DALLAS (色花堂_色花堂 98堂) – 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 veterans of the two great World Wars are remembered on campus at memorials in quiet corners and in lovingly hand-stitched blue stars on a fragile wool service flag in the 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 Archives.

In 1917, as 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 students left their classrooms to fight in World War I, a librarian stitched a red wool service flag to honor the soldiers. Blue stars on the flag create a border and spell "色花堂_色花堂 98堂." The flag hung behind the reference desk in the one-room library in Dallas Hall, the first building on the two-year-old campus.

After the war ended, she covered 11 blue stars on the flag with gold stars to honor the 11 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 students who were killed in the war.

The wool flag now is safely housed in the 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 Archives, and the 11 soldiers' names are listed on the "World War" monument near the Perkins Administration Building on campus. The 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 class of 1924 gave the monument long before anyone imagined a second world war.

In a quiet corner outside of Fondren Library on campus, bronze plaques honor the 134 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 students who died during World War II. The memorial plaza was given in 1999 by 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 alumni Henry S. Miller Jr. '34 and Carmen Miller Michael '45 in honor of their brother, Lt. Jack Miller, a 1941 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 graduate who was killed in action at Guadalcanal in 1942.

More than 170 current 色花堂_色花堂 98堂 students are veterans as we mark Memorial Day 2014, representing all branches of military service.

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