The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-14
VISITORS REPORTED
UPON THEIR OBSERVATIONS At
THE UNIVERSITY.
THEIR VIEWS OF ITS NEEDS.
VARIOUS Recommendation Of
FERED THE TRUSTEES.

Board of Trustees Pronounced the
Report of the Board of Visitors
the Best 1t Had Ever Received.
Chancellor Hill Is Highly Com
mended-General Tone and Con-
ditiOn of the University Excellent.
Fraternity Chapter Houses Are
COndemned-TOO Little Interest in
Literary Societies.
Athens. Ga, June IS. - The
board of visitors to the Uni
versity of Georgia made their report
10 the trustees this morning. The re-
port was read by Prof w. NJ. Slaton
and was signed by himself and the
other members of the board, Prof. N.
H Ballard of Brunswick, Prof. E. H.
Handy of Marietta, Hon. A. ]. Nc
Dennard of Houston county.
The board of trustees pronounced the
report the best that had ever been
delivered to their body. The report
commends Chancellor Hill in the high
est terms, and also has words of praise
corning the moral tone of the uni
versity.
1t is the opinion of the board that
the character of the student body is
higher than at any past time in it's
knowledge. The enrolment of 1853 stu
dents this year is, in the opinion of
the board, demonstration of the wis
dom of the administration, the ability
of the faculty and the ever-increasing
regard in which the university is held
by the state.
The general scholarship is good. Bad
spelling. lack of neatness and ignorance
of punctuation is observed in many
of the examination papers, and this is
laid to the lack of proper training in
the preparatory schools. On the sub
ject of athletics the board say:
What Is Said of Athletics.
1--WE approve athletics wisely re-
strained. Excessive time and attention
given will injure the moral and intel
lectual tone of any institution. We
would like to see the entire student
body take systematic part in these
sports. In our opinion the Chancellor
did wisely in reducing the time allow
ed to intercollegiate sport, and we have
faith in his power to curb 1t further
when necessary. We recommend the
equipment of a gymnasium, it being
essential to the health, strength ana
happiness of the students"
The dearth of interest in the literary
societies is deplored.
The management of the Denmark
dining hall is highly commended in the
report. The recommendation is made
that the university employ registrar.
The university press is commended
as doing a good work in helping worthy
young men by furnishing them employ
ment at their spare hours.
The board disapproves the principle
of fraternity houses, stating that their
tendency to wrong is that they lead TO
debt, to neglect of studies and some
times to more serious evils.
To improve the military feature of
the university, the board recommends
that all officers, commissioned and non
commissioned, be required to take an
examination in military tactics after
appointment.
Many Recommendation Made.
A complete set of Georgia reports is
recommended for the law school.
Prof. Marion Dubose is recommended
as assistant in the department of Teu-
tonic philology and the English Ian
guage in the department of history.
Prof. Payne is recommended for an
advance from the position of tutor to
that of instructor.
A considerable portion of the report
was devoted to the Department of Ag-
riculture. 1t is stated that a great i'm
provement has been made in that de-
partment. In the purchase of an addi-
tional 56-acre tract of land adjoining
the university farm is recommended.
The board says on this subject that
the funds of the Morrill, bill have been
appropriated to the studies required by
the act. No part of the fund has been
used for the departments of Latin and
Greek.
Prof. ]. M. Johnson is recommended
for the position of instructor in animal
industry, and Prof. j. F. Hart for The
position of instructor in agriculture.
The report of the board of visitors
was referred to the proper committees
and will be given due consideration by
the board of trustees during the re-
naming days of their session.
The trustees took up the remainder
of the day in committee work and
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