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Originally Posted by Mean Gene
As a fellow Petroleum Engineer ('61 and 63), I've heard many of the "legends", especially since my family has Tech ties all athe way back to the class of '09 of which my grandmother was a member. But, I have to admit, I had not heard those. Where is the "old" hospital located? Is it actually on campus?
At any rate, my favorite legend is the one that's hard to dispute. That is...."every time a virgin walks by, the Lady of the Mist stands up".
Is it me, or does it seem like the the "Supernatural Events" associated with buildings on the Tech campus could be chalked up to poor maintenance?
How would you tie that in with the virgin scenario?Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinDawg
Well, I was referring to Mean Gene's list. As for the latter, I would have to defer to someone who's done more research in that field than myself.
Does such a person exist?Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinDawg
Bill - From what I've read, the original Biomedical building ( not the new $10.5 million one ) is standing where the old hospital once stood. I was told by some of the older Techsters in my family :D that Tech was given a $50k grant in the late 70's to remodel the old hospital so they used the foundation & exterior walls but gutted the interior to better accomodate academics. Guess the former "patients" didn't take kindly to that!! :shocked2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Pup60
BTW - great win over those "imitation" Bulldogs from Miss. tonight!!! :)
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Originally Posted by spoiledali
That rose garden is actually where the time capsule is located under four feet of concrete--I think it was put there during the Cold-War Era to preserve the records to show that there was indeed an elite university in North Louisiana
That is one awesome legend. If I were a prospective student, I'd be sold in a heartbeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech77
When it comes to legends like that, I really don't think USM has anything to compare to it. We've got some pretty cool traditions but nothing that touches that story.
Let's see. We had a live Golden Eagle at one time who would fly around the stadium before kick off. His name was Nugget. I believe he died tragically when everyone evacuated because of a hurricane and some moron forgot to take him with them and I think he starved to death. :furious3:
Oh, and if you thought Ole Miss was somewhat Racist, before we became The Golden Eagles, we were known as The Southerners and also The Confederates. We had a live mascot, General Nat. Named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest. I'll let you do a little research and find out what three initialed "exclusive club" he is generally credited for founding. :o
Thankfully, unlike our sisters to the North of us, we had the foresight and common sense to realize that this could be construed as EXTREMELY Offensive to some people and held a student vote to change the mascot decades ago. I think Ole Miss is getting around to it some time this year. I really hope they change it to Admiral Akbar. I might even like them a little bit if they run with that idea.
If my memory serves me correctly we also were the first major college in Mississippi to have an African American player on our team in the year 1970. His name was "Wee" Willie Heidelberg. He was an incredible running back. That year we faced Archie Manning and the Number 4 Team in the nation, Ole Miss. Heidelberg made their vaunted defense look like the Keystone Cops with the Three Stooges playing Linebackers. We beat them 30-14.
Their head coach, Johnny Vaught called it "The Worst Loss in Ole Miss History." After 3 days he suffered a heart attack and retired from coaching that year.
Sorry for yet another run on post but I love history, tradition, and football trivia.
That story of the brave bulldog and the fire got me to thinking about my own Alma Mater's traditions. We have a few. I don't think any school in the country could have as cool a story as that original heroic Louisiana Tech Bulldog.
Heck, We retired Bear Bryant and Johnny Vaught and I still don't think it is as cool as that bulldog and the fire.
Enjoy reading your posts -- keep writing!!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnonymousEagle
Thanks for the encouragement, Girldawg. Typically when I begin writing, sometimes I don't know when to quit. I'm so glad you LA Tech fans, have been enjoying it so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by girldawg
I in no way want to spark a debate, but if you actually do do your research, you'll find that the "club" he founded was not intended to do what it became later on, and what it's infamous for. In fact, once it started to move that way, he tried to disband it and when that failed, he resigned and denounced it.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnonymousEagle
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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
Correct!
I remember our professor had us read the story about how Tech's mascot and colors came to be. It doesn't get any better than that.
Absolutely not true. Ruston was founded in 1883...that's 18 years AFTER the Civil War ended. How could it have been a Confederate hospital?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mean Gene
The Stowe's Building was, indeed, a hospital. Not sure when it became one, but it stopped being one in 1966. I've been up there....last time in 1980...and the 2nd and 3rd floors were still pretty much a stocked hospital. Even found a patients' sign-in book in a reception area, last entry in 1966. Story is a ghost (patient who died there?) began haunting the hospital, and it got so bad that one day they evacuated the facility, never to return.
I saw all sorts of things in that place back in the late 70's.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by dawg80