THE BATTALION
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In Its Training
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A lot of new things are happening at Texas A&M
University . . . you're coming as a freshman join
ing the largest student body in history . . . more
campus activity, housing, building . . . and even
girls!
And this year . . . “THE AGGIES ARE BACK!”
PAUL TIMMINS ’65
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We look to the future growth of our store to
parallel with profound growth that A&M is con
tinuing to enjoy . . . we’re mighty proud to be a
part of this fabulous area and all of us at Iva
Starnes Men’s Wear dedicate our efforts to help
ing to build and maintain this great tradition.
At Iva Starnes Men’s Wear, we sell only fine
quality, stylish, good-taste merchandise. Flor-
sheim, Arrow, Puritan, Clubman names are the
backbone of our stock.
We wait on you with enthusiasm . . . we’re happy
to have you and we want you to feel at home
at the store.
RONNIE JACKSON ’69
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PHIL TREMONT ’69
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100 NORTH MAIN . TI-.L. 713/822-62H • RYAN, TKXAS 77801
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MARCH IN REVIEW
Cadets spend virtually every walking hour in uniform and
live in the dormitories in military organizations. They
stand room inspections, buglers sound Reveille, C.Q., Mess
Calls, Retreat, and Taps. Full-dress reviews, like the one
above, are held several times during the year.
Texas A&M today has one of
the most comprehensive pro
grams of military science and
tactics in the nation.
It enrolls the largest Corps of
Cadets of any military college in
the United States and is the na
tion’s largest single source of
trained officer reserves for the
Army and Air Force.
Since the establishment of the
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
at the school in 1920, Texas A&M
has given one or two years of
basic training to some 50,000
men and has afforded advanced
training under government con
tract leading to commissions to
more than 20,000.
From the first days of the uni
versity, when the early facilities
were made up largely of veter-
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MADE BY TRADES
WHERE TRADES ARE MADE
ans of the Confederate
including several general!!
military tradition has been[
ly ingrained in this school!
definite part of its characte|
a source of one of its
contributions to the welfal
the state and the nation,
Sons of the university hj
served with honor in the!
ish-American War, in thel
World Wars, the Korean cot
and today in Vietnam.
The senior class of 1917 J
teered in a body foroffj
training camp at Leon Spl
near San Antonio, a montl
fore the end of school,
nizing the patriotic motiveoi
action, the College aw;ir<led|
their degree.
Training could not be 1
rupted for academic ceiw
on the campus, and that yeti
graduation exercises for[
A&M College of Texas wen if
under a large oak tree in tht|
near San Antonio.
Fifty-two Aggies gave|
lives in this conflict and
more were wounded in the*
ice of their country.
In World War II, some ^
reserve officers were train«»
commissioned at the College.® Every
other 7,000 who had reiia certai
some military training henttrters
were commissioned through Biese r
eers’ Candidate School, aiwBeir scl
the call to arms. Ti ey fir
Six sons of the universit; ft! ^ eneI
the nation’s highest n P 1 ^ rrani
honor, the Congressional hil T' exas
of Honor, in World War![.p° has
of the survivors, Lieutenan|
Whiteley, is now a merah
the Agronomy staff of thel
versity, while the other, Set*
William G. Harrel, is >el
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At
with the Veterans Administn
in San Antonio.
Over thirty former studectl
the university have reached!
eral officer rank, inoludinra
admiral. Among these wa$|
late General George F. Ml
onetime Commandant of i9
whose brilliant service in tH
fense of Corregidor is onedl
bright pages of military hiafl
Today the honor company o(|
Corps of Cadets is allowe
carry the General GeorgeJ
Moore banner.
During the early stagesi
World War II General Douf
MacArthur wrote:
“Texas A&M is writing itsl
military history in the bloo<l|
its graduates . . . No namestf
out more brilliantly than th<|
roic defender of Corregidor,#
eral George F. Moore. WheM
I see a Texas man in my 1
mand, I have a feeling of (
dence.”
General Eisenhower, speai
at the Victory Homeeominfl
1946, declared: “I feel onl'H
lasting admiration for the TM^af y (
A&M Corps of Cadets. This
miration extends to the indivim^gt p]
as well as the institution 1( Jen
produced you.” Hggj e
These tributes by military kj
ers of our time bear witness
the fact that A&M has ser
well the last of the great p
poses set out for it by its desii
ers—to serve “as the streii!
and shield of civil liberties."
Today, Texas A&M is carry!
on its honorable tradition by
fering a military program wh
permits a man to prepare hinis
to fulfill the military obligati!
facing all American men in
country at the same time he
ceives his college education.
Novelty and Stationery Department
Here you will find complete selections of Parker, Sheaffer,
and Esterbrook fountain pens, ball points and mechanical pen
cils. Here also you find many attractive designs of die stamped
college stationery from the Houses of Montag, Charles Elliott,
Carmelle and Eldridge. Just the thing for writing Mom or the
girl friend.
Every Aggie likes to have the college seal on his personal
items. We have a dazzling display ranging from belt buckles
to hitch hiking bags. Decals, pennants, stuffed animals, ash
trays and many other gift items are available. You name it,
we have it!
EXCHANGE STORE “For Thinking Men”