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Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1908264 Auburn, Al abama June 1, 1908 The Board of Trustees -of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute met in regular annual sessi on in the libra~r of the Institute on t he first day of June, 1908, at 0 o 'clock a .m. 'I' .e r oll vms call...
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Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1908264
Auburn, Al abama
June 1, 1908
The Board of Trustees -of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute met in regular annual
sessi on in the libra~r of the Institute on t he first day of June, 1908, at 0
o 'clock a .m.
'I' .e r oll vms called and members were fo ,d present as follows :
hi s Excellency B. B. Comer, Governor of the"State and Ex-of f i cio President of the
Doard, and Messrs . R. F. Ligon, Tancred Betts, H. L. Mar tin, W. K. Terry, R. B.
Ba rnes , A. VJ . Bell, N. D. Denson, W. F. Feagin . Nine pr esent . 'A quor um .
Absent : 'on . H. C.Gunnels , Supt . of Education Ex- officio and ~essrs . J . S. Frazer
and William C. Davis .
The minutes of the last ~revi ous meeting were read and approved .
The Tr easurer ' s annual report was presented, and upon motion was r eferred to the Committee
on Finance .
'I'he Fresident of the Institute read his annual re ort, and upon motion the same was'
referred to a special commit tee appointed by the Chair, cons isting of t-1essrs . A. Ttl .
Bel l , Tancred nett-s, and \'1. K. Ter r y . (President's Report , Appendix A. , Page ' )
It was ,moved,
That a committee be appointed to draft suitable resolutions on 'the '
death of General J ames H. Lane , late Professor of Civil lmgineer ing, said resolutions
when r eady t o be delivered to t he Secretary and by h~ t r anscribed in the
records of this Boar d .
i"loti on adopted, and the Chair appointed NessI'S . R. B. Barnes, • D. Denson, and
H. L. l'lartin as such cormni t tee .
t 10 :30 o 'clock a .m. the Board adjourned to 2:30 p .m. , in order that the members
might attend the public exercises of the Institute .
Afternoon Session .
At 2 :30 p .m. the Board reconvened, gnd the Secretary no~ed the presence of nine
members , the same as at the morning session .
Hi s .ixcellency Governor Comer made a statement as t o financi al · conditions liKely
t o affect the Institute, for t he information of the Board .
A cO:lJInunicat i on "las received from the Session of the Pres1:5yterian Church of "Auburn '
proposing to purchase f r om the Institute a certain small plot of round situate in
t he r ear of their church building, and on motion the same was referred to the committ
ee on Lands and Grounds .
The r eport of the special committee on the President's report was called f or, but
after some discussion, a motion to defer til l Tuesday morning was made and carried .
Board adjourned to Tuesday, June 2, 9 a .m.
Hr . Denson, upon his request was excused for t he r emainder of the session.
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Tuesday, June 2, 1908
9 0' clock a • .n'l. •
The Boare reconvened, nine members being present, the same as the day before, except
that Hon •• D. enson had been excused, and Rev. Dr . J . S. Frazer had arrived and
taken his seat with the Board.
The regular order being the consideration of the report of the .:ipecial .Committee on
the resident's Report, it was moved that the committee's report be considered seriatim .
The motion prevailed, and Chairman A. ~[ . Bell read the r eport .of the committee on t he
President's report, and it was moved that the committee's report be considered by sections
and adopted, with amendments, as her ein set forth:
. Report of ~pe cial Committee on the Pr es i dent's Report.
Your .committee to whom was referred the report of the President, beg leave to make the
following report:
1. In refer ence t o the i l luminath,g oi l la ', the appointment of a Special Committee
of three is reco~mended t o thoroughly investigate the law and report to the full
Board 'at this ses ion of the Board a definite plan for putting the law into operat
ion at once.
The f oregoing section (1) of the Comrnittee's report being under conSideration,
the f ollovving resolution was offered and adopted :
Be it resolved~; ,
That Doctor C. C. Thach be,and he is hereby, appointed the accredited
agent of the trustees to put into operation the oil tag tax law, and to represent the
Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Insitute, under the supervision of the
Executive Committee, as provided in Chapter 34 of the Political Code .
Pending consideration of Section 2 of the committee's report, the Board ad j ourned to
2:30 o'clock p.m.
Afternoon SeSSion, Tuesday, June 2 .
Pursuant to adjol;.rmaent, the Board convened at 2:30 o'clock p .m. , Tuesday , June 2,
nine member s belllg present, t he same as at the morning ses si on .
Gonsideration of ection 2 of committee 's report was r esumed and upon motion the same
was adopted, a,s follO"tTs :
S ~ ction22. A~ regards the increasa in salaries crf full professors and officials, the
following scale of increase is recommended:
(a) A member of the faculty, or officer of the college, who has held a full
professor ship or of fice on full salary for fifteen years, shall receive
an increase to his salary of four htmdred ($400) dol l ars per annum.
(b) A member of the faculty, or offi cer of the college, who has held a full
profe ssor ship on full salary for ten years, shall r eceive an incr~ase
to his salary of two hundred ($200) dollars per annum.
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(c) A member of t he facult y, or offi cer of the college , who has held a full
pr of es s or ship on ' full salary f or five years , shal l receive an i ncrease
t o his salary of one hundred dollars ($100) per annum.
(d) Provided that the iucrease in .salary, as above set forth, shall .not apply
t o any professor or officer who, in addition to a full salary, receives as
much as five hundred dollars from the sta.te, or Federal Gover nment , or
College.
Sect i ons 3, 4 5, 6, and 7 of the Committee 's report were considered and voted upon in
regular order, and adopted, as follows:
3rd . The Commit t ee recoITmends the adoption of the plan of the curriculum and organ i-
. zation of diff erent faculties as suggested by the President, and we further
r ecommend that Professor J. J. Wilmore be elected Dean of the Faculty of Engingering
and Mines ; that B. B. Ross be elected Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural
Sci ence; that Professor George Petrie be elected Dean of the Academic Faculty.
4th . e recomL~end that the Board adopt t he changes in titles of the different titles
of profe ssors as suggested by the Pr esident.
5th e reco ~~end that ~. I . S. McAdory be elected instructor in Veter inary Science
with a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum.
6th . e recommend the establishment of a second instructorship in Bacteriology and
Pat hology with a salary of one thou~and dollars ($1,000) per annum; the said
instructor to be appointed by the President .
7th . We recommend that two ·hundred dollars ($200) per .annum additional be allovled
the professor of Electrical Engineering for general sup erL~tendence of the
lectric Power and Lighting Plant.
The Chairman of the Committee read the 8th section of the committee's report, as follows
: \1ie r eco! Juend the adoption of the following resolution: That the Governor and
the Commi ssioner of Agriculture be, and they are hereby, requested to pay.to the State
Chemist, under Section 73 of the Code , for services rendered the department of Agriculture,
t he sum of five hundred dollars ($500) annually in lieu of the five hundred
dollars which was formerly paid him as such salary under the law prior to t he adoption
of the ,Code of 1907.
The fo l lowing was of f ered as a substitute for Section 8 of the Committee's report:
Resolved, That as a substitute for t he 8th r ecommendation of the committee , the salary
of the Pr ofessor of Chemistry be fixed at twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) per
annum, t o begin with the next ensuing scholastic year. Resolution adopted.
Secti on 9 of the committee's report was adopted, without amendment , as follo"ls:
9th . " e further recommend that the salary of the President of this institution be
i ncreased to three thousand and six hundred dollars ($3 .600) per annum, the
same to go into effect with the beginning of the next scholastic year.
The Chai r fil:8,n of the committee read the l Oth section of the report as follot-is: We
recom~end that t he management and control of the Dining Hall be placed in the hands
of the President witt full power and authority to manage as he deems best for the
interest of the institution.
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I t was moved that t he f oregoing be amended by the addi tion of the words : That r ooms
in the Di ning Hall be r eserved. for t he -accommodati on of' members of the Board"of' Trustees
during sessions of the Board.
Amendment adopted .
Sect ion 10 of commit tee" s r eport, as amended, was adopted .
Sections 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the committee's report was considered ser iatim, and
adopted without amenrunent, as foll ows: ' ,
Section 11 . We recommend the establishment of the position of Superintendent of the
Farm and Recorder, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) and a
residence, and that Jr . E. F. Canthen be e,lected to fin this position .
12th . We recommend the establishment of a position of Foreman of the rarm, wit h a
salary of- four hundred ' dollars ($.400) per annum.
13th . 'He recommend the establishment of an assistanceship in ootomology, with a:
salary of eight hundred doll ars ($800) and that Mr . 1rJilliam F. Turner be
elected to this position .
14th . \I{e recommend the creation of the position of Assistant Librarian, with a salary
of six hundred dollars ($600) for twelve months, and that Niss A. C. Shivers
-be elected to the position .
The 15th sestion of the committee 's report was read, and in place- thereof the f ollowing
r esolution was offered: Resolved, That the whole matter of operating the elect ric
lighting plant and of selling power to others, be re ferred~o the Building. Commit t ee
with power to act.
Re soluti on was adopted .
16th . e r ecomDlend the confirmation of t he action of t he Executive Committee in the
election of Professors l/litcham and Br ovm . Adopted .
17th . "e recommend the payment of the liorrlll Fund hereafter s emi - annually instead of
quarterly, and that t he next semi- annual paYm~nt be made July 1, 1908 .
It was moved that the matter contained in this section (17th) of the corr~ttee's report
be referred to the Executive Committee . · So ordered.
Upon completion of the consideration of the committee's report on the f resident 's r eport
it was
!1oved that matt ers pertaining to the fire insurance insurance interests of t he
Institute be referred to the Building C o~~ittee . So ordered .
The Committee on Finance made the follo~dng report:
t'{e your committee to whom was referred the report of the Treasurer of the Institute
beg leave to r eport that we have examined said report and find the additions correct .
On motion the committee's report was adopt ed .
The COIlli~ittee on Lands and Grounds r eported adversely on the proposal of the Pr esbyt
erian church of Auburn to purchase a cer tain pl ot of ground in the rear of their
house of wor shi p . On motion, the committee's report was sustained .
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The ecret ary pr esentecia . cormnuni.oationt:> , from the Bank of Auburn and the Bank of pelika
soliciting a share of the deposits of the Institute funds .
On moti on the matter of a depository, or depositories, for the I nst itute was referred
t o t he Executive Committee , with power to act.
The special committee appointed to consider the President's report and accompanying
document s , made the follovling report on the Budget for the scholastic year 1908- 09:
.
The committee to whom was referred the Pr e si dent~ report beg to -report that they have
examined the President's B1.i9-get and this committee approves the same, and recommends
t he adopti on of the Budget.
The report of the commi ttee on the Budget was adopted .
The f oll owillg resolution was offered by Mr . Bar nes : Resolved, That the matter of
erect ing a new ~nnasium building be refe~red to the Building COMnittee.
So ordered .
The Secretary presented the following repor t of the Execut ive Committee, which had
been fil ed with him:
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of rrrustees of the Alabama
Pol yt echnic Institute , held in the office of the Governor, at ~ontgomery , labama,
on August 22, 1907, the following being pr~sent : Governor B. B. Comer, N. D. Denson,
R. B. Barnes, and R. F. Ligon .
Governor B. B. Comer actL~g as Chairraall of said Conmittee, arid R. F. Ligon acting as
Secr et ary, upon motion, the following resolution was adopted :
· Res olved, That the First National Bank of Upelika be designated as the place of
deposit of the funds of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute , on and after September 1,
1907 ; t hat t he Treasurer of said Insti tute be inst ructed to deposit the funds of
s~id Institute in said First National Bank of 0 elika; ~ and that the First National
Bank of Opelika :be required t o pay the premium on the bond of the Treasurer of said
Instit ut e, and that said bond be executed through the Fidelity and Guaranty Company.
of B alt imor~ .
I t was moved that the foregoing report of the Executive Committee be adopted, and that
the same be spread upon the minutes pf the oar d .
;;JO order ed .
It was moved that the Sub- freshman Class be abolished after the, nsuing scholastic
year .
As a subst itute f er the foregoing motion, it was moved that the considerat i on of the
quest ion be postponed to the next annual meeting of the Board .
The quest i on being upon the adoption of the substi tute, -a majority voted aye, and
the. substitute was declared adopted .
At 4 o ' clock p .m., Governor B. B. Comer was. excused from further ' attendance on this
seSSion, and hr . J . S. 7razer was called to the Chair .
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By Mr . Betts ,
Resolved, That st eps be t~~en to adopt a light uniform of khaki or
similar material, for the students' use in the Spr ing .
On moti on the for egoing r esolution of fered by Mr . Betts was referred to the Pr esident
and Commandant of the Institute , with power to act .
It was moved,
That the neyl agricultural building be named in honor of Governor B.
Comer . So ordered .
Hoved, That the new dining hall be named in honor of the late Dr. O. D. Smith .
:£ otion pr evailed.
Moved, That the new· Kechanical Engineering bu:iliing be named in honOT of the late .
Doctor i:illiam L.eRoy Broun . Notion adopted .
There being no other business, the Board adjourned .
B.
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Auburn , Alabama
May 22, 1908
Report of the President of the Alabama Folytechnic Institute to the Board of Trustees:
I t is a matter of congratulation t o all friends of the institution and of education
that the academic session just ooncluded has again broken all previous records in
regard t o att endance and work. In the period of six years , since the beginning of
t he ~resent administr ation, the increase in the number of students has been 211, or
over fifty per cent . The t otal enrollment thi s year is 617, representing sixty-f~ve
counties in the State of Alabama (the entire number, save two) , two foreign countries
(Cuba and .~exico ) , and .ten states other than Alabama . The attendance is well distributed
thr oughout the state of Alabama, some of the l argest county delegations bein :
Jeffers on , 76; Hontgomery, 36; Calhoun, 24; Yarengo, 18; Talladega, 18; Mobile , 16;
Dallas , 13; Pike, 12; Colbert , 10; Walker, 10; Greene, 9; Lowndes, 9; Tallapoosa, 9;
~' il cox , 9; Barbour, 8; 'ladison, 8; Covi ngton., 7; Hale, 7; Lauderdale, 7. Tue average
age of the student body has advanced even over that of l ast year which was the highest
hither to in maturity . The average age of the fresl~ claSs is 17 years, 10 months.
sub- freshman class is 18 years and t"TO months . There have been in attendance t his
ses ~ i on 168 y~ung men over 21 years of age .- Again it is to be recorded that with
the largest attendance, we have had t his year, not only the smallest percentage of
resignations, but the smallest actual number of resignations from the student body •
. s you readily see, this indicates a persevering purpose to secure an education and
a financial ability, despite the stringency of the money mar ket, for the student to
pursue his work to the close of the academic year . ~e have the largest number in
the seni or class, and in the junior clas~, in the history of the institution . There
have been s even young women of mature years who are prepared to enter t he junior
class . Accordlllg ' to .the regulations of the college , only young women of mature age
who ar e prepared to enter the junior class are admit ted . No special provision is
made f or t heir boardi ng accommodations.
The classification of the st udents has been as follows: Graduate Students, 18; jenior
Cl.a,;:ls , 97; Junior Class, 114; Sophomore Clas s , 122; Freshman Class , 115; Special and
I rregular Students, 94; oub- Freshman Sect ion, 72; names counted twice , 15; Total , 617 .
The enrollment in some of the leading departments is as follows: Electrical Engineering
, 100; l1echanical oogineering, 88; Civil i..'1gineering, 54; Ki.ning Engineering, 201;
Ar chitecture , 9; Pharmacy , 35 ; Veterinary Fedicine, 19; Veterinary S ience, 60; Agricult
ure, 141; AnLlal Industry, 152; Biology, 82; Physics , 449; .Gnglish, 530; History,
340; French, 45 ; German , 58; Latin, 153; Political Lconomy, 80; l'Iathematics, 490; Chemistry,
240; Chem ~ cal Laboratory, 206; Drawing, 324; Descr i ptive Geometry, 125 ; :1echanic
Art s , 265 ; Eilitary , 559 . .
vlORK
Thr oughout the entire year, I think that we can say with accuracy, the spirit of work
on the part of the students has been excellent. As a matte" of fact , in an institut
i on of applied sci ences of our t JlPe, the young men, as a rule, have more or less
definitely decided their pr ofes sion, and their college work is regarded as a preliminar
y prof essional t raining therefor and is fol101'1ed ,lith a certain degree of seriousness
and businesslike application that perhaps does not characterize t he students
purusuing purely general education . The general conduct of the student body has
l i kewise been good . It is needless to state that among over six hundred young men
there will be found a certain per cent who are idle, and an infinitesimal per cent
of t hose who may be vicious; but this proportion is scarcely appreCiable in our i nstitution
. Our students, as a mass , are industrious, aspiring, and trustworthy . They
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are quickly susceptible to appeals to the best elements of character that finally go
to make a good citizen . Our attendance at our cl asses is quite remar kabLe . We ha e
a system of dai l y reports by each pr ofessor and instructor made to the President 1s
Off ice, and all abs_en.tees are called to account daily . The DIan has been adopted
in other ,institutions with results equally noteworthy with our own . Professors 't'lho
come to us from other institutions .comment on the general tone of good conduct and
earnest application , prevailir~ in this institute.
HEALTH '
On the whole, the health of the college during the session has been fairly good .
At ene t· e , however, i're had an extensive epi demic of IIgrippe . 1I We had also an
outbreak of measles of considerable extent, but owing to t he skillful handling of
the Surgeon, it' was materially restricted and the consequent interruption of study
greatly curtailed . An incipient outbreak of mumps was l i kewise controlled. Also a
threatened outbr eak of small pox, ar i sing through the importation of two cases by
workmen on college buildings, was _successfully ave~ted . One nat ural death, occurred
during the year in the case of a st udent who contracted typhoid fever while on a
visit to his home to nurse a brother ill with t he disease . An accidental death of
a student resulted from concussion of the. brain caused by a blow from a base ball
t hrown in a practice game on t he campus. This is the first fatality in the history
of the. college in athletics, and it 'occurred in a most unusual and unexpected manner .
According to t he resolutions of the Board (See No . 15), the Infirmary has been used
throughout th~ year, and the excess of surgeon 1 s f es has been devoted to the payment
of a t rained nurse, and for the equi~nent of t he buildi ng . As yet , students who are
indisposed, pref er to remain in their boardmg.·houses ; but a ful l use of the Infirmary
will come wi th t irr.e and thorough familiarity on t he part of the suudents, who , as a
rule, are not acquainted wish such an institution .
CHANGES IN FACULTY
It is with great regret that I place upon of£icial record t he death of General James H.
Lane, which sad event occurred September 21, 1907 . As you remember, he was placed
uf,on the r ol] of the college as :&'!leritus Professor of Civil Engineering, an honor,
which you will be glad to knmv, he keenly appreciated and deeply enjoyed during the
few remaining months of his life .
For a quarter of a century General. Lane had been at the head of t he department of
Civil Engineer ing, and his connection with t~e institution brought honor and distinction.
His graduates, numbered.by the scores, hold responsible positions in their
pr ofessions throughout the South. Suitable resolutions were drawn by the Faculty,
expressing their appreciation of his distinguished services . He was buried with
military r ites.
On August 9th, by action of the 3xecutive Committee, Professor G. r • Mitcham was
placed in charge of the Chair of Civil Engineering, and Hr. Robert 1. Brown was
placed in charge of the chair of MD1ing ~gin e ering . For several years Professor
G. N • "IE ham had filled most acceptably the chair of hining I'ngir..eering, and his
long training both in civil and mining eJ;lgineering has fitted . him admirably for
developing the chair which he now holds . The work of this department has been
hi ghly satisfactory .
Pr ofe ssor obert L. Brown, elected as Professor of Ei ning Engineer ing and Geology
is a graduate of Beliot -' ollege and is also a graduate in the four year course of
mining engineering in the Colorado School of Nines. He has had extensive experience
in all phases oc coal mining , assaying, etc., in the leadine mines in thv West.
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I r ecorrmend t hat the act ion of t he Executi ve C o~ittee concerni ng Pr ofessor Mi tcham
and Pr of es sQr Br o\'ffi be confirIiled .
After ext ended conrrespondence and most painstaking investigat ion, the name of
Doctor ./ . i . Hinds was presented t o the --::ecutive Connni ttee ugust 27th, and he was
unanimously el ect ed to f i l l t he chair of Zntomology . The Bnard had del egat ed to
the Committee full power to act . Pr of.essor Hinds is a Ph . D. of the Ag icultural
Col l ege of Has sachusetts, and has a chi eved marked disti ncti on in t he invest igation
of t he boll weevil, boll WOITu, and San J ose scale . For t hree year s he was in charge
of t he cot ton Bol l Weevil Laboratory, Dallas, Texas, where the most extensive and
aut h or~t ative experiments wer e made in regard t o that insect scour e . Doctor Hinds
has made several notabl e pUbli cat ions concerning insects injurious to plants . He
is now engaged in extensive experiments in Al aba.ma., both of a scientific and popular
natur e, and his line of i nvestigation has rec eived the hearty connendat i on of the
Unit ed t ates epar tment of Agriculture.
Pr ofes sor . C. Curtis accept e~ the election, by the Board of Trustees , to the
Chair of .rchitect ure, and has conducted t his department t hroughout the year in a
most succ essful manner. He has been of great service in connection with t he er ect
i on of the new buildings f or the institution. In t his connection, I wish to make
special r ecord on the niLDut es of t he College of. the f act that Professor Curtis
~ndly volunteered his services to draw t he plans and specifications for t he new
librar y building . The r egular architects' f ees f or this building would have been
~1 ,500 . e has also drawn the preliminary plans of the Agr icultural Hall .
