The Legend of the Bulldog

By: Hunter Spillers
OSL #530

Lying here beneath this seal
Donned with red and blue
Is a faithful friend whom is dear to us
Whose spirit remains forever true
For on that fateful day
in the autumn of '99
Began a legend
Steeped in tradition
That withstands the hands of time
He rest among his commrades
To whom he gave his life
Names embedded in the ground
Paying homage to his strife
He leads the path flanked with pillars
On which each Techster treads
His heart may beat no more
But his soul is never dead
So now a century later
We recall his epic tale
It began in the autumn of '99
At the stroke of the Old Main bell
On the day this story started
It began like any other day
A chilly morning in Louisiana
filled with fog and grey
Constant scratching at the window
By branches on which no leaves remain
Fraternal brethen arise
For a day of class again
Arthur, James, and Jesse,
George, and Daniel too
Quickly enrobe in light jackets
Their letters worn proud and true
With haste they grab some buttered biscuits
And slather on peach jam
Graciously provided by Mrs. Stubbs
She made it all by hand
They thank the landlord's misses
And make their way out the door
Embarking on their journey
Not knowing what's in store
They pause a moment on the porch
Thanking the Lord for daily bread
And sincerely asking for His guidance
In the day ahead
Unknowingly their small prayer
Broke through Heaven's floor
God's plan for this gloomy day
Will shine for evermore
The walk through the woods
Took the men several minutes
Above the rustling of the leaves
They heard the train roar in the distance
Breaking through the dense fog
They near the majestic building
High and mighty in red brick
Its presence is unyielding
Up upon the pediment
Painted in dark blue
Bears the name of their alma mater
Louisiana Industrial Institute
Past the mighty columns
And through the heavy oak door
Down the hallway they ran
Up to the second floor
The aroma of fresh paint
Made the Old Main come alive
After all she was quite young
She was built in '95
In the classroom stood the professor
Waiting patiently
In the desks sat the brothers
Panting heavily
The professor's dark beard hung low
Resting on his chest
He looked dapper in his grey suit
And his burgundy vest
Out the window the fog had cleared
Revealing an autumn scene
Bursts of orange and yellow
Without a sign of green
On their fists they rest their chins
And their tired and heavy heads
While being taught philosophy
They dreamed of playing ball outside instead
As the lecture reached its end
The guys grabbed their books and went
Hurridly they left Old Main
Where half of their day was spent
Stepping into the Quad
the men are warmly greeted
By the Methodist reverend who crossed their path
And asks them to be seated
The humble reverend is on a mission
He calls it a Holy Quests
He prays for the souls on the campus
And asks them for any requests
They all speak of their loved ones
Asking for their protection
Hopeful for the day they'd make it back
Before the winter session
In silence the men sat
As the preacher prayed over them
Talking to God so beautifully
It sounded like a hymn
He bids the men fare well
As he continues on his way
He thanks them for sitting a spell
As he spoke to Jesus this day
They pull a pigskin out their bag
And make mad dashes across the Quad
Playfully the men tear up
the freshly dampened sod
Inspite of their hungry bellies
The men keep at the game
Forgetting the dinner Mrs. Stubbs had packed
And it caused them great shame
As the sun slowly faded
Behind the nobel trees
Once their dinner had cooled
Back to the house for supper the men flee
The Old Main bell sounded
Announcing the end of the day
And the train whistle blew loudly
Off to the West it made its way
And to the South the men scurry
By the bleak and dissmal light
When in the woods the men were frightened
By a short creature in sight
They came upon the creature
To discover he meant no harm
It was only a playful Bulldog
That had a certain charm
After the guys calm their nerves
George and Daniel unanimously settle
To give the hungry dog the stew sent with them
from Mrs. Stubbs' large, black kettle
Lapping up the cold stew
The rest decide not to risk it
And so they give their new buddy
What's left of their old biscuits
While nearly in the darkness
The men think best not to linger
They pat the dog on the head
In return he licks their fingers
The men brush it off their shoulders
They think nothing more of the situation
Little did they know that their new friend
Would soon be the father of the Bulldog nation
Nestled sweetly past the tree line
Within the fields of cotton
The house stood quaintly among the chemney smoke
An image soon to be forgotten
The guys reach the front door
And courteously remove their boots
Making their way into their rooms
They don their union suits
While Mrs. Stubbs in the kitchen
Cries to her husband for help
Because outside the kitchen window
Stood a dog with a disturbing yelp
The guys exclaimed, "don't shoot him!"
As Mr. Stubbs came with his gun to kill it
"We met this dog in the woods
Would you mind if he stayed a bit"
All was well with the Stubbs
The poor fellow is a stray
It'll be far too cold for him tonight
In the kitchen he may stay
From rags they made their new friend
a warm and cozy bed
infront of the wood burning stove
a nice place to rest his head
They gave him a pat on the back
And scratch behind his ears
Then went to their rooms and off to bed
While he wag his little tail with cheer
While in bed they bow their heads
Realizing as they pray
Quite a few uncommon happenings
For such an ordinary day
But they drift off to sleep
thinking nothing more
with the dog asleep in the kitchen
the only sound a snore
That night something happened
That no one can quite recall
Smoke filled every room
With no one awakened at all
In the darkness of the night
Stood there in a blaze
Amid the ivory field of cotton
The house in a golden haze
It was the days before alarms and sirens
There was nothing there to wake them
Deep in the woods the house was hidden
From those deemed fit to save them
Down the hallway
The little dog trudged
Into each bedroom
Giving every sheet a good tug
He even climbed up the stairs
To wake up the Stubbs
They each come out one by one
Thankful for the day
Leaving everything inside the burning house
Including their friend they found a stray
Each face was coated black
Broken by their tears' streams
Searching frantically for their hero
But he was nowhere to be seen
Beneath the charred rubble
Within the house's nave
Lay the small dog like a burnt offering
His friends for to save
He seemed so peaceful
Deep in his dreamless sleep
His body nearly untouched
By the fire's intense heat
Without a word spoken
They knew what was to be done
The hero deserved a proper burial
Back where they met they would run
Carrying the lifeless body
The men breakdown crying
Nothing breaks a man's heart
Like a dear friend dying
They ran for what seemed an enturnity
Back to that stately tree
Cleared the ground beneath them
And solemnly took a knee
George removed his blue coat
Then James removed his coat of red
They wrapped the dog's little paws
And then they wrapped his head
Then Jesse, Arthur, and Daniel
quickly dug with their battered hands
What will forever be their dear friend's eternal bed
In the stillness of the moment
the men continually sobbed
When in the whistle of the wind
They looked up to the sky and talked to God
Their hearts cried out in pain
But in thanksgiving for this dog
What began as a brief acquaintance
Came to save us afterall
Thank You God for the friends
That we meet along the way
And may this friend be remembered
Forever from this day
Here at this graveside
Where our precious dog lays his head
What once was Louisiana Industrial Institute
Is now Louisiana Tech instead
No longer under the oak tree
He rests now beneth the untimely clock
In Centennial Plaza
Where all our students flock
Forever inspiring hearts of the faithful
Of the dear ole Red and Blue
As we raise our finger for the One
Whose Bulldog pride is ever true
May we remember the Love and Loyalty
displayed by our dear friend
And may the spirit of the Bulldog
Remain until the very end.

