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El POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. 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 XIII COLLEGE STATION, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1946 NUMBER." — Present in Mr. Jones’ office at the announcing of the $50,000 gift to A&M College were Mr. G. R. White ’95, President of the Board of Directors, President Gibb Gilchrist and Mr. Jones. (Photo by courtesy of Houston Chronicle) To Aid Texas Agriculture MR. AND MRS. JESSE H. JONES GIVE A grant of $50,000.00 for agri- cultural .scholarships ..at .. Texas A&M was announced on June 8 by Mr. and Mrs, Jesse H. Jones of Houston. The awards, to be known as the Jesse H. Jones Ag- ricultural Scholarships will be given over a period of ten years with the sum of $5,000 being made available for each year. Recipients of the scholarships will be chosen under the general plan for selecting winners of the Texas A&M Opportunity Awards and the first winners will enter school this fall. The handsome gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jones will provide for similar awards each year for the next ten years. The Jones Scholarships will carry substantial financial grants each year for the four years their win- ners are in college. To Aid Agriculture The Jones Scholarships are de- signed to create greater interest in agriculture. They will enable outstanding Texas boys to attend college for the study of agricul- ture; boys who otherwise would find it financially impossible to pursue their education beyond high school. Scholarship winners must indicate their intent to work for the betterment of Texas agriculture following graduation. Long Time Friend Mr. and Mrs. Jones are long- time friends of Texas A&M and of the boys and girls of the state. They have in recent months es- tablished other scholarship funds at Texas State College for Wom- en and at the Prairie View State University for Colored. Mr. Jones holds the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from Texas A. & M., that honor being conferred upon him in 1936. Gifts to Texas A. & M. are not new to Mr. Jones. In 1925 when A. & M. men were struggling to establish the student loan funds they were heartened by a gift of $1,000 from Mr. Jones. For the past several years he has made an annual contribution to the Texas A&M Development Fund. Following the Aggie football vic- tory at the 1939 Sugar Bowl he gave each member of the team and their coaches gold watches in memory of that memorable seas- on. $50,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Mr. Jones outlined the terms of the scholarship plan in a letter to President Gibb Gilchrist as fol- lows: “I am authorized to advise you that the trustees of Houston Endowment, Inc., will make avail- able to A&M College $50,000 for agricultural scholarships for ex- penditure at the rate of $5000 a year. “TI have had a feeling for a number of years that too many of our young men were being edu- cated away from the farm and it is our expectation that scholar- ships from this fund will be awarded to young men who are interested in the study of agri- culture and related fields, and who would expect to return to the farm. “In our conference with you and Mr. White, president of your board of directors, at our meeting last week, you expressed the opin- ion that agricultural scholarships would in your opinion, fill a most desirable need. “It is our intention that gradu- ates from these scholarships should not be required to repay any part of the funds advanced for their education, but we would like procedure established so that any who volunteer to pay any part of the advances for their ac- count could do so. Any such payments should be added to our contribution to the scholarship fund. “Details of the arrangements may be worked out with Mr. F. J. Heyne, president, Houston Endow- ment, Inc., and the suggestions in your lettér of today to Mr. M. A. Backlund are generally acceptable. “If the enterprise proves of sufficient value, we hope to be able to add something to the scholarship fund, or to extend the time beyond 10 years. “It was a pleasure to meet with vou and Mr. White and to hear at first hand many interesting faets about the accomplishments eof A. and M. graduates. “Mrs. Jones and I nave long been interested in A.&M. and are glad to be able to be of assistance to some deserving young men who want to take advantage of the opportunity it afferds.” FROM THE REVIEWING STAND Nearly 3500 summer school stu- dents broke all summer records for the first semester. Over 90 per cent are returned service men, no high school students being permitted to enter. . . . Toughest deal on the school front is the task faced by college authorities in selecting 64 out of about 300 men for entrance into the School of Veterinary Medi- cine this fall. All those eligible have taken the year’s pre-vet course, now a requirement. The 64 will be chosen on the basis of grades made in the pre-vet courses. Restriction of enrollment was nec- essary to maintain the school’s standing with national rating agencies, Only black cloud in the football sky is the uncertainty of the teen- age draft. Loss of Bob Goode, big Winkler, who incidentally is as fine a guard prospect as Kyle Field ever saw, Cotton Howell, fine end, Hub Ellis, only letterman