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LIBRARY FROM THE CAPUS REVIEWING STAND Pioneers - 1946-47 Style Dear to the hearts and recollec- tions of older A. & M. men are the hardships of some of their days on the campus. Many are the reminis- cences of the days when “Run- ning wood and water” featured dormitory life, when boys lived in tents or more recently in “Co-op” houses. But now comes the Pioneer, 1946 Style, and he’ll have real stories to tell himself. For most students, the 1946-47 year will be a tough one. Consider the day’s schedule. Classes start at SEVEN in the morning, run thru the noon hour and until SIX in the afternoon. Not every stu- dent, of course, will face those ex- tremes but many will hit one or the other or both. On the campus all students are housed three to a room. Nearly a thousand are housed at Bryan Army Air Field Annex, twelve miles from the campus, in army barracks. Freshmen will have their classes out there, but overflow up- perclassmen must come to the cam- pus for classes. Nearby towns within a radius of fifty miles are filled with mar- ried veterans taking the only quar- ters they could find. The fellow living fifty miles away at Nor- mangee, with a class at seven in the morning, will be getting up long before the sun. Those veter- ans and their families living in the trailer village will never forget their experiences. Observations lead to the belief they will be fair- ly happy remembrances, however. It’s nothing short of marvelous what those men and their wives have done with their trailers. Extra rooms, fenced small yards, flowers and gardens, all growing around a trailer, indicate a real pioneer. It is a year the Faculty will re- member, too. They must meet those early and late classes and even some sessions in the even- ings. They are carrying an unpre- cedented heavy teaching load and doing it cheerfully to meet the challenge of returning war vete- rans. Yes, those earlier pioneers had their rugged days but the pioneers of 1946 find the going just as tough. Like their older brothers, happily, they are taking it in stride, doing fine school work, and making the best of a tough situa- tion. ; The Sports Parade ODDS AND ENDS FROM KYLE FIELD: Uncle Bill James, vete- ran Aggie line coach, has had to take it easy these first few weeks of fall practice. He was critical- ly ill during the summer from pneumonia which grew out of a lodged wheat straw in his throat. . . .. Only All-American on the Ag- gie squad is James Boswell, 185 pound back from Hearne. He was named on the “Little All-Ameri- can” team last fall while playing at Oberlin College as a naval train- ee... % Stan Hollmig, Hondo High School and Hondo Air Field star, is a passer of real ability. He almost passed Hondo Air Field into an upset win last fall against Tulsa University. . . . Monte Moncrief, veteran Aggie All-Conference tack- le, missed the opening day of prac- tice, being in Dallas for the birth of a daughter te him and Mrs. Moncrief. . . . There are 22 married men on the Aggie squad, many of them with children. Enough to make a fair sized rooting section themselves. Only All-Conference men on the Aggie squad are Mon- erief in 1944 and 1945, Turley and Hallmark in 1943, Leo Daniels in 1942 and Bob Goode in 1945. Most widely experienced football player on the Aggie squad is Henry Hook, tackle from Houston. He went through spring practice at Kyle Field in 1943, lettered at Rice that fall as a naval trainee, then was transferred to Texas where he lettered in 1944, Now he’s back at A. & M. with four years eligibility left. . . . Also back is Donald Deere, Aggie letter-man in 1943 and Texas letter-man In 1944. Aggie Father and Son combina- tions this year are more numerous on Kyle Field. Harry Warren Col- lins, 185 pound half-back from Austin, is the son of Warren “Rip” Collins, famed punter of 1917. Mar- ion Settegast, 200 pound letterman end is back after military service. He’s the son of Marion “Newt” Settegast, ’17, All-Conference tackle of his day. Jack Rollins, another big end, is the son of Andy Rollins, ’06, Dallas. Little Red Burditt, half- back, is the son of Dr. Jess Bur- ditt, ’21, Abilene. . . . Quite likely there are others, the huge squad being so big it is difficult to check them all. Another who just walk- ed in and introduced himself is the son of Ernest Forrest, 21. Young Forrest is a back while Forrest Senior was an end. Toughest conditioning job faced by any man on the Aggie squad fell to A. J. Mercer, letter-man from 