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

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Varsity Notes '|’|u. Constitution of Coaliuiln ami Texas declared emphatically tliat opportunity for general otluc.itinn of tlic people should lie pvnviticil: March II. 155—«. The Constitution of the State of Texas. Ke’.uuaiy la. 1S7 ». ordained that the Legislature should establish. support, ami maintain a University of the fii't class.” at a place to he designated hy a vote of the people. This ordinance was the fuil tux pronounced hy the sovereign, creative voice ,.f the pco-ph-. Tin act of tin- Legislature authorizing the establishment of the Inivoi-ity was approved March 31, 1881. The Medical Department was opened October a. ISiM. d. I’. V. Paine was the first Dean: Allen d. Smith was the second: II. P. took was the third, and W. S. Carter is the fourth and present Dean. The eitv of Austin was designated as the site of the University. The precise location had been selected bv a committee appointed by the Congress ot Texas; and. for more than forty years, had been known as College Hill.” The first llcgcnts of the University were Asliliel Smith, Smith llngsdale. T. M. Harwood. K. 15. Hubbard. T. 1). Wooten. .1. L. Camp. A. X. Kd wards. Thomas ,1. Devine. Ashhcl Smith was the fii st President of the Hoard of Hegents; Thomas D. Wooten was the 'iwnul. and Thomas S. Henderson is the third. The Cain {ms as seen from a Light Tower The corner-stone of the I nivej'it building in Austin was laid hy Kcgent V’dihcl Smith on No veinher 7. IS82. The architect of the’building wax F. K. Kutlini. Duly the west wing was erected at liist. at a cost of $U2.030. Then tin- erection of the central building was completed in November. I8SU. by •lohn McDonald, contractor, at a cost of $84,143.80. The east wing was erected by I). Mahoney, contractor, in Isos. at a cost of $3S.ii42.50. The first Kacultv of the University consisted of .1. W. Mallet. Chemistry and Physics; .1. I.elloy P.ioun. Pure and Applied Mathematics’; Milton W. Humphreys. Latin and Creek Languages and Liter-at tire: H. Talliehet. Modern Languages; and. in the School of Law. O. M. Koberts and IS. s. Could. Constitutional. International, Common ami Statute Law. I lie first ( hairman of the I'ucii ty .is •. W. Mallet; the second Chairman as Leslie aggcr.cr. The first session of the Universitv liegun September la. ISS.1. During tlii- the first a.ademie vesti --'-'I students were eniolh-d. o .Medie.il branch had lieen established. During the year 188.1-’|S84. there were !71 academic and 50 law students. f the academics. 50 were young women. The first President of the University was Leslie Waggciiei. elected President pro tern.. Sepf.-m her 7, 1SH5. The second President was Ccorgc Tayloe Winston, elected dune do. IS!M». His resignation, tendered duly In. LS!»!». was accepted l v the Hoard on the same day. to take effect on the L»th of • cp fember, I8!t!». The third President of The Universitv was William Lamhdin Prather, elected Novemlier 4. IS!»!». ami died duly 24. I!MI5. The fourth and present President i David Franklin Houston. elected August L», 1 a

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Administrative Officers DAVID KHAN KLIN IIOISTOX, l. A.. LL. D.. I resident. .1A M ES liEX.I AM I X CLARK. I». A.. roc lor and Secretary of tlic Mom I' mrersity nl Austin. .1. I- IIEXDERSOX. M. A., li. A.. Ins ieilor of Affiliated Schools. WILSON WILLIAMS, H'ojistror of I hr Mo in I nirersity. ROBERT K. LEE SANKIL LL. II.. Loud Ayrat. ('llARLES li. WINN. . I nd it or. HEX M. BARK El?. Bookkeeper. W. L. COOK. Secretory to tile I’rrsidivil. JOHN li. MARSHALL. See re ton to the Iron. E. J. MATHEWS. Secretory to the Icon. ;eo. m. cRimrii. Assistant In the Ueyistrar.

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Judge James H. ('lark. Tin ci lit Regents are appointed hv tlie (Jovernor with tin «f the Stall S» nai« . Of the !; »:;I students who l»avo registered d«irin» the enrrent year. 1 1 are voim» women. of whom :{. »0 ImIoii” to I In Y. . A. Mi Kniiieo den is tin li' m i.il . iii tan nf tin ..................... In tin Depart........ of l.aw lin n an students enrolled. In tin Department of l- ili« iin . In Ha I t paitiiii-iit of Kii ineerin«. «|o. In tin t oll,-i of Arts tln-re Inn lieen enrolled stn. i n '• and in tin ............. School fiOI. I’ho total liriinlier o|' students Iiandh'd l y tin I nin i- it t ' N,|s during tin session of |!I07- 1008, is ‘24N. At their meeting on dannarv III. I OHS. the Hoard of Regents authorized tin I aeu It to '■-t ' ' 1 tin I'li. I), decree in thi' I niversily. ......Idest mciuliers of the l 'neiiltv. in point of erviee. are fieorjfe I . l«arri .on. I I’ofessoi ot Hi lory; .Mis. iiolen M. Kirhy, Dean of Women; Thomas I Ivan Taylor Dean of Kii”ineei in - Dejiaitnnn . The serilw who has indited these lines has l»een 1‘roetor of The I’niversily inee •l l lie is one of those olliceholders who seldom die and never resign. .IaMKS I . , A The Woman's liuihling. V