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\ LIBRARY FROM THE®US REVIEWING S TAND Report From Korea (By Lt. Robt. E. Nisbet, 41, Special Correspondent SEOUL, KOREA, Nov. 30, 1945—Almost as far away from College Station as it is possible on the earth for an Aggie to go, there is, as might be expected, an A. & M. club. Twenty-five more than the required number of two presented themselves last night in response to the call for beginning the Texas A. & M. Club of Seoul, Korea. The Officers’ Club of the 7th Division _Artillery was open to ‘Aggies only’ be- ginning at 8 p. m. and the bartender being warned in advance, was well supplied with Jap beer. For those who haven’t tried it, the Jap beer was drunk through choice and not necessity. ! To beat the beer to the punch, Bob Nis- bet, ’41, acting as temporary chairman, called the meeting to order as soon as it appeared that everyone was present who intended to come. First action of the club was to elect officers. Major Wm. G. Lucy suggested and it was approved that the Aggie from the earliest class be president of the club and hold office until an Aggie from an earlier class joined the club and so on. The same rule for vice-president. A quick check-up then revealed CAPT. L. ORVILLE BUCHANAN, ’27 the pres- ident and MAJOR MILTON H. (PETE) BAUHN, ’30, vice-president. No special qualifications were prescribed for the job of secretary except that the office would include the functions of secretary, treas- urer, historian, reporter, parliamentarian, and any other duties the club might see fit later to prescribe. Bob Nisbet was made secretary. Local Member Proving the claim than an Aggie can be found any place in the world, one of the attending members was a Korean and resi- dent of Seoul, Mr. S. W. Yun, ’34. When the U. S. Armed Forces entered Korea, Mr. Yun voluteered his talents and services and is working with the Military Govern- ment in the Capitol building. The Japs, among other atrocities, took Mr. Yun’s A. & M. ring from him, so the club, as a gesture of friendship from Aggie to Aggie and from America to Korea, voted to secure another ring and present it to him at the earliest possible moment. A big topic of discussion was the plan- ning of a Christmas party. So many sug- gestions were forthcoming from the mem- bership as to location of the party and as to the source and quality of women for dates, that to end the confusion a com- mittee of five was selected from the floor to make inquiries and recommend the course to be followed. The club, on the sug- gestion of Capt. Mayo Thompson, ’41, voted to accept as ultimate the decision reached by the committee. Robert H. Taylor, ’45, as chairman, Major Baughn, Lt. Cecil Harrison, ’45, Lt. Chuck Chal- mers, ‘43, and Lt. Jack B. McGregor, ‘44, composed the entertainment committee. Okinawa Mascot By popular acclaim the club made Jim- my its mascot. Jimmy is a little Okinawa boy orphaned by the Japs and carried off to Korea by a Jap policeman. Nobody knows who Jimmy’s parents were, whether he is Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Oki- nawan, It is definitte however, he is orien- tal and that he a fine little fellow. At present, Major Lucy is looking after Jim- my. The club is studying ways and means to get Jimmy to the States and eventually to Texas A. & M. where he should be ap- proximately class of ’60. Jimmy is six . years old and is learning how to say “I am a Texas Aggie”. The credit for harboring the idea of the Seoul Club must be split several ways. In fact at least five people had the idea in mind when the call was publicised aver the Army’s Special radio station and through the various unit newspapers. Maj. Baughn, Lt. Harrison, Capt. Thompson, Major Lucy, and Lt. Taylor all take bows. Chuck Chalmers is developing into a roving yell leader. In Manila he held yell practices for the Manila A. & M. Club for which group he also served as vice-president. The Seoul club pulled out its collective shirt-tail last night and let go with all the yells in the book. The end of the war was the beginning of the job for the Army in Korea. And many Aggies will stay to help complete that job. Occupation in Korea is not an easy job, Where other countries suffered under the Japs for five years, the Korean people endured them thirty five. In spite of the fact that for thirty five years they have been kicked