35 enlisted men. Pfe. Alves was with the 42nd ‘Rainbow’ Field Artillery Divi- sion of the 7th Army. While walking through the woods near Munich, Alves came across two abandoned trucks and two passenger Cars. He thought nothing of it, as they were a common sight all across Germany. Sud- denly he saw an armed German skulking in the woods near-by. He dropped into the roadside ditch and yelled at the Ger- man to surrender. The German threw down his rifle and slowly came to Alves. With the aid of a German-English book, Alves asked the German where his out- fit was. When the German replied, “Off in the woods’, Alves told him to go get “| them ‘and no funny business”. In about ten minutes the German soldier came back with a general, whose name was Von Tech, 4 officers and 85 enlisted men. “You could have knocked me down with a feather,” declared Alves, “when I saw that small army approaching.” The German general declared to the U. S. private that he would surrender, but only under the terms of the Geneva Conference. Alves accepted the surrender under those terms, and the German gen- eral handed him his pistol. Alves then marched his 41 prisoners back to his own outfit. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Alves, 211 Thomas Jefferson Drive, San Antonio , and has been overseas since last December. He was a senior at A. & M. when called to active duty in the enlisted reserve corps in the spring of 1943. 1918 J. W. Williams Box 1590, Dallas, Texas PFC. LOUDEN C. DONEY, III, ’43, son of Mr. and Mrs. LOUDEN C. DONEY, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action in combat near Merlebach, France on the night of January 3, 1945. CLAUD B. HAMILL, oil man and civic leader of Houston, has been awarded the first life membership in the Houston Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his outstanding record in securing new members of that organization. Presentation was made by F. M. LAW, ’95. 1920 Hugh N. Glezen 4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont Mr. and Mrs. R. MAGRUDER MAR- TIN, Box 9, Nacogdoches, Texas, have suffered the loss of a son, LT. AN- DOLPH MAGRUDER MARTIN, ’43, who was killed in action over Germany on November 30. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. ALEXANDER, Canadian, Texas, are proud of their son, ROBERT B. ALEXANDER, ’44, Ft. Bragg, N. C., who has been promoted to the rank of Captain. . Lt. Col. Arthur H. Jungman LT. COL. ARTHUR H. JUNGMAN, of Hondo and Victoria, is pictured above re- ceiving the Bronze Star Medal for per- sonal reconnaissance of all existing rail- roads, as rapidly as the tactical situation would permit. He is Commanding Officer of the 489th Engineer Water Supply Bn., which he activated, trained and took over- seas in January, 1944. He has been on active duty since 1929 and is on military leave from the Division Engineer’s Office, Southern Pacific Lines, Victoria. He has participated in the Bismarck Archipelago, Northern Solomons, Leyte and Luzon campaigns. Affectionately known to his Dick Winters Heads New Officers Named by Association Directors - Revision of By-Laws Considered Aggie Wounded Organize Club At McCloskey Lt, Col. Olin E. “Tiger” Teague, ’'32, was elected President of the McCloskey General Hospital A. & M. Club, Tem- ple, at a recent meeting of the Aggies there. Lt. Wm. R. Ledbetter, ’43, of Beaumont, was named Secretary-Treasurer. Teague’s home is at College Station, where he was a member of the Post Office Staff before going into active duty. The organ- | ization meeting of the club had as its guest, Mr. P. L. Downs, ’06, of College Station, who assisted in the organization. Members of the club at this time are as follows: Lt. Col. R. H. Harrison, ’20, Bryan; M/Sgt. V. H. Duncan, ’29, Hous- ton; Lt, Col. Olin "E. “Tiger” Teague, ’32, Bryan; 1st Lt. C. J. Gabrysch, ’33, Donna; Capt. Leonard F. Giesecke, ’36, Houston ; Capt. Carl C. Spelce, 37, Win- dom; Lt. Gosta A. Lundberg, ’39, Dallas; Capt. William E. Lester, ’39, West Colum- bia; Lt. Jack B. Baucom, ’39, Mineral Wells; Capt. Wm. H. Akard, 40, Grape- vine; Lt. William B. Bayless, ’40, Hills- boro ; Capt. Winfred E. Vaughn, 40, Tyler; 1st Lt. B. M. Latham, ’40, Amarillo; Capt. J. M. Cunningham, ’40, Whitesboro; Lt. Ren A. Sladovnik, ’41, Bartlett; 1st Lt. Charles H. Cox, Jr., ’41, Temple; Lt. James W. Lain, '’42, Galveston; S/Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, ’42, Dalhart; Lt. Wil- liam H. Byrd, ’42, Temple; Lt. William R. Ledbetter, ’43, Beaumont; Lt. George L. Frymire, ’43, Dallas; Lt. T. N. Moore, ’43, Dallas; Lt. Garland R. Walker, ’43, Axtell; 1st Lt. E. E. McChesney, ’43, Del Rio; Lt. Ralph F. Liese, ’44, George- town; Capt. George H. Hutchings, Jr. ’44, Ft. Worth; Lt. Kermit A. Brendle, ’44, La Grange; S/Sgt. J. K. Stapp, '44, Junction ; Lt. Cecil L. Sterling, 