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q be discussed by Professor Bantel.(Continued on page 4)jr,ryid.IntermentPig Bellmontcou»ldirsheUniversity Of Texas MascotEheMarked Py Impressive Ritesco*****If;ssBy Arthur O. Colemanrestrain from trembling slightly I j)Commemorating the death of one Dean Taylor recited those lines jof the most notedcampus figure- penned by Lord Byron as a song to heads ever known to the University, his dog. ‘‘I do not know/’saida the funeral of Pig Bellmont, tan-and Dean Taylor in the course of hisiel | white bulldog mascot of the Orange speech, “what joys await Pig Pell-! \er. j and White at its every appearance mont on the Other Side But I dohechon Clark Field and at many of its know this: that if there is a placecontests fought out on foreign soil, of Elysian happiness for dogs, Pighe jtot Iwas held Friday afternoon at 5:30 will there joinn that great dcg ofin front of the Law Building under Lord Byron. Certainly, no dog■th j the shelter of the three live-oaks was ever more deserving of such aBtobemthat grace the campus at that point, reward than he.”pnveThe funeral procession started atthe corner of Twenty-third andImprettive CeremonyWhen the Dean had finished hisGuadalupe Streets. Jt was led by oration, the crowd stood with bared#AVm'j the Longhorn Band, with the casket heads and the band played ‘‘Taps/’bearing the corpse carried by pall-! as the corpse of the beloved mascot kbearers selected from the Cowboys, of every loyal supporter of Varsityand surrounded by the remainder of was lowered into the grave preparedthe club. The Cowboys bore a sign, j for its interment. Then, as the lastglettered in black, which read: “Pig) low strains of the call didB away, is dead; dog gone.” The dirge played and as the listeners were standingby the band was one well-known to breathless, there wafted on the air s,or all followers of Varsity, and was the notes of the same call, from I Ttng strikingly appropriate.if-Desn T, U. Taylor Speak*Many students who attended theanother point on the campus, distantfrom the funeral grounds,SreTim.ntireH,rites did so in a spirit of levity, but thesewere quickly brought to an appreciation of the seriousness oferthe occasion when Dean T. U. Taylor, revered dean of the CollegeThe Death of PiganPig met his death from the effects of an accident which overtooknihim on Guadalupe Street Mondaymorning immediately in front of the Texas Theatre.is.! Engineering, rose with bared head, An hour or two later, he journwlt;roreB.and, with the casket reitipg cn mm-, eyed into the office of Dr. Spring,norts laid across the empty grove, i proprietor of the Club Pressingk, delivered a eulogy on the character Shop, where he deposited himself.keIatiiam-onndof the deceased mascot that brought All this aroused no suspicion on the tears to the eyes ov many of hfa; part of those in the vicinity, it being listeners. ; the regular procedure followed byDean Taylor remarked especially; since the beginning of his scnil-on the virtues of faithfulness and ity. A few hours later, he disap-loyalty Which mark every dog who) peared. and was not found until has a master; and me itior.ed, fn jj. Thursday morning, when hisp.body)lustration, the great dog of Lord was discovered, too late for any* \Byron. In a voice that he could not .human aidI1T
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Sat, Jan 06, 1923
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