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- Richard Lee Francis interview--April 23, 2003
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections Oral History Program Richard Francis ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can
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- AS Board Minutes 1932-10
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- WWU - AS Board of Directors Minutes 193210 page 1. October 3, 1932 A special meeting of the Board of control was called to order by President Butler. The minutes were read and approved as read. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss rec-hours and the problems arising there-from. Mr. Marquis
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WWU - AS Board of Directors Minutes 193210 page 1. October 3, 1932 A special meeting of the Board of control was called to order by President Butler. The minutes were read and approved as read. The ma
Show moreWWU - AS Board of Directors Minutes 193210 page 1. October 3, 1932 A special meeting of the Board of control was called to order by President Butler. The minutes were read and approved as read. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss rec-hours and the problems arising there-from. Mr. Marquis and Miss Jones met with the Board in order to help find a solution for these problems. The Homecoming Booklet was discussed. A motion was seconded and carried to call for applications for Editor of the publication. Miss Countryman and Mr. Butler were appointed as delegated to the Nominating Convention representing the Board of Control. With the pressing business out of the way the Board then took up the subject of rec-hours. The problem of faculty sponsors was discussed first. It was suggested that each club sponsor a rec-hours and take care of getting faculty sponsors and seeing to it that that are greeted and properly entertained. As for evening rec-hours, the most satisfactory suggestion was that three afternoons in the month rec-hour would be from 4:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. For the fourth rec-hour an evening dance would be held from 8:00 to 11:00 in the evening and would be a nice affair and take the place of evening rec-hours. It was decided to give the matter of guest tickets further study before formulating a definite set of rules to take care of the problem. This coming Friday rec-hour is to be held from 8:00 to 10:00 in the evening. The Board members are all to be there and carefully observe anything that needed improvement or anything that might lead to a possible solution of some of the difficulties now in evidence, and report back to the Board at the next regular meeting. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried Emlyn Jones Secretary 193210 page 2. October 10, 1932 The regular meeting of the Board of Control was opened by Pres. James Butler. The minutes were read and approved as read. There were no applications for Editor of the Homecoming Booklet. It was decided to issue a special edition of the Northwest Viking with an extra page to take place of the Book. A motion was seconded and carried to that effect. Last Friday's rec-hour was discussed. The Board members who attended reported that the dance was very nicely handled and was an enjoyable affair. The various suggestions and plans for the handling the rec-hour question were discussed. A motion was made that Dr. Bonds' plan of a one hour rec-hour to be held three Friday afternoon's of the month and a three hour dance to be held in the evening of the fourth Friday from 8:00 to 11:00 be adopted and put into effect this coming Friday. The motion was seconded and carried. Mr. Butler reported that the I.C.C. had adopted the suggestion of the Board that the rec-hours be sponsored by the various clubs of the school. It was decided to go ahead with this plan also. Try-outs for yell-leaders are to be held in the Assembly this Friday. The report of the Fall Mixer was read and discussed. The report will be found on file. A motion was made to give Miss Altose a vote of thanks for her fine work on the Mixer. Seconded and carried. A motion was seconded and carried that Mr. Stoddard be asked to take a $2.00 per issue cut in salary by the first of November. Due to the fact that enrollment has dropped the yearly budget adopted last spring and based on an enrollment of 750 students must be revised to fit an average enrollment of 650 students. The new budget will have to be cut $1800 or approximately %13 Pres. Fisher submitted his plans for the new budget. The outline of the situation is as follows: Present Allowance Less %13 Recommended appropriations Soc. Life $2000 $200 $1800 Viking 1800 234 1500 Men's Athletics 4250 553 3875 Women's Athletics 500 65 450 Drama Club 450 59 375 Mus. Art. Course 1500 195 1000 Assembly Programs 1800 234 1700 Lectures 1200 156 1000 193210 page 3. October 10, 1932 Total amount of old budget ---$13,500 Total Amount of cut ----------$1800 Total amount of new budget ---$11,700 A motion was made and seconded that the Board accept Pres. Fisher's plan for the new appropriations. Carried. Mr. Butler asked for suggestions for Homecoming General Chairman. None were forthcoming so he decided to wait till the next meeting. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. Emlyn Jones Secretary 193210 page 4. October 24, 1932 The regular meeting of the Board of Control was called to order by Pres. James Butler. THe minutes were read and approved as read. Mr. Fisher's plan for the apportionment of the Fall budget was read and discussed. the apportionment of the $6.00 Student Activity fee is as follows: Athletics $2.75 Lectures and entertainments 1.75 Viking .60 Social Life .90 A motion was made and seconded that the budget be approved. Carried. The bid from the Union Printing Co. for printing the Klipsun was taken up. A motion was made and seconded that the Business Manager of the Klipsun be empowered to go ahead with the bid as it stood. Carried. The report of the Business Manager of the Viking as to the condition of the Viking at the end of the Summer Quarter was read and discussed. The report showed a gain of $36.92. the deficit is now $491.32. the report will be found on file. A motion was seconded and carried to accept the report. A motion was made and seconded that due to the fact that the St. Martin's football game will be held Friday afternoon, rec-hour be held in the evening from 8 to 11 P.M. with [refreshments]. Motion Carried. A letter from Mr. Kibbe recommending that a life ticket to all the football games be awarded Mr. R. W. green, Bellingham Normal's first football coach, was read and discussed. A motion was made and seconded to take the matter up with Mr. Carver and take action later. Carried. The Fall quarter Board of Control Banquet was discussed. It was decided to hold the banquet Nov. 30. Miss Rickerson was appointed to handle the technical end of the arrangements. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. Emlyn Jones Secretary 193210 page 5. October 26, 1932 A special meeting of the Board of Control was called by President Butler. The reading of the minutes was dispensed with until the next meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the rec-hour to be held Friday evening. The question of whether to have a three-hour dance without refreshments or a two and a half hour dance with refreshments was brought up. It was decided to hold to the previous decision and hold a three hour dance with refreshments. A discussion of the Homecoming rec-hour was taken up but action on this was delayed until Mr. Gwin could be interviewed as to the likelihood of his sending up a bill for janitor service. The question of guest tickets was then taken up. A motion was made that no guest tickets be issued for this rec-hour. Seconded and carried. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. Emlyn Jones Secretary 193210 page 6. October 31, 1932 The regular meeting of the Board of Control was called to order by President Butler. The minutes were read and approved as read. Miss Erickson gave a report on the rec-hour sponsored by the Vandis Bragi, Pct 28. She brought out many problems concerning the rec-hour which was discussed by the Board. It was decided to draw up a set of rules and see that they were rigidly enforced. The following rules were formulated: 1. No person will be admitted to rec-hour without a guest ticket or his own student activity ticket. 2. A charge of 10 cents will be made for a quest ticket for a one-hour afternoon rec-hour and 20 cents for an evening rec-hour. 3. Alumni are subject to the same rules that govern all guests. 4. Guest tickets to be obtained from Miss Tremain in the Dean of Women's office from 1 to 4 o�clock Friday afternoon. 5. The tickets must be dated and good only for the rec-hour for which they are issued. 6. Students carrying only 6 hours must obtain guest tickets for admission to rec-hour. A motion was made and seconded to have these rules enforced. Carried. Clarence Thue asked for a substitution for himself in the rec-hour orchestra. It was decided to allow Joe Semanski to take his place this coming Friday. The problem of suitable doormen for rec-hour was discussed. It was decided to hire two doormen for the coming Friday who would enforce the above rules with all due vigor. A letter from James Stoddard concerning the proposal to cut his salary was read and discussed. It was decided to postpone definite action until the matter could be gone into more thoroughly. A motion was made to take no definite action now but to further consider the matter and if it is decided to change the salary back to $10 per issue the $2 cut for this Friday's issue will be made up. Seconded and carried. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. Emlyn Jones Secretary ##
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- M.L. Stangroom Reminiscence
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- 1888~/1913~, 1888-1913
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- Handwritten reminiscences of Marc La Riviere Stangroom.
