have at least 30 days' previous notice of such contemplated action, and shall, if he or she asks it, be heard in his or her own defence. The board must meet quarterly, and may hold special meetings at the call of the chairman. The State superintendent of public instruction must visit the university at least once in three months and report quarterly to the regents on its condition. University accounts, like other State accounts, must be passed on by the board of examiners before being paid. The following interesting legal provision is also worth noting, (4646, sec. 8): It shall be the duty of the president of the university to instruct in the university, and, under the direction of the board of regents, to manage all matters connected with the institution, to employ assistant teachers and servants, purchase supplies, and make monthly statements to the board of regents of all receipts and expenditures, supported by vouchers. CONSTITUTION OF BOARDS OF REGENTS IN OTHER STATES. The following tabular view of the constitution of boards of regents or trustees of State universities and colleges shows that the utmost variety prevails with respect to the number of members, the method of choosing them, and the length of term. It is plain that there is no common theory of university control. Legislatures have determined the constitution of the governing boards of State universities on the analogy of boards of trustees of other corporate bodies with which the legislative members were familiar, or in accordance with a contemporary experiment in administration, or with the intention of providing political checks and balances. All of these motives are clearly to be read in the collected laws providing for the establishment of State boards of regents. The form of board control, however, has come to be recognized as of vital importance to the success of any modern university. Much discussion of the subject has made it evident that university administration is not essentially unlike the administration of any other public function which is carried on by specially trained experts; such functions, for instance, as the public library, charities and correction, the care of parks, and, of course, the public schools. Through a long process of trial and error, States and cities have discovered certain principles which appear to underlie efficient board control of such public activities. To these there is now general assent. They appear to the committee to be equally applicable to the constitution and practice of the board of regents of a State university. 1 Term is indeterminate, for life or until removed. The University of Georgia is composed of nine distinct units as follows: (1) The university at Athens: (2) the college of agriculture at Athens: (3) the school of technology at Atlanta; (4) the normal and industrial college at Forsyth; (5) the industrial college for colored youths at Savannah; (6) the north Georgia agricultural college at Dahlonega: (7) the State normal school at Athens: (8) the medical college at Augusta: (9) the south Georgia normal college at Valdosta. For each of eight of these units there is a governing board almost autonomous. The University of Georgia has a board of trustees composed of 28 members. The president or chairman of each of the 8 subsidiary boards is an ex officio member of the university board. This university board has a dual function. It is the superior or coordinating board of the eight subsidiary boards, and it is the actual governing board of the university at Athens. This board appoints a finance committee of 3 from outside its own membership, each member of which receives $3,500 a year salary. One special additional member from De Soto County is appointed by the governor for a term of 4 years to act on university affairs only. Board of trustees. Also State board of NEW MEXICO-University: Agricultural College- School of Mines Board of regents.. 5 .do. 5 ...do. |