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LIBRARY FROM THE CAUFUS REVIEWING STAND The Sports Parade . Charlie DeWare’s Aggie “B” team will open its schedule against the Rice “B” team at Kyle Field on the afternoon of Oct. 4, after Bergstrom Field cancelled out an earlier game. The Rice-Aggie fra- cas will be repeated in Houston on Nov, 15th. SUGGESTIONS RECEIVED DE- PARTMENT RE FOOTBALL TICKET PROBLEM: It is open season on suggestions regarding the distribution of football tickets, particularly for the Thanksgiving game. Some suggestions already received. Limit sale to two ducats to each Ex-Student; this perhaps will be done next year, but offers no real solution beyond distribut- ing the tickets more widely. Many will object as it would eliminate attendance of children, especially sons. . . . Play TWO games each year between A. & M. and Texas, one at College and one at Austin; proponents point out this is done in other sports, and was done by the two schools back in the old days. . . . Move the game to the Cotton Bowl: in Dallas. . . . Com- plete the south end of the Aggie stadium, which would add thous- ands of additional END seats that no one seems happy to receive . . . Double-deck present stadium on side, no financial figures as to cost, ete., available, . . . Promote the sale of Season Tickets and give season ticket purchasers first choice; proponents point out that much of the football ticket trouble lies in the fact that EVERYBODY wants to see the Texas game and too few want to see the Arkansas and other games at Kyle Field. Season tickets would put fans in the stadium for ALL home games and enable Aggies to bring top non-conference games to Kyle Field. Topping off the suggestions is the one from some engineer to put the playing field on a revolv- ing table, revolve it slowly so EVERYBODY would be on the 50 yard line at some time. In the words of Senator Clag- horn, “That football ticket problem is NO joke, son”. Perhaps none of the above ideas are practical or advisable, but embattled Homer Norton and Athletic Business Man- ager Pink Downs are sincere when ‘they say that they’ll build a monu- ment to anyone who can suggest a real solution. And the Association of Former Students would doubt- less join them. Oh, Yes! We almost forgot the suggestion that the game be played in some valley where any size crowd could stand, sit or lie on the surrounding hillside. “Wouldn't make any difference,” he wrote, “Whether you had 10,000 or a half million spectators, and you wouldn’t need any ushers.” IN ALL SERIOUSNESS the ticket matter is a very real prob- lem; one that deeply concerns College authorities, athletic coun- cil, athletic officials and the Asso- ciation of Former Students. Too many good friends each year are made unhappy by not getting any seats to certain games, or over the location of the seats they do get. This column doesn’t mean to be- little ANY suggestions for im- provement and hopes they will con- tinue to be made. Somehow, some day, some one may hit on the idea that would turn the trick or at least improve the present situation. Perhaps this is the place and time to present the thoughts of one veteran Aggie football fan, a man whose long record of sup- port of athletics the College and the Ex-Student Association attest to his deep interest and loyalty. LAST FALL, when ticket matters were not half as bad as they have been this year, he wrote, “In my opinion the Ex-Student Associa- tion should divorce itself COM- PLETELY from ticket distribu- tion, even to the extent of not permitting its lists and addresses to be used in sending out ticket order blanks. For a big game at Kyle Field the Athletic Dept. has only about 2,000 seats be- tween the 50 and the goal lines for sale to Ex-Students. They have only 3500 in all and every- one, I think, will agree that mem- bers of the football squad and the Faculty should be allowed the other 1500. That means that we are holding out to 15,000 A. & M. men the HOPE, or the IDEA, that they are going to get good seats. It just can’t be done and everybody is unhappy. I have just tried to get tickets for the World Series and had my check