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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 4, 1939
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NO. 19
SEVERAL HUNDRED AGGIES TO ATTEND GAME
Air School
Physicals To
Begin Monday
Examination To Be
Supervised By
Training Surgeon
Physical examinations for stu
dents applying for aeronautical
training will start next Monday at
the A. & M. Hospital, according to
an announcement by Dean Gibb
Gilchrist today.
The examination will be super
vised by a flight surgeon designat
ed by Civil Aeronautics Authorities
and will be rigid.
More than 200 Aggies have fill
ed applications for the flight
training, which will begin soon,
but only 50 will be able to receive
this instruction. Accepted appli
cations will receive a minimum of
35 hours and a maximum of 50
hours flight instruction in addi
tion to 72 hours class work.
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Major Drinkwater
Leaves For Home .
Major John G. Drinkwater, sen
ior instructor in military science in
the R.O.T.C. Engineer Corps here
from 1936 until last spring, had
been visiting on the A. & M. cam
pus until Friday morning when he
left for his home in West Newton,
Mass.
Major Drinkwater was forced to
retire this fall from active duty
in the United States Corps of En
gineers because of ill health.
Major Drinkwater was graduated
from Stephens Institute of Tech
nology in New Jersey in 1909 with
a Master of Science degree in
Mechanical Engineering. He en
tered the .United States Army as
a lieutenant in 1917, at the begin
ning of the war, and was promot
ed to a captaincy in February of
1918. After the declaration of
Armistice he was stationed with the
army of occupation near Coblenz.
Germany.
In 1919 he returned to the Unit
ed States and rejoined the regular
army in 1920. He was stationed
for a time in the Phillipine Islands,
and in Augsut 1935, he was pro
moted to the rank of major. He
was graduated from the Army In
dustrial College in 1936 and then
came here. His first experience
as an R.O.T.C. instructor was at
A. & M.
All-Round Coast
Artillery Junior
To Receive Medal
Selection To Be Based
On Scholastic Work,
Personal Qualifications
The United States Coast Artil
lery Association at Washington,
D. C., is awarding a medal this
year to the best all around junior
in the Coast Artillery Regiment
at A. & M. The medal has al
ready been sent to the college, ac
cording to Major Aaron Bradshaw,
secretary of the association, who is
handling the affair at the Wash
ington office.
As soon as the winner of the
award has been decided upon, it
has been requested by the associa
tion that his name, home address,
course he is taking, and the high
lights of his student work be sent
to the office at Washington. The
winner will receive the medal at
the final review next spring.
The following rules and proced
ure to govern the award of this
medal have been approved by the
Executive Council of the Associa
tion:
1. The award to be based upon
three year’s military and academ
ic work, that is, at the end of the
junior year.
2. The award to be made to a
student who has completed the
first year advanced course; pre
sentation to be made at final re
view at end of the academic year
or at an appropriate ceremony at
the beginning of the next year.
3. The award to be made in
accordance with the recommenda
tion of a board to consist of three
members appointed by the P.M.S.
& T., with the approval of the
president of each institution con
cerned.
4. The selection to be made as
near as possible on the following
basis:
a. Grades in academic subjects
exclusive of military subjects
—30 points.
b. Grades in military subjects
both theoretical and practical
—40 points.
c. Personal qualifications — 30
points.
Rodeo Will Provide Thrills and Chills
These pictures made of the A.
it M. Rodeo last year illustrate
lome of the events the Saddle and
3irIoin Club boys are practicing
avery afternoon in order to pro
vide the best Rodeo in history next
Friday afternoon and night, No
vember 10. Usual rodeo events
jlus several that are new and dif-
cerent promise entertainment for
-.11.
“MOM” CLAGHORN
TALKS HOUSTON
MOTHERS’ CLUB
Mrs. Irene Claghorn, assistant
superintendent of the College Hos
pital and known affectionately by
the Aggies as “Mom,” addressed
the Houston A. & M. Mothers’ Club
in Houston Thursday morning at
10:00 at the Y.W.C.A.
