THE HESPERIAN
The University Government.
The general administration of the gov
ernmental aflRairfi -of the University of
Nebraska is vested in a "board of six re
gents, ehosen by the voters -of the state
at large, at the general elections. The
term of office is six years, and it is so
.arranged ihat two members tire elected
eveiy two years. The members of this
'board .are not paid .a salary, but they .are
reianbursed their .actual eiKpe'hses in dis
charging their 'duties.
The state constitution makes the re
gents the governing 'board of the luni'vcr
sity. They are authoiuzed to acquire and
dispose of mniversity property, .and to
elect .and aemove officei's and instructors
of the institution. It is the duty of the
board to enact laws for the governanent
of tihe nniveu'&ity, and it he .statutes of iDje
state presume that the aiegeiMts shall jvur
chase text boolis .and funa-nih tbeun tio
students at cost.
'Tib we .are three -gen ea:al am eeiiings ot' Ah e
bojmrd., .an aajajual session jpst betiorecom
inencement, .and twvo aieguikur meetings,
one an April and the other an (December,.
Al aneetangs .ante held .at the iuniwwsiity
;and :an:e niRualy open to the public. 'The
officers of itilje Iboaird ;are .a president ;and
aseoitetaay. The pj'.esii dent as elected at
ttbe .annual aneutiing, ;and Ibolds office two
yeaas. IPb e sewetaay is n v a ctang-tBte.v-nwHitfi'
tllje luajiiwersity. The board has
foua standing efDmunittees:: O j) :an execu
tive, i(2j) atfiaiaiuee, i($j).a niniftwaity aajd
Bbrairy coiniwiitLoe, .andl 4 1) a eojuanaittce
on couaise of sliudw.
ext un .aiuthorjry to the bo and astlbe
.d)juiijt.eilllcirj Hfle ds the rtbiitf acuiti'me
officer d'tJhe wurivwcMmty, anU acta ,-us ;a
aoj't off ajiodldator between ithe faculty and
itJbfi' boiaaufl stf atagentis. Oifus office i m
mwemly hnlii, and he as ireqpiutad to
gi we his -entire tiian e to Miijiwer.ai.ty b uain ess.
J1 in the duty erf the .chancellor to see
that the regulations and orders of the
board are complied with, and he is
chained -with the responsibility of main
taining good order in the institution.
He lias general supervision over the asso
ciated .colleges in the university he i
president of the university senate, the
genej-al faculty, and the college faculties;
he conducts the daily chapel exercises,
and performs other .duties entrusted to
him hy the regents.
The deans m& third in authority; they
are the presidents of the various colleges.
The board of regents elects the deans at
the annual aneeting, and one is desig
nated, senior-dean. It is customary to
malce the dean of the academic college
seojior .dean, but this is not prescribed.
He as vice president of the general faculty,
and in case of a vacancy aim tuV office oi'
idl j an cell o j, h e beeom e .acting ehan cell or .
iBelow the deans aire the pj'ofessorA, the
.associate professoj's, and the division an-
StllUJCtOJ'K.
The internal government of tbetuniwea
aity us nam (flea the supervision of rt&e gen
ejial tiaculty. 'The bylaws of the board
of argents pjtovade for arairjaweiteity senate,
cojnposed vof aM tihe professoas hi tlbe
anstiitution. The senate does not meet
ategulaaily, and tlije .geneital daculty pei-tt'oj-ms
the duties outlined for 1Mb bo(ry.
Allll thepatofesso-rsandxiesociate ipj'ofessors
an til j e academic mA induBtaiafl .colleges
;aire aneinbei-s oi' tllje ;gauea'.all fiiculty- The
woiik oi' tiijas faculty is done chae
tibatougilj committees of which jea'e aa;e
twvdlvw. An idea of dheia1 diunctoon nua3'
be obtaiajed fatom tlj eur tatll es. Tib ey aajs
O I) .a comajj!util-ie on oiinej'geni-aes, v(2j) mi
lauatoOUuneut comamittee, ,(2 ) a .cfiKruaaalitee
ou iw-heduii!!.., (4j) acaiediit committee, ((D
.u llabj:aay coimmattea, A61) a cowanatte mi
.accredited schools, '7) miQm jgaaidmate
5nfltiutno-n, .(-8j) ;anothej', on luncaaHsified
Htunteujts,, ii)) miQu jpj'.ejDaa:at!0jyMgyaik,
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