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About Football Tickets
Good news for football fans was
the announcent that the SMU game
had been switched from Ownby
Stadium, SMU, to the Cotton
Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas. The
Cotton Bowl seats 46,000 compared
to 23,000 at SMU’s Ownby Sta-
dium. The switch meant that thous-
ands who otherwise would have
been unable to see the game may
now do so.
A word of praise is due athletic
authorities at SMU and the Mus-
tang student body. Every school
likes to play on its own field. The
switch to the Cotton Bowl repre-
sents a real sacrifice by the Mus-
tangs, and football fans should be
appreciative. The change was made
possible through the cooperation
of the SMU authorities, a special
committee of the Dallas A. & M.
Club, and Aggie Athletic Authori-
ties. Prior to the switch, the SMU
game was just about to join the
Thanksgiving game as an early
sellout.
Aggie Athletic Business Man-
ager, P, L. Downs, Jr., 06, advises
that his office is still filling or-
ders for all games, with the ex-
ception of the Thanksgiving game.
Tickets for all the Conference
games are $3.00 each and the
same for the Texas Tech tilt at
San Antonio on the night of Sep-
tember 28. The Oklahoma game at
Norman, October 5th is $2.75 and
the night game with LSU at Baton
Rouge, October 12 is $3.60. Orders
should be placed for tickets now,
by writing direct to the Athletic
Department. Sale to the general
public for tickets to all games
other than A. & M. vs. Texas,
opens September 1, following the
thirty-day priority period for A.
& M. ex-students.
In discussing the Thanksgiving
game sellout, Downs pointed out
that order blanks were mailed the
last week in July to all ex-students
whose names and correct addresses
were in the files of the Associa-
tion. The orders started coming
back on July 27. As each order
came in it was dated and number-
ed consecutively, beginning with
No. 1. By August 6th the orders on
hand called for every available
Thanksgiving ticket and further
sales had to be stopped.
As previously explained, the
chief reason for the unprecedented
early sellout, was the record-break-
ing student bodies at A. & M. and
the University. When seats had
been set aside for those groups,
A. & M and Texas had left ap-
proximately 10,000 tickets each for
ex-student sales. Both schools sold
out within a week. This year is the
first in history that there was no
public sale for the Thanksgiving
game,
Downs expects other sellouts and
urges fans to order their tickets
now.
The Campus Reporter’s Notebook
The Texas Aggie Band under
the direction of E. Verne Adams,
29 will be 220 men strong this
fall. . . Approximately 1,326 acres
of the 18,000 acre Bluebonnet Ord-
nance Plant, near McGregor, have
been recently deeded to the A. &
M. College by the Federal Secur-
ities Administration. If college re-
quests are approved by the War
Assets Administration, A. & M.
will eventually be given control of
the entire 18,000 acres at the
plant. =.=.
Owen Garrigan, horseman and
trainer for the animal husbandry
department was recently kicked by
a horse and suffered a fractured
skull. He is slowly improving. . .
A new concrete building being
erected at the side of the Campus
Theater building will be occupied
by Joske’s of San Antonio. . . Dr.
Ide P. Trotter, Director of the
Texas Extension Service, has been
attending the Western States Re-
gional Extension Conference in Ft.
Collins, Colorado. . .
Dr. Porter Butts, director of the
Student Union at the University
of Wisconsin was a recent campus
visitor. He took part in several
conferences concerning the Stu-
dent Memorial Center to be built
here at A. & M.
The Grove, outdoor cement dance
slab, will have its present size
tripled shortly.
Professor A. V. Moore has re-
joined the staff of the dairy hus-
bandry department. He will also
receive his Ph. D. on August 31
from Michigan State College.
Taylor Wilkins, ’36 has been
named Veterans Adviser. Wilkins
came to the college in October of
1935 and has been working with
the office of Student Affairs.
Dr. Arne A. Jakkula has been
appointed director of research for
the Texas A. & M. Research
Foundation.
J. Matt Carr, ’30 of Waco has
been appointed associate profes-
sor of municipal and sanitary en-
gineering at the college. He as-
sumes his duties September 1.
Dr. W. B. Davis who has been
acting head of the fish and game
department for the past two years,
has been appointed head of the
department effective September 1.
