1915 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1915uburn, labama June 7, 1915 The Board of rustees of the Alabama .0 ytechnic Inst itute met in regular annual ses­sion at the Institute in Auburn, at 10 ol clock a .m. The roll was called and the follovrlng embers answered to their names: . is Exc...

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description Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1915uburn, labama June 7, 1915 The Board of rustees of the Alabama .0 ytechnic Inst itute met in regular annual ses­sion at the Institute in Auburn, at 10 ol clock a .m. The roll was called and the follovrlng embers answered to their names: . is Exc llency Charles enderso , Jovc:mor and J. r esi nt of the Joar &C- Officio Ho orable 1 • F. Feagin , Superintendent of ~ ucation, Ex-Officio A. W. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, R. g . Kolb , v . S. McDowell, Jr., ~ . ~ . Terry, v. H. Oates T. D. ~amford . Absent: llessrs . Olli ver R. Hoo , J . A. Rogers , C. M. herrod . uorum r~sent. The minutes of the last preceding min~s were read and approved . 1 r . Samford moved that the order of business be suspended to allow the President of the Board to reorganize the Standing Committees. Ii.otion prevailed and the President of the Board announced the manes of the dtanoing Committees as follows : b ' ~ecutive -ommittee: The Governor Samford . Herzfeld, err.y, lC owell and Fin ~ce ommittee: easrs . Bell , ogers , amiord, ates, and food. l~lechanic rts : ~essrs. cowell, iColb, S errod, and ates . Lands and Gr ounds: }..essrs. Oates, .Herzfeld, 0 b, herrod, and Rogers . ourse 0 Study and Li rary : essrs . amford, eagin, HOOQ, and Terry . President IS Annual Report: hessrs . Feagin, 0amiord , Terry, ~d l'lcDowell . gric ulture and Experiment Station : Messrs. Kolb, Bell, Rogers, McDowell . Animal Industry: Messrs. Sherrod, Hood , Herzfeld, and Bell. Pr esident Thach presented t e f ollowing reports: The Annual Report of the President of the I nstitute A Detailed eport of the uirectar of the ~periment 'tation Report of Local ~ . eriments Report of Lever Extension Report of Farm emonetration Report of Tr easurer of Institute The Budget for the Ye",r 1915-1916,. fter a short discussion of certain points in his report by ~ re sident Thach, the fore­g010g repor t s wer e referred to appropriate committees and t Ile oard adjourned to 'l'uesday morning, June 8, at 8 :30 olcJ.ock, members of cormnittees, in the meanwhile, to mee6 to make inspections and prepare their reports . - - ----- -- - - - 1)1 Tuanay June 8, 1915 The Board resumed its sitting at 8:30 o'clock a.m. The secretary noted the presence of n~members, the same as were prese t the previous day. Upon call of committees, the ~ecutive ommittee reported as fol lows: The Executive ommittee r ecommend that the First ational clank of pelika, Alabama, be continued as depositary of the Treasure of the la aIDa olytechnic Institute . Report ado ted . s/H . Herzfeld W. K. Terry • F • .Feagin . The 'ommittee on Finance reported, r ecommending that the Treasurer's annual report be approved . Report adopt ed. ' he vommit tee on Mechani c rts made the follo~g report: Your Committee 0 Iv_echanic Arts begs leave to submit the f ollowing report and recom­mendations : he pO\ver plant of the whole institution is inadequate and the monace of two concur­rent break- downs constantly bef ore us . This condition of affai rs is deplorabel and should be immediately remedied by the installation of an adequate boiler , a new engine, a new generator, switch board, etc ., so as to have two plant units inde­pendent and each .of ample ca city t o carry the load . Report was re ce i~ed and referred f or further considerat ion to the Executive ·ommittee . The ommittee on ~ uilding and Grounds made the following report: Your Committee on Lands and Grounds respectfully summits t he f ollowing report: 'l'he main building is heated by stoves , and should be steam-heated . The foundry building is inadequate, and the need of a new building is imperat ive . \'e resp~ctully concur in the President's opinion in his annual report as to the need of a chemical building and a veterinary building. ,Ie recommend that the front steps be repaired, t he stair treads in the main building need to be r eplaced with new ones . 