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

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bcariny- a diiilcnna a a mark m1 aiipn.val of their alma matL-r. During- its sovcntoon years of life each year has added sul)tle elements that go to make the character, the nature of the University atmosphere. Each alumnus carries away something in common, and thi-- -.omethiiiL; has come to mean much. It is even n. L;atlu rin ; In strength and definiteness. Some day soon it will shine so brightly that its ideal will stand out boldly and clearly. When that day comes, around whatever great personality this ideal centers, the hem will possess much 111 the kindly, gentle si)irit. the wise and priideiil foresight, the catholic, charital)le soul of him who goes so quietly among us to-day, and whose influence is strong because it is cloaked in the mantle of love. l!ut enough of mor.ili ing. Ami. since this has tii|-|le(l out a sei-iiion. let it be ended with a song: An uncrowned queen, serenely .stand Our dear old ' Varsity ; The pride of all our Texas land, The huUv.-irk of its lihertv. i 1 1

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Tlio Sl-1u)o1 ,,1- PliarmaL-y was or-aiii cd in Is ' i,;. A gradod course of two sessions of the same duration as those of the Medical School is provided; and what has been said of the spirit, purpose, equipment, and suc- cessful working of the Medical School may be reiterated in connection with the School of Pharmacy. The School of Nursing- was for years merely an adjunct of the Scaly Hospital, but was included as a University course in 1897. Its management, aside from the features of instruction, are delegated by the Board of Regents to the Board of Managers of the hospital; the teaching devolves upon the instructor of nursing and the general teaching corps of the School of Medi- eine. It is limited to a class of twentv-four women pupil , and the course is graded, extending over two sessions, each continuous throughout the year. Its im- portance to the hospital is incalculable, and the demand for its graduates as efficient caretakers of the sick attests its value to the jieople of the State. No fees are required for entrance, hut admission is permitted only by special fitness of the applicant and after responsible recommendation. These three schools, working together, constitute the Medical Department of the University of Texas. Tuition is free in all of them. The small matriculation fee and laboratory fees are only sufficient to cover the incidental expenses of the different departments. The professors are virtually officers of the State, since their salaries come directly from the general revenue. One spirit animates all, — that of earnest, conscientious effort to promote efficiency in the prevention and alle- viation of human ills. The whole Department has stood a step in advance of all similar institutions in the South and West, and by force of example, if in no other way, has been the i)otent fact.)r in l)ringing about the best Ivances in nedical education in the Southland in ist eight or ten vears. This it has been able to d( State schoo , untrammeled by serious local or finan necessities. It has admitted all who could with any reason hope to obtain its degrees, but it has not hesi- tated to indicate dissatisfaction with the work or ability of any individual at any stage of progress, and its graduates represent, after a process of selection from the large number of the lower classes, a high grade of professional excellence. With a continuation of such methods and purposes, a brighter future exists for scarcely another school in the land. THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY The Honorable Alexander W. Terrell delivered the tirst annual address before the Kusk and Athen;eum Literary Societies in 1SS4. A par.agraph in that ad- dress strikingly sets forth the mission of the Univer- sity. He said: No university was ever designed to accomplish the impossilile in the effort to polish dull mediocrity. The State ' s bounty in the endowment of ours was not bestowed to force into its halls the youth who lackseither the brains or the ambition to advance. It is a beacon light on the advance line of civili;iation, whose fires are only to be kept l)urning by ambition and intel- ligence; and w lien these are possessed in an eminent degree by any youth in the common schools and acade- mies of Texas, no matter how poor he may be, the means to develop them here will be at hand. Thus far the University has faithfully performed the task set by the man who had a large share in its founding. Year bv year it has grown in numbers and equipment. An- nually more than one hundred students leave its halls

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THE FACULTY AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY WILLIAM LAMHDIN PKATHER, Pkksideni (lEORGic Brcck Halsti;u. L A., Ph. I)., ProUssor , Pure Mathematics. B. A., Princeton University, 1875, and M. A.. 1878; Ph.D.. Johns Hopkins University, 1879. GiiOKGii Piekcl; Gakkison, Ph. D., Profcaor of History. I.. A., University of Edinburg-, 1881; Ph. D.. University i f Chicago, 1896. Thomas Ulvan Tavlok, L C. K.. Professor of Applied Malhcmalics. C. E., University ..f Virf,nnia, 1883; M. C. E., Cornell Univer- sity, 1895. KnwiN W. Fay, Ph. D., Professor of Latin. M. A., Southwestern Presbyteri;in University, 1883; Ph. I)., Johns Hopkins University, 1890. Fkkdf.kic William Simonds, M.S., V . ).. Ih-ojessor of Geology. B. S., Cornell University, 187.N and M. S., 1876; Ph. I)., Syra- cuse University, 1879. MoKGAN Callaway, Ph.D.. Professor of Knglis i Plii- lology. B. A.. Emory College (Ga.l, 1881. and M. A., 1884; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1889. Sylvestiok Pki.mkk, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Teu- tonic Languages. B. A., Harvard University, 1874; Ph. D., Strassbur-. 1880. William Jajies Battlk, Ph. D., L rofessor of G?rek. B. A., University of North Carolin.i. 1888; Ph. D., Harvard University, 1893. Sidney Edward Mezi;s, B. S., Ph. D., Associate Professor of Philosophy. B. S., University of California, 1884; B. A.. Harvard Univer- sity, 1890; M. A., 18S1, and Ph. D., 1893. DA aD Franklin Houston, M. A., Associate Professor of Political Science. B. A., University of South Carolina, 1887; M. A., Harvard University, 1892. Henry Winston H. rpkk, Ph. G., M. D., F. C. S.. Asso- ciate Professor of Chemistry. Ph. G., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1891; M. D . Uni- versity of Virginia, 1892; F. C. S., London, 1899. William Morton Wheeler, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology. Ph. D., Clark University, 1892. E. D. Shurter, Ph.B., Adjunct Professor of Oratory. Ph.B., Cornell TTniversity, 1892.