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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894
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PEOCEEDINGS OP BOABD OF TBUSTEES. SUMMARY, 1892-! TOTAL. 103 COURSES AND CLASSES. Agriculture, men Mechanical engineering, men.. Electrical engineering, men... •Civil engineering, men Mining engineering, men Municipal engineering, men.. Architecture.]^..... Architectural engineering, men.. Chemistry.. * ^ e n - : ; > - ; ; : : : : Natural h i s t o r y . . ] « « • ; — ; ; ; ; ; ArtanddesiKU.JMeji^........ Music, women English and j Men modern languages.. | Women. 29 41 79 94 92 7 1 99 15 54 231 10 ^-{fc:::::::: •::::::. ~ H women::::::::::::: Not specified } Women . . < Men. Total * M e n iotal | Women . 610 13 CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUCTORS AND SALARIES. I t is recognized t h a t you appreciate the fact t h a t t h e most important, as well as the most difficult and delicate duty devolving upon the board of trustees, is the proper selection and assignment of instructors. The university succeeds or fails according as the instruction provided is good or poor; it can best succeed only when the professors are the best obtainable and have the hearty encouragement of the board of control. Your action of last year in changing the term of service is believed to have had a very salutary effect, and if the present rule becomes fixed by long continuance still greater benefits may be anticipated from it. The exceedingly great importance of anything t h a t tends to inspire professors and instructors with a feeling of just appreciation, of due recognition of value of service rendered, and of stability of office, causes me to venture some suggestions as the basis of possible rules concerning the employment and salaries. I t is believed t h a t some rules may be adopted by you in this matter which will aid in your deliberations and which will make the onward progress of the University more surely upward progress. I understand it is a general impression among you t h a t the salaries now paid are too low; they are certainly lower than those of most similar universities in our region of country. I respectfully offer t h e following outline of classification and salaries : 1. The titles of teachers to be in order as follows: Professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors and assistants. n2. The full salary for these to be respectively: $2,500, $2,000, $1,600, $1,200 and $1,000. 3. T h a t professors, associate professors, and assistant professors be first engaged for one year, and, if at the close of this year the facts warrant
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