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Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1872BOARD MINUTES March 20, 1872 Proceedings of the first meeting of the Board of· Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the state of AU.bama commenced and held in the Hall of the Websterian Society in the College buildings at Aubu...
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Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1872BOARD MINUTES
March 20, 1872
Proceedings of the first meeting of the Board of· Directors of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of the state of AU.bama commenced and
held in the Hall of the Websterian Society in the College buildings at
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama on the 20th day of Harch, 1872.
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The Board of Directors of theA. & M. College was called to order by
Coi. Jo seph Hodgson Vlho nominated Governor Robert B. Lindsay as Chairman.
Governor Lindsay took the chair and on motion of Hon. William H. Barnes,
Joseph Hodgson 1vas appointed Secretary pro-tempore.
The Chairman stated the object of the meeting a..'1.d that the same was
called under the act approved February 26th, 1872, entitled An Act in
Relation to the Agricultural ani Mechroical College of Alaba..'11a ani that
the iollm'ling persons are entitled to seats as members of the Ibard of
Directors, viz.
The Governor of the State of Alabama
Ex Officio Robert B. Lindsay
Superintendent of Public Instruction - Col. Joseph Hodgson
President of the State Agricultural Society ------
Hon. William H. Barnes, Lee County, Alabama
Hon. C. C. Langdon, Mobile, Alabama
Thomas D. Osborne, Jackson County, Alabama
Col. M. L. Stansel, Pickens County, Alabama
J. B. Scott, Esq., Montgomery County, Alabama
Q. N. Malone, ,sq., Limestone County, Alabama
w. C. Dowdell, Esq., Lee County, Alabama.
Of this rrwmber the following gentlemen were present: Gov. LinisaYJ
Joseph Hodgson; ~1Tilliam H. Barnes; H. C. DOlidell; C. C. Langdon; T. D.
Osborne; M. L. Stansel; and J. B. Scott.
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Hr. Barnes offered the following resolution.
Resolved that Samuel G. Reid and B. S. Bibb lay before the Board of
Directors their claims to a seat ~vith the Board of Directors, both gentlemen
claiming to be President of the State Agricultural ,;society.
The resolution lias adopted, whereupon B. S. Bibb submitted the follmYing
paper.
Office of the Alabama
State Agricultural Society
Hontgomery, 18th Harch, 1872
I hereby certify that the Han. B. S. Bibb of 110ntgomery is the
President of the Alabama 'State Agricultural Socie~J.
Mr. S. G. Reid submitted the following paper.
~M. P. Vandiver, Sec. of the
State Agricultural Society.
Samuel G. Reid
Director
Hontgomery
Dear Sir:
Executive Dept.
state of Alabama
l1ontgomery
March 16th, 1872
A meeting of the Directors of the Agricultural and l1echanical
College of Alabama will be held at Auburn on the 20th instant
for the purpose of organizing the College.
Your presence as a member of said Directory is urged.
Re spe c tfully ,
Robert B. Lindsay, Gov.
Governor Lindsay offered the following resolution.
Resolved that neither the President of the Ala. state Agricultural Society
nor the President of the Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical Association is
entitled to membership in this Board. The second section of the Act
appeared February 26th, 1872, designating the President of the State
Agricultural Society an ex-officio member thereof.
Pending the resolution, G1'l motion the Board adjourned until 4 0 t clock p.m.
The Board of Directors met at 4 0' clock P. H.
Mr. Langdon offered the following substitute for the pending r esolution.
l1esolved that B. 'Sa Bibb, President of the Alabama State Agricultural
Society, is entitled to membership in this Board.
The substitute was rejected. 1be resolution of Gov. Lindsay being put to
a vote Was lost.
Gov~ Lindsay offered the following resolution.
Resolved that B. S. Bibb is entitled to a seat in this Board under the
credentials which he: ·has submitted.
The resolution was lost.
On motion of Mr. Stansel the Board proceeded to elect a permanent President.
Governor Lindsay moved t hat a committee of three be appointed to report
upon the number and duties of the Faculty to be elected by the Board of
Directors.
The motion was adopted and the President appointed as the committee members,
Lindsay, Langdon, and Stansel.
Mr. Langdon moved that the Secretary be instructed to notify Me ssrs. Reid
and Bibb of t he action of the Board of Directors upon t heir claims for a
seat in the Board.
On motion of Mr. Langdon the Board adjourned until 10 0' clock A. I1.
the 21st day of March, 1872.
The Board met at 10 o'clock A. M. Journal read and approved.
On motion of v.Jilliam C. DOiidell the Boark took a r ecess until 12 noon.
Gov. Lindsay from Special Committee made the following resports. That
there be:
1. A President and Professor of J'1oral Philosophy, Lo gic, History,
Rhetoric and Political conomy, with a salary of twenty five hundred
dollars ($2500) per annum.
2. A professor of Pure Mathematics.
3. A professor of Natural Sciences, embracing Astronomy, Me ttalurgy ,
l1echanic Arts, a nd Civil Engineering.
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4. A Professor of Chemistry, Proper, Agricultural and Annalytical Geology
and Minerallogy.
5. A Professor of Ancient and Hodem Languages.
6. A Professor of Mental Philosophy, English Language and Literature.
7. A Professor of Practical Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, etc.
8. A Commandant and Teacher of !1ilitary Tactics and Military Engineering.
Each of the Professors shall have a salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
Report adopted •••
On motion the Board adjourned 'til 4 0' clock P. M.
'The Board me t at 4 O'clock P.M. Mr. Stansel offered the following
resolution.
That the Faculty be required to equalize labor among themselves am. if
nece ssary to that purpose transfer any branch of study from one professional
chair to another.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Stansel offered l, he follOwing resolution.
In t he event it shall become necessary, the faculty are hereby authorized
to provide a teacher £or a preparatory department, then action in the
premises subject to the : approval of this Board and such teacher shall
receive for his services in addition to tuition fees such compensation
as this Board may deem reasonable. Adopted.
Mr. stansel moved to go into t ~e election of a permanent Secretary to
the Board of Directors of t he A. & M. College of Alabama.
Mr. Frank H. Reese of Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, was elected ani
appointed Secretary to the Board.
11r. Stansel motion to go into the election of a Treasurer of the Board.
Mr. E. T. Glenn of Auburn ~ias elected and appointed Tr easurer of the
Board of Directors of the A. & H. College of Alabama.
Nr, Stansel moved that the pay of the Secretary of t his Board shall be
tuo hundred and f ifty dollars pe'r annum and the pay of the Treasurer 2t p er cent on all monies disbursed by him. - Adopted -
Governor Lindsay moved that Messrs. Langdon, Stansel, and Osborne be
appointed a committee to draw'!> Q)rJaws and report tomorrow.
The Board adjourned to 8 o'clook P.M.
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The Board met at 9 o'clock P.M. On motion of Governor Lindsay that when
the Board a djourned it shall adjourn to the 1st }10nday in June next. At
which adjourned meeting the Board shall elect the Faculty of Professors.
The motion was lost.
