The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-23
WHAT THEY DID.
Board of Regents Finishes its
Labors Tuesday Night.
Vast Amount Of Business Transacted
Contracts for New Buildings street
to be MoYed-Abont Fellows New
Professors Elected designations ac-
cepted- White Pants for Cadets.

Professors Elected designations ac.
cepted-White Pants for Cadets.
The closing hours Of the session
of the board of regents at Parkers
! burg were full of work. The mem
bers worked like beavers and they
were able to get through on Tues
day night at midnight and they
then adjourned. They left at once
for their homes. DIR. Raymond came
in on Wednesday morning and was
seen by a representative Of this pa
per- He gave the full proceedings
of the board TO us.
Among the many things taken up
vas the location of the Mechanical
building and the sentiment was de
veloped on the part of the board tc
locate it some other place than the
one originally selected. However
they did not feel free to act and
placed the matter in the hands of a
committee composed of the President
of the Board, Regents Mcmahon and
Campbell, DIR. RAYMOND and Prof.
Emory, superintendent of buildings
and grounds.
The executive committee of the
board was directed to advertise for
bids and to let the contracts for the
three new buildings. 1t will take
about thirty days notice after the
bids are asked for and this will not
be done until the location OF Me
chanical Hall is finally settled upon.
1t was ordered that the cadets
wear white duck trousers as part
of the uniform in warm weather and
the amount to be deposited for the
uniforms was made twenty instead
of fifteen dollas from each member
of the corps.
Twenty three standing committees
to have charge Of the various inter-
ests of the University were appointed
and hereafter instead OF going before
the faculty for everything the proper
committee will be approached and a
great deal of bother and trouble will
be saved to the faculty. 1t amounts
to change in the manner OF manag-
ing the University.
Honorary degrees we're abolished
and the President was directed TO
make the announcement In the next
catalogue that hereafter no honorary
degrees will be conferred by the Uni
versity on any one.
The President was directed to APP
point a Fellow in Physics. Prof.
Hodges is badly over worked and he
asked for the appointment OF this
man.
The resignation of Prof. Keene from
the School of Music was accepted and
thePresident of theUniyersity together
with the President OF the Board and
Prof Ellenberger were directed to Sc
cure successor to him and also an
assistant In vocal music. This will
be done before the opening of the fall
quarter.
The resignation of Prof. Aldrich
from the chair of Mechanical Engi-
neering was accepted and resolution
Of regret was introduced and unani-
mously passed. The board loses the
services of the Professor with great
reluctance but they let him go because
he can do better in his new position
for himself than this State can do for
him.
The President Of the University was
given the power to appoint ten Fell
lows for the University year of 1900
81. No definite rule in regard to the
departments to which these are to be
attached was made and they will be
appointed where needed. The stu
dents can now be certain that again
next year there will be number to be
appointed to these positions and they
will work for them with the certainty
that they will be given out.
A contract was made with DR..
White providing for the removal of
the street on the lower side Of Com
mencement Hall to the southside of
the graveyard thus allowing all of the
University property on that side of
the road to be gotten together.
The President of the University
was allowed to employ member of
the law class to look after the law Ii
brary whenever it was ready to be
opened at salary of fifteen dollars
per month.
The matter of the election OF num-
Der of professors was then taken up
and the following business was trans
acted after which the board adjourn
ed.
Ordered: That Miss Lucy G. Dan
iels, A. NJ, University of Wisconsin
graduate, now instructor in Lewis In
stitution be and she is hereby appoint
ed Associate Professor of European
History, lat salary of 81, 10000 per
annum, to be paid from the Salary
Fund, salary and services to begin
October l, 1899.
Ordered: That DR.. John B. Johns
ton, University of Michigan, Ann Ar
Dor be and he is hereby appointed AS
sistant Professor of Zoology Cat sal
airy of 81, 200 per annum,) to be paid
from the Morrill, fund, salary and SER
vices to begin October /, 1890.
Ordered: That DIR. Otto Folin,
University of Minnesota be and he is
hereby appointed Assistant Professor
of Physiological Chemistry Cat a sal
AIRY of $1,000. 90 per year, to be paid
from the Morrill, Fund, salary and
service to begin October 1, 1899.
Ordered: That Mr.. James David
Thompson, A. NJ, M. s., of Cam
bridge University. England, be and
he is hereby appointed Assistant Pro-
lessor Of Mathematics (at a salary of
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