hope ya'll enjoyed it. talking with a publishing company perhaps some day you can buy a copy at the bookstore.

That is so beautiful it brought me to tears! Awesome. Brilliant. Thank you!

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Good, but he's not under the seal, even if you change the story and say we dug up his body from under the oak tree and reburied him (ewww). I hate the buried under the seal myth...

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

Good, but he's not under the seal, even if you change the story and say we dug up his body from under the oak tree and reburied him (ewww). I hate the buried under the seal myth...

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Actually, considering the main electrical "crypt" for the east part of campus is under the clock tower its kind of got a little bit of twist to it:idea2:

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Good, but he's not under the seal, even if you change the story and say we dug up his body from under the oak tree and reburied him (ewww). I hate the buried under the seal myth...

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That had me laughing this morning. Yeah sounds gross.

GREAT POEM! Thanks for sharing that! Yeah, there are a few twists, but all handed down traditions have that. VERY NICE!

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Good, but he's not under the seal, even if you change the story and say we dug up his body from under the oak tree and reburied him (ewww). I hate the buried under the seal myth...

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yea....kinda like the myth about the Lady of the Mist. How people believe she's some amazing symbol of welcome to the campus when in all actuality she just has a nice set for the president to stare at when he's bored in his office. :shocked2: hey we could find ways to contradict all of our traditions or we could be nobel tech fans and respect them.

"under the seal" thing isn't really a tradition though is it? Didn't Porter start that in, uh, 2004?

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"under the seal" thing isn't really a tradition though is it? Didn't Porter start that in, uh, 2004?

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It has to start sometime. All traditions have a start date. It is just a "new" tradition. :icon_wink:

The Plaza wasnt always the Plaza. It was Arizona Street until 1994.

And before it was a paved, public right-of-way, it was woods.

And that, class, is how the Bulldog was buried under a tree and is now beneath the seal.

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"under the seal" thing isn't really a tradition though is it? Didn't Porter start that in, uh, 2004?

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Hope so, I'd hate to think the put the old Harper parking lot over the top of the bulldog. When I came to Tech it was the told us it was under the Lady of The Mist and the oak that stood there burned down when the old admin building burnt down.

The admission/orientation people need to pick a story and stick to it. Can't pass into lore if you change the story every 5 years

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yea....kinda like the myth about the Lady of the Mist. How people believe she's some amazing symbol of welcome to the campus when in all actuality she just has a nice set for the president to stare at when he's bored in his office. :shocked2: hey we could find ways to contradict all of our traditions or we could be nobel tech fans and respect them.

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Yeah and you just contradicted it in poem form; that was not the original tradition. When I went through Orientation in 2000; the OSL said no one knows where the original bulldog is buried and added his own thoughts that it might be under the seal in Centennial Plaza.

Which is better to me than incorrectly saying he IS in Centennial Plaza. It's too easy to disprove; according to the original legend he was buried under an oak tree and unless their was an tree in the middle of a street (aka what Centennial Plaza used to be) he's not their.

It's a good poem, but this is one of the few myths/stories/traditions that I think every Tech fan hold near and dear and when you take a few liberties or twists with it don't be surprised when they are called out.

For instances, in the original story, the bulldog woke everyone up except one student, they were all outside, including the dog when they realized this and the dog went running back into the flaming house. The last student came stumbling out minutes later but the dog did not return.

Instead of the dog going back into the flames the poem makes it sound like everyone got out and the dog just couldn't get out or was left by the occupants.

http://www.latech.edu/fye/legend.shtml

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Originally Posted by Champ967

The Plaza wasnt always the Plaza. It was Arizona Street until 1994.

Before it was a paved right-of-way, it was woods.

And that, class, is how the Bulldog was buried under a tree and is now beneath the seal.

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Actually the old Arizona Street was there pre-Tech except it went all the way through to the state Hwy that is now part of Barnett Springs better look at the old street maps and topography layouts of Ruston.

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Originally Posted by Champ967

The Plaza wasnt always the Plaza. It was Arizona Street until 1994.

And before it was a paved, public right-of-way, it was woods.

And that, class, is how the Bulldog was buried under a tree and is now beneath the seal.

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So the bulldog's final resting place was torn up and disturbed when the street and utilities were laid and again when the Centennial plaza was made? :shocked2:

Man, some of you guys are butchering this great poem that sounds really nice. Just relax. It sounds great!

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Originally Posted by champion110

Man, some of you guys are butchering this great poem that sounds really nice. Just relax. It sounds great!