Stewart Bevan, ’38 has been
added to the geology department
staff.
Professor S. A. Lynch, formerly
of NTAC, has been named head
of the geology department.
College Expects More Than 9,000
Students to Enroll In September
“Standing Room Only” will be
the “order of the day” on Septem-
ber 10 when classes for the Septem-
ber session get under way. College
officials are predicting an enroll-
ment of more than 9,000 while some
of the more optimistic prognosti-
cators are soaring up to 10,000.
Registration for students in
school during the summer term
took place on August 21. Old stu-
dents not in school during the sum-
mer term will register on Septem-
ber 9. All freshmen are expected to
report to College on September 1,
and Freshmen Week starts on Sep-
tember 2.
THREE DINING HALLS
J. Penniston, Director of Subsis-
tence, will have three dining halls
in operation, Shisa, Duncan and
the A. & M. College Annex Dining
Hall, Members of the Cadet Corps
will eat at Duncan Hall. They will
be fed family style meals. Veterans
will be fed cafeteria style and may
eat at either Duncan or Shisa Hall.
An army cafeteria set up will be
used at the College Annex as time
does not permit the building of
regular cafeteria facilities.
Harry Boyer, 31, Chief of Hous-
ing and Student Records has hous-
ing problems galore. There isn’t
nearly enough housing to meet the
demand. ’ :
THREE TO A ROOM
On the campus, nearly all single
students will be housed three to a
room in the dormitories. Married
veterans and their wives will oc-
cupy Hart and Walton Halls. They,
will also occupy the project houses
and 138 government housing pro-
ject apartments. An additional 446
apartments are under construction
and are expected to be ready for
occupancy around December 1.
In addition to the trailer park
on the main campus, it is expected
that two additional trailer areas
will be established at the Texas
A. & M. Annex.
The Texas A. & M. College An-
nex provides apartments for 45 vet-
erans and their wives. Some 1100
single students are expected to be
housed at the annex also. Six hun-
dred of them will be freshmen who
will attend classes there. The other
500 will be veterans who will have
to attend classes on the main cam-
pus. A private firm has promised
to run shuttle trucks or buses to
and from the annex.
All single students living in the
annex area will be housed in 48
man style barracks. Only 20 men
will be placed in each barracks
which should give ample room for
study facilities.
The shortage of living quarters
is by no means the only problem
confronting college authorities. Eq-
ually acute is the matter of class-
room space and instructor person-
nel. .
Contrary to all previous years,
classes will begin at 7:00 in the
morning and will continue straight
through until 5:00 in the afternoon.
Some classes will be taught during
the noon hour, in order to equalize
usage of classroom space.
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VOLUME XIII
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1946 .
NUMBER 12
Wide Acclaim Greets Opportunity Awards
Jesse H. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones
of Houston established the
Jones Agricultural Scholar-
ships which will provide schol-
arships for fifty boys. These
fifty scholarships will be
awarded over a ten year
period.
Edward Knipling, ’30
Given Typhus Medal
Edward F. Knipling, ’30, Senior
Entomologist in the Bureau of En-
tomology and Plant Quarantine has
been awarded the United States
of America Typhus Commission
Medal for his meritorious service
in connection with the activities of
the Typhus Commission.
As director of the Orlando Lab-
oratory of the Bureau of Ento-
mology and Plant Quarantine at
Orlando, Fla.,, Knipling planned
and directed investigations in the
development of insecticides and
repellants for prevention of disease
in the U. S. Army.
These investigations led to the
effective use of DDT in the con-
trol of epidemic tyhpus fever and
of dimethyl phythalate as a repel-
lant for the prevention of scrub
typhus.
Dr. Quisenberry, ’31
Heads Poultry Dept.
Dr. John H. Quisenberry, ’31
will become head of the college
department of poultry husbandry
when he returns from Hawaii this
fall. He is now on leave from
A&M and is serving as head of the
poultry department at the Univer-
sity of Hawaii. He is also di-
rector of poultry research at the
Agricultural Experiment Station
there.
Dr. Quisenberry will succeed
Prof. D. H. Reid who has reached
the age for modified service. Prof.
