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

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1941 University officials abolish summer vacation period Ill The Campus League of Women Voters, through the assistance of the Austin League of Women Voters, is founded. March 7, 1941 Al T. U. Taylor, first dean of the College of Engineering, dies at age 83. May 28, 1941 Indiana University joins the University and the University of Chicago in operation of the McDonald Observatory. July 13, 1941 ||l Gamma Omicron Omega Nu, a service organization, is founded. Oct. 31, 1941 Spooks, a women ' s spirit and service organization, is founded. November, 1941 III The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Dec. 7, 1941 ff The University is on full wartime operational basis. The summer vacation period is abolished and plans are made for a year-round curriculum. January, 1942 g 1 Wartime induces particular emphasis on preferred fields physics, chemistry, engineering and medicine. February, 1942 Because of the war, The University ' s first class of speed-up graduates (medical) receive their diplomas. March, 1942 Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, and Lady Halifax visit the campus and Austin. April 75, 1942 tt| The Board of Regents authorizes the comptroller to secure war damage insurance on University buildings and equipment. Sept. 25, 1942 ;. At their September meeting, the Board of Regents adopts the following resolution which continues to effect the academic careers of all University students: Beginning with the Long Ses- sion of 1943-44, there will be prescribed as a condition precedent to the securing of a degree from The University of Texas six semester hours of American History. Sept. 26, 1942 From 1942 until 1957, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps headquartered in the Littlefield House. Anti-aircraft guns were on the front lawn and a firing range was in the attic. | 54 The University ' s First Century

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University men register for draft 1941 LONGHORNS WIN ' Holiday Declared Friday After Texans Plow Under Aggies, 7-O, in 58 Second RoineyJ.Word Fouts - ' ' - 13 ' Iron Men ' Upho Proclaim ' No Classes ' Qtyf jjS UlJ @X tt Memorial Tradition Cote h O i Colch Can. Jon ' Cadets Still Dazed by Upset |b The Regents vote to make an application for a Naval ROTC unit at The University. July 26, 1940 r The Regents accept the gift of the original Santa Rita rig from the first big oil well on University property and they decide it should be re -erected on campus. 1940 |i| Approximately 3,500 University men between 21 and 36 years of age register for the draft at the Texas Union. 1940 d| Every student is given the opportunity to join the Red Cross during Red Cross Day on campus. Nov. 14, 1940 ||) The Legal Aid Clinic of the UT School of Law begins operations under the direction of Edward Crane, professor of Law. Feb. 4, 1941 Jn For the first time, Life magazine features on its cover an entire star- ting football team the Texas Longhorns. Malcolm Kutner and Chal Daniel are on that team and become UT ' s first two All- American players. Nov. 11, 1941 I In 1941, Life magazine featured a cover photo of the 1941 Longhorn football team. Malcolm Kutner and Chal Daniel went on to become UT ' s first two Ail-American players. The University ' s First Century 53

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University readies for World War II 1942 UT GOES TO WAR Students on the Forty Acres, for a dozen years the stronghold of almost militant pacifism and anti- ROTC campus movements, awoke slowly Monday to the sobering realization that there was more at stake in life than a bid to the Rose Bowl. It was a slow awakening for most of them a group long peppered with wild propaganda but so tempered and used to reading of startling world developments that the impact of the news that the United States had actually been attacked seemed fan- tastic and unreal. Dec. 9, 1941 The Daily Texan ' The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor ushered in a new look on campus during the 40s. A number of naval groups were set up at The University to prepare cadets for the military. The University ' s First Century 55