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My Beloved Alma Mater in Flames...
It's been a very emotional couple of hours. I've just watched an old friend fall apart on TV.
The original Main Building at Our Lady of the Lake University is over a hundred years old.
Watching the building go down in flames over the past two hours has been a heart-rendering endeavor. I recall the front doors, walking in, the reception desk to the left, the old living room to the right, decked out in contemporary (for 1895) couches, chairs, bookcases, curtains, and dining service. The hall spread out east to west, opening up to offices in the walls. Straight ahead was a Victorian staircase, twisting up and to the left. Just to the right was the dining halls, named after Sister Annie B, who served me bagels so many mornings.
Up the stairs, you reach the first floor of classrooms. In the back of the building were the broadcasting studios and computer labs (There was a old Television camera, with the call letters K-OLL on them.) The stairs continued up another lap to the third floor
The third floor was Therisian Hall. It was a dorm for "non-traditional students", i.e., students who were older than the average, or for foreign students. All the walls had this antiqued wood paneling. There was a kitchen/dining room, and dorm rooms off to the sides.
I remember when the fourth floor was renovated. Originally it was quarters for the CDP sisters, but it was updated to a new technology wing, with most of the recordkeeping up there.
My body may be at school tomorrow, but my soul will be elsewhere.
TDP.
It's been a very emotional couple of hours. I've just watched an old friend fall apart on TV.
The original Main Building at Our Lady of the Lake University is over a hundred years old.
Watching the building go down in flames over the past two hours has been a heart-rendering endeavor. I recall the front doors, walking in, the reception desk to the left, the old living room to the right, decked out in contemporary (for 1895) couches, chairs, bookcases, curtains, and dining service. The hall spread out east to west, opening up to offices in the walls. Straight ahead was a Victorian staircase, twisting up and to the left. Just to the right was the dining halls, named after Sister Annie B, who served me bagels so many mornings.
Up the stairs, you reach the first floor of classrooms. In the back of the building were the broadcasting studios and computer labs (There was a old Television camera, with the call letters K-OLL on them.) The stairs continued up another lap to the third floor
The third floor was Therisian Hall. It was a dorm for "non-traditional students", i.e., students who were older than the average, or for foreign students. All the walls had this antiqued wood paneling. There was a kitchen/dining room, and dorm rooms off to the sides.
I remember when the fourth floor was renovated. Originally it was quarters for the CDP sisters, but it was updated to a new technology wing, with most of the recordkeeping up there.
My body may be at school tomorrow, but my soul will be elsewhere.
TDP.
