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to speak at event
BY MEREDITH HIGHT
The Battalion
ike Baggett, Class of 1968, is a hard
man to get a hold of. He is chair and
CEO of Winstead Sechrest and Minick,
a law firm he joined in 1972 that has
grown from seven to 240 lawyers since
then, and he is director of the Dallas 2012 Olympic
Committee and immediate past chair of the Cotton
Bowl Athletic Association. That just scratches the
surface of his community involvement.
His resume might as well
say “I Bleed Maroon.” He is a
former yell leader, former class
agent, former president of the
Association of Former Stu
dents, former president of the
Texas Aggie Bar Association, a
director of the 12th Man Foun
dation, Outstanding Alumnus
of the College of Business Ad
ministration and Distinguished
Alumnus of Texas A&M.
Baggett, born and raised in
Waco, won a Bronze Star
Award for his service in Viet
nam and is an attorney who
graduated cum laude from
Baylor Law School in 1973. He
is married and has two chil
dren, who also became part of
the Aggie family.
But home is where the
1999 Muster Committee was
able to contact Mike Baggett
one Sunday night to inform
him of the honor to be be
stowed upon him — that of
Muster speaker.
Caroline Kohler, chair of the
Muster speaker selection com
mittee and a junior environ
mental design major, said
Baggett was chosen from a list
that was narrowed from 100
speaker nominees. The speak
er nominees are unaware of
the selection process.
Kohler said Baggett fit the
bill for Muster speaker.
“Every time we talked about
him, he just really fit the char
acter of what we were looking
for,” she said. “He’s just a
wonderful man. He stood out
above and beyond everyone
else. ”
Baggett said it took time for
him to appreciate Muster, but
the longer he was a student,
the more he realized the sig
nificance of it.
Baggett said he will empha
size Aggie pride at the ceremo
ny.
“Aggies are proud of who
they are and what they do,” he
said. “It goes beyond educa
tion. Aggie spirit reflects char-
see Baggett on Page 2.
FILE PHOTO • GRAPHIC BY JP BEATO AND ROBERT HYNECEK/THE BATTALION
Aggies worlds apart
to unite for Muster
BY AMANDA STIRPE
The Battalion
Four hundred Muster ceremonies
will unite Aggies worldwide to honor
former students who have passed
away; Reed Arena will host the largest
of the ceremonies tonight at 7.
April 21 has been the official date
of Muster since 1923 to celebrate the
Battle of San Jacinto, which gave
Texas its independence. Muster also
recognizes former students who grad
uated 50 years before it; this year hon
ors the Class of 1949.
“Aggie Muster is one of the most
revered traditions associated with
Texas A&M,” a University Relations
press release said. “From its begin
nings more than a century ago,
Muster has been a time for Aggies to
remember friends and family mem
bers who have died.”
Lee Stanley, committee chair for
Muster and a senior management ma
jor, said Muster produces a feeling of
reverence.
“We will all be on the roll call
someday, so it hits home,” Stanley
said. “That moment is when you feel
the Aggie spirit most. We are all part
of the Aggie family. ”
Stanley said roll call is the essence
of Muster. Certain criteria exists for
names to be honored at the A&M
campus roll call. The criteria was es
tablished by the Muster Committee,
the vice president of Student Affairs,
the president’s office, the Association
of Former Students and the Brazos
County A&M Club. The criteria states:
• the individual is currently en
rolled at A&M
• the individual was a former stu
dent who resided in Brazos County
• the individual is a member of the
50 year reunion class
• the individual is a former student
whose immediate family resides in
the Bryan-College Station area
• the individual is a Former Stu
dent whose immediate family mem
bers are currently enrolled at A&M
Mike Vandaveer, media represen
tative for the Muster Committee and a
junior speech communication major,
said the feeling associated with Muster
is hard to put into words.
see Unite on Page 2-
Solemn tradition
began with war
BY MARIANO CASTILLO
The Battalion
B eyond the arches, the freshman Corps of
Cadets can be heard, “Sir, on April 21
each year, on the anniversary of the Bat
tle of San Jacinto, Aggies gather togeth
er, wherever they are, to commemorate
fellow Aggies who have died during the year. The
tradition was begun 21 April 1903, sir!” This sum
marizes what Muster is and opens the door to one
of Texas A&M’s most revered traditions.
Aggie Muster has a long,
rich tradition with roots reach
ing back to June 26, 1883.
That day, students gathered,
as one student wrote, to “ ...
live over again our college
days, the victory and defeats
won and lost upon drill
ground and classroom.”
In the late 1890s, Aggies
made a yearly trip to the San
Jacinto battle ground to help
recreate the famous battle.
According to the Muster
Handbook, during World War
I, several groups of Aggies
gathered together on that day,
keeping the tradition alive, as
it was not celebrated on cam
pus.
After the war. Muster re
turned to A&M campus, and
in 1923, the magazine Texas
Aggie urged all Aggies, on
April 21, to get together even
if they were no longer stu
dents.
Over the years, this tradi
tion solidified and became
known worldwide.
One of the most famous
Musters was held on Corregi-
dor Island in the Philippines in
1942 in the midst of World
War II. General George F.
Moore, Class of 1908, and 25
Aggies came together under
the fire of the Japanese, and
held Muster. A few weeks lat
er, on May 6, the island was
taken by the Japanese and all
Aggies on the island were ei
ther taken prisoner or killed.
This story is often retold as
the epitome of the Aggie Spir
it.
Lee Stanley, chair of the
Muster committee and a se
nior management major, said
that while the heroic Muster at
Corregidor is seen as the most
famous and brought interna
tional attention to the ceremo
ny, it is necessary to remem
ber that all Musters are
equally important.
“Campus Muster happens
to be the largest, but it is no
more important than a Muster
in a small town with a small
see Tradition on Page 2.