June 29-30, 1895
06-29-1895
Volume OC - Pages 74-78
Reno, Nevada
June 29, 1895
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Regents was held at
their Office on Saturday, June 29, 1895 at 8:45 A.M. Present:
W. E. F. Deal, H. S. Starrett and H. L. Fish.
Minutes of the meetings held April 24, May 15 and June 6 were
read and approved.
The monthly report of the President of the University was sub-
mitted and ordered spread upon the minutes as follows:
June 29, 1895
To The Honorable
The Board of Regents
Nevada State University
Sirs:
I have the honor to submit my report for the month of June.
The building operations have gone forward with reasonable
dispatch. The basement story of Lincoln Hall is completed and
work has begun upon the first story. The Faculty Committee have
received plans for the Gymnasium and are having estimates made
of the cost of erection. The Committee expect to have the
building under way within a few days. I submit the plans for
your inspection and approval. Improvements in and about the
building have gone forward under the supervision of Superinten-
dent Brown. According to a suggestion of the Regents, approved
by the President of the Board, the upper floor of Morrill Hall
has been rearranged so as to give the Commercial School
additional room, and so as to provide a room for Mechanical
Drawing.
I recommend that the Chemical Laboratories be placed in the
third floor of the Mining building. This change will increase
Laboratory facilities of the University and largely decrease
the expense of maintaining them. I explained the detailed plan
orally to the Board.
I recommend that the basement floor of Morrill Hall, now
occupied by the Qualitative Chemical Laboratory and the Armory,
be used for a Study Room for boys, similar to the rooms at the
west side of the same floor used as a Study Room for girls.
Mr. Brooking called up early in the month to protest the
injury that may befall him in case the University handled all
College books. I recommend that the President be permitted to
arrange to place the books in Brooking's store as depository
and allow him a commission of ten percent for selling them, he
to give bond in twice the amount of goods or money that may come
into his hands.
I have made important changes with respect to the purchase
of supplies which I herewith explain to the Board.
The outstanding warrants in the Agricultural College Fund
for May and June are $2383.34, as against about $3350.00 last
year at this time, a decrease of from $900 to $1000.
I recommend the approval of my appointment of Associate
Professor Church to the Professorship of the Latin Language and
Literature at the usual salary. Instructor C. P. Brown desires
to remain as Instructor of Mineralogy and Assistant to Professor
Jackson and asks a small advance in salary.
I recommend the transfer of the Library to Room 6 for
reasons orally given.
I have the honor to remain,
Your Obedient Servant,
J. E. Stubbs
President
The hour arrived, 10 A.M., Saturday June 29, 1895 to open the
bids for the construction of a Girls Dormitory building. Regent
Deal moved, seconded by Regent Starrett, that the Board proceed
to open bids as follows:
Burke Bros. with Certified Check $500 $10,575.00
Andrew Patterson with Certified Check 11,270.00
$500
Geo. E. Holesworth with Certified Check 11,280.00
$500
Regent Deal offered the resolution which was seconded by Regent
Starrett.
WHEREAS none of the bids offered for building the Girls
Dormitory are within the amount appropriated by the
Legislature for the purpose of erecting said dormitory,
RESOLVED that all bids be rejected and the certified checks
released to the bidders.
Burke Bros. appeared before the Board and offered to erect the
proposed Girls Dormitory as follows:
We offer to furnish all labor and materials and construct
the proposed Girls Dormitory building at the University
grounds according to plans and specifications on file with
the President of the University excepting therefrom plumbing
and heating apparatus for the sum of Seven Thousand Five
Hundred and Seventy Five Dollars $7575.00. Dated June 29,
1895. Signed Burke Bros.
On motion, it was ordered that contract be entered into with
Burke Bros. doing business under the name of James and Peter
Burke to construct the Girls Dormitory building as per plans and
specifications for the sum of $7575.00, the building to be
completed by November 1, 1895. Contractors to execute a bond
in the sum of $5000 with five approved securities qualifying
for $1000 each. Conditioned for the performance of the
contract payments to be made in the following installments:
$2750 on the completion of the walls of first story
$2750 on the completion of second story and roof on
Balance of $2075.00 when the building is finished and
accepted by the Board of Regents.
On motion, Dr. J. E. Stubbs was appointed to attend the annual
convention of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations to
be held in Denver, Colorado from July 10 to 16th, 1895.
On motion of Regent Deal, the following recommendations in the
President's monthly report were adopted as follows:
To remove both Libraries to Room 6 in Morrill Hall.
To remove the Chemical Laboratories to the third floor of
the Mining building.
That the basement floor of Morrill Hall be used for a Study
Room for the boys.
The President was authorized and may deposit the School
books in C. J. Brooking store as a depository and allow
him a commission of ten percent over actual cost for selling
them. Brooking to give a bond for $2000 conditioned for the
safe keeping and proper returns of said books.
To the appointment of Associate Professor J. E. Church to
the Professorship of Latin Language and Literature and
that his salary be increased to $1800.00 per annum from
September 1, 1895.
On motion, it was ordered that R. Ryland be allowed Five Thousand
Dollars account contract of Boys Dormitory Hall.
Claims for the month of June were presented and allowed as
follows:
Agricultural & Mechanical College Fund
Salaries Payroll August $1366.67
Contingent University Fund
Instructors Salaries Payroll 394.16
Janitors Salaries Payroll 20.00
Secretary of Board 25.00
Students Labor 437.00
J. E. Stubbs 225.00
R. D. Jackson 62.50
W. E. F. Deal 10.00
S. Levy & Bros. 17.45
Reno Water L & L Co. 151.25
A. A. Manning 9.40
A. A. Manning 17.45
Reno Mercantile Co. 77.94
Geo. H. Taylor 17.54
Geo. H. Taylor 5.22
Geo. H. Taylor 7.65
F. A. Lierne 9.25
Revere Rubber Co. 53.50
Student Record 32.50
C. J. Brooking 12.60
Mrs. E. M. Jameson 5.00
Reno M & L Co. 93.15
Kohler and Chase 9.46
Nev Bell Tel Co. 3.00
J. E. Church Jr. 7.00
Total $1702.82
Building Fund Boys Hall
Payroll Students Cutting Stone 81.00
Reno Mort Cement 254.40
Reno Mort Sewer Pipes 261.26
Va Enterprises Ad Bids 6.00
Wicca Silver State Ad Bids 5.00
R. Ryland 5000.00
Morning Appeal 7.50
Percy & Hamilton 250.00
Total $5865.16
No further business coming before the Board, it was moved and
carried to adjourn to August 24th unless sooner called together
by the President of the Board.
H. L. Fish
President
Geo. H. Taylor
Secretary