Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-12
A MINORITY .EPoRr.

The minority report Of the Board Of
Regents OF the State University. for the
years 1879 and 1880. to the Legislature.
Just received. contains some very peril.
men, suggestions. and throws much light
spon the University question. 1t ap.
pears BY II that owing to the unfortunate
location Of the University, the institu-
ton IL In the nature Of an elephant to
the State, and that II would be we'll 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"
II 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.
snt 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:
aoLp HILL, New. Feb. a. 1881.
To The Honorable. the Legislature Of The
State Of Nevada:
The undersigned. member OF the
Board OF Regents Of the State University
Of Nevada, having been unwilling to sub.
scribe to the biennial report submitted 70
your Honorable bodies by the majority Of
the Board Of Regents. under date oil Janu'
AIRY -, 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 aud Mayhugh with
regard to the ability Of the Principal OF
the University. W. @. Dovey; the course
Of studies as marked out; the progress OF
the students attending the schools. and
other statements made In their report.
sn, comnclled 10 dissent from some Of the
...,smsp,. which the repor, contains.
With regard to the details Of manage
man, of the Uniyersity, I may say that
having had hut few opportunities 70 be.
come scousinted with them, know but
little about them. having attended only
three meetings of the Board since I &C.
ssn n,sd ,be ONCE Of Regent about one year
s;pce A majority of the Board, being
rss;Ss,,. ~ EiLo. have attended 10 the dc.
t.ils Of management: full information
nth reo.rd no Which. siso with regard to
,hs a;shnrssm.nt of the State sppropria.
tion. can he obtained from the financial
ststem,nt made near the close Of their re.
mort.
/ believe that IL should be the true pol.
lev Of the Board of Regents to present the
facts relating 10 the University a. they
s,ist. 10 The Legislature, and let the Legis.
i.,nre decide tberefrom ss to the proper
conr.s 10 pursue In future with regard to
tbs in.titution. Believing thus, am
eompellsd 10 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 oihce.
WAS thirty. II tho majority report had
placed the number at twenty believe IL
wsuld have still have been too high.
The majority report omits to mention
tho fact that the 5000 loads Of fertiliz ng
material put ON the twelve and half acres
Of ground, and plowed in. brought forth
snlendid crop OF mushrooms. hold that
N this portion of their report Was intended
"a 4 treatise on agriculture, IL should have
named the entire product.
With regard to raising shade trees on
the University grounds, may say that
efforts have been made almost every year
since tho 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
diving, while their leaves &ere green. and
while to q casual observer they appeared to
be in IAN apparently healthy aud growing
condition" The 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 be free from
alkali. But those trees died. as trees be-
fore had died. During my visit 70 Tue
grounds in June last. l examined the dy'
ing trees. and found lying on the leaves
residue from the evaporation OF sap, and
that the trees were dying from their tops;
the pores Of the wood having become hiled
with salt lett by the evaporation OF sap
which eventually killed the trees. am
convinced that no trees will live any length
'of time in the soil Of tho University