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11-09-1911 Volume OD - Pages 348-378 Reno, Nevada November 9, 1911 The Regents met at their Office in Morrill Hall at 11 o'clock A.M. Thursday, November 9, 1911. All members of the Board and President Stubbs were present. The minutes of October 2, 1911 were read and approved. President Stubbs read his report as follows: To the Honorable The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada Gentlemen: I have the honor to make this report for the month ending Octo- ber 31, 1911. REGISTRATION The registration of University students is 237; the registration of University High School students is 80; the total registration is 317. OPINIONS OF THE STUDENT BODY AND OF THE FACULTY RESPECTING THE CHANGE IN THE SCHEDULE AS SHOWN BY THEIR VOTES I have submitted the question of a change from the present sched- ule in different forms to the student body and the following are the results: The first of these votes were taken by Miss Meighan and Lieutenant Mc Clure, October 3rd. In favor of the present luncheon hour (1 to 2) Manzanita Hall Girls ..... 34 Lincoln Hall Boys ...... 31 Town Girls ............... 16 Town Boys .............. 21 Total .............. 102 In favor of the luncheon hour from 12 to 1, but not in favor of Drill or Physical Culture from 1 to 2 Manzanita Hall Girls ..... 0 Lincoln Hall Boys ...... 5 Town Girls ............... 1 Town Boys .............. 17 Total .............. 23 In favor of the luncheon hour from 12 to 1, and willing to take Drill and Physical Culture from 1 to 2 Manzanita Hall Girls ..... 1 Lincoln Hall Boys ...... 9 Town Girls ............... 9 Town Boys .............. 10 Total .............. 29 Total Boys Voting ................... 93 Total Girls Voting .................. 61 Total Vote Cast .... 104 Second vote, Friday, October 6th. This vote was given by the students residing in the City and Sparks, and was the result of a petition from the homekeepers that the hour from 12 to 1 for luncheon be restored. The town students desiring luncheon from 12 to 1 were 23, 11 of whom wanted Drill from 3:30 to 4:30 and 2 did not. 42 of the town students wanted luncheon from 1 to 2, leaving the Drill hour as it is. A standing vote of the town students was taken in regard to returning to the old schedule. For this a small majority of the town students wished to return to the old schedule. The next vote of ALL the students was taken from October 13th to October 17th on the question as to their preference for the old schedule or the present schedule. The vote follows: For the old schedule .............. 97 For the present schedule .......... 103 Total vote ..................... 200 The final vote of the student body was taken at Assembly October 20th, with the following result: In favor of Drill and Physical Culture from 3:30 to 4:30 No ............................ 183 Yes ........................... 39 Immaterial .................... 1 Total ..................... 223 In favor of Drill and Physical Culture from 1 to 2 No ............................ 194 Yes ........................... 29 Immaterial .................... 1 Total ..................... 224 I have taken these votes from the students to ascertain the public sentiment of the student body, with the distinct purpose in mind of letting the public sentiment of the students govern in this matter. It is evident that these votes do not by any means give the President or the Academic Council data for a decision. The young women of the University prefer the present schedule; the young men generally prefer the old schedule of 11 to 12 for Drill and 12 to 1 for luncheon. The young women object to Physical Culture from 1 to 2. I understand that there is no hygienic reason why the young men could not drill from 1 to 2. In regard to the petition of the homekeepers in Reno, they simply want the luncheon hour from 12 to 1; nothing else matters to them. Vote of the Academic Council, October 12th. The vote of the Academic Council was first on the question, "Does the Council favor restoring the old schedule?" Yes ...... 12 No ...... 23 Not Voting ...... 3 The second question was, "How many of the Council favor the present schedule to the end of this semester?" Yes ...... 22 No ...... 15 Not Voting ...... 1 Third question, "Do the members of the Council favor putting Drill and Physical Culture from 1 to 2 and the luncheon hour from 12 to 1?" Yes ...... 9 No ...... 17 Not Voting ...... 11 Fourth question, "Do the members of the Council favor Drill from 3:30 to 4:30?" Yes ...... 17 No ...... 17 Not Voting ...... 3 Vote of the Academic Council, October 19th. I put the vote in a little different form. Question 1, "How many of the Academic Council would favor putting Drill and Physical Culture from 3:30 to 4:30, as compared with the present schedule, the luncheon hour to be from 12 to 1?" Yes ...... 23 No ...... 11 Not Voting ...... 0 Question 2, "How many of the Academic Council would favor putting Drill and Physical Culture from 3:30 to 4:30, as compared with the old schedule?" Yes ...... 18 No ...... 13 Not Voting ...... 3 Question 3, "Does the Academic Council favor Drill from 1 to 2 or 3:30 to 4:30?" From 1 to 2 ...... 19 From 3:30 to 4:30 ...... 8 Not Voting ...... 7 I interpret these various votes of the Academic Council as fol- lows: A majority of the Academic Council would favor the schedule of recitations from 8 to 12, restoring the luncheon hour from 12 to 1. Then they are willing to put the Drill and Physical Culture from 1 to 2 and the Laboratory work from 2 to 4:30, or they are willing to place the Laboratory work from 1 to 3:30, and the Drill hour from 3:30 to 4:30. There is a strong minor- ity, however, that favor the restoration of the old schedule. Taking account of all the various votes of the student body, of the downtown students, and of the faculty, I venture to express my opinion as to the good of the institution as gather- ed from these votes: 1. Make no change in the existing schedule for this semester. 2. If there is no change in the public sentiment or in the faculty sentiment before the end of this semester, then, inasmuch as there is no agreement between the students and faculty, the Regents will say whether a) The present schedule shall be maintained throughout the year, or b) Whether we shall go back to our former schedule. LIBRARY STUDY One recitation hour represents 2 1/2 hours of Laboratory work. Some of the Departments require, or suggest, Library work, which is required as the equivalent of Laboratory work; for ex- ample, the Departments of Latin, Greek, History, Economics, Eng- lish, French, Spanish, German, Sociology and Education. Criticism was brought to me by one of these Professors that under our present schedule of work the students were doing less Library work for the several Departments than they had done in other years. If true, this was a very serious matter, and I sought to get at the facts both from the Departments concerned and the students. I held a meeting in my office on the 17th of October at 12 o'clock. Present were Professors Hill, Ordahl, Romanzo Adams, Layman, Miss Wier and Miss de Laguna. The Presi- dent put to each of the members present the following question: "Are you getting as good Library work now as you have had in previous years? If not, what is the reason?" Dr. Hill: My students are reading in connection with their sub- jects more than in any previous year. There is a higher standard of scholarship as well as a better standard of work. Dr. R. Adams: The Library work connected with my Department is very satisfactory. In Sociology I give two lectures a week and one quiz and the required reading is well done. For the other two classes I have a text book and assign a little collateral reading. Dr. Ordahl: The Library work in my classes is better done now than at any time in the previous years, showing an improved con- dition of scholarship. Miss Wier: My Library work is not as well done as in the previ- ous years. The work must largely be inspirational. I attribute the failure to do this work to the fact that the girls go home at 1 o'clock and do not want to return, and, second, that a spirit of pleasure has taken possession of a number of our stu- dents and they use the time of the afternoon for pleasure rather than work. I do not check upon the students in their reading because I have not the time, and should have assistance. Miss de Laguna: The Library work in my Department is very satis- factory. I am of the opinion that many students are giving them- selves to pleasure and are not doing the amount of Library work in the afternoon that is required of them by the different De- partments. (She gave an ideal view of what the students should do and thought that we should entice and charm the students to the Library.) Mr. Layman: I am giving nearly all of my time to the purchase of books, but am of the opinion that students who do not come to the Library now are students who formerly came for purposes of conversation and visiting. So far as I know the number at- tending the Library now is as great as in