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- Transcript: stangroomrem1_3 [Page 1] Dear Matthew, Reminiscences of an "Old Timer" showing, among other things, some instances of the uncertainties of mining on the Pacific Coast in the early fifties – and later! Early in 1855, I came to California, as engineer for an English company to br
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Transcript: stangroomrem1_3 [Page 1] Dear Matthew, Reminiscences of an "Old Timer" showing, among other things, some instances of the uncertainties of mining on the Pacific Coast in the earl
Show moreTranscript: stangroomrem1_3 [Page 1] Dear Matthew, Reminiscences of an "Old Timer" showing, among other things, some instances of the uncertainties of mining on the Pacific Coast in the early fifties – and later! Early in 1855, I came to California, as engineer for an English company to bring water from the South Yuba River, a large stream having its source high up on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Range of mountains, to supply the deep gravel mines of Nevada County with sufficient water to enable them to be worked on a large scale, with large quantities of water delivered under a high pressure (or head) through wrought iron pipes instead of small quantities (as supplied until then) at a low pressure through canvas hose. During that year I necessarily became personally familiar with the topography of the central portion of the Sierra Nevadas lying in the counties of Nevada, Sierra, and Placer, from the foothills in the Sacramento Valley to their summit at an elevation of 6000 to 10,000 feet, and embracing a territory of 100 miles square – or more –. Their summit was then the dividing line between the State of California and the Territory of Utah but is (now) that between California and the State (formerly Territory) of Nevada, which was cut off from Utah in 1888 soon after the discovery of the Comstock Lode, which is, with some other mining districts since discovered, within its boundaries, all of which are tributary to California. [Page 2] Being fond of exploring and "roughing it," I went, in the summer of 1856, as one of a party of 14 (10 men and 4 women, one of whom soon afterwards became my wife) on horseback and with pack mules (from our home in Nevada City) on a pleasure trip across the summit and down the eastern slope of the mountains, following the Truckee River 100 miles or so from its source at the north end of Lake Bigler (since called Truckee Lake and now Lake Tahoe), a beautiful sheet of water of great depth, 50 miles long by 20 wide, lying (at an altitude of 6000 feet) between the snowcapped summits of the range (which at that point is double) which tower 3000 to 5000 feet above it. We followed the river to the point where it sinks (as do all the streams which rise on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas) in the great central basin of Utah (lying between the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east) in which the Great Salt Lake and other smaller alkaline lakes or saturated deposits are caused by the water flowing in the rivers being more or less evaporated by the dry heat of the arid plains. Many of these alkaline deposits have since been, and are now being, used for commercial purposes. We were well mounted and equipped, and often found emigrant roads or Indian trails to follow, making the trip generally an easy and always a pleasant one. On our return we followed the Carson River (another large stream running down into the desert) up to the eastern base [FOOTNOTE: 1. The Piutes (Pah Utah Indians), who had been giving considerable trouble to the white immigrants passing through their territory were all round us and had to be watched to keep them from stealing stock and poking their noses into the women's tent, etc., but by treating them kindly (but firmly) and mounting guard over our stock at night, we got along very well with them.] of the mountains and crossed their eastern summit to the south end of the Lake Bigler and camped there, intending to stay and rest [Page 3] for a day or two – That evening, however, some Mormon packers (who had been to Sacramento to get provisions and were taking them to Salt Lake) reached our camp and informed us that Nevada City, a mining town of about 2500 inhabitants, had been burned to the ground a few days before and that only 4 brick buildings with iron shutters (out of 40 supposed to be fireproof) had escaped and not one of the several hundred wooden ones. We saddled up without much loss of time, rode all night and next day, and did not "draw rein" until we reached our respective piles of brickbats or burnt lumber. Some of us who had no buildings to lose had money loaned out and secured by mortgage; but, as the stone courthouse was gutted (with all the county records and its other contents), any attempt to collect such debts would have been an empty farce. So, as what can't be cured must be endured, we at once went to work to help build a new town, without anyone thinking of "crying over spilt milk"! For such was the general spirit of California in those days! In the summer of the next year (1857), two men of my acquaintance, who had "crossed the plains" in 1850, told me and some others that his party had camped on the north bank of Truckee River and had "panned out" (at the foot of a hill covered with broken quartz)"dirt which went over a dollar to the pan," but that they were too crazy to reach California to stop "en route" for any prospect, however good it might be. [Page 4] I thought I recognized from his description a hill covered with quartz on the north bank of Truckee River, which I had seen the year before but (not then knowing much about mining) had not paid any attention to. Four of us started immediately on foot with two pack mules to find and prospect the hill in question, but, notwithstanding my feeling so sure of being able to go straight to it, we were unable to find it and returned "res ineffectæ." A year later (in June 1858) the first silver-bearing lode in the United States was discovered in Utah, less than a mile from where we had camped on the Truckee River, and it soon became world widely known as "the Comstock." In returning from our "wild goose chase," we started west from the Truckee River to cross the summit of the Sierras by an Indian trail, so plain as to promise well for its continuance. After a day's travel on it, however, we reached a high altitude at which, although it was in August, there was snow several feet deep, entirely obliterating all signs of the trail, which had evidently not been used that season. The surface of the snow was so soft that we sank deep at every step and had considerable difficulty in getting our small-footed animals through it. To do so at all we had to improvise snowshoes out of a blanket for them and to carry their loads ourselves, piece by piece, several miles and making several trips in the two days it took us to [Page 5] reach bare ground on the west side of the summit. We found ourselves at the head of a deep, rough gorge or cañon, which proved to be the north fork of the American River (one of the large streams running down the west slope of the Sierras to the valley of the Sacramento River. It took us two days to get the mules over rough and precipitous ground at the head of this canyon, and at evening of the second day, we came to a very narrow backbone or ridge dividing it from the middle fork of the same river. Following this ride down a short distance, we again found the trail (which we had lost in the snow) coming to and running down it at a point (as we afterward ascertained) about 40 miles above Michigan Bluffs, at that time the highest mining camp in Placer County. Looking across the ridge down to the middle fork, we saw, about 3000 feet below us (what we afterwards found were known as the "Big Meadows"), an extensive river bottom covered with grass over knee deep. As our mules had been on very short feed of scattered bunch grass for some days, we thought we would give them a feast and a rest, so we went down into the valley to camp and turned them loose (merely dragging their ropes), taking for granted they would not stray away from the good feed. We were, however, much mistaken! On waking at sunrise the next morning, there was no sign of them in the valley, and we found their tracks and the marks of their dragging ropes following to the top of the ridge, [Page 6] those they had made in coming down the evening before. They knew better than we did how much sweeter to them was the scanty bunch grass than the coarse meadow grass – "Et hinc illa lachrymal!" Two of us started up the hill on their tracks, thinking we would soon overtake them, but we were badly fooled, as we had to climb to the top of the ridge before we found one of them that had got her rope wound round a manzanita bush so as to hold her