Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-16

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! Mr.. Dolhonde was received.
| On motion of Mr.. Strong, it was resolved &c
take up said report and act upon its recommeu
| tons seriattHs.
The report is as follows
STATE OF THE COLLEGE.
To the Honorable the Board Of Supervisors Of tht
H.. S. U. and A. and III. College.
GENTLRMRN-Your committee on the state Of
the College, beg leave to submit the. following
report :.
Your committee have examined with care the
report Of the President of the Faculty referred
to them and submit the following resolutions
elative 10 the recommendations therein con.
tanned:
lst Relative to drainage, repairs, etc:
Resolved That the President of the Faculty
be and is hereby authorized to have such drains
constructed as may be in his judgment necessary
to perfect and preserve the sanitary condition
Of the buildings and grounds of the University
that he be authorized to have a bake oven con,
structed and a baker employed whenever in his
Judgment same may be desirabie that he be
further authorized to have q dumb.waiter con.
structed between the first and second floors of
the south wing, in such manner as to render the
former mess hall convenient for dining purposes;
that he be further authorized to have one or
more Of the rooms OF the said south wing con.
verted into refrigerator, if in his Judgment
same should be desirable.
3D. Relative to furniture:
Your committee is Of the opinion that the Ca.
diets should be required to furnish their own
furniture, and that same should be of a simple
substantial and uniform quality. They there
fore offer the following resolution
Resolved That all furniture used in the rooms
of the Cadets of this institution shall be furnish.
ed and owned by them; that same shall be of a
simple, inexpensive, substantial and uniform
character, to be approved by the President of
the Faculty; that all such furniture now on
hand belonging to the University shall be
put in proper repair under the supervision of
the President and sold to the Cadets first apply
ing for same at such price as may seem TO the
President proper and just.
Sd. Relative to charges to Cadets:
Resolved, That the recommendation of the
President of the Faculty that the entire charges
TO Cadets for maintenance, medical attendance,
etc, be included in one gross sum, and not item
lied AZ at present be and the same is hereby ap.
proved. And be it further
Resolved That committee of three members
of the Board be appointed vino shall take into
consideration the ACCESSIBILITY of reducing the
charges to Cadets for future sessions and report
thereon as soon as practicable.
9TH. Relative to the bond to U. 5. Government:
Resolved That the Vce-President of the
Board be requested to secure the necessary sure.
ties for the bond required by the U. S. Govern.
ment for tho proper care and return Of arms and
acCoutrements sought to be obtained from the
Government for the use of the University; and
bo it further
Resolved, That in case he should find it neces.
sary to do So said Vice President is hereby fully
authorized and empowered to furnish in the
name Of this Board a full and sufficient indem.
nifty bond to the parties thus signing as sureties.
5th. Relative to the Barracks property:
Resolved, That special committee, consisting
of VicePresident of the Board and President of
Faculty, be appointed to make further efforts to
obtain from the U. 5. Government the Barracks
property or government reservation for the uses
Of this institution and that they be specially re.
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Representatives in Congress with the view of
enlstng their active efforts in securing the pro.
per legislation to accomplish this end.
9Th. Relative to the Presidents quarters, etc.
Resolved, That the President of the Faculty
be and is hereby authorized to assign to himself
and family such rooms in the University build.
ing as they may require for their comfort and
convenience, that he further assign suitable
that the remainder of the building be used solely
for quarters of Cadets and University PURPOSES
no other persons being allowed quarters theron.
eth. Relative to board of President and the Com
mandant Of Cadets:
Your committee beg leave to report that the
matter Of the proper price to be paid by the Pres.
ident and Commandant of Cadets for board of
themselves and families, is one upon which, in
the limited time allowed them, they have been
unable to obtain sufficient data to enable them to
come TO a conclusion; they therefore respectfully
refer said subject back to the Board for their
consideration.
9Th. Relative TO Prot. Randolph;
ness and value to the University of Prof Ran.
dolph's services, we do not deem it we'll at this
time, to make any alteration in the salaries al
ready fixed.
9th. Relative to the Agricultural Departments
Resolved, That the President be authorized to
correspond with eminent specialists in Agricul-
tural teaching, in order to ascertain at what sal
aries we can secure the services of such gentle.
man and their qualifications, and to report the
result of said correspondence atsour next meet.
ing. And he it further
Resolved That the Board approve the plan
suggested by the President for procuring sup
plies for the boarding department, and in this
manner taking advantage of the services of Mr..
Conerly.
10th. Relative to the donation by Mr. George A.
Pike:
Resolved, That the thanks of this board be
rendered Mr.. George A. Pike for the valuable
donation of files of papers made by him to this