| Summary: | Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1906J
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Auburn, ,Alabama
June 4; 1906
The Board of Trustees .of the Alabama Polyt echnic Institute met in regular annual
session in the Institute Library in Auburn, at 10 o'clock, am., June 4, 1906 .
His Excellency Governor William D. J elks, Ex-off icio President, in the Chair.
The rol l was .cal led, and there were present the President of the Board and Messrs.
Hill, Haralson , Denson, Bilbro, Ligon, Betts , Carrnich a ~l, Ter ry, Frazer, and Samford.
Absent, hr . W. C. Davis .
A quorum present .
The minutes of the' last pr evious meeting were read and approved .
The Institute Treasurer, Hr . E. 'I' . Glenn, presented his annual report, and the
same was refer red to the Committee on Finance .
Doctor Charles Cole~n Thach, President of the Institute, read his annual report,
and the same, with the accompanying Budget , was referred to a Special Committee
appointed by the Chair, consisting' of Messrs . S &~ord, Hill , and Denson .
Reports of Standing Committees being next . in order, the chair proceeded with the
cal l for the same , and each of said commi ttees, in turn, made answer that they had'
nothing to report at this time .
Under the head of Miscellaneous Business , Mr. Carmichael introduced the following
memorial, and moved its adoption .-- 'I'he mo-tien being- sec-ended, the question was put ,
and the following members voting Aye: I essrs. uamford, Frazer, TerFiJ , Carmichael ,
Betts, Ligon, Bilbro, Denson, Haralson, and Hill, and no one voting No , the memouial
was decl ared unanimously adopted as follows, to wit :
To
The Honorable Senat e and House of Representatives, composing the Legislature of
the State of Alabama:
The undersigned ci t izens of Alabama composing the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
Polytechnic Insti tut e r espectfully represent, that appreciating the necessity of
promoting in any possibl~ and legitimate way the value o£ the cotton crop of the
Southern States, pray your Honorable Body t o make an appropriation sufficient in
amount to establish in connection with said Institute, a textile department, or
department in which such young men of the s t at e of Alabama, and other states, as
may choose to do so, may be taught to manufacture the great staple which, pr operly
managed, will make the South a country of as much we~h as it ever was .
P ray~r is further made" t hat an appr opriation', year , by year , may be made, sufficient
in amount, to carry forward a t eKtil e school in connectiorl with said JInstitute .
Petitions would further r epr~sent, that Jit is the' oFjm~on pf thinking men of the
South that the producers of cotton Will never realize the benefits to which it would
seem they are entitled, until a large portion of the products of our cotton fields
is manufactured , and then our people will receive for the produ ct i on and manufacture
of our crops nearly twice the amount of the value of the raw material, and that this
can never be done successfully in our interest until it is done under the supervision
of our own people .
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That the members of your Honorable Body n~y understand to some extent at least what
is involved in this memorial, an exhibit is hereto attached showing what was accomplished
in seventeen months by a graduate of the Georgia Textile School in connection
with a small factory owned by the S.tate, ih the O~nvict Department .
The undersigned wish ~ to be understood tha~ they by no means intend to r elax their
energies in pushing forward to the fullest extent all those methods of training young
men in ~echanics,enginnering, mining, and such other scientific education as may
now~e in force in said Institute.
In the opinion of petitioners, no branch of technical learning can be t&ught in said
Institute of such universal application to t he needs of our people as that of the
manufacture of cotton.
The production of coal, ~ron, steel, and the like is confined to particular and comparatively
small areas of territory, while cotton is produced in every section of
t he South , in greater or less quantities, and hence the need of £actories to make n
t he cotton into thread and cloth , thus doubling t he value of the raw material, and
keeping the money in our own sec~lon, adding to the wealth of him who produces this
great staple, of him who manufactures it, and to the country at large.
Believing, therefore, that iL the prayer of xhis peDition is grru1ted, and a textile
department is annexed to the said Institute , it will st and, if not ahead, at least
abreast of any ot.rer -like institute in the South, and be of great benefit to the
State of Alabama .
Al l of which is respectfully submitted .
A motioh was made that a committee of five be appointed by the Chair, to represent
the Institute 's interests before the Legislature at its next session .
Motion prevailed , and the Chair appointed as such committ ee Messrs . Carmichael,
Haralson, Denson, Ligon, ~ amford,and Terry.
The Committee on Finance made the following report:
Your Committee on Finance respectfully report that they have examined the
report of the Treasurer, and find the same correct.
To
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(Signed) Jon. Haralson, Chai rman -
Report of Treasurer
For the year 1905-06 , ending June 1, 1906 .
Endowment Fund,
11 II
Incidental Fees
Surgeon 's Fees
Tuition "
Library II
Balance
Endowment and General Account
Receipts
June 1 $ 974 . 54
20,280 .00
2,725 . 00
2,760 .00
2,080 .00
1,314.10
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To Expense, Diplomas , etc • . $ 325 .10
It Fuel 00 .00
It Laborat ory Fees 1,231.24
207 .00
3.00 $31,899 .98
Disbursements
By Amount Paid Salaries $ 17,820 .00
It II It Sur geon 2,760 .00
It II II Library 1, 597 .48
II II II Print ing & Advertising 1,473 .37
II II II Fuel 486 .07
II II II General Expense J , ~24 . 39 _
II II II Commencement Expense 689 .08
II II II Grounds & Repairs 2,534.34
II II II Bal ance 873 .52
II II II P os~ ge 336 .80
II II II Servant Hire 225 .10
II II II Military 671.98
II II II Dormitories . 207 .00
II II II C'0I?-~ in g ent 65 .14
II II II Watchman 358.00
II II II Gymnasium 113 .49
II II II Music 47 .16
II II II Trustees 217 .06 $31,899 . 98
Agriculture and Farm Account
Receipts
I To Balance fr~m June 1, 1906 $ 8,587054
II Agriculture Account 29,600 .80
II Farm Pr odt cts 696 .44
II Horticultune 354 .65
II Live St ock 781.93
II Animal iEndu.stry 83 .94
II Chemistry 382 .47
II Analysis 519 .60
II Mechanics ,118 .• 75
II Pharmacy 23".00
II Fuel 15 .77 $41,155 .89
Disbursements
By Amount Paid Salaries $ $ 12,591.19
II II II AriiInal Industry 2,844 .80
II II II Mechanics 1,866.07
II II II Elect rical Engineering 731.67
II II II Farmers I Institutes 720 .59
II II II Fuel 508167
II II II Insurance 630 .00
II II II Mining Engineering 687 .19
II II II Pharmacy 597 .25
II II II Physics 259 .22
II II II Veterinary 182 .80
II II II Summer School 446 .61
II II II Chemistry 881 .08
II II II Gymnasium 873 .54
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By Amount
II II
II "
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II " II "
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Paid Horticulture
" Botany
II Farm Products ·
II Analysis
II gervant Hire
II Hilitary
II Stationery
" Post age
II Dormitories
Balance
$ 168 .27
144.68
745.91
510. 60
154.71
137 .77
326.11
11.94
475.82
14, 659 .40
Morrill Account ·
Rec.eipts
July 1, 1905 .
To Cash from State Treasury .
By Salaries Paid
June 1, 1906
To Cash from Morrill Fund
By Amount Paid Sal aries
II " II Physics
Disbur.sements
State Horticulture
Receipts
June 1, 1905, To Balan ce ~
To Cash from St ate Treasury 0
Bisbursements
By Amount Pai d Salaries
" " II Current Expenses . .
Balance
Recapitulation
Rece i pts
To Endowment and. General Account
" Agriculture and Farm Account
II Morr ill Fund
II State Horticulture
Disbursements .
$ 3, 550.00
$10,293 .75
$10,125 .00
168 .75
$ 315.96
1,500 .00
$1,016 .64
594.63
204.69
$ 31, 899 . 98
41,155 .89
13, 845.75
1,815 . 96
By Amount Paid Endowment & General Ac count $ 31,026 .46
26.496 .49
13 , 843.75
1, 611. 67
15,737 .61
II "
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II Agricul ture & Farm II
" Morrill Fund
II Stat e Horticulture
Balance
Balance as above
Outstanding Accounts
Contract for Buildi ng under con~tructi on
Showing a defici ency
Salaries due ~uly 1, 1906
15 , 737.61
2, 682.27
13, 669 .00
$ 10,375 .00
Respect ful l y submitted,
E. T. Glenn, Treasurer
$41 ,155 .89
$ 3. 550 .00
$10 , 293.75
$10, 293.75
$1, 815. 96
' $88,715 . 58
$88,715 .58
15,737.61
16,351.27
613.66
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Hatch Fund l 1905- 06
Receipts
To Cash from U. S. Tr easury $15, 000.00
Disbursements
By amount paid Salaries t $ 7,703.00
II II II Labor 1,384 .19
" II II Publications 769. 94
II " II Post age 107.00
II " II Frei ght & Express 357.46
" ~II Heat, Li ght & vater 38'7.71
" II Chemical Supplies 863 . 50
" It Seeds, Plants , & Supplies 1,135 .10
" II Fertilizers 430 .33
II It Li brary 518.7-1
I! V ~ II II Tools , Implements, & Machinery 318.1,.9
" II II Scient ific Apparatux 157 .7/+
II II II Building & Repair s 753.78
II II II 60ntingent 15 .00
II II II Traveling Expenses 102 .45 ' $15, 000 .00
Respectful ly submi t ted ,
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(Signed) E. T _ Glenn
Hoved that t he report of t he Commit t ee on, Finance be adopted . ·Moti on pr evai l ed .
