Corps trips: first one way back in ’78
By DON MIDDLETON
and
JOHN ADAMS
Mother Nature isn’t admitting it,
but fall is here. In Aggieland Fall
means football, football means
Twelfth Man and twice each year
Twelfth Man means Corps Trip.
It was in 1878 that the Corps of
Cadets took the first Corps trip— to
the Texas State Fair in Houston.
Under the supervision of Com
mandant R.P.W. Morris and Corps
Commander Charles Rogan, the
Farmers traveled to the Bayou City
not to participate in a gridiron clash,
but a reenactment of the Battle of
San Jacinto.
After the demonstration, the
Corps paraded through Houston
and was deemed by those watching
as the “best drilled organization on
the ground. The interest spurred
by the Cadets led to an influx of
students which necessitated the
construction of two new buildings
the next fall.
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For the next 20 years the Corps
made sporadic trips by train to
Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
The break from the rigors of college
life at the isolated campus was wel
comed by cadets and professors
alike.
The 1897 Corps trip to Houston
was reported by The Battalion this
way: “The grand street parade came
next and as the battalion . . . passed
some prominent part of the city, it
was a signal for an outburst of
applause from the crowds that had
gathered ... to get a glimpse of the
gallant boys in gray, and especially
were the fair ladies of Houston . . .
loud in their praise of the gentle
manly and soldierly bearing of the
A&M cadets.”
At the invitation of the San An
tonio International Fair of
November, 1899, the Cadet Corps
boarded a special eight coach train
to help the Alamo Cit> celebrate
“A&M College Da\ at the Fair.
The train left College Station
(iTie firslpod gears)
early in the afternoon on Friday, the
3rd of November and was delayed
for two hours in Austin as a result of
a freight train accident. The cadets
stopped in New Braunfels for a bar
becue meal provided by local sup
porters of A&M before resuming
their journey.
Fair— the battle between the Far
mers of A&M and the Varsity Ele
ven of Texas.
Arriving in San Antonio at 9 p.m.,
the Farmers were housed in the city
armory while the faculty enjoyed
the plush accommodations of the
Hotel Menger.
Since that Saturday afternoon in
1899, the Corps of Cadets has
travelled to selected road games
each season to support the Aggie
football team as a whole.
Saturday morning found the
cadet Ballation formed on the
Alamo Plaza. Led by the A&M
cadet Battalion formed on the
Alamo Plaza. Led b\ the A&M
fairgrounds. The band was noted as
the “best amateur combination in
the state.
For several years the cadets made
the trip to Waco to watch the foot
ball game with Baylor University.
The Waco Corps trips were discon
tinued in 1927 as a result of the
death of Cadet Charles M. Sessums
during a half-time fight at the Cot
ton Palace field.
The parade ended at the Fair
grounds Infield, the site of the foot
ball game which highlighted the
I In subtle defiance of the enemy’s
home territory, the A&M Corps of
Cadets has marched in Fort Worth,
Dallas, Austin, Waco, San Antonio
and Houston. This Saturday the
football team travels to Cowtown to
face T.C.U. — and once again the
Twelfth Man will be there.
The Corps of Cadets parades through Ft. Worth, circa
turn out in numbers to watch the event.
(Photo courtesy University Artimt
1930, as the people of Cowtowi)
(Photo courtesy University Archives.)
“Marching to the Cotton Palace” in Waco, Nov. 4, 1916.
The score of the game that day was A&M 3 — Baylor 0.
Student political power
SLOUCH
By JIM EARLE
“First, I cover him with a bucket of water, then hijack
th’ bus and have him drive me to his apartment!”
(Photo courtesy University Archives.)
“A” Troop passes in review during the Waco corps trip
of 1924.
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Editor:
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
Or was it?
At the last College Station Cit>
Council meeting over one half of the
people present appeared to be
Texas A&M University students.
To top that, not a single item on
the agenda could be of major con
cern to students, as students.
Does this mean that Aggies are
becoming involved in the local poli
tics? Maybe.
For TAMU students to become
effectively involved in the local
political scene, two tasks have to be
accomplished. First, students must
be educated on how College Station
affects their day-to-day lives. Sec
ondly, these “educated students
must be united, in order to form an
effective power base.
With these two steps ac
complished, what is the result?
Theoretically, TAMU students,
with a unified political muscle of
over 2(),()0() votes in College Station
alone, could elect a student to each
of the seven council positions: But,
practically, the election of one or
two students could give students
enough power for their own pur
poses. What are their purposes?
( |pSSM
The chief purpose of a student or
students on the Cit\ Council would
he the protection of students rights
and views concerning their role its
city dwellers. As residents of Col
lege Station, students are con
cerned with the same problems as
the so-called “permanent” resident.
Taxes, police and fire protection,
zoning laws, etc.
Alas, upon questioning, one stu
dent at the meeting admitted he was
there on a class assignment.
Jim Crawlex
Editor:
M> plan for solving thepnU
of too main bicyclists andpei
rians on the same sidewalks:reqa
off-campus bicyclists to leavetti
bikes in lots around the edged'
campus and walk to class
there. This solution has beeai
effective in dealing with the
tomobile traff ic problem here,
think it could be made to wodi
bikes, too. I sympathize witfi
bikers who like to ride to class,
the school is just too crowded
that now. We pedestrians
rights too.
Paul Mud
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