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are there any old ags on here who can verify that "uncovering" is a tradition? and by old ags i mean at least going back to the 70's. im pretty sure that uncovering is reserved for the national anthem, prayer, and if you are a true texan, texas our texas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 ( talk) 12:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
um yes a tradition does have to go back. thats what makes it tradition ass. maroon out is not a tradition so to speak, it is just something we do. unless you are an old army ag, please do not respond to this post. this is all out of curiosity. the traditions council of a&m does not recognize maroon out or uncover. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 ( talk) 23:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
http://traditions.tamu.edu/new/index.php?q=traditions | 12th Man | Midnight Yell | Gig 'Em | Howdy | Bonfire | Reveille | Silver Taps|
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these are the traditions. the rest are just stuff people make up as we go along. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 ( talk) 23:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
All pages should be using proper citation as defined at Template Messages. -- Hut101 20:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Aggie Lingo needs additional expanding. I've added to "tea sip" and "Pushing", but there are several more that just need better explaining. -- Hut101 02:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I continued to update the to-do list. I still need to go through Midnight Yell Practice, Corps of Cadets, Texas Aggie Band, Bonfire, and rewrite each one with more acurate and detailed information following the format that I've been using so far. Also any help expanding the Reveille article would be greatly appreciated. -- Hut101 02:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
There is currently a page called Aggie Ring which redirects here. I was wondering if we should move most of the information about the Aggie Ring to that page instead. -- Hut101 02:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know of a website or pamplet that explains each Class's Wildcat. We were given a story at our SALT Camp, like Fish Camp but for A&M Galveston, but I no longer remember the entire story. -- Hut101 23:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for info and history about Ol' Sarge. -- Hut101 01:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
How do we satisfy the requirements for "This article or section does not cite its references or sources." so that it can be removed.
Maybe we should consolidate the seperate pages for each tradition back into this main article. Such as Muster. The seperate page for Muster is a single paragraph while within this article it's quite extensive. Also, we risk becoming a directory and causing infinite looping. (Forgot to sign) -- Hut101 17:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I just read the page on Traditions at A & M, and, as a graduate who just had his 35-year reunion, I have to say that the one tradition that was left out is "Change." Muster has changed, Silver Taps has changed, even the words in the endzone "Texas Aggies" have changed to "Texas A&M" because Bill Byrne doesn't like the term "Aggies."
I was reading the part about the way that Aggies "wildcat" depending upon their class. I never knew any of that, and I was in Cadet Corps from 1967 to 1971. That ain't the way we did it!!!
I was stunned to hear recently that someone said the grass at the MSC is "Memorial Grass" and that's why you can't walk on it. Baloney! It was simply a gentlemen's agreement back in the 1950's that seniors would not walk on the MSC grass so that it would stay looking nice for visitors to the campus. No one ever heard of "Memorial Grass." That's nonsense. People just make this stuff up over the years, until everyone believes its a tradition. Go figure. PGNormand 00:45, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
The statement that the design of the Aggie Ring has remained unchanged since 1894 is simply not true. I believe that the original ring design had an intertwined AMC on the crest. Also, I know that the eagle has not always faced the same way. When I was a freshman I had to memorize the years that "the eagle turned his head." I know that one Senior Class (1938 I think) had an oval maroon stone instead of the traditional crest. I know that my father-in-law's ring, my father's ring, and my ring (Classes of '42, '49 and '71, respectively) were much "squattier" in shape and design. But the crest of my sons ring, Class of '99, is much taller. A simple trip to the Corps Center to look at the Ring Collection will confirm all this. I don't know who wrote all the things about the "symbolism" of the Aggie Ring, but it sounds like something that someone made up recently. I don't believe that this "symbolism" was contemporary with the origins of the current design. All of this needs to have a "citation added." PGNormand 05:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I propose removing the portion of the Aggie ring dunking ceremony that references a tradition of having to drink the pitcher in the number