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

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Governor O. M. Roberts, Signing An Act of Establishment in 1881 , Bringing Into Existence The University of Texas The CACTU S 1933 Yearbook of The University of Texas Austin ,Tex£is

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Laying the Corner Stone of the Main Building, Friday, November 17, 1882 FOREWORD To the makers of the 1933 Cactus comes the delightful opportunity of commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of The University of Texas, and of recording the steps in its development from the time v hen it was an inspired dream in the minds of statesmen of the commonwealth to the present when it stands as one of the great institutions of the land. To tell such a story, to portray such a growth, to evaluate such a force in the advancement of our culture has been a difficult but pleasant task. Words and pictures cannot depict the essential steps in the grow th of this or any other great University. The interesting events which stand as historical beacons, the eras in the development of a physical plant, the departments, the activities and their progress — these things have all been presented. But significant and important though they may be, they are but in- cidental to the picture as a whole — the picture of a great and increasing- ly great school — its spirit, the position which it holds as a servant of society, the loyalty that has been laid upon its altar, the love which has enveloped it, the prestige with which it has been endowed. It is to that University — to all that it has been, to all that it is, to all that it will be — that we, on its golden anniversary, propose a toast — The Greater University.