HomeMy WebLinkAboutAggie Moms 1
i AGGIE MOMS :
i
A Woman's Touch At Texas ABM
4
by Kyle Huckins Y
i •
M
E
A
i ! V a n
p
, .. t , r
/ i
1
1
a 1
e i
,_.
1
i
i
1
. s; he Aggie Moms are as much a part t
of Texas A &M University as Fish } can become associate members.
p, the Corps of Cadets, Reveille and v From the start, the Aggie Moms have
l i
Irit victories over the Longhorns. But only
4 � ,., dedicated themselves to serving Texas
this year, on the 75th anniversary of its A &M and its students. Fund - raising is a
first chapter, can the Federation of Texas top priority, with local chapters scho a ,
A &M University Mothers' Clubs say it wide variety of benefits to give scholar -
has an Aggie at the helm. f4 ships to aspiring Aggies. "During Parents'
"I'm the first president of the Weekend, we have the largest maroon -
Federation who's also president dent "says and -white boutique in the world," Powell
Susie Powell of Plano, class of '93, who boasts of the April 19 event at Duncan l
returned to College Station after her f 1 Dining Hall. It'll feature arts, crafts and
younger daughter, now 29, completed her
' ���,t a first -time "Football Frenzy," a raffle of j
degree. "But someone once made the six gift baskets, each with an A &M
statement that Aggies are born, not Brazos County chapter president Sall president
e Henderson (left to devote aise k nealy 8300,000 a year for st d
made, and they just go to A &M for the much of their time to help fellow Aggies.
finishing touches." and student organizations, and they're i
Women have only been allowed to attend Texas thanks in part to female A &M graduates coming of endowmentb for Sterl ng ibraryf million dollar ■
A &M for a third of a century, but the Aggie Moms age and having their own children attend school in The Brazos County chapter may be close to
have given the school a woman's touch since 1922, College Station. The majority of the 112 clubs are home, but it helps out all the same and then sonic.
when Ada Peoples started the first Mothers' Club in located in Texas, but there are chapters in Its boutique, slated for March 20, will help give four
Dallas. "She felt the university needed a woman's Washington, D.C., Kansas, Nebraska, and yes, local students $1,000 scholarships each year, a large
hand, the softness and support of women," Powell even Oklahoma.
says. The idea proved so popular with A &M mothers To be a full member of the Federation, an appli n oney, importan base or reachi
and administrators that the Federation incorporated cant must be a mother, stepmother or legal guardian out to the widespread Aggie family. "I see us as a
six years later. of a present or former Texas A &M student at College network of people with a common bond," says Sallye
Aggie Moms now number more than 7,100 1 Station or the Galveston campus. Those affiliated Henderson, president of the club and an A &M acad-
nationwide, up nearly 30 percent in three years, with A &M system campuses or otherwise interested emit counselor. "Someone will have a sick child or a
18
March 1997
`` >, >, E O a) 4) a) 0) " a) >-, a) O Y p v O ro 4) O _ O
� y s .a) s . in w "O L s O s - CQ
1 g a 0 ° o ro o> E" `° -0 o • ` o .- 0 c s c a s en d � }� • /�
_ 0 � v E o 3 E s z a E o a) -- u - a ° c4 tip
> 0 0 3
0 et " ...-
E n L E � 0 _ c ro -o o a. c 0 °` s "N 3 m . L.) c c ti
ro • a. 3 ro t O E 35 y M `V y m 74 i ¢ .A "a a 0 cd O
C.) a, -. .b c a n o ,•_, d 0 3 ` ' >° 0.) -0 0= N 71) 0
v a U . L "c °c° c n o o o Y o " 3 ^0 a Y op `° •a
c m al 0 0 w E o
1) s ro 0 c r 0 m e O
s c E CO j c O a� u) E 3 .c o .A N a c `� ° .c m =— ro v u) �e
.c O a c ^ c E c E° d °-) ° L °° E c "a O
a) o° s t. c o o a) p c p U ro A.° c ro fs, c
d 0 c- c Q s °° a) .. m i Hi I I1 i
1 Q - 0 0 1. 3
VD
• a) y. y G ai o c -0 C o s m o v e 0 0 a, 0 a- 00 at 4- ..