returned. I didn’t get mad about it, but if they had sent me an order blank and then returned my money I would have felt that I had been hornswoggled somehow or other. — What's more, every year the football ticket deal will GET WORSE because the Ex-Stu- dent numbers increase. Every time we add a thousand Ex-Stu- dents to our rolls we make that many more men THINK they are going to get good seats, when they know if they study the ticket mat- ter that the great majority just can’t be seated in the few good seats that are available. — The TEXAS AGGIE each year ex- plains about how the other team gets half the seats, how the stu- dent body takes half our remain- ing seats on the side and why there are so few for Ex-Students, but the explanation doesn’t seem to ‘take’.—So, in my opinion, I think the Association, and we & M. men ourselves, would be better off if the Athletic Depart- ment just started selling tickets on a first come-first served basis to everybody. Then if we did not get tickets, or if we didn’t like the location of the tickets we did get, maybe we wouldn’t blame the Association or the Athletic De- partment for something they can’t help anyhow.” BACK TO H A.P. PIER THOUGHTS, take a gander at one Clarence “Cotton” Howell, 190 pound Aggie end from Nacogdo- ches. He has the makings of the greatest pass receiver in South- west Conference history. He can not only snag them with the best, but he is so clever with his feints against a de- fensive man that you'll miss the artistry if you don’t watch closely. Fact of the matter at this time is that there is no passer on the Aggie squad clever enough to match Howell and he often fools his own thrower. If the passers can become as clever as Howell it will be something to watch as a thing of football beauty. Aggie end play this fall will be the best since 1939 when Jim Sterling and the late Herbie Smith were so good. Behind Howell are the veter- Norton Higgins, letterman an Charley Wright (yes he’s from Beaumont, Mr. Babcock), Marion Settegast, son of tackle Marion Settegast, 17, and Morton Shefts who plays either end or tackle. This Wright is coming fast and could be a starter if he keeps im- proving. All the above are big men and rugged. With the exception of Higgins they all have three years eligibility remaining and Higgins has another year after this one. Scooter Yeargain, senior, and a pair of promising freshmen, Merl Porkop, 190, Bastrop, and Wray Whittaker, 190, Houston, complete the A team array of ends, plus letterman Floyd Hand, 175, up from the B team. “Burbank of the Wheat Field” The award of a $2500 Distin- guished Service prize by “Reader’s Digest” recently spotlighted the outstanding contribution of Edgar S. McFadden of the Texas A. & M. Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. McFadden is an agronomist in cereal crops and diseases and has been at A. & M. since 1935. The $2500 ‘“Reader’s Digest” award was announced in that pub- lication in September, together with a story on McFadden’s thirty- year struggle to develop disease- resistant wheat. Title of the article was “Burbank of the Wheat Field.” Research begun by McFadden in 1916 while still a student at South Dakota State College “has added hundreds of millions of dollars to our national wealth. . . . possi- bly twenty-five million people who would otherwise be dead or dying of starvation are alive and eating because of this man’s work”, de- clared the article. McFadden developed a cross between Yaroslav emmer, a tough, fibrous, worthless feed wheat which was not attacked by stem rust, and Marquis, a righly popular bread wheat, but not rust resis- tant. McFadden named his product Hope after eight years of research. The Hope wheat was resistant to diseases, but produced low yields. It could, however, be crossed with high-yielding bread wheats, a pos- sibility previously scoffed at by other plant breeders. By the out- break of World War II, a host of Hope derivatives—grandchildren of McFadden’s original cross — began crowding older varieties out of the wheat fields. One of the Hope crosses, Austin wheat, was planted on a million acres in Texas, much of it on land