REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE TWENTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA, APPOINTED TO VISIT THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LOCATED AT AMES. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY! DES MOINES: GEO. E. ROBERTS, STATE PRINTER. REPORT. To the Twentieth General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Your committee, appointed pursuant to Joint Resolution No. 10, were ordered to visit the State Agricultural College, and after examination, to report specific answers to certain questions. In obedience to these instructions, your committee met at the College, and, after organizing, proceeded under the guidance of the President and several of the faculty to make a detailed examination of the several structures upon which the appropriations of the last General Assembly have been expended. As the result of such examination, your committee are able to report that in their unanimous opinion the appropriations have been expended economically and wisely, and for the objects designated in the acts of appropriation. The buildings seem well designed for their several purposes, and the material and workmanship have been good throughout. After due examination and inquiry, you committee are satisfied that no indebtedness has been incurred in excess of the appropriations. In answer to the fourth subject of inquiry, whether there has been any diversion of money from the specific purpose for which it was drawn from the State treasury, your committee are satisfied that there has been no such diversion beyond the intent of the law. The names and number of employes, and their compensation in money or otherwise, are shown in the following schedule furnished by the secretary of the board of trustees: S. A. KNAPP, LL. D., PRESIDENT, Professor of Practical and Experimental Agriculture. Salary, $2,500 and use of house. C. E. BESSEY, M. Sc., Ph. D., VICE-PRESIDENT, W. H. WYNN, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of English Literature, Belles Lettres, Latin, History Salary, $1,700. Allowed $100 additional for conducting A. THOMPSON, C. E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Superintendent of the T. E. POPE, A. M., Salary, $1,600 and use of house. Professor of Chemistry. Salary, $1,700. M. STALKER, B. Sc., V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science. J. L. BUDD, M. H., Professor of Horticulture. Salary, $1,800. E. W. STANTON, B. Sc., Professor of Mathematics and Political Economy, and Secretary Salary, $2,000 and use of house. D. S. FAIRCHILD, M. D., Professor of Pathology, Histology, Therapeutics and Comparative Salary, $800. C. F. MOUNT, C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering and College Recorder. Salary, $1,400. J. C. HAINER, B. Sc., Assistant Professor of Physics and College Proctor. MARTHA SINCLAIR, PRECEPTRESS, Instructor in English, French and German. Salary, $1,100. HERBERT OSBORN, M. Sc., Assistant Professor of Zoology, Entomology and Geology, and Salary, $1,200 and use of house. T. W. SHEARER, B. Sc., Assistant in the Chemical Laboratory. Salary, $400. |