previous years. The President said in regard to opening the Library in the even- ings, to which reference had been made by some of the Professors, that if it were shown that the students would use the Library in the evening for reading and consultation for their class work, he would arrange to open the Library. Up to the present time, there has been no demand on the part of the students for the use of the Library in the evenings. Second, that any Department that needs assistance to secure bet- ter work will be given that assistance on application. Third, the question in regard to our young people using their time for pleasure instead of for Library work is a question still open to discussion. The President will seek by all means in his power to gather the facts. Adjourned. Continuation of Conference held in President's office, October 23rd. There were present Miss Wier, Miss de Laguna, and Messrs. Church, Watson, Layman and von Janinski. Absent: Messrs. Hill, R. Adams, and Ordahl. Referring to the subject of an interview held October 17, 1911. Drs. Church and Watson both agreed they were having as good Library work as ever before, and probably a little better. Mr. Layman said that he had kept an account of the students in at- tendance at the Library and it seemed to indicate that of seri- ous-minded students the attendance was better than ever this year. Miss Wier said that she seemed to be the only one whose work in the Library was unsatisfactory. The President said that the opinions given in both interviews were to the effect that the work in the Library was good, if not better, this year than in previous years, with the single excep- tion of Miss Wier's work, in which there seemed to be some fall- ing off; that at present he could see but one way to remedy this and that was to give Miss Wier some help, so that she could require certain Library work of her students, especially those of the Freshman and Sophomore years. Miss Wier replied that her work was largely inspirational and that she did not think it wise to compel the students to do the Library work under the supervision of someone employed for that purpose. Miss Wier seemed to think it very strange that her work was the only work that suffered, and was inclinded to reflect upon the other Departments. She said, moreover, that a little sympathy, a little cooperation from the other Departments would enable her to carry on her work successfully; that now she felt that the Department of History was losing ground. The President said that she could have sympathy and cooperation and that if she would tell him in what respect this sympathy and cooperation should express itself he would see that this was given. Pressed for a reply, she said that the Library needed to be reorganized, that some of the books that she needed to use were put off in an annex to the Library, and when urged to say in what respect we could improve it, she said to build a room outside the Li- brary where the students could study; that there was so much noise in the Library that some of the students could not study there. The President reminded her that he had made his recom- mendation to the Board of Visitors and to the Board of Regents that we build a temporary Library and they refused their con- sent to it. It seems to the President that Miss Wier did not make a single suggestion that was at all practical and she refused to consider the suggestions made in regard to securing good Library work from the students in her Department. He closed the discussion by telling Miss Wier that he was ready to lend a hand in any respect that she could suggest that would increase the efficiency of her Department. I have taken the reports of the students residing at Lincoln and Manzanita Halls and these reports indicate that these students are busy either with their Laboratory work or with reading or study in the afternoon. 14 of the students who reside in Reno reported that they had Library work or pursued their studies either in the Library or at home between the hours of 2 and 4:30 P.M. To sum up the results of this investigation, which I have made with great care, I would say: 1. That from these reports our students generally seem to be at work between the hours of 2 and 4:30; that is, the Laboratory hours. 2. That the criticism that under the present schedule the students give themselves up to pleasure in the after- noon is not true generally, and, if it is true in special cases, I have not been able to ascertain who they are. 3. That the reports from all the Departments, including the Library, indicate that the scholarship this year is im- proved and that there is an increase of interest and work in the Library save in one Department. 4. That there is some justifiable criticism on the part of the Department of History, but the reasons for this criticism are not these that are alleged. The President has sought to remove the ground for this criticism in his tender to the Department of all necessary aid whenever the Department makes application for it. THE ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE COURSES OF STUDY IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE The real root of the trouble lies in the opposition to the course of study for the College of Arts and Science, which was adopted by the Academic Council near the close of the last academic year and also the condition for admission for the College of Arts and Science. Sometimes it is necessary to go beneath the apparent reasons for the real reasons for any course of action. The statements that have been made during this discussion I think show that the real reasons are underneath those which are given. Most of the members of the faculty who were opposed to the adop- tion of this course of study in the College of Arts and Science and the admission requirments -- not all, but most of them -- are still opposed to it, and a few members irreconcilably so. This irreconcilable opposition is based upon the following reasons: 1. That the members of the College of Arts and Science should have made out the course of study and the other members of the Academic Council should have had no determining voice in it. I take it this reason is partly sound and partly unsound. Before presenting the present course of study to the Academic Council, it was discussed for a long time in the Executive Committee, which is made up of representa- tives from the College of Arts and Science, from the College of Agriculture, and from the Engineering faculties. I think in the main the men who make up the Executive Committee are men of judicial mind, and, before the course of study was presented to the Academic Council all the members of the Executive Committee favored it excepting Dr. Church, who favored the admission requirements, but did not wholly favor the course of study. Then the course was presented to the Academic Council and fully debated by that body, and, when the discussion was finished, it was passed. 2. The opposition to the new course of study this year is not wholly justifiable. There is a large increase in the en- rollment in the University, part of which must be accounted for by the new course adopted. It would be wiser for every member of the faculty to test the course by experience and then make what changes seemed to be necessary prior to next year. This is the attitude of some members who originally opposed the adoption of this course of study, but, on the other hand, some of the opposition are not willing to do this. 3. It is said that the studies of Division II (the important division in History, Economics, Sociology and Psychology) have received this year simply the leftovers and that the major subjects are in the main selected from the first and third divisions, and it is charged further that inasmuch as most of the students in the College of Arts and Science wish to teach, that they are compelled to take certain subjects as prerequisites (for example, Hygiene, Psychology and English) and are thereby prevented from electing the sub- jects in the second group. After considering everything growing out of the conference with certain members of the faculty held on October 17th and October 23rd, I said that instead of waiting a little while longer to try out the course of study in the College of Arts and Science that the faculty of this College proceed at once to a discussion of the question at issue and try -- dispassionately and in good temper -- to reach a conclusion that would be satisfactory to all of the members of the College of Arts and Science faculty, and then take the question up to the Academic Council for final action. It must be understood that the College as a whole has interests which should be regarded when we come to a discussion upon the courses of study in the separate Colleges. For this purpose I called together the faculty of the College of Arts and Science on November 2. Among other things I said to them as follows: That we wanted practical unanimity upon the question of the course of study in the College of Arts and Science by the Professors and Instructors representing