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

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THE UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE Iff THE UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT PROMPTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY FRAME BUILDINGS IN 1917 AND 1918. ERECTED IN THE CHEAPEST POSSIBLE WAY, THE SHACKS HOUSED CLASS- ROOMS AND OTHER CAMPUS FACILITIES. ONE OF THE WOODEN STRUCTURES WAS THE FIRST MEN ' S GYM, LOCATED ON 24TH AT SPEEDWAY. ANOTHER WAS F HALL. THE UNIVERSITY COMMONS, WHERE HUN- DREDS OF STUDENTS WERE SERVED MEALS CAFETERIA- STYLE. THE OLD UNION WAS OPERATED BY STUDENTS WORK- ING THEIR WAY THROUGH SCHOOL. .... 1 UNIVERSITY COMMONS v vw -- ,- SERVING AS A BUBBLE BATH FOR ALLIGA- TORS AS WELL AS A SWIMMING POOL FOE FRESHMAN BAND MEMBERS AND NEWLY- DROPPED FRATERNITY MEN, LITTLEFIELD MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN HAS STOOD FOR MANY YEARS AS A CENTER OF CAMPUS ENTHU- SIASM. BUILT IN 1932 THROUGH A GIFT OF MAJ. GEORGE W. LITTLEFIELD, A UNIVER- SITY REGENT, THE FOUNTAIN WAS FIRST DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CIVIL WAR AND WORLD WAR I THE MEMORIAL OR1G-IFAL- LY WAS CONCEIVED AS A GATEWAY, AEB FOUR DIFFERENT ARCHITECT ' S PLANS WSEE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE FINAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED. POMPEO COPPINI, AN ITALIAN SCULPTOR, FASHIONED THE EI HT BEQ3TSE FIGURES THAT ARE PLACED AT TEE EEA-t) OF THE FOUNTAIN. COLUMBIA, THE 24-FOOT CENTRAL STATUE. STANDS ON THE FSOW 0? A SHIP WHOSE SIDES AEE MASKED WITH THE DATES OP THE UNITED STATES SSTJ.Y INTO WORLD WAR 1 AID TEE CLOSS Of THAT STRUGGLE. I I :

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BY 1904, AN UNPAVED UNIVERSITY AVENUE LED TO THE CAMPUS OF THE FIRST CLASS, NOW EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FIVE BUILDINGS. THE WOMAN ' S BUILDING, ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE FORTY ACRES, WAS THE ONLY HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR UT COEDS. NEXT TO THE GIRL ' S DORMITORY STOOD THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1891 AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $20,000. THE ENGINEERING BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN OLD MAIN AND UNIVERSITY HALL, MEN ' S HOUSING POPULAR- LY KNOWN AS B HALL. TOWERING OVER THE OTHER. BUILDINGS, THE RECENTLY COMPLETED MAIN BUILDING REMAINED FOR MANY YEARS THE MAJOR CENTER OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITY. LATER. WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CAMPUS, A NEED DEVELOPED FOR A LARGER STRUCTURE. TEE NORTH WING OF OLD MAIN WAS TORN DOWN IN 1932 IN ORDER TO BUILD THE CENTRAL SEC- TION OF TEE MODERN-DAY MAIN BUILDING. BY 1336, THE REST OF THE OLDER BUILDING HAD BEEN RAZED, AND TWO NEW WINGS AND THE TOWER WERE CONSTRUCTED. DEVELOPMENT RAPIDLY FOLLOWED INITIAL GROUND-BREAEIN8 JS :i-5 CONSTRUCTED AGAINST THE IMPOSING SILHOUETTI OF OLD MAIN, THE EUGENE C. BARKER LIBRAEV WAS COMPLETED IN 1911. AS THE FIRST LIBRAE ' . ON CAMPUS, THE BUILDING HOUSED A READir: ROOM WHERE MANY STUDENTS COULD SPEi:;. HOURS IN RELAXATION AND STUDY.

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