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June 11, 1898
Daily New Dominion
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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The University Board of Regents concludes a harmonious session, reviewing operations, approving appointments like librarian Eliza J. Skinner and auditor S. G. Chadwick, abolishing compulsory chapel and medical fees, allocating funds for library and athletics, and complimenting President Jerome H. Raymond's administration in 1898.
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THE REGENTS.
A Partial List of the Things They Did While Here.
The Sessions of the Board Were Free From Excitement. There Were no Extensive Removals and this Kept down the Excitement. Co-education was not Discussed at all. The School of Music and the Action Taken. The Administration Complimented. A New Auditor for the University, Mr. S. G. Chadwick. The Students are Recognized and a Number of Things Done that They Will Rejoice to Hear of.
The board of regents has finished its labors and has adjourned. They did everything with great deliberation and when they had finished they had done but little that was of very great interest. No scenes of wire pulling or indiscriminate firing of professors marked the session and the meeting was free from the features which formerly made a session of the regents a nine days wonder.
The board looked into everything about the institution very closely and they took the same ideas away with them that the people who are thoroughly conversant with the situation have held for some time. They know everything that is to be known about the University and its management. The members are very much pleased with the way the college is coming out and the great increase in the attendance has been very gratifying to them of course.
The sessions of the board were harmonious and the members are all agreed on the course which they will follow while members of the board. This is a thing that is full of the promise for the University.
The thing that took the board so long to finish the business that came before it was the intention to know fully what they were doing before any action was taken. They wished to fully understand the situation before any action whatever was made. This is very commendable and the state can find but little fault with the way the members have so far performed their stewardship.
The future holds the promise that whenever any action is demanded by circumstances that the members will not hesitate to perform it.
From the expression of the various regents it is thought that the next meeting that they will hold will contain more of the old time fire and interest than the one just closed.
Following is a digest of the proceedings of the Board:
Advertisement authorized for University Daily.
Inspection of lands and buildings occupied the balance of the first day.
The president then read his annual report to the board.
J. E. Law was ordered to be paid under protest $25 for advertising. And to avoid further annoyance it is ordered that hereafter no expense for liability for advertising shall be incurred except upon order of the board entered as record in writing by the President of the University.
The president was authorized to contract for all printing and stationery as may be needed by the University for the ensuing year.
Committee on report of President of University Professors, appointed J. F. Brown, W. E. Powell and J. A. Campbell.
Committee on Treasurer's and auditor's reports appointed, J. L. Hamill, R. R. McMahon and Dr. A. H. Kunst.
Committee on mechanical department, military department, Experiment Station and grounds and buildings, P. C. Eastham, Jas. M. Lee and Geo. C. Sturgiss.
Ordered that a special committee of three be appointed to pass upon recommendation of Director of Experiment Station in relation to purchase of additional land for Experimental Farm. P. C. Eastham, Jas. H. Brown and W. E. Powell appointed.
Dr. I. C. White was allowed the use of all the instruments in the University which might be needed in the survey made under his direction as state geologist when not in use at the University.
Ordered that $109.50 be paid to
W. W. Hayes in full for suit against the Board for services rendered in June 1897.
Ordered that $150 be paid to School of Music for music furnished during Commencement.
Ordered that all diplomas be uniformly lettered without expense to the graduates before being delivered to them.
The Inter-society contest was divided. Hereafter the debate will be held separately and some what different from what it has been. Fifty dollars will be given in the debators contest and there will be two representatives from each society. They will speak for thirty minutes. It will be held at the discretion of a faculty committee, but it will be some time in the spring. The other contest will consist of Declamation, Essay and Oration and each will be given twenty minutes if they desire it. The prizes will be for oration $30 essay $20, and declamation $15.
Compulsory Chapel attendance was abolished and hereafter it will be voluntary.
Ordered that office of librarian be declared vacant.
Miss Eliza J. Skinner elected librarian.
Mr. Hamber and Miss White retained as assistants at the same salary as heretofore.
Cork carpet ordered to be placed in library.
All books under charge of the professors ordered back into the library.
$15,000 appropriated for supplies and books for library and reading room.
Prof. W. S. Aldrich granted leave from September 1, 1898, without pay until otherwise ordered, or until he volunteers for duty. He is now in the Navy and he was paid in full up until September 1.
Mr. R. E. Fast was promoted from instructor to assistant professor. No increase of salary.
Prof. Kenneth McKenzie, Ph. D., elected assistant professor of romance, language and literature. Salary, $1200, to begin July 1.
$600 was allowed to department of agriculture for the purchase of material.
Action looking toward the protection of the University from fire was taken. A fire company will be organized among the students and a suitable line of pipe will be laid together with the proper fire plugs. Sufficient hose will be bought and a night watchman will be at some future date employed.
All medical and dispensary fees are abolished. They amounted to $688 this year and were perquisites of Dr. Hartigan.
Prof. Hodges was re-elected director of field athletics.
$400 appropriated to grade athletic grounds.
Mr. S. G. Chadwick was unanimously elected auditor of the University. The term begins July 1.
The corporation of Seneca was ordered to be notified to fix the bridge over Falling Run: that it was unsafe: for it to be repaired within 30 days by the officers of the town or torn down by the superintendent of buildings and grounds.
A pavement of brick, cement or stone ordered to be placed in place of the board walk in front of Commencement hall.
$90 appropriated to build walk from Mechanical hall to campus.
The large tulip tree north of science hall was ordered removed.
A laborer on grounds was ordered employed for nine months in the year.
Fees ordered to be paid by the students in chemical department. These fees to accrue to the department and to be fixed by the president and principal of the school.
The action of the president of the University and the president of the board in regard to the school of music was approved.
A resolution was passed as follows:
The regents at the close of this session take pleasure in bearing witness to the successful administration of President Jerome H. Raymond during the year just closed and in declaring its continued confidence in his ability, integrity and care over all the interests of the University.
The position of director of the gymnasium was left unfilled.
No resolution regarding the abolition of co-education was introduced for the first time since it was established.
The board then adjourned.
A Partial List of the Things They Did While Here.
The Sessions of the Board Were Free From Excitement. There Were no Extensive Removals and this Kept down the Excitement. Co-education was not Discussed at all. The School of Music and the Action Taken. The Administration Complimented. A New Auditor for the University, Mr. S. G. Chadwick. The Students are Recognized and a Number of Things Done that They Will Rejoice to Hear of.
The board of regents has finished its labors and has adjourned. They did everything with great deliberation and when they had finished they had done but little that was of very great interest. No scenes of wire pulling or indiscriminate firing of professors marked the session and the meeting was free from the features which formerly made a session of the regents a nine days wonder.
The board looked into everything about the institution very closely and they took the same ideas away with them that the people who are thoroughly conversant with the situation have held for some time. They know everything that is to be known about the University and its management. The members are very much pleased with the way the college is coming out and the great increase in the attendance has been very gratifying to them of course.
The sessions of the board were harmonious and the members are all agreed on the course which they will follow while members of the board. This is a thing that is full of the promise for the University.
The thing that took the board so long to finish the business that came before it was the intention to know fully what they were doing before any action was taken. They wished to fully understand the situation before any action whatever was made. This is very commendable and the state can find but little fault with the way the members have so far performed their stewardship.
The future holds the promise that whenever any action is demanded by circumstances that the members will not hesitate to perform it.
From the expression of the various regents it is thought that the next meeting that they will hold will contain more of the old time fire and interest than the one just closed.
Following is a digest of the proceedings of the Board:
Advertisement authorized for University Daily.
Inspection of lands and buildings occupied the balance of the first day.
The president then read his annual report to the board.
J. E. Law was ordered to be paid under protest $25 for advertising. And to avoid further annoyance it is ordered that hereafter no expense for liability for advertising shall be incurred except upon order of the board entered as record in writing by the President of the University.
The president was authorized to contract for all printing and stationery as may be needed by the University for the ensuing year.
Committee on report of President of University Professors, appointed J. F. Brown, W. E. Powell and J. A. Campbell.
Committee on Treasurer's and auditor's reports appointed, J. L. Hamill, R. R. McMahon and Dr. A. H. Kunst.
Committee on mechanical department, military department, Experiment Station and grounds and buildings, P. C. Eastham, Jas. M. Lee and Geo. C. Sturgiss.
Ordered that a special committee of three be appointed to pass upon recommendation of Director of Experiment Station in relation to purchase of additional land for Experimental Farm. P. C. Eastham, Jas. H. Brown and W. E. Powell appointed.
Dr. I. C. White was allowed the use of all the instruments in the University which might be needed in the survey made under his direction as state geologist when not in use at the University.
Ordered that $109.50 be paid to
W. W. Hayes in full for suit against the Board for services rendered in June 1897.
Ordered that $150 be paid to School of Music for music furnished during Commencement.
Ordered that all diplomas be uniformly lettered without expense to the graduates before being delivered to them.
The Inter-society contest was divided. Hereafter the debate will be held separately and some what different from what it has been. Fifty dollars will be given in the debators contest and there will be two representatives from each society. They will speak for thirty minutes. It will be held at the discretion of a faculty committee, but it will be some time in the spring. The other contest will consist of Declamation, Essay and Oration and each will be given twenty minutes if they desire it. The prizes will be for oration $30 essay $20, and declamation $15.
Compulsory Chapel attendance was abolished and hereafter it will be voluntary.
Ordered that office of librarian be declared vacant.
Miss Eliza J. Skinner elected librarian.
Mr. Hamber and Miss White retained as assistants at the same salary as heretofore.
Cork carpet ordered to be placed in library.
All books under charge of the professors ordered back into the library.
$15,000 appropriated for supplies and books for library and reading room.
Prof. W. S. Aldrich granted leave from September 1, 1898, without pay until otherwise ordered, or until he volunteers for duty. He is now in the Navy and he was paid in full up until September 1.
Mr. R. E. Fast was promoted from instructor to assistant professor. No increase of salary.
Prof. Kenneth McKenzie, Ph. D., elected assistant professor of romance, language and literature. Salary, $1200, to begin July 1.
$600 was allowed to department of agriculture for the purchase of material.
Action looking toward the protection of the University from fire was taken. A fire company will be organized among the students and a suitable line of pipe will be laid together with the proper fire plugs. Sufficient hose will be bought and a night watchman will be at some future date employed.
All medical and dispensary fees are abolished. They amounted to $688 this year and were perquisites of Dr. Hartigan.
Prof. Hodges was re-elected director of field athletics.
$400 appropriated to grade athletic grounds.
Mr. S. G. Chadwick was unanimously elected auditor of the University. The term begins July 1.
The corporation of Seneca was ordered to be notified to fix the bridge over Falling Run: that it was unsafe: for it to be repaired within 30 days by the officers of the town or torn down by the superintendent of buildings and grounds.
A pavement of brick, cement or stone ordered to be placed in place of the board walk in front of Commencement hall.
$90 appropriated to build walk from Mechanical hall to campus.
The large tulip tree north of science hall was ordered removed.
A laborer on grounds was ordered employed for nine months in the year.
Fees ordered to be paid by the students in chemical department. These fees to accrue to the department and to be fixed by the president and principal of the school.
The action of the president of the University and the president of the board in regard to the school of music was approved.
A resolution was passed as follows:
The regents at the close of this session take pleasure in bearing witness to the successful administration of President Jerome H. Raymond during the year just closed and in declaring its continued confidence in his ability, integrity and care over all the interests of the University.
The position of director of the gymnasium was left unfilled.
No resolution regarding the abolition of co-education was introduced for the first time since it was established.
The board then adjourned.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Board Of Regents
University Administration
Appointments
Appropriations
Student Policies
Fire Protection
Library Improvements
What entities or persons were involved?
Jerome H. Raymond
S. G. Chadwick
Eliza J. Skinner
W. S. Aldrich
R. E. Fast
Kenneth Mckenzie
I. C. White
Dr. Hartigan
Hodges
Where did it happen?
The University
Story Details
Key Persons
Jerome H. Raymond
S. G. Chadwick
Eliza J. Skinner
W. S. Aldrich
R. E. Fast
Kenneth Mckenzie
I. C. White
Dr. Hartigan
Hodges
Location
The University
Event Date
1898
Story Details
The Board of Regents conducts a deliberate and harmonious session, reviewing reports, appointing committees, approving payments and appropriations, making personnel changes including promotions and elections, abolishing compulsory chapel and medical fees, enhancing student activities and facilities, and expressing confidence in President Raymond's administration.