BUlL ING AIm INPROVEr..::ENT
Thanks t o the l iberal poli cy toward the institution on the part of the Governor of
t he St ate and t he Legislature of Alabama, t his year has been charact er i zed by the
most extensive bui lding operations in t he history of t he Col l ege .
i l ) Pur suant to t he resolutions ( ee 2 and 13 j ynopsis of Secretary) of the Board
of Tr ustees, purchase was duly made , under advice of Pr of e", sors \<Ii lmore and
Dunstan, of the equipment and machinery for the lighting and povler plant of
the College. Thi s TIBchi nery for the named purpose, thus expediti ously installed,
has been of service to the insti t ution throughout the year, and now is ready
to supply power for the new syst em of water works, and to f ur nish light s for
the Dining Hall, Library, and gricultural Hall . I wish to make f ull acknowl
edgement of t he laborious work of Professors Wi lrlore, Dunst an, and Hill in
i nst alling t he new machi nery and l i ghting equipment.
The power pl ant equipment cons i sts, in part, of a handsome new smoke-stack, a
200 H. P. St erling boil er , a 160 H. P. Engine and 100 1\ .• W. Westingtlouse generator,
etc. Owing t o t he l ack of f unds , it was i pos sible t o constr uct a sui table
boi ler house, put satisfactory t emporary shelter was pr ovided .
(2) Pursuant to the same resolutioo, the apparatus and machi nery f or the mining
depar tment was purchased and it has been installed by Pr of essor Brown in the
new Engineering Hall . It i s now, perhaps , the most thoroughly fitted department
of Hining Engineering in the outh . Prof essor Brown has been untiring in
devot ing all hi s ~are time in t he erect ion of t he plant .
(3) A full electrical lighting equipment has been placed in the laborat.ory of the
departments of Veterinary Hedicine, Zngineering Hal l , Architecture, Botany,
and harmacy . This was installed by t he department .of Electrical Engineering .
A n ~w laborat ory in the department of Pharrracy has been pr ovided and thoroughly
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equipped with laboratory desks fil l ed with water and gas appointments for
twenty-four students . The crowded condi tion of this department made the ext en-s
i on neces sary . '
(4) The new Dining Hall is approaching compl etion . It is a two-story struct ure ,
140 feet long and forty feet wide, of a semi-co10nial style. The building is
of brick and stone , and is constructed in what is known as the Flemish bond style .
The main dining hall will accommodate about 300 . an the second floor there are
twenty one rooms , furnishing dormitory accommodations for forty .
(5) Carnegie Library Building.
I take pleasure in stating that a Bill w~s finally passed through the Legislature
of Alabama enabling the institution to -comply with ·the proposition made by
~r . Andrew varnegie to donate $30,000 for the erection of a library bu~ldtng .
According to the provisions of the act, $30,000 of the funds appropriated by t he
State to the college was invested in Alabama S t ate ~ onds, the interest f r om which
is to go to ·the annual maintenance of the College Library . As 'stated a.bove, pl ans
for this bui-lding were drawn by Professor H. C. Curtis. It will be of a semicla
~3 s ica.l or monumental type, constructed of pressed brick, with elaborate white
stone trimmings ; it · vall be two stories in height and eight y feet long by eighty
feet wicie. The equipment "viI I be of the best . It is situated on the let on
Faculty venue facing the thletic and Drill Grounds, and is beatifully locat ed
ami d a group of lovely shade trees . The construction of the buildL~g is well
under way, and the fi r st installment of r . arnegie1s ~onation has been drawn .
(6) ~v ater Ivorks, Sewerage, etc .
Under the dir ection of Professor G. N. 1itcham, a line has been laid out for the
sewerage of the new Dining Hall and all of the college buildings situated on the
campus . A supply of pi pe has bevn purchased, and the laying of the line will
besin .iLmediately after Commencement . n excellent spring of water with a capacity
of about 120,000 gallons per day has been purchased by the College, preparatory
.for the construction of its system of water works. This spring is situated
about two miles from tovm. I t flows from beneath a steep hil l, and the control
of the water- shed has been secured . There will be a .tower of 75,OLO gallons
capaci t y l ocated near the college buildings, and the water will be pumped by an
electrical driven centrifugal pump , installed at the punlP house adjacent to the
spring basin . The entire estimated cost is about $17, 000 .00. Professor G. N.
Nitcham is the consulting engineer 'in charge , and he will be assisted by the
department. of Electrical and Hechanical Engineering .
(7) griculture Hall
1he preliminary plans , elevation, etc ., for the agriculture building wer e designed
and drawn by Pr ofessor 1\ •• C. Curtis, free of charge, and they received the unanj,..
mous approval of the professors interested and of the building committee of the
Board of Trustees . This building will be of stone and brick, three stories high
and 170 feet in length . It will accommodate tfie departments of the Di r ector of
the Exper iment St ati n , of Agri-culture, Hbrticulture , . Animal Industry, Botany,
and m t omolo y • . A most eligible site has been selected on the commandi ng ridge '
now occupied by the hort icultural gr ounds. lhe Professor of rchitecture has
been invited to complete the working plans, l,vhich he hopes to be able to do by
continuous work, and with assistance, by AllgUSt 1st, when adver tisement .can be
made for bids for construct inn .
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TREASURZR 'S REPORT
According t o the regulations of the Board of Trustees , the Tre asure~ submits to
each member of the Board of Tr ustees and to the President of the College a report of
t he receipts and disbursements of t he. college for 1907- 08. The report for the r eceipts
and expenditures . . of tbe Hatch and dams funds i s sub . t t ed annually July 1 .
These accounts are i nspected and audi ted ~~nually by the United States Government .
monthly report of expenditures ~ all departments is furnished to t he Pr esident by
t he Treasurer .
The foll owing exhibits set f orth the receipts fer this i Qstitution f or 1907- 08 on
College Account :
Endowment Fund U. i:J . Land Grant, 1860
. U. S . ppropriation IVlorr'ill Fund .
State Appropriation in lieu of fertilizer tag tax
Balance on Tag Tax, 1906-07
State Appr opriatio]l f9r benefit horticulture
uition fees f rom non-resideQt s.tuo.ents
ncidental fees and other funds
Surgeon's f'ees
Balance brought over on
bil ls payable (rec . )
Total
.
~t 2, 000 . 00
1 , 5.46 .19
Grand Total
$ 20,280 .00
15 , 825 . 54 .
32, 000 .00
1, 291.56
1, 500 .00
1,340 .00
10 , 726 .18
$82,963 .28
it
l 3 , 548 .19
$86 , 511.47
A brief review of the nature of the college funds may be of value :
(A) Experiment Station Funds
(1) The funds known as t he Hat ch and Adams funds are paid directly by the U. S. Treasurer
to the Treasurer of the l abama olytechnic nstitute . Not a cent of this money
i s avallable for the purpose of instruction and of education in any department . Its use
is confined absolutely and exclusively to experimental work on problems pertaining to
var i ous phases of agriculture .
(B) College Funds
. . .
The original fund known as the ~orrill fund arises front the endowment made in 1860 by
t he Congr ess of the United Stat~s . This has been increased by subsequent additions by
Congress, but unfortunately the fund is shared between the two races accor ding to the
rati on of the school population .
re conunend that t his fund be drawn semi-annually by the College Treasurer . It is now
drawn quarter ly, and gr eat inconvenience is caused ther.eby .•
(2 ) State Funds . The aid r eceived by the college directly from the state is in the
form of a fixed appropriati on made in lieu of t he share ' of, the tag tax on fertilizers
formerly paid the . stitution . The Amount for 1907- 08, as stated above , was $32, 000.
1500 i s appropriated by the ' t 2.t e for the benefit of horticulture . . early every cent
of t his i s taken up in the additi onal work of inspecting the orchards , nur series, etc . ,
of t he bt ate of Alabama .
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~illMORIAL D NATIONS
It is with pleasure t hat I i nform you t hat r'~r . George Foster Peabody of New York
City has presented the institution .with a :1,000 bond, bearing five per cent int er est,
the annual income from which is to be applied to maintaining a memorial collection of
books in a se arate al cove in the library bUI l ding, in honor of t he memo~r of the
late Francis Downing Peabody, of Columbus, Geor gia , an honor ed alumnus of this inst itution
.
I am also informed that the descendants of the lat e Joel Hamiter of Barbour County
will, accoraing t o the resolution adopted at the last meeting of the Board of Tru st e~
present to the coll ege, at the approaching Gommenc ement, an oil protrai t of IvJr . Joel
na 'ter and a marble tablet in memory of his daughter ; Julia Hamiter . I-ir . Hari:ti ter
was a .distinguished citizen of east l ab&~a, and the largest smngle benefactor of t he
old Zast Alabama Eale Col lege, which was mer ed with the Alabama Po~ t echnic Instit ute
in 1872, and all of its val uable property donated t o the St ate f or t he benefi t of the
state institution .
I NSURANCE
The matter of insurance of the institution referred to Honorable \ i . F. Feagin was
duly arranged with the different agencies, and a highly satisfactory adjustment was
secured . All the policies were changed from a three year term to a term of five years ,
being dated August 1, 1907, and expiring August 1, 1912; the total amount of i nsur ance
car ried is $155 , 700 .00 .
ILLUMH ATING OIL LA'
At the last meeting of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, a law was enact ed
r equiring analysis of all i l l uminating oils consumed in the ·state (See . ect i on 1572-
1580) . ccording to the provisi ons of the act, this work must be performed by t he
State Chemist, who is the Professor of Cherr~stry of the Alabama Polytechnic In s t~tute .
A system of tags, similar to that us¢d in fertilizers, is provided, and a tax of ~ cent
per gallon is levied, one-fourth of which amount is t o be paid t o the college. I
res pectfully direct your att ention to the l aw, and ask for instruct ions . The Pr of essor
of Chemistry i s prepared to advi se in the matter . An application for t ags has been
filed by one of the oil companies •
.jALARIES
I rec ~mend that, as far as pOSSible, an increase be made in t he amount of sala ry pa~
t o the full professors . As is well known, the actual cost of living in t he United
0t8~e s . as increased during the last fifteen years fully thirty-two or thirt~-three
per cent; whereas, during that per i od the annual salary paid by t he instituti on has
not been changed. Other state educat i onal institutions throughout t he country, and
in our own state, have made subst antial additions to the salaries of the teaching .
staf f . Two of our professors have ~eceived o ffe~s from two of the leading un ive r sit ~s
of the United St at es at salaries considerably in advance of what the Col lege now pays
the.m . The best asset of an i nstitution, as you well know, is an able, tried, and
loyal professor. Bricks and mortar and equipment are not comparable with him . I
feel that the College is not able to lose its competent in s~~ctors . I theref or e
recommend that plans be devised for accomplishing the iner ease sug ested . The funds
will permit, and I think t hat the hi ghly desirable purpose can be gradual ly accomplished
.
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In this connection I wish to call attention to t he large number of subjects in the
curriculum and the large number of member s const i tuting our corps of instructor s , which
condition necessitates the arrangi ng of the subj ects and instructors under more definite
gr oups along certain lines of definite cl eavage . The college bas rown so much
that i t is necessary to have the administration of the educational interests more
closely diff ererltiated . I trust that I shall be able to present a careful ly worked ott
plan .
Owing to the large increase of work in lighting the new buildings, especiall y the dormitories,
library, et c . , and in pumpi ng the supply of water for t he college , it will be
necessary to have efficient superintendence of this important work and machinery, and
re c ornm~nd that the profe ssor Qf Electrical 3ng in ~ ering be made uperint endent of
~le c tri c owe ~ and .Lighting Plant . He has discharged the work of this position for
a nUJ'nber of years, but its growing importance demands formal official r ecognition. I
reco, end that he receive !;;200 for his s ervices i n this capacity .
STATS CH~lIS T
It appea rs that by er ror there has been omit ted f rom the new code of the 3tate of
l abama the specific pr ovision directing the payment by the Commissi oner of Agriculture
and Indust ry of the ~ alary of ~ 5 00 hit herto paid to the State Chemist . Howeve_, it
f urther appears t hat , in section 73 of t he code , the Commissioner of A riculture st ill
has the pmver to make good the amount · and pay the state chemist for se vices rendered .
I therefore reco.. end that the Board of Trustees f ovrnally request the Commissioner of
Agriculture to continue the payment of the former remuneration to the State Chemist
for services r endered to the Department of Agr i culture, if said payment is consistent
l1ith t he law . The superintendence of the analysis of the fertilizers sold to the
farmers in the State of Alabama I regard of the very highest degree of responsibility
demandi , g at once the most p-ecise expert chemical knowledge and the most unimpeachable..
integrit y of character.
~h e amount specified has been paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture to the State
Chemist since the fo~ dation of the department, and a suitable man f or the high position
cannqt be secured without this addition to the r egular sa£ry of a professor in
this instit ution.
I recommend that t he Professor of Chemistry shall be ~perintendent of 'oil and f ertil
izer analysis and shall receive ~20 0 for his services in this capacity .
DIIJI G HALL
It will be necessary to have defliite plans in regard to t he 'ad i i strat i on of the
Di ning ' all . This matter is one of great delicacy and one of great annoyance i n all
instit ut ions .
I recommend tha~ the r ooms be occupied by two students, and the char ge , per student ,
f or room, heat , light, and water, be ~~3 . 50 per month .
I recohmend that the Pr esident shall have power t o assigne these rooms , preference
being gi vep to needy and worthy students .
The general superivision of the dormi tory section should be under some Col lege official .
I recommend that there be a college adviser of the Dining Hall management , and t hat
he shall receive ~$ lOO for his services .
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I have made full i nvestigat i ons as t o the admini strati on of dining halls in var i ous
southern institutions, and the best ar rangement that works most successfully by far
is one of student management . I think that a feasibl e plan can be worked out by
which the sUuQents .t emselves can conduct t he hall i n a cooperative way and r eceive
the advantage of any cu tailment in expenses . It is onl in this way that they will
be satisfied with the cur tailment of fare and service .
DEP RTMENTS
As you knoW,. the ',work of the institution falls naturally under b,,,o heads , that pert
aining to mechan ' cs and engineering and that pertaining to agricul ture and the
s.ciences r elating to agriculture . I shall present a summary of the wopk of the
dif ferent departments that fall under these two groups .
(A) echanics and Engineering
The departments immediately in this di vision are (1) ~echanic al Bilgineering, (2)
.b:lectrical and Telep one .b:ngineering, (3) Civil ginee"ing, (4) W ning Engineering,
( 5) rchitecture , (6) l~echanical 0ra1'ang , (7) ~J achine eSign, and (S) Mechanic Arts.
The work in all of these lines of engineerin~ has been rr~inta ined at the usual high
standard; and the efficiency of instruction &ld the thorough scientific preparat ion
of gr~"luates continue to attrait the attention of patrons throughout the entire
state'.and, t hroughout the entire South . l~ny st udents ar e here f rom beneath the
shadow of other similar i r stitutions . The attendance in all has been full, and the
lecture rooms and laboratories have been crowded to their utmost capacity . The new
E gineering Hall , having been fitted and equipped , has rendered valuable service in
relieving the undesirable congestion and crowding that had prevailed in these departments
up to this year .
The departJlents of ile chanical , ~lectrical, and ' ining En ineerin have been installed
in this Engineering all . More ample accommodations have likewise been afforded the
department of Civil ingineeing , and also the depar tment of Architecture in the main
college bUil-ding .
You are alrea.dy familiar with the nature of the work per formed by the department es of
(1) ~l e ctrical and (2) J...echanicql Lmgineering .
(3) Civil mgineering , under ?rofessor G .• N. ilitcham, has been la ely expanded in
the. courses and ll1 the number of topics offered . New sub jects of bani tary ~neineering,
Hydraulic l:'.dlgineering, and .:ltrength of ~J.8.terials have been added , and t he
amount of field work has been increased enormously . . The :antire class of" 54 students,
eho i n the Juni or and 0enior year have specialized in Civil Jhgineering, ihave enga d
in practical work in the f iel d, 111aki ng preliminary surveys , dral'Vings, and est· nat es
f or the construction of lines of railway, of a systffil" of sanitary sewera e for the
vil l age of . uburn, for a lower plant on an adj anent wat er c ourse, town surveys , water
works surveys , .etc .
The professor of Civil bngineering and ':ining 'ngineering have i ntroduced ·a most
impor . tant addition .t o the former work of their courses in requiring extens'ive
SUl1l11'(er courses in pra ctci.cal surveying in Civil and ]{ining i.ngineering under the
supe rintendence and i nstructicn of the two heads of the depa t ments . I regard this
as a most important step that keeps the institution fully ab ~ east of the practice
of the best engineering i nstitutions of the land, such as Cornell, r ~ssachusetts
~ ch ool of Technology, Colorado ~ chool of lines, etc .
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As stat ed above, the work of l~ining Engineering h s i n every. way been sa:dsfactbry .
The r ofe ssor in charge is an expert with varied practi cal experience. By his ovm
l abor, he has- installed a most excel lent plant pr ovided by your recent appropriations
f or that purpose .
l'he graduates from the departments of Ci vil and lining Engineer ing have hitherto
taken t he front rank i n thei r pr ofessions in actual life, and I can confidently pre~
dict t hat the su,ccess of the department will not be di minished in the future .
(5 ) r chitecture .
':l'he institution is to be congratulated upon the successful inauguation of the departInent
of Ar chitecture . The gentleman whose services were secured as pr ofe ssor of Architecture
, has proved entirely capable and efficient in his pr ofession . The establishment
of thi s department has been planned for many years, as in most logical accord with
the engineering work in which. this LYlstitution has been the pioneer, and the creation
Gf t he department has attracted wide attention in the architectural profes. i on and has
received general commendation . I ca 1 your attention to the work of s everal of the
students on exhibition in the department rooms . It is highly creditable .
(6) l'..achi ne esign
l'he work of the department of j\::achine Design and l1echanical rawing, which was separated
t wo or three years ago from the department of I'echanical Engineering; has confirrre d
the _wisdom of its separate establishment . ;iork of original desi gn of very high order
has been accollplished by several of the students in the department . The amount of
work of t he department has been greatly increased by the transfer from the Junior to
the I::lophomore year of the subject of escriptive Geometry, .in which most efficient
instruction has been given by the professor and as sistant in char ge .
I pr esume to say that the training in all branches of (7) Drawing nm;' offered in
this institution is the most extensive and thorough of any i nstituti on in the South .
The subJ ect is worthy of the ft -'.lest support ; for drawing is at once, . in its higher
branches , a tec tmical professional training, and in all of its lOi,rer branches, as
t aught in this i nstitution, is a teaching subject of unquestionable broad educative
value . It is distinctly a fundamental language . The ability to make and r ead a drawing
is as. distinctly educative as the ability to make arid read an .6I1glish sentence . iv.oreover
, it is of t he greatest utility in every department of life . Over 585 students have
had.i nstr uctionUn drawing this year . . The display of work in t 'is department should
receive your car eful attention .
(B) Faculty of gricultural 'ciences .
The facul ty of Agricultural aciences embraces the chairs of (1) Chemistry, (2) Agricultur
e , (3 ) Veteri nary Science, (4) Botany, (5) Iorticulture , (6) AniIaal Industry, and
(7) ~tor ology . The heads of these depar t ments likewise make experiments under the
head 0 - Bx~eviment 0tation work in all lines relating to agriculture, and three of them
are Stat e office r'S at the head of l."Iork of inspection of fertilizers, animals and their
dis eases , orchards, nurs~ stock and their diseases .
The nQmber of chairs and assistants , and the ~~ount of salaries and annual appropriat
i ons , for the several departments in this group of subjects, have been increased near~
l eO per cent during my administration .
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(l) Chemistry
Instruction in t his depcrt ment includes all branches of chemi stry, general , industrial ,
Or ganic , Agric.ult.ural , Theoretical, Fhysical, nalytical, Engineerin ,Chemistry, Hetal lur
gy qnd Assaying .
The number of students enrolled in the classes of chemist this ~y ear has been the
largest number enrolled in the history of th.e Colle e . 'Students in e emistry lectures
240 , Junior and 0eni or students in Analytical Laboratory 104.
1he space and facilities of the College laboratory are taxed to the utmost , and it will
be necessary at sonte tir.le in the near future to provide i ncreased and enlar ed faci lities
for this work • • This department was created at the beginning of t he hist ory of·
t he college, and ha.s been one of the most famous and attractive of the various cour ses
of fered by the i nstitution . Its graduates hold chairs in many of the leadi ng colleges
of the South .
Chemical ~lork, J;xperiment Station
The time and attention 0 most of the members- of the Chemical Laboratory staff are
occupied throughout the twelve months of the year in the analysis of off icial and
unofficial samples of fertili zers , fertilizing materials , marls, phosphate rocks , co~
ton seed meal, etc . The farming class of the State of Alabama is protected by the
work of this department from f raudulent practices in t he ~anufacturer of commercial
fertili zers . This institution has the distinction of being the f irst college in the
Unit ed J t ates to inaugurate the movement of analyzing commercial fertilizers for the
State . For the season of 1907 quantitative analyses was made of 835 of f j cial sampl es,
all of which work was done in duplicate , amking a total of 1670 srunpl es . As you
readily perceive, the greatest accuracy and reliability are de nded in this work; and
I take pleasure i.."l noting the f act that throughout the long hisotyr of t his department
no cont eBt has ever been made as to the validity of its analytical wor k; while
on the other hand it has frequently been called upon to arbitrate '1uemions of contro-versy
between manufacturers of fe r tilizers and the off icial chemists of several other
states . This department is also engaged in highly interest ing work in regard to
manufacturing cane syrup, in r egar to making available f or plant food insoluble
phosphoric acid in the soi l , and in regard to the ef f ect of diff erent foods f or hogs
on t he firmness and melting point of lard .
