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

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11 m ' - School of Law ' » THE Law Scluiol of tlie InhersitN- of Textis is now enijagetl upon its fort --second conseculi c year of sfiAirc. I- ' rom a humble beginning ' in llic fall ot 188;-5, with a facult - of only two members and an enrollment of tifly-lwo students, it has grown to the present proportions of a student bod ' numbering three hundred and a faculty of ten members. With this numerical increase has come likewise a constant raising of the admission requirements and a proportionate increase in the extent of the curriculum offered and in the standard and amount of work required of the students. Throughout its existence the Law School has been singularh- fortunate in the character of the personnel comprising its teaching staff. The memory of such men as O. M. Roberts, R. S. Gould, John C. Townes, Yancey Lewis, B. D. Tarlton, C. H. Miller, Lauch McLaurin, and many others is cherished today by all who were privileged to stud - under these learned and able preceptors of the law. These men were the pioneers in the field of legal education in the Southwest, and upon the foundation laid by them a greater law school has been erected. Colonel W. S. Simkins, anotherof these great pioneers, has been identified with this institution for the past twenty-seven years. Our beloved Dean, Ira P. Hildebrand, has been one of the leaders in the progress of the Law School for the past nineteen years, and never has this progress been more pronounced than during the past two years under his able guidance and direction as Dean. Newer members of the faculty to whom much credit is due are A. Leon Green, D. F. Bobbitt, and C. T. McCormick. The past year has seen the addition of five new members to the faculty: Professors R. W. Stayton, G. W. Stumberg, J. E. Hallen, A.ssociate Professor A. W. Walker, Jr., and Instructor F. B. Clavton. Professor Stayton was engaged in the practice of law at Corpus Christi for many years and has served as President of the State Bar Association and as a judge on the Commission of Appeals of Texas. Professor Stumberg comes from the faculty of the lTni -ersity of Louisiana Law School and Professor Hallen fro m the faculty of the ITniversity of Kansas Law School. Associate Professor Walker and Instructor Clayton are both graduates of the llniversity of Texas Law School and have practiced law in Dailas and E! Paso respectively. De. n II1LDEBR.A.ND Top roli. ' — V. LKER, StCMBERG, iMcCoRMICK, H. LLEN, Cl. ' yton, Bobbitt Bnltom row — Hildebrand, Connerly, Moore, Dodson, Stayton, Green ' i i iSI i Page 21

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w- College of Arts and Sciences m Bi 1,1 THE College of Arts and Sciences for this session has re- mained under the general direction of Dean Benedict, assisted by Dean Parlin, and there ha e been fe ver changes of importance in its work or its polic ' than ha -e been neces- sary in the Graduate School, which has drawn its faculty largely from those who are also in the College of Arts and Sciences. Changes have come with abolition of certain departments, perhaps temporarily, with certain modifica- tions in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Journalism de- gree requirements, and with new regulations concerning the dropping of students who fail in their courses. As a result of Go •ernor Ferguson ' s -eto of certain items in the L ' niversity Apropriation Bill last spring the Board of Regents were forced to abolish three departments, viz., Journalism, Music, and Library Science. Music and library science forthwith disappeared from the curriculum, and the teachers of those subjects went elsewhere. Two of the four teachers of journalism, including Professor W. H. Mayes, who had directed the department since its foundation, also left the employ of the university. But after strong petitions were presented by prospective candidates for the journalism degrees, the Board of Regents found it possible to retain Professor P. J. Thompson in the School of Business Administration in order to offer journalism courses, to have other courses offered by Professor Hornaday, Lecturer McGill, and the English department, and to have the degree of Bachelor of Journalism administered by Dean Benedict. These changes made necessary slight modifications in the requirements for this degree as certain required courses were no longer oft ' ered. Substitutions of courses in Economics, English or Government for former journalism courses were allo.ved for this year onh ' . Whether more radical changes are made in future years, or the department is re-established and the degree put on a firm basis, remains to be seen. At the same time the College of Arts and Sciences slightly liberalized the requirements in certain major groups for the Bachelor of Arts, and fixed definite dates for examination of seniors in the major subjects. No prospect of abandoning this examina- tion is visible. Dean Benedict : ' - Top row — C. P. P.. TTERSON, W. A. FeLSING, J. L. BOYSEN, M. R. GUTSCH, E. L. DODD, G. W. CUNNINGH. M Middle row — R. Thomas, F. L. WniTiNEY, D. B. Casteel, Mary E. Gearing, E. Griscom, J. E. Pearce, C. M. Cleveland Bottom row — J. B. Wharey, E. T. Miller, V. J. Battle, B. C. Tharp, S. L. Brown, E. R. Sims Paie 20 I

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If w- School of Business Administration ' ■m No, HE IS NOT the dean of the School of Busi- ness Administration. He has not even the title of Acting Dean. He holds the position of chair- man of the faculty of the school; and in the absence of a dean — the situation existing during this school year — he is ably carrying on the work ordinarily done in a dean ' s office and is succeeding so well in his duties that both the students and the faculty cannot realize anything but that he is the real dean. E. Karl McGinnis was born May 5, 1887, at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Soon after that date his family moved to Marshall, Missouri. While still a child he spent two years abroad with his father, who was studying both in Leipzig and in Paris. He took a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907 at Mis- souri Valley College in Marshall. Because of his intense interest in student life, he studied vocational guidance courses at the University of Chicago with the intention of entering that field of work. Also, at different intervals between his teaching and working terms he took law courses at the University of Chicago and received a Doctor of Juris- prudence degree in the summer of 1923. Fortunateh ' , all the students have the opportunity of learning to know Dr. McGinnis, since he teaches the famous required course known as B. A. 23. Because he is able to inspire them to work hard, and go out to do a man ' s job, and to give all a fair deal, he is admired by all the students. Dr. E. Karl McGinnis i i Top row — FiTZGEKALLi, Kehm, Thiimpson, C ' ci.x. Stilken. Simmons, Winston, Bottom rou ' — Smith, McGill, Frazier, McGinnis, Wiliu kn, Wooduriiu.e, Lay RiBBINK li Page 22