, 1907-08-30
BROOKS
MEETS THE BOARD
of the government and the state along
those lines.
N%on-Partisan Board.


is interfering with the work of the
university, he found that politics in no
way entered into the administration
of affairs there. The recommendation
of a ~non-partisan board is not Of such
a primary necessity as to warrant
hasty action, but he felt that this rec
ommendation, above all the others
made by the commission, should be
most carefully considered. The com
MISSION admitted in it's report hat pol
itics in tie university had not in the
least injured that institution.
Would Establish Confidence.
According to the investigating COM
mittee's report, the governor said he
believed that ultimately, and on gen.
eral principles, a non-partisan board
would tend to establish confidence in
the state and that would be one of the
reasons for making the change. The
members of the board, he further said,
had been faithful to their charges, and
he could not at this time see any Ca
son to expect or desire the resignation
of the board as a body. In time there
will be opportunity to try the policy
of having different political parties rep.
resented upon the board, but from his
personal knowledge of the situation at
this time, he would not ask the resig-
nation of the entire board.
Proud Of the Secretary.
Speaking of DR.. Hebard, against
whom many Of the shafts of the enc
mics Of the university were directed
at the time of the appointment and
during the sessions OF the commits.
sion, he was glad to state that that
lady had come out with flying colors.
The committee had given her credit
for her hard, faithful and conscientious
work and a splendid recognition OF her
devotion to the interests Of the tnsti-
tuition. She had been thoroughly Via
dicated and her services are justly
recognized by all who have the inter
erts of the university at heart.
Advertising the University.
The governor said that n criticism
of the commission would =deser+s=tc
have recognition. That is the advertis-
ing to be done for the university. He
stated that other institutions Of like
character are being brought to the at
tention of the people Of the country and
that the University Of Wyoming should
be advertised wherever there Is the
possibility of a student for its classes.
The board should see to it that state
ments are sent broadcast, the merits
of the state school taken home to ev-
cry graduate of a high school in the
state, and that wherever possible 1t
should be urged upon the parents OF
children as the n desirable place for
securing a good education. Let the
board exercise are in getting Its re-
ports before the people. Make publ
cation of the financial matters and
take the people of the state into its
confidence. A great deal can be &C.
complished in this way.
In summing up, he said: Here is
the situation in a nutshell. All the
charges of graft and m~issappropria'
ton of funds have fallen fat; the
trustees are absolutely exonerated as
to any graft and misrepresentation OF
funds, and there is not a faint OF
c~rookedness in any part of the n
versity."
REIMBURSEMENT Of Lands.
Hon. R. P. Fuller, the commissioner
of public lands for the state OF Wyo'
ming, was present during the morning
session and explained to the board the
position of the state in the matter OF
the exchange of lands belonging to
the university. The state is inclined
to claim the right to make the ex-
changes, the constitution vesting that
right in the board of trustees, n In
l OTQeT 10 dtOlu COhARAANotAoAob 49,
~tacitly agreed that a friendly suit
should be taken into the courts OF the
state and the matter settled for all
time.
BY the act of congress OF March i,
the university is allowed to make ex'
change of certain state lands for 9th
ers. Some of these lands to be relin
quished lie in townships 10 and ~,
ranges SO and "a, and others near Co
dy, in the northern part of the state
The deeds of transfer in this relin-
quishment form the slight bone Of
contention between the state n the
board, the state holding that the board
in making a deed from and to itself
would prove an anomaly
Adjourned Until Afternoon.
At noon the board took recess unit
1:3O this afternoon, having disposed
lof nom Of the routine business. Mr.
burke is expected for the closing meet