that could never produce wheat before because of the rust pesti- lence. Another Hope derivative took over almost all of the Califor- nia wheat belt. Fifteen million acres are now planted to Hope grandchildren in the north. For all the millions of dollars he put in the pockets of American farmers, McFadden profited not one penny beyond his salary until his great work was recognized by the “Reader’s Digest” and he re- ceived the $2500 award. McFadden and his family live at College Sta- tion. He is continuing his work and feels that eventually the rust problem might be whipped once and for all. Were Texas planted to rust-resistant wheat, the migra- tory spores which cause the dis- ease would have no place to spend the winter and would be destroyed. That is the point and the victory over rust that McFadden and other plant breeders are working toward. Twenty Five Years Ago in the Texas Aggie (Taken from Texas The L. S. U. “Tigers” won a 6-0 victory over the Aggies at Baton Rouge. . . . A brilliant Bryan High School football team beat the Ag- gie Freshmen 3-0. . . . The Uni- versity of Texas announced that football at that college had finally become self-supporting. . . . The Aggies beat S. M. U. 13-0 at Fair Park in Dallas with the great Ag- gie Band of 50 pieces proving a sensation. It was a “wide open” game, S. M. U. attempting seven passes with two completions. The Aggie files of 1921) Aggies threw three passes with no completions. Morris and Pinson scored the T. D.’s. Dan F. Rugel, ’12, is with the Dallas National Bank. . . . Presi- dent W. B. Bizzell returns from a trip to Washington. . . . Stock Judges Johnny Carlisle, O. D. Din- widdle, Fred Hale, W. S. Foster, H. L. Atkins, W. L. Knapp, and W. M. Love spent a practice-judg- ing week at the Texas State Fair in Dallas under the direction of A. |organization’s recent convention at Coach W. L. Stangel. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. THE TEXAS AGGIE POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. VOLUME XIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1946 NUMBER 14 “Yea-n-a-a, Gig em, Aggies! 122 These are the fellows who keep the Twelfth Man yelling in unison. From left to right: Bill Beck, veteran yell leader; Dutch Hartman, junior; Bill Rosser, senior; Asa Holleman, junior; and E. C. Kobs, senior. Giesecke Named Texas Legion Head Urges A. & M. Veterans to Participate Bertram E. Giesecke, 11, Austin, was unanimously elected Com- mander of the Department of Texas American Legion at that Galveston, Never in the history of the Texas Department has a candi- date for Commander been unani- mously chosen. A veteran of World War I, Gie- secke has been active in Legion affairs for many years. He twice served as Commander of his home post at Austin and since 1939 has been a member of the National Bertram E. Giesecke, "11, Comdr. Dept. of Texas American Legion Conventions Committee of the American Legion and is at pres- ent a member of the National Re- solutions Assignment Committee of the American Legion. The son of Dr. F. E. “Pal” Gie- secke, ’86, New Braunfels, for many, many years a member of the faculty of the College, Giesecke graduated from A. & M. in 1911 and then from the University of Texas in 1913. He has for many years followed the profession of architecture. He is senior member of the firm of Giesecke, Kuehne and Brooks, Austin. He and Mrs. Giesecke and their two children reside in that city. He is President of the Texas Society.of Architects and active in other architectural and civic affairs. In a special message to A. & M. men, Giesecke writes, “I particular- ly hope that more A. & M. men will join and become active in American Legion affairs. The Le- gion has a definite influence in American life and in local and state affairs. That influence must be constructive. The Legion needs fine leadership. I feel that it is the duty of all veterans, and par- ticularly those who have had the advantage of training and educa- tion, to join the Legion and to help us in working along construc- tive lines. I urge A. & M. war veterans to become members of the Legion, to participate in the ac- tivities of their local