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Classes began on October 4, 1876, with 40 students and 6 faculty members. Admission was limited to white males, and all students were required to participate in the [[Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets|Corps of Cadets]] and receive military training.<ref name="dethloff1617">{{Cite document| last = Dethloff | first = Henry C.|authorlink=Henry C. Dethloff | title =A Pictorial History of Texas A&M University, 1876–1976 | place=College Station, Texas, Texas | publisher =Texas A&M University Press | year =1975 |pages=16–17| postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> Enrollment climbed to 258 students before declining to 108 students in 1883, the year the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] opened in [[Austin, Texas]].<ref name="Adams16">{{Cite book|last=Adams Jr.|first=John A.|title=Keepers of the Spirit|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|page=16, table 1–1|year=2001|isbn=1-58544-127-9|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref> Though originally envisioned and annotated in the [[Texas Constitution]] as a branch of the [[University of Texas]], Texas A.M.C. had a separate Board of Directors from the University of Texas from the first day of classes and was never enveloped into the [[University of Texas System]].<ref name="handbook"/>
