Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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T RULY the session of 1919-1920 of I the A. M. College of Texas was a banner year. Seemingly smiling Fortune has favored us beyond our fond¬ est dreams. We have drawn the cream of A. fit M. Students of the last three or four years. The hardest thing to do has been to cut down the 1920 Long Horn to something short of a pon¬ derous volume. “With justice to all and malice toward none” has been the password in selecting material for the 1920 Long Horn. It has been the purpose to present a book which will really be a comprehensive and in¬ teresting record of all the things which seem to predict a larger and greater Texas A. 8 b M. If we have succeeded in depicting A. M. as she really was during 1919-20, every gray hair, every new wrinkle of countenance, every drop of midnight oil will be looked upon in fond remembrance. It is with the peace of mind that comes from honest effort and a clear conscience that we present to your careful scrutiny the 1920 Long Horn.

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ODur dolii tar rtion COLLEGE is no greater than its sons. Its record is the comibined achievements of its graduates and former students. Judged by this acid test, the A. and M. College of Texas takes it place among the really great when considered in its participation in the war just closed. Of her sons, twenty-five hundred were actively aligned with the armed forces of this nation. Forty-nine percent of its former students were in the army, navy, or marine corps. Of the remaining fifty-one percent, a very large number were engaged in agricultural or engineering pursuits as vital to the prosecution of the war as were the operations of the army and navy them¬ selves. This section of the Long Horn is dedicated to the fifty-one men who died so gloriously for the principles in which they believed. The New York Times declared that the A. and M. College of Texas had a larger participation in the war in proportion to its enrollment than any cducatonail institution in the United States. In years to come perhaps we shall cherish this glorious record even more than we do now. May this section perpetuate to succeeding generations of the College this splendid heritage, chronicle the magnificant sacrifice of our soldier dead, and pay tribute to the splendid heroism of our soldier living. Page Six