THE MEETING Or THE BOARD Or TRUSTEES
College shall hereafter be published in July instead of in January
of each year, in order that it may cover the United States Govern
ment fiscal year. The next report will cover the eighteen months
from January, 1898 to July 1899.
The following resolution was adopted by the Board:
" Resolved, First, That the action of the students of The Penn
sylvania State College in abolishing from the Institution, now and
for the future, the practice of hazing, is deemed by the Board of
Trustees an event of such importance to the welfare of the Col
lege and the indication of such a prevailing spirit of manliness
and loyalty as to deserve special recognition and approval.
" Second, That . the foregoing resolution be entered on the
Minutes of the Board and communicated to the Faculty and
students, by the President of the College."
By far the most important matter considered by the Board was
a letter from the Hon. Andrew Carnegie, a member of the Board,
in which he offered to donate the sum of Sioo,ooo for the erection
of a Library and Museum for the College provided the State would
agree to make an annual appropriation of sio,ooo for its main
tenance, without diminishing on that account its annual appropria
tion for other purposes—using the following language:
" The College is doing such great work for the State. that Ido
not think any individual should contribute money to it for additional
buildings unless the Slate agrees to maintain them. It is a duly
which the State owes to its brighl young men who attend the College
of their own State, instead of going to other' Slates for their educa
tion. Born Pennsylvanians, they grow uit. Pennsylvanians."
The Board appointed a committee, consisting of Gen. Jas. A.
Beaver, Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Dr. Lawrence M. Colfelt, and Cyrus. T. Fox, Usq..,
to draw up a memorial to the State Legislature,. incorporating
Mr. Carnegie's offer. This was done on January 27th, and on
February 2nd Senator Magee of Pittsburg introduced into the
Senate a bill favoring the proposition.