posts, and to take their proper place in Le- gion affairs.” Giesecke is the second A. & M. man to be elected State Command- er, the other being H. Miller Ains- worth, ’19, Luling, who served a few years ago. The Texas Depart- ment has had a total of twenty- eight Commanders. Giesecke’s Aus- tin address is 504 W. 33rd Street. ST. LOUIS The fall activities of the St. Louis A. & M. Club opened with a meeting on September 10, at which time Vice President R. A. McBride, 54, 265 So. Ninth St. Wood River, Ill, succeeded E. E. “Gene” Ballard, '12, as President of the Club. Gene recently resigned his position with the National Bearing Division, American Brake Shoe, Co., to become Chief Design and Installation Engineer for Les- ter B. Knight & Associates, Con- sulting Foundry Engineers, 120 South LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill. Jack Oliver, ’41, Club Secretary- Treasurer, has announced a meet- ing for the second Tuesday in October, at which time a Vice President will be elected. * " HOUSTON WHING-DING The largest Houston Club Stag party ever held was staged on the evening of Sept. 13 with some 600 men present. A delicious buffet dinner was served. The program featured musical numbers and talks by members of the Aggie coaching staff headed by Coach Norton. Al Saenger, ’32, served as master of ceremonies. Jack Pink ’27, headed the general ar- rangements committee. Regular meetings of the club are held each Monday noon at the Rice Hotel. The Placement Office Listed below are some of the recent calls received by the Col- lege Placement Office. That of- fice was recently re-established with headquarters in the new Ad- ministration Building. Mr. W. R. Horsley and Lucian M. Morgan, ’35, are in charge. Anyone interested in any of the positions below or in additional consultation with the Placement Office is invited to write direct to that office. 1. Men qualified for agricultur- al extension work. Needed at present are information specialist (Editor), an agronomist, a soil specialist, agricultural engineer, agricultural economist and a few County Agents. Also needed are assistant agents for 4-H Club work and one trained in entomol- ogy. Salaries run from $2800 to $3600. 2. A man qualified as an agri- cultural reporter for a large radio station. 3. Man as dairy plant foreman in New Mexico. 4. Poultry Husbandry major to operate a ranch. 5. Accountants and traveling auditors with a chain of hotels. 6. Chemists and engineers with a rubber manufacturer. 7. Accountant for a building material contractor, 8. Men to learn casualty insur- ance business. This includes a training program. 9. Accountants for an oil com- pany. 10. Young civil engineers for heavy field work with an oil pipe- line company. Also have other calls for civil engineers from ma- jor oil company. 11. Young civil engineers for structural design and manufactur- ing work in the oil field equip- ment business. 12. Men now in responsible re- search positions, ages 30-37, cap- able of assuming personal respon- sibility for the direction of re- search teams engaged in the solu- tion of highly technical problems. Require two physicists, two physi- cal chemists, two for ceramics and two for metallurgy, all with PH.D. degrees. Also two mechanical and electrical engineers with B. S. plus considerable experience. Salaries run from $6000 to $10,000 per year. 13. City Manager for medium size west central Texas city. 14. Young electrical and mech- anical engineers for petroleum re- fining company. 15. Mechanical, chemical and electrical engineers and draftsmen for both junior and senior classi- fication with manufacturer of air- craft landing gear, tools and other pneumatic equipment. 16. Electrical, chemical or me- chanical engineers for service with a fire prevention engineering or- ganization. 17. Mechanical, electrical and petroleum engineers for service with the Naval Experiment Sta- tion. 18. Architects for high class- ification jobs in federal service in the southwest. Salary $4900. 