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No I will not relax. This should be one of Tech's sacred stories, protected and preserved. NOT slowly twisted and changed by every new set of OSL's that come through. One day I'll come to Tech with my kids and hear an OSL telling the tale of how in 1899 the first bulldog saved everyone from the fire in Old Main (Jan. 7th 1936) and is now buried beneath the State-T in the middle of Joe Aillet! :furious3:

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

No I will not relax. This should be one of Tech's sacred stories, protected and preserved. NOT slowly twisted and changed by every new set of OSL's that come through. One day I'll come to Tech with my kids and hear an OSL telling the tale of how in 1899 the first bulldog saved everyone from the fire in Old Main (Jan. 7th 1936) and is now buried beneath the State-T in the middle of Joe Aillet! :furious3:

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HEY! That sounds good! Under the Bronz Bulldog that the players touch running out would be even cooler. :D

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

No I will not relax. This should be one of Tech's sacred stories, protected and preserved. NOT slowly twisted and changed by every new set of OSL's that come through. One day I'll come to Tech with my kids and hear an OSL telling the tale of how in 1899 the first bulldog saved everyone from the fire in Old Main (Jan. 7th 1936) and is now buried beneath the State-T in the middle of Joe Aillet! :furious3:

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I agree. Pick a spot and leave it, whether its the actual spot or not and whether the story is true or not, it makes it less of a tradition when it gets changed all the time

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Originally Posted by champion110

HEY! That sounds good! Under the Bronz Bulldog that the players touch running out would be even cooler. :D

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Until they revamp in a couple of years for the supposed south endzone project and it starts all over again:argue:

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Originally Posted by champion110

HEY! That sounds good! Under the Bronz Bulldog that the players touch running out would be even cooler. :D

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Watch it...:icon_razz:

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Watch it...:icon_razz:

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This would make an interesting thread to print out and send to admissions. All the stories the OSL keep telling makes it sound more like a Stephen King movie because the dog keeps coming back and getting buried all over campus.:laugh:

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Originally Posted by B.R.Bulldog

This would make an interesting thread to print out and send to admissions. All the stories the OSL keep telling makes it sound more like a Stephen King movie because the dog keeps coming back and getting buried all over campus.:laugh:

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Now, I have NEVER liked your posts (detested most of them), but you finally posted something funny. :icon_wink:

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Watch it...:icon_razz:

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Actually, we could say the Bulldog is actually inside the bronze Bulldog. :D:D:D

The bulldog was buried underneath Dawgzilla.

No it's not. It was there this year. It's been moved under the intramural center. Wight under the second bowling alley.

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

No I will not relax. This should be one of Tech's sacred stories, protected and preserved. NOT slowly twisted and changed by every new set of OSL's that come through. One day I'll come to Tech with my kids and hear an OSL telling the tale of how in 1899 the first bulldog saved everyone from the fire in Old Main (Jan. 7th 1936) and is now buried beneath the State-T in the middle of Joe Aillet! :furious3:

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don't be so condescending. it's a legend it's going to be twisted. chill out man. unless i'm mistaken the Old Main didn't have a bell either and i doubt the boarding house was in a cotton field, and who's to say a preacher didn't come and talk to them that day? and the five guys used to be unknown but i gave them names to make it more real. they are names of pasts presidents. and the Stubbs are the family that donated the plot of land that Tech is built on. did they stay in their house....i doubt it. but it sounds good in the poem and i think it enhances the legend. it's a way to tell Tech history to a campus that's about 90% in the dark about this legend. mainly because they missed that day of orientation because they were too drunk from the frat party the night before. i mean good lord you're like the kid in grammar school that tells the little kids that santa isn't real. don't be a dbag and don't degrade the OSL position because we're some of the most passionate students at Tech and it's through us and basically only us that our traditions are passed down because fans like you don't like to own up to the traditions they don't like.

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Originally Posted by osl530

don't be so condescending. it's a legend it's going to be twisted. chill out man. unless i'm mistaken the Old Main didn't have a bell either and i doubt the boarding house was in a cotton field, and who's to say a preacher didn't come and talk to them that day? but it sounds good in the poem and i think it enhances the legend. i mean good lord you're like the kid in grammar school that tells the little kids that santa isn't real.

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Twisted is an understatement Champion110's clients have less problems than the Bulldog Story. I know bad example but you get where we're coming. The legend has changed 4 or five times since we've graduated and we haven't been gone that long

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don't be so condescending. it's a legend it's going to be twisted. chill out man. unless i'm mistaken the Old Main didn't have a bell either and i doubt the boarding house was in a cotton field, and who's to say a preacher didn't come and talk to them that day? but it sounds good in the poem and i think it enhances the legend. i mean good lord you're like the kid in grammar school that tells the little kids that santa isn't real.

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Hey I have no problem with the additions that can't be confirmed or denied (old main bell, boarding house location, preacher, playing football in the quad) their's alot of embellishment that can go on but lets get a few areas of the story in concrete so that no matter what is added those elements stay the same and are based on a true event. Check out Tech's First Year Experience website for what I think is the best base story http://www.latech.edu/fye/legend.shtml The main story is less than 400 words; I can get it down to 15 points that should remain the same no matter what,

1. 5 Tech Students
2. Fall of 1899
3. Heading home from class
4. Find bulldog under tree on edge of campus
5. Bulldog follows them home
6. Sleeps overnight
7. Fire breaks out
8. Bulldog goes room to room tugging sheets to wake up everyone
9. Everyone escapes except one student
10. Bulldog goes back into burning house
11. Last student comes out
12. Bulldog never exits house
13. Found dead next day
14. Buried in red & blue jackets under tree where they first met
15. Tree location UNKNOWN

Add all the detail's you want, heck make it Halloween and they're dressed up like characters from the Wizard of Oz (which I guess wouldn't work since it was written in 1900 :laugh:), but don't violate those main points and I think everyone will be happy. Sorry if I rained on your parade...