Upon motion t he Board took a r ece ss till 2:30 p .m. this day .
"Afternoon session ••
The Board resumed its sitting at 2:30 p.m., and the secretary noted the presence of
ten members, Mr . Frazer having"been excused from attendance on the afternoon session .
The Special Committee to whom the annual report of President Thach had been referred
made the following report:
"fe, the Special Committee to whom was r eferred the President's Annual Report,- beg
leave to say that we have given car eful oonsideration to the report in all its
details, and recommend t hat it be adopted, together with the recon~endati ons contained
therein.
Further, we beg to report with respect to the matter presented to the President by
Professor Duggar by his letter of June 1, addressed to the President, and by the
President reported to the Board of Trustees, which Ietter 'is hereto at tached as
Exhibit A, and whiCh P Batd~letter~wa8 ~re~ercedhBY the Board of Trustees to this committee,
to be considered with the President's report, that the same be referred to
the President of thts, Institution' and the Executive Cominittee of this Board, with
the power to act.
Respectfully submi~ted,
Thos .D. Samford)
N. D. Denson ) Committee
I. W. Hill )
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Document accomJ:'aBying above Report , and marked
Doct or C. C. Thach
President
Exhibit A
Experiment Station
Auburn, Alabama
June 1, 1906
Dear Sir: I hereby make application to the Board of Trustees that the Director of
the Experiment Station be paid $500 per year as compensation for the additional
responsibility and work of this .posi.tion, this inc'rease to take effect only when the
additional revenues of the Stat~on from the new Adams Fund shall become available
at t he rate of $7000 per annum. , This is the only land-grant col lege in the United
States, so far as I am able t o l.earn'" that fails to pay the Director of the Experiment
Station a material addition to the usual salary as professor and member of
the Station staff; .
The salaries of t:.he other direct,ors in the Southern states range fro~ $2400 to
$3000.
Recently the Bureau of Animal Industry has been paying me for the supervision of
the work conducted by this Station in cooperation with that Bureau, $300 per year;
should this application be granted, I propose to relinquish t his and to recommend
its tra.I1sfer to the Assista,nt in ~imal Industry; or should I fail in that, to pay
to his salary $300 per year while t hi s compensation for animal industry work continues
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Thus t he net increase in ~ salary asked for is only $200 •
(Signed)
• Ee~pect~ully submitted, .
J. F. Duggar
Director of Experiment Station
and Professor of :Agriculture
. Annual Report of President C. C. Thach
June 4, 1906
ATTENDANCE
I t is very gratifying to the friepds of the ,institutioQ, to note, the, continued growth
in the attendanc~e of the college. The enrollment for the pre-sent s~ftS<ion is fiVElJ
hundr e~1 ap.jir e' gpty, t}le la):'ge~t , ;in ,our h,istory; tne pe$ largest, that of last yea:; '"
being fi vEi h.UJldred and, fifteen~J j.rwr.!3asj3 pf s;i.x4y-fi 1(e &j:,u ~tp for near J.yl thirteen T
per cent . Of this maximum at tendance a smaller number have dropped ou~ of their
college work than during any previous session, and not only a larger absolute number,
but a lar ger y'percentage ,h?os J'e~ip.ed_ through Jhe final examinations . This is a hopeful
indication, both of the increased financial condition of the student body and
of a more fixed determination t~ pur,ue ~hftir education.
The at tendance represents nine statesJ and thr.ee foreign countries, Nicaragua, Cuba,
British Honduras; seventy-eight being enroll ed "from outside of Alabama . Of the sistyseven
counties in the st ate, sixty-two have been represented-- among the l ar gest
delegations being J ef ferson, 73; 1ontgomery, 34; Cal houn, 21; Mar engo, 20; Mobile,
16; Wilcox, 16; Tal ladega, 15; Tall apoosa, 14; Dallas, 11; Morgan, 10; Bar bour, 10;
Butler, 10; Lownees, 9; C h~~b e r s , 8; Col bert , 8; Sumt er, 8; Gr eene, 7; Coosa, 7;
Etowah, 6. This i ndicated a widespr ead and uniform appr eciation of the education
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given by tee institution. During the last four yeans, the attendance has . steadily
gr o\tu at a r ate of about el even per ~ent per annum, t he tot al numbers being 406 ~
in 1901-02, and 580 in 1905-06, an in~reas e within t he period of 174 students , or
about 43 per cent .
A summary of classes is as follows : Graduate students 22, Senior class 61, Junior
class 100, Sophomore class 119, Fr eshman 120, Special 79, Sub-Freshman 76 . The
percentage in the different classes is about t he same as last year, with the exception
of the J unior class of 100 members which marks an increase of twent y-five pe~ cent • .
The at tendance in the di ffer ent depa rtments is unifGrm, indicati ng a steady demand
for the lines of work established by t he college. TIlorough and SCholarly lllstruCtion
is given .by all of t he instructors. By departments the attendance has been:
Elect r i cal Engi neering, 86, Hechanical Bngineering 83, Hini ng Engineering 27,
Civiel :iligineering 37, Geology 50, hineralogy 32, Chemistry 232, Agriculture 132,
HQrticu'l ture 19, Bot any 67, Veterinary Science 28, Pharmacy 37, Physi cs 364, ~Dgli sh
508, V~thematics 500, Hist ory 341, D awing 447, Militar~ Department 517. The incr ease
in the department of Pharmacy is worthy of note,. being about seventy per cent .
There have been in attendance twelve young ladies, two less t han last session . I t
must be remembered that while Auburn was the first insti tution of higher learning
in Alabama to open her doors to young women ; yet strict regulations were establ i shed
cont rolling their admissi on. It was not intended to supplant the colleges ~lready
in operation in the state for the education of young women. Only those young
women are permitted tn enter upon work at Auburn who are at least seventeen years '
of age and are prepared in at least t wo subj ects of the Junior class. These r equirements
have always given us young 'women of mat ure years who have definite educat ional
ambitions and plans. The pol icy seems a wise one.
WORK
The general a'Oplication and work 'of the student body for t he year have .been entir ely
praiseworthy. While in so l arge a, ntimber of ' students there some who lack ambi tion
and industry; yet the good conduct and ,diligent, persistnet attention to college
duties have been marked to a degree, ~1d have be e~ the subject of general and favor able
comment on t he part of the faculty. There have been very few cases of disci pline
of suff icient gravi ty to be brought to t he att ention of the facult y. V.!it h
the slightest exception, the deportment has .been excellent . The large mass of t he
stuaents s eem to regard t heir col lege work as accurate preparation for definite work
i n lif e, and apply themselves to their studies with a spirit of earnestness and seriousness.
' A high standard of scholarship i s required, and the general pol icy of t he
institution is t o super vise most carefully the work accomplished by the st udent s in
t heir cla sses, and to make the ef ficiency ,of ,t his work a test ' of the worthines s of
t he student to remain in college.
HEALTH
The excellent health of so large a number of young men is notewor thy . There have been
but few cases of critical i l lness and no deaths during the year. Inci pient out breaks
of spidemic diseases have occurred, _but under t he skillful management of t he Surgeon
t hey have not spread to any seri ous proportions.whatsoever. In .this connection, I
beg leave to cal l attention to the excel lent services rendered by the Surgeon of
t he institution. He has been connected with the col lege since its foundation and
by his careful over sight and skill has achieved a r emarkable · record in the pres ervation
of the health and life of the large number of student s who have been connected
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with the institution. A daily~eport is made at 8 o'clock at t he office of the
President and Surgeon, and it li s requ:i.r ed t hat each student who i s ill must be
reported at once t o the aut horities of t he college. In thi s ~way irrmedi ate at~ention ~
is given t o each complaint and serious tendencies are checked by prompt treatment.
Both from the standpoint of healt h and enforcement of at tendance on all collegiate
duties, I regard our system as most .;cornmendable. I call attention of the Board of
Trustees to the desirability of the erection of a hospital, lihich is especially
needed in times of ep:i.demic disease. This is really an imperative naed of the
institution .
SUB~FRESHY~N CLASS
It may be advisable, for the informatiom of the Board, to set forth the facts concerning
the sub-Freshman section of the college work, in which department there are
at pr esent 78 st udents. It seems to me unquestionable .that this department serves
a legi t imate function in the work of the institution~or the general good of the state.
