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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 1. 1897 - page 103-104



      The annual " Budget- " ( estimates for deportments)
was referred to the Committee on appropriations.



      The Reports of the Business Agent and Treasurer were
referred to the Committee on Finance without reading.



      General Buell read the report of the Committee on
Internal Expansion, which was to be taken up on special
order at 10 A. M. June 2.


      Adjourned to meet at 9 A. M. June 2.



      The Board of Trustees met in the Presidentfs room
in the College building at 9 A. Ml. June 2, 1897.

      Present:                     J. T. Gathright,  Chairman
                                   Boswell,
                                   Buell,
                                   Green,
                                   Hines,
                                   Hobson,
                                   Kennedy,
                                   Matthews,
                                   Patterson,
                                   Peak,



      On motion of Mr. Green ordered that the Chairman
appoint a committee of three to draft suitable resolutions
in memory of Dr. R. J. Spurr. Chairman appointed Mr. Green,
President Patterson and General Buell.



      On motion ordered that authority be given to the
President to confer upon the following students the
degrees indicated respectively in connection with their
names.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 - page 104-105



William Raymond Allen,       A. B.
Robert Lee Gordon,           A. B.
Arthur Lee Hicks,            A. B.
Robert Lee Pope,             A. B.
John Scott,                  A. B.
James Orlando Harrison Simrall,      A. B.


Elizabeth Cassiday,          B. S.
Mary Eva Clarke,             B. S.
Joseph Christie Frazer       B. S.
John Thomas Geary,           B. S.
Clara Brooke Gunn,           B. S.
James Harry Hendren,         B. S.
Barbara Susan.MecHargue,     B. S.
George Matt Morgan.          B. S.
Logan Hocker Warner,         B. S.
Martha Ripperdan White,      B. S.


Henry Clay Anderson,         B. M. E.
George Frederick Blessing,   B. M. E.
Samuel Archibald Bullock,    B. M. E.
William Henry Collier,       B. M. E.
Samuel Carruthers DeBow,     B. M. E.
Berkley Wilson Duck,         B. M. E.
William Adolphus Duncan,     B. M. E.
Thomas Conway Kelly,         B. M. E.


George Crutcher Downing,     B. Ped.
Lulu Searcy,                 B. Ped.


William Appleton Beatty,     M. S.
Mary LeGrande Didlake,       M. S.
Graham Hawes Kemper,         Mv. S.
Hattie Hocker Warner,        MX. S.


Elizabeth Whittington King,  A. M.



John Theodore Faig,



M. E.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2,, 1897 - page 105-106



      Ordered " that the following faculties, viz: The
classical, scientific, Civil Engineering,iechanical
Engineering, and Normal school faculties be and they are
hereby directed and required to hold monthly meetings under
the chairmanship of their respective Deans. Said faculties
shall elect a Secretary who shall record and keep the records
thereof, which records or minutes shall in connection with
the proceedings of the General Faculty be submitted to the
Board of Trustees at the regular meeting thereof.



      The President of the College stated that Professor
Miller had asked for a leave of absence to attend a meeting
of Geologists to be held in St. Petersburg, at some time
in September.



      At 9:35 A. M. All members of the Board were present.



      Ordered that Professor Millers application for leave
of absence be referred to the Committee on Internal Expansion
with instructions to report on what conditions said leave
may be granted and that the Committee also report a
rule governing all absences.



      Mr. Flournoy read the following:

      "1 The Committee on the President's Report beg to
report to the Board of Trustees as follows:

      They congratulate the President on the condition of
the College during the past year as to attendance of
students and work of the faculty, and they join him in
hoping for an end of the business depression and in believing
that with better times increased prosperity and usefulness
will come to this Institution.




 






MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 - 106-107



      Owing however to the dubious outlook for better
times we recommend that the request for the erection of the
building for Natural Sciences be refused. We deem it only
the part of business prudence to avoid indebtedness or
increased expenditures at the present time. We do not
doubt but that this building is needed, but we think our
means do not justify its erection at present. We would rather
recommend that out of the interest fund to be paid by the
State, enough be appropriated to put our existing buildings
in good repair, and that the bAlance be unexpended until
warranted by brighter financial conditions.


