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The Texas Book Two : More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University / ed. by David Dettmer.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Focus on American History SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (309 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292737136
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.76431
LOC classification:
  • LD5333 .T493 2012
  • LD5333 .T493 2012
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PROFILES -- Rising from the Frontier: John A. Lomax and the University of Texas -- Benedicere Benedictus: A Profile of H. Y. Benedict -- A Feminist, before Her Time: The Journey of Anna Hiss -- Communism, Fruit Flies, and Academic Freedom: J. R. Parten’s “Second Education” -- Harvey Was My Friend -- Steadfast in His Intent: John W. Hargis and the Integration of the University of Texas at Austin -- A Desk for Borges -- HISTORY -- “Farmer Jim” and “The Chief”: Governor Jim Ferguson and His Battle with Eugene C. Barker and the University of Texas -- “Harry’s Place”: A Brief History of the Academic Center and Undergraduate Library/Peter T. Flawn Academic Center -- Campus Architecture: Identity Crises -- The Most Important Building on Campus -- McDonald Observatory: Bigger and Brighter -- Austin City Limits and the University of Texas -- REMINISCENCES -- I Had No Reason to Believe Otherwise -- The Arcadia That Was Austin -- Barn Dance: The Early Years of Shakespeare at Winedale -- Hank the Hallucination’s Campaign Trail Remembered: Confessions of a Traitorous, Politically Agnostic Opportunist -- A Perfect Game -- Before the Bulldozers: Life in Married Student Housing -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: In every corner of the sprawling enterprise that is the University of Texas at Austin, you will find teaching, research, artistic creation, and sports achievement that are among the best in the world. Mandated by the Texas constitution to be “a university of the first class,” UT Austin strives for excellence across the curriculum, from the most traditional of liberal arts disciplines to the cutting edge of science and technology. For Texans interested in progress, whether students of the university or members of the public, there are few pleasures greater than uncovering the intellectual treasures that can be found by exploring the university’s “Forty Acres” and all that they contain. The Texas Book, edited by Richard A. Holland and published in 2006, offered the first in-depth exploration of UT’s history and traditions through a collection of profiles, histories, and reminiscences. Now The Texas Book Two continues the story, with a variety of contributors recalling particular events and personalities that have helped shape the university and the people whose lives it has touched. Twenty-one essays present personalities such as John A. Lomax, Anna Hiss, J. R. Parten, Harvey Penick, John W. Hargis, and Jorge Luis Borges; accounts of legislative battles and debates over campus architecture; histories of crown jewels such as the McDonald Observatory and Austin City Limits; and the reminiscences of Barbara Smith Conrad, Sam Hurt, and Cat Osterman, among others.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PROFILES -- Rising from the Frontier: John A. Lomax and the University of Texas -- Benedicere Benedictus: A Profile of H. Y. Benedict -- A Feminist, before Her Time: The Journey of Anna Hiss -- Communism, Fruit Flies, and Academic Freedom: J. R. Parten’s “Second Education” -- Harvey Was My Friend -- Steadfast in His Intent: John W. Hargis and the Integration of the University of Texas at Austin -- A Desk for Borges -- HISTORY -- “Farmer Jim” and “The Chief”: Governor Jim Ferguson and His Battle with Eugene C. Barker and the University of Texas -- “Harry’s Place”: A Brief History of the Academic Center and Undergraduate Library/Peter T. Flawn Academic Center -- Campus Architecture: Identity Crises -- The Most Important Building on Campus -- McDonald Observatory: Bigger and Brighter -- Austin City Limits and the University of Texas -- REMINISCENCES -- I Had No Reason to Believe Otherwise -- The Arcadia That Was Austin -- Barn Dance: The Early Years of Shakespeare at Winedale -- Hank the Hallucination’s Campaign Trail Remembered: Confessions of a Traitorous, Politically Agnostic Opportunist -- A Perfect Game -- Before the Bulldozers: Life in Married Student Housing -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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In every corner of the sprawling enterprise that is the University of Texas at Austin, you will find teaching, research, artistic creation, and sports achievement that are among the best in the world. Mandated by the Texas constitution to be “a university of the first class,” UT Austin strives for excellence across the curriculum, from the most traditional of liberal arts disciplines to the cutting edge of science and technology. For Texans interested in progress, whether students of the university or members of the public, there are few pleasures greater than uncovering the intellectual treasures that can be found by exploring the university’s “Forty Acres” and all that they contain. The Texas Book, edited by Richard A. Holland and published in 2006, offered the first in-depth exploration of UT’s history and traditions through a collection of profiles, histories, and reminiscences. Now The Texas Book Two continues the story, with a variety of contributors recalling particular events and personalities that have helped shape the university and the people whose lives it has touched. Twenty-one essays present personalities such as John A. Lomax, Anna Hiss, J. R. Parten, Harvey Penick, John W. Hargis, and Jorge Luis Borges; accounts of legislative battles and debates over campus architecture; histories of crown jewels such as the McDonald Observatory and Austin City Limits; and the reminiscences of Barbara Smith Conrad, Sam Hurt, and Cat Osterman, among others.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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