and beaten, cheated and robbed, forbidden to hold of- fice, forced to discard their language in favor of Japanese, and forced even to bear arms against their friends the Korean people are not a beaten people. The desire for freedom still burns in their hearts. The United Nations have promised them that freedom, but the people are anxious and impatient for that day to come. They are so impatient in fact that several hundred different political parties have sprung up over the country anxious to take part in the planning of the affairs of state. ' . ; Koreans point with pride to the begin- ning of their civilization over 3000 years ago. They enjoy the story of the fellow who, when asked if he was Korean, re- plied that he didn’t rightly know—his family had only lived there 500 years. Aggies in Seoul see daily before them writing in Korean displaying the famous Korean alphabet. This alphabet was de- vised at the command of an ancient Korean king to save the common man from the complexity of the thousand of characters in tre Chinest alphabet. / Korean history records Koreans as the first people to have metal movable type, the first suspension bridge, the first ironclad ships, the first astronomical ob- servatory, and were the first source of the Jap’s imitative culture. Sights of interest to the Aggie in Seoul are countless but the most prominent and popular include the old town bell, the Buddhist temple, several Shinto shrines that the Japse built and forced the Koreans to worship and the city museum. The more newly constructed buildings, however, furnish the soldier with the landmarks. Locations are described in relation to the Hanto hotel, the Chosen bank, the Post Office, the City Hall, the Chosen hotel and the Seoul railroad station, But Korea has troubles. One of the big- gst involves prices. Before ‘we arrived the Japs emptied the treasury and the banks and scattered the money among the peo- ple at random. Prices jumped ten fold, and those who didn’t get in on the gravy trgin now cannot buy enough to eat. As usual it is the common man who is worst hit. For thirty five years no Korean has been allowed to hold public office, so when the Japs were shunted out, the immediate and emergency measures for the comfort of the people were and still are hampered by.lack of skill and experience. The Army is in the process of training administra- tors and has a school for policemen in operation but for some time yet, there is much for the Army and the Military Gov- ernment to do, : But to the individual American soldier the big picture is remote. His main prob- lem involves guiding his truck through streets crowded with ox-carts and people who are mot alert to the dodging ways of the Stateside pedestrian. He has his usual language problems. Foreign money is not a new experience, but he has another new medium of exchange, the yen and sen. Big picture or small picture, Korea pre- sents to the Army and the people at home a problem, interesting but also im- portant. In the eyes of the world the prestige of our country and the respect for our national policy rest on Korea. The eyes of the world are also on the boys from home who are striving to solve the difficulties. Mistakes have been inevitable, but the desire to do the right thing is here. Every effort is being made to assist the Koreans to organize their thoughts and desires and to teach and instruct the people in the art of self-government. All the Aggies in the Seoul, Korea A. & M. Club have a hand in this big prob- lem. The present membership includes the following who were present at the first meeting: L. O. Buchanan, ’27; Milton H. Baughn, ’30; S. W. Yun, ’34; William G. Lucy, ’37; Odus C. Kerley ’33; Edward M. SPECIAL THE Ovinseas FoiTioN | TEXAS AGGIE ' » by 3} - 5 Ree Tyne Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Te VOLUME XIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1946 NUMBER 1 They Manage Texas’ Largest Cities V. R. “Freddie” Smitham, ’15, Dallas Verner R. Smitham, ’15, has been made City Manager of Dallas after serving as Acting Manager for the past several years. He succeeds James W. Aston, ’33, who has been on leave of absence in the armed service and who resigned to accept another position. Dallas Manager Smitham received his degree in Engineering in 1915 and later returned in 1925-26 to take his Masters degree. As a student at