that Col- lege. Therefore, I will approve taking up the question now of the course of study in that College with reference to a full discussion of the whole question in good temper and with a sin- cere desire to arrange the course for the interest of the stu- dents and faculty, by which I mean the University as it presents itself to the public, and after thinking it over I cannot see any better time than to go right at it. I have given to each member of the Academic Council a copy of a report made to the National Education Association which recently held its annual convention in San Francisco. This report was adopted by the convention and recommended to the Colleges and Universities of the country. This report embodies the admission requirements mainly held by the Colleges and Universities of the West and Middle West, and is in opposition to the view which obtains for admission to such Colleges as Harvard, Yale, Prince- ton, Columbia, and most of the large eastern Colleges. The re- port emphasizes: first, that the high school has a work of its own to do for the youth of the country regardless of whether they enter College or not at the conclusion of their high school course; second, the report emphasizes 15 units for admission to College, of which 4 units should be allowed for vocational stud- ies, such as bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting, manual training, domestic science, and the other 11 should be based upon such studies as English, Mathematics, Physics, History, Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Physical Geography, Botany, Zool- ogy, Physiology and Agriculture, but that the College or Univer- sity should not require more than one foreign language for ad- mission, and, as a rule, but two years of that. In other words the report advises: English 3 units Foreign Language 2 units Mathematics 2 units Social Science 1 unit Natural Science 1 unit, to which must be added to make another major, 1 or 2 units Taking this report as a basis, the faculty of the College of Arts and Science will meet at 12 o'clock on Thursday, November 16, and will take up the discussion of admission requirements, consider- ing those which the University of Nevada now has and comparing them to the report of the National Education Association. After this meeting the College of Arts and Science will meet once a week to consider the course of study with a view to seeking a harmonious agreement before the meetings are over. There will be differences of opinion to be adjusted and these differences of opinion are based first upon the radical differences of opin- ion between the East and West as to admission requirements and, second, to remove the injustice, if there be any, in the present courses against the studies of Division II. GIFT Mr. George Wingfield has given $125 to pay the Coach, Ellsworth R. Bennett, the additional sum to his contract. You will remem- ber that the students agreed to pay him $375 for this season, and I said that the University would see to it that $125 addi- tional was paid him. $500 was the sum which the Associated Students had hitherto paid the Coach, and Mr. Bennett felt it was not just to ask him to take anything less. RECOMMENDATIONS I recommend that Miss Mabel A. Jones be appointed Instructor in Music for $350 this school year, beginning the first of October. I recommend that Professor Robert Lewers, Vice-President of the University, be appointed a delegate to the 25th Annual Conven- tion of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations to be held in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 15, 16 and 17, 1911. Also that he be appointed delegate to the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers to be held at Columbus, Ohio, November 13 and 14. This will require his absence from the University about 2 weeks. I recommend that the University let the contract for hauling the good earth from the railroad land above Mrs. Chism's and adjoin- ing the river for the price of 75 cents a cubic yard. This will make the total cost as follows: 6 inches of good earth to match the six inches that the Reno Construction Company is required to put on the south face of the dam -- 1335 cubic years at 75 cents, $1001.25. 4 inches of good earth would be $667.50. It is thought that by hauling manure, which we can obtain from our own stables, and scattering it all over the ground before the good earth is applied, this would make a covering just as good as though we put 6 inches of earth on. We should probably reckon that it will cost us about $750 for 4 inch covering of good earth and manure from our stables. I recommend further that, according to the original plan outlined by Mr. Mackay, we plant, as soon as practical, trees around on Ninth Street between Center and Virginia, and on Virginia Street to a point beyond the Dining Hall; that the grounds in front of Manzanita Hall, as well as the grounds north of the dam, be sown to grass at the earliest possible date, and that trees and shrubs be planted as may be planned for by Mr. Bliss. All of the trees and shrubs may be obtained from the Horticultural Department of the University at a nominal figure. When this is done we should stop and take account of how much we would have left of the $10,000 improvement fund. I ask the Regents to approve the following contracts: 1. For building a retaining wall in the rear of the Electrical building according to the plans and specifications for the sum of $290 to J. J. Smith. 2. To the Reno Construction Company, Mr. H. E. Stewart, Manager, for $400 to build the weir spillway and reinforced concrete flume. I recommend that the University put in the water pipes on the ground south of the dam between Virginia and Center Streets at a cost not to exceed $400. The following is the estimate: 450 feet 3 inch iron pipe @ 24 1/2 cents ........... $110.25 500 feet 1 inch pipe @ 5 1/2 cents ................. 27.50 10 1 inch gate valves @ 1.25 ...................... 12.50 15 hydrants @ 2.75 ................................ 41.25 Labor, digging ditch, laying & covering pipe ... 125.00 8 3 x 1 crosses @ 1.46 ........................... 11.68 Total $328.18 I think that the University can lay this pipe with her own men at a cost not to exceed $300, but I think the Regents should give some little leeway. If the Regents think that we should lay a main -- either 6 inch or 8 inch -- from the corner of Lincoln Hall down to the corner of Hatch Station for fire purposes at once, then I recommend that they take the money necessary to lay the water main and put in fire plugs from the Regents' Special Fund. I have had estimates as follows: Estimate of pipe line extending from end of 6 inch main in front of Lincoln Hall to within 20 feet of Hatch Station, length 635 feet. The purpose of this main is for use in case of fire only: 6 inch pipe per foot .68 $431.80 6 x 4 tees each 2.25 4.50 2 fire hydrants each 35.00 70.00 Digging ditch & covering same per linear foot .15 95.25 Connecting pipe & necessary plumbing work 50.00 50.00 Total $651.55 For the purpose of making connections with this 6 inch line to the Station building which has now only a 1 1/2 inch line for about 300 feet. This is not adequate to the needs of the building. Following will be the cost: 1 6 x 3 tee $ 2.25 1 3 inch gate valve 7.00 50 feet 3 inch pipe @ 24 1/2 cents 12.25 Making connections, etc. with pipe line now in place 10.00 Total $ 31.50 ORR DITCH DIRECTORS There was a meeting of the Orr Ditch Directors held at the dam on Saturday, November 4th. Present were Mr. J. D. O'Sullivan, President; Mr. Galt, Superintendent; Mr. Charles Gulling, Mr. Curtis and one other man whose name I do not now recall. They gave the University their consent to putting in a weir spillway and concrete flume and the 6 inch overflow pipe. They said the waters in the pond would destroy the banks of the ditch. I replied that the University did not think so, but that nothing would settle that opinion but the experience of a year or two. The Directors finally agreed that the University should go right ahead as they had planned and see how it resulted. The Directors seemed to be unanimous in their agreement that, after the north face of the dam had settled in a year or two hence, a flume built across next to the walk on the north face of the dam to carry the water across the valley would be the best way to solve the prob- lem, and so cut out the ditch that at present almost surrounds the pond. They adjourned to meet at the same place about the first of September, 1912. LETTER FROM MR. MACKAY I beg leave to read to the Regents a letter received from Mr. Mackay under date of October 27, 1911. This letter shows his purpose and his efforts to accomplish the putting up of the Library and Administration building and the Social Hall. 253 Broadway, New York October 27th, 1911 My Dear Mr. Stubbs: I have been so exceedingly busy since my return from Europe that I have been unable to write you before this. The water-color picture of the University has arrived, and I am immensely pleased at the result obtained by Mr. Bliss. The