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Originally Posted by osl530

don't be so condescending. it's a legend it's going to be twisted. chill out man. unless i'm mistaken the Old Main didn't have a bell either and i doubt the boarding house was in a cotton field, and who's to say a preacher didn't come and talk to them that day? and the five guys used to be unknown but i gave them names to make it more real. they are names of pasts presidents. and the Stubbs are the family that donated the plot of land that Tech is built on. did they stay in their house....i doubt it. but it sounds good in the poem and i think it enhances the legend. it's a way to tell Tech history to a campus that's about 90% in the dark about this legend. mainly because they missed that day of orientation because they were too drunk from the frat party the night before. i mean good lord you're like the kid in grammar school that tells the little kids that santa isn't real. don't be a dbag and don't degrade the OSL position because we're some of the most passionate students at Tech and it's through us and basically only us that our traditions are passed down because fans like you don't like to own up to the traditions they don't like.

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so you're going to educate that "90%" by telling them lies?
Yep, real smart there.

And then degrade them by saying they're all drunken idiots?

Batting a .1000 here.

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

Hey I have no problem with the additions that can't be confirmed or denied (old main bell, boarding house location, preacher, playing football in the quad) their's alot of embellishment that can go on but lets get a few areas of the story in concrete so that no matter what is added those elements stay the same and are based on a true event. Check out Tech's First Year Experience website for what I think is the best base story http://www.latech.edu/fye/legend.shtml The main story is less than 400 words; I can get it down to 15 points that should remain the same no matter what,

1. 5 Tech Students
2. Fall of 1899
3. Heading home from class
4. Find bulldog under tree on edge of campus
5. Bulldog follows them home
6. Sleeps overnight
7. Fire breaks out
8. Bulldog goes room to room tugging sheets to wake up everyone
9. Everyone escapes except one student
10. Bulldog goes back into burning house
11. Last student comes out
12. Bulldog never exits house
13. Found dead next day
14. Buried in red & blue jackets under tree where they first met
15. Tree location UNKNOWN

Add all the detail's you want, heck make it Halloween and they're dressed up like characters from the Wizard of Oz (which I guess wouldn't work since it was written in 1900 :laugh:), but don't violate those main points and I think everyone will be happy. Sorry if I rained on your parade...

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to be honest, that's all you really need to know!

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Originally Posted by JuBru

to be honest, that's all you really need to know!

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You would think that JuBru, but its been so embellished so many times its getting to the point its going to effect whether people believe the story as a whole

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You would think that JuBru, but its been so embellished so many times its getting to the point its going to effect whether people believe the story as a whole

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Hence why yoh only need to know that. The story is spectacular without the embellishments. It gets cheapened with them.

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You would think that JuBru, but its been so embellished so many times its getting to the point its going to effect whether people believe the story as a whole

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ok ya'll are taking this to a whole other level. i don't know how far ya'll got in literature class but ya'll are missing the point of the "LEGEND". this is a story about friendship and loyalty, and above Tech pride. Those are the only facts of the story set in concrete so quit all this nonsense and accept the story for what it is.

i mean i grew up being indoctrinated with trivial LSU traditions because my grandmother was a proud LSU alumni who took honor in sharing with me the stories of their traditions. she wasn't a skeptic about it, she was only happy to share what she felt in her heart about her alma mater. and i was completely unaware that Tech fans had this kind of mentality to completely bash an honored Tech legend and pick it a part like this. take pride in your school's traditions and quit all this belly aching.

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ok ya'll are taking this to a whole other level. i don't know how far ya'll got in literature class but ya'll are missing the point of the "LEGEND". this is a story about friendship and loyalty, and above Tech pride. Those are the only facts of the story set in concrete so quit all this nonsense and accept the story for what it is.

i mean i grew up being indoctrinated with trivial LSU traditions because my grandmother was a proud LSU alumni who took honor in sharing with me the stories of their traditions. she wasn't a skeptic about it, she was only happy to share what she felt in her heart about her alma mater. and i was completely unaware that Tech fans had this kind of mentality to completely bash an honored Tech legend and pick it a part like this. take pride in your school's traditions and quit all this belly aching.

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I loved it and took it for what it is.

Do y'all think Forrest Gump actually met JFK and invented the smiley face?

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Originally Posted by qng001

The bulldog was buried underneath Dawgzilla.

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He couldn't have been buried under Dawgzilla because Dewayne's creek never dries up.

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Originally Posted by dawgmatic

i loved it and took it for what it is.

Do y'all think forrest gump actually met jfk and invented the smiley face?

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thank you

I love it too, Dawgmatic!

Osl,
Don't take us too seriously. You wrote a beautiful piece and it deserves praise. I think some just don't want the tradition to get so embellished for fear that it becomes unbelievable. We all love Tech and all the traditions and stories that go with it.

I think we need to lighten up and enjoy it. Please don't question our loyalty or "want" for traditions to continue, though. This can be a tough group, but we all love Tech and it is obvious that you do, as well.

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ok ya'll are taking this to a whole other level. i don't know how far ya'll got in literature class but ya'll are missing the point of the "LEGEND". this is a story about friendship and loyalty, and above Tech pride. Those are the only facts of the story set in concrete so quit all this nonsense and accept the story for what it is.

i mean i grew up being indoctrinated with trivial LSU traditions because my grandmother was a proud LSU alumni who took honor in sharing with me the stories of their traditions. she wasn't a skeptic about it, she was only happy to share what she felt in her heart about her alma mater. and i was completely unaware that Tech fans had this kind of mentality to completely bash an honored Tech legend and pick it a part like this. take pride in your school's traditions and quit all this belly aching.

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The legend already established, even with the obvious embellishments by others- you changed it. Bravo for a good story, but if your going to push it to be a sellable item or whatever, it doesn't need all of that. Just tell the story.

