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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1920)
THE BATTALION 5 | T" •jj^; -i. ■' ■' ■■ ’ PROPOSED ALUMNI MEMORIAL STADIUM FOR THE SONS OF A. & M. COLLEGE The plans call for a structure of reinforced concrete, costing $40,000.00, 65 feet in width and 300 feet long, seating approximately 5000 people. Underneath the stand will be placed athletic dressing rooms, baths, field offi ces and reception rooms. One room will contain bronze historical tablets carrying the complete list of A. and M. men in service in the recent conflict, together with photographs and biographies of the A. and M. men who gave their lives. The building will be a Memorial for those who lost their lives and for those who were willing to give all but were spared. Nearly all of the recent classes have lost one or more of their number. Perpetuating in this way the memory of the men you knew will be an inspiration to the A. and M. men of today and to the thousands who are to follow. THE ALUMNI MEMORIAL STADIUM. Fifty-three sons of A. and M. made the supreme sacrifice for their country, their homes and their College in the Great War. They were all young men, to whom life was sweet and the future bright and full of promise. They went into dread horror of war with a smile on their lips and dauntless courage in their hearts, nor did they linger to count the cost. They died in the same brave manner, and their heroic spirits will live on to inspire and ennoble their comrades and their friends, and to en rich the great traditions of their College. We who survive, and who today, through their sacrifice, can proudly call ourselves citizens of the greatest Nation in the greatest age of the world’s history, are often prone to forget the heroism of these men and to take their sacrifice as a matter of course. But the world is impover ished by their loss; their places in the sanctity of their homes can never be filled; they are sorely missed by their friends, and in their death the College is deprived of their affection and the beneficent influence of their leadership among fellows. The memory of the heroism of these noble sons of A. and M. will always live. But that is not enough. By enduring monuments the college, its graduates and students and its friends should show their deep and lasting .appreciation pf the great sacrifice these men made, and the moral obligation incumbent upon them to perpetuate and keep always fresh the great tra ditions they have established. Already this obligation has been recognized by the authorities of the College, and has partly been fulfilled by the plant ing of a live oak tree for each man who gave his life. As a further testi mony of its love and reverence the College will build in the near future a Memorial Library, dedicated to the lives and heroic deeds of her fallen sons, and no more fitting tribute to their memory could possibly be erected. In the Spring of 1919 a group of loyal Alumni, believing that their fellow-Alumni and the former students of the College would be glad to assist in the erection of an Alumni Memorial for these brave lads, con ceived the idea of building an Athletic Stadium upon Kyle Field. All of these boys had been interested in athletics, and many of them had taken an active part therein, and it was felt that such a structure would be a fitting token of the high regard and deep reverence in which the memory of these men was held by the surviving sons of A. and M. The Athletic Association was asked to begin the campaign for contributions, and the first call sent out by Athletic Director W. L. Driver met with a most grati fying response. One hundred and thirty-seven pledges, to the amount $3055.00 were received in a short time, and cash to the amount of $2477.50 accompanied these initial pledges. Under the pressure of other duties, the Athletic Council was unable to push the campaign during the Fall and Winter, and it was finally de cided to turn the entire matter over to the Alumni Association. Having been initiated by the Alumni, it was felt that it would be more appropriate for that body to carry the movement through to its completion. This action met with the approval of those Alumni who have kept in close touch with the plan. A committee, composed of Charles E. Friley, College Alumni Secretary, W. L. Stangel, Secretary of the Alumni Association, and James Sullivan, Business Manager-elect of the Athletic Association, has accord ingly taken the matter in charge. The Athletic Association being vitally interested in the erection of the Stadium, it was thought wise to have a representative of that body on the Committee: hence the appointment of Mr. Sullivan. It is planned to lay the comer stone