She spoke on the college hospital
and the cadets, answering numer
ous questions and relating many
anecdotes from her nineteen
years’ experience at A. & M.
Smith Wins Contest
For Best Description
Given by “Cattleman”
Sam Smith, senior animal hu-
bandry student of Marathon, Tex
as, won first place and a prize of
$10 in a contest sponsored by the
Animal Husbandry Department
for “The Cattleman” magazine.
The prize was offered for the best
discussion of the picture that is be
ing used on the cover of the No
vember issue of the magazine.
The picture was that of a Here
ford yearling being scrubbed with
soap and water by two stockmen
in preparation for a show. Smith’s
story, which was selected from
59 entries by N. G. Schussler and
B. R. Dana of the Animal Hus
bandry Department, will be print
ed in the November issue of the
magazine.
This is not the first time that
Smith has won a prize by his
writing. Last year he won a trip
to Chicago to visit the Interna
tional Livestock Show by taking
first honors in an essay contest on
livestock and marketing sponsor
ed by Swift & Company.
Cadet Corps Gives
Team Big Send-Off
A. & M. Band In Arkansas For Game;
Norton Wires Back For Woolen Socks
The “Spirit of Aggieland” echoed through the Brazos bottoms
Thursday night as the Southern Pacific’s Sunbeam pulled out of
College Station, carrying with it the fighting Aggies from the
deep south toward the rugged Ozarks in northwestrn Arkansas
where they will meet the Arkansas University Razorbacks today.
Latest reports say that snow is on the ground in Fayetteville today.
The station yard was swarm-*-
ing with 6,000 students before the
team left, all down to bid them
farewell and wishing them good
luck with their game with the
“sharp-spined” hogs today.
Last night at seven another
train pulled out from A. & M.
carrying other A. & M. students
New Consolidated
School Buildings
Are Being Erected
College Station will soon have
its standing as a city improved by
an entirely new school plant.
The W. M. Smith Construction
Company of Waco started construc
tion on six new school buildings
for the A. & M. Consolidated School
District about the middle of last
September. Two of the new build
ings will house the high school
class rooms and shops. The other
four buildings are for the gram
mar school.
The buildings have only one
story, and this feature combined
with the large number of build
ings provides adequate protection
from fire hazards. The comple
tion of the grammar schol is ex
pected by mid-term and the re
mainder of the buildings should be
finished by February 2.
The new school buildings are
located about a half mile east of
the new dormitories and cover four
teen acres of land.
Though no definite plans have
been made, the old grammar school
which belongs to the state will
probably be razed to make room
for streets and sidewalks to the
new dormitories.
THE FURNITURE FOR THE
“Y” parlor is Kiest Hall has been
ordered but since some of the
equipment had to be manufactured
the date for completion is not yet
known, according to Y. M. C. A. of
ficials. Venetian blinds have al
ready been installed and as soon
as the new equipment arrives and
is installed the parlors will be
ready for use.
First Meeting of Texas Pecan Growers Association
Since 1916 To Be Held Here Next Tuesday and Wednesday
The Texas Pecan Growers As-‘f-“tractor room” on the first flooi-f-held in the lecture room of the
sociation will hold a meeting here
next Tuesday and Wednesday in
the ' Agricultural Engineering
Building. The meeting, which will
consist of pecan growers of Tex
as and research workers, will be
held here for the first time since
1916.
One feature of the meet is a
display of pecan handling and pro
cessing machinery which will be
exhibited in the actual process of
handling pecans. This feature will
be shown in the west room or
of the Agricultural Building.
A pecan show and contest will
be held in the lecture room and
will include two-pound samples of
pecans entered by various pecan
growers. The contest will be judg
ed by a committee of A. & M. stu
dents majoring in horticulture.