'l'he main buil ding needs a new floor, t he present floor, having been in use a number of years, is worn out . At the ~eriment 'tation: The barn should be r emoved and a odern model barn built . i vidence of need of paint can be seen on every .5i e . ·e f urther r ecommend that a shed be built for farm machinery . L _ Your attention is further called to t he septic tank f or sewerage disposal. This tank necessarily discharges objectionable odors, and is, in consequence, a nuisance; hence, we think it should be moved at least a half-mile f r om i t s pr esent location . Appreciat­ing the fact that live bacteria are necessary for the successful operation of this tank, we r ecommend that the sink in the veterinary operating room" int o which germi­cides are thrown, be disconnected f rom the sewer. Report received and referred ~to Executive Gonunittee for further consideration. The Gommittee on Course of Study and the Library made the following report: We, your COllunittee on Course of Study and the Library, beg leave to report: Ve approve the course of study adopted by the Facul ty of the Institution, as now, in use; and recommend that the same be approved and aqopted by this Soard. ~J e further report, that I'e have inspected the Library and report that same is well kept and in excellent condition, and that the management and administration of same be approved by this Board . s/Thos . D. Samford, Chairman) Wm . F. Feagin ) ommittee ~V . K. Ter ry ) H.eport Adopted . The Committee on Agriculture and the ~eriment Station reported as , follows: We, your Committ ee on Agricultur e and the ~periment Station respectfu+ly submit the following report: .Ie rec onwend the purchase of forty acres of land adj acent to the property now being used as an experiment station . Report received and referred to Executive Committee for further considerat ion . On motion, the President ' s Aonual Report , which appears elsewhere in t hese minutes, was adopted . The onunittee on Animal Industry made the following· report: The Cornmittee on Animal Industry recommends t hat , if funds are available , $7,500 .00 be expended for equipment and expansion of this department, especi ally. for dairy bar~ additional pasturage, fencing, and replacing barren cows with breeding animals. s/H. Herzfeld ~. W. Bell Report . received and referred for furth~r consideration to the Executive Committee The fol lowing ream le and r es lution S intT uced: \ ereas, f the appropriations heret ofor e made to t he l ab ~ olytechnic I nsti tute, t he oll ege has not recei ved its war rant f or one hundr ed t ousand doll ars, of w ' ch it ' 5 sorely in need, and vlliereas, it i s t he s ense of this Board t hat i t i s of the ut most importance t hat the ollege hpve for ediate use the remain er of its said a propri ation, to-wit : The said one hundred t housand dollars; therefore, Be it resolved, er e y , that the over nor of t he tate be, and he is hereby , respect­fully, but urgently, requested t o cause to be i ssued to t he Alabama Polytechnic Inst i­tute the war rant of the state f or one hundred t housand dollars . Be ' t f urther resolved, That resident Thach be r equest ed to communicate to t he Goernor the particulars . of t he needs of t he institution . Report adopt ed. Pr esi dent Thach announced .to t he Board the donati on to t he college of a memori al scho­larstlip of three t housand doll ars , by t he f amily f the lat e A. T. Graydon , a brilliant graduate of t he class of 1914, whose sudden death occurr ed at ~ hapel Hi l l , N. C., May 1915 . The Board, by r esoluti on, accepted the donation under the terms set for t , and directed t he President t o co un ' cate to the family of Mr . raydon their deep appr eci ation of the donation. It was fu rther resolved t J at the scholarship shall be named the Gus Graydon Scholarship . l esolved further , that t he Execut i ve Commit t ee be authorized and empowered to invest t he fund d nated t o the college . The f ol lowing preambl e and r esolutions were adopt ed : ereas , through t he eff orts of th4 alumni and fo er st udents of t he labama ol y­technic nstitute the foundations have been lai for a gymnasium on the campus ; and ~~ er ea s , t i s gymnasium will be an orn ent to the col lege, a l ong f el t need at uburn, and a monument to the pride and interest which t he alumni and f ormer stud en s of the col lege ,e in their alma mater; Be it so resolved by the oard of Trustees of the Al abama olJ~ echnic nstitute , that t he t hanks of t he oard be extended to the lumni and f ormer t udents hose combined ef fort and energy have made possibl e t he er ection of t his handsome bui l ing on the campus at Aubur n . Be it r esolved, further, that this Board commends the spirit t hat prompt ed the ove­ment and t he persi tence ~mich has car ried it t o succes s , and congr at ulat es the col­lege upon its possession of such splendi d-a ssets . ~e it r solved, further, t hat especial t hanks be, and are he eby, extended to r . Thomas ~ ragg for his untir ing work and efforts in s ecuring t his magni f icent addi­tion to t he inst ituti on . -- I /0'-/ T e lo\~g r esoluti n wa ado ted: Resol e , That the Chair e r queste to appoint a co ittee of t hree to be known as the Legislati ve Co ittee, whose duty it shall be to look after. the interests of the College before the legislature . Resolved , That the G air e requested to a.ppoint a committee of t hree t o"be known as t he Legiiative ot ittee, whose duty i t shall be to look after t he interests f the college efore the legislature . The Chair appointed the fol101'1ing as such committee: M.essrs. l'lc owell, erzfeld , an Terry. he vo ittee on the resident ' s ual Report made the f ]owing report: T e undersigned ommittee on the President's Report respectfully submit t heir report as f ollows . First . That the Board as a whole, do and it does hereby, accept the Lever Bund and that the Treasurer of the ol l ege be, and the reasurer is hereby, authorized to r eceive and disburse all of said fund so received under the provisions of the ·th­Lever Act . ( decond . Thaj:. t he board as a w: ole do , and it does hereby, formally accept t he Hog 'erum Fund a appr opriated by t he legislature, and that t he Tr easurer by , and the Tr easurer is hereby, authorized to receive and dis' urse t his fund. un er t he pr ovisions of said law. Thir d . 1bat A. L. Thomas be, and he is hereby made, and given the title of, Assistant r ofessor of ·J.8.chine esign, and that owell be and is here y made, and iven the title of , Assistant rofessor of hemistry. Fourth . That the ~ecutive ommittee of t he Board be in t ructed to ey~e and ascer­tain the status of the il Tax law and other inspection laws, and to take such steps as they may deem advisable and for the best i nterest of the col lege \~th reference t o t he same, and that said ~e cutive uommittee be , and i t is hereby. i nvested. with the f ul l power and authority of the Boar d t that end . Fifth . That the catalogue for 1915 e, and the same is her eby adopted. Sixth . That a department of Educati n e, and the same is hereby, cr eated, and to thut end that the resident 0 the ~ ollege . be , and he is hereby, authorized and . structed to i nstall the same . ueventh . That the Board do, and it does hezby, ado pt the detailed report of the Pre ~ dent, cn the Lever Fund . ighth . That the r eco endati ons of tbe resident on the 011 weevil or Local 3xperi­ment work, be, and the same are hereby, accepted and adopted . inth . That the Executive Committee of the coard be, and they are hereby, authorized to consider, with power to act, the purchase of land for the use of t he cholera serum plant, and other lands for other purposes. Tenth . That the President of the ollege, be and he is hereby, authorized to furnish properly the official residence of the President , and to that end, that he be, and he is here y, aut orized to expend of the appropr iate £unds an amount for that pur pose not to exceed 3 ,50 • ~leventh . That the President of the ~ olleg e be, and he is , hereby, instructed to empby an expert accountant to beview the system of book- keeping and accounts of the college, and to report to the ~xecutive Gommittee of the Board r ecommendations of impr ovements in the way of econo~ and ef f iciency in the elerical work of t he insti­tution . Twelfth . That the President of the College be, and he is , hereby, instructed to obtain for the entertainment of the Board of Trustees du ing their offici al visi~ s to t he college, as an entire boar d, the entire upper floor of the KcElhanez Hotel, if practicable, or other suiable quarters, in order that members of the board may be r elieved of em arra~sment of soci al entertainment by attaches of the col lege . Thirteenth . That the Budget for the ensuing college year, as presented by the Presi­dent of the 'ollege, be, and the same is hereby adopted, except as to Treasurer' s office as hereinafter provided . 'ourtaenth . adopted . at the resident'S Report, as a whole be, and t he same is, hereby, Fifteenth . That J. C. choulant be , and he is , hereby, elected a ssistant in the hog serum laborat ory, at a salary of f i f teen hundred $1500 dollars per annum • .::>ixteenth . at • Hlasingame be, and e is, hereby, elected as A r i cultural ~gineer at a salary of two thousand ( ~2000) dollars per annum, to be paid out of the Lever Fund • .:3eenteenth . That the salary of the reasurer be, and the same is hereby, f ixed, in the aggrecat e, at fift een hundred ($1500). dollars per annum, and that a clerk be furnished to the Treasurer at a salary of five hundred and fifty ($550) dollars per annum, sai clerk to be onded, t he premium to be paid out of college funds, said clerk to e ap oint ed by the r esident of t he ollege . Big teenth. That B. L. ~hi is hereby recognized as the official assistant to the Presi dent in the administration of the oil tax law. Report dopted. On motion the board adjourned sine die . s/ wm. F. eagin, t.: hai man W. K. Terry Thos . • Samford (; . a. IlcDowell . sl . W. tsurton ;;,ecretary ,- Pr asident's nnual Board of Trustees l abama olytechnic for eport t o the of the Institute. 