A. & M. he was an officer in the Ross Volunteers, Presi- dent, of his Junior Class and won his “T” as football manager. He was Battalion Adjutant in the Cadet Corps. Smitham ‘is well grounded in city man- agement experience, having served in that capacity at Lufkin, Big Spring and Wich- ita Falls. During World War I he was Chief Engineer of a submarine chaser in the . S. Navy. He and Mrs. Smitham have one child, Lt. Fred A. Smitham, "42. John M. Nagle, ’11, Houston J. M. “Jimmie” Nagle, ’11, was recently appointed Acting City Manager of Hous- ton. He is a veteran in the municipal af- fairs of that city and has been Director of Utilities for the city for the past two and a half years. Mr. Nagle received his degree in Civil Engineering and spent many years as a railroad and highway engineer. He first be- came connected with the city of Houston in 1930 as City Engineer. He has also served as Harris County flood control en- gineer. Mr. and Mrs. Nagle live at 2220 Riverside, Houston, and have two children, Mrs. Robert H. Park of Houston, and Lt. John W. Nagle, now in Vienna. Although his name is John, Mr. Nagle was quite naturally called “Little Jimmie” because of the late great “Jimmie” Nagle, who was head of the Civil Engineering De- partment while Nagle was in school. A brother, Edgar T. Nagle, ’18, is with the U. 8S. Soil Conservation Service, Fort Worth. Club Charter Program Developing Reports Ch. Louis Hartung, 29 Wm. H. Telfair Heads Texas R.A.M. Chapter Pedigo, ’37; Mayo J. Thompson, 41; Ro- bert E. Nisbet, 41; Bomer B. Harris, ’39; Louis P. White, ’43; Hank Martyn, ’43; Rickard W. Riggins, ’43; Robert A. Wer- ner, ’43; Chuck Chalmers, ‘43; E. A. Dwyer ‘44; Jack B. McGregor, ’44; Rollie B. Williams, ’44; Cecil L. Harrison, ’45; William D. Maxwell, ’45; Billy G. Lang- ford; A. V. Thompson, ’45; A. K. Sparks, ’45; Alex McGregor, 45; H. R. Benson, Jr., ’45; Robert H. Taylor, ’45; Joe C. Dayenport, ’47; Bill Peterman, ’47; Visi- tors included: Horace C. Jones of Bryan; Tony Garza of McKinney, and James T. Tidmore, Jr., of Galveston. The Campus Reporter’s Notebook Col. Dunn Retires Cel. R. J. Dunn, veteran Director of the Aggie band since the middle twenties, is retiring and will be succeeded by E. Vergne Adams, ’29, as soon as Adams is released from the army. Col. Dunn was paid a well deserved tribute between halves at the Thanksgiving Day game, with 40,000 spectators joining the Aggie Band and Cadet Corps in the well-deserved tribute to one of the College’s best loved men, Three more dormitories have been as- signed by the college in a desperate at- tempt to alleviate the housing shortage at A. & M. for married war veterans de- siring to enter school. 240 couples will be accommodated in the new quarters, but College authorities point out that there is already a long waiting list for the new space. Walton Hall and the project houses have previously been changed into apart- ments for 140 couples, There are some rooms available in Bryan, but apartments are very limited. The Registrar's office re- ports that over 5,000 service men have been interviewed by that office since Oct. first. The present 500 in attendance is expected to triple. or quadruple for the spring term starting February 4. E. L. “Chief” Angell, assistant to President Gibb Gilchrist, has also been appointed secretary to the College Board of Directors. He recently returned to the ' College from the ETO. College authorities have made applica- tion to acquire the 18,000 acre Bluebon- nett Ordnance plant near McGregor for agricultural and livestock research, demon- stration and teaching purposes. Veteran Dean of the College Dr. Frank C. Bolton has been elected an Honorary Member of the Texas Soicety of Profes- sional Engineers in recognition of his many years of teaching and service to engineers. Karl Elmquist has returned to his posi- tion with the Department of English fol- lowing his return from Washington, where be served with the Government on a special assignment. He and Mrs. Elmquist will live in College Park. T. Rollin Richmond, ’31, and C. W. Manning, MS ’42, Agronomists, have de- parted upon two months preliminary study of primitive cottons in Southern Mexico and western Guatemala, the supposed cen- ters of origin of American cultivated cot- ton. They are agronomists of the Texas A. & M. Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion and are making the trip under a grant from the Rockefeller Fund. “Cot- ton breeders and geneticists need more diverse and less related types of: cotton as basic material for their work and this diversity in plants is known to be great- est at their center of origin”, said Rich- mond. This first trip is a preliminary ex- pedition for more extensive investigation and study along these lines. : South of the Rio Grande Fifteen students from Texas A. & M. will be invited to Mexico this summer as guests of the Mexican National School of Agriculture. The tour was arranged in cooperation with the Agric Extension Serv- ice of Texas A. & M. and the Sears-Roe- buck Foundation and will return a visit to Texas last fall of Mexican Agricultural students. Secretary Luis Mas Sinta of the National School of Agriculture of Mexico extended the invitation and will handle arrangements in Mexico. : W. E. Street, head of the Department of Engineering Drawing of the A. & M. College, was elected temporary president of the local chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers at a recent meeting held on the campus. O. L. Crain, ’31, resident engineer for the Texas High- way Department, Bryan, was elected Secretary-Treasurer, Louis Franke, ’'25, has returned to the Texas Extension Service as Editor after more than three and half years with the Army Air Force. Mr. Franke spent three years overseas, serving in Trinidad, Brit- ish West India, India and Burma. Russell L. Heitkamp, ’42, has been re- leased from the service and has accepted employment with the Student Activities Office, under the direction of Mr. Joe Skiles. Russell, as a Captain, served 21 months in the ETO. He and his wife, the former Miss Bitsy Farr, of San Angelo, are living on East 25th St. ,Bryan, but get their mail at P. O. Box 2194, College Station. Professor T. W. Leland, remembered by many of the ex-students as Head of the Department of Accounting and Statistics, has been on leave of absence from the College as Educational Director of the American Institute of Accountants, with offices at 13 East 41st Street, New York, 17,-N. Y.. but. will return .to A. & M. for the Spring term starting in February. Mr, and Mrs. Franklin Simon, former owners and operators of ‘‘Franklins”, lo- cated near the Easterwood Air Field, wish to announce to their many Aggie friends that they have located on Highway 21, just west of Bryan at the John A. Boriskie Store. Mr. and Mrs. Simon recently sold their night club to Mr. and Mrs. George Carter, ’42. True to its promise, Hrdlicka’s Place has been reopened following VJ Day. It has resumed its former place as a popular relaxation spot for Cadets and others. THAT AGGIE SPIRIT The spirit that bound Aggies together during the past several years while serving in various spots all over the world must be REAL—it stood the ‘‘pocketbook test”.— Not so long ago a certain returned vet- eran was standing in line in front of the Palace Theater, in Dallas, waiting for his turn to purchase a ticket when a well- dressed, middle aged fellow stepped around to the side of the line and said—‘Is there an Aggie in this line—I’ve got my wife and kids here for a show and have left my pocketbook at home—I want to make a loan.” . . . Three Aggies stepped out and matched to see who would give aid. That is the story of why one G. I. who is now -on our campus chose A. & M. to help him become an engineer. , . Anoth- er one—this boy was wounded pretty bad- ly—by the way—said that everywhere he went—through all the stress and battle— when he unloaded from a ship he would hear either by mouth or megaphone (?)— “All Aggies meet”. This boy said to him- self, just after there had been a meeting announced of the Aggies prior to the African invasion, that if he ever got out in one piece—he would come here and go to school to see what it was to be an Aggie—the boy is here, pretty badly crip- pled—and doing a wonderful job. B’nai B’rith Hillel Honors Rabbi Cohen With A&M Fellowship Texas A. & M. College has accepted the offer of the B'nai B’rith Hillel Founda- tion of an annual grant to be known as the Rabbi Henry Cohen Fellowship, honor- ing the Galveston churchman because of his distinguished service through a long lifetime to people of all faiths and creeds throughout Texas. The fellowship of $300 is to be awarded annually by a faculty committee, prefer- ably to