April 1-2, 1910
4-01-1910
Volume OD - Pages 167-185
Reno, Nevada
April 1, 1910
The Board of Regents met at 9 o'clock A.M. Friday, April 1, 1910.
Present: Regents Codd, Williams, Henderson and Sullivan and
Vice-President Lewers. Absent: Regent Sunderland and President
Stubbs. Regent Henderson was selected temporary Chairman.
Minutes of previous meetings read and approved.
The students of Lincoln Hall presented a petition relating to the
hour the Hall should be locked at night to the Regents with the
request that the regulation of locking the doors at 10 o'clock at
night be abolished. The petition is as follows:
To the Board of Regents.
Gentlemen:
Since the locking of the Lincoln Hall door at 10 P.M. causes end-
less annoyance to the Master of the Hall and to the College men
living in the Hall, and since a similar regulation is not in
force at any University Dormitory on the Pacific Coast, and since
we consider the rule unnecessary for College men, and since spe-
cial provision can easily be made for preparatory students living
in the Hall,
We, the undersigned College men, residents of Lincoln Hall, do
respectfully petition your honorable Board to abolish the rule
compelling the locking of the door:
C. A. Mc Kenzie Earle W. Hart
R. A. Hardy M. E. Jepson
E. G. Folsom W. S. Wallace
H. C. Heise Bryant Hauck
L. D. Adams D. D. Homer
J. A. Millar Spike Henderson
F. F. Bell L. J. Dolan
Alfred Myers Morris D. Anderson
W. F. Doherty Charles Helphinstine
C. A. Bennett Lynn K. Finney
Neil Mc Vicar Lloyd Chapman
W. H. Goldsworthy R. M. Seaton
W. D. Alexander Paul C. Schraps
N. L. Rossi E. R. Bennett
J. E. Sears C. M. Ogden
Louis G. Leavitt August Holmes
Raymond F. Robb Stanley M. Wilton
C. W. Spark Raymond Spencer
Norman L. Dorn Joe W. Wilson
E. P. Campbell J. L. Clayton
Albert Rowe Wm. Settlemeyer
G. N. Bower L. L. Gilcrease
Thomas Williams Geo. R. Hubbard
Arthur S. Mason Gilbert M. Tyler
James Goldsworthy Charles R. Hilton
William L. Daly Claude Hamilton
M. D. Grubb A. R. Carville
C. Johansen Loney Guirado
This petition was laid over for the consideration of the Presi-
dent and faculty.
The report of the President of the University was read as fol-
lows:
March 21, 1910
To the Members of the Board of Regents,
University of Nevada.
Gentlemen:
This report of the University is for the three months ending
March 31, 1910. The enrollment of the students for the 2nd
semester to date is as follows:
University Students: Men 100
Women 63
State Normal School: Women 11
High School : Men 38
Women 45
Total 257
The enrollment of students for the first semester of this year
was 317. The enrollment of students for this semester is 257,
showing a net loss in the second semester of 60 students. This
falling off in the number of students for the second term gave
us some concern, but upon examination it is reassuring, for in
the University, excepting in the case of a few students in the
College of Liberal Arts who were taking special work without ex-
pectation of continuing any length of time, there has been no
falling off. There was a loss of 6 students from the State
Normal School, 2 of whom graduated at Christmas and the others
moved away from the City. In the High School the falling off
in students was a little more than 1/2 of our entire loss. Some
of these were dropped by the faculty of the High School for lack
of preparation, for inefficient work, or for indifference. The
remainder were students who moved away, or who got work which
compelled them to leave school.
STATE HIGH SCHOOLS
The State Board of Education has recently adopted the report of
the Committee of the High School Principals, including also Dr.
Romanzo Adams and Dr. George Ordahl, members of our own faculty.
These Principals, representing the high school teachers of the
State, have named 5 courses to be established in high schools:
Classical, Scientific, General, Agricultural and Commercial. An
outline of these courses with the units of credit allowed each is
herewith given:
Classical Scientific
English 2 units English 2 units
Mathematics 2 units Mathematics 3 units
Science 1 unit Science 3 units
Latin 4 units Physics 1 unit
History 1 unit History 1 unit
Ancient History 1 unit Eng or For Lang 2 units
Electives 5 units Electives 5 units
Commercial Agricultural
English 2 units English 2 units
Mathematics 2 units Mathematics 2 units
Science 1 unit Science 1 unit
History 1 unit History 1 unit
Economics 1 unit Botany 1 unit
Commercial Law .5 unit Chem or Physics 1 unit
Commercial Geo .5 unit Agriculture 3 units
Bookkeeping 2 units Eng or For Lang 2 units
Business Eng 1 unit Electives 3 units
Electives 5 units
General
English 4 units Industrial or kindred courses
Mathematics 2 units will be added as the high
Science 1 unit schools are prepared to take
History 3 units them.