Reid, who is well known to all
Texas poultrymen is being re-
lieved of administrative duties to
devote more time to visits over the
state with poultry flock owners
and hatcherymen. Prof. Reid will
continue to instruct in the poul-
try husbandry department.
Leaving Hawaii on August 9,
Dr. Quisenberry expects to assume
his new duties about September 1.
Wright, ’22, Is Made
Head of C. E. Dept.
Dr. S. R. Wright, 22 has been
appointed head of the Civil En-
gineering Department. He will suc-
ceed J. T. L. McNew, ’18, who
upon returning from the service
was made vice-president in charge
of engineering.
Dr. Wright has been acting head
of the Municipal and Sanitary En-
gineering Department for the past
four years.
Making his home in Bryan, Dr.
Wright has been connected with
Texas A. & M. College since he be-
came an instructor in 1923. Since
that time he has served eight
years as Assistant City Engineer
of Waco and was for over a year
supervisor of public utilities for
the City of Fort Worth.
Carroll M. Gaines, ’12
Carroll M. Gaines, '12, San An-
tonio attorney, was elected Presi-
dent of the Association of Former
Students at the annual meeting
last spring. He is a past president
of the San Antonio A. & M. Club
and served last year as Vice Presi-
dent of the Association. His offices
are located in the South Texas
Bank Building in San Antonio.
President Gaines is the father
of Carroll Gaines, Jr., 42, now
back dat A. & M. to complete his
work after military service, and
the father-in-law of R. L. “Bob”
Gulley, ’42, San Antonio. Through-
out his life he has been a staunch
friend and worker for the College
and for the Ex-Student Associa-
tion and its activities. In comment-
ing upon this year’s Development
Fund he said:
A Word to A. & M. Men
“Every contributor to the
Development Fund this year
will have the satisfaction of
knowing that he helped make
possible the attendance at A.
& M. this fall of sixteen out-
standing boys, winners of the
first Opportunity Awards
Furthermore, his contribution
will help another sixteen boys
each year for five years, a
total of 80 boys. True, the
special gifts of Messrs. Jones
and Mitchell increased the
awards, but without the solid
backing of the program by
A. & M. men it could not have
been launchea.
“An annual gift to the Fund
from every A. & M. man is the
only financial solicitation of
the Ex-Student Association.
Each man should give as much
as he can, but by all means
every man should give some-
thing. Every gift, whether it
be for a thousand, for fifty or
for five dollars, is equally
necessary and equally appre-
ciated. Last year 8,500 A. &
M. men gave to the Fund.
This year we hope 10,000 will
join hands.
‘Two great objectives are
behind us, the Memorial Stu-
dent Center and the Gold Star
Fund. Now we set our hands
to another, the first great,
big-league scholarship pro-
gram of the Southwest. We
continue our record of very
real and very fine accomplish-
ments through our Develop-
ment Fund.”
Col. G.S. Meloy Named
New P.M.S. & T.
Col Guy S. Meloy, Jr., of the
United States Army has been
named professor of military
science and tactics for A. and M.,
succeeding Colonel Maurice D.
Welty, now on terminal leave pre-
ceding retirement.
A graduate of the Military Acad-
emy of West Point in 1927, Col.
Meloy served with distinction in the
European Theatre of Operations
during last World War II. As
PMS&T, Col. Meloy will serve as
a member of the executive com-
mittee and has been asked by
President Gibb Gilchrist to assume
chairmanship of the Sanitary
Board.
Bracewell Elected
To Legislature
Searcy Bracewell, ’38, promi-
nent Houston attorney, was elected
to the Texas House of Representa-
tives in the recent run-off election.
Bracewell defeated his opponent,
the present incumbent, by a sub-
stantial majority.
He has been a member of the
law firm of Bracewell and Tunks
with offices in the Sterling Build-
ing.
McFadden Honored
By Readers Digest
Edgar S. McFadden, Agronomist
with the Texas Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, has been grant-
ed a distinguished service award
of $2,500 by Reader’s Digest Mag-
aine in recognition of his 30-year
struggle to develop disease resis-
tant wheat.