a junior student who has done most in the judgment of the committee to promote interfaith amity and better group relations on the A. & M. College campus. W. H. Telfair, ’08 William H. Telfair, '08, Port Arthur, was installed grand high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of Texas at that organiza- tion’s 96th annual convocation at Waco in December. Mr. Telfair has been active in Masonic work for many years, strating with membership in the Blue Lodge at Lynn, Mass. in June, 1910. He is now a life member of that lodge. He is a mem- ber of the Post Arthur Chapter, R.A.M.; the Port Arthur Council, R. & S. M.; Beau- mont Commandery; the Texas Consistory, Galveston, Scottish Rite; the El Mina Temple; and the Port Arthur Chapter Eastern Star. Following graduation in Electrical En- gineering in 1908, Telfair took graduate work at A. & M. and taught in the E. E. Department until he went with the General Electric Company in 1909. He was with that company until December, 1912, when he returned to Texas and en- tered the services of the Texas Company, with which company he has continued since that date. He is Chief Electrical En- gineer of the Texas Company at Port Ar- thur. His address in that city is P. O. Box 311. He is an active member of the Port Arthur A. & M. Club. . Bank Official A] James W. Aston, ’33 Colonel James W. Aston, ’33, former City Manager of Dallas, has been elected to an active Vice Pres- idency of the Republic National Bank of Dallas. He was released from active duty in December and has assumed his new duties with the bank. Aston went to Dallas in 1933 as an apprentice city manager and worked up to assistant to the City Manager. In March, 1939, he be- came City Manager of Bryan, but returned within a few months as City Manager of Dallas, the young- est man to serve as manager of a major American city. He served four and a half years in the Army, being promoted to full Colonel last November. He wears the Legion of Merit and two Bronze Battle Stars for campaigns in the Asiatic-Pa- cific theatre. He and Mrs. Aston are happy to return to Dallas. She is the former Sarah Orth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Orth, Sr... 13. The A. & M. Club Charter Program, launched last fall by the Association in cooperation with local A. & M. Clubs, is progressing nicely according to word from Louis A. Hartung, ’29, San Antonio, Chairman of the Club Program Commit- tee of the Association of Former Students. Other members of the Committee include H. Dick Winters, ’18, Brady; A. P. Rol- lins, ’06, Dallas; George H. Lacy, ’13, Houston ; Ardmore Healy, 28, Ft. Worth C. D. Watts, 26, Corpus Christi; and C. L. Babcock, ’20, Beaumont. Under the new program regularly or- ganized and functioning A. & M. clubs will be issued official club charters by the Association. These are to be beautiful- ly engraved, and presentation of the charters to the clubs will start soon. ; Over-all purpose of the new program is to provide some co-ordination between the efforts of the many A. & M. clubs scattered over Texas and the nation. In addition, the charters will give each club an official standing and status previously lacking. The program was launched after several years’ study by a committee of the Board of Directors of the Association Club Committee Chairman Hartung, him. self a long-time active member of the San Antonio Club, is enthusiastic over .the new program. G “It will, I believe,” he writes, “mean a new day in the influence and work of our y M. clubs. With all of those clubs working together they can do a tremen- dously big job for the College and for our Ex-Students’ Association and its program.” Application for charters have been re- ceived from the following clubs: Abilene, Alamo (San Antonio), Beaumont, MMM Club, Brazoria County; Capitol City (Aus- tin), Chicago, Ill. Coleman County, Cor- pus Christi, El Paso, Fort Worth, Free- stone County, Galveston County, Gon- zales Club, Grayson County, Houston, ville, Kansas City, Mo., Lufkin, Mec- Closkey Hospital, National Capitol (Wash- ington, D. C., Northeast Texas, (Paris), Panhandle, (Amarillo), St. Louis, Mo., Puget Sound, (Seattle, Wash.), Shreveport, La., Smith County, (Tyler), Southern Cal- ifornia, (Los Angeles), South Planis, (Lub- bock), Stamford, Stephenville, Temple, Bell Co. Texarkana, Waco, Washington ‘County, (Brenham), West Texas, (San Angelo), Wharton-Jackson Counties, Wich- ita Falls, and Yoakum. - New Officers for Manila A.