UCCSN Board of Regents' Meeting Minutes
07-02-1909
Volume OD - Pages 136-142
Reno, Nevada
July 2, 1909
The Regents met at their Office on Friday, July 2, 1909, at 9
o'clock A.M. Present Regents Williams, Codd, Sunderland and
Sullivan, and President Stubbs. Absent Regent Henderson.
The minutes of the meeting held June 5, 1909 read and, upon
motion, approved.
President Stubbs read his report as follows:
To the Honorable Board of Regents
of the University of Nevada.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the month ending June 30, 1909.
I nominate Mr. G. S. Paine, M. A., of the University of Chicago
to be Instructor in English at a salary of $100 per month be-
ginning the first of August, 1909.
I nominate Miss Helen Meighan to be Physical Director of Women
at a salary of $100 per month and a room in Manzanita Hall, be-
ginning the 15th of August, 1909.
You will remember some discussion with respect to the funds ap-
propriated by the several Legislatures to the University. I
believe that the Governor and the Secretary of this Board took
the grounds that all of the appropriations to the University
lapsed or reverted on December 31, 1908. I said that I thought
not, that there were certain funds that did not revert to the
State on December 31, just preceding the meeting of the Legis-
lature.
When I was in Carson recently I investigated this matter and
found that I was correct -- that the special appropriations made
by the Legislature lasted until they were used up by the Univer-
sity. I herewith submit a letter from the State Controller show-
ing what funds reverted to the State December 31, 1908, and the
special appropriations which were continued. I do not quite un-
derstand why the amount for repairs ($3,172.46) reverted to the
State; that is, I do not understand how it comes that we did not
use up this fund which we so much needed.
OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER
Carson City, Nevada, June 26, 1909
Dr. J. E. Stubbs
Dear Sir:
Enclosed find the following statement as per your request:
Balances Reverted to the State December 31, 1908
Support of University $ 195.92
Cement Walks 141.60
Repairs 3,171.46
Special Appropriations Balances as of December 31, 1908
03/01/05 Building Dining Hall $ 23.00
03/02/05 Building M & M Laboratory Building 18.14
03/02/05 M & M Equipment 357.48
02/07/08 Equipment & Furnishing Mackay Building 2,338.00
03/13/09 Purchase of Land 2,290.00
03/24/09 Addition to Manzanita Hall 25,000.00
03/25/09 State Hygienic Laboratory 8,000.00
Appropriations for 1909 and 1910 Only as of March 22, 1909
Support $125,000.00
Heating Plant 31,000.00
Student Aid 5,000.00
Books for Library 10,000.00
Professor Emeritus 1,200.00
Furnish Biological Building 4,000.00
Construction of Greenhouse 5,000.00
This seems to be all.
Respectfully,
/s/ J. Eggers
State Controller
Under the special appropriations I have made claims for the
building of the Dining Hall, amounting to $23, and on the Mining
and Metallurgical Building Fund, amounting to $18.14, so as to
wipe these funds off the books.
During the last month I made addresses at the following high
school commencements -- Goldfield, Elko, Carson City.
I had expected that the architect and the heating engineer would
be here this morning. Late last evening I received a telephone
message from Mr. Bliss that it would be impossible for them to
be here today, but that they would be here tomorrow.
I have been studying the question of how we should convey the
heating pipes across the valley to Manzanita Hall and at the
same time preserve the upper portion of the valley for a lake.
You will remember that we asked for an appropriation for a dam
of the last Legislature. After conference it seemed advisable
to carry the pipes over upon a series of cement piers placed on
the site of the proposed dam. This heating duct would be built
across the valley at a point about 200 feet south of Hatch Sta-
tion. I have had an estimate made of what it would cost to con-
vey the heating pipes across the valley at this point, and Beebe
and Wagner will do this work complete for about $4,600. The o-
riginal contract for the Heating Plant was $14,066.52. I recom-
mend that the Regents examine this site very carefully and then
say whether they will approve or disapprove of this change. I
sent the plans of this heating duct across the valley to Messrs.
Bliss and Faville, and Mr. Bliss said that he approved this
way of taking the heating pipes across the valley. The plan is
furthermore to build the walk across the valley on the top of
these cement piers. When they are built, it will cost but a
moderate sum to build the dam between the piers at this point.
I recommended that Miss Emma C. Henningsen to receive the Normal
diploma at our last meeting. It seems however at the last moment
she failed in her examination in Mathematics. Therefore we can-
not give her the diploma until she has made up that subject to
the satisfaction of the Academic Council.