On motion of W. C. Dowdell the Board adjourned until tomorrow morning,
8 O'clock.
Auburn, Alabana
March 22nd, 1872
The Board root at 8 o'clock A.M. Hon. William H. Barnes in too Chair.
Minutes read and adopted.
The report of th e Special Committee on by-laws through their Chairman
Hr. Stansel reported the following.
This College shall consist of a Faculty composed of the following
officers. A President and Professors as named and designated in the
r eport of the Sp ecial Committee composed of Gov. Lindsay , Langdon, and
Stansel, except t hat the commandant and teacher of military tacti cs and
military engineering shall further have charge of the Quarter Masters
and commissary departments and that the off icers so named and designated
shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board.
The Cadets shall wear a uniform of cadet gray and in summer time white
pants, the goods for which may be f urnished t hereby the Quarter l'1aster.
Department at costs and charges and the Treasurer of the Board shall
supply that Deparunent ld t.'l funds for t he purpo se on the warrant of the
President of the Faculty therefor.
The said College shall go into operation f orthwith, from which time the
salaries of officers shall commence, payable semiannually on the first day
of February and the first day of August of each year upon the warrant of
the President of the Faculty to the Treasurer.
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Duties of Secretary
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of this Board to attend all the
meetings af the Board, to keep an accurate record of all t he proceedings
t..nereof, in a vlell bound book which shall be furnished him by the
Treasurer upon the order of the Pre sident of th e Faculty therefor, and to
discharge such other duties pertaining to his office as shall from time
to time be required of him by the Board and he shall receive for his
services t he sun of two hundred am fifty dollars, payable semiannually,
the first of February and the 1st of August of each year by warrant of
the Treasurer from the President of the Faculty.
" Duties of Treasurer
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all monies coming to the
College and di sburse the same only on the warran t of the President of the
Faculty. He shall execute his bond for the faithfull discharge of the
duties of his office in the sum of twenty thousand dollars payable conditioned
and approved as required by law and shall annually report to this
Board a f ull statement of all his receipts and disbursements and such
other matters as may be deemed proper. All of which w~s adopted.
Additional by-laws submitted and adopted.
It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the
Faculty; to have controll of all disbursements of the monies of the College
appropriated by this Board and shall drau hi s warrant on the Treasurer for
a:g sums to be paid out of the Treasury and shall keep a record of all
such warrants drawn, showing the amounts, dates, in whose favor and for
wha t purpo se drawn and shall make annual report to this Board; and he shall
not vote in any meeting of the Faculty except in case of a tie.
In case of the absence of the President for any cause, the Faculty shall
have the power to elect some member of their elm body who shall temporarily
discharge t:re duties of President.
The Faculty shall have pOvler to charge each student such a fee for
incidental expenses as they may deem proper.
The tuition fee shall be f ifty dollars for each student per annum p~yable
on his entrance into the College.
The Commandant shall have complete control of the military department.
The Collegiate year of t his College shall begin on the first Honday of
February of each year and the Commencement Exercises shall take place on
t he last Thursday of October of each year and such preceding days as the
faculty may arrange.
}1r. Langdon moved that the Board proceed to the election of the professors,
whereupon the following named gentlemen were elected.
Rev. T. T. Tichenor, D. D., President and Professor of Horal Philosophy,
logic, history, rehotoric and political economy.
Professor Alexander Mogg, Professor of pure mathematics.
J. B. Read, I'1.D. Professor of Natural sciences, 'embracing astronomy,
metallurgy, mechanical arts and civil engineering.
Professor vi. C. stubbs, Professor of chemistry proper: agricultural
and annalytical; geology and mineralogy.
Professor T. T. Dunklin, Professor of Ancient and modern languages.
Rev. B. B. Bnss. Professor of mental philosophy, English language and
Ii terature.
w. H. Jemison. Profe ssor of practical agriculture, Horticulture,
Pomology.
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Genl. George P. Harrison, Jr. Commandant and Teacher of military tactics
and military engineering.
It was moved that the Secretary inform the gentlement present elected to
professorships of their election and invite them to participate in the
deliberations of t he Board of Directors. Which duty was perf.ormed and all
the gentlement who had been elected to professorships were notified except
Dr. Tichenor, the others bein g present in the town of Auburn.
The gentlemen vmo had been elected to professorships entered the Hall of
the 1vebsterian '&lciety when the Board was in session am verbally accepted
the profe ssorships to which they had been elected.
By Gov. Lindsay. Resolved that t he secretary of the Board of Directors
be directed to inform in writing each of the professors of their election
and to request their acceptance of the same in v~iting.
On motion of Gov. Lindsay; that there be three students from each County
in the :State of Alabama admitted as members of the A. &:. M. College free of
tuition fees. The resolution was amended by inserting two instead of
three and adopted.
an motion of Mr. StaJ. sel; that the salary of the President of t:l:le A. & H.
College of the State of Alabama be twenty-five hundred dollars and that
the other professors shall receive the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars and an equal proportion of one half the tuition fe es. Adopted.
On motion of 11r. Langdon; the present faculty are hereby au thorized to
carry out in good faith the agreement of the faculty of the East Alabama
Male College made with the pupils thereof in regard to tuition and all
obligations entered into with them. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Stan sel; the tuition funds turned over to t his College
is hereby appropriated to repairs on the College buildings under the
directbn of the Treasurer of t his Board. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hodgson that the faculty select the land to be connected
,vi th the A. & M. College of Alabama. -
On motion of Mr. Stansel; that the re gular annual meetings of this Board
shall be held on the first TUesday preceeding commencement day of each
year and such other meetings shall be held as the Pr esident of the Board
shall call.
On motion of Mr. Stansel; that each of the directors make out a bill of
their actual expenses incurred in cOming and going from Auburn in their
official capacity and submit the sruae to the President of this Board and
flle the same with the Secretary.
On motion of Hr. Hodgson; that the thanks of the Board of Directors be
returned to the Websterian Society for the use of their Hall.
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On motion of Mr. Hodgson; the Board of Directors do nOli adjourn sine die.
Frank M. Reese, '$ecretary to
Board of Directors
The City of Montgomery, Alabarna.
June 19th, 1872
At an informal meeting of the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College
of Alabama held in the rooms of the Executive department at the Capitol
Building, Hon. ~. H. Barnes, Pre sident of the Board, took the chair and
there were present Gov. Robert B. Lindsay , Thomas D. Osborne, W. C.
Dowdell, I. N. Malone, & J. B. Scott.
The secretary was requested to read such communications, as were in his
hands addressed to the Board of Directors.
A communication signed by Professors J. B. Read, Ross & Dunklin was read.
On motion of Gov. Lindsay; the meeting of the Board adjourned until
tomorrow morning to meet in the home of the executive.
Montgomery, Alabama
June 22nd, 1872
The Board of Directors of the A. & M. College of Ala. met in the private
apartment of Gov. Lindsay at the Exchange Hotel in the City of Montgomery
Alabama. Hon. W. H. Barnes presiding, there being present Joseph Hodgson,
Hessrs. Stansel, Doudell, Osborne, Langdon, Halone, and Scott.
