Aggie Ring III
by Joan Carroll
Title
Aggie Ring III
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
This version of the Aggie Ring shows its position right in front of the Alumni House at Texas A&M in College Station TX. Whoever came up with this idea was a genius! Lots of people like to stand inside the ring for their picture. It brought home to me the importance of first impressions. Although it was not the first time I had been on the Texas A&M campus, it was the first time since around 1999, and the first time where I was free to walk around on my own. When I saw the ring and the Alumni building behind it, I thought how impressed I would be with being an Aggie if I were a young person touring the campus today! The ring is a cherished symbol at Texas A&M. It wasn't until E.C. Jonas, class of 1894, designed a ring for his class that the ring we know today came into existence. It has remained exactly as Jonas designed it, with one exception; in 1963 the Legislature of the State of Texas changed the university's name from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to Texas A&M University, and the name on the ring was changed accordingly.
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road to Self Promotion group, 8/31/14
FEATURED PHOTO, Texas Landscape and Landmark Photography group, 8/31/14
FEATURED PHOTO, The World We See group, 8/20/14
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August 30th, 2014
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