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for which is guaranteed. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, netify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage THE TEXAS AGGIE for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable VOLUME XIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1946 NUMBER In The Limelight: Jim B. Sellars, ”33 Jim B. Sellars, ’33 Elected President Of Dallas A&M Club The Dallas A&M Club in a re- cent meeting elected Jim B. Sel- lars, ’33, President for the next six month term, Sellars is operating the J. B. Sellars Insurance Agency. He has offices on the 15th floor of the Republic Bank Building. He spent some four years in the armed forces and was separated from the service in December of 1945 with the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff School. Other officers elected include: R. B. Reilly, ’26, First Vice Presi- dent; Orville G. Allen, ’41, Second Vice President; Asa Hunt, 22, Secretary-Treasurer; and Arthur Reagor, Jr., ’41, Assistant Secre- tary-Treasurer. Retiring officers include: L. N. Oliphant, ’18, President; F. K. Buckner, ’23, First Vice President; Dave M. Snell, 87, Second Vice President. Asa E. Hunt, ’22, who served as Secretary-Treasurer with the retiring set of officers was re-elected for the next six months term. John J. Ledbetter, 25 John Ledbetter, ’25 Named Exec. Sec’y Of Texas Engineers John J. Ledbetter ’25, well known Dallas engineer and attor- ney, has been named Executive Secretary of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Having been on active duty with the U. S. Army Engineers for more than five years, Ledbetter was recently released with the rank of Colonel. At one time he was commanding officer of the Baton Rouge, La. Engineer De- pot. Prior to going into the armed forces, he had spent sixteen years doing engineering and legal work, most of which was with the In- ternational Boundary Commission. Admitted to the Texas Bar in 1935, he is a member of the Dallas Bar Association. Ledbetter is the first full time Executive Secretary of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers which claims one-third of the state’s registered engineers as members. He will make his head- quarters at 504 Ewell Nalle Building, Austin. FROM THE REVIEWING STAND A Great Texas Educational Program One of the finest developments in the history of public higher edu- cation in Texas is the joint and united building program proposed by the presidents and directors of all of the state’s colleges and uni- versities. This united action pro- poses a constitutional amendment which the next Legislature will be requested to submit for a vote of the people. The amendment will reallocate an unused five cents from the Confederate Pension Tax to provide a building program for fourteen state schools. The same amendment will authorize the Uni- versity of Texas and Texas A. & M. to issue bonds payable from in- come from their permanent funds. In both cases the available monies are to be used for building con- struction so desperately needed by all of the state’s schools. The proposal cails for no in- crease in the present constitutional limit of ad valorem taxes, and the requirements for Confederate Pen- sions will still be fully met. If the constitutional amendment is submitted and passed by the people next summer it will enable Texas A. & M. to embark upon a $5,000,000 building program. Other state institutions will be benefitted accordingly. The proposal has met with widespread approval from Legisla- tors and other citizens of the state. It was carefully worked out by the officers and directors of all the state schools and presents their united judgment. Readers of the “Texas Aggie” are requested to discuss the matter with their fel- low citizens and with their Legis- lators to the end that it may be first approved by the next session of the Legislature, then approved by the citizens of the state. Longhorns for History Copies of the Longhorn, Texas A. & M. College yearbook, provide the finest running history of the life of Texas A. & M. Only one complete file, starting with the Olio of 1895 and continuing with all published copies of the Long- horn, is in existence. That file is in the office of the Association, It is the desire of the College Library to complete its file of Longhorns, and it is likewise thought desirable to complete an additional file for the Association. : There are listed below the copies of the various yearbooks which will be needed to complete these files. Anyone who is willing to present or sell his copies to the Associa- tion or the College Library is ask- ed to write the Association of Former Students, College Station. In each book a name plate will be placed indicating the donor. 