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The basement walls, on the outside, and the corridors, have been painted as authorized; but the work on the outside of the main building (the cornice and the cupalo) has not been undertaken, on account of the necessity for retrenchment in our expenditures, apparent as the year progressed. The sidewalk on the west side of the grounds, leading to the shop and experimental farm, has been completed. A building, to be used as a green-house, is now in course of construction upon the University grounds, which, owing to the lack of funds at the disposal of the committee, and the apparent propriety, has been placed under the direction of the Committee on Horticulture. The building is now in a good condition of repair, and the grounds under good cultivation. All of which is respectfully submitted. M. C. GOLTRA, Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds was accepted. Prof. Powell was here introduced, and stated that the plants collected have already been properly put up and delivered to the University, by Dr. Yasey, and that the labor of sorting, classifying and identifying the specimens in several other departments was now in progress, but that some time must elapse before this work could be completed, as some of the specimens must be sent to distant places, and some even to Europe, for identification; that a collection of eighty or ninety mammals, embracing a grizzly bear and many of the most important animals of the Hocky Mountains, would be included. The specimens promised from his own private collections were ready to be delivered whenever called for. He added that another expedition was in contemplation, to explore some additional territory, and expressed a wish that the University should again participate in the expenses and the results. On motion of Mr. Blackburn, it was

llesolved, That we have heard with satisfaction the statement of Prof. Powell, in regard to the collections designed for the University, and refer the same to the Committee on Library and Cabinets.

R E P O R T FROM COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AND COURSE OF STUDY.

The Regent presented the following report from the Committee on Faculty and Course of Study:

The Committee on Faculty and Course of Study, to whom was referred Mr. Edwards' propositions, respectfully report as follows : In the wide difference of views between men who are all equally earnest to promote true industrial eduction, the only appeal left us is to the law. Some