Electives 6 units
There are now 22 high schools organized upon a high school basis,
which require a minimum of 15 units for graduation.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY
The admission requirements to the University have been arranged
so as to admit any student who has taken any one of those courses
in the State High Schools and graduated with credits of 15 units.
This is done to articulate naturally the courses in the State
High Schools with the Freshman year in the University. The en-
trance requirements to the University are as follows:
For admission to all Colleges the candidates must present English
A and B, 2 units; Mathematics A and B, 2 units; Language (other
than English) 2 units (this requirement will go into effect Au-
gust 1, 1914); American History & Civics 1 unit; Science 1 unit;
and 9 additional units (August 1, 1914 these units will be re-
duced to 7) to be distributed among the various Colleges as fol-
lows:
1. In the College of Liberal Arts: 4 units of Latin, Eng-
lish C, 1 unit; 1 additional unit of History, and 3 other
units chosen as the candidate may desire.
2. For the College of General Science: 1 additional unit in
Science (advanced); 2 units in Language other than Eng-
lish, and 6 other units to be chosen as the candidate may
desire.
3. For the College of Agriculture and Domestic Science: 1
unit in any Science and 8 other units to be chosen as
the candidate may desire.
4. For the Engineering Schools: Mathematics C, D and E, 2
units; 1 additional unit in Science (advanced), and 6
other units to be chosen as the candidate may desire.
5. In the State Normal School: 2 units of Language other
than English; 1 additional unit in History; and 3 other
units to be chosen as the candidate may desire.
All candidates must offer at least 4 units of advanced work; that
is, work regularly offered in the last 2 years of the High School
course. Those intending to enter the Engineering Schools are ad-
vised to prepare in Physics and Chemistry. All High School stu-
dents who intend to enter the University should plan courses with
reference to the University requirements for the Junior Certifi-
cate.
In all except the Engineering Schools, the Junior Certificate is
granted to students who have satisfied all the entrance require-
ments; who have fulfilled the requirements of the Junior College
in Drill and Physical Culture, and who have secured credit in
English 1 and in 38 other units of the work required in their
College and in 20 additional units. We advise that 8 of these
electives be taken in the Freshman year and 12 in the Sophomore
year.
In the Engineering School the Junior Certificate will be given to
those who have satisfied all the entrance requirements, who have
fulfilled the requirements of the Junior College in Drill and
Physical Culture, and who have secured credit for the first two
years' work required in their respective Colleges.
To all students receiving this certificate will be given the
title of "Associate".
JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGES
The plan of dividing the 4 years, commonly known as the Freshman,
Sophomore, Junior and Senior years, into two Colleges has been
adopted by the Academic Council. The Freshman and Sophomore
years together constitute the Junior College; the Junior and
Senior years constitute the Senior College. The Graduate courses
contemplate the pursuance of studies for one or two years after
graduation with a view to taking the advanced degrees, as Master
of Arts, Master of Science, Mining Engineer, Metallurgical En-
gineer, Civil Engineer, and Mechanical Engineer. There remains
considerable work to be done by the Committee on Graduate courses
in regard to just this graduate work and the work of the Senior
College so as to fit in the courses of the two Schools in an ec-
onomical and an efficient way.
This scheme is somewhat of a departure from the established work
of the public schools, the High Schools, the College, the Uni-
versity and Professional Training. It will, of course, be some
years before we can adopt the plan in its entirety, but sooner
or later it will be done.
The first 6 years will be known as the Grammar grades, the next
6 years will be known as High School grades, the 2 years of the
Junior College will be known as the College grade, and the two
years of the Senior College will be known as University grade,
and the 2 years after Graduation from the College will be the
Professional grades. According to this plan a student preparing
from the Kindergarten until he is qualified for his profession
will be 24 years of age, instead of 26 to 28 years of age as at
present.
MAXIMUM LIMIT OF HOURS
A few years since we put the minimum limit of hours for gradua-
tion at 124. We have now placed the aggregate hours for gradua-
tion in the Engineering and Agricultural Colleges at 144, ex-
clusive of Military Drill or Physical Culture. About 3 hours
of elective work is given in each semester to the course of
study in the Schools of Engineering and Agriculture. This is
a considerable reduction in the number of hours per semester, and
a wider range of choice is secured by allowing the electives pre-
scribed.
This is a decided step forward in the progress of the University.
The aim is to secure better work and more thorough preparation
and a larger freedom of choice than it is possible to secure
under our present requirements.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
We have made but little change in our Normal School curricula
for the reason that, in accordance with the Resolution passed by
the Board of Regents, we expect to ask for a sufficient appro-
priation to enlarge and strengthen the Normal School in every re-
spect, so as to make it of commanding interest and efficiency
among our Schools and Colleges, and with the plan that I have
proposed to the Board of Regents, which has been approved by
the State Board of Education, we will have a system of Training
Schools and critic teachers as well as Professors. The Regents
will ask for $15,000 a year for the support of this School, or
College, of Education.
