Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-06-14
REGENTS MAKE MANY CHANGES
IN FACULTY Of STATE COLLEGE
Salary Increases Aggregating $4,000 Granted
Appointment of Bender as Athletic Coach
Confirmed. New Professors Chosen

son, who will make his future home
In Los Angeles, where he has ac-
cepted a position.
Mr.. w. T. Mcdonald of the de-
partment of animal husbandry, will
enter upon his duties in the bureau
OF animal husbandry Of British Co
lum bia the present month. Mr.. Asa
Don Dickinson, librarian, has al
ready gone to take a prominent posi-
ton with the Doubleday, Page Pub
fishing company of Garden City,
New York. His probable successor
will be Professor Wilson of the Lii
brary School of the University of IL
linois.
Mr., II. E. Taylor of the mining de-
partment, whose speciality is coal
mining, has accepted a position
under Mr.. George w. Evans, whose
degree was granted this year but
who had completed the essential part
of his course in the year 1904. Mr..
Taylor receives salary of $3.50 a
month and expenses. Mr.. Evans. it
is understood, receives $1,000 a
month and expenses. They will con-
duct a coal investigation in Alaska
for wealthy foreign syndicate.
The board of regents recorded
their approval of the paving of Cam
pus avenue abutting the College
campus and their willingness to pay
one-half of the cost of such improve
ment. President Bryan was author
lied and directed to advertise for
years supply of fuel to be awarded
at the next regular meeting of the
board.
The annual report and budget of
the president of the College was
adopted. The estimated resources
available up to April list, 1918. are
1907, 341.30. Appropriations were
made aggregating $195,2S5.1O. The
chief items were: Salaries, S92,-
070.30; operating expenses, $32,-
OPT; departm entail appropriations,
etc, $71,1S7.60. This does not in
clude the receipts from several de-
partments which are also appropri-
ated for the maintenance of the de-
partments from which they arise,
nor does it include the surplus of
the College fund devoted to the
nf
work on which is now under way;
nor does 1t include the receipts and
disbursements of the Experiment
station
regular rule relative to sum-
mer vacations was adopted. An
other rule passed provided that any
notification of members of the fac
ulty relative to designations must be
presented within one month after
the June meeting of the board.
otherwise the member will be held
to the contract to the close of the
following academic year.
A sum of $1,000 was appropriated
for the reconnaissance of the timber
lands belonging to the College in
Western Washington, which will be
conducted under the chief of the for
estry work at Pullman, Professor
George L. Clothier His staff will
be composed of forestry students of
the College.
In reference to the increase of the
salary for President Bryan from
$4,000 to $4,000 and the raising of
the salaries of other faculty men,
bers, R. c. McCroskey, president of
the board of regents, said to a rep
resentative of The Herald:
For many months we have had
under consideration the question of
increasing the salaries of members
OF the faculty in order to partially
equalize the offers of better pay
coming to them from other institu-
tions. and decided that such action
was not only simple justice but an
absolute necessity, If we wanted to
keep our best men. For instance,
for several years strong pressure has
been brought to bear on President
Bryan to accept the presidency of
the Iowa State College at a salary of
$500 and a completely furnished
residence. While he had declined
the proposal and had not asked for
an increase in salary, we considered
1t only right to recompense, at least
in part, the personal sacrifice which
he made to continue his work here
and the same argument applied to
other members of the faculty.