LSU has traditions? (rhetorical)

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don't be so condescending. it's a legend it's going to be twisted. chill out man. unless i'm mistaken the Old Main didn't have a bell either and i doubt the boarding house was in a cotton field, and who's to say a preacher didn't come and talk to them that day? and the five guys used to be unknown but i gave them names to make it more real. they are names of pasts presidents. and the Stubbs are the family that donated the plot of land that Tech is built on. did they stay in their house....i doubt it. but it sounds good in the poem and i think it enhances the legend. it's a way to tell Tech history to a campus that's about 90% in the dark about this legend. mainly because they missed that day of orientation because they were too drunk from the frat party the night before. i mean good lord you're like the kid in grammar school that tells the little kids that santa isn't real. don't be a dbag and don't degrade the OSL position because we're some of the most passionate students at Tech and it's through us and basically only us that our traditions are passed down because fans like you don't like to own up to the traditions they don't like.

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FANS LIKE ME?!?! Wow, you need to slow your role, you have no idea who I am or what I've done for this university but decide to jump to the conclusion that because I don't like YOUR version (not to be confused with TECH'S version) of the Bulldog Legend I am a horrible fan.

Don't be condescending?!? I said your poem was good except for the seal part, you come back at me with this sarcastic remark

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I do respect the Tech traditions, heck I helped start some, and I've seen some crash and burn. The quickest way to kill this tradition/legend will be to over embellish and make the students feel dumb for believing in it.

Then you tell me not to be a dbag and go on to basically degrade everyone who's not an OSL?!?

I'll admit I did take a dig at OSL's changing the story; but that's not their fault I blame the admin (recruiting, admissions, housing; whoever is over OSL's) for not setting this in stone and allowing the tweaks to happen. And OSL's do not walk on water, most that I know have never been back to a Tech sporting event or alumni event.

I never went to orientation. But I heard the bulldog legend through my good buddy who wasn't an OSL. But here was my reaction upon reading your poem:

"Fantastic poem. Lot of work put into it! But, I thought the thing was buried under a tree...?"

No offense there. I respect what you do, but I honestly thought it was buried under a tree.

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I never went to orientation. But I heard the bulldog legend through my good buddy who wasn't an OSL. But here was my reaction upon reading your poem:

"Fantastic poem. Lot of work put into it! But, I thought the thing was buried under a tree...?"

No offense there. I respect what you do, but I honestly thought it was buried under a tree.

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And that's where the story should end!!

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FANS LIKE ME?!?! Wow, you need to slow your role, you have no idea who I am or what I've done for this university but decide to jump to the conclusion that because I don't like YOUR version (not to be confused with TECH'S version) of the Bulldog Legend I am a horrible fan.

Don't be condescending?!? I said your poem was good except for the seal part, you come back at me with this sarcastic remark

I do respect the Tech traditions, heck I helped start some, and I've seen some crash and burn. The quickest way to kill this tradition/legend will be to over embellish and make the students feel dumb for believing in it.

Then you tell me not to be a dbag and go on to basically degrade everyone who's not an OSL?!?

I'll admit I did take a dig at OSL's changing the story; but that's not their fault I blame the admin (recruiting, admissions, housing; whoever is over OSL's) for not setting this in stone and allowing the tweaks to happen. And OSL's do not walk on water, most that I know have never been back to a Tech sporting event or alumni event.

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man i didn't mean what i said i was just caught in a moment. i just wasn't expecting such harsh comments over something i thought was pretty simply laid out. it wasn't meant to rewrite history it was only meant to make tech fans feel good. i mean if you knew the true story of paul reveere you'd think differently about the nice poem written about him. that's all i'm saying.

Ask anyone who specializes in folktales, legends, and lore and you will discover that there are a dozen and a half versions of every story that has been handed down. This is silly. True legends are organic and evolve with their current circumstances. There will be a standard story that never changes and a few parts that ebb and flow.

Everybody take a deep breath, remember that we are all on the same team, and have a merry freakin Christmas already!

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i mean if you knew the true story of paul reveere you'd think differently about the nice poem written about him.

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Had a little horsey named Paul Revere.
Just me and my horsey and a quart of beer.

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Ask anyone who specializes in folktales, legends, and lore and you will discover that there are a dozen and a half versions of every story that has been handed down. This is silly. True legends are organic and evolve with their current circumstances. There will be a standard story that never changes and a few parts that ebb and flow.

Everybody take a deep breath, remember that we are all on the same team, and have a merry freakin Christmas already!

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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good job, Osl! And, don't worry........ We ALL get defensive from time to time. Gotta have a tough skin on here. When all is said and done, though, we stick together. I hope you become a regular poster. We need passionate fans like you. Welcome to the group. I think your initiation is over. :icon_wink:

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Had a little horsey named Paul Revere.
Just me and my horsey and a quart of beer.

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I don't think that's the nice little poem he meant. But when you throw out a classic like that you have to include a link.

You should know better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_PQ52SCDQE

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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good job, Osl! And, don't worry........ We ALL get defensive from time to time. Gotta have a tough skin on here. When all is said and done, though, we stick together. I hope you become a regular poster. We need passionate fans like you. Welcome to the group. I think your initiation is over. :icon_wink:

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sssooooo....just so we're clear.....ya'll liked the poem just touchy about where it ended???

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sssooooo....just so we're clear.....ya'll liked the poem just touchy about where it ended???

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I liked the poem fine and the poetic license you took is fine with me too.

Kind of reminded me of another poem about another legend...

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
by Clement Clarke Moore


'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;

And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."

God only knows how much stuff Clement Moore made up about Santa. :icon_wink:

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I liked the poem fine and the poetic license you took is fine with me too.

Kind of reminded me of another poem about another legend...