19. Engineers with high classi- fication for federal work in the southwest. Requires experience similar to that of an Army post engineer. Salary $4900. ANYONE INTERESTED WRITE THE COLLEGE PLACE- MENT OFFICE, COLLEGE STA- TION. 1947s SWEETEST LETTER “Have broken right arm. Am allowed very limited writing each day. Today’s quota used in writing check for Development Fund and regret it could not have been larger.” Seley E. Schaefer, ’13 Box 93 Natalia, Texas Horsley and Morgan Now In Charge of Placement Office Reorganization of the College Placement Office has been effected, and the Office moved back to the new Administration Building from Goodwin Hall. Wendell R. Horsley and Lucian Morgan, ’35, are in charge of the new office and its program. A. & M. men will recall that the first central Placement Office for the College was inaugurated by the Association of Former Stu- dents, under whose direction and financing it operated for several years before the war. When the war came, the Office was taken over by the College, but under war conditions found its work inter- rupted. It is now back on firm footing, however, and its services are available to men secking em- ployment and to employers seeking men. Although a College office, the placement program will work in close harmony and cooperation with the Association of Former Students and with A. & M. clubs. Both Horsley and Morgan are thoroughly experienced in place- ment work. “Dear Mom” Recently published is a compila- tion of the private letters of Lieu- tenant John G. Ellzey, ’41, to his mother, Mrs. Belle Green Ellzey, 402 East Prairie, Cuero. Lieutenant Ellzey died in action in France in 1944. Title of the book is “Dear Mom.” Mrs. Ellzey’s book is a tribute to her son and to the thousands of other Americans killed in World War II. It has received splendid reviews from the critics. It was published by the Alan F. Pater Company of Newburgh, New York, and sells for $2.00. FT. WORTH STAG The Ft. Worth Club held a foot- ball stag party on the evening of Sept. 17 at the Westbrook Hotel. Following a buffet dinner the pro- gram was given under the direc- tion of football “Experts” Stan- ley J. “Punk” Baker, ’27, and O. N. “Pos” Yeary, 27. Baker qual- ified by being Ex-Student Repre- sentative on the Aggie Athletic Council, while Yeary qualified as one of the busiest football offi- cials in the state. Herbert Spreen, 22, served as Master-of-Ceremon- ies. Club President H. E. “Buck” Cunningham, ’32, delivered atten- dance prizes, The Ft. Worth Club meets each Monday noon at the Hotel Texas Den, and extends a cordial invi- tation to visitors and to Ft. Worth A. & M. men to be present. ATHLETIC COMMITTEES MEET AT COLLEGE The annual meeting of A. & M. Club Athletic committeemen was held at College on September 21, following the opening football game, Tyree L. Bell, ’13, Dallas, Chairman of the general Athletic Committee of the Association, op- ened the session and turned the meeting and program over to Coach Homer Norton and mem- bers of his staff. The group en- joyed a three-hour discussion of the athletic program and how A. & M. clubs and A. & M. men might assist. Representatives were present from the following clubs: Washington County, Lufkin, Waco, Robertson County, Bell County, Milam County, Montague County, Grayson County, Fort Worth, Houston, Eastland, Coleman Coun- ty, Brazos County, Stamford, Ty- ler, Deep East Texas, Port Ar- thur, Wharton-Jackson Counties, San Antonio, Triple M, Wichita Falls, Dallas, Shreveport, Yoakum and Beaumont. i away from the Texas Tech fray at campaign. As the conference now stacks teams. AGGIES 47 - EAGLES 0 Use of the punt as an offensive weapon and a parade of all sixty- one members of the A squad fea- tured the opening Aggie football game at Kyle Field with the North Texas Teachers going down by a 47 to 0 count. Outside of the punt department there was little shown by the Aggies, with Coach Norton keeping most of his of- fense under wraps. The punt was used at both ends, on the kicking and the returning. Barney Welch, who a year ago was with General Patton’s Third Army in Europe, provided the kicking thrills with booming punts sailing out of bounds on the Teacher’s 10, 5, 6, and one foot lines. He quick-kicked once for 63 yards. Punt returns were even more