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

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y II m - The Ex-Students ' Association i isr ====== ' ■m npHP] present Ex-Students ' Association is the suc- cessor of the old Akimni Association which came into being almost with the first graduating class. Reformed in 1912 to accept non-degree holders, and gi ' en its present name in 1914, the Association was reorganized in 1919; this time after the war was when plans were made for its permanent financing, as en- tirely free from Uni ersity support and m aintained by the individual subscription of loyal Exes. The Association is governed by its executive coun- cil, meeting regularly each June and otherwise on call, directed by its elected president, Rhodes S. Baker of Dallas, and managed by an executive secretary and office personnel at the headquarters, 2300 San Antonio Street, Austin, Texas. The Ex-Students ' Association in 1919 laid out a broadly constructive pro- gram with the greater good of the University in view. Its Student Memorial Loan Fund is a constant aid to undergraduates in need of help. Above all other aims of the Association is the organization of men and women trained by the University into a body working as a unit for the school along the lines laid out by the reorganization meeting of 1919. Rhodes S. Baker, President t Top row — R. V. Stayton, Birke Baker, W. V. Woodson, D. A. Frank Bottom row — John . . Lomax, Helen Knox, Eunice Aden, Rhodes S. Baker li Page 24

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m ' - School of Engineering ' M IN THE second year of the I ' niversity, session of 1884-85, a start was matle in tlie teacliing of engineering. At that time it was attached to the School of Mathematics under a subhead of Applied Mathematics. From 1S84 to 1889 Pure Mathematics and Engineering were combined into one school under the title of School of Pure and Applied Mathematics. In 1889 Applied Mathematics was set up as a separate depart- ment; from 1888 to 1896 the whole work was given by Dean T. U. Taylor, who taught all the classes in Engineering field work and drawing. In 1903 Electrical Engineering was added, but little progress was made in that subject until the Engineering Building was erected in 1904. From 1904 to 1912, degrees were offered only in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mining Engineering. In 1914 Architecture M-as added and later the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing was created. In 1895 the General Faculty passed an order recom- mending that the regents create the Department of Engineer- ing, making it co-ordinate with the Law Department; but it was not regularh- organized into a department until the Houston administration in 1906, when Dean Taylor was made Dean of the Department of Engineering. . . When the School of Mines was located in El Paso, the University gave up the work m Mmmg Engineering in favor of El Paso. At the present time degrees are offered in Architecture, Archi- tectural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engmeering, and Mechanical Engineering. Since the organization of the School the foUowmg number of degrees have been conferred: Architecture, 63; Chemical Engineering, 46; Civil Engmeermg, 320; Electrical Engineering, 365; Mechanical Engineering, 54; Mines, 16; making a total of 764 degrees conferred. Olf this total 753 degrees were taken by men and 11 by women. In 1920 the name of the Engineering Department was changed to College of Engmeermg. One interesting feature of the history of the department is the fact that only one rich boy ever graduated with an Engineering degree. Graduates of Engineering have taught on the faculties of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University ol Illinois, and Uni- versity of California, in addition to those on the faculties of different colleges of Texas. Thomas Ulvan Taylor Dean Page 23 Top roii)— FouRAKER, VosPER, Reming, King, Cleveland, White Second roic— McLaurin, Robertson, Gafford, Helwig, Farris, McNeill Third roii ' — Granger, Allen, Tre. t, Stewart, Rowe, Ramsay, Vallance Bottom ro ' ci ' — Finch, Bantel, Giesecke, Taylor, Weaver, Correll

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m Students ' Association IS ' M STUDENT self-government has existed at the I ' ni- versity of Texas since 1883. The Students ' Asso- ciation, composed of every student in the University, was formed in 1902 for the purpose of facilitating this form of go ' ernment. This government has evolved into a tripartite form, the ofiiicers of the Students ' Association being the executive branch, the Students ' Assembly being the legislative branch, and the Men ' s and Women ' s Councils constituting the Judiciary. OFFICERS STUDENTS ' ASSOCIATION Richard W. Blalock Warren J. Collins Virginia Harper President . Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer n RicHAUii Blalock, President MEMBERS STUDENTS ' ASSEMBLY Academic Margaret Caldwell Margaret Cousins Suzanne Nimitz Murrin Clark Johnny Estes Tom Pickett Business Administration Pattie Jay Clifford Johnson Olen C. Turner Engineering E. V. Manning I. N. Smith Jim Straiton Education Elizabeth Hightower Charlee Kelly Warren Taliaferro Law Ernest Belcher W Forney Nowlin J. T. Suggs Journalism William Moulton Cobb Graduate Stanley Slavens Top raif— Clark, Suggs, Straiton, Johnson, Pickett, Slavens Middle roro— Manning, Cobb, Belcher, Hightower. Smith, Jay, Estes Bottom roif— Cousins, Kelly, Blalock, Harper, Collins, Nimitz II Page 2!