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

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HE most signilicant cnapter in tne nistory ol Xne University ol iexas is just beginning. Tne unsigntiy snack is becoming a tmng ol tne past and tne ground ixpon wnicn it stood is lurnisning material lor tne steam snovel. A lazy patn is cut oil abruptly by a lugn, annoying wire lence ; part ol a building is wrecked; tne quiet dignity ol tlie classroom nas given way to tne noise ol construction. To tlie onlooker tne scene is one ol cnange, transition, it is true, but also ol conlusion. Yet from tliis state ol cliaos is evolving tne new, tne greater University ol iexas. Witnin two years tnere will be erected a otudent

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AT O and appointed N .r. Calnoim to tnat position. Oince tlien, as one ol trie major duties ol nis ollice, ne lias devoted ellort, attention, and energy to tlie promotion ol tne vrreater University ol lexas. it may be truly said tliat ne nas nailed every nail and laid every onck - so tireless nas been liis supervision ol tne steadily growing institution, in keeping witli tne spirit oi expansion expressed in a building program ol siicli lar-reacning pro- portionSj we dedicate tnis 1932 ( actiis to Jonn William L-alnoun, wliose constant endeavor and iinllagging energy nave done so miicn to ellect tne progress ol tne University.

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Union, an Aiiditoriiimj a Alien s Dormitory, and tiiildnigs lor Arcliitectiire, Geology, xlome rl cononiics, xliysics and Astronomy, Engineering, and tke Liorary; as well as the -Littletielo JV emorial. Xnis vast program of construction is a testimonial to tlie anility and loresiglit ol tlie Board of Regents, the resident, and the Building Committee of tlie University. In presenting tlie tkirty - nintn volume ol tne Cactus it is our purpose to catch tke spirit ol tlie present transition and to depict something ol tlie future — the (jreater University ol lexas.