It is not , in any ,sense a preparatory school for merely young boys. In the first
instance t he requirement in age for admission to the sub-Freshman class is one year
greater t han the r equirement for admission to the regular Freshrr~n; and as a matter
of fact, the average age of the students of this depa~ment is considerably greater
than t hat of the ~ E reshman class. Nor is the department in any sense limited to local
demands.. As a rule, no : student is admitted 'from the vicinity who is ret able to enter
the Freshman calss, and out of the total enrollment of 78 there are only 3 from the
county of Lee, two of t hese being from families who have moved this year to Auburn to
educati on their sons. , The large majority of these young' men come from sections in
which there are no schools ccimpetent to give instruction to fit for college. 1·1ore-over,
they ar e mature and serious young men who a re anxious in many instances to
avail t hemselves of the technical advantages of the coll ege in Agriculture or Mechanics
facilities for instruction in these subjects being available in no other insti tution
in the state . Frequent letters are rec eived from parents urging the admission of their
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ill prepared sons in order that they might Bet some knowledge of Drawing, Mechanic --J
Arts , Agriculture, Veterinary Science,and similar subjects. Of course, abolishing
the sub-fr eshman section would relieve the institution of so much such work .and so much
responsibility, but the gr eatest good to .the greatest number seems the correct prin~
ciples f or the guidance of our college , and it ~ould . appear to be 'harsh to shut t he
door of hope to many of t hese young men 'and relegate them to ignorance and a life of
drudgery . It is to be noted further that a great many of these students work up out
of t he sub- freshman class during the session, and gain an entire academic year in tbetr
educati on . This year, twenty young men, who on examination were assigned to the subf
reshman class at the' beginning of the .year, have finally stood their examinations f or
admis s i on to Fre,shman and are among the very best students in that large class, and .
in a number of eases we have had mature young men who have been long out of school engaged
in gaining their livelihood who were cl assified in thi s department, but who in
the course of two or three years mastered nearly all of .the mathematics of the college
course and made themselves experts in certain technical departments .
IMPROVEMENTS
Owing t o the large increase in attendance, and the need for additional lecture rooms,
it was deemed advisable to sub~divide the old chapel. , In this way three excell ent
rooms have been provided. One of these is uti lized as a reading room, ~d is handsomely
f urni shed with libraby chairs and tables. It accommodates about 'ninety students
and together With the re'gular l i brary reading room pr0vides seating room · for all the
student s l eft over between classes. A post-graduate student presides in the r~ading
room, and the general tone and spirit of the place iB that of ·the library, and excellent
opportunity is thus afforded to students, for study. The arrangement marks a
distinct gain over the old study hall .
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A check room has been established in t he basement for taking care of the books and
wraps of t he student s. In addi tion, one hundred and fifty steel lockers , with perforated
front s and combi nation l ocks , have been placed for t he use of students in
t he Gymnasium and the departments of Mechanical Engineer ing and Chemistry. Considerable
work has been accomplished on the new athlet ic ! ield, which has become a pressing
necessi ty in vi ew of t he l arge nurr~ er of st udent s. In recognition of the donat
i on of valuable land :for thi s purpose by Doct.or Drake, the Surgeon' of the Col l ege,
t he hew athletic field has been named the "Drake Fiel d".
Two new wind mil ls have been installed on the .Experiment Station, and a new furnace
and water-heating outf i t have been placed in the green-house in the department of
Botany. The grounds and buildi ngs wil l be f ound in good repair.
NEW BUI LDING
In accordanc' with t he provisions made by the Board, at i t s l ast meeting, for a
r eci tation or library hall, it has been deemed advisable t o enter upon the erection
of a recitation hall for the accommodation of the department s of Mini ng, Elect r ical
and Mechani cal Engineering; these three most important departments of the college
have ail been established and developed since the- erection of , t he present college
bud.lding, and have never had adequate . accolJDIlodation. Only a beginning is now at tempted
toward that greatly desired end. The structure. cont racted for is Gnly a centre , or
nucl eus, .for the various laboratories imperatively needed for t he pr per and adequat e
development of. the work of the institution. I t wil l be three stories in height and
will be' of smooth red brick, with store trimmings in harmony with our present group
of handsome bui ldings . The pri ce contracted for 1s ·$13,669,of which amount $13000
is to tbe credit of the college at the bank . Thi s bal ance is the result of four
year s of cheese-paring and scrimping, and after all, is but a petty and pathetic
l i ttle thing in comparison with the splendid . sums lavished by other states upon
t heir institutions of higher education.
REX;EIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
According t o the report of t he Treasur er, t he total receipts and expenditures of t he
college is as fol~ ows, exclusive of the Hatch Fund, a separate report of whi ch, accordi
ng to l aw, is made &1nually to the Governor of t he State, in January. This latter
fund i s us ed excl usively for the pur poses of the Experiment Station, not a cent of
i t being availabl e for ~he expenditures of the college. I t i s .transmitted from t he
United States Treasurer directly to the Treasurer of t he college, and its accounts
ar e supervised and audited most scrupulously each year by an expert f rom the United
St ates Department of Agricult ur e .
Total income, exclusive of Hatch Fund and Surgeon's fees, i s as follows:
Total College I ncome , exclusive of Surgeon's Fees ' ,
ExEenditures excl usi ve of Surgeon's fe es
The sources of income have been as follows:
Endowment Fund, United Stat es Land Grant "
Unit-ed States Appropriation, Mor rill Fund(Act
State Tag Tax "(one-thi rd share)
State Appropri ation tor benefit of Horti cul ture
~ution Fees, non-resi dent students
Inci dental Fees and ot her funds
Tot al Income for Year
Surgeon ' '5 F ee~
D ~ficient. ies for year's expenditures (including buil ding
cont racted for and out st anding bi l ls)
$ 74;234.11
$ 20,280 .00
13,843.75
29,600.00
1,500.00
1,195.46
$
72904 .90
74, 234 .11
2,760 .00
613 .66
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FUNDS
It may be well to stat e briefly the origin of t he f unds constitut ing ,the income of
th~ college . Tne Endowment Fund is derived from the f ederal l and grant made to each
sta.t,~ under t he Morrill Act of 1862 •
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The s~ cond fUnd is also a United $tates fund, granted under the act af 1890, being
trahsmi t ted to the Treasurer of :the College t hrough the Treasurer of the State. 'This
instituti on, in comparison with many other of the land- grant colleges , is badly handicapped
in regard to this particular fund by reason of the fact that, according to
the law, a division is made between the races in proportion to the ratic of t he white
and bl ack children of scpool age as enrolled by t he school cencus. Unfortunately., hhe
ratio of black children has slightly increased within the last few years . This instit.
ution nOlo[ recei ves $13,843.75, while the negro school at Normal, Alabama, receives
the remainder, $11,156.25.
The t hird fund is derived from the State Tag Tax for the analysis of commer cial fertil
izers. FortUDately, the income from this. source has gradually increased within
the last few years, and has aided greatly in the development of tbe agricultural and
mechanical departments of the institution, for which particular departments the provisions
of the state law ' require that it shall be expended. In return for this fund, it may be
said that the coll ege, is a large degree, gives the' state "value receLved". An 'accurate
and painstakjng analysi s is made of all brands of f ertilizers sold in the state, the
farmers being t hus protected from the alae of . spurious and worthless branLs of commercial
fer t ilizers which were common many years ago, before the eanctment of the present
law. Moreover, the department makes, free of charge, ' for the citizens of the state,
a large number of analyses of minerals, soils, waters , f ood stuffs , liquors, et c. For the
accomplishment of this work, a large staff of skilled chemi sts ~. is engaged in the
State Laboratory throughout the entire vear. The-amount of work in this department has
increased immensely during the past few-years, both in official analyses 6f fertilizers
and of specimens submitt.ed by citizens of the state. The work for the year has been
the duplicate analysis of 1300 samples, 2600 analyses and 1300 separate determinationi
I take pl easure in calling attention to the highly ac curate and sci entific nature of
this work done by the department. It happens not infrequently that our staff i s ap. ealed
to to arbit~ate questions of controversy between other state departments and corrmerci 81
establishments.
The f eurth fund mentioneQ, the State Appropriation for Horticulture, is an annual
appropriat ion from the State, and is scrupulously administered f or the inspection of .
nursery st ock, orchards, etc., and for the promotion of truck ~ gardening- and fruit
growing in the state of Alabama. This work has commended itself most favorably to the
horti cultural interests of the state, and I know of no similar amount of money from
which more benefi t is derived • . The en~ire stat e is covered annually by the 'professor 'of
Horti cul t ure and his asistant, and elery encouragement given for the advancement
of this parti~ular. line ~ f industry . It -i s earnestly hoped no~ only that this fund
will be r etai ned in the annUal budget of the state,' but t hat it may 'be increased.
The State of Georgia appropriates over ten thousand dollars ~1erethi3 ·state gives
fifteen hundr~d for thi s purpose. Strong resolutions of endorsement ·of their work
have been pas&ed by the State Horti cultural Society and~ resolution passed urging
an h crease ~f ~he appropriati ons by t he next legislature. The necessity of an increase
of the institu.tion will be set forth further on in this report. . . "
ADAl'fJ.S FUND
According to tpe p~ovisions of the law passed by the present Congress, known as the
Adams Act, the Experiment Station of each state will receive annually additional aid
from the Feder?l Government. The income from t his source will be f ive t housand dollars
thi s ensuing year. Tne purppse of t he funds ari sing from the Act is t o pr omote
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original research in questions r ert aining t o Agriculture; and i t i s hoped that some
impor t ant probl ems pertai ning t o agr i cult ure in Alabama ~Ay be worked out through
the additional help d~riyed. from t his source. It is t hught that the most urgent need
just now is the establishment of a chair of Entomol ogy for the 5 eci fid investigation
of -insects in jurious to. plants and crops in the state. One of the greatest obstacles
to success' in farming' is the rava e of the crops ' by the natural enemi es 6f each product
of t e soil . Further, according to . the investigations of experts in connection
with the progress of the boll weevil, its arrival in, Alabama may be expected at a nd
greatly distant day, and it would be well to have on the ground an ' expert, familiar '
with the habits of this great pest and remedies against its ravages . I , t herefore,
recommend the establishment of a chair of. Entomology, and recommend the na~e of Mr .
w. T. Clarke, of the University of California, for this position. Other lines of
work will becconducted in connection with the' department 6f Botany, Veterinary
Science, Chemistry, and Horticulture.
