1-18-1913
Volume OD - Pages 450-453

                         Reno, Nevada
                       January 18, 1913

The Regents met at 10 o'clock A.M. Saturday, January 18, 1913.
Present:  A. A. Codd, H. E. Reid and J. W. O'Brien.  Absent:
Frank Williams and C. B. Henderson.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and, upon motion,
approved.

No further business appearing, the Board adjourned sine die.

                             A. A. Codd
                             Chairman

Geo. H. Taylor
Secretary

The New Board of Regents met at 10:30 o'clock A.M. Saturday,
January 18, 1913.  The new members elected:  A. A. Codd, J. W.
O'Brien and W. E. Pratt, filed their certificates and oaths of
office.  The Board then organized as follows:

    Mr. Codd placed in nomination Mr. H. E. Reid for Chairman
    of the Board.  Mr. O'Brien seconded the nomination.  No
    further nominations.  Mr. Reid was unanimously elected for
    the next two years.

    Upon motion of Mr. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Pratt, Mr.
    A. A. Codd was elected Vice Chairman of the Board.

    Upon motion of Mr. Codd, seconded by Mr. O'Brien, Mr.
    G. H. Taylor was elected Secretary of the Board and the
    Chairman was authorized to cast the unanimous vote of the
    Board for Mr. Taylor as Secretary.

    Upon motion of Mr. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Pratt, Mr.
    C. H. Gorman was elected Assistant Secretary of the Board.

    Upon motion of Mr. Codd, seconded by Mr. Pratt, Mr. C. H.
    Gorman was elected Treasurer of the University.

    Upon motion of Mr. Codd, seconded by Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Charles
    H. Gorman was elected Comptroller of the University.

    Upon motion of Mr. Pratt, seconded by Mr. Codd, Regents
    Codd, Reid and O'Brien were elected as the Finance Committee
    for the next two years, Mr. Codd to act as Chairman of said
    Committee.

Letter of Dr. Stubbs of January 2, 1913, from Paris to the Board
of Regents was read and ordered filed, same to be considered at
the next regular meeting of the Board.

President's report read and ordered filed in President's Report
Book.  Matters therein to be taken up and acted on separately.

Moved by Regent Codd, seconded by Regent Pratt, that the
Farmer's Short Course in Agriculture as recommended by the
Acting President be put in force from and after February 1st.

Recommendation of Vice President Lewers that F. L. Paterson
be paid his salary of $166.66 per month for 3 months from Janu-
ary 1, 1913, from the A & M Fund was approved.

Mr. Codd moved, seconded by Mr. O'Brien, that President Lewers
have Professor Young submit the cost of putting a new roof on
the museum of the Mackay School of Mines building and have same
added to the budget for the appropriations of the University
for 1913 and 1914.

Upon motion of Regent Pratt, seconded by Regent Codd, the Re-
gents' report for 1911-12 to the Governor and Legislature was
ordered submitted, approved, adopted and ordered presented to
the Governor and, through him, to the Legislature.

Upon motion of Regent Codd, seconded by Regent Pratt, the Acting
President was authorized to employ Mr. John Gosling of Kansas
City for the Short Course to give a series of lectures and do
expert work in the cutting and handling of carcasses.  Mr. True
says that Mr. Gosling will come for $100 and traveling expenses
from Kansas City.

Upon motion of Regent Pratt, seconded by Regent Codd, the Acting
President was authorized to send invitations to all members of
the Legislature and State Officers to visit the University in a
body on a fixed day and make arrangements to entertain them at
a luncheon at the University.

No further business appearing, the Board adjourned to meet at
the call of the Chairman.

                             H. E. Reid
                             Chairman

Geo. H. Taylor
Secretary