A good starting place for a trip down any of this University’s memory lanes is the Heritage House.
One of the two oldest structures on campus, it houses a mountain of memorabilia. While you’re there, be sure to …

The (in)famous blue and gold plaid
jacket President Emeritus F.H. “Bub” McDowell traditionally wore to Homecoming is encased at the Heritage House.
The Heritage House will be open 9:30 a.m. until noon on the Saturday of Homecoming so that Alumni have the opportunity to view the many University keepsakes on display there.

Bub says the old coat won’t have any competition from his current wardrobe. Since he’s no longer the “head cheerleader,” he says, “It’s Dr. McFarland’s turn to wear that special suit.”
Bub’s venerable jacket, well-remembered for its loud and spirited colors, can be found in the trophy room of the Heritage House. It’ll be in the center case on the right. Trust us—you won’t be able to miss it.
Unless, of course, Dr. McFarland does decide to borrow it for the day.

The Heritage Garden featuring the rose bushes traditional to this campus are a must-do, too, because that’s where you’ll find the old reclining lion marker familiar to so many from its days lying in wait in front of the Ferguson Social Sciences Building.

Once you’ve given your regards to
Professor Mayo at his statue outside the Heritage House, you may want to consider another important campus commemorative—the Training School marker at the southeast corner of Ferguson.
There among the oaks, T.S. Alumni have placed a marker and two benches, creating a pleasant place where anyone can take a moment or two to meditate on our Alma Mater.

In the Journalism Building, two ex- hibits will be available for viewing.
On the first floor above the entry foyer is the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Hall of Fame. On the third floor, the photo gallery will have photographs on exhibit.
But the mural on the exterior of the

building is itself worth stopping for. Created by Commerce artist (and former head of the art department) Charles McGough, the tile mural depicts historical aspects of printing, photography and writing.
Printing is featured in the mural’s lower right with the Gutenberg press. Its invention in the 1400s initiated printing as we know it today.
In the mural’s center an artist is seen using the first crude camera, called a camera obscura (“dark chamber”), which used a tiny opening to admit light so that it would form an inverted image of an object to be sketched and painted.
In the upper left-hand corner, Mr. McGough reproduced the 1868 patent drawing for the first typewriter.
The mural was actually the backup design Mr. McGough submitted for the Journalism Building when it was built in 1972. Mr. McGough preferred his design that featured a more contemporary depiction of waves of communication, but University administrators chose the one now on the building.
Now, however, Mr. McGough says, “In hindsight, I like this one better.”

Two more floors, these in the James Gee Library, also deserve some attention.
In the large display case on the second floor, you’ll find a special Homecoming exhibit. Near the display case, another marker for the Army Specialized Training Program (The Pride, spring 2002) honors that unique band of brothers.
More than any other stop on this campus tour, the fourth floor where University Archives is located is memory central. Archivist James Conrad says the University has some new additions to its collection sure to fascinate any blue-and-gold-blooded Alumni.

However, Dr. Conrad’s hectic Homecoming schedule will only allow him to staff archives from 10:30-11:30 a.m., so you may want to plan your tour around that.
Finally, the militarily minded will want to make note of yet another marker to the right of the library entrance, this one on behalf of Air Force ROTC.

Another collection of books, this one in Ed South, is a stop that any group with kids should make. It’s the Bill Martin Jr. Library on the first floor of the J. Cullen Sowers Education South building, which is located between Gee Library and Ferguson Social Sciences Building. Martin, who lives near Commerce, is the author of the classic children’s book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? and more than 300 other books for children. The library includes many of his published works and manuscripts as well as a delightful collection of oversized toy bears.

This latest addition to campus, the Mor- ris Recreation Center, will certainly give pause to any Alumni who ever longed for something fun to do after class.

When you get the notion to roam, the University’s newly completed softball and baseball fields are a big sight for your eyes.
The complex is located on the west side of Highway 50 behind Hubbell Hall. Take State Loop 178 or Culver Street west to Hubbell Drive and turn right.
Once you’ve taken yourself out to the new ball park, you can truly say you’ve touched base with the home plate at your Alma Mater.