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

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The Completion of the Present Building Program editofCs note To record in word and picture the life of a great institution, to represent the varied activities of all its departments, to preserve in a book of memories the events of the fleeting year — this is the usual task of the editor and his staflF. On this important occasion of The University ' s golden anniversary, it has seemed proper to enlarge upon the scope of the yearbook and give a panoramic view of the passing show of the years — the Texas of yesterday as well as of today. The editor is proud of the privilege of recording on the pages that follow the romantic story or a half-century of progress and to give, as well, a picture of the rapidly developing campus of today. As we snatch these moments out from under the galloping hoofs of time and make them immortal, may we remember always our debt to The State and to The School which has made possible our participation in the fellowship of Texas men and women throughout the world.

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DEDICATION Men make a University. It can grow great in humble and cramped quarters; it cannot gro-w great without strong men. When Sidney E. Mezes, past president of The University of Texas, wrote those words they were probably intended to be both an ex- planation and a challenge — an explanation of the mighty strides which The University had taken since its conception, and a challenge to coming generations to make sure that the progress and development be not interrupted. Not in oil fields, not in buildings, not in lands, rests the real endow- ment of this institution, but rather in the lives and works of those who have been identified with its program and with its activity. The many thousands of its ex-students, the loyal and learned scholars who have constituted its faculty, the citizens of The State and of The Nation who have recognized its worth and have endowed it with their substance, their service, and their love — all of these have made The University what it is today. In its division pages which follow. The Cactus has chosen seven men as typical of the benefactors and servants of this institution. These men will ever be remembered for their monumental contributions to this University — their services in the interest of which death alone ended. In honoring them, The Cactus seeks to honor that unnumbered host of men and women who have contributed in great measure and in small to the success and well-being of The University. We, therefore, respect- fully and gratefully dedicate this, the 1933 volume, to those everywhere who have known The University and have loved it, who have honored it and have served it, who have bestowed upon it their wealth, their affection, and the greater gift of a life well spent. The University of Texas Today

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