1941 and 1942. Weighing about 185 back in those days Mer- cer grew up to 220 on army grub. He returned just this summer from Tokyo and manfully faced the task of dropping about 20 pounds to get back into playing shape. . . . Mighty welcome addition to the squad was Mann Scott, 210 pound half-back letter-man of 1943, who has since played with the strong El Toro Marine team of California. And there were no frowns greet- ing Marion Flanagan, fine signal- caller of the same team. Ditto Red Burditt. The Aggie coaches had hopes that Jimmie Cashion, Paul Yates, and Bobby Goff, three very fine backs from 1944, might re- turn but present prospects are dim. They must get back within two weeks of the opening of school on Sept. 9 in order to register for this term. Twenty Five Years Ago in the Texas Aggie (Taken from Texas Aggie files of 1921) TWENTY-FIVE Years 1 col 10 C (Taken From The Aggie—6pt .... Enrollment soared to a record- breaking 2,000 students—‘“‘dormi- tories are crowded but comfortable despite students being quartered three in a room and the reappear- ance of the once obsolete “double deckers’’ . Construction has been started on the new Agricul- tural Building’ and the Mechanical Engineering Shops . . dant Colonel Ike Ashburn just back from the American Legion tour of Europe . Ta Football season opened with a 14-7 victory over Howard Payne. The Howard Payne touchdown was the first scored against the Aggies . Comman-|. . . on Kyle Field in five years. Start- ing backfield for A. & M. — Sam- my Sanders, Bill McMillan, A. B. Morris, and Bull Johnson. The line, M. B. Smith and Puny Wilson, ends; Bob Carruthers, Ted Winn, Tiny Keen, tackles; Cap. Murrah and Arthur Dieterich, guards; Henry McClelland, center. Jim Crow is assisting Frank Bridges coach Baylor University Max Gilfillan, three letter man, has been named Athletic Director and Head Coach at Daniel Baker College . . . . June Bivins, 17, W. D. Northcutt, 21, were elected officers of the Gregg County A. & M. Club at Longview. Among A. and M. Clubs SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA J. Byron Price, ’18, 2675 E. Wal- nut, Pasadena, Calif. was elected President, and W. H. “Hoots” Wil- liams, Jr. ’22, Secretary, of" the Southern California A. & M. Club for this year. «J. B.” for some time was with Purina Mills in St. Louis before moving to Los Angeles where he entered the feed business for him- self. “Hoots” is Ass’t. Dist. Mgr., Sales Dept. of The Texas Co., 929 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, 15. The Club met on September 7 with a fried chicken picnic and have set their next meeting date for sometime in October. Retiring Officers were: Presi- dent, H. Lloyd Hall, ‘20; Vice- President, James C. Morriss, 38. The newly elected president serv- ed the Club last year as secretary. HOUSTON CLUB “Houston Aggies” is the title of an alphabetical and classified Di- rectory listing the A. & M. men of Houston, their business and their addresses and phone numbers. The directory was published and com- piled under the direction of Mr. and Mrs, Jack L. Pink, 27. It is one of the most complete books of its kind ever prepared. Officers of the club include Edward D. Coul- son, ’38, President, C. G. “Prince” Albert, ’29, Vice President, Temple B. Sebastian, '33, Secretary-Treas- urer, and Charles R. Haile, ’12, Sergeant-at-arms. The Houston Club meets each Monday noon for lunch at the Rice Hotel. The Club’s fall “Whing-Ding” on September 13 was a Howling success with 500 men present. EL PASO HONORS Association President Carroll M. Gaines, ’12, San Antonio, was hon- or guest at a well attended meet- ing of the El Paso A. & M. Club on the evening of August 15. Secre- tary E. E. McQuillen, "20, was also present. Gaines presented to the El Paso Club its official club char- ter. Officers of the Club include Hugh Chappelle, ’19, President; E. C. Donohue, ’13, Vice President; Calvin G. Adams, ’43, Secretary; and R. B. Goodman, ’20, Treasur- er. FORT BEND BARBECUE Fort Bend County A. & M. men and others from that section gath- ered at Booth Lake near Richmond for a big barbecue and fall meet- ing on Sept. 13. Guests present included Association President C. M. Gaines, ’12, San Antonio, who presented the club with its official charter. Officers include B. B. “Johnnie” Cochran, ’22, President, Joe M. “Monk” Robinson, ’38, Vice President, and James R. Atkins, ’34, Secretary-Treasurer. TRIPLE M-MASON The Triple M Club of Mason, Menard and McCulloch Counties, held its third meeting of the sum- mer with Mason Aggies as hosts at the Martin Fish Camp on the Llano River. Previous meetings had been held at Brady and Men- ard. Honor guest of the Mason meeting was Association President C. M. Gaines, ’12, San Antonio. Officers of the club include, Seth P. Martin, ’41, President; Roger Q. Landers, ’20, Vice President; and Walton R. Lehmberg, ’40, Sec- retary-Treasurer. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. HE 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, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1946 NUMBER 13 K. C. to Honor A. S. C. E. Visitors All A. &. M. men present at the fall meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Kansas City, Mo., October 13-17, are invited to meet with the Kansas City A. & M. Club at a special meeting during that con- vention, Engineering Vice Presi- dent J. T. L. McNew from Texas A. & M. and a number of Aggie C.E.s will lead the Aggie visi- tors into Kansas City. A. & M. men planning to be in Kansas City for the meeting or during that time are request- ed to drop a card now, or tele- phone when you arrive, to Mr. T. Lewis Jones, ’23, Belle Tele- phone Co., phone Harrison 9900. Mr. Jones will have full details of the meeting plans. The Kan- sas City Club hopes to make the party the largest Aggie affair ever held in the mid-west. Son Outranks Father Edward D. Brandt, '23, and Edward D. Brandt, Jr., ’48 The Edward Brandts, Sr. and Jr., are happy over the appointment of Edward Brandt, Jr., as Aggie Cadet Colonel this year. Young Brandt is following in his father’s footsteps as a Civil Engineer, but the Senior Brandt doesn’t even claim that his officership in Troop B. Cavalry back in the early ’20’s was respon- sible for his son’s rank this year. Brandt, Sr., is a supervising en- gineer for the Humble Oil and Re- fining Company of Houston. He and Mrs. Brandt have another son, age twelve. Mrs. Brandt was Helen Moore of Bryan. Brandt is the second A. & M. man’s son to be named Cadet Col- onel. The ice was broken two years ago when Verne Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne A. Scott, ’14, Stephenville, was Cadet Colonel. TEN BUCKS — ANONYMOUS The Development Fund has received a contribution of a ten dollar bill in one of the Asso- ciation’s regular return enve- lopes postmarked Dallas, but with no identification. If it is just an anonymous gift, well and good, but otherwise will its donor please identify him- self in order that proper credit may be given. FORT BEND ENTERTAINS The Fort Bend County Club en- tertained the A. & M. men of the Gulf Coast area with a barbecue at Booth Lake near Richmond on September 13. Association Presi- dent C. M. Gaines, ’12, San An- tonio was the honor guest and pre- sented the Club with its official charter. Lloyd Gregory, Houston Post Editor, outlined conference football prospects. The program was in charge of Club President B. B. “Johnnie” Cochran, 22. Del- egations were present from the Galveston Club, the Guadalupe Valley Club, the Wharton-Jackson County Club and from other neigh- boring counties. The party was held at the Booth Lake Lodge of Aug- ust Myers, '19. Other officers of the Fort Bend County Club in- clude Joe Robinson, ’38, Vice Pres- ident, and James R. Atkins, ’34, Secretary-Treasurer. AMARILLO INVITES Ed Timmons, ’41, President of the Amarillo Club, writes that the Club meets every Wednesday evening at 7:00 p. m. in the Ban- quet Room of the Blackstone Ho- tel. A special invitation is extend- ed to all Amarillo and Panhandle A. & M. men and to any visitors to be present at these regular weekly meetings. Club President Timmons is a member of the firm of Timmons Construction Co., 215 West 7th, Amarillo. LAND OF THE LAKES The newly organized Land of the Lakes A. & M. Club held its first social function since the war on the evening of September 3 in the form of a barbecue at Inks Lake. The occasion was enjoyed by the A. & M. men, their wives and dates. While on the barbecue dancing was enjoyed at Murchison’s. The Adams Brothers Go Places Five of the six sons of the John Adams family of the Houston com- munity in Swisher County present at the 4-H Round-up on the campus in August have won trips to the National 4-H Congress for out- standing Club work. Awards were made by the Santa Fe Railroad. Left to right the Adamses are: John K. Adams, ’41, County Agent of Bailey County; Jack L. Adams, ’40, Count Agent of Zavala County; W. 0. Adams, ’44, County Agent of Upton County; R. Udell Adams and Kenneth Adams. Three of the