(2) Agriculture
Duri ng the last five years the college course of instruction in agricul ture and related
subjects has been re-arranged tw~ce with a view to L~creasing the interest in this
depar t ment of education . ~ve ry effort has been made to popularize the study of agr i culture
.
Experilnent Station : ork
'~ny improvements have been made of the Station farm, notably the erection of considerable
permanent fencing of celllent posts and woven wir e . The experimental work has been
extensive and var i ous, and the bulletins published by t he professor of agriculture ram
among the best in the agricultural world . The work cf plant breeding has been gr eatly
extended with cotton , corn , and oats. Exper imental work has been conducted for a number
of years with cotton , i ncluding such points as local f ertilizer experiments , study
of varieties and shedding; with corn, varieties and fertilizer experiments; &~d \~th
various t ests of oats , 9Jr beans , cow peas , alfalfa, vetch _s , clovers, gr asses, and :botation
of crops .
The pr ofessor of rlgriculture is ireetor of t he 3xperL~ent Station .
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(3) Veterinary Sciences
he_ t hree year cours.e of Veterinary Medicine, leading t o t he degr ee of D. V. ~ . , was
introduced t his yea r , and t he moveluent has been att ended with satisfactory success .
I t is the only departrnent of t he kind in t he South, and it i s confidently expected
that i t wi l l dr aw t he pat ronage of students throughout t he s out hern section desi r i
ng t i s t r aini ng . ne demand f or men trained i n t his sci ence seems impo:rtant and
increasi ng . The head of the .department is likewise t ate Veterinarian and ives to
the State a consi de abl e portion of his t ime and energy . He is parti cul arly inter ested
in the eradicat i on of the cattle t i ck which gives great damage m the cat t le
indust ry in t he Sout h . He likewise is the head of t he Col lege Farmers' In stit ute
work, being assist ed t her ein by the entir e Experiment St ati on staff • . During t he
year , he has held twenty-eight . institutes in twent y-three di f ferent counties "dth
f ifty- one separat e ses ..,i ons wi th a t otal at tendance of 2, 440 farmers .
The Farmers I Sur:rrner School, held at Auburn f r om August 1st t o 8th is a notabl e gat re ri
g . t has been conducted now f or four years and has contin ed t o gr ow i n intere ~ •
Attendance i n 1907 was 507 . hany of the most pr ominent and pro;;:ressive f armers in
the state attend t he· courses at that meet ing . t wil l be money wel l expended , if the
Joar d of Trustees coul d secure f rom t he St at e 0epartment of gricul ture a slight
annual f und to suppl ement t he coll ege work in this dir ect ion . This work of the college
has been in operat i on f or fif t een year s, and I do not hesitat e t o say that i t
has been one of t he :>reatest ~ourc es of upli ft to t he agr i cultural interest s of the
Jtate of l abama .
(4) Botany
,dth t he aid of a compet ent assistant , 1\'11' . Stone, and "dth t he expansion of the
course i n Botany, t he Pr ofessor of Botany reports very sat isf actory work in his depart~
ent for t he year . The course of botany has be sn fur t her considerabl y expanded
fa t he succeeding year . The head of the department i s en aged i n import ant .... rork
concerning t he di seases of plants and has made especi al study of anthracnose , a
disease of cot t on, and will undertake at an early date t he work of br eeding alfalfa
to s ecure resist ant sorts against t he leaf spot diseas e .
(5) Horticul ture
The work of this department has been extended during the year and inst ruct i on has been
given in l andscape gardening, etc . Valuabl e work has also been done in forest r y .
overnment expert fr om .Ja shingt on conduded most i nt erest ing and practical experiillents
at the Coll ege i n creosoting and pres erving wood; he al so del ivered an extensive
course f l ectures.
rhe prof essor of Horticul ture i s also St ate Hort i cultur ist and devotes much of hi s
time and energy t o inspecti ng orchards and nur series '()f the State .
Experiment St at i on
Consi der able work has been done by t he Prof essor of Horticulture in the breedL~g of
peaches r eastant t o brown rust .
(6) Anlinal Indust r y ·
The s epa r at i on of the department of Animal Industry f r om agr icultur e and its erect ion
into an independent depar t ment has pr oved satisfact ot y . i.J;r . Gray i s a young' man of
energy and ambiti on , and i s deepl y int erested in hi s work . He has gi ven i nstr uct i on
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t o college classes about nine hours a week during the year . In addition, he has
conducted valuable experi llents i n the feeding of hogs and of the raising of lambs for
early market . "e has b een furn-isned an office with necessa y desks and office fixtures,
typewriter ma chine, etc . The station herd consists · no .... ' , of four thoroughbred
bulls , -lS thoroughbr ed cows, 12 thoroughbred calves , 8 thoroughbred swine , nd a
flock of 47 sheep .
I recorr®end that an appropriation be made for theerecticn of swine exper .ent shed .
(\ 7) ~~ n t omo 1 ogy
oct or 'i . :3: . Hinds, the new professor of ~nt ornolo8Y , has proved a vah .. able acquisition
to the College staff . I e has given evidence of thorough scientifi c traL~ in _ and
ability to outline experi ments of scientific and p actical interest . The study of
insects i njur i ous to plants is of most supreme i mportance in Alabama . The depredat
i ons of insects have already caused the loss of thousands of orchard trees in Ala- '
barna . The -lexican 'otton Boll -;evil is rapidl y approaching and presents a problem of
seri ous importance to the ent ire i::>tate . Doctor Hinds is an expert· on the cotton
boll weevil quest i on , and his services wi ll prove of Ereat value . He is a gentleman
of affable manner, is active in church wo k and exercises an excellent influence
on the student body .
(8) Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The epartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry has continued to grow in patronage and
i mportance . It has the l ar gest attend~nce this year in the history of t he department
. lJoctor 1: .. iller has be ~n in char ge about ten years and the work has steadi ly
moved forward . The gr aduates of t he department take the hir;hest stand among all
the medical colleges throughout the land . Cne of the graduates made the highest
record before the State fharmaceutical Board in the history of the State, every
grade bein perfect .
(9) Academic Facluty
The fundamental educational training for all of the scientific and technical departn,
ents enurllerated above must be accomplished by the old tim stud ies of Lan ua e,
History, and :hathematics . The teaching in these depar tments is the indispensable
basis of the entire superstructur e . The classes, though large in the a gregate , are
divided into small sections so that careful individual i nstruction and personal supervisioFl
can be effected . A college must have accurate scholarly training in this
preparatory work . No one without it can become a scientist .... lOrthy of the name or
can gain other than a superficial smatterDlg of ' any difficult branch of learning . I t
has Qeen my pl easur e to familiarize myself in detai l with much of the work done in
this group of studies , and I take pleasure in reporting this i mportant educational
training accurate and inspiring .
Hilitary
After many years of f r uitless ef fort , the Col ege at last has suc eeded in obt ai ning
from the federal government a full equi pment ef arms and ordnance sta es , 450 new
magazine rifles with a corresponding number of gun slin[:,s , a ccouter ' nts , etc., being
issued t o the College in the early part of t':arch . For the first time in eight years
t he bat talion is fully armed and equipped . The i nterest stimulated by the new equipment
has been good .
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Laundry
The arran ge~ent 'with the laundry company authorized by the Board at the l ast meeting
has been ca ~ried into effect thr oughout the year, and the. service has been as sati~
factory as could be expected . very cordiall y endorse the arrangement and recom-mend
its continuation . ~very student who enrolls in t he i nstituti on s ould pay t he
f ee as he pays all other fees . Any discriminati on will lead to endless confusion
and ¥ill not remedy the discontent of the f ew who do not wish to comply with any
uniform regulation .
Library
rhe Li brarian r eports extensive use by the student body of our, excell ent collection
of library books . The nlnnber of books circulated dur ing the year was 3, 507 , or an
average of about si~ books to each student . Tha total nurr~er of, books entered in
library t o date , 22, 446 . The collection is one of the f i nest in the South, and it
is si ncer ely hoped that t e new l ibrary building will be rea y for occupation durin~
next academic session .
Gymnasium
Though I know of no f unds available for the purpose of a nevi gymnasium, yet ' I cannot
refrain from directing the attention to the i mperative demand for a new building for
this purpose . The present structure is unsightly and entirely inadequate fo r the
athl etic purposes of the i nstitution . It l'ght be sincerely hoped that some wealthy
patron_.will make a dnonati on for this gr eat ly needed bui lding .
Increase ·of Sal aries
.
I beg t o f er the foll owing plan as a feasible method for increasing t he salaries
of the f ull Professors . The additional salaries under t his p rovis io~ for the: year
19C8- 09 wi ll amount to twenty- nine hundred dollars , and the funds of the college
Vlill be able to bear it .
1) member of the Faculty or offi cer of the Col lege who, has held a full profes-sorship
or office on full sal ary for fifteen years shall receive an increase to his
salary of four hundred dollars per annum .
(2 ember of the 'aculty who has held a full 'srofessorship on full salary for
ten years shall receive an increase to his salary of two hundred dollars per annum.
(3 ) A me. ber of the Faculty 'trho has held a full p ofessorship on full sal ary for
f ive years shall receive an increase to lis salary of one hundr e dollars per annum.
(4) Provided that increase in salaI"J, as set fcrth bove, shall not appl y to any
professor who , in addition to a full salary, r eceives as ~ruc h as $500 from the state
or federal government .
Thi s plan of pr ogressive L~crease of salaries recognizes the length of service and
loyalty t o the college on the part of the professor . It i s recognized in many educat
i onal institutions and has a tendency to promote length of tenure in s ervice .
Organization of Diff erent Faculties
In orGer to carry into effect my suggestion concerning the a, rangement of the subjects
of the college curriculum and of the members of the general staf f of instruction
under di f ferent groups, I r ecommend that the three following faculties be organized:
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(1) Faculty of Engineering and l,a[leS wit, twenty- tvlO professors and instructors .
(2) Facul ty of Af,ricultural Sciences , with twenty-five professors and instructors .
(3) .. ' cademic Faculty, with twent;y- four profe ssors and instructors .
I . Th~ ' c..culty of 2ngineering and Nines shall embrace the follm'ling depa rtments :
(1 ) Lechani,cal iligineering, , (2) .r:lectrical E ineering , (3 ) Civil bngineering ,
(4) Ei'ning "':'n.gine ering , (5) chitecture, (6) 1, chine Design and Descriptive
Geometry, (7) .Eetallur.gy, (8 !-iathematics , (9) Physics , and (10) iechanic
rts . 'i'w~nty-four professors and instructors . I nominate Professor d . J. Wll.more
of the Chair of hechanical .engineering as Dean of this Faculty .
II . Faculty of griculturs l Sciences shall emb ace the follo1.·ling departments:
(1) Chemistrr,f, 2) griculture , (3) eterinary .Jcience, (4) 30tany, (5)
Horticulture, (6) Animal Industry, and (7) Pharmacy . Twent;sr-five nrofesscr s
and Instructors . I nomi nat e Professor B. B. Ross of the Chair of Chemistry
as a Dean of this Faculty .
III . The Academic Faculty shall eJllbrace the following departments: (1) 2uglish,
(2) History, and Latin, (3) i-:odern Languages, (4) ,iathematics , (5) Chemistry,
6) Physics , (7) hilitary Science .and Tactics, (8) Drawing . 'J.\.;enty- four
professors and instructors. I nOL~nat e rofessor George Petrie, of the vhair
of History , as Dean of the Academic Faculty .
The resident of the College shall be ~x-officio Chairman of the different facultiffi •
:.
Ohanges in Titles
I recommend that the follmving changes shall be made in the titles of the different
professors named :
(1) A. H. ','ilson , from ssociate Pr ofes sor to rofessor of . athematics .
(2) 1-1 . T. F1J,llan, from Associate Frofessor to Professor of l'r chanical Drawing and
lachin~ JJesign.
(3) C. L . are , from Associate Professor to Professor of Physical.and Physiological
CheJristr;yr .
~4) H. D . . iebb , frau', adjunct Professor to Associate Professor of hetoric and Composition
.
(5 D. T. Gray, from' ssociate Profe ssor to rofessor of nimal I ndustry .
(6) • 'LcB . Ransom, fron ssistant to Associate Professor of Analytical and l'<etal-lurgical
C e · stry .
(7 ) v; . I . Hill , f rom Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of ~l.ectrical
Engine~ riI1g . .'
(8) J . R. R~tland, from . Instructor t.o Assistant Profe.ssor in l.;;nglish .
(9) L. 1 • uuncan, from Instr ctor to Assistant Profes.sor in ' griculture .
(10) R. 3 . ~ac r intosh , from Professor of Horticulture to Professor of Horticulture
and For estry .
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-Further . nanbes i n Fa culty
(a 1 regret t o annGlUnce t hat L.r . ,. ard Gilt ner t ender ed hi s resignat i on as I nstru ctor
in Bacteriol ogy and Pathol ogy . tie ac cept s a mor e l ucrative position in
t he ... i chigan Agricultural 'College . 'he head of t he departn.ent, Doct or Cary,
r ecormnends for . t he vacancy r~r . 1. .:> . LcAdory . hr . r·:cAdory ' is a gr aduate of
t his i nst itut i on and has t aken advanced work both here and in other colleges
of Veterinary ~edic ine , and I nominate h;r f or t .e position of I nstr uctor in
Vet erinary dcience, ~vith a salary of one t housand ( ~l , OOO ) per annum.
(b) Owing to the expansion of t his department and the increased wor tC , I r ecommeni
t he establishment of a second instruct orshi p in Ba c ter ~ol ogy and Pathol ogy
for the sal ary of one t housffi1d doll a s . Aft er consultati on wi th the head of
t he depa r t ment, I nominate ·:r .
Farm Superintendent
I regret to announce the r esignation of IJ:r . C. :' •• Floyd as Farm Supeld.ntendent , to
take eJfect July 1st, 19G8 .
It has been my pur pose and ef for t t o develop t he work of Agriculture and relat ed
su j ects as far as pos sibl e , and aft er a full i scussion wi th the Agr i cultur i st nd
~ire ct or of the Stati on, I r ecommend that t here shall be established a position of
~up e rintendent of the Farm" and Recor der at a sa ary of Twelve Hundred Dollar s and a
r esidence . The work of t his positi on grows more and mor e scientific and difficult
under t he exact"ons of the Federal Government, and t he service of e art sci entists
is mor e and more r e'1.u" r ed . The Director of the St ation regards hirllself as fo t un toe
in beinp' able to secure for t hi s position the ser vices of Lr • ..:!. . F. Cauthen . l",r .
Call.t hen "'I 5 reaJ:'ed on the farm aIld i s fa "li ar with all kind of f arm 1 bo ' . He "
is a ,er a-duate of t he Peaboay lwrmal College and Univer si ty of Nashville . He has
done extensive r aduate work, incl uding one year at Corn 11 "n a ~ricultL r e . He has
talght about ten years in the Fi f t h and Sixth Dist rict Ae;ricultural dchools , ha "ng
been director of experiw.ent s and school farm for most of that peri od . I norrrinate
him f r the positi on .
1 also r ecorrunend t he establ ishment of a position of Forenan of the Farn with a
salary of f our hundred dollars .
Assistant in 3ntomology
I n or der to facilitate the work of the department engaged in the study of insects
in2urious t o pl ant s, I recorrunend t he ' establ i snment of an assis~antship in Znt omol0eY
with a salary of Ei ght Hundred Dol lars . Ve~T little has b en accompl i shed in
hlabaraa i n t his impor t ant l ine of investigation, and yet the work i s not only of
gr eat sci entific int er est, but of the ' eat8st practical siznific nce t 't he f armere
of the statE: . On r ecommendation of the head of the department , noctor ·.. :. 1. "'!' . i nds,
I norrinate Mr • . lilliam F. T'urn .... 7' for this position . l r . Turner has an excellent
general training , .i ncludin Latin, French, Jiist ory, l'.athematics , Chemi stry, Physi:cs ,
German , and thorough technic'll and sci entific t raiLing under t he leadi ng experts of
the United States i n bacterioloEY, bot any, and ent omolof?oy . He comes hiehl y recommended
and perhaps is as well qua.lified as any man we can secure for the considerat
i on of fered .
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Assistant Librarian
With ·the erection ' of the new-B±brary .. bu: ' ding ana the expansion of the epar- t -
ments of the library it becomes necess'ary to enploy an Assistant libra n, one who
i s t hor oughl y well t rai ned in catalo u i n . booys , and all the t echnic 1 w rk f
library . I , t herefore, r ecommend the creat i on of tho posi tion 0 Ass' stant Librar
ian with a salary of s ix hundr ed dol l ars for twelve mont hs . I nominate for the
DOS'; tion ~liss A. C. .::lhi ver s of konteval lo . Miss 0ni vers is a p'ra uate of the Ala- • w
bruna Gi r ls Industr ial Scr ool , holds a f ' st Era e t each er ' s cer tificat e, has taught
five years , being Principal of the public school of 110nt e 110 . She has attende
the Prat t Institute I~ib rary SC lO01, Br C' klyn, N. Y. , and is eco;nnfended by 't he
Dir ect or as an excel l ent student W 0 has done highly satisfactory work ' the
,var ious departnlents of t he library . Her ersonal quali t i es ar described as al
t hat woul make her enti rely acceptable .
College ' ghtlng Plant
With t he erection and occupation of the new Dining Hall and Dormitory , it w'll be
necessa y f or t he electr i c lighting plant of the college to be operated until
twel ve o ' clock at night , whi ch work will necessitate t he em, oyment of ddi ional
help in t he way of an engineer and fi e:nan . I, t herefor e, r ecommend .hat -t e
Pr esident be aut hor i zed to act in con 'Unction w' th the ::mperintendent of el ectric
power and light plant , and secure t he servi ces of competent pers ns fo the work .
I t is expected that t he rental from the r ooms in the Dini ng Hall will. ef r y this
expense . In thi s connection I also r ecommend that the college authorities be
aut hor i zed to sell pmver to any lighti ng company t hat may undertake t he lighting
of r esidences and st r eets of the t t'l.0n of.. Auburn . I should st ate t hat a eady
per sona.l letter s have been r eceived irom'diff erent members of t he Bo I'd, .
their consent to t his proposition .
In behalf of t he Facul t y , I have t he honor to present to you t he naMe of the
following students fo r t he degr ees attached t o their narnes . The .cla.ss has the
distinction of being the largest class to gr aduat e in the nistor y of t he College .
~d s s El va Leland Cooper
John Cameron Dow
Ell i s f • Duncan
\ a d Giltner
Charles Rober t Hixon
Geo ge ~riffin Hunges
e ha les Eel l Hudson
~ i l liam Jv.;adison Lewal l en
Rol and ~ugen e 0tone
Adi e Goggans ival ker
Thomas 'hcCottry .IiI iams
Evans BeauchruL.p ,Jood '
Robert Gayle Adams
Henry T.ITinfi eld Allen
~i cholas Lawrence Baker
Carl Edward Barker
Stephen R~dfo rd Batson
Clarence hedl ey Bland
Ral ph Upshaw Blas ingame
Leon Gilmore B roo~ s
Nathan Boo'eer buchanan
Lee County
Barbour County
J ef f er son "
Lee II
Bullock "
I'.ari on "
Lee II
Mar shall II
Kansas
Coosa County
Lowndes II
Pike "
Bachelor of Science
Clarke County
~ ra. reneo "
Lee II
Dallas II
Jefferson II
lallas II
Lee II
Escambi a II
.i."adison "
:f:.Iast er 'f Science
" II "
" 11 II
II II " Hechan 'c 1 En inaer
" II
l~s te r f Science
" 11 " !' ' "
" Civil En: ineer
HasteI' of ;:)cience
II II II
. .
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Day ' d King 'aldwel l
.uugen e Ver non amp ,
Char l es Leonard hambe s
Charles lifford Chatley
Au~ stus i rby Cl ements
Tittleberry Calhoun ollins
"'eor ge ·icCown COQk
Clarence Winston Cooper
[ulian Jarni gan Culver
J . D. Curti s , J r .
award ~ ent l e D e ~ h az o
),<ti11Uel C ellner Dreyfus
ihomas Bailey Dryer
~eorg e Luther Dunn
1arl uavary Llebash
,aeon Carmichael -:;l lis
:.iamuel A rrin t on F~ll sbe rry
~ i Jl iam 3dward Elsber ry, r .
,Taci e Lee Esslinger
Balph Brinson ~ve r ett
Cha rl es . ~dwa rd Fort, J r .
Carl Gi lbert a rn
Stuart Lel and Greene
Carleton ba tlett Gibson, Jr .
qoe Pr eston Gr eer
Finley McCorvey Gr i ssett
ewton 1cCraw Haralson
Indrew Johnston Hawkins
'!Obert ~dvlard rlodnette
Al l en Glover Holder , J r .
doward £1011eman
'Jilliam Rebert Holley
Clyde "k Neel Howard
Thomas Alexander Johnston
Frances 1'!ar ion Y.napp
Roy Penderson' Liddell
Guy l eming Li pscomb
ri-eorge Henry 1Vlarsh
)aniel John ~ead o r, J r .
