Does anyone know anything about Brad Harrison? I haven't seen him since Final Review in May '74. I know that Mark Dudley '75 is gone. Just wondering. May Our Dear Lord Jesus Christ Bless Texas A&M and the Fighting Texas Aggie Band,

Wow. Great Bull!

I haven't seen it posted on here yet, after all 17 1/2 pages, but admittedly I was one who was ready to just be done with tu.

If this epically awesome thread tells us anything, its that our hatred and history for tu is about as old as the school is, and that rivalry goes back way far beyond any of us oould ever remember. It needs to keep going. Its part of our great University.

Thanks for sharing WHA, and my condolences for your loss...

Now's the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime piece of Aggie history & help out a great Foundation.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200926611888?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Damn good bull!

Still amazing.

Just saw this thread and haven't read it all yet but two things. 1) Awesome!! and 2)

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90% Ag,
also have found some Japanese pesos.
Scratching my head on these.

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Someone else may have already posited this, but are they from the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in WW2? The Japanese issued their own currency in the PI, in the national currency, not the Japanese Yen. I have several bills from this era purchased in an antique shop in Manila. They are still quite common, although of course not legal tender.

Edit: Now that I've read the entire thread, I should have just read to pg 2 before posting. But again - Awesome!

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P.15 Rip Collins who nicknamed Pinky was later Sheriff of Travis County .

His son went to A&M one semester and tried out for the football team ( didn't make it ).

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Jim,

I understand that Collins was the Police Chief of Bryan after serving as Sheriff of Travis County.

Rip Collins sounds like a man who lived an interesting life: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fco24

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This is such a great find. Keep posting more pics of what you find.

history to the top

This whole thread should have a 3 month sticky. Why it is on pg 2 right now is beyond me.

why i have not click on this before now is beyond me, but great stuff

and I live on Joe Wilson Road

Good bull. Beveille approves.

The redass is strong with this one.

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Now's the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime piece of Aggie history & help out a great Foundation.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200926611888?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

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I can't believe I've never heard of Rip Collins before. I need to brush up on my A&M history.

I wish I could've seen one of his punts.

first time I saw his son punt, the ball went so high and far I couldn't believe it - like father etc.

That needs to be preserved and displayed.

Congrats on the eBay sale that just ended. Great money for a great cause!

(Actually thought it would have went for a bit more though...)

Excellent thread and awesome family find.

Page 18. Amazing thread.

Just saw this thread. Red Ass

This thread gives me chills. The good kind of course.

WHA, are you going to put anything up for auction anytime soon?

mind=blown



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I don't read many forums anymore with twitter until Good bull hunting pointed me here: https://twitter.com/GBHunting/status/353238738882658304

This thread is amazeballs.

Holy Crap. How did I miss this?!?! Stupid work...wasting my Texags time...

Holy crap war hymn Aggie, your grandpa actually wrote the War Hymn!!!

That is freaking awesome!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggie_War_Hymn

Aggie War Hymn
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The Aggie War Hymn is the war hymn of Texas A&M University; officially, the school does not have a fight song.
History

It was written by J.V. "Pinky" Wilson, one of many Aggies who fought in World War I. Wilson combined several Aggie yells then in use at the time into a song called "Good-bye to Texas University." It was sung frequently by a quartet Wilson organized after returning to Texas A&M after the war.

One night in 1920, several of the Aggie Yell Leaders heard Wilson's quartet singing the song, and asked him to let them submit it in a contest for a new fight song to be held that fall (after Wilson graduated). Wilson agreed, and the song, considerably jazzed up, was officially adopted that fall under its current title.

What a great thread!! Aggie history at its best.