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

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT The Business Management of the University is carried on by the Comptroller and his staff of assistants. As the representative of the President in all business matters not specifically designated to some other officer, the Comp- troller has control of the physical plant of the University, of all ac- counting, and of the endowment estates. The purchase of all general supplies not bought through some other officer is under his supervi- sion. J. W. Calhoun has been Comptroller since the creation of the office in 1925. Calhoun, Stephens, Long SiTimons, Sparenberg, Wright Doss, Ecl hardt, Dornberger Constantly engaged in the multifarious duties of running the physical plant of the University, J. W. Calhoun still finds time to pause under his beloved trees and make friends among the students. He deserves much of the credit for the progress of the University with which he has been connected for twenty-seven years.

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rp T E X A S Scott, Waggener, Weinert Aynesworth, Stark, Fairchild Morgan, Parten, Randall Vital, dynamic, Lutcher Stark is a driving force in any organization with which he allies himself. Always poised for action, he is ready to inspire with crisp, clear phrases of encouragement his colleagues in administration. When executive cares are laid aside Lutcher Stark becomes the man his friends know — genuine, sympathetic, and friendly. BOARD OF REGENTS On the third Tuesday in January, March, May, and October the Board of Regents meets in regular session. The Board, consisting of nine members appointed in groups of three every two years, has full authority, subject only to appro- priations of the legislature and the law of the State and Federal governments, over the administra- tion of the University. The Board of Regents, the Supreme Court on campus problems, now has thirteen standing committees. The Chair- man of the Board is FH. J. Lutcher Stark.

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T E X A S Jester, McGill, Cross, Darwin, Pearcc Osteel, Halev, Stcnzel, Goldsmith, Adair THE UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION AND THE TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM As its part in the Texas Centennial Celebrations oF 1936, The University of Texas will present on the campus at Austin from June until December the University Centennial Exposition, to which the people of Texas and Centennial visitors from ail over the world are to be invited. The University itself — with its $20,000,000 plant, its famous libraries, educational collections, and museum materials; its scientific laboratories in which unique experiments will be demonstrated; and its many campus organi- zations which will join in the presentation of numerous special features — will constitute an important part of the Exposition. Other museum material and equipment, for which an appropriation of $225,000 was made in the Centennial appropriation bill passed by the Legislature, is being purchased to supplement the collections now owned by the University and the numerous gifts and loans which are being received. This material will be transferred into the Texas Memorial Museum, as soon as that structure is built. The Museum will be constructed on the University campus. The Congress has appropriated $300,000 for this purpose and additional funds required for the first and succeeding units will be secured through private gifts and the sale of Centennial commemorative coins. The sale of these coins has been sponsored by the American Legion Texas Centennial Committee since 1933. The Board of Regents of the University was designated by the Legislature as the Board of Directors of the Museum and they have now assumed the responsibility for the coin campaign, the American Legion continuing its cooperation. William L. McGill, chairman of the University Committee on Public Information, is acting as director of the University Centennial Exposition, while Beauford H. Jester of Corsicana is in charge of the Museum financial campaign, being assisted by Harry D. Cross, the campaign director. Faculty supervisors of the five main divisions of the Exposition are: D. B. Casteel, G. W. Goldsmith, J. Evetts Haley, J. E. Pearce, H. B. Stenzel. Regular members of the general staff include H. L. Darwin, R. L. Haynes, Billy Young, T. M. Dailey, Jr., W. L. Erwin, Cecil Cook, and Mildred X ellborn. The Museum Campaign staff includes Charles Harris, Mrs. Olga Bredt, Staley McBrayer, Thelma Gentry, Mrs. Pearl Kennedy, Beulah Mae Webb, and Niles Ball. A. Garland Adair is chairman of the American Legion Texas Centennial Committee.