the texas monthly article with thousands of words omit this irrefutable fact: aggy would have to be separated from The University by amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas before it could be folded in https://aggypedia.com/aggypedia/texas-am-university/history-of-texas-am-university/#Branch_College_Status +++ To be precise, Texas A&M is a branch of The University of Texas at Austin by fact that the college was designated as a branch of The University of Texas by the Texas Constitution of 1876. From 1876 to 1967, nothing was ever done to sever the college’s status as a branch of The University of Texas. In 1967, the name of The University of Texas was changed to The University of Texas at Austin. Even during the creation and development of the University of Texas System, the status of the agricultural branch college was never addressed, so the status of Texas A&M as a branch of UT Austin remains unchanged to this day. The state legislature took up the issue in 1915 and crafted the Sackett Amendment (House Joint Resolution 34). The Sackett Amendment legally separated the two institutions, established a tax similar to the one proposed in 1911, and received the support of UT and A&M representatives. In the end, the legislation was passed by the legislature but the citizens defeated the constitutional proposition. The two governing boards again joined forces with the Legislature in 1919 to draft yet another proposed constitutional amendment. House Joint Resolution 29 separated the two institutions and gave A&M one-third and UT two-thirds of the university endowment. Far fewer citizens participated, but the results were the same. The people voted against the proposition. By 1920, efforts to separate the two institutions were right where they were in 1909. Since 1920, whenever the subject of separating the two institutions has been brought up, those loyal to Texas A&M have refused to allow the subject to even be discussed in the legislature. A&M’s “little brother” status as a branch of The University of Texas, once a point of contention, seems to be something those loyal to A&M have come to hold quite near and dear and it seems clear they will never readily give it up. To this day, no constitutional amendment to separate the two institutions has been approved by the voters and constitutionally, Texas A&M University remains a branch of the University of Texas of Austin. +++ end of line