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HONORING SENIORS

MEMORIAL

CIRCLE

THEN

AND

NOW

by Allison Matherly

emorial Circle is the location, blocking
one place on campus out the bustling of
Mthat exists in the students as they
collective memory of Texas come and go. It is
Tech students, faculty, staff and an oasis of serenity
visitors. Every day students in the center of the
walk through Memorial Circle, busy campus.
pass the flagpoles and listen
to the gurgling and splashing
sounds of Pfluger Fountain. The Just a Circle
physical circle has been a part
of campus since the beginning. At the beginning,
But despite its early start, few Memorial Circle
know the history of the area of was just that – a
remembrance. circle. The round
It is located near the main unpaved property
entrance to campus and is, has always marked Veterans Association dedicated
to many, a place of calm and the center of campus. Three the area as a memorial to
quiet. When walking through years after the end of World everyone who had served in the
the circle, the splashing of the War II, the Texas Tech War two world wars. The monument
fountains echoes across the

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