1914 1915 . I have the honor to submit t o the oard of Tr ustees of t he Al abama olytechnic Instiillte t he r eport of the 'ollege for the year 1914-15; and t he authorities and f riends of t he 01 ege , am sure, ar e pr ofoundly grat ified at t e r ecord of the insti tution for the present year . ~ - 10 ~ - The average atte dance for the entire year as excelled any other in t he histor,y of t he s i tut e, and i t is a re arkable fa t t hat despite the fin cial depr ession throughout t he countr,y during the pr esnet year , t here have been f ifty fewer- students to discontinue their col lege career t Han last year . This r egulari ty and per severance :in pursuing t hei r education is attr ibuted by t he r'aculty to t he impr oved academic prepa­ra~ ion of the st udent body • . Total at t endance f or year, including ~ummer ~ahool and armers' w er chools, 1928 . 'l'he coll ege cl asses are t he largest t he "' ollege as ever had, an t he spi rit of • deportment and moral conduct t he general standard has r eac ed t he hi h-water mar k . Of course , t here are occasi onal exceptions to this higb standard, but the gentleman­l y deport ment and f ine spirit of l oyalty on t he part of . st udents t o t he col lege autho­rit i es are eminently noteworthy, especi ally to an educator familiar with the condi tions t hi r y years ago . The g ographical distribut ion of the student body repr esent s .narly ever,y s ection of t he United t ates . 0 rteen s t ates other t an la ama ar4 as ·f olloWi: . Deor gi a 55; outh ar lina 23; l or i da 21 ; li ssissi ppi 13; ennessee 11; 'l'exas 9",~; Louisiana 8; North varolina 5; entucky 3; 'ssouri 2; est Vi r ginia 2; Illinois 1; Tisconsin 1; 'out h Dakota 1; i ve f or eign countries are r epresented : ' exico 4, vhina 2, uba 1 , Greece 1 and u~si a 1 . ~very county in abama, with one exception, i s r epresented, the l argest county elega i ons being as f ol lows: efferso 85, Lee 73 , 'ontgomery 35, obil e 19, alhoun 18, l lapoosa 17, l-i8.rion 14, Clay 12, Dallas 12, ~ sc amb ia 12, l~r-shal l 12, ~Jilc ox 12, adison 11, Tall adega 11, Coosa 10, I rengo 10, Russell 10, Iilinore 9, Baldwin 8, 'hoct aw 8, lark 8, Etowah 8, Hale 8, dolph 8, hrunbers 7, olbe t 7, mcon 7, Pike 7, scaloosa 7, alker, 7, ut auga 6, leburne 6, Jackson 6, Lowndes 6, umter 6, Barbour 5. 'l'he r eligious st atist i cs of the colleg are as follows ~ l let odists 284, aptists 231, Pr es yter ian 110, .c.piscopal 74, Catholic 30, Jewish 6, none 13, hr i stian 18, Lut e an 5, Uni ver salist 2, Total 773. D ART,J1NTS 11 of the college epa tments haye b en full t o t heir capaci ty, as to space and teach­i ng fo rce, and the e has prevailed thr ughout each oS the eneral di visions of t he college a spirit of generous elation . The number of st uaents in the col le e classes is av follows : Graduate tudents 26, ~enio r ~ la ss 157, Junior lass Ill, Sophomore ' l ass 102, Fr eshman lass 132, Two yea Course in ~ ect rical Engineering 25, Two Year Nourse III gr i cult ure 48 . The number of students in the college departments is as f ollows : \01 Col ege of gineering ~e ct ri cal Engineering 114, ' echani cal .E.rlgineering 189, ivil . gineering 52, urvey':' ing 145 , Architecture 22, 'iechanical Dr awing 223, escripti ve Geometry 79, iechanic rts 401 . ollege of gr i cultur e Agrifultur~ 316, . al usbandry 358, Horticulture 117, orestry 43, hemistry 370, vhemical Laborat ory 132, hltomology 54, Botany 187, Veterinary Sci ence 125.1 Pharmacy 6 . Academic Department inglish 540, olitical Economy 95, History 368, French 36, German 59, 4athernatics 440, Physic 37 • Health The ollege has enjoyed throughout the session a remarkable record of good health . threat ene outbreak of mumps was prevented by the timely notice and prompt action ~ t he ~~al Director . A few cases of pneumonia devel oped, but were brought t o a suc­cess f~ convalescence. Among the cont ri uting factors to this good record may be mentioned our excellent water supply and the thorough screening of all the col lege cottages and dormitory property. I must also mention again t he