(' ol di e imily ki l l er
John Th m8S Moore, J r .
J &'1\es ugust S l'iOrgan
illia"1. Lee Ne,,,,berry
Carl Doz'er ace
: arion Curtis Parmer
C:dwin St eele a r t ridge
llallace Bruce Paterson
Charles Ter ell Port er
Orman Nimmons Powell
alker Reynolds
( bi e '1.i ddl e
lbert I'r i ce Roger s
Her;nan He r ber t .::3chomburg
Francis • ino~ Jhepard
T 3.mes r ister ':lkinner
lin Conway 01dnner
'Thomas d8 shino.->ton ;)mith
'" anes 68.rrlner Jome ville
Jac. son Count y
,eorgia
,Teff erson
" Lee
Bale
Lee
Calhoun
Lee
Escambia
hel by .
1\' olltgomery
J ef f erson
enry
Dal l as
Dal l as
~ont.a omery
El more
18.di son
Georgia
alias
J efferson
'lobU e
Geor gia
Per ry
scambi a
Dal las
J efferson
lvtacon
Clarke
Gear i s
Henry
Autauga
Zobil e
Lee
W' cox
JIf.t8.rengo
i ke
Larengo
Blount
Georgia
Cleburne
J efferson
C l houn
Lowndes
'obi le
lVlonteomery
Talladega
Georgia
Cal houn
Coosa
Marengo
Georgia
£ obile
Lee
Lee
f a;r et te
;j ckena
l'aul Clinton Jorsb
l' oster v1ebb St.<lnley
Clarence dritton ::stillman
Fenrose \I ass .>tout
Grover Cleveland - aJ.ker
J a cob Al~en ~. alker
essie C'hlor ine Nard
· H ~nry Jones 1,'leiss , ,J
roon Datus lhita.ker
'dlliam .:..ne:ar Ihite
Daniel :;l~le r I D l<inson
I ra -Alwin ,:ilks
C~r]ton Adams '~nore
ill iam Redding inship
.::>i ney r{arvey 'inslmv
<;IJlluel I olff
Charles illiamson .oocruff
Bachel r of ')cience
--;. .... ('l.nd Total
,~effers on
BItler
cTe f ferson
:tont,e:onery
C s
Tall,a .oosa
Lee
lTefferson
Lee
ee
vovif1~ton
Crenshaw
It;dia.na
Geore;ia
Iv organ
• <:mt,e:orl1ery
J efferson
84
96
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R~90rt of t"r esi," ent Charl:ls C. Thael') as ?-rofessor of t:;nglish and oli tical Ecol'loMY .
ubu r n , ;~labailla
1 y 3C , 19('8
II} addition to my exec tive duties , as you vnow, I have charge of the .Jepa_
.c.n~lish nd Political wconoT"'tY . ly wor k ;n this departMent is estful nd ::> me
ae nine r ec reation . I lecture seven ho rs er webk .
of the Lepartment is set forth in the follc\ving table :
:;lass Number of )tudents Number of Hours n. er
"':::nglish J enio 78 2
'lental ucj ence II 12 2
,.:nglish J1.mior 94 3
T .e staff of instructors in the department of :::n[lish includes Adj 'nc ., ofe 'sor ~ebb '
and Instructor R.ntland an .t' ofessor jiatt and Professor " er nc1 n . '"'he "l lat-cer , h o,,"ever,
devote only a part of their time to this Lerartment . The Joph :lore n fr shman
cJ,asses are divided into four sections el'l.ch and ,<:Ire i en detailed and indivi dual
i r' struction. The work in declamation and oratory by l-'r ofessor " ebb 's eff-cient . · ('\it
of five orator i cal contests wit h the 30uthern University and '"!ow I'd C c } l~ge this 'inst"t -
tion has carried off the honors four times.
Ve""Y respectf Illy submitted,
Charl es C. Thach
Professor of in~lish and t'olitical ~conomy
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1 subj.ri.t t he fo11mvins Budzet f or 19(;8 - 19('9:
Or iginal h OI rill Batch Fund State ApI-r o- l1or t i -
=ndowment Fund, 1890 1887 pri ation cult e A am
_ ______- .l..:~ L.. 2::~0..z,. .:?~8::.0;::_ __lj$;.1:=.9~,t..;;2::.:8:;.0.::..._ _',.;..:l:"5'".z.;l,: .:.;G:..;O::;_ 36: 000 '. 1, 500 '" 11 .000 TfJTAL
1 r esident and Station 3, 000 3, 0(0
t hematics 1 , 00(1 800 1, 800
i vil .::illgineer 1, 000 800 ] , 800
ist or ~: l atin 1, 800 1,800
_ :.ysiology & Vet . ;-) c . 1~000 800 1, 800
jchanical cneineer 1,500 300 ] ,800
• h rmacy 1, 800 1,800
I'\. riculture 1 ,800 800 1 , 800
lectri ca1 ~neine e r 1 , 800 1 , 800
"'co1oe;)' .,lining .~ner' . 300 1, 500 1, 800
oaern Lang . & l!.nglishl , 8()0 1, 800
1Jotany 900 900 1,800
. ny-sics 1, 000 POO 1 , 800
ort i culture 600 400 500 (3(0 1 , 800
",st . f rof . i,>8. t h 1 , 000 sOO 1, 800
r chitecture 1 , 000 1, 000 2, 00C
,ntomolo 200 (1, 600 )1, 800
vomdt . , Instr . in 950 '- 850 1, 800
Ctth -& Post Adj .
Chemi stry 1 , 000 ' 8eO ] ,8 0
i ldent sst . el k .
vherni st ry 100 ,100 200
Chel~,ist of ,:,oils 800 400 800 2, 000
vhemist $00 700 600 1, 900
hsst . r-rof . Chem. 300 1 , 500 1, 800
_nstr . in hem 200 300 700 1, 200
2 J; ssts . in ~hem •
.;>cholarshi p 750 750
Gst . Chemist in
. a..L.S .:.Xpt . 600 600
1 ssoc . t r of . l·~e c h .
Ur8w . &. and -<ast er 950 650 200 1 , 800
tl.sst Prof . Tel. Mgr . .450 1,200 1,650
1 sst . J r of . hech .
ood 750 550 1 ,3 0
l; s st . ,in i'la chine uhop
- sst . Band '.a ster '150 950
Asc t . in 1, echanic s ,6 0 6eo
!"!1~rsica1 irector &.
Inst lctor 1, 000 1, 000 A l "' Pr of . of Rhetor'ic 700 700 1, hOO . l'prm ;)u::,t ~t 'R.ecor deirl 400 00 1,2 0
Foreman of j" arm 300 co 400
Asst . lJrof . Animal
I ndustry 700 550 350 1 , 600
Industry (500) LC Her d-man
An . I ncl . (250) 300 200 250 750
"ss t . liorticnlture 100 500 200 800
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Crif,inal l' or rill atch .:::>tate Horti-tillooWI::
tent "und lund Appro- culture
1862 1890 1881 priation
.i2u ,280 .19 , 280 ,,15 ,000 ,,36 ,000 ,1 ,500
Asst . Vet . 0cience 1,000 1 ,000
Treasurer . 1, 000 50G 1,500
House :lent
1 Presi ent & 13
Professors:
2 Lath, 3 Civ . L!lgr .
4 Hj st ., 5 l'lech . ..... ngr .
6 Physics, 7 ~le c.
l!.nEl' • ,8 Vet . ,jcience,
9 Botany, 10 Chemistry,
11 Geology, 12 . harmacy,
13 mtomolpEY, 14 1J.on ern
Laneuage 1,800 600 400 ? , 800 )
.'I.ssistant in Botany 700 100 800
. ssistant in harmac 500 500
ssistant in hysics 600 6 0
18~ ~ c h olarshi~s :
l. ",ub- freshman
2 . ..mgl 'sh, 3 . ath,
4 . Civ . ".l1er . ~ .ath,
5. Lech . rts , 6 . 0hem .
7 . lec . ..mgr . , 8. l atin ::>
0:. :-ti st o ~J, 9. 3iology,
10 . Pharmacy , 11 . :'8;ri .,
12 . Vet • ..::>cience, 13 .
l'.ech. .:usr . , 14 . l .i nE
.21£r . , 15 . Ci vil JIlEr . ,
16 . ArcM.t ect , 17 .
j achi.Ile IJe$ien, ~ Chern.,
.:. (':rrr.nasinm 2,050 250 . 2,375 4, 675
Asst . J~e riGnltu e 650 60n 1,250
'tecord Glk & nstr . 250 2CO L..50 900
Lib In ':1. Asst . Prof .
3nglish 550 650 1,20C
'"lec . , Y.;' .C .A. 100 100
Asst . f ath & Lr awing 400 900 1, 300
Asst . Hist , ::!J1€:lish,
Reading Room 1,050 1,050
Asst . Hist . & Latin 200 200
I: ' ght r,at chman 360 210 570
Asst . In Library 250 25C.
Asst . vh eck itoom l(10 lcO
:Jec. , Trustees 100 .100
Bulletin elk . & elk .
to '-,tation 200 LiOO 200 0O · '
::.,teno. to fresiaent 700 700
Asst . in ~.:n8ine Room ] 25 125
.AS:'3t . in ilite.'t'Y Banrl l Or lCO
Additional Labor (75
& 1 ech . ~ner . (250) 325 325
Total alaries 20,010 14,500 8,b50 27 , 785 1,000 7,000 78, 945
290 ,
C"'iginal
r cnitecture
dv . & l' r t.:: . 450
nimaJ. Inuustry
otany
~ Lle:nistry.
.~ ivil ..:!Jler .
liO li encement 300
":ont:' neent
J.JO ."'1, i tories
,lec . ....ngr .
nt oncology
::r.[Iense 600
riculturist
to ,""mers I Inst .
'ue1 350
r rOl;nds &. -qepairs 400
iorticulture
Horticu.lture utate)
n S1 .. r ance
..... fJl.>or College 40
vr ary
€:cnanics 900
':litary 200
. i ling ..:illzr .
harrrt"l.cy
~ hy.'· cs
" osta,:re 150
oil 'l est.s noc .
ill .mer ochool
t aiionery 150
rl'stees
v t. . Science
.I.e-tal Ar propriations 3 , 900
II valari s
rand Total
h or: cll1 bU'ist
rio ~ti cul turist
. .J1toJlolo J'ist
Chemist of ,joi1s
• soc . Ghemist
20 , 010
23,910
100
5CO
300
300
500
500
2, 200
1h, 5(0
16,700
Adams
A. S1, . line.,j.st in Aciams Zxperir.'lent
l' rr. 0upt . & Recoroed
' orenlan of rarm
ssoc . l'r of . Animal Industry
_I' st . jc nerdsman in Animal Industry
As st . in norticul ture
As st . in Botan~r
s st . Agr i culturist
bulletin Clerk
l CO
1, 300 , 1 , 300
2, 700
400
600 800
40
400
800
200
800
1, 800 200
600
200 850
700
500 100
1, 550
300
500
200
300
150 150
3CO
600
400
30e
2(,0 300
5, 950 13,750
8, 650 27 , 785 ,
14, 600 l~l, 535
Fund , 190B-1909
$ 500
300
1 , 600
800
6eO
600
800
100
350
250
200
100
600
200
. .;7,000
Horticulture AdaMS Total
500
500
1 ,000
1, 500
200
400
300 1 ,7
40
700
100
BOO
50
?50 ,5
a., 00
700 2,7 0
600
1,40
1 ,10
400 1,000
500
1 , 550
700
800
1 , 200
200·
20Q
B00
500
L!50
300
· 600
550
300
500 1,000
3, 250 29, 550
7 , 000 7B , 945
10;250 10B, l,95
Animal J:ndustry
. Botany
Chemistry
BntonLology
Azriculture
Lorticulture
VeterinarJr .:lcience
Assistant Ultol'loloeY
'I'emporary A:>~ropriations:
Chertical lab I~ Re .ai s
Soil Tests
Grand Total •
Appropri tions
-.. 20
400
3CO
750
700
400
500
~3 , 250
:New t'ositions
~ 400
250
100
C 750
1. Assistant Veterinary ucience
2 . Ass2..stnat .l:!.ntomology
3 . ' Assistant Librarian
~ 11 , 000
[I- . 3u ')erintendent of farm and ~ecorder (a(ld)
5 • l"o~eman of Farm aodi tional)
1,000
80G
6co
400 )
400
Included in
regular blldeet .
A..~ount of SaJ'le included in Bud8:et
'l'otal
Pdditional Tenporary Appropriations
Farm ~ encing
A[riculture (cot.ton sariiples)
AniL18.1 Industry (live stock
Chemical Ap aratus
.:Joil 'l'ests
Ch:!nlical 1..8.boratclry
Athletics
2CO Hatch
2CO (St;:;te)
300 (.:Jtate)
300 .:3tate
100 (Adams"
500 (i Adams
100
(,1,700
Bstir: atere Incor:.e 1908-1909
Lndo'WIIlent
~'"orril1
Hatch Fund
State Appr opriation
Horticultt..1J'e
Adams
Fees
Bonds
3a1arles
ppro)riations (R.. .... eular
II TemporaF.f )
New ~Jcsliitions
...:.stL:.l8ted Increase r'rofessors I ualaries
20,280
19, 280
15, (:00
36 ,000
1, 500
11 ,000
", 103,160
11,367
1, 170
78 , 9h5
29,550
1, 700
2,400
2,900
,;J115 , 697
291
2 2
J:!.stimated Ariditional Salary on ierm of Service
rune Term of .:3ervice (Years) Additional Jalary
", \J • ' . 'l'hach 28 ~ 400
rt p.ore;e I'etrie 20 4CO
T T , ilmor e 19 1j OO . . ' .
'"""'' . B. Ross 18 400
, . R. hiller 10 200
A. • t . C. Dldlstan 9 100
J . l!. . datt 8 leO . ,-'"! • ,ilcox 7 100
. J. 11 . C . 30' lthalJ 7 l C
} acl intosh 5 lCO . J • 1 i tchan 5 100
,) . I . Cl'enshaw 3 lCO
, !l;:2, 500
The ure;eon -.!±QQ ~2 , 900
Re )ort of the TreaslJrer
of the
Alabama. Pol ytechnic Institute
For the Year 1907- 1908, endin~
June 1, 1908
To i!.ndowment Fund
By Ar ,mmt Paid balaries
fd1dowillent Fund
Receipts
Disbursements
II II II IJrinting ,< . Advertising
:'18, 878 .64
1 ,401.36
i.orrilJ Fund
Receipts
To G8sh from otate Treasury , July 1, 1907
..)";sbu1"sements
By Arnount Paid 0aJaries ~ 3 , 431 .25
Receipts
1'0 l,8sh from State Treasu J . June 1, 1908
By Amount Paid Sa18.ries
To Cash from Fees
By ar ount ~ aid uur geon
II II II lnfirmary
II II II Gymnasium
To Balance June 1, 1907
Disbu sem~nt1i
~12 2 394 .29
r geon and lnfirmaI"1J .t<und
Receipts
Disbursements
2, 000 .00
775 .72
thletics 104 . 28
St te Horticulture Fund
Recei ts
II Cash from ')tate 'I easury .
49 .82
1 , 500 .00
By iUIlOunt raid ..;alaries
u'sbursements
d
II II II Current !.xpe ses
941 .00
49t5 .85
II Balance 109 . 97
'Io utat e f und
II Incidental Fees
11 Tui t ion Balance
II Tllitio
II Library Balance
II Libra,ry
II Farm i=-roducts
II Analysis aa1ance
II Analysis
11 horti culture Qalance
II Horti culture
II Live Jt ck
II ..Jormitories
S te and College Fund
ctecei ts
~ , 33, 2?-1.56
2,772 . 50
633 .78
1,340 .00
420 .05
1,635 .69
266 .82
216 . 50
701 .00
£( .80
Mb.82
147 .24
349.02
293
2, 880 .00
2, 880 .00
1,549 .82
1,549. ~2
294
To Expense
11
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II
II
II
" II
II
" II
II
II
" II
II
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Anima] Ind stry
Chemistry
wl ectrical inuineering
I echanica1 ~gineering
I aboratory Fees
Laundry J3alanc e
har Tilacy
fuel
Ar.1.0unt
1/
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Disburse ents
aid "alaries
" P rintine::~' Advert i sing
" i)ormitories
" 11
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11
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II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
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" II
" II
II
II
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" II
II
"
" II
II
. ~pense
Anirral Industry
Chemistry
Library
l"'ecr anical mgineering
Fuel
Grounds and Repairs
Insurance
Commencement l!.."Cpenses
Electrical ~g ineerin[
Fa ners ' =n st it~te s
bervants ' Hire
l' :i.litary
Lining mgineering
PhaF."tacy
Physics
Pqstase
Stationery
T ustees
Veterinary
')u :mer ")choo1
r.ymnasium 1. 4.thletics
. atchman
~ngineering Hall
Kusic
Civil ;:!;ngineering
Colle,-,e l<'arm
rchitecture
Entomology
Horticulture
Farm P oducts a/c
Live 3 ~o ck
Contin.ent
Check t(,oom
Recapitulation
Receipts
rl'o undowment fl..md
II l'.or ril1 II
II
" II
.
0ur geon & Infirmary, Fund
State 10 ticulture fund
State and Collcee f~d
.,>
559, 25
697 .97
141 .75
15 .00
149 .73
1,5':-5 .10
553 .03
98 .60
1.36
26 , 888 .86
799 .46
1,161.61
1, 954 .
2 , 602 . 5l~
1, 302 .26
1, 216 .79
1 , 461./~7
1,136.17
1, 360 .05
1,208 .70
772 .49
597 .36
627 .85
613 .96
90( .86
300 .36
824 .14
21.;.5 .60
257 .55
65(' .13
236 .19
405 .03
530.91
136 .8
491.00
470 .70
120.61
834 . 59
162 .85
451 .14
151 .04
530 .?9
164. .86
266 .41·
31 .33
80 .75
23 .49
~ 20 , 280 . 00
15, 825 .54
2, 880 .00
1,549 .82
45 , 973 .37
G 45 ,973.37
)45 , 973 .37
~) 86,508.73
By hndowment Account
II Norri1l II
II Surgeon & Infirm~ry . ccount
II State Horticulture Account
II bta"Le and ColJ ege Fund
II Balance
Disbursements ,
tt~ 20 , 280 .00
15, 825 .54
2, 880 .00
1,439.85
1~5 , 949 .88
l33 .h6
~9 5
";>86 , 508 .73
By order of the board of Trustees t he r eport of the l1n ted for the
c.xper' ment ;jtation is rendered Jul' .1st, the end of the n ·ted vtates ' ' scal Year.
A ful] statement of these lnited ~ tate s funds to date '. ~enri re to -the Board at
its me~ting .
Respectullfy submitted,
Signed). 'i . A. ~l enn,
Treasurer
To Cash from 0tate Treasury
II " II P wer .PlaI).t
By Ch:iJmey & POvie :nant
" Dining Hall .
11 Infirmary
" 'l ' ning ..mgineering
II Iightine; i!JC}uipment
Bui1di e Futld
Recsipts
.uisbursement5
" .uquipmen fo l abs, Orawing qoom& ' Lecture
1/ Jater ~ orks
II
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" 11
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c.xJ:) f-"n se
Sewerage
Fharmacy
J echanica1 ~Eine ering
i!Jlect r i ca1 ul~ 'n p ering
A.eric1 Ll tural Building
Balance (Overdr wn)
'1'0 Cash f'rom Carnegie
:ay lJurrent "..xpe ses,
11 Balance
Ca.rnegi Library
heceipts
..Jisbursements
Library Bonds
To Cash from ~tate for Investment in
library Bonds
By Honds
1. 11,580 .76
113, 220 .1,0
1, 980 .51
1,552 .17
1, 207 . 94
2, 395 .36
1,3lJ .04
570 . 13
197 .99
19 .1
92 .7'/
21 .38
l~ . 24
2, 770 .24
2, 229 .76
',,29 , 995 .00
hl , 767 .61
4.15
561 .00
42 ,332 .76
.5,OOC .OO
5,ono .OO
~29 , 995 . 00
296
Hatch Fund
Receipts
'1'0 Ca sh f r om U. S. Treasury
By A Hount I'aid
" II "
Jalaries
Labor
Publications
ost age ta ion
F eight f.: .:.!.Xpress
H at , Lie t , & ~ I at er
Chemical ~upplies
Di sbur sement s
,.,7, OC2.14
1,1:49 .46
1,402.70
289 .38
,311.34
363 .64
Seed , Plants , & upplies
r ertllize s
6 7.97
728.10
607 .59
Library
Tool s , len!ents a/ c
Furni ture ~ Fixtur es
Sci ent i fic Apparatus
Traveling ....;x::)enses
Building & Repairs
F'eedine; Stuff
Conti n ent
Bal ance
Adams f und
l."ece· pts
634 .85
132 .79
14 .60
99.87
29.47
395.22
73.14
15.00
812 .74
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393 .23
73 .13
67.03
14.30
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313.66
30.20
97 .90
12 .68
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1908 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic InstituteAuburn University (formerly Alabama Polytechnic Institute); Board of TrusteesMinutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1908264
Auburn, Al abama
June 1, 1908
The Board of Trustees -of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute met in regular annual
sessi on in the libra~r of the Institute on t he first day of June, 1908, at 0
o 'clock a .m.
