The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-14
REPORT SECRETARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Business Affairs of Colleges
Splendid Spirit Among
Faculties.

To the Honorable Board of Trustees
of the Higher Educational lnstitu-
tons of the State of Mississippi:
Gentlemen:
As your Secretary, beg to sub
nit the following matters for your
Information and consideration:
The Cost of Board.
The cost of board per month per
student at the A. & NJ. College for
the past session was $11.91; at the
Industrial Institute & College, S12.33;
at the University: Gordon Hall,
$13.05 and at Ricks Hall, where the
girls of the University are boarded.
actual cost and preparation of the
food enter into the cost Of board and
these items vary slightly at each in
boarding department of the Industrial
institute and College carries q. slightly
heavier burden than the other two
institutions.
Treasurer as Separate Officer
Should Be Abolished.
Section 5O29 of Chapter 146, Code
of 1906, provides for the election OF
a Treasurer of the Univ versity OF Mis-
sippi. / can not understand why
there is any more reason why the
Treasurer of the University should be
an entirely separate officer than why
this official should not be separate
one at any of the other institutions:
At the other higher institutions OF
learning under the control OF this
Board the duties of the Treasurer
are discharged by the Secretary, in
other words we have Secretary
Treasurer. 1t works satisfactorily
and we'll and prevents divided re-
sponsibility and relieves the intsitu-
tions of the necessity of making two
bonds. The separate office OF
Treasurer does not in the least IN,
crease the efficiency or the safety and
accuracy of handling the funds, !
therefore recommend the repeal OF
the said section 5029 and the enact.
ment in it's stead a duplication OF
Section IL, Chapter 3, Code OF 1Soo.
Appropriations: Biennial Should
Run From July to July.
If the Legislature could be per-
suaded to see the wisdom of making
the next appropriations for the High
er Educational Institutions of our
state cover a period of two and one
half years instead of two years. these
institutions would be relieved of what
is sometimes very embarrassing. SIT
uation. AS it is the appropriations
run from January to January, and 1t
is not infrequently the case that those
who are employed in these institu,
tions serve from two to. four and
and sometimes five months without
receiving anything on their salaries.
When we consider that in most cases
the salaries paid are small and tnat
this class Of men necessarily nVe up
to their salaries, it will at once DC
realized that the withholding OF sal
aries due for month or two may
oftentimes be exceedingly embarrass-
ing. To accomplish what is here sug-
gested would cost the state no more
The starting place would hereafter
be July l, instead of as now, January
/. The Trustees would then be In
position to know exactly what amour,
of money was available whereas as II
is they are compelled for one session
to make plans for a year when the
money for only three and one-hal1
months, from September Is to Jan
uary /, is in sight.
University Lands in
South Mississippi.
The Board is aware Of the fac
that the University Of Mississippi
owns approximately $4,000 acres o. o.
land, (cut-over) in the counties 0, o.
Harrison and Jackson. Whatevel
merchantable timber is on these iand
should be sold but am of the opinion
that the University will realize goo,t
interest by holding on to these land