For the present, the required number of hours of work in Educa-
tion in the Senior College is reduced from 18 hours to 10 hours.
DROPPING OF ELECTIVE COURSES
Required courses enrolled in must be completed. The courses en-
rolled in as elective, however, the student may drop at any time
during the first 12 weeks of the semester for reasons that are
satisfactory to the Registration Committee and the Department
concerned. This course will then be canceled from the student's
record. The object of this rule is to allow an elective course
to be dropped when it is evident that it is too difficult, or
takes more time than is consistent with a student's other work.
ATTENDANCE UPON THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE STATE
As mentioned before, there are 22 high schools in the State upon
a 4 years' basis. These high schools have 62 teachers; 425 pu-
pils of the first year; 230, the second; 171, the third; and 84,
the fourth. The total number of students is 915. The candi-
dates for graduation in 1910 number 85. These schools graduated
students from the 3 years' course in 1907, 99; and in 1908, 114
students; from the four years' course in 1909, 74 students.
The Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1907-08 gives the
total school attendance as 6910, and the total number of teachers
is 453. In this same year of 1907-08 the United States had
23 1/2 million of young people of school age out of a total pop-
ulation of 83 1/2 million. 70% of this total school population
were in the public schools; 5% of the actual number in the public
schools were enrolled in the high schools; and 20% of the number
in the high schools were in the Colleges of the country. To put
it in another way, 70% of the school population were in public
schools, 5% of the public school children were in high schools
and 1% were in the Colleges and Universities.
Dr. Romanzo Adams, to whom I am indebted for this table on the
High School Attendance in Nevada, thinks that the University will
not feel the influence of the increased number of high schools
and the increased attendance until the beginning of the Univer-
sity year in 1911 or 1912; that until that time we can only hope
to maintain our present ratio of attendance in the University.
If the high schools of Nevada shall graduate 85 students in June,
1910, not more than 20% of this number would attend the Colleges
and Universities of the country. This would mean that 17 of
these graduates would matriculate at the University of Nevada, or
elsewhere. The attendance upon the University of Nevada is 2 1/2
times what we could reasonably expect.
High School Attendance in Nevada
High Schools Teachers Pupils Total
1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 4 yr
Austin 1 5 6 1 0 12
Carson 4 17 9 18 10 55
Dayton 1 8 8 0 0 16
East Ely 2 6 1 1 0 8
Elko 5 19 18 15 10 65 (includ.
Ely 2 18 12 2 3 35 3 spec)
Eureka 1 15 10 3 0 28
Fallon 2 19 6 8 1 34
Gardnerville 2 9 7 5 1 22
Goldfield 6 45 30 18 9 102
Gold Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lund 1 5 0 0 0 5
Mc Gill 1 2 0 0 0 2
Panaca 1 31 0 0 0 31
Reno 11 114 55 32 24 225
Sparks 3 9 8 6 14 37
Tonopah 3 15 10 8 6 41
University 5 44 25 38 6 113
Verdi 1 2 2 0 0 4
Virginia 5 21 16 12 0 49
Winnemucca 3 9 7 4 0 20
Yerington 1 12 0 0 12 24
Total 62 425 230 171 84 915
High Schools Candidates for Graduates
Graduation 1910 1909 1908 1907
Austin 1 0 5 4
Carson 10 2 9 2
Dayton 0 0 0 0
East Ely 0 0 0 0
Elko 10 6 14 14
Ely 3 0 0 0
Eureka 0 11 7 7
Fallon 5 1 0 0
Gardnerville 4 0 6 0
Goldfield 9 8 0 0
Gold Hill 0 2 6 5
Lund 0 0 0 0
Mc Gill 0 0 0 0
Panaca 0 0 0 0
Reno 24 10 19 23
Sparks 9 3 0 2
Tonopah 6 2 3 9
University 0 12 8 15
Verdi 0 0 0 0
Virginia 0 13 17 14
Winnemucca 4 4 10 4
Yerington 0 0 0 0
Total 85 74 114 99
Now I beg the Regents to remember that we are trying to maintain
a standard of admission and standard of work equal to that main-
tained by the two largest Universities on the Coast, and two of
the largest and best Universities in the country -- Stanford Uni-
versity and the University of California.
I herewith append a clipping from the Reno Evening Gazette of
Wednesday, March 9, 1910. What the purpose of the article, the
results of such publications (which are false in amost every in-
stance) are to give a wrong impression about the University at-
tendance, its faculty, and thereby to decrease the public esteem
for it among the unthinking.
University Poorly Attended
There is a regrettable falling off of registration at the
University of Nevada. This is not a sudden decrease, but
seems to have been continuous for several years, instead
of increasing, as every circumstance would seem to warrant.
Nevada has been growing in population in greater ratio than
any other state in the Union. The University, so far as
buildings are concerned, at least, has expanded vastly.
