r/e, WE BATTALION Tlmrsdny, October H, 10(!1 Collopre Station, Texas Pa^e >wshi Pi ; °unda ilLL” L” I i” COLLEGE SEEKS FURTHER PROGRESS g like if (Continued from Page 1) the band stand between 4:30 and L45 p.m. At the blast of a bugle, at the proper hour, groups of freshmen and sophomores emerged from every hall, clad in old clothes. A freshman, attended by a bodyguard, attempted the feat and 'the struggle was. on. After a few minutes, the sophomores were suc cessful in getting the cane to the guardroom, but then decided to give freshmen a second chance. Reinforcements arrived and the battle raged for two hours, but without further success on the part of either side. Things progressed successfully ! under President H. H. Harrington until 1908, when college activities fexploded with a roar heard across (be state. 1 .Barrington had been at odds F with the college physician and an elderly professor, when suddenly the student body went on strike. After several days most of the students had gone home, taking their bags with them. One stu dent, crossing the Brazos, was met at the river by his father with a shotgun. He returned. Harrington resigned and was replaced by Col. R. T. Milner. Another student strike rocked the flimpus during Milner’s reign over the dismissal of 27 students for hazing and the suspension of 4CG others for insubordination. Again the Board of Directors supported Milner, but he, like Har rington, soon resigned. Also in Milner’s regime the cele brated “tent row” grew to large jpportions and extended from the area now occupied by the YMCA Building to the present tennis tourts and as far back as Mitchell Hall. Prior to 1909 sentinels guarded dormitories during meals and the piard changed every morning. Ak in 1909 A&M for the first time became a military college recognized by the U.S. War De partment. Two tragedies enabled the cam pus to first take on its present appearance. In 1911 the mess hall burned and in 1912 Old Main was gutted by fire. Soon afterward Thomas Gathright . . . first A&M president Sbisa Dining Hall and the Aca demic Building sprang up. Also not long afterward, Guion Hall was built. World War I gave A&M its first test as a military school. In 1917 the entire senior class en listed as a body. They were sent to Leon Springs training camp, where they were given their di plomas in special commencement services. More than 2,000 A&M graduates served in the war, f>2 of them giv ing their lives for democracy. After the war the Reserve Offi cers Training Corps was estab lished and A&M immediately be came a ,member. With this change, the fumed Aggie “greys” also were abolished, in favor of khaki and olive drab. In 1922 A&M’s best-known tra dition, the twelfth man, was es tablished at the Cotton Bowl game with Centre College. A student, King Gill, came out of the stands to suit up for action, thus prompt ing the practice of standing throughout all football games. That same year, 1922, however, one of the college’s darkest days occurred during the Corps Trip to Baylor. Fisticuffs broke out after the game, with one Aggie killed and the state militia called to quell the disturbance. For many years after World War I students still lived in tents and shack-tents in front of the YMCA Building, -known as “sheik city.” Law, Puryear, Walton and Hart JHall* were soon erected to ease this problem, with another group of dormitories erected near the north gate during the 1980’s. The building program was just in time, for in 1939 the Aggie football team, led by John Kim brough, copped the national cham pionship. This national title, coupled with the war buildup, filled all the new dorms to capacity. They have seldom been vacent since. Meanwhile a little four-footed creature descended upon the cam pus and captured the fancy of the entire Corps of Cadets. In her heyday Reville would romp in front of the band as it played during halftime. She was accorded more special privileges than many whose seniority was unquestioned and was made offi cial college mascot. She died in 1944 and was ac corded military honors. Her grave is at the north entrance to Kyle Field, facing the scoreboard. World War II also found A&M very much iu the middle of U.S. defense plans. On campus, the Check your opinions against IfM’s Campus Opinion Poll %7 f ay St IB J! °WhocI wake the best wife? <7 I I O W0MAN EXECUTIVE Q FASHION MODEL □ NURSE □ SECRETARY Q TEACHER O Isifbetterfo warty in eolleqe-or wail fill lafer? 0 How wany cigarettes do you swoke a day? ; ? □ MARRY IN COLLEGE Q WAIT TILL LATER □ LESS THAN 8 □ 8-12 □ 13-17 Q] 18-22 Q OVER 22 Mfresh ky fresh with PM Any way you look at them-L & M’s taste bet ter. Moisturized tobac cos make the difference! Yes, your taste stays fresh with L*M —they dways treat you right! OO OD3VQOI SU3AW f 4139911 S W 3J.1 I* PI LT E R S LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACC