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

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irby confiscates first Blunderbuss 1914 taTw A group of air corps cadets and some of their family members gathered at Penn Field south of Austin. The University airstrip was part of the School of Military Aeronautics. U| The Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi publishes the first issue of Blunderbuss, a humorous newspaper. April 1, 1914 (If Helen Marr Kirby, dean of women, confiscates 250 copies of the Blunderbuss ' s first issue, but many copies remain in circulation. While the newspaper is an unauthorized student publication, its popularity makes its appearance an annual event. April 1, 1914 ||| The Daily Texan publishes letters protesting bicycling and roller skating on cement walks around the perip, the old inner campus walkway. April I, 1914 U| More than 300 University students march to the Governor ' s Man- sion and urge the governor to send them to guard the Mexican border against raids led by Pancho Villa. April 23, 1914 Regent George W. Littlefield presents The University the sum of $25,000 to be known as the Littlefield Fund for Southern History. April 28, 1914 111 The Students ' Association meets for two hours and 20 minutes and according to The Daily Texan, accomplishes nothing. May Another by-product of World War I, military company insignias were raised on campus. ' The University ' s First Century 29

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1913 ' Big Egg Party ' thrown at Hancock Theatre : tf|Vol. I, No. 1 of The Alcalde, the official publication of the Ex- Students ' Association is published. April 15, 1913 (!) Students vote 986 to 47 to make The Texan a daily newspaper. April 19, 1913 U|The faculty enacts the first legislation to regulate fraternities. - April 22, 1913 djThe Big Egg Party at the Hancock Theatre downtown occurs when The Mighty Griffith, a fake hypnotist, appears onstage. Approx- imately 80 students throw eggs from the balcony and sing The Eggs of Texas are upon you. May 9, 1913 d| The University begins to regulate fraternities for the first time. June 10, 1913 |||The band plays ragtime music at a football rally. Oct. 1), 1913 J||Helen Marr Kirby, dean of women, taboos the slit skirt, according to The Daily Texan. Oct. 28, 1913 |i|More than 300 attend the Y picnic in Eastwoods Park. Bacon is broiled over campfires. Nov. 7, 1913 Suffragettes parade in the Woman ' s Building. Nov. 12, 1913 slate blackboards arrive and are installed in classrooms. - Nov. 14, 1913 UlStudents engage in a major egg fight at the campus Water Tower. March 1, 1914 II i From 1914 until 1923, canine Pig Bellmont patrolled the grounds as campus pet Constructed by Major George Littlefield in 1901 at a cost of $3,000, The Peripatus, or Perip for short, was constructed around campus. The pathway was not paved until 1913. ] 28 The University ' s First Century

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1914 The University confers first PhD |Jj A Daily Texan reporter writes: We would estimate the average an- nual expenses for a student at UT to be $400 or $425. A great many spend less . . . seldom as much as $700. June 27, 1914 Q| The freshmen hold a big nightshirt parade and build a bonfire in front of the Main Building. Oct. 10, 1914 Jn The Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is organized. Dec. 8, 1914 if i President Sidney Mezes leaves The University to become president of City College in New York City. Dec. 15, 1914 and Gown, an honorary organization for senior women, is organized. April 5, 1915 The first PhD is conferred upon Carl G. Hartman, who completes his graduate work in zoology. June 8, 1915 (Governor Jim Ferguson accuses President ad interim }. W. Battle as guilty of misusing funds. Aug. 18, 1915 |l| Eight hundred persons stand in line for tickets to see the Austin premiere of the silent film The Birth of a Nation at the Hancock Theatre. Nov. 10, 1915 111 To better acquaint freshmen with faculty members, 450 freshmen are invited to be guests in faculty members ' homes. Nov. 13, 1915 U| Approximately 1,500 persons watch U.S. Army aeroplanes land in Austin. Nov. 23, 1915 University women take part for the first time in a University drama production with a co-educational cast. Dec. 2, 1915 JL Texas wins its biggest football victory, beating Daniel Baker Col- lege, 92-0. 1915 Jn Doc ' Henry Reeves, who came to the University in 1897 and worked with University athletics as equipment caretaker and water bucket man, dies. Feb. 19, 1916 JL Athletes participate in spring football practice for the first time. April 6, 1916 TEXAS CHEER COYOTE!! CAYUSE!! LALA PALOOSE TEXAS!! TEXAS! 1915 Cactus While clothing styles have changed, one thing that remains constant at The University is the lecture class. Here, a swell-dressed group readies itself for a chemistry lecture. 30 The University ' s First Century