Under the Century Tree
by David Morefield
Title
Under the Century Tree
Artist
David Morefield
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Photograph - Photo
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View from under the Century Tree. Many lasting marriages started with a proposal under this tree on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It is a tradition at Texas A&M to propose to your girlfriend under this tree. Some of my upperclassmen proposed under this tree and then had us form a saber arch as they walked their fiancee' from under the tree. I guess there is some Aggie logic involved there, proposing while 12 guys stand by with swords, but none of the women ever seemed to mind. Of course for those of us who were not ready to propose, it was not a place that you would want to take your girlfriend for fear that she might get the wrong idea and get excited. No one knows for sure how old the Century Tree is, but hopefully it will live on to see the proposals of many more Aggies. Who knows? Maybe your son or daughter will find themselves under it's reaches.
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September 3rd, 2012
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