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

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A detailed model shows proposed renovations of downtown Austin. and open people places would be con- structed to link the pedestrian paths. If started in 1980, the plan would have taken until 201 I to finish. Black stated, the entire downtown area would be planned for future generations. Black compared the plans to the real- ity of Quincy Market, a development in Boston, where plenty of people places were built and no skyscrapers congested the areas of city business. The plans were shown to various groups interested in the development of Austin, such as the WE CARE organiza- tion. Although they were impressed, Black said he was doubtful that the plans would ever be realized, but added, We didn ' t do it for it to be realized. It was good just to have ideas. Not caring is what got us where we are now. In a final week of review, architecture professors critically inspect students ' work for design flaws School of Architecture 1 87

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School of Architecture Architecture is more than tedious hours spent over a drafting board; it takes imagination and ingenuity along with hard work, said Dean Harold Box. With enrollment restrictions set by the Board of Regents, only 420 students were permitted in the program. The school ' s admissions standards required a mini- mum of 1 ,000 on the Scholastic Aptitude test, one of the highest SAT require- ments at The University of Texas. Box advised students interested in Architec- ture to first take a class to make sure the subject would suit them as a career. Students were assigned projects, many of which had to do with the future of the University and the city of Austin. Box considered these projects good practice for the architecture students. Many of the projects were studied by city officials for ideas in city planning. Along with these time-consuming projects, students had to attend class lectures. The school also invited an abundance of guest lec- turers, world-renowned architects from India and the Soviet Union, for example. Dean Harold Box i Students ' Fantasies Denied in Renovations A group of third year architecture stu- dents designed plans with the future of Austin, not various business interests, in mind. The plan was to provide ideas as concerned Austin people and not clouded by vested interests, said Sin- clair Black, University professor and Aus- tin architect. The project had to do with the revitalization and renovation of the downtown Austin area. The students under the supervision of Black did not want to create another downtown Houston with masses of high- rise buildings and a concrete-congested atmosphere. Instead, they wanted to design a downtown Austin providing space for people rather than simply allot- ting space for buildings, cars and busi- nesses. Specific guidelines were that buildings would not exceed four stories and that pedestrian paths, underground Architect Sinclair Black exhibits a model of the fantasies designed and constructed by his students. 1 86 School of Architecture

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College of Business Dean George Kozmetsky The College of Business had the larg- est number of full-time students in the nation and was the largest college on campus, with an enrollment of more than 9300 students. Adding to its great size, the College of Business offered programs to stu- dents of other fields. Students working toward PhD degrees in Humanities and the Social Sciences could receive busi- ness degrees through the Careers in Business Program. In January, a joint graduate degree plan in Communica- tions and business began which led to the simultaneous awards of MBA and MA degrees. The college ' s prestige and size could have been a result of its high rankings. In a recent survey of business deans, the undergraduate business program was ranked fifth best among state schools in the nation and the Graduate School of Business has ranked among the top ten in recent years. The Graduate School of Business is just half of the complex maze that comprises the entire business school.) I 88 College of Business Administration