The liberal donations made by Clarence Mackay have enabled
the erection of costly buildings and the beautification of
the Campus.
The School if well accredited among other Universities and
its various courses, particularly Mining, are such as should
develop a high standard of education.
Nevadans send their sons and daughters to distant states to
school and, at the same time, cheerfully pay their pro rata
of the big expense at which the Institution is conducted.
This is a condition of affairs to be not only regretted but
corrected. Universities are similar to many other Institu-
tions, inasmuch as a change in management at times becomes
imperative. Friendly relations should not count if it is
possible to get greater efficiency by making a change.
THE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
The University Calendar, as herewith arranged, was adopted by the
Academic Council. The changes made in the Calendar are following
out the action of the Academic Council a year ago. It was final-
ly decided then to have the University year begin as near the
15th of August as possible, and end as near the middle of May as
possible; to allow only one vacation, that at the Christmas Sea-
son, which gives the students and faculty from 2 to 3 weeks; to
allow only such holidays as are given in the Calendar unless some
extraordinary occasion justifies the Academic Council in excusing
recitations.
University Calendar
1910
May 25 Wednesday University Commencement
May 26-June 22 Thursday-Wednesday Sum Schl Mine Surveying
June 23-July 20 Thursday & Wednesday Sum Schl in Geology
First Semester 1910-11
August 15-16 Monday-Tuesday Exams for Admission
August 15-16 Monday-Tuesday Reexams to Remove Cond
August 16-17 Tuesday-Wednesday Matric & Registration
August 18 Thursday Recit & Lectures Begin
August 21 Sunday Univer Convocation at
3 P.M. in the Gymnasium
October 31 Monday Admission Day
November 24 Thursday Thanksgiving
December 21 Wednesday 1st Semester Ends
December 22 Thursday Holiday Vacation Begins
1911
January 8 Sunday Holiday Vacation Ends
Second Semester, 1910-11
January 9-10 Monday-Tuesday Exams for Admission
January 9-10 Monday-Tuesday Reexams to Remove Cond
January 10-11 Tuesday-Wednesday Matric & Registration
January 12 Thursday Recit & Lectures Begin
January 15 Sunday Univer Convocation at
3 P.M. in the Gymnasium
February 12 Sunday Lincoln's Birthday
February 22 Wednesday Washington's Birthday
April 14-16 Friday-Sunday Easter Recess
May 12 Friday High Schl Commencement
May 13 Saturday Senior Exams End
May 13 Saturday Exams End
May 13 Saturday Annual Meet of Honorary
Board of Visitors
May 14 Sunday Baccalaureate Sunday
May 15 Monday Thesis Day
May 16 Tuesday Annual Meet of Board of
Regents
May 16 Tuesday Class Day
May 17 Wednesday University Commencement
EXECUTIVE AND STANDING COMMITTEES
The following members of the Administrative and Academic Com-
mittees have been approved by the Academic Council. There is a
little change in 2 or 3 of the Committees, and one entirely new
Committee is added -- the Tutorial Committee, which has charge
of the Freshmen and Sophomore students of all Schools in respect
to their scholarship. In case any of the members of these two
classes find difficulty in keeping up with their work for any
reason, the Tutorial Committee looks after them, and assigns
members of the Committee to give all such students needed help
outside of the class room. The work of the Tutorial Committee
this year has been very satisfactory. In this way the Univer-
sity is trying to keep hold of the students of the first two
years, until they are well established in their studies and in
the University.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Joseph Howard Stubbs Maxwell Adams
Robert Lewers W. S. Tangier Smith
James Edward Church, Jr. Herbert Wynford Hill
Peter Frandsen* Gordon Haines True
George J. Young*
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES
Student Affairs for Men
Lewers, Brown, True, Mc Clure, Carpenter
Student Affairs for Women
Miss Bardenwerper, Miss Meighan, Mrs. Kaye
Athletics
Kennedy, Scrugham, Mc Clure
Public Exercises
Doten, Boardman, Layman, Miss Lewers, Mrs. Wood
Literary Contests
Miss Wier, Haseman, Paine
Public Health
Mack, Mrs. Kaye, Johnstone
Delinquent Scholarship
Young*, Frandsen*, M. Adams, Martin, Ordahl
Military Affairs
Mc Clure, Knight, Jones
Group Electives
Miss de Laguna, Church, Haseman
Admission and Advanced Standing
Hill, Smith, Hartman
Registration
Frandsen*, Young*, M. Adams, Martin, Ordahl
Graduation and Theses
Scrugham, Ordahl, Thompson
Schedule and Examinations
Boardman, Howe, Thompson
University Publications
Church, Hill, Jacobsen
Library
Layman, Church, Miss Wier, Jacobson, Ordahl
Graduate Courses
R. Adams, Church, Hartman
Tutorial Committee
Martin, Boardman, Haseman, Jones, Gough, Chatfield, Paine,
Knight, Carpenter, Ross
*Absent on Leave
RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR THURTELL
I herewith submit a letter from Professor Henry Thurtell under
date of January 22, 1910, tendering his resignation as Professor
of Mathematics and Mechanics at the University. Professor Thur-
tell has been a very valuable member of the faculty, and, until
he took office as State Engineer, there was no more faithful and
efficient man in the teaching profession. I recommend that we
accept his resignation, to take effect on May 31, 1910.