1895 Olio—3 copies needed 1903 Longhorn—3 copies 1904 Longhorn—1 copy 1905 Longhorn—1 copy 1906 Longhorn—1 copy 1907 Longhorn—1 copy 1908 Longhorn—1 copy 1910 Longhorn—1 copy 1911 Longhorn—1 copy 1917 Longhorn—1 copy 1918 Longhorn—1 copy 1920 Longhorn—2 copies 1934 Longhorn—1 copy 1937 Longhorn—1 copy 1938 Longhorn—1 copy The Campus Reporter’s Notebook Night classes in the Biology Laboratory are being tried for the first time. College Station now has its own bank with the opening of the College Station State Bank. . . . Durward B. Varner, ’40, has relinquished his position as assist- ant dean of men to go back into the Army on active duty with the Quartermaster Corps. While in the army, he will attend the University of Chicago and complete require- ments for a Ph.D. . .. Dr. Luther G. Jones, ’21, and Louis M. Thompson, ’35, of the Agronomy Department are the authors of a book entitled, “Soil Erosion and Its Control” . . . Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean of engineering, has been named to the council of the Society for Promotion of Engi- neering Education. . . . The Elec- trical Engineering Department has installed a radio direction finding station near Freeport to study trop- ical weather disturbances, Dr. Ho- bart M. Smith of the Fish and Game Department is the author of a book entitled, “Handbook of Lizards”. Rusty, a little black mongrel pup, has been officially adopted by the Cadet Corps as mascot. She takes the place left vacant by the death of Reveille. . . . The annual Summer Cotton Short Course is now in session on the campus. Ten A&M agricultural students and three college staff members will tour Mexico from August 26 to September 6 as guests of the Mexican government, Manning Smith, popular assist- ant football coach, has resigned his position to go into the grocery business. ATTENTION VETERANS WITH DISABILITY: The Association office has re- ceived requests for a man who likes to meet and deal with people, particularly young people—no sell- ing—should be able to do light cler- ical work and write longhand clear- ly and easily. This is a perfect job for veteran with disabilities that do not affect his sight, hearing or moving about. Salary is $200 per month and the job is of a perma- nent nature. If interested write the Association of Former Stu- dents giving full particulars about yourself. Bennie A. Zinn, "26 Becomes Assistant Dean of Men Bennie A. Zinn, ’26, has been appointed Assistant Dean of Men in addition to his other duties as Veterans’ Advisor. He will assume his new duties on the first of September. Zinn came to A&M as Veterans’ Advisor in August of last year. Prior to that time, he spent some five years in the armed forces. He served with the 6th Division and later with the 83rd Airborne Di- vision. He was discharged with the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. Prior to his going into the service, he taught school at Temple High School. He takes the position vacated by Durward B. Varner, ’40, who has been called to active duty with the army and is doing special work at the University of Chicago. Gen. Johnson, ’17 Awarded D.S. Medal For Work in Pacific Major General Harry H. John- son, ’17, of Houston received the Distinguished Service Medal on July first. The medal was present- ed to General Johnson by Gen. Jonathon M. Wainright in cere- So Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson ’17 monies at Fourth Army Head- quarters in San Antonio. The award was made for out- standing service in the Southwest Pacific area. The citation commend- ed General Johnson for efficiency in handling the collection and sur- render of 90,000 Japanese troops shortly after V.J. Day. General Johnson was also re- tired from active duty on July 2. He joined the army as private in 1917 and served with the 36th di- vision as a 2nd Lieutenant. After World War I he entered the oil business in Houston, becoming as- sistant to the vice president of the Gulf Oil Corporation. He serv- ed with the Texas National Guard for 23 years and was called to ac- tive duty in 1940 as a Lieutenant Colonel. In 1941 he became a Brig- adier General and was later pro- moted to Major General. He is a former commander of the 93rd infantry division, Teague Unopposed In Aug. 24 Election The withdrawal of Tom Tyson of Corsicana as a candidate for Con- gress from the Sixth Texas Dis- & : 3 Col, Olin E. “Tiger” Teague, 32, trict, left Col. Olin E. “Tiger” Teague, 32, as the sole candidate in the run-off