The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-09
SLATE SELECTED.
The Regents Name John lie
COnte's Successor.

j. West Martin presided at yesterdays
meeting of the Board of Regents of the
State University. The other members pres
ent were Regents Houghton, Delmas,
Rogers, Stebbins. Phelps, Anderson, Kerr,
Bartlett. Croker, Miller. Wallace and
Beard.
The usual monthly bills were presented
and audited, and, upon recommendation of
the Committee on Buildings and Grounds,
the sum of $1,000 was appropriated for i'm
provements in the cinder track and on the
buildings of the athletic grounds.
An acre Of ground near the road leading
from North Hall to the students observa-
tory was allotted for botanical station, and
1t was ordered that all the portraits in the
assembly room of North Hail should be re-
moved to the Bacon Art Gallery.
DR.. T. b. Payne and Miss Mary Bennett
Ritter, NJ. D.. were appointed, respectively,
male and female physician, and were at
tached to the Department of Physical Cult
ure at joint salary of $1,000 per annum.
The other appointments included that Of
Theodore kalenburg as assistant in the
College Of Mechanics, at $500; E. II. Bar
ker as student assistant in the Department
OF Mining, at $50 per month; Frank Rich
ardson as assistant in metallurgy, at $50 per
month; L. j. Richardson, who resigned a
fellowship, as assistant in Latin, at salary
Of $1,000 per annum, and Charles Palache as
fellow attached to the mineralogists de-
partment, at $500 year.
LIE CoNTE's SUCCESSOR.
The most important action of the meeting
was the selection of a successor TO the late
Professor John LIE Conte in the chair of
physics. Regent Stebbins, in a euIogistic
address, recommended John Slate, instructor
in the department, for the full professor
ship, and at his request Professor States
appointment was made unanimous. The
salary will be the same as that received by
his predecessor.
The board granted the request of Profess
sor Rising for permission to establish
summer school of chemistry during the long
vacation OF 1892, and Instructor Ritter was
authorized TO lecture on biology in the same
course and to remove for temporary in
struction the appliances of the department
from the University buildings.
A conflict has arisen between the Regents
and the faculty Of the Dental College re-
garding the granting of degrees, and
special meeting of the board will be held
toward the close OF the present month to
sdjudicate the matter. Dr. j. II. c. Bonte,
Secretary Of the board, reported an irregu-
larity in the diplomas of the Dental Col
lege one Of which. although in blank form
had somehow obtained most of the neces-
sary signatures of the University officers.
MAY TURN A GRINDsToNE.
Some Of the students asked for $1,000 with
which to equip rowing club, but the petit
ton was promptly sat upon by Regent Mil
Ter. who believed that the undergraduates
could obtain the same exercise at a lower
cost by turning a grindstone.
The board then went into executive ses-
sion upon matters of internal admnistra-
ton. The appointment of a permanent
President was afterward considered, but
one Of the committee ON appointment
stated that no selection had been made.
Another candidate for the presidency is
spoken OF in the person of Warner Craig,
who was formerly Professor of Greek and
Latin in Baker University, Kansas He
has since been engaged in mining and mer-
camille pursuits in Mexico, whence he
has just returned. He is graduate of
Union College, and is spoken OF as a man
Of scholarly attainments.