&M. Club Despite a rapid turnover in its membership, the Philippine A. & M. Club continues to hold well at- tended meetings, the last in the form of a banquet at the Manila Hotel. New officers were named, including President, Capt. Guy Har- rison, ’40, vice president, Capt. Aubrey D. Grant, ’41, vice presi- dent, Lt. Bill Black, ’43, and secre- tary treasurer, Lt. Arthur E. Gar- rett, ’45. Lt. Col.” W. H. Kelley, ’37, reported on the club’s activi- ties. The last meeting of the club was held on January 7. Members of the club declare there will be a Manila A. & M. Club until the last Aggie has left the Philippines. Refresher Courses For Engineers The School of Engineering at A. & M. College is making available postgraduate engineering refresher course for veterans of the past war. These courses will be either 8 or 16 weeks in duration, de- pending upon the needs of the particular groups. Courses will be available in Aeronau- tical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechani- cal, Management, Municipal and Sanitary, and Petroleum Engineering and in Archi- tecture. The objective of these courses is to assist the returned veteran to refresh his knowledge of fundamental and applied engineering before entering industry. It is believed that these courses will be of great value to men who entered the armed services immediately aftr graduation and whose service experience was not related to the field in which they wished to make their life work. These courses are for college graduates in engineering only. Registration for the first courses will be on February 6. Applicants should give as complete in- formation as possible stating the work which they wish to take. All requests should be adderssed to: Dean of Engineering A. & M. College of Texas College Station, Texas. Wichita Falls Club Allen R. Black, ’24, is President of the Wichita Falls . & M. Club; C. E. Birk, ’21, is Vice President; and H. R. Honaker, 26, Secretary- treasurer. President Black is Plant Superintendent of the Texas Elec- tric Service Co. at Wichita Falls. The Club plans a renewed program" of activities for 1946. J. Baylor Bell, 29, Heads Corpus Club J. Baylor Bell, ’29, is serving as President of the Corpus Christ A. &M. Club and leading that Club in an active program. Capt. H. C. “Tony” Heldenfels, ’35, is Vice President following his return from extensive overseas military duty. J. Frank “Red” Collins, ’12, con- tinues as Secretary-Treasurer. President Bell attended both Texas A. & M. and Tulane. He traveled extensively in the early 20’s, making a trip around the world and spending quite some time in the Far East. He is an official of the E. W. Saybolt & Co., In- spectors of Petroleum, P. O. Box 1236, Corpus Christi, and in addi- tion is interested in the ranching ‘| business. He is District Manager of the company at Corpus Christi and previously served with the company in Mexico, Baton Rouge, La., and Houston. He and Mrs. Bell, who is a graduate of the University of Texas, have two daughters and a son. Baylor reports that his son is already a football casualty, having suffered a broken collar- bone in a game in early December. They reside at 324 Katherine Drive in Corpus Christi and extend a wel- come to all Aggie friends. The Corpus Christi Club held its Christmas dance in December and hopes to announce soon a big win- ter meeting with Athletic Director Homer Norton and football movies as a feature. 4 + Jack Turner, ’26 Named Sec. Amer. Hereford Association Jack Turner, ’26 named Secretary of the American Hereford Association, with head- near Fort Worth, When that herd was dispersed, Turner managed his own herd of registered cattle, the Silver Crest Herefords. He was a member of the International Judg- ing Team while a student at A. & M., and is now one of the best- known men-in the Hereford field in the U. S. The Silver Crest Herd will be dispersed at a sale some- new position. two sons, Jackie and David. T. P. Agric. Agent C. B. Senter, ’28 C. B. Senter, 28, vocational agri- cultural instructor in the public schools of Mt. Vernon and Van, Texas, for the past eighteen years, has resigned effective January 1, to accept a position as agricultur- al agent for the Texas and Pacific Railway lines in Teas. He will work with local agents, county