Those who attended UT from the mid 70’s to the mid 80’s - Do you remember either one of these guys?
1. A mounted “You Are Here” map used to stand on the southwest corner of the main building, just off the West Mall. There was an old guy (probably in his 80’s), dressed similar to Bear Bryant, with houndstooth hat, sports jacket and grey slacks that used to sit on a retaining wall near it. He’d wait for a young co-ed to come look at the map and then move in, helping them find their way, with his arm around them. Once they were informed, or just walked off, he’d give them a little swat on the ass with a rolled up newspaper he always carried with him. We called him Herbert the Pervert.
2. There was a 60-something white guy, a little chubby, with very rosy cheeks, bald on top with long white hair and a long beard, that attended UT for years. Used to see him on campus all the time. Talked with him once - his name was Val, but everyone called him Father Time. Read a story on him once that said he was left a trust fund by his deceased father and he could only draw from it as long as he was a student at UT. Read somewhere he’d already been a student for 30-40 years at the time.
There were a few other icons around campus back then (the screaming preacher lady across the street from the Co-Op. etc.) These were two of the more colorful ones that I remember.
Hook 'em!
1. A mounted “You Are Here” map used to stand on the southwest corner of the main building, just off the West Mall. There was an old guy (probably in his 80’s), dressed similar to Bear Bryant, with houndstooth hat, sports jacket and grey slacks that used to sit on a retaining wall near it. He’d wait for a young co-ed to come look at the map and then move in, helping them find their way, with his arm around them. Once they were informed, or just walked off, he’d give them a little swat on the ass with a rolled up newspaper he always carried with him. We called him Herbert the Pervert.
2. There was a 60-something white guy, a little chubby, with very rosy cheeks, bald on top with long white hair and a long beard, that attended UT for years. Used to see him on campus all the time. Talked with him once - his name was Val, but everyone called him Father Time. Read a story on him once that said he was left a trust fund by his deceased father and he could only draw from it as long as he was a student at UT. Read somewhere he’d already been a student for 30-40 years at the time.
There were a few other icons around campus back then (the screaming preacher lady across the street from the Co-Op. etc.) These were two of the more colorful ones that I remember.
Hook 'em!