brothers are grad- uates of the College and another enrolled this fall. Three of them served in the navy during the war. Hot Competition for Place Features Early Aggie Grid Practice-Conference Teams to Be Strongest in S. W. C. History Homer Norton and Charlie De- Ware are both in a quandary. After a careful screening the big Aggie squad had been tentatively divided into the A and the B teams, with DeWare coaching the B’s and prep- ping for a full eight game B sche- dule. Then came the first game- style scrimmages, and there went DeWare’s team. Several of B boys looked so good they were promptly moved up to the A side. It was a pleasant surprise to Norton, though his A team looked none too well in its first game session against the B team that ended in a scoreless tie. That's the general situation all along the line. Not until the open- ing game against North Texas State on Sept. 21, and perhaps not until after the Texas Tech battle in San Antonio the following week will the squad really take shape as to who is who and where. The Aggie coaches are going out of their way to see that every boy on the big squad gets a chance. How They Look Now Although changes are still com- ing here’s the way they stack up by positions so far. At the impor- tant ball-handling spot under the center on the T formation letter- men Babe Hallmark and Leo Dan- iels have enjoyed the nod. They have, breathing on their necks however, three newcomers in Ar- thur Burch, Dallas, Buryl Baty, Paris, and Bruce Wallace, Coleman. That Wallace was the star in the first A-B team scrimmage and won a place for himself upstairs. De- Ware is still alternately moaning over his loss and exulting over his performance. The lefts halfs are paced by Barney Welch and the Stephenville flash looks good indeed. James Hollmig, 185, Hondo and Army team star, Tom Pickett, 185, letter- man from Temple, little Red Bur- ditt, Abilene, and dark-horse Bob- by Dew, Corsicana, are other lead- ing left-halfs. The right half back post will be well cared for with letter-men Bob Goode, 205, Mann Scott, 210, and Preston Smith, 170, running above even. Goode and Scott are power-houses while Smith is the same elusive runner he was last year, A great battle is being wag- ed for the full-back post. Vet- eran Willie Zapalac, 200, looks better than ever and has shown some real ball-carrying ability. He’s being hard pushed by 225 pound Ed Sturken, San Antonio who won his pre-war letter at tackle, and 200 pound Ed Du- sek of Temple. Freshman Charley Boyles, 188, Pampa, and Ralph Daniels, Jefferson, come next with the latter an- other move-up from DeWare’s B team. The position is well manned. Flannagan A Floater Marion Flanagan, who is credit- ed with being an unusually astute signal caller by Coach Norton is showing his football sense by floating in three different back- field positions, either half-back or full. He’ll call the plays when he is in the game. He is a 175 pounder from Sweetwater who was the signal-calling spark of the 1943 Kiddie Corps team. Letter-men again have the edge at the end positions. Cotton Howell, 190, Nacogdoches, and Norton Hig- gins, 190, Galveston, are in the lead. The first scrimmage with the B’s moved Floyd Hand, 175, an- other letter-man back up to the A squad and DeWare moaned again. Ed Wright, 200, Beaumont, Scoot- ter Yeargain 188, Dallas, Marion Settegast, 200 Houston, all letter- men, come next with several fresh- men, completing the present A squad ends. Morton Shefts, big tackle, is also getting some groom- ing as an end. Veteran Tackles Moncrief, 205, 220, Alto, Dallas, Bob Monte Leonard Dickey, Tulis, 225, Fort Worth, and Morton Shefts, 215 San Antonio are the best four tackles to date. Three more letter-men back them up, Jelly Steymann, 215, Bastrop, Dean Denton, 210, Harlingen, and Sacra, 210. Henry Hook, 200, letter-man from both Rice and Texas, and squadman Holmes are very much in the running for the tackle slots. Big George Kadera, 225, Houston, late arrival, is another fine tackle prospect. Line coaches Bill James and Botchey Koch like their guards. Right now the nod goes to Jim Winkler, 210, Temple, and Odel Stautzenberger, 210, San An- tonio, Just about as good is Herb Turley, 200, San Antonio, and Charley Overly, 185, Long- view, both letter-men. Staut- zenberger is a freshman but a war veteran. Calvin Dupree, 208, squadman from Ft. Worth, and A. J. Dugas, 190, twice all- state high school star from Port Arthur, are next in line. Dupree is another quick grad from DeWare’s B