sensational. Buryl Baty and Mann Scott collaborated on the longest via a backward pass that brought a punt back for 85 yards and a T. D. Marion Flanagan returned one sixty yards for a touch and Leo Daniels duplicated for 57 yards. Welch tallied three times from scrimmage and did some fancy punt returning himself. Dev- astating downfield blocking made the long returns possible. AGGIE LINE TOUGH The Aggie forward wall was stout on defense, setting the Ea- gles back for a net loss of three yards on running plays. Aggie end play for the day was disap- pointing, practically all the Eagle gains coming on delayed plays that fooled the Cadet wings badly. At that, North Texas threatened to score only once, after a long pass completion inside the 10. Every member of the Aggie squad in uniform for the game his football wares. The constant stream of men slowed down the Aggie offense and prevented the score from being larger. CADET CORPS MARCHES An innovation reminiscent of West Point and Annapolis was the marching into the game of the Aggie Cadet Corps, led by the big 222 man Aggie band. The cadets marched into the stadium, circled the stands and then into their seats. CHICAGO ELECTS The Chicago, Ill., A. & M. Club met on September 6 and elected Paul Huey, ’25, President and J. Pat Casey Jr., ’40, Secretary-Treas- urer. Paul is Western Manager for the Progessive Farmer, Room 2050 Daily News Bldg., and Pat is with the Crane Co. Research Laborator- ies, 836 South Michigan Ave. Re- tiring officers were: President, Troy P. Wakefield, ’38; and Sec., Capt. Raymond T. Hander, ’38. The meeting was designated as “guest night” and the group was privileged to have as their guest, Mr. Ivan Willis, Assistant to the Vice President of Industrial Rela- tions, International Harvester Com- pany. The Club plans to have some outstanding man attend each meet- ing for the coming year. : ALAMO ENTERTAINS Officers of the Alamo A. & M. Club of San Antonio entertained members of the College Board of Directors with a luncheon in that city on Sept. 28, at the conclusion of a meeting there by the College Board. Other guests included San Antonio Directors of the Associa- tion of Former Students, Presi- dent C. M. Gaines of the Associa- tion, President Gibb Gilchrist and other College officials. The Alamo Club is holding a series of evening meetings this fall for those unable to attend the club’s regular weekly lunch- eons. The first night meeting was held October 3 at the Menger Ho- tel. The regular luncheon meet- ings are held every Monday noon at the Menger. MR. ANONYMOUS REPLIES — AND ITS OK BY US The previous issue of the Ag- gie reported receipt of a ten dollar bill for the Development Fund from an anonymous donor who was thought to have just forgotten to identify himself. In reply to the little note in the Aggie Mr. Anonymous writes, “Thanks for the write-up in the Texas Aggie. Made me feel good. Here’s another bill. I want to help when I can, but I like to do it this way.” — Our thanks TO YOU, Mr. Anony- mous. We will list your gift under that name, and are happy to do so. (Now who in heck do you reckon that is?) was given an opportunity to show |! Aggie Grid Stock Drops After Texas Tech Defeat October not only brought chilly, rainy weather to Texas, it brought a cold, gray dawn to Aggie football hopes when the smoke rolled San Antonio. That 6-0 defeat, and the impotency of the Cadet attack and defense, indicate that the Ag- gies had everyone fooled as to their caliber in the current football up the Longhorns of Texas Uni- versity are farther than ever in front, with Rice still in the runner-up position but with Arkansas raising the experts brows no little by virtue of a tie with Oklahoma A. & M., one of the Nation’s top The Aggies must find themselves in their next two games with Oklahoma at Norman and L. S. U. at Baton Rouge if they are to make any headway at all in the conference. TEXAS TECH 6-AGGIES 0 A record-breaking 25,000 fans saw an alert, hard-fighting Texas Tech team stage an upset to score its first victory over the Aggies in the Alamo Stadium at San An- tonio. Tech clearly deserved the victory, taking the play away from