God only knows how much stuff Clement Moore made up about Santa. :icon_wink:

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wow....i actually got this one in a christmas card from my nieces and it inspired me to write this....very good observation my friend! lol

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wow....i actually got this one in a christmas card from my nieces and it inspired me to write this....very good observation my friend! lol

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This is rediculous....nice poem...at least 90% of my kids attended all of their orientation sessions, including one NFL D-Lineman prospect, so they got the most current version of the story from me in 06 (has it been that long?)...we also have a very passionate person in charge of our OSL's right now, and he has been known to occasionally post on here, and frequently lurk....and for the cat that said that OSL's don't go to Alumni Events or Sporting Events, there have been at least 530 OSL's, and I'd bet that 75% are members of them are in the Alumni Assoication and that half are LTAC members, stack that up against general population.....

#478
Keep throwing starfish 530....

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sssooooo....just so we're clear.....ya'll liked the poem just touchy about where it ended???

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I was even okay with the end. Some were not. Poetic liscense can be a good thing. You are a great writer and the whole poem brought a tear to my eye. Can't ask for more than that!

I have no problem with the poem written by a passionate fan that embellishes and enhances the legend of the bulldog. I have a problem with this being taught by an OSL (Official Louisiana Tech rep) to new students as an alternate to the original legend. If you want to make a nice poster with the poem and a picture of an old bulldog on it and sell it at the bookstore that's fine; I'd probably buy one for my office. But what the OSL's tell incoming students needs to be consistent and have the uncertainty of unknown grave and unknown students; that way it gives room for each person to embellish a little and make the story their own if they want.

And 809, you're right that does stack up well against the general population, but this board is not the general population and calling people out as not passionate Tech fans will get you a bad rep real quick, also I'm not a cat...

*TWEEEET* IMMA BULLDOG IMMA BULLDOG IMMA BULLDOG!!!!

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I have no problem with the poem written by a passionate fan that embellishes and enhances the legend of the bulldog. I have a problem with this being taught by an OSL (Official Louisiana Tech rep) to new students as an alternate to the original legend. If you want to make a nice poster with the poem and a picture of an old bulldog on it and sell it at the bookstore that's fine; I'd probably buy one for my office. But what the OSL's tell incoming students needs to be consistent and have the uncertainty of unknown grave and unknown students; that way it gives room for each person to embellish a little and make the story their own if they want.

And 809, you're right that does stack up well against the general population, but this board is not the general population and calling people out as not passionate Tech fans will get you a bad rep real quick, also I'm not a cat...

*TWEEEET* IMMA BULLDOG IMMA BULLDOG IMMA BULLDOG!!!!

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well sorry we take them to the seal and tell them the story, because it's understood around campus now that that is believed to be the spot. sorry if it goes against the way you heard but that's the way the cookie crumbled. we don't go into near as much detail tho because it's hella hot in the middle of the plaza in july, believe it or not. you're supposed to walk around it too or else you'll fail your next exam. :(

You walk around it because you can slip and fall on the tiles when it's wet.

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You walk around it because you can slip and fall on the tiles when it's wet.

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well in that case you avoid the plaza at all cost cuz the whole dang things a hazzard. anything over an inch of rain you can float to class which makes no sense since we're on a hill but whatev.

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well sorry we take them to the seal and tell them the story, because it's understood around campus now that that is believed to be the spot. sorry if it goes against the way you heard but that's the way the cookie crumbled. we don't go into near as much detail tho because it's hella hot in the middle of the plaza in july, believe it or not. you're supposed to walk around it too or else you'll fail your next exam. :(

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I walked over that spot a thousand times when I was a student and graduated with a 4.0 and was the outstanding grad in 94':laugh:. Disproves that myth doesn't it. In fact the old sidewalk from the front of Harper to the student union went right through the center of were the seal is.

And as any of my fellow alumni can tell you that can also remember that's the exact spot that the sewer main from Harper busted back in 93' and flooded the front parking lot of Harper and the entire east end of the post office.:laugh:

Confession: a few of the fellas and myself used to slide across the seal when it rained. There... I feel better now.

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I walked over that spot a thousand times when I was a student and graduated with a 4.0 and was the outstanding grad in 94':laugh:. Disproves that myth doesn't it. In fact the old sidewalk from the front of Harper to the student union went right through the center of were the seal is.

And as any of my fellow alumni can tell you that can also remember that's the exact spot that the sewer main from Harper busted back in 93' and flooded the front parking lot of Harper and the entire east end of the post office.:laugh:

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that's gross.....
but if there is any truth to the story of the dog i'm pretty sure it's decomposed after 100 years in louisiana humidity

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that's gross.....
but if there is any truth to the story of the dog i'm pretty sure it's decomposed after 100 years in louisiana humidity

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Hope so the sewer system in that area is older than Tech. The fact that Arizona went right over the crest and was part of the old HWY that was there predating Tech is even funnier. When the built Harper and the Student Union they moved the road north about 10 feet

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Hope so the sewer system in that area is older than Tech. The fact that Arizona went right over the crest and was part of the old HWY that was there predating Tech is even funnier. When the built Harper and the Student Union they moved the road north about 10 feet

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:rolleyes4:....how do you know this? lol
call me crazy but i'd think that was pretty impressive for north louisiana at the turn of the century

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:rolleyes4:....how do you know this? lol
call me crazy but i'd think that was pretty impressive for north louisiana at the turn of the century

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Senior project back when I was at Tech was a joint departmental student project for the DOE Solar Olympics, on how to make Tech more environmental. Since I was the bioengineering guy we had to go and dig up all the old plans to find out where all the utilities were underneath Tech. City Engineer in Ruston has all these if your really interested on what Ruston looked like back in the late 1800's

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Senior project back when I was at Tech was a joint departmental student project for the DOE Solar Olympics, on how to make Tech more environmental. Since I was the bioengineering guy we had to go and dig up all the old plans to find out where all the utilities were underneath Tech. City Engineer in Ruston has all these if your really interested on what Ruston looked like back in the late 1800's