The Regents will recall the discussion with the Honorary Board of
Visitors with regard to the State Normal School. You will re-
member also a paragraph in the Investigating Committee's report
which said in effect that the Normal School was not meeting the
demands of the State. There is a partial justification of this
criticism, but the fault does not lie with the University. If
the Legislature would give us enough money to establish not only
the equipment of the teaching force but also to establish train-
ing schools we could, and would, gladly maintain a Normal School
of the best grade. I think that the time has come for us to
take steps in this direction and therefore I submit the following
resolution for adoption by this Board.
RESOLVED, that the President of the University and the
faculty of the Normal School are hereby instructed to con-
sider whether we should not establish a straight four year's
course of instruction for our Normal students;
SECOND, that after the consideration of this entire question
by the President and the Normal School faculty, it shall be
taken up by the Academic Council and then a report be made
to the Board of Regents.
Dr. P. B. Kennedy for the Athletic Committee having in charge the
fitting up of the Mackay Field under Mr. Mackay's bequest report-
ed that there was no money for taking care of the field and the
Training Quarters after the 10th day of June. Therefore, I have
said to him that the University would bear the expense of a jani-
tor for the Training Quarters until Mr. Mackay's visit when the
Athletic Field, the Grandstand and the Training Quarters will be
formally given by Mr. Mackay to the Board of Regents.
It has occurred to me and to several others that the Grandstand
could be made much more useful than simply to provide seating for
the visitors to the games held upon the Athletic Field. It would
be possible to build a speaker's stand, that could be taken apart
and put away when not in use, that could be placed directly in
front of the Grandstand and from it on particular occasions ad-
dresses could be made to the audience seated in the Grandstand.
Or, on occasions, perhaps the Band could give an open air con-
cert especially during the Fall and Spring, to the people gath-
ered from the town and the students and seated upon the bleach-
ers. What do the Regents think of this plan?
We did not advertise for bids with regard to putting in the
electric light and telephone cables. I would suggest that when
the Regents meet tomorrow, we take up the discussion of the best
means of putting in these electric light and telephone cables
throughout the Campus, and then when we have agreed upon the plan
to consider whether there is money enough from this appropriation
to give the contract for the system complete.
I have placed an order with the Lord and Burnham Company of New
York through their Chicago Office for three Greenhouses for the
sum of $2,174 F. O. B. cars their factory Irvington, New York.
I have had some correspondence with Mr. W. G. Neimyer, General
Agent of the Union and Southern Pacific Companies, and he esti-
mates that the freight will cost us about $1,050. The Greenhouse
material will be here about the first of September.
It may be practicable for the President to attend the Irrigation
Congress at Spokane and the meeting of the Association of Amer-
ican Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations at Portland.
The Governor would like very much to have a representative from
this State attend the Irrigation Congress. If I decide to go
there will be no railroad fare to pay for me as I have passes
over all the leading roads to Portland and to Spokane.
I herewith submit a list of the claims from the State Funds and
from the Agricultural & Mechanical College Fund.
STATE FUNDS
June Payroll $3,167.35
June Payroll, Students 239.35
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 68.00
Peter Frandsen for R. Young 16.00
Peter Frandsen 126.89
Spencer Lens Company 140.18
Fred Stadtmuller 8.00
Ralph S. Minor 75.00
Ralph S. Minor 30.90
W. S. T. Smith 14.55
J. G. Scrugham 11.00
J. E. Stubbs 32.00
Will U. Mackey 25.00
H. W. Hill 5.00
J. G. Scrugham 23.80
W. S. T. Smith 18.80
H. P. Boardman 16.90
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company 6.50
Western Union Company 10.53
Nevada Forum 7.35
A. E. Mc Carthy 6.00
The White Company 13.00
The White Company 14.25
Mott Stationery Company 10.40
Roy Mc Vicar 11.00
W. B. Mack 185.00
Gray, Reid & Wright 10.25
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. 4.05
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 72.34
Reno Mercantile Company 26.60
Nevada Hardware & Supply Co. for F. W. Cook 628.05
D. Hill 45.00
Richard Brown 159.20
William Wagner 2.00
Nevada Forum 5.00
Bliss and Faville 421.75
Nevada State Journal 16.10
Underwood & Underwood 36.25
Bausch & Lomb 11.90
J. E. Stubbs .48
Bausch & Lomb 5.76
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 53.53
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 47.58
J. E. Bray 39.25
C. H. Stoelting 42.35
C. L. Brown 3.00
Reno Evening Gazette 16.00
The White Company 11.25
Mott Stationery Company .70
Mott Stationery Company 15.25
Mott Stationery Company 1.60
Laboratory & Guarantee Fund 109.10
Pioneer Iron Works 6.50
Pioneer Iron Works 2.50
J. E. Stubbs 69.25
Katherine Lewers 8.00
Gray Reid & Wright 257.50
Eclipse Decorating Company 23.00
Reno Evening Gazette 17.64
W. W. Booher 29.40
Riverside Hotel 22.00
G. P. Putnam & Sons 3.35
The Independent 8.00
National Conference 2.60
Romanzo Adams 5.00
Mott Stationery Company 21.45
University Press 17.50
Richard G. Badger 4.00
Mc Graw Publishing Company 7.25
Library Bureau 15.59
Hill Publishing Company 10.80
Dodd, Mead & Company 9.00
G. E. Stechert & Company 6.27
American Institute of Mining Engineers 7.00
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 12.68
A. C. Mc Cluyg & Company 9.59
Bennett's Magazine Agency 5.50
A. C. Mc Clury & Company 30.17
Bennett;s Magazine Agency 99.65
Mackay Building Fund 405.35
Eugene Schuler 299.97
Underwood Typewriter Company 70.00
F. M. Payne 225.00
Reno Evening Gazette 7.50
Reno Evening Gazette 2.75
Athletic Field for C. P. Scroggins 8.00
Union Lumber Company 46.10
Brownell Books Company 5.50
Reno Evening Gazette 70.75
Nevada State Journal 7.50
Peter Frandsen 25.00
Self & Sellman 20.80
Reno Power Light & Water Company 406.50
George H. Taylor 170.06
George H. Taylor 244.96
Clock & Shea 1,132.50
Total $9,926.52
A & M Fund
June Payroll $2,153.33
Keuffel & Esser 81.87
The A. Leitz Company 26.15
Eugene Dietzgen Company 93.30
Nevada Hardware & Supply Co. 2.25
W. L. Williams 8.00
Department Agriculture & Animal Husbandry 2.25
Reno Mercantile Company 13.20
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company 26.00
Palace Dry Goods House 5.70
Central Scientific Company 99.83
Nevada Hardware & Supply Co. 19.00
Porteous Decorating Company 2.90
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 35.70
Central Scientific Company 68.96
Reno Mill & Lumber Company 17.70
Nevada Machinery & Supply Company 1.75
The Geography Supply Bureau 170.00
Sol Levy 3.35
P. Beveridge Kennedy 4.20
Self & Sellman 11.30
Reno Power Light & Water Company 44.35
Reno Power Light & Water Company 18.80
Reno Power Light & Water Company 26.40
Reno Power Light & Water Company 27.30
Reno Power Light & Water Company 6.30
Reno Power Light & Water Company 4.30
Geo. H. Taylor 24.60
Total $2,898.79
Very truly yours,
/s/ J. E. Stubbs
President
Upon motion of Dr. Sullivan, seconded by Regent Codd, the
Scheeline Bank and Trust Company was given $7500 insurance upon
Manzanita Hall and $2500 on the furniture.
The deed of Mrs. Elizabeth Evans to the Regents for a piece of
land adjoining the Campus, of about 4 1/2 acres, was accepted,
the claim of $2290 in payment for same being allowed by the
Board May 1, 1909.
On motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Dr. Sullivan, the ap-
pointment of Miss Helen Meighan as Physical Director for Women
at a salary of $100 per month and board, to begin August 15,
1909, was approved.
On motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Regent Codd, the reso-
lution of President Stubbs in regard to the Normal School as set
forth in his report, was approved.
On motion of Regent Codd, seconded by Dr. Sullivan, the action
of President Stubbs in taking care of the Mackay Athletic Field
until Mr. Mackay comes here in the Fall was approved.
Upon motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Regents Sullivan
and Codd, the President was instructed to attend the Irrigation
Congress at Spokane and the Association of American Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Stations at Portland in August.
Upon motion of Regent Williams, seconded by Dr. Sullivan, the
appointment of Mr. G. S. Paine as Instructor in English at a
salary of $100 per month, beginning the first of August, 1909,
was approved.
No further business appearing, the Board took a recess until
Saturday morning, July 3, 1909.