September 12-13, 1900
09-12-1900
Volume OC - Pages 198-201
Reno, Nevada
September 12, 1900
At a meeting of the Board of Regents held at 8 o'clock P.M.,
September 12, 1900, the following members were present, W. E. F.
Deal and J. N. Evans, absent H. S. Starrett.
The report of President Stubbs was approved as follows:
President's Office
September 12, 1900
To the Honorable the Board of Regents
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to report that the University opened according
to the calendar, August 28th for examinations and September 3rd
for lectures and recitations. The number of students registered
up to date is equal to the number registered at the same date
last year, and the Freshman Class is larger than usual. On
Sunday, August 26th, the Hatch Station building was destroyed by
fire. The valuable plant and insect collection and the special
Library for the use of the Department of Botany and Entomology
were a total loss. The bacteriological apparatus and the micro-
scopes in the Department of Zoology were saved. I am not able
now to estimate accurately the value in money of the property
destroyed. The building is insured for the sum of $4500 - $4000
on the building and $500 on the furniture and fixtures. The loss
has been adjusted and the insurance money paid into the hands of
the Secretary of the Board of Regents.
I recommend that the building be reconstructed according to the
plans herewith submitted, and that in addition an Assay Office,
according to plans herewith given, be built; and that this Assay
Office shall be called the Brown Memorial Assay Office, in honor
of Professor Charles F. Brown, who drew the plans as almost the
last official act prior to his death. A subscription has been
started by some of the graduates of the University toward the
expense of building this Assay office. Upon the completion of
the reconstruction of the building, I recommend that it is as-
signed to the School of Mines and that the present Mining build-
ing be assigned to the Agricultural Experiment Station. This
recommendation is in accordance with the action taken by the
Board of Regents and the Board of Visitors two years since.
We have announced a short course in Assaying for Prospectors to
be given during the months of January and February, 1901, and we
have reason to believe that this course will prove to be attrac-
tive and valuable. We have already had applications for this
course from young men residing in Nye County and Lincoln County.
In a recent visit to Virginia City, the question arose as to
what the University could do for ambitious miners who had the
time and the disposition to study. I replied that if sufficient
encouragement was given by the Miners' Union, the University
would organize classes in Virginia City and give credit for the
work done; and when the course in Mining was completed, that
the Regents would confer the proper degree. I said that it might
be possible that the Regents and faculty would require at least
one year's residence before granting a degree, but that this
question would remain open for further consideration and would
depend somewhat upon the efficiency of the work done in non-
residence. I had a letter today from Superintendent G. Mc M.
Ross, saying that a Mining class is now being formed in Virginia
City. It is my purpose to visit Virginia City within a few days
for the purpose of planning the work.
I submit herewith a revised list of the Faculty of Instruction,
that it may receive your approval and go upon the records:
Joseph Edward Stubbs, President, Professor of Political
Science and Ethics
Hannah Keziah Clapp, Librarian
Henry Thurtell, Dean, Professor of Mathematics and Mechanics
Walter Mc Nab Miller, Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and
Geology
Mary Whitesides Emery, Professor of Pedagogics and English
Robert Lewers, Registrar, Professor of Logic and Principal
of the Commercial School
Ransom H. Mc Dowell, Professor of Agriculture and Animal
Husbandry
Nathaniel Estes Wilson, Professor of Chemistry and Dairying
Thomas W. Cowgill, Emeritus Professor of English Language
and Literature
Richard Brown, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds and
Instructor in Practical Mechanics
James Edward Church, Jr., Professor of the Latin Language
and Literature
The Reverend Samuel Unsworth, Professor of the Greek Language
and Literature
Laura de Laguna, Assistant Professor of the Modern Languages
Anna Henrietta Martin, Assistant Professor of History
Lysander W. Cushman, Professor of the English Language and
Literature
George F. Blessing, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Drawing
George D. Louderback, Professor of Physics, Geology and
Mineralogy
Laurence F. J. Wrinkle, Professor of Mining and Civil Engi-
neering
Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, Acting Assistant Professor of History
