The Regents Meeting

The long looked for and niuch delayed meeting of the Board of Regents occurred Wednesday. A quorum did not arrive until afternoon, but the four regents present in the forenoon, Messrs. Kiefer, Barbour, Fletcher and Cocker, met as a committee at eleven o'clock, and, after discussing various matters that were to come up in the afternoon session, decided to grant the use of the gymnasium, under the care of the board of control, for the proposed indoor meet, to be held April 7. The arrival of Regent Butterfield made a quorum and the board was called to order at two o'clock by President Angelí. Dean Knowlton addressed the Board for half an hour on his recent official visit to the eastern law schools, the greater part of which was given to the public soon after his return. The Dean earnestly recommended as the duty of the Board, (1) to lengthen the law course to three years, (2) to increase the present Faculty to four resident professors and the necessary assistants, (3) to enlarge the law library building, and (4) to bring about a closer lation between the law and literary Faculties. No action was taken on the report other than asking that the report be formally presented to the Board. Regent Kiefer brought up the matter of the homeopathie school, and reported that the two deans had agreed upon the use of the amphitheaters. Nothing, however, was done. The lighting of the gymnasium was given to Messrs. Billings & Drue at a cost of $250. It was moved by Regent Barbour to divide the library appropriation of $15,000 as follows: general library, SSn,000; medical, $2,500; law, $1,000; dental, $250; and homeopathie, Í250. The voluminous petition from the students relative to the ventilation of the library rooms was laid over. Mr. Reeves, at present superintendent of buildings, was made superintendent of grounds and buildings, whereby Secretary Wade will be relieved of much routine. The matter of heating the new building was discussed briefly, but was left with the committee. The question of an itidependent supply of water for the University was also left to a committee for investigation. The Board then went into executive sessïon, from which reporters were excluded, in which the most important business transacted was the raising of tuition $5 for students of all states and departments.