White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-16

and which led 10 our Investigations.
We hope this report will prompt
a higher regard for citizenship and
a higher regard for the majesty of
the law. =
1t is evident that restrictions
should be placed on appointments
and that all deputies and clerks
should be qualified to hold their
positions without receiving their
tuition at the expense of the state.
To a large extent civil service rules
would be desirable.
One instance is the failure of the
Board of Capitol Commissioners to
appoint an additional Waterman as
provided for by the Legislature of
1911, which undoubtedly felt that ad-
d%itional protection was needed. How
ever, from the failure of the men,
bers of the board to agree on any
person the position has not been
filled and the state has been without
that protection which an additional
man would have afforded : =
The State University.
Our first subject of investigation
was the State University. This sub
iect was considered first for the rea-
son that more good could be done
there than in almost any other place.
The findings submitted are based
upon wor testimony and the reports
of certified public accountants.
1t must be said that the new order
of things at this institution bears no
resemblance to the old. Where un-
certainty and disorder prevailed or
+, der has been substituted and this
committee feels justified in saying
that the University can now be look
ed upon as a thriving institution.
Were 1t not for the fact that some
of the old traditions and manage
ment still prevail 1t would be well to
let the dead past bury its dead"
But for the good of all State insti-
~tutions W. append some of the dis
closures made.
At the outset it became evident
that If the same management that
controlled the States leading edu-
cational institution were applied to
a private institution, the bankruptcy
courts would have sounded its death
knell long before this. The evidence
adduced at the hearings show an ut
ter disregard for all business rules
and a carelessness that cannot be
condoned. This is accentuated by
the fact that all that is correct in
business life should be disregarded
in a place which is supposed to
teach these principles.
The present board of Regents is
doing good work, based upon the
wise provision of the last legislature
in making an appropriation for a
thorough auditing of the affairs of
the University, and the result of the
disclosure made by the auditors.
1t was discovered that there was
a d~eplorable lack of system. The
statutory rights of the Regents were
ridden over rough shod by the presi-
dent, and there is sufficient to show
that Regents have supinely submit
ted. The President had been at the
head of the institution for seventeen
years, and undoubtedly came to re-
gard the place as private property.
This resulted in a condition of af-
fairs that threatened the life of the
school and made it one of the cost
Hest, If not the most wasteful in the
country.
The auditors recommended hat a
comptroller be appointed to handle
all the financial affairs and suggested
a standard system of bookkeeping
to the needs of the school. The
position of the president in object
ing to the plan and his insisting on
a continuation of the old order of
things until 1913 is untenable.
Formerly ten sets of books were
kept. Bank deposits were scattered
all over the city, and the stub and
Cancelled checks formed the main
part of the bookkeeping. Liberties
were taken with government funds
until confusion refgned and II be-
came necessary to use all sorts of
means to correct the errors. The
true situation of affairs can best be
expressed in the words of the audi
tor, Allen Knight, in his report of
August II. 1912, two days before
DR.. Stubs departed on his leave of
absence:
90 = With all due respect
to your president, DR.. Stubs shows,
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