of seconds equivalent to your class year. If such a time requirement tradition exists, it has only come about in very recent years. Certainly there was no such requirement that I was aware of during the 70's, 80s, or 90s. I have seen only a single, non-official article reference to such a time limit and don't know that such a requirement is either long lived, common or well known. Macae 19:32, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Three weeks and no one has objected to removal of the time requirement description of the ring dunking tradition. Also no official or reliable sources have been produced to confirm that a time requirement has been part of the ceremony for the majority of Aggies. I will therefore remove that portion of the article. Macae 14:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
The canon is called the Spirit of '02 if that helps. - Raetzsch 02:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Should this movie be listed under the Corps of Cadets as a tradition, or possibly listed elsewhere. Maybe under a new article containing all media relating to Texas A&M University. -- Hut101 00:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking of creating a info box template that can be placed in each article relating to a tradition which will state "Tradition of Texas A&M University" and have a link back to this traditions page, and maybe an image such as the one used on the Aggie Traditions website: http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/ -- Hut101 03:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I am aware of a traditional saying spoken in regards to Aggie sporting contests. The statement is that "Aggies never lose, though they may sometimes be trailing when time expires" or variants of the same sentiment. Two different version are shown at this Aggie Moms Club and at Aggiesports.com. I've also heard it said that Aggies never lose a half-time (though of course I personally dispute that assertion).
What do Y'all think - Does this saying merit inclusion here? Johntex\ talk 04:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I found a wiki an Aggie started on their website. Aggie Wiki. Maybe some of this information can be incorporated into Wikipedia. -- Hut101 17:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I am completely in favor of making this article as comprehensive as possible. However, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of Aggie traditions that are recognized by only a small subset of the Aggie family. There's no way we could hope to include them all. Perhaps we can move ball squeeze to the Aggie Band article since it is well recognized by the band but not by the general Aggie population. - Raetzsch 22:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Can someone add this picture in the 12th man towel section? I'm still a little rusty on how to do it. http://12thmanfoundation.com/mag/Vol5/vol5no05/images/flashback.jpg
The 12th Man Towel was not created in 1984. I gave the idea to Harry Green in 1979 when we were brain storming about elevating the Aggie Club Student Group's engagement. My idea was a knock off on the Pittsburg Steelers Terrible Towel. Harry thought is was a good idea and called Marvin Tate who sent Jerry Arp over to help with the idea. Jerry had just come over from Clemson to work with in Marketing for the Athletic Dept. He liked the idea because Clemson had started similar concept and called a handkerchief the "Tiger Rag". He wanted to call the towel the "Ag Rag". Harry and I prevailed to stay with the 12th Man Towel. We had a local vender print 500 and we sold them all at the 1st home game in 1979-Universtiy of Houston. That year we played our first 5 games on the road so we were half way through the season. The idea simmered for several years then Jackie Sherrill came on board familiar with the Terrible Towel program having coached at Pitt. He and the students mentioned took the existing idea and developed it into a student and Former Student wide, across the entire stadium 12.208.130.2 ( talk) 14:48, 25 September 2018 (UTC) promotion and it took off. In 1980 Jerry Arp, Harry, I and a couple student leaders met at Harry's office to talk about further promoting the idea. After the meeting Jerry was headed out to Houston and I guy ran a red light, T boned him and killed him. He was a great guy. Sad, very said. All this to say that the 12th Man towel idea had been around since 1979 not 1984.
Also, the conference changed travel rules in the mid 80's and the 12th Man Kickoff team had to start paying their own way to away games. The student Aggie Club got together and committed the proceeds from the sale of the 12th Man Towels to the travel expenses of the Kickoff team at Coach Sherrill's request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.208.130.2 ( talk) 15:22, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
I've done a lot of work recently on the Aggie Bonfirearticle. What else do we need to add/expand/modify on that article to get it in a state where it doesn't need to be on the todo list here? Karanacs 13:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Added link to aggie lingo for the term "bad bull". BTW, should there be a link to the wikipedia entry for the word "howdy" on this site?