scheme is admirably presented and I wish you would tell him so from me when you see him. I am leaving shortly for a trip south in connection with the final ceremonies attending the completion and dedication of the Lincoln Memorial Hall at Hodgenville, Kentucky, by President Taft on November 9th, and do not expect to be settled down here for the winter before the middle or latter part of November. As soon as I deem the time opportune, I shall start on a systematic and vigorous campaign to endeavor to interest certain parties in the University on the lines previously discussed. I am Faithfully yours, /s/ Clarence H. Mackay I am inclinded to think that the Regents may find it advisable to give the President a leave of absence for 3 or 4 months to go to New York and stay there in the interests of these buildings and the farm for the College of Agriculture. But the President is the target for so much ill-natured criticism that he is going to leave this whole matter in the hands of the Board of Regents. The ideals which he has striven for through evil and good report for the good of the University still remain with him, and he will strive with all the strength that is within him to realize these ideals in spite of the fault-finding which is based upon purely personal considerations, but the Regents must take full responsi- bility with him for the policy which he has hitherto firmly adhered to. The President confesses that once in a while this narrow spirit of provincialism gets on his nerves. THE FARM The President has not for a moment ceased his efforts to secure a farm for the University. In one of his trips to the City he spent considerable time in the Land Office of the Southern Pacif- ic Company trying to find out what land the Southern Pacific Company had for sale. The best land which they have for our purpose is situated near Fernley, where we could obtain 240 acres, but the cost of this land would be as follows: $10 an acre for the land, or $2400 for the farm $33 an acre for water, or $7920 $20 an acre to prepare the land for water, or $4800 Total cost per acre $63, or $15,120 for the farm Further thought shows that the University could probably get land and buildings suitable for our purpose quite near the University at a cost of either $100 an acre, or $150 an acre, and not to exceed in any case $200 an acre. I am casting about for land that can be bought at a reasonable price and that is suitable for a University farm. NEVADA BUREAU OF INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION I have had correspondence with Mr. C. A. Norcross, Commissioner of the above Bureau in regard to the exhibits at the New York Land Show. He answers that it is impossible this year to cover more than the Chicago Land Show and the results that we get from that exhibit will largely determine how extensively it will pay the State to exhibit at these land shows in the future. If the results justify, next year we will probably exhibit at New York and Omaha as well as Chicago. My trip throughout southern Nevada impresses me with the conviction that there is a tremendous area of lands between Moapa and the Armagosa Desert which can be reclaimed and that we had best not branch out too heavily in inviting colonists there until a little more preparation has been made to take care of them. There are a good many unsolved problems down there which require to be worked out and when that is done we can put more people in a few years in that section of the State than now reside in the entire State of Nevada. For example, with respect to the Las Vegas Valley, there is a vast acreage about Las Vegas where the question of water for irrigation is solved by artesian wells, where the climate is subtropical, and an extensive variety of profitable fruit and agricultural crops will grow in any favorable soil and yet where there is a big soil problem to be solved. That soil problem is up to the Nevada Exper- iment Station and to this office to work out and on my re- turn from Chicago I am going to take up with you a proposi- tion to detail Professor Kennedy and Professor True with the State Engineer and myself to spend a month or 6 weeks in that section of the State to make a thorough study of the several problems that are involved. This will be a work of incalculable usefulness and in my judgment will have to be done before any extensive colonization of that part of the State can be expected. When one sees artesian water flowing in its abundance in such a propitious climate, yet the soil withholding its bounty because the right treatment has not been applied and the people are at sea, not knowing how to proceed, it must appeal to anyone that a great work is overlooked and that work, in my judgment, is up to the Nevada Experiment Station and to this Department of the State Government. The problem which Mr. Norcross refers to here is that of deter- mining the soil conditions, for in many places the soil does not yield readily to culture or to irrigation because of a sub-sur- face that is as hard as the underlying hard pan which lay under- neath our quadrangle and had to be removed and good soil put in its place before we could grow grass upon the quadrangle. I think the suggestion of Mr. Norcross is a good one and we will readily detail Professors Kennedy and True to go down to that part of the State and endeavor to solve the problem. This calls attention to one of the great needs of this Station and that is a good soil expert, whom I am going to recommend that we employ at the beginning of the year, July, 1912. EMERGENCY FUND I am about to send the following letter to the Heads of the Departments of the University, provided this letter receives the sanction of the Board of Regents: Letter. November 9, 1911. To the Heads of Departments: I wish to advise you that, according to the action of the Board of Regents, an emergency fund is created of 10%, or less, of whatever funds have been allotted to your Depart- ment for the years 1911-12, except for salaries and the fund for books. I am Very respectfully yours, J. E. Stubbs President PASSES I have made a request for the following passes, good in the State of Nevada for the year 1912 in behalf of the Professors and the members of the Experiment Station staff. The Southern Pacific Company has granted these passes for several years and it makes quite a saving in our expense account. I append the list of names herewith: 1. Professor George J. Young of the Mackay School of Mines 2. Professor Gordon H. True, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry 3. Charles S. Knight, Assistant Professor of Agronomy 4. Frank L. Peterson, Instructor in Irrigation 5. Professor J. E. Church, Jr., Meterology & Climatology 6. S. P. Fergusson, Assistant 7. Professor Sanford C. Dinsmore, in charge of Pure Food & Drug Control 8. Miles B. Kennedy, Assistant in Food & Drug Control 9. Samuel B. Doten, Entomologist 10. Dr. W. B. Mack, Bacteriologist & Veterinarian 11. Dr. H. W. Hill, School Examiner 12. Dr. L. W. Hartman, School Examiner 13. Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, School Examiner 14. Dr. Maxwell Adams, School Examiner 15. Dr. P. B. Kennedy, Botany, Horticulture & Forestry 16. A. A. Heller, Assistant in Botany, Horticulture & Forestry 17. Ellsworth R. Bennett, Assistant Weights & Measures 18. Professor Peter Frandsen, Zoologist ELECTRICAL BUILDING Two carloads of stone from Bedford, Indiana, have been received. There are two carloads yet to come. One of these cars was shipped via the Chicago and Northwestern, the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific on November 2, and the fourth and last carload will be shipped by the same line about the 12th or 14th of Novem- ber. Carload No. 1 left Chicago Monday, September 25, and ar- rived here Saturday, October 28th. That was shipped, in defiance of our orders, by the Santa Fe, Denver and Rio Grande. Carload No. 2 left Chicago by way of the Northwestern, Union and Southern Pacific, October 6th and was received here October 18th. So far as I could see the two large carloads of stone received were in splendid order. I am inclined to the opinion, however, that not sufficient care was exercised in unloading the stone after it was received here, for it is chipped and marred in a number of places. I have expressed myself very freely about this to the brick and stone mason contractor and to Mr. Hooper, our Superin- tendent. Further, I notified Mr. Hooper several days ago to see to it that the stone in the entrance was fully protected by a wood covering. Up to this writing (9 A.M. of the 8th), the wooden doorway has not been made. I call the attention of the archi- tect and the Regents to this carelessness. REQUIRED HOURS OF TEACHING BY PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS I raised the question to myself as to what was the minimum number of hours for teaching that should be required of the Professors and Instructors, understanding that 2 1/2 hours of Laboratory work is the equivalent of one hour recitation work. I herewith give the number of hours of teaching of the