Reno, Nevada January 22, 1910
Dr. J. E. Stubbs, President
University of Nevada, Reno
Dear Sir:
I present herewith my resignation as Professor of Mathematics
and Mechanics at the University. The duties of a Railroad
Commissioner have been such as to make it impossible for me
to serve the University in the capacity of an Instructor
fully and effectively. Such service as I have been able to
give has been a source of much pleasure to me, but has been
given at a cost of time and energy that I could not well
spare.
The very kindly relations that have uniformly existed be-
tween the students, faculty, President and Regents, and my-
self throughout the many years during which I have served
the University will always be a source of gratification to
me through the remainder of my life. I withdraw from the
University with very great reluctance but am hoping that
such work as I have done in past years may be sufficient
to entitle me to an identity with her interests through all
the time to come.
Very truly yours,
Henry Thurtell
PROMOTIONS RECOMMENDED
I herewith recommend for appointment the following Instructors
to be Assistant Professors, dating from the first of April, 1910:
Jay Arnold Carpenter to be Assistant Professor of Mining
and Metallurgy
J. Claude Jones to be Assistant Professor of Mineralogy
and Curator of the Museum
Charles S. Knight to be Assistant Professor of Agronomy
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
The Mechanical Department has arranged to run the following elec-
tric lighting tests:
Overland Limited, Oakland to Ogden, Front End Lighting System
Fast Mail, Oakland to Ogden, Axle Lighting Systems
Sunset Ltd., Oakland to El Paso or New Orleans, Axle Systems
In connection with these trips, permission has been secured for
students to visit some of the largest and most modern power
plants in the West. Students with deficient class standing will
not be considered in selecting test crews. All necessary trans-
portation will be supplied. The first test will be commenced
about March 11th.
The undersigned Instructors agree to allow leaves of absence to
students concerned, such absences not to exceed 8 days and same
to be made up to satisfaction of Instructor.
Charles Hasemen
H. P. Boardman
D. B. Huntley
A. C. Gough
J. G. Scrugham
To the President:
I hereby request your approval of the above. The opportunity
for such broad instruction is rarely available for students
of any Institution. As the tests will cover a new field of
application, the results will be given some publicity in the
technical Press of the country.
Respectfully submitted,
J. G. Scrugham
In accordance with the request of Professor Scrugham, approved
by the Instructors, I have given permission for him to take
these students and make these mechanical tests, inasmuch as the
students who make them will be greatly benefitted. It is a
question for the Academic Council however, whether after this
year such absences as these, which are so beneficial, shall not
be made either in the Winter, or the Summer, vacation.
COST OF THE HEATING PLANT
The operation of the Heating Plant has been attended with some
difficulty this Winter, and the cost of operation is very much
higher than we had estimated it to be. In the first place, the
Winter set in early and has been very severe. Probably it has
been the most severe Winter, the lowest temperature, for 20 years
past. The wooden oil tank proved to be practically worthless, so
far as storing oil was concerned. We were compelled to put in an
iron tank at an expense of (not given), but before placing this
tank in the ground the cold weather stopped our work upon it,
and we placed a temporary tank upon top of the ground to hold
sufficient oil to run the Heating Plant for a day or two at a
time. Now we have a good storage tank of boiler iron that will
hold about 7000 gallons.
Then, again, there was some leakage in the system, which we
diligently sought for but could not find. The last month or
two there has been no complaint, and I take it that the leak has
disappeared.
We had Mr. Morrin here inspecting the system and, as a result, we
have put in a larger expansion tank in Lincoln Hall and have made
some necessary changes in Lincoln Hall and in Manzanita Hall at
a total cost of $550.
MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT REGARDING OPERATION OF HEATING PLANT
In order that there might be no conflict of authority, Mr.
Richard Brown, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, and
Professor J. G. Scrugham, Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
entered into the following agreement:
1. The repair and maintenance of all outside radiation,
piping, man-holes, etc., will be under the direction
of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. The
temperature to be maintained in the various buildings
and the condition of all inside radiation, etc., will
be under the direction of the Superintendent of Build-
ings and Grounds. The Heating Plant operator will be
advised as to the temperature desired.
2. The operation, repair, maintenance, etc., of all boilers,
pumps, motors, etc., will be under the direction of the
Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department. The
operating force will be under the direction of the Head
of the Mechanical Department.
3. Records of cost, operation, etc., will be kept by the
Mechanical Engineering Department. Statements of same
will be supplied monthly to the Superintendent of Build-
ings and Grounds.