Just wanted to mention this non reg tradition before i forget Oldag07 18:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I am certainly not advocating putting them all in, but just brainstorming Oldag07 23:05, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4958480.html Oldag07 00:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I've been working on expanding and citing the article Traditions of Texas A&M University for what feels like years, but probably was only a few weeks. I've finally gotten it into what I feel is a relatively cohesive, well-cited article that does a decent job of explaining what we're all about. Now I need a host of other eyes to pick through it and figure out what I got wrong, what I left out, and what ought to be excluded. I also need help with the lead. It's really short but I have a mental block about that, apparently, and can't think of any good way to expand it. All help is greatly appreciated!! Karanacs 20:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
i am going to take a stab at it:
Since 1912, each graduating class has presented a gift to Texas A&M. Several prominent landmarks on campus were originally class gifts such as Fish Pond: the lettering that spells "Welcome to Kyle Field" and "Home of the 12th Man" was a gift from the class of 1988, the 12th Man Statue, from the class of 1980. Several classes have also provided "President Endowed Scholarships" to future students.
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The class gift is organized by the graduating class's Class Council. Funds are raised from that graduating class beginning the freshmen year from events that are traditions in themselves including Ring Dance, Boot Dance, Maroon Out and Pull Out day. The class gift itself is decided by vote during student body elections the junior year of graduating classes' experience. The class gift is announced during the graduating class's Elephant Walk. ??? Source
The most recent graduating class, the Class of 2007's gift will provide renovations to Fish Pond, and a endowment to the organization CARPOOL.
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as for muster, we might want to say something about the muster organization running that muster.
if the band is a tradition, than so is the singing cadets, the wranglers. we might as well have a seperate article on Texas A&M organizations. i got a whole lot in my student life page with i haven't worked on for a while. just a suggestion.
First Yell (new army fight)
The Red, White and Blue out was not per se part of the maroon out tradition.
is bonfire too long now that we have an FA.
add wildcats to privileged words ? Oldag07 11:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Constitution of class councils. says exactly where funds of class gift go.- http://classof2005.tamu.edu/about.htm a batt article- http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2005/07/05/News/G.Rollie.Plaza.To.Match.Kyle.Fields-960656.shtml elephant walk class gift quote- http://www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/11/21/News/Seniors.Take.Last.Steps.Through.Campus-2505372.shtml?norewrite200612272128&sourcedomain=www.thebatt.com Oldag07 11:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
if the class gift does not have its own section:
I still feel it is a big enough tradition to be mentioned in this page Oldag07 01:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
What do you guys thing about putting the aggie honor code into the traditions section? Oldag07 16:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Busy. wasn't expecting that fast of a response
http://www.aggiecorps.org/About/aggiecode.htm http://www.aggiesports.com/traditions/school/dictionary.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldag07 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
There might be a better place for my comment, but...in reference to the to-do list, I had posted a picture of the Red, White and Blue Out with permission of the photographer (see the diff
here).
It was removed, even though appropriate permissions and credits were listed. I have not seen a public domain version of this image; the one I posted is from the poster that
One Army was selling as a fundraiser. I happen to be related to the photographer and have his permission to use the image for Wikipedia. I would be happy to re-submit the picture, but I'm not going to bother if it's just going to be deleted again.
Racooper
19:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Excellent work. A very comprehensive, knowledgeable, and easily-accessible look at the many traditions at Texas A&M. The article is written in a clear and concise style and is supported with good citations and appropriate pictures. Only two things bothered me about the article:
I'd also suggest bumping down the beginning of the Aggie Spirit section so that it starts below the table of contents. It's merely a stylistic concern, and completely my opinion. I just think that starting directly to the right of the table of contents crowds the page a bit too much. I'd recommend checking out Georgia Tech traditions to see an example of what I'm talking about.
