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

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College of rts a fid Science JM I ' I ' I THE student body began in 1883, di ' ided into Academs and Laws, 58 Academic girls. 111 Academic boys, and 52 Law boys. There were six Academic Professors, and two in Law. What is now called the College of Arts and Sciences was called Academic Department, 1883-1891, and Department of Literature, Science and Arts, 1891- 1906. College of Arts was the next name until Sciences crept into the title in 1920-21. From six (what are now called) departments in 1883, teaching eight subjects, there has grown 18 departments in 1927, teaching about forty major subjects of human knowl- edge. Philosoph) ' , Psychology, Economics, Government, Sociology ' , Business Administration, and Anthropology for example ha ' e all grown out of one original department. From six professors, the faculty has grown to 111, 81 instructors and 114 tutors and assistants; and the student body from 160 to nearly 3,400. These last figures do not include En- gineering, Education, and everything else except Law that grew out of the original Academic Department. In the United States, onh- nine other Colleges of Arts and Sciences are larger. De. x H. V. Benedict Since 1883, excluding Law, the enrollment in English and Public Speaking has remained close to 16% of the total hourage. The foreign languages ha -e fallen from 32% to 12%, Mathematics from 20%. to 8%. The enrollment in the social sciences has grown from 15% to 17%; in the social sciences from 16% to 21%. Education, Engineering, Business Administration, and Journalism ha e gained about what Mathematics and foreign languages have lost. Since 1883, the following degrees ha e been conferred: B. A. 4,348; B. J., 41; B. Lit., 245; B. S. in H. E., 165; B. S. in Medicine, 75. Top row — Sims, Thorpe, C.vsteel, Miller Middle row — GcTscH, Moore, Cleveland, Bovsen, Lochte Holtnm row — DoDD, Brown, B. ttle, Pe.xrce, W.vhrev, Cunnixi;h. m Page 2o

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Qradiiatc School FOR many cars the tiraduatf work in the Uni -ersity was siiperxiscd h the riracliiate Course Committee which was organized from the general faculty. The degrees of Master of Science and Master of Arts were the only higher degrees offered. In June, 1910, the board of Regents created the Graduate School to be administered by the general faculty acting through a committee known as the Graduate Council, of which the Dean of the Graduate School was ex-ofticio Chairman. The degree of Doctor of Philosophj ' was added to the list of higher degrees conferred by the Universit - after the organization of the Graduate School. Two years ago the legislature, responding to a request of the Board of Regents, appropriated a special sum of money for the organization of a separate graduate facult)-. This faculty met in its first formal session on November 12, 1925, after its complete organization in the summer of 1925. Now super- vision of all graduate work of the University is under the jurisdiction of this faculty. A new era in the development of the graduate work of the University has thus been inaugu- rated with ever},- promise of rapid and solid expansion. For the purpose of encouraging higher scholarships and research, the sum of .f5,000 for each year of the biennium of 1925-1927 w as appropriated by the Board of Regents to be used for fellowships and scholarships under the jurisdiction of the Graduate Faculty. In addi- tion to these fellowships and scholarships, the following fellowships have been founded by private citizens of the state; The Walden-Beard Fellowship, with a stipend of $2,000 annually given by Mr. J. J. W ' alden, General Manager of the Southwestern Engraving Company, and Mr. Roy J. Beard, President of the Star Engraving Company, both of Fort Worth; the Malcolm Hiram Reed, Jr., Fellowship, with an annual stipend of 11,000, established in the memory of their son by Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Hiram Reed of Austin; the Louis Lipsitz Fellowship, with a stipend of .$1,000 for each of the scholastic years 1927-1928 and 1928-1929, given by Mr. Louis Lipsitz, President of the Harrls-Lipsitz Company of Dallas; and the Texas Portland Cement Company Fellowship with a stipend of $600 for the school year, 1926-1927. i De. n Harper Page 19 Top row — Cunningham, Gray Middle row — Painter, Campbell Bottom row — Battle, Harper, B. rker

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School of Jl izv TmC people of Texas may feel justK ' proud of their Law School. For forty-three years it has been engaged in preparing the youth of the state for the practise of htw , not with the purpose of equipping the indi idual graduate sr) that he nia - make a financial success of his profession, hut with the ie v that a more proficient bar and judiciar ,- must ine -itabh- result in the more accurate dispensation of justice to the citizens of this state. To such a service the efTorts of the Law School are dedicated. That it has been failed in this high-calling is best attested by the records of its gradu- ates, many of whom today are leaders of the bar and members of the judiciary. And ne er has the standard of work been higher than at the present time under the able direction of its Dean, Ira P. Hildebrand. The passing years ha e brought man - changes in the way of raised entrance requirements, ini- pro •ed methods of instruction, an enlarged curriculum, better library facilities and a general raising of the standard and amount of work required for a degree, and today this Law- School undoubtedly ranks high among the law schools of the nation. It was with great regret that the Law School witnessed the departing during the past year of two members of its faculty: A. Leon Green and Charles T. McCormick, both of whom have become members of the faculty of the Law School of the ITniversity of North Carolina, the former having been made Dean of that school. However, the vacancies thus created have been ably filled by Professor Bryant Smith, who comes from the faculty of the Washington University Law School at St. Louis, and Professor Leo Bi ewer, who was a prominent member of the San Antonio Bar. In other respects the faculty remains the same as last year. De. N HiLUEBkAND Top rou- — Cl.wton, Mn,LEB, St.wton, Moore, Smith Second rou- — Bobbitt, Brewer, Dodson Bntlom row — V. lkek, Hildebrand, Stumberg, Hallen Page 21