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, but the purpose I had in view was to regulate the
price according to the length of the term and the
teacher. Most of the students in music would be
willing to pay a little more for lessons from Professor
McVey, and I respectfully ask that the registrar be
authorised to [?fix?] a slightly higher rate for his instruction
and to put the price to correspond with the length of
te term. I cannot now make a very definite recommen-
-dation for the whole of next year as our experience with
the fall term may make some modification necessary
or at least advisable. It will also be well to look toward
the purchase of a pipe organ for the auditorium in the
near future. I believe that 2500$ or $3.000- could be
wisely invested in this way even if we have to
borrow the man at 5%, a large organ on the
platform might also improve the acoustic properties
of the room - I wish to make an earnest plea for at
[inserted] Presidents
Annual
Report [end inserted] least $500 for the library next year. We need a few
more periodicals, and not less than one from each of
our new possessions. For three year our library has
been increased [?scarcely?] at all except by [illegible] periodicals.
Last year the amount expended was less than $150.
So urgent are the needs of certain new books, that I
paid nearly $100.00 out of personal funds for such as
were most in demand, or that we have long
been wanting and which could be bought at special rates.
I did not ask the Finance Committee to buy books, because
there was some doubt as to their authority. I called the
attention of the Board to the matter last summer, but
no action was taken, and as this [inserted] in [end inserted]action might be
interpreted either affirmatively or negatively I preferred to
let the matter run on to the end of the year. It is
well to keep in mind [?too?] that most of the departments
need about nothing but books, and as the others are now
fairly well equipped this condition of affairs leaves the
way clear for books.
Three months ago we began again the publication of the
O.U Mirror. It is not an entire success. The fact is