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With 1963 Limited Coeducation Ruling
(Continued from Page 1)
wanted A&M all-male, and pro
gressives, who supported coedu
cation, finally seemed to be lean
ing toward the progressive view
point in the early 1950’s.
And two months after the
Board decision the Former Stu
dents Council endorsed the policy
of limited coeducation.
The 1962 Faculty-Staff Stu
dent Study on Aspirations car
ried faculty recommendation that
coeds be admitted since refusal
to enroll them caused loss of ap
peal and support for the college.
“The faculty is overwhelmingly
in favor of coeducation. Their
training has led them to the phil
osophy of equal academic stand
ards and rights for all students,
and they believe the present neg
ative policy toward coeducation
constitutes a major obstacle to
academic excellence and institu
tional stature,” the report said.
DESPITE THE APPROVAL
of these two prestigious groups,
there was still an abundance of
diehard anti-coed fighters willing
to contest the issue.
And the fireworks, both be
fore and after the Board decision,
were more than enough to make
newsmen drool.
T. L. Smith Jr. of Houston,
member of the class of 1898, be
gan circulating a letter to former
students urging them into action
against the admission of females.
Smith said if women were per
mitted to enroll the additional
cost required to duplicate facili
ties for them would cost from $5
million to $20 million. He also
laid the blame for attempts at
coeducation to Bryan business
interests.
SMITH’S LETTER was an
swered with a sharply-worded
telegram from Sen. Moore, who
declared the fundamental pur
pose of the college was “to give
our youth, regardless of sex, the
best educational opportunities
possible.”
“Legend, tradition and selfish
pride cannot be served where
such would impair fulfillment of
that purpose,” Moore added.
“Hundreds of families who do
not have the means to send their
daughters off to school have
asked why their children should
be deprived of educational oppor
tunities at nearby A&M,” he con
tinued. “I feel these young wom
en, as well as young men, are
deserving.”
Moore also harshly condemned
Smith’s reference to integration
at the Universities of Mississippi
and Alabama.
“It is regrettable that the
thoughts of any graduate of Tex
as A&M should become so twisted
that he Could selfishly attempt to
draw a parallel between coeduca
tion at A&M and the racial diffi
culty experienced in Mississippi
and Alabama,” Moore noted. “It
is beneath true dignity to infer
that the citizens of Bryan have
anything less than the best inter
est of A&M at heart.
“I submit that Bryan citizens
long have been the staunchest
supporters of A&M. They have
readily made sacrifices for its
advancement and, I am confident,
will continue to give A&M . . .
and its students a responsive and
responsible atmosphere.”
ALL WAS NOT calm on cam
pus, either, as juniors in the
Corps of Cadets began preparing
a questionnaire-petition on co
education for possible presenta
tion to the Board.
Thus were the battle lines
drawn as the Board assembled
for its regular meeting April 26-
27, 1963.
The Battalion had contacted all
nine Board members in March
and each said no vote on coedu
cation was being planned for the
April meeting.
The coed question was not list
ed on the official agenda of the
meeting, but officials quickly
pointed out omission of a topic
from the agenda did not prohibit
discussion or action on the sub
ject.
And Board President Sterling
Evans had been quoted earlier in
the week by a Houston newspa
per as saying “Since the matter
has received so much publicity,
we will discuss it.”
THE BOARD ADOPTED the
resolution admitting women by
unanimous vote, but one official
source said the Board’s closed
session the previous day had
lasted long into the morning,
with members bitterly divided
over the issue.
Evans said there were two
basic reasons prompting the poli
cy change.
He pointed out that there were
1,800 married males enrolled at
A&M. with 700 living in college
housing. Many of these stu
dents’ wives were having to drive
50 miles to Sam Houston State
College each day to receive an
education.
The other reason was that
some Texas girls were having to
attend vet school in Oklahoma at
an expense to the state of $1,500
per year, while there were suit
able facilities to educate them
at A&M instead.
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coed backers, notably Barron,
Moore and Haines. Most Bryan
leaders also supported the new
policy.
Even T. L. Smith Jr., who had
crusaded against coeducation and
had spoken before the Board that
morning, conceded that “We as
good Aggies must follow the de
cisions of constituted authority.”
But a 1957 graduate, Bob Row
land of Houston, promptly sur
rendered his class ring in protest
and vowed to continue the fight
for an all-male school.
THE STUDENT BODY, most
of whom were away when the de
cision was made public, were also
unhappy. While feelings among
civilian students were mixed, the
Corps of Cadets was furious.
More than 4,000 students booed
President Earl Rudder Monday,
April 29, when he told them there
was no possibility of repealing
the new policy.
The meeting in G. Rollie White
Coliseum was called by Corps
leaders. Students chanted “We
don’t want to integrate” and con
tinually booed Rudder through
out his talk.
“The Board of Directors has
absolute authority on this and
other matters,” he said. “The U.
S. Supreme Court has twice up
held the board’s authority.”
By noon of the next day 12
persons contacted the Registrar’s
Office for information concern
ing the admission of women for
the fall term.
Mrs. Lewis Haupt Jr., a Bryan
school teacher, was the first
woman to file for admission.
Wife of a student from the class
of 1927, she applied for admission
to the Graduate School to study
education.
Even as her application was
being processed Board President
Evans agreed to meet with stu
dent leaders Thursday, May 2.
EVANS TOLD 400 students
admission of coeds would not
cause any danger to the future
of the Corps. He also added that
the Board did not think coeds
would necessarily raise the stand
ards of the school.
“But the Board feels it is hand
icapped in hiring professors,” he
noted. “Many of the better pro
fessors want a place for their
wives and daughters to go to
school.”
Student Body President-elect
Harlan Roberts presented Evans
with a protest signed by 75 per
cent of the members of the Corps.
But Evans later said a student
vote rejecting coeducation would
not affect the Board ruling in the
least.
“You cannot run an institution
such as A&M on the basis of stu
dent polls,” he replied.
SHAVED HEADS of a few
freshmen were the only radical
signs of the considerable stu
dent opposition, but as the ten
sion died on campus the Legisla
ture rolled into action.
Rep. Will Smith of Beaumont
attempted to submit a resolution
May 7 asking that the school re
main all-male but was refused
permission to introduce it for
lack of a 4/5 vote.
But a second resolution was
later approved for introduction,
and 500 Aggies plus other sup
porters marched into the Capitol
May 13 for a committee hearing
on the resolution.
It received subcommittee ap
proval, was later endorsed by the
full State Affairs Committee and
sent to the floor for debate.
And on May 17, over the vio
lent objections of David Haines,
the House passed by a 99-22 mar
gin Smith’s resolution urging the
A&M Board to reconsider its re
cent action on coeducation.
BUT SEN. BILL MOORE, who
had pledged he would use every
weapon available to block the
bill, was successful in doing so in
the Senate. He also rammed
through a resolution commending
the Board action.
And in September, 1963, the
Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas started a new
year with a new name — Texas
A&M University — and 175 fe
male students.
(Next: 1965: Back to the
Legislature.)
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