agents and vocational agricultural teach- ers in improving farm techniques and in the development of diversi- fied agricultural programs in areas served by the T&P. His headquar- ters will be at Van. At Van, Mr. Senter, did an ex- cellent job in adult education work, teaching an average of four adult farm classes per year with an average enrollment of 200 farm- ers. These same farmers have been taken on over fifty educational trips to the outstanding farm areas over the entire south. : Mr. Senter holds a B. S. and M. S. degree from the College and is a native of Teague, Texas. Jack Turner, ’26, of the Silver Crest Farm, Fort Worth, has been quarters at Kansas City, Mo. For many years he was Manager of the Silver Creek Hereford Ranch from 1907's 50.9 down to 1899’s 18 A NEW RECORD Students. already presented $186,000 in war tributors in the remaining months meaning of the Memorial Center. the Association. of the Association. men themselves. the 1946 Fund. -raembership contributing. A pose. That goal will be reached unless there is a .1 any class COULD BE SET bonds to the college of this fund year. PRIDE IN FUND PROGRAM i Many A. & M. men have expressed a deep pride in the fine s cess of the Development Fund program. The Fund enables EVER man to have a part in giving to the College, its student body staff, some of the things long lacking on the campus. Only an A. M. man can vision the tremendous importance and need on the camp of the facilities to be provided in the student center or union buil ing. And only an A. & M. man can appreciate the great milita tradition of the College and the perpetuation of that tradition a the names of its Gold Star heroes in the Memorial Center. The pr: sence in this issue of the Aggie of the Honor Roll of men givi their lives in World Wars I and II emphasizes the importance and t FOR THOSE COMING IN LATE For those who came in late, here’s how the Development Fund Plan operates: 1. Every Former Student of the College is a MEMBER of the Association Former Students and membership dues have been eliminated. 2. The Development Fund seeks an annual gift from every A. & M. man, whatever amount he wishes to give, and is the only financial solicitation / is 1907 Leads All Classes January First As 1946 Fund Hit Half-Way Mark With Chance to Set New High Record Fritz Hensel’s 1407 Class leads by a whisker at the half-wa; mark in the race among Aggie classes on percentage on contributo to the 1946 Development Fund. The standings were figured on Ja vary first. Since the ’46 Fund does not close until May 31, there mains ample time for the leaders to be displaced. Nipping at the heels of the 1907’ers are 1901 , 1943, 1916, 19 1942, 1913 and on down the line. With the percent : age range runni is within sight of honors by a last half rally. And speaking of 1899, it is a safe that things will pick up in that group when Cavitt Love gets und way. He recently took over as class representative parture to Guatemala of Ambassador E. J. Kyle. Another class th will get busy is Dick Hervey’s 1942 top-notchers, who have featur the class parade the past two years and who last year took , following the When the January percentages were figured a total of 6,4 men had contributed to the ’46 Fund, representing an increase ow last year on the same date of 550 contributors. can be held thru May 31, the 1946 Fund will set both in number of contributors and in total amou Fund has shown an increase in each of the years it has been in oper. tion as the only financial solicitation of the Association of For THE GOLD STAR FUND IS COMPLETE Out of the current 1946 Fund $25,000.00 will be placed in t special Gold Star account, making a total of $50,000.00 that will available, when and if needed, to extend educational assistance the children of A. & M. men killed in ‘World War II. MORE FOR MEMORIAL CENTER A total of $225,000 in War Bonds to assist in construction the Memorial Student Center is the goal of the Development Fund } the close of the 1946 Fund year on May 31. Previous Funds ha If the present le a new high reco nt contributed. for this p alling off of co 3. Objectives of the Fund each year are determined by the Board of Direc 4. By pooling the gifts of many men, the Fund each year, will provide so of the things so badly needed by the College, its student body and for A. & 5. All contributors to the fund each year will receive the Texas Aggie, and be listed as contributors in the annual Fund Report each July. The vear runs from each June 1 to the following May 31. The current Fund 6. Emphasis is placed upon EVERY man making a gift each year and have ranged from one dollar to five thousand dollars. 