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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.
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.
He remained at Texas A&M and, in 1970, became the first African American to receive a D.V.M. degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine. [27] When Rudder died in 1970, after 11 years as president of the school, Texas A&M University had grown to more than 14,000 students from all 50 states and 75 nations. [26]
This article was split from List of museums in Texas. The Helium Monument & Time Capsule is located in front of the Don Harrington Discovery Center. The list of museums in the Texas Panhandle encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic ...
The 46th annual Ohio Civil War Show will take place 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday. ... More than 5,000 people travel to Mansfield from across the United States to attend ...
The founding member of the A&M System is Texas A&M University, established in 1876. Prairie View A&M, also established in 1876, is an HBCU. The A&M System, like all schools in Texas was racially segregated by state law, from its founding until the 1960s. [6]
The plan was supported by the director of the Texas A&M College extension department, Clarence Owsley, and the Tarrant County farm demonstrator, G. W. Eudaly. The proposal called for issuing $30,000 in stock to purchase the land and buildings on the Arlington Training School campus. [54]
In 1998, graduate school dean Keith D. McFarland was named the 10th president in the history of A&M–Commerce. [6] By 1999, the university was offering classes at its Metroplex Center in Mesquite, the Universities Center at Dallas (through the Federation of North Texas Area Universities), and at Navarro College in Corsicana, in addition to at its main campus.