      We recommend that the Board adopt the suggestion in
the President's Report as to giving assistants to Professors,
and therefore to refuse all such requests unless most
urgently needed.



      We recommend that all requests for increase of
salary by Professors or employes be refused.



      The subject of health of students being very fully
treated in the report of the Committee on Internal Expansion,
we refer the matter to the Board for action on that report.
But we wish to extend the thanks of the Board to Mrs. Capt.
Swigert, and to the contributors to the fund she raised
for hospital equipment for the students.

      (Signed)                     J. C. Flournoy
                                   D. C. Buell,




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 -page 107-108



      Mr. Flourn'y stated that one member of the Committee,
Mr. Spurr, did not concur in that part of the report
relating to the new building.



      Mr. Matthews moved to amend the report by striking
out that part relating to the new building.



      Carried by ayes and noes as follows:

      Ayes, Boswell, Gooding, Green, Hines, Hobson,
Matthews, Patterson, Peak, Spurr, and Todd.



      Noes, Buell, Flournoy, James, Kennedy, and Riddell.



      The remaining part of the report on President's
report was adopted.



      The question of the special order came up at 10 A. M.
after some discussion.



      On motion ordered the special order be postponed
till the building question be settled.



      On motion of Mr. Flournoy the report of the Committee
on Buildings and Grounds was read for information only.



      On motion of Mr. Spurr ordered that in-as-much as
a building for the use of the several departments of Natural
Science is indispensable for instruction, museums and
laboratories that $20000.00 br so much thereof as may be
necessary be appropriated therefor."




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 - page 108-109



      The report of the Co=mittee on Internal Expansion was
called as a special order.



      The report is as follows:

          I To the Board of Trustees

      The Committee on Internal Expansion submit the following
report.

      The Committee devoted a week from the 20 " to the
25" of April inclusive to as thorough an examination of the
college as so brief a period would allow; in which time we
attended a recitation in some study with every Professor and
Instructor with perhaps two exceptions. Still only a few
of the subjects taught came under our observation and it
would be idle to pretend that in the time allowed we
could have given an exhaustive consideration to the services
of the teachers and the proficiency of the pupils. But we
feel confident that wre have arrived at useful conclusions with
reference to both.

      We have found everywhere evidence of zeal and competency
on the part of the Instructors, and generally of good attention
and appreciation on the part of the students. If from our
brief observation we might refer to a lack of proficiency
in any cases, it would be in two history and Geography Sections,
and one Latin section in which the recitations were quite
imperfect.  But while the recitations were generally satisfactory,
we found room for improvement - we might rather say for -
reform in some other particulars. We noticed several cases
of irregularity and tardiness in the arrival of the students
in the section room and it did not appear that this irregular-
ity received any admonition or attention from the teacher.
In some cases it was no doubt arose from the detention of
the students in the preceding recitations. The removal
of this cause will be effected by enjoining prompt action
on the part of the Instructors.




 








MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,June 2,1897 - page 109-110



     The lesson for the next recitation should be announced
before the pending recitation commences, and the sections
should be dismissed at the expiration of the hour, without
an other word, whatever may be the condition of the recita-
tion. This rule should have no exception.

     The section marcher should at the moment of entering
the room report to the teacher whether the members of the
section are all present or not, and every absentee or tardy
arrival should be promptly reported to the President. The
tardy arrivals should also be admonished, and an absentee
should invariably be examined at the next recitation to de-
termine his proficiency. This rule is already in force in
some departments.

      We found a somewhat frequent disregard of the regulations
concerning the wearing of the uniform, and this irregularity
also seemed to call for no attention on the part of the
Instructor. Indeed we were informed in some cases that the
Instructor did not suppose it to be a part of his duty.
In one case four out of five members of the section
were in civilian dress.

      We found in most if not all of the section rooms a
mingling of the sexes, and an expression of companionship
which in our opinion is not appropriate in the College.
In one case a male and a female student were studying in
the same book when they should have been giving attention
to the recitations and the instructions of the teacher.
The seats or desks of the two sexes should be distinctly
apart, and on opposite sides of the room, and all conversa-
tion between all students should be strictly interdicted
during the recitation.

