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

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PE EX-STUDENTS ' ASSOCIATION BYRON SKELTON President JOHN A. McCURDY Secretary The Ex-Students ' Association is a service organization whose purpose is to establish a stronger relationship between the University and its alumni. This organization engages in various worthwhile activities such as the publishing of a monthly magazine, The Alcade, in the interests of the ex-students. A permanent file including names and information regarding all ex-students is maintained in the Association office, and it is at the disposal of the University staff, students, organizations, and publications. In an attempt to bring those people who have previously had connections with the University back to the campus, the Ex-Students ' Association sponsors Dad ' s Day in the fall and Round-Up each spring. The organization also takes part in a Union Building program which has resulted in the erection of Gregory Gymnasium, Hogg Auditorium, the Women ' s Gymnasium, and the Texas Union. The most recent project of the asociation is an annual giving program which encourages each former student to donate something to the University every year. PAGE 19

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DEAN OF STUDENT LIFE ARNO NOWOTNY Dean of Student Life Arno Nowotny, whose name appears in Who ' s Who in America and Who ' s Who in American Education, is the Dean of Student Life affectionately called Dean Shorty by University students. He is faculty advisor for Friars, Cowboys, and Phi Eta Sigma, and is the national president of Alpha Phi Omega as well as a member of the National Executive Board of Phi Eta Sigma. CARL V. BREDT Assistant Dean of Student Life, Director of the Veterans ' Advisory Service Carl V. Bredt, who was associated with the University first in 1935, has served as Assistant Dean of Student Life since 1948. He is also director of the Veterans ' Advisory Service and is in charge of men ' s dormitories and approved boarding houses. A unique activity for a dean, Mr. Bredt officiates at Southwest Conference football and basketball games. JOE D. FARRAR Director, University Employment Service Joe D. Farrar became head of the University Em- ployment Service in June, 1950, after having served as a psychologist-counselor with the Testing and Guidance Center. Previously, he was dean of men at Arkansas State College and a member of the voca- tional education department at Stephens College. ROBERT GEORGE GORDON Assistant Dean of Men, Director of the University Veterans 3 Advisory Service, Coordinator of Religious Activities Robert George Gordon, Assistant Dean of Men, is the Director of the University Veterans ' Advisory Service and Coordinator of Religious Activities. He is also faculty chairman of the Faculty-Student Cabi- net. Dean Gordon does a considerable amount of lec- turing for student and civic groups, but is fond of sports as well as his favorite pastime, public address. PACE 18

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In the summer of 1950, the new Student Health Center at 24th and Wichita Streets was completed. In- side the four-and-one-half story building can be found $1,600,000 worth of modern facilities to give students complete medical and hos- pital care. The staff at the hospital numbers over 100 persons, includ- ing eleven part-time and eight full- time physicians. Dr. George M. Decherd served as director of the health service from 1946 until his death in March, 1951. He was succeeded by Dr. Paul L. White. Among the feature attractions of the building are an outside sun deck for ambulatory patients, an emergency room for ambulance cases, a pharmacy, and complete technical equipment. A student movement for better health services, which began in 1936, played a large part in getting the center built. That year a group of pre-medical students handed to the Board of Regents a petition bearing 3,771 students ' names. The petition, circulated during an epi- demic of mumps, measles, influenza and scarlet fever in Austin, asked the board to build a hospital on the campus. But the epidemic died, and so did the students ' proposal. In 1941, then Univ ersity President Homer Rainey, members of the faculty and several students secured passage of a student hospital bill in the House of Representatives by sending a special committee to that body. The Regents okayed construction in October, 1941. World War II came along, however, and con- struction was delayed until 1949. It) . East Entrance, University Health Center Dr. George M. Decherd, Director Operating Room i PAGE 20