policy that any one should own any building on the University grounds, except the State itself. It should be borne in mind that it is very difficult to obtain the services of competent Professors, or to retain them in the service of the State, unless they are suitably compensated. The salaries now paid are not what they should be, but are all the Board of Regents have been able to pay. Many of the Professors have been in the service of the State for many years. They cannot hold their places unless they are not only mentally, but physically, able to perform their duties. When old age comes upon them, or physical ailments prevent them from performing their duties, the Regents have no other course to pursue than to get others in their places. Their pay should not only be sufficient to enable them to live comfortably, but to put by something for old age. or enforced idleness. The Board regrets, and will always regret, that they have been unable properly to compensate the members of the noble profession of teachers who have been employed in the State University. The Legislature at the session of 1901 appropriated $12,000 for the construction and equipment of a building of brick and stone as a Chemical and Physical Laboratory to be used for instruction and research in chemistry. This building has been completed and is now in use for the purposes of the Act of the Legislature. The building is constructed principally of stone from the old Prison walls near Reno. The accounts annexed to the Secretary's report will show how this money was expended. The same Legislature also appropriated $3,500 to construct and equip a building suitable for a hospital for sick students and those in need of proper care. This building has been constructed of brick and is ready for use. It is believed that these two buildings have been built at the lowest price possible, that they are suitable for the purposes designed by the Legislature and are a handsome addition to the equipment of the University. The discipline of the students is left to the President and Faculty, and necessarily so. They are the best judges of the proper rules for the government of the student body, and from the very nature of the case the Board of Regents have supported them in all reasonable. enforcements of these rules. It is to be regretted that any rebellion against the kind and paternal government of the President and Faculty should have ever occurred, but there is only one course to pursue in such cases. The student who, after due warning, continues to disobey his instructors, who refuses when in good health to attend on his Professors at the time appointed, cannot be permitted to remain at the University. Such breaches of discipline should be promptly punished, if after notice to parents, the students refuse to do their duty. Leniency in such cases is a mistaken kindness. A student is required to be of good moral character when he enters the University, and cannot remain there unless he continues so. It is difficult, when temptations to the young men are so numerous as at Reno, to prevent infraction of rules against intemperance and gambling. It is for those who hold licenses for the keeping of drinking and gambling houses to prevent any student from resorting to them. The Regents cannot employ detectives to watch students, and would not if they could. It would be too demoralizing to the character of the student. Boards of County Commissioners should be authorized to cancel the license of any one engaged in the saloon or gambling business who permits students to visit their places. The State will, at all hazards, provide laws which will keep such temptations out of the way of the youth of the State. It has been found necessary in the State of California to prohibit the keeping of such places within a mile of the State University. We are aware that the businesses affected are large, but those engaged in such business alone have the power to compel minors to keep away from their premises, and he who will not do so should be deprived by law of the right to conduct such business. The Executive of this State and the past Legislatures have always complied with the reasonable requests of the Regents. The University and its support are left in your hands with such recommendations as you may make to the Legislature. Respectfully submitted, J. N. EVANS, |