One of the most prominent personalities on the early campus was Antoinette (“Nettie”) Power Houston Bringhurst, seventh child of Sam Houston. Nettie Bringhurst was Historian and Poet Laureate of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was popular among the students and always eager to share information on the subjects that deeply interested her. Many, if not all, of the cadets would have been keen to learn about her father and family and their role in Texas history. The San Jacinto Day celebration, in which she undoubtedly played an enthusiastic role, was an important event on the early campus and may have influenced the evolution of the Muster tradition. Her husband, W. L. Bringhurst, was on the faculty from 1880 to 1893, teaching physics and English, and serving as vice president and acting president of the College. From “San Jacinto Corn,” by Nettie Bringhurst. April Blossoms offer incense, April breezes round us play, Just as, long ago they greeted That first San Jacinto Day. Who of us may paint the picture Of that wondrous battle scene— When an Army, built like magic, Met the foe on prairie green? Theirs the planting, ours the reaping; Theirs the struggle, ours the gain— For the heritage of Texas Dates from San Jacinto plain.