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Page 226 - Besides many other important powers and duties, the regents have power to incorporate, and to alter or revoke the charters of universities, colleges, academies, libraries, museums, or other educational institutions ; to distribute to them funds granted by the state for their use; to inspect their workings and require annual reports under oath of their presiding officers ; to establish examinations as to attainments in learning and confer on successful candidates suitable certificates, diplomas and...
Page 453 - ... regents. Regents are elected in the same manner as United States senators; they are unsalaried and are the only public officers in New York chosen for life. The elective officers are a chancellor and a vice-chancellor, who serve without salary, and a secretary. The secretary...
Page 454 - Students receive from the state library staff, in return for services rendered to the library during their two years' course, careful training in library economy, bibliography, cataloguing, classification and other duties of professional librarianship. 5 State museum — including all scientific specimens and collections, works of art, objects of historic interest and similar property appropriate to a general museum, if owned by the state and not placed in other custody by a specific law...
Page 453 - ... workings and require annual reports under oath of their presiding officers ; to establish examinations as to attainments in learning and confer on successful candidates suitable certificates, diplomas and degrees, and to confer honorary degrees. They apportion annually an academic fund of...
Page 454 - Regents, and also credentials or degrees conferred on examination. 3. Extension. — Including summer, vacation, evening, and correspondence schools and other forms of extension teaching, lecture courses, study clubs, reading circles and other agencies for the promotion and wider extension of opportunities and facilities for education to those unable to attend the usual teaching institutions. The most important part of the movement is provision of the best reading for all citizens through the public...
Page 415 - Three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.