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According to We Are the Aggies, inspiration for a
world-wide Muster program developed because of
the Muster ceremony held by 26 Aggies during the
siege of the island of Corregidor on April 21, 1942.
Universal Studios came to the campus in 1943 to
film We’ve Never Been Licked, a story of Brad Craig, a
man suspected of sympathizing with the Japanese. In
the end, Craig reveals his identity as an American
agent and directs American fighters in an attack on a
Japanese fleet. Craig was killed in the attack and
posthumously received the Medal of Honor.
After the war, many Aggies returned to A&M to
finish school. Hobbs said many students did not
want to participate in the Corps of Cadets and were
allowed to attend school as civilians.
“Their main issue was getting on with their
lives,” he said. “They had already been in the mili
tary and were veterans. They wanted to graduate.”
According to A Centennial History of Texas A&M,
the Board of Directors of the college created the
position of dean of men to supervise student life,
and for the first time in its history, A&M had a rec
ognized civilian student body.
Compulsory membership in the Corps was not elimi
nated until later, but students with more than 60 hours or
veterans of the war were not required to be in the Corps.
Gen. James Earl Rudder came to A&M in 1958
and became president of A&M in 1959. It was dur
ing his presidency that women were allowed to
enroll at A&M on a limited basis, the college
changed its name to Texas A&M University and the
first black student enrolled at A&M.
John Trott, class agent for the Class of ’66, said today’s
University was shaped by Rudder and his contributions.
“He brought a combination of factors to A&M as an Aggie
as well as a war hero,” he said. “He had credibility as well as
huge political power across the state and the nation.”
According to A Centennial History of Texas
A&M, in 1963, women were allowed to enroll at
A&M on a limited basis. Rudder was authorized to
use his “discretion” in the admission of women.
Daughters of professors, wives of students and women
wanting to take courses specialized at A&M were admitted.
Trott said the admission of women was heavily
opposed, but some thought realistically change
was necessary.
“We needed a larger enrollment and could not main
tain status quo,” he said. “We could either move forward
or fall behind, and General Rudder had a vision of where
A&M needed to go and how to get there.”
Hobbs said many former students thought coedu
cation was the end of A&M traditions, and it could not
have happened under any other president.
“General Rudder was respected by all former
students,” he said. “If that was what he thought was
best, then maybe it was.”
Hobbs said time has proven Rudder correct.
“Women do every bit as much to maintain Aggie
spirit as members of the Corps do,” he said.
On August 23, 1963, the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas changed its name to Texas A&M
University under the 58th Texas Legislature.
Trott said the name was changed because many
thought the original name did not carry the prestige of
a university, and because of this, top high-school
graduates and professors opted to go to other schools.
Rudder and the Board of Regents appeased for
mer students by keeping A&M in the University’s
name, Trott said. Most land-grant schools were
eventually named state universities.
“General Rudder saw A&M as a world-class University,”
he said. “We needed A&M to be seen as this world-class
University, not just as the all-male, all-military image it had.”
In Spring 1964, James L. Courtney, Class of ’67,
was the first black student to enroll at Texas A&M.
The changes A&M experienced were preparing the
University for greatness. The first steps were taken in
making Texas A&M the world-class University it is today.
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