team stars. Question Mark At Center The snapper-back job remains wide open. Two letter-men are available, Arthur Mercer, 210, Tem- ple, and Dick Wright, 180, Nacog- doches. Mercer is badly overweight and faces a tough conditioning job after four years in military ser- vice. Likewise in the running are all-state Jim Flowers, 205, Dallas, and John Knight, 200, Dallas, the best passer in the lot. Another let- ter-man may end up top dog with a little experience. He is Dennis Andricks, switched to center from his full-back post. He weighs 205 and comes from Houston. And there’s that DeWare team again, with a lad named Guly looking fully as good as the more experi- enced A team boys. There doubtless will be other switches from one team to another, with men moving up and down. In the main, however, those are the lads the Aggies must count upon to win in perhaps the tough- est football war the Southwest has ever seen. And shed a tear for Charley DeWare. No sooner does he make a “Find” on his B team than that lad moves up to the A squad. “That’s what we are for, however, and we’re pround to see one of the B boys go up,” he con- soles himself, then starts groaning over his eight game schedule. Canny Homer Norton steadily refrains from naming any starting team. “The boys will determine that themselves by their perfor- mance,” is his motto, “And we don’t even know ourselves who the best men will finally be”. Aiding Homer are Marty Karow, back- field coach, James, Koch and John Frankie, assistant and line coaches. DeWare and Wayne Cure handle the B team and Lil Dimmitt looks after the injuries and the training. Frank Anderson also helps with a variety of chores. It is the first year the Aggies have had com- plete staff on the job since before the war. Early Losses: There has been little said about it but the Aggies have already taken some serious early lesses in man-power. Two of the men counted upon stron- gly for end play are out for the season in Dan Foldberg, whose knee failed to come around after an operation last spring, and Julian Pressly, who was believed to be one of the finest prospects ever to enter A. & M., who underwent a knee operation in September follow- ing an injury suffered while playing baseball this summer. Bing Turner, fine kicking full- back, found that army combat injuries proved too great a handicap. Don Luethy was ad- vised by physicians to drop football, and left a big hole as a first class tackle replace- ment. Letter-man guard Johnie Unofficial Results Show Student Body of 9200 Veterans Outnumber Cadet Corps Three to One in Fall Semester Unofficial tabulation of for this semester shows that the registration of students the total number of men en- rolled is about 9,200. This number far outstrips any prev- ious registration. The previous all-time high was set in the fall semester of 1942 when a total of 7,000 students registered for courses at A. & M. There was a difference, however, between that student body and the present one. At that time practically all of the members of the student body were in the Cadet Corps. This term it has been estimated that the Cadet Corps has been outnumbered more than three to one. The unof- ficial count of the enrollees is divided between some 2,200 Cadets and about 7,000 veterans. As may be seen anywhere, this large enrollment has crowded the campus considerably. Three persons are being placed in each room in all dormitories and doubling up in mail boxes has resulted at the College Post Office. These inconveniences are taken in a friendly manner, however. The end of the war and return to school of so many former students has brought together numerous old friends. “Haven't seen you since Anzio!” was the cry of the week. Association Council - New Governing Body, to Hold First Meeting Nov. 2-3 The first meeting of the Associa- tion Council, governing body of the Association of Former Students under new by-laws adopted last spring, has been called on Novem- ber 2-3. The week-end will also see the Aggie-Arkansas game at Kyle Field and the Council will meet that night and the following Sun- day morning. An attendance of be- tween 125 and 150 councilmen is expected. The new council will give the Association the most representative governing board that could be de- vised. Each organized A. & M. Club will select a councilman as will each graduated class of the college. A councilman will be elect- ed by the A. & M. men of each of the thirty-one state senatorial districts. Past presidents of the Association will be