Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-25
A nlxoR,rY REroRr.


Regents OF the State University. for the
years 1879 and 1880. to the Lssislaturs,
Just received. contains some very peril.
usnt suggestions. and throws much light
upon the Univsrsi.y question. II sp.
pears by II that owing to the unfortunate
location Of the Univsrsity, the institu.
ton is in the nature Of an elephant 10
the State, and that Il would b well 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 University Fund"
/, seems that the large expenditure for
manure by the Board Of Regents in their
fruitlsss efforts to raise trsss, 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:
GoLp HILL, New. Feb. a. 1881.
To the Honorable, the Lsgisiaturs Of the
State Of Nerada:
Tho undersigned. . member Of the
Board Of Regents Of the State University
Of Nevada, having been unwilling TO sub
scribe 10 the biennial report submitted to
your Honorable bodies by tho majority Of
the Board Of Regents. under date of Janu'
ary 70, 1881, feels 10 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 sf
the students attending the schools. and
other statements made In their report,
am compelled 10 dissent from some OF the
statements which tho report contains.
With regard 10 the details OF manage
mept OF the University, may say that
having had but few opportunities 10 be-
come acquainted with them. know but
little about them, having attended only
three meetings Of the Board since &C.
eeptsd the office Of Regent about one year
since. A majority Of the Board. being
residents OF Elko, have attended to the do.
tails OF management; full information
with regard to which, also with regard to
the disbursement Of the State appropria.
ton, can be obtained from the financial
statement made near the close OF their re-
port.
/ believe that II should DO the true pol.
lev Of the Board of Regents to present the
facts relating to the University a. they
exist, to the Legislature, and let the Legis'
lature decide therefrom a. to the proper
course to pursue In future with regard to
the institution. Believing thus, 1 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 oihce.
was thirty. II the majority report had
placed tho number at twenty ! believe II
would have still have been too high.
Tho majority report omits TO mention
the fact that the 5000 loads Of fertiliz'ng
material put on tho twelve and hall acres
Of ground. and plowed In, brought forth .
splendid crop Of mushrooms. hold that
n this portion Of their report was intended
as a treatise On agriculture, IL should have
named the entire product.
With regard TO raising shade trees ON
the University grounds, I 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 wore set
out in the grounds. In September of that
year tho Board found nearly all the trees
diving, while their leaves were green, and
willis to . casual observer they appeared 10
be in .an apparently healthy and growing
condition" The next year more trees
wero 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, a. trees be-
fore had died. During my visit to the
grounds in June last, I examined tho 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 hiled
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 may here say that 1
found similar obstacles in the way oil rear.
ing trees in other parts OF the town OF
Elko. Honco I feel warranted In saying
that unless something can DO found that
will neutralize the alkali In that soil, II
will 10 q waste Of money to attempt to
beautify the University grounds with trees
and shrubbery.
The dormitory. under the charge OF Mrs.
Wines. 10 NO doubt In good hands. But
the student bosrders who, II was antici.
pated, would I'LL the building, arc still
lacking. And ! am informed that great
portion OF the time since Its erection IL
has been without any boardsrs. Tho ma.
jority report fails to state the number oi
bosrdsrs there at present. but learn that
there is but one in the building who At
tends the school.
The dormitory was built In 1875, at
cost to the State Of $500. 1t Was placed
In charge Of Mrs. Rood, motherly Chris
tian lady, who made 10 homo for students
from abroad At the lowest possible cost Tor
board. It has sufficient capacity to board
and lodge some fifteen to twenty students,
vet IL never. TO my knowledge. had more
than Ave boarders ct any one timo who
attended the school. 1t was urged before
the dormitory was built that II was all that
was needed 10 fill the school with pupils;
that, a parents would not send their chill.
dren 10 school at place where they would
No Obliged to board at hotel. and as but
few of the people Of Elko were 80 situated
a. to be able 70 board students, dormi'
tory was needed.
So far. the University has been an ex.
ponse to the 6tato without commensurats