Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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II BEGINNINGS OP THE UNIVERSITY men. Financial MfflStfcS dent Life. ^ ? ' w AKS£ ^£^^^m i The College n A d m i s 8 i o nand Woine f S S T Government <>* Stu- B u ? ^ ^ and Trustees. to£ m-f°^J n t h e aCt l 0 C a t o g t h e ™ * * I^us- s^K" •"V^ ^ V B* ^d Congressional and judicial district, ™ « n • ™ ° f ttM e o n s t i ^ d should hold its first meeting m March, 1867. The Governor, the State i h » l M t r n e t i o n a n d the head f STSZT ' ° *° State Agricultural Society were ex-officio Trustees, while ! h l ^ T T?" c h a i ™ a ° - l T h e employment of the clumsy term "Regent" was due to the fear of many that a conventional "President" would lust after the conventual studies of metaphysics and the classic*; one Trustee later introduced a resolution that "any member of the General Assembly is competent to hold nt B o J ZZf f R e g eW a S !f 0 D nhd* t 0»"mb«rt fOT " T composing the sZlt T^?' ° «rea *e- proper dispatch of business, and gave the chairman unusual power. The organization of the University was begun T M P I 7» a ^ e t i n g i n t h e H c m s e o f Representatives on March 12. The Regent's salary was fixed at $3,000, and a treasurer elected in John W. Bunn, who had h e l d ! 42
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