'I' .e r oll vms called and members were fo ,d present as follows :
hi s Excellency B. B. Comer, Governor of the"State and Ex-of f i cio President of the
Doard, and Messrs . R. F. Ligon, Tancred Betts, H. L. Mar tin, W. K. Terry, R. B.
Ba rnes , A. VJ . Bell, N. D. Denson, W. F. Feagin . Nine pr esent . 'A quor um .
Absent : 'on . H. C.Gunnels , Supt . of Education Ex- officio and ~essrs . J . S. Frazer
and William C. Davis .
The minutes of the last ~revi ous meeting were read and approved .
The Tr easurer ' s annual report was presented, and upon motion was r eferred to the Committee
on Finance .
'I'he Fresident of the Institute read his annual re ort, and upon motion the same was'
referred to a special commit tee appointed by the Chair, cons isting of t-1essrs . A. Ttl .
Bel l , Tancred nett-s, and \'1. K. Ter r y . (President's Report , Appendix A. , Page ' )
It was ,moved,
That a committee be appointed to draft suitable resolutions on 'the '
death of General J ames H. Lane , late Professor of Civil lmgineer ing, said resolutions
when r eady t o be delivered to t he Secretary and by h~ t r anscribed in the
records of this Boar d .
i"loti on adopted, and the Chair appointed NessI'S . R. B. Barnes, • D. Denson, and
H. L. l'lartin as such cormni t tee .
t 10 :30 o 'clock a .m. the Board adjourned to 2:30 p .m. , in order that the members
might attend the public exercises of the Institute .
Afternoon Session .
At 2 :30 p .m. the Board reconvened, gnd the Secretary no~ed the presence of nine
members , the same as at the morning session .
Hi s .ixcellency Governor Comer made a statement as t o financi al · conditions liKely
t o affect the Institute, for t he information of the Board .
A cO:lJInunicat i on "las received from the Session of the Pres1:5yterian Church of "Auburn '
proposing to purchase f r om the Institute a certain small plot of round situate in
t he r ear of their church building, and on motion the same was referred to the committ
ee on Lands and Grounds .
The r eport of the special committee on the President's report was called f or, but
after some discussion, a motion to defer til l Tuesday morning was made and carried .
Board adjourned to Tuesday, June 2, 9 a .m.
Hr . Denson, upon his request was excused for t he r emainder of the session.
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Tuesday, June 2, 1908
9 0' clock a • .n'l. •
The Boare reconvened, nine members being present, the same as the day before, except
that Hon •• D. enson had been excused, and Rev. Dr . J . S. Frazer had arrived and
taken his seat with the Board.
The regular order being the consideration of the report of the .:ipecial .Committee on
the resident's Report, it was moved that the committee's report be considered seriatim .
The motion prevailed, and Chairman A. ~[ . Bell read the r eport .of the committee on t he
President's report, and it was moved that the committee's report be considered by sections
and adopted, with amendments, as her ein set forth:
. Report of ~pe cial Committee on the Pr es i dent's Report.
Your .committee to whom was referred the report of the President, beg leave to make the
following report:
1. In refer ence t o the i l luminath,g oi l la ', the appointment of a Special Committee
of three is reco~mended t o thoroughly investigate the law and report to the full
Board 'at this ses ion of the Board a definite plan for putting the law into operat
ion at once.
The f oregoing section (1) of the Comrnittee's report being under conSideration,
the f ollovving resolution was offered and adopted :
Be it resolved~; ,
That Doctor C. C. Thach be,and he is hereby, appointed the accredited
agent of the trustees to put into operation the oil tag tax law, and to represent the
Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Insitute, under the supervision of the
Executive Committee, as provided in Chapter 34 of the Political Code .
Pending consideration of Section 2 of the committee's report, the Board ad j ourned to
2:30 o'clock p.m.
Afternoon SeSSion, Tuesday, June 2 .
Pursuant to adjol;.rmaent, the Board convened at 2:30 o'clock p .m. , Tuesday , June 2,
nine member s belllg present, t he same as at the morning ses si on .
Gonsideration of ection 2 of committee 's report was r esumed and upon motion the same
was adopted, a,s follO"tTs :
S ~ ction22. A~ regards the increasa in salaries crf full professors and officials, the
following scale of increase is recommended:
(a) A member of the faculty, or officer of the college, who has held a full
professor ship or of fice on full salary for fifteen years, shall receive
an increase to his salary of four htmdred ($400) dol l ars per annum.
(b) A member of the faculty, or offi cer of the college, who has held a full
profe ssor ship on full salary for ten years, shall r eceive an incr~ase
to his salary of two hundred ($200) dollars per annum.
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(c) A member of t he facult y, or offi cer of the college , who has held a full
pr of es s or ship on ' full salary f or five years , shal l receive an i ncrease
t o his salary of one hundred dollars ($100) per annum.
(d) Provided that the iucrease in .salary, as above set forth, shall .not apply
t o any professor or officer who, in addition to a full salary, receives as
much as five hundred dollars from the sta.te, or Federal Gover nment , or
College.
Sect i ons 3, 4 5, 6, and 7 of the Committee 's report were considered and voted upon in
regular order, and adopted, as follows:
3rd . The Commit t ee recoITmends the adoption of the plan of the curriculum and organ i-
. zation of diff erent faculties as suggested by the President, and we further
r ecommend that Professor J. J. Wilmore be elected Dean of the Faculty of Engingering
and Mines ; that B. B. Ross be elected Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural
Sci ence; that Professor George Petrie be elected Dean of the Academic Faculty.
4th . e recomL~end that the Board adopt t he changes in titles of the different titles
of profe ssors as suggested by the Pr esident.
5th e reco ~~end that ~. I . S. McAdory be elected instructor in Veter inary Science
with a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum.
6th . e recommend the establishment of a second instructorship in Bacteriology and
Pat hology with a salary of one thou~and dollars ($1,000) per annum; the said
instructor to be appointed by the President .
7th . We recommend that two ·hundred dollars ($200) per .annum additional be allovled
the professor of Electrical Engineering for general sup erL~tendence of the
lectric Power and Lighting Plant.
The Chairman of the Committee read the 8th section of the committee's report, as follows
: \1ie r eco! Juend the adoption of the following resolution: That the Governor and
the Commi ssioner of Agriculture be, and they are hereby, requested to pay.to the State
Chemist, under Section 73 of the Code , for services rendered the department of Agriculture,
t he sum of five hundred dollars ($500) annually in lieu of the five hundred
dollars which was formerly paid him as such salary under the law prior to t he adoption
of the ,Code of 1907.
The fo l lowing was of f ered as a substitute for Section 8 of the Committee's report:
Resolved, That as a substitute for t he 8th r ecommendation of the committee , the salary
of the Pr ofessor of Chemistry be fixed at twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) per
annum, t o begin with the next ensuing scholastic year. Resolution adopted.
Secti on 9 of the committee's report was adopted, without amendment , as follo"ls:
9th . " e further recommend that the salary of the President of this institution be
i ncreased to three thousand and six hundred dollars ($3 .600) per annum, the
same to go into effect with the beginning of the next scholastic year.
The Chai r fil:8,n of the committee read the l Oth section of the report as follot-is: We
recom~end that t he management and control of the Dining Hall be placed in the hands
of the President witt full power and authority to manage as he deems best for the
interest of the institution.
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I t was moved that t he f oregoing be amended by the addi tion of the words : That r ooms
in the Di ning Hall be r eserved. for t he -accommodati on of' members of the Board"of' Trustees
during sessions of the Board.
Amendment adopted .
Sect ion 10 of commit tee" s r eport, as amended, was adopted .
Sections 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the committee's report was considered ser iatim, and
adopted without amenrunent, as foll ows: ' ,
Section 11 . We recommend the establishment of the position of Superintendent of the
Farm and Recorder, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) and a
residence, and that Jr . E. F. Canthen be e,lected to fin this position .
12th . We recommend the establishment of a position of Foreman of the rarm, wit h a
salary of- four hundred ' dollars ($.400) per annum.
13th . 'He recommend the establishment of an assistanceship in ootomology, with a:
salary of eight hundred doll ars ($800) and that Mr . 1rJilliam F. Turner be
elected to this position .
14th . \I{e recommend the creation of the position of Assistant Librarian, with a salary
of six hundred dollars ($600) for twelve months, and that Niss A. C. Shivers
-be elected to the position .
The 15th sestion of the committee 's report was read, and in place- thereof the f ollowing
r esolution was offered: Resolved, That the whole matter of operating the elect ric
lighting plant and of selling power to others, be re ferred~o the Building. Commit t ee
with power to act.
Re soluti on was adopted .
16th . e r ecomDlend the confirmation of t he action of t he Executive Committee in the
election of Professors l/litcham and Br ovm . Adopted .
17th . "e recommend the payment of the liorrlll Fund hereafter s emi - annually instead of
quarterly, and that t he next semi- annual paYm~nt be made July 1, 1908 .
It was moved that the matter contained in this section (17th) of the corr~ttee's report
be referred to the Executive Committee . · So ordered.
Upon completion of the consideration of the committee's report on the f resident 's r eport
it was
!1oved that matt ers pertaining to the fire insurance insurance interests of t he
Institute be referred to the Building C o~~ittee . So ordered .
The Committee on Finance made the follo~dng report:
t'{e your committee to whom was referred the report of the Treasurer of the Institute
beg leave to r eport that we have examined said report and find the additions correct .
On motion the committee's report was adopt ed .
The COIlli~ittee on Lands and Grounds r eported adversely on the proposal of the Pr esbyt
erian church of Auburn to purchase a cer tain pl ot of ground in the rear of their
house of wor shi p . On motion, the committee's report was sustained .
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The ecret ary pr esentecia . cormnuni.oationt:> , from the Bank of Auburn and the Bank of pelika
soliciting a share of the deposits of the Institute funds .
On moti on the matter of a depository, or depositories, for the I nst itute was referred
t o t he Executive Committee , with power to act.
The special committee appointed to consider the President's report and accompanying
document s , made the follovling report on the Budget for the scholastic year 1908- 09:
.
The committee to whom was referred the Pr e si dent~ report beg to -report that they have
examined the President's B1.i9-get and this committee approves the same, and recommends
t he adopti on of the Budget.
The report of the commi ttee on the Budget was adopted .
The f oll owillg resolution was offered by Mr . Bar nes : Resolved, That the matter of
erect ing a new ~nnasium building be refe~red to the Building COMnittee.
So ordered .
The Secretary presented the following repor t of the Execut ive Committee, which had
been fil ed with him:
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of rrrustees of the Alabama
Pol yt echnic Institute , held in the office of the Governor, at ~ontgomery , labama,
on August 22, 1907, the following being pr~sent : Governor B. B. Comer, N. D. Denson,
R. B. Barnes, and R. F. Ligon .
Governor B. B. Comer actL~g as Chairraall of said Conmittee, arid R. F. Ligon acting as
Secr et ary, upon motion, the following resolution was adopted :
· Res olved, That the First National Bank of Upelika be designated as the place of
deposit of the funds of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute , on and after September 1,
1907 ; t hat t he Treasurer of said Insti tute be inst ructed to deposit the funds of
s~id Institute in said First National Bank of 0 elika; ~ and that the First National
Bank of Opelika :be required t o pay the premium on the bond of the Treasurer of said
Instit ut e, and that said bond be executed through the Fidelity and Guaranty Company.
of B alt imor~ .
I t was moved that the foregoing report of the Executive Committee be adopted, and that
the same be spread upon the minutes pf the oar d .
;;JO order ed .
It was moved that the Sub- freshman Class be abolished after the, nsuing scholastic
year .
As a subst itute f er the foregoing motion, it was moved that the considerat i on of the
quest ion be postponed to the next annual meeting of the Board .
The quest i on being upon the adoption of the substi tute, -a majority voted aye, and
the. substitute was declared adopted .
At 4 o ' clock p .m., Governor B. B. Comer was. excused from further ' attendance on this
seSSion, and hr . J . S. 7razer was called to the Chair .
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By Mr . Betts ,
Resolved, That st eps be t~~en to adopt a light uniform of khaki or
similar material, for the students' use in the Spr ing .
On moti on the for egoing r esolution of fered by Mr . Betts was referred to the Pr esident
and Commandant of the Institute , with power to act .
It was moved,
That the neyl agricultural building be named in honor of Governor B.
Comer . So ordered .
Hoved, That the new dining hall be named in honor of the late Dr. O. D. Smith .
:£ otion pr evailed.
Moved, That the new· Kechanical Engineering bu:iliing be named in honOT of the late .
Doctor i:illiam L.eRoy Broun . Notion adopted .
There being no other business, the Board adjourned .
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Auburn , Alabama
May 22, 1908
Report of the President of the Alabama Folytechnic Institute to the Board of Trustees:
I t is a matter of congratulation t o all friends of the institution and of education
that the academic session just ooncluded has again broken all previous records in
regard t o att endance and work. In the period of six years , since the beginning of
t he ~resent administr ation, the increase in the number of students has been 211, or
over fifty per cent . The t otal enrollment thi s year is 617, representing sixty-f~ve
counties in the State of Alabama (the entire number, save two) , two foreign countries
(Cuba and .~exico ) , and .ten states other than Alabama . The attendance is well distributed
thr oughout the state of Alabama, some of the l argest county delegations bein :
Jeffers on , 76; Hontgomery, 36; Calhoun, 24; Yarengo, 18; Talladega, 18; Mobile , 16;
Dallas , 13; Pike, 12; Colbert , 10; Walker, 10; Greene, 9; Lowndes, 9; Tallapoosa, 9;
~' il cox , 9; Barbour, 8; 'ladison, 8; Covi ngton., 7; Hale, 7; Lauderdale, 7. Tue average
age of the student body has advanced even over that of l ast year which was the highest
hither to in maturity . The average age of the fresl~ claSs is 17 years, 10 months.
sub- freshman class is 18 years and t"TO months . There have been in attendance t his
ses ~ i on 168 y~ung men over 21 years of age .- Again it is to be recorded that with
the largest attendance, we have had t his year, not only the smallest percentage of
resignations, but the smallest actual number of resignations from the student body •
. s you readily see, this indicates a persevering purpose to secure an education and
a financial ability, despite the stringency of the money mar ket, for the student to
pursue his work to the close of the academic year . ~e have the largest number in
the seni or class, and in the junior clas~, in the history of the institution . There
have been s even young women of mature years who are prepared to enter t he junior
class . Accordlllg ' to .the regulations of the college , only young women of mature age
who ar e prepared to enter the junior class are admit ted . No special provision is
made f or t heir boardi ng accommodations.
The classification of the st udents has been as follows: Graduate Students, 18; jenior
Cl.a,;:ls , 97; Junior Class, 114; Sophomore Clas s , 122; Freshman Class , 115; Special and
I rregular Students, 94; oub- Freshman Sect ion, 72; names counted twice , 15; Total , 617 .
The enrollment in some of the leading departments is as follows: Electrical Engineering
, 100; l1echanical oogineering, 88; Civil i..'1gineering, 54; Ki.ning Engineering, 201;
Ar chitecture , 9; Pharmacy , 35 ; Veterinary Fedicine, 19; Veterinary S ience, 60; Agricult
ure, 141; AnLlal Industry, 152; Biology, 82; Physics , 449; .Gnglish, 530; History,
340; French, 45 ; German , 58; Latin, 153; Political Lconomy, 80; l'Iathematics, 490; Chemistry,
240; Chem ~ cal Laboratory, 206; Drawing, 324; Descr i ptive Geometry, 125 ; :1echanic
Art s , 265 ; Eilitary , 559 . .
vlORK
Thr oughout the entire year, I think that we can say with accuracy, the spirit of work
on the part of the students has been excellent. As a matte" of fact , in an institut
i on of applied sci ences of our t JlPe, the young men, as a rule, have more or less
definitely decided their pr ofes sion, and their college work is regarded as a preliminar
y prof essional t raining therefor and is fol101'1ed ,lith a certain degree of seriousness
and businesslike application that perhaps does not characterize t he students
purusuing purely general education . The general conduct of the student body has
l i kewise been good . It is needless to state that among over six hundred young men
there will be found a certain per cent who are idle, and an infinitesimal per cent
of t hose who may be vicious; but this proportion is scarcely appreCiable in our i nstitution
. Our students, as a mass , are industrious, aspiring, and trustworthy . They
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are quickly susceptible to appeals to the best elements of character that finally go
to make a good citizen . Our attendance at our cl asses is quite remar kabLe . We ha e
a system of dai l y reports by each pr ofessor and instructor made to the President 1s
Off ice, and all abs_en.tees are called to account daily . The DIan has been adopted
in other ,institutions with results equally noteworthy with our own . Professors 't'lho
come to us from other institutions .comment on the general tone of good conduct and
earnest application , prevailir~ in this institute.
HEALTH '
On the whole, the health of the college during the session has been fairly good .
At ene t· e , however, i're had an extensive epi demic of IIgrippe . 1I We had also an
outbreak of measles of considerable extent, but owing to t he skillful handling of
the Surgeon, it' was materially restricted and the consequent interruption of study
greatly curtailed . An incipient outbreak of mumps was l i kewise controlled. Also a
threatened outbr eak of small pox, ar i sing through the importation of two cases by
workmen on college buildings, was _successfully ave~ted . One nat ural death, occurred
during the year in the case of a st udent who contracted typhoid fever while on a
visit to his home to nurse a brother ill with t he disease . An accidental death of
a student resulted from concussion of the. brain caused by a blow from a base ball
t hrown in a practice game on t he campus. This is the first fatality in the history
of the. college in athletics, and it 'occurred in a most unusual and unexpected manner .
According to t he resolutions of the Board (See No . 15), the Infirmary has been used
throughout th~ year, and the excess of surgeon 1 s f es has been devoted to the payment
of a t rained nurse, and for the equi~nent of t he buildi ng . As yet , students who are
indisposed, pref er to remain in their boardmg.·houses ; but a ful l use of the Infirmary
will come wi th t irr.e and thorough familiarity on t he part of the suudents, who , as a
rule, are not acquainted wish such an institution .
CHANGES IN FACULTY
It is with great regret that I place upon of£icial record t he death of General James H.
Lane, which sad event occurred September 21, 1907 . As you remember, he was placed
uf,on the r ol] of the college as :&'!leritus Professor of Civil Engineering, an honor,
which you will be glad to knmv, he keenly appreciated and deeply enjoyed during the
few remaining months of his life .
For a quarter of a century General. Lane had been at the head of t he department of
Civil Engineer ing, and his connection with t~e institution brought honor and distinction.
His graduates, numbered.by the scores, hold responsible positions in their
pr ofessions throughout the South. Suitable resolutions were drawn by the Faculty,
expressing their appreciation of his distinguished services . He was buried with
military r ites.
On August 9th, by action of the 3xecutive Committee, Professor G. r • Mitcham was
placed in charge of the Chair of Civil Engineering, and Hr. Robert 1. Brown was
placed in charge of the chair of MD1ing ~gin e ering . For several years Professor
G. N • "IE ham had filled most acceptably the chair of hining I'ngir..eering, and his
long training both in civil and mining eJ;lgineering has fitted . him admirably for
developing the chair which he now holds . The work of this department has been
hi ghly satisfactory .
Pr ofe ssor obert L. Brown, elected as Professor of Ei ning Engineer ing and Geology
is a graduate of Beliot -' ollege and is also a graduate in the four year course of
mining engineering in the Colorado School of Nines. He has had extensive experience
in all phases oc coal mining , assaying, etc., in the leadine mines in thv West.
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I r ecorrmend t hat the act ion of t he Executi ve C o~ittee concerni ng Pr ofessor Mi tcham
and Pr of es sQr Br o\'ffi be confirIiled .
After ext ended conrrespondence and most painstaking investigat ion, the name of
Doctor ./ . i . Hinds was presented t o the --::ecutive Connni ttee ugust 27th, and he was
unanimously el ect ed to f i l l t he chair of Zntomology . The Bnard had del egat ed to
the Committee full power to act . Pr of.essor Hinds is a Ph . D. of the Ag icultural
Col l ege of Has sachusetts, and has a chi eved marked disti ncti on in t he invest igation
of t he boll weevil, boll WOITu, and San J ose scale . For t hree year s he was in charge
of t he cot ton Bol l Weevil Laboratory, Dallas, Texas, where the most extensive and
aut h or~t ative experiments wer e made in regard t o that insect scour e . Doctor Hinds
has made several notabl e pUbli cat ions concerning insects injurious to plants . He
is now engaged in extensive experiments in Al aba.ma., both of a scientific and popular
natur e, and his line of i nvestigation has rec eived the hearty connendat i on of the
Unit ed t ates epar tment of Agriculture.
Pr ofes sor . C. Curtis accept e~ the election, by the Board of Trustees , to the
Chair of .rchitect ure, and has conducted t his department t hroughout the year in a
most succ essful manner. He has been of great service in connection with t he er ect
i on of the new buildings f or the institution. In t his connection, I wish to make
special r ecord on the niLDut es of t he College of. the f act that Professor Curtis
~ndly volunteered his services to draw t he plans and specifications for t he new
librar y building . The r egular architects' f ees f or this building would have been
~1 ,500 . e has also drawn the preliminary plans of the Agr icultural Hall .