All in all, however, it compares well with its sibling article, Georgia Tech traditions. JKBrooks85 20:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I will try to put this source in soon, but I can't at the moment. http://www.thebatt.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=7d424566-eac7-4118-afd9-7bd48a1f5695 Oldag07 ( talk) 02:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
This is want Wikipedia says, "Students who choose not to participate in The Other Education are known on campus as "2 Percenters," because of the belief that only 2% of students do not endorse Texas A&M traditions"
This is what the source says “'Kids who only go to class are known as ‘2 percenters’ because going to class is only 2 percent of what there is to do at A&M,'” Unless I do not know English These do not say the same thing!!! Z gin der 2008-09-20T06:06Z ( UTC)
From the President of the U.S. nonetheless! [2] — BQZip01 — talk 07:40, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm working on an article for Fish Camp, which I believe has changed so much over the years and deserves a bit more talk than the few mentions this article gives it. I am going to be doing some research and writing over the next month or two, and any help or suggestions on the matter would be appreciated. -- Jakebathman ( talk) 07:55, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
If anyone is looking for detailed info on Aggie traditions I have a gold mine of information. I was on the Traditions Council this past year. Every member is given a binder full of information and documents from the University Archives to memorize so we can go around apeaking to various groups about A&M traditions. Contact me on my talk page if intrested. Txaggie2011 ( talk) 18:49, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
What would yall think of changing the heading "Asking for Luck" to something else. It seems vague, I am not sure yet of a better title for this section but any ideas would be appreciated.-- Sdk2k11 ( talk) 00:15, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Oldag07 ( talk) 23:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Given the military traditions of the school, wouldn't it make more sense that "gig 'em" derives from the use of the term "gig" to mean an infraction of military uniform regulations during an inspection (as in "gig line")? The associated gesture would be more appropriate to an inspecting officer signalling to his lieutenant that a violation has occurred (similar to a baseball umpire's "out" signal) than a wader gigging a frog or flounder (which would be a sharp downward thrust of the forearm and hand as a unit). All of the A&M alum to whom I've spoken about the matter have favored this interpretation. It might be worth mentioning. 165.91.65.14 ( talk) 06:05, 27 September 2009 (UTC)RKH
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are there any old ags on here who can verify that "uncovering" is a tradition? and by old ags i mean at least going back to the 70's. im pretty sure that uncovering is reserved for the national anthem, prayer, and if you are a true texan, texas our texas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 ( talk) 12:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
um yes a tradition does have to go back. thats what makes it tradition ass. maroon out is not a tradition so to speak, it is just something we do. unless you are an old army ag, please do not respond to this post. this is all out of curiosity. the traditions council of a&m does not recognize maroon out or uncover. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 ( talk) 23:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
http://traditions.tamu.edu/new/index.php?q=traditions | 12th Man | Midnight Yell | Gig 'Em | Howdy | Bonfire | Reveille | Silver Taps|
| Corps | Aggie Ring | Muster | Big Event | Fish Camp|
these are the traditions. the rest are just stuff people make up as we go along. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 ( talk) 23:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
All pages should be using proper citation as defined at Template Messages. -- Hut101 20:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Aggie Lingo needs additional expanding. I've added to "tea sip" and "Pushing", but there are several more that just need better explaining. -- Hut101 02:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I continued to update the to-do list. I still need to go through Midnight Yell Practice, Corps of Cadets, Texas Aggie Band, Bonfire, and rewrite each one with more acurate and detailed information following the format that I've been using so far. Also any help expanding the Reveille article would be greatly appreciated. -- Hut101 02:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
There is currently a page called Aggie Ring which redirects here. I was wondering if we should move most of the information about the Aggie Ring to that page instead. -- Hut101 02:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know of a website or pamplet that explains each Class's Wildcat. We were given a story at our SALT Camp, like Fish Camp but for A&M Galveston, but I no longer remember the entire story. -- Hut101 23:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for info and history about Ol' Sarge. -- Hut101 01:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
How do we satisfy the requirements for "This article or section does not cite its references or sources." so that it can be removed.
