Board of Regents, Minutes, 1884-1890

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Committee on University amd Library recommend that Dr. J. T. Duryen of Omaha be invited to deliver the baccalaureate address in June and that sufficient funds be appropriated to defray the expenses. J. T. Mallalieu, Leavitt Burnham. On motion the report of the committee was recieved and adopted.

A communication was recieved from professor G. E. Barber, asking for a leave of absence from May to September 1889, and on motion it was Ordered that leave of absence be granted to professor Barber as requested, from May 1st. to Sept. 20 1889, providede that he make satisfactory arragements with the acting Chancellor for the continuation and completion of his work during his absence.

On motion the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, that the Steward be and he is hereby authorized to draw from the SState treasury the balance of money appropriated in 1887 for the support of the University, less the amount appropriated for to the payment of outstanding bills and claims when presented and properly authenticated; also that there is hereby appropriated from the legislative appropriation of 1889 a sum sufficient to pay salaries due monthly, foreign accounts, incidental and other necessary expenses arising between April 1st. and July 1st. 1889, and that the Steward is hereby authorized to draw from the state treasury money sufficient to pay said foreign accounts and incidental expenses from the proper items in said legislative appropriation of 1889.

Regent Mallalieu was excused from the meeting at this time.

After recess.

April 10th, 1889,

The Board reassembled at 2 o'clock p.m. pursuant to adjounrment of this morning. Present, Regents Burnham, Gere, Hull and Roberts. Absent, Regents Davis and Mallalieu.

A communication was recieved and read from the students athletic club relating to the use of a room in the armory building.

The Steward called attention of the Board to the necessity of making further and better provision for carrying on the work of public improvments, boiler house, steam heating plant, completion of Grant Memorial Hall- appointment of committees therefor &e.

Resolved that the sum of fifty dollars be appropriaated from any money of the University available of the appropriations of 1887-9 to pay Mr. Chowins upon balance for fitting up Chancellors, Stewards. Directors and Treasurers offices, and that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated from available funds of the agricultural experiment station to assist in the payment of balance due on such equipment and the completion of the same.

On motion the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, that the athletic association of the University be granted use of a room in the basement of Memorial Hall, under such conditions as may be agreed upon in conference with the acting Chancellor and the Steward.

The finance committee submitted the following report: Your committee on finance to whom was reffered the report of the Director of the experiment station have had the same under consideration and would recommend as follows:

1. that the resignation of Dr. F. S. Billings investigator of animal diseases, be and is hereby accepted, his connection with the experiment station to cease from and after June 30th, 1889. 2. That Dr. Billings be requested to make a final report, which shall consist of a concise statement of his work during the bi-ennium just closing, said report to cover not to exceed four hundreed and fifty pages 8vo., usual form and style, fifteen hundred copies of which to be issued as regular station bulletins. 3. That there be appropriated out of station funs the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, to pay for office furniture and fixtures Directors office, and fourteen dollars for collection of fungi for the experiment station. 4. that further consideration of said report (of Director) be defered until the annual meeting in June.

M. J. Hull, Leavitt Burnhma of the com't.

I concur in the above report with excpetion of accepting the resignation of Dr. Billings.

Goe. Roberts of the committee.

On motion the report of the committee was recieved and adopted.

On motion the following resolution was adopted: Whereas, the appropriations for the support of the University for the coming two years are a material reduction from the estimates of the Board of Regents, and the retrenchment is necessary in the current expenses of the various departments therein,