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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 1975
‘FightirT Aggie Band’...a 13-man beginning
By DON MIDDLETON
and
JOHN ADAMS
“Now forming at the north
end of Kyle Field — the nation
ally famous ‘Fightin’ Texas
Aggie Band.’
Little did anyone suspect that
the 13 cadets who were or
ganized into a musical organiza
tion in 1895 would one day be a
military band of over 300 mem
bers.
In the early 1880 s and well
into the 90 s, a gentleman
named J. R. Fisk was employed
by the college as a drummer,
whose duty it was to beat the
drum for reveille and other for
mations. Fisk was paid $20 per
month to perform these func
tions.
When Fisk gave up the job of
drummer in 1895, J. F. Holick
was hired as bugler. It was
Holick, along with Bryan resi
dent Arthur N. Jenkins, who
organized the first college band.
John K. Woods, a member of
that first band, write to Profes
sor D. B. Gofer, University ar
chivist, that the band had as
their sponsor little Anna Banks,
five years of age.
As Anna Banks grew, so did
the Aggie orchestra. The next
school year, with G. W. Gross
replacing Holick as bandmas
ter, the group numbered eigh-
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teen.
The band began wearing the
familiar lyre somewhere around
1907. Since then a fierce feeling
of autonomy and pride has
characterized the Aggie Band.
From 1897 to 1924, five men
led the band as bandmaster.
They were F. H. Miller,
George W. Tyrell, B. P. Day,
Alois Slovacek and George Fair-
lei gh.
Until 1940, the band existed
as a single unit known as the
"Regimental Band, "College
Band, or simply “the A&M
Band. It was in 1940 that the
band, now numbering almost
200, was divided into the Infan
try Band and the Field Artillery
Band to correspond with the or
ganization of the Corps.
Serving as band director at
that time was Col. Richard C.
Dunn, who was appointed to
the position in 1924. Dunn
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formation, circa 1933. Courtesy of University Archives.
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The college orchestra poses for a picture on the steps of
the Assembly Hall, 1895. Courtesy of University Archives.
Aggietoons
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guided the band until 1946 and
was instrumental in arranging
the score for “The Spirit of Ag-
gieland.
When Col. E. V. Adams took
the helm as director in 46, the
organization of the band was
again altered.
With its membership down to
barely more than 100 the Aggie
Band was restructured into the
Maroon and White Bands that
exist today.
Adams retired in 1973 after
25 years of dedication to the
band, and was replaced by Maj.
Joe T. Haney. Haney now di
rects over 300 musicians in the
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intricate drills and spirited
marches that have made the
band a symbol of Texas A&M.
The Aggie Band has long
been known as ‘The Heartbeat
of Aggieland. Whether it lie a
Corps review with full military
ceremony or a midnight yell
practice for a ragged crowd of
football fans, the band has al
ways been in the forefront play
ing the strains of "The War
Hymn.
The “Men of Ky le, as hand
members have come to he cal
led, are one of the oldest institu
tions on the A&M campus, and
proud of it.
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