system of 'iedi cal ~upervisi on, which pre ails in t s Institution . The college requir es all of the students when sick to report immedi ate­ly for medi cal attention from the ol lege vurgeon . No absence from college duties is excused except when approved by t his offic er. This genera syst em of medical super­VlS10n insures' edi ate att ention to y incipient serious diseases and ther eby often . avoids fatal results . The college surgeon confer s with the President f the ollege daily 7:45 a .m., and it i s an interesting fact that thr oughout, the thinteen years of my administra~ion he has not been absent on a single occasion. As Q I.tl8.tter of fact , the health record of the 11,00 studentsjn .this institution since 1872 has been in many respects a phenomenal record, and I beg to co end most highly the fai~hful services of the College urgeon, who, throughout this entire period, has discharged the delicate and re ponsible duties of this office . liILI Y r THe work of t he ·ulibary Department throughout the year, I beg to say, haS been very sati sfactory . }d1itary organization serves as an excellent system of control and t raining in neatness, promptness f and obedience . The annual vi sit of inspect'on was made by ~j o r ioses , U. ., ashington, D. G. , who congratulated the corps on its many appearance and good work. he Commandant has manifested a ,sincere interest in his department . FU S F THE 1- ccording to l aw, the Treasurer of the College has submitted t he annual report of the 0 lege Fund, a copy of whi ch report has been duly forwarded to each member of t he oard of rustees . ' HER UNDS - 2. A printed report of the Hatch and Adams Funds f or fucperirnent Station work has also been sent f orward to each member of t he oard, and to the United States Department of -I Agriculture, ashington, D. ' . The examiner of the U. has audited and checked these accounts for the present annually, and is rigorous . • Department of r i culture ear. This examination is made 3 . The report of t he Director of the Experiment tation on t he Boll Weevil Fund has been duly filed , according to la , with the ~ommis sioner of griculture, and a copy sent to each member of the Board of Trustees . 4. The Treasurer of the Col lege furnishes the President a financial statement of the 10 ollege mont hly or more f requently, if desired . All Funds of t he College are expended un er an accurate u get approved by your bo4y. encl ose a copy f some of the regu-lations. A bill for payment by t he Treasurer must be signed by the head of the depart­ment ~oncerned and countersigned by. t he Pres' ent . The r evenue of the ollege proper is as follows : 1 . U. . or "Morrill un 11 : 2 . nt r upplementary appropriati on by .00 In lieu of Fertilize Tag Tax) 11,336,58 (ne-fourth share IllUminating Oil Tqx) (These amounts are paid to the Col lege for Chemical work performed for the state. Total r evenue accruing ther efrom, 232,032.13.) 3 . "College Fees" 2,360. 0 (Tuition of l on-Resident Students.) 3,460 .00 (Surgeon and Infirmar,y Fees) 21,782.5; (Incidental and Other Fees) $ 127,719.11 Total $5,820.00 The need of the college proper for increa~ed revenue is immediate and imperative: .(1) f or maintenance of the college, .and (2) for the erection of buildings for the ever increasing activities of the Institution. For it must be borne in mind that while these activities offer the College a splendid and highly appreciated opportunity for service to the gr eat agricultural interests of the tate; at the same time they add L~ense17 to t he responsibility and labor of the . College Officials, and, instead of increasing the revenue of the teaching factor--the college-- they serve as an additional charge upon its revenues. In considering the financial needs of the college proper, t he separate and distinct nature of the various features of the great work must he clearly defined and kept steadily in view, that none of the several funds are interchangeable -- being each separately appropriated b~ the State of Alabama and by t he United States epartment, for specific ends. And that they are legally expended for these specific ends is guaranteed, not only by .:thag.o.od. ..f.ai.th. .0£. ;the. AXeCUt.a..V.e. Ithorities of the College, but also by the searching, and sometimes captions, annual examinations of these funds made ,by the several authorities concerned. Briefly, the College at Auburn, it must be understood, consists of three distinct, and well night separate, organizat i ons, di ff ering in this respect from the ordinary organi- zat ions called "the ol l ege :" namely, (1) The ollege, (2) 'The Experiment tation, (.3) Agr