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

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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

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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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T H E- C A C T US 3 2. Otiident Liie Otall Consisting of the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women with their assistants, the Student Life Staff is in charge of all student activities on the campus. Acting as both Dean of Student Life and Dean of Men, V. L Moore occupies the position of chief importance on the staff. Assisted by Arno Nowotny, assistant Dean of Men, who is in charge of student housing conditions for men, Dean Moore ' s office gives personal conferences to students desiring them, supervises all extra-curricular activities, all social organizations on the campus, disciplinary matters, student loans, freshman convocations, and social functions in co-operation with the Dean of Women ' s office. The student employment bureau which annually makes it possible for many students to receive positions enabling them to continue in school is under the direction of Mr. W. A. Smith and Miss Margaret Peck. Miss Dorothy Carrington serves as secretary in Dean Moore ' s office. V. I. Moore Dean of Student Life Miss Ruby Terrill, as Dean of Women, assisted by Miss Dorothy Gebauer, Miss Lula Bewley, and Mrs. Frances Gold- beck, handles the supervision of housing conditions for women, together with study conditions and extra-curricular activ- ities. All discipline cases among women students are under the control of the Dean of Women ' s office as well as the supervision of sororities and the chaperoning of University social functions which have been placed on the official social calendar. Conferences are also held with girls and their parents pertaining to the welfare of the students. Miss Josephine Kolar serves as secretary in the Dean of Women ' s office. Miss Ruby Terrill ' i mil Miss Lula Bewley . 4 Miss Dorothy Gebauer Arno Nowotny Pti(jc 9