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

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WILLIAM SKNECA SUTTON, LL. D. Acting President of the University nf Texas Page 20

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Board of pM . iJiiii ' i ' liibidjMtotoi irTiiiitiiiii ' fe.. ' ' -. ' :.-.. ' ....cse OFFICERS Henry J. LuTCHER Stark Chairman Mrs. H. J. O ' Hair Vice-Chairman E. J. Mathews Secretary REGENTS TERMS EXPIRE JANUARY, 1925 TERMS EXPIRE JANUARY, 1927 Tucker Royall . . . Palestine Sam P. Cochran . . . Dallas H. J. L. Stark .... Orange Frank C. Jones . . . Houston H. A. Wroe Austin Mrs. H. J. O ' Hair . . . Coleman TERMS EXPIRE JANUARY, 1929 CM. Caldwell .... Abilene R. G. Storey .... Dallas Dr. J. S. Wooten .... Austin STANDING COMMITTEES Auditing: Jones, O ' Hair Buildings and Grounds: O ' Hair, Cochran, Wroe Complaints and Grievances: Royall, Wooten, O ' Hair Executive: Stark, Wroe, O ' Hair Finance: Wroe, Royall, Storey Land: Cochran, Jones, Caldwell Medical: Wooten, Jones, Royall Mines: Caldwell, Wroe, Storey i Top Row — -Wooten, O ' Hair, Cochran, Royall, Mathews Bottom Row — Caldwell, Wroe, Stark, Storey, Sutton Page 2S

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To the Students of 1923-1924: THERE is not tlu ' slightest question that it is the s]:)irit of an institution, rather than its obiecti e organization and its endowment, that determines its worth and justifies its claim to reputable men. In fact, it is the spirit of an institution that should decide whether it should be allowed to exist at all. In the first place, an institution which is in deed and in truth a university, is founded upon an unquestioned moral unity — that is to say, upon undoubted hon- esty and regard for truth in all its dealings. Where faculty distrusts students, and students distrust faculty, where any phase of activity becomes inimical to any other phase, the destruction of absolutely necessary co-operation can not possibly be avoided, and the institution hastens to an inglorious end. The university in which such condition obtains can not ask the state to appropriate great sums of money for its existence. Again, an institution which claims to be upon the high plane of the university, manifests continuously a spirit having great regard for law, and the members of the university community are conspicuous for their willing obedience to law, for one of the most far-reaching and valuable results affecting the life of the state comes from the men and women who believe in the wisdom of settling differences of opin- ion by reason, and not by force, by appealing to law, and not by resort to the un- bridled passion and will of the individual. Another characteristic of the university spirit is genuine love for the insti- tution; a love not manifested spasmodically, on great occasions, but an affection that lasts from year to year. It is this love that forms a basis for loj alty, one of the finest attributes that can be acquired by the w ' eak human nature. Where there is no love, there can be no loyalty; and where there is no loyalty, there can be no self-denial. The University of Texas has a right to expect, of all its ex-students, that they will manifest their allegiance in terms of deeds. The men and women who in former years have enjoyed instruction and training in the University of Texas have undoubtedly been loyal to her ideals, and I have confidence that you. Stu- dents of 1923-1924, will not be unmindful of the superior power born of the correct estimate of the relative values of men and things, and that, borrowing the words of Emerson, you will resist the usurpation of the mere moment, and will listen to what the years and centuries say, and that therefore you will in no wise disappoint your university or the great state it was established to serve. •Vr. S . ' i ult Page 2 7