Old main,

You were on Corps Staff, most people advoided you I am sure.

Most of us liked to guess and joke about who were stickers. These people are generally the ones who thought the were better than everybody else and who felt it was up to them to keep the Corps alive as it once was. What they failed to realize is the Corps has to evolve to stay a viable organization. Me and my peers used to discuss how much of a headache they were to us. I think the tradition is to wear your ring on your left hand, not backwards.

We used to make fun of them all the time. One night me and some friends all took Big Reds to a Corps function. You should have seen the looks we got from all the juniors. We used to take them to our meetings with the Corps Commander. It was fun because they took themselves so seriously.

If you particpiate in a yell leader election, you will see who is who and figure it out fairly easily. Also, look who were not friends and then become the best of friends their senior year. You will notice a trend.

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From some buddies in the Corps there were both the "True Texans" and the "Stickers" who are about what everybody on here is saying.

I have also hear reports of some other "society" that is not solely found within the Corps. I don't know much about it other than some guys from different fraternities were in it.

LawAggie,
Your saying that you know people who specifically told you they were part of those organizations?

If so would you mind sending me their names. I would love to sit down and have a discussion with them.

At least A&M doesn't have one of the stupidest organizations ever. I have a friend at Tarleton state who told me about the purple poo. That's right purple poo. I think it's either only 6 or 8 people in it. And they dress up in full cloaks w/ masks on and walk around talking in a high pitched voice. They are supposed to be elite you can't do anything to them, because the plowboys (drunks that wear chaps and go to football games or something) will kick your ass. And the pres of the school is supposedly a former poo member. The only way to find out who's in it is that they tatoo poo in purple on their foot

I can't beleive nobody brought up the ultra secret fraternity of Balls & Shaft.

Why in the hell would anyone send you the names of their buddies like that? You should be slapped for asking.

There were a couple of other little groups. But they aren't much more than good ol boy drinking clicks.

I had a list of names when I was at the Batt. Decided not to print them because it basically amounted to a non-story. Administration and Corps staff confirmed the existence of the org.

CT- not my buddy, but the ex-husband of my buddy's wife claimed to be in Stickers.

I want to protect the innocent here so I won't post names. If you want a name I'll email it to you.

You also could have been in some trouble for publishing names. I was on some list of Stickers once. It got me in some heat with the admin. And it wasn't true.

Because either LawAggie is lying about knowing people in the organization or they lied to him because if this organization is so secret and so special and does half the stuff they are credited with doing they wouldn't tell anybody who they were.

Come on Jeff, you and I both know the real story behind the stickers and the true texans but nobody wants to believe the truth because as usual it's rather boring and normal. Not at all like the grand stories that crop up semmingly out of nowhere about these two organizations.

Agreed, CT. It really isn't that cool or secretive anymore.

Boring and normal is correct.
We were hoping the story would be quite exciting, but eventually decided to turn it into a fluff "Features" piece.
Again, a non-story.

Boring is incorrect. You should party with some of those guys. They do get selected into these orgs for a reason, you know.

Let's face it. There are no secret societies anymore.

Even the great Stonecutters have fallen:

Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do. We do.
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do. We do.
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do. We do.
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do. We do.

AWESOME POST Law Aggie!

Might be one of the best Simpsons ever when you consider who they're making fun of.

I love that episode.

Chewy - aren't you in the Houston A&M club's secret organization? The head magician or something?

The Purple Poo at Tarleton isn't a secret society. They choose members and as long as you are active in the group as a mascot at the football game, your identity is kept secret. You are revealed when you come back for a football game as an alum and act as a mascot. There is no tattooing, but they do have a special song and ritual they act out before every game. And, everyone who has been revealed as the Poo does it before the games with the current masked Poo.

Also, don't ya think that the most secret society at A&M would still be a secret. Everyone has heard of the branches of the RVs, the True Texans and the Stickers.

Jeff - Sadly, my position as Head Wizard was overthrown last year by a powerful coup to remove me from power. They threatened to publish incriminating photos of me and I was rendered powerless.

It was a very secretive group. The website and list serve e-mails we sent out helped keep a lid on exactly who we were.

Professor,

I think it would be very difficult for a secret organization at Texas A&M to remain completely secret forever - too many members.

Also, as in the case of The Ten (Citadel) or The Order of Skull and Bones (Yale), part of the group's success and longevity (Skull and Bones) has to do with influence from alumni and taking credit for the accomplishments of the group or individuals from that group. This is obviously not possible with a totally secret society.

Chewy - it was becasue of the facial hair thing.

There are several secret orgs than people never hear about. That ismainly because these orgz fall apart when everybody sobers up a few days later.

JS,

That was funny!

Also, is it a requirement that a secret organization at Texas A&M has to have a meeting or clandestine late night romp in the steam tunnels?

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funniest post of all.

JS- everybody forgot about the super secret brown society. those guys were cool.

you got a job yet?

Some of you are pretty funny.....

I was in the Corps in the early 50s, RV, class elective office, DS, DMG, etc., and never had any contact by or with the supposedly super secret TTs (True Texans.) The subject would pop up from time to time in the Batt, pure conjecture, but there was never one scrap of hard evidence that such an organization actually existed. I concluded it was a long standing campus myth. Scuttlebutt around the Corps would sometime link an unusual event such as a surprise Corps staff assignment, the float-out of Ross Hall (destroyed the building - offices of the Commandant), or student awards to the TTs but there was never any basis. Some small groups may have formed from time to time but could not have endured to become anything significant.

dp

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Come on, its a can of snuff, not a can of dip. You sound like a girl calling it that.

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After going through his things we discovered a can of dip

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Do you always dig through your "friends" belongings???

The Illuminati

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If a secret organization existed, you wouldn't know about it. If you did, it wouldn't be secret.

I'm sure there are entities within our government that are up to all kinds of fun things, but you'll never know about it. It's always been that way, and there are people in and out of the government that will ensure that it always will be that way.

Everything has it's purpose, or everything can be used to serve a purpose.

None of these organizations are very secretive if we all know they exist...

But you don't know who is in these groups - that is the secret.

The most secret of organizations has gotta be The Silver Taps Team. Only 3 new members a year, identities totally secret, and a secret location too. They have special uniforms. BQ's out there know some of it, but nowhere near to all. The rest of campus has no clue.

The most secret of organizations has gotta be The Silver Taps Team. Only 3 new members a year, identities totally secret, and a secret location too. They have special uniforms. BQ's out there know some of it, but nowhere near to all. The rest of campus has no clue.

The most secret of organizations has gotta be The Silver Taps Team. Only 3 new members a year, identities totally secret, and a secret location too. They have special uniforms. BQ's out there know some of it, but nowhere near to all. The rest of campus has no clue.

The most secret of organizations has gotta be The Silver Taps Team. Only 3 new members a year, identities totally secret, and a secret location too. They have special uniforms. BQ's out there know some of it, but nowhere near to all. The rest of campus has no clue.