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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby gostangs » Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:36 pm

if you are referring to the old ATO that is now the service house - it was built around 1980. not our best effort.

and as for room for the beggars - thank goodness we have some good ones, since our entire future, sports and otherwise rests on their shoulders. If anyone deserves a nice place to work its them.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby redpony » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:30 pm

gostangs wrote:if you are referring to the old ATO that is now the service house - it was built around 1980. not our best effort.

and as for room for the beggars - thank goodness we have some good ones, since our entire future, sports and otherwise rests on their shoulders. If anyone deserves a nice place to work its them.


The original 'new' ATO house was built in about 1958. After it burned down another one was constructed. I believe it was in the late 60's or early 70's- not in the 80's.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby Junior » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:07 am

blackoutpony wrote:
Digetydog wrote:

I was told that at least one fraternity on SMU Blvd was offered the old ATO house.


Pretty sure it was Beta. They hate their house.

we hate all our houses. why do you think we burned the previous one down around 1990?
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby PonyKai » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:50 pm

Junior wrote:
blackoutpony wrote:
Digetydog wrote:

I was told that at least one fraternity on SMU Blvd was offered the old ATO house.


Pretty sure it was Beta. They hate their house.

we hate all our houses. why do you think we burned the previous one down around 1990?


So we can [deleted] about admin building us such a small one to replace it.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby Junior » Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:57 pm

stlhockey, you a Beta, too?
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby Stallion » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:17 pm

The ATO House burned down a few weeks after winter rush ended in January or early February 1978-I was a freshman and ATO room-mate was a freshman and we were good friends of the ATO pledge who died in the fire. Both played on soccer team with my twin brother
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby PK » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:12 pm

Stallion wrote:The ATO House burned down a few weeks after winter rush ended in January or early February 1978-I was a freshman and ATO room-mate was a freshman and we were good friends of the ATO pledge who died in the fire. Both played on soccer team with my twin brother

IIRC the fire happened sometime during the night after the end of a party. The party had used a lot hay bales inside the house on the first floor of the house.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby PonySnob » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:59 am

Junior wrote:
blackoutpony wrote:
Digetydog wrote:

I was told that at least one fraternity on SMU Blvd was offered the old ATO house.


Pretty sure it was Beta. They hate their house.

we hate all our houses. why do you think we burned the previous one down around 1990?


Spring of 88 it burned down.....believe that was the last house to have a basement.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby NavyCrimson » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:59 am

KE have a basement.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby smustatesman » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:32 am

Spring of 88 it burned down.....believe that was the last house to have a basement.[/quote]

If you mean the Beta house, at 3058 Yale Blvd.; it had only a partial basement under the kitchen/house mother's apt., on the west end of the house.
It basically had a boiler, which sat in a pit. Room measured approx. 15 x 40.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby PonyKai » Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:41 am

Good to know.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby Junior » Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:37 am

Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:
Junior wrote:stlhockey, you a Beta, too?


Yep. c/o 2010

Cool. '95.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby PonyKai » Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:42 am

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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby Digetydog » Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:31 pm

smustatesman wrote:Spring of 88 it burned down.....believe that was the last house to have a basement.


If you mean the Beta house, at 3058 Yale Blvd.; it had only a partial basement under the kitchen/house mother's apt., on the west end of the house.
It basically had a boiler, which sat in a pit. Room measured approx. 15 x 40.[/quote]

The Beta House fire was a huge campus event. The IM field was packed. It ended up being a big party. Thankfully, nobody was injured.

The Kappa Sig house has a basement under the main part of the house.
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Re: New Exit Signage on Central

Postby SMU2007 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:30 am

don't you people see how polarizing all this greek talk is and why it must be banned? Where are the mods when you need them??

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