He has been at the Texas Sta-
tion since 1935 and has been work-
ing to produce a variety of wheat
resistant to rust. He originally
started his work on disease resis-
tant wheat when a student in South
Dakota College in 1916.
Among A. and M. Clubs
National Capital
R. T. Baggett, 26, was elected
President of the National Capital
Texas A&M Club of Washington,
taking over after the April 21 Mus-
ter. Other new officers include
Col. Earl T. McCullough, First
Vice President; Lt. Col R. N. Tal-
bot, 29, Second Vice President;
and William O. Weller, Jr.,, ’33,
Secretary. The Club holds regular
meetings on the third Wednesday
night of each month and is now
meeting at the Army and Navy
Country Club, Arlington, Va.
Retiring officers include T. Lee
Gaston, '24, President; W. L. Scott,
’36, Vice President; and A.
Taylor, ‘24, Secretary-Treasurer.
Corpus Christi Club
The A&M Board of Directors,
President Gib Gilchrist, and Vice
President D. W. Williams, were
guests of the Corpus Christi A&M
Club at their July 13 meeting which
was held on the Plaza Deck at 8
p.m. Another guest was Dean E.
J. Howell, 22 of John Tarleton
Agricultural College.
C.|the San Angelo A&M Club in pre-
Triple M Club
First summer meeting of the
Triple M Club (Mason, Menard,
McCullough Counties) was held at
Brady on June 10 in the form of a
barbecue. Seth Martin, Jr., 41, Ma-
son, was elected President succeed-
ing Guy M. Powell, 25, Brady.
Roger Q. Landers, "20, Menard, was
re-elected Vice President, and Wal-
ton R. Lehmberg, ’40, Mason,
named Secretary-Treasurer. Guests
of the evening were Association
Secretary E, E. McQuillen and
State Senator Penrose B. Met-
calfe, ’16, of San Angelo.
The Club voted to again match
senting spur clips to outstanding
4-H Club boys at the San Angelo
Stock Show.
Fort Benning Club
The Fort Benning, Ga. A. & M.
Club meets the last Wednesday in
each month in room 224 of the
Infantry School Building. Any A.
& M. men wishing to join should
contact Lt. Col. Theodore H. And-
rews, ’38.
Milam Co. Club Organizes
Niley J. Smith, ’38, was elected
President of the Milam County A.
& M. Club at its initial meeting
held on the evening of August 9
in Cameron.
Other officers elected include:
Lyle McDermott, 44, Vice Presi-
dent; and J. Wallace Stufflebeme,
37, Secretary.
Speakers included S. A. Lips-
comb, ’07, P. L. Downs Jr., ’06,
Bill Dawson, 41 and Association
Secretary E. E. McQuillen, ’20 all
of College Station.
Northeast Texas Club
Dr. J. W. McCoy, '42, was elected
President of the Northeast Texas
A&M Club at a meeting held on
July 26, at Paris.
Other officers elected include:
R. L. Willoughby, ’30, Vice Presi-
dent; and Wayne Anderson, ’30,
Secretary. All officers are from
Paris.
J. W. Jennings, 10, is the retir-
ing president.
I
A. F. Mitchell, ’09
A. F. Mitchell, ’09 of Corsi-
cana was the first A. & M.
man to make a special gift to
finance a scholarship under
the Opportunity Award Pro-
gram. He and Mrs. Mitchell
established the Mitchell
Award which provides a schol-
arship for one boy for four
years.
Bill Morgan, "30
Elected President
0f Arkansas A&M
William E. “Bill” Morgan, ’30
of Bryan has been named Presi-
dent of Arkansas A. & M. College
at Monticello, Ark.
Morgan had served as econo-
mist with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service and as Assistant
Registrar of the college at various
times. He had resigned from his
position with the Extension Service
in the early part of the summer to
engage in private business.
He spent four years in the army
in World War II, two of which were
spent with the AAF in the China-
Burma-India theater. He was dis-
charged with the rank of Colonel.
He has also studied at the Uni-
versity of California and at Har-
vard.
He and Mrs. Morgan have two
children. They have not yet made
their plans known concerning their
. moving to Monticello.
Dr. Humbert Placed
On Modified Service;
Godbey Heads Dept.