On motion of H. L. Stansel that the Cadets nominated by the county superi
ntendents of Education to-~dt:
E. R. Rivers of the County of Russell; Denson & Brock of the Co. of Chambers.
Harbin & Hawes of the Co. of Lowndes; Messrs. ''''alker & Johnson of the
County of Tallapoosa; Messrs. Horne & Hayes of t he county of Bulloch;
1v. E. Alley of the County of Macon; Messrs. vJilkerson & Davis of the County
of Antaugn; Mr. Lazenby of the County of Butler - and who have been
received by the faculty of the A. & M. College are hereby approved by the
Board of Directors and granted all the rights and privileges of the
College under its rules and regulations, free of tuition.
Col. Langdon after the reading of a communication from Commandant George
P. Harrison and Professor stubbs, moved that there be no change in the
time of the commencement. Adopted.
Resolved by Col. Stansel that t he salary of the Secretary of the Board
of Directors be five hundred instead of two hundred and fifty dollars and
that he be required to act as secretary to the faculty. Adopted.
Rules and regulations for the g.overnment of the faculty:
1. It shall be the duty of the President of the Colle ge to see that all
orders, regulations and plans adopted by the f aculty of th e College
are executed. If any officer of the College neglects or refuses to
comply with any order, regulation, or duty, to call his attention to
the failure and then if t here is not rompliance to report the matter
to the faculty for advicE;! and then if necessary, to the Board of
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Directors at their first meeting.
2. No professor shall have pOlier to suspend the recitations of a class
or to hear it any other hour than that fixed by the schedule except
. by an order of the faculty. A professor with the consent of the
President of the College may excuse a class from a single recitation
but not from several.
3. The privileges of a professor in reference to his department shall be
to select his mm textbooks subject to the approval of the faculty
and adopt such methods of instruction as he shall deem best suited to
the capacities and needs of his class, following the course prescribed
by the faculty.
h. Before absenting himself from any of his duties, it shall be necessary
for the professor t o make a regular application at a preceding meeting
for such absence and receive the consent of the faculty, or in an
emergency suddenly arising he mqy absent himself and report the same
with the reasons therefor to the first faculty meeting thereafter for
their approval.
5. It shall not be competent for the faculty to excuse one of their
members from Colle ge duty for a longer time than one ,,;eek and then
only if no detriment is likely to result to the Colle ge by reason
of such absence.
6. It shall not be permitted to any member of the faculty to carry on
any busi ness which shall take his attention from his college duties
or become a condidate for any public office, but in accepting a position
in the college it is understood he thereby devotes his undivided time
and attention to his college duties.
7. It shall be the duty of the President of the Colle ge in making his report
to the Board of Directors, to give a statement of the time of absence
from duty on the part of each professor, the cause of such absence and
whether with the consent of the faculty, the manner of division of
Labor among the professors as ordered by t he Board of Directors and any
other point necessary t o be known to the Board to insure efficiency
among the officers of the College.
On motion the Board 0 f Directors adjourned sine die.
Frank M. Reese, Secretary
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City of ~·1ont g omery, Alabalna
Nov. 19th, 1872
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of t he A. & H. College of Alabama
held in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction there were
present the Pr e sident, Hon. WIn. H. Ba.rnes, Gov. Lindsay, Joseph Hodgson,
C. C. Langdon, I. N. Malone, and \'lIm. C. Dowdell.
Gov. Lind say lva s excused f rom attendance on the Board.
On motion of I . N. Malone the Board of Directors adjourned their session
until Friday 12 o'clock noon to meet at the office of Supt. of Public
Instruction i n t he Capitol Building.
Montgomery, Alabama
Nov. 22nd , 1872
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College held in the
rooms of the Supt. of Public Instructi on there 'Vere pr esent Hon. H. Barnes,
President, l'-lessrs. Langdon, Malone, Osborne, Scott, and Dovldel1. Also Col.
Noble H. Speed, Supt. of Public Instruction of the s tate of Alabama.
On motion of Mr. Speed t he President of t he A. & M. College, Rev. T. T.
Tichenor,D. D., were r eque sted to submit his r eport which duty was performed
by Dr. T. •
Dr. Tichenor lvas:requested by the Board to be present at t he s essions of
t he Board of Directors.
On motion of Nr. Osborne, Mr. E. T. Glenn, t he Treasurer of t he A. & H.
College submitted his report.
Col. 'Speed moved that the report of the Pre sident and Treasurer be referred
to a committee. The President named as that Committee Messrs. Speed,
Osborne, and Langdon.
Col. Langdon moved that a committee b.e appointed to investigate the investment
of the fund arising from the lands dona ted by the general government.
The committee named were Messrs. Malone , Scott, and Dowdell, and on motion
the President of the Board was added to the committee.
On motion the report of the commandant and other prof essors of the Colle ge
were referred to the committee consisting of Messrs. Speed, Langdon, and
Osborne.
On motion the communications from some of the professors were referred to
the proper committee.
On motion of Mr. Osborne, l-ir. Speed, and E. T. Glenn, Treasurer, were
requested to see the auditor in reference to the Colle ge fund and to
ascertain if any funds cm be rai sed on coupons due 1st January next.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock p.m. in the basement
of the Baptist Church for the convenience of the members of the Board.
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The Board met at the place designated.
Resolved by Mr. Speed that the subject of the reorganization of the
faculty and arrangement of the curriculum be referred to the following
committee viz., Mrssrs. Speed, Langdon, and Osborne, t.~at Mr. Halone be
added to the Committee and Dr. Tichenor requested to confer with them.
Resolved by Mr. Speed that the Treasurer be, ani he is hereby authorized
to extend an a mount for the Chemical Department of the College as in tre
opinion of the faculty may be necessary and as the financial condition
of the College will justify.
On motion of Mr. Speed that Mr. Langdon be appointed to memorialize the
Congress of the United states on the subject of an additional grant of
Public Lands to the A. & 1'1. College of Alabama.
On motion that Mr. Speed be requested to present the said memorial to
the Congre SSe
Resolved that Dr. Tichenor and the Treasurer be authorized and empowered
to sell the lands now belonging to the Colle ge and purchase such others
as they may deem proper to the interest of the College in lieu thereof
and that the Secretary prepare the proper conveyances.
Resolved by l~. Malone that Dr. Tichenor be authorized to take into
consideration the prospect of organizing model and experimental farms
on different portions of the State with plenary powers.
Resolved that the sons of ministers of the Gospel in active service
and young men preparing for the ministry be received into the A. & M.
College of Alabai1R free of tuition.
Resolved that Cadets admitted free of tuition be required to take either
the agricultural or mechanical course of study and that if such cadets
fall behind in their classes, they shall stand dismissed and others substituted
in their stead.
Mr. Speed moved that the President of the faculty and the Treasurer be
empm<lered to erect a Hess Hall for the Cadets of the College.
On motion of Mr. Malone that the Secretary and Treasurer be empowered
to effect an insurance on the college buildings for the sum of thirty
thousand dollars ( {~3) ,0(0).
The Board adjourned to meet at the off ice of the Supt. of Public
Instruction.