Professors and In- structors in the University and the teachers in the High School. There are really 3 functions that these teachers ought to ful- fill. First, the teaching function, which affects directly the students of the University; second, the State function, that is, what our Professors can do for the public service in the inter- ests of the State; and third, original investigation, so that the result of their investigation may be seen in the freshness of view with respect to their own Department, and the product of their work of this investigation which may be published from time to time. I think that every Professor in the University ought to fulfill in some degree all three of these functions, expecially the first and the third. Should the minimum number of hours of teaching be placed at 12, or less? Should the maximum number of hours be placed at 15, 16 or 18 hours? The following table gives the number of hours taught by Profes- sors in the University: Name of Instructor Hours per Week Maxwell Adams 18 Romanzo Adams 9 Walter Anderson 6 H. P. Boardman 19 C. L. Brown 4 Miss Bardenwerper 16 1/2 J. E. Church (3 more occasionally) 11 Miss Day 16 Miss de Laguna 14 S. C. Dinsmore 2 Peter Frandsen 14 L. W. Hartman 14 C. Haseman 19 A. A. Heller 3 H. W. Hill 11 Miss Howe 4 J. C. Jones 2 P. B. Kennedy 3 M. B. Kennedy 2 Charles S. Knight 13 Miss Lewers 15 1/2 R. Lewers 3 Miss Meighan 11 George Ordahl 10 G. S. Paine 11 W. S. Palmer 6 G. D. Powers 12 A. W. Preston 6 W. S. T. Smith 14 Carl Tibbals 5 G. H. True 5 E. R. von Janinski 9 J. C. Watson 13 Miss Wier 12 G. J. Young 14 The following table gives the number of hours taught by the Instructors in the High School: Name of Instructor Hours per Week A. A. Heller 3 W. A. Lacey 16 R. Lewers 24 1/2 Miss Mack 15 Miss Parker 12 George D. Powers 1 1/2 A. W. Preston 3 Miss Riegelhuth 17 S. E. Ross 19 R. C. Thompson 13 Miss Bardenwerper 7 RECOMMENDATIONS I beg leave to renew the recommendation which was laid over from the meeting of October 2nd that P. B. Kennedy or Gordon H. True be appointed Associate Director in charge of the work under the Hatch and Adams Funds, to begin the first of January, 1912. I recommend that Gordon H. True or P. B. Kennedy be appointed Associate Director of Agricultural Extension, which is to include farmers' institutes, railroad demonstration trains, country life, and dry farming, the appointment to become effective January 1, 1912. These two appointments are in line with the progress in Station and Agricultural College work. The Department of University Extension was established at a meeting of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations in Portland, Oregon, in 1909, and re- ceived the approval of the Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Experiment Stations, and has been adopted by nearly all of the Stations in the country. The two men that I have named would fill either position with ability, and whichever the Regents choose for the one, then they should choose the remain- ing one for the other position. It is understood by this recom- mendation that P. B. Kennedy retains the work in the Department of Botany, Horticulture and Forestry in the Station and in the College. It is likewise understood that Gordon H. True retains the work in the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, including irrigation and dairy work, in the Station and in the College. I recommend the appointment of Sanford C. Dinsmore to be Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures, effective January 1, 1912. I recommend the appointment of Ellsworth R. Bennett as Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures at a salary of $125 per month, effective January 1, 1912. PART II THE FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS The following is a statement of the bills, passed by the Board of Regents, which have not been acted upon by the State Board of Examiners, in Carson City, up to November 2, 1911. On this date I sent Mr. C. H. Gorman, our Assistant Secretary, to Carson City to ascertain precisely what was the condition of our claims and the following is his report: Claimant Date Passed Amount Agricultural Experiment Station 8/12/11 $ 5,000.00 C. H. Gorman, Assistant Secretary 8/12/11 23.65 W. S. Palmer 8/30/11 202.75 F. J. De Lonchant 8/30/11 188.22 A. G. Spalding and Bros. 10/02/11 16.70 Needy Students 8/30/11 800.00 Samuel Crossley 8/12/11 259.25 Clock and Shea 8/30/11 659.25 Clock and Shea 8/12/11 1,415.25 Cottrell and Leonard 8/12/11 70.00 Reno Wallpaper and Paint Company 7/17/11 341.00 Reno Wallpaper and Paint Company 7/31/11 211.75 Reno Wallpaper and Paint Company 8/12/11 967.21 Reno Wallpaper and Paint Company 8/30/11 498.18 Reno Wallpaper and Paint Company 10/02/11 162.99 Treasurer Hatch Fund 8/30/11 225.00 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. 10/02/11 58.00 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. 7/17/11 62.45 Trent Engineering Company 7/17/11 290.00 L. W. Hartman 6/02/11 61.35 Maxwell Adams 6/02/11 41.35 Lewers and Henderson 6/02/11 10.00 Nevada State Agricultural Society 5/03/11 450.00 J. E. Stubbs 5/03/11 150.00 George H. Taylor 7/17/11 507.32 J. E. Stubbs, a/c Hatch Fund 7/17/11 394.50 George H. Taylor, F & D 7/17/11 300.00 J. E. Stubbs, a/c Hatch Fund 7/17/11 156.93 George H. Taylor, F & D 7/17/11 122.51 George H. Taylor, F & D 6/02/11 175.00 University of Chicago Press 7/17/11 2.05 University Dining Hall 7/17/11 461.00 Laboratory and Guarantee Fund 7/17/11 587.27 Braun-Knecht-Heimann 7/17/11 62.33 Total $14,933.26 (Stat. 1907 Page 434, Sect. 3) (Stat. 1897 Page 164) I call the attention of the Regents to the fact that some of these claims were returned by the Board of Examiners with the request for information, and this request was acceded to by the President of the University on the day the claims were received and they were returned promptly on the following day. Neither the Secretary of the Board of Regents, nor the President, had received any definite information as to what the State Board of Examiners had done or had not done with regard to these claims until I sent Mr. Gorman over to Carson on November 2nd. I wrote the State Board of Examiners on November 4th asking them if I might appear before the Board either Friday, November 10, or Saturday, November 11. I have received no answer to that request. I wrote the Governor on Monday, November 6, asking if the Board of Examiners could not meet with the Board of Regents at their session the 9th of November. Up to this time I have received no answer to that letter. Besides wishing to take up with the Board of Examiners these claims which have been passed by the Board of Regents, I wanted to give reasons why they should allow the claim of $450, payable to the State Agricultural Society, and, while this is pending, I recommend that we pay $125 from the Revolving Fund to pay the insurance on the Fair Grounds, a debt which the Agricultural Society incurred, expecting to pay it out of this rental of $450. On verbal report of Mr. Gorman it is clear that the members of the State Board of Examiners have not got the right idea with regard to their powers in holding up claims. The State Legisla- ture made our appropriations on the basis of my report to the Board of Regents and the report of the Board of Regents to the Governor, and, I take it if the Board of Examiners find that the claims which the President certifies to and the Regents approve are in the regular way and in accordance with the leg- islative appropriation, they are bound to approve these bills. In Article Six, Section 21, of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, it is provided that "The Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney-General shall also constitute a Board of Examiners, with the power to examine all claims against the State, except salaries or compensations of officers fixed by Law, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by Law, and no claim against the State (except salaries or compensations of officers fixed by Law) shall be passed upon by the Legislature without having been considered and acted upon by the State Board of Examiners." If it shall appear necessary, I suggest that Regent C. B. Hender- son be employed as Attorney of the Board of Regents and that, at his convenience, he shall go to Carson City and ascertain which of these claims the Board is going to allow, and also make clear to the members of the Board of Examiners what their status is so that the Board of Regents may know what course to pursue further. It is evident to the Board that without an understanding of the powers of the Board of Examiners and the powers of the Board of Regents, we shall be at sea so far as allowing claims is con- cerned. For example, we are not sure that the claim for $500 which we have allowed Davis and Reuck will be allowed by the Board of Examiners. I append herewith a list of the total claims allowed October 2, 1911, according to the report of the Secretary of the Board of Regents: STATE FUNDS General Support $ 8,782.63 Hygienic Laboratory 293.25 Pure Food and Drug 663.55 Regents Fund 125.00 Weights and Measures 1.50 Improvement of Grounds 1,056.57 Electrical Building 164.10 Experiment Station 212.40 OTHER FUNDS Mackay School of Mines Insurance Fund $ 400.00 A & M College Morrill Fund 6,964.51 Experiment Station Hatch Fund 1,608.18 Experiment Station Adams Fund 775.84 Experiment Station Live Stock 720.65 Grand Total $21,768.18 I append herewith a statement of the balances on hand in the several funds on October 5, 1911, according to the report of the Secretary of the Board of Regents: General Appropriation $86,720.58 Hygienic Laboratory 6,670.79 Pure Food and Drug 6,142.97 Regents Fund 3,750.00 Weights and Measures 3,593.90 Improvements to Grounds 7,458.48 Electrical Building & Equipment 37,962.84 Experiment Station 3,303.57 Mackay School of Mines, Insurance Fund 4,248.17 A & M College Morrill Fund 35,711.14 Experiment Station Adams 2,393.58 Experiment Station Live Stock 412.03 Experiment Station Farm Sales 90.55 Horticulture 21.25 Miscellaneous 73.66 Funds Overdrawn October 5, 1911 Experiment Station Hatch Fund 1,774.95 DETAILED REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF FUNDS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911, MADE BY THE REGISTRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY This report includes all the bills allowed by the Board of Re- gents at their meeting October 2. This report of the Registrar is based on the report of the funds by Departments made to the Board of Regents and adopted by the Board of Regents and for- warded by them to the Governor on the 31st of December, 1910. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION USED Regular Salary $ $ 7,441.05 Expenses of Board of Regents 2,000.00 587.40 Regents' Fund 5,000.00 2,900.35 Visiting Schools 1,000.00 506.30 President's Traveling Expenses 1,000.00 595.65 Insurance 4,000.00 2,639.00 Advertising and Printing 5,000.00 4,544.01 Needy Students 3,000.00 800.00 Administration, including Salaries 20,820.00 Telegraph and Postage 244.40 Telephone 639.32 Office Equipment 668.83 General Expense 697.67 Total $41,820.00 $22,263.98 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Water, Gas and Light $ 4,000.00 $ Water 232.60 Light 678.06 Gas 485.30 Oil and Fuel 8,500.00 2,609.50 Heating Plant Labor 300.60 Incidental Supplies and Labor 13,970.00 Buildings, Labor and General Expense 4,463.42 Grounds, General Expense 3,755.49 Express and Freight 153.15 Stable 407.49 F & F Equipment 351.75 Repairs, Itemized Below 9,818.00 8,453.86 Student Janitors 482.10 Miscellaneous Expense 535.37 Total $36,288.00 $22,908.69 BUILDINGS Chemistry Repairs $ 520.00 $ 165.82 Dining Hall 125.00 Repairs 84.85 Supplies 17.00 Gymnasium 1,055.00 Repairs 930.82 Student Janitors 66.00 Hatch Station 135.00 Repairs 139.35 Hospital 205.00 Repairs 151.27 Lincoln Hall 5,320.00 Repairs 3,886.51 Equipment and Furniture 384.75 Gas for Heating 16.15 Mackay Building 145.00 Repairs 140.00 Equipment and Supplies 21.65 Manzanita Hall 245.00 Repairs 308.35 Janitor 31.80 Equipment and Supplies 110.52 Gas for Heating 30.75 Mechanical Engineering 285.00 Repairs 165.50 Morrill Hall 523.00 Repairs 261.55 Furniture and Fixtures 147.00 Painting 29.45 Physics Building 250.00 Repairs 374.38 Painting 40.80 Training Quarters .00 Student Janitors 192.00 Supplies 1.15 Stewart Hall 1,010.00 Repairs 438.00 Janitor 62.50 Greenhouse 3,000.00 Repairs 2.20 Fuel 30.00 Agriculture & Animal Husbandry Salaries 6,000.00 2,850.00 Supplies and Equipment 1,200.00 178.40 Student Assistants 16.40 7,200.00 3,045.20 Agriculture Chemistry Salaries 1,200.00 400.00 Equipment and Supplies 562.00 262.21 1,762.00 662.21 Biology Salaries 6,000.00 2,250.00 Equipment and Supplies 1,950.00 796.08 7,950.00 3,046.08 Botany, Horticulture & Forestry Salaries 2,400.00 856.66 Equipment and Supplies 1,000.00 52.40 3,400.00 909.06 Chemistry Salaries (Regular) 6,000.00 2,550.00 Storekeeper 500.00 Supplies, etc. 1,590.00 1,793.24 Gas, etc. 94.40 8,090.00 4,437.64 Civil Engineering Salaries (Regular) 4,800.00 2,000.00 Student Assistants 600.00 23.05 Equipment and Supplies 800.00 350.16 6,200.00 2,373.21 Domestic Science Salaries 4,800.00 1,350.00 Student Assistants 89.70 Supplies 500.00 60.83 5,300.00 1,500.53 Drawing Salary 3,000.00 1,125.00 Equipment and Supplies 300.00 3,300.00 1,125.00 Education 20,000.00 Salaries 3,850.00 Equipment 540.77 Freight and Express 20.90 Stationery 26.25 20,000.00 4,437.92 Electrical Building and Equipment 40,000.00 Salaries 479.50 Student Assistants 4.00 Laboratory Supplies 974.37 Equipment 630.06 Traveling Expenses 31.10 Advertising Bids 90.80 Freight and Express 412.80 40,000.00 2,621.91 Emeritus English 1,200.00 400.00 Department of English Salary 7,600.00 2,748.00 Student Assistants 50.00 Equipment and Supplies 175.00 7,775.00 2,798.00 Sup. Experiment Station Mt. Rose 2,000.00 Equipment F & F 42.00 2,000.00 42.00 Department of Greek Salary 4,800.00 1,500.00 Equipment and Supplies 200.00 5,000.00 1,500.00 Support of Experiment Station 3,000.00 Supplies 97.75 Water 37.90 Stationery 6.50 Equipping Station Library 462.50 Rent of Grounds 450.00 Livery 8.50 Freight and Express 80.88 Printing 7.60 Furniture and Fixtures 381.10 Phone 6.00 Hog Cholera, a/c W. B. Mack 172.30 3,000.00 1,711.03 Department of History Salary 6,000.00 2,000.02 Equipment and Supplies 400.00 273.90 6,400.00 2,273.92 Improvement of Grounds 10,000.00 Salaries 462.50 Dam Contract 1,723.45 Grading 337.57 Advertising Bids 18.00 10,000.00 2,541.52 Department of Latin Salaries 4,800.00 1,350.00 Equipment and Supplies 200.00 68.50 5,000.00 1,418.50 Mathematics Salaries 4,800.00 1,699.98 Salary of Assistant 600.00 150.00 Equipment 100.00 100.50 5,500.00 1,950.48 Mechanical Engineering Salaries 10,200.00 3,709.02 Equipment and Supplies 2,500.00 Student Assistants 134.85 Traveling Expenses 34.30 Power 95.25 Equipment, etc. 4,978.89 12,700.00 8,952.40 Military Science Salary 1,400.00 Equipment 500.00 Salary Commissioned Officers 167.35 Band Instructor Salary 260.00 Supplies 43.81 1,900.00 471.16 Geology and Mineralogy Salaries 8,400.00 2,100.00 Supplies 900.00 248.87 9,300.00 2,348.87 Library Salaries 7,600.00 2,700.00 Salaries Student Assistants 720.00 73.40 Equipment and Supplies 1,000.00 155.10 Fock Bill 1,000.00 1,000.00 Scientific 200.00 Postage 12.50 Freight and Express 45.19 10,520.00 3,986.19 Books Drawing 80.00 5.83 Economics 400.00 116.96 Education 260.00 Elocution 40.00 Entomology 140.00 17.93 General Literature 80.00 9.57 General Periodicals 3,050.00 796.96 Greek 260.00 216.60 History 400.00 137.57 Latin 260.00 224.33 Law 80.00 Meterology 40.00 Military Science 60.00 Modern Language 240.00 68.50 Music 120.00 50.37 Psychology 240.00 95.79 Physical Culture 60.00 12.58 Political Science 120.00 21.73 Research Chemistry 150.00 51.90 Sociology 200.00 Agronomy 80.00 5.53 Animal Husbandry 400.00 189.56 Bacteriology 80.00 15.86 Biology 160.00 72.16 Botany 160.00 61.14 Chemistry 160.00 21.54 Civil Engineering 160.00 43.69 Domestic Economy 80.00 41.91 English 400.00 239.74 Geology 160.00 116.80 Mathematics 160.00 31.13 Mechanical Engineering 160.00 47.64 Mines 200.00 96.55 Physics 160.00 147.92 8,800.00 2,957.79 Mackay Mining and G Museum Museum Collections and Expenses 500.00 Expenses for Field Geologist 1,400.00 Salaries 223.30 Supplies 49.00 Traveling Expenses 245.15 Student Assistants Museum 17.60 1,900.00 535.05 State Mining Laboratory Salary 1,800.00 625.00 Laboratory Supplies 1,200.00 2.50 Student Assistants 45.25 3,000.00 672.75 Mining and Metallurgy Salary 6,300.00 3,475.00 Equipment 1,000.00 Power 207.45 Supplies 602.17 7,300.00 4,284.62 Summer School Mine Survey & Geology Fund for Loans to Needy Students & Purchase of Camp Outfit 1,500.00 Manual for Instruction 100.00 Traveling Expenses 141.70 Equipment 155.51 Loans to Students 185.65 Salaries of Instructors 350.00 Incidentals 57.65 1,600.00 890.51 Modern Languages Salaries 4,800.00 1,733.35 Equipment and Supplies 400.00 54.00 5,200.00 1,787.35 Music Salaries 2,400.00 80.00 Equipment and Supplies 300.00 2,700.00 80.00 Physical Culture for Women Salary 3,000.00 1,125.00 Equipment 1,000.00 17.70 Student Assistants 70.38 4,000.00 1,213.08 Physical Training for Men Salary of Director 3,000.00 675.00 Equipment 1,000.00 4,000.00 675.00 Physics Salaries 6,000.00 1,800.00 Equipment and Supplies 3,125.00 2,092.30 Student Assistants 270.50 9,125.00 4,162.05 Political Economy and Law Salary 4,800.00 1,800.00 Equipment 200.00 150.00 5,000.00 1,950.00 Public Speaking Salary 1,800.00 100.00 Equipment and Supplies 200.00 2,000.00 100.00 Purchase of Stock 5,000.00 5,000.00 Pure Food and Drug 12,000.00 Regular Salaries 2,633.37 Extra Laboratory Work 510.10 Gas, Ice, etc. 8.90 Laboratory Supplies 381.26 Laboratory Equipment 370.91 Traveling Expenses 1,035.85 Samples 178.90 Stationery 50.06 Printing 628.93 Freight and Express 58.75 12,000.00 5,867.03 Regents' Special Fund 4,000.00 Salaries 250.00 Traveling Expenses 23.85 4,000.00 273.83 Removing Cabinet 200.00 Labor, etc. 7.50 200.00 7.50 State Hygienic Laboratory 10,000.00 Salaries 2,250.00 Student Assistants 355.40 Equipment 