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

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1942 Women join ranks ofLonghorn Band A V. I. Moore, the Dean of Student Life, dies. 1943 The Mirabeau B. Lamar Library staff announces that the library has a total of 729,332 volumes of books, pamphlets and newspapers. Aug. 31, 1943 111 The Tower lights are turned on again after having been off since the beginning of World War II. Nov. 2, 1943 Women begin playing in the Longhorn Band. Jan. 31, 1944 jftjThe University ' s M. D. Anderson Hospital is dedicated in Houston. Feb. 17, 1944 The Regents create The University of Texas Press and an ad- visory board of faculty members. April 28, 1944 111 The Regents adopt a resolution segregating black and white au- diences in all University buildings. Sept. 29, 1944 56 The University ' s First Century Meeting three times per week, University women enrolled in war-conditioning courses. While there was some question in the 30s as to the need of establishing a Reserve Officer Training Corps at The University, World War II insured a place for the khaki-clad cadets. I (If Roberts Hall and Sections C and D of Brackenridge Hall are vacated to make room for the 600 aviation cadets who start train- ing in the new Naval Flight Preparatory School to be established at The University. Dec. 21, 1942 111 The University pays tribute to the 150 University war dead and to the 10,000 ex-students in the armed forces. The day is declared Texas Fight Day or V-Day. 1943

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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

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terminate President Homer Rainey 1944 THE TEXAN RAINEY FIRED Students Called to Convene at IO o Clock Today R hasizes Willingness ' 3 Regents Resign After To Settle Differences 6-to-2 Vote for Dismissal Pamlet Voted WingPrewlen! Senate Polity ' CoMmir Fort Worth Man Named As Aynesworth Successor I U P Statement Todoy Navy Not to DeiMMtrate ||| At a special meeting of the faculty, President Homer P. Rainey reads a list of 16 charges against the Regents. Oct. 12, 1944 111 A meeting of the General Faculty unanimously adopts a vote of confidence in President Homer P. Rainey and in his administration at The University. Oct. 17, 1944 |1| The Regents fire Dr. Homer P. Rainey as president of The Univer- sity. They charged that Rainey has made statements which reflected upon the motives and good faith of the Board and that he failed and refused to conform to certain laws and regula- tions. Regents Fairchild and Bickett voted no on the charges. Nov. 1, 1944 JH| Students protest President Rainey ' s removal. Nov. 2, 1944 u 1 Dr. T. S. Painter becomes acting president of The University. - Nov. 2, 1944 Jj| The General Faculty passes a resolution asking for the reinstate- ment of Dr. Rainey. A group of 5,000 parade downtown. Nov. 3, 1944 JjJ In response to the firing of President Rainey by the Board of Regents, the Ex-Students ' Association demands that all members of the Board resign immediately. Nov. 4, 1944 M The vice president of The University resigns in protest of the Regents ' actions in denying reinstatement of Dr. Homer P. Rainey as president. Nov. 9, 1944 President Rainey ' s refusal to conform to the Regental orders result in his dismissal. . On Nov. }, a group of approximately 5,000 students proclaiming the death of academic freedom at The University parade downtown in protest of President Rainey ' s termination. The University ' s First Century 57