Old UT Photos

1937: Intramural baseball underway on the Rec Sports playing fields, which were then south of Gregory Gym (seen in the background). The fields were moved north of campus in the 1960s to make room for the Jester Center residence hall.

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1885: Happy 133rd anniversary to Texas Baseball! UT played its first ever baseball game against Southwestern on April 21, 1885, and orange and white was used as colors.

More here: jimnicar.com/ut-traditions/orange-and-white

Photo: The 1898 UT baseball team.

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The Forty Acres in 1898. From left, Chemistry Labs, an unfinished old Main Building, and B. Hall, the men’s dorm. All were constructed from yellow-buff brick and limestone trim.

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1924: Newly completed Texas Memorial Stadium cost about $500,000 and had a seating capacity of 27,000. A few years later, the north end zone “horseshoe” added 12,000 seats.

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LousianaHorn said:
I present you your 1902 Texas Longhorn football team............:bevo: :hookem:!

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You had to be really tough to play college football in those days. Virtually no pads, no helmet, few rules, and maximum violence. Teddy Roosevelt loved the game and while President took action - he insisted on some changes to tone down the carnage on the field. He is credited with saving college football as many wanted the game banned.

Speaking of carnage, I had an Uncle Julian that I was told was a RB & the best player on the team for tiny Clifton College in Central Texas probably between 1905 - 1910. He was targeted by the other team to be "taken out". He was tackled and while on his back they jumped or stepped on his chest. He died of pneumonia about 10 days later.

As a result my Grandmother deep down hated the game for taking his life. When I was in Jr. High & HS she expressed to me a number of times over the years she wished I wouldn't play the game.
 
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As much as I love the game it is not the wisest thing to do. Bad injuries are pretty rare but things happen. Sorry to hear about your great uncle @WorsterMan - that's harsh
 
1924: Below the eaves of UT’s Biological Labs Building are colorful shields with four symbols to relate aspects of campus life. Clockwise from upper left: a book of learning, the lamp of wisdom, a 10-gallon hat for Texan culture, and a football goal post!

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1891: The cover and front page of the UT Commencement Ball, held at The Driskill Hotel on Sixth Street, and hosted by the Texas Law and Academic (arts and sciences) students.

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1890: UT’s Old Main was completed in three parts. West wing opened in 1884, and the middle section with the bell tower and an auditorium in back was ready in 1889. UT’s first on-campus spring commencement ceremony was in June 1890 in the auditorium.

(The auditorium section on the far right looks like the Great Hall at Hogwarts.)

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It's a shame that we couldn't keep that original style around for long. Too much money invested in newfangled stuff, I guess. Rice's admin building has been around since 1912.
 
1944: How UT learned of D-Day.

Read the article at Jim Nicar’s The UT History Corner website.

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In 1944, with a grand view of the South Mall and Texas Capitol beyond, University students enrolled in the Navy’s V-12 program march in formation on to the Main Mall.

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A Naval ROTC unit was created, but was absorbed into the V-12 program in 1943, which was designed to recruit and prepare officers for the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. It was headquartered at the Littlefield Home, which for a time boasted two anti-aircraft guns on the front lawn and a firing range in the attic.

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1930: Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini, in his Manhattan studio, at work on part of the Littlefield Fountain. It was installed in 1933.

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1974: The architectural model of UT’s new Disch-Falk Field. It was ready the following year, and the team, under the guidance of Coach Cliff Gustafson, went on to win the 1975 College World Series, the third national title for the UT baseball program.

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1884: When UT first opened, the west wing of the old Main Building - where the Tower is today - was the only structure on the campus. Students and faculty wore a dirt path from Guadalupe Street up to the entry (on the left side).
Today, the old path is the West Mall.

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Something for the dog days of summer.

“Today, Austin is supposed to mark its 40th 100+ degree day of the summer. To help think cool, here's my favorite UT snow pic: The Great West Mall Snowball Fight in February, 1963.”

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1911: On the Friday nights before UT home football games, students crowded into the auditorium in Old Main for pep rallies. Women generally watched from the second floor balcony because they weren’t allowed to yell. (The Dean of Women considered it strictly unladylike!)

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1983: When UT celebrated its centennial year, football tickets featured historical photos of campus. The Texas vs TCU ticket included a image of old Brackenridge, or “B” Hall, the first men’s residence hall.

And yes, 1983 tickets were $12!

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Dionysus, your post with the pic of the 1983 UT/TCU ticket with the Centennial emblem on it prompted me to do some digging around to locate this nifty metal paperweight that I acquired (or was gifted) back in those days. As best I recall, this was given to me by my then-girlfriend who was working on her Masters in accounting in the Graduate School of Business. She was often participating in GSB fundraisers (e.g., hitting up wealthy alums for $$$$). Either this was a leftover from a fundraiser or it was a reject because of the scratches. In any case, I think it's the only memento I have from the 1983 Centennial at UT. (I had other stuff -- including the tickets to every home game of the 1983 season -- but I think it all got thrown away when we were doing some major housecleaning.)
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I'm pretty sure I didn't shell out $$$$ to obtain this when I was a grad student at UT.
 
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I got to UT in 85 so I just missed the Centennial goodies.
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No goodies for me, but a funny personal story of the Centennial.

Was in civil engineering at the time, a late afternoon class in the ESB (Engineering Science Building) which had a semicircular driveway in front of it. And windows that opened. We were up on the 6th floor or so.

UT went all out for the Centennial; I recall at least one night street party sponsored by UT in front of Sholtz's, blocked off, band playing, beer flowing.

They also invited a bunch of world dignitaries including Prince Charles to show off UT's recent ascendency in the computer chip development arena (MCC had just been launched Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation - Wikipedia , among other things to show off.

Well, Chuckie came rolling into UT-Austin, with his parade of Jaguars filled with him, his entourage, and royal security, escorted by UT PD and others.

They pulled into the semi-circular driveway and we noticed the hullabaloo. One fellow student opened one of the windows, and when Prince Charles stepped out of his Jag, he hollered: "Hey, Chuck, where's your old lady?"

Welcome to Texas. Yeehaw!!
 
1933: The front of UT’s Victorian-Gothic old Main Building — where the Tower stands today — floodlit at night and with the Old Main clock illuminated.

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