councilmen, ex- officio. The officers of the Senior class on the campus and of the Service Men’s club on the campus and the president of the Junior Class on the campus will be mem- bers, ex-officio. The Council will be a large group, but every seg- ment of the A. & M. family will be represented and every A. & M. man will have an opportunity to participate in the council selection. To transact business details and to serve in emergencies, the Coun- cil will elect an Executive Board of nine. That Board and the of- ficers of the Association will be charged with carrying out the policies and program laid down by the Council. In addition to establishing the policies of the Association, the Council is charged with the respon- sibility of representing the Associa- tion and the College to the A. & M. Clubs, Classes and to individual A. & M. men. Herman Heep Flected President American Jersey Cattle Club Herman F. Heep, ’20 Davis also dropped off the squad. The Overall View The 1946 Aggie squad is without doubt the best Homer Norton and his staff have had since before the war. That same statement can be made for every conference team, and opponent strength must be considered in figuring the season outlook. No team in the league will possess greater raw power than the Aggies, with Zapalac, Sturken, Scott and Goode behind a fine line. Good kicking should be provided by Goode, Welch, Hollmig, Wallace and Dew. The passing this early has not been impressive but Hall- mark, Hollmig, Leo Daniels, Burch and Baty can all throw, as can big full-back Ed Sturken. The Aggies will not be the fast- est team in the league, Texas, for example can show four backs who are faster than any on the Aggie squad. However, Barney Welch is a fast back and Red Burditt, Pres- ton Smith, Flanagan, Pickett Goode and Scott are not too greatly handicapped. The latter two big boys are surprisingly fast for their size. The line looks as good as any in the league, with the exception of center wiheh is a big question mark. No team in the conference will offer better guard and tackle starters, tho some may have better replacements. Those Opponents At this stage the Texas Univer- sity Longhorns must be rated as favorites for the conference title with what D. X. Bible himself says is the “Greatest array of material I have ever coached”. Should Bobby Layne be called to military service the Steer margin would shorten. (See AGGIES, Page 4) Herman F. Heep, 20, owner of the Heep Jersey Farm at Buda, near Austin, was elected President of the American Jersey Cattle Club at the annual meeting of its mem- bers in New York City last June. Under new President Heep’s di- rection, the AJCC home office is being moved from New York City to the Lilley Ames Building, 293 East Long Street, Columbus, Ohio. The move was originated by Heep when he became a member of the Board of Directors of the AJCC several years ago. Columbus, Ohio, is in the geographical center of the Jersey industry which comprises 42 per cent of all dairy cattle in the United States. The Heep Jersey Farm, at Buda, with Heep’s Jersey herd, is one of the show places of the Southwest. Heep, himself, was born on his father’s farm, now a part of the larger Heep Jersey Farm. He studied Animal Husbandry at A. & M. until World War I inter- fered. After the war he studied at the University of Wisconsin, al- ways being interested in livestock, particularly in dairying and jer- seys. For a good many years the oil business interfered with Heep’s Jersey interests. He was one of the developers of the Conroe Field and later moved his offices and opera- tions to Corpus Christi. He still owns and operates extensive petro- leum properties. When World War II took away the Heep Jersey Farm Superinten- dent, D. S. Buchanan, ’17, Heep re- turned to Buda, rolled up his sleeves and plunged into the work he loves best—dairying, farming and general livestock. The 5800 acre Heep farm is one of the finest general farms and dairy farms in Texas. Heep’s herd has too many prize winning out- standing Jersey cattle to be enumerated, He is perhaps best-known Jersey breeder in the United States. His election as President of the AJCC was unan- imous. Nine New Officers Added to Military Staff of PMS&T Nine new officers have been stationed here at A. & M. College as assistants to the P. M. S., & T. The increase in the number of cadets and number of Veteran stu- dents taking advanced Military Science warranted these transfers The new assistants range in rank from Captain to Colonel. the
