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A Concise History of the University of Texas
The earliest student publication was a literary monthly first
issued in 1885 and called the Texas University. It had a long
career under various names but finally lost its literary character
and dropped out. The first volume of the University's illustrated
yearbook, the Cactus, appeared in the spring of 1894. The first
weekly was the Alcalde, 1895-1897, replaced by the Ranger, 1897-
1900. A rival to the Ranger was the Calendar, 1889-1900oo. Both
were replaced by the Texan, which became a semi-weekly in 1907,
a daily in 1913. There have been also several humorous publica-
tions, among them the Coyote, 1908-1915; the Longhorn, i915;
another Ranger, which is still published.
Teacher Placement Service. The University maintains a use-
ful Teacher Placement Service. It is not a teacher's agency. Its
aim is to bring together school authorities in need of teachers
and students and former students in search of positions.
University Publications. The University maintains a well-
equipped printing plant and bindery. Besides official bulletins,
it has issued from time to time books of scholarly nature.
On July 1, 1950, the University Press was established to pub-
lish scholarly books written by various members of the faculty.
The University Press' first publication, John and Jeannette Var-
ner's translation of The Florida of the Inca by Garcilaso de la
Vega, will be off the press within a few months. This book has
been chosen as the May selection of the History Book Club.
Galveston Medical Branch. The Medical Branch or Depart-
ment was located at Galveston in 1881 by the same election that
put the Main University at Austin. Galveston was chosen because
it was then the largest city in the state and offered to give the
University a going hospital-the John Sealy Hospital-for use in
clinical teaching. Moreover there had been a medical college
there for many years, so that it was natural for Texans to think
of Galveston for the state's project. Things moved slowly, but
finally the old college went out of existence; the new began its
work in the fall of 1891. The faculty, with Dr. J. F. Y. Paine as
dean, consisted of eight professors, one demonstrator, and four
lecturers. Twenty-three students were enrolled the first year. Dr.
Paine served as dean of the Medical Department until 1899 and
was succeeded by H. P. Cooke (1899-1901) ; Allen J. Smith (19go-
1903); W. S. Carter (1903-1923), (1935-1939); William Keiller409
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951, periodical, 1951; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101133/m1/553/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.