Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-06

ment of the passage of the apportionment
bill, thus creating sudden and extensive
demand upon the state treasury. Other
unusual expenses soon after supervened to
delay the payment of the first installment.
When the time came for the secondinstall-
ment to be paid there were no funds avail
able, and up to the present date the
board have not been able
to draw from the treasury single dollar
for the erection of new buildings. Advan-
tage has been taken of the delay to me- ture
and elaborate the building plans, and to
study the improved methods of lighting
and ventilation. The report then says
that after careful consideration the regents
have concluded that the structures should
follow in the following order:
First-The farm house.
Second-The military building and gym
nasium.
Third-The engineering building.
Fourth-The museum.
Fifth-The library.
Sixth-The astronomical observatory.
It was at the same time further agreed
that so far as practicable the said build
ings should be grouped around the present
main building, and be of a common or
uniform size; also to be heated from
common source, if practicable.
It is the ardent hope of the board that
the reasons which have deprived them of
the use of the appropriations have ceaseL
to exist, and that they may with the open
ing of the next season place two or more of
the buildings under contract.
The report calls attention to the failure
of the negotiations to purchase certain
parcels of land for a campus, for
which the legislature appropriated
$4,000, which was followed by pro-
ceedings of condemnation, which are still
pending.
The annual report Of the state geologist,
Prof N. b. Winchell, shows that this i'm
portant work has been prosecuted with
commendable diligence, and much valu-
able information furnished.
After mentioning the legislative au-
thority for the purchase of land for an
experimental farm, and the purchase
made under it, and the sale of
the old farm, the report says: "1t is the
intention of the board, while avoiding any
extravaganza, to equip this farm in such
manner as to make it in the highest de-
gree useful, and to render it a source of
pride and increasing interest and value to
the farmers of the state"
Referring to the fruit farm, the report
says the board are of the opinion that all
operations of the farm save
thore requiring seolusion and
q water exposure can hereafter be carried
on more economically on the experimental
farm, where they can be seen by students
and others interested. Some portions of
the fruit f6rm are not particularly adapt
ed to the purpose, and it happens that
those portions have become valuable for
building sites for summer residents, and it
is suggested that the legislature authorize
the sale and the application of the pro-
ceeds to other uses in connection
with the agricultural department..
The accounts of the treasurer having
been examined, compared with the vouch-
ers, and found correct, have been adopted.
| The present condition of the funds of the
university is as follows:
| Permanent uni versity fund at
interest. .................. $6O1 ,O32.71
Amount of cash on hand 49,. 14,282.85
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $615,315.56
No material changes have been made
in the regular courses of study since
the general reorganization. of them
in 1880, though the work of the faculty
has been increased by special courses.
In relation to the farmers lecture course,
the report chronicles it's success from the
time President Porter took charge of the
Agricultural college of the university, and
speaks Of the encouraging progress of the
evening industrial school, drawing school,
for young mechanics, voluntarily instruct
| al hu he hirdn io
in progress, and we'll attended.
The course in shop work is next
considered, With the disappear
ancs of the apprenticeship
system of training mechanics, the need Of
industrial schools became apparent, and
experiments made showed that by a course
of regular graded exercises in working
wood, metals and other materials, accom-
panied by oral and text book instruction, a
boy could be so trained that in very short
time he would be in possession of the foun-
dation principles and processes of all the
crafts. Schools of this sort are opening
up all over the country, and the board Of
regents, unwilling that the university
should be behind in this most important
movement, opened school in shop work
and drawing in 1881. An engine, lathe
and tools were procured, an expert me-
chanic and scientist were put in charge,
and very satisfactory progress has been
made.
The summer school, the report says, has
resulted satisfactorily. 1t cannot be e1-
pected that such advantages can be effected
without cost, and a hope is expressed
that the legislature will furnish
means for a continuance of
the courses, especially as the
university is pledged to adapt its work to
the service of the industrial classes.
In regard to the progress of the univer-
sity the board is of the opinion that the
institution has advanced as rapidly as was
consistent with healthy growth. 1t is
not merely the interest of the comparative
ly small percentage of the population
who can be educated within the walls of
the institution which is to be consulted. It
is far more the interest of the whole peo-
pie in perpetuating through them the
knowledge of the past, in diffusing the
results of science, and in transmitting the
accommodations of culture to the next gen.
Grafton.
The report was adopted, and the board
adjourned subject to the call of the presi-
dent.
Board of Public Work.