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Comments: Wow, John. What a great find.
Comments: Thank you John for always contributing to this guest book.
Comments: If memory serves me right, that picture was taken on the practice field that was on the south side of the school and eventually became the parking lot. Correct?
Comments: I did a little digging on the late William Utter and found that his SOC credentials included ROTC and football. Our youthfulness leaves us all too quickly. Here is a pic of him from 1953 with a familiar edifice in the background: ![[william_utter]](http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/william_utter.jpg)
Comments: Peaches is back! ![[biggrin]](/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif "Big Grin - :D")
Comments: Danny, let Sandy know we are praying for his recovery and health.
Comments: I note in today's obituaries that one of the very first SOC boys has passed away. William Utter was 78, and was in the first class in 1955. It's interesting to me that SOC is usually mentioned no matter how far we roam or how much further education a person obtains. It truly was a special place.
Comments: If I had my choice of cities I would prefer to live in San Antonio. It seems to be the most relaxed an interesting of Texas cities. The cost of living is reasonable. The Mexican restaurants are wonderful especially Mi Tierra. The people are so friendly and the culture is more interesting. It is like a Mexican city in Texas.
Comments: My sister's two sons graduated from UT-Austin in the mid-80's. One, Greg, left to become a trauma room surgeon in New York and the other, Jeff, stayed and has never moved. He is a musician in 2 or 3 bands and only recently moved out of the apartment he lived in as a student! I don't think the landlord raised his rent but twice in all that time, and talk about culture shock when he started looking for a place to live. Greg has two daughters, 15 and 12, and he has brought them to Texas several times. He took them to a Longhorn football game, Six Flags, and to the State Fair. He wanted them to see where he came from since they were both born in NY. Charlotte, UNT still has the best music department. My great niece is going to major in music. She has a beautiful voice and plays the guitar.
Comments: Comment # 1 , My oldest almost went to North Texas in 2001, we were impressed with the music dept. We were struck with 200 Steinways in the music room! Comment # 2 , we lived in Austin 81-87, it was fun but was getting crowded even then. A lot of business folks still worked downtown or near. Happy hour had a lot of adults in downtown establishments, they weren't all loutish UT students or overage hippies which appears to be the case currently. The developers have taken over Austin , but city still won't build roads. I will give Austin credit for having some great cuisine now!
Comments: Yes, it has really changed. We lived in Austin 1984-1987. That was when I was on the board of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. It was getting crowded then for sure. The Center land was out ...we thought. Now everything is encroaching and they are worried about the impact on the land. Austin had a no growth city gov at the time I was there. Because of that, the traffic now is awful. The roads will never catch up. I loved living there then. There was so much entertainment...the theater, sports and politics kept us entertain. I have family there now. They went to UT in the 60s and wanted to go back to live there in their retirement. They admit it is not what they had hoped because of the over crowding.
Comments: My son, Greg is working on his PhD at UT< Austin. He doesn't seem to be enjoying it because of the tremendous workload and the fact that Austin isn't the pleasant town to live in that it once was. Austin has become very expensive and overcrowded. The people aren't friendly. He can't wait to finish his degree and move on. There are some good things he does like about Austin, but the town has changed changed since the armband and hippie days.
Comments: What a shame some of my most brilliant friends and relatives that went to UT in the 60s couldn't get in to UT today. What has happened? Ridiculous!!
Comments: Charlotte, NTSU did have a wonderful music department. I was an English major and that department was considered to be an outstanding department. I did have some wonderful professors and I learned so much from them. UT, Austin was far more difficult. We had to read so many books and articles. I actually learned more at NTSU because we were able to discuss them in class. UT overdid it with all their assignments.
Comments: Really K you would say that????! I was a music major at NTSU and, well, we thought we were thuh best!! And at thuh time NTSU had thuh best music department in thuh USA. ! I lived in Bruce Hall because it was across from the Music Hall. Thuh Lab Band was thuh best Jazz band ever. And, the music department was outstanding.
