Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-23
STATE UNIVERSITY.


Annual Meeting of tho Board Of Regents
Report of President Folwell --Compii-
mentary Resolutions In Reference to
Gov. Pillsbury, and Regents Chute and
Edgerton-In Memoriam for Hon. ID.
Burt. Miscellaneous Business.
The board of regents of the State Uni
versity held their annual meeting in the
governors room at the capital yesterday
Present: President Sibley and Regents
Pillsbury, Marshall, Clark, Buckham,
Edgerton, Tousley, Kiehle, Gilfllan and
Folwell.
REPORT OF PRESIDENT FOLwELL.
The first business was listening to the
report of President Folwell, Of the Uni
versity. It Classics the attendance for
the year 1Ss0-sl, ending June 8, 1881, as
follows: Whole number, 1873. Seniors,
%; juniors, 26; sophmores, So; freshmen,
IS; sub-freshmen, Sc; special students,
%; mechanics drawing class, 81. De-
Quoting the last named class, all gentle
men, there were 271. Of these 1873 were
young men and SS young women. There
were Sc students in the college of science,
literature and the arts; in the collegiate
department 215, in the college Of agricul-
ture none; in the college of mechanic arts
only the 81 students of the mechanics
drawing class.
The report shows the number and
kinds of degrees conferred at the annual
commencement, June 3, 1881, to be:
Master of Arts, L. Bachelor of Arts, 10;
Bachelor of Science, 10; Bachelor of
Literature, 4; total, %. The whole num-
Der of degrees which have been conferred
is l29, upon .12l persons. of whom %
are women.
Under the 'InStruction" are tables
showing so far as such exhibits can show
the work performed by the students and
teachers in l88001, text books used, in
structors, etc.. etc.
The courses of study have remained
unchanged, except special courses IN
drawing and shop work have been opened
in the college of mechanic arts.
The buildings have been renovated at
considerable expense and present cheer
full and clearly appearance. The new
addition to the plant house will, at least,
double the capacity of the house. Prof.
Porter is confident that the establishment
can be made self-sustaining within short
time. =.
The museum has been enriched by con.
siderable additions from the collections
of the geological survey, and from
purchases. The consolidated exhibits
of the rocks and fossils of our own state
is we'll advanced and will certainly be a
most interesting and instructive feature.
The additions to apparatus were incOn-
siderable. During the summer of 1881,
considerable purchases were made for
fitting up the shops of the college of
Mechanic arts. All of the materials and
instruments are of permanent value, and
have been selected in anticipation of use
in the new building for that college. The
improved methods of instruction of mod
ern times call for large OUTLAWS in the
way of apparatus and illustration ma
terial.
The experimental farm has been con-
Quoted under the direction of
Professor Porter, who has resumed
the experiments which had been
terrupted the previous year. Prof. Por-
ter has given much attention to the ques-
ton Of removal of the farm, and has
reached the conclusion that such removal
is imperative, for the reason that the To-
cation and soil of the present farm Is not
suitable for the purposes designed.
The fruit farm has continued under the
direction of Mr. Peter N. Gideon.
The geological survey has been prose-
cuted by Prof Winchell and his assist
progressing towards publication. During
the year the work and plans of the sur
vey have keen interrupted in degree by
The lamented death of Mr.. G. NJ. Terry,
who had been engaged for two years
as assistant. Mr.. Terry's zeal and
industry can be seen in the
report of progress for the year 1880, on
the NEUROLOGY of Minnesota. His maps
and unpublished manuscripts and his
ield notes, which have been put in the
hands of Prof. Mitchell, and will be final
ly placed in shape for publication.
The library has been increased by the
addition of GIG volumes purchased and
10 volumes presented. 1t was found
necessary in the summer to enlarge the
storage capacity by the addition of one of
the small rooms heretofore used, as dor
mitories by employees.
The usual list of periodicals have been
subscribed for and supplied to the read
ing room. It is very desirable that
the appropriations for this object be in
creased to at least $500. 1t
is now impossible to afford some of the
more costly scientific and art publications
which every growing library should pos
sess. There should also be liberal
allowance for binding these serials, as if
left unbound numbers are likely to be
lost thus breaking the volumes. A con-
siderable number of books have been
bound repaired during the past year, and
there remains many more needing like
attention. For two and perhaps three
years the condition of the treasury was
such that the standing appropriation of
could not be expended, much to
the embarrassment of the faculty
and the loss of students would respect
fully inquire whether this drawback of
$1,000 or So 900 cannot be presently made
up and the library CORRESPONDENCE aug
mented.
Continuing President Folwell says:
The year covered by the report passed
quickly and agreeably to all concerned.
1t was begun with faculty, more than
half of whom were strangers to the Uni
versity and the state. The fact that no
mistakes occurred in making as many Sc
lections at one time, Is matter of con-
graduation. 1t is my belief that no in
stitution in the new states has as able a
faculty, or one which works in more per-
feet harmony. So far as the purpose of
the board was to secure faculty which
could work in friendly and active co-ope-
ration their success was absolute
The report closes with an appeal to the
Board to neglect no opportunity of in
creasing the revenue, and in particular
to the endowments of the University,
demands crowd on to it faster than sup
plies con be provided, tens of thousands
now suffice but hundreds of thousands
will be needed to cover the necessary ex-
penses of agenuine University in the next