The Tupelo journal., 1912-03-08

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the affairs of the University OF
Mississippi, the report submit
ed by the committee W a $
adopted unanimously by the SEN
ate. Practically the same report
to the house by its committee was
also adopted unanimously.
The senate report follows:
"Mr President-We your committee
on university and colleges, agreeable to
a senate resolution passed in January,
have gone into an investigation of the
affairs and management of the State
University.
eve took a gread deal of testimony
in the investigation, which we had re
duced to writing, and, having to wait
for the transcript from the stenogra-
pher, it has necessarily delayed our re-
port several days.
"We visited the university on the tn
instant, and in making our report we
have had before us copy of the testl-
monv. given before the house commit
tee. of Hon. J. S. Sexton, former chair
man of the central board of trustees,
and that of l. C. Enochs, former mem
Der of same board, together with the
testimony of Chancellor Kincannon, Col.
names Gordon, present member OF the
board, and also member of the old board,
D. l.. Ross; Judge D. M. Kimbrough.
Col. J. w. Falkner and w. u. Porter,
taken at the university. together with
the signed statement of Mr.. Austin and
M. Terry, and 9 have given a fac 8
and testimony fair and impartial at
tention, and beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
FINANCES CHIEF TROUBLE.
s.Your committee realizes that uni
versity life, trend and thought are the
product of ages, and in this day OF ed
v,cation advancement, we would natur-
ally expect board of trustees OF a
GREAT university which has fifty years
of history to it's credit to try and do the
hest for the institution possible. and we
find that the demands on our university
have been great, and financial embar-
rassment seems to prevail. We quote
.eror, the board in this matter as fol-
lows:
"It is stated in the Mississippi off
cial register that the "total income OF
the university has been smaller than
that of any of the thirty five state uni
versities. except five, and while we
have not taken the trouble to verify
+his statement, it is doubtless true that
the university has suffered in the past
for the want of sufficient funds to do
university work, but it is only due to
the truth to say that more liberal spir-
it has ben exhibited toward the unlver-
sity by the legislature of the state with
in the last few years, and if this policy
is continued and the resources OF the
university watched and husbanded as
they should be, it is hoped that this en-
barrassment may be permanently re-
Jieyed.
Your committee wishes to call your
to the recommendation which
viii be found at the bottom of page
60, made by the central board of trus
tees in their report, now on the desks
of the members, to relieve the univer-
sity of this burden.
ALL BOOKS BALANCE.
I'VE had before US the books and
.audits and examined the auditors re-
ports concerning the last two years OF
the administration, the first audit being
made by C. J. Moore, and the last be-
ing made in December, last, by }. r.
Parks of Memphis. We find that the
reports of the two auditors, together
with the books of the secretary and the
hooLs IF the treasurer, together with
tho nrinted reports of the university on
the desks of the legislators, all balance
TO a cent. In this connection we beg
RI call YOUR attention to that part OF
the report of the central board OF trus-
tees. signed by each member thereof,
az found on page 81 of their report to
this session of the legislature, which
statement your committee approves,
and which reads as follows:
Reports of the presidents and the
sooretaries and treasurers of the sever
al institutions.
.s.The chancellor of the university,
the president of the Mississippi Indus
trial Institute and College and the pres
ident of the Alcorn Agricultural and
Mechanical College have each filed an
exhaustive report covering the work
ing of the institutions over which they
preside, respectively, for the biennial
period ending June 80, 1911, and these
re ports have been printed for the infor-