of the Stadium on Commence ment Day, May 25. A vigorous campaign will be made during April and May, with the confident hope that at least $15,000 will be in the hands of the Committee when the Cornerstone is laid. The Committee hopes to reach every Alumnus during the next two months, either personally or by letter. There is no more worthy object to which you can give your support and encouragement. Think this mat ter over seriously and when the appeal comes to you, meet it with a smile and as large an amount as you find it possible to contribute. A. and M. has full faith that her sons will respond to this movement in abundant measure. If each of us will do what he can the success of this first “All- Alumni” endeavor is assured. THE “T” CLUB The “T” Club was organized in the spring of ’19, to take in all the men having letters from A. and M. and letter men from other colleges who were making their home at Col lege Station. Mr. Scott Alexander has acted as president for the year and under his guidance the “T” Club has been a factor in College life. Working with the Athletic Director he has been able to secure a club room in the Y. M. C. A. and furnish same and this is a hangout for the “T” men for all their gatherings. In addition to securing furniture for this room, a phonograph, news papers, magazines and easy chairs and couches make the room espec ially attractive. Recently Mr. Wade Cox presented the “T” Club with a pool table and with donations such as this it will not be long until the Club will have to move to larger quarters. On the first of March the “T” Club gave their first open social function, a dance at the Elks Club Room in Bryan. Everything points to more and larger entertainments by this body during the years to come. Following is a list of the wearers of the “T” in A. and M. this year and how they won their letters: J. R. Guynes, Chatfield, Tex., baseball ’19 G. B. Gouger, San Antonio, Tex., football ’17, ’19, basketball ’18, ’20. H. N. Glezen, Gladwater, Tex., baseball ’18. E. E. McQuillen, Galveston, Tex., basketball ’18, ’19, ’20. A. B. Knickerbocker, Marlin, Tex., football ’19. R. H. Harrison, Bryan, Tex., foot ball ’18, ’19. R. J. Ehlert, Houston, Tex., basketball ’20. E. N. Daniels, Waxahachie, Tex., baseball ’19.. E. S. Wilson, Denton, Tex., foot ball ’16, ’17, ’19. R. G. Higginbotham, Howe, Tex., football ’17, ’19, baseball ’18, ’19. R. L. Carruthers, Ft. Worth, Tex., football ’19. Scott Alexander, Denton, Tex., football ’17, ’18, ’19, track ’19. J. A. Pierce, Tyler, Tex., football ’18, ’19, basketball ’20. Jewel Davis, Howe, Tex., football ’19. A. L. Forbes, Houston, Tex., bas ketball ’19, ’20. O. H. Frazier, Hillsboro, Tex., track ’19. C. H. Rothe, Hondo, Tex., base ball ’18, ’19. J. T. L. McNew, Mineral Wells, Tex., track ’17. G. W. Martin, Dallas, Tex., foot ball ’18, ’19. A. S. Vandervoort, Houston, Tex., football ’18, ’19. J. W. Persohn, Keller, Tex., base ball ’18. T. P. Lackey, Floresville, Tex., baseball ’19. W. E. Murrah, Plano, Tex., foot ball ’18, ’19. W. C. Weir, Georgetown, Tex., football ’18, ’19, track ’19. L. R. Hugon, Gainesville, Tex., track ’19. Nixon Askey, Corpus Christi, Tex., football ’19. G. H. Hartung, Houston, Tex., basketball ’19. E. E. Forrest, Waxahachie, Tex,, baseball ’19. P. A. Dwyer, San Antonio, Tex., basketball ’18, ’20. V. T. Matthews, Eagle Lake, Tex., baseball ’19. H. F. Jonas, Houston, Tex., track ’18, ’19. W. H. Williams, Houston, Tex., basketball ’19, ’20. D. V. Schuhardt, San Antonio, Tex., track ’15. C. S. Lewis, Forney, Tex. baseball ’18, ’19. C. F. Scudder, Dallas, Tex., foot ball ’18, ’19. J. F. Mahan, Gainesville, Tex., football ’17, ‘19, track ’18. W. W. Touchstone, Sherman, Tex., baseball ’19. C. R. Drake, Maypearl, Tex., foot ball ’18, ’19. BOXING CANDIDATES GIVE PROMISE. Boxing candidates are working hard for the first intercollegiate box ing match with Texas and the only thing that can possibly mar the suc cess of the boxing team is the short time in which the men have been training. The squad has been narrow ed down to Brown, Torbett, Love lace, Lattimore, Simmons, Williams, Key, Cooper, Billingsley, Kerr, Adams Jones, Carlton, Everitt, Ellison, Ham ilton, Hanley, Morrow, Patton, Snell, Storey, Taylor, Walters, Wasson, Pitzer. Most of these men have had little or no experience in the squared circle but some of them are showing up exceptionally well. Bob Latti- more, W. C. Torbett, W. J. Everitt, T. C. Patton, E. Taylor, J. C. Brown, and J. T. Walters are all showing ex ceptional promise for the squad. The boxers and wrestlers are fol lowing identically the same schedule on the same dates and all of the cadets are looking forward to the first meets of these teams in an in tercollegiate way.