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CLASS OF 1999 E-WALK AND CLASS SHIRT SALES November 3-24 10am - 3pm • MSC Hallway CLASS OF 1999 i-i tit n a i-i INv IhiljOAU TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY I'otiticiil f-onun MSC Political Co nun Presents. America and the Holocaust A lecture by: Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel President of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute November 4, 1997 7:00 PM Koldus 110 http://pf. tamu. edu The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent Persons with disabilities please call 843-1515 to inform us of yum /EL special needs We request notification tlute (3> working dam pne those of MSC 1 olltlCill hornm, the MSC , or IexasA<SiM. tire event to enable us to assist you to tire best of our ubifities. Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform usofyuur special needs. We request notification thive (3) working daw prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. COME BEFORE 4 P.M. FOR FASTER SERVICE! little Caesars’Pizza APPRECIATION DAY! BRYAN, TEXAS 1775 BRIARCREST DRIVE 12" PIZZA WITH CHEESE AND PEPPERON No substitutions. Round pizzas only. Limit 5 pizzas. Valid at this Little Caesars location only. Carryout only. No deliveries. Sorry, no rain checks. The Battalion ampus Monday • November 3, 19S .w r- . History Continued from Page 1 By the end of the first term, the number had grown to 48 and by the end of the year, 106 students were enrolled at A&M. With 5,200 acres in Brazos County, A&M had the largest cam pus of any institution in the coun try at that time. Henry C. Dethloff, history pro fessor at A&M since 1969 and au thor of the book Texas A&M Uni versity, A Pictorial History, 1876-1976, said the college was an unlikely environment for the be ginnings of a great institution of higher learning. “Horned toads, scoipions, rab bits and deer vied with wolf packs for running room,” Dethloff said. “One young student came to enroll and was attacked by wolves during the day, in full sight of the main building. Another was jumped by a hungry pack just after dinner.” William Andrew Trenckmann, Class of 1878, recalled that in late 1876 the A&M campus was “in a still somewhat pioneer time, large herds of deer frequently ran across our drill field and for a time a Mex ican lion would prowl around our student home seeking prey.” During the early years, A&M taught only classical subjects, as its faculty was experienced only in these areas. Few people thought that farming could be taught, and many students went to A&M to es cape from farming. In 1880, A&M expanded its cur riculum to include training in both agricultural and mechanical sub jects. Before 1885, students who completed an established curricu lum received certificates. JohnA. Adams Jr., Class of 73 and author of the book We are the Aggies, said the first years of A&M passed slowly because of inadequate hous ing, student discipline problems, dif ferences among the teaching staff and funding problems. “Qualifications for admissions were not rigorous in those days,” Adams said. “Students had to be at least fourteen years old, male, of good moral character and able to enter upon the prescribed studies. All students were required to serve in the Corps of Cadets, wear uni forms and follow military discipline as directed by the commandant of cadets.” Students were referred to as cadets, and after the turn of the cen tury, as farmers. “Traditions were in the making, but few existed as they do today,” Dethloff said. “Even the term Aggies’ was not applied to students until af ter World War I. Company and class rivalry was strong, and this rivalry formed the foundation of the Aggie spirit and the tradition of later days. As yet, though, there were no Bon fires, yell practices or even intra mural or intercollegiate athletics.” The Aggie Muster ceremony be gan in 1880 when an Association of Ex-Students convened. The meet ings began as parties and banquets held during commencement. In the late 1890s, Muster was on the permanent date of April 21 to hon or the freedom of Texas and all Ag gies who died the previous year. The Battalion, began distribu tion on Oct. 1, 1893. A prior paper, The Texas Collegian, had appeared in 1879. The Battalion was mainly a literary publication until 1904, when the Association of Former Students took over sponsorship and made it a weekly newspaper. I The original A&M class ring, fea turing the intertwined AMC letters was designed by the Class of 1889 In 1894, E. C. Jonas, an A&M senior designed the first ring to feature the' symbols used today. The Aggie Band was formed irJ 1894 by Joseph Holick and Arthur)! Jenkins. It started as a 13-man group. sly, The question of women attend-?ha ing A&M started early in the histo^oi ry of the college. Ethel Hutson, daughter of Professor Charles Hut-ij son, attended the 1893-94 session, of classes and her twin sisters com- )m( pleted engineering studies in 1903. e( | The oldest student organization ie in Texas was founded in 1887 as theL Scott Guards, named after it5j |n founder, Colonel T.M. Scott. It 1890, it was renamed the Ross Vol unteers in honor of A&M President ‘ 'lit Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Ross came to A&M as presidem, 11 in 1890 after a career as an Indiar lL fighter, brigadier general in the 1 Confederate Army, state senator 1 and governor of Texas. “The selection of Ross as presi- an dent marked a great step forward toi A&M,” Dethloff said. “It signaled the D1 S fact, as nothing else could, that A&M d had become and important and re-w' spected institution. The cadets tookie great pride in having Ross as thfciico president. He was their leader, thefrw inspiration and their hero.” When Ross died in 1898, the firsto Silver Taps was held in his honor, s The early years of A&M present-* u ed challenges, but the college sur- L vived and continued to prosper^ through the years. A&M felt the c ] pain of reconstruction, political t ur- ^ moil, and economic need but con tinued to preserve a basic stability, | a sense of purpose and an associa-, tion with the past. ! |t . Join the MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture for “El Dia de los Muertos” WHEN: Monday, November 3, 1997 @ 7pm WHERE: 301 Rudder WHY: Because you'll learn about this traditional celebration and there's FREE FOOD and CULTURE POINTS!!!!! SEE YOU THERE Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. 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