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

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-M Silver Zaps Vrflf; ' SSI? 1 W iMkS . wl m ■ {ss « ; ' i P V ' % Silver Taps is perhaps the most meaningful of all Aggie traditions. It is the last respect paid to a fellow Aggie who has died. Students leave their dorms quietly and find their way over the darkened campus to the lawn of the Academic Building. Slowly marching feet break the silence as the Ross Volunteer Firing Squad approaches. Three volleys of seven guns each pay tribute to the fallen comrade. Then Taps is played three times from the top of the Academic Building. As the last note fades into the night, students return to their rooms. J. Pinkie Downs Joseph G. Howell

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Board of ' Directors urns University System SEATED: Clyde H. Wells, Vice President, of Granbury; Dr. A. P. Beutel of Lake Jackson; H. C. Heldenfels, President, of Corpus Christ!; Clyde Thompson of Diboll; Gardiner Symonds of Houston. STANDING: L. F. Peterson of Fort Worth; Sterling C. Evans of Houston: S. B. Whittenburg of Amarillo. NOT PICTURED: Wofford Cain of Dallas. The Board of Directors is responsible for the management of the Texas A M University System and is appointed by the Governor of Texas. The citizens of Texas are represented by the board mem¬ bers who come from all parts of the state and from all walks of life. This year the Board was responsible for the Kyle Field Expansion Program, construction of the Serv¬ ices Building, new additions to the Cushing Memorial Library and the Biological Sciences Building, and the Space Research Center. The Board approved degree programs in Biophysics, Nuclear Engineering, and Industrial Engineering; established the Institute for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, a center for Tectonophysics, and a State Technical Services Institute; authorized an Agriculture Study Program; appointed presidents for Tarleton and Prairie View A M; initiated the President ' s Scholars Awards Program and the Science Honors Awards Program. 14