Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-01-19

May p, 1914. The University today
stands as a fitting to his
distinguished services to the State.
On September s the Board OF Re
gents appointed as his successor
Archer Wilmont Hendrick, who
comes to Nevada with a record of
exceptional administrative achieN c
ment in other educational fields.
The institution is today enjoying
the most prosperous period OF is
history. The enrolment for the
first semester of 1915 is 343-an in
crease of II per cent over the enroll
ment for the proceeding year-ani
we cau justly claim that the Uni
vcrsity Of Nevada is on a par with
the leading universities OF the West.
This condition has been made PC
sible only by the unfailing liberailty
substantial endowments made by
the Federal Government and the
generous b~enefactions Of Clarence
Hungerford Mackay and his mother,
Mrs. John W. Mackay. The latest
endowment from the National Coy
ernment is provided for in what :
known as the Smith-Lever Bal,
winch carries with it an annual op~
propriation Of $4,000 to conduct cnT-
tain agricultural extension work.
This Act supplies the means for cOn
veying the results OF scientific in
| ve~stigation in the fields OF agriCul-
ture and animal husbandry directly
TO the people of the State by practi-
cal demonstration work. However.
to obtain the full benefits Of this e.
tension work, the Smith-Lever Act
| provides for the annual payment I o
the State OF additional sums pro-
rated to the various States on the
basis OF rural population and on the
condition that, after asserting trough
its legislature to the acceptance Of
the money under the terms OF the
Act, each State shall appropriate a
sum equal to the said additional sums
supplied by the Government. This
will entain upon you the acceptance
OF the provisions Of the Smith-Lcver
Act and the appropriation Of $4,5S7
for the current biennial period.
The budget of the University IS still
to be supplied, but it is recommended
that a special mileage tax levy suffi-
cient to provide necessary revenue
for the institution be made again at
yhl- session OF your honorable bodies.
The administrator OF various pub
liC-service departments OF the State
Is added by the statute to the duties
OF the Regents. 1t appears that the
best interests OF the State can be
served by consolidating these various
departments into one public-service
department with a single appropria-
ton for its support, and by delegat-
ing to the Regents and the President
! OF the University the duties Of its
administration.
There is pending in Congress at
the present time a bill providing for
national aid i'll vocational training to
be administered by the state u%niver-
sites, and it is probable that, from
time to time, Congress will pass
measures of this nature. Under the
present arrangement there is no de-
finite authority delegated to any
particular state official or department
to receive such Federal assistance.
1t appears proper that the Board of
Regents should be designated as the
proper state department to receive
such Federal moneys as may have
been appropriated in the past, or
which may be appropriated in the
future.
The State is the custodian of GER
tain trust funds created by the sale
Of land grants made by the Nation
al Government for the benefit of the
University The acceptance of these
Federal gifts was asSented to by
the State on certain specific terms.
A substantial reason exists for the
belief that these terms have not been
complied with by the state and that,
perhaps, as a result Of loose &C
counting methods, the trust funds
themselves have been impaired. This
is a proper subject for investigation
and regulation by our honorable
bodies.
No recommendations for other APP
preparations for specific purposes in
connection with the University will
be made at this time, the right being
reserved TO call your attention to
the views Of the Executive on the
subject during the session.
Nevada State Prison
The report of the Warden shows
that the penitentiary has been con
Quoted during the past biennial per
iod in a manner that leaves nothing
TO be desired.
There is, however, an urgent need
for additional cell room, if not a
complete change in the manner of
quartering all prisoners.
In line with the modern theory
that our penal institutions should
have their first and most import
ant object the reformation of those
confined within them, Nevada must
ultimately provide for the classical
ton and for the proper sanitary hous-
ing Of her prisoners.
Our present equipment requires
that two or more prisoners be con
lined in a cell. The cells themselves
lContinued on third paUel