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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
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The Battalion
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Monday • November 3, 19S
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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.
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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 ‘
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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 .
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