44, Con- way; Sgt. Vernon G. Hunt, 45, Mt. Pleasant; 2nd Lt. P. S. Garner, ’45, La- redo; Lt. S. F. Traynor, ’45, Galveston; Pfe. D.' R. Kent, ’45, Shreveport; Pfc. R. N. White, ’46, Greenville; and Maj. John B. Smith, ’32, San Antonio. Ft. Leavenworth A. & M. men at Ft. Leavenworth are getting together occasionally, the group being composed both of students and in- structors in the C. & G. S. School. They suggest that any Aggies assigned to at- tend the Ft. Leavenworth School should wire Rental Aid for assistance in securing quarters, Present at the last meeting of the group on June 2nd .were the following: Lt. Col. Theodore H. Andrews, ’38, Cald- well: Maj. Jerry Regmund, ’38, Corpus Christi; Lt. Col. Milton J. Landry, ’36, San Antonio; Lt. Col. Will H. Kelley, ’37, Victoria; Lt. Col. Claude M. Evans, ’32, Dumas; Lt. D. M. Carrell, ’36, Buda; Lt. Col. .C. W. Hahn, ’36, Dallas; Maj. D. P. Simpson, ’40, Ft. Worth; Lt. Col. L. H. Barfoot, ’37, Stephenville; Maj. J. M. Hollingsworth, ’37, Dallas; Maj. W. B. Hendrick, '40, Ft. Worth; Capt. J. E. Wilson, '37, McKinney; Maj. W. J. Mont- gomery, ’41, Mason; Lt. Col. Raymond Orr, Naples, Texas; Capt. H. E. “Buck” Cunningham, ’32, Ft. Worth; Lt. Col Wood B. Kyle, ’36, Whitney. classmates as ‘Mutt’ Jungman, he re- ceived his degree in Civil Engineering. His present address is APO 709, San Fran- cisco. PAT LACKEY, S. W. Bell Telephone Co., Kansas City, Mo., is a grandfather upon the birth of a son in February to his daughter, and LT. R. G. SKIDMORE, ’42. In addition to Mrs. Skidmore, the Lack- eys have a son, Jat, Jr., age 12, who re- cently stopped by the campus for a visit. 1921 W. T. Strange 415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock ig Taps: LAWRENCE? L. JOHN- N. R. HOWARD RAMSEY, better known as ‘Pontius’, is Manager of the Ramsey Industries at Goliad, which includes the Ramesy Valley Gin Co.; Ramsey Brothers Truck Lines; Ramsey Farms; Neyland Hardware Co., Inc.; Insurance; Sinclair Refining Co.; and a beer distributorship. “Keeps me pretty busty,” says Howard. He has a boy of 17. THEODORE W. MOEHLE is a member of the rectnly organized firm of Burer, Mohle & Company, Certified Public Ac- countants and Tax and Business Consult- ants, with offices at 1812 Commerce Build- ing, Houston. He “was also recently elected a nationaal director of the National Asso- ciation of Cost Accountants. He is a past president of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and has been active in the Amercian Institute of the Association. LOUIS H. MATTHES, of the General Electric Co., has been named Manager of the Industrial Division of the com- pany’s southwestern headquarters in Dal- las. He formerly represented the company at Beaumont. THERON W. RAGSDALE is Principal Engr. with the U. S. Army Engineers, 628 Pittock Block, Portland( Oregon. 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas, 1. EDWARD J. KNOX, JR., San Antonio, was recently elected Secretary of the San Antonio Lions Club. He is in the auto- motive supply business. LT. COL. WM. S. BIZZELL writes from APO 453, San Francisco, from some- where in the Philippines. He received his promotion recently. His son, Wm. S. Biz- zell, II, was recently sworn into the Navy and has entered radar training. Mrs. Bizzell is making her home at 830 Elm Street, Norman, Okla. . J... VAN TUYL is Head of the Drafting Department, Consolidated Steel Corp., at Orange. A son, Harold, age 17, and standing a mere 6 ft. 6, is in the Army ASTRP and attending A. & M. The Van Tuyls have another son, A. J., Jr., in the Navy Air Corps. B. J. BASKIN is Farm Products Agent in Texas for the U. S. Steel Corporation Subsidiaries. His headquarters are in Bryan, P. O. Box 1113. 1923 Ben F. Brown Box 1405, Waco HERMAN G. HEARD has returned to the old home town of Bowie and is asso- ciated with the firm of Matthews, Heard & Cady, dealers in Hardware, Farm Im- plements, Radios and Refrigerators. WILLIAM G. ROWLAND .is living at A. & M. while completing work for his degree in Mech. Eng. He left school in 1923 before completing his course and since that time has been engaged in private engineering work in South Texas. On the side he is teaching several courses in sur- veying while taking his M. E. and has been at A. &M. nearly a year. He also holds an engineering degree from Texas A. &I. His College Station address is Box 5657. He sends regards to LANG- STON ASHFORD, ’23, who lives at Baton Rouge, La. D. W. CARLTON asks his friends to pay him a visit when in New York City. He has been made Director of Sales and H. Dick Winters, ’18, Brady, was elected President of the Associa- tion of Former Students at a meet- ing of the Board of Directors of the Association on July 14-15. He succeeded Rufus Peeples, 28, Tehuacana. Carrell Gaines, ’12, San Antonio, was named Vice