election. Col. Teague is at Brooke General Hospital undergoing treatment of his ankle—the result of wounds inflicted by the enemy during his tour of service in the ETO. Deep East Texas Barbecue Barbecue was served to sixty members of the Deep East Texas A&M Club at Harris Lake between Longview and Gladewater on the evening of July 25. Bill Dawson, 41, of College Sta- tion discussed the 1946 athletic program. He also showed pictures of the 1945 Texas-Texas A&M foot- Barney Welch, elusive an excellent passer. Double Trouble for Conference Foes halfback from Stephenville, and Ed Sturcken, big fullback from San Antonio, are working off a few extra pounds before football season. Welch weighs 178 and is trying to get down to his old running weight of 165; Sturcken weighs 224 and is Dr. R. P. Marsteller, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine has requested that he be relieved of administrative duties as early as is convenient to the college. Mentioning ill health as the reason for his request, Dr. Mars- teller pointed out that he recently spent more than a month in hos- pitals and that he feels he must conserve his strength. It is expected that a successor to Dr. Marsteller will be appoint- ed by September 1. Dr. Marstel- ler will then become Dean Emeri- tus of the School of Veterinary Medicine, and professor of veteri- nary medicine and surgery at no reduction in salary. This is be- ing done in recognition of his long and faithful service to the college. : Coming to A&M in 1905, after graduation from Ohio State, he served under the late Dr. Mark Francis in the Agricultural Ex- periment Station and also taught classes in the college division. When the School of Veterinary Medicine was established in 1916, Dr. Francis was its first dean and Dr. Marsteller became his as- sistant. Dr. Marsteller became dean of the Veterinary School in 1937 af- ter the death of Dr. Francis, a position which he has held to the present date. Under his leadership the School of Veterinary Medicine has ex- perienced continual growth and today it enjoys a nationwide repu- tation. He will remain at the college to teach veterinary medicine and sur- gery. “I intend to remain right here and do some of the things that administrative duties have pro- hibited my enjoying.” Dean Mars- teller said “I’ll judge a horse show occasionally when invited. I am Sell-Out A complete sell-out for the Thanksgiving game has been announced by both the Texas A. & M. and Texas University Athletic departments. Former Students of A. & M. bought all the Aggie share within one week after application for prior pur- hase went out. All orders ou hand in the Athletic Dept. thru August 7 were filled but that closed the books. Chief reason for the early sell-out was the unprecedented number of tickets that had to be assigned each school’s record- breaking student body. 9,00( students expected at A. & M. and 18,000 at the University for the September term knocked a tremendous hole in the 45,000 seat Texas stadium. Ample tickets remain avail- able at this time for all other games on the Aggie schedule, but Athletic Business Manager P. L. Downs, Jr., ’06, warns that other sell-outs are likewise cer- tain and urges all ticket orders to be filed with him at once. Public sale will open September first for all remaining tickets. Dean Marsteller Asks Relief From Administrative Duties in Vet School San Antonio Barbecue San Antonio’s famed annual chicken barbecue was held at Ag- gie Park, the Club’s own proper- ty, on the evening of June 8. 400 men were present, and the party was one of the most successful in the long history of that occasion. Dean R. P. Marsteller also looking forward to taking frequent turns about the state, checking up on-some of our veteri- nary graduates.” Dutch Hohn, ’12 Makes Sat. Eve. Post Caesar “Dutch” Hohn, ’12, State Farm Labor Supervisor for the Texas Extension Serv- ice was written up in the July 27 issue of the Saturday Even- ing Post for his splendid work in connection with migrant farm labor activities, He is credited with originat- ing the idea of building shelters for migrant workers. Another item of no small im- port was his fostering a more kindly feeling between farmers, townspeople and migrant farm- laborers. Ottawa Univ. Honors Dr. George E. Potter Dr. George E. Potter, Professor of Zoology and Premedical Advis- or at the A&M College, was recent- Dr. George E. Potter ly awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kan. Dr. Potter received his B. S. degree from Ottawa University in 1921. He received his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Iowa. He received the Ph.D. in 1927. He has been at A&M since 1939 as Professor of Zoology in the De- partment of Biology. 