E -° 3 °' a o 0 -o U 3 d y. -o c° o ,._1 ,. ^N a a) C/) .. CZ C
^ E o' E s a v ro 0 L a) 0 s c a^ s a) r • a, 0 E U r �, }�..�
4) .. o _ 4) c° 4. s .b 4) ..c y 0, m U - E,' a •.^, o i�l C
t O al a.Fw a.....,sc yy a) W3 o s 0) a¢ E N c a
R. _ a) I c U a) a) a) o d a a ) 3 o v E �_ ro v m y ✓•
O s , O N c U ` E., °_c U L V C. M X y. E a c > X .`. 3 p
O u) ., �' V O y. 0) ... •> -Y ^ y O ° C7) 4) ,.. ro ° m a. c >,. ;N•4 Q
V a y 3 °' s y o -� ....^ c o o s a. c 0 _ s 4) o
O ^G co C 'O s O ^ >, r., - p 0 m M c 0 a) m a s c c 6)
^p ro s a 0 p "�"' ro t � 3 .A = ti 0 a ' s O ,.. cc s s ro ro Q/ ,
c^ U 0 E a? O a) V 0 O c ' W cJ 0 ` O O ) C .0 L • 4) • • ^ C'
a a E -o 0 ca ro a. s s E 7) - a) s o ti c a) 'C en
- -s Q o ^o °D ` a) v .° 3 o 0 a�j 7 �� o ° .E C
y y. s y., C ro O O Ll. i.; . "O S O a) E • s n° ec°n c o -a v -o x F 0-
o E E E
45 ( 1.) <
i 3 o cro y� o c c ro U y c v^ ro> ro E s� s0. ° a "° cri
y G "a) M 0 ..° ro . V 0 0 v . ) s s in «O U a. 3 vi 0 T
,,:-.`. - o a o s a t° a g F o °_" o N m c c c
.1 O cy -- m s y , a; 4 ro -. _ p. O) 0 p ca F o w .O ^O 3 O y '� cd - Z
• 75 y c s o m s o " s - o ,a) y a
• v v 3 a) -o F 4) o 3 m o "? ) U y v -° 3 a c °� 0.)
<
c on
G�: a � c c� m - o °. .� 'C CO s � s ro .E d c 0, 7 x ¢ E.L.
(1)
4) 7 MI ) y " a/ = a ) DD O "p s • V OA y a) ° 4) c
c . s s 0 m /��
a 0 ) o c • 3 s y. 3> 0+ • - C .� -o F c 0 `/
E a) a o a) ^ 05 0 o a) ro s o o .A 0" r.
a .x M - ro �1
o a ` ., v . , °^ v o te s° _ MI U b ° • � E E 71.1
i
s 0 3 ,� ro O) O E O, .. .c a cn C c 3 "p 0 C MI cn s 0 O
Z. s , a, ti. 0 °: . ro ts c a E - Cl.) c be c 0 c ,a c° b (/) cn
° u '.°
a! C vi - o " � m 'o c ° ) . .. c° C - o ti ▪ 'A s a) °p ro s ° A WO en be 0 o 4 0 c 0 7 . s v 0 eo Y ¢ a) c
i G c , . u) OD "C _ -0 -.. 4) ^ E c..., p a. c c 0 y. iii
c • i c o A!i 0. ° a ` ) D o s a0 d) y CU - ° o a c i 0. ,-' s s ¢ O " 6 E .0 a � ; E s N - 0 0 ` y ' c o n a > 1
.,o v a c 3 E a c c c _ E a c > -. c ca . , n � • 4
.b c= ro w •-•-• s °a. E F° • a E c 0 .0 o no t1.0 .1•4 b s c DD ° o O . .0 w O • 0 ° p C m O
u 15 c a a '3 y c c c c y � s o -� U 77 : >_ • c
v s �° c a) on d L E 0> a) ro" ` " °° :"=" O
N o 0 0) =° • s o • C o w 'c. E c.) E s - , to c °p n L. 3 0°. •- v
a d a c 7° m cd s E. ' E 0 c c. t d s a s o w E
y, 0 G o o - °p Z ° y. s 0 < a >> o o 0 0 "a)
in 0 0 cd ..a 3. E -1 ._ ,� i.: 3 '"0 a) C n o 0 0 E• c m s s 3
• 1