1'1ontgomery, Alabama
Nov. 23, 1872
The Board of Director of the A. & M. College lOOt in the room of the
Supreme Court at 4 olclock p.m.
The Secretary read the action of t he faculty in conferring the degrees
of Doctor of Divinity on Rev. i,ri. A. McCarty of Auburn, lee County, Ala.,
and the Rev. J. T. Murray of Baltimore, Maryland, a nd the honorary
degree of A.M. to Joseph D. Morrison, Round Rock, Texas.
The action of t he faculty was unanimously approved by the Board of
Directors.
Hon. Hm. H. Barnes, President of the Board, and a member of a c ommittee
appointed at a previous meeting of the Board submitted the following
report.
To the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Hechanical College
of Alabama.
itle the committee to whom was referred the question of looking into the
condi tion of t' e f und s of said college arising from the grant of
Congress and the investment of the funds arising from the sale of t~e
l and , sc~I'lp , beg leave to submit the following report.
1. We find that the sale of the land scrip was for two hundred and
sixteen thousand dollars ($216,000.).
2. That the amOlL't1t of f our thousand fi VB hundred dollars (~ 4500) was
invested in the bonds of the state at par value prior to the act
of the 15th of December, 1871.
3. That the auditor, Reynolds, invested the sum of fifty one
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars ($51,160.) in the bonds issued
under the act of the 15th December, 1871, and has received bonds to the
alirount 'of"'fifty':"iUne thousand five hundred dollars ($59,.500.) including
the $4500 ani that he is entitled to five thousand more of bond sat the
rate of the market value of said bonds.
This leaves the sum of one hundred and. fifty-nine thousand eight hundred
and forty dollars ($159,840.) of the money invested by him ani so far as
shown by the records of the auditor's office or the Treasurer and the
proceedings of t.he commissioners to sell the scrip and invest the SClJ.lle.
We, houever, learn from his Excellency Gov. Lindsay that the said balance
of $159,840 has been paid to the financial a gents of the state in Nei-T
" York. Hessrs. Duncan, 'Sherman, ani the Gov. says he has deposited with
said a gent s for the college bonds issued under said act of the 15th of
December, 1871, to the amount of said sum of $159,840 being the anount
of said sum of $159,840 paid for said scrip counting the bonds at par
value; but the auditor says he has not made the investment of the money
in bonds under the 8th section of said act approved the 15th day of
December 1871 and from wInch we can learn they were only deposited there
by the Governor to force the inve stment of said funds in said bonds at
par, when the market value was evidenced by the sale of those the
fina,'1cial agents of the state had made, to-wit t-1essrs. Lehmon Durrno would
be only 80 to 85 cents in the dollar.
The committee is of the opinion that no one but the Auditor under the Act
of the 15th December 1871 had the authority to invest the funds of said
Co lIege donated by the Act of Congress of the 2nd July, 1862, and that it
would have beena violation of the trust of Congress to invest these trust
funds in bonds which were depreciated below par value.
'V{e find that the laws on the subject of the deposit. and keeping of said
bonds or securities of the college are deficient and needs further legislation
- That the la~1 as it now stands makes no provision as to what
officer or who shall be the custodian of the said bonds or how the Treasurer
of the College shall obtain the coupons due s emiannually. I;ve are also
of the opini on that i t would be to t he interest of the College for the
Legi slature to settle the question a s to the investment of the $159,840
not included by ,the auditor~ all of which is respectfully submitted.
I. N. Malone
Chairman of Committee
The report was received and adopted.
On motion of Mr. Barnes, }~. Speed being in the chair, that Mr. Speed be
requested to take t he financial condition of the A. & M. College in hand
in relation to t he debt due to the College resulting from t he sale of t he
land scrip , to press the inve stigation and adjustment of the same.
Resolved by Col . Speed that the Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of
Directors be allowed t heir actual expenses heretoio re i ncurred by t hem
in atteming the meetings of the Board when held ~t any other place tl:a. n
Auburh, Alabama.
Dr. Tichenor, t he Pre sident of the Faculty , presented the resignationof
Professor B. B. Ros s, whih was accepted.
By Col • . Speed t hat t he r e solution adopted by t he Boar d at a previous
meeting allowing $250 f or acting as secretary t o t he faculty be and the
same is hereby adopted.
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Resolved by Col. Speed that the ne~ scholastic year of the A. & M. College
of Alabama be gin on Ho nday , the first day of January, 1873, am close on
the last l.vednesday of July 1873 and thereafter each scholastic year shall
commence on t he first Monday of October and close on the f irst Ykdnesd~
of July of each year.
Col. Speed submitted the following r eport. viz.
1. That there be a President and professor of scientific a griculture .
2. A professor of pure mathematics.
3. A professor of chemistry and physics.
)4. A professor of engineering, drawing and commandant.
5. A professor of anc i ent and modern l angua ges.
6. An assistant professor
7. A quarte r rna ster
8. A surgeon.
The r eport of the committee was r e ceived am adopted.
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On motion of l'1r. 'Speed that the treasurer be and/hereby authorized to pay
to Prof e ssor J emison t he Sllin of two hundred and fifty dollars on account
of expenses incurred by him in visiting a gricultural colleges in other
states.
Mr. Speed r e solved t hat the commandant be pl aced in al. thority on an equal
f ooting with other professors and all resolutions conflicting be and the
same are hereby repealed. Adopted.
Resolved by Col. Speed that nine months be considered a scholastic year
and the pay of officers be regulated accordingly . Adopted.
Resolved by Col. Speed that the President of the faculty be au thorized
to make such arrangements for music as he may deem proper and expedient.
On motion of Mr. Malone the Board does now proceed to the election of
officers. ~fuereupon Col. Robert Hardaway of Chambers Co., Ala., was
elected professor of engineering, dravring commandant.
Mr. O. D. Smith of Opelika, Lee Co., Alabama, was unanimously elected
assista.l1t professor.
Hr. E. T. Glen.Y1 was elected quarter master.
Dr. J. B. Read was elected surgeon.
Resolved by 1. N. Halone that the salary of the President of the A. H.
College of Alabama shall from the 1st day of January, 1873 be the sum of
two thousand four hundred dollars ($2400) and that each pf'ofessor the sum
of eighteen hundred dollars, that of assistant professor the sum of
twelve hundred and fifty dollars and that of the quarter master one
thousand dollars per annum, and that no portion of paid salaries shall
be from tuition feeso
Resolved further that the surgeon be allowed as compensation for his
services five dollars as surgeon's fee to be collected at the same time
and in the same manner as tuition is collected and that each cadet pay
the surgeon's fee. Adopted.
Resolved that -the faculty be allowed the authority to establish and
regulate a preparatory department under such rules and r egulations as
they may adoptee
Resolved that unexpended and unappropriated funds be turned over to the
President of the faculty for agricultural purposes.
Resolved that the sum of four hundred dollars be paid to E. T. Glenn,
Treasurer, for extra servic e s.
On motion the secretary informs the gentlemen elected to professorships
of their election and other changes made.
On motion the Board adjourned sine die.
