Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-26
A MINORITY REroRr.

The minority report OF the Board Of
Regents OF the State Univsrsity. for the
years 1879 and 1880. to the Legislature.
Just received. contains some very peril.
men, suggestions. and throws much light
upon the University question. Il sp-
pears BY Il that owing to the unfortunate
location Of the University. the institu-
ton is In the nature Of an elephant to
the State, and that Il would Be we'll to
give the whole thing to the town oi
Elko.
We learn that the Legislature. acting
in accordance with the suggestions con-
tanned In the minority report. made the
appropriations for salaries specific. and
passed the deficiency bill payable out
Of the Univsrsity Fund"
/. seems that the large expenditure for
manure by the Board Of Regents in their
fruitlsss efforts to raise trees. etc.. has
caused much comment. A correspond.
emit writing with reference TO the minor
ity report. says: Twill bs either
school and NO manure. or manure and
no school in future"
Here follows the minority report:
GoLD HILL. New. Feb. 81. 1881.
To The Honorable, the Lssisiaturs. Of the
S,uis Of Nerada:
The undersigned. . member OF the
Board Of Regents Of the State University
of Nevada, having been unwilling 10 sub
scribe TO tho biennial report submitted to
Your Honorable bodies by the majority of
the Board Of Regents. under date of Janu.
ary 30, 1881, feels IL Incumbent upon him
10 state his reasons for disseAt from that
report. He, therefore. respectfully sub
mits a minority report upon matters relat.
ing to the State University.
While I cheerfully indorse the state
ments Of Regents Stone and Mayhugh with
regard to the ability OF tho Principal OF
the University. W. O. Dovey; the course
Of studies a. marked out; the progress si
the students attending the schools anu
other statements made In their report,
am compelled TO dissent from some OF the
statements which the report contains.
With regard TO the details OF manage
ment OF tho University. may say that
having had but few opportunities 70 be.
come acquainted with them, know but
little about them. having attended only
three meetings Of the Board since &C.
espted the Office Of Regent about one year
since. A majority Of the Board. being
residents Of Eiko, have attended to the dc.
tails of management; full information
with regard to which. also with regard to
the disbursement Of the State appropria-
tion, can DO obtained from the financial
statement made near tho close OF their re-
port.
lev OF the Board Of Regents to present the
facts relating to the University a. they
exist, to the Legislature, and let the Legis.
lsture decide therefrom a. TO the proper
course to pursue In future with regard to
the institution. Believing thus, am
compelled to say that my information and
observation will not permit me TO concur
in that part Of the majority report which
states that the average attendance OF
pupils at the University two years ago,
when the present Board came into office,
was thirty. II the majority report had
placed the number at twenty believe IL
would have still have been too high.
The majority report omits to mention
the fact that the 5000 loads Of fertiliz'ng
material put ON the twelve and half acres
Of ground, and plowed in. brought forth .
splendid crop Of mushrooms. hold that
N this portion Of their report was intended
A a treatise On agriculture, IL should have
named the entiro product.
With regard TO raising shade trees on
the University grounds, may say that
efforts have been made almost every year
since the University was founded to raise
them, but without success. In the year
1876 the Board procured from Carson
ut3O0 Lombardy poplars, which were set
out in the grounds. In September of that
year tho Board found nearly all the trees
dying, while their leaves were green, and
while To casual observer they appeared 70
be In "an apparently healthy and growing
condition" Tho next year more trees
were set out. Before they were planted. .
large hole was dug, In which WAS placed
nearly load Of black soil hauled from the
river bottom. and the trees set in this soil
soil that was supposed to DO free from
alkali. But those trees died. a. trees be-
fore had died. During my visit to the
grounds In June last, examined the dy.
ing trees, and found lying on the leaves
residue from the evaporation OF sap, and
that tho trees were dying from their tops;
the pores Of the wood having become filled
with salt lett BY the evaporation OF sap,
which eventually killed tho trees. am
convinced that no trees will live any length
Of time In the soil Of the University
grounds. And I may hero say that
found similar obstacles In the way OF rear.
ing trees In other parts OF the town Of
Elko. Hence I feel warranted In saying
that unless something can be found that
will neutralize tho alkali in that SOIL II
will DO Q waste Of money to attempt to
besutify tho University grounds with trees
and shrubbery. >,
The dormitory. under the charge OF Mrs.
Wines, 10 NO doubt in good hands. But
the student boarders who. II was antici.
pated, would hll the building. arc still
lacking. And am informed that great
portion Of tho time since Its erection IL
has been without any boardsrs. The ma.
jority report fails TO stats the number Of
boardsrs there at present. but learn tha'
there IL but one In the building who a.
tends the school. -
The dormitory was built In 1875, at =
cost to the State Of $500. II was placed
in charge Of Mrs. Rood. motherly Chris
tian lady, who made II homo for students
from abroad at the lowest possible cost for
board. II has sufficient capacity to board