fast. This was close to the trail running down the ridge, and while my companion took the mule we caught back to camp, I followed the track of the other down the ridge thinking I would soon overtake him; but I was again fooled, as circumstances showed that they must have started back very soon after reaching the meadows on the previous evening and have traveled all night. The brute had apparently sauntered along on the trail, leaving it occasionally on one side or the other to nibble, but always returning to it, as the sides of the backbone were very steep and rugged within a short distance. Counting on always picking up his track each time he returned to the trail, I kept along it for several hours, but finally lost all traces of him. Supposing that I might not be very far from some mining camp or mountain stock range and that he would probably work his way down into them, I kept on until about noon, when I found in a small grassy flat some butchers [Page 7] who were herding cattle to supply meat to the mining camp of Michigan Bluffs (about 20 miles farther down the ridge). They promised to catch my mule if he strayed (as was probable) into their band of cattle, and asked me to take potluck with them, which I did without much persuasion as I had left camp without breakfast. While I was taking the sharp edge off my appetite, one of their companions, who had gone down to "the Bluffs" the day before, returned with a sack of flour on his shoulder and with the news that the town had been completely burned down the day before. Although I had never been there, I had a friend there engaged in a gold dust buying and banking business, and I took a notion (Semel insanivimus omnes!) as I had only walked 20 or 25 miles since dawn and was in light marching order (trousers, flannel shirt, knife, pistol, and pipe) to walk on down to see the ashes, which I did. My friend treated us handsomely, dividing some coffee and crackers (just came in) and his blanket with me, and I slept the sleep of the just (without rocking!) The next morning I started out early for my forty-mile walk back to camp. Climbing the ridge out of town, I overtook a miner who told me of a rich strike of gravel just made, 5 or 6 miles up the ridge, which I could see by going with him along a mining ditch past it, and said that I could easily re-ascend the ridge from there. I did so and became as much exerted over the discovery [Page 8] as were the many men who were already on the ground "locating extensions" of the new discovery. Without loss of time, I got back to camp that evening, and the next day we walked down to the new discoveries and located and "staked out" claims for ourselves and some of our friends. The auriferous gravels of the Pacific Crest may be divided into two distinct classes: 1?. The shallow deposits of gravel in the beds of existing rivers or smaller streams caused by the recent erosion of the strata through which they ran in the form of quartz veins. 2?. The deep deposits of gravel formed in large rivers [over] many geological ages, often containing gold-bearing quartz, or free gold, which has by long attrition been rounded and freed from its quartz matrix. The greater part of these ancient deposits of gravel have been subsequently covered by lava or (in miners' parlance) cement, through which the recent rivers have cut their way, exposing on their banks sometimes the lava, sometimes the gravel, and sometimes the slatey or schistose formation underlying them, through which the early rivers had cut channels (which latter is called by miners "the Bed Rock"). In the present case, the gold-bearing gravels were exposed on two projecting points (about 3 miles apart) of the banks of the deep gorge and stream (called "Eldorado Canyon") several hundred feet above its bed. They proved rich and were being washed down and the gold extracted from them, but hydraulic process, i.e., by streams of water under high pressure being brought to bear on the gravel, washing it onto "sluice boxes" in which, under the action of the running water, the gold (being the heaviest) is separated from the gravel and sinks to the bottom and is "saved," [Page 9] while the lighter material passes on and is carried by the water back into the ravine or cañon. Between these two points the old channel was naturally supposed to be in the bedrock, where it could be reached by tunnels run from the exposed surface of the hill toward it, and, through the rimrock, into the channel or old river bed. According to mining regulations and customs, we located (on the supposed course of the channel) 100 feet in length on it for discovery and 100 feet for each locator or claimant, each claim extending in width as near as could be guessed at right angle to the course of the channel to the center of the river dividing Eldorado Cañon from Volcano Cañon (a deep ravine on the other side of the ridge). In this case the length of our claims was from 1000 to 1500 feet, and if the channel across our ground had been straight, a few hundred feet of tunnel would have reached and enabled us to work it to advantage by the system of underground or drift mining, which consists in taking out by pick and shovel the gravel lying a few feet above bedrock or as much of it (generally, 4 or 5 feet in depth) as should be found to pay and taking it out in cars to the mouth of the tunnel, where it is "washed" and the gold separated from the gravel and "saved." [Page 10] Having determined the best point at which to start the tunnel to be run to reach the channel supposed to be on our ground, I left my companions to begin work on it, went down to Michigan Bluffs to arrange for supplies being sent to them, and, having a presentiment that my wife in Nevada City (about 70 miles roundabout by road but only about 40 in an air line across 3 deep canyons) was ill, I shouldered my blankets and walked over there across country. Thus endeth the 1st chapter! We ran the tunnel for seven years, at a cost of several thousand dollars, until we had to stop it for want of means. This was also the case with companies on each side of us which ran their tunnels as we did a thousand or two feet or more before abandoning them. Two or three years later, some miners sank a shaft on the other side of the ridge and struck there the channel we had expected to find in our ground, and it proved as rich as we had hoped to find it. At about the same time, the channel was struck very rich on our side of the ridge a mile or so beyond our claim, so it would appear as though the channel had adopted that curved line of beauty for our especial benefit (?). My only consolation [Page 11] in the whole matter lay in the hopes that the mule, which had been the cause of it all, got fast round some bush and starved to death, as was probably the case, for we never heard of him again. "Requiescat en pace!" "Thus endeth the first chapter"! It changed, however, the entire current of my life, as to be near my claim I moved with my wife from Nevada City to Michigan Bluffs, where my oldest son was born and my wife died, and where I stayed mining and practicing my profession as an engineer and surveyor until the discovery of the Comstock in the summer of 1858. In 1857 and 8, some of the advanced guard of the prospectors – consisting, generally, of one or two miners, with pick, shovel, pan and a burro (donkey) – pushed forward from the California mines to, and across, the summit, and worked their way down to the Carson River and its tributaries. On one of the latter they found, on the eastern slope of Mt. Davidson, surface gravel which paid to carry down to some of the small creeks running into Carson River, where they panned out from it enough gold to make "good wages" (not less than $4 or $5 per day). Two of them (Aleck and Billy Henderson) were on what was then, and is still, called Gold Hill, where the ore contained free gold with little admixture of silver and were making good wages. (Later they and others became rich from the yields of the Gold Hill group of mines.) Two young men (the Froesch Brothers) had discovered during the [Page 12] previous autumn some free gold, which one of them took over the mountains to California late in the season and over deep snow. After reaching the upper part of Placer County, he lost the use of both eyes and died from frost and exposure. The other one died soon afterwards, and their discovery was not at that time traced to its source. In the spring of 1858, a man named Comstock was working on the croppings of the Ledge (to which his name was given later). He sold out his claim to some other prospectors for an old horse on which he crossed over to California and became lost to history. The prospectors on the "Comstock Lode" were much bothered with what they called "the black stuff" which, being mined with the quartz and dirt, and being very heavy, made it difficult for them (in panning