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Page 3 Wednesday • December 4, 1996 ieart. joplasty lasttl iges in two fni| ;d blood florl er organs hat| id. \/e to be take said Tarun otors treating B.M. Birla I she would be 3 st two more with this prot t to go back ; led,” Prate ;n she returns of Charity, sb rrgo daily me d. sa's Missiona' 7 orphanages. >S hospices an around thewr a Catholics a I condition u ough to sit nd read the Bn looks and mag; sent by the Each year the Class Council raises money to give something back to the University on behalf of that class: a class gift. While the origin of class gifts is un known, the earliest recorded gift was a flagpole given by the Class of 1912. It was the only flagpole on cam pus at the time. Since then, class gifts have evolved in terms of creativity and expense. ifluck, Melissa Nui John LeBas. Aaron ly Furtick.ColbyGl ; Rodgers James, Rachel ists: Michael Depotl a Division of StuW! d Building. Nei Jp://bat-web.taiwe*i ittalion. For campus,! ). Advertising offices. S45-2678. a single copy ollhe ar.To charge by Visa,! nd spring semesiersi m periods) atTexasAi* dress changes to He -mi. By Kimber Huff The Battalion Sounding Remembrance In the summer of 1935, a few months before he should have graduated, Edwin “Pat” O’Brien Bellinger died during exercises at an Army cav alry training camp. Bellinger was the Corps’ of ficial bugler and a member of the Aggie Band. Members of the Class of ’36 decided to com bine their class gift with a memorial to Bellinger. Fred Walker, Class of ’36, recalled that the decision was a popular idea. “The old bugle stand was beat-up so we had it rebuilt and dedicated it to him,” Walker said. The new bugle stand memorial was con structed mainly by members of the senior class in A&M’s mechanical engineering shops. The stand was made of steel and concrete and weighed about 10 tons after its compleVion. Tf was dedicated on Mother’s Day, 1936. The bugle stand became a landmark oh cam pus, surviving moves from Houston Street! to the north end of the Corps dMms in 1957 anp then to the south end of the Qiag in 1970. In late February f| 977, the slant bombed in relation |p anti^inijTtary with the seal. The Mexican tiles do not absorb glue well and are thinner and more uneven than Italian tiles. Not long after the seal was installed, it crumbled beneath the feet of students walking across the uneven surface. Students were also seen digging pieces of tile out of the floor to keep as souvenirs. “The end result was not what we had hoped for in that the tiles did not allow for foot traffic to cross,” Duffie said. “Heels and soles of shoes allowed for toes to catch the lips of the tiles. The original game plan was that the seal would be solid enough to be walked on.” Workers from the Brazos Tile and Floor Cover ing Company made four trips to the University to reglue lost tiles until a rope barrier was set up around the seal to protect it from pedestrians. Duffie said the seal is still a beautiful addi tion to the A&M campus. Burning Spirit ment, but damage son, Class of ’36, The bugle sta by a pipe bomb three residence of metal into a “It was just oh The st Mirriar. Armin bhilt and repaired, detely desiroye The bombfbrokfe c| flung ngs,” Walke Members which was to important b Andy members “the ‘ for a place JOL The Class of '83 4/anrecH|;|i£^jp^^^ mopu- ment khat would hold an undying flame, mfich liljce tl|e one on John|F K^ifcidy’J ^riv^iite. f'he rm)ppmenTw-as-to lie a symbol of the Agues’ undying spirit. .’ Unforti^ately, tfie “Aggie Eternal Flame” wasn’t quitp Thp orfgihal de|ign was created by Dan Kardell and lan Sealfn, Class of ’83, and former studehi jim Vandepberg. A 12-pointed base Man) would support a Sale and a bowl holding the fire was planned to be used to >ra|ftice torches and ceremoni- had problems, though, hysical Plant refused to m|§ht because of a lack of *off campus contractor sor in the College of seal, which measures constructed of a ades of maroon, gofd o com pus, campus and installei Though the original al to be made of Italian glass tiles, Mexican glass tiles were used because the appropriate maroon color could not be found in the Italian glass. This substitution caused many problems assistant , desigm in diameter, ijbation §f the Eternal Flame tyas fir mid April 1983, but the contrac- d its construction because of fain ew contractor was hired and the as in September 1983. larjie had to be shut down ’ar after its dedication, all but two f^antain nozzles fell off of eal was the monument. At fn^t time, the University decided to extinguish\rhe fire permanently use maintaining tlrp Eternal Flame was too expensive. An endowment fund was finally created, and the fire was rekindled in April 1988 — after the Eternal Flame’s gas system was reworked. See Gifts, Page 4 Richland College Winter Term Back by popular demand! Winter Term is for students who want to earn up to four college credit hours between the fall and spring semesters. Winter Term Class Days December 17, 18, 19, 1996 January 2-10, 1997 Last day to register is Dec. 13, 1996 Call (972) 238-6051 for more information. Visit us on the internet www.rlc.dcccd.edu RICHLAND COLLEGE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 'Teaching, Learning, Community 'BuiCding 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, Texas 75243-2199 Educational opportunities are offered by the Dallas County Community College District without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, gender, or disability. m