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

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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

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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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I :i School of Engineering ENGINEERING was started in the University of Texas during the first session on the fort}- acres, which was the second session of the University. The first session, 1883-1884, was conducted in the old Temporary Capitol which was located on the now vacant lot east of the Governor ' s Mansion and west of the Court House. During the summer of 1884, Dr. A. V. Lane, now a banker of Dallas, Texas, was added to the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics. He began several courses in Engineering and conducted them to the close of the session 1887-88. T. U. Taylor was elected Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics in June, 1888, and the Engineering work was continued in the School of Mathematics until 1895 when the Regents created the Department of Engineering; it functioned largeh ' as a school with no separate faculty. In 1906, under the presidency of David Franklin Houston, the Department of Engineering was organized and T. } . Ta lor was made Dean of the Department. From 1884 to 1903 only Civil Engineering was given, but in 1903 Electrical Engineering was added, which included courses in Steam Engineering. In 1906 the faculty of the Deparment of Engineering began to function as an organized bod}-. In 1910 Architecture was added to the Department of Engineering, and later Chemical Engineering was organized into a separate degree. In 1922 the title, Department of Engineer- ing, was changed to College of Engineering. The first graduate of Engineering was H. P. Hunnicutt in 1888. The following number of Engineering degrees have been conferred at the University at Austin : Agriculture — undergraduates, 74; graduate, 1. Chemical Engineering — undergraduates, 44; graduates, 8. Civil Engineering — undergraduates, 318; graduates, 16. Electrical Engineering — undergraduates, 271; graduates, 14. Mechanical Engineering — undergraduates, 69; graduates, 2. Engineer of Mines — undergraduates, 16. Total — Total — undergraduates, 780; graduates, 41. Grand total, 833. De. n T.wlor Top row — Gr. nberry, Focht, McRee, Gafford, Short, McNeill, Eckh. rdt Second row — FiN ' CH, McLaurin, Gideon, Stewart, Fouraker, Helwig, Correll, Rowe, Clevel. nd, Ramsey Third ran- — Calhoun, Granger, Bantel, Giesecke, Taylor, Bryant, Bowen, H. ll I I Page 22