re: #92 Gus 802

It’s a Texas A&M tradition:

The Corps welcomed* their first female members in the fall of 1974. At the time, the women were segregated into a special unit, known as W-1, and suffered harassment from many of their male counterparts.[9][10] Women were initially prohibited from serving in leadership positions or in the more elite Corps units such as the Band and the Ross Volunteers. These groups were opened to female participation in fall of 1985, following a federal court decision in a class-action lawsuit filed by a female cadet; five years later, female-only units were eliminated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University_Corps_of_Cadets

* that should read “welcomed”