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hmmm...interesting...did you know that Hale Hall was built in the Second Empire style and that Harper, Neilson, and Caruthers were inspired by famous french architect LeCorbusier from the 50-60's

yeah that's architecture for ya:whip:

ps. i had to add the whip smilie couldn't resist

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hmmm...interesting...did you know that Hale Hall was built in the Second Empire style and that Harper, Neilson, and Caruthers were inspired by famous french architect LeCorbusier from the 50-60's

yeah that's architecture for ya:whip:

ps. i had to add the whip smilie couldn't resist

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o and Kidd too but you don't see her anymore. hopefully pretty soon you can say goodbye to Carurthers and definitely Neilson:angry:

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Senior project back when I was at Tech was a joint departmental student project for the DOE Solar Olympics, on how to make Tech more environmental. Since I was the bioengineering guy we had to go and dig up all the old plans to find out where all the utilities were underneath Tech. City Engineer in Ruston has all these if your really interested on what Ruston looked like back in the late 1800's

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so. You made me curious. So I tried to find some old maps on the internet. No luck.


However, during the civil war, Lincoln Parish was actually Jackson Parish. Kinda interesting, eh?

Anyone else think it's bad that we've already regressed into these kind of discussions, and it's not even January yet?

It's going to be one heck of an off season. :rolleyes4:

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o and Kidd too but you don't see her anymore. hopefully pretty soon you can say goodbye to Carurthers and definitely Neilson:angry:

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Still can't believe they're still standing. I fiqured with Neilson's storied history, especially after that Pike did the header off the top of it back in the 80's, they would be anxious to knock it down.

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so. You made me curious. So I tried to find some old maps on the internet. No luck.


However, during the civil war, Lincoln Parish was actually Jackson Parish. Kinda interesting, eh?

Anyone else think it's bad that we've already regressed into these kind of discussions, and it's not even January yet?

It's going to be one heck of an off season. :rolleyes4:

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Which all used to be Claiborne Parish...my homeland. yes be jealous

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so. You made me curious. So I tried to find some old maps on the internet. No luck.


However, during the civil war, Lincoln Parish was actually Jackson Parish. Kinda interesting, eh?

Anyone else think it's bad that we've already regressed into these kind of discussions, and it's not even January yet?

It's going to be one heck of an off season. :rolleyes4:

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City Engineer is responsible for maintaining all public works records.

If you want the geological outlay contact the USGS and request them. They'll issue you a computer generated map for the time frame requested, there is a substantial cost.

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Still can't believe they're still standing. I fiqured with Neilson's storied history, especially after that Pike did the header off the top of it back in the 80's, they would be anxious to knock it down.

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they're just tryin to keep the roaches quarantined...they'd reak havoc on Ruston if they were ever let loose. you couldn't catch em to kill em

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Which all used to be Claiborne Parish...my homeland. yes be jealous

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Don't look at me my hometown Edmond was Oklahoma Indian Territory back then

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they're just tryin to keep the roaches quarantined...they'd reak havoc on Ruston if they were ever let loose. you couldn't catch em to kill em

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Interesting story. My freshman year they assigned me to Neilson. After moving in I took a quick nap, and was woke up a big cockroach who decided to come and say hello by running across my face. EWWWWWWWW. When I requested a new room, they stuck me in J-MAC, anybody seen the size of the roaches in J-MAC

Maybe I'm having a bad moment... but what's J-Mac?

Maybe it's just a terminology not used anymore...

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Maybe I'm having a bad moment... but what's J-Mac?

Maybe it's just a terminology not used anymore...

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Jenkins-McFarland. Its the two dorms to your left when you pull in the HUT parking lot. Crazy place, when I was living there we had a water balloon and Oreo war there (ever been nailed with a chocolate Oreo). Quinnelly was staying there after his divorce and slept through the whole thing. Cops finally came to break it up and had to wake his lame butt up

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Jenkins-McFarland. Its the two dorms to your left when you pill in the HUT parking lot. Crazy place, when I was living there we had a water balloon and Oreo war there (ever been nailed with a chocolate Oreo). Quinnelly was staying there after his divorce and slept through the whole thing. Cops finally came to break it up and had to wake his lame butt up

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I almost got kicked out of Tech for running across the roof of the entrance section between J & M.

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Jenkins-McFarland. Its the two dorms to your left when you pill in the HUT parking lot. Crazy place, when I was living there we had a water balloon and Oreo war there (ever been nailed with a chocolate Oreo). Quinnelly was staying there after his divorce and slept through the whole thing. Cops finally came to break it up and had to wake his lame butt up

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i think that's been converted into art studios

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I almost got kicked out of Tech for running across the roof of the entrance section between J & M.

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Aww, the memories. I still remember when the Deke pledges that were staying on my floor sprayed the first floor of of Jenkins down with shampoo and took a toboggan and were belly whooping down the hallway. One of them suckered me into it and I couldn't stop and went flying off the steps into the lobby right when the Hall Director and one of the RAs came out of the J-Mac apartment, I knocked the HD over on top of me and we careemed together across the lobby and down into McFarland. RA and the HDs wife were laughing so hard they left us lay there in misery for like 5 minutes

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Aww, the memories. I still remember when the Deke pledges that were staying on my floor sprayed the first floor of of Jenkins down with shampoo and took a toboggan and were belly whooping down the hallway. One of them suckered me into it and I couldn't stop and went flying off the steps into the lobby right when the Hall Director and one of the RAs came out of the J-Mac apartment, I knocked the HD over on top of me and we careemed together across the lobby and down into McFarland. RA and the HDs wife were laughing so hard they left us lay there in misery for like 5 minutes

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we did the soap/hallway thing too. Still can't figure out how that was okay but merely running across a rooftop was so bad...

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we did the soap/hallway thing too. Still can't figure out how that was okay but merely running across a rooftop was so bad...

