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HomeMy WebLinkAboutpage-094aERNEST FARQUHAR, A. & M. FRESHMAN, DIES FROM FOOTBALL INJURIES Ernest E. Farquhar, '21, of Jonesboro, Texas, a Freshman student at A. & M. and a star on the Freshman football squad, died in a Temple hospital on the morning of Nov. 17, following injuries received in foot- ball practice here several days before. Farquhar, an end, was injured Tuesday afternoon and taken to the College hospital. He apparently was not seriously injured but became worse and was sent to Temple accompanied by the College nurse and his brother, Sergeant W. W. Farquhar of the U. S. Air Corps on duty here. The death, the first casualty of its kind ever suffered at A. & M., plunged the whole campus and student body into gloom. Memorial services by the entire student body were held Thursday afternoon, attended in a body by both the Varsity and Freshman football sghads• A number of Farquhar's team-mates, Coaches Bible, Higginbotham and Anderson and other College officials and students attended the funeral. Farquhar was an outstanding man. He was passing in every hour of work carried, his demerit sheet in the Commandant's office was en- tirely blank and he was working his way thru school. His death has caused the whole Student Body and faculty to grieve and the Former Students will grieve with his family over the loss of so fine a man. F 6HSF 9 NA SANBENITO TEX NOV 1 132-9 M-~S SIJVIE STEOiRT _ SAYCITY TL_X DEATH OF C. W. EDDINS IS RESULT OF ACCIDENT, Death came to our friend and classmate yesterday afternoon as the result of an accident while returning from drill. Carlton Wilbur Eddins, 21, of Kerrville, Texas, was the son of C. R. Eddins of Kerr- ville. Eddins was a Junior in D troop Cavalry. The accident occurred while the troop was returning from drill when Eddins horse became unruly. His horse bumped into another and knocked a boy off and then started to rear up and Eddins jumped but failed to clear him enough to be out of the way as he came back over on him. Death was instantaneous. The body has been sent to the home at Kerrville where burial will be. held Thursday. A firing squad of nine men has been sent by the college to conduct a military funeral. P. R. Redfern will blow Taps for the last time for Eddins. E. R. Torn has been sent as a representative of his troop in the absence of his troop commander, Judson Neff. Eddie, as he was known by all, had made many friends be- cause of his winning personality and friendly disposition toward everyone. He had worked most of his way through school by employ- ment at the Power Plant and knew what sacrifice was but he was determined to get his education in spite of all obstacles. In his pass- ing we have lost a friend who was appreciated and loved by all. PROMOTED BAT SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST AT END B Company Signal Corps Wins Honor Of Putting Out Special Bat. Due largely to the untiring efforts of Bob Boykin, first sergeant of Com- pany B, Signal Corps, that organiza- tion finished the campaign for extra subscriptions leading all other organ- izations. Led by Boykin, B Company lttar;ned in enough subscriptians to bring their standing up to 125 per cent. In other words, B Company av- eraged more than ono extra subscrip- tion per man. Organizations that have won the coveted honor of publishing the spe- cial edition have put out some excel- lent magazines, but B Company has announced its intention of having the best issue of all. Boykin had splendid teamwork and cooperation from his company, but their final success was due also tc the drive carried on by the first sergeants. As the result of this team- work and leadership there will be r; Company B, Signal Corps, special thi ,year. 1 Waco are expected to send large delegations of Aggie exes to the af- fair. Smaller delegations are ex- pected from other cities. Fully boo are expected. All conference coaches, the Texas A. and M. faculty and athletic coun- cil will be invited. HUNT ACHIEVES NATION-117IDE FAME Through his 97-yard run for a touchdown after receiving the ball on a kickoff in the game at College Sta- finn O,f 15 with the, Arknncas Razor- the Razorback game gives the South west Conference and the Texas Ag- gies another man in the list of fa- mous runs, :p•-.' As a point maker, Hunt has started off with a vengeance this season. In the first four games in which the Ag- gies have piled up a total of 134 points, 45 against Trinity, 31 against s :Y, Southwestern, 18 against Sewanee and 40 against Arkansas, Hunt has accounted for a total of 64 points, or nearly half the total. He scored two i touchdowns against Trinity, two against Southwestern, all three t against Sewanee and three against Arkansas, making a total of ten touchdowns. He scored in addition in these first four games four points af- ter touchdown with placekicks, two against Trinity, one against South- western, and one against Arkansas. GAME SATURDAY TO BE LAST ONE OF YEAR AT HOME f1: FOR FARMERS. College Station, Tex., Nov. 11.-On , the invasion of the Itice Owls of Coach Claude Rothgeb from Houston Saturday, Nov, 17, the Texas Aggies of Coach Dana Bible will play their last game of the season on Kyle field. The subsequent and final game for the Aggies will be the Thanksgiving Day tilt with the Longhorns at Aus- tin. AL TRAIN DER The clash with Rice promises to afford an interesting battle since both teams will be fighting to make up as much as possible in the final stages' of the conference race for reverses in 1 the early part. or the season. The' --me will start half an nos n•tis, ! ~ A- the slAV&l 2:30 having been fired as 1'4'hile it suture, r Owl games of recentgeores of Aggte- hews the Ag ies lead sg ing in number oftorles it also shows comparatively anl.l] Nm _s+ox-a utal4i scores for the Aggies !n contrast with scores against other teams. Last sca- sell, for instance, Rice was the only team, with the exception of T. C. U., against which the powerful c.ham- ' plonship Aggie team did not score heavily, The score of that game was ✓ ~~1 14 to 0. The Owls have won but one 14 game from the Aggies since 1917 though on 'vnother occasion the two teams bat- i, ad to a 7.7 tie. In 1917 the Aggies won, 10-0. It was 1920 before, then two teams met again and the Aggte, I won that year, 7-0. Tn 1921 the 7 rr 1 tie resulted and in 1922 the Aggle t~ w made the largest score they have even;. run up against the Owls, 24-0. The i following year, 1923, the Owls PUL~ I ' over their win, 7-6. That year, aside y-~ ter from the seven points scored by Rice, cr YYY F ^ only 16 points were made ugalnst the J Aggies• In 1924, the s "F Aggies came r bank to win, 13-6, and in 1925 the r - I Owls held the Aggie championship / eleven to a 17-0 victory, In 1926, the Aggies won, 20.0, while sport fans will recall that last year's game was won by the Aggies 14-0, Last year the Aggies faced a Roth- geb-coached eleven for the first time. This year with the A-i- ( HUNT Capt.