MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESDec. 13, 1904 - page 283



      A petition was presented however, last June to the
Board signed by almost the entire student body - appointees
and non appointees - requesting that the gymnasium fee of
$5. be charged all students, both county appointees and
non - appointees, and that two fifths of the gross collect-
ion be given to the Athletic Association in order to meet
their expenses, the remaining three fifths to go to the
College.


      The Board, believing that the College would lose nothing
by this arrangement and that the Athletic Association would
be assured a considerable income thereby, acceded to their
request.


      When the suit was decided against the College, involving
the return of the gymnasium fee, $5, collected from County
Appointees, the Athletic Association claimed that they were
entitled to two fifths of the fees collected from the non-
appointees notwithstanding the fact that the conditions on
which the Board agreed to give them two fifths of the gross
amount collected no longer existed.



      The treasury of the College is therefore worse off by
several hundred dollars than it would have been if the
petition had not been presented.


      Our efforts to increase income have, therefore been
frustrated to a degree that could not have been anticipated.



      I respectfully commend these matters to your careful
consideration.