Frank W. Reese
Sec retary to Board
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1872 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of AlabamaAuburn University (formerly Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama); Board of TrusteesMinutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1872BOARD MINUTES
March 20, 1872
Proceedings of the first meeting of the Board of· Directors of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of the state of AU.bama commenced and
held in the Hall of the Websterian Society in the College buildings at
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama on the 20th day of Harch, 1872.
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The Board of Directors of theA. & M. College was called to order by
Coi. Jo seph Hodgson Vlho nominated Governor Robert B. Lindsay as Chairman.
Governor Lindsay took the chair and on motion of Hon. William H. Barnes,
Joseph Hodgson 1vas appointed Secretary pro-tempore.
The Chairman stated the object of the meeting a..'1.d that the same was
called under the act approved February 26th, 1872, entitled An Act in
Relation to the Agricultural ani Mechroical College of Alaba..'11a ani that
the iollm'ling persons are entitled to seats as members of the Ibard of
Directors, viz.
The Governor of the State of Alabama
Ex Officio Robert B. Lindsay
Superintendent of Public Instruction - Col. Joseph Hodgson
President of the State Agricultural Society ------
Hon. William H. Barnes, Lee County, Alabama
Hon. C. C. Langdon, Mobile, Alabama
Thomas D. Osborne, Jackson County, Alabama
Col. M. L. Stansel, Pickens County, Alabama
J. B. Scott, Esq., Montgomery County, Alabama
Q. N. Malone, ,sq., Limestone County, Alabama
w. C. Dowdell, Esq., Lee County, Alabama.
Of this rrwmber the following gentlemen were present: Gov. LinisaYJ
Joseph Hodgson; ~1Tilliam H. Barnes; H. C. DOlidell; C. C. Langdon; T. D.
Osborne; M. L. Stansel; and J. B. Scott.
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Hr. Barnes offered the following resolution.
Resolved that Samuel G. Reid and B. S. Bibb lay before the Board of
Directors their claims to a seat ~vith the Board of Directors, both gentlemen
claiming to be President of the State Agricultural ,;society.
The resolution lias adopted, whereupon B. S. Bibb submitted the follmYing
paper.
Office of the Alabama
State Agricultural Society
Hontgomery, 18th Harch, 1872
I hereby certify that the Han. B. S. Bibb of 110ntgomery is the
President of the Alabama 'State Agricultural Socie~J.
Mr. S. G. Reid submitted the following paper.
~M. P. Vandiver, Sec. of the
State Agricultural Society.
Samuel G. Reid
Director
Hontgomery
Dear Sir:
Executive Dept.
state of Alabama
l1ontgomery
March 16th, 1872
A meeting of the Directors of the Agricultural and l1echanical
College of Alabama will be held at Auburn on the 20th instant
for the purpose of organizing the College.
Your presence as a member of said Directory is urged.
Re spe c tfully ,
Robert B. Lindsay, Gov.
Governor Lindsay offered the following resolution.
Resolved that neither the President of the Ala. state Agricultural Society
nor the President of the Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical Association is
entitled to membership in this Board. The second section of the Act
appeared February 26th, 1872, designating the President of the State
Agricultural Society an ex-officio member thereof.
Pending the resolution, G1'l motion the Board adjourned until 4 0 t clock p.m.
The Board of Directors met at 4 0' clock P. H.
Mr. Langdon offered the following substitute for the pending r esolution.
l1esolved that B. 'Sa Bibb, President of the Alabama State Agricultural
Society, is entitled to membership in this Board.
The substitute was rejected. 1be resolution of Gov. Lindsay being put to
a vote Was lost.
Gov~ Lindsay offered the following resolution.
Resolved that B. S. Bibb is entitled to a seat in this Board under the
credentials which he: ·has submitted.
The resolution was lost.
On motion of Mr. Stansel the Board proceeded to elect a permanent President.
Governor Lindsay moved t hat a committee of three be appointed to report
upon the number and duties of the Faculty to be elected by the Board of
Directors.
The motion was adopted and the President appointed as the committee members,
Lindsay, Langdon, and Stansel.
Mr. Langdon moved that the Secretary be instructed to notify Me ssrs. Reid
and Bibb of t he action of the Board of Directors upon t heir claims for a
seat in the Board.
On motion of Mr. Langdon the Board adjourned until 10 0' clock A. I1.
the 21st day of March, 1872.
The Board met at 10 o'clock A. M. Journal read and approved.
On motion of v.Jilliam C. DOiidell the Boark took a r ecess until 12 noon.
Gov. Lindsay from Special Committee made the following resports. That
there be:
1. A President and Professor of J'1oral Philosophy, Lo gic, History,
Rhetoric and Political conomy, with a salary of twenty five hundred
dollars ($2500) per annum.
2. A professor of Pure Mathematics.
3. A professor of Natural Sciences, embracing Astronomy, Me ttalurgy ,
l1echanic Arts, a nd Civil Engineering.
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4. A Professor of Chemistry, Proper, Agricultural and Annalytical Geology
and Minerallogy.
5. A Professor of Ancient and Hodem Languages.
6. A Professor of Mental Philosophy, English Language and Literature.
7. A Professor of Practical Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, etc.
8. A Commandant and Teacher of !1ilitary Tactics and Military Engineering.
Each of the Professors shall have a salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
Report adopted •••
On motion the Board adjourned 'til 4 0' clock P. M.
'The Board me t at 4 O'clock P.M. Mr. Stansel offered the following
resolution.
That the Faculty be required to equalize labor among themselves am. if
nece ssary to that purpose transfer any branch of study from one professional
chair to another.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Stansel offered l, he follOwing resolution.
In t he event it shall become necessary, the faculty are hereby authorized
to provide a teacher £or a preparatory department, then action in the
premises subject to the : approval of this Board and such teacher shall
receive for his services in addition to tuition fees such compensation
as this Board may deem reasonable. Adopted.
Mr. stansel moved to go into t ~e election of a permanent Secretary to
the Board of Directors of t he A. & M. College of Alabama.
Mr. Frank H. Reese of Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, was elected ani
appointed Secretary to the Board.
11r. Stansel motion to go into the election of a Treasurer of the Board.
Mr. E. T. Glenn of Auburn ~ias elected and appointed Tr easurer of the
Board of Directors of the A. & H. College of Alabama.
Nr, Stansel moved that the pay of the Secretary of t his Board shall be
tuo hundred and f ifty dollars pe'r annum and the pay of the Treasurer 2t p er cent on all monies disbursed by him. - Adopted -
Governor Lindsay moved that Messrs. Langdon, Stansel, and Osborne be
appointed a committee to draw'!> Q)rJaws and report tomorrow.
The Board adjourned to 8 o'clook P.M.
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The Board met at 9 o'clock P.M. On motion of Governor Lindsay that when
the Board a djourned it shall adjourn to the 1st }10nday in June next. At
which adjourned meeting the Board shall elect the Faculty of Professors.
The motion was lost.
On motion of W. C. Dowdell the Board adjourned until tomorrow morning,
8 O'clock.
Auburn, Alabana
March 22nd, 1872
The Board root at 8 o'clock A.M. Hon. William H. Barnes in too Chair.