out) to separate it from (and to save) the gold. A Mexican prospector named Maldonado came there and thought he recognized it as being rich silver ore carrying gold (sulphmets) such as he had seen in the mines of Mexico. He located a claim (1400 feet) on the lode and sent some of the "black stuff" over to Nevada City and Gran Valley (the two nearest mining towns, both in Nevada County, California) for assay. Assays of it made by Melville Attwood, Mining Engineer, who was superintendent of the Aqua Fria (or Gold Hill) English Mining Company in Gran Valley, and also by Julius Ott, assayer in Nevada City, gave similar results, showing values in gold and [Page 13] silver of over $1500 per ton. Attwood at once arranged to send Judge Walsh (Sec'y of the G. H. M. Co.) and Joe Woodworth (a mining surveyor connected with them) over the mountains with the least possible delay, to make locations for their joint benefit. On that day I had ridden over from Michigan Bluffs in the adjoining county (about 40 miles from Nevada) to keep an appointment to examine and report on a mining and water proposition for which report the owners had been waiting patiently 2 or 3 weeks. As I rode through the valley into Nevada City (the towns are only 4 miles apart), I met Walsh and Woodworth on horseback, getting ready to start over the mountains to the new discovery. Knowing how useful my knowledge of the mountains would be in enabling them to get there as quick as possible and ahead of the hordes of men who would be sure to rush over as soon as the facts leaked out, they strongly urged me to join them, and they were right, for within a few days every trail and road leading across the Sierras was (figuratively speaking) black with the crowds on foot or on horseback, all eager to outstrip the others in the "search for the Golden Fleece." However much I wanted to go, I could, of course, not disappoint the men who had been patiently waiting for me so long, and with much regret I had [Page 14] to decline going until after I had kept my engagement. They arrived on the ground in time to make a bargain with Maldonado and others to sell them, for $10,000 (which Walsh immediately went over to Sacramento to borrow), 200 feet at the south end, and 1000 feet at the north end of his claim (which he called the Ophir), he retaining the 200 feet between the two on which he was working. This latter proved extremely rich and became known as the Mexican claim. They located several claims on Cedar Hill extending northwards from the North Ophir, but none of them (nor the North Ophir itself) ever paid the expense of sinking on them until, many years later in 1878, a small body of good ore was found in the Sierra Nevada claim, one of the northern locations, which caused an excitement which, however, lasted but a short time, and, after declaring a few dividends, it relapsed permanently into its old habit (according to the custom, with a few exceptions, on the Comstock) of levying assessments or, as we called them, "Irish dividends," from which pernicious practice they have never since departed. Within a few months of the purchase from Maldonado, Judge Walsh sold his one half of the $10,000 purchase of the Ophir claim for $60,000 in cash, which he took down to Mexico. He lost it all there in mining speculations and died poor. His partner, [Page 15] Joe Woodworth, retained his interest in the Ophir for two or three years, during which time the claim, having been incorporated in San Francisco, and having a large body of ore (50 to 60 feet wide) between its walls and several hundred feet deep, which proved extremely rich, large dividends were declared. The number of shares in each company, which was originally one share for each lineal foot of ground on the ledge, was increased almost without limit to bring them within reach of every laborer and servant girl in the state as well as the middle classes and capitalists. Until then, the gamble of mining was exclusively in the supposed actual values of mining properties, but from that time on it consisted largely in the manipulation of the stock market. Joe Woodworth received large amounts of money, running up in the millions, from dividends declared by the Ophir Company and still larger amounts by the purchase in the market of dividends in that company in advance of their being declared. He was, for a while, a very rich man and built in San Francisco a palatial residence larger and more expensive than any on the Pacific Coast. He played, however, his favorite game of buying dividends on a very large scale in advance of their being declared or earned once too often, and he also died a poor man. The enclosed print (which please return to me) is taken from a reliable work on gold and silver mining published in New York a year or two ago. It shows in black the shafts sunk on the two and a half miles of [Page 16] the Comstock Lode, which has been worked out, and the etched lines show all of the ore bodies that have been found within that distance to the depth of 2000 feet below the surface. On the left side of the picture, the vertical lines filled in with pencil show the Midas or Sylvester Belcher claim which was [synegated to sold?] to me at the extreme southern end of the Belcher, which I knew to be a good one, and the north end of the over[man?], which has, to my knowledge, a fairly good body of ore. I never got the cost of the candles out of it though I and my partners spent more thousands on it than you would believe possible and left us with a debt that broke us all up. "And of such is the Kingdom of Heaven!" Selah! M. L. Stangroom
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- WWU Board minutes 1921 August
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- 1921-08 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - August 1921 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- MINUTES OF THE MEETIING OF AUGUST 5, 1921. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Normal School . ii. August 5, 1921, at one o'clock p. m. Present: . The following ge
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- Klipsun, 1940
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- 1940
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- 1940 ----------- Klipsun, 1940 ---------- [no text this page] ---------- Klipsun, 1940 - Cover ---------- [no text this page] ---------- Klipsun, 1940 - Page [2] of cover ---------- [no text this page] ---------- Klipsun, 1940 - Page [i] ---------- Louisa Stoddard Jean Crawford ----------- K
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- WWU Board of Trustees Minutes: 2013-04-12
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- WWU Board of Trustees Meeting Records 2013 April
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for April 12, 2013.
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- Approved June 14, 2013 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES April 12, 2013 1. CALL TO ORDER, APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chair Peggy Zoro called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Western Washington University to order at 8:00 a.m. April 12, 2013 in Old Main 340, Western Wash
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- WWU Board minutes 1973 June
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- 1973-06
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for June 1973.
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- 1973-06 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - June 1973 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- BOARD OF TRUSTEES WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE June 7, 1973 2: 00 p. m. Miller Hall 163 Western Washington State College 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees o
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- Northwest Passage - 1982 April
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- 1982-04
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- , the exhaustion of food, energy, and other resources, or simply the collapse of social structures. We now have a survival store in Seattle. (5503 Univer sity Way, open noon until 8, seven days a week ) It is basically a book store, w ith all the expected how-to man uals, country living guides, me
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- Jack Berryman interview--July 11, 2017
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- Noted Northwest fly fishing historian and avid fly fisher, Berryman is also deeply committed to conservation efforts serving as trustee and second president of the Wild Steelhead Coalition (WSC). His freelance writing and photography career began in 1986 and led to over 300 published articles and a wealth of photographs documenting his travels. He retired from the University of Washington's School of Medicine as Professor Emeritus of Medical History.
