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

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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

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

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The Ex-Students ' Association r N January, 1919, just a little more than five years ago, a group of Texas Exes met in Dallas, Texas, to reorganize the Elx-Students ' Association, which had practically suspended operations during the Great War. Among the men assembled there were Orville Bullington, E. E. Bewlv, B. P. Bailey, E. M. Bramlette, Rav Bedicheck, C. K. Lee, R. J. Rhome, J. F. Etter, lohn LaPrelle, Lutcher Stark, D. C. Bland, Will C. Hogg, G. N. Anderson, A. M. Frazier, F. C. Hume, W. W. Woodson, Dexter Hamilton, J. L. Halbert, H. D. Ardrey, Alex. Weisberg, A. L. Brombaig, R. E. L. Knight, Dr. H. B. Decherd, G. L. Haidusek, William Pierson and James P. Haven. Dr. Cossette Faust Newton represented the women. It was resolved that thereafter the Association should ask no financial favors of the University or the State, but that all contributions for its support should come from individual citizens. Moreover, the headquarters of the Association were to be removed from the campus, in order, as the delegates thought, to render the best service to the Universitiy. At this meeting plans for permanently financing the Association were adopted. An Executive Secretary was elected and the plans and purposes of the Association were briefly formulated. The purposes were : To establish an adequate Loan Fund; to complete sub- scriptions to the gymnasium fund; to publish an Ex-Students ' Magazine; to publish an accurate catalogue of ex-students; to acquire a permanent home for the Association; to mamtam a com- petent paid staff; and to encourage theestablishmentof scholarships, fellowships, and foundations. The future growth of the University is largely in the hands of thousands of the men and women who have received its benefits. Should their loyal enthusiasm continue constantly and actively, there can be little doubt that Texas will have, like other western states, a university in which all its people shall take pride. D. C. Bl. nd President THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL To i?ow—D. C. Bland, Edw. rd C. Cr. ne, Beauford Jester „ , ,, i- , Second Rou ' —Dr. W. S. Sutton, Mrs. S. R. Aldredge, Helen Knox, D. A. Frank, R. L. Holliday, L. J. Stewart . . , - Boltom «ott— Judge J. W. Brady, H. Y. Benedict, R. T. Fleming, J. A. Lomax, Dr. Joe Gilbert Page 28