Dr. E. P. Humbert, head of the
genetics department since 1921,
will be placed on modified service,
September 1, relinquishing his du-
ties as head of the department.
He will continue to serve as pro-
fessor in genetics. Prof. Chauncey
B. Godbey, 26 will succeed Dr.
Humbert as head of the genetics
department.
Dr. Humbert came to A&M in
1916 where he served as chief of
the division of plant breeding. He
held this position until he became
head of the genetics department
in 1921. He holds degrees from
Iowa State College and Cornell
University.
Prof. Godbey is a graduate of
the University of Kentucky and of
Texas A&M. He received his
Masters’ degree from A&M in
1926. He has been a member of
the genetics department since 1906.
He is widely known for his work
in genetics and biometry.
Pecan Valley Club
Elects Kuykendall
John S. Kuykendall, ’38
John S. Kuykendall, ’38 was
elected President of the Pecan
Valley A. & M. Club at a recent
meeting held in Brownwood.
Kuykendall is County Super-
visor of Brown County for the
Farm Security Administration. He
makes his headquarters at Brown-
wood.
Charles V. Griffin, 38 was elect-
ed club secretary.
The club will hold meetings on
the second Wednesday evening of
each month.
Sixteen Texas Boys
Enter College As
First Award Winners-A&M Men Make
It Possible Thru Development Fund
Statewide acclaim greeted announcement of the Opportunity
Awards scholarship program, launched by A. & M. men. Practically
every major daily newspaper in the State carried the pictures of the
first sixteen winners of the statewide competition for these awards.
Smaller dailies and weeklies throughout the State carried pictures and
stories, and many expressed strong approval of the program editorially.
As the first major scholarships plan in the Southwest, it was described
as setting a worthy precedent for
future.
other institutions to follow in the
The scholarships program became a reality when it was selected
by the directors of the Association as the objective of the 1947 Develop-
ment Fund. The gifts of A. & M. men this year will make it possible
to put this big new plan into action, and will lead the way in a move-
ment which others through the State will join in supporting.
Jones and Mitchell Boost Number
All gifts to the Development Fund this year, unless otherwise
restricted, will be used to provide the money for launching the
Opportunity Awards, and to provide awards annually for the next
five years. In that period it is hoped that other gifts will be re-
ceived to place the program on an endowed and permanent basis.
Soundness of the program and its wide appeal are indicated
by the fact that gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones of Houston
and Mr. and Mrs. Allin F. Mitchell of Corsicana have already in-
creased the number of scholarships available the first year from
the original ten to a total of sixteen.
Previous Objectives Reached
Undertaking of a new Fund objective was made possible by action
of the College in allocating additional funds to build the Memorial
Student Center as soon as construction is practical. Also accomplished
is the Gold Star Fund objective, setting aside $50,000 to be used to aid
in the education of children of Gold Star A. &. M. men of World War
II. With these two great goals reached, the Directors of the Associa-
tion chose the Opportunity Awards program, designed to give outstand-
ing Texas boys and opportunity for college education, as the next big
job to which A. & M. men would set their hands.
Texas Likes Program
Evidence of statewide approval of this undertaking came both
in the unprecedented generosity of newspapers and news associa-
tions in handling the announcement story, and in editorial com-
ment of leading newspapers.
The Associated Press distributed
pictures and stories of the winners to all Texas members, both by
wire and mail, and newspapers carried special local stories in addi-
tion, on boys from their own areas.
Editorially ,the San Antonio Express suggested: * . . . those
persons who have made fortunes
in Texas — who have grown rich
from oil, cattle or lands—should welcome this opportunity to show
their appreciation. By thus investing in tomorrow’s leaders, such
benefactors would make sure of Texas’ continuing deveopment.”
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised the program editorially,
saying: “The scholarship program constitutes a praiseworthy effort
to aid in development of a resource of incalculable value to the state
—the brains and abilities of its youth”.
From high school officials of the state came unanimous com-
mendation of the Opportunity Awards as serving a great need through-
out Texas. Already many boys and some parents have written to in-
quire as to future plans and possibilities of entering the competitions
in the future.
Pictures of the first winners and a more detailed account of the
program were mailed to all A. and M. men on September 1st in a
special issue of the Texas A. and M.
ment Fund.
