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lince 1876 when A&M first
led its doors Avith six students
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he university has shouldered
lie heartedly its responsibilities
Iteaching' military training* un-
Ithe National Land-Grant Sys-
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OOks to nufl A SSies who died in both
in the lib™ >r ^ wars anc t Korea there
jve been Cold-War casualties.
Among these was Capt. Con-
n Terry, ’57, who was killed
_ j ne 27 while serving as a tech-
:al advisor to the Vietnamese
"their flight against Commun-
Viet Cong troops. He was
"kQ h of an air commando group.
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wn by ground fire while on a
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Letters from the Aggie-ex and
itements from his wife were
uch-quoted in the weeks just
ter Terry’s death.
“It is not a waste as far as
am concerned,” said Mrs. Ter-
And that was the way her
sband felt about it.
In the next to the last letter
his wife he said, “We are the
lost fortunate people in the
arid to live in our great Amei*i-
This is what we fight for
ire and I am proud I have
ich a fine country and way of
:e to fight for.” ^
In a letter to her husband’s
immanding officer Audrey Ter-
said, “There are no -doubts
my mind that if this had to
ppen, this is the way Condon
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the largest military school in the
United States. It is now one of
six military universities.
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
30 credit hours.
ORGANIZED IN military units
and living under military super
vision, the cadets wear their uni
forms 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
participation by American colleges
and universities, declared that
A&M had furnished a greater
proportion of its alumni as com
missioned officers than any other
school.
An illustration of the group
were the 46 young Texans, A&M-
trained reserve officers, on duty at
Corregidor and Bataan. Their epic
of fighting ability in the face of
insurmountable odds is military
history.
IN ADDITION to some 7,000
reserve officers trained and com
missioned at A&M, the university
takes pride in at another 7,000
officers of World War II.
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.
The Reserve Officers Training
Corps was inaugurated at A&M in
1920. Since that year basic mili
tary training; and understanding
has been given to more than
41.000 young men.
AT THIS TIME training is of
fered in both the Army and Air
Force.
Advanced ROTC training, lead
ing to commissions in the U. S.
Army Reserve, was given to ap
proximately 7,000 men before the
program was discontinued under
the emergencies of World War-II.
By December 7, 1941, some
5.000 reserve officers, trained at
A&M were already on active duty
helping to weld the army that was
to win World War II.
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THE BATTALION
"hursday, August 22, 1963 College Station, Texas Page 7
Is Run
According To
New ‘ Blueprint'
Familiar Site At A&M
Members of the Corps of Cadets prepare to Army or Air Force leaders are former stu-
pass in review in honor of a visiting military dents at Aggieland, and have marched on
dignitary. Oftentimes the high-ranking the same drill field.
Aggieland Owes Its Origin
To 1862 Act Of Congress
A&M now operates under a
“Blueprint for Progress” initiated
last November. The blueprint, an
nounced by the Board of Directors
at the Century Study Convocation
here, is to serve as a guide for the
future of A&M University.
The blueprint was the result of a
19-month internal and external
study to guide development of the
school until its 100th anniversary
in 1976.
It is based on data contained in
two board-directed reports: an in
ternal “Aspirations Study,” con
ducted by faculty, staff and stu
dents; and an external “^eargh^of
__ /the Century.*’ b^’ 100 ciiizrg'fts ap-
To the A&M Cenliury Coun
cil.
Eugene B. Darby, then president
A&M, like land-grant institu
tions all over the United States,
owes its origin to the Morrill Act.
Approved by Congress July 2,
1862, the act provided for the dona
tion of a specified amount of
public land which was to consti
tute a perpetual fund, the princi
pal of which should remain for
ever undiminished.
On April 17, 1871, the state
legislature accepted the provisions
of the Act and provided for the
establishment of The Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas.
A commission created for the
purpose of locating the college ac
cepted the offer made by citizens
of Brazos County and located the
institution on a tract of land 2,416
The acquisition from time to
time of additional land has in
creased the acreage owned by the
university in Brazos and Burleson
counties to approximately 9,600
acres and the value of the physical
plant of A&M to 'around $50,000,-
000.
The institution was formerly
opened at College Station and in
struction began Oct. 4, 1876. It
educational activities have been
enlarged as the need for such ex
pansion became evident.
Although the school has actually
had university status for many
years, the title has only this year
been changed (see Section 1, Page
1.)
A&M University itself comprises
four colleges—Arts and Sciences,
Engineering, Agriculture and Vet
erinary Medicine—and the grad
uate school.
of the Board of Directors, intro
duced the blueprint, saying it would
“direct A&M toward achievement
of prominence among institutions
of higher education.”
The blueprint calls for the fol
lowing programs to be instituted or
strengthened:
1. Programs to secure the high
est caliber of faculty members
with provisions to reward indivi
dual achievement.
2. Selective development of
strong programs of instruction
in engineering, natural and ap
plied sciences, agriculture, veter
inary medicine and liberal arts
with stress on space-related fields
of study.
3. Attraction of students char
acterized by outstanding intellec
tual capacity, maximum integrity
and dedicated to the pursuit of
knowledge.
4. Additions and improvements
to physical facilities, particularly
those used in the sciences and
technologies of the space age.
5. Strengthened research efr
forts both as instructional tech<?
nique as well as a service to t^
state.
6. Close relationships between
researcher and extension educa
tor to better disseminate labora
tory discoveries to the fields and
factories where they can be ap
plied.
7. Find new financial resources
to support heavy expenses re
quired in college development and
apportion available money in
light of goals and aspirations of
the school.
8. Inform the people of Texas
of the services as well as the
needs of the institution.
9. Insistence upon excellence
as the watchword of every aspect
of college activity.
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