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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, August 8, UTtiS
A&M Elite Group
Ross Volunteers
Since 1887, the Ross Volunteers
have stood as the elite group
which represents the best A&M
has to offer, as well as the old
est oi-ganized group on campus.
Though the name and size have
changed several times since the
group was founded, the purpose
and traditions of the group have
remained much the same.
The original company was
called the Scott Volunteers, in
honor of Col. T. M. Scott, who
was business manager of the
college at that time. The volun
teers described the purpose of
their organization as to band to
gether the most military men in
the school into a crack drill com
pany.
In 1891, when ex-Governor
Lawrence Sullivan Ross became
president of the college, the name
of the company was changed to
Ross Volunteers in his honor.
Following the death of Ross,
1898, the name was changed to
Foster Guards. The company
marched under the name of the
Houston’s Rifles during Presi
dent Houston’s administration.
The plan of the organization was
to change its name in honor of
each succeeding president of the
college.
In 1902, H. H. Harrington, son-
in-law of Gov. Ross, became pres
ident of the college. When the
name of Harrington Rifles was
proposed, Harrington requested
that the company again assume
the name of Ross Volunteers.
It was decided to make the
name of Ross Volunteers per
manent, which it has remained.
At the time of organization the
membership was restricted to
forty cadets chosen from the jun
ior and senior classes. New mem
bers were accepted into the com
pany by an election held each
scholastic year. The basis of ac
ceptance was military ability and
popularity.
After World War I some non
military students were elected,
but in 1923 the company decided
to make non-military students
and those not making a “B” in
Military Science ineligible.
At present, to be eligible for
membership, one must be taking
the advanced Military Science or
Air Science course at the time of
his apopintment, must have a
2.0 overall grade point ratio in
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Ags Stand Ready
As Twelfth Man
The tradition of Aggies stand
ing at football games is one that
goes much deeper than just
standing.
Every college or university has
a certain number of loyal sup
porters among its student body.
These members are devoted to
their school—they love its ideals.
They find pleasure in giving time
and energy to promote its varied
program.
Texas A&M is no exception.
It too has a group devoted to the
school, but this group, however,
is not small. It includes an entire
student body which upholds and
applauds all the interests and
events of the university.
This is the Twelfth Man tra
dition.
The tradition of the Twelfth
Man was born on New Year’s
Day, 1922, when an underdog
Aggie team was playing Centre
College, then the nation’s top
team. As the hard-fought game
wore on, and the Aggies dug
deeply into their limited reserves,
Coach D. X. Bible remembered a
squadman who wasn’t suited up,
King Gill was called from the
pressbox where he was helping
spot players for a sports editor,
suited up and stood ready
throughout the rest of the game
which A&M finally won.
Although Gill didn’t play in
the game, he had readily accept
ed the call to help his team. He
came to be thought of as the
Twelfth Man because he stood
ready for duty when the eleven
men on the gridiron needed as
sistance.
That spirit of readiness for
service, desire to support and en
thusiasm for- one body; a spirit
that has g r o w n vigorously
through the years. All feel loyal
to their school. All stand ready
for duty when called. Like one
student, all are the Twelfth Man.
A&M Publications Open To All
FISH DRILL TEAM
Made up exclusively of freshmen, Fish Drill Team is almost as busy during the year
Ross Volunteers.
MSC Maintains
Service to Aggies
as
A&M student publications
serve not only students but also
former students, parents and pro
fessional men across the state
and the nation.
Under the direction of James
L. Lindsey, student writers and
editors put together a yearbook,
a newspaper and four magazines.
The Aggieland is the official
year book for A&M University.
It is printed during the summer
and distributed to students when
they return in the fall.
The A&M Review is the maga
zine of the Colleges of Liberal
Arts, Science and Geosciences. It
features humor, poetry, fiction
and non-fiction by student writ
ers and professors.
The Texas A&M Agriculturist
and the A&M Engineer feature
news and articles for those inter
ested in agriculture or engineer
ing.
The Southwestern Veterinarian
provides news and technical ar
ticles for practicing veterinarians
and students alike.
The college newspaper, The
Battalion, comes out four times
a week, Tuesday through Friday,
during- the regular school term
and once a week during the sum
mer.
All students who are inter
ested in working on these publi
cations are invited to come by
the Student Publications Offio
in the Services Building.
The Memorial Student Center,
the “living room of the campus,”
is in its eighteenth year of serv
ice to Texas A&M.
Dedicated to former students
of A&M who gave their lives in
both world wars and Korea, the
MSC was completed in 1950. In
itial funds for the $2.5 million
structure were provided by the
Association of Former Students
of A&M. Additional monies
came from the permanent Uni
versity Development Fund.
As a memorial, many tradi
tions surround the MSC. Men
remove their hats in the building,
and the lawn areas are not
crossed by students.
An inscription at the main en
trance reads: “Greater love hath
no man than this, to lay down
his life for a friend.”—John
15:13. Beneath the inscription is
a long list of Aggies who paid
the supreme sacrifice of their
country.
The MSC serves numerous
needs of students, faculty-staff
members and guests. It has
rooms for overnight guests, a
cafeteria, lounging areas, confer
ence and convention facilities, a
browsing library, and special
rooms for listening to music.
Recreation facilities are plen
tiful in the MSC, with bowling-
lanes, billiards and table tennis
rooms, a special music room, and
television rooms.
The 150,000 square foot air-
conditioned building also houses
offices of the Association of For
mer Students, a United States
Post Office, and administrative
offices.
A popular area of the MSC is
the Fountain Room, a snack bar
where students gather for coffee
and fellowship.
The Metzger Gun Collection,
one of the outstanding antique
gun collections on display in
America, is a permanent exhibit
in the MSC.
Paintings, books, photographs
and other exhibits are displayed
in special compartments in the
east foyer.
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