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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.