201.53 Supplies 232.31 Gas, Ice, etc. 55.53 Freight and Express 70.84 Traveling Expenses 66.25 Rabbits, etc. 18.35 Extra Laboratory Work 75.00 Stationery 4.00 10,000.00 3,329.21 University High School 18,000.00 Salaries 6,236.69 Student Assistants 307.50 Laboratory Supplies 460.95 Gas 2.72 Stationery 51.86 Equipment 109.70 Freight and Express 20.40 Library 17.73 18,000.00 7,207.55 Weights and Measures 4,000.00 Stationery 25.50 Legal Advice 10.00 Printing 80.75 Supplies 35.50 Equipment 138.00 Traveling Expenses 29.00 Publishing Notices 63.50 4,000.00 382.25 Statement of Disbursements from the various funds beginning Janu- ary 1, 1911 and ending September 30, 1911, and showing balances in various funds on September 30, 1911: A & M COLLEGE MORRILL FUND Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1911 $17,778.73 $ Received from U. S. Government, June 50,000.00 Schedule A - Agriculture: Salaries 2,016.66 Facilities .45 Schedule B - Mechanical Arts: Salaries 3,456.37 Facilities 4,016.04 Schedule C - English: Salaries 2,972.00 Schedule D - Mathematical Sciences: Salaries 4,133.30 Facilities 313.71 Schedule E - Natural or Physical Science: Salaries 7,541.35 Facilities 4,121.44 Schedule F - Economic Science: Salary 2,639.70 Facilities 364.25 Balance in A & M Fund, Sept. 30, 1911 36,203.46 67,778.73 67,778.73 ELECTRICAL BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT Jan. 1 State Appropriation 40,000.00 Salaries 483.50 Disbursements 2,138.41 Balance on Hand, Sept. 30 37,378.09 40,000.00 40,000.00 SUPPORT OF EXPERIMENT STATION State Appropriation 5,000.00 Experiment Station Disbursements 1,711.03 Mt. Rose Disbursements 42.00 Balance on Hand, Sept.30 3,246.97 5,000.00 5,000.00 IMPROVEMENT OF GROUNDS Appropriation from State 10,000.00 Salaries 462.50 Disbursements 2,079.02 Balance on Hand Sept. 30 7,458.48 10,000.00 10,000.00 MACKAY INSTRUCTION FUND Balance on Hand Jan. 1, 1911 1,973.17 Salaries 3,725.00 By June Installment 6,000.00 Balance on Hand Sept.30 4,248.17 7,973.17 7,973.17 PURCHASE OF STOCK State Appropriation 5,000.00 Disbursements 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 PURE FOOD AND DRUG Balance on Hand, Jan. 1, 1911 12.65 State Appropriation 12,000.00 Salaries 2,983.37 Disbursements 2,873.66 Balance on Hand Sept. 30 6,155.62 12,012.65 12,012.65 REGENTS' SPECIAL FUND State Appropriation 4,000.00 Salaries 250.00 Incidentals 23.85 Balance on Hand Sept. 30 3,726.15 4,000.00 4,000.00 MOVING CABINET State Appropriation 200.00 Incidentals 7.50 Balance Sept. 30 192.50 200.00 200.00 STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY State Appropriation 10,000.00 Salaries 2,605.40 Incidentals 723.81 Balance on Hand Sept. 30 6,670.79 10,000.00 10,000.00 GENERAL SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY State Appropriation 172,130.00 Instruction Salaries 25,022.69 Administration Salaries 10,514.45 Labor, etc. 4,378.10 Library 4,047.37 Student Salaries 2,866.58 General Support 37,228.28 Balance on Hand Sept. 30 88,072.53 172,130.00 172,130.00 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES State Appropriation 4,000.00 Disbursements 382.25 Balance on Hand Sept. 30 3,617.75 4,000.00 4,000.00 FUNDS RECEIVABLE Mackay Instruction Fund, Installment due June 1, 1912 to Dec. 31, 1912 3,000.00 Due from A & M Morrill Fund Installment July 1, 1912 to December 31, 1912 25,000.00 28,000.00 RECAPITULATION OF FUNDS TO DECEMBER 31, 1912: BALANCES ON HAND SEPTEMBER 30, 1911 A & M College, Morrill Fund 36,203.46 Electrical Building & Equipment 37,378.09 Support of Experiment Station 3,246.97 Improvement of Grounds 7,458.48 Mackay Instruction Funds 4,248.17 Pure Food and Drug 6,155.62 Regents' Fund 3,726.15 Moving Cabinet 192.50 State Hygienic Laboratory 6,670.79 General Support 88,072.53 Weights and Measures 3,617.75 Total Funds on Hand $196,970.51 Funds Receivable 28,000.00 For Support of University to December 31, 1912 $224,970.51 Regents requested the President to have the luncheon hour from 12 to 1 o'clock, to take effect Monday, November 13, 1911. Mo- tion to this effect was made by Regent Williams, and seconded by Regents Reid and O'Brien. All voted in favor of the motion excepting Regent Henderson. Upon motion of Regent Henderson, seconded by Dr. Reid, Miss Mabel A. Jones was elected Instructor in Vocal Music, beginning October 1, 1911, at a salary of $350 for the present school year. Upon the motion of Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent Henderson, the recommendation of the President that Professor Lewers be appoint- ed a delegate to the annual conventions of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations and the Association of Farmers' Institute Workers at Columbus, Ohio, on November 13-16, 1911, inclusive, was approved. Upon motion of Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent Williams, the recom- mendation of the President, that we use 4 inches of soil from the river bank instead of 6, and that we let the contract to the Reno Construction Company, was approved and carried. The recommendation of President Stubbs that Mr. Bliss, together with Dr. P. B. Kennedy, lay out the grounds around Manzanita Hall without cost to the University, was put into motion by Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent Williams, and carried by the Board. Upon motion of Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent Henderson, the con- tract of J. J. Smith for $290 for building a retaining wall in the Orr Ditch at the rear of the Electrical building was car- ried. Upon motion of Regent Henderson, seconded by Regent Williams, the recommendation of President Stubbs that the contract for building the weir spillway and concrete flume be awarded to the Reno Construction Company was carried. The contract calls for $400 for this work. Regent Williams made a motion, seconded by Regent Henderson, that the recommendation of President Stubbs that the University put in water pipes in that section of the Campus south of the dam and north of Center Street at a cost not to exceed $400, using our own men, and laying the pipe 2 1/2 feet deep, be ap- proved. Carried. Upon motion of Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent O'Brien, the Presi- dent was authorized to lay a 6- or 8-inch water main from Lincoln Hall to the corner of Hatch Station, same to be used for fire purposes only, and the cost to conform to estimates submitted by the President in his report. Upon motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Regent Henderson, the letter of Clarence H. Mackay to President Stubbs, dated October 27, was ordered spread upon the minutes in full, and it appears in the President's report. Carried. Upon motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Regent O'Brien, President Stubbs was authorized to detail Professors Kennedy and True to accompany Commissioner Norcross and State Engineer Kearney to Moapa Valley, Clark County, at any time selected by Mr. Norcross, as suggested in the report of the President. Ap- proved. Upon motion of Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent Williams, the Chair- man of the Board of Regents was authorized to confer with Mr. Hooper and to tell him that unless Mr. Hooper changed his work at the Electrical building to suit the Chairman that he would be discharged at once. Upon motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Regent O'Brien, the Regents decided that it would be their policy to require 12 hours per week as the minimum for Professors who teach, except- ing when in judgment of the President, he considers a less number of hours sufficient. Upon motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Dr. Reid, S. C. Dinsmore was appointed Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures to take effect January 1, 1912. Upon motion of Dr. Reid, seconded by Regent O'Brien, Ellsworth R. Bennett was appointed Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures at a salary of $125 per month, to begin January 1, 1912. The Board of Regents agreed to use their influence with the Board of Examiners to pass on the University bills already allow- ed by the Regents. Upon motion of Regent Reid, seconded by Regent Williams, a loan of $125 from the Livestock Fund was authorized by the Regents to pay the insurance on the Agricultural Fair Grounds; this amount to be credited on the rental of $450. No further business appearing, the Board adjourned to meet at the call of the Chairman. A. A. Codd Chairman Geo. H. Taylor Secretary


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The situation on the Russian currency market is to stabilize soon, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
According to him, in the near future, the situation on the currency market should stabilize." Siluanov explained at a meeting with investors in Hong Kong, that the ruble rate in Russia was a fluctuating one. The rate depends on several factors, primarily on the flow of capital and interest rates. The Central Bank is involved in the exchange rate process, supporting the rate within certain parameters of the currency corridor."
