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FLUTESBEING ERECTEDbtCwlehanofIndividual and Group I abletsorfor Heroes Placed onMemorial StructureWork of placing memorial tabletsin the Texas Memorial Stadium inhonor of those Texans who lost theirlives during the World War has start-wlt;wofoftoed Friday. Two hundred have beenthordered up to the present time, andAtwo kinds of tablets will be erected.!individual and group.Each individual tablet will have theINseal of the State of Texas and the fol- tllowing words: “In Memoriam,” and!the soldier’s name, regiment, andI date of death. The plate will be fastiR* tened to the concrete walls of the sta-^ jndium with oval headed bronze screws dlt;A group tablet will be erected in!*Hjj'honor of the students and ex-students; :| Vof each of the six schools in thejSouthwestern Conference who died:' in the World War, The tablet forthe University is erected to honor) ' memory of those students and exstudents of the University of Texas!ai teetecf - {who gave their lives in defense of I* 01humanity in the World war,” and willgive the names of the students. The Texas tablet will be placed at theeiuright side of the entrance and the | ^ A.M. tablet at the left. The otherfour, Rice, Baylor, T. C. U. and S. M. U., will be placed on the next columns, two on the right and two on the left.o0Ch1Fte»sThe individual tablets will be purchased by families of the heroes and the group tabled will be given by the Texas Memorial Stadium Association.' „ The individual memorial tablets! t will be eight inches high and twelve inches wide, and will be made of solid cast bronze. The background will be heavily pebbled and finished in u gold statuary. The sea! and letter- j ing will be raised about 3-32 of an inch above the background and each letter will be hand tooled. A hand tooled raised border 3-6 of an inch wide surrounds the tablet. The tab-'lets are heavily lacquered to prevent tarnishing.a1«i*J
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 24, 1926
Page 5
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