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections Fly Fishing Oral History Program Jack W. Berryman ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following
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- AS Board Minutes 1957-05-08
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- 1957-05-08
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- AS Board Minutes 1957-05-08
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- May 8, 1957 The meeting was called to otder by the Vice President Joel Carlson. The minutes were read and approved as corrected and the agenda was announced. Those members of the board present were Mr. Hildebrand, Bill Siebler , Nadine Schilling, Al Jung, Barbara Bos, Tom Romerdahl, Gail Tuininga, J
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- WWU Board minutes 1950 March
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- 1950-03
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for March 1950.
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- 1950-03 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - March 1950 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- 621 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD 0F TRUSTEES March 22, 1950 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on wednesday afternoon, March 22, 1950. Those present were Joseph T. Pe
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- wwu:33148
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- WWU Board minutes December 1895
- Date
- 1895-12
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- WWU Board of Trustees minutes December 1895.
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- 1895-12 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for December 1895 Volume 01 - Page 021 1895-12-31 Board met to call of the chairman at 11AM. All members, the clerk, architect, superintendent, contractor, and engineer present. The minutes of the meetings of Nov 1 to Nov 14 inclusive were read and appro
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1895-12 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for December 1895 Volume 01 - Page 021 1895-12-31 Board met to call of the chairman at 11AM. All members, the clerk, architect, superintendent, contractor
Show more1895-12 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for December 1895 Volume 01 - Page 021 1895-12-31 Board met to call of the chairman at 11AM. All members, the clerk, architect, superintendent, contractor, and engineer present. The minutes of the meetings of Nov 1 to Nov 14 inclusive were read and approved. The clerk reported the receipt of a letter from the Deputy State Auditor stating that the files of "the Blade" and the "Rivers Publishing Co" for publishing the board's "Notice to Contractors," the former for $4.50 and the latter for $6.20, had each been raised by the State Printing Board to $6.00 and warrants issued accordingly. It appearing that the said State Printing Board has full authority under the law to raise or reduce any bill for advertising to make it conform to the price fixed therefor by statute. The board, while disapproving the entirely unnecessary charge of $2.30 against the Normal School appropriation, directed the clerk to make a proper record thereof and note in red ink the amount of the increase on vouchurs Nos. 15 and 20 covering said bills. The architects submitted to the board a report of the excavation for the buildings, showing the amount due the board according to the time of the contract as follows: "Amount of excavation as shown on drawings to basement floor level and included in contract 1516 yards." Amount of actual excavation as completed by engineer from the cross section of site, 828 yards." "Amount to be allowed the board by the contractor 688 yards at 25 cents a yard $172.00. Signed "Skillings and Corner." WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for December 1895 Volume 01 - Page 022 1895-12-31 There being some questions between the contractor and engineer as the to the amount of excavation allowed and it appearing to the board unnecessary to make a settlement therefor at this meeting it was deemed as an accommodation to the contractor to allow him the full amount of his estimate, less the 20% to be retained by the board under the provisions of the contract. The contractor made a verbal proposition to the board to substitute sandstone for pressed brick and Hills sand brick in the contruction of the building at the same cost to the state, the stone to be from the new quarry on the Fairhaven Land Company's property about one quarter of a mile southeast of the building site, samples of which stone were presented for the examination of the board and the architects. The matter was discussed at considerable length, the architect and superintendent having given a favorable opinion as to the quality of the stone. As the propsed change, if made, would require new drawings of the elevations and exterior details, and if appearing from the statement of the contractor that such a change would be a material benefit to him, although giving the state a building which under ordinary circumstances would cost considerably more than the sum named in the contract, the architect was authorized to make the supplementary drawings necessary to show the board and the contractor the appearance of the building and manner of construction if built of stone, it being understood and agreed by the board, the contractor and architect that the contractor shall personally pay the full cost of said supplementary drawings if not adopted by the board, and if adopted he shall pay the full cost less the amount of this extra allowed him by written order of the architect for making the foundation wall six inches wider than is shown on the drawings if the building id built of brick. On motion of Mr. Edens vouchers were ordered- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for December 1895 Volume 01 - Page 023 1895-12-31 certified to the state auditor in payment of bills allowed by the board as follows: Voucher Number 21 - favor of William B Davey, $442.16 being 80% of first estimate on building contract. Voucher Number 22 - favor of A. Lee. $14.00 for 3 and 1/2 days service as superintendent. Voucher number 23 - fave of A.C. Campbell $17.00 for engineering work. Voucher Number 24 - favor of O.H. Culver $102.90 for salary as clark and incidential expenses from Oct 1 to Jan 1. The contractors voucher (Number 21) was allowed in accordance with the following "Estimate for Contractor," signed by Skillings Corner and hearing date Jan 1, 1896. "51 (?) of stone work at $2.70." "Amt of excavation, 1340 yards at 25 cents." Amt allowed for drain pipes and sewer work." $137.70 + $335.00 + $80.00 = $552.70. No further business being presented the board adjourned. Record approved Jan 31, 1896. O.H.Culver, clerk. Eli Wilkin, chairman. ##
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- AS Board Minutes 1956-07-18
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- 1956-07-18
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- AS Board Minutes 1956-07-18
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- July 18, 1956 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bob Teshera. Those members of the board present were Bob Teshera, Dr. Van Aver, Miss Nelson, Mr. Hildebrand, Dan White, Danny White, Larry Richardson, Patsy Staggs, Judson Lloyd, Dick Kure, Harley Stafford, Joe Hartough, Donna Wray, and georg
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- wwu:33145
- Title
- WWU Board minutes 1909 May
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- 1909-05
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- WWU Board of Trustees minutes 1909 May.