It is recorrunended that the Treasurer be authorized to keep hi,s accounts with the Hate h
Fund, and the Adams Furld from July to July-- the fiscal year of the Federal Government .
ENGINEERING ,
It is with pleasure that I report the satisfactory work accomplished by the depart ment s
of En gineering~ Civil, Electri cal, Mechanical, and lining. The great industrial evelopment
of the South, and particularly the State of Alabama, creates an urgent de.mand
for young men who are equipped in these particular departments of applied- science. I
think it can be said without exaggeration that these particular departments of-our
insti tution rank at the very top of similar sChools, ·not only in the South, but t hroughout
the statesJ the demand· for our young men with this training greatly exceeds the
supply. It is greatly to be desired, not only for the welfare of the institution,
but for the welfa~of the state, that adequate provision be made for the full development
of these departments. The new department of Ylining Engineering has proved to
be entirely satisfactory and successful. The number of students enrolled therein
has steadily increased, and this year these twenty- seven young men pursuing mining
engineering, fifty in geology, and thirty-two in mineralogy . Specific mention is
made of this department because of its recent establishment, ~n order to call the
att ention of the Board to the desirability of further devaoping and equipping t he
work . The professor of Minmg Engineering presents an itemi zed statement sett ing
forth the heed of $5500 for the proper furnishing of the department for effici ent
work . The needs of the departments of Electrical ingineering and Mechanical Engineering
are. likwwise set foth in full in the paragraph upon the general work and needs
of the institution .
EXPERIMENT STATION
The work of the Experiment Station is included under the heads of the departments of
Agriculture, Chemistry, Veterinary Science, Botany, Horticulture, and Animal Industry
. The great practica¥good accomplished by the efforts of the experts in these
various lines of ·atation work meets with the hearty commendation of all the int erligent
farmers of the State. There can indeed be no question of ' the appreciable
betterment in many lines of agricultureal work in Alabama resulting from the invest igati~
ns conducted by the Station and by the dissemination of the knowledge throughout
the masses of the farmers . Ninety per cent of 0 r population is dependent upon
the praperity of this great industry, and it is a high opportuni ty for anybody of
men to take the leadership in the ~rk of uplifting and benefitting the vast mass of
our population.
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AGRICULTURE
The experiment!;3 of this department im pr ogress during 1906 have covered varied and
interesting fields of investigation, among t he most impor t ant being experiments in
soil impr ovement, dassi fication of Yarieti es, culture experiments, shedding and breeding
of cotton- relative fer~ilizing requi rements of corn and cott on; breeding experi ments
in c.orn;· and diverse exper~ents as to vari ety and breeding of oats, cow: peas ,
soy beans, sorghum, al fal fa, vetches , cl overs , millet, exper iment s in hay; rotati on
of crops; local fertilizer t ests ; pig f eeding; steer feeding; rai sing. l ambs f or early
market l etc. The.most not able experiment undertaken by the agricul t uri st has been
in conpect ion with animal. indust ry • . T'ai s has consi sted of a st eer feeding exper i-ment
wit h f ifty-two head. of cattle . In this connection t he Station appr opri ated
three t housand dollars ; the Unit ed Stat es, in co-operation, furnished the serYices
of one man and t raveling expenses . These fifty- two ~t e erS were f ed at Auburn,
using t en different r ations or conditions . Records were kept of t he weight of the
cattle and f eed, and t he result of the sal e in t he ew Orleans maeket. The dat a of
t his, exper iment are now being compiled, And the results wil l b~ set forth in a bulletin
to be issued at an early date . One conclusion among a number t hat have been reached, it t hat ..a pO\Uld of cotton seed. is as valuabl e -,as a_,potmd of corn, when fed to. st eers
in cert ain r at~ons, al~hough the cotton- seed cost s only about one-half as much as
t he cor:n'. These experiments in cat tle feeding will be continued and much good is
exp.ected t o result to the indu~t ry of st ock-rai sing in our state • • Already; iri
many .sect i ons in Alabama, prpgress has been made by the introduction of hi gh grade
cattle for beef-rai sing pruP9ses. And ·in view of the possi bi l ity of the invasmoB
of t he boll weevil, and likewise in view of the growing scarcity of afarm l abor for
the product i on. of our st aple crop, CO:ttolil, :every effort shoul d be put forth by our
Station t o demonst rate new lines of prof itabl e work in ·f ar ming, and, wi thout doubt,
one of t he most promising f i elds of development lies al ong t he line of breedi ng and
r aising mules , hogs , and cattl e, in Alabama.
B\4.LETINS
The resul ts of the various experiments conduoted by the Experiment Station are not
only of sc ' enti ·f i c interest, but are of direct commerei al Nalue t o 'the man on the ,
f arm. Of course, only a minimum per centage of the. great JI18.SS of agr i cultural popu..lation
of t he st ate can come to the col l ege at Auburn; but i~ is possible by means
of print~d matter t o r each . a much l arger number~ The mailing l ist ;of our Station
now_ embraces fourteen t housand names, arid during t he current year four press bullet.ins
and h lO f ull bulletins, the latter being ent itled li The Manufacture ·of.' Cane Syrup",
and "Corn Culture" have been i ssued . Other bul letins are now in pr oc.ess· ()f preparation,
and will be issued as soon as t hey can be printed .
VETERINARY SCI ENCE
The pr~f es s or of Vet erinary Sci ence and Veteriaarian of ~he Statiop ·is practi cal l y a
State vet erinar ian. Ris services are at t he .command of the farmers, and mucrrof his
time i s ,devoted to cal l s made from all quarters ,of . tne st ate in connection with t he
diseases of animals . This servi ce to the state, is hi ghly valuable, and it is r ecommendecl
t hat the Legisl ature be ur ged to make pr ov~ion of the 'official recognition '
of t he_. of fi.c er as Stat e Veterinarian, and, as in other st ates, an adequate appropriation
be 3ade for extending the help of t hevdepartment even more widely t hroughout the
stat e .
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FAB}mRS ' I NSTITUTES
The F rmers' Institutes of Al abama are conducted by the staf f bf the Experiment
Station of the Col lege and are entirely at the expense of -the institution. This
agency is undOubtedly one of the very best for awakening an interest among the 'masses
of the farmers, and directing their attention to t he necessity of i mproved rocesses
and methods in t heir profession. It is, indeed, a species of agr i cult ural rev~val
work, and by many years of endeavor on t he part of the college, ·it has succeeded in
quickenin the intelligence of the farming interests throughout the State. An effort
is made to go into one-half of the counties each year, t hus coverinf t he state in
two years. During the l ast year, thirty-five institutes have been held, at whi ch
the total attendance was 3744.
This work is under the direction of the ~rofessor of Veterinary Science and he is
aided from time to time by all of t he professors connected with the various departments
pertaining to a riculture. I n t he state of Mi SSissippi, South Carolina, and
Texas, large annual appropriations are made by the Legislature for the promotion
of this valuable work. It is suggested that a propo~ion be made to the Legislature
of Alabama to turn over. to the college for this purpose all, or a portion, of
the State Tag Tax now otherwise unappropriated and reveBting to the general treasury.
I t i s to be hoped that something may be done in this di rection, and the earnest
cooperation of the officers of the st'ate and of t he Board of Trustees is solicit ed .
No more appropriate or more beneficial use. could be made of the fund arising from
the inspection of t he fertili zers used by the farmers than for the betterment of t he
prot ection of the farmers. Additional appr bpriations. are made in the budget for
t he extension of the work of t he department of, Veterinary Science and Bacteriology .
v~ . Ward Giltner is nominated as Assistant Veterinarian and Bacteri ologist. Salary
$1000 . ~x. Giltner i s a student of Cornell Uni versity .
S~1HER SCHOOL
Closely connected with the efforts made in farmers' i nstitutes, is the work done by
t he college under the name of Farmers' Summer School. This is in the nature. of a
general round-up institute . This work has be n in 'operation now for three years,
and has been eminently successful. At' the last meeting, August, 1905, the attendance
was ' 239 farmers, representtng 29 counties in the state of Alabama, and four
other states, and embraCing many of the most successful farmers in Alabama . Anti
not only was the nUmber large aad encouraging, but the quality 'tf"as ·of the highest
gr ade. The attention and i nterest were enthusiatic, and it was an inspirulg sight
to s ee farmers with gray hair, as well as young farmers, attending these lectures
with note book in hand, attentive, alert, and full of inquiry . The instruction
awakened the greatest interest in the various departments of agriculture. Thi s
instruction is not of a general haphazard naure in the way of glittering generalities
and enthusiast1c statements about the glory of agriculture, but consisted of accurate
detailed, specific lectures on precise and def"nite points of agriculture. This
work will be continued.