1946 TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (A TEAM) Sept. 21—North Texas State Teachers College at College Station. Sept. 28—Texas Tech at San Antenio (night). . 5—0klahoma University at Norman, Okla. . 12—L. S. U. at Baton Rouge, La. (night). . 19—T. C. U. at College Station. . 26—Baylor University at Waco. . 9—S. M. U. at Dallas ball game. Nov. 16—Rice at College Station. Nov. 28—Texas University at Austin (Thanksgiving Day). (B TEAM) Oct. 11—Randolph Field at College Station. Oct. 18—T. C. U. “B” Team at College Station, Oct. 25—Baylor University ‘“B” Team at College Station Nov. 1—Baylor University Nay 8—S. M. U. “B” Team at Dallas. ov, . 2—Arkansas University at College Station “B” Team at Waco (night) . 15—Rice Institute “B” Team (tentative). Ne site has been chosen. . 23—Texas University “B” Team at Austin, (Tentative) The Good 01d Guessing Days Are Here; Forty-six Returning Aggie Lettermen Brighten Picture for Football Team The old adage of “not being able to see the forest because of the trees” is an apt description of any sportswriter trying to fore- cast this fall’s Aggie football team. And the same trite saying may well reflect the positon of Homer Norton and his coaching staff. A monumental total of at least forty-six letter-men, plus a goodly complement of high school stars, plus many service men who may have improved greatly with their maturity, and a huge squad that already numbers a round hundred’ men with football experience, pro- vide ample evidence of the task facing the coaching staff. By school opening time there may be others back from the service to add to the squad. ; . Double Schedules Addition of a “B” team schedule will provide opportunity for more boys to play and already much interest has been manifest in that new departure. Both Varsity and B team schedules are listed in this issue. The B team will be under the direction of coaches Charley DeWare and assistant Wayne Cure. Norton will have on his staff Bill James, Marty Karow, Botchey Koch, John Frankie, Lil Dimmit and Frank Anderson. Don’t be fooled by statistics. Many of those lettermen, for in- stance, won their letters during the war years when football was not as rugged as it will be this fall and when Aggie man-power was at low ebb. Some of the returning service men were just average players before the war and only wishful thinking can build them into stars this fall. There isn’t a parallel on the Aggie squad, but Matty Bell up at S. M. U. would no doubt trade a score of returning veterans and letter-men for the return of the youngster who last fall “Made” his team, Doak Walker. The Aggies will be far better this fall than in the past several years, and so will every other conference team. Football bids fair to have one of its finest, toughest seasons. There will be no weak teams in the conference. At this stage the Longhorns of Texas U. must be rated as the team to beat for top honors. The Neck Goes Out Attempting a job that makes even the coaches flinch, this com- mentator will mention a few of the boys he thinks will be in there pitching for a title for the Aggies. Similar to political, stock market and military “experts” it must be remarked that “Last minute trends may change the picture.” “Cotton” Howell should be one of the conference’s better ends and Norton Higgins may be as good. Dan Foldberg, if his knee is 0.K. can catch passes with the very best and Julian Pressly might de- velop into an All-American. That still leaves four letter-men to dispute this expert. Monte Moncrief and Leonard Dickey will return at tackles as will pre-war Bob Tulis and Don Luethy. The guards look like the line’s strongest position with Jim Winkler, Herb Turley and Odel Stautzenberger as head-liners. Keep your eye on that Odel. If he lives up to spring practice he’ll be great, and Winkler and Turley are very fine guards. The important center position is wide open. It has been none too well fortified in recent seasons and a capable performer can make a home for himself in a hurry this fall. Backs! Backs! Backs! Like the Old Lady Who Lived in the Shoe, and working those metaphors over again, Homer Norton and Marty Karow have so many backs they may not know what to do, and certainly that will be true in early season. Sharp-shooting and good running Jimmy Hallmark looks like the king of the quarters for that “T” forma- tion. Its hard to imagine a team so good that Barney Welch is not a regular and the same might be said for Bob Goode, Marion Flan- agan, Willie Zapalac, Preston