BUlL ING AIm INPROVEr..::ENT
Thanks t o the l iberal poli cy toward the institution on the part of the Governor of
t he St ate and t he Legislature of Alabama, t his year has been charact er i zed by the
most extensive bui lding operations in t he history of t he Col l ege .
i l ) Pur suant to t he resolutions ( ee 2 and 13 j ynopsis of Secretary) of the Board
of Tr ustees, purchase was duly made , under advice of Pr of e", sors \<Ii lmore and
Dunstan, of the equipment and machinery for the lighting and povler plant of
the College. Thi s TIBchi nery for the named purpose, thus expediti ously installed,
has been of service to the insti t ution throughout the year, and now is ready
to supply power for the new syst em of water works, and to f ur nish light s for
the Dining Hall, Library, and gricultural Hall . I wish to make f ull acknowl
edgement of t he laborious work of Professors Wi lrlore, Dunst an, and Hill in
i nst alling t he new machi nery and l i ghting equipment.
The power pl ant equipment cons i sts, in part, of a handsome new smoke-stack, a
200 H. P. St erling boil er , a 160 H. P. Engine and 100 1\ .• W. Westingtlouse generator,
etc. Owing t o t he l ack of f unds , it was i pos sible t o constr uct a sui table
boi ler house, put satisfactory t emporary shelter was pr ovided .
(2) Pursuant to the same resolutioo, the apparatus and machi nery f or the mining
depar tment was purchased and it has been installed by Pr of essor Brown in the
new Engineering Hall . It i s now, perhaps , the most thoroughly fitted department
of Hining Engineering in the outh . Prof essor Brown has been untiring in
devot ing all hi s ~are time in t he erect ion of t he plant .
(3) A full electrical lighting equipment has been placed in the laborat.ory of the
departments of Veterinary Hedicine, Zngineering Hal l , Architecture, Botany,
and harmacy . This was installed by t he department .of Electrical Engineering .
A n ~w laborat ory in the department of Pharrracy has been pr ovided and thoroughly
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equipped with laboratory desks fil l ed with water and gas appointments for
twenty-four students . The crowded condi tion of this department made the ext en-s
i on neces sary . '
(4) The new Dining Hall is approaching compl etion . It is a two-story struct ure ,
140 feet long and forty feet wide, of a semi-co10nial style. The building is
of brick and stone , and is constructed in what is known as the Flemish bond style .
The main dining hall will accommodate about 300 . an the second floor there are
twenty one rooms , furnishing dormitory accommodations for forty .
(5) Carnegie Library Building.
I take pleasure in stating that a Bill w~s finally passed through the Legislature
of Alabama enabling the institution to -comply with ·the proposition made by
~r . Andrew varnegie to donate $30,000 for the erection of a library bu~ldtng .
According to the provisions of the act, $30,000 of the funds appropriated by t he
State to the college was invested in Alabama S t ate ~ onds, the interest f r om which
is to go to ·the annual maintenance of the College Library . As 'stated a.bove, pl ans
for this bui-lding were drawn by Professor H. C. Curtis. It will be of a semicla
~3 s ica.l or monumental type, constructed of pressed brick, with elaborate white
stone trimmings ; it · vall be two stories in height and eight y feet long by eighty
feet wicie. The equipment "viI I be of the best . It is situated on the let on
Faculty venue facing the thletic and Drill Grounds, and is beatifully locat ed
ami d a group of lovely shade trees . The construction of the buildL~g is well
under way, and the fi r st installment of r . arnegie1s ~onation has been drawn .
(6) ~v ater Ivorks, Sewerage, etc .
Under the dir ection of Professor G. N. 1itcham, a line has been laid out for the
sewerage of the new Dining Hall and all of the college buildings situated on the
campus . A supply of pi pe has bevn purchased, and the laying of the line will
besin .iLmediately after Commencement . n excellent spring of water with a capacity
of about 120,000 gallons per day has been purchased by the College, preparatory
.for the construction of its system of water works. This spring is situated
about two miles from tovm. I t flows from beneath a steep hil l, and the control
of the water- shed has been secured . There will be a .tower of 75,OLO gallons
capaci t y l ocated near the college buildings, and the water will be pumped by an
electrical driven centrifugal pump , installed at the punlP house adjacent to the
spring basin . The entire estimated cost is about $17, 000 .00. Professor G. N.
Nitcham is the consulting engineer 'in charge , and he will be assisted by the
department. of Electrical and Hechanical Engineering .
(7) griculture Hall
1he preliminary plans , elevation, etc ., for the agriculture building wer e designed
and drawn by Pr ofessor 1\ •• C. Curtis, free of charge, and they received the unanj,..
mous approval of the professors interested and of the building committee of the
Board of Trustees . This building will be of stone and brick, three stories high
and 170 feet in length . It will accommodate tfie departments of the Di r ector of
the Exper iment St ati n , of Agri-culture, Hbrticulture , . Animal Industry, Botany,
and m t omolo y • . A most eligible site has been selected on the commandi ng ridge '
now occupied by the hort icultural gr ounds. lhe Professor of rchitecture has
been invited to complete the working plans, l,vhich he hopes to be able to do by
continuous work, and with assistance, by AllgUSt 1st, when adver tisement .can be
made for bids for construct inn .
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TREASURZR 'S REPORT
According t o the regulations of the Board of Trustees , the Tre asure~ submits to
each member of the Board of Tr ustees and to the President of the College a report of
t he receipts and disbursements of t he. college for 1907- 08. The report for the r eceipts
and expenditures . . of tbe Hatch and dams funds i s sub . t t ed annually July 1 .
These accounts are i nspected and audi ted ~~nually by the United States Government .
monthly report of expenditures ~ all departments is furnished to t he Pr esident by
t he Treasurer .
The foll owing exhibits set f orth the receipts fer this i Qstitution f or 1907- 08 on
College Account :
Endowment Fund U. i:J . Land Grant, 1860
. U. S . ppropriation IVlorr'ill Fund .
State Appropriation in lieu of fertilizer tag tax
Balance on Tag Tax, 1906-07
State Appr opriatio]l f9r benefit horticulture
uition fees f rom non-resideQt s.tuo.ents
ncidental fees and other funds
Surgeon's f'ees
Balance brought over on
bil ls payable (rec . )
Total
.
~t 2, 000 . 00
1 , 5.46 .19
Grand Total
$ 20,280 .00
15 , 825 . 54 .
32, 000 .00
1, 291.56
1, 500 .00
1,340 .00
10 , 726 .18
$82,963 .28
it
l 3 , 548 .19
$86 , 511.47
A brief review of the nature of the college funds may be of value :
(A) Experiment Station Funds
(1) The funds known as t he Hat ch and Adams funds are paid directly by the U. S. Treasurer
to the Treasurer of the l abama olytechnic nstitute . Not a cent of this money
i s avallable for the purpose of instruction and of education in any department . Its use
is confined absolutely and exclusively to experimental work on problems pertaining to
var i ous phases of agriculture .
(B) College Funds
. . .
The original fund known as the ~orrill fund arises front the endowment made in 1860 by
t he Congr ess of the United Stat~s . This has been increased by subsequent additions by
Congress, but unfortunately the fund is shared between the two races accor ding to the
rati on of the school population .
re conunend that t his fund be drawn semi-annually by the College Treasurer . It is now
drawn quarter ly, and gr eat inconvenience is caused ther.eby .•
(2 ) State Funds . The aid r eceived by the college directly from the state is in the
form of a fixed appropriati on made in lieu of t he share ' of, the tag tax on fertilizers
formerly paid the . stitution . The Amount for 1907- 08, as stated above , was $32, 000.
1500 i s appropriated by the ' t 2.t e for the benefit of horticulture . . early every cent
of t his i s taken up in the additi onal work of inspecting the orchards , nur series, etc . ,
of t he bt ate of Alabama .
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~illMORIAL D NATIONS
It is with pleasure t hat I i nform you t hat r'~r . George Foster Peabody of New York
City has presented the institution .with a :1,000 bond, bearing five per cent int er est,
the annual income from which is to be applied to maintaining a memorial collection of
books in a se arate al cove in the library bUI l ding, in honor of t he memo~r of the
late Francis Downing Peabody, of Columbus, Geor gia , an honor ed alumnus of this inst itution
.
I am also informed that the descendants of the lat e Joel Hamiter of Barbour County
will, accoraing t o the resolution adopted at the last meeting of the Board of Tru st e~
present to the coll ege, at the approaching Gommenc ement, an oil protrai t of IvJr . Joel
na 'ter and a marble tablet in memory of his daughter ; Julia Hamiter . I-ir . Hari:ti ter
was a .distinguished citizen of east l ab&~a, and the largest smngle benefactor of t he
old Zast Alabama Eale Col lege, which was mer ed with the Alabama Po~ t echnic Instit ute
in 1872, and all of its val uable property donated t o the St ate f or t he benefi t of the
state institution .
I NSURANCE
The matter of insurance of the institution referred to Honorable \ i . F. Feagin was
duly arranged with the different agencies, and a highly satisfactory adjustment was
secured . All the policies were changed from a three year term to a term of five years ,
being dated August 1, 1907, and expiring August 1, 1912; the total amount of i nsur ance
car ried is $155 , 700 .00 .
ILLUMH ATING OIL LA'
At the last meeting of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, a law was enact ed
r equiring analysis of all i l l uminating oils consumed in the ·state (See . ect i on 1572-
1580) . ccording to the provisi ons of the act, this work must be performed by t he
State Chemist, who is the Professor of Cherr~stry of the Alabama Polytechnic In s t~tute .
A system of tags, similar to that us¢d in fertilizers, is provided, and a tax of ~ cent
per gallon is levied, one-fourth of which amount is t o be paid t o the college. I
res pectfully direct your att ention to the l aw, and ask for instruct ions . The Pr of essor
of Chemistry i s prepared to advi se in the matter . An application for t ags has been
filed by one of the oil companies •
.jALARIES
I rec ~mend that, as far as pOSSible, an increase be made in t he amount of sala ry pa~
t o the full professors . As is well known, the actual cost of living in t he United
0t8~e s . as increased during the last fifteen years fully thirty-two or thirt~-three
per cent; whereas, during that per i od the annual salary paid by t he instituti on has
not been changed. Other state educat i onal institutions throughout t he country, and
in our own state, have made subst antial additions to the salaries of the teaching .
staf f . Two of our professors have ~eceived o ffe~s from two of the leading un ive r sit ~s
of the United St at es at salaries considerably in advance of what the Col lege now pays
the.m . The best asset of an i nstitution, as you well know, is an able, tried, and
loyal professor. Bricks and mortar and equipment are not comparable with him . I
feel that the College is not able to lose its competent in s~~ctors . I theref or e
recommend that plans be devised for accomplishing the iner ease sug ested . The funds
will permit, and I think t hat the hi ghly desirable purpose can be gradual ly accomplished
.
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In this connection I wish to call attention to t he large number of subjects in the
curriculum and the large number of member s const i tuting our corps of instructor s , which
condition necessitates the arrangi ng of the subj ects and instructors under more definite
gr oups along certain lines of definite cl eavage . The college bas rown so much
that i t is necessary to have the administration of the educational interests more
closely diff ererltiated . I trust that I shall be able to present a careful ly worked ott
plan .
Owing to the large increase of work in lighting the new buildings, especiall y the dormitories,
library, et c . , and in pumpi ng the supply of water for t he college , it will be
necessary to have efficient superintendence of this important work and machinery, and
re c ornm~nd that the profe ssor Qf Electrical 3ng in ~ ering be made uperint endent of
~le c tri c owe ~ and .Lighting Plant . He has discharged the work of this position for
a nUJ'nber of years, but its growing importance demands formal official r ecognition. I
reco, end that he receive !;;200 for his s ervices i n this capacity .
STATS CH~lIS T
It appea rs that by er ror there has been omit ted f rom the new code of the 3tate of
l abama the specific pr ovision directing the payment by the Commissi oner of Agriculture
and Indust ry of the ~ alary of ~ 5 00 hit herto paid to the State Chemist . Howeve_, it
f urther appears t hat , in section 73 of t he code , the Commissioner of A riculture st ill
has the pmver to make good the amount · and pay the state chemist for se vices rendered .
I therefore reco.. end that the Board of Trustees f ovrnally request the Commissioner of
Agriculture to continue the payment of the former remuneration to the State Chemist
for services r endered to the Department of Agr i culture, if said payment is consistent
l1ith t he law . The superintendence of the analysis of the fertilizers sold to the
farmers in the State of Alabama I regard of the very highest degree of responsibility
demandi , g at once the most p-ecise expert chemical knowledge and the most unimpeachable..
integrit y of character.
~h e amount specified has been paid by the Commissioner of Agriculture to the State
Chemist since the fo~ dation of the department, and a suitable man f or the high position
cannqt be secured without this addition to the r egular sa£ry of a professor in
this instit ution.
I recommend that t he Professor of Chemistry shall be ~perintendent of 'oil and f ertil
izer analysis and shall receive ~20 0 for his services in this capacity .
DIIJI G HALL
It will be necessary to have defliite plans in regard to t he 'ad i i strat i on of the
Di ning ' all . This matter is one of great delicacy and one of great annoyance i n all
instit ut ions .
I recommend tha~ the r ooms be occupied by two students, and the char ge , per student ,
f or room, heat , light, and water, be ~~3 . 50 per month .
I recohmend that the Pr esident shall have power t o assigne these rooms , preference
being gi vep to needy and worthy students .
The general superivision of the dormi tory section should be under some Col lege official .
I recommend that there be a college adviser of the Dining Hall management , and t hat
he shall receive ~$ lOO for his services .
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I have made full i nvestigat i ons as t o the admini strati on of dining halls in var i ous
southern institutions, and the best ar rangement that works most successfully by far
is one of student management . I think that a feasibl e plan can be worked out by
which the sUuQents .t emselves can conduct t he hall i n a cooperative way and r eceive
the advantage of any cu tailment in expenses . It is onl in this way that they will
be satisfied with the cur tailment of fare and service .
DEP RTMENTS
As you knoW,. the ',work of the institution falls naturally under b,,,o heads , that pert
aining to mechan ' cs and engineering and that pertaining to agricul ture and the
s.ciences r elating to agriculture . I shall present a summary of the wopk of the
dif ferent departments that fall under these two groups .
(A) echanics and Engineering
The departments immediately in this di vision are (1) ~echanic al Bilgineering, (2)
.b:lectrical and Telep one .b:ngineering, (3) Civil ginee"ing, (4) W ning Engineering,
( 5) rchitecture , (6) l~echanical 0ra1'ang , (7) ~J achine eSign, and (S) Mechanic Arts.
The work in all of these lines of engineerin~ has been rr~inta ined at the usual high
standard; and the efficiency of instruction &ld the thorough scientific preparat ion
of gr~"luates continue to attrait the attention of patrons throughout the entire
state'.and, t hroughout the entire South . l~ny st udents ar e here f rom beneath the
shadow of other similar i r stitutions . The attendance in all has been full, and the
lecture rooms and laboratories have been crowded to their utmost capacity . The new
E gineering Hall , having been fitted and equipped , has rendered valuable service in
relieving the undesirable congestion and crowding that had prevailed in these departments
up to this year .
The departJlents of ile chanical , ~lectrical, and ' ining En ineerin have been installed
in this Engineering all . More ample accommodations have likewise been afforded the
department of Civil ingineeing , and also the depar tment of Architecture in the main
college bUil-ding .
You are alrea.dy familiar with the nature of the work per formed by the department es of
(1) ~l e ctrical and (2) J...echanicql Lmgineering .
(3) Civil mgineering , under ?rofessor G .• N. ilitcham, has been la ely expanded in
the. courses and ll1 the number of topics offered . New sub jects of bani tary ~neineering,
Hydraulic l:'.dlgineering, and .:ltrength of ~J.8.terials have been added , and t he
amount of field work has been increased enormously . . The :antire class of" 54 students,
eho i n the Juni or and 0enior year have specialized in Civil Jhgineering, ihave enga d
in practical work in the f iel d, 111aki ng preliminary surveys , dral'Vings, and est· nat es
f or the construction of lines of railway, of a systffil" of sanitary sewera e for the
vil l age of . uburn, for a lower plant on an adj anent wat er c ourse, town surveys , water
works surveys , .etc .
The professor of Civil bngineering and ':ining 'ngineering have i ntroduced ·a most
impor . tant addition .t o the former work of their courses in requiring extens'ive
SUl1l11'(er courses in pra ctci.cal surveying in Civil and ]{ining i.ngineering under the
supe rintendence and i nstructicn of the two heads of the depa t ments . I regard this
as a most important step that keeps the institution fully ab ~ east of the practice
of the best engineering i nstitutions of the land, such as Cornell, r ~ssachusetts
~ ch ool of Technology, Colorado ~ chool of lines, etc .
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As stat ed above, the work of l~ining Engineering h s i n every. way been sa:dsfactbry .
The r ofe ssor in charge is an expert with varied practi cal experience. By his ovm
l abor, he has- installed a most excel lent plant pr ovided by your recent appropriations
f or that purpose .
l'he graduates from the departments of Ci vil and lining Engineer ing have hitherto
taken t he front rank i n thei r pr ofessions in actual life, and I can confidently pre~
dict t hat the su,ccess of the department will not be di minished in the future .
(5 ) r chitecture .
':l'he institution is to be congratulated upon the successful inauguation of the departInent
of Ar chitecture . The gentleman whose services were secured as pr ofe ssor of Architecture
, has proved entirely capable and efficient in his pr ofession . The establishment
of thi s department has been planned for many years, as in most logical accord with
the engineering work in which. this LYlstitution has been the pioneer, and the creation
Gf t he department has attracted wide attention in the architectural profes. i on and has
received general commendation . I ca 1 your attention to the work of s everal of the
students on exhibition in the department rooms . It is highly creditable .
(6) l'..achi ne esign
l'he work of the department of j\::achine Design and l1echanical rawing, which was separated
t wo or three years ago from the department of I'echanical Engineering; has confirrre d
the _wisdom of its separate establishment . ;iork of original desi gn of very high order
has been accollplished by several of the students in the department . The amount of
work of t he department has been greatly increased by the transfer from the Junior to
the I::lophomore year of the subject of escriptive Geometry, .in which most efficient
instruction has been given by the professor and as sistant in char ge .
I pr esume to say that the training in all branches of (7) Drawing nm;' offered in
this institution is the most extensive and thorough of any i nstituti on in the South .
The subJ ect is worthy of the ft -'.lest support ; for drawing is at once, . in its higher
branches , a tec tmical professional training, and in all of its lOi,rer branches, as
t aught in this i nstitution, is a teaching subject of unquestionable broad educative
value . It is distinctly a fundamental language . The ability to make and r ead a drawing
is as. distinctly educative as the ability to make arid read an .6I1glish sentence . iv.oreover
, it is of t he greatest utility in every department of life . Over 585 students have
had.i nstr uctionUn drawing this year . . The display of work in t 'is department should
receive your car eful attention .
(B) Faculty of gricultural 'ciences .
The facul ty of Agricultural aciences embraces the chairs of (1) Chemistry, (2) Agricultur
e , (3 ) Veteri nary Science, (4) Botany, (5) Iorticulture , (6) AniIaal Industry, and
(7) ~tor ology . The heads of these depar t ments likewise make experiments under the
head 0 - Bx~eviment 0tation work in all lines relating to agriculture, and three of them
are Stat e office r'S at the head of l."Iork of inspection of fertilizers, animals and their
dis eases , orchards, nurs~ stock and their diseases .
The nQmber of chairs and assistants , and the ~~ount of salaries and annual appropriat
i ons , for the several departments in this group of subjects, have been increased near~
l eO per cent during my administration .
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(l) Chemistry
Instruction in t his depcrt ment includes all branches of chemi stry, general , industrial ,
Or ganic , Agric.ult.ural , Theoretical, Fhysical, nalytical, Engineerin ,Chemistry, Hetal lur
gy qnd Assaying .
The number of students enrolled in the classes of chemist this ~y ear has been the
largest number enrolled in the history of th.e Colle e . 'Students in e emistry lectures
240 , Junior and 0eni or students in Analytical Laboratory 104.
1he space and facilities of the College laboratory are taxed to the utmost , and it will
be necessary at sonte tir.le in the near future to provide i ncreased and enlar ed faci lities
for this work • • This department was created at the beginning of t he hist ory of·
t he college, and ha.s been one of the most famous and attractive of the various cour ses
of fered by the i nstitution . Its graduates hold chairs in many of the leadi ng colleges
of the South .
Chemical ~lork, J;xperiment Station
The time and attention 0 most of the members- of the Chemical Laboratory staff are
occupied throughout the twelve months of the year in the analysis of off icial and
unofficial samples of fertili zers , fertilizing materials , marls, phosphate rocks , co~
ton seed meal, etc . The farming class of the State of Alabama is protected by the
work of this department from f raudulent practices in t he ~anufacturer of commercial
fertili zers . This institution has the distinction of being the f irst college in the
Unit ed J t ates to inaugurate the movement of analyzing commercial fertilizers for the
State . For the season of 1907 quantitative analyses was made of 835 of f j cial sampl es,
all of which work was done in duplicate , amking a total of 1670 srunpl es . As you
readily perceive, the greatest accuracy and reliability are de nded in this work; and
I take pleasure i.."l noting the f act that throughout the long hisotyr of t his department
no cont eBt has ever been made as to the validity of its analytical wor k; while
on the other hand it has frequently been called upon to arbitrate '1uemions of contro-versy
between manufacturers of fe r tilizers and the off icial chemists of several other
states . This department is also engaged in highly interest ing work in regard to
manufacturing cane syrup, in r egar to making available f or plant food insoluble
phosphoric acid in the soi l , and in regard to the ef f ect of diff erent foods f or hogs
on t he firmness and melting point of lard .