center, and several others, would be a body blow to footbal prospects. All those mentioned are lettermen and in the teen-age group. LOOKY, EVERYBODY: The an- nouncement of correspondence work leading to a Ph.B., in this issue, is important and a fine opportunity to all. It will bear consideration from every reader of The Aggie and graduate of the College. Old-timers declare this spring’s Final Review on May 31 was the wettest ever held. A full inch rain- fall fell during the thirty minutes of the review but it was carried out as usual. All student meals this summer will be served cafeteria style in the cafeterias now in operation in both Sbisa and Duncan Halls. Attention Ag School Graduates Vocational Agriculture Teach- ers are woefully short in num- bers this year. Recent graduates in Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, (Production) Dairy Husbandry, Horticulture and Poultry Husbandry who are interested in Teaching Vocation- al Agriculture should contact the Department of Agricultural Edu- cation. Plans are being made whereby graduates of the above mentioned departments may qualify as Vo- cational Agriculture teachers— during the semester—beginning in September. Campus Reporter’s Notebook Dr. E. A. Grist, poultry veteri- narian for the College Extension Service, has received a citation from the President of the U. S. for work done during World War II with the Procurement and Assign- ment Service in Fort Worth. . . . Dr. P. B. Pearson, graduate pro- fessor of nutrition and nutritionist of the Agric. Exp. Station, has been appointed a member of the Committee on Animal Nutrition of the National Research Council. . . . The annual summer meeting of the State Veterinary Medical As- sociation was conducted on the campus on June 4 and 5. Another evidence of the wide- spread interest in the Texas A & M. Development Fund was express- ed in a gift to the ’46 Fund by the West Texas A. & M. Club, com- posed of students in the College from that section of the state. The Association wishes to express its appreciation to each member of this club for this thoughtful gift. W. Jay Poynor served as President of the club this past year. Dr. Eugene P. Humbert, head of the Department of Genetics of the College, was recently unanimously elected District Governor of Rotary International. Dr. Humbert is a past president of the Rotary Club of Bryan. . .. H. C. “Dutch” Dil- lingham, of the Electrical Engi- neering Department of the College, has been named Secretary of the Houston Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. College Offers New Post Graduate Inauguration of a plan where- by graduates of A & M College might continue their studies to- ward a Bachelor of Philosophy De- gree and at the same time accept gainful employment was an- nounced by Dean T. D. Brooks of the Graduate School this week. “The course of study to be of- fered by the College is entitled “Looking At America” and is de- signed to acquaint graduates in the more technical fields with the social and cultural aspects of present day life. Completion of the initial course of study in the “Looking At America” series will lead to award of the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy,” Dr. Brooks explained. Involving a prescribed reading program in the fields of Agricul- Courses for Its Employed Graduates tural Economics, Economies, Eng- lish, Geography, Geology, History, Petroleum Engineering and Rur- al Sociology, the ‘Looking At America” course should be com- pleted by an employed graduate in two to three years. After reading each of the preseribed books in the course, the student will discuss the contents of said book in a letter to the imstruetor of the course. Arrangements are being made to place all the pre- scribed books in the college Ili- brary so that they will be avail- able for those students who do net wish to purchase the required publications. “Other departments of the eol- lege will offer courses if demand for “Looking At America” series warrants,” Dr. Brooks said. R. D. Lewis Appointed Director Of Texas Ag. Experiment Station Dr. Robert Donald Lewis, for- merly director of the Ohio Seeds Improvement Association, has been appointed director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, according to a recent announce- ment by President Gibb Gilchrist. Dr. Lewis will assume his new duties on September 1, 1946. Dr. Lewis since 1940 has been professor and chairman of the Ohio State University department of agronomy. He also has held the third position of agent of the division of cereal crops and dis- ease of the Bureau of Plant In- dustry, United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. Lewis is director of the Ohio Seed Improvement Association, a group considered the model state organization for the entire coun- try and he also was adviser of the seed industry and seed grower committee on federal appropria- tions for improvement of legumes in 1945-46. International crop im- provement committees of which Dr. Lewis is a member include those on general certification, red clover standards, alfalfa standards and seed standards for grasses. Additionally, he served as chair- man of the American Society of Agronomy committee on war and postwar adjustments from 1942 to 1946. Dr. Lewis was born in Wyalus- ing, Pa., and took his B. S. in agronomy in 1919 at Pennsylvania