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.
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By CONNIE BURKE
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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. Two debaters on the
teams are electrical engineer
majors. Some debate for fun, while
others debate to help them get into
Vann school, Shelby said.
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