/s/ R. Brown
Superintendent of Buildings & Grounds
/s/ J. G. Scrugham
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
REPORT ON OPERATION OF HEATING PLANT
FOR FOUR MONTHS
November:
Total gallons oil burned 9400 @ 4 2/3c $ 446.50
Total k.w. electric power used 5320 @ 2 1/2c 133.00
Total $ 579.50
Mr. Chatfield, hours operating 120
hours repairs 70
190 @ 40c $ 76.00
Mr. Anderson, hours operating 131 @ 25c 32.75
Mr. Blood, hours operating 14 @ 25c 3.50
Total $ 111.25
Total cost for month of November, 1909 $ 691.75
Total hours plant operated 265
Total hours burners operated 140
Total hours motor operated 265
Gal of oil per burner per hour 33.6 Cost 1.60
K.w. of electricity per hour 20.1 Cost .50
These figures represent extreme conditions of expense.
Expense due to oil leakage, repairs and electric power losses
will be practically eliminated.
My estimates give a cost not to exceed $600.00 for next month.
/s/ J. G. Scrugham
December:
Total gallons oil burned 17250 @ 5 c $ 852.50
Total k.w. electric power used 6000 @ 2 1/2c 150.00
Total $1012.50
Mr. Chatfield, hours operating 115
repairs 70
185 @ 40c $ 74.00
Assistant, hours operating 260
hours repairs 50
310 @ 25c 77.50
Total $ 151.50
Total cost for month of December, 1909 $1164.00
Total hours plant operated 375
Total hours burners operated 300
Total hours motor operated 375
Gal of oil per burner per hour 28.75 Cost 2.87
K.w. of electricity per hour 16.00 Cost .40
The gallons of oil used per burner per hour, the k.w. of elec-
tricity used per hours, and the plant repairs have been reduced.
The hours required to operate was much in excess of any previous
month.
/s/ J. G. Scrugham
Cost per hour for operating plant: November December
Average two burners per hour $3.20 $2.87
Average one motor per hour .50 .40
Attendance & repairs per hour .335 .29
/s/ J. G. Scrugham
January:
Total gallons oil burned 14040 @ 4 1/2c $ 596.70
Total k.w. electric power used 4640 @ 2 1/2c 116.00
Total $ 712.70
Mr. Chatfield, hours operating 140
repairs 68
208 @ 40c $ 83.20
Assistant, hours operating 305
hours repairs 69
374 @ 25c 93.50
Total $ 176.70
Total cost for month of January, 1910 $ 889.40
Total hours plant operated 445
Total hours burners operated 560 (Burners used x hrs. oprtd)
Total hours motor operated 285
Total hours engine operated 160
Gal of oil per burner per hour 25.1
K.w. of electricity per hour 16.1
The high repairs were due to breakage of circulating pump and
piping and connections for new tank.
/s/ J. G. Scrugham
February:
Total gallons oil burned 9300 @ 4 1/2c $ 395.25
Total k.w. electric power used 4698 @ 2 1/2c 117.45
Total $ 512.70
Mr. Chatfield, hours operating 112 @ 40c $ 44.80
Assistant, hours operating 236
hours repairs 62
298 @ 25c 74.50
Total $ 119.30
Total cost for month of February, 1910 $ 632.00
Total hours plant operated 347
Total hours burners operated 310
Total hours motor operated 347
Gal of oil per burner per hour 30.0
K.w. of electricity per hour 13.6
Cost per month for operating has been as follows:
November, 1909 $ 691.75
December, 1909 1164.00
January, 1910 889.40
February, 1910 632.00
Total $3377.15
Average $ 844.28 3/4
PAYMENT FOR OIL
The receipts from room rent in Manzanita and Lincoln Halls for
the first term is $975; for the second term, $1100; total $2075.
I have devoted this amount to the payment of our fuel bill as
follows:
Cash on Hand $2075.00
December 27 $164.48
January 5 138.98
January 17 440.73
January 28 246.50
February 2 187.00
February 24 331.50
March 14 212.50 1721.69
Balance $ 353.31
STUDENT AID
I recommend that we loan to the students named below the amounts
set opposite their respective names, with the understanding that
they give their notes, without interest, to repay the loan within
one or two years from date:
Thomas Williams $100
W. Seward Wallace 100
Clyde Mc Kenzie 150
Carl Johansen 100
W. W. Anderson 100
J. E. Sears 100
VACCINATION
On January 18th one of our students was taken with a light attack
of smallpox. He was at once removed to the University Hospital
and taken in charge by Mrs. Porter, the matron. He was well
cared for, was in no danger at any time, and, after being kept
in quarantine for about three weeks, was pronounced well.
