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The Corps of Cadets was founded in 1876 with the creation of the all-male, military-focused Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas under the Morrill Act of 1862.The Morrill Act did not specify the extent of military training, leading many land-grant schools to provide only minimal training, Texas A&M was an exception.
The unit was dormant during World War II but was reactivated in 1948. [2] Among its first public engagements following its reconstitution was to escort Governor of Texas Beauford Jester and General Jonathan Wainwright to that year's Texas A&M vs University of Texas football game; the bearing and discipline of the unit was remarked upon by Wainwright. [4]
The libraries house over 4.5 million print volumes, including nearly 124,000 serial titles, and over 5.5 million microform items. Holdings also include approximately 250,000 maps in the Maps & GIS Library, and over 21,000 feet (6,400 m) of archival and manuscript collections in the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, including approximately 170,000 printed volumes, over 50,000 photographs ...
James Earl Rudder was born on May 6, 1910, in Eden, Texas, the fifth son to survive to adulthood of Dee Forest and Annie Rudder (nee Powell). [1] Rudder attended Eden High School, where he was a member of the first football team at the school, graduating in 1927. [2]
The Sam Houston Sanders Corps of Cadets Center is a museum on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, dedicated to the school's Corps of Cadets. Since its opening in 1992, the Center has become home to thousands of Aggie artifacts, the Metzger-Sanders gun collection, over 60 exhibits, and over 600 photographs.
Twenty-five years ago — on Nov. 18, 1999 — the 40-foot tower of logs being built at Texas A&M University in College Station collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring at least 27 others.
Main building and Cadet Corps of Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916. The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Reconstruction-era Texas Legislature.
This horse combat unit consists of cavalry, artillery and quartermaster elements. The unit represents Texas A&M University at football games, parades, agricultural, and equestrian events throughout Texas, notably firing a field cannon at home football games when their team scores. There are 90 junior and senior cadets and 50 horses in this unit ...