Review, publication of the Develop-
Texas Aggies Start Training On Sept. 2
For Southwest Conference Football Race
Kyle Field burst into life Sep-
tember 2nd with over a hundred
football hopefuls following a twice-
a-day grueling training schedule.
There probably never was a stran-
ger situation existing at the open-
ing of training season. Homer Nor-
ton and his staff steadfastly re-
fused any attempt at picking a
tentative starting team. “The first
starting team we will have” said
Norton, “will be on September 21,
when we open against North Tex-
as State College on Kyle Field.”
Until then the big squad has
been divided into teams under the
names of the various centers on the
Aggie squad. “We have so many
boys deserving a chance, and there
are so many uncertainties as to
their abilities,” declared Norton,
“that it would be unfair and in fact
impossible for us to attempt to
pick at this time any starting
lineup:” :
An example of what Norton
meant is found in a review of the
squad, which shows boys ranging
from high school stars of last
year to veterans playing their
final year after returning from
military services. Only actual per-
formances out there on the field
can give the answer. One thing is
certain, it will be one of the rough-
est, toughest, pre-season training
periods ever seen on Kyle Field.
“Don’t overlook those “B’” team
games” declared one seasoned
Aggie fan. “They will be playing
a brand of football as good or
better than the Conference has
seen in many of its years.” The
eight-game schedule already as-
signed for the Aggie “B” team,
means an opportunity to play for
twice as many boys and gives every
man an opportunity to advance at
any time to the “A” team.
The Conference picture remains
unchanged, with Texas still in the
favorites’ seat, but trying mightily
to shove that doubtful distinction
toward the Aggies, the Owls or
anyone else.
Only one thing is certain about
the 1946 season, and that is that
more people will see the Confer-
ence games this year than ever in
the League’s history.
Twenty Five Years Ago in the Texas Aggie
(Taken from Texas Aggie files of 1921)
M. S. Church, ’05 is now in Dal-
las. He is a member of the firm
of McCutcheon & Church, attor-
neys.
C. P. Dodson, 711 is manager of
Decatur Light and Water Com-
pany, Decatur, Texas.
W. E. Sampson, ’08 is vice
president and general manager of
Texas Building Material Co.,
Beaumont, Texas. :
Of the 64 graduates of the A&M
College of Texas the past term
who completed the advanced
course of the Reserve Officers’
Training Corps, 37 have been ap-
pointed second lieutenants in the
Officers’ Reserve Corps.
Ray C. Mowery, 21 will leave
soon for Lubbock, Texas where he
will be principal of Lubbock High
School. Mowery will have the dis-
tinction of being one of the high-
est paid teachers in the Pan-
handle.
“On the east side of the foot-
ball field the most modern steel
grand stand ever erected in the
South is being constructed at a
cost of $17,000. The structure
will be 54 feet deep, 360 feet in
length, extending the entire length
of the field. There will be 200
seats extending this length with
a seating capacity of 5,000, and
in addition the stand will include
box seats for 1200 more.
Jack Shelton, ’17 is with the
Chamber of Commerce in Gaines-
ville, Texas.
John Ashton,
The Breeder’s
Ill.
The Association loses one of
the best workers that it has when
Tyree Bell, ’17 leaves the State.
He has recently resigned as
president of the Dallas A&M Club
and is soon to go to another state
to take up his duties there.”
’06 is editor of
Gazette, Chicago,
Horace A. Sawyer, ’16 of
Rockwall who for the past
three years has been acting
Governor in Liberia, returned
early last May to America.
While stopping in a hotel in
Washington, D. C., a sneak
thief searched his clothing
and removed $1300 in cash
and about $700 in checks.
Bell County Club Elects
Frank Matush, Jr., 39 of Temple
was elected president of the Bell
County A. & M. Club at a recent
meeting.
Other officers elected include:
O. Findley Brewster, ’40, Vice
President; and Jack Boling, ’37,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Retiring officers are Martie G.
Lowry, ’40, President; and W. D.
Seals, ’26, Secretary Treasurer.
The club meets on the third
Thursday night of each month at
the Blackland Experiment Station.