State Colloge. He received his Ph.D. at Cornell in 1926 with his major study in genetics and plant breeding. J i. Aggie Veterinary Club Gets Going; Geo. Burch, ’38, Pres. Final organization of The Vet- erinary Alumni Club of Texas A. & M. was completed at a meeting of Aggie Veterinarians held dur- ing the annual State Veterinary Association meeting on the campus June 4-5. Dr. George R. Burch, 38, Wichita Falls, was elected president, Dr. Jack O. Whitehead, ’35, Houston, Vice President, and Dr. W. C. “Bill” Banks, ’40, Bryan, Secretary-Treasurer. Pres. Burch was named to represent the club on the Council of The Association of Former Students. The meeting unanimously adopt- ed a resolution of support and co- operation to President Gilchrist and College authorities, and ex- tended to them the group’s will- ingness and desire to be of every assistance in the upbuilding of the college and particularly the school of Veterinary Medicine. A preliminary, suggested set of by-laws was read and discussed. Another draft of by-laws will be presented to the next meeting of the club. The seventy-five or more A. & M. Veterinary Alumni pres- ent at the meeting were enthusi- astic in discussing the fine possi- bilities of the new organization and its value in maintaining contacts between its members. Camp County Club Elects Ross Brison Ross Brison, ’23, Pittsburg, was elected President of the Camp County A. & M. Club at its or- ganization in May. John Holman, ’44, was named Secretary and Rob- ert Spencer, ’46, Chairman of en- tertainment. The club meets every third Tuesday evening of each month. Fifty-one members and guests were present at the April 21 Muster. On June 4 the club en- joyed a fish fry. All A. & M. men of Camp County, and those in sur- rounding areas where no club is organized are extended a cordial invitation to join in the activities of the club. The Awards are sponsored by the demonstrated efforts and abilities. Jesse Jones’ Gift Shortly after the announce- ment of the Opportunity Awards, the handsome gift of Jesse H. Jones of Houston served as further encourage- ment to the award and scholarship program. The Jones grant will increase available Awards to be offered in September by fifty per- cent. Members of the Association Board of Directors and those pres- ent at the recent annual meeting on the campus were enthusiastic in their reception of the Oppor- tunity Award program as the ob- jective of the 1947 Development Fund. The action of Mr. Jones and responses received from many others, indicate that Texas citizens generally are tremen- dously interested in this first large-scale attempt to offer edu- cational opportunity to thous- ands of outstanding boys now de- nied a college education, Letters and applications cover- ing the Awards will soon be mailed to each high school in Texas. Names of the winners of the awards will be announced in late summer. First Objectives Reached It was pointed out at the Annual Association meeting that the first Fund objectives had been reached. The Gold Star Fund to provide educa- tional assistance to children of men killed in military serv- ice has reached its goal of $50,000.00. Authorities of the College have allocated ad- ditional funds sufficient to build the Memorial Student Another City Mgr. W. O. JONES, '19 W. O. Jones, ’19, veteran en- gineer in the Ft. Worth city gov- ernment and most recently public works director for the city, has been named acting city manager. Reports have it that the job is permanently his if he wants it. Jones has been with the city of Fort Worth for many years in various engineering capacities. His appointment adds another of Tex- as’ major cities to the many al- ready being managed by A. & M. men. Jones is a past-president of the Ft. Worth A. & M. Club. Buck Schiwetz, ’21 To Paint Oilfields For Standard Oil Widely known Texas artist E. M. “Buck” Schiwetz, 21, Houston, has been commissioned by the Standard Oil Co. to depict the Tex- as oilfields for its advertisements. The company selects the nation’s outstanding artists for such work. Schiwetz is a member of the ad- vertising firm of Franke, Wilkin- son, Schiwetz, Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston. He will retain his interest in that firm but will de- vote a larger amount of his time to fine arts. He has received na- tional attention for his work in painting and sketching of the oil- fields and cotton producing scenes of Texas and Louisiana. That work was done for Anderson-Clayton Cotton Co., and for the Humble Co. A true artist, Schiwetz paints because he likes to paint. The fact that his work is of national interest is a sidelight to him. His greatest aim in life is to leave a great heritage of painting in his state. He received his degree from A. & M. in architecture. Classmates still remember his habitat on the fourth floor pent-house of old Gathright Hall. Center as soon as construc- tion conditions permit. A. & men have given to the Col- lege for that building a total of $234,000.00 face value war bonds. With those great ob- jectives reached there was en- thusiastic approval of the great new Scholarship Pro- gram through the Texas A. & M. Opportunity Awards. Basis of competition for the Awards will be roughly seventy five point for scholarship and twenty five points divided between character and leadership