      In our opinion the College cannot too severely and
anxiously tax itself with the social atmosphere of its
Halls.




 






MI1NTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 -page 111



      We venture to suggest also that a degree of formality
is desirable on the part of teachers in their intercourse
with the students. To address a student by his sur name,
as Smith or Jones, is either too familiar or lacking in a
certain consideration that is not without a beneficial effect
upon the young. Even the youngest boy should, to the teacher
in the College be Mr. Smith, or Mr. Jones. Similarly the
addressing the female students by the Christian name as
Miss Bessie, Miiss Polly, etc.; is amendable to objection
on stronger grounds. Even the youngest Miss should, in the
College, be addressed by her surname, Miss Smith, Miss Jones
etc.

      The slightest taint of familiarity should be rejected,
in respect both to the training of the pupil and the dignity
of the teacher.

      It was shown to us that the prescribed recitation
reports are kept up, bit there appears to be some tardiness
on the part of some-teachers in handing them in. It is
inferred that the call of the President is not successful
in correcting this fault. The interposition of the Board
seems to be necessary.

      We think it evident that a vast improvement has taken
place in the Military Department under the administration
of Col. Swigert, which in turn has reflected upon the tone
of the whole student body.

      The Battalion organized into four companies and in-
cluding all of the able bodied male students makes quite a
creditable showing on drill, and out of ranks there is generally
a more seemly deportment and not infrequently a respectful
deference toward the officers of the College. And yet there
is great room for improvement in some respects which may
properly be pointed out in this report.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESJune 2, 1897 - page 112-113



      As previously indicated there is a quite frequent
disregard of the regulations concerning the wearing of the
uniform. It is observable not only in the section rooms,
and on the grounds, but also in the ranks on drill. We
noticed in one case a person drilling a squad or company
with his sword buckled over a civilian dress. The regula-
tiong is evidently not enforced. It should be the duty of
the officer of the day at section parade to report in writing
every student who appears out of uniform, and the teacher
to whom the student recites should do the same immediately
after the recitation hours. The student should also be
admonished on the ground by the Commandant.

      There is still much loud talking and disorder in forming
ranks and in the Academic Halls in marching to and from the
recitation rooms. The confusion is ever carried into the
body of the Chapel, and for some seconds after the call
for order e   Here if any where first, the reformation
ought to begin.  Strict silence should be rigidly required
from every student, male and female, from the moment of
entering the door of the Chapel until it is cleared
again. Every section or other formation should be marched
out of the building before being dismissed. Practically
there should be silence at all times in forming ranks and
marching through the Halls. The preliminary duties would
then be performed more promptly and much time' saved for
recitation or other duty.

      We have been informed that there are frequent cases
of withdrawal from the ranks to avoid Chapel services, after
the march has commenced. Here too, the remedy is to be
found in a closer supervision, and a stricter enforcement
of penalties.

      An other cause of confusion is found in the practice
in some cases of dismissing the students individually as
soon as they have finished their recitations. They loiter
about the halls and amuse themselves while waiting for
the next signal. And there is another serious objection
to this practice, no student's duty in the section Room
should be considered as completed until he has not only made
his own recitation, but thntil he has also heard all that the
other students and the teacher have had to say on the lesson
in hand. The simple statement of the evil points out the
remedy for it. It should be strictly prohibited and
discontinued without exception.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,June 2, 1897 - page 114-115



      In addition to the means already pointed out for a
more orderly distribution of the. students to their appropriate
duties the object would be greatly, promoted by the intro-
duction of a good cupola sounding clock and the sounding
of the bugle signals only outside of the Academic Building
for the formation of ranks. The bugle should never be
sounded in the Building. There are many good reasons for
the introduction of the clock and we strongly recommend
it.

      Our examination of the dormitory rooms exhibited various
conditions from a commendable orderliness, to a considerable
lack of it. The walls almost without exception were covered
with various sorts of pictures, some of them expressive of
refinement, some of them of a vulgarity suggestive of
obscenity, - as is not a little the custom in some forms of
business advertising, and some simply grotesque and stupid
absurdities employed by a vulgar taste for the same object.

