University of Texas - Cactus Yearbook

“RIGHT: Houston: a labyrinth of highways, new construction and oil. BELOW: " The Shack " in La Grange is famous for its barbecue. T*SHACK custom has been my home all my life. It ' s the fastest growing city in the nation - 1,000 new families are coming in a week. The people are very rich, very poor and a lot in between. We ' ve got it all. You can ' t stereo- type a Houstonite they ' re all different. The traffic is horrible, the weather is terrible. Every time I go home, it rains. Likewise, every time I go home there ' s a new building going up. But, it ' s got its good points, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Jones Hall and the Alley Theatre. Also, lots of good architecture. The man who designed the Pi Phi house (John Staub) designed most of River Oaks. When it comes to UT, this is a training ground for junior politicos. I wish some of the classes were smaller. When I first came here, I thought all the orange and white jazz was overdone, but the longer I was here, the more I began to appreciate it. It unites the students whether it ' s a good reason or not. We ' ve got one of the best library systems in the world. Also, we ' ve got one of the best pho- tography collections in the world and no one knows about it. There ' s so much diversity in the state you can Harltn Fleming, senior in art from Hous do anything you want to -- it ' s practically its own country. I ' ll probably stay in Texas the rest of my life. hit ”