Since the beginning of 2014, the ruble has fallen against the dollar by 2.9 rubles and against the euro by - 3.6 rubles. As for the currency basket, the rate went down by 3.2 rubles. Siluanov stressed out that the activity of the Ministry of Finance to purchase currency for the replenishment of the Reserve Fund should not affect the market.
The minister believes that the dollarization of the Russian economy has been shrinking. The ruble gradually becomes a currency for savings and transactions.
"The level of dollarization of the economy has decreased. The role of the Russian ruble has been growing inside the country as a currency for savings and settlements. The share of the currency debt is very low," Siluanov was quoted by Prime as saying.

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ERIK DIES, YOU'RE STUPID AND WE HATE YOU Makes Its Debut at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 5/23
Erik Dies, You're Stupid and We Hate You, described as a new indescribably bizarre comedic one-act play, will debut at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at 8:00 PM on on Thursday, May 23rd. Tickets are $5, which includes admission to Erik Dies, You're Stupid and We Hate You and a set from Andy Kaufman Award winning stand-up comic, Brent Weinbach.
Aaron & Brian lead their lonely friend Erik on a surreal, nightmarish odyssey to "get his dick wet." Elderly lesbians, impromptu Fosse numbers, dueling Katherine Hepburns, and the ominous Old Valley are all pit-stops on this journey to happiness, or at least maybe getting laid.
Erik Dies, You're Stupid and We Hate You was written by and stars Brian Glidewell (Newsadoozies: A Man-Eating Musical, CollegeHumor, UCB teams Namaste and Chunk), Aaron Jackson (Newsadoozies, UCB teams What I Did For Love and Sandino), and Erik Dies (UCB teams Ragnarock and A Sparrow).


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SXSW Accelerator: Enterprise and Big Data finalists, part 1
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The SXSW accelerator, in its sixth year, always draws a great crowd as entrepreneurs give lightning pitches before a talented panel of industry-savvy judges. I listened in on some of the pitches Saturday coming from finalists with solutions in the enterprise and big data space. AddSearch, from Helsinki, pitched their solution for single-line-of-code site search in a space that could be considered stagnant but still competitive. It takes some serious chutzpah to make the case you can improve search, but AddSearch claims their easy installation, mobile support, stats, and lightning results will open some eyes.


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My Little Pony: Love is Magic" is a dating sim set in the colourful world of Equestria. You have woken up on the outskirts of Ponyville, without any memory of anything whatsoever. Along with the mane cast (and Princess Luna), you try to regain your memories, and maybe find some romance along the way...
This fall, take your first step into Ponyville with Love is Magic: Day 0, and see what the first encounters with the ponies of Ponyville will be like before the true beginning comes.
The game will feature the Mane six plus Luna as possible romances, and you'll play as a colt. Currently there are no plans for a human version or a rule 34 version. However, we would like your opinion on the possibility of more features via poll.
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Local athletes bring home medals from Indigenous Games
It was a successful week for Chilliwack area athletes at the North American Indigenous Games last week in Regina.
Local participants made a solid contribution to Team BC's final medal count of 160, squeezing a victory in with just one medal more than host province Saskatchewan.
Paddler Clinton Hugh, an under-19 competitor, took gold and silver in the 200-metre and 3000-metre kayak races respectively, and another silver in the mixed team 3000-metre canoe race with Alicia George-Bailey.
"It felt amazing to be a part of the first kayak event ever hosted at NAIG," he said, admitting he felt overwhelmed on the first day of the competition.
A big part of that was his 18 kilometres of sprint paddling in a single day. By far the most he's done in that time period at a competitive pace.
George-Bailey did her part, winning two silvers and three bronzes in paddling events.
Darian Williams, another Chilliwack paddler (but racing for Washington) also fared well in the U19 division. He took six gold medals for the U.S. state, proving that present-day borders mean nothing when it comes down to heritage.
Their paddling teammate, Brandyn Chappell cleaned up in the U16 division with three golds and as many bronzes over the week.
Cheam Band swimmer Nashon Douglas brought home a total of six medals (three gold and three silver) in the under-19 division, with more official results from swimming events pending.
In Softball, five Chilliwack players helped the British Columbia girls team win gold in two divisions.
In the U19 divisions Annabelle Williams, Brianna Underhill and Shantel Andrews represented Chilliwack, with Ashley Guthrie, Catherine Ann Toop and Kyneesha Garnot-Kingdon playing on the U16 squad.
Paige Mussell captured three golds for B.C. in U16 rifle shooting.
Nathalie Nahwegahbow took double track golds, one each in the 100- and 200-metre races.
And in U16 Soccer, Amber Charlie, Lahayla Charlie-Campbell, Jada Roberts, Jade Victor, Maya Fayant, Keagan James and Kayla Bradshaw led the provincial team to silver in a close 1-0 loss to Ontario.
It's the first time Team BC has won the Games. It came down to the last few events, according to Lara Mussell, the team's Chef de Mission.
B.C. and the hosts traded lead position throughout the week.
"The team's performance, perseverance and conduct, both on and off the field, exemplified the ideals of the North American Indigenous Games: The Spirit - strong, brave, true," she said.
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Lebanon: Budget deficit reaches 31 percent in 2013
According to the statement, the budget deficit rose LL444 billion at the end of last year
Lebanon's budget deficit in 2013 rose slightly to 30.94 percent (or $4.2 billion) of spending compared to 29.47 percent (or $3.9 billion) in 2012, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
According to the statement, the budget deficit rose LL444 billion at the end of last year.
The primary deficit in 2013 also jumped to LL361 billion compared to a deficit of LL196 billion in 2012.
International rating agencies projected the country's fiscal deficit to exceed 11 percent of GDP in 2014, warning that this surge would further affect Lebanon's credit rating.
Former Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi warned the deficit in 2014 could reach 38 percent of spending if the government fully implemented the wage hikes for government employees and public school teachers.
Total government revenues for the entire 12 months of 2013 stood at LL14.201 trillion, recording an increase of only 0.26 percent.
Customs revenues reached LL2.157 trillion, decreasing by 4.15 percent while value added tax proceeds stood at LL3.296 trillion, an increase of only 0.62 percent.
Telecoms revenues remained almost flat at LL2.155 trillion.
Government revenues in December 2013 alone reached LL1.271 trillion compared to LL1 trillion for the same month in 2012.
However, total government expenditures in 2013 reached LL20.563 trillion compared to LL20.081 trillion in the same period of last year, an increase of 2.4 percent.
The cost of debt servicing last year rose to LL6 trillion compared to LL5.752 trillion in 2012.
Debt servicing is the primary spending item by the government, followed by the salaries of government employees and Electricite du Liban's deficit.
State-run EDL's losses, however, fell by 10.35 percent in 2013 to LL3.055 trillion.
Economists and experts have appealed to successive governments for a radical solution to the EDL issue, as the electricity sector is draining the already dwindling resources of the Finance Ministry.
Lebanon's public debt in 2013 reached $63.3 billion, or 144 percent of the country's GDP.
Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil is reported to be in the process of drafting the 2014 budget, which will call for a series of taxes to finance the new salary scale.
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