First prize will be a cup offered by
John Nance Garner, vice-president
of the United/ States. Another
cup and cash prizes are also offer
ed.
The program of the meet will be
Agricultural Engineering Building.
The program will begin at 9:30
a. m. Tuesday morning and will be
presided over by president of the
association, P. K. Delaney, Sr.
Material for speeches in the meet
ing will consist of various topics
relating to the growing and han
dling of pecans.
Speakers will include several
men from A. & M. Jack Shelton,
an ex-Aggie and vice-director of
the Extension Service at A. & M.,
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Rodeo Friday To Be A
Pre-Climax to Football Game
This coming Friday is due to
put a pre-climax on the football
game with S. M. U. A real show
put on for the senior livestock
judging team by and with real
Aggie talent should set off a real
weekend.
The only outside event will be a
goat roping contest here at Aggie
land will get a chance to do their
stuff for a capacity crowd as
advance ticket sales have been
running off smoothly. R. T.
Capterton, who is in charge of
advertising, has made several
canvasses of Bryan and quite a bit
of interest has been shown by the
people of Bryan and the surround
ing communities.
The steers to be used are to be
obtained from Rockwall, Texas, and
show plenty of “vim, vigor, and
vitality.” The Broncs used two
years ago are returning and prom
ise to have “plenty of bumps.”
Graham Purcell and Frank Say-
ner have devoted most of their time
this past week to collecting the odds
and ends and arranging last min
ute affairs. The boys declare a
rodeo to be a man-sized job, but
from all indications they have done
things up right.
Maintenance For This
Month May Be Payed
Until Next Wednesday
Payment of maintenance fees to
the Fiscal Department for the
month of November began last
Wednesday and will continue until
next Wednesday, according to a
report from the department. After
Wednesday a penalty of one dollar
will be imposed on late fees.
The maintenance fee this month
is $27.50. Students may avoid last
minute rushes by paying their fees
as early as possible.
Picture Show At
North Gate To Be
Finished This Year
Construction on the new College
Station theatre will be completed
around Christmas, according to the
building contractor. It is not def
inite, but it is hoped that the fix
tures and screen will be installed
by January and that the theatre
will be opened some time that
month.
Permission was secured to build
the new theatre after it had been
proved that College Station was
not a suburb of Bryan. It will
soon be possible for the Aggies to
see first-run shows at home, in
stead of having to wait until they
are shown in Bryan. The new show
is in no way connected with the
entertainment company in Bryan.
The building, which will be of
brick and tile construction and
will be constructed at a cost of ap
proximately $70,000. It will have
a seating capacity of seven hun
dred persons. The seats are to be
cushioned and spaced 32 inches
apart, which is four inches more
space than customary. The build
ing will be air-conditioned and will
be equipped with the highest qual
ity sound and screen equipment
available.
Smoking rooms and a mezzanine
floor will be constructed so the pa
trons will have a place to smoke
without damaging the carpeted
floors.
The building will rank along with
the best of theatres in this part
of the state.
A. & M. Head Coach Homer
Norton wired E. W. Hooker of
the Athletic Office for “long
wool socks” for all the mem
bers of the Aggie team, Fri
day afternoon.
Latest reports available
from Fayetteville, Arkansas,
where the Aggies play the
Arkansas University Razor-
backs this afternoon, tell that
the Aggies have run into cold
and rainy weather. A light
snow fell Thursday, followed
by rain Friday.
Judge Wurzbach,
Aggie Graduate In
1888, Dies At Home
Judge William A. Wurzbach,
graduate of A. & M. in 1888, a
former President of the A. & M.
Alumni Association and a
former member of the A.
& M. Board of Directors,
died October 22 at his home on
Wurzbach Road in San Antonio,
according to a report received by
the Former Student’s Association
office here.