Maybe we should consolidate the seperate pages for each tradition back into this main article. Such as Muster. The seperate page for Muster is a single paragraph while within this article it's quite extensive. Also, we risk becoming a directory and causing infinite looping. (Forgot to sign) -- Hut101 17:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I just read the page on Traditions at A & M, and, as a graduate who just had his 35-year reunion, I have to say that the one tradition that was left out is "Change." Muster has changed, Silver Taps has changed, even the words in the endzone "Texas Aggies" have changed to "Texas A&M" because Bill Byrne doesn't like the term "Aggies."
I was reading the part about the way that Aggies "wildcat" depending upon their class. I never knew any of that, and I was in Cadet Corps from 1967 to 1971. That ain't the way we did it!!!
I was stunned to hear recently that someone said the grass at the MSC is "Memorial Grass" and that's why you can't walk on it. Baloney! It was simply a gentlemen's agreement back in the 1950's that seniors would not walk on the MSC grass so that it would stay looking nice for visitors to the campus. No one ever heard of "Memorial Grass." That's nonsense. People just make this stuff up over the years, until everyone believes its a tradition. Go figure. PGNormand 00:45, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
The statement that the design of the Aggie Ring has remained unchanged since 1894 is simply not true. I believe that the original ring design had an intertwined AMC on the crest. Also, I know that the eagle has not always faced the same way. When I was a freshman I had to memorize the years that "the eagle turned his head." I know that one Senior Class (1938 I think) had an oval maroon stone instead of the traditional crest. I know that my father-in-law's ring, my father's ring, and my ring (Classes of '42, '49 and '71, respectively) were much "squattier" in shape and design. But the crest of my sons ring, Class of '99, is much taller. A simple trip to the Corps Center to look at the Ring Collection will confirm all this. I don't know who wrote all the things about the "symbolism" of the Aggie Ring, but it sounds like something that someone made up recently. I don't believe that this "symbolism" was contemporary with the origins of the current design. All of this needs to have a "citation added." PGNormand 05:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I propose removing the portion of the Aggie ring dunking ceremony that references a tradition of having to drink the pitcher in the number of seconds equivalent to your class year. If such a time requirement tradition exists, it has only come about in very recent years. Certainly there was no such requirement that I was aware of during the 70's, 80s, or 90s. I have seen only a single, non-official article reference to such a time limit and don't know that such a requirement is either long lived, common or well known. Macae 19:32, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Three weeks and no one has objected to removal of the time requirement description of the ring dunking tradition. Also no official or reliable sources have been produced to confirm that a time requirement has been part of the ceremony for the majority of Aggies. I will therefore remove that portion of the article. Macae 14:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
The canon is called the Spirit of '02 if that helps. - Raetzsch 02:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Should this movie be listed under the Corps of Cadets as a tradition, or possibly listed elsewhere. Maybe under a new article containing all media relating to Texas A&M University. -- Hut101 00:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking of creating a info box template that can be placed in each article relating to a tradition which will state "Tradition of Texas A&M University" and have a link back to this traditions page, and maybe an image such as the one used on the Aggie Traditions website: http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/ -- Hut101 03:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I am aware of a traditional saying spoken in regards to Aggie sporting contests. The statement is that "Aggies never lose, though they may sometimes be trailing when time expires" or variants of the same sentiment. Two different version are shown at this Aggie Moms Club and at Aggiesports.com. I've also heard it said that Aggies never lose a half-time (though of course I personally dispute that assertion).
