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

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Memorial Stadium hosts 0 ' Daniel inauguration 1939 Ill The Regents change the name of the library of The University to the Mirabeau B. Lamar Library of The University of Texas. April 30, 1938 ||| The Regents authorize construction of a radio station on campus. - Aug. 13, 1938 i ||| A large bronze plaque bearing a summary of the University ' s building program from 1925-1937 is installed just inside the en- trance to the Main Building. Aug. 23, 1938 i ||| For the fall semester, 9,995 students register. Sept. 29, 1938 i T ||| George L. Allen, a black man, registers via mail for a UT business course. He attends the first class and is then asked to withdraw. His fees are returned. A Kansas newspaper picks up the story with a red banner headline: Texas U. admits Negro. Oct. 21, 1938 The Silver Spurs, an honorary service group, is organized. Currently the organization serves as the official caretakers of Bevo, University mascot. Nov. 1), 1938 ||| The new University radio station makes its first broadcast. Nov. 19, 1938 4fk The Texas Memorial Museum is officially opened with approx- imately 2,500 people in attendance at the ceremony. Jan. 15, 1939 Gov. W. Lee O ' Daniel is inaugurated in Memorial Stadium with 65,000 people in attendance. Jan. 17, 1939 |1| A poll of UT students reveals that 65.5 percent are against the establishment of ROTC on campus. Jan. 29, 1939 U| An editorial entitled How did the Texas Union get in the financial difficulty which it is encountering? appears. The Texas Union is chastized by an editorial for not keeping up with its promise to re- main self-supporting. Feb. 24, 1939 111 A student survey shows that the majority of women prefer stricter regulations on campus for themselves than for men. April 23, 1939 Appointed director of athletics in 1913, L. Theo Bellmont helped reorganize UT sports. DEMONSTRATE AGAINST War and Forces for War AGAINST Student Conscription AGAINST The Subordination of Education by the Militia FOR A Drastic Arms Reduction FOR A Practical Peace Policy FOR An Intelligent Insight to Peace Problems SUPPORT THE STUDENT ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION APRIL, 22, 11 A. M. OPEN AIR THEATER Student Peace Committee Even in 1937 there were those who voiced dissent towards war. The University ' s First Century 51

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1937 University becomes scene of ant i- war demonstration 1111 Dedication and cornerstone laying for the $2 million new Main Building, designed by Philadelphia architect Paul Cret, is held. Ap- proximately 250 people attend. Feb. 27, 1937 |1| An anti-war demonstration is held on the UT campus. Students are urged to secure a liberal education, refute militaristic propaganda and to oppose the ROTC. April 22, 1937 President H. Y. Benedict dies while still in office. 7937 M |1| Censorship of The Daily Texan is lifted after a decision by the Regents which reorganized Texas Student Publications, Inc. - June 1, 1937 1111 The observation deck of the Tower is opened. July 1, 1937 111 The first Daily Texan radio broadcast is conducted from the stage of Hogg Auditorium. July 24, 1937 The Stark Library in the Main Building is opened to the public. March 31, 1938 POSTPONEMENT The production of the University Light Opera Company ' s much heralded Women of the Guard has again been postponed from May 6 to May 30, this time because someone stole the piano. The May 6th performance was postponed from April 19 because one of the stage hands had laryngitis. That performance was postponed from January 14 and that from December 23 and that from October 2 and so on ad nauseum. The original date set for the performance was October 9, 1896. A meeting of officers was held last Thursday to set the date for the next postponement. 1936 Cactus Thorn The fifty year reunion of the class of 1886 included Dr. S. C. Red, first academic graduate (front row, second from right) and Engineering Dean T. U. Taylor (back row, far right). 50 The University ' s First Century

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Legislature approves Union fee ' I . Campaigning against 12 opponents in the race for governor in 1938, political unknown W. Lee O ' Daniel won the election and was inaugurated in The University ' s Memorial Stadium. jjjl The McDonald Observatory, the $1 million cooperative astronomical observatory of the University of Texas and the University of Chicago, is officially dedicated and opened as 400 people watch. May 5, 1939 Hi Dr. Homer P. Rainey succeeds John W. Calhoun as president of The University. Calhoun had served as president ad interim since the death of H. Y. Benedict. June 1, 1939 111 A poll of students shows that 95 percent refuse to support the Ox- ford Pledge, which states I refuse to support the U.S. Govern- ment in any war it may undertake. June 1, 1939 Approximately $2.5 million from the estate of Will C. Hogg is given to The University; with it, the Hogg Foundation is estab- lished. July 75, 7939 diThe legislature approves a compulsory $1 Student Union fee to help the financially ailing Texas Union with operational costs. - July 30, 1939 Day is designated in honor of Uncle Billy Disch, the head baseball coach who had been with The University since 1911. April 4, 1940 After four years of planning, the Latin American Institute is opened. June 9, 1940 Serving 20 years as football coach, Dana X. Bible began his tenure at UT in 1937. 52 The University ' s First Century