I've known about this for a couple of years. I own one from the 40s or 50s. Threw me off initially

Wonderful Aggie couple from the '80s just brought in a small collection of yearbooks that they donated to us, and included among them are both editions of the 1946 yearbook.

Interesting tidbits from the rare 1946 first edition::

• There are 332 Aggies listed in an In Memoriam section in the front of the book. Most are from the classes of the late 1930s and the 1940s.
• There are quite a few 18-year-olds listed in the senior class.
• And there's this page, which struck me as rather poignant:

from 1946 yearbook, first edition by Aggie Network, on Flickr

1943 Longhorn Senior H R Bright (Bum Bright)

I stumbled across a copy of The Texas Women's College (TWC) yearbook, the Daedalian, at an antiques store in Nacogdoches and bought it simply for the fact it had an Aggies section and paid tribute to Reveille I's death with pictures of her funeral. I had never realized how linked the two schools were but apparently the Ags were bused up there to spend time with the girls during the week they would play the Frogs in Dallas and it was quite the social event for the guys and gals..

I purchased a 1943 Longhorn Saturday for $90 at an antique store in Burnet. They also have a 1948 Longhorn for $65.

They were selling two other Old Army Aggielands, one from 1985 & 1987!

See Varsity Theater at edge of Tu campus!

I bought a 1947 Longhorn on EBay a yr ago because it was the yr I was born. I think I paid about $50. I have all mine from 1966-1970. 1970 was a grad school yr.

My dad was class of '46. After playing freshman football (fish weren't allowed to play varsity back then), his entire class left for the war.

He was part of the Army Specialized Training Program and spent time at Ohio State - before they cancelled the program due to a need for soldiers overseas.

He arrived in France in September of 1944 and came back after the war and was offered a chance to play football again by coach Homer Norton, but decided he just wanted to finish his degree, become an engineer, marry and start a family.

He passed away a few years ago and I miss him daily...

Not sure if already posted, but it was not called "The Longhorn" it was "The Long Horn".

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I stumbled across a copy of The Texas Women's College (TWC) yearbook, the Daedalian, at an antiques store in Nacogdoches and bought it simply for the fact it had an Aggies section and paid tribute to Reveille I's death with pictures of her funeral. I had never realized how linked the two schools were but apparently the Ags were bused up there to spend time with the girls during the week they would play the Frogs in Dallas and it was quite the social event for the guys and gals..

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This is how my dad and mom met. My mom was in the Maid of Cotton pageant and my dad ('71) was her escort.

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Pole -

There was no A&M yearbook for 1945 (paper shortage towards the end of the war).

They did print 2 editions for the 1945-1946 school year. The first had a cream colored cover. I've only seen this edition available a few times. The next 1946 volumn actually was titled "Edition 2" and had a blue cover. It is fairly easy to find and pops up on eBay periodically. I've had several copies of this one, but have traded or sold all except the one copy that is in my collection.

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My old Ag father (Class of '52) purchased a few old Longhorn yearbooks at an auction. Didn't pay too much because they didn't know what they were. That double set from '45 were in there. He gave them to me (Class of '82) and I called the Association of Former Students to see if they wanted them. The guy I talked to said sure. They have one, and only one complete set of yearbooks. They have a second set that was missing the Olio and that cream colored edition that came out a year late. Then he said, "Just to be honest here, that cream yearbook is really rare. They came out a year late due to paper rationing and by the time it was produced a lot of the guys had left. So that one can get you several hundred bucks on eBay." I told him that until he told me that I wasn't sure what to do with them but since he told me they were rare and valuable, i was going to donate them. I drove down there a week later and handed all of them, including that rare cream edition, to the Association to help fill out their second set. It was worth more to me that they have it and I think honesty should be rewarded.

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This is how my dad and mom met. My mom was in the Maid of Cotton pageant and my dad ('71) was her escort.

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Interesting. There's a song called "High Plains Jamboree" that has a line, "she weren't no maid of cotton." I never knew that was a real thing so I figured it was some figure of speech.

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Yes the yearbook was the longhorn, but I have heard on more than one occasion that the book was called the longhorn before the University of Texas gave themselves that nickname. I'm not certain on this, but it could be true.

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I've heard that as well. Would be interesting to know the facts on this.
I have also heard at one time, many years ago, that A&M was considering a longhorn as the mascot!!
Anyone else heard if that is true??

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Yes the yearbook was the longhorn, but I have heard on more than one occasion that the book was called the longhorn before the University of Texas gave themselves that nickname. I'm not certain on this, but it could be true.

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I've heard that as well. Would be interesting to know the facts on this.
I have also heard at one time, many years ago, that A&M was considering a longhorn as the mascot!!
Anyone else heard if that is true??

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