7. Competition and ranking of classes lively upon the percentage of the cl competition has developed among classes and between class agents representing each class. 8. Present objectives of the 1946 Fund are two: Additional Funds for the ec struction of the Memorial Student Center and completion of the $50,000 to set aside to extend educational assistance to the children of Gold Star Agg: 9. The 1946 Fund does not close until May 31. Those who have not contrib since last Junel are invited to do so now. Gifts should be sent to the A ciation of Former Students, College Station, Texas. Class Standings at Half-Way Mark In 19 Dévelopment Fund first place time this year, in order that Tur- ner may give his full time to his In addition to his success as a breeder, Turner has served widely as a show judge, twice judging the great National Western Show at Denver. He and Mrs. Turner have % of Class Con- % of Class C tributions as of tributions as Class January 1, 1946 Class January 1, 1907 50.90 1937 .08 1901 50.00 1939 37.88 1943 49.32 1917 37.01 1916 47.01 1915 36.91 1944 45.68 1910 36.67 1942 45.59 1905 36.36 1913 44.51 1926 36.09 1904 44.44 1928 36.00 1900 43.75 1946 35.92 1914 43.62 1938 35.68 1947 42.43 1918 35.25 1912 42.30 . 1898 34.61 1941 42.23 1934 34.02 1908 41.54 1902 34.00 1925 41.15 1948 33.33 1933 40.76 1932 32.96 1924 40.67 1935 32.11 1923 40.63 1930 31.99 1940 40.54 1931 30.80 1922 40.15 1920 30.53 1945 30.89 1929 30.48 1921 39.71 1936 29.91 1911 38.79 1919 26.87 1927 38.69 Pioneers 26.47 1909 38.23 1903 18.92 1906 38.18 1899 18.18 Dallas Club Officers L. N. Oliphant, ’13, heads a new slate of officers taking over Janu- ary 1 for the Dallas A. & M. Club. Floyd K. Buckner, 23, is Vice Pres- ident; David M. Snell, ’37, recently returned from a Jap prison camp, Second Vice President; and Asa E. Hunt, ’22, Secretary-Treasurer. Di- rectors of the Club include the of- ficers and A. P. Rollins, '06; Tyree L. Bell, ’13; John Pratt, 29; Frank Gilchrist, ’39; and F. H. Cunning- ham, 10. The above slate was rec- ommended by a Nominating Com- mittee composed of Victor Foy, ’02; Hal Moseley, ’39; and Guy Cor- nett, 16. The Dallas Club continues to meet each Friday noon at the Adol- phus Hotel and a welcome sign hangs on the door. Logan, 27. Named to State Board Control Hall H. Logan, ’27, has been appointed a member of the three-man State Board of Control for a six, year term starting of Brownwood. For the past three years Logan has been teaching Industrial Engineering Manage- ment at A. & M. In addition he has served for the past eighteen months as Acting Director of the Texas Postwar Economic Planning Commission, head- quarters at Austin. He is a graduate of Crozier High School in Dallas and since joining the faculty of the College has attained his Master of Science degree in Management Engineering. Prior to coming to A. & M. he was with Sears Roebuck and Co. for eight years and following that was Vice President of the Consolidated Venetian Blind Co. of Houston. Logan’s first assignment by the ernor was an investigation of college hous- ing conditions and the opportunity for purchase by the state of surplus govern- ment property. Logan and other enterim appointees of the Governor must be con- firmed by the State Senate in its next ao | W. T. Carter, 98 A heart attack caused the de of W. T. Carter, "98, chief of Division of Soil Survey, Teas A Dec. 11. widow, the former January 1, last. The appointment was : : made and announced by Governor Coke cultural Experiment Station, Stevenson. Logan succeeds Harry Knox |his home in College Station He is survived by Miss M Lee Hayden of Fort Worth, and « son, W. T, Carter, Jr. Mr. Carter was raised Corpus Christi. He graduated Texas A&M College in 1898, took post graduate work in cultural chemistry at Penn College after being two years the Louisiana Agricultural Ex iment Station. Continuous service with the S. Department of Agriculture f 1902 until his death made Carter the dean in this respe all the USDA employees. He gan as a soil surveyor for session. (See W. T. CARTER, Page 2) 4