Minutes read and adopted.
The report of th e Special Committee on by-laws through their Chairman
Hr. Stansel reported the following.
This College shall consist of a Faculty composed of the following
officers. A President and Professors as named and designated in the
r eport of the Sp ecial Committee composed of Gov. Lindsay , Langdon, and
Stansel, except t hat the commandant and teacher of military tacti cs and
military engineering shall further have charge of the Quarter Masters
and commissary departments and that the off icers so named and designated
shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board.
The Cadets shall wear a uniform of cadet gray and in summer time white
pants, the goods for which may be f urnished t hereby the Quarter l'1aster.
Department at costs and charges and the Treasurer of the Board shall
supply that Deparunent ld t.'l funds for t he purpo se on the warrant of the
President of the Faculty therefor.
The said College shall go into operation f orthwith, from which time the
salaries of officers shall commence, payable semiannually on the first day
of February and the first day of August of each year upon the warrant of
the President of the Faculty to the Treasurer.
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Duties of Secretary
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of this Board to attend all the
meetings af the Board, to keep an accurate record of all t he proceedings
t..nereof, in a vlell bound book which shall be furnished him by the
Treasurer upon the order of the Pre sident of th e Faculty therefor, and to
discharge such other duties pertaining to his office as shall from time
to time be required of him by the Board and he shall receive for his
services t he sun of two hundred am fifty dollars, payable semiannually,
the first of February and the 1st of August of each year by warrant of
the Treasurer from the President of the Faculty.
" Duties of Treasurer
It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all monies coming to the
College and di sburse the same only on the warran t of the President of the
Faculty. He shall execute his bond for the faithfull discharge of the
duties of his office in the sum of twenty thousand dollars payable conditioned
and approved as required by law and shall annually report to this
Board a f ull statement of all his receipts and disbursements and such
other matters as may be deemed proper. All of which w~s adopted.
Additional by-laws submitted and adopted.
It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the
Faculty; to have controll of all disbursements of the monies of the College
appropriated by this Board and shall drau hi s warrant on the Treasurer for
a:g sums to be paid out of the Treasury and shall keep a record of all
such warrants drawn, showing the amounts, dates, in whose favor and for
wha t purpo se drawn and shall make annual report to this Board; and he shall
not vote in any meeting of the Faculty except in case of a tie.
In case of the absence of the President for any cause, the Faculty shall
have the power to elect some member of their elm body who shall temporarily
discharge t:re duties of President.
The Faculty shall have pOvler to charge each student such a fee for
incidental expenses as they may deem proper.
The tuition fee shall be f ifty dollars for each student per annum p~yable
on his entrance into the College.
The Commandant shall have complete control of the military department.
The Collegiate year of t his College shall begin on the first Honday of
February of each year and the Commencement Exercises shall take place on
t he last Thursday of October of each year and such preceding days as the
faculty may arrange.
}1r. Langdon moved that the Board proceed to the election of the professors,
whereupon the following named gentlemen were elected.
Rev. T. T. Tichenor, D. D., President and Professor of Horal Philosophy,
logic, history, rehotoric and political economy.
Professor Alexander Mogg, Professor of pure mathematics.
J. B. Read, I'1.D. Professor of Natural sciences, 'embracing astronomy,
metallurgy, mechanical arts and civil engineering.
Professor vi. C. stubbs, Professor of chemistry proper: agricultural
and annalytical; geology and mineralogy.
Professor T. T. Dunklin, Professor of Ancient and modern languages.
Rev. B. B. Bnss. Professor of mental philosophy, English language and
Ii terature.
w. H. Jemison. Profe ssor of practical agriculture, Horticulture,
Pomology.
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Genl. George P. Harrison, Jr. Commandant and Teacher of military tactics
and military engineering.
It was moved that the Secretary inform the gentlement present elected to
professorships of their election and invite them to participate in the
deliberations of t he Board of Directors. Which duty was perf.ormed and all
the gentlement who had been elected to professorships were notified except
Dr. Tichenor, the others bein g present in the town of Auburn.
The gentlemen vmo had been elected to professorships entered the Hall of
the 1vebsterian '&lciety when the Board was in session am verbally accepted
the profe ssorships to which they had been elected.
By Gov. Lindsay. Resolved that t he secretary of the Board of Directors
be directed to inform in writing each of the professors of their election
and to request their acceptance of the same in v~iting.
On motion of Gov. Lindsay; that there be three students from each County
in the :State of Alabama admitted as members of the A. &:. M. College free of
tuition fees. The resolution was amended by inserting two instead of
three and adopted.
an motion of Mr. StaJ. sel; that the salary of the President of t:l:le A. & H.
College of the State of Alabama be twenty-five hundred dollars and that
the other professors shall receive the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars and an equal proportion of one half the tuition fe es. Adopted.
On motion of 11r. Langdon; the present faculty are hereby au thorized to
carry out in good faith the agreement of the faculty of the East Alabama
Male College made with the pupils thereof in regard to tuition and all
obligations entered into with them. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Stan sel; the tuition funds turned over to t his College
is hereby appropriated to repairs on the College buildings under the
directbn of the Treasurer of t his Board. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hodgson that the faculty select the land to be connected
,vi th the A. & M. College of Alabama. -
On motion of Mr. Stansel; that the re gular annual meetings of this Board
shall be held on the first TUesday preceeding commencement day of each
year and such other meetings shall be held as the Pr esident of the Board
shall call.
On motion of Mr. Stansel; that each of the directors make out a bill of
their actual expenses incurred in cOming and going from Auburn in their
official capacity and submit the sruae to the President of this Board and
flle the same with the Secretary.
On motion of Hr. Hodgson; that the thanks of the Board of Directors be
returned to the Websterian Society for the use of their Hall.
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On motion of Mr. Hodgson; the Board of Directors do nOli adjourn sine die.
Frank M. Reese, '$ecretary to
Board of Directors
The City of Montgomery, Alabarna.
June 19th, 1872
At an informal meeting of the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College
of Alabama held in the rooms of the Executive department at the Capitol
Building, Hon. ~. H. Barnes, Pre sident of the Board, took the chair and
there were present Gov. Robert B. Lindsay , Thomas D. Osborne, W. C.
Dowdell, I. N. Malone, & J. B. Scott.
The secretary was requested to read such communications, as were in his
hands addressed to the Board of Directors.
A communication signed by Professors J. B. Read, Ross & Dunklin was read.
On motion of Gov. Lindsay; the meeting of the Board adjourned until
tomorrow morning to meet in the home of the executive.
Montgomery, Alabama
June 22nd, 1872
The Board of Directors of the A. & M. College of Ala. met in the private
apartment of Gov. Lindsay at the Exchange Hotel in the City of Montgomery
Alabama. Hon. W. H. Barnes presiding, there being present Joseph Hodgson,
Hessrs. Stansel, Doudell, Osborne, Langdon, Halone, and Scott.
