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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... serving as president of the then 28,000 - member student body . As I pen these words , Texas A & M Uni- versity boasts over 43,000 students . That student body president is now in his second year as a member of The Texas A & M ...
... serving as president of the then 28,000 - member student body . As I pen these words , Texas A & M Uni- versity boasts over 43,000 students . That student body president is now in his second year as a member of The Texas A & M ...
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... served as an assembly point for drives that took Texas beef to Dodge City . Longhorns and mustangs could still be seen nearby . It was a wild , unlikely environment for the be- ginnings of a great institution of higher learning . Horned ...
... served as an assembly point for drives that took Texas beef to Dodge City . Longhorns and mustangs could still be seen nearby . It was a wild , unlikely environment for the be- ginnings of a great institution of higher learning . Horned ...
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... served as president until his death in 1898. Courtesy Texas A & M University Archives . learning as are related to agriculture and the mechani- cal arts , " but not to the exclusion of the liberal arts . Between 1888 and 1890 , under ...
... served as president until his death in 1898. Courtesy Texas A & M University Archives . learning as are related to agriculture and the mechani- cal arts , " but not to the exclusion of the liberal arts . Between 1888 and 1890 , under ...
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... serving in the army , sixty- three were officers or NCOs . In two short decades , A & M made tremendous strides in becoming what it was meant to become , a reputable and established college for teaching the " branches of learning as are ...
... serving in the army , sixty- three were officers or NCOs . In two short decades , A & M made tremendous strides in becoming what it was meant to become , a reputable and established college for teaching the " branches of learning as are ...
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... Professor Louis L. McInnis served as secretary to the board. Members of the first A & M track team , 1898. Courtesy Texas A & M University Archives . Hal Moseley , member of the 1900 Texas Aggies football. 12 17 CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS.
... Professor Louis L. McInnis served as secretary to the board. Members of the first A & M track team , 1898. Courtesy Texas A & M University Archives . Hal Moseley , member of the 1900 Texas Aggies football. 12 17 CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS.
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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.