Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 3, August 24, 1946 Page: 23
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AGGIES JACK BUIE - -
It's Not the SameProud of its 75 years in Texas, boast
ful of its record of having more officers
in the armed services than any other
school in the nation, disdainful of Uni-
versity "tea sippers," Texas A. and M.
College long has been the most clannish
of schools in the nation.
Before the war khaki-clad students
paraded its crowded campus, lived a
moderated army-type life, attended sum-
mer camp as part of their training to
be officers in the U. S. Army Reserve.
Endured gracefully was the hazing,
which had progressed over the years
from severity to moderation, was not as
rough in recent years as some fraternity
initiations at more sissified schools.
When World War II struck, Texas
A. and M. became part of the huge train-
ing ground for the Army-plus the
Navy and Marines. Bryan and College
Station citizens, long familiar yith the
khaki of the Aggies, became accustomed
to the blue and the green of the sailors
and marines. A. and M. was on a full-
time job of turning out fighting men for
the U. S.
War's end merely accentuated the
change of the A. and M. "old Aggies"
had known. Back to the campus
swarmed the men who had left a few
years before as youngsters, but the
Aggie campus wasn't the same any more.
They found they were much older
than most of the "fish" (freshmen) on
the campus, young fellows just out of
high school who hadn't seen the war at
all. They found that strict military dis-
cipline was no longer in force. The
military no longer even kept track of all
the students ; a new man called the
"Dean of Men" bothered with things
like that.- Things Have Changed at Aggieland
They learned, too, that they weren't
even wanted in the military classes any
more. The college authorities discour-
aged participation, would allow old
Aggie-(there's no such thing as an
ex-Aggie) veterans to take military, pre-
ferred that other veterans not do so.
They discovered, too, that women had
invaded the campus. Many old Aggies
themselves brought their wives and chil-
dren back to school, lived in dormitories
which once had resounded only to the..... ,. k
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revelries of college life but which had
been converted to apartments for mar-
ried vets.
Many of the Aggie veterans-both the
old Aggies and the vets who had come
to Texas A. and M. for the first time-
had a more serious outlook on life, were
a far cry from the carefree Aggie of
prewar days.
A. and M. was having its troubles,
too. Like all other colleges and uni-
versities in Texas, it was swamped with
applications. for enrollment. Restrictions
had been set up to keep enrollment down.
Still the demand mounted.
Lowly 'Fish' Segregated
This fall when the Aggies return to
their campus, it may look the same-
but it won't be all there. Missing will
be a goodly portion of the subservient
"fish."
For many of the "fish" will be starting
their new Aggie life in a new Aggieland
12 miles from the venerated campus.
Bryan Field, during the war a training
base for an instrument pilot's training
school, has become the Texas A. and M.
College Annex, will be made into a com-
plete unit in itself but still will be a
part of Texas A. and M.
The Annex will be used to accommo-
date overflow freshmen students who
cannot be .handled at the College proper.
A complete unit, from housing to class-
rooms, will be set up, headed by Dr.
M. T. Harrington who has been named
assistant to the dean of the College.
Old Aggies, who believe the treatment
accorded "fish" is the one thing which
molds a good Aggie, may well regret
the -splitting up of Aggieland. and the
resultant separation of "fish" from up-
perclassmen. The war brought lots of
changes to the old place. Now the
after-effects of war are at work.I ;
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