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- 1909-05 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 070 1909-05-08 Minutes of the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Bellingham State Normal School, held in the office of the principal this afternoon at 2:
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1909-05 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 070 1909-05-08 Minutes of the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trus
Show more1909-05 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 070 1909-05-08 Minutes of the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Bellingham State Normal School, held in the office of the principal this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Present: Chairman J. J. Edens, Trustees J. J. Donovan and F. F. Handschy, Principal Mathes and the clerk. Minutes of the meeting of April 28, 1909, read and approved on motion of Mr. Donovan, seconded by Mr. Handschy. Mr. Lutz appeared before the Board with reference to the matter of attaching window fixtures. The subject was postponed for the present. The matter of fixing salaries was then taken up and after a long and thorough discussion the schedule as appended was adopted, the following actions in individual cases being formally taken during consideration of the list: Mr. Donovan moved and Mr. Handschy seconded that the salary of Dr. E. T. Mathes be fixed at $3,500 annually for the two-year term of his contract. Motion carried unanimously, all members of the Board voting. Mr. Handschy moved and Mr. Donovan seconded that the salary of Miss George be fixed at $1,800.00 per year. Motion carried. Mr. Donovan moved and Mr. Handschy seconded that the salary of A. W. Parsons be fixed at $75.00 per month and that of John Rindal at $60.00 per month, the understanding being that the latter should devote a part of each day to carpenter work. Mr. Handschy then moved, Mr. Donovan seconding, that the salaries of the following named instructors and librarian be fixed as per the appended schedule: F. W. Epley: $1740. Ida Agnes Baker: $1260. Catherine Montgomery: $1200. Frances S Hays: $1380. A. P. Romine: $1680. Ada Hogle: $1260. Mabel M. Moore: $1080. Tallulah LeConte: $1080. M. Belle Sperry: $1440. Nellie A. Gray: $1200. Lulu B. Dawson: $840. Frank Deerwester: $1860. Maude Drake: $1080. E. A. Bond: $1440. Katherine Cribbs: $1110. Mary L. Jensen: $1140. Almina George: $1800. W. L. Moodie: $1320. Rose Baxter: $1200. Minerva Lawrence: $1020. Rebecca S. Knight: $1020. Mabel Zoe Wilson, librarian: $1080. (motion continued) all teachers employed and executing contracts under the above schedule are hereby required, upon request by the Board or principal, to serve as instructors in the summer school without additional compensation, provided that no person shall be required to teach in said summer school two years successively, that is to say, it is the intention of the Board that every teacher employed in said school shall serve as a teacher in the summer school every alternate year." Motion carried. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 071 1909-05-08 Mr. Donovan moved and Mr. Handschy seconded that an appropriation of Four Hundred dollars ($400.00) be made from the Maintenance fund to cover travelling and personal expenses of Dr. Mathes when travelling when attending county institutes and other educational gatherings and when lecturing upon educational topics that are calculated to enhance the interests of popular education or of this school; such appropriation applying to the present fiscal year beginning April 1st, 1909; further, that the principal be directed to make no charge whatever against any city or county of the state when engaged in such work. Motion carried. On motion of Mr. Donovan, seconded by Mr. Handschy, the appended report was ordered filed: MARCH REPORT. To the Honorable Board of Trustees; Bellingham State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington. Gentlemen:- We beg to submit the following report for the boarding department of Edens Hall for the month of March, 1909. Receipts: Regular Boarders, $898.20. Transient, $24.35. Laundry, $10.00. Sundries, $10.50. Expenditures: Groceries, $306.58. Bread,. Meat, $201.20. Milk, $67.45. Help, $123.00. Sundries, $24.90. Cash on hand, Mar. 1, $00.00. " in bank " $148.82. $1091.87. Cash on hand Apr. 1, $00.00. " in bank " $368.74. $1091.87. Respectfully submitted. Mr. Handschy moved and Mr. Donovan seconded, that the election of the remainder of the employees be postponed until the next meeting. The clerk was directed to purchase more wood. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 072 1909-05-08 On motion of Mr. Handschy, seconded by Mr. Donovan, the appended bills were ordered paid: MAINTENANCE FUND E. A. Bond, $15.80. F. W. Epley, $9.67. J. T. Forrest, $13.36. Long Bros. Supply House, $27.35. Griggs Sta. and Ptg. Co., $11.40. R. A. Richards Co., $2.85. Thos. C. Trueblood, $1.00. Cunningham, Curtiss and Welch, $115.20. S. A. Perkins, $30.00. Gyneth Knight, $3.00. Hann Studio, $3.00. Morrison Mill Co., $15.15. Sherman, Clay and Co., $853.00. Pacific Steam Laundry, $5.10. Hugh Eldridge, P. M., $106.20. Whatcom Co. Ry. and Lt. Co., $47.35. H. W. Wilson Co., $17.00. B. B. Plumbing Co., $63.00. Cole Truck and Storage Co., $9.70. A. H. Montgomery, $83.00. Crane and McGlenen, $5.40. There being no further business, the Board adjourned. Minutes approved. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 073 1909-05-25 Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Bellingham State Normal School adjourned to May 22nd and re-adjourned to this day at the Normal School. Present: Chairman J. J. Edens, Trustees Donovan and Handschy, Principal Mathes and the clerk and during the opening of certain bids, A. Lee, architect. The minutes of May 8th were read and approved. The clerk then proceeded to open sealed bids for the construction of a concrete driveway and walk upon the grounds of the school as appended, No. 1 in the tabulation meaning "proposal for the contruction of concrete driveway and concrete walk"; No. 2 meaning "proposal for the construction of concrete walk and concrete driveway, without the wearing surface of such driveway." No. 3 shows the amount of certified check accompanying the bid: Bidder… Wm. Damaske (No. 1) $1818.00. (No. 2) $1327.00. (No. 3) $95.00. E. Hagon… (No. 1) $1667.00. (No. 2) $918.00. (No. 3) $83.35. J. Lich… (No. 1) $2100.00. (No. 2) $1345.00. (No. 3) $105.00. K. Sauset… (No. 1) $1530.00. (No. 2) $1227.50. (No. 3) $80.00. Campbell and Smith… (No. 1) $1800.00. (No. 2) $1200.00. (No. 3) $90.00. C. G. Burnet and Co…. (No. 1) $1325.00. (No. 2) -----. (No. 3) $75.00. K. Sauset also bid on 2-inch asphalt surface at $720.00. After due consideration of the bids on motion of Trustee Donovan, seconded by Trustee Handschy, the bid of C. G. Burnet and Co. was accepted and the clerk was instructed to notify them to that effect and to instruct them to execute contract and furnish bonds at once. The bids for the completion of the Science Annex were then opened and were listed as appended: Bidder F. H. Boyd… (Amount of bid) $15,273.00. (Certified Check) $785.00. Bratt and Son… (Amount of bid) $16,605.00. (Certified Check) $830.25. Booker and Campbell… (Amount of bid) $14,596.00. (Certified Check) $750.00. On motion of Mr. Handschy, seconded by Mr. Donovan, the contract was awarded the lowest bidder, viz.: Booker and Campbell at $14,596.00/ On motion of Mr. Handschy, seconded by Mr. Donovan, it was ordered that the contracts let this day be executed on the part of the Board of Trustees by its chairman, J. J. Edens. The clerk was instructed to return the respective certified checks to all unsuccessful bidders. On motion of Mr. Handschy, seconded by Mr. Donovan, the clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for wood to a total amount of 600 cords, of which 200 cords are to be No. 1 sound body fir; 200 cords are to be mixed maple, birch and alder and 200 cords slab wood, all in four-feet lengths, bids to be in by 1 P. M. June 12, 1909. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 074 1909-05-25 The clerk presented the appended form of contract with teachers and other employees and on motion of Mr. Donovan, seconded by Mr. Handschy, the chairman was authorized to execute the contracts on behalf of the Board: THIS AGREEMENT, Made and entered in this ____ day of _____, A.D.19__, by and between the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School at Bellingham, Washington, party of the first part, and ________, party of the second part. WITNESSETH, That Whereas, the party of the first part as trustees aforesaid, did on the ____ day of ______19____, at a meeting of said board, pass a resolution employing the party of the second part as _________ in the State Normal School at Bellingham, Washington, and did determine the salary of said party of the second part as hereinafter set forth, for the term of employment hereinafter named, now THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained and the mutual advantages to be derived therefrom, said parties hereto have agreed and they do hereby mutually agree with respect to all the matters hereinafter stated and set forth as follows, to-wit: That the party of the first part does hereby employ the party of the second part as ________ in the said State Normal School at Bellingham, Washington, for the term of ____ year_, said term being from the ____ day of ______19__, to the _____ day of ________19___, at a salary of $_______ per annum payable in ______ equal payments of $________ per month, the same being the full ______ year__ from __________ to ___________ inclusive, which said employment is made by the party of the first part and accepted by the party of the second part upon the further conditions, reservations and stipulations hereinafter contained, the same being a part of the consideration of this contract. It is expressly understood and agreed that any teacher when required to teach in summer school shall do so without extra compensation, such requirement in case of continuous employment to be made each alternate year. Said party of the second part hereby accepts said position and employment for the period and at the salary and upon the terms herein specified, and agrees during the whole of said time to discharge faithfully the duties required by said position and such other duties pertaining to the work and welfare of the said institution as may be determined by the principal thereof, or by resolution or resolutions WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 075 1909-05-25 adopted by the Board of Trustees of said institution for its government, all in a manner satisfactory to them. The said party of the first part reserves and shall have the right to discharge the party of the second part and terminate this contract whenever the covenants or any thereof herein agreed to be kept and performed by the party of the second part are violated by the party of the second part, or remain unfulfilled, or whenever by reason of any act or conduct of the party of the second part the usefullness of the latter under said employment in the judgment of the party of the first part shall at any time become impaired or destroyed. Provided, that as a condition precedent to effecting such discharge and termination of contract for any of the reasons provided herein as a ground therefor, the party of the first part shall first give to the party of the second part thirty days written notice of the time when such discharge will take place and go into effect and such contract be terminated. Said party of the second part further agrees to pay to the party of the first part the sum of $________ as liquidated damages if the terms of this contract are violated by resignation during the school year of ______ to _______ inclusive, provided that no damages shall be adjudged is said resignation is filed with the principal of said institution or with the secretary of said Board of Trustees for a period of not less than thirty days before said resignation shall take effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this agreement in duplicate the day and date first above written, the party of the first part having executed the same in its name by and through __________ its Chairman, he being thereunto duly authorized and the party of the second part having executed the same in his own person. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON. By,______ It’s Chairman. On motion of Mr. Donovan, seconded by Mr. Handschy, the following changes were made in the salary list as previously adopted: Frank Deerwester increased to $1920.00 per year. F. W. Epley increased to $1800 per year. Mary L. Jensen increased to $1200 per year. The salary of Ida E. Powell, matron, was fixed at $50.00 per month, contract to be for twelve months instead of eleven as heretofore. On motion of Mr. Donovan, seconded by Mr. Handschy, the status of E. A. Bond and W. L. Moodie was elevated from that of assistant teacher to associate teacher. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 076 1909-05-25 On suggestion of Dr. Mathes, the matter of an issue of a diploma to Andrew Anderson, witheld two years ago by reason of his lack of knowledge of English was referred to faculty. Messrs. T. H. Ziegler, D. W. Freeman and Mr. Bever were discussed as prospective teachers but no action was taken. Mr. Handschy presented the appended and moved its adoption; Mr. Donovan seconded; by-laws adopted: BY-LAWS RELATING TO SECRETARY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN DEFINING HIS DUTIES. The Board of trustees shall have power to elect a secretary who shall be the recording officer of said Board; shall attest all instruments required to be signed by the President and shall keep a true record of all the proceedings of said Board and do all other things required of him by said Board. The Secretary of said Board shall also act as treasurer and be the financial officer of said Board. He shall keep a true and accurate account of all moneys received and expended by him. He shall keep all the books of account of said Board and it is hereby made the duty of all persons connected with said Normal school receiving moneys on account of tuition, library fees and all other sources to pay the same over to said Treasurer who will issue his receipt therefor. Said Treasurer shall keep a journal in which shall be accurately entered all moneys received, showing from whom and for what purpose, and also showing all moneys expended to whom and for what purpose. He shall also keep a ledger in which shall be accurately kept an account with every fund of said school created by the Board of Trustees. The Treasurer of said Board shall make disbursements of the funds in his hands on the order of said Board which shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and countersigned by the secretary of said Board and shall state on what account the disbursement is made. The Secretary and acting Treasurer of said Board shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, execute and give a sufficient bond to the State of Washington of such character and form as the Board of Trustees may require and in such sum as said Board may determine conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties as Secretary and Treasurer, and that he will faithfully account for and pay over to the person or persons entitled thereto all moneys which shall come into his hands as said officer, which bond shall be approved by the Board of Trustees and shall be filed with the Chairman of said Board. Said Secretary and Treasurer shall have an office in the Normal School building and shall be present there during such hours as the Board may direct. His books and records shall be open for inspection of said Board and he shall from time to time as required make complete and accurate statements of the transactions of his office to the Board. All moneys received and expended shall pass through his hands, provided that the Board shall have power to designate and create a contingent fund for the payment of sundry and emergency expenses to be paid on the order of the principal who shall render a complete statement of such expenditures to the Board. The Board of Trustees shall audit, approve and allow all claims and shall designate the form of all receipts, orders and other records provided for the transaction of the financial business of said school. The Board of Trustees shall fix the compensation of the Secretary of said Board, which compensation shall be in full for all services as Secretary and Treasurer and other duties performed by said Secretary. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1909 Volume 03 - Page 077 1909-05-25 The Board of Trustees shall have full control of the boarding house known as Edens Hall, and employ matron and such other assistants as may become necessary to conduct the same, and to make such rules for its government and management as they may deem necessary. All moneys received by the management of said boarding house shall be paid to the Treasurer of this Board, and all bills against said boarding house shall be audited and ordered paid by said board, provided said Board may provide for the creation of a contingent fund for the payment of sundry and emergency expenses by the management of said boarding house as the Board may from time to time direct, provided a complete and accurate statement of expenditures from said contingent fund shall be made to the Board of Trustees as it may from time to time direct. No moneys shall be expended except upon the order of the Board with the exception of the disbursements from the contingent or emergency fund and for the return of the indemnity from the Library fund, which disbursements may be made upon the order of the Secretary and Principal without first being authorized by said Board of Trustees. All of the foregoing shall apply to all funds other that those appropriated for the benefit of said institution by the State Legislature. These by-laws shall be in force and effective on or after the first day of September, 1909. Mr. Handschy offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: "It is hereby resolved by the Board of Trustees that all supplies purchased for this institution shall be upon requisition only, such requisition to be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the principal, excepting requisitions for supplies for Edens Hall which shall be signed by the matron thereof; all requisitions to be attached to bills duly rendered for said supplies furnished thereunder. Mr. Donovan seconded and upon vote the resolution was adopted. Trustee Donovan on motion of Mr. Handschy, was granted a six weeks leave of absence. There being no further business the Board adjourned. Minutes approved. ##
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- WWU Board minutes 1910 September
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- 1910-09
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- WWU Board of Trustees minutes 1910 September.
