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

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mnrrts i l| pparJi, 1. A. ' 95, M.l Hr InUrti tatPB pnator from utrxaa Morris Sheppard, B. A., ' 95, LL. B., ' 97, has found that he can best serve his constituents as United States Senator at Wash- ington. Senator Sheppard is well fitted to wear the senatorial toga with much grace and dignity, and his many friends among the alumni are looking forward to his rapidly increasing suc- cess on the floor of the Senate. The junior Senator will have ample opportunity to display his prowess in debate in the special session this summer. We regard his elevation to this important post as a distinct honor to tlie University. Mil

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Albert Bxhmti lurl BOtt, OT. 1., ' B4 PoatmaHtfr-OiiEnrral nf tljf 3lnttP latra When the word came fortli from the White House tlmt President Wilson had lionored our native son, Albert S. Burleson, with a Cabinet portfolio, the people of Texas, with one voice, ratified tile executive selection. The new Postmaster General reflects great credit on this institution, for it was here that he received his LI.. R. in tiic Class of 188-i. Mr. Burleson has always c(nmected himself with the progress of this University, and his many friends among the alumni and faculty who will attest to his ability and capacity are legion.

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I arry P gton BU tx, 1. A fla.M. A;04 January 5, 1913, Harry Stoger died suddenly in New York. He entered the University of Texas in 1897, and received tiie B. A. degree in 1902 and the M. A., in 1901., iiaving taught two years in the meantime at Mineohi and at Bonham. A year at Johns Hopkins and two years at Oxford as the second Rhodes Sciiolar from Texas, completed his academic preparation for a life of exceptional richness and value. In the summer of 1908 he entered the publishing house of Doubleday, Page Co., and immediately began to exert a truly remarkable influence in the world of letters — being in a fair way to become, if the term may be used, a literary empresario. Mr. Walter H. Page says : I have known no other man who in the same length of time made so many intimate acquaintances in the writing world and who gave his friends so rich a return of helpful companionship. I could not undertake to tell you how seriously he is missed (and will continue to be missed) by the literary world and by us. Though but thirty years of age, he was the most distinguished graduate that the College of Arts has yet pro- duced. He was an able scholar and a brilliant man of aff ' airs, but to those of us who knew and loved him he will always remain a charming, impulsive, delightfully human boy.