      Upon the whole the effect is offensive to good taste,
and the fastening of the pictures mutilates and disfigures
the wal]s. There is no feasible discrimination to be made
between the various degrees of objectionableness to this
practice, and the nailing and exhibition of any sort of
picture or other fixture upon the walls should be
prohibited.

      Some of the beds were faultlessly clean and proper,
and some, often with only one sheet were of exceedingly
dirty. Every student should be required to sleep between
sheets and have them laundered on a certain day every week.

      In some cases dirty old clothes and shoes were thrown
under the beds, or into corners and carelessly covered.   In
several rooms the dirty slops were standing in buckets,
which evidently in some cases were used for other than
legitimate purposes. Of course all of the rooms are
supplied with single beds as the regulations require, but in
one instance we found the purpose of the regulation frustrated
by two beds lashed together and covered with one suit of
bedding, probably to economize in bedding or washing.
The regulation requiring the name of each student on the
orderly board, was found to be not always observed.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESJune 2,1897 - page 115-116



     The tables of the rooms held generally a greater or
less number of books, usually school books and in some
cases books in Standard literature. In one room we noticed
a copy of Ingersolts lectures on Christianity.

      Of course an interference with the religious beliefs
of the students is not to be thought of, if any one desired
it. But it is perfectly competent for the Board, to exclude
from the rooms any reading matter which would interfere with
the legitimate pursuits of the College. We regard all
religious controversy of a sensational description, -
indeed, sensational controversy of any kind - as being of
that character, and we recommend its exclusion by whatever
name it may be called.

      The walls of the old dormitory, especially, are in
bad order. They ought to be scraped, repaired and white
washed, and the wood work repainted. The old sinks in the
halls of the old dormitory are no longer in use and ought
to be entirely removed.

      In several rooms the inmates were sich with measles
and were shut in from light and ventilation, This objection-
able condition suggests forcibly the necessity of hospital
accommodations for students who are sick enough to be con-
fined to their rooms.  We learn that though the influence
of Mrs. Swigert, the wife of the Commandant, provision has
been made for the reception of such cases (non contagious)
in the city hospital, but there is probably a disinclination
on the part of the students to avail themselves of it, and
it is worthy of consideration whether an addition at the
east end of the old dormitory where it would be convenient
to food and attendance from the mess room and affording
accommodations for limited number of patients would not
be in many respects a more satisfactory arrangement.
Such an addition could probably be made for $2000.00.




 







MIN'UTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,June 2, 1897 - page 117



      The floors of the mess room and kithhen have not
received the repairs ordered at the last meeting of the Board,
and are very much in need of them.

      The refrigerator vault attached to the kitchen requires
to be thoroughly repaired - in fact reconstructed and
drained. In heavy rains it is flooded, and the walls which
were partly made by cementing on the earth are caving in.
It is in an unhealthy condition. The same repairs should
include the draining of the adjacent basement corridor.
The expense might be $30.00.

      The student mess is now operated under a system
recently adopted which seems to work satisfactorily. It is
conducted by a Board composed of the President of the Colleges
the Commandant of the corps, and other member of the Faculty
who acts as Treasurer, and two students chosen by the
students, - one of them as caterer and manager and the other
as Secretary. The Secretary collects and deposits the funds
with the Treasurer, at a fixed rate monthly in advance and
is allowed a small compensation out of the mess fund. The
caterer makes the purchases and manages the mess generally
and is paid $25 a month out of the college funds. The mess
is thus virtually controlled by the students under the
immediate supervision of the Commandant, and the auditing
Board as above composed.


      The tables are neatly furnished and set.   The fare
is ample and excellent and the students seem satisfied with
the arrangement. As far as we could judge from a not unex-
pected visit at dinner, the deportment of the students
is well mannered and orderly.




 







MINJUTES OF TPHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,June 2, 1897 - page 118



      The later closets of the male students are in a bad
condition.  Some of the water pipes leak, some of the closets
are out of order and throwh out of use, and the walls are
more or less covered with the inscriptions common to such
places when used by an indiscriminate public. The fault
lies first in the arrangement and location, and second in
the want of proper attention. A cellar is not a fit place
for such appliances which require a flood of light and
ventilation. The place ought without delay to be rebuilt
above the ground on a larger scale and better plan. In the
meantime the present structure should be kept in thorough
repair, and the janitor should be more capable or attentive.
He should be in constant attendance. He should enter a
closet the moment it is vacated, put it in order, and
efface every mark from the walls, in order that the
vice of an offender may not contaminate the next comer.


