The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-15
NO CHANGES MADE NOW
TEXTILE SCHOOL TAKEN UNDER
CONSIDERATIONS.
AND IT MAY Be ESTABLISHED
Two Auditors Offices Abo ished and ResoIu.
lion Passed as to Over Expenditures
in Departments The New
Committees.

The board Of trustees of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College, at their
meeting yesterday morning, decided to
make no changes in the personnel of that
institution before next June. A resolu-
ton was passed to partially reorganize
the college at that time, making any
changes in the faculty and employees that
mary seem necessary The changes to
he made We're discussed in general
way, but no difinite action was taken.
There will perhaps be three or four
changes in the faculty and some depart
ments may he changed and consolidated.
1t was the sense of the board that while
the work of the college has been highly
satisfactory in some lines. as Il whole it
has hardly done the work mapped out
at its inception.
1t was brought to the attention of the
board that i'll some departments the APP
preparations rightfully belonging to those
departments have been oyerdrawn in the
run of the years work and resolution
was adopted that i'll such cases here
after the excess will be deducted from
the salary of the professor at the head
OF the department.
The offices of the two auditors of the
college, each of whom received $500 per
annum for going over accounts and
signing vouchers, We're abolished and
those duties were devolved upon the
President of the Board of Trustees with
out any increase in his pay and there
fore at no additional cost to the State
A resolution was passed after some
discussion yesting plenary power in the
executive committee of the board.
Messrs. w. S. Primrose, Ii. Il. Fries
and A. Leazar, i'll all matters demand
ing immediate attention, subject to the
approval of the board at its June meet
ing.
The textile school matter engaged the
attention of the board and while moth
ing was done with reference to it. the
board has it i'll mind as a possibility,
If the finances of the institution will JUS
tify it. after full examination. to take
steps looking to the establishment of Il
textile department in connection with
the college.
It was the sentiment Of lie board that
expenditures may he reduced i'll some
branches of the work materially. am
these funds, together with the aid cot
ton mill men have expressed themselves
as willing to give iii the way of ma
ehinery and equipment 10 make a begia-
ming of kind that will secure substaH-
tial recognition from The next Gen ,r;.l
Assembly.
The applications on file for places III
the faculty and departments were re-
ferred to the executive committee with
instructions to eyam,ne and repor. at The
June meeting of the board.
The construction of the sewerage sys-
TEN for the college was left to the SUI
peryision of DIR. Rogers, Prof. w. o..
Riddick and Col. Holiday to act with
the executive committee. The $1,000
loaned by the Legislature will be used
for this purpose.
Additional committees we've appointed
as follows:
Finance of College-W. II. Ragan,
chairman, j. Frank Ray. l'sxid Clark.
Experiment Station-W. &C. Fields,
chairman: J. b. Stokes, r Y. Webb.
Committee to confer %;th the com
mittee of the Agricultural Board-W. J.
Peele, chairman: l.. G. Edwards. Er
4. 4. Twitty. ]. w. Haldln. DIR. Matt
Moore and w. A. Witheii.. chemist.
Experiment Station and Grounds :
Frank Wood, chairman. T. j. Sincla'2,
A. Leazar. j. c. L. Ialris.