Stop two on Daisy's college tour: the University of Texas at Austin. We were greeted upon arrival at our hotel room with my name displayed on the TV. We quickly dumped our stuff in the room and ran to a restaurant to watch the Chiefs third visit to the Super Bowl in a row. It was a disappointing game and we didn't even get a picture.
Bright and early the next day we walked to "40 Acres," which is the moniker given to the original university because it sat on exactly 40 acres. Today the main campus comprises 431 acres.
We caught a view of The Tower on the way. It sits at the center of College Hill
Daisy got a personal slide while we were waiting to start our tour.
Littlefield Fountain was completed in 1933. There's a lot going on in this fountain: Columbia, the symbol of the American spirit, standing on the bow of a ship pulled by three mermen controlling hippocampi, or sea horses, an army soldier and a navy soldier, and inscriptions marking the date the US entered World War I and the ending WW I.
Each year in August the entire freshman class is invited to come here and their graduation year is lit up on the Main Building, affectionately called the Tower. In a full-circle moment the senior class is invited back in May, once again with their graduation year shining.
There is an inscription on the Tower from John 8:32 that reads, "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free."
The tower was originally a 27-floor library. Students would browse the card catalog and then submit their request, which was sent to the appropriate floor. Librarians on each floor would roller skate to find the book, then send it down by dumbwaiter.
The Capitol View Corridor ensures that one is able to see the Texas State Capitol while standing on College Hill.
The Hook 'em Horns hand sign was first used at a pep rally in 1955 inside Gregory Gym.
Daisy and I had a great trip. But the question still remains:
did the Horns hook Daisy?
[February 10]
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