What do Y'all think - Does this saying merit inclusion here? Johntex\ talk 04:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I found a wiki an Aggie started on their website. Aggie Wiki. Maybe some of this information can be incorporated into Wikipedia. -- Hut101 17:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I am completely in favor of making this article as comprehensive as possible. However, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of Aggie traditions that are recognized by only a small subset of the Aggie family. There's no way we could hope to include them all. Perhaps we can move ball squeeze to the Aggie Band article since it is well recognized by the band but not by the general Aggie population. - Raetzsch 22:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Can someone add this picture in the 12th man towel section? I'm still a little rusty on how to do it. http://12thmanfoundation.com/mag/Vol5/vol5no05/images/flashback.jpg
The 12th Man Towel was not created in 1984. I gave the idea to Harry Green in 1979 when we were brain storming about elevating the Aggie Club Student Group's engagement. My idea was a knock off on the Pittsburg Steelers Terrible Towel. Harry thought is was a good idea and called Marvin Tate who sent Jerry Arp over to help with the idea. Jerry had just come over from Clemson to work with in Marketing for the Athletic Dept. He liked the idea because Clemson had started similar concept and called a handkerchief the "Tiger Rag". He wanted to call the towel the "Ag Rag". Harry and I prevailed to stay with the 12th Man Towel. We had a local vender print 500 and we sold them all at the 1st home game in 1979-Universtiy of Houston. That year we played our first 5 games on the road so we were half way through the season. The idea simmered for several years then Jackie Sherrill came on board familiar with the Terrible Towel program having coached at Pitt. He and the students mentioned took the existing idea and developed it into a student and Former Student wide, across the entire stadium 12.208.130.2 ( talk) 14:48, 25 September 2018 (UTC) promotion and it took off. In 1980 Jerry Arp, Harry, I and a couple student leaders met at Harry's office to talk about further promoting the idea. After the meeting Jerry was headed out to Houston and I guy ran a red light, T boned him and killed him. He was a great guy. Sad, very said. All this to say that the 12th Man towel idea had been around since 1979 not 1984.
Also, the conference changed travel rules in the mid 80's and the 12th Man Kickoff team had to start paying their own way to away games. The student Aggie Club got together and committed the proceeds from the sale of the 12th Man Towels to the travel expenses of the Kickoff team at Coach Sherrill's request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.208.130.2 ( talk) 15:22, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
I've done a lot of work recently on the Aggie Bonfirearticle. What else do we need to add/expand/modify on that article to get it in a state where it doesn't need to be on the todo list here? Karanacs 13:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Added link to aggie lingo for the term "bad bull". BTW, should there be a link to the wikipedia entry for the word "howdy" on this site?
Just wanted to mention this non reg tradition before i forget Oldag07 18:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I am certainly not advocating putting them all in, but just brainstorming Oldag07 23:05, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4958480.html Oldag07 00:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I've been working on expanding and citing the article Traditions of Texas A&M University for what feels like years, but probably was only a few weeks. I've finally gotten it into what I feel is a relatively cohesive, well-cited article that does a decent job of explaining what we're all about. Now I need a host of other eyes to pick through it and figure out what I got wrong, what I left out, and what ought to be excluded. I also need help with the lead. It's really short but I have a mental block about that, apparently, and can't think of any good way to expand it. All help is greatly appreciated!! Karanacs 20:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
i am going to take a stab at it:
Since 1912, each graduating class has presented a gift to Texas A&M. Several prominent landmarks on campus were originally class gifts such as Fish Pond: the lettering that spells "Welcome to Kyle Field" and "Home of the 12th Man" was a gift from the class of 1988, the 12th Man Statue, from the class of 1980. Several classes have also provided "President Endowed Scholarships" to future students.
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The class gift is organized by the graduating class's Class Council. Funds are raised from that graduating class beginning the freshmen year from events that are traditions in themselves including Ring Dance, Boot Dance, Maroon Out and Pull Out day. The class gift itself is decided by vote during student body elections the junior year of graduating classes' experience. The class gift is announced during the graduating class's Elephant Walk. ??? Source
The most recent graduating class, the Class of 2007's gift will provide renovations to Fish Pond, and a endowment to the organization CARPOOL.
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as for muster, we might want to say something about the muster organization running that muster.
if the band is a tradition, than so is the singing cadets, the wranglers. we might as well have a seperate article on Texas A&M organizations. i got a whole lot in my student life page with i haven't worked on for a while. just a suggestion.
