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The tradition affects many, last
ceremony of the semester tonight
By John Salerno
THE BATTALION
Last year, a freshman passed away
during the first week of classes and was
honored at Silver Taps in October. During
the ceremony, a train passed through
town and blared throughout the entire
playing of “Silver Taps” by the buglers.
“I was very upset,” said J. Alan
Goddard, roll-call sub-chair for Muster
and a senior meteorology major. “The
Silver Taps coordinator turned to the
Silver Taps
TONIGHT
10:30 P. M .
ACADEMIC PLAZA
family and said ‘Lm sorry, but there’s
nothing we can do about it.’ But the
mother of the student who had passed
away said ‘No, no, you don’t under
stand. Kyle collected trains and that was
his way of saying goodbye.’ ”
Silver Taps touches families and stu
dents.
“I think it’s good,” Goddard said,
“because when you see the student
body surrounding you, you can really
feel that sense of Aggie spirit and fam
ily, and I think it helps the families
when they experience that.”
The first Silver Taps was in 1898 and
honored Lawrence Sullivan Ross, then-
president of Texas A&M. According to
the Traditions Council, a small card with
the deceased student’s name, class, major
and date of birth is placed as a notice at
the base of the academic flagpole.
“My job last year was to compile the
campus roll call,” Goddard said. “All of
the honorees at Silver Taps are on the
roll call, and at each Silver Taps I went
to the Forsyth [Center], met the families
(of the deceased students), let them
know who I was and what Silver Taps
was if they weren’t familiar with it by
then. I would also tell them that their
son or daughter would be honored at the
campus Muster on April 21. Then I
accompanied them with their friends
and family to the Sul Ross statue for
Silver Taps.”
Goddard said meeting the families
and having the opportunity to speak
with them gave him the chance to hear
stories like the preceding. But he also
said it was sometimes difficult to speak
with the families so soon after the death
of a loved one.
“With Silver Taps, it’s really current
and obviously the students have passed
away just in the past month,” Goddard
said. “So we just check in and ask the
student coordinator when is a good time
to talk with the family. At that point, the
communication for Muster really starts.
Our meeting at Silver Taps is a good
way for them to put a face with a name,
because we talk to them throughout the
whole year.”
Goddard said the communication and
closeness help the families overcome
their loss and understand that the Aggie
family is there to comfort them.
“I think a lot of times Silver Taps pro
vides a sense of closure for the families,”
Goddard said. “And a way to move on.”
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