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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 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.
Kathryn Holmes Smith, of Texas A&M's class of 1973, wrote additional verses of "The Last Corps Trip" in memory of those who died. The poem was originally written by Philo H. "Buddy" Duval Jr. of A&M's class of 1951, imagines a Judgment Day where Aggies are welcomed into Heaven with open arms and is traditionally read at Aggie Muster. [16]
The letters "A&M" no longer have any explicit meaning but are retained as a link to the university's past. [2] As a Senior Military College, Texas A&M is one of three public universities with a full-time, volunteer Corps of Cadets.
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets marches past members of the Longhorn Band ahead of the 2011 game at Kyle Field, the last time the two schools faced each other in football (until this Saturday's game ...
That semester, three cadets, Michael Collins, Darrell Williams, and Douglas Latimer, proposed reviving mounted drill training to then Commandant of Cadets. Colonel Thomas R. Parsons. The unit was named after Parsons, who was the only active-duty Commandant at Texas A&M. [ 3 ] The unit made its debut in the Corps' march-in at the Wichita State ...
Company A-1 has long been known throughout the Corps as an outfit that has an exceptionally high rate of cadets who contract as officers in the U.S. Army. As such, A-1 adopted the "Ranger Joe" character meant to personify the grit, skill, and high standards of the U.S. Army Rangers as an unofficial company mascot. Ranger Joe has since appeared ...
On campus, the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets is known as the "Keepers of the Spirit" for its staunch defense of Aggie traditions. A subset of the Corps, the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band , is the official marching band of the university.