And who in the hell are they to control everybody else? Tell your son that he has a ring admired by many. I have had people from other schools, including OU grads, ask to see my ring and they look over it in detail. One OU grad told me he thought it to be the best class ring he had seen, from any school. The traditional ring, designed in 1927, has been worn by too many thousands of graduates to count.
It was, and is, a quality design and there was no, none, reason for a change.
Here is the history you can share with your son.
In 1927, UT Seniors first bought The University of Texas rings. This original ring was designed by a technician in the Department of Zoology, Mrs. Darrell Jackson. It was crafted in ten-karat gold and set with a garnet stone. One shank held a Longhorn with a lariat looped through the horns, the number "27," a lone star, and a wreath of Texas Cacti. The second shank bore the wearer’s degree, the crest, a scroll, and a wreath of bluebonnets, which mimicked the wreath of Cacti on the other side.
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