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Don’t let the rest of the Semester go to waist! Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, February22 1984 STAY IN SHAPE THE REST OF THE SEMESTER For Only $ 49 at Restoration architect works to save part of Texas hi story ia BODY DYm/VUCS Exercise Studio Classes 7 days a week. Exercise as often as you like. Beginner, advanced beginner, Inter mediate & advanced classes. No contracts, no initiation fee. Convenient location. 900 Harvey Rd. In the Post Oak Village 696-7180 Once you've seen the ^ioustorWaHeL^ Your life may never be the same "Mixed Repertoire Tuesday, March 20 Sleeping Beauty' Wednesday, March 21 MSG =$= OPAS Tickets available at Buy your tickets before ELEVEN Rudder Box Office Spring Break 845-1234 By SONDRA HOSTETLER Reporter The historical significance of architecture is too great to allow deterioration of buildings from Texas’ past, restoration ar chitect Raiford Stripling says. Stripling, a 1931 graduate of Texas A&M, is exhibiting his work in the Langford Architec ture Center. The exhibit honors his exten sive work in historical preserva tion and restoration in Texas. The pictorial exhibit will be in the gallery of Langford until the end of February. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. As a student of architectural designer Samuel Charles Phelps Vosper, Stripling helped Vosper design six buildings constructed at Texas A&M dur ing the 1930s. Stripling said Vosper, an avid student of classical architecture, was responsible for the Greek Revival style of the buildings built here during the Depres sion. With $3.5 million allocated for construction, Texas A&M was one of only two campuses in Texas undergoing major con struction at that time. The other was the University of Texas, which had a $5 million budget. Stripling said a contributing Ken’s Automotive (0 CL 0> cc o 3 < 0> a> "o. E o o 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 "A Complete Automotive ^ Service Center" g Tune-Ups Clutches * ® ra ^®s £ Front End Parts Replacement j, c o 3D <0 T3 0) Standard Transmission Repairs GM Computer Testing All American Cars Datsun-Honda Toyota 10% Discount with Student I.D. on parts (Master Card & VISA Accepted) OPEN SATURDAYS factor to the decorative design of the Depression-era buildings was the vast supply of cheap and skilled labor. The buildings Stripling helped design at Texas A&M are the System Administration Building, Civil Engineering Building, Halbouty Geosciences Building, Chemistry Building, Scoates Hall and Animal Indus tries Building. Cast-stone facades and or nate ironwork were representa tive of the detail involved in the Depression-era buildings. The columns on the east en trance to the System Adminis tration Building are an example of the Greek Revival period Vosper liked so well. The face of the daughter of Col. Charles Nelson, Corps commandant from 1927 to 1932, is etched on alternating columns of the building. Other columns are etched with the face of Sarah Orth Aston, daughter of Wil liam Orth, superintendent of construction at Texas A&M during the 1930s. Stripling attributes the use of mosaic tile and the geometric style of the Chemistry Building to Vosper’s admiration for the Beaux Arts style. The ornate designs were possible because of the abundant labor force in the 1930s. Stripling said he believes buildings on campus should have been preserved before they were allowed to decay. “They should have preserved structures as part of the growth of the school," he said. Stripling said Vosper’s en couragement in classical ar chitecture and Stripling’s own interest in Texas history led him to historic restoration. Stripling has restored nu merous homes and historical sites throughout Texas in the past 50 years. He said it is im portant to preserve the visual aspects of historical sites as well as written records. Some of the buildings and homes he has restored include Ashton Villa in Galveston and the Greek Revival style homes in his hometown of San Augus tine. Historical monuments Stri pling has restored include the French Legation in Austin and Fort Parker near Mexia. He said his favorite is the Fort Par ker renovation because it was the only Texan fort built while Texas was a separate nation. By LESL Rt Lauren Spe yob. She jfitive ear, ati T the no ighbors, 1 doles fire Slybartof it ■edit is a i ipecht, ■advisers Upf' other iide checkin ■id out, Kings and Rations r plisitation She must a ;ht a week ;ht' each n Specht Kim and ai ^problems J©al. she ; lefesponsi jfi'j/l |es on in tl Hence hall Bui along toes many 1 Parker Pie ;rd Hall, sa; I have Jere Hilland, third year environmental design student from Houston, examines close up some of the pieces in the Stripling exhibit Tuesday in the Langford Architecture Build ing Gallery. Stripling’s love of precision is evident in his insistence on de tail in his projects. Before restoration begins on a project, Stripling insists on a thorough study of the project and the land surrounding it. “In preservation it has to be right or you are telling a lie," he said. which remain on site aithca During reconstruction of (he La Bahia mission at Goliad, Stri pling insisted can an archealogi- cal survey bringing the topsoil down back to the 1836 occupa tional level. The excavation un covered about 5,000 artifacts nited Pi H0USTC an 18-yea ?xas fresh iliion suit myenience Stripling sees a | ' eturnl[ ' li j 1 “L^ S<)1< tempi>i ary architectureWlL. 1 : of the classical lineofthet || her so He said the Hmiui erring to the style ot 011*^' a Housl Hbeer to 22, 1« lo becoi pods, ai Ids, also [dams in ed will in I louston and DallasW 9? r l ;> ’ Casa Chapultepec Mexican Food 1315 South College 775-6052 “Call for orders to go” Carne Guisado Dinner with Riee, Beans, Lettuce, & Tomatoes & 2 tortillas $3.75 Dinner 5-9 Hours- Mon.-Fri. 10-2, 5-9 Sat. 7a.m.-9p.m., Reopen 11:30-2:00 Sun. 7-2 result of architects confer to what the clients could alt “We are going back M classical architectural m and the public seems to app people will naturally p 1 ] what they like,” Strip “A person does n ° l ‘'f'ksiniilar si an artist or an architect^ sees something lhat ls P. e Jms to c to his eye - to ffP 1 ' # ere involvt Even is he is not able totei Wh A Greek Revival if in San Augustine, budtin ,1^ is Striplings home. Ilisc % ei he arc teristic of the style ^.Mated ’ the clean lines and thealif ^ to detail and precision. ( | e b A, 73 Stripling L m ; g commissioned as a consul® ] ent, hi •-.it ffn to adc four restoration P r0 J eC1 off said Texas, two near Austin, Houston and a Antonio. fourth i" ON ELIGIBLE UNIROYAL TIGER PAW AND LAREDO LIGHT TRUCK RADIAL TIRES. Buy a set of four eligible 1 Uniroyal radials at any participating Uniroyal Dealer, and get $50 cash back, direct from Uniroyal. $22.50 when you purchase three tires. $15 back on your purchase of two. Just send in your proof of purchase certificate to Uniroyal within 30 days. You’ll receive a $50 rebate check directly from Uniroyal. But hurry! The Great Uniroyal Rebate ends February 25, 1984. UNIROYAL TIGER PAW PLUS • 20°o better mileage than Michelm X • Aggressive all-weather tread TIGER PAW PLUS WITH ROYAL SEAL 52 25 185/80R-13 Before Rebate $64.75 Aggressive all-weather tread. 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