      The apartment provided for the females is more respect-
able, but it is totally insufficient, having only one closet.
Here too, more even than in the male apartment, the walls
were covered with pencil inscriptions, - the names of the
students, their preferences and dislikes among the male
students-, and the wit that belongs to such ill kept
places, though nothing of a gross character was observed.
Here again the fault is in the want of accommodation, and
the want of proper care. It should be the duty of the
Monitress to be scrupously observant of the apartment and
cause the instantaneous correction of any fault; and the
janitress derelict in these regards after admonition
should be promptly discharged.




 








MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,June 2,1897 - page 119-120



     It will not Drobably escape the observation of the
Board that much of the unsatisfactory working which we have
pointed out is due to the lack of efficient means of control.
With every allowance for the results that may be accomplished
by untiring industry, it must be admitted that the duties
pertaining to the Military Departmeent are decidedly beyond
the capacity of one man, and with the present arrangement
of that Department all of these duties are practically
thrown upon the Commandant. Yet he has officers and non -
commissioned officers who in theory are supposed to aid him.
But if properly performed, the duties of these positions are
onerous, and bring the incumbents into relations which
are never desirable for their own sake. In order to be dis-
charged efficiently there must be some incentive, and in
a mere routine state, the only inducement available to the
college is a pecuniary compensation to those who are called
upon to render service. We do not hesitate to recommend
in the strongest terms the adoption of such a system,
and to propose the following allowances per year to the
cadet officers, payable monthly.


      To Captains                  $150
      lst Lieutenants              120
      2nd Lieutenants              100
      Adjutant                     120
      Sergeant Major                75
      Quartermaster Sergeant        75
      1st. Sergeants of a Company   75


      Other sergeants and Corporals nothing except the
prospect of promotion if they deserve it. With an organization
of four companies the roll would amount to          $2000, a
year.

      it should be diligently and exactingly impressed
upon these officers that under this arrangement there will
be required of them a strict and faithful performance of
their duties - in quarters each being responsible according
to an appropriate assignment: A captain having a general
charge of his Comp~any with orders to inspect its quarters




 






MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2,1897 - page 120-121



      on certain days three times a week; a Lieutenant
to make a similar inspection daily, the Lieutenants re-
porting to the Captains and the Captains to the Commandant
who should himself make a careful inspection weekly,
attended by the Captains and Lieutenants within their
respective limits to receive instruction.


      To these should be added an officer for the grade
of Major as provided in the regulations, who might be
chosen from the fellowships to be suggested further
along.


      There is a general appeal among the Departments for
more assistants. It does not follow that these requests
are unreasonable because the number of students has not
largely increased but rather that there is a desire to do
better work. It is certain that forty or fifty pupils in
a section as is frequently the case cannot be properly
instructed by one teacher in an hour, and in some cases
with fewer pupils the laboratory duties are laborious. It
has been suggested by several of the Professors that the
bestowal of Fellowships upon graduating students who would
be glad to pursue a Post Graduate course would afford the
means of securing additional assistance at small expense,
and at the same time enhance the influence and attractive-
ness of the College. We concur in that view, and recommend
for the present the bestowal of two Fellowships for the
Department of Mechanical Engineering and one each for the
Normal Department, and the Departments of Military Science,
Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology, and Botany with a salary
of $200 each ($250 in the Military Department) and an
engagement on the part of the incumbent to give to the
College in the respective Departments such portion of
their time as can be spared from the studies which will
lead to a stated degree in the a stated time.   The Fellow
in the Military Department chosen to take the place of
Major in the battalion and assist the Commandant will
have more onerous and incessant duties and should
have $250 a year.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,June 2,1897 - page 122-123



      It is designed that this arrangement shall dispense
with the services of Prof. CNewman and Mr. Johnson. The
cast to the college will be the same as at present.


     We are the less loth to this action in regard to the
teachers mentioned, Prof. Newman and Mr. Johnson, because
the circumstances do not at this time promise them in the
college the advancement which they might reasonably
desire.


