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History
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“He was a very important man —
in some ways more than (Lawrence
Sullivan) Ross,” Chapman said.
Chapman and Dyal said Cushing
“guaranteed notes of credit” for A&M
with his own money to give the col
lege time to show its worth. He also
rallied influential legislators and Tex
ans with messages over telegraph
wires to keep A&M from closing.
The Cushing Library, which
opened in 1930 as A&M’s first li
brary, was named in his honor.
Dethloff, also the author of A Picto
rial His tor}' of Texas A&M University,
said Congress funded a senior ROTC
program in September 1917, and sup
plied A&M cadets with khaki uni
forms, instead of the former gray and
black uniforms, and campaign hats.
In March 1917, A&M became tlie
first college to offer their facilities to
the government for war training,
Dethloff said.
On April 16, 1917, President
Woodrow Wilson declared war on Ger
many. By September 1918, A&M had
trained 3,648 soldiers in different skills.
According to We are the Aggies,
World War I also was inspiration for
the Aggie War Hymn.
Adams said James Vernon “Pinky
Wilson,” Class of’20, composed the
song while on guard duty on the
Rhine River. George Fairleigh, di
rector of the Aggie Band, helped
Wilson compose music for the song
before the Thanksgiving game
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Aggie Bonfire began in 1909 a:
pile of trash thrown together for
November and December vars!
games. The first Bonfires were made
trash, boxes, tree limbs and deb
from around campus. By the 192)
building and burning Bonfire the nig 0
before the football game against t ^
University oflexas became a traditic
On Jan. 2,1922, the tradition oft
12th Man began. Texas A&M w
playing Centre College in the Db
Classic football game in Dallas. T
Aggie team was plagued with injuri
so Coach Dana X. Bible sent a y
leader to get E. King Gill, a basketb
t.so|
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iiade i
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player and former football player, c ,! " ‘
of the stands to suit up for the gam^ el ? co l
case a substitute was needed. Gillc I
not play in the game, but his readin# ir P* e [
to join the game if needed symboll# 11 ^!
Aggie Spirit. Since 1922 the stude^ 3 !
body has stood up during A&M foe (for)
ball games showing their readiness I
enter the game if needed. ie ent j
The first A&M mascot, Reveibeswil
was found in 1931. # that I
Edna “E.R” Smith, a Bryan retcannd
dent said that when her husban itis [
Edward James Smith Sr., Class of’2fhee\|
attended A&M, Reveille had :h|]
choice of beds. ] mU ( |
“Sometimes when he would g ,^ J
back to his room, the dog would L| evv |
in his bed and he’d have to find a . : ,, nc
other place to sleep,” she said. iElfl
In September 1933, the question^ su l
admitting women to A&M surfaa verc J
again. Dethloff said some members ?
the Bryan-College Station commur^^i
ty brought a lawsuit against the Boa 1
of Directors for only allowing daug
"rill
telej
ters of faculty to attend A&M and n
other women in the community. 0 P°
In 1934, Judge William C. Dav
lorn i
suds. |
ruled in Bryan’s 85th District Cou
that the directors had the right em ’
limit enrollment to men. Kus 1
More than two decades after tF oun |
college almost closed, the Board ofEW 1 !
rectors secured an amount offundir 11 g sw l
from the Permanent University FUn' wol
a fund for Texas land-gra n t schools. ^ on j
Dethloff said that beginning Sep tied j
1,1934, Texas A&M received one-thiiWU
of the fund’s income. The other twdong [
thirds went to the University ofTexalnow|
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