In 1923, when architect William Ward Watkin came to the windblown native grasslands of West Texas to create a Campus Master Plan for Texas Technological College, he was inspired by the spacious landscape of the High Plains to design thirteen buildings in the Spanish Renaissance style on a cross-axial plan – forming what remains to this day the heart of the campus. He also sought to symbolize the ties between the University and the city of Lubbock with a visual and formal line connecting Memorial Circle to Broadway. Seventy-five years later, Texas Tech looks ahead to the 21st century with a new Campus Master Plan that honors as its foundation the William Ward Watkin design. New academic buildings and research facilities will support scholarly development, and new residence halls will enhance quality of life for students. But the Master Plan also reflects our understanding that human growth and learning are enhanced by an enriched environment; beauty in the art and landscape that surround us nourishes and stimulates the spirit. With this in mind, the Camps Car Givers committee had been entrusted by the Texas Tech Board of Regents with implementing a plan to bring landscaping and public art to the campuses of Texas Tech. Committee members all share the goal of making Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Science Center the most beautiful campuses for higher education in the Southwest, and all are dedicated to advancing a landscape and public are projects plan that will celebrate human achievement, stimulate creativity and foster the highest level of scholarship. In support of the mission of the Campus Care Givers, Texas Tech is pleased to present the 1998 Texas Tech Commemorative Christmas Ornament. Proceeds from the sale of each ornament will benefit the Campus Care Givers Fund, providing financing for a variety of campus landscape and public art projects. As we celebrate the holiday season, Texas Tech thanks all those who help to enhance our campuses, adding the voices of our time to those of the University’s history.