the Aggies thru-out the game. Only a staunch goal-line defense prevented another Red Raider touchdown. Despite several scoring opportunities the Aggies never really seriously threatened to cross the Tech goal. The only bright spots for the Aggies were one great goal-line stand that held the Techs for four downs inside the five yard line, and some long distance kicking by Welch and Holmig. The Aggie passing attack was poor and no sustained running attack ever de- veloped. Tech finally scored with a 10 yard sweep around end that sent the ball carrier over standing up. In an effort to find a combina- tion that would click Coach Norton made numerous substitutions. Aside from the game the week- end in San Antonio had two high- lights. A greatly over-estimated melee at the Aggie midnite yell practice brought reports of a riot to nervous San Antonio just emerg- ing from a serious flood. The other high-light was the sterling performance between halves of the game by the 225 piece Aggie band under the direc- tion of its new band-master Verge Adams, ’29. The band staged the most intricate and perfect drill ever performed by that famous Aggie organization. STARTING LINEUPS TECH. ... A&M J. Smith ...... LE Howell R. Winkler .... LT Dickey Read fo.tinh io. clei LG.....w.- Stautzenberger Nabors, '.... 2s. ale. 03 | DTIPEIR 0 ary Lawhorn RG J. Winkler YA STA TE Bl vn eoiminesensi Moncrief B. sKelly >." | RE .. Higgins Standefer QB Daniels B.«Smith........; LH Welch Di Lewis... 0k. RH Goode Robnettft onic: EBook. Sturcken SUBSTITUTIONS Texas A&M: Daniel, Denton, Dusek, Flanagan, Flowers, Hallmark, Hollmig, Knight, Overly, Prokop, P. Smith, Scott, Shefts, Tulis, Turley, C. Wright, D. Wright, Zapalac, Pickett. Score by periods: Texas Tech f.....0 0 L107. 0 0 0 6—6 A&M." 0 0 0—0 Officials: Ray MeCullouch, TCU, Ref- eree; Maxey Hart, Texas, umpire; Gene Bedford, SMU, head linesman; Joe Ward, Texas, field judge. STATISTICS A&M Tech 10.5%. oth Birst downs; 2... ..coon cc. 9.. Yd. ov... Net yards rushing ................ 150 LS, A Net yards forwards ................ 14 LH ARTS en Forwards atempted ........ 10 SR RW Forwards completed ......... 1 XL... 05.0 2000s Intercepted: by b....niinl 4 0... Yds. Interceptions returned ...... 24 Slit i Punts, number. ................. 15 Lp pS Punts, yards average.............. 33 23 ht Yards punts returned............ 54 2 A Re Ball lost fumbles ................ J Sd AN Wa Pentlties tier 5 111 J Yards lost penalties ............. 78 BRAZOS COUNTY The Brazos County A. & M. Club met September 19, at the Maggie Parker Dining Hall, Bryan, with approximately 100 members and the entire Aggie coaching staff present, Coach Norton spoke on the football prospects for the season and introduced Marty Karew who gave the basketball picture to the group. Others speaking were Lil Dimmitt, Frank Anderson and Charlie DeWare. It was announced at the meet- ing that Jim Thomason, ’41, star blocking back of the national champion Aggie team of 1939, will be assistant business manager of Athletics. Thomason is now doing graduate work at the College in accounting. President Fred Hale, ’22, an- nounced the appointment of J. T. L. McNew, 18, as general chair- man of the Christmas party hon- oring at A. & M. football and cross country teams. Officers serving the club this year are: President, Fred Hale, '22; 1st Vice President., Fred L. Cavitt, ’08; 2nd Vice President, Brown- rigg H. Dewey, Jr., ’38; Secretary, Oscar L. Crain, ’30; Treas., Elmer G. Smith, ’25; Sgt.-at-Arms, W. N. “Flop” Colson, ’40; Good Samari- tan, P. L. Downs, Jr., 06. W. R. Carmichael, ’28, served as President last year; Fred Hale as Vice President; Fred L. Cavitt, Secretary-Treasurer and J. W. “Dough” Rollins, ’17, as Sgt.-at- Arms. GALVESTON Fifty members were present at the regular monthly meeting of the Galveston County Club on Sept. 19, reports Club President E. W. “Ernie” Conway Jr., ’42. The next meeting of the club will be on the evening of October 17. The Club meets each month on the third Thursday. President Con- way represents the Great South- ern Life Insurance Company with offices at 102 Cotton Exchange Bldg., Galveston.