PHARHACY
The head of this . departmen~, Professor W. H. Blome, elected at your last meeting,
has fil led the duties of his ost during the year in a satisfacbory manner. He
has proved himself a com~etent and enthusiastic instructor. However, he has received
a very flattering commercial offer in connection with one of the largest pharmaceutical
manufacturing concerns in the United Stat es, and haveing decided t o accept
the position, he tenders his resi gnation as pr ofes sor in thi s i nstituti on. I recommend
as his successor the gentleman who previously occupied the chair, Pr ofessor
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E. R. Hiller, now with the experiment station in Cuba, Professor ~filler was the
founder of the department and associ at ed with i t f or t en years , and devel oped i t t o
a high point of effi ciency. ' His thorough sci entif ic t r aining and excel lent work in
connection with the department are alr eady well known. He i s held in high esteem
by the large body of his f ormer students, and also ranks amongst the leading pharmacists
and chemists of the country . I t is pleasant to note the prosperity of this
department . i thin the last year , it has increased about seventy per cent in attendance,
,t he actual number now present bei ng 37 . The department has a large and expensive
equipment of the most modern apparatus fro phamaceutical instrUction and research .
CHANGES N TITLES
I recommend that the title of Assistant Professor M. T. Fullan be changed from Assistant
Professor of Mechanic ATts to Assistant Professor of f chine ~ "ign, and Nechanical
Drawing . This change is in accord with the nature of t he work nOli done in this department
of mechanical engineer 'ng . '
I also recommend that the title of Instructor -U .... T. Gray be changed. from I nst ructor
, i n Animal Industry to Assistant Professor of Animal Indust ry . I t seems to the best
interests of the insti tution to develop as rapidly ~ as possible this particular department
of agriculture . ~ r. Gray has proved himself to be an efficient instructor and
i s highly recommended by the Director of , the Ste;t ion, and i t i s hoped that in time
the department may be elevated to a full chair.
I t i s ft rther recommended that J . T. Anderson's title shall be hemist of Soils and
Crop Investigation, and that of r . N. McB. Ransom shall be Assi stant Professor of
Analytical Chemistry.
NEEDS OF THE COLLIDE
I desire to call att ention to some of t he imperative needs of the col lege which must
be met at an early date if we do not \~ sh to fal l behind similar institutions in adj
oining states, and if we hope to do the best work possible for our own commonweal th .
The great difference in the cost of the old type of' education and t he new, or technical
type must ever be ~orne in mind . The methods of t be laboratory, that is, the
mehtod of practice 9nd work, involve the expenditure of, large sums of money f or the
phYSical equipment of a modern technical institution. With twelve or fourteen di ff
erent departm~nts in such a college,it is ery much like having twelve or fourteen
diff erent commercial establishments . Expen~ive apparatus, the l atest forms of machines,
a gr eat outlay for power, of steam or , electri city; all must be met . Of course, in an '
inst i tution of a literary nature ~ll of this outlay for the , plant is not demanded, and
most excel lent work is accolJlplished without apparatus or machi nery . The st ate of
Al abama has not pe.en illiberal t o ,her institutions of higher learning acco~qing to
her means, but wi th the growth of wealt h and the nec~ssity for skilled, experts to
exploit her resources she will doubtless make larger apd ,larger apprOPfiations 'to the
insti tution . I~ is surely a business propo,ition as to whether the state desires her
own sons to be educat md and fitted for this york of development, or whether it will
be turned over to the h~~ds of other young men from other sections with better t r aini
ng and better fac i lities for technical education . The weal th is here to be developed
and the only question is as to who shall do it . It certainly is not a mere gratuity
t o l iberally endow such institutions, for where t he young men acquire scienctfic
t raining they immediately convert the dormant ' raw material of " the state into articl es
of commer ci al value which immediately become taxabl e wealth, a ding directly to the
revenu~ s of the state.
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As an illustration of the valuation set upon industrial education in adjoining Southern
st ates not so rich in r esources as Alabama and with largely similar conditions, the
following table i s present ed :
Total Incomes of Colleges
Auburn
Hississippi
Cl emson, S .. C.
North Carolina
Vir~inia Polytechnic Inst .
$77,000
207,435
150,549
90,465
176,506
Number of Students
515
731
673
468
728
The valuation of the equipment and plant at etarkville, Mississippi, is laced at
$660,765, while t he value of the plant at Auburn is $240,000. 10 direct appropriation
has been made for the col lege for the purposes of building since 1885, and we are now
compelled to give our instruction with practically the same facilities in rooms and
bui ldings as we had twenty years ago. In the maantime, the attendance has increas ed frcm
209 to. 580, an increase of 190 per cent . The value of the work done by the insti tution
is attested by the large attendance and constant growth, and I am confident that when'
the state law makers come to realize that the capacities of the institution are now
taxed t o the fullest limit and t hat not another student can be properly accommodated
without additional buildings, substantial and adequate provisions will be made to meet
the s·tuation. - • Much, is needed to accommodate the young men on the rouhd demanding
this ind of educati on which f i ts them rapidly for gaining an honest livelihood, but
nothing is needed to advertise or exploit the institution.Among the lnany urgent demands
perhaps the most pressing are the demands for increased facilities in the laboratories
for agriculture, echanical, Electrical, and Mining Engineer ing, and Horticulture .
Nearly all of the A & M Colleges oI the United States have. special Agricultural buildings,
and our own department of Agriculture aild related s bjects should be accommodated
in a building cOlllmensurate with this great industry and with the imr rtanee of t he
instruction given in the sciences pertaining thereto.
The following exhibi t is given of the value of the -buildings and equipment for work in
agr i culture in several of .the st ates of the Union: '
Vi r ginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ydssissippi
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Indiana
Iowa
isconsih
- $125,000
100,000
-66,000
40,000
75,000
-65,000
65,000
317,000
It is r commended that an appropriation of . 75,000 be asked of the legi slature to erect
a building suitable to the great work of agriculture in the state of Alabama.
There is imperative ne e ~also of better accommodations for the Horticultural department.
Provisions wi ll be made for the drafti ng of suitable p ans for an Agricult ural
building .
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The work in the' department of ~ec hanics h~s ' b e en badl y handica ped this year by lack
of r oom and of machi nes t o gi ve instructi on t o the young men pr esent . ~ ~ch confusion
has been caused in t he work of our mechanic arts by ou~ inab "lity to give all the
students the same t raining, many of the students being omitted from the course on
account of lack of accommodations. _Thtt "'.eQrgia, School of T_echnologY- and ClemsCln
College in South Carolina are making extensive additions to t heir engineering equipment
. North Carolina, Kentucky, Ar kansas, and Texas have all been moving forward .
I t is hoped that Alabama, whose develmpment dew~nd s more engineeri ng work than any
of the other states named, will supply the funds to ~nable us at least to keep up
with our sister institutions. lleliminary plans of building and estimates of equip-ment
have been worked out in detail by the professor of r~c hanical Engineer1ng~ and
i t is est imated that a building should be erected as soon as possible at a cost of
f rom $37,000 t o $40,000, with an equipment of about $25, 000, making a total of
$65 , 000 .
As stated above, the head of the department of Mining Engineer i ng estimates that the
l east equipment necessary for his department will cost $5,500. The head of the Department
of Electrical Engineering submits a list of the most i mportant and essential
apparatus needed, amountinp to $6,705.
I t wil l be necessar,y to expand the department of Chemistry, both in the St ate work
and in the colle e work if pro ~ res s is to be permitted in this line of development.
The barns belonging to the Experiment Station would be discreditable to a private
citizen, and they are a disgrace to the st ate of Alabaw~. At l east five or six
thousand dollars should be invested at once in·, suitable buildings to "house the
valuabl e cattle and to serve as a tnodel of agricultural buildings t o the students
of the colle e and the ci tizens of the stat e.
There is no more important industry in the state of Alabama than cotton manufacturin f
and it ~eems most· regrettable that the technical i nstitution of the state carillot .
offer inst ruction in t hat line. A bill was presented to the last Legislature setting
f orth the neces ~aty of a textile school and asking for an appropriation, but
not hing canle of the effort. The following Southern states have es a lished textile ,
s chools:
:tv ississippi Cost o£ Building, '56,000 - Equipment $50,000
Georgia " " II 25,000 II 30,000
South Carolina II " " 16,000 " 12, 000
North Carolina " " " 20,000 - II
Annual cost of instruction: }lississippi, 10, 000; Georgia, , .. lO,OOU; outh Carolina,
Sti6, 000.
.
This list of urgent needs cannot be concluqed w"thollt the mention of the ne~d of a
l ibr ary building . This institution has one of the ' finest col lections of books, in
t he South, but the point has now come when it is undesirable to buy another book .
There is no place to !)ut it. As stated to the Board at its last meetin , 'Mr . Andrew
Canne ie has proposed to donate $30, 000 to the college, provided the authorities are
abl e t o duplicate that amount, the instereat from which will be devoted to the UDkeep
(If the ~ibrary. orne pro ress has been made on raising -this duplicate amouitt ,
$6, 000 being subscribed in good securities. All of this will be available to the
state of Alabama if the legislature is willing to appropriate $24,000 . I t would seem ~
too bad f or the st~te to lose this donation .
The college is also in need of gr eater f acilit ies for the boar ding and lodging of
the l arge and steadily increasing stUdent body . One of the striking f acts in connecti
on with t he administ rat i on of the funds at Auburn is that there has been no
10st power in transmission in applying the funds of the s t ate to the educational
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worK t o be accomplished . ,In ot her wor ds , t he state has never be,en out a cent for
dormi tori es , barr acks , or other bui ldings for hous i ng the st udents . All of t he money
at Auburn has been applied directly to educat i onal instruction and · equip~ent. The
time has come , however, when some -provision must be made, not for barracks , nor for
extensive dormitories, but for the extension of a system practicea for many years by
' the institution; that is , money should pe a - propriated by the state either for the
yesrly rental, or for the outright purchase of quite a number of large residences
which can be rent~d free of charge to f aculties who, f or the remission of this rent,
will enter into a contract t o take boarders at a gr eatly reduc ed rate . As yet" the
boarding accommodations of the t ,OJ\h have proven elastic enough:,to accommodate · the
patr onage , .but with any marked increase there will be difficulty on this point .