Comments: i lived in Marcus Hall for three years. I loved it especially the location. Girls who lived in Marcus were chosen for that dorm because they were considered the best. At least, that is what they told us. Seriously, there were some wonderful girls who lived in that dorm. Our food was fair. The best food was Oak Street especially the home made cinnamon rolls that the dietician would get up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare. Charlotte, you are right those were fun days. After I graduated from North Texas, I took classes at the University of Texas, Austin where the rules were so relaxed with no 10:50 curfew and no room check. Also, boys and girls shared the same dorm. What a difference?
Comments: My freshman 15 happened with peanut butter and chocolate milk...for sure not our Bruce hall food. Haaaaa! I used to go down to breakfast with my trench coat over my P Js Did you do that? Oh, I even went to Sat morning golf class that way!!! What was I thinking to have a Saturday 8 o'clock class??? Oh my...brings back such memories!!!
Comments: Charlotte, while I haven't seen the campus, my niece and her husband said it was beautiful. Evidently, it is the largest of the A&M satellites so they really want it to impress people. The cafeteria is like an up-scale restaurant with gourmet food, etc. Somehow this doesn't sound quite like the college experience we had at old Bruce Hall! Ha. It is probably a good thing that Sydney is thin because that "freshman 15" could happen quickly.
Comments: Danny, thanks for letting us know. He is in my prayers. Sharon...I had no idea that East Texas State is now A & M. WOW!! What a wonderful school A & M is. Congrats to your G-niece !
Comments: My Good friend Sandy Bristow(SOC,62) was just taken to Charlton Methodist. He may be having Blood flow problems & low blood pressure. Sandy has had a major stroke years back loosing control of his right side. Charlotte, Sandy's wife has kept Sandy in good health adding many years to his life. your prayers would be appreciated.
Comments: I had an uncle who committed suicide. Although it was particularly hard on his friends and relatives, his wife suffered more than anyone. I think if he had realized how hard his death effected her maybe he would have avoided committing suicide. She was unable to function and would just sit and stir into space. I hope if any of you are that unhappy that you would end your lives please try and get help.
Comments: I, too, have lost some dear relatives to suicide. It was so sad to be with them knowing that you really couldn't help. And, as typical, they had so much going for them and so much more to give. But, as Charlotte said, we can't understand the depth of their pain. I thought Robin Williams was brilliant but there was always sadness in his eyes. On a brighter note, my oldest great niece is leaving for her freshman year at A&M - Commerce next week. She will be living in a dorm and she is so excited. From what I understand, since A&M took over, there have been some significant upgrades to the school. Definitely not the old East Texas State that we knew.
Comments: I have lost a couple of dear ones to suicide. Smart, funny, valuable people. I will never comprehend it.
Comments: happiness or unhappiness has nothing to do with depression. I know it is hard for people to understand this horrible condition or why people end their lives . Can you even imagine being in so much pain that ending your life is the only way to stop the pain? Or, feeling that the people around you,, your loved ones, would be better off if you were dead? It is beyond comprehension for those who do not have this debilitating disease. One cannot have an operation to remove it or take chemo to stop it. Perhaps this sad death will help people in need get help and others to educate themselves about depression.
Comments: I have been so sad lately over the suicide of Robin Williams. It is hard to understand how someone who had so much going for him and was so beloved by so many people would be so unhappy. It seems comics like to use comedy to mask their unhappiness. So many of them end up committing suicide. Also, Lauren Bacall passed away at the age of 89.
Comments: I will check with my good friend, Dr. Proctor, I'm sure he was the attending physician.
Comments: Ken: I went back and found a picture of the bruise. It was actually the ankle. My memory is not what it once was....
Comments: Ken: I remember that bruise. Are you sure it wasn't on the upper thigh? That's where I seem to remember it. Perhaps you should take a poll.
Comments: You are right. The episode escapes my memory...but, um, I believe(?) you!
Comments: Probably a throwback to 1963...when Ms Michelle and Mr Ford agreed to let me skip study hall and sit in as an observer in Ramon's English class. One day you showed me a bruise on your thigh...uh...lower thigh. I'm sure you have no memory of this episode, but it is etched in my mind forever. |
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