      Our attention has been drawn to the long observed
paucity of matriculates in the important Department of Civil
Engineering.  The number at this time is seven. AWe failed
to attend a recitation in that Department, but we conversed
with Professor Nelson, and were shown some of the work of
his pupils, which indicated a satisfactory degree of profici-
ency on their part, as well as a judicious and painstaking
system of instruction in the Professor.


      Of the ample professional qualifications and fidelity
of Prof. Nelson there has never been any question; but the
fact remains that his Department has not attained that
popular support which is desirable. We would by no means
say that this deficiency is altogether due to a defect in
management but we are of the opinion that there has been,
and is still, on the part of the Professor a lack of that
exclusive interest in his duties, which, if it had not led
to a more satisfactory showing in the condition of his
Department, would at least have inspired more hope in its
future progress. With,therefore, the kindest disposition
toward Professor Nelson we feel constrained to recommend
that his resignation be requested, and that the most care-
ful steps be taken to procure a suitable successor in
this Department.


      Prof. Nelson, suggests as a means of advertising the
College and arousing in the students an interest in his
Department, the occassional introduction of lectures
from College Prbfessors and Railroad officials. We think
well of the second proposition if a good selection can be
made, but not of the first.




 







MINUJTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 - page 123-124



     Professor Roark proposes to convert some of the
Lexington schools into schools of practice for his teacher
students, during the vacation, to instruct them in the art
of teaching. If he is willing to assume the additional
labor, and can make the necessary arrangement with the city
schools, the scheme would seem to be unobjectionable, and
perhaps advisable.


      Prof. Anderson wishes to extend his Department to
include a course in electrical engineering. We approve
strongly of the development that has been given to the
Department of Mechanical Engineering. It is doing more to
bring the college into prominence and attract patronage, than
could be accomplished in a very long period of mere formulary
training in Science and Literature, where the completion is
formidable in numbers and character. Electrical Engineering
is an other and a kindred branch of practical education,
which is taking a strong hold upon public favor, and
assuming great importance in the arts.


      We recommend that Professor Anderson's proposition
be adopted to as full an extent as the means of the College,
and the importance of other objects will permit.


      We have been strongly impressed with the gravity
of the calamity to which the college with its limited means
of replacement is constantly liable from fire owing to the
utter absence of any appliances for averting it. We earnestly
recommend the immediate introduction of a suitable water
pipe, and a judicious arrangement of plugs. The danger
here adverted to is increased by the character of the
roofing on some of the buildings. Some of them require
re-roofing at this time. We recommend the use of metal
for the purpose as fast as repairs become necessary.


      The quarters of the Commandant require repainting.
We recommend that the work be done immediately and that a
bath room be added to the building, and two windows opened
in the principal room in the east end of the house. These
improvements besides the painting might cost $50.00.




 







MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, June 2, 1897 -page 125-126



        A shed roof twenty feet wide and extending the whole
front of the old dormitory would add greatly to the comfort
of the students, facilitate some of the military and class
formations and relieve the Academic building from the dis-
orderly throng which is so serious an evil. We recommend
the construction of the shed this summer. With iron
pillars it might cot $400.


      Owing to the brief time to which we individually felt
it necessary to limit our inspection, we were able to make
at the last moment only a cursory examination of the Farm
and Experiment Station. The working of both appears to be
entirely satisfacbory and commendable and there can be no
doubt that they are steadily growing in favor with the
Agricultural interests of the State. The farm shows an
efficient outfit, and a well managed condition. There is
an old stable that ought for convenience and appearance to
be removed sometime, but for the present it serves a useful
purpose. The dwelling house, especially the woodwork requires
a thorough repainting, and respectable closet accommodations.
Its present outfit in this last regard, - a small rough
board structure in the back yard - is simply discreditable.
We recommend an appropriation of $100.00 for these objects.


      The east wall of the south dormitory building has
bulged perceptibly out of line and perpendicular. It is
said not to have moved recently, but such a mark of
insecurity ought not to be neglected. It could be rendered
safe by suitable iron rods running through the cross joists
for a certain distance, twenty feet or more, and fastened
to them or to a strong interior wall, with iron plates
for tie heads on the outside of the yielding