There was considerable excitement in the University at the pres-
ence of this contagious disease, and the Board of Health of the
City commanded us to have all of the students and faculty vac-
cinated, unless they could show that they had been vaccinated
within 5 years from this date. The usual charge for vaccination
by the physicians in town, I believe, is $2 apiece, but Dr. Mack
offered to vaccinate the students and faculty free of charge,
only stipulating that the University pay for the vaccine. We
bought the vaccine and adhesive plaster, for which the bill is
presented, and nearly all of the students and faculty were vac-
cinated at an expense not to exceed $40.
SUSPENSION OF DOLEN
Our Committee on Scholarship at the end of the first 6 weeks of
this semester suspended L. J. Dolan for deficiency in scholar-
ship for the rest of this semester. The President approved the
recommendation. This action caused quite a flurry among the
students, who charged the Committee with injustice, and, in his
petition to the Academic Council, Mr. Dolan virtually made the
same charge against the Committee. The Academic Council, after
hearing the evidence, unanimously sustained the judgment of the
Committee.
FACULTY REPRESENTATION IN ATHLETICS
While the University has reserved the right of supervision and
regulation of all Athletics, yet I have left the direction of
College Athletics very largely, and, I think, too largely, to
the students. After several conferences with the Executive Com-
mittee of the Associated Students, I proposed either of two plans
looking to a participating of the Faculty Committee on Athletics
in the control of Athletics:
1. That the Associated Students should name a Finance Com-
mittee composed of 4 members -- the President of the
Associated Students, the Graduate Manager, the Chairman
of the Faculty Committee on Athletics, and the Director
of Athletics for Women.
2. The second proposed plan was the following change in the
Constitution of the Association, which contemplates giv-
ing the initiative in all things to the students, but
gives the faculty a representation upon the Executive
Committee of the Association. The duties of this com-
bined Executive Committee are summarized in the 6 para-
graphs below:
1. At a meeting of the Executive Committee to be
held on the evening of the first Wednesday after
the University opens, they shall consider broadly
the policy that is to be adopted with respect to
Athletics for the College year.
2. To apportion from time to time the Association
moneys to the different student activities, pro-
vided that no activity shall be granted money at
the expenses of another, unless otherwise pro-
vided for by a majority vote of the Association.
3. When the money has been apportioned to the vari-
ous activities the Graduate Manager with the
Director of Athletics for Men, and the Women's
Athletic Manager, with the Director of Athletics
for Women, shall expend the money granted to
their activities within their respective juris-
dictions.
4. To fix the salaries of all persons employed by
the Association.
5. To audit, when necessary, the accounts of the
Treasurer, Graduate Manager, Women's Athletic
Manager, and such other persons as have charge
or are responsible for the Association.
6. To fix the amount of the membership fees each
semester.
At present we collect through the Office $4 per student each sem-
ester, and the University authorities are responsible for the
collection of this money and for its disbursement, and there is
no way that we can be responsible for it except by the election
of a Finance Committee, as noted above, or by giving the Faculty
Committee on Athletics a place on the Executive Committee of the
Associated Students.
I submit herewith letters from Leland Stanford University and
from the University of California which show how they regard
the subject of Athletics, and the care with which they maintain
their authority over it. Our University cannot well maintain
Athletics without the collection of this money by the University
authorities, but I think if we should continue collecting this
money that we should have, through our Athletic Committee, a
voice in the spending of it.
SUMMER STUDENTS IN MINING AND GEOLOGY
We have scheduled 8 weeks for our Summer School in Mine Surveying
and in Geology, giving 4 weeks to each. This year the students
will pursue their special studies at Goldfield and Tonopah and
the expenses will be in the neighborhood of $800. I recommend
that the Regents authorize me to provide the payment of each
student's board at $25 per month, and his railroad fare from Reno
to Goldfield and return, which will be about $15.
The following is a list of the students who will take work in
this Summer School:
Mine Surveying Geology
Sure Questionable Sure
M. D. Anderson
L. D. Adams
E. R. Bennett E. R. Bennett
L. G. Chapman
W. C. Harris W. C. Harris
Earl W. Hart Earl W. Hart
V. M. Henderson V. M. Henderson
Frank Hobbins Frank Hobbins
R. B. Layman
Raymond Robb
Paul C. Schrapps
R. M. Seaton
C. W. Spark C. W. Spark
Hugo Hanser
Hans Horn
Frank B. Ench
R. A. Hardy
J. E. Sears
10 4 10
PLANS FOR IMPROVING THE GREENHOUSE
I submit herewith to the Board the plans for improving the
grounds according to the suggestions of Mr. Mackay. I had es-
timates made of the cost of these improvements and it was esti-
mated at about $25,000. I sent the estimates and plans to New
York City by Mr. W. D. Bliss, architect, and he was to submit
them to Mr. Mackay. However, Mr. Mackay was not in New York
City during Mr. Bliss' stay there and he left the plans and
estimates with Mr. Richardson, who is to call the attention of
Mr. Mackay to them, and also to the revised plans for the Ad-
ministration and Library building.
VISIT OF MRS. W. H. VANDERBILT, JR.
