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generous, and in addition a third act of Congress, approved March 

 4, 1907, provided for increased support of the land-grant colleges 

 from federal funds. This was known as the Nelson Amendment, 

 by which $5000 was appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1908, and an annual increase of $5000 for each of the four 

 succeeding years provided for, thus allowing $25,000 annually 

 thereafter, in addition to amounts fixed by previous enactments. 



The local management of the College under the Nichols admin- 

 istration underwent gradual modifications. The Faculty meetings 

 once in two weeks, owing to business absences of the president, 

 became less frequent, and finally were, practically, held on call. 

 The committees on admission, assignments, and farmers' institutes 

 controlled matters coming within their scope, respectively. The 

 president continued to approve the assignments of students, but 

 with slight exceptions this was little more than a formality. 



The administrative duties of the College became so burden- 

 some that in 1908 the Board of Regents established a Council of 

 Deans to share these with the president, the deans performing 

 such duties as he might direct. President Nichols made little use 

 of the deans as such, however, and the council was not really 

 organized, and the duties of its members, and of the council as a 

 whole, stated until June, 1909. The office of director of the 

 Experiment Station was revived to handle the executive duties be- 

 longing to that activity, which under the preceding administrations 

 had been performed by the president as chairman of the Experi- 

 ment Station Council. The director was given no responsibility 

 for the work of departments, or authority to initiate or supervise 

 work. The Station Council, consisting of the heads of departments 

 in station work, considered the investigations to be undertaken, 

 and recommended to the Board of Regents. In 1906, however, the 

 status was changed and a director appointed who had no other 

 duties, and who was given large responsibility for the conduct of 

 departmental work in agricultural investigation. The Station 

 Council was not abrogated, but soon became functionless. 



In 1909, with the co-operation of the president, and the 

 approval of the Faculty and the Board of Regents, a Students' 

 Council was organized, which has served a very useful purpose even 

 though its career has not been spectacular. Its members are 

 chosen by class organizations, four from the senior class, three 

 from the junior class, two from the sophomore class, and one from 

 the freshman class. Its objects are: "(1) To act as a representa- 

 tive body before the governing officers of the College in all matters 

 that concern the individual students, student organizations, or the 

 student body as a whole; (2) to act as a body of mediation between 

 different student organizations or enterprises whenever such ser- 

 vice is sought by such organizations or enterprises; (3) to take 

 cognizance of all matters that pertain to the good name and scholar- 