President and E. E. McQuillen, 20, College Station, re-elected Treasurer. Other officers chosen were Allin F. Mitchell, ’09, Corsicana, re- elected Student Loan Trustee; Stanley J. “Punk” Baker, ’27, Fort Worth, Athletic Council Represen- tative; and Peeples, Tyree L. Bell, 13, Dallas, and J. P. Hamblen, "27, Houston, members of the Execu- tive Committee. Baker succeeds J. A. “Hop” Reynolds, ’30, on the Athletic Council. sent for the two-day session. The entire program of the Association was reviewed; reports of standing committees were received; and a budget for the current year adopted. The Board approved a new pro- gram of issuing charters to reg- ularly organized A. & M. Clubs looking toward a coordinated pro- gram of work for the College by those clubs. The Board aproved in principle recommendations of the Commit- tee on Special Gifts for the es- tablishment of a program to be organized as a joint undertaking with the College. The Board of Directors of the College is also checking into and studying the proposed plan and it is hoped that it can be finally perfected and launched by fall. Following months of study, a Committee on Revision of the As- sociation’s By-Laws presented its reports which was exhaustively discussed. Many amendments were made to the report and the com- mittee requested to re-write its report for submission at the next meeting of the Board. Most im- portant revision recommended was to provide for wider and more rep- resentative membership on the Association’s governing Board. By- Laws can only be amended at an annual meeting of the Association —the next of which will be held in the spring of 1945. When the Directors finally approve the. re- vised By-Laws, they will be print- led in the TEXAS AGGIE for study by the membership prior to their submission at the. annual meeting. In addition to its three business session over the week-end, the Board enjoyed two social occasions —the first a dinner with Presi- dent Gilchrist as honor guest and the second a watermelon party with Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Downs, Jr, ’06, as hosts. Directors present for the meeting were: H. K. Deason, ’16; A. Ed Caraway, 34; George B. Morgan, '17; Roy D._ Golston, '03; W. L, Ballard, '22; John McCullough, 24: A. P. Rollins, 06; Tyree L. Bell, ’13; S. A. Lipscomb, ’07; W. F. Mun- nerlyn, 26; Rufus R. Peeples, 28; L. M. Welch, ’24; T. W. Mohle, ’19; Charles R. Haile, ’12; T. M. Smith, Sr., 01; C. M. Elwell, ’23; Hubert G. Davis, 22; W. E. Wade, ’30; Herbert F. Spreen, ’22; S. J. Baker, ’27; A. J. Healy, ’28; George Mof- fett, ’16 ; Norman E. Buescher, ’22; T. J. Dwyer, ’12; T. W. Hillin, ’31; Dr. Verne A. Scott, ’14; Dr. J. N. Burditt, ’21; Jack Christian, ’32; Louis A. Hartung, 29; C. M. Gaines, 12; Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16; H. Dick Winters, ’18; C. D. Speed, 26; Brig. Gen. A. B. Knickernocker, 21; James P. Hamblen, 27; A. F. Mitchell, ’09; and J. A. Reynolds, ’30. A number of visitors were present in- cluding Charles Blumenthal, ’21, Hous- ton; John W. ‘'Funderburgh, ’39, Fort Worth; Ray Dickson, ’12, Spur; Bruce Kennedy, ’12, Waco; and E. R. Alexander, ’23, College Station. IF IT’S STALE EXCUSE, PLEASE With the end of the war in Europe the AGGIE realizes that many news items will rapidly be- come stale. By the time they are reported in the AGGIE, the men involved may be back home. Never- theless, the editor feels that the reports should go on to carry out the ambition of the TEXAS AG- GIE these past few years to be a chronicle of the part played by A. & M. men in World War II. So if the news is running behind, ex- cuse, please. You can help by promptly advising us of address .changes. $ Norton Returns Coach Homer Norton returned to his campus home last week fol- lowing a major operation at the Mayo Clinic, at Rochester, Minn. He returned in fine spirits and in fine physical shape and immediate- ly started making plans for the fall football season. Advertisiing of the Hotel New Yorker. He returned last winter from several years’ active military service. DR. FRANK S. PALMER has recently bought a home at 492 King St., Santa Cruz, Calif. He is in the U. S. Meat In- sepction Div.,, U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, and moved last spring from El Paso to Santa Cruz. His move brought with it a nice promotion. GEORGE ARMISTEAD, JR., gets mail at 16 Cleveland St., Kensington, Md. . . ALVIN H. JACKSON, Box 305, Silverton, Texas. 1924 R. M. Sherman Central Texas Iron Works, Waco LT. COL. NAT P. TURNER, 1930 Ad- dison Road, Houston, Texas was recently promoted to that rank. He is chief of the general engineering division, SOS, at Kun- ming, China, APO 627. He has supervision Continued on Page Secretary- Forty-five directors were pre- of all construction and engineering pro- Si. 7 Ey ENE
