Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1880 [PAGE 162]

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25 skeletons, averaging each $15.00 Group of deer and antelope Mountain lion, mountain sheep, black tailed deer, $65 each 90 birds. 40 new species, at 75c 7 mammals at $8.00 Total ; $375 00 175 00 195 00 67 50 56 00 $868 50

Mr. Wild has taught a class of sixteen students in Taxidermy, and has now a class of 16 students in Osteology. As these studies are necessary to collectors and curators of Museums, it seems desirable that they should be introduced into the course in Natural History. The important work performed by Pro. Burrill and his students in Microscopy and in Cryptogamic Botany, deserves honorable mention. I ask attention again to the request of Prof. Burrill for a new objective of more recent construction and of higher defining power. The cost of the best objective will be about $70, and no other ought to be purchased than the best. The School of Domestic Science has slowly but surely won its way to public recognition, and I am glad to say that it is now attracting to instruction our best and most talented and thoughtful young women. It is also receiving the commendations of many of the best thinkers and observers among our publicists, men and women. The communication of Miss Allen will call your attention to two points, that of her rank and of her salary, which I ought, perhaps, in justice, to have urged upon your attention at an earlier day. The erection of the chair, with its proper title, is an act of justice to the University and the School, as well as to herself. In several cases already, in leading universities and colleges in the country, women hold professorships, which they fill with honor and usefulness. The question of salary, raised by Miss Allen, is in accordance with an understanding given her when she first assumed her place, and is now the more justly due her as she has spent her vacations and a large part of her salary in prosecuting special studies and making investigations for the benefit of her School, and for the improvement of the Calisthenic exercises, the charge of which was an extra burden laid upon her, and accepted by her out of regard to the general interests of the University, and of the young lady students. I believe that her requests will be regarded as so reasonable as to need no arguments of mine to support them. The increase of rank is asked to take effect at once; the salary is requested to begin with the next College year. The question of a Domestic Science building, and home for women students, is still in the hands of your committee, no favorable opportunity having occurred to bring it before the Legislature, if, indeed, it was expected by the Board that the committee should make such application. Plans and estimates have been prepared for a suitable building for the purpose, and some progress has been made in securing information to show the feasibility of making such a building self-sustaining. This has been kept in view as a cardinal requisite in the enterprise. I trust that it will still receive from the Board of Trustees the consideration which its importance demands. It is certain that some such provision for women students must ultimately be made, and the sooner it is made, the better for our work in this direction.

COLLEGE OF LITEEATURE AND SCIENCE.

This College now includes the School of Ancient Languages and the School of English and Modern Languages. These schools are under the chief charge of Prof. J. C. Pickard, Prof. E. Snyder, Prof. s. W, Shattuck, and Prof. J. D. Crawford, with the assistance of the several instructors in Science. The work of both of these schools is progressing satisfactorily, under the competent and earnest corps of instructors. As they are devoted largely to general education, they attract that large body of students who have not yet fixed upon their calling, or who seek simply a liberal education, for any and all purposes. They participate in the advantages of all the general collections and facilities of instruction, and have therefore fewer special wants to lay before you. The unattached and partial Schools of Designing and Drawing, under Prof. Baumgras, of Commercial Science under Mr, Y. A. Parsons, and of Military Science, under Major Dinwiddie, continue to work prosperously, and to lend their important aid to the other schools, and to the general work and order of the University. They have no special needs to be urged at the present meeting, but I call attention to the communication of Prof. Dinwiddie, Prof, of Military Science. The Librarian's Report shows the addition of 218 volumes to the Library since the last meeting of the Board. The purchase of books, from the State appropriation, has not yet been consummated, but the order is already in the hands of a dealer, in New York. J. M. GREGORY, Regent.

The report was received. Mr. C. E. Pickard's request, in regard to salary, was postponed to June meeting. Adjourned till Wednesday, 9 o'clock A. M.