UCCSN Board of Regents' Meeting Minutes
03-31-1921
Volume OE - Pages 282-284
Reno, Nevada
March 31, 1921
The Board of Regents met in the Office of President Clark at the
University of Nevada at 10 o'clock on Thursday, March 31, 1921.
There were present: Judge Curler, Mrs. Hood, Mr. Pratt, Judge
Talbot, President Clark and Comptroller Gorman.
The minutes of March 1, 1921 were approved upon motion. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On motion of Mr. Pratt, List No. 5, Claims 13 and 25, amounting
to $3,267.87; List No. 6, covering State Claims Nos. 27 to 41
inclusive, for the net sum of $20,497.27; and List No. 3 of Re-
gents' Checks Nos. 1016 to 124 inclusive, for the net sum of
$30,186.58, were approved. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On motion of Mrs. Hood, for the purposes of cooperation with the
U. S. Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board with respect to the
theoretical and practical hygiene training in the University of
Nevada, the staff of the Departments of Biology and Physical
Education for Men and Physical Education for Women shall cooper-
ate to the extent necessary to come under the heading of a De-
partment of Hygiene, as specified by the above Board. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On motion of Mrs. Hood, seconded by Mr. Pratt, the following
minute was approved:
It is hereby certified that the University of Nevada has a
Department of Hygiene properly equipped to carry out the
program of instruction and training in hygiene in conformity
with the regulations of the Interdepartmental Social Hy-
giene Board governing the Educational Research and Develop-
ment Fund; it is further certified that the said Department
of Hygiene is authorized to cooperative with the Interde-
partmental Social Hygiene Board in accordance with the regu-
lations of said Board for the purpose of discovering and
developing more effective educational measures in the pre-
vention of venereal diseases and for the purpose of socio-
logical and psychological research related thereto; and it
is further certified that the University of Nevada has set
aside for the same purpose the sum of $8000, equal to, and
in excess of the sum to be received from the United States.
Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark read a request from Governor Boyle that one of
the relief maps of the State of Nevada might be given to the
State Government at Carson City for the use of its various of-
fices. Mr. Pratt moved that the Governor's request be granted
and the motion was amended to include the notification that the
map was here and the State Department was at liberty to come get
it whenever it desired to do so. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the election of Dr. Benjamin F.
Schappelle as Professor and Head of the Romanic Language Depart-
ment at a salary of $3000 from July 1, 1921, with the definite
understanding that the salary shall be $3300 from July 1, 1922.
Mrs. Hood made the motion. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the election of Will C. Steinbrunn
to be Assistant Professor in the Romanic Language Department at
a salary of $2250 for the year beginning July 1, 1921, with the
understanding that this is distinctly a probationary year. Mr.
Pratt made the motion. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the election of Professor Sidney
Warren Wilcox as Acting Head and Associate Professor of Economics
and Sociology at a salary of $2750 for the year beginning July 1,
1921, in continuation of his temporary appointment in this De-
partment and until such time as the President shall make recom-
mendations of someone for the Headship of this Department. He
has not yet had time to check up Professor Wilcox as an appointee
to this position. Mr. Pratt made the motion. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the election of Professor F. H.
Sibley to be Dean of the College of Engineering from April 1,
1921. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended that from the first of March, 1921
Mr. Henry Higgins' salary should be $2400 per year to be paid
from the State Analytical Laboratory. Mr. Pratt made the motion.
Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
Mrs. Hood moved that the recommendation of President Clark that
Dr. F. C. Lincoln should receive a salary of $4000 a year from
March 1, 1921, but that $400 of this amount should come from the
budget of the State Analytical Laboratory, be approved. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
Mrs. Hood moved that President Clark's recommendation of the
acceptance of the resignation of Dr. C. W. Spencer as Professor
of Political Science be approved to be effective from and after
June 30, 1921. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the consolidation of the Departments
of History and Political Science as from July 1, 1921. Mr. Pratt
made the motion. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
Recessed until 4 P.M.
Recessed meeting took up at 4 o'clock. Present all members of
the Board (except Regent North) and President Clark.
President Clark made report to the Regents on supplies and equip-
ment secured by the University from the State Highway Department
at prices greatly below market prices.
President Clark stated that Dr. Freeman of Pasadena had been
secured to deliver the Baccalaureate Address and that Dr. David
Starr Jordan would deliver the Commencement Address.
After a brief statement by President Clark on the present status
of the securing of a Director for the State Hygienic Laboratory,
he asked the abolishment of our free rabies treatments at this
Laboratory because of high cost of commercial sera and inability
to secure from the Government or other states free sera. After
some discussion it was agreed that proper notice be given the
Press in re. the above and that formal statement be made that
the free treatments were to be discontinued.
President Clark outlined recent progressive legislation on the
part of the University faculty.
President Clark made announcement of two new scholarships:
a. One of $200 annual value by the Nevada Branch of the
Association of Collegiate Alumnae;
b. One of $100 annual value by Professor Sarah E. Lewis
of the Home Economics Department.
President Clark submitted the report of Mr. James Fred Abel,
authorized delegate of this University to the Centennary Celebra-
tion of the George Washington University. There is no expense
attached to this attendance.
President Clark stated that Major A. H. Bailey had been appointed
by the War Department to be Assistant Professor of Military Sci-
ence and Tactics at this University, no expense attaching to the
University for this appointment.
On recommendation of the President and after due consideration,
Mr. Pratt moved that a Dormitory fee of $5 per month should be
charged each Manzanita Hall resident and a fee of $6 per month
should be charged each Lincoln Hall student beginning with the
next University year. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On recommendation of the President, Mr. Pratt moved that whenever
the requests for University of Nevada Dormitory or Dining Hall
privileges exceed the maximum number that can be accommodated,
preference shall be given as follows:
1. To Nevada students;
2. To formerly enrolled students from outside Nevada;
3. To new students from outside Nevada.
Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark stated that the baseball teams of Reno had made
application, through Mr. Pratt, for the use of Mackay Athletic
Field for baseball purposes on Sundays and holidays. It was
not deemed advisable to grant this request, inasmuch as it was
directly contrary to University policy.
President Clark next presented for discussion the question of
tuition charges. After due consideration of this matter, Mr.
Pratt mvoed that, beginning with September, 1921, a tuition
charge of $30 per semester should be charged students from out-
side Nevada within the meaning of the law passed by the Legis-
lature of 1921. Vote:
Mrs. Hood Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Curler Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Talbot, as the Property Committee of the Regents, was
authorized to take steps to have proper authority conferred upon
our Night Watchman and to take effort to arrange that the Campus
of the University is properly policed and that outsiders be kept
off the University Campus after 9:30 P.M.
Adjourned.
Carolyn M. Beckwith
Secretary