On motion of H. L. Stansel that the Cadets nominated by the county superi
ntendents of Education to-~dt:
E. R. Rivers of the County of Russell; Denson & Brock of the Co. of Chambers.
Harbin & Hawes of the Co. of Lowndes; Messrs. ''''alker & Johnson of the
County of Tallapoosa; Messrs. Horne & Hayes of t he county of Bulloch;
1v. E. Alley of the County of Macon; Messrs. vJilkerson & Davis of the County
of Antaugn; Mr. Lazenby of the County of Butler - and who have been
received by the faculty of the A. & M. College are hereby approved by the
Board of Directors and granted all the rights and privileges of the
College under its rules and regulations, free of tuition.
Col. Langdon after the reading of a communication from Commandant George
P. Harrison and Professor stubbs, moved that there be no change in the
time of the commencement. Adopted.
Resolved by Col. Stansel that t he salary of the Secretary of the Board
of Directors be five hundred instead of two hundred and fifty dollars and
that he be required to act as secretary to the faculty. Adopted.
Rules and regulations for the g.overnment of the faculty:
1. It shall be the duty of the President of the Colle ge to see that all
orders, regulations and plans adopted by the f aculty of th e College
are executed. If any officer of the College neglects or refuses to
comply with any order, regulation, or duty, to call his attention to
the failure and then if t here is not rompliance to report the matter
to the faculty for advicE;! and then if necessary, to the Board of
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Directors at their first meeting.
2. No professor shall have pOlier to suspend the recitations of a class
or to hear it any other hour than that fixed by the schedule except
. by an order of the faculty. A professor with the consent of the
President of the College may excuse a class from a single recitation
but not from several.
3. The privileges of a professor in reference to his department shall be
to select his mm textbooks subject to the approval of the faculty
and adopt such methods of instruction as he shall deem best suited to
the capacities and needs of his class, following the course prescribed
by the faculty.
h. Before absenting himself from any of his duties, it shall be necessary
for the professor t o make a regular application at a preceding meeting
for such absence and receive the consent of the faculty, or in an
emergency suddenly arising he mqy absent himself and report the same
with the reasons therefor to the first faculty meeting thereafter for
their approval.
5. It shall not be competent for the faculty to excuse one of their
members from Colle ge duty for a longer time than one ,,;eek and then
only if no detriment is likely to result to the Colle ge by reason
of such absence.
6. It shall not be permitted to any member of the faculty to carry on
any busi ness which shall take his attention from his college duties
or become a condidate for any public office, but in accepting a position
in the college it is understood he thereby devotes his undivided time
and attention to his college duties.
7. It shall be the duty of the President of the Colle ge in making his report
to the Board of Directors, to give a statement of the time of absence
from duty on the part of each professor, the cause of such absence and
whether with the consent of the faculty, the manner of division of
Labor among the professors as ordered by t he Board of Directors and any
other point necessary t o be known to the Board to insure efficiency
among the officers of the College.
On motion the Board 0 f Directors adjourned sine die.
Frank M. Reese, Secretary
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City of ~·1ont g omery, Alabalna
Nov. 19th, 1872
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of t he A. & H. College of Alabama
held in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction there were
present the Pr e sident, Hon. WIn. H. Ba.rnes, Gov. Lindsay, Joseph Hodgson,
C. C. Langdon, I. N. Malone, and \'lIm. C. Dowdell.
Gov. Lind say lva s excused f rom attendance on the Board.
On motion of I . N. Malone the Board of Directors adjourned their session
until Friday 12 o'clock noon to meet at the office of Supt. of Public
Instruction i n t he Capitol Building.
Montgomery, Alabama
Nov. 22nd , 1872
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the A. & M. College held in the
rooms of the Supt. of Public Instructi on there 'Vere pr esent Hon. H. Barnes,
President, l'-lessrs. Langdon, Malone, Osborne, Scott, and Dovldel1. Also Col.
Noble H. Speed, Supt. of Public Instruction of the s tate of Alabama.
On motion of Mr. Speed t he President of t he A. & M. College, Rev. T. T.
Tichenor,D. D., were r eque sted to submit his r eport which duty was performed
by Dr. T. •
Dr. Tichenor lvas:requested by the Board to be present at t he s essions of
t he Board of Directors.
On motion of Nr. Osborne, Mr. E. T. Glenn, t he Treasurer of t he A. & H.
College submitted his report.
Col. 'Speed moved that the report of the Pre sident and Treasurer be referred
to a committee. The President named as that Committee Messrs. Speed,
Osborne, and Langdon.
Col. Langdon moved that a committee b.e appointed to investigate the investment
of the fund arising from the lands dona ted by the general government.
The committee named were Messrs. Malone , Scott, and Dowdell, and on motion
the President of the Board was added to the committee.
On motion the report of the commandant and other prof essors of the Colle ge
were referred to the committee consisting of Messrs. Speed, Langdon, and
Osborne.
On motion the communications from some of the professors were referred to
the proper committee.
On motion of Mr. Osborne, l-ir. Speed, and E. T. Glenn, Treasurer, were
requested to see the auditor in reference to the Colle ge fund and to
ascertain if any funds cm be rai sed on coupons due 1st January next.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock p.m. in the basement
of the Baptist Church for the convenience of the members of the Board.
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The Board met at the place designated.
Resolved by Mr. Speed that the subject of the reorganization of the
faculty and arrangement of the curriculum be referred to the following
committee viz., Mrssrs. Speed, Langdon, and Osborne, t.~at Mr. Halone be
added to the Committee and Dr. Tichenor requested to confer with them.
Resolved by Mr. Speed that the Treasurer be, ani he is hereby authorized
to extend an a mount for the Chemical Department of the College as in tre
opinion of the faculty may be necessary and as the financial condition
of the College will justify.
On motion of Mr. Speed that Mr. Langdon be appointed to memorialize the
Congress of the United states on the subject of an additional grant of
Public Lands to the A. & 1'1. College of Alabama.
On motion that Mr. Speed be requested to present the said memorial to
the Congre SSe
Resolved that Dr. Tichenor and the Treasurer be authorized and empowered
to sell the lands now belonging to the Colle ge and purchase such others
as they may deem proper to the interest of the College in lieu thereof
and that the Secretary prepare the proper conveyances.
Resolved by l~. Malone that Dr. Tichenor be authorized to take into
consideration the prospect of organizing model and experimental farms
on different portions of the State with plenary powers.
Resolved that the sons of ministers of the Gospel in active service
and young men preparing for the ministry be received into the A. & M.
College of Alabai1R free of tuition.
Resolved that Cadets admitted free of tuition be required to take either
the agricultural or mechanical course of study and that if such cadets
fall behind in their classes, they shall stand dismissed and others substituted
in their stead.
Mr. Speed moved that the President of the faculty and the Treasurer be
empm<lered to erect a Hess Hall for the Cadets of the College.
On motion of Mr. Malone that the Secretary and Treasurer be empowered
to effect an insurance on the college buildings for the sum of thirty
thousand dollars ( {~3) ,0(0).
The Board adjourned to meet at the off ice of the Supt. of Public
Instruction.
