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

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(Continued from Page 8) To assist in policy-making and planning, a Faculty-Staff Steering Com- mittee was appointed. Under their direction, numerous faculty, staff, stu- dent, and lay action committees were formed and are operating. Realizing that personal involvement is the key to the development of widespread proprietary interest in the University on the part of the citizens of Texas, the Board of Regents in early 1957 appointed a citizens ' commit- tee The Committee of 75. This Committee is composed of 75 leading Texas citizens representing all state senatorial districts and comprising a virtual cross-section of Texas interests business, industrial, professional, and geographic. Their job is to chart the future course for the University during the next 25 years, through investigation, deliberation, and advice. Heading the Committee is Chairman Rex G. Baker of Houston, and General James E. Taylor, vice-chairman, of Austin. An Executive Committee was set up to serve as the managerial group for the Committee ' s operation. The Committee ' s undertakings were then divided into six major areas: the mission of The University of Texas System, the quality of operation to be sought, the scope and size of the University System, developmental policies, implementation for the goals ultimately decided upon, and agreement upon and production of the final report. To work in these areas, four Task Forces were constructed, each with a different area to investigate and evaluate. The final report itself is to be an all-Committee project. Conclusions reached by this Com- mittee will affect the entire Univer- sity System which in 1956 became the fourth largest in the nation. These conclusions will affect a Uni- versity with an endowment now ex- ceeding that of any other college or university, and a physical plant worth more than 67J 2 million dollars. A committee with its sights on a more narrow, but nevertheless, important area is the Conference on Expectations, made up of 118 lay, 50 faculty, and 23 students. Their job is to ex- amine closely the Mai n Uni- versity in Austin. Members of the Confer- ence were appointed to work groups to investigate six major areas of concern: faculty and staff, conditions under which faculty and staff serve, students, per- President Wilson delivers his address on the approaching horizons for the University. A flow sheet of thr the 75th Dr. Harry Huntt Ransom, Main University Vice-President and Provost, awards Carroll Ann Hodges the symbolic 75,000th degree.

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Dr. W. J. Adkins, Laredo R. Wright Armstrong, Fort Worth John F. Ayres, Port Arthur Rex G. Baker, Houston A. R. Bivins Amarillo Richard W. Blalock, Marshall Julian A. Borschow, El Paso Ralph E. Bullington, Wichita Falls Waggoner Carr, Lubbock Dr. H. F. Connally, Jr., Waco Joe T. Cook, Mission Jack V. Curlin, El Paso Leroy G. Denman, Jr.. San Antonio Dr. Kleberg Eckhardt, Corpus Christi Judge James Elkins, Houston Stanley M. Erskine, Midland Harvey Gaylord, Fort Worth The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Vincent M. Harris, Galveston Houston Harte, San Angelo George P. Hill, Fort Worth Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, Houston Dr. W. V. Houston. Houston Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, Orange Senator Hubert R. Hudson, Brownsville Ed Idar, Jr., Laredo The Rt. Rev. Everett H. Jones, San Antonio Herman Jones, Austin Lawrence B. Jones, Dallas Abraham Kazen, Jr., Laredo Dr. R. W. Kimbro, Cleburne L. F. McCollum, Houston John W. McCullough, Galveston G. L. MacGregor, Dallas Dan McKnight, Rocksprings A. G. McNeese, Jr., Houston Wales Madden, Jr., Amarillo Sherman A. Miles, Corsicana Richard Miller, El Paso Dan Moody, Austin Dr. Hollis A. Moore. Tyler Dr. John D. Moseley, Sherman Mrs. Mary Moody Northen, Galveston Dr. L. S. Gates, Center Rabbi Levi A. Olan, Dallas N. R. Parsons, Fort Worth Dr. Herbert Poyner, Houston Charles X. Prothro, Wichita Falls Smith R. Reynolds, Jr., Tyler Mrs. Lem Scarbrough, Austin Tom Scaly, Midland Dr. William D. Seybold, Houston Allan Shivers, Austin Carroll D. Simmons. Houston John D. Simpson, Austin Edward W. Smith. Lubbock Charles A. Spears. Sherman Dr. H. W. Stilwell, Texarkana P. K. Stubblefield, Victoria L. P. Sturgeon, Austin A. M. G. Swcnson, Stamford General James E. Taylor, Austin Mrs. Margaret Batts Tobin, San Antonio Mrs. Ben F. Vaughan, Jr., Corpus Christi Claude W. Voyles, Austin Judge Ruci C. Walker, Austin Charles B. Wallace, Dallas David M. Warren, Panhandle (de- ceased ) Dr. R. T. Weber, Austin C. C. Welhausen, Yoakum Dr. R. L. Williams, Corpus Christi George Williamson, Jr., Jacksonville Dudley K. Woodward, Jr., Dallas Don Woolen, Abilene Dr. H. Arthur Zappe, Mineral Wells Dr. L. D. Haskew, Vice- President for Develop- mental Services and Ad- ministrator for the 75th Observance. Left to Right: Rex G. Baker and General James E. Taylor, Chairman and Vice- Chairman of The Committee of 75. Standing: Roy Gates, As- sistant Executive Di- rector of the 75th Ob- servance. Seated: William D. Blunk, Executive Di- rector of the 75th Ob- servance. PAOF. 9

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sonal services to students, facilities, and psychological climate in which the University operates. Report of this Committee goes to both the University administration and the Committee of 75. The Conference on Texas, held in April, met to assess the human, material, and cultural resources of the State at the present time, and to project future developments in these areas. This tied together the role of The Uni- versity of Texas in the future of the State. Another study conference Con- ference on Issues ' Facing the State University to be held in Novem- ber will bring some 60 education leaders from all interests, back- grounds, and points of view, to dis- cuss the educational issues of our time. One other phase of this 75th Year Observance the student viewpoint was handled through student 75th Year Workshops on a wide range of subjects: physical plant, Greek system, independent students, faculty and staff needs; school spirit; and many more. Reports from these groups were made in early March, to the Con- ference on Expectations. During the coming year, elaborate plans have been laid to continue work on the needs uncovered in these reports, by a 75th Year Implemen- tation Committee. This isn ' t all the 75th Year Story, however. As with any observance or celebration, there are some of the trimmings and trappings. There is the 75th Year signet to be used on letterheads, envelopes, brochures, and postage-meter ad- vertisements on millions of letters. The four U. S. Post Offices in Aus- tin are using a canceling mark with the wording, Uni- versity of Texas, 75th Year, 1883-1958. There are exhibits, both on- and off-campus, with the possibility of a State Fair exhibit. There are in-person speaking appearances of faculty, staff, students, ex-students, and Committee of 75 mem- bers. There is a specially designed 75di Year Flag, which was raised amid bursts of cannon fire from Old Smokey at the 75th Year Convocation and Academic Procession which officially opened the 75th Year on January 10, 1958. And there is the awareness of the importance of the 75th Year that has been created in the minds of the men and women of the State. This, then, is The University of Texas Storv. 75th Year. 1958. But, it is not the last chapter of that story by any means. Many hundreds and thousands of hours will be consumed in putting the words and ideas of hundreds ople on tons of paper before the moving hand writes finis to this storv. Faculty members march in the processional of the Januar) fnr thf 71th War Ohsfrvanrc A luncheon is enjoyed in the Union Building Ballroom follow- ing the Convocation ceremonies. Dr. Malcolm Macdonald holds the mace made especially for the 75th Year of The University of Texas. I ' .ViK 11