i cultural fu.,,, ension ' ervice. (1) The ollege is an educati onal insti t ution in the ordinari l y accepted meaning of that t erm -- preparing young men in fundamental educat i onal training, plus "industrial" training . (2) The Experiment Station makes sci entifi c investigat i on concerning the manifol d interests of agr i culture . (.3) The gr i cultural .c.xtension Service,. by law, is done "away" f rom the College, ani consists in carrying t he pratical results secured by the eriment Statbn direct to the man and woman, the girl and boy, on the farm. N TES ON COLLEGE FUNDS e shall consider t he revenue of t hese t hree factors in t he order named : Two broad st atements co cerning t he revenue of t he ollege can be made: (1 t range as it may sound, t he st ate of Alabama makes no direct appr opriation out of its Olin funds for strictly educational work at t he .Co1lege. (2) The operating expenses of the College are among t he l owest of any u lsti tution of higher education of equal rank in the U. • (a) The salar ies of t he President, Deans, Professors, being among the l owest ; and (b) the cost per st udent t o t he st ate, and t he actual cost to each individual . st udent, being among t he most economical in the land . UNITED STATES FUNDS TO COLLID.i!i FOR T CHING As noted in the table g iv~n &bove,the Q. S. Funds amount to 47,780 .00 . These are f unds gener ously gr ant ed by the Federal Government to each state in t he Uni on, according to the or i ginal law, f or lithe maintenance of a college where the leading object shall be, wit hout excluding ot her s ci entific and clasci cal studies, and incl uding mil itary t actiCS, to each such branches of learn.ing as are related to agr i culture and mechanic arts, i order to promote liberal and practical education •• " This i s a broad charter, and thereby the Federal Government has established one of the most remarkable syst ems of Technol ogical Institutions in the history of t he world . These Federal unds, according to law, must be expended entirely for teach­ing purposes . ot a cent can be expended for buildings. ,says t he law, "no portion of said fund Qr int erest thereon shall be applied directly or indirectly and under no pretense whatever forte. p rpose of erection, preservation, or repair of any buil ding or buildings. Unfortunately, for the white Land Grant- olleges in the ~ outh ern tates, the fund appr opr i ated by t he Federal Government is divi ded b ~tween the white and black races, t he COl l ege for Negroes at ormal, Alabama, recei ving about $22, 500 per annum, which amount, in all the tates of t he Union exempt fro the egro roblem, goes to the one A. • College of that tate . I mention t his to show how, relatively lath other states, our allege is handica ped e ith t his amount of additional income the College would be free from embar rassment for years to come . (2) tate unds to College ••••• • • • ••••••••••• • ••••• • • • ••••••••• • • 51,336 .58. This sum is apid to t he College by the State, :be it r emembered, not for educational pur poses , but f or commerci al services rendered by t he vollege in making analyses of t he following staple commodities in order to protect purchasers from fraud : '------- -------------- ------ --- -I 1 . Anal ysis of all fertili zer s sold in t he State . 2. Analysis of all i l luminating oil sold in the St ate . 3. Analysis of all foods sold in the St at~. 4. Analysis of all feedstuffs sold in the State . 5. Analysis of all cotton ,seed meal sold in the State . ~~ 6. Fr equent analysis of liquors sent by excise Conunissioners. 7 . Analysis of all samples of soils" minerals, water, etc . , sent to the State Laboratory by citizens of the State . ( Now, this chemical analysis can be made i n no other manner than that in which it is done at present at the Chemical Laboratory at. Auburn . The Constitution so limits, and the Supremem Court has so decided (See Constitution of, Alabama, Sec.77 ) . Therefore, the ~bsolute legal basis of all the revenues accruing to the State f rom t he taxes on ' t he various commodities mentioned above is t he ,Chemical Service rendered to the State by the Professor of Chemistry at the "College at Auburn . As a result of this chemical work at, the college, there ~s covere into the State Treasury the following r~venues (See Tr easurer's Report, Page ): Income f r om Pure Foods and Drugs (Total cost to State f or analYSis, in part payment of analysts salary, State Chemical Laboratory, Auburn) Tag Tax on f ertilizers Analysis of I l luminating Oils , t Total Income based on the Chemical 'v'lork done by· the ~ollege at Auburn . " $ 26, 