Texas A&M University: A Pictorial History, 1876-1996Texas A&M University Press, 1996 - 199 pages This expanded edition of Texas A&M University: A Pictorial History gives a panoramic view of Texas A&M, from its infancy as a college with forty-eight agricultural and mechanical (engineering) students to today's diverse campus of more than forty thousand students. Captured in full-color photographs are the modern university, its buildings, its far-reaching programs, and its students. The book is also a gallery of Aggie greats—on the battlefields of five wars; on the athletic fields; in industry, agriculture, science, and civic leadership. Historical photos show visits by Presidents William H. Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and George H. W. Bush; preparations for military actions of World Wars I and II; the 1939 national championship football team; and the campus filming of the 1943 World War II movie We've Never Been Licked. From the first day of classes, the A&M College of Texas encountered successes and setbacks that would provide valuable lessons, established traditions that would shape the university and its students, and began its transformation from a frontier educational community to one of the nation's largest and most active teaching and research institutions. Gov. Richard Coke's admonition of October 4, 1876, has governed the school's growth: "Grave responsibilities rest upon you. The excellence of the college will be determined by your progress." As new frontiers beckoned, A&M accepted the challenges—excelling not only in agriculture and engineering but also the sciences, medicine, education, and research relating to space and the sea. A&M's military program received national recognition for providing military leaders during the Spanish-American War, the two world wars, and subsequent conflicts. With growth have come a more diverse student body, administrative reorganizations, and expanded educational programs. |
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... enroll and was attacked by wolves during the day , in full sight of the main building . Another was jumped by a hungry pack just after dinner . It was a colorful , if not always comfortable , at- mosphere for gaining an education ...
... enroll and was attacked by wolves during the day , in full sight of the main building . Another was jumped by a hungry pack just after dinner . It was a colorful , if not always comfortable , at- mosphere for gaining an education ...
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... enrollment . By the end of the first term , the number had grown to forty - eight . And by the end of the year , 106 students had enrolled . Within a chosen field there was a free choice of courses . There were , however , only six ...
... enrollment . By the end of the first term , the number had grown to forty - eight . And by the end of the year , 106 students had enrolled . Within a chosen field there was a free choice of courses . There were , however , only six ...
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... enrolled . They were organized into a battalion of three compa- nies : A , B , and C. To a great extent , student life was shaped by the Corps of Cadets . Corps life could be very rewarding . It could , at times , also be arduous . New ...
... enrolled . They were organized into a battalion of three compa- nies : A , B , and C. To a great extent , student life was shaped by the Corps of Cadets . Corps life could be very rewarding . It could , at times , also be arduous . New ...
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... Enrollment for the year reached 443 . Nature was on a rampage in Texas . Heavy floods caused extensive damage along the Brazos . A terrible hurricane devastated Galveston in 1900 and cadets raised $ 163 for the aid of storm victims ...
... Enrollment for the year reached 443 . Nature was on a rampage in Texas . Heavy floods caused extensive damage along the Brazos . A terrible hurricane devastated Galveston in 1900 and cadets raised $ 163 for the aid of storm victims ...
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Contents
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III The War Years | 37 |
IV Peace and a New Purpose | 47 |
V Growing Branching Out | 59 |
VI Veterinarians Foresters and Broadening Services | 69 |
VII Gig em Aggies | 91 |
VIII Fifty Years and Counting | 117 |
The Fighting Texas Aggies | 129 |
X Proud and Painful Growth | 143 |
XI Challenge and Change | 151 |
XII Into the Second Century | 171 |
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Page 11 - for the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, whose leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, * * * * in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.