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

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llwS ttv: . . . the men from Texas AMC, both past and present. It is these men that have made A AA the great institution that it is, and it is these men that keep the Spirit of Aggieland alive. Times are changing and so is Texas AMC. However, there is one thing that time or no man will ever change: THE SPIRIT OF AGGIELAND

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SILVER TAPS BOBBY GILBREATH ' 65 LARRY LEE DOLEZAL ' 63 LT. COL. W. G. LUCEY ' 37 Silently they gather, moving shadows Under restless trees. Tight-lipped men. Full by day of rough, gay comradeship. Have nothing to say tonight. Clustered in hundreds round the Old Main Building, They come to bid a last Farewell To a fellow Aggie, whose footsteps Will never tread familiar campus paths again. Silently they wait, gazing far up at the dome Rounded against the midnight sky. The hour strikes, and four straight young figures Move to the corners of the turret. Raising silver trumpets to their lips. And then, tearing at the heart as does no other sound, The notes come clear, and sweet, and sad; Silver Taps for one more Aggie who has gone To join the bright Battalion in the sky. Where brave young men need never die. Then, as the last, long, unearthly note Fades into the night, the cold, dark silence bursts, And guns send forth their final, grim salute! Stand at attention Aggies! Once more we honor them, The Silver Taps Battalion of Texas A M. -MABEL CLARE THOMAS