June 25-26, 1903
06-25-1903
Volume OC - Pages 295-299
Reno, Nevada
June 25, 1903
The Board of Regents met in Special meeting Thursday, June 25,
1903, at 9:30 A.M., a full Board being present.
On motion of Regent Booher, seconded by Regent Kirman, Mr.
Richard Brown was instructed to secure ten keys and a Master key
for the Girls' Cottage, one key to be given to each student on
the deposit of 25 cents, same to be returned to said students
when the key was given up.
President Stubbs placed in nomination Miss Francis E. Short for
Instructor in English and Mistress of the Girls' Cottage. Upon
motion of Regent Kirman, seconded by Regent Booher, Mrs. N. W.
Blume was requested to hand her resignation to the Board to take
effect August 31, 1903, Regent Evans voting against the request.
Superintendent Brown was instructed to have all leaks in the gas
pipes in the Girls' Cottage repaired at once.
Upon the recommendation of President Stubbs, Professor Robert
Lewers was appointed acting President until September 1, 1903,
or in the absence of President Stubbs and Dean Thurtell (now
acting President). Carried.
Upon motion of Regent Kirman, seconded by Regent Booher, the con-
tract of W. H. Lyon for cases in the Mining building submitted in
his bid June 15, 1903 for $102 was accepted.
Upon motion of Regent Kirman, seconded by Regent Booher, a verbal
lease for use of baseball grounds be accepted from Regent Evans
for one year, and the University in return extend to the family
and their friends complimentary tickets to all the privileges of
the games.
Board took a recess to 4 o'clock P.M. this day.
The bid of John Barrett for furnishing granite coping for stone
wall at the entrance to the grounds at $3.50 a running foot com-
plete in the wall was accepted.
It was moved, seconded and carried that no person except students
be granted the privilege of using the University Hospital.
The nomination of President Stubbs that Miss Frances E. Short to
the position of Instructor in English and Mistress of the Girls'
Cottage at an annual salary of Six Hundred dollars, payable
monthly from September 1, 1903, was approved.
Claims were allowed as follows:
Contingent Fund & Interest Account - No. 57-90
May Payroll - P & I $1713.68
W. W. Booher 40.85
Geo. H. Taylor 56.81
Geo. H. Taylor 12.10
Geo. H. Taylor 123.87
Ben A. Evans 200.00
Reno Truck & Transfer Co. 7.75
A. F. Niedt 337.50
Reno Mercantile Co. 66.72
Nevada Power Light & Water Co. 75.00
J. R. Bradley Co. 3.30
Cann Drug Co. 5.00
Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co. 5.35
Riverside Hotel 22.00
Reno Ledger 2.00
Overland Livery Stable 5.00
Nevada State Journal 18.00
Nevada State Journal 7.50
Sol Levy 1.30
Reno Mill & Lumber Co. 57.54
Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher Co. 120.00
J. M. Mc Cormack 80.00
J. E. Stubbs 108.00
C. J. Brooking 9.80
University of Chicago Press 7.35
Nevada Hardware & Supply Co. .90
Nevada Hardware & Supply Co. 36.27
W. J. Luke 11.75
Rosenthal & Armanko 39.00
J. A. Barham 290.00
Washoe County Bank 45.00
Scheeline & Osborne Agents 180.00
Scheeline & Osborne Agents 36.00
Scheeline & Osborne Agents 135.00
Total $3860.34
Contingent Fund & Interest Account - No. 91-97
June Payroll - P & I $1542.82
W. W. Booher 39.20
Joseph Borghese 92.00
Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co. 5.60
Gazette Publishing Co. 15.50
Caine & Schadler 60.00
Nevada Power Light & Water Co. 144.95
Total $1900.07
Kip Salary Fund - No. 6
Postmaster, Reno $ 7.75
The bid of W. H. Lyon to do all the carpentry work in Stewart
Hall, Morrill Hall, the Chemical building, Gymnasium, Lincoln
Hall and the Girls' Cottage according to specifications on file
in the Regents' Office for $298.45 to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds and the Board of Regents
and to be paid on the completion of the work was accepted.
The bid of A. W. Holmes to do all the plastering in Stewart Hall,
Morrill Hall, Lincoln Hall, the Girls' Cottage and the Mining
building according to the specifications on file in the Regents'
Office for the sum of $330.00 to the satisfaction of the Superin-
tendent of Buildings and Grounds and the Board of Regents was
accepted.
The bid of Daniels & Steinmetz to furnish all the supplies and
do all the work in the Girls' Cottage, Morrill Hall, Stewart Hall
and Lincoln Hall according to specifications on file in the Re-
gents' Office for the sum of $318.75 to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds and the Board of Regents
was accepted.
The bid of P. Hailand for painting the buildings as follows was
accepted. (Nothing follows.)
No further business, the Board adjourned to meet at the call of
the Chairman.
Geo. H. Taylor
Secretary