(2) Agriculture
Duri ng the last five years the college course of instruction in agricul ture and related
subjects has been re-arranged tw~ce with a view to L~creasing the interest in this
depar t ment of education . ~ve ry effort has been made to popularize the study of agr i culture
.
Experilnent Station : ork
'~ny improvements have been made of the Station farm, notably the erection of considerable
permanent fencing of celllent posts and woven wir e . The experimental work has been
extensive and var i ous, and the bulletins published by t he professor of agriculture ram
among the best in the agricultural world . The work cf plant breeding has been gr eatly
extended with cotton , corn , and oats. Exper imental work has been conducted for a number
of years with cotton , i ncluding such points as local f ertilizer experiments , study
of varieties and shedding; with corn, varieties and fertilizer experiments; &~d \~th
various t ests of oats , 9Jr beans , cow peas , alfalfa, vetch _s , clovers, gr asses, and :botation
of crops .
The pr ofessor of rlgriculture is ireetor of t he 3xperL~ent Station .
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(3) Veterinary Sciences
he_ t hree year cours.e of Veterinary Medicine, leading t o t he degr ee of D. V. ~ . , was
introduced t his yea r , and t he moveluent has been att ended with satisfactory success .
I t is the only departrnent of t he kind in t he South, and it i s confidently expected
that i t wi l l dr aw t he pat ronage of students throughout t he s out hern section desi r i
ng t i s t r aini ng . ne demand f or men trained i n t his sci ence seems impo:rtant and
increasi ng . The head of the .department is likewise t ate Veterinarian and ives to
the State a consi de abl e portion of his t ime and energy . He is parti cul arly inter ested
in the eradicat i on of the cattle t i ck which gives great damage m the cat t le
indust ry in t he Sout h . He likewise is the head of t he Col lege Farmers' In stit ute
work, being assist ed t her ein by the entir e Experiment St ati on staff • . During t he
year , he has held twenty-eight . institutes in twent y-three di f ferent counties "dth
f ifty- one separat e ses ..,i ons wi th a t otal at tendance of 2, 440 farmers .
The Farmers I Sur:rrner School, held at Auburn f r om August 1st t o 8th is a notabl e gat re ri
g . t has been conducted now f or four years and has contin ed t o gr ow i n intere ~ •
Attendance i n 1907 was 507 . hany of the most pr ominent and pro;;:ressive f armers in
the state attend t he· courses at that meet ing . t wil l be money wel l expended , if the
Joar d of Trustees coul d secure f rom t he St at e 0epartment of gricul ture a slight
annual f und to suppl ement t he coll ege work in this dir ect ion . This work of the college
has been in operat i on f or fif t een year s, and I do not hesitat e t o say that i t
has been one of t he :>reatest ~ourc es of upli ft to t he agr i cultural interest s of the
Jtate of l abama .
(4) Botany
,dth t he aid of a compet ent assistant , 1\'11' . Stone, and "dth t he expansion of the
course i n Botany, t he Pr ofessor of Botany reports very sat isf actory work in his depart~
ent for t he year . The course of botany has be sn fur t her considerabl y expanded
fa t he succeeding year . The head of the department i s en aged i n import ant .... rork
concerning t he di seases of plants and has made especi al study of anthracnose , a
disease of cot t on, and will undertake at an early date t he work of br eeding alfalfa
to s ecure resist ant sorts against t he leaf spot diseas e .
(5) Horticul ture
The work of this department has been extended during the year and inst ruct i on has been
given in l andscape gardening, etc . Valuabl e work has also been done in forest r y .
overnment expert fr om .Ja shingt on conduded most i nt erest ing and practical experiillents
at the Coll ege i n creosoting and pres erving wood; he al so del ivered an extensive
course f l ectures.
rhe prof essor of Horticul ture i s also St ate Hort i cultur ist and devotes much of hi s
time and energy t o inspecti ng orchards and nur series '()f the State .
Experiment St at i on
Consi der able work has been done by t he Prof essor of Horticulture in the breedL~g of
peaches r eastant t o brown rust .
(6) Anlinal Indust r y ·
The s epa r at i on of the department of Animal Industry f r om agr icultur e and its erect ion
into an independent depar t ment has pr oved satisfact ot y . i.J;r . Gray i s a young' man of
energy and ambiti on , and i s deepl y int erested in hi s work . He has gi ven i nstr uct i on
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t o college classes about nine hours a week during the year . In addition, he has
conducted valuable experi llents i n the feeding of hogs and of the raising of lambs for
early market . "e has b een furn-isned an office with necessa y desks and office fixtures,
typewriter ma chine, etc . The station herd consists · no .... ' , of four thoroughbred
bulls , -lS thoroughbr ed cows, 12 thoroughbred calves , 8 thoroughbred swine , nd a
flock of 47 sheep .
I recorr®end that an appropriation be made for theerecticn of swine exper .ent shed .
(\ 7) ~~ n t omo 1 ogy
oct or 'i . :3: . Hinds, the new professor of ~nt ornolo8Y , has proved a vah .. able acquisition
to the College staff . I e has given evidence of thorough scientifi c traL~ in _ and
ability to outline experi ments of scientific and p actical interest . The study of
insects i njur i ous to plants is of most supreme i mportance in Alabama . The depredat
i ons of insects have already caused the loss of thousands of orchard trees in Ala- '
barna . The -lexican 'otton Boll -;evil is rapidl y approaching and presents a problem of
seri ous importance to the ent ire i::>tate . Doctor Hinds is an expert· on the cotton
boll weevil quest i on , and his services wi ll prove of Ereat value . He is a gentleman
of affable manner, is active in church wo k and exercises an excellent influence
on the student body .
(8) Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The epartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry has continued to grow in patronage and
i mportance . It has the l ar gest attend~nce this year in the history of t he department
. lJoctor 1: .. iller has be ~n in char ge about ten years and the work has steadi ly
moved forward . The gr aduates of t he department take the hir;hest stand among all
the medical colleges throughout the land . Cne of the graduates made the highest
record before the State fharmaceutical Board in the history of the State, every
grade bein perfect .
(9) Academic Facluty
The fundamental educational training for all of the scientific and technical departn,
ents enurllerated above must be accomplished by the old tim stud ies of Lan ua e,
History, and :hathematics . The teaching in these depar tments is the indispensable
basis of the entire superstructur e . The classes, though large in the a gregate , are
divided into small sections so that careful individual i nstruction and personal supervisioFl
can be effected . A college must have accurate scholarly training in this
preparatory work . No one without it can become a scientist .... lOrthy of the name or
can gain other than a superficial smatterDlg of ' any difficult branch of learning . I t
has Qeen my pl easur e to familiarize myself in detai l with much of the work done in
this group of studies , and I take pleasure in reporting this i mportant educational
training accurate and inspiring .
Hilitary
After many years of f r uitless ef fort , the Col ege at last has suc eeded in obt ai ning
from the federal government a full equi pment ef arms and ordnance sta es , 450 new
magazine rifles with a corresponding number of gun slin[:,s , a ccouter ' nts , etc., being
issued t o the College in the early part of t':arch . For the first time in eight years
t he bat talion is fully armed and equipped . The i nterest stimulated by the new equipment
has been good .
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Laundry
The arran ge~ent 'with the laundry company authorized by the Board at the l ast meeting
has been ca ~ried into effect thr oughout the year, and the. service has been as sati~
factory as could be expected . very cordiall y endorse the arrangement and recom-mend
its continuation . ~very student who enrolls in t he i nstituti on s ould pay t he
f ee as he pays all other fees . Any discriminati on will lead to endless confusion
and ¥ill not remedy the discontent of the f ew who do not wish to comply with any
uniform regulation .
Library
rhe Li brarian r eports extensive use by the student body of our, excell ent collection
of library books . The nlnnber of books circulated dur ing the year was 3, 507 , or an
average of about si~ books to each student . Tha total nurr~er of, books entered in
library t o date , 22, 446 . The collection is one of the f i nest in the South, and it
is si ncer ely hoped that t e new l ibrary building will be rea y for occupation durin~
next academic session .
Gymnasium
Though I know of no f unds available for the purpose of a nevi gymnasium, yet ' I cannot
refrain from directing the attention to the i mperative demand for a new building for
this purpose . The present structure is unsightly and entirely inadequate fo r the
athl etic purposes of the i nstitution . It l'ght be sincerely hoped that some wealthy
patron_.will make a dnonati on for this gr eat ly needed bui lding .
Increase ·of Sal aries
.
I beg t o f er the foll owing plan as a feasible method for increasing t he salaries
of the f ull Professors . The additional salaries under t his p rovis io~ for the: year
19C8- 09 wi ll amount to twenty- nine hundred dollars , and the funds of the college
Vlill be able to bear it .
1) member of the Faculty or offi cer of the Col lege who, has held a full profes-sorship
or office on full sal ary for fifteen years shall receive an increase to his
salary of four hundred dollars per annum .
(2 ember of the 'aculty who has held a full 'srofessorship on full salary for
ten years shall receive an increase to his salary of two hundred dollars per annum.
(3 ) A me. ber of the Faculty 'trho has held a full p ofessorship on full sal ary for
f ive years shall receive an increase to lis salary of one hundr e dollars per annum.
(4) Provided that increase in salaI"J, as set fcrth bove, shall not appl y to any
professor who , in addition to a full salary, r eceives as ~ruc h as $500 from the state
or federal government .
Thi s plan of pr ogressive L~crease of salaries recognizes the length of service and
loyalty t o the college on the part of the professor . It i s recognized in many educat
i onal institutions and has a tendency to promote length of tenure in s ervice .
Organization of Diff erent Faculties
In orGer to carry into effect my suggestion concerning the a, rangement of the subjects
of the college curriculum and of the members of the general staf f of instruction
under di f ferent groups, I r ecommend that the three following faculties be organized:
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(1) Faculty of Engineering and l,a[leS wit, twenty- tvlO professors and instructors .
(2) Facul ty of Af,ricultural Sciences , with twenty-five professors and instructors .
(3) .. ' cademic Faculty, with twent;y- four profe ssors and instructors .
I . Th~ ' c..culty of 2ngineering and Nines shall embrace the follm'ling depa rtments :
(1 ) Lechani,cal iligineering, , (2) .r:lectrical E ineering , (3 ) Civil bngineering ,
(4) Ei'ning "':'n.gine ering , (5) chitecture, (6) 1, chine Design and Descriptive
Geometry, (7) .Eetallur.gy, (8 !-iathematics , (9) Physics , and (10) iechanic
rts . 'i'w~nty-four professors and instructors . I nominate Professor d . J. Wll.more
of the Chair of hechanical .engineering as Dean of this Faculty .
II . Faculty of griculturs l Sciences shall emb ace the follo1.·ling departments:
(1) Chemistrr,f, 2) griculture , (3) eterinary .Jcience, (4) 30tany, (5)
Horticulture, (6) Animal Industry, and (7) Pharmacy . Twent;sr-five nrofesscr s
and Instructors . I nomi nat e Professor B. B. Ross of the Chair of Chemistry
as a Dean of this Faculty .
III . The Academic Faculty shall eJllbrace the following departments: (1) 2uglish,
(2) History, and Latin, (3) i-:odern Languages, (4) ,iathematics , (5) Chemistry,
6) Physics , (7) hilitary Science .and Tactics, (8) Drawing . 'J.\.;enty- four
professors and instructors. I nOL~nat e rofessor George Petrie, of the vhair
of History , as Dean of the Academic Faculty .
The resident of the College shall be ~x-officio Chairman of the different facultiffi •
:.
Ohanges in Titles
I recommend that the follmving changes shall be made in the titles of the different
professors named :
(1) A. H. ','ilson , from ssociate Pr ofes sor to rofessor of . athematics .
(2) 1-1 . T. F1J,llan, from Associate Frofessor to Professor of l'r chanical Drawing and
lachin~ JJesign.
(3) C. L . are , from Associate Professor to Professor of Physical.and Physiological
CheJristr;yr .
~4) H. D . . iebb , frau', adjunct Professor to Associate Professor of hetoric and Composition
.
(5 D. T. Gray, from' ssociate Profe ssor to rofessor of nimal I ndustry .
(6) • 'LcB . Ransom, fron ssistant to Associate Professor of Analytical and l'<etal-lurgical
C e · stry .
(7 ) v; . I . Hill , f rom Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of ~l.ectrical
Engine~ riI1g . .'
(8) J . R. R~tland, from . Instructor t.o Assistant Profe.ssor in l.;;nglish .
(9) L. 1 • uuncan, from Instr ctor to Assistant Profes.sor in ' griculture .
(10) R. 3 . ~ac r intosh , from Professor of Horticulture to Professor of Horticulture
and For estry .
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-Further . nanbes i n Fa culty
(a 1 regret t o annGlUnce t hat L.r . ,. ard Gilt ner t ender ed hi s resignat i on as I nstru ctor
in Bacteriol ogy and Pathol ogy . tie ac cept s a mor e l ucrative position in
t he ... i chigan Agricultural 'College . 'he head of t he departn.ent, Doct or Cary,
r ecormnends for . t he vacancy r~r . 1. .:> . LcAdory . hr . r·:cAdory ' is a gr aduate of
t his i nst itut i on and has t aken advanced work both here and in other colleges
of Veterinary ~edic ine , and I nominate h;r f or t .e position of I nstr uctor in
Vet erinary dcience, ~vith a salary of one t housand ( ~l , OOO ) per annum.
(b) Owing to the expansion of t his department and the increased wor tC , I r ecommeni
t he establishment of a second instruct orshi p in Ba c ter ~ol ogy and Pathol ogy
for the sal ary of one t housffi1d doll a s . Aft er consultati on wi th the head of
t he depa r t ment, I nominate ·:r .
Farm Superintendent
I regret to announce the r esignation of IJ:r . C. :' •• Floyd as Farm Supeld.ntendent , to
take eJfect July 1st, 19G8 .
It has been my pur pose and ef for t t o develop t he work of Agriculture and relat ed
su j ects as far as pos sibl e , and aft er a full i scussion wi th the Agr i cultur i st nd
~ire ct or of the Stati on, I r ecommend that t here shall be established a position of
~up e rintendent of the Farm" and Recor der at a sa ary of Twelve Hundred Dollar s and a
r esidence . The work of t his positi on grows more and mor e scientific and difficult
under t he exact"ons of the Federal Government, and t he service of e art sci entists
is mor e and more r e'1.u" r ed . The Director of the St ation regards hirllself as fo t un toe
in beinp' able to secure for t hi s position the ser vices of Lr • ..:!. . F. Cauthen . l",r .
Call.t hen "'I 5 reaJ:'ed on the farm aIld i s fa "li ar with all kind of f arm 1 bo ' . He "
is a ,er a-duate of t he Peaboay lwrmal College and Univer si ty of Nashville . He has
done extensive r aduate work, incl uding one year at Corn 11 "n a ~ricultL r e . He has
talght about ten years in the Fi f t h and Sixth Dist rict Ae;ricultural dchools , ha "ng
been director of experiw.ent s and school farm for most of that peri od . I norrrinate
him f r the positi on .
1 also r ecorrunend t he establ ishment of a position of Forenan of the Farn with a
salary of f our hundred dollars .
Assistant in 3ntomology
I n or der to facilitate the work of the department engaged in the study of insects
in2urious t o pl ant s, I recorrunend t he ' establ i snment of an assis~antship in Znt omol0eY
with a salary of Ei ght Hundred Dol lars . Ve~T little has b en accompl i shed in
hlabaraa i n t his impor t ant l ine of investigation, and yet the work i s not only of
gr eat sci entific int er est, but of the ' eat8st practical siznific nce t 't he f armere
of the statE: . On r ecommendation of the head of the department , noctor ·.. :. 1. "'!' . i nds,
I norrinate Mr • . lilliam F. T'urn .... 7' for this position . l r . Turner has an excellent
general training , .i ncludin Latin, French, Jiist ory, l'.athematics , Chemi stry, Physi:cs ,
German , and thorough technic'll and sci entific t raiLing under t he leadi ng experts of
the United States i n bacterioloEY, bot any, and ent omolof?oy . He comes hiehl y recommended
and perhaps is as well qua.lified as any man we can secure for the considerat
i on of fered .
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Assistant Librarian
With ·the erection ' of the new-B±brary .. bu: ' ding ana the expansion of the epar- t -
ments of the library it becomes necess'ary to enploy an Assistant libra n, one who
i s t hor oughl y well t rai ned in catalo u i n . booys , and all the t echnic 1 w rk f
library . I , t herefore, r ecommend the creat i on of tho posi tion 0 Ass' stant Librar
ian with a salary of s ix hundr ed dol l ars for twelve mont hs . I nominate for the
DOS'; tion ~liss A. C. .::lhi ver s of konteval lo . Miss 0ni vers is a p'ra uate of the Ala- • w
bruna Gi r ls Industr ial Scr ool , holds a f ' st Era e t each er ' s cer tificat e, has taught
five years , being Principal of the public school of 110nt e 110 . She has attende
the Prat t Institute I~ib rary SC lO01, Br C' klyn, N. Y. , and is eco;nnfended by 't he
Dir ect or as an excel l ent student W 0 has done highly satisfactory work ' the
,var ious departnlents of t he library . Her ersonal quali t i es ar described as al
t hat woul make her enti rely acceptable .
College ' ghtlng Plant
With t he erection and occupation of the new Dining Hall and Dormitory , it w'll be
necessa y f or t he electr i c lighting plant of the college to be operated until
twel ve o ' clock at night , whi ch work will necessitate t he em, oyment of ddi ional
help in t he way of an engineer and fi e:nan . I, t herefor e, r ecommend .hat -t e
Pr esident be aut hor i zed to act in con 'Unction w' th the ::mperintendent of el ectric
power and light plant , and secure t he servi ces of competent pers ns fo the work .
I t is expected that t he rental from the r ooms in the Dini ng Hall will. ef r y this
expense . In thi s connection I also r ecommend that the college authorities be
aut hor i zed to sell pmver to any lighti ng company t hat may undertake t he lighting
of r esidences and st r eets of the t t'l.0n of.. Auburn . I should st ate t hat a eady
per sona.l letter s have been r eceived irom'diff erent members of t he Bo I'd, .
their consent to t his proposition .
In behalf of t he Facul t y , I have t he honor to present to you t he naMe of the
following students fo r t he degr ees attached t o their narnes . The .cla.ss has the
distinction of being the largest class to gr aduat e in the nistor y of t he College .
~d s s El va Leland Cooper
John Cameron Dow
Ell i s f • Duncan
\ a d Giltner
Charles Rober t Hixon
Geo ge ~riffin Hunges
e ha les Eel l Hudson
~ i l liam Jv.;adison Lewal l en
Rol and ~ugen e 0tone
Adi e Goggans ival ker
Thomas 'hcCottry .IiI iams
Evans BeauchruL.p ,Jood '
Robert Gayle Adams
Henry T.ITinfi eld Allen
~i cholas Lawrence Baker
Carl Edward Barker
Stephen R~dfo rd Batson
Clarence hedl ey Bland
Ral ph Upshaw Blas ingame
Leon Gilmore B roo~ s
Nathan Boo'eer buchanan
Lee County
Barbour County
J ef f er son "
Lee II
Bullock "
I'.ari on "
Lee II
Mar shall II
Kansas
Coosa County
Lowndes II
Pike "
Bachelor of Science
Clarke County
~ ra. reneo "
Lee II
Dallas II
Jefferson II
lallas II
Lee II
Escambi a II
.i."adison "
:f:.Iast er 'f Science
" II "
" 11 II
II II " Hechan 'c 1 En inaer
" II
l~s te r f Science
" 11 " !' ' "
" Civil En: ineer
HasteI' of ;:)cience
II II II
. .
286
Day ' d King 'aldwel l
.uugen e Ver non amp ,
Char l es Leonard hambe s
Charles lifford Chatley
Au~ stus i rby Cl ements
Tittleberry Calhoun ollins
"'eor ge ·icCown COQk
Clarence Winston Cooper
[ulian Jarni gan Culver
J . D. Curti s , J r .
award ~ ent l e D e ~ h az o
),<ti11Uel C ellner Dreyfus
ihomas Bailey Dryer
~eorg e Luther Dunn
1arl uavary Llebash
,aeon Carmichael -:;l lis
:.iamuel A rrin t on F~ll sbe rry
~ i Jl iam 3dward Elsber ry, r .
,Taci e Lee Esslinger
Balph Brinson ~ve r ett
Cha rl es . ~dwa rd Fort, J r .
Carl Gi lbert a rn
Stuart Lel and Greene
Carleton ba tlett Gibson, Jr .
qoe Pr eston Gr eer
Finley McCorvey Gr i ssett
ewton 1cCraw Haralson
Indrew Johnston Hawkins
'!Obert ~dvlard rlodnette
Al l en Glover Holder , J r .
doward £1011eman
'Jilliam Rebert Holley
Clyde "k Neel Howard
Thomas Alexander Johnston
Frances 1'!ar ion Y.napp
Roy Penderson' Liddell
Guy l eming Li pscomb
ri-eorge Henry 1Vlarsh
)aniel John ~ead o r, J r .
(' ol di e imily ki l l er
John Th m8S Moore, J r .
