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

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Students organize Cooperative Society 1895 CALENDAR Oct. 19 Football game: A M annihilated. Oct. 13 E. C. Routh remains sober all day. Oct. 29 Football game: Tulane annihilated. Nov. 12 Hearn attends class. Thunderstorm. Nov. 29 Football game: Arkansas annihilated. Dec. 14 Football game: Missouri not annihilated. Roman chariot race, Dr. Halstead winner. March 5 Nobody died at B. Hall today. March 29 Sammy Foster gets off a joke. 1895 Cactus 1896 Ujj Praised as one of the handsomest and costliest residences in the state, The Littlefield Home is completed and opened with an at home celebration. Dec. 18, 1894 Uj The first Cactus, student yearbook, is published and edited by Dabney White. 1894 iThe Texas Senate passes a bill giving control of the University lands to the Board of Regents. Feb. 13, 1895 All Dr. Leslie Waggener, faculty chairman for 10 years, is elected the first president ad -interim of The University. Sept. 7, 1895 ||| Vol. I, No. 1 of The Alcalde: A Weekly Journal for The University of Texas, a forerunner of The Texan, premieres. L. E. Hill and Charles D. Oldright are its joint owners, editors and business managers. Dec. 18, 1895 l|| The University Cooperative Society is organized by students and faculty so that students may save money on books and supplies. Under the leadership of Dr. G. W. Battle, the Co-Op opens on the first floor of Old Main. 7896 111 University students successfully petition to keep the law library open at night. June 21, 1896 1 Dr. George Tayloe Winston, former president of the University of North Carolina, is selected president of The University. Winston will resign in 1899 because he is unhappy with the slow progress in University improvements. June 30, 1896 :s fil r : t Mfll .-.-; - - rcccccccc Formed by students and faculty in 1896, the University Co-Operative Society was designed to save students money on books and supplies. It was located on the first floor of Old Main. The University ' s First Century 15

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788 Permanent University Fund established UT ' s first football team in 1893 enjoyed an undefeated season. The team was organized by the McLane brothers of Laredo, Ray and Paul, who had previously played at Cornell. The Alumni Association is organized. June 17, 1885 Ashbel Smith, first president of the Board of Regents, dies. Jan. 21, 1886 A Dr. Thomas Wooten of Paris, Texas is elected chairman of the Board of Regents. Jan. 29, 1886 The Regents give control of library hours to faculty. Jan. 29, 1886 i Colonel G. W. Brackenridge is appointed as a Regent. His tenure as a member of the Board of Regents will stretch over 27 years. Nov. 27, 1886 III The Norther, a student publication appears. This is the only issue published and it calls attention to prohibition, the all absorbing topic, on campus. March 26, 1887 A joint resolution by the Legislature provides for an amendment to the state constitution to establish a Permanent University Fund. March 29, 1887 The Regents vote to build the center portion of Old Main. Plans include the construction of a desperately needed auditorium. - June 19, 1888 III The Ashbel Literary Society for women is organized. Nov. 22, 1888 Constructed at a cost of $17,000, Brackenridge Hall, the first University dormitory is opened to male students. Rent is $2.50 per student per month. Subsequently labeled Tammany Hall and the Citadel of Democracy, B. Hall was to become the epicenter of campus political activity. Dec. 1, 1890 The 22nd Legislature passes a bill containing a clause giving the University $10,000 to supplement the available fund in the support and maintenance of the University from the general revenue fund. - April 16, 1891 The School of Pedagogy, which will later become the College of Education, is established. Aug. 2), 1891 Constructed from a legislative appropriation at a cost of $25,000, the Chemical Laboratory opens and is described as one of the most complete and serviceable in the South. Jan. 1, 1892 The Regents refuse a faculty request that they divide the Academic Department into two parts the Department of Arts and the Department of Sciences. Jan. 21, 1892 Established in April of 1892, the University football team plays its first game against the Dallas Football Club, winning 18-16, which would have constituted a 21-20 victory under the present-day scor- ing system. Fall 1892 A students ' council is formed. April 26, 1894 14 The University ' s First Century

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1897 l|| The Regents give the president control of all rooms in University buildings. Oct. 31, 1896 |l| Twenty women meet at the home of Mrs. James B. Clark and establish the University Ladies ' Club. Nov. 9, 1896 Jt, The original Clark Field, named after University proctor, James B. Clark, is built on the site where Taylor Hall now stands. 1897 Students celebrate March 2 AJL William Jennings Bryan, political The University. Feb. 1, 1897 statesman, addresses students at Swante Palm, Swedish vice-consul residing in Austin, donates his private library of 25,000 volumes to The University. Feb. 22, 1897 University students first celebrate Texas Independence Day. - March 2, 1897 The Texas House of Representatives vote to investigate political and social heresies at The University. June 10, 1897 The Regents appropriate $15,000 towards the addition of a clock in the Old Main Tower - June 16, 1897 (J) The Regents instruct President George T. Winston to have an elec- tric elevator installed in Old Main. July 18, 1897 |1| Elevator installed, the Regents authorized President George T. Winston to employ an elevator boy at $15 per month. Peg. 15, 1898 NOTICE! Texas expects every man to do his duty and be on hand at the Capitol at 8:15 tomorrow, The march will start from the Capitol Grounds for the University at 8:30. The Band will play for the occasion. Formation of the Departments for the march is as follows: Academs first, Engineers second, Laws third. Exercises in the Auditorium will begin promptly at 10 o ' clock and last until 11:15. Let every loyal Texan show his patriotism and take an active part in the celebration of our natal day. UT ' s annual March 2 celebration marks Texas ' independence from Mexico. The first March 2 celebration revolved around students borrowing a cannon from the Capitol after President Winston denied their request for a Texas Independence holiday. 16 The University ' s First Century