University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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SECTION EDITORS Administration and Faculty Athletics . Dorms and Co-ops . Feature Fine Arts Fraternities Honoraries and Service .... Index Men ' s Intramurals Military Organizations ....... Photography Religious Activity . . . Sororities Student Government and Publications Women ' s Intramurals .... MARY KATE SURRATT JOHNNY STUART CAROLYN KOENIG SHIRLEY COHEN AL WILSON JACQUIE LsRoY BRUCE MULLER ALYCE Lou SMITH ARIEL THOMANN BOBBY JOE MIKS BRENT HICKMAN ELINOR DRAKE JOCELYN WELLS AL WILSON SHIRLEY RYLANDER SHARON KUGLE SHANNON HOWARD HENRY RAINBOW SHARON KUGLE LUVERNE MITCHELL, Associate Editor Pat Ward and Gwen Goldstein alphabetize. Sharon Kugle and Sandy Hamilton make plans for the sorority section, while Paul Hope discusses layouts with Bettye Faulk and Linda Cumber. In the background Carolyn Koenig and Henry Rainbow discuss their sections. STAFF ASSISTANTS Linda Cumber Ann Donaghey Gwen Goldstein Harriet Hilliard Bunny Kohler Marilyn Markman Ethel Miller Judy Reed Pat Ward Jimmy Johnson Paul D. Hope Ruth Fulwiler Bettye Faulke RYLANDER SMITH STUART SURRATT WELLS WILSON PAGE 157

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THE CACTUS Here is your 1956 Cactus . . . We have tried to bring you the joys and memories of a school year gone by. Your year . . . coupled with a panoramic flavor of our Southwest in all of its vastness. The staff has tried to touch upon something that each of you will find enjoyable. The cover might well represent a radical change to many, but we believe that it gives a preview to the style inside. The Texas Longhorn on the end sheets appears to be almost alive thanks to the brush of Tom Lea. He has captured in art a magnificent animal symbolic of the spirit of The University of Texas. Artist Joe Hobbs has brought the past and present to you in an enriched theme of the Southwest on each of the section sub-divisions. The giant Saguaro Cactus towers above the land- scape and might well represent the prominent and important position that our campus holds in the Southwestern education system. All-in-all, some parts are new and some are old. As you thumb through the pages, we hope that there is something to catch your eye in a pleasing manner . . . for there are many of you who, both knowingly and unknowingly, have added valuable contribu- tions to the production of the Cactus for 1956. To you we say Thanks . . thanks a lot. JIM RICHARDS, Editor Patti Clifford and Brent Hickman alphabetize, Judy Reed and Joan Farguhar check lists, while Ethel Miller, Barbara Sherman, and Marilyn Markmati go over sorority copy. COHEN DRAKE HICKMAN KOENIG KUGLE LeROY MULLER RAINBOW PAGE 156

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WILLIE MORRIS, Editor THE DAILY TEXAN This was an unusually noteworthy year for a liberal, hard-hitting Daily Texan. A heated controversy with the Board of Regents concerning editorial policies made national headlines. The 1955-56 Texan seemed to pioneer what it called a new concept of college journalism, by presenting penetrating editorial comment on con- troversial state and national issues, as well as salient campus developments. In its editorials it warned of the coercive intrusion of politics and commercialism in higher education; it sought a more aca- demic atmosphere at the University; it campaigned for Student Union expansion; it worked toward enlightened and tolerant gradualism on undergraduate desegregation; it criticized the com- munity for its corruptive conformism; and it championed the right of faculty members to participate in politics. It ran a series of editorials striking the State administration for the veteran ' s land scandals, the insurance irregularities, gas regulation and state tax policies. The trouble over editorial censorship prompted the Texan to comment that its independence was succumbing to a subtle creeping paralysis. In many respects it was a crossroads year. The Texan stuck to its guns that it was the campus newspaper ' s duty to concern itself with all issues, no matter how controversial. Through its addi- tional news coverage and editorial policy, it endeavored to maintain accurate news, intellectually stimulating editorial page matter, and freedom of comment. Its eloquent defense of a 55-year Daily Texan tradition, its concern for future editors, its comments on Amer- ican student rights, and its vigorous influence on the aggravated craft of college journalism kept the 1955-56 paper at the top of the list of US college newspapers. WILLIE MORRIS, Editor Fall WILLIE MORRIS . J. C. GOULDEN . CARL BURGEN VADEN SMITH . PAT PURCELL FRED KASSELL . NANCY HASTON NANCY NICHOL . CAROL SUTHERLAND JERRY HALL CAROL QUEROLO JOHN KNAGGS . VERNE BOATNER BARBARA RAY . SHIRLEY INSALL ROLLY WESTER . GREG OLDS DANEE MILLER . ARNOLD ROSENZWEIG JOHN ROGERS . ROBB BURLAGE . STAFF Editor Managing Editor News Editor . . Assistant News Editor Assistant News Editor Assistant News Editor Editorial Assistant Editorial Assistant Sparts Editor Associate Sports Editor Women ' s Editor . Amusements Editor Feature Editor Wire Editor . Picture Editor Exchange Editor . Spring WILLIE MORRIS CARL BURGEN VADEN SMITH NANCY HASTON NANCY NICHOL CAROL QUEROLO MARK BRALY VERNE BOATNER NICK JOHNSON SHIRLEY INSALL GREG OLDS DANEE MILLER BUD MIMS ARNOLD ROSENZWEIG CHARLES ADLER ROBB BURLAGE Fall JIM CLARK MEDA MILLER REX NEWMAN ROSE JANDA NANCY McMEANS CONOLY CULLUM DOYLE HARVILL NIGHT EDITORS Spring MEDA MILLER BYRON LINDSEY ROSE JANDA REX NEWMAN DOYLE HARVILL CAROL SUTHERLAND CARL BURGEN, Managing Editor (Nov. 15-May) 1- v.i. 158