Smith, Leo Daniels and others. That roar just heard was from west Texas fans and Pampa and Amarillo in particular asking what you gonna do about the Boyles brothers and Cecil Corbell; Pink Downs is sulking because Temple’s Ed Dusek and Tom Pickett were not included; there are a dozen addi- tional lettermen who will not agree at all, and those high school stars may upset all the calculations. Then there are always the dark horses. They do say that a lad named Boswell from nearby Hearne is sure fire. He was Little All American last fall while playing with Oberlin College as a service man. Big Ed Sturcken can throw the football from one end of the field to the other and Bing Turner can kick it back over his head where little Red Burditt will return 120 yards for a T.D. So, pick out your own team—or turn it over to Homer Norton and his staff who actually get paid for a job that most any fan would do for them for free. Bring on the 1946 season! It will be the first year in several that the Aggies have enjoyed an even break in material with most of their opposition. Introducing the 1946 Texas Aggies PLAYER POS. HOME TOWN Avery, Dick E 180 Dallas ST Foldberg, Dan E 178 Dallas 15 Hand, Floyd E 175 Pasadena iL Hartmann, Walter E 196 New Braunfels SV Hasty, Bill E 185 Dallas HS Higgins, Norton E 190 Galveston 2L Hill, James E 185 Ysleta FN Howell, Clarence E 190 Nacogdoches 1L Pollock, O. L. E 170 San Antonio HS Sample, Tom E 180 Dallas FN Pressly, Julian E 192 Fort Worth ST Settegast, Marion E 190 Houston 1L Wagenhauser, John E 190 Dallas FN White, Oscar E 185 Rising Star 15L Whittaker, Ray E 210 Houston HS Wright, Charles E 180 Fort Worth 1L Yeargain, Charles E 185 Dallas 2L Andrews, Bill T 204 Amarillo FN Denton, Dean 'T 225 Harlingen 18 Dickey, Leonard T 220 Alto oL Gower, Lin PAH | 215 Dallas SV Haywood, Joseph L. T 200 Gladewater SV Loftin, D. V. ; 13 220 Gladewater HS Luethy, Don 'T 198 Monahans 1% Moncrief, Monte T 205 Dallas 3L Payne, Lawrence 4 200 Fort Worth 1L Ruthledge, John TP 210 Poteet SV Schmidt, Vernon i; 205 Troy 1% Speer, Thomas IT 225 Temple FN Steymann, Walter T 235 Bastrop 1% Tulis, Bob i 235 Fort Worth y iL Wilson, James Te 190 Dallas 4 FN Wright, Ed i 225 Fort Worth FN Barnett, Jimmy G 180 Paris 11. Beaird, Elton G 185 Lufkin HS Brown, Bill G 185 Grapeland 1L Brown, Eric G 195 San Antonio HS Corsi, Manuel G 195 San Benito HS Davis, Johnnie G 192 Vernon FN Dugas, A. J. G 190 Port Arthur HS Dupree, Calvin G 208 Fort Worth 1S Eberle, Adolph G 205 Sweetwater 1L Ford, Gardner G 190 Houston 54% Neumann, Hans G 180 Port Arthur FN Overly, Charles G 170 Longview 1L Page, Fred G 175 Amarillo FN Stautzenberger, Odel G 210 San Antonio JC Turley, Herbert G 195 San Antonio 1L Winkler, James G 210 Temple ir Blanton, Eugene C 180 Beaumont HS Flowers, James C 205 Dallas HS Goodwin, Fred C 195 Dallas HS Knight, John C 198 Dallas FN Martin, Frank C 200 Temple FN Mercer, Arthur C 186 Temple 2L Metcalf, John C 205 Overton ST Rutledge, James C 195 Poteet SV Wilkins, Leon C 204 Abilene HS Wright, Dick C 170 Nacogdoches iL Baty, Buryl QB 170 Paris FN Beesley, Earl QB 182 Dallas jv Boswell, Jim QB 185 Hearne SV Boyles, Charles - QB 215 Pampa SV Burch, Arthur QB 200 Dallas FN Burditt, Jesse QB 160 Abilene iL, Callender, Dick QB 157 College Station iL Hallmark, James QB 170 Kilgore iL Sommers, Floyd QB 185 Brenham HS Wallace, Bruce QB 165 Coleman ST Anderson, Jennings HB 187 San Antonio iL Corbell, Cecil HB 199 Amarillo HS Daniels, Leo HB 180 Bryan 2L Deere, Donald HB 165 Breckenridge 1L Dew, Bobby HB 170 Corsicana ST Engle, Bill HB 185 Greenville 11, Flanagan, Marion HB 173 Sweetwater 15 Haltom, Bart HB 160 Bryan FN King, Donald HB 165 Greenville HS Konz, Max HB 210 Weimar SV Lown, John HB 175 Thornton HS Pickett, Tom HB 180 Temple iL Prejean, Weston HB 185 Kingsville HS Reyes, Humberto HB 175 Berclair HS Rogers, Harvey HB 190 Mart HS Smith, Preston HB 175 Bryan iL Torno, Frank HB 180 Caldwell ST Welch, Barney HB 165 Stephenville a Wilde, George HB 176 Graham FN Andricks, Dennis FB 203 Houston 1L Ballentine, John FB 194 Ysleta 105 Beard, Glenn FB 185 Kermit 1k Boyles, Ray FB 210 Pampa SV Dusek, Ed FB 205 Temple 15 Goode, Bob FB 207 Bastrop Lk Lantrip, Robert FB 180 Lake Charles, La. HS Sturcken, Ed FB 224 San Antonio 1L Turner, Stanley FB 200 Beaumont 1L Zapalac, Willie FB 205 Bellville gL. Explanation of symbols in experience column: 1L, 2L, 3L—Varsity Letters at Texas A. & M. 1S—Varsity squad service, no letter. FN—Freshman numeral before war. JC—Junior College Letterman, ST—Took part in 1946 spring training. SV—Played football in service. HS—High School Lettermen.