The college is in receipt of fr equent i nquiries from worthy young men, with, little'
or no means , who desire the opportunity of working t heir way thr ough college. Kany
states rr~k~ pr ovisions for a fund for the e~pl oyment of . such young men . Of course,
the stud~mts labor is never an exact equival ent of the wages paid, ut valuabl'e
service caD. be rendered to the college and much good can be accomplished by this
form of financial a ssistance. I am gl a,d to say that we have emp10yed this year' t wo
young men of our Senior and Junior classes to do the ' .. ork of the night watchman .
The r esults have been entirely satisfactory, and these two young men will be enabledt
o defray their expenses through their col lege courses. This system of self help
shoul d be extended as far as possible.
By lvay of summary of these ur gent demands , the following table is presented:
1.
2 .
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8 .
9.
10.
11 .
12 .
13 .
14.
Agricultural Buildi ng & Equipment
Horticultural Buildi ng
r ... echanical "
" ~quipment
~l ectrical Engineering Equipment
Addition to Chernistry uil dirig
illling Equipment
Barns
Textil e School
If Equipment
Dorn:u tories
Library
Hospital
' ater supply, closets, sewerage, etc .
Pr ofes s ors' Houses
Total
INCREASE IN SALARIES
$75, 000
5, 000
40, 000
25,000
7, 000
5,000
5, 500
6, 000
30, 000
30, 000
15 , 000
25 , 000
5, 000
16,000
10, 000
$299,500
Necessarily , n~~berou s applications are made to the Board through the President 'for
increases of, salary and for i ncreased a ssistance . All of the reports of tile professors
are respectfully submitted to t<e Board, together wi th applicat i ons for i ncreases
in salary . For lack of means it is impossible to meet all of t hese demands, many of .
which are most. -reasonable. The follovring budget is submitted to the Board, carrying
the usual apprupriations for salari es and current expenses . Certain increases in
salaries are included therein:
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Original Morrill
Endowment Fund
1862 1890
$20,280 $13, 907 . 50
Presiq.ent &
MathAmatics
Civil Engr .
Stat'on $ 3, 000
1,000 800
800
Ri st . Latin
hech e Engr .
Physio1 . & et . ~ ci .
Pharmacy
Agriculture
Elect . Engr.
Geol . & M.in;i:ng Engr .
Mod . Lang . & Eng .
Dotany
Pfiysics
Horticulture
A.sst . Prof . Hath
Comdt . & Inst . Math
( ost Adj . )
Llhemistry
Assoc . Chemist
1 Asst . Chern.
2 II II
1,000
1,800
1 ,800
300
1, 800
950 .
1,000
600
1,500
1, 800
1, 500
1,000
1,000
550
3 II II 200 200
4 Add . Asst. in Chern.
THE YEAR 1906- 07
St ate
Agr iHatoh
Fund
1887
.15 , 000
Hort i- Adams
cult ure Fund
cultural 1906
$29,600 $1,500
300
1, 000 800
1, 000 800
900 900
800
400 300
700
800
800 800
500 200
200
100
5 II II II II (Vide scholar ship & add
600
1,100
500
400
appropriati on)
6 II II II II
(Expt . Station work)
1 Asst . Pr of . Eech .
Draw. & Band Mast er 950 350
2 Asst . Pr of. Tele-phone
Eng 'g 450
2 Asst Prof. Mech (wood) 750
4 As st . in Shops & .
Asst . Band I'~aster
Additional help in
shops (F01.mdry)
I nstr . & Physi cal Dir.
Asst . English 700
arm Supt .
sst . nimal I nd .
Asst . Hort .
Asst . Vet Science
~reasurer 1,000
House Rent )
President and 11 )
Professors: Math, )
Civ . Engr., Hist, )
iech . ,Ar t s, Physics , )
.Glee . EnEr., Vet. )
Sci. , Botany , Chern ., )
Geo1 . Pharmacy )1, 800
500
250
750
400
500
600
700 (feder al)
600 300
500
600
200
1, 000
200
500
Tota]s
'3,000
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,400
1,700
1,500
1,800
1,800
1,300
1,100
900
400
. 500
1,300
950
1, 000
750
400
500
1,300
· 700
1,100
7 0
1,000
1,500
2, 400
227
Ori .inal Morrill Hatch tate Horti- Adams
Endowment Fund Fund Agri- culture Fund
1862 1890 1887 culture 1906
$20 , 280 $13 , 907 .50 ~15, 000 ~ 29,600 ~1,500 Totals
11 Scholarships : Sub-freshman,
inglish, '.ath ,
Civ. Engr . & Math, hech e
Arts , hem., Elec . Zogr .,
Latin & History, Biology,
Pharmacy, 300 300
Agriculture 1,750 250 500 -2,500
Physics 250 250
Asst . Agricul . 150 400 550
ec . to Pres. 250 250
Libn . & Asst . Eng. 550 250 800
Sec., Y.h .C.A. 100 100
Asst . }ath & Draw . 400 450 850
As st . Hist . , English
and Reading Room .850 850
Night Wat chman 360 360
As st . Reading Room 135 135
sst . Check Room 90_ 90
Sec ., Trustees 100 100
Clerk Treasurer 250 250
Bulletin Clerk ) 200 150 250 60
4 Steno . tation)
4 Dormitories 700 700
Adv . & Printing ~50 1,200 500 2,150
Animal Industry 2,600 2,600
Botany 500 500
Chemistry 600 800 1,400
C orrnnenc e. ent 300 300 600
Contingent 100 100
Elec . Engr . 500 500
Expense 600 300 900
Expr. Station 2, 000 2,000
Farmers ' Institutes 600 600
Fuel 350 200 450 1,000
Grounds ~ Repairs 400 500 900
Hor ticul t ure 500 100 600
Insurance 750 . 750
Labor (College) 400 400
Library 300 500 800
-lechanics 900 300 1,200
Military 200 200
Hining Ellgr . 300 300
Pharmacy 500 500
Physics 400 400
Postage 150 150 150 450
Soil Tests &
I noculation 350 350
Stationery 150 200 250
Trustees 30 300
Vet Science 2(:0 200 400
20,250
228
Chai r of Entomol ogy
~quipment and Experiment s
Animal Industry & Salary
Prof . of Horticulture (Salary)
Horticultural Experiments
Asst . Agr i culturist
Asst . Chemist to Station
S FUIill
Steno t o Dir ector /? Pr of . Horticulture
0alary Chemists of Soi ls, et c .
fi r st As st . Chemist
Bot any (Experiments)
Herdsman (Sal ary)
Vet . Science (Exper iments )
x "hese i t ems i...'1cluded in t he budget .
200*
200*
(College )
200 (Str awberry fertilizer test s )
400-l~
5 00~~
2 5 0~A-
20~<
100*
200 (Resistance of Cotton t o the
Anthr acnose)
2(JO (Toxic Elements in Cot ton
s eed)
150
~5 , 000
UDITIONAl APPROPRH TICNS
Farm (Agricul turi st )
Vet . 'ci ence Lxper iments ($100) Re ai rs (10
bununer School
Chemistry (Appar at us )
¢.',>
Chemi stry, (Soi l Test s 'lOO ,Synup $100)
lIechni cal ..ci:. ineering (Planer $200, r on $340)
Additional l abor (College
St enographer to Pr esident ~ Stat e Chemist
At hlet ' c Field & Gymnasium
Veterinary J cholarship
~tomology j chol arshi p
Entom010gy Pr ofes sor ship
H" rti cul t~re (AQdi t ional Sal ary)
Ass i stant Chemist
Hortic I t ure (Shed)
Appr opriat ion Chemistry (EXpense)
Appr opr j ation Pharmacy (.C:xpense)
hod ern Langua .es (SRlary )
her dsman (also $200 f r om Adams Fund)
TOTAL
Ri,GULAR
GRAND 'l'OTAL
Zstimated Income $8, 900
400
200
600
300
200
540
225
200
300
250
250
200
100
350
100
100
100
200
2CO
A~th o ri zed Construct i on of Barn $2, 500
II 11 r esidences f or prof es- .
SOl'S 3 , 500
$ 4, 815
77,660
""'6,900
$82 , 475 .
DffiREES
The following are recommended for degrees:
Bachelor of Science
Robert Evan Allison
Otis D&Nitt Alsobrook
Philip Holcombe Avary
Henry ¥~dison Averyt
1Ulliam S~ Ivester Bailey
hodesta f rancis Beasley
Franklin King Beck
Sidney lV-orris Bernheim
James Robertson Black
Edmund Cason Bunker
Sylvanus Leonidas Burney
Casper Carl Certain
vvillard Cooper
~harles Abiatha Dean
Nimrod Davis Denson, J r .
Thor s Lewis Dickson
~ ~~uel Burwell Fort
~i lliam HW1phrey Foy
James Clark Francis
Mel l Alexander Frazer
Frederick &nanuel Geibel
Lynwood I,'!il l iam Gray
DuPont Guerry, Jr .
