Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-15
A MINORITY RsroRr.

1uo minotity AePSAs VI sAs NScss SA
Regents Of the State Univsrsity. for the
years 1879 and 1880. to the Legislature.
just received. contains some very peril.
nsnt suggestions. and throws much light
upon the University question. It sp.
pears by II that owing to the unfortunate
location OF the University, the institu.
ton 10 in the nature Of an elephant to
the State, and that Il would Be well to
give the whole thing to the town OF
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 University Fund"
Il seems that the large expenditure for
manure by the Board Of Regents In their
fruitless efforts to raise trees, etc., has
caused much comment. A correspond.
ent writing With reference TO the minor
ity 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. Il. 1881.
t. IL. H,aoroBI,. ts Lsgisiatrrs of the
State Of Nsvada:
Tho undersigned. . member OF the
Board Of Regents Of the State University
Of Nevada. having been unwilling 70 sub
scribe TO the biennial report submitted to
your Honorable bodies BY the majority of
the Board Of Regents. under date OF Janu.
ary 70, 1881, feels IL incumbent upon him
to 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 Mayhugh with
regard to the ability Of the Principal OF
the University. W. @. Dovey; the course
Of studies a. marked out; the progress OF
the students attending the schools, and
other statements made In their report,
am compelled to dissent from some oil the
statements which the report contains.
With regard to the details OF manage.
meut Of the University. may say that
having had but few opportunities TO be-
come acquainted with them. know but
little about them. having attended only
three meetings Of the Board since &C.
eepted the ONCE Of Regent about ono year
aimee, A majority Of the Board, being
residents Of Eiko. have attended to the.de.
tails Of management; full information
with regard 10 which, also with regard to
the disbursement Of the State sppropria-
tiou. can be obtained from the financial
statement made near the close VI their ro-
port.
I believe that IL should be the true pol
lev Of the Board Of Regents to present the
facts relating to the University - they
exist, to the Legislature, and let the Legis.
lsture decide therefrom as 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 oftce,
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
spieudid crop OF mushrooms. / hold that
II this portion Of their report was intended
as treatise On agriculture. 1t should nave
named the entire product.
With regard to raising shade trees on
tho 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
about 800 Lombardy poplars, which were set
out In the grounds. In September of that
year the Board found nearly all the trees
dying. while their leaves were green, and
while to casual observer they appeared to
be in ian apparently healthy and growing
condition." The next year more trees
were set out. Before they we're planted q
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, aud
that the 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 here say that /
found similar obstacles in the way OF rear.
ing trees In other parts OF the town Of
Eiko. Hence I feel warranted In saying
that unless something can be found that
will neutralize the alkali In that soil, 1t
will be q waste Of money to attempt to
beautify the University grounds with trees
and shrubbery.
The dormitory. under the charge Of Mrs.
Wines, is no doubt In good hands. But
the student boarders who, IL was antici.
patetl, would all the building are still
lacking. And am informed that great
portion Of the time since its erection 1t
has been without any boardsrs. The ma.
jority report fails to state the number oi
bosrders there ct present. but learn that
there is but one In the building who A.
tends the school.
The dormitory Was built 10 1875, at I,
coat to the State Of $500. 1t was placed
in charge Of Mrs. Rood. motherly Chris
| tian lady, who made IL home for students