re: An education on Texas A&M's history and traditions please

Welcome to Aggieland. One of us! One of us! One of us!

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FWIW I also got accepted into a couple of other programs. So I'm not going to A&M because I don't have any other options. Its a choice.

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Seeing your threads makes me want to move back and get my masters just because. I'm not sure if I could get into Mays MBA though

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3) The use of Texas as opposed to A&M when referring to your school. (this one is a bit longer)

I know Texans are proud of being Texans and I noticed how A&M will often use Texas Aggies (rather than Texas A&M Aggies) and have logos that just use a T. I think Texas Aggies sounds cool enough, and I can't blame people from being proud of where they come from, but considering your main rival is the University of Texas how does this work? Does it not feel strange? I just can't imagine either MSU ever calling themselves the Mississippi Bulldogs or the Michigan Spartans, etc.

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I guess the idea is we don't like being thought of as less than equal to the sips, so we always used to refer to ourselves as the "Texas Aggies" when they were the "Texas Longhorns". It was on our endzone as Texas Aggies for the longest time. The whole 'Texas A&M Aggies' is actually a relatively recent moniker.

Its really not a big deal, and unless you are a football fan, you probably wouldn't even know or care.

Wasn't Oklahoma State originally Oklahoma A&M?

The following SEC schools were at one time an "A&M":

Arky
Auburn
Kentucky (didn't know this)
Florida (sort of)
LSU
TAMU
MSU

The only schools in the SEC that never had/have had a land grant under a Morrill Act:
Alabama
Vandy
Ole Miss
USC


Land Grant Universities

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The second major precursor to the University of Florida was the Florida Agricultural College, established at Lake City by Jordan Probst in 1884. Florida Agricultural College became the state's first land-grant college under the Morrill Act. In 1903, the Florida Legislature, desiring to expand the school's outlook and curriculum beyond its agricultural and engineering origins, changed the name of Florida Agricultural College to the "University of Florida," a name that the school would hold for only two years.[22]
"University of the State of Florida"[edit]
In 1905, the Florida Legislature passed the Buckman Act, which consolidated the existing publicly supported higher education institutions of the state.

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John Bryan Bowman founded the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (A&M), a publicly chartered department of Kentucky University, after receiving federal support through the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act in 1865.[7] Courses were offered at Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate.[11] Three years later, James Kennedy Patterson became the first president of the land-grant university and the first degree was awarded. In 1876, the university began to offer Master's degree programs. Two years later, A&M separated from Kentucky University, which is now Transylvania University.[11] For the new school, Lexington donated a 52 acre (210,000 m²) park and fair ground, which became the core of UK's present campus.[11] A&M was initially a male-only institution, but began to admit women in 1880. ...the school's name was changed to the "State University, Lexington, Kentucky" upon reaching university status, and then to the "University of Kentucky" in 1916

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Other notables:
Mich State (the original A&M)
Colorado State
UConn (Connecticut Agricultural College)
ISU (Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts)
NCSU (North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts)
Ohio State
Okla State
Oregon State (Oregon Agricultural College)
PSU (Agricultural College of Pennsylvania)
WVU (Agricultural College of West Virginia)

Clemson was never South Carolina Agricultural. It was Clemson Agricultural College.

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FWIW I also got accepted into a couple of other programs. So I'm not going to A&M because I don't have any other options. Its a choice.

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Best one you ever made. The next will be your first pair of cowboy boots you get at cavendar's. Then your first game at Kyle Field. Then your first Texas Flag(Lone Star or Come and Take It both acceptable). Your first time floating the river. Your first Texas Country concert. I'm sure we can think of more, but if tAggyArk wants to chip in and get you this t-shirt, I think we should.

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From what I've heard SCers fly our state flag more than a lot of outsiders have ever seen. I imagine this is something Texans can relate to.

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Known a few guys from SC and all of them seemed to take the same pride in the Palmetto/moon symbol.

Sadly it is a mixed understanding of that moon.

Everyone calls it the Palmetto and moon because that's what it looks like however it came from some type of helmet decal on the uniform from Revolutionary War soldiers from SC which said "Liberty" on them. With that said it is believed that the collar was supposed to be a crescent moon. (which in itself has a history which I'll spare before tl;dr)


But yes, we added it to our football field a few years ago. A welcome addition.

South Carolina is just an awesome state in general. Tons of state pride, an inland region with tons of hills and outdoor stuff and a coastal region with great beaches. If I were to move outside Texas it would be near or at the top of my list