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The Battalion
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
THE BATTau
‘The Spirit of Aggieland’
Muster speaker emphasizes camaraderie as drk
behind Aggie spirit, makes A&M students disti
By Carrie Pierce
THE BATTALION
When Jon Hagler attended Texas A&M
in the mid 1950s, he saw many changes as
A&M stood at the crossroads and the possi
bilities of a bright future.
Hagler said the most significant of those
changes was the admission of women and
the increase in enrollment.
When Hagler came to A&M, Paul
William “Bear” Bryant was beginning his
career as football coach and, as Hagler was
graduating, Gen. Earl Rudder was arriving
as the new A&M president.
“Thanks to Earl Rudder we made the right
decision to go from a college with a debatable
future to become a university that could fill
its land grant heritage,” Hagler said.
Hagler, Class of 1958, will be this year’s
campus Aggie Muster speaker.
Hagler, who was born in Harlington,
Texas, and grew up in Bay City and La
Grange, attended A&M when the University
was all male and membership in the Corps of
Cadets was mandatory. Hagler said he was
drawn to A&M by the spirit of the University
and the scholarships he received.
“1 had the good fortune of coming to a
football game in the fall of 1951 or so.
and 1 thought it was a wonderful campus,"
Hagler said.
During his time at A&M. Hagler was a
member of the Ross Volunteers, the
Student Senate, the Alpha Zeta Honor
Fraternity and was selected as Who’s
Who Among American College and
University Students.
“I had a wonderful experience at A&M,”
Hagler said. “I made good friends, had a
wonderful roommate and all.”
Hagler served as Corps commander his
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senior year, and he said one thing that has
never changed at A&M is the camaraderie
and Aggie spirit.
“Of the cumulative experience of all
the traditions, the spirit is what makes
A&M unique and distinctive in America.”
Hagler said. “The fraternity of the place
hasn’t changed. It’s still a family, and it
feels like a family.”
Hagler said his favorite tradition at A&M
is Silver Taps, and he sees Muster as an
annual Silver Taps.
"Muster is a manifestation of the spirit of
the camaraderie and the fami
ly atmosphere. It’s a day of
respect for Aggies who have
passed on, honoring Aggies
who have passed on and cele
brating individuals,” Hagler
said. “It’s gathering together
to say we are a family. I think
that’s pretty unique.”
Hagler was chosen as this
year’s Muster speaker
because he has always
remained involved with
A&M, said April Rancier, a
senior math major and sub-
chair for the Muster speaker
selection committee.
“He (Hagler) embodies
every attribute you’d want an
Aggie to have.” Rancier said. “He’s the
essence of the Aggie spirit.”
The fraternity
of the place hasn't
changed. It's still
a family, and it
feels like a
family.
uniqueness of the spirit and 1
up,” Hagler said.
Hagler said former President D»|
Eisenhower served as the Musters
the 1940s when A&M hadmadealart;|
tribution of men in combat.
"Muster perpetuates the
makes this University great," saitl
Nelson, a sophomore communication
and Muster committee member, “lij
tradition that unites all generationstlij
passed through A&M."
After graduating from A&M s|
bachelor’s of sciences:
in agricultural econi
a distinguished
a distinguished militnj
dent, Hagler served]
and-a-half years if
Army officer a
attended Harvard,
master’s in businesss.
istration in 1963.
With his degrees Is I
into the investment v|
working for five fimj
served as chief
officer of the Ford!
in New York City. He]
resides in Boston
1982, he founded the I
investment management
— jon Hagler
Muster 2004 speaker
Hagler is one of the kindest men as well
us an inspirational and moving speaker.
Rancier said.
At the Muster ceremony, Hagler said he
hopes to express to the audience one per
son's perspective on the Aggie spirit and
what it means to him.
“I will try to talk about the spirit and the
1 lagler, Mastrovita and Hewitt. I
chair of the Vision 2020 project. I
said, and The Texas A&M
Building is named in his honor.
“I always enjoy coming back c
on campus,’’ Hagler said.
Hagler. who married a UnivenJ
Texas graduate student his senior;
A&M. will be joined at Musterbykj
daughters.
Storms
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“We try to determine the
direction the storm is moving
and then stay to the southeast
of the storm (because) this is
generally the safest place to be
and the best location to view
the storm,” Salato said. "We
will pick a good spot to watch
the storm (from) and then
move along to try and stay
ahead of the storm and contin
ue watching it.”
As the storm continues to
develop as it moves, the
group follows it “in hopes of
seeing the ever elusive torna
do,” May said.
TAMMSSDA was first
formed many years ago, but
the group started to fade away
and was restored in 2001 by
Karl Schulze, an atmospheric
sciences graduate student at
the time, Walter said. Since
then, the group has observed
four tornadoes and many
storms, he said.
“The group as a whole has
seen four tornadoes and numer
ous funnel clouds,” May said.
“Just three weeks ago a small
portion of the team, including
myself, saw two of these torna
does in western Oklahoma.”
Chasing severe storms and
tornadoes can be very danger
ous, but TAMMSSDA takes
the safety of its members very
seriously.
"All of our members have to
be certified by participating in
an annual safety seminar, in
which they learn about the dan
gers of severe and hazardous
weather, what to do to mitigate
that danger, and what they can
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the field,” Walter said. “In addi
tion. each car (that goes on a
chase) must have a ’Team
Leader,’ which is a person desig
nated by the coordinators (of
TAMMSSDA) to have enough
chase experience to make vital
real-time decisions in the near
storm environment."
Salato is pleased to have the
opportunity to observe and
study severe storms up close and
thinks that chasing storms is an
amazing experience.
“It can be frantic at times and
cause your pulse to race, but it is
so much fun and is such an
incredible hands-on learning
experience," Salato said.
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ing is a thrilling experience and
finds it most exciting when a
storm is likely to prcxluce tor-
nadic activity.
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something fierce when you’re
on a storm and it looks as if it
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