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

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Copyriglit 1933 Texas Student Puhlications, Inc. Joe W. Riley Editor-in-chief Cliilton O ' Brien Associate Editor Burt Dyke Business Manager Photographs hy Paralta Studios of Texas, Inc. Engravings by Southwestern Engraving Comi any Printing hy The Steck Company

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Governor Q M. Roberts The hfe wofk of Governor Roberts was Law; it was his unsurpassed knowl- edge of law and his Tin altering devotion to tke application of its principles that led him to the Bench and the Governor ' s Chair. As a Judge he achieved a lasting place in tite history of Texas Jurisprudence bv his impartiality, his power of logical penetration, his lucid simplicity, and his courage; qualities that had their roots in character as well as in intellect. During tlie term of his governorship he brought about as great a number of tangible improvements in State institutions as any other governor of Texas had ever done or will have the opportunity to do again. These included the reformation of the free public school system; tlie oMnJmg of a system of normal colleges; the building of a new penitentiary; the establishment of a State Asylum for the Insane; the extension of State charity institutions in general; and the proi;ision and actual contracting for the erection of a new Capitol building. But to graduates and friends of The Unifersity of Texas, Governor Roberts ivill always be honored as the executive who started, supported, and finally affixed his signature to the hill providing for the establishment of this institution. In some dim age when the Capitol has crumbled, in some perhaps dimmer age when there niill be no need for institutions of charity, Governor Roberts will be remembered as one of the most important of those happy coincidences of friendly will plus the capacity to act that have resulted in The Unifersity of Texas.

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Top row: Waggener, Winston, Prather, Houston, Mezes Bottom row: Battle, Vinson, Sutton, Splawn Past Presidents of The University Although founded in 1883, The University of Texas had no president until 1895, the Chairman of the Faculty being the chief executive officer. J. W. Mallet was Chairman from 1883 to 1884, Leslie Waggener until the summer of 1894, and Thomas S. Miller from 1894 to 1895, when the office of President was created. Leslie Waggener (1841-1896), LL.D., the first president, aided The University in its formative period, helping it to secure state lands and revenues. Prior to his presidency from 1895 to 1896, he served as chairman of the English department. George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932), B. L., former president of The University of North Carolina, was president of The University of Texas from 1896 to 1899. William Lambdin Prather (18S4-1905), B. L., LL. D., regent for twelve years, and president from 1899 to 1905, established the School of Medicine at Galveston. David Franklin Houston (1886 ), LL. D., professor of political science, and farmer president of A. M., was president of The LJniversity from 1905 to 1908. Sidney Edward Mezes (1863-1931), Ph. D., president from 1908 to 1914, added the departments of home economics, business administration, and journalism to the curriculum, and started extension work. William James Battle (1870- ), Ph. D., now professor of Greek in The University, was acting president from 1914 to 1916. He founded the Co-operative Society, and is now chairman of the Faculty Building Committee. Robert Ernest Vinson (1876- ), LL. D., D. D., w as president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary before he served as president of The Uni- versity from 1916 to 1923. William Seneca Sutton (1860-1928), LL. D., acting president from 1923 to 1924, was formerly Dean of the School of Education w hich he helped to establish. Walter M. W. Splawn (1883- ), Ph. D., LL. D., prior to his presidency from 1924 to 1927, w as professor of economics, and Director of Re- search in Social Sciences. Pagi 5