006.68 " 800.00 ,: Salary 172,434.45 33,591.00 232, 032 .15 In South Carolina the entire revenue derived from these i sources is given to the Agricultural and Chemical College, Clew.son, amounting. last year to $276,000.00 revenue. Therefore, Cl assfying this item for IITeaching and Maintenance" is a grave error and cannot be charged only in the slightest degree as a source of "Teaohing and Maintenancell . ' s before stated, the State appropriated out of its mm funds nothing for teaching in the College ~t Auburn. C0 1PARATIVE EXPENSES The following exhibit taken from the statistics of the State Universities and othe~ higher instit utions of learIling for the year ending 1913, issued by the United States Bureau of Education, shows the relative income of" Colleges for teaching pur poses, and the $alaries: ¥laXimum Salary of Income President Dean Professor from State Alaban~ Polytechnic Institute $5,000 , $2, 600 $2,400 $ 51,336 .68 University of Alabama 6,000 3,000 2,500 (?) CQlorado State Agric. College 5,000 2,500 3,100 130,173 .00 University of Georgia 5,000 3,200 118,025 .00 ~eorgia School of Technology 6,000 2,500 3,300 110,000 .00 Purdue (A&M) Indiana 6,000 4,000 3,000 301,195 .00 Iowa State College of Agr. 5,000 4, 000 2,700 670,218.00 Kansas t~te Agr . Col~ege " __ _ 6,000 3,000 3, 000 452,250 .00 Massachusetts Agr. College "I 5, 000 3,800 3,600 292, 512 .00 , lichigan Agr . College 5,000 3,000 4,300 202,210 .00 ---- -~~--~~- I/O I ' , \ STAT~ FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPER]}mNT STATION "(Boll l,-Teevil Act) II The Legisl ature of 1907 appropriated annually to the Alabama Experiment Station the sum of $27,500. As in t he case of the Hatch and Adams Acts, not a cent of this money. i s available for teaching purposes, but it is spent away from the College, throughout. the State, f or , the purpose ot promoting the Boys' Corn Clubs, Girls' Canning C'lubs, Pig Clubs, local exper iments with fertilizers, t esting varieties of seeds, corn, cotton, oats , alfalfa , burr clover , crimson clover, soy beans; rai sing ho~s under normal and economic conditions, beef raising, poultry raising, horticultural work, spraying, marl\eting, truck gardening, etc.; the direct st udy of the progress of the boll weevil, pl~t ~isea s e s, cotton wilt, corn smut, anthracnose, etc. It must be emphasized t hat this money is applied largely by a staff of men already organized whose salaries are paid from other funds, t hus enabling the State to get the greatest possible good out of the appropriation for the minimum expenditures for salaries and administ ration. I regard t he good a,ccomj)lished by this fund to the agricultural interests of the State to be of well ni gh incalculable value. " j SHITH LEVER FUND The measure long discussed and widely known throughout the country as the Smith-Lever Agr i cultural Extension Bill became a law May 8, 1914. ' The of ficial assent of the Governor of Alabama as duly given to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute as the pr oper benef iciary of t he provisions of this measure, and this action was confirmed by Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama approved January 29, 1915. The title of t he Act. reads as follows: An Act to Provide for Cooperative Agricultural Ext ension ork Between Agricultural Colleges in. the t everal 'tates Receiving the Benefits .of the Act of Con ress approved July 8th, 1872, and of Acts Supplementary Thereto, and to the United States Depart­ment of Agr i culture. " The speci fic purpose of this work is set forth in section II of the act as follows: Cooperative Agricultural Ext en~ion Work shall consist in the giving of instruction and practical demonstration in Agriculture and Home ~conomi cs to persons not attend-ing or r esident in said col leges . 1I -- The fund is administered by the United St ates Department of Agriculture, acting through the organizations of the Colleges. , I rec ommend t hat t he College Treasurer be authorized to r eceive and disburse all funds paid to the Board of Trustees of the Al abama Polytechnic Institute under the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act. The plans adopted by the Board of Trustees of the ' College .include.: (1) (a) Ext .ension of the Boys' Corn Clubs, (b) Gir ls ' Canning Clubs, (c) lc;:ovable Schools, (d) Field work in agriculture, (f) ark t hroughout the tate in promoting Pig Clubs, (g) Work t hroughout the State in promoting the raising of beef, (h) Cooperative work with the Farmers' ,Cooperative Demonostration ;vork as now conducted by the BQard of Agr i culture . In this connection, it is necessary t o note (1) that