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Texas A&.M ei( 1983 ■s Battalion Battalion/Page 1B February 3, 1983 ts [UT celebrates 100th birthday United Press International ie astoflB AUSTIN — Constitutional- 1 mandated to be a “universi- of the first class,” the Uni- rsity of Texas ends its first ntury this year. From the 85 men and 18 mien who made up the ter class in 1883, the ihool has grown to a current rollment of more than [) students and 17,()()() iculty and staff at the Austin mpus. The centennial celebration Ticially begins Friday with e raising of the centennial “February 4 has no histor- ilsignificance,” said Cynthia lam Darwin, assistant coor- nator of centennial prog- m activities. “It is just a day convenience that did not in- jdrfere with the governor’s in- iguration and assured the tbdents will be on campus.” Centennial activities pally started Jan. fi when a Ipy of the Gutenberg Bible Igan a tour of 18 Texas cities [marking the first time it has jft the UT campus since it psacquired by the university 11978. ■ The Bible, purchased for 1.4 million, is one of five [mplete copies in the United ates. Currently being exhi- ted in Midland, the Bible II be on display in Texas :ies through Dec. 26. Shirley Bird Perry, vice esident and coordinator of ptennial programs, said: [his tour is one way we hope share the University’s Cen- jinial with the rest of the fcte.” The centennial celebration lllreach its peak Sept. 15, the lOth anniversary of the first " \ of classes. A special convocation is FFH 1 J scheduled to commemorate the day and a report from the Centennial Commission, a group of 175 people appointed by the UT Board of Regents to analyze the condi tion of the university, will be presented to the regents. More than 200 events, ranging from academic sym posia to a reunion of members of greek organizations, are scheduled during the 10- month celebration period. The centennial celebration ends Dec. 9 with the lowering From the 85 men and 18 women who made up the charter class in 1883, the school has grown to a current en rollment of more than 48,000 students and 17,000 faculty and staff of the flag and the regents’ response to the Centennial Commission’s report. While the report will address future priorities and recommendations, many cen tennial exhibits and activities will look back on the universi ty’s colorful, and sometimes controversial history. Now a powerful and central force in the Austin commun ity, the university could have been established in Tyler or Waco. Both cities waged in tense efforts to land the main campus, but Austin was selected by popular election. Records show that in its first year, the university spent $121,792. Last June, the re gents approved a 1982-83 budget of $381 million. The first student — S.J. Sheffield of Lodi — enrolled at the university Sept. 11, 1883. It would be another 55 years before the first black student, George L. Allen, en rolled at the university through an error by registra tion clerks. The Southwestern Histor ical Quarterly reports that 10 days after he began classes in 1938, Allen’s enrollment was canceled when he declined to withdraw voluntarily. The school’s action provided the foundation for a series of legal battles that ultimately were settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1950. The court ordered UT to admit blacks. One major activity of the centennial celebration will be a reunion of black alumni Feb. 18-20. Although the university is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, another landmark will pass that marks an event possibly most vital to what UT has become. May 28 will be the 60th anniversary of the date Santa Rita — the first well drilled on the university’s 2 million acres in west Texas — blew in. The first strike prompted others and by 1980, produc ing wells and oil and gas leases on the university’s vast, deso late land holdings had boosted the book value of the Permanent University Fund, which is shared by Texas A&M and UT, to $1.3 billion. Investors in the first well, unconvinced it would be suc cessful, asked that it be christ ened Santa Rita, after the Saint of the Impossible. 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