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Ol' Main Dust
November 6, 1974 11:45 p.m.
©Ray Waugh, Jr.
If you look, you will see very
small sparkles in the sandstone chip
left from the hewing of the symbol
of my Alma Mater —
The sparkles are my friends who
studied …
cried …
thought …
fell in love …
felt loneliness …
made decisions …
took lone walks by the 32 lamp posts …
hoped …
prayed …
found God's will …
People are our University Experience …
frail human beings relying upon God's help and
looking to Him for strength.
Dr. Brooks, you and I are by-gones … yet, those
who came before …
who will come after …
and those who remain are all
Dust of the University Experience
The H-pond has changed color …
There are no more biology specimen …
In fact, the real H2O with all the
slim
spiders
fish
leaves has been replaced by more efficents
and cleaner paint …
Yes, in life the colors often change …
Yes, in life thoughts change
Yes, even sometimes friends change.
BUT, the H-pond is still the H-pond. Even though, now,
there are only memories of frogs, fish, flowers, leaves,
newspapers scraps, sticks and rocks.
We have memories of the many people who make
"OL' MAIN DUST"
I want you to know that I am happy you had part in these good days for me. You may not be aware of your part …just know that your part was real and important.
the classes …
the frustration …
complexities of being …
the great thinking walks around campus …
the people …
the teachers …
I do think the people are best.
"And when upon my couch in vacant and pensive mood",
I'll smile & thank my God for the
Howard Payne Experience
Can there be hewing…
without a few scattered chips,
reminiscent of rough and non-formed, un-tooled rocks?
…leaving family … trips home. .. work … library … fun … spillway .. walking…
…searching for self .. St. John's … walking …
…looking out tall window during class … gym … love … graduation … turn around day…
Go to Ol' Main Remains
NOTE: Ol' Main Dust was given to Dr. Roger Brooks, President of HPU, on the day before he left for Houston. I presented him with a stone chip from the hewn stones from a flower beds around Ol' Main and a rose.
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