Texas A&I Alumni Association - Texas A&I Alma Mater

TEXAS A&I UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER
Hail A&I! We pledge anew
Aims that are high,
Devotion deep and true.
And though we may part,
And though the years roll by,
Still loyal each heart
To A&I.
Performed by the Texas A&I University Pride of South Texas Band
"LEADERS OF THE PACK" (Javelinas Sculpture)
The Javelinas sculpture is the most recent addition to the A&I tradition. It was first proposed in 1964 when campus organizations asked that a sculpture be created and be placed in the circle at Santa Gertrudis and University Boulevard. Coach Steinke presented the College with the first check toward the creation of such a statue. However, it was not until 1986, when Dr. Eliseo Torres, himself a graduate of A&I, commissioned the bronze statue by an A&I art graduate named Armando Hinojosa of Laredo, Texas. The Texas A&I Alumni Association™ raised more than $70,000 for the statue. The statue called "Leaders of the Pack," was unveiled February 14, 1986, as a Texas Sesquicentennial event and as a part of the Conner Museum exhibit entitled "Armando Hinojosa: A 20 Year Retrospective."