A former Bexar County Judge
and one of San Antonio’s best
known lawyers, Judge Wurzbach
was a leader for many years among
A. & M. men in San Antonio as
well as being active in the A. &
M. Former Student’s Association.
Judge Wurzbach was a native
of LaGrange, Texas, and attended
Southwestern University and Tex
as University, as well as Texas
A. & M. When a young man he
was a member of the State
islature. At the time of his death
he was president of the Alamo.
Farm and Loan Association.
During his long life-time Judg-e
Wurzbach was a loyal and aggres
sive friend of A. & M. and active
in all affiars of the alumni.
He is survived by his widow, two
daughters, a son, Wm. A. Wurz
bach, Jr., graduate of A. & M.
in 1925, and five sisters.
to the Arkansas game. Of the
300 on the train 210 were from
the band. However, these were not
the only ones to go as many stu
dents went by car and others used
the proverbial Aggie method of
hitch-hiking.
According to the Commandant’s
office 64 seniors obtained author
ized absences while over another
fifty) students received excused
absences to make the trip.
Student tickets for the game
were on sale at the Athletic office
until Thursday afternoon at which
time 103 had been sold. E. W.
Hooker, who was in charge of
the sales, said that there might
be students tickets available in
Arkansas.
The special train is due to ar
rive in Fayetteville at 9:45 this
morning where it will stay until
2 a. m. tomorrow. At this time
it will head for Aggieland, arriving
at 4:15 Sunday afternoon.
This is the longest planned trip
of the year for the band and their
first time to travel inter-state as
a body in nine years. Their last
out of state jaunt was to Lincoln,
Nebraska, back in 1930 when the
Aggies met the Cornhuskers of the
University of Nebraska.
The student body itself is one
of the main factors that enabled
the band to make the trip, for it
was from that source that over
$600 of the needed $1600 to make
the trip was raised. The balance
was given by the senior class,
members of the faculty, and Bryan
and College Station business
houses.
A spectacular show is promised
by the band during its portion of THE ENTOMOLOGY CLUB
the period between the halves of had as its guest speaker last
the game. Among other intricate Thursday night Dr. Bretz of the
maneuvers it will make an outline Biology department who gave a
of both the states of Texas and lecture on the relation of pathology
Arkansas. |to entomology.
Coach Of Tennessee
Football Team Failed
To Letter At A. & M.
Here is a piece of news with a
bit of irony attached to it.
Major Robert R. Neyland, head
coach at Tennessee, No. 1 foot
baller of the nation, failed to let
ter while on the varsity team
at A. & M. However, he only at
tended school here for one year,
1910-11.
In the school year of 1909-10, he
he attended Burleson Junior Col
lege, Greenville, Texas, where he
was the captain of the football
team and first baseman on the
basketball team. He also played
first base for the Aggie baseball
team when he attended school here.
Major Neyland is originally
from Greenville, Texas.
Boy Raised As Orphan, Finds Father
While Hitch-Hiking To School
Waco, Texas, Nov. 4.—Here’s a-
true life story to put “living hap
pily ever after” authors to shame.
A university student, raised by
his deceptive grandfather as an
orphan, has at last found his true
father—a man who picked him
up as he was hitchhiking to school.
The story, as told to Dr. Sandor
B. Kovacs, Baylor University so
ciology professor and radio councel-
or, begins with a wedding in 1916
against the wishes of the bride’s
father.
Shortly afterward the groom
was called overseas for service in
the World war. A son was born
six months later. A year latei
the child’s mother was killed in
a railway accident.
The grandfather wrote the soldier
father that his wife and son had
been killed. In turn he told the
child that his father had been
killed in battle. Thus, for a score
of years the grandfather raised
an “orphan boy” and started him
to college.
The lad’s father had not dared
to visit the maiden home of his
wife because of the father-in-law’s
objections to him. Thus he had
lived the life of a man devoted
to a lost cause.
The father, now a traveling man,
picked up the college lad on thc-
highway and became intensely in
terested in him when he learned
the lad had his own given name
and his wife’s maiden name. As
the weeks passed the traveling man
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