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

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O 3 Contemporary Structures Style A Panoramic University

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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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