When I was in New York in October last year, Mr. Mackay told me
that he had just had a conversation about the University and
about the plan of some other of the friends giving toward the
erection of an Administration and Library building with Mrs.
Vanderbilt, and she had promised him that when she came to the
Coast she would visit the University. I therefore wrote to Mrs.
Vanderbilt inviting her to visit the University and see what Mr.
Mackay had done, and during her sojourn here to be my guest. I
received a letter which intimates that she will make good the
promise given to Mr. Mackay.
REGISTER
I herewith submit to the Regents a copy of the Register of the
University, which has just come from the Press, and I urge upon
you a very careful study of the Register, which, I think, in-
cludes a number of very excellent features.
STATEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SALARY ROLLS
I herewith append to this report a statement of the claims and
salary rolls for the month ending March 31, 1910.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ J. E. Stubbs
President
Claims were allowed from the different funds as follows:
Contingent Fund and Interest Account
Wm. M. Heidenreich $ 33.50
A. G. Spaulding & Co. 7.80
Reno Oil Company 529.00
Reno Traction Company 5.00
Reno Mercantile Company 5.30
M. C. Lilley & Company 1.73
Mott Stationery Company 8.35
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 121.08
L. W. Hartman 24.00
Pacific Telephone Company 5.00
Pacific Telephone Company 29.25
Beebe & Wagner 188.20
T. R. Cheatham 5.00
The Cutter Laboratory 20.00
Ginn & Company 14.19
Washoe County Bank 125.00
Fifield & Watt 75.00
H. R. Mann & Co. 10.00
John N. Evans 65.50
Nevada School Journal 16.00
W. E. Paul 42.60
Reno Printing Company 17.70
Self & Sellman 3.30
Steinheimer Brothers 104.53
Nevada Packing Company 20.00
Reno Power Light & Water Company 150.00
Crete Arnett Crockett, M. D. 36.00
D. W. Hays 40.00
Patrick & Company 7.50
Gray Reid Wright Company 3.85
Nevada Press Company 26.65
Nevada State Agricultural Association 450.00
The White Printing Company 27.50
Dalton Clifford Wilson Company 12.80
Raymond Spencer 66.75
George H. Taylor 218.87
Dr. John J. Sullivan 68.75
Frank Williams 84.60
Payrolls, Instructors 2748.84
Payrolls, Instructors 1757.40
Payrolls, Students 370.95
Manzanita Annex
Sierra Construction Company 231.80
Library
George H. Taylor 54.46
Heating Plant
Bliss & Faville 283.45
Beebe & Wagner 1201.27
Greenhouse
Clock & Shea 383.75
Nevada Hardware & Supply Co. 23.93
Lab & Guar Fund 89.15
Beebe & Wagner 195.75
Food & Drugs Inspection
International Instrument Company 62.00
Geo. H. Taylor 13.28
John Sunderland 6.00
The White Printing Company 4.50
Mott Stationery Company 51.20
Payroll 266.67
State Hygienic Laboratory
Reno Ice Delivery Company 2.52
Mott Stationery Company 10.15
Porteous Decorating Company 2.60
Washoe Grocery Company 2.75
Reno Grocery Company 4.30
Geo. H. Taylor 56.35
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company 361.93
Payroll 259.75
Professor Emeritus in English
T. W. Cowgill 50.00
A & M Fund
March Payroll $1955.67
Sangamo Electric Company 24.70
General Electric Company 55.00
James G. Biddle 29.00
J. R. Bradley Company 3.90
J. R. Bradley Company 10.00
Nevada Transfer Company .75
Underwood Typewriter Company 50.00
Braun-Knecht-Heimann 19.38
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry 6.05
De Remer Hardware Company 1.80
Union Lumber Company 2.50
Eugene Dietzgen Company 16.38
Kansas State Agricultural College 6.81
L. W. Hartman 4.00
Reno Ice Delivery Company 1.25
Leeds Northrup Company 446.15
A. T. Thompson & Co. 20.75
Nevada Engineering Works 31.50
Central Scientific Company 345.83
Central Scientific Company 29.95
Raymond Spencer 4.75
Raymond Spencer 1.50
Reno Mercantile Company 1.00
Reno Mercantile Company 1.25
Reno Mercantile Company 7.30
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 4.00
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 52.88
The Nevada State Journal 113.40
Porteous Decorating Company .80
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 35.57
Self & Sellman 14.75
Self & Sellman 3.80
Self & Sellman 5.05
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 4.55
Freight & Express 3.55
Raymond Spencer, 98.50 & 47.00 145.50
President Henry S. Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching met with the Board at 3 o'clock and
spoke at length upon the courses of study in the University. He
suggested that, as soon as practicable, we separate the High
School from the University in faculty, and in location, and in
Legislative appropriation as well.
No further business appearing, the Board adjourned.
John Sunderland
Chairman
Geo. H. Taylor
Secretary
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