Who's the Dumbass?

I was behind a pickup this morning whose window had the proud proclamation; "Hey DUMBASSES Aggieville is in ATM."
Now, for those of you who have never been to Manhattan Kansas, the district right across from the campus is known as Aggieville. A google search will return only one Aggieville in the nation, the one in Manhattan.
So why is a district near the home of the Wildcats named for a rival team in Texas? Its not! Originally the mascot of Kansas State was the Aggie, short for agriculture, and a common name for many land grant universities of which KSU is the first.
The original University was Blue Mont Central College. Beginning with the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862 which established Land grant Universities to teach agriculture and military tactics, a drive was underway in Kansas to open such a school. The first bill was vetoed by the Governor, a Lawrence man. That may explain the grudge between the schools. In 1863, a resubmission of the bill was passed and Kansas State Agricultural College was born.
Texas A&M was founded in 1871 under the Morrill Act as well. Many such schools popped up over the next few decades, and all were known as aggies. The only ones to retain the named and make it famous are the A&M crowd of Texas.
Aggieville in Manhattan came to life as a result of the need for students to buy books. its a long walk to down town, and in the early years that is where students needed to go for books and other supplies. IN 1898, a dining hall and book store were built closer to campus. It was shut down in 1899, and in September of that year was purchased by a group of students and reopened. Aggieville blossomed around it, and is the oldest shopping district in Kansas. As far as historical firsts, it was also the site of some of the earliest collegiate sports riots in 1984 and 1986.
Eventually 70 schools were founded under the various versions of the Morrill act. After the Civil War, many black only schools were started as a result of it, to prevent discrimination based on skin tone. States were required to show that race was not a criteria, or open a seperate school for blacks.
While A&M was initially a men only school, K State accepted men and women equally from its opening. Both schools have a proud military heritage, but to A&Ms credit, they graduate more military officers then any other school except the service academies. As a military man, I respect that. I just wish they would have educated the dumbass I saw this morning.