An older woman, her age nearing the century mark, deeply desired to attend the recent Howard Payne University homecoming. She received her baccalaureate degree there some 75 years ago, and this was her first trip back to Brownwood since her graduation.“I wanted to see Old Main one last time,” she said, remembering that most of her classes were held in the old three-story sandstone structure which was HPU’s only building when classes began in 1890.Other alumni would have enjoyed seeing it, too, that regal centerpiece where students kidded that ivy crept around on the outside and faculty crept around on ...