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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
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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.
Now you
know
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DEN TON — A dramatic rise
in the number of child and
adolescent suicides in Texas has
prompted state officials to take a
closer look at the techniques
used with potentially suicidal
youth.
John L. Hippie, a counseling
psychologist and associate pro
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North Texas State University,
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number of severely depressed
youths in Texas requires a more
subtle technique than that used
with adults.
“A child is immature and im
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are highly subject to suggestion.
Even to talk about suicide with a
child could give the child the
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“For one thing, the perma
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many children. They don’t real
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undone.”
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teachers and parents to the dan
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the keynote address at the North
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Conference on “Suicide arid De
pression in Children, Adoles
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Hippie said he will discuss one
of the most effective remedies
for severely depressed children
at the conference, play therapy.
He added that while dissatis
faction with oneself is a normal
state of affairs for teens, adults
must be alert for any point at
which normal discontent may
evolve into self-hate or de
pression.
Counselors working with
adolescents and adults need to
be aware of subtle indications of
chronic despair because — un
like children — older people
often disguise their sadness.
Hippie said.
“People who are suicidal
usually have a certain ambiva
lence,” he said. “One part of
them wants to live. The other
part is in pain and wants to die.
The counselor’s role is to sustain
the part that wants to live and
help it to win.”
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