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

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H A U Tke R( eqi5trar ■s T « yiTH the duty of assigning space for offices, classrooms, and YY laboratories in buildings on the campus, E. J. Mathews, registrar, is anticipating a lively time when the cluster of new buildings now under construction is completed. Mr. Mathews ' office is the gateway to the University. All students entering any branch of the University, including the Medical Branch, must do so through his office. Official publications, in- cluding the catalog and many bulletins published from time to time, are in Mr. Mathews ' charge, and not the least of the duties of this office is the posting of grades and keeping of academic rec- ords. The function of a general information bureau furnishing information about the intricacies and mysteries of the University is another duty of this office, and correspondence, statistical studies, schedules, special examinations, student absences are also matters that must be attended to by his staff. The personnel of the Registrar ' s office now includes about a dozen people. Mr. Mathews received his bachelor of arts degree in 1910 and his master of arts degree in 1918, both from The University of Texas. He has served the University as Registrar for over thirty years. E. J. Mathews Tke Lit rarian Y aT ITH the completion of the new Library Building under the present nine-building program, the University ' s W library facilities will rank among the best in the United States. Although the new building will cost approxi- mately one-fourth of the total cost of the nine new buildings, the unit now being erected is so planned that it may be added to in the future. The present arrangement of the new building has aimed at convenience of use and safety of the contents. A number of the smaller libraries now scattered about the campus will be returned to the Main Library. Quick service at the circulation desk, a larger share of self-service in the reading rooms and a sufficient number of study spaces in the bookstack are some of the improve- ments planned. Mr. E. W. Winkler has served the University as Librarian since 1923. Besides the purchasing of new books, the supervision of certain private libraries now owned by the University, and the repairing and reconditioning of volumes now in use, his office administers thousands of dollars in library deposits paid by stu- dents at the beginning of each semester. Yearly the Library receives various gifts: among the largest and most interesting both to the layman and the specialist are the Wrenn Library, consisting of 5300 volumes, presented by Major George W. Littlefield; the collection of histories of the South; the Gracia Library containing materials published in Mexico since the introduction of printing there by the English; the library of Mrs. Miriam Lutcher Stark; and the collection of Sir Swante Palm, the Swedish Consul at Austin. All of these collections and the many others which have not been mentioned will be accommodated in the new Library and will be much more accessible than they are at E. W. Winkler the present moment. Page 17

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H L I Dean W. F. Gidley V ollege oi X narniacy The busy modern pharmacist is pleased to transfer to the Col- lege of Pharmacy the task of giving practical instruction and training to young people expecting to enter the profession of pharmacy. This College has assumed the responsibility of offering high class instruction in all phases of pharmaceutical knowledge, and the improved facilities and equipment in the new Chemistry Building and the model drug store make it possible to ofTer practical training and at the same time to adhere to the highest pharmaceutical ideals and practices. The well-equipped classrooms and laboratories in the Chemistry Building make possible the teaching of the practical side of phar- macy, while the model drug store also in the Chemistry Building gives students practical experience in the selling phase of the profession. W. F. Gidley, Ph. C, B. S. in pharmacy, Michigan, 1908, dean of the College of Pharmacy, came to the University in 1924 as head of the department of pharmacy, and in 1925 was made dean of the College of Pharmacy established in that year. He has held this position for eight years and has seen the College grow from a small department housed in a wooden shack to the well-equipped modern department now in operation. Five members are included in the faculty. D ivision of E xtension Into the far corners of Texas the Division of Extension is giving information to citizens on every subject. Farmers, merchants, lawyers, bankers, professional men, housewives, young men and women struggling for an education — all are receiving practical help from this branch of the University. T. H. Shelby, dean of the Division of Extension since 1920, has spent time and effort in an endeavor to provide a means of education for those unable to attend school and he has accomplished this through the various bureaus included in the Division. The Package Loan Library has enabled hundreds of research workers and students to obtain assorted materials quickly. Through the Visual Instruction, Nutrition and Health Education, Industrial Teacher-Training, and the Interscholastic League bureaus other hundreds of knowledge seekers have obtained in- struction. In the public schools, the greatest field of endeavor for the Division, contests are promoted for the purpose of creating interest in activities and scholarship. One of the most important phases of the Division of Extension is its Teaching Bureau. Around two hundred courses, most of them for college credit, are offered by correspondence under the supervision of members of the University faculty. Besides this, in the large population centers of Texas, courses in residence are established if more than twenty-five people wish to enroll. In line with the Teaching Bureau, the Industrial Teacher-Training Bureau conducts classes for the instruction of those who wish to organize classes in trade. The Division of Extension was organized in August, 1909, dur- ing the administration of President Mezes. In 1927, the depart- ment was moved to its present quarters in Little Campus. Dean T. H. Shelby Page 16

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u - Ine Comptroller bOAI2DOri2LGLNTS L ND Lt SE OWJ.D PELSIDENT ATTOENLY GLNLEliL COMPTBOLLta PUYSIC6L PLINT OPLEHTION AND «WIITt.N«NCC NEW C0(l5Tlil)CTI0N AE.CUITCCTS 5UPE.EINTLB- DtMTS MDOOMMITTU INVESTMtm or TEU5T WD tNDCWVmT ru«D5 iUDITOIL ICCOUHTING [ I56IJESING LtNDS OTUte. TUHN WLSTLILN I WtSTLEN LMD iuaia UK- IKG G UGIKG iUDITING GtOLOGY SUUtYIHG LIW 5UITS iND MlNkGEMLin Of LLGdL HOUTINE OIL IND OTULii MINCE6L LE-ASING The Comptroller shall serve as the representative of the Presi- dent in the supervision of strictly business operations of the Uni- versity not specifically assigned to some other officer . . . are the words in which the Board of Regents has instructed J. W. Calhoun, Comptroller, in the administration of the funds of the University. In addition to the duties suggested by this provision and the accompanying chart, the Comptroller is charged with the general J. W. Calhoun oversight of all dormitories, the Cafeteria, the Workshop, the Comptroller Press, the Gym Store, and similar enterprises. The business operations of the University ' s present nine-building program like- wise occupy much of the Comptroller ' s time. The multifarious duties of the office of the Comptroller keep three telephones in almost constant use. If one might adopt the O. O. Mclntyre style and present some short shavings from the Comptroller ' s office, this might serve as a sample: Hello, Dubb ' s cow is loose on the Cavanaugh property . . . Offer par and five thirty-seconds for two million Fourths . . . New deep well came in making twenty thousand barrels and fifteen million cubic feet of gas . . . It is too cold in my office . . . Waggener Hall is too hot . . . Please get the State Treasurer to hurry up my warrant . . . The bursar sassed me . . . Want to sell all paint for your nine buildings . . . Have you an opening for a good man as night watchman? . . . When will the Main Building be torn down? . . . The steam shovel keeps me awake at night . . . Give us a ten line story about the building program . . . How many bricks will it take to put up nine buildings? . . . What sort of rocks are being dug up on the campus? . . . What is the matter with the chimes? C. D. Simmons Investment Statistician C. H. Sparenberg Auditor George Stephens Purchasing Agent W. R. Long Rental Agent Page iS