The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-01

geology 5000. adjunct professor OF chem
istry 5000
O. For water supply. piping, standpipe.
etc. 20 secure better protection from fre
TO give adequate water supply for labora.
tories. campus and University hail and
gymnasium. S15.O0.
a. For the erection and equln@ent OF
gymnasium for the young men ~ the uni
5. For woman's building to afford cp-
portunitles for teaching the young women
of the university music. art and domestic
economy and giving them cheaper living
as well ms afford u home for the sncial life
Of the university. $4,000
g. Estimated cost for architects plans.
superintendence etc, $500.
II Is proposed that items 3, and : above
will be expended In two years. making
$4,000 per annum, while items | and s.
will he expended the FIRST and second years
Item /. the heating plant for University
hall, has already been put In and the hall
has had the use Of it for the present win
Item appears TO be demanded ms part
of the natural growth and development OF
the university. and the rapid Increase In
Item q is imperative in order to secure
an adequate water supply for the building,
laboratories and campus OF the university
item Is a much needed Improvement
for the comfort aud health of the student
body. A separate building. properly light
ed and ventilated, with baths and modern
equipment should be provided for the
young men Of the university. II is be
iieved TINT nothing would prove more
healthful for the students and helpful 10
the university than adequate and wise pro
vision for the physical training ana ra
tioual exercise of all the young men ana
young women in the institution. Besides
the present ufiinvitng and inadequate
quarters now used for q gymnasium FOR
young men. IS badly needed by the unlver-
sity for storage purposes. for which 1t is
much better suited.
building for the young women OF the Uni
ycrsity upon the campus. The two rooms
now occupied In the main university bulld-
ing as n study room and girls gym
nusium besides being Inadequate to meet
fully the purposes for which they are now
used, are and win be needed for other uni
versity purposes. A woman bulldlnS Is
believed to be essential for the comfort,
health, economical living and training OF
the young ladies OF the university, ana
should be erected and equipped without
further delay. Such building would
serve as a home for the necessary social
lie Of the Young women, and by reducing
the cost of board and lodging would bring
the advantages of university education
within reach Of very large number or
girls Of moderate means who AT present.
by reason of the great expense, are unable
We are therefore of opinion. and 50
recommend, that the requests OF the re
gents that they be allowed TO pursue
fixed policy of devotlng for the hetterment
and upbuilding of the university substan.
TALLY the income received from their land
leases to the construction OF permanent
improvements, should be granted by the
legislature and that sufficient sum
shou,u he appropriated from the general
revenue for support and maintenance to al
low this necessary Improvement to meet
the growing needs of the university.
The Medical Branch.
Your committee, realizing the length to
which this report is reaching. VIII r.
train frolu going SO much into detail In
treating OF this institution
70 ms - n n @
building and found its condition TO be
worse than we anticipated. The school Of
pharmacy and the chemical laboratory, Dc
cupying rooms on the first floor, suffered
greatly. barely enough fragments being
collected to carry on the work of the pres
ent session. Sheets of salt water were
whipped by the furious wind through every
loom in the building, with the result that
scales, microscopes and other metallic con
trlvances were so injured so as to render
them unfit for use. No department Of the
college escaped, the loss being fully 90
per cent of the property used In the In
struction Of classes. The walls Of the col
legc building did not sustain serious In
jury and with nominal expenditure can
be relnstnted as they were before the
storm. The structure was unroofed and by
money advanced from private source
temporary repairs were made SO that the
regents were enabled to open the present
session several weeks later than. the reg
ulnr time. In spite OF this serious hindrance
the attendance this term has been but few
short of that Of the previous year. show
ing concusively the esteem in which the
institution is held throughout the State.
TO repair the medical college building
S23 1854: to repair the losses in the
schools of ANATOMY, pathology, chemistry.
gynecology. $4947 .0S: to replace the dam.
age done TO university hall. S10,456 81; 10
replace the furniture lost or ruined
S143S12 In addition to this the regents
are bound for the reimbursement of Sl3.-
600 advanced 10 make temporary repairs.
so that the college could he used for the
the fee of $500 for the supervising archi.
tect amount to S55.0O0 In round numbers
which represent necessary and absolute
immediate needs. and should be appro.
printed. The work viii he done under this
direction OF the board of regents. Respect.
fully submitted.
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