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You were outside were people could see you. You could have streaked naked through the inside of J-MAC and no-one would have said a thing:laugh::laugh:.

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You were outside were people could see you. You could have streaked naked through the inside of J-MAC and no-one would have said a thing:laugh::laugh:.

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yea nothin like that happened in Neilson. we had a homeless man that would sneak in at night and grab at guys underneath the shower stalls.:( that never happened to me btw.

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yea nothin like that happened in Neilson. we had a homeless man that would sneak in at night and grab at guys underneath the shower stalls.:( that never happened to me btw.

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Wow they put in stalls. They didn't have those when I was there. No doors in the toliet area either, nothing like taking a dump having someone walk by and look at you:o

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No, its Storage for B&G. You're thinking of Richardson.

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No, its Storage for B&G. You're thinking of Richardson.

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yeah. this is right. Tech Maintenance is headquartered down there, now.

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yeah. this is right. Tech Maintenance is headquartered down there, now.

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Kind of suiting considering they were there all the time anyways fixing stuff we kept tearing up and cleaning up our "extra-curricular" activity. Any of you old enough to remember the sling shot we used to fire water balloons from the top floor of McFarland at the front porch of The Hut, was hilarious, some athlete would come out of Hut and they'd be open game:laugh::laugh:. Football players were the best they went and got their own balloons and layed siege to J-Mac.

I was a student recruiter and would tell the legend ending with the bulldog being buried beneath the seal. On one tour, the mother asked, "How could that be? This was a road when I was here." I had to respond by saying that the dog was buried in that spot before the road was built... I felt so stupid and never told the story again.

I went to Tech between fall of '65 and spring of '69 and never heard the legend. So the legend may sound old but for years it wasn't told.

By the way, there was an old women's dorm where Harper is with the same name back in 1962. Also anyone still call the student center the "tonk"? In 65 the quad had more buildings on it. There were two buildings across from Keeney where the bookstore is and one, Lomax Hall, (the roof collapsed in a rain storm) where the library tower is now. I don't believe the two buildings across from Keeney had names. If anyone remembers maybe they post.

Who remembers the old Quonset barracks building which was used as a men's dorm? It was right beside the water tower (which they tore down this summer). The stadium was right there, too.

The only traditions I remember were the bonfire for state fair and homecoming. We had the demon in a casket and burned it. The bon fire was held over near where the soft ball field/soccer fields are or maybe where JAS is. In that general area.

I know it's been discussed in other threads but another good rivalry could add some traditions.

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There was a dorm just for old women?

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I went to Tech between fall of '65 and spring of '69 and never heard the legend. So the legend may sound old but for years it wasn't told.

By the way, there was an old women's dorm where Harper is with the same name back in 1962. Also anyone still call the student center the "tonk"? In 65 the quad had more buildings on it. There were two buildings across from Keeney where the bookstore is and one, Lomax Hall, (the roof collapsed in a rain storm) where the library tower is now. I don't believe the two buildings across from Keeney had names. If anyone remembers maybe they post.

Who remembers the old Quonset barracks building which was used as a men's dorm? It was right beside the water tower (which they tore down this summer). The stadium was right there, too.

The only traditions I remember were the bonfire for state fair and homecoming. We had the demon in a casket and burned it. The bon fire was held over near where the soft ball field/soccer fields are or maybe where JAS is. In that general area.

I know it's been discussed in other threads but another good rivalry could add some traditions.

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i remember looking through an old yearbook and one of those buildings across from keeney was simply called the english building. and are you talking abot the old Harper dorm that looked like a big house?

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i remember looking through an old yearbook and one of those buildings across from keeney was simply called the english building. and are you talking abot the old Harper dorm that looked like a big house?

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That's the only name I remember, too. If I recall they used one of them for AFROTC before they tore it down. And the dorm for old women was built like a house. I saw it in an old 1962 year book.

I think we called it the Tonk when I was there.

The poem is great. Please go back and take credit of the poem on this thread because I plan on stealing it from here and can only give you credit if you sign it.

As far as the complaints that it is an embellishment of the truth..............all the stories are embellishments of the truth. It's not about being factual. The truth will never be known, nor should it. It's about having a good story. But complaining that this story is an embellsihment of an embellished story is crazy. The story has been changes so many times that what is considered crazy may just be the truth.

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The poem is great. Please go back and take credit of the poem on this thread because I plan on stealing it from here and can only give you credit if you sign it.

As far as the complaints that it is an embellishment of the truth..............all the stories are embellishments of the truth. It's not about being factual. The truth will never be known, nor should it. It's about having a good story. But complaining that this story is an embellsihment of an embellished story is crazy. The story has been changes so many times that what is considered crazy may just be the truth.

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hah thanks! but how do i do that?? i am planning on writting one for all of our traditions and eventually put it all in a book. i'm brainstorming for the Lady of the Mist. Tech really should invest in more breaks. it gives us the time we need to do productive stuff like this.:D

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but how do i do that??

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Go back to your original post and hit the "edit" button at the bottom right.

ok....i didn't figure it out. i have my name at the top that's all the credit i need

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I walked over that spot a thousand times when I was a student and graduated with a 4.0 and was the outstanding grad in 94':laugh:. Disproves that myth doesn't it.

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But it doesn't disprove the other myth that if you walk over the seal you become a despicable SEC fan later in life while trying to maintain you obviously had memorable undergraduate years at Tech. This is amplified by the fact that you continue to go back to your alma mater trying to connect, but your judgment has become clouded in crimson and nobody takes you as a worthy true bulldog.:icon_roll:

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I think we called it the Tonk when I was there.

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I thought the tonk was the big room in the student center.

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I thought the tonk was the big room in the student center.

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no, the whole student center was called the "Tonk" when I was there. Supposedly because the original student center looked like a "honky tonk".

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I thought the tonk was the big room in the student center.

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Could be right. I just remember we called something over there the Tonk. I don't remember what.

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