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THURSDAY April 20, 2000 Volume 106 issue 133 ! 2 pages gMf 1 • Mic lin 54 * U > RIockcntiM * 1 40 • Jmic C mm h W, Crow 39 • Bo o lOl k n % * Lc fliiiBd E ^yornk h&H • Lcla Beck 9 f I Mark Wooding^ 94 • Dotsert Holland Ogle*b omang A6M • George M, Wingate, 4 “rt Hart Daniel 03 • E, Cyan Ttgg l,nan rant« Ai 54 • Poland Aarrazin Torn 38 • Mark • Amber Light Tine OO * Arthur William tde Fender 52 * Dr. Lewis M. Dobert* -36 •oh Douglas, Jr. 29 • Jeremy Die tia rd jr Gt 4 / James Pobert Pur year 99 • James M m A. barber. Jr. 50 * barlow Irvin 2t> • • W. Gary 50 • Conway loiter A6M • irii far \AM • «, or . w cwv 50 * Gerald P, babb • scl (Stephen Ebanks 03 * Vi • i iiwrence Pilato 83 * Carl wenty-five years ago, “The greatest tribute you can pay B Reagan Brown, Class to any Aggie is the promise that they K of ’43 spoke before a will be remembered once they have m group of Aggies on passed, and that their name will be the campus of Texas A&M Univer- called and answered for at Muster,” sity. The date was April 21, and the said Lisa Eubanks, chairperson of occasion was Aggie Muster. the Muster Committee and a senior “I feel a sense of reverence as I English major, look over the campus and feel the Aggies know that*through the tra- presence of those who walked this . dition of Muster, they will always hallowed ground,” he said to the be remembered by fellow Aggies, audience before him in 1975. Their name will be called. A com- “How great the sacrifices. How glorious the deeds. How magnifi cent the dreams.” Tomorrow, Reagan Brown’s name will be on the Muster roll call of the absent. rade will answer “here.” The tradition of Muster dates back to 1883. With roots more than a cen tury old, the annual event has devel oped into one of Texas A&M’s most honored traditions. On April 21 each “Being an Aggie, he knew this year, Aggies gather around the would come someday,” said Bryan world to remember the Aggies who Brown, Class of ’98, Brown’s have passed in the previous year and grandson. “I know this is some- to relive college days together, thing he would really like, and it is “If there is an A&M man in 100 a great honor. miles of you, you are expected to “It really brings home what get together...,” urged the March the whole deal is all about,” 1923 Texas Aggie, the Association Brown said. of Former Students’ magazine. Al- The Aggie family will unite at though A&M is not the same Uni- more than 400 locations worldwide versity it was 100 years ago, the tra- for the 2000 Aggie Muster Friday, dition is still revered in much the Though thousands of miles will same way as when it originated, come between some Aggies, they Randy Matson of College Station will all honor in the memory of is the speaker for this year’s Muster those who have passed on. muster oil Story by Brady Creel 7 Photo illustration by Ruben DeLuna, Guy Rogers, Gabriel Ruenes