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Jim Nicar 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Jim Nicar 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@JimNicar
Running, astronomy, and the history of the University of Texas. Opinions are my own.
Apr 20, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
The Old Main Tour!

In response to questions about @UTAustin’s Old Main, here’s brief Twitter Tour of the first building on the campus, made from Austin-pressed yellow brick, limestone trim, and a gray slate roof.

Follow the thread! (1/10) -> Image (2/10)

Old Main was constructed in three parts. The west wing opened first in 1884, the central section and north wing in 1889, and the east wing completed the building in 1899. This 1890 image was taken from 21st and Guadalupe Streets. -> Image
Nov 3, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
November 1, 1944: One of @UTAustin's most challenging times:

Ideological differences with the Board of Regents led to the dismissal of popular UT President Homer Rainey. At 10am, students gathered on the Main Mall, then marched to the Capitol to see the governor.

continued -> For several years, the regents tried to dismiss professors without due process, remove tenure, and remove undesirable books from the library. Students boycotted classes, and spent the next week writing letters to parents and mailing copies of The Daily Texan.

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