The ags love to wrap themselves in the American flag and bleat about how their being "conservative" makes them better Americans.
We all know it was a liberal-minded federal welfare program (The Morrill Act of 1862) that lead to the establishment of the school. The liberal-minded Reconstructionist legislature of 1871 forced the school upon the people of Texas who believed they neither had the money to support the school or the need for the school. This in opposition to The University of Texas, an institution whose ideals have been cherished by Texans since the days of the Texas Republic and has long been revered for being the one institution that is truly "of, by, and for the people of Texas."
Curiously, for being such "highly educated" people, it seems the aggys have no clue what the purpose of the Morrill Act actually was. As set forth in Sec. 4 of the document the institution's stated mission is, was, and always has been "to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life." Liberal education. Clearly stated in the formational documents of the institution.
Today's Texas A&M is nothing like what Congress envisioned. The school has completely failed its own students, the people of Texas, and the American people to whom they are forever indebted for the liberal-minded financial welfare gift that established their institution.
The people of Texas and of our nation deserve better than Texas A&M.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/morrill-act#transcript