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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.
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.
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 Texas A&M University Singing Cadets. Texas A&M has over 1,000 student organizations, including academic, service, religious, social, and common interest organizations, [198] and hosts 58 nationally or internationally recognized Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs). About 10% of the undergraduate population is affiliated with a GLO fraternity ...
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 ...
Cadets within the Corps of Cadets at A&M are expected to be able to recite an excerpt from the inscription on Rudder Tower, a "Campusology" that reads: In memory of James Earl Rudder, 1910–1970, Class of 1932, Heroic Soldier, Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas, Sixteenth President of Texas A&M University ...
Class of 2026 cadets embarked on a 12-mile March Back to West Point on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, following weeks of Cadet Basic Training.
The Texas Aggie provides an in-depth look at Texas A&M and the lives of those affiliated with it through feature stories and campus updates. In an effort to capture the history of Texas A&M, the Association has also videotaped numerous former students sharing their experiences with each other as well as with students.