iHow many Aggies died in WWI? THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1978 Page 7 By CHERYL HICKMAN H^Bpparently there is some eonfu- V^ion on the exact number of Aggies n AHo gave their lives in World War I. KiHhere are 54 plaques on trees iirramd the drill field to commemo- ffatt' these men. However, there are 52|iames on the stone memorial set jin [he median on Main Street. The ’Diversity Archives report that 53 ^fties were killed in the war, while This book, ” A Centennial History of A&M University,” by Dr. Henry C. Dethloff, reports that 49 min died. Finally, according to campusology, information about A&M that the freshmen cadets must memorize, there are 55 Aggies killed. Markers were originally dedi cated as “A Tribute to the Memory of the Sons of the College Who Fell in the World War for the Cause of Political Liberty and Social Justice” on March 2, 1919. Live oaks were planted for the men on Feb. 23, 1920. The line of trees started on the Rudder Tower side of Hart Hall and continued by Bizzel Hall and down Lamar Street to the corner of Lamar and Main Street. The markers were six-inch square, two-foot high obelisks Debate meet held: placed in the ground beside the trees. Brass plated inscribed with the man’s name, graduating class, site and date of death were set in the stone. However, time and vandals eroded and broke the limestone and removed the plaques from many of the markers. In 1971, the 15 markers by Hart and Bizzell halls were moved to the drill field by the pledges of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), a national service fraternity. APO also began investigating the possiblity of replacing the old memorial stones with plaques set on the trees. However, no one seems to know exactly when these plaques were actually put up and the old markers removed. Some say the work was done five or six years ago while others say it was longer ago than that. In 1975, three of the trees were killed when a road construction crew putting in a new sewer system exposed the roots of those trees. The three trees were replaced last fall, and plaques were put on them. As to the confusion over the number of men killed, the names in the archives and on the trees and stone memorial vary. W.H. Abney and J. W. Butts have trees dedicated to them, but they are not listed on the archive records and their names do not appear on the stone memorial. L.S.R. Suber has a tree in his name, and he is listed in the archives, but his name is not on the stone memorial. B.F. Wright is listed in the ar chives and on the stone memorial, but there is not a tree for him. J.H. Burford is listed in the ar chives, but is not on the stone memorial. And there is a tree dedi cated to a J.H. Barford. Then there is a A.B. Hays whose name appears on the stone memo rial, but who is not listed in the ar chives and does not have a tree ded icated to him. Names are not given in “A Cen tennial History of Texas A&M Uni versity.” It only states that 49 men died. AUNT FRANNIE’S LAUNDRY APRIL SPECIAL WASH, DRY & FOLD SERVICE CHARGE Good on weekdays only PRICE l-DAY DRY CLEANING SERVICE Attendant on duty • Color TV • Comfortable Furniture “SELF SERVICE OR LET AUNT FRANNIE DO IT FOR YOU” 1502 HOLLEMAN (Across from Sevilla Apts.) 693-3806 *#it!*jM(*******%**>K****iX*********>l'**!tt****** r wins title By CONNIE BURKE Jiould cops be able to wiretap les of suspected mafia bosses at lj 1( ill? Should local police, the FBI ■ —j agencies u lUHl ie CIA and similar be she iven greater freedom to investigate r irosecute felony crimes? a ™ That is what debaters tried to re- ! jive at the Southwest Conference iebate Tournament held Saturday i Rudder Tower. or fe All the schools in the Southwest ctmfHference were invited but only 3U P Utiose schools with active debate rograms participated, said Dr. kb&Bothy Kirn, coordinating director dly jf Debate and Forensics. JoneBoar universities participated. Hlor University won the South- levariHt championship, the University acallif Houston took second place, Texas piece &M University came in third place plaijifl Texas Tech took fourth place. ups,]&M’s Michael Shelby and Becky l(s were the only debaters to give Is uil aylor a loss. 1 diniiBrhis is the first year in 12 years Mediuat the tournament has been held versiq fexas A&M,” Kirn said. “Since i in si leu the debate program has not Sckeen very active. This year the Uni- lleylersity has hired more Ph.D.’s for ors. Te Speech Communications pro- licpRns and now there is more par- cipation. Another reason for the ick of student participation is that ebate is very time-consuming. ” ■We spend 10 hours a week in the I brary researching cases,” Shelby “Right before the fall semester r Af(tarts, during the summer, we jez'{fiend four days out of the week re- a 74 eardiing in the library. Each school brought two team r students). Usually both teams iesent an affirmative and a nega- I case in tournaments. However, this, Uwwwavwewt, ewcL scbwxl brough two teams, one debated only from the affirmative viewpoint and the other team debated only from the negative viewpoint. Each team debated all three of the opposing cases from the other schools. David Dally and Scott Brown were the student coordinators for the tournament. Debate teams con sisted of Michael Shelby and Becky Parks; and Eric Copeland and Jeff Perkins. "About 20 active students are on the debate team,” Kirn said. “These are students that I think have much potential and are highly moti vated.” “I think the students did well considering this is their first year of college debate and they were debat ing varsity debaters from top debate programs (Baylor and Houston) in the southwest. “April 20-23 Tm going to judge in the National Debate Championship in Denver. Next year I hope that we will be participating in this tourna ment, Kirn said. A debate course will be offered in the fall. It will be found under speech communication and is called Debate 343. This is the best starting point for anyone wanting to get started in debate. Kirn said. “This year the University didn’t give any debate scholarships be cause there is uo speech communi cations major here,” Texas A&M debater Shelby said. “Next year, we will get several scholarships and will be recruiting debaters out of high school.” Not all debaters are political sci ence majors. 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