Tech History

“I like to collect,” says Joe Belcher, in what is certainly a frontrunner for understatement of the year. Belcher, Cls 91, has turned the 1,500-square-foot basement in his Franklin, N.C., home into a Georgia Tech “man cave” overflowing with memorabilia. His collection includes about 100 pennants, dozens of bobbleheads, two gate signs from the old more

I actually rode in the original Ramblin’ Wreck to grammar school for several years before Dean Dull purchased it for Georgia Tech. The Model A Ford was purchased in its original unrestored shape by my family’s neighbor, Ted Johnson, who was chief pilot for Delta Airlines. The car was for his son, Craig, who along more

In Tech’s earlier years, especially in the 1920s on through the early 1940s, formal dances were the center around which campus social life turned. And for the young women of Atlanta who were lucky enough to snag an invite, the dance card was a crucial accessory for these beloved revels. “The ladies would fill the more

In my junior year at Tech (1965-66), I was a member of the Ramblin’ Reck Club and had responsibility for the Wreck. I will never forget my experience at Knoxville that year for the Tennessee football game.  The game was on national television, and it was hot. Close to 100 degrees at game time. All went well for more