Hugh Scott Hagood
0layton St . John Hale
i thel deVere Harrel l
Preston Brooks Harr ell
Frank Hertz
Gilbert Russell Hollinger
Shaffer Hood
Frank Parkinson Howard
Cincinnatus ~ ecatur Killebrew
3dward ~hilip Lacey
VJilliam Leonard Lett
1~illiam }'18.dison Lewallen
Charles Felton Little
Arthur Logue
didney Long
Hilliam James hcBride
Hugh Franc i s Mc ~ld e rry
Claude Stewar t ~cNe ely
Hinton Alfred Mid eton
John Augustus ~' iller
Henry Gaston Hitchell
~~illiam LeRoy hitchell
Frederick Henry hollUs
i ward Preston Murphy
Henry f ete sen
}~rtin Alexander Pool
James Har ion Poyner
~oah Parker Renfro, Jr .
Thomas Byron Richardson
Angel ~steban Sanchez
labry 'I'homas Stallworth
Charles purgeon Waldrop
Clifford Anthony Farion ~lJeber
'1
229
Sumter
Chambers
Lee
Lee
Tennessee
Lee
1 Wi l cox
Jefferson
Lee
Houston 'I
Chambers
Eadison
Georgia
Lee
Chamber s
Lee
Dallas
Barbour
Coosa
Mobile
Hontgomery
Calhoun
Georgia
Conecuh '1
~ obile
Lee
Dal las
Georgia
\..Jilcox
Tallapoosa
Hacon
Dale
Jefferson
Lee
Jackson
Lee -
~Jilcox
Butler
I'lorgan
Talh,de a
Talla nosa
. Gh~TLbers
Ca hous
Tennessee
Lee
J.ef f erson
Butler
Jefferson
Georgia
Dale
Lee
Marshall
Nicaragua
Conecuh
Jefferson
Jefferson
230
Cbi e Boland Cooper
john Vernon Denson
Iievotie Glover Ewing
l,;a~r Persi s Hal"vey
l sh::mt imbell
{alt er Robert Samford
"obert ?lat t Boyd
Geor ge burt on 0_ inner
diller Wi l l i aln Fr ancis
l:Jnoch Lest er' Hiller
John Howard ¥cBniry
Cha r les 3anders Culver
H.oland B. Hall
"Iilli am B. St OY s
) bert Lee Th()m~s
rlenry Ldwar d '~e rn e r
~ au] Shields Hal ey
Thomas Hatcher Vatson
Be ne l ,eigh 0hi
Harry Youne Hal l
peST GRADUATE DIDRr.:ES
1·1ast er of Science
Civil Meineer
Mechanical ~gin e e rin£
Elect rical Bngineer ing
Mi ni ne Engineering
PROFE:JSIC AL DffiREES
Mech ni cal Engineer
Ci vil gineer
ilectrical En~ineer
}iarshall
Chamber s
Lowndes
Lee
Cla r ke
Lee
Lee
Iv1arengo
C osa
Ma rshall
Jeff er son
Geor ia
New York
!'.arion
Lee
Illinois
Jefferson
Tennessee
Georgia
New ork
~NGlI H AND POLI TICAL ~ONOIT
I n addition to t he duties of admini stration , I give instruct i on t o classes of post ~
r~du8te s, senivrs, and junior s . I be ~ t o say t hat I take reat pl easure in this
work and find it a genuine r ecreation . The r el ation of an i nstr uct or to st udents
i s a much more agreeabl e one t han that of a mere executive . The following table
sets forth the work:
Classes
Post -Graddate English
Junior Engl ish, 1st t erm
uenior Pel "tical Economy
2nd and 3rd terms
Seni or ~en tal Science
Junivr English
Number of
2
2
2
2
3
hours per week Number of students
9
50
50
14
96
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The work done by the students in this department has been very .satisfactory . Assistance
i s r endered i n t he corr ect i on and gr ading of t he papers by Assist ant Pr ofes sor
R. D. tfebb and Instr uctor J . R. Rutl and . r epor t is submitteEi by r . ~ ;e bb of t he
work done in his sect ion . Hr . J . R. Rutland is also Libr.arian , and sub it's a report .
Pr ofessor Hiatt , of t he department of ~od ern Languages, gi ves instruct i on to sections
in History, r.at hematics , and English , and have also ai ded i n gr ading the numerous
papers handed i n from these departments .
(Signed)
, Very respectfully ,
Cha s . C. Thach,
President & Pr of . of English & Political
-'conomy
It was moved that the report of the special co~~utt e e on President Tahch's annual
report be adopted . Kotion pr evailed and the corrmittee's report was declared adopted .
,
List of ReCOlmnendati ons made by Fresi dent Thach and adopted by the Board of Trustees :
1.' To est abl ish a chair of Entomology, and t o elect ~V . T. larke as Professor of
Entomology . (page 219)
2 . To elect Mr . Ward Giltner. as Assistant leterinarian and B cteriol ogist with a
salary of 1000 . (page ;221)
3 . To elect -" . R. Hiller as Pro f~ssor of Pharma cy, vice i>J . H. Blome, resigned .
(pages 221- 222)
4. To change 111: . T. Fullan' s title to ssistant Pr of essor of }~a c hine Design and
·:echanical Drawing . (pagt.. 222)
5. To Change the title of D. T. Gray to 'Assistqnt rofessor of Animal Industry.
(page 222)
6. To change the t itle of J . T. ' Anderson t o Chemist Soil and Coop . Investiga t i on .
(page 222)
7. To change the title of A. 1cB . Ransom to Assistant Profes sor of Analytical
Chemistry . (page 222)
8 . To authorize the l lnstitute Treasurer to keep his accounts with the Hatch Fund and
the dams Fund from July tp July, conformably to the fiscal year of the federal
government .
9. To urge the le gi sl~ture to provide , for the offi cial recognition of the Station
Veterinarian as tate Veterinar ian and to make adequate appropriation to extend
the usefulness of the d epartlli~nt . throughout t he state . (page 220)
10 . To ask the legisl ature to appropriate $75 , 000 to er ect an agricultural building.
(page 225)
11 . To make appropriations as set forth in the Budget and the sheet of dditi onal
Appropriations . (page 226-228 inclusive)
12 . To confer certain degr ees as recommended . (pages ' 229-230)
232
The COl£unittee on Lands and Grounds made the folloh1.ng report :
VIe the under signed committ ee beg leave -to r eport that -the lands and gr ounds are ·
in good c0ndition and welL kept .
(Signed)
Report adopt ed .
Re sp e~t fully submi tted,
r • D. enson
lv. K. Terry
The foll oh1ng resol uti on was intr oduc ed, and upon motion was referr ed to the committee
on Lands and Grounds , with instructions to repor t t hereon at the next regular meeting
of the Board:
Resolved, that the committee on Lands and Gr ounds be request ed to con8 -
der the propriety of paving the walks in the college grounds and the ba sement ,-al leys
of the bui l ding with Alabama cement , and that if the same is considered expedient,
the~ when the work i s done it be advertised by posting in suit able pl aces on the
col lege grounds that the pavement is of Alabama cement.
The foll owing resolut i on was intr oduced by Mr . Hi ll : That the President ~f t he
I nstitute i s directed to formulate plans looking to the discontinuance of t he SubFreshman
section of t he institution, i f f ound by the Board t o be advisable, and
report his plan at the annual meeting of the Board next year .
\ Mr . Bilbro. offer ed the following ~;s a s-qbstit ute fo'r Mr. Hill 's r esol ution':
The Pr esident of the Institute is directed to cmnsider the advisability of discont inuing
the ~ub -Fre shman cl ass of t he i nsti t ution and repor t at the next annual meeting
of the .aoar d, wit h such plans as he may have prepared t o t hat end , · t o the Board at
sai d meeting .
£.ir . Samford of fered the following as a substitute:
Resolved, That the President of the insti t ution be r equested to f ormulate
pl ans looking to the abolishment of the Sub- Freshman Cl a ss , and submit t he same
t o the Board f or its consideration at its next regular meetll1g. But nothing herein
contained shal l be construed t o the commitment of t he Board to the policy of abol ishing
said Sub- Freshman class .
fr . Samford ' s resolution was vdthdrawn ; Mr . Hill accept ed Xr . Bilbro's subst itute
\<Jhich t hen became t he or iginal, and a vote being taken , !vir . Bilbro ' s r esoluti on was
adopted .
rhere being no other business, the Board adjourned .
R. T;f . Burton
Secretary
Jvlontgomery, Al abama
September 27 , 1906
233
Pursuant to call of the Governor, the Board of Tr ustees of the Alabama Fol ytechnic
Insti t ute met in the Capitol at Montgomery, September 27, 1906, at 12 o lclock, noon .
The ;3 e c r~tary note~ the pr esence of His :!:xcell ency Governor . illiam D. Jelks, Exoffici.
o resident , and i~les s rs ~ Isaac vi. ,i l l, L D .• Denson , J . A. Bilbro , Tancred
Betts , J . l1._Carmichael, J. K. Terry, To ·H. Frazer, and T. D • .:3amford, and the
absence of Messrs . Jon . Haralson , R. F . Ligon and ~ ,_ . C. Davis. A quorum present.
President Chas . C. Tha ch r ead his r eport and presented an addi tional budget, which
follow:
Report of Chas G. Tnach, President of the Al abruna Polytechnic Institute .