1'1ontgomery, Alabama
Nov. 23, 1872
The Board of Director of the A. & M. College lOOt in the room of the
Supreme Court at 4 olclock p.m.
The Secretary read the action of t he faculty in conferring the degrees
of Doctor of Divinity on Rev. i,ri. A. McCarty of Auburn, lee County, Ala.,
and the Rev. J. T. Murray of Baltimore, Maryland, a nd the honorary
degree of A.M. to Joseph D. Morrison, Round Rock, Texas.
The action of t he faculty was unanimously approved by the Board of
Directors.
Hon. Hm. H. Barnes, President of the Board, and a member of a c ommittee
appointed at a previous meeting of the Board submitted the following
report.
To the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Hechanical College
of Alabama.
itle the committee to whom was referred the question of looking into the
condi tion of t' e f und s of said college arising from the grant of
Congress and the investment of the funds arising from the sale of t~e
l and , sc~I'lp , beg leave to submit the following report.
1. We find that the sale of the land scrip was for two hundred and
sixteen thousand dollars ($216,000.).
2. That the amOlL't1t of f our thousand fi VB hundred dollars (~ 4500) was
invested in the bonds of the state at par value prior to the act
of the 15th of December, 1871.
3. That the auditor, Reynolds, invested the sum of fifty one
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars ($51,160.) in the bonds issued
under the act of the 15th December, 1871, and has received bonds to the
alirount 'of"'fifty':"iUne thousand five hundred dollars ($59,.500.) including
the $4500 ani that he is entitled to five thousand more of bond sat the
rate of the market value of said bonds.
This leaves the sum of one hundred and. fifty-nine thousand eight hundred
and forty dollars ($159,840.) of the money invested by him ani so far as
shown by the records of the auditor's office or the Treasurer and the
proceedings of t.he commissioners to sell the scrip and invest the SClJ.lle.
We, houever, learn from his Excellency Gov. Lindsay that the said balance
of $159,840 has been paid to the financial a gents of the state in Nei-T
" York. Hessrs. Duncan, 'Sherman, ani the Gov. says he has deposited with
said a gent s for the college bonds issued under said act of the 15th of
December, 1871, to the amount of said sum of $159,840 being the anount
of said sum of $159,840 paid for said scrip counting the bonds at par
value; but the auditor says he has not made the investment of the money
in bonds under the 8th section of said act approved the 15th day of
December 1871 and from wInch we can learn they were only deposited there
by the Governor to force the inve stment of said funds in said bonds at
par, when the market value was evidenced by the sale of those the
fina,'1cial agents of the state had made, to-wit t-1essrs. Lehmon Durrno would
be only 80 to 85 cents in the dollar.
The committee is of the opinion that no one but the Auditor under the Act
of the 15th December 1871 had the authority to invest the funds of said
Co lIege donated by the Act of Congress of the 2nd July, 1862, and that it
would have beena violation of the trust of Congress to invest these trust
funds in bonds which were depreciated below par value.
'V{e find that the laws on the subject of the deposit. and keeping of said
bonds or securities of the college are deficient and needs further legislation
- That the la~1 as it now stands makes no provision as to what
officer or who shall be the custodian of the said bonds or how the Treasurer
of the College shall obtain the coupons due s emiannually. I;ve are also
of the opini on that i t would be to t he interest of the College for the
Legi slature to settle the question a s to the investment of the $159,840
not included by ,the auditor~ all of which is respectfully submitted.
I. N. Malone
Chairman of Committee
The report was received and adopted.
On motion of Mr. Barnes, }~. Speed being in the chair, that Mr. Speed be
requested to take t he financial condition of the A. & M. College in hand
in relation to t he debt due to the College resulting from t he sale of t he
land scrip , to press the inve stigation and adjustment of the same.
Resolved by Col . Speed that the Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of
Directors be allowed t heir actual expenses heretoio re i ncurred by t hem
in atteming the meetings of the Board when held ~t any other place tl:a. n
Auburh, Alabama.
Dr. Tichenor, t he Pre sident of the Faculty , presented the resignationof
Professor B. B. Ros s, whih was accepted.
By Col • . Speed t hat t he r e solution adopted by t he Boar d at a previous
meeting allowing $250 f or acting as secretary t o t he faculty be and the
same is hereby adopted.
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Resolved by Col. Speed that the ne~ scholastic year of the A. & M. College
of Alabama be gin on Ho nday , the first day of January, 1873, am close on
the last l.vednesday of July 1873 and thereafter each scholastic year shall
commence on t he first Monday of October and close on the f irst Ykdnesd~
of July of each year.
Col. Speed submitted the following r eport. viz.
1. That there be a President and professor of scientific a griculture .
2. A professor of pure mathematics.
3. A professor of chemistry and physics.
)4. A professor of engineering, drawing and commandant.
5. A professor of anc i ent and modern l angua ges.
6. An assistant professor
7. A quarte r rna ster
8. A surgeon.
The r eport of the committee was r e ceived am adopted.
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On motion of l'1r. 'Speed that the treasurer be and/hereby authorized to pay
to Prof e ssor J emison t he Sllin of two hundred and fifty dollars on account
of expenses incurred by him in visiting a gricultural colleges in other
states.
Mr. Speed r e solved t hat the commandant be pl aced in al. thority on an equal
f ooting with other professors and all resolutions conflicting be and the
same are hereby repealed. Adopted.
Resolved by Col. Speed that nine months be considered a scholastic year
and the pay of officers be regulated accordingly . Adopted.
Resolved by Col. Speed that the President of the faculty be au thorized
to make such arrangements for music as he may deem proper and expedient.
On motion of Mr. Malone the Board does now proceed to the election of
officers. ~fuereupon Col. Robert Hardaway of Chambers Co., Ala., was
elected professor of engineering, dravring commandant.
Mr. O. D. Smith of Opelika, Lee Co., Alabama, was unanimously elected
assista.l1t professor.
Hr. E. T. Glen.Y1 was elected quarter master.
Dr. J. B. Read was elected surgeon.
Resolved by 1. N. Halone that the salary of the President of the A. H.
College of Alabama shall from the 1st day of January, 1873 be the sum of
two thousand four hundred dollars ($2400) and that each pf'ofessor the sum
of eighteen hundred dollars, that of assistant professor the sum of
twelve hundred and fifty dollars and that of the quarter master one
thousand dollars per annum, and that no portion of paid salaries shall
be from tuition feeso
Resolved further that the surgeon be allowed as compensation for his
services five dollars as surgeon's fee to be collected at the same time
and in the same manner as tuition is collected and that each cadet pay
the surgeon's fee. Adopted.
Resolved that -the faculty be allowed the authority to establish and
regulate a preparatory department under such rules and r egulations as
they may adoptee
Resolved that unexpended and unappropriated funds be turned over to the
President of the faculty for agricultural purposes.
Resolved that the sum of four hundred dollars be paid to E. T. Glenn,
Treasurer, for extra servic e s.
On motion the secretary informs the gentlemen elected to professorships
of their election and other changes made.
On motion the Board adjourned sine die.
Frank W. Reese
Sec retary to Board
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