A Longhorn In the Family

When Carolyn was a senior at U.T., she was doing her practice teaching and had to get to a school far away from the University. She used that old green and white ’54 Ford we had, I think.

Carolyn graduated from U.T. in 1964. She was living at the Delta Gamma House, and John, Mary Ann, John Dan, and I went down , spent the day with her, and in the late afternoon it began to rain.

I don't remember if Jim was there. He wasn't exactly keen on going anywhere.

The ceremony was to be in the U.T. Stadium. A big crowd was expected because a Doctor of Laws degree was to be given to LBJ (click here to read the speech he gave: May 30, 1964), and a Doctor of Letters was to be given to Lady Bird.

Well, it rained and it rained, and it Poured ! It was a big disappointment to us all that we had to go to the Convention Hall that was over by the river. As we were driving over there, Carolyn began to cry. She cried and it rained, and we were all wet.

When we got there, we could not find a seat, much less four seats. We were ushered into the basement, and we watched the ceremony from the basement on the TV. Many, many people had come to see the President, and that over-shadowed the graduation somewhat! But we lived through that just fine.