The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-22

lean HfStery and Lecturer I'm For
The new board OF regents OF the Uni
verssty Of Washington held meeting
yesterday afternoon in the Offices OF
Wiley & Rostwick, Bailey building. The
regents present were rs follows: Clark
Davis. John p. Fay. James r. Hayden.
George III. King and President John
Wiley. The only absent regents were Il.
r. Hueston and David kellogg. Presi-
Gent W. +. Edwards, OF the university.
was also present at the meeting.
President Edwards reported that the
department. OF geology and nireraiogy
needed for the laboratory a number Of
supplies 70 finish out the present year, and
that the department OF biology was In a
similar need OF supplies. He recommend
ed that such supplies be secured at once,
which, on motion. was approved and or
dersd BY the board. One important Item
In the last order is one OF forty insect
cases. Prof. HIS assistant, Trevor KIM
caid, has been making a collection Of In
sects for the university and has thus far
secured 1890 specimens, which he has
temporarily placed in 80 cigar boxes. This
order viii permit this important collec-
ton being put In proper shape. az least
II VIII enable proper beginning being
made on a scientific arrangement of the
collection.
President Edwards also submitted an
offer from Rufus Buck. a graduate OF
Stanford university, Of collection OF ores
from Rossland. Il. c. He Is sending a
collection to Stanford university and
will send a duplicate collection TO the
University OF Washington. Mr. Buck is
now OF the firm OF Buck & Bouillon, min
fver sd ~g.r r~~gx- "
offer was accepted with the thanks Of the
board.
The president also submitted a preiirn-
mary sketch TO regulate the requirements
OF admission of students TO the univer-
sity, which was referred to the commit
tee on instruction
A petition. signed by eighty-five stud
ents. asking for the continuance OF Prof
J. NJ. Taylor as a member Of the faculty,
was presented and referred to the COM
mittee on instruction.
The committee on instruction then CUB
mitfed the following report:
Your committee on instruction begs
leave 10 report as follows:
Ffrst-That Edmond 5. Meany be ap-
pointed professor OF American history and
lecturer on forestry, 10 begin MAY l. 1857
Sccond-That = librarian Re appointed
who shall serve also as registrar OF the
faculty and secretary OF thu board 81 re-
gents at salary OF 81 900 per year. 10 be-
gin May l. 1897. and that Clark Davis be
appointed 10 that position.
Third-Thst professionally OF French
and Spanish languages he established and
that Miss Caroline II. oher ne appointed
as professor OF French ana Spanish Ian
guages. TO begin on August i. 1897"
The report was signed by Regeass Fay.
Hayden and Davis. II was fully di~russ-
ed. and finally adopted with but one dis
senting vote.
Regent Fay then submitted the follow
ing letter. received by him from Richard
u. Baker OF the firm OF Baker & Rich
ards of this city:
Enclosed please fna a notice regard
which. in ISIS. the writer became one 81
the ore hundred American subscribers
This map II being published IN parts
and owing 70 the character 81 the work
but few plates have been Produced and
probably Il will be one or tS.o years be-
fore the entire work 10 completed and
II viii give me much pleasure 70 present
this map 20 the University Of washing
ton, handing over Immediately such plates
ing the following plates IS soon as thsy
they are received by me. Having q strong
personal interest In this matter desire
to urge and ggpg N yen N, Hsr S;T % mis- rs
see that Il Is given proper place In the
library OF the university"
TIE fno American subscribers consist
mostly Of universities. colleges and scisn-
tfnc organizations. This contribution -
a great prize. and 10 is needless 10 add
that the hoard accepted the gift at once.
Baker.
The hoard then proceeded TO elect an
engineer fireman Waterman and ianl-
tor, 20 begin their services or May I.
1877. "a follows: Engineer. James Moran:
fireman. William Gillespie; watchman. T.
+ Pearl: Jsnitor, George Spray.
BY the action Of the board At yester-
days meeting two new members were add
cd the faculty Mr.. Edmond $. Mesny
has received uerited promotion. Hts
lie has been closely connected with the
university % Washington for nearly TWEEN
- wears as ne entered the institution in
ISIS at the age II fifteen as student.
graduating in lSS5. since then he has
served his alma mater in every possible
way Recently while serving IS secretary
o. the hoard Of regents and registrar 90
thu university he has been lectuyia~ 20
regular university classes on Northwest
err history and forestry. He Is mem
Der OF THE American Historical Society.
havinr ben recommended ~ Dr. Her
bert p Adams. professor o. history IN
Johns Hopkins university. and recently be
vas made a corresponding member q the
Minnesota Historical Society. BE has
Grant Memorial Association, which Is s.
tablishinx = department or American his
tovv in the university library. Pc viii
thus he tire ore % make most use % the
library ne has worked 40 earnestly % es-
tahlish ard suIl1 un.
Miss Oser. elected % the chair q French
and Spanish languages. has hs6 singyi-
lzriv valuable experience 20 81 her 20 per
form TIE wcrk desired ~ TIE beard o.
regents, who vere snxinuS n view %
the growing traSe With Central Amarfcar
countries. % give tire students tn IRE
university ths advantage q 4 training n
tsa Spanish language Besides many 9TH
~ opportunities OF perferrin< herSsis IN
T'ysnch ara Spanish. Mss OR vas for
three yeSrs employed T. tire government
ncrr~d schools % th@ Arxenttn. Fepub-
lie giving al instruction &c Spanish. tia
language ~ thst country. She l. most
"a xAly commens-s scr her work ard e At
present - charge e the spanish work 81
The tlxh scaeos ard commercial hsEn
schoci - san Dtsgo. Cal. and IL e-Fagsd
90 taEe French ard SPANISH classes tn
TIE Coronado sanner schcoL Miss 0tx~s
work n TIE university e@xsas wttA tie
~Asfazp August *