J &'1\es ugust S l'iOrgan
illia"1. Lee Ne,,,,berry
Carl Doz'er ace
: arion Curtis Parmer
C:dwin St eele a r t ridge
llallace Bruce Paterson
Charles Ter ell Port er
Orman Nimmons Powell
alker Reynolds
( bi e '1.i ddl e
lbert I'r i ce Roger s
Her;nan He r ber t .::3chomburg
Francis • ino~ Jhepard
T 3.mes r ister ':lkinner
lin Conway 01dnner
'Thomas d8 shino.->ton ;)mith
'" anes 68.rrlner Jome ville
Jac. son Count y
,eorgia
,Teff erson
" Lee
Bale
Lee
Calhoun
Lee
Escambia
hel by .
1\' olltgomery
J ef f erson
enry
Dal l as
Dal l as
~ont.a omery
El more
18.di son
Georgia
alias
J efferson
'lobU e
Geor gia
Per ry
scambi a
Dal las
J efferson
lvtacon
Clarke
Gear i s
Henry
Autauga
Zobil e
Lee
W' cox
JIf.t8.rengo
i ke
Larengo
Blount
Georgia
Cleburne
J efferson
C l houn
Lowndes
'obi le
lVlonteomery
Talladega
Georgia
Cal houn
Coosa
Marengo
Georgia
£ obile
Lee
Lee
f a;r et te
;j ckena
l'aul Clinton Jorsb
l' oster v1ebb St.<lnley
Clarence dritton ::stillman
Fenrose \I ass .>tout
Grover Cleveland - aJ.ker
J a cob Al~en ~. alker
essie C'hlor ine Nard
· H ~nry Jones 1,'leiss , ,J
roon Datus lhita.ker
'dlliam .:..ne:ar Ihite
Daniel :;l~le r I D l<inson
I ra -Alwin ,:ilks
C~r]ton Adams '~nore
ill iam Redding inship
.::>i ney r{arvey 'inslmv
<;IJlluel I olff
Charles illiamson .oocruff
Bachel r of ')cience
--;. .... ('l.nd Total
,~effers on
BItler
cTe f ferson
:tont,e:onery
C s
Tall,a .oosa
Lee
lTefferson
Lee
ee
vovif1~ton
Crenshaw
It;dia.na
Geore;ia
Iv organ
• <:mt,e:orl1ery
J efferson
84
96
287
R~90rt of t"r esi," ent Charl:ls C. Thael') as ?-rofessor of t:;nglish and oli tical Ecol'loMY .
ubu r n , ;~labailla
1 y 3C , 19('8
II} addition to my exec tive duties , as you vnow, I have charge of the .Jepa_
.c.n~lish nd Political wconoT"'tY . ly wor k ;n this departMent is estful nd ::> me
ae nine r ec reation . I lecture seven ho rs er webk .
of the Lepartment is set forth in the follc\ving table :
:;lass Number of )tudents Number of Hours n. er
"':::nglish J enio 78 2
'lental ucj ence II 12 2
,.:nglish J1.mior 94 3
T .e staff of instructors in the department of :::n[lish includes Adj 'nc ., ofe 'sor ~ebb '
and Instructor R.ntland an .t' ofessor jiatt and Professor " er nc1 n . '"'he "l lat-cer , h o,,"ever,
devote only a part of their time to this Lerartment . The Joph :lore n fr shman
cJ,asses are divided into four sections el'l.ch and ,<:Ire i en detailed and indivi dual
i r' struction. The work in declamation and oratory by l-'r ofessor " ebb 's eff-cient . · ('\it
of five orator i cal contests wit h the 30uthern University and '"!ow I'd C c } l~ge this 'inst"t -
tion has carried off the honors four times.
Ve""Y respectf Illy submitted,
Charl es C. Thach
Professor of in~lish and t'olitical ~conomy
268
1 subj.ri.t t he fo11mvins Budzet f or 19(;8 - 19('9:
Or iginal h OI rill Batch Fund State ApI-r o- l1or t i -
=ndowment Fund, 1890 1887 pri ation cult e A am
_ ______- .l..:~ L.. 2::~0..z,. .:?~8::.0;::_ __lj$;.1:=.9~,t..;;2::.:8:;.0.::..._ _',.;..:l:"5'".z.;l,: .:.;G:..;O::;_ 36: 000 '. 1, 500 '" 11 .000 TfJTAL
1 r esident and Station 3, 000 3, 0(0
t hematics 1 , 00(1 800 1, 800
i vil .::illgineer 1, 000 800 ] , 800
ist or ~: l atin 1, 800 1,800
_ :.ysiology & Vet . ;-) c . 1~000 800 1, 800
jchanical cneineer 1,500 300 ] ,800
• h rmacy 1, 800 1,800
I'\. riculture 1 ,800 800 1 , 800
lectri ca1 ~neine e r 1 , 800 1 , 800
"'co1oe;)' .,lining .~ner' . 300 1, 500 1, 800
oaern Lang . & l!.nglishl , 8()0 1, 800
1Jotany 900 900 1,800
. ny-sics 1, 000 POO 1 , 800
ort i culture 600 400 500 (3(0 1 , 800
",st . f rof . i,>8. t h 1 , 000 sOO 1, 800
r chitecture 1 , 000 1, 000 2, 00C
,ntomolo 200 (1, 600 )1, 800
vomdt . , Instr . in 950 '- 850 1, 800
Ctth -& Post Adj .
Chemi stry 1 , 000 ' 8eO ] ,8 0
i ldent sst . el k .
vherni st ry 100 ,100 200
Chel~,ist of ,:,oils 800 400 800 2, 000
vhemist $00 700 600 1, 900
hsst . r-rof . Chem. 300 1 , 500 1, 800
_nstr . in hem 200 300 700 1, 200
2 J; ssts . in ~hem •
.;>cholarshi p 750 750
Gst . Chemist in
. a..L.S .:.Xpt . 600 600
1 ssoc . t r of . l·~e c h .
Ur8w . &. and -<ast er 950 650 200 1 , 800
tl.sst Prof . Tel. Mgr . .450 1,200 1,650
1 sst . J r of . hech .
ood 750 550 1 ,3 0
l; s st . ,in i'la chine uhop
- sst . Band '.a ster '150 950
Asc t . in 1, echanic s ,6 0 6eo
!"!1~rsica1 irector &.
Inst lctor 1, 000 1, 000 A l "' Pr of . of Rhetor'ic 700 700 1, hOO . l'prm ;)u::,t ~t 'R.ecor deirl 400 00 1,2 0
Foreman of j" arm 300 co 400
Asst . lJrof . Animal
I ndustry 700 550 350 1 , 600
Industry (500) LC Her d-man
An . I ncl . (250) 300 200 250 750
"ss t . liorticnlture 100 500 200 800
289
Crif,inal l' or rill atch .:::>tate Horti-tillooWI::
tent "und lund Appro- culture
1862 1890 1881 priation
.i2u ,280 .19 , 280 ,,15 ,000 ,,36 ,000 ,1 ,500
Asst . Vet . 0cience 1,000 1 ,000
Treasurer . 1, 000 50G 1,500
House :lent
1 Presi ent & 13
Professors:
2 Lath, 3 Civ . L!lgr .
4 Hj st ., 5 l'lech . ..... ngr .
6 Physics, 7 ~le c.
l!.nEl' • ,8 Vet . ,jcience,
9 Botany, 10 Chemistry,
11 Geology, 12 . harmacy,
13 mtomolpEY, 14 1J.on ern
Laneuage 1,800 600 400 ? , 800 )
.'I.ssistant in Botany 700 100 800
. ssistant in harmac 500 500
ssistant in hysics 600 6 0
18~ ~ c h olarshi~s :
l. ",ub- freshman
2 . ..mgl 'sh, 3 . ath,
4 . Civ . ".l1er . ~ .ath,
5. Lech . rts , 6 . 0hem .
7 . lec . ..mgr . , 8. l atin ::>
0:. :-ti st o ~J, 9. 3iology,
10 . Pharmacy , 11 . :'8;ri .,
12 . Vet • ..::>cience, 13 .
l'.ech. .:usr . , 14 . l .i nE
.21£r . , 15 . Ci vil JIlEr . ,
16 . ArcM.t ect , 17 .
j achi.Ile IJe$ien, ~ Chern.,
.:. (':rrr.nasinm 2,050 250 . 2,375 4, 675
Asst . J~e riGnltu e 650 60n 1,250
'tecord Glk & nstr . 250 2CO L..50 900
Lib In ':1. Asst . Prof .
3nglish 550 650 1,20C
'"lec . , Y.;' .C .A. 100 100
Asst . f ath & Lr awing 400 900 1, 300
Asst . Hist , ::!J1€:lish,
Reading Room 1,050 1,050
Asst . Hist . & Latin 200 200
I: ' ght r,at chman 360 210 570
Asst . In Library 250 25C.
Asst . vh eck itoom l(10 lcO
:Jec. , Trustees 100 .100
Bulletin elk . & elk .
to '-,tation 200 LiOO 200 0O · '
::.,teno. to fresiaent 700 700
Asst . in ~.:n8ine Room ] 25 125
.AS:'3t . in ilite.'t'Y Banrl l Or lCO
Additional Labor (75
& 1 ech . ~ner . (250) 325 325
Total alaries 20,010 14,500 8,b50 27 , 785 1,000 7,000 78, 945
290 ,
C"'iginal
r cnitecture
dv . & l' r t.:: . 450
nimaJ. Inuustry
otany
~ Lle:nistry.
.~ ivil ..:!Jler .
liO li encement 300
":ont:' neent
J.JO ."'1, i tories
,lec . ....ngr .
nt oncology
::r.[Iense 600
riculturist
to ,""mers I Inst .
'ue1 350
r rOl;nds &. -qepairs 400
iorticulture
Horticu.lture utate)
n S1 .. r ance
..... fJl.>or College 40
vr ary
€:cnanics 900
':litary 200
. i ling ..:illzr .
harrrt"l.cy
~ hy.'· cs
" osta,:re 150
oil 'l est.s noc .
ill .mer ochool
t aiionery 150
rl'stees
v t. . Science
.I.e-tal Ar propriations 3 , 900
II valari s
rand Total
h or: cll1 bU'ist
rio ~ti cul turist
. .J1toJlolo J'ist
Chemist of ,joi1s
• soc . Ghemist
20 , 010
23,910
100
5CO
300
300
500
500
2, 200
1h, 5(0
16,700
Adams
A. S1, . line.,j.st in Aciams Zxperir.'lent
l' rr. 0upt . & Recoroed
' orenlan of rarm
ssoc . l'r of . Animal Industry
_I' st . jc nerdsman in Animal Industry
As st . in norticul ture
As st . in Botan~r
s st . Agr i culturist
bulletin Clerk
l CO
1, 300 , 1 , 300
2, 700
400
600 800
40
400
800
200
800
1, 800 200
600
200 850
700
500 100
1, 550
300
500
200
300
150 150
3CO
600
400
30e
2(,0 300
5, 950 13,750
8, 650 27 , 785 ,
14, 600 l~l, 535
Fund , 190B-1909
$ 500
300
1 , 600
800
6eO
600
800
100
350
250
200
100
600
200
. .;7,000
Horticulture AdaMS Total
500
500
1 ,000
1, 500
200
400
300 1 ,7
40
700
100
BOO
50
?50 ,5
a., 00
700 2,7 0
600
1,40
1 ,10
400 1,000
500
1 , 550
700
800
1 , 200
200·
20Q
B00
500
L!50
300
· 600
550
300
500 1,000
3, 250 29, 550
7 , 000 7B , 945
10;250 10B, l,95
Animal J:ndustry
. Botany
Chemistry
BntonLology
Azriculture
Lorticulture
VeterinarJr .:lcience
Assistant Ultol'loloeY
'I'emporary A:>~ropriations:
Chertical lab I~ Re .ai s
Soil Tests
Grand Total •
Appropri tions
-.. 20
400
3CO
750
700
400
500
~3 , 250
:New t'ositions
~ 400
250
100
C 750
1. Assistant Veterinary ucience
2 . Ass2..stnat .l:!.ntomology
3 . ' Assistant Librarian
~ 11 , 000
[I- . 3u ')erintendent of farm and ~ecorder (a(ld)
5 • l"o~eman of Farm aodi tional)
1,000
80G
6co
400 )
400
Included in
regular blldeet .
A..~ount of SaJ'le included in Bud8:et
'l'otal
Pdditional Tenporary Appropriations
Farm ~ encing
A[riculture (cot.ton sariiples)
AniL18.1 Industry (live stock
Chemical Ap aratus
.:Joil 'l'ests
Ch:!nlical 1..8.boratclry
Athletics
2CO Hatch
2CO (St;:;te)
300 (.:Jtate)
300 .:3tate
100 (Adams"
500 (i Adams
100
(,1,700
Bstir: atere Incor:.e 1908-1909
Lndo'WIIlent
~'"orril1
Hatch Fund
State Appr opriation
Horticultt..1J'e
Adams
Fees
Bonds
3a1arles
ppro)riations (R.. .... eular
II TemporaF.f )
New ~Jcsliitions
...:.stL:.l8ted Increase r'rofessors I ualaries
20,280
19, 280
15, (:00
36 ,000
1, 500
11 ,000
", 103,160
11,367
1, 170
78 , 9h5
29,550
1, 700
2,400
2,900
,;J115 , 697
291
2 2
J:!.stimated Ariditional Salary on ierm of Service
rune Term of .:3ervice (Years) Additional Jalary
", \J • ' . 'l'hach 28 ~ 400
rt p.ore;e I'etrie 20 4CO
T T , ilmor e 19 1j OO . . ' .
'"""'' . B. Ross 18 400
, . R. hiller 10 200
A. • t . C. Dldlstan 9 100
J . l!. . datt 8 leO . ,-'"! • ,ilcox 7 100
. J. 11 . C . 30' lthalJ 7 l C
} acl intosh 5 lCO . J • 1 i tchan 5 100
,) . I . Cl'enshaw 3 lCO
, !l;:2, 500
The ure;eon -.!±QQ ~2 , 900
Re )ort of the TreaslJrer
of the
Alabama. Pol ytechnic Institute
For the Year 1907- 1908, endin~
June 1, 1908
To i!.ndowment Fund
By Ar ,mmt Paid balaries
fd1dowillent Fund
Receipts
Disbursements
II II II IJrinting ,< . Advertising
:'18, 878 .64
1 ,401.36
i.orrilJ Fund
Receipts
To G8sh from otate Treasury , July 1, 1907
..)";sbu1"sements
By Arnount Paid 0aJaries ~ 3 , 431 .25
Receipts
1'0 l,8sh from State Treasu J . June 1, 1908
By Amount Paid Sa18.ries
To Cash from Fees
By ar ount ~ aid uur geon
II II II lnfirmary
II II II Gymnasium
To Balance June 1, 1907
Disbu sem~nt1i
~12 2 394 .29
r geon and lnfirmaI"1J .t<und
Receipts
Disbursements
2, 000 .00
775 .72
thletics 104 . 28
St te Horticulture Fund
Recei ts
II Cash from ')tate 'I easury .
49 .82
1 , 500 .00
By iUIlOunt raid ..;alaries
u'sbursements
d
II II II Current !.xpe ses
941 .00
49t5 .85
II Balance 109 . 97
'Io utat e f und
II Incidental Fees
11 Tui t ion Balance
II Tllitio
II Library Balance
II Libra,ry
II Farm i=-roducts
II Analysis aa1ance
II Analysis
11 horti culture Qalance
II Horti culture
II Live Jt ck
II ..Jormitories
S te and College Fund
ctecei ts
~ , 33, 2?-1.56
2,772 . 50
633 .78
1,340 .00
420 .05
1,635 .69
266 .82
216 . 50
701 .00
£( .80
Mb.82
147 .24
349.02
293
2, 880 .00
2, 880 .00
1,549 .82
1,549. ~2
294
To Expense
11
II
1/
11
II
II
It
"
=~r
II
"
"
"
"
" II
"
" II
II
II
II
II
" II
1/
II
11
" II
II
II
II
II
II
" II
II
" II
II
II
" II
II
II
Anima] Ind stry
Chemistry
wl ectrical inuineering
I echanica1 ~gineering
I aboratory Fees
Laundry J3alanc e
har Tilacy
fuel
Ar.1.0unt
1/
"
" It
"
" II
"
" II
II
II
II
II
It
II
II
" II
II
II
II
1/
II
II
" II
II
" II
II
1\
II
II
II
II
balance
Disburse ents
aid "alaries
" P rintine::~' Advert i sing
" i)ormitories
" 11
"
" II
11
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
" II
" II
II
II
"
" II
II
"
" II
II
. ~pense
Anirral Industry
Chemistry
Library
l"'ecr anical mgineering
Fuel
Grounds and Repairs
Insurance
Commencement l!.."Cpenses
Electrical ~g ineerin[
Fa ners ' =n st it~te s
bervants ' Hire
l' :i.litary
Lining mgineering
PhaF."tacy
Physics
Pqstase
Stationery
T ustees
Veterinary
')u :mer ")choo1
r.ymnasium 1. 4.thletics
. atchman
~ngineering Hall
Kusic
Civil ;:!;ngineering
Colle,-,e l<'arm
rchitecture
Entomology
Horticulture
Farm P oducts a/c
Live 3 ~o ck
Contin.ent
Check t(,oom
Recapitulation
Receipts
rl'o undowment fl..md
II l'.or ril1 II
II
" II
.
0ur geon & Infirmary, Fund
State 10 ticulture fund
State and Collcee f~d
.,>
559, 25
697 .97
141 .75
15 .00
149 .73
1,5':-5 .10
553 .03
98 .60
1.36
26 , 888 .86
799 .46
1,161.61
1, 954 .
2 , 602 . 5l~
1, 302 .26
1, 216 .79
1 , 461./~7
1,136.17
1, 360 .05
1,208 .70
772 .49
597 .36
627 .85
613 .96
90( .86
300 .36
824 .14
21.;.5 .60
257 .55
65(' .13
236 .19
405 .03
530.91
136 .8
491.00
470 .70
120.61
834 . 59
162 .85
451 .14
151 .04
530 .?9
164. .86
266 .41·
31 .33
80 .75
23 .49
~ 20 , 280 . 00
15, 825 .54
2, 880 .00
1,549 .82
45 , 973 .37
G 45 ,973.37
)45 , 973 .37
~) 86,508.73
By hndowment Account
II Norri1l II
II Surgeon & Infirm~ry . ccount
II State Horticulture Account
II bta"Le and ColJ ege Fund
II Balance
Disbursements ,
tt~ 20 , 280 .00
15, 825 .54
2, 880 .00
1,439.85
1~5 , 949 .88
l33 .h6
~9 5
";>86 , 508 .73
By order of the board of Trustees t he r eport of the l1n ted for the
c.xper' ment ;jtation is rendered Jul' .1st, the end of the n ·ted vtates ' ' scal Year.
A ful] statement of these lnited ~ tate s funds to date '. ~enri re to -the Board at
its me~ting .
Respectullfy submitted,
Signed). 'i . A. ~l enn,
Treasurer
To Cash from 0tate Treasury
II " II P wer .PlaI).t
By Ch:iJmey & POvie :nant
" Dining Hall .
11 Infirmary
" 'l ' ning ..mgineering
II Iightine; i!JC}uipment
Bui1di e Futld
Recsipts
.uisbursement5
" .uquipmen fo l abs, Orawing qoom& ' Lecture
1/ Jater ~ orks
II
"
" 11
"
"
"
c.xJ:) f-"n se
Sewerage
Fharmacy
J echanica1 ~Eine ering
i!Jlect r i ca1 ul~ 'n p ering
A.eric1 Ll tural Building
Balance (Overdr wn)
'1'0 Cash f'rom Carnegie
:ay lJurrent "..xpe ses,
11 Balance
Ca.rnegi Library
heceipts
..Jisbursements
Library Bonds
To Cash from ~tate for Investment in
library Bonds
By Honds
1. 11,580 .76
113, 220 .1,0
1, 980 .51
1,552 .17
1, 207 . 94
2, 395 .36
1,3lJ .04
570 . 13
197 .99
19 .1
92 .7'/
21 .38
l~ . 24
2, 770 .24
2, 229 .76
',,29 , 995 .00
hl , 767 .61
4.15
561 .00
42 ,332 .76
.5,OOC .OO
5,ono .OO
~29 , 995 . 00
296
Hatch Fund
Receipts
'1'0 Ca sh f r om U. S. Treasury
By A Hount I'aid
" II "
Jalaries
Labor
Publications
ost age ta ion
F eight f.: .:.!.Xpress
H at , Lie t , & ~ I at er
Chemical ~upplies
Di sbur sement s
,.,7, OC2.14
1,1:49 .46
1,402.70
289 .38
,311.34
363 .64
Seed , Plants , & upplies
r ertllize s
6 7.97
728.10
607 .59
Library
Tool s , len!ents a/ c
Furni ture ~ Fixtur es
Sci ent i fic Apparatus
Traveling ....;x::)enses
Building & Repairs
F'eedine; Stuff
Conti n ent
Bal ance
Adams f und
l."ece· pts
634 .85
132 .79
14 .60
99.87
29.47
395.22
73.14
15.00
812 .74
To a sh f r om 1I . 3 . T easury
By -I..Jlnunt Paid 0al aries
Di sburser ents
.3, 900 .84
II II II Labor
II
II
II
II
11
II
II
II
11
II
11
II
11
II
II
II
II
11
II
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II
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II
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11
r3alance
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