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College Station, Texas
Thursday, May 26, 1960
THE BATTALION College Events
McGee New CADET SLOUCH
AFS Prexy
For ’60- ’62 I
by Jim Earle
W. C. McGee Jr., of Houston,
is the new president of the As
sociation of Former Students.
J. W. Aston of Dallas, was
elected vice president.
Mr. McGee, a member of the
Class of ’31, is president of the
Tennessee GaS Pipeline Co. He
is a class agent, ’31; was a coun
cil man, member of the Associa
tion Executive Board, and a mem
ber of the Houston A&M club.
Mr. and Mrs. McGee have a son
now in A&M.
Aston, Class of ’33, is presi
dent of the Republic National
Bank; past Student Loan Fund
trustee; past president, Executive
Board; member, Higher Educa
tion Committee; member, Dallas
<A&M club ‘and a member of the
Cotton Bowl Association.
Elected to the Executitve Board
were John Mithell, Class of ’34,
Houston; Joe H. Ashy, ’29, Beau
mont; and A. C. Elliot, ’33, Mid
land.
District vice presidents include
David Britt, ’51, Wheeler; W.
Nelson Rees, ’32, Odessa; Wayne
Durham, ’40. Abilene; Louis
Fields, ’49, Fort Worth; Forrest
Roberts, ’31, Carthage; Barker
Chapman, ’49, Waco; Melvin
Maltz, ’47, Houston; Richard
Weirds, ’42, San Antonio; E. C.
Clark Jr., ’38, Corpus Christi.
Louisiana district: C. D. Long,
’34, Shreveport.
At-Large district, Harvey Cash,
’33, New York City.
Student Loan Fund trustees:
A. 0. Nicholson, ’27, and J. L.
Sewell, ’27, both of Dallas and
0. Dooley Dawson, ’32, Houston.
Representatives of the Develop
ment Fund Board for 8-year
terms: L. R. Bloodworth, ’32,
Wichita Falls; and E. J. Mosher,
Houston; 2 year term, to fill un
expired term of Herman F. Heep,
’20, M. T. Halbouty, ’30, Hous
ton.
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The Marshall Hometown Club
will meet in the lobby of the Me
morial Student Center tonight at
7:30 p.m.
The South Louisiana Home
town Club will meet in room 2-D
of the Memorial Student Center
tonight at 7:30 p.m.
The Waco Hometown Club will
meet tonight in the YMCA Build
ing at 7:30 p.m. Election of of
ficers fo rthe coming year will
be held.
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Teacher Provided ‘Spirit
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A thin, proud Aransas Pass
science teacher is responsible for
providing A&M with both verses
of the “Spirit of Aggieland,” one
verse of which has seldom been
heard since it was written in the
1920’s.
The man’s name is Marvin H.
Mimms, who, while attending
A&M in the late 1920’s, decided,
“We only play Texas University
once a year, so why should we
sing about them in the War
Hymn when we’re playing TCU
or Baylor?”
During the vacation months
following his junior year, Mimms
worked in his home town of Mar
lin, Tex. Gradually a song began
to form in his mind.
“I added couplets until I had
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a balanced song with a tune I
devised too,” said Mimms.
In the Aggie tradition, Mimms
hitch-hiked back to school for his
senior year. He went to Colonel
Dunn, bandmaster, and the pair
began pecking out the song on
a piano. Dunn liked the song
and called in Col. Ike Ashburn
to hear it, and it met with Ash-
burn’s approval, too.
The bandmaster peened band
arrangements and soon the
“Fighting Texas Aggie Band”
was practicing Mimm’s song
without realizing its future sig
nificance. “The Spirit” was in
troduced to the Corps at yell
practice, and the cadets liked it
immediately.
The student body considered
several other prospective alma
maters written by professional
song writers, but the “Spirit of
Aggieland” was voted in as the
school song. How could someone
other than an Aggie capture the
intense pride of the school in a
songX they asked.
The words are as follows:
“Some may boast of prowess
bold,
Of the school they think so
grand;
But there’s a spirit can n’eer
be told;
It’s the Spirit of Aggieland.
HOLIDAY
Monday, May 30, 1960 being a Holiday, in observance
of Memorial Day, the undersighed will observe that
date as a Holiday and not be open for business.
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First State Bank & Trust Co.
College Station State Bank
Bryan Building & Loan Ass’n
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