First Yell (new army fight)
The Red, White and Blue out was not per se part of the maroon out tradition.
is bonfire too long now that we have an FA.
add wildcats to privileged words ? Oldag07 11:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Constitution of class councils. says exactly where funds of class gift go.- http://classof2005.tamu.edu/about.htm a batt article- http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2005/07/05/News/G.Rollie.Plaza.To.Match.Kyle.Fields-960656.shtml elephant walk class gift quote- http://www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/11/21/News/Seniors.Take.Last.Steps.Through.Campus-2505372.shtml?norewrite200612272128&sourcedomain=www.thebatt.com Oldag07 11:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
if the class gift does not have its own section:
I still feel it is a big enough tradition to be mentioned in this page Oldag07 01:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
What do you guys thing about putting the aggie honor code into the traditions section? Oldag07 16:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Busy. wasn't expecting that fast of a response
http://www.aggiecorps.org/About/aggiecode.htm http://www.aggiesports.com/traditions/school/dictionary.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldag07 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
There might be a better place for my comment, but...in reference to the to-do list, I had posted a picture of the Red, White and Blue Out with permission of the photographer (see the diff
here).
It was removed, even though appropriate permissions and credits were listed. I have not seen a public domain version of this image; the one I posted is from the poster that
One Army was selling as a fundraiser. I happen to be related to the photographer and have his permission to use the image for Wikipedia. I would be happy to re-submit the picture, but I'm not going to bother if it's just going to be deleted again.
Racooper
19:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Excellent work. A very comprehensive, knowledgeable, and easily-accessible look at the many traditions at Texas A&M. The article is written in a clear and concise style and is supported with good citations and appropriate pictures. Only two things bothered me about the article:
I'd also suggest bumping down the beginning of the Aggie Spirit section so that it starts below the table of contents. It's merely a stylistic concern, and completely my opinion. I just think that starting directly to the right of the table of contents crowds the page a bit too much. I'd recommend checking out Georgia Tech traditions to see an example of what I'm talking about.
All in all, however, it compares well with its sibling article, Georgia Tech traditions. JKBrooks85 20:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I will try to put this source in soon, but I can't at the moment. http://www.thebatt.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=7d424566-eac7-4118-afd9-7bd48a1f5695 Oldag07 ( talk) 02:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
This is want Wikipedia says, "Students who choose not to participate in The Other Education are known on campus as "2 Percenters," because of the belief that only 2% of students do not endorse Texas A&M traditions"
This is what the source says “'Kids who only go to class are known as ‘2 percenters’ because going to class is only 2 percent of what there is to do at A&M,'” Unless I do not know English These do not say the same thing!!! Z gin der 2008-09-20T06:06Z ( UTC)
From the President of the U.S. nonetheless! [2] — BQZip01 — talk 07:40, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm working on an article for Fish Camp, which I believe has changed so much over the years and deserves a bit more talk than the few mentions this article gives it. I am going to be doing some research and writing over the next month or two, and any help or suggestions on the matter would be appreciated. -- Jakebathman ( talk) 07:55, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
If anyone is looking for detailed info on Aggie traditions I have a gold mine of information. I was on the Traditions Council this past year. Every member is given a binder full of information and documents from the University Archives to memorize so we can go around apeaking to various groups about A&M traditions. Contact me on my talk page if intrested. Txaggie2011 ( talk) 18:49, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
What would yall think of changing the heading "Asking for Luck" to something else. It seems vague, I am not sure yet of a better title for this section but any ideas would be appreciated.-- Sdk2k11 ( talk) 00:15, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Oldag07 ( talk) 23:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Given the military traditions of the school, wouldn't it make more sense that "gig 'em" derives from the use of the term "gig" to mean an infraction of military uniform regulations during an inspection (as in "gig line")? The associated gesture would be more appropriate to an inspecting officer signalling to his lieutenant that a violation has occurred (similar to a baseball umpire's "out" signal) than a wader gigging a frog or flounder (which would be a sharp downward thrust of the forearm and hand as a unit). All of the A&M alum to whom I've spoken about the matter have favored this interpretation. It might be worth mentioning. 165.91.65.14 ( talk) 06:05, 27 September 2009 (UTC)RKH
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Recommend updated photo for the Spirit of '02. The current shows outdated Corps uniform and pre-renovation Quad. Scampwalker ( talk) 22:58, 12 April 2023 (UTC)