abili- ties. Turner’s Silver Turned to Gold Jack Turner’s, 26, silver turned to gold on June 3 when his Real Silver Domino 44th., herd sire of his Silver Crest Hereford herd, was sold for a record-breaking $52,000. Turner disposed of his herd in preparation of moving to Kansas City, Mo., and taking over his new job as Secretary of the American Hereford Association. The sale was attended by Hereford breeders from all over the U. S. Purchaser of Real Silver Domino 44th. was Hills and Dale Farms, LaGrange, Ga. The sale was at the Dean Ranch near Ft. Worth. Jack Turner has been in the Hereford business since graduation from A. & M. in 1926 in Animal Husbandry and for years has been one of the nation’s leading breed- ers of registered Herefords. A&M Men Launch douthwest's First Big Scholarship Program-Opportunity Awards Chosen As Objective 1947 Fund The first major scholarship program of the southwest has been launched by A&M men... Their gifts to the 1947 Development Fund will initiate the Texas A&M Opportunity Awards. po Ten Texas boys who would otherwise be unable to attend college will enter A&M this fall to open the Opportunity Award program. Development Fund. Launching of the program and the money to provide ten Awards each year for the next five years was made possible by action of the Board of Directors of the Association of Former Students in naming the Opportunity Awards as the objective of the 1947 Development Fund. Statewide Competition Winners of the Opportunity Awards will be chosen through a sys- tem of statewide competition under the direction of the permanent College Faculty Scholarship Committee. of $200 or $300 a year for four years. ance may be supplemented by student employment or student loans. An Award winner will still be quite definitely “on his own.” will be required to maintain an acceptable scholastic average as well as a high standard of personal conduct if the Award is to continue from year to year. The program will offer each year to the most able boys of Texas an opportunity to overcome an unearned handicap of lack of funds and to secure a college education through their own The Awards carry grants Where necessary that assist- He FOOTBALL TICKETS Application blanks for early Ex-Student football ticket pur- chase will be mailed about Aug- ust first, according to P. L. Downs Jr., 06, Business Mana- ger. Blanks will go to all former students whose addresses were on file as of June 18. No checks or ticket orders can be accepted | prior to August first, Mr. Downs ° said. Sale to the general public will open Sept. 1, and Mr. Downs pointed out that after the thirty-day priority period for | Ex-Students remaining tickets | would be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Roland Bing, ’42 To Edit Aggie Captain Roland Bing, ’42, re- leased from the army in June, has resumed his position with the As- sociation of Former Students as editor of The Texas Aggie and assistant secretary. He will alse work on the class programs of the younger classes and more particu- larly with each graduating class as it leaves the college. Bing was inducted into the army in the summer of 1942. He was commissioned in May 1943 after graduation from an Administration 0.C.S. at Fargo, N. Dakota. He served at Fort Benning, Ga., for three years before being released this summer. A graduate in Agricultural Edu- cation, Bing was student editor of the Agriculturist and active in other student affairs. His home is at Oakwood. He makes his home on the campus at the Y.M.C.A. and will be happy to see or hear from his many A. & M. friends. Teague, ’32, Honored At Barbecue Dinner Col. Olin E, “Tiger” Teague, 32, was guest of honor at a barbe- cue dinner given at the Bryan Country Club on Thursday even- ing, June 6, 1946. The barbecue was given in be- half of Col. Teague who is a can- didate for TU. S. Congressman from the sixth Texas District. Col. Tke Ashburn served as prin- cipal speaker. . A three time winner of the Sil- ver Star, Teague fought from Cherbourg, across France, and in- to Germany. He served as a bat- talion commander in the 79th In- fantry. EL PASO The El Paso A. & M. Club met recently and selected as its Direct- or Dan F. Rugel, ’11, who served the club last year as President. New officers for the coming year included Frank L. Holmes, ’30, 415 W. San Antonio St., President; E. C. Donohue, ’13, Box 1567, Vice President; 2nd Vice President, Hugh L. Chappelle, ’19; Calvin G. Adams, ’43, Box 389, Secretary; and R. B. Goodman, ’20, Treasurer. Goodman served the club at secre- tary and treasurer last year. are army veterans. (Photo courtesy of Howard Miller, Amarillo Turns to Youth When members of the Panhandle-Amarillo A. & M. Club said they wanted to work younger members of the club into definite re- sponsibilities they wasted no time in doing just that. The three newly elected officers above are perhaps the youngest group ever to head one of the major A. & M. Clubs. Reading left to right: C. B. “Cheesy” Marsh, 42, 2831 Ong St., Vice-President; Calvin Brumley, ’45, The Globe News Publishing Company, Secretary-Treasurer; and Ed Tim- mons, ’41, 104 E. 21st St., President. All three of the new officers Retiring officers are: Charles W. Smith, ’32, President; Al Morgan, Vice-President; and Carl W. Miller, 28, Secretary-Treasurer. Staff Photographer, Amarillo Globe News.}