ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, April 18, 1997                 TAG: 9704180095
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

125 YEARS OLD AND READY TO MARCH

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ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ALAN KIM. To commemortae the school's 125th anniversary,
          about 3,000 people assembled to form a huge "125" Thursday on 
          Virginia Tech's Drill Field in Blacksburg for a university 
          photographer to capture from a plane and media photographers to 
          shoot from the Burruss Hall tower. color.