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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1959)
PAGE 4 Thursday, August 27,1959 The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas A&M-Largest Military School Since 1876 when A&M first op ened its doors with six students it has had a military school. The college has shouldered wholeheartedly its responsibilities for teaching military training un der the National Land-Grant Edu cation System. For many years A&M jhas had the largest military school in the United States. At least two years of military training are required of all stu dents, except veterans, physically handicapped, foreign nationals, men over 21 years of age and transfer students with more than SO credit hours. Organized by military units and living under military supervision, the cadets wear their uniforms throughout the school year. In World War I 52 former stu dents died in military service. Following the war the New York Sun, in an analysis of war parti cipation by American Colleges and Universities, declared that A&M had furnished a greater proportion of its alumni as commissioned of ficers than any other school. The Reserve Officers Training Corps was inaugurated at A&M in 1920. Since that year basic military training and understand ing has been given to more than 41,000 young men. At this time training is offered in both the Army and Air Force. Advanced ROTC training, leading to commissions in the Officers Re serve Corps, was given to approxi mately 7,000 men before the pro gram was discontinued under the exigencies of World War II. By December 7, 1941, some 5,000 reserve officers, trained at A&M were already on active duty help ing to weld the army that was to win World War II. An outstanding illustration of that group were the 46 young Tex ans, A&M-trained reserve offi- vers bn duty at Corregidor and Bataan. Their epic of fighting ability in the face of insurmount able odds is military history. In addition to some 7,000 reserve officers trained and commission ed at A&M, the college takes pride in at least another 7,000 officers of World War II. They received from the college varying degrees of military training that enabled them to quickly enter officer can didate school and to better play their part in the great emergency program of training a victorious military force. Six former students of A&M have been awarded the Medal of Honor for exceptional bravery in World War II—all but two of the awards being posthumous. Twenty-nine former students of the college have reached the gen eral’s rank, ten of them as major generals. A&M trains citizens soldiers— trained men to be available for military service in a war emer gency. 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Inc College Ave. At 33rd TA 2-0139 — TA 2-0130 Aggies Work on Annual Bonfire . . . burning desire to beat hell outta TU TRADITIONS (Continued from Page 1) command is turned over to the jun iors, next year’s seniors and they march by saluting the graduating seniors. Uniform customs change as do the uniforms. At one time the campaign hat was worn and you could tell a cadet’s class by the way he wore his hat. Today the cadets wear the overseas type cap but they have retained a different style of wearing it for each class. There are many solemn and beautiful ceremonies at A&M. The Aggie Muster held each year on April 21 to commemorate Aggies killed during the year throughout the world is one of the most sac red. Just before the island of Cor regidor fell to the Japanese in the early days of WW II, a group of Aggies met on April 21 in a muddy fox hole and for a few minutes held their Muster. Everywhere on this day Aggies meet and hold their Muster. The cermony held on the campus is the largest and many noted persons have said a few words here at Muster. Another beautiful ceremony s Silver Taps, which is held when ever an Aggie is killed during the school year. All of the lights on the" campus are turned out and the students gather in front of the Academic Building to pay final tribute to their departed brother. More Men to Study Agriculture in Fall More young men in Texas are preparing to take advantage of the many opportunities offered in the broad field of agriculture, accord ing to reports on new student ap plications at A&M. A 23 per cent increase in new student applications in the college’s School of Agriculture for the 1959- 60 academic year has been an nounced by H. L. Heaton, director of admissions and registrar. Up to this time the School of Agriculture at A&M has received 238 new student applications for the fall semester. At this time a year ago, 193 new student appli cations had been received. Dean of Agriculture G. M. Wat- kips said this increase in new stu dent applications is very encourag ing because during the past decade agriculture enrollment has steadily declined in the nation’s Land Grant colleges and universities. He said this upswing indicates a renewed realization of the growing impor tance of agriculture to the nation’s economy. Quoting from a statement made by Dean of Agriculture L. B. Die- trick of Virginia Polytechnic Insti- Styled for Inspection Built for Service ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * ★ * ★ * $13,751 Smart Military’ Design in gleaming black leather ★ You’re all set to pass in review anytime, any place when wearing this handsome Jarman in the black leather now official for Army, Navy and Air Force wear. Your foot will appreciate the famous Jarman “friendliness of fit.” Your eye will appreciate the authentic military' styling. Come in and try this Jarman classic, lor miles and miles of distinguished service. ^Jhe (^xclianae ore anc^e “Serving Texas Aggies” tube, Dr. Watkins said that “agri culture, far from being a declining industry, is expanding and offers more job opportunities than ever before.” “And to take advantage of the broad opportunities in this field, there has been a change from the teaching of skills to the teaching of basic principles of agricultural science,” he continued. Recent surveys indicate that the eight major fields of agriculture— research, industry, business, educa tion, communications, conservation, services and farming — would em ploy 15,000 new college graduates annually if they were available. Unfortunately, however, this coun try’s Land Grant colleges and uni versities graduate only about 7,000 young people annually to fill these 15,000 jobs. Watkins said agriculture needs scientists, teachers, trained fann ers, individuals trained in the fields which service the farmer, such as the fertilizer industry, feed manufacturing, production of pesti cides and herbicides, and individ uals trained in marketing of farm products, in grading and storage, in meat and poultry packing, to mention a few. “At Texas A&M College,” Dean Watkins said, “we are well equip ped, both in scientific personnel and facilities, to prepare young men for the varied opportunities in agriculture.” He said the School of Agricul ture at A&M has on its faculty 110 outstanding men in their field and almost all of them have PhD de grees in the agricultural sciences. “Many are known nationally and internationally for their accom plishments in the field of agricul tural science. 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