t he College as a teaching institu­tion is not benefitted in any, way by the measure. Under ection II j;t is explicitly 'irected .by the law that this money shall be spent "away" f rom the College . Indeed, the admiIJ.istration of t he Smith-Lever Act brings additional expense to the college fund, an4 additional labors t o t he offi cers and professors of the Agricultural Depart­ment of the Institute. (2) Under t he plans by the Board of Trustees ample prOVision is made for the teachi ng of the women and girls under t he head specified' as "Home Economics"; t he college having appr opr i ated to woman's. work perhaps a larger share of the f irst year's income t han any other state in the Union. (J ) Provisions have bee~made in t pese plans for separ ate negro schools, and f or separate movabl e schools r I £.- i n extension work . No similar separate provis i on is made f or t he Negro Race i n exten­sion work III ?nY other Sput hern state, including North arolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, t'li s sissippi, Loui siana, Texas, and Tennessee . It i s diff icult to over-state t he possible value of t his great measure, the mith­Lever Act, one of t he Inost far-reaching pieces of constructive legislation r ecently enacted in the Uni t ed Stat es, and it is pr ofoundly hoped t hat our St ate Legislation will be able t o measure up to the possibilities of the situation . In a word, the pur pose of the gr eat scheme is to carry the knowledge secured by t he Agr i cultural Colleges and ~periment St ations of the "nited St ates di~ectly to the man and woman on t he farm. For nearly half a cent ury hi ghly. valuable discoveries .have b~en made by t hese st ations in all the lines of Agriculture; but these. valuable discoveries have not been lodged with sufficient . directness and efficiency in the masses' of the working people. Much valuable work has been accompl ishe~ under our own state laws, but by' the pr ovisions of t his act the .work ~dll be conducted on an infini tely larger scale. lJ!,vER FUNDS T . , S' CTION III, the appropriating state which gives its assent. t ion f or each year"and calls s ection of the Act, provides $10,000 .00 annually to eam This is ra continuous unconditional . specific appropria­for no addit i onal appropriation, from the State. The basi s of the allotment to the several states of t hese additional appropriations is t he r atio which the rural population of each state bears t o the t otal rural population of the United States. According to the fi gures subnutted by the Committee on gricul ture .in Congress, the percentage of total rural population of Alabama is 3 .58 - ra.nldng in this respect ninth ·in the 48 st ates of the Union. In order for a st~te t o secure these additional appropriations, it will be necessary for the Legis­lature of the State t o make appropriations annual ly of an amount equal t o the Federal appr opr i ation t hat would fall t o t he State. STATI STICS ON EXTEN'ION WORK The following statistics show the tremendous significance of the ~tensi on . Movement: Girls' Canning Cl ubs organizad in 19 counties, enrollment, 2100; Boys' Corn Clubs, 67 counties, enrollment 3,764; Four Crop Club (or Rotation Club ) , 14 counties, enroll­ment 497; Pi g Cl ubs , 26 counties, enrollment 2,580 . -This work is superintended by Professor L. uncan, Sup~rintendent of Junior and Home Economic uxtension. He has two expert assistants in Home ~conomics, }liss Madge J. Reese and Vd ss Nellie Tappan • . iss Tappan is located at the Girls' TechnicaL Institute at . • ontevallo, and t he cooperation with that excellent institution has been most cordial and satisfactory. Movable schoQls for whites have been organized in 19 counties , enrollment 14,565 . The work under I he Smith-Lever Act for the negro race has been conducted in coopera­tion with the A. & M. Coll'ege f or Negroes at Norm.a.l and the Industrial institute at Tu sk eg e~. The attendance of negr.oes at the movable schools thus conducted was 8, 210 . F,AFJvI DEMONSTRATION llORK This work has been under t he immediate supervision of r. J. T. att , who was in c har~ of t his hi ghly important department when merged with the College Extension Department under t he t8lmls of the Smith-Lever Act. Every county in the State organized under the most effici ent demonstrator av.ailable . - - -'--- \~ Cotton : Tot al number of demonstrations 1,896; t ot al number of acres i n demonstrati on 15,151.2; average per acre 1,311.66 pounds • . Corn: Total demonstrations 2, 087; acreage 14,739 .7; acreage per acre 34.1 bushels . ( Oats: 714 demonstrations, acreage 12, 068, average per acre 41.33 