El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-15
Texas ASyIWn1S
Are Al Filled
TOOUe1fIO70ing
Governor Says Many Vic
TINS Are Waiting For Ad-
mission to Institutions.

lions be made for buildings outlined
in the report" says the governor.
the institution at Rusk VIII ac-
commOdate by April 10. 800 regro pa
tients, By June, 1913. IL these two in
stituIons are opened, 1.-THE 218 negroes
now on the waiting list can be accom-
modated at Rusk.
If 622 Of the negroes in the state
institutions and the 27S negroes on
the waiting list are placed in the RusJe
asylum the space now occupied bv
them in the three existing institutions
VIII have been released, and after GER
tain repairs and rehabilitation of
quarters. this space can be made avail
aole Ior white patients. However, the
INSTITUTIONS are crowded really bevond
their maximum capacity at this time.
and the space thus released might
more properly be absorbed I'm relfev-
Ing this condition"
Epiieptie and Tuberculosis CoIonTFs.
The annual report Of the state cpl
lepuc colony, at Abilene. shows sf5
male and 319 female. or a total Of
Sf4 patients treated during the year.
ana a total OF $50 population IN the
colony on September /, 1918 The
cost per capita for the year was
SzzO:Os' the highest in the history OF
the Institution.
The anti-tuberculosis sanitorium AZ
CARLSBAD, Tom Green county, has made
q NUMBER OF improvements during the
past year. in the Construction Of a
nurses home, laundry. and additions
70 the store building and the dormi-
tory.
To Curb TubereuIosis.
The report for the past year shows
Ihat III patients were treated. and
tnaL the average stay Of patients In
the institution was five months ana "a
days. anu ~
There should be a law COM
n ~
be reported to the state board Of
health and providing penalties
Tor the failure to report al eaSeS.
suspected or known, as soon as Ia
appears that persons may be
tubereular,' says the governor.
Legislation is also suggested for
the detention Of the incorrigfble, care
less consumptiYe who Is a menace TO
the health Of the community in which
ne may live; and for the Instruction
ana education Of children IN the
scnools regarding prevention OF
avoidance OF tuberculosis"
me -FOUR state normals for the year
ending August 81, 1917, had a COM
plned total attendance OF 910I stu
University Of Texas.
Reciting the war work done BY the
Le1as university, the governor SAYS
Inat the cost Of construction and
equipment for these enterprises was
paid from the available funds Of the
university and from two loans from
George ". Littlefield. The first loan
IS for the sum OF 5000 and the
second FOR 100000. OF these amounts
100000 and the interest have been
repaid. leaving an unpaid amount Of
the loan OF 100000 and interest on
the remaining loans
The contract with the United States
government for operation contains a
cause guaranteeing the university
against loss for money expended for
equipment. or operating
expenses at the close OF these schools.
The direct gross income from the
operation has been approximately
81 ,6Oo,000. The total enrolment has
been approximately 1900 students
and the total number Of graduates
has been 5000.
state A. & II. College.
The biennial report Of the agriul-
tural and mechanical college. the gov
ernor says shows that this institution
is experiencing the greatest pros
pertty and usefulness in its history.
The total enrolment for the current
year is 1850 students
me college has completed within
the last few months a new auditorium
with a seating capacity OF approxi-
mately Z5OO: new experiment station
building: new building to accommo-
date the new school OF veterinary
medicine and a new dormitory.
More than 80 OF the alumni Of the
college have fallen during the war
ana many other have been more or
less injured" he says The United
States government designated this
college as one Of the Institutions for
activities and several thousand men
received training as radio engineers.
auto mechanics, blacksmihts. horse
shoerss machinists, etc"