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- association was presented: PRICE LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS RETAINED BY THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. MATHEMATICS. Durell and Robins Arithmetic - 50 copies at $0.10. $5.00. Walsh " - 47 " " $0.40. $18.80. Brooks Mental " - 90 " " $0.08. $7.20. Speer's Primer " - 5 " " $0.20. $1.00. Spee
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association was presented: PRICE LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS RETAINED BY THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. MATHEMATICS. Durell and Robins Arithmetic - 50 copies at $0.10. $5.00. Walsh " - 47 "
Show more association was presented: PRICE LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS RETAINED BY THE BELLINGHAM STATE NORMAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. MATHEMATICS. Durell and Robins Arithmetic - 50 copies at $0.10. $5.00. Walsh " - 47 " " $0.40. $18.80. Brooks Mental " - 90 " " $0.08. $7.20. Speer's Primer " - 5 " " $0.20. $1.00. Speer's Elements " - 2 " " $0.20. $0
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- wwu:20914
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- WWU Board minutes 1957 April
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- 1957-04
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for April 1957.
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- 1957-04 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - April 1957 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- 801 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES April 18, 1957 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on Thursday, April 18, 1957, at 12:00 o'clock noon at Edens Hall a
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- WWU Board minutes 1952 May
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- 1952-05
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 1952.
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- 1952-05 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - May 1952 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- 680 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES May 21, 1952 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on wednesday, May 21, 1952, at Edens Hall, at 12:00 o'clock noon. Thos
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- wwu:34066
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- WWU Board of Trustees Packet: 2018-12-13
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- WWU Board of Trustees Meeting Records 2018 December
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- 2018-12-13
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting all-in-one packet for December 13, 2018.
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- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA December 13, 14, 2018 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018 Location: Old Main 340 Time: 3:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 3:00 – 3:05 2. STUDENT SUCCESS FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE AND BRAND CAMPAIGN Joint Session with Western Washington University Foundation Board
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- wwu:33198
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- WWU Board minutes 1905 October
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- 1905-10
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- WWU Board of Trustees minutes 1905 October.
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- 1905-10 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905 Volume 02 - Page 031 1905-10-17 Regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School met in the office of the principal. Present: Chairman Edens, Mr. Donovan, M
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1905-10 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905 Volume 02 - Page 031 1905-10-17 Regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of
Show more1905-10 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905 Volume 02 - Page 031 1905-10-17 Regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School met in the office of the principal. Present: Chairman Edens, Mr. Donovan, Mr. White, Dr. Mathes and the clerk. Minutes of the meeting of August 12, August 24 and September 5 were read and approved. E.E. White presented his oath of office under appointment as trustee for the term from March 2, 1905, to March 2, 1911, and took his seat as a member of the board. J.J. Edens was nominated by Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Donovan, for chairman of the Board. Mr. White put the motion, which was carried. Mr. Edens thanked the other members of the board and accepted. Mr. Donovan moved that the insurance policies on the dormitory building be referred back to the agents, requesting Kline and Van Wyck to make one out for three years at the newly fixed rate for $1,500 and likewise requesting L.H. Daldy and Co. to make out their policy for three years for $1,500. The motion was seconded by Mr. White and carried. Mr. Donovan requested the clerk to look up the old policy on the dormitory, finding and reporting when it expires. During the discussion, the fact that no insurance is carried on the Normal building, was brought out. On motion of Mr. Donovan, the bill of Thiel and Welter for furniture for the dormitory, was ordered paid, subject to correction in the item charging $55 for ten bed couches instead of $50, if, on investigation, Dr. Mathes finds that such correction should be made. On Motion of Mr. White, J.S. Sheckey, who had appeared before the board and explained his bill, was ordered paid $62.50 as the balance due on materials for the fence, which he had purchased. Dr. Mathes made a verbal report on the effect of the vaccination order of the Board of Health on the need of a fence under the heating pipe from the Normal to the dormitory, which had not been built because no one was available to do the grading; on the new funds coming in from the dormitory, and the library and locker fees. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905 Volume 02 - Page 032 1905-10-17 Dr. Mathes was instructed to include the fees received from lockers, with the established incidental fund, but to deposit the income from the dormitory separately. Mr. Donovan moved that it be the sense of the Board that as appropriation of $550 be provided from the Science fund of the State appropriation for the erection of a lecture room and green house, adjoining the Normal, subject to plans to be approved later. The motion carried. Dr. Mathes reported having engaged Charles Pothoran, Herman Smith, and Roger Williams, students, as assistant janitors at $9 per month, each, and Charles D. Jones, student, as assistant to the librarian, at $6 per month, in accordance with instructions of the trustees. Dr. Mathes further reported having engaged H.D. Boyd at the rate of $10 per month to assist in teaching Algebra during the first semester. This action was approved. Mr. Donovan moved, seconded by Mr. White, that the clerk be instructed not to pay salary warrants to any members of the faculty who have failed to sign their contracts. The clerk was further instructed to notify any members who have not executed their contracts, as submitted for the year 1905-1906, that this must be done before October 31. Bills were approved for allowance as follows: to be forwarded to the auditor October 18: Maintenance: 97 J.N. Selby and Co. $156.45; 83 E.R. Croft $68.00; 84 Sunset TandT Co. $9.30; 85 Puget Sound Mills and Timber Co. $19.37; 98 Whatcom falls Mill Co. $14.05; 86 D. Appleton $49.11; 87 Cunningham, Curtis, and Welch $48.00; 88 Silver, Burdett and Co. $36.00; 89 Chapman Bros, and Co. $56.34; 90 Lowman and Hanford $96.60; 91 Whatcom County Railway and Light Co. $2.30; 92 American Book Co. $68.40; 93 Trunkey and Son 461.25; 94 B.B. Furniture Co. $35.90; 95 Cornish-Mitchell paint Co. $14.30; 96 Incidental Fund $412.70. Improvements and Repairs: 109 Whatcom Boiler Works $39.27; 110 B.B. Furniture Co. $295.63; 111 Munro and Haskell $15.43; 112 Montague and McHugh $68.93; 113 Thiel and Welter $194.69. Science: 99 Central Science Co. $78.48; 100 Rand, McNally $1.93; 101 Hammacher, Seglemmer and Co. $3.28; 102 J.L. Hammett and Co. $3.12; 103 Todd and Todd $8.39; 104 Milton, Bradley Co. $13.65; 105 B.B. Furniture Co. $25.00; 106 Incidental Fund $112.64. CampusL 107 Boyd and Noble $95.00; 108 J.S. Shockey $62.10. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for October 1905 Volume 02 - Page 033 1905-10-17 Library Bank: A.C. McClurg and Co. $405.77; A.C. McClurg and Co. $13.14; C.A. Nichols Co. $37.05; S.F. Stevens and Brown $67.28. Meeting adjourned. Minutes approved. Roy O. Hadley, clerk. John J. Edens, chairman. ##
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- WWU Board minutes 1939 February
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- 1939-02
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- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for February 1939.
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- 1939-02 ----------xxxxx---------- Board of Trustees Minutes - February 1939 - Page 1 ----------xxxxx---------- MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES February 15, 1939. The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the College on February 15, 1939, at 4 P.M. Those present