Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Carol Of The Lights ™liiiaginc a dark, chilly night on the Toch campus. Memorial Circle is sofllv lighted by luminarios that line the sidewalks. The crowd quiets and necks crane to catch a glimpse of torches as the Saddle Tramps walk toward the Science Quadrangle, where a giant wreath has been erected. The Tech Choir and Orchestra break into song, showering the night with the joy of Christmas. Ciradually the crowd joins in. and everyone sings carols they have always remembered as a part of Christmas. The mood is one of joy. peace and excited anticipa- tion. Suddenly, as the last strains of .loy to the World are carried away by the wind. 15.000 Christmas lights burst forth to illuminate several build- ings in and around the Quadrangle. You gasp, along with everyone else, and realize another Christmas season at Tech has been ushered in by the Carol of the Lights. The annual festival has changed since its inception. In I9,S7. several girls from Horn and Weeks dorms walked to Memorial Circle to sing Christmas carols. .As people walked by, they stopped and joined the sing- ers. At the end of the evening, they all rambled over to the Sub for hot choco- late and doughnuts, and. as they be- came more and more e.vcited about what had happened, the idea for a new tradition was born. The Carol of the Lights grew until the Science Quad- rangle, the Mass Communications Building, Holden Mall, the Home Economics Building and the Admin- istration Building were all included in the massive display of Christmas lights, traditionally lit during a pro- gram of Christmas music. Lnergy costs and concern for conservation have cut down on the number of buildings hi and the length of the displa during the Christmas season, but the beaiii of the Carol of the Lights lives on You stroll away as the crowd dis- perscs. humming the last verse of We Wish You a Merry Christmas ' and listening to the belis chime from the tower. Merrv Christmas. Tech '

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Winter Wonderland If a visilor happened to be at Tech on a certain Friday in February, he might wonder if he was in the right state or at the right school. On that particular Friday, Feb. 17, mature college students were acting like 10- year-olds. The reason? A nine-inch snowfall that closed the campus down for a day. Students awoke that morning to learn there was no school and im- mediately they poured into the icy streets and the Aquatic Center fields to play in the white stuff. There hadn ' t been that much action on campus since the A M all-night pep rally in the fall. Snowball fights dominated the majority of the action. You couldn ' t walk by the Wiggins Complex without being bombarded by snowballs thrown by a dozen people or more. Most joined in the fun to wait for the next unsus- pecting victim. Some people tried to venture out in their cars, but to no avail. Those that did make it out were pulling car skiers around Memorial Circle. People with skis managed to make it to the Aquatic Center and the Lubbock hill there to practice their ski techniques and jumps. Some ended up looking for snow snakes — head first in the snow. Guarding several of the buildings on campus were snowy figures. Everyone enjoys building a snowman, and they were numerous that day. If you happened to get by Sneed, Gordon and Bledoe Halls, you might have seen the igloo that the residents built. One in- novative group used a trash can to mold a statue of Star Wars robot R-2 D-2 in front of a house on Main Street. After a long day in the snow, every- one came in out of the cold, took off wet clothes and hung them up to dry. A cup of hot chocolate (or hot buttered rum) was quickly downed and students began to sing softly to themselves let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!