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

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emporary buildings alleviate crowded classrooms 1947 n I The Texas Memorial Museum, housing 270,000 vertebrate specimens, is established as a research and library facility. 7946 The University of Texas World War II Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc. sponsored by the Ex-Servicemen ' s Association of The Univer- sity of Texas, is established with a fund of approximately $1 million. Jan. 10, 7946 Fourteen temporary buildings are erected, the result of a $75 ' million Federal Works Administration Project to relieve crowded classroom conditions throughout the nation. Summer, 1947 The name of J. Frank Dobie, University professor of southwestern literature and noted author, is dropped from the official faculty roster of The University by order of President T. S. Painter. An outspoken critic of the University, Dobie had been on a leave of absence since October 1, 1943. Sept. 75, 7947 Q| Regents adopt a policy that requires every new employee of The University to have a chest X-ray and a complete physical examina- tion. Sept. 19, 7947 tt Lilia M. Casis, the first woman to hold a full professorship at The University, dies. Casis taught Spanish from 1897-1939 and served as dean of women from 1919-1921. October, 7947 - i;w Ira, - ||| Classes are dismissed on the campus and the faculty and student body meet in Hogg Auditorium to honor the war dead at a memorial service. Nov. 11, 7947 After a four-year court battle, Heman Sweatt was admitted to LIT ' s Law School. Even after the war had ended, the ROTC units which had been established on campus continued to exist, training students to become officers in the United States military services. The University ' s First Century 59

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1945 UT School of Law rejects Heman Sweatt III The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools places The University on probation because of the firing of its president, Homer Price Rainey. July 22, 1945 Uj The Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center is established as a depository for letters, documents and other materials relating to Texas and southwestern history. March 1, 1945 Al Parker Thomasen, an instructor in English, is the first person to die in a suicide plunge from the Tower. June 11, 1945 111 Heman Marion Sweatt, a 33-year-old black mailman and graduate student of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, applies for admission to the UT School of Law. His application is rejected on Texas con- stitutional and statutory provisions. Feb. 26, 1945 111 The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools removes the University from its 9-month probationary status. - March 28, 1946 Heman Sweatt files a suit against The University for denying his admission to the School of Law. May 16, 1946 111 Dr. T. S. Painter, acting president, is elected president of The University by the Board of Regents. May 24, 1946 U) Homer P. Rainey, president of The University from 1939-1944 makes an unsuccessful bid for the governorship of Texas. May, 1946 Women ' s war-conditioning classes involved maneuvering oneself through a series of obstacles that had been scientifically calculated to improve all of the muscles of the body.| 58 The University ' s First Century

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1948 University hosts first Honors Day Program Ceremonies are held to dedicate the additions to Memorial Stadium bringing permanent seating capacity to 60,131. Sept. 18, 1948 ft The School of Architecture is established. Feb. 1, 1948 J j The new ROTC gallery range at The University officially opens, with President Painter firing the first shot. Feb. 3, 1948 Ul The Southwestern Journalism Congress meets at The University. Dr. DeWitt Reddick, University professor of journalism, is presi- dent of the Congress. March 19-20, 1948 |1| Degrees are awarded to 1,580 students at Commencement. The Ogden Mustang Statuary Group for the Memorial Museum is unveiled. May 31, 1948 The Regents appropriate $15,000 for the purpose of electrifying the Scoreboard and for improvements to the public address system at Memorial Stadium. 1948 111 The Board of Regents authorize President Painter to negotiate for a director of The University Press at a salary not to exceed $7,200 a year. Oct. 30, 1948 ||| The University obtains a title from the federal government to near- ly 400 acres with approximately 26 buildings thereon, constituting the wartime magnesium plant a few miles north of Austin. Dec. 29, 1948 The first annual Honors Day program is held in Hogg Memorial Auditorium to give official recognition to those students who ex- cel in scholarship and citizenship. April 2, 1949 Texas Chapter of Scabbard and Blade, a national honorary military society, is established. 1949 Jk The University of Texas Sports Association is organized by Berry Whitaker. The purpose of the organization is to promote participa- tion in non-intercollegiate sports within the University and in ex- tramural competition. Whitaker was also responsible for organizing the intramural athletics program at The University. Spring, 1949 111 The Board of Regents approves the removal of Dr. E. J. Lund as professor of zoology at a meeting in the latter part of March. He is charged with non-cooperation by the Budget Council of the Zoology Department for refusal to teach a scheduled course in zoology. March, 1949 111 The Board of Regents approves creation of a committee to decide when a student is too emotionally disturbed to do his work or pro- perly conduct himself as a resident student. April 29, 1949 III The 50th anniversary of the founding of the Women ' s Physical Training Department is celebrated at the Women ' s Gymnasium. May, 1949 III A 19-year old sophomore, Edward Graydon Grounds of Dallas, jumps to his death from the 19th floor of the Tower. He is the third victim of the Tower. Oct. 15, 1949 BARREN SPACE The hopeless stinging hurt that comes with word Of sudden death has slowly softened with The passing months. The thought that friends Are gone forever from this life no longer pains As once it did, unless aroused by chance Remark or sudden memory. And they Would have it thus if they were here to say, For they are gone that life might be as once It was and carry onward as of old. But still, though reason and the passing months Conspire to take their presence from our minds There is a barren space within our hearts, A certain hollowness down deep within, That never can be filled by other things. RICHARD C. WILLIAMS, USNV-12CLASSOF ' 46 Several hundred aviation cadets received their wings in Naval Flight Preparatory School. 60 The University ' s First Century