Auburn , Alabama
September 24, -1906
Occasion is taken of this call ed meeting of the Board of Trustees of the l abama
PolYtechnic Institute to ~~ke a brief report of the condition of the college and to
pr esent some r ecommendat i ons on a few urgent points t hat have arisen since the last
regular meeting in June .
It is extremely gratifying to report the contll1ued and marked prosperity of t he
college , the enrollment being the largest up to date in. the history of the institution,
a larger number of st udents being actually present on the gr ounds now than
ever before at anyone time .
The constant and sound growth of t he college is attested by the following f igures
for the attendance at the cor responding dates for six years: ,:)eptember 21 in 1901
t her e were 339 students ; in 1902, 364; in 1903, 421 ; in 1904, 451 ; in 1905 , 531;
in 1906 , 56l •• an increase in t he six years of 222 students or quite 65%.
Some statistics of general interest have been gathered fr m the matriculation book .
There are 78 students from outisde the st ate of Alaba~a--fourteen states and foreign
countries being represented, as follO\vs: New York , Virginia , South Carolina, Georgia ,
Florida ., Louisiana, "lississippi, Texas , Tenne~see , Oklahoma , Indiana, Honduras ,
N icaragua~ and Cuba . G ~orgia _ lead s with 50 r~present atives . All non-resi dent
students pay tui tion .
In Alabama there are representatives from sixty- one counties, among t he largest enrolments
being : Jefferson County, 67; Lee , 5]; lont gomery, -32; Calhoun, 18; Mobile, 17;
Dallas, 13 ; Earengo, 15; ~{ilcox, 12; Tallapoosa, 11; Pike, 10; Greene, 10; Colbert, 9;
'!adison, 9; Walker, 9; etc .
By classes the division is: Post Graduates, 13; Seniors, 84; Juniors, 103 ; Sophomorre ,
Ill; Freshmen, 110; Specials, 77; etc. Tl i s is the largest Senior class and the l ar gest
Junior class in th~ history of the college .
~it e a number hav~ been declined on account of imperfect preparation . Three hundred
and thirty-one old students have already returned . The averag ~ age of the fresrunan ,
class i ndicates consider able maturity-- being .17 y~ars, 11 months and two ,weeks . The .
sub- freshman class ,is 23 less than last yea r--the average age ' of tnis clc.. ss is 17
years, 6 months anq two weeks. There is no student in it under 16 years of age.
234
As yet good boarding accommodat ions can be secured and t he capacity of t he l ect ure
r ooms and t eaching staf f is not over- t axed, but i t is a very cl ose fit . To advanoo
further, t he st at e must give l iberal aid for dormi t ories , lect ur e r ooms, and lab~
ratories .
T' e immediate occasion of the meeting i s the death of ·:r . E. T. Glenn, late Treasurer
of t he college, which sad event occurred' at his home in Auburn, Friday, August 3,
1906 . Mr. Glerill thad been a. faithful servant . of t he institution since its organizat
i on in 1872 . For this long. period, covering thirty-four ' years , or over one- third
of a centure, he had been the custodian of the funds of the State and of the student
body, a d with mar ked uprightness and i ntegrity he fulfilled the duties of his posit
ion .: ·.Hi s accounts passed satisfactory examinations under all tate EX8J~ners, and
the books of the dead t r easurer were duly and finally examined and audited by the
-tat e Examiner of Public Accounts Spetember 7, 19C6 . He r eported them to be correctl y
and accurate y kept and the amounts on deposit at the bank as r eported .
n August 23rd, returning from a brief vacation and learning that the vacancy in the
off ice of t he Treasurer had not been fil led, it seemed necessaDT to me that some
i mmediate action should be taken in order to meet the emergency, and to enable the
college t o open September 5th . Accordingly, a full facul ty meeting was called Honder ,
ugust 27th, and the follmdng action was taken according t o the mi nutes of the factil. t
y :
Extract from Minutes of the ' a cu~ty :
The Pr esident nominated tU ss 1':. A. Glenn, of Auburn, Alabama, to fill telfiporarily
the vacancy in the office of the Treasurer of the Alabama Polytechnic I nst itute
until t he next meeting of the Board of Trustees. ~-1i ss 1-1. A. Glenn was unanimously
elected to fill t he position.
I beg l eave t o place upon record my cordial appreciation of t he services r endered
by i s s Glenn to the college in this connection . The work duriuc these opening days
of the college year have been most laborious and most exacting and it affor ds me
pleasure t o t estify to t his young wornan ' s unflagging industry and great skill and
dexteri ty in handling t he funds and in advancing the t edious and trying labor s of
matr±culating nearly 600 young men . Zvery effort has been made dur i ng the interim
to r educe to a minimum the wor,k of the office and yet a statement rendered me Monday,
September 24th, by the Bank of nelika , shows that $19,691 .01 has been forwar
ded f r om t he college since its opening, while the entire amount handled in the
Tr easurer ' s office during the period aggr egates about $24, 000 .
I beg leave t o recommend the following additi onal budget:
Additi onal Adams Budget, $2,000 September 26, 1907
1 . Chemistry (Syrup ixperiments)
2 . Entomology (Cotton Insects)
3 . Eorticulture (A. Peach Fertilizati on
. B. Hot Beds
4. Botany (Anthracnose)
5 . Veterinary (Bacteriology of t1il k, etc .
. Toxic effect of Cotton ' eed)
6 . griculture (Tile Drainage, Hay Curing)
7 . Agr i cul t uri st ' s Sal ary, current year, July 1 , 1906 to
Jul y 1, 1907
8 . Animal Indust r:l t s Salary
:$ 150 .00
100 .00
500.00
10C.00
350 .00
250 . 00
4CO. 00
150 .00
t 2, 000 .00
Recomnendations for necessary Increase in Sal ary .
Assistant Professor of Anin~l Industry
2nd As s i stant Chemist
Librarian and ssistant in English, etc .
Iorticulturist
$100 (Hatch)
200 (College)
300 (College)
100 (Hatch)
$700
Respectful ly submitted,
Charles C. Thach, Presi dent
235
At the conclusion of the reading of this . report and budget, Pr esident Thach presmted
to the Board the applications of Hiss Allie Glenn and R. vI. Burton for the Office
of Treasurer of the Institute . Also a memorial f rom citi zens of the town of Auburn,
in mass meeting assembled, asking the cooperation of the Board of Trustees in
the establishment of a laundry for the benefit of t he students and the public .
}r. Carmichael read a communication from Mr . G. W.R. Boyd withdrawing his application
f or t lle office of Treasurer. On mot i on of 'r. Frazer the corn:munication wre
received and ordered filed.
It was moved that the salary of Treasurer of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute remain
as h~ reto fore, fifteen hundred doll ars per armum. Ketion prevailed.
The C air presented the appl icati ons of Messrs. J . G. Beasley and Clarence L. Mullin
for the office of Treasurer. of the Institute .
On motion the Board proceeded to the .election of Treasurer, by ballot , and Hr . Dm son
explained that he must be excluded from voting, being paired with Mr. Ligon who
was not present .
The ballots were counted and the result announced as follows : Miss Al lie Glenn
received six votes and Hr . Burton two , and f-iIiss Glenn was declared duly elected.
It was moved that t he Bank of Opelika be designated as t he depository of the funds
of the college, ruld that said Bank be r equired to pay the premium of the bond of
the Treasurer made in some approved surety company .
Re solution adopted .
The additional budget opened by Pr esident Thach, was upon moti on , approved.
The Executive Committee presented the followlllg report and the same was adopted .
'\~ont gomery , Alabama
September 27, 1906
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
met in t he Governor's office , the Governor, \;im, D. J :!lks, and Judge J . 1--1. Carmichael
being present. C. C. Thach, ~resident of t he I nstitute, presented for their considerat
i on the question of increasing the sala~r of Director J. T. Duggar, pursuant
to the resolution passed by the Board of Trustees at its last regular meeting,
referring the matter to the President B!1d the Executive Corrunittee . President Thach
recorrnnended that the sala.ry be permanently increased by ~400 per rumum . The committ
ee resolved that t he i ncrease of $400 shal l be made for the current year, beginning
July 1, 1906 and ending July 1, 1907 .
236
The matter of t he memorial from cit izens of Aubur n coming up , it was .moved
That the Pr esident of t he Institute be authcrized t o contract with the propos
ed laundry for the entire laundry work of the student body, provided the average
cost of t he work pe not ~ r e ater than heretoforef and. t o make it compulsory on every
student to have his wa sh~g done at said l aundry , said contr act not to begin before
0ept ember 1, 1907 . .
lvot i on prevailed .
There being no other busin·ess , the Board of Trustees ad journed .
R. W. Burton,
Secretary
Record of the Bond
of .
1 . Allie Glenn, Treasurer, Alabama Polytechnic Insti tute 0
Appr oved by His Excellency, Willirun D. Jelks, Governor of the St at e of Alabaw~,
September 29 , 1906
Fidelity B on~ No. 250387
of
ericq. Bonding Company of Baltimore , JIilaryland
to
Alaba~a Polyeechnic Institute
In th~ sum of .ten t housand dollars ($10,000 .00)
Term, September .3, 1906, to September .3, 1907
Second Bond.
Same Number (250387)
Hade to the Stat e of Alabama
_ . ount -$15 , ooe .CO
'ferm, one year, ending ;:;eptember 3, 1907 .
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