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

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Miller Stayton Moore Smith Clayton BOBBITT Brewer DODSON Walker Hildebrand Stumberg Hallen Scliool of Law The School of Law was begun in 1883. During the fifty-five years of its existence, 2,278 graduates have gone out to practice law in every part of Texas, the United States, and other countries. They are to be found in the Texas Legislature, the Governor ' s office, the appellate courts, the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and presidential cabinets. The present school is the result of the thought and planning of faculties and deans who have had the determination to place this school in the class with the half dozen best law schools in the United States. The enrollment for ' the first year was fifty- two. The growth for the next ten years was slow, but the registrat ion now reaches three hundred and twenty-five. The entrance requirements have been raised from time to time, from the beginning when anyone nineteen years old with the equivalent of a high school educa- ation could enter, to the present requirement of three years of college work, including ten pre- scribed courses selected as those best suited for the foundation for legal training. The course of study has been extended from two years to three and the standards for passing examinations made more rigid, until the student who now survives the three hard years of the course and graduates goes out with a knowledge of the principles of law and the ability to do legal thinking that it took a graduate of thirty years ago five or ten years of practice to acquire. The present faculty consists of Ira P. Hildebrand, Dean; W. S. Simkins, D. F. Bobbitt, R. W. Stayton, John E. Hallen, George W. Stum- berg, Leo Brewer, Bryant Smith, A. W. Walker, Jr., Frank B. Clay- ton, and Lucy M. Moore. p Hildebrand W LfO m m ± T O XiT OO 96 a- x r T IK J ' io ' oc x-o e DX m A- e- x-x MO QQ AX QD B- X9 33 =X D= • g gessss

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w LFD m X ± r XIT CO 96 e- (X r X. T 7K CD 1 -rv. f §a OC X-0 e DX XXX A- e- x-x MO DD AX GD B- A ' H- lll- X9 33 =X D= GUTSCH DODD Miller Sims Battle BOYSEN Pearce Thorpe an Brown Casteel )Cieiices Griffith LOCHTE The student body began in 1883, divided 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 1920-1921. From six (what are now called) departments in 1883, teaching eight subjects, there have grown 19 departments in 1928, teaching about forty major subjects of human knowledge. Phi- losophy, Psychology, Economics, Government, Sociology, Business Administration, and An- thropology, for example, have all grown out of one original department. From six professors, the voting faculty has grown to 115, plus 75 instructors and 127 tutors and assistants; and the student body from 160 to nearly 3,500. These last figures do not include Engineering, Education, and everything else except Law that grew out of the original Academic department. In the LInited States, only nine other Colleges of Arts and Sciences are larger. Since 1883, excluding Law, the enrollment in English and Public Speaking has remained close to 16% of the total hourage. The foregin languages have fallen from 32% to 12%; Math- matics from 20% to 8%. The enrollment in the social sciences has grown from 15% to 17%; in the natural sciences from 16% to 21%. Educa- tion, Engineering, Business Administration, and Journalism have gained about what Math- matics and foreign languages have lost. Since 1883, the following degress have been conferred: B. A., 4,731; B. J., 48; B. Lit., 190; B. S., 245; B. S., in H. E., UicA.N Parlin 195; B. S. in Medicine, 78. % BRAND AL M M«FAODEN RANCH fag II

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w LfD m m X d; J - D XIT C D 96 B- a r T , = -? .TL. n s° 00 X-0 DX xxx A- e- x-x MO DO AX QD s- A° H- lli- X9 33 =X □= Xo Helwig Reed White Vosper Everett Granger Cranberry FoCHT Gafford Wright Haller Endress Eckhardt Correll Gideon McLaurin Preston Short Potter Ramsey Bantell Rowe Finch Schoch Taylor Bowen Vallance Weaver McNeill School of Engineering Engineering work was begun at the University of Texas during the second session or in 1884-85. It was first attached to the Department of Mathematics and was restricted to courses in Civil Engineering. In 1895 it was created into the Department of Engineering coordinate with the Department of Law. In 1903 Electrical Engineering was added and in 1904 all the work was moved to the present Engineering Building. In 1906 Professor T. U. Taylor was elected Dean of Enigneering and has held that position for twenty-two years. In 1912 Architecture was added to the curriculum and in 1913 Mechanical Engineer- ing was established as a separate department or school. There have been 902 degrees conferred from the College of Engineering, 890 men and twelve women. Of this number 48 have received Masters degrees. First degrees: Architecture 79; Chemical Engineering 55; Civil Engineer- ing 332; Electrical Engineering 295; Mechani- cal Engineering 77; and Engineer of Mines sixteen, making a total of 854. From 1905 to 1915 a degree course in Mining Engineering was offered by the University and in that time sixteen individuals graduated with the Degree of Engineer of Mines. There is a total enrollment in the current of seven hundred and twenty-five students divided as follows: UcAN Iaylok By Departments Architecture. 1 74 Chemical Engineering. . 79 Civil Engineering 143 Electrical Engineering. . 219 Mechanical Engineering. 1 10 725 By Classes Freshman 290 Sophomore 217 Junior 118 Senior 80 Post Graduate 20 725 Pape 14 4