If you zoom in, you can see:
1) The bugle stand is on the upper left of the band
2) The century tree in its early 20s
3) There are a lot of blurred figures, so was this a time-lapse picture?
4) One figure appears to be riding a bike on the grass to the right of the flagpole.

Some of those men may have been alive in their 70s when CanyonAg77 was at A&M, and maybe living in their 80s when I was in school.

The band of 1920 was playing a new fight song (Battalion October 7, 1920)

I don't think time lapse, just that the shutter speeds were slow. So maybe 1/2 or full second, where today it would be at least 1/60 of a second or faster

n/m. I was mistaken.

The "ornate" building is Ross Hall.

FTACo88-FDT24dad said:

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n/m. I was mistaken.

The "ornate" building is Ross Hall.

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Ross Hall in the 1921 Longhorn

JA83 said:

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"Soviet Aggiestan" demolition and architecture destroyed some wonderful, but cramped and decrepit Victorian buildings. I think real Architects would call our current campus style "Brutalist." Maybe one of these days some of our Big Cigars will chip in some funds for re-doing the facades of Aggiestan, but I wouldn't count on it... They're too busy comparing their tiny d***s at box suites in losing sporting venues.

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Kind of like Baku, Azerbaijan where thevold Soviet buildings have all been given new facades. No kidding. I've seen it with my own eyes.

Are those palm trees on the A&M campus?

dcbowers said:

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Are those palm trees on the A&M campus?

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I don't see any. Where do you see them?

CanyonAg77 said:

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dcbowers said:

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Are those palm trees on the A&M campus?

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I don't see any. Where do you see them?

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I have always thought the WWI unis were some of the best the US has ever had.

Wow, good eye.

CanyonAg77 said:

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Wow, good eye.

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right next to the bugle stand

Hmmm, Chigaroogrimm, Chigaroorimm. I didn't know the original spelling.

Doesn't match the "official" version
https://www.tamu.edu/campus-community/traditions/gameday/aggie-songs.html

An ad on that page made me laugh.

Quote:

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The College Studio

If you have friends they should have your photograph

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What does "everything to eat and drink 'in the Y'" mean? LOL

I was surprised that there used to be businesses, e.g. Casey's Confectionery, in the YMCA building.

A history of that building (physical as well as it's various uses) over the years would be interesting.

Caesar4 said:

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Hmmm, Chigaroogrimm, Chigaroorimm. I didn't know the original spelling.

Doesn't match the "official" version
https://www.tamu.edu/campus-community/traditions/gameday/aggie-songs.html

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1912 Yell/Spelling

Makes sense. Had no clue it was ever used for that.

Caesar4 said:

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I was surprised that there used to be businesses, e.g. Casey's Confectionery, in the YMCA building.

A history of that building (physical as well as it's various uses) over the years would be interesting.

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Battalion September 23, 1920 ad

Caesar4 said:

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I was surprised that there used to be businesses, e.g. Casey's Confectionery, in the YMCA building.

A history of that building (physical as well as it's various uses) over the years would be interesting.

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YMCA Building (1914) was designed by architect S.J. Fountain for the Young Men's Christian Association.
The building was financed by funds donated by students, former students, and the John D. Rockefeller Foundation. It served as the student center until 1950. Originally a two-story brick building with a basement, a third floor, and two semi-circular rooms was added in the 1920s. Four limestone Doric columns and an entablature mark the main floor. The rear of the building contained a chapel, which was lost to the construction of offices, as was the basement bowling alley and pool.

History and Dedication of the new YMCA building, The Battalion, February 17, 1915

Policy of YMCA for school year 1919-20, The Battalion, October 30, 1919

The lump that replaced Bizzell Hall being the latest example. Just butt-ugly, and is such a prominent location on central campus. What a shame.

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JA83 said:

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"Soviet Aggiestan" demolition and architecture destroyed some wonderful, but cramped and decrepit Victorian buildings. I think real Architects would call our current campus style "Brutalist." Maybe one of these days some of our Big Cigars will chip in some funds for re-doing the facades of Aggiestan, but I wouldn't count on it... They're too busy comparing their tiny d***s at box suites in losing sporting venues.

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Kind of like Baku, Azerbaijan where thevold Soviet buildings have all been given new facades. No kidding. I've seen it with my own eyes.

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This is being done in Hungary at this very moment. All around their government square...looks great.

When I was on the 12th Man Kick Off Team in 1986 we met Sam Houston Sanders '22. He was on the 1922 A&M football team that played in the 1922 Dixie Classic against Centre College.... and you know what happened at that game.

So yes, you could have met cadets that are in that photo.

I notice on that 1912 yell chart that Alla ka zoo co-ax co-ax seems and awful lot like Hullabaloo Caneck Caneck.then again that same yell has Hullabaloo in it twice also.

I have to wonder if they were phonetic for some noise that military students would recognize over a century ago. Not words or names, but sounds of something. Or maybe it is just funny sounding nonsense words or slang.

MouthBQ98 said:

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I notice on that 1912 yell chart that Alla ka zoo co-ax co-ax seems and awful lot like Hullabaloo Caneck Caneck.then again that same yell has Hullabaloo in it twice also.

I have to wonder if they were phonetic for some noise that military students would recognize over a century ago. Not words or names, but sounds of something. Or maybe it is just funny sounding nonsense words or slang.

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Some yells from the 1907-08 school year. We tried the Rah Jaw Jay Haw yell that KU does, but it faded out over time. You can also see that words to the future war hymn were already in use at A&M 10+ years prior to the writing of the song



And that Boola song sounds eerily familiar: