Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-08
A MINORITY Rsro.r.

4uo uAhoAtsy sefSss ~ s>~
Regents OF the State University. for the
years 1879 and 1880. TO the Legislature.
Just received. contains some very peril.
mont sussesiions. and throws much light
spon the Univsrsiiy question. Il sp.
psars by Il that owing to the unfortunate
location Of the University. the institu-
ton 10 In the nature Of IN elephant to
the State, and that II would bs we'll to
give the whole thing to the town Of
Elko.
We learn that The Legislature, acting
in accordance with the sugssstions con-
tanned In the minority report. made the
appropriations for salaries specific. and
passed the deficiency bill payable out
OF the Univsrsiiy Fund"
4. seems that the large expenditure Tor
manure BY the Board Of Regents in their
fruitlsss efforts to raise trsss. etc.. has
caused much comment. A correspond.
emit writing with reference to the minor
isy report. says: twill Be either
school and no manure. or manure and
no school In future"
Here follows the minority report:
GOLD HILL. New. Feb. 81. 1881.
To hs Honorable, he Legislature Of The
State Of Nsrada:
The undersigued. . member Of the
Board OF Regents Of the State University
Of Nevada, having been unwilling TO sub.
scribe 70 the biennial report submitted TO
your Honorable bodies BY the majority OF
the Board Of Regents. under date vi Janu.
ary 20, 1881, feels 10 incumbent upon him
10 state his reasons for dissent from that
report. He. therefore. respectfully sub
mits . minority report upon matters relat-
ing to the State University.
While I cheerfully indorse the state.
ments Of Regents Stone and Msyhugh with
regard to the ability Of the Principal Of
the University. w. @. Dovey; the course
Of studies a. marked out; ths progress Of
the students attending tho schools, and
o'ne. s .,I",IaS ~ a;..ent from some Of the
ss.,s,n.If,s vhich The report contains.
ci.s - ,o tbe Jet.ils Of manage
.S. If.i,srs,tv + NAV ssv that
rsn;as aeIs ~ hsd bnt fsv onportunitiss 10 be.
- ar.,n,.S vith them. I know but
T,,1o shdn. than. having attended only
.h,s. msesinrs Of the Board sinco &C.
ssntsd ths ofiice Of Regent about one year
80 a msioritv Of the Board, being
s.sS. .as;J:,,s ~ Eitc' have attended TO the dc.
..;is NJ m.n,gement: full information
-;,h rsg.rd IN which. aIso with regard TO
,he advancement Of the State appropria-
tion. can be obtained from the financial
statemont made near the close Of their 70.
port.
I bslisve that Il should be the true pol.
lev of ths Board of Regents to present tho
facts relating to the University - they
exist. 10 the Legislature, and let the Legis.
i.,nrs decide tSerefrom as TO the proper
oourse 10 pursue in future with regard to
the institution. Believing thus. I am
compelled to say that my information and
observation will not permit me to concur
in that part Of tho majority report which
states that the average attendance OF
pupils at tho University two years ago,
when the present Board came into office,
was thirty. II tho majority report had
placed the number at twenty beiisve !"
wspld have still have been too high.
The majority report omits to mention
the fact that the 5000 loads Of iermiiz NY
material put on the twelve ana hsn i.s,, seses
Of ground. and Piowea IN. of'usis ho,S iSIh ~.
splendid crop OF mu,nIooms' Ios io.sna.S ".
II this portion OF tnei, tePor. W. s,s L.~a
a. treatise On agriculture u snoaio nA''
named the entire product.
With regard 70 raising snaae uees On
the Univsrsity grounds ! may say Una.
efforts have been made almost every year
since the University was founded 70 raise
them. but without success. In the year
1875 the Board procured from Carson
about 500 Lombardy poplars, which were set
out in tho grounds. In September Of that
year the Board found nearly all the uees
diving, while their leaves were green. and
while TO casual observer they appeared to
be In IAN apparently nen'ny Ana ssos.n
condition. Inc ne.s year moLv .,',,aS 1se. =
were SCI OUT. ne,OtG , !. snsy h;"h H vps % nIssod
large mole was aug, ~ npiSu n.,.s s.S s,dm pS ,Ss
nearly load oil BLACK soil hAuiea iIoni ps 'is
river bottom, and the trees SET IN tnis soii