P. Beveridge Kennedy, Associate Professor of Botany and
Horticulture
Peter Frandsen, Assistant Professor of Zoology and Bacter-
iology
James E. Brett, Captain U. S. A., Professor of Military
Science and Tactics
George J. Young, Assistant Professor of Metallurgy and
Chemistry
Mildred Maude Wheeler, Instructor in Latin and Mathematics
Lewis A. Darling, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering and
Drawing
Ada Edwards, Instructor in Hygiene and Physical Training for
Women
Hedwig B. Buss, Instructor in Modern Languages and History
Kate Bardenwerper, Instructor in Domestic Art and Science
Mrs. Alice L. Layton, Instructor in Vocal Music
Mrs. Nettie W. Blume, Mistress of the Girls' College
Harry Herbert Dexter, Assistant Librarian
Elizabeth Stubbs, Office Secretary
This revised list contains the following new appointments:
George J. Young, to be Professor of Metallurgy and Chemistry
Lewis A. Darling, to be Instructor in Mechanical Engineering
and Drawing
Miss Hedwig B. Buss, to be Instructor in Modern Languages and
History
Mr. Harry Herbert Dexter, to be Assistant Librarian
Miss Kate Bardenwerper, to be Instructor in Domestic Art and
Science, beginning January, 1901
James E. Brett, Captain U. S. A., Professor of Military
Science and Tactics
Changes in the Departments as follows:
Professor N. E. Wilson to be Professor of Chemistry and
Dairying
Ransom H. Mc Dowell, to be Professor of Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry
George D. Louderback, to be Professor of Physics, Geology and
Mineralogy
I have the honor to remain, Gentlemen,
Very respectfully yours,
J. E. Stubbs
President
The following appointments commencing with September 1, 1900,
were approved:
James E. Brett, Captain U. S. A., Professor of Military
Science and Tactics with salary from the University of $300,
annually.
George J. Young, Assistant Professor of Metallurgy and
Chemistry with an annual salary of $1500.
Lewis A. Darling, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering and
Drawing, annual salary $750.
Miss Hedwig B. Buss, Instructor in Modern Languages and
History, annual salary $300.
The President recommends that a State Normal School Diploma be
issued to Miss Carlotta Dodd, which was upon motion approved.
The Secretary of the Board was instructed to advertise for bids
for the construction of the Experiment Station building and Assay
Office, according to plans and specifications on file in the
President's Office.
J. N. Evans
President
Geo. H. Taylor
Secretary
Director's Office
September 12, 1900
To the Board of Control,
Nevada Agriculture Experiment Station
Gentlemen:
The Asylum Board and Superintendent having requested that the
University give up to them the land near the old Prison wall
which has been used for Experiment Station purposes, and this
request having been approved by the Board of Control of the
Station, I have had all buildings removed to the new Experiment
Station Farm. The cost of moving the seed house and the tool
house was $300. The cost of putting a wall under the seed house
was $22. The wall under the tool house has not yet been complet-
ed.
The land for a road between Peavine Street and the road north and
south in front of the Station Farm has been deeded to the County
by Mr. J. N. Evans and the Commissioners of the County have built
fences along each side of the road. The street has not yet been
opened for the reason that the manager of the Nevada-California-
Oregon Railway has quietly refused to make a crossing over the
railroad. I have written him twice upon the subject, but have
received no acknowledgment of my communications. When this
street is opened it will bring the Station Farm within five min-
utes walk of the University Campus.
I submit herewith a revised list of the Station Staff:
Director J. E. Stubbs, Publications
Professor R. H. Mc Dowell, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Professor N. E. Wilson, Chemistry and Dairying
Professor J. M. Wilson, Irrigation Engineering
Associate Professor P. B. Kennedy, Botany and Horticulture
Assistant Professor Peter Frandsen, Bacteriology
Instructor Samuel B. Doten, Entomology and Meterology
Theodore Clark, Foreman of Farm
Hannah K. Clapp, Librarian
Harry H. Dexter, Assistant Librarian
Elizabeth S. Stubbs, Stenographer
Under the new organization, the Station staff meets very Monday
morning in the Director's Office for the consideration of any or
all matters pertaining to the policy and work of the Experiment
Station.
We announce short courses in Agriculture, Dairying and Domestic
Science, to be given during the months of January and February,
1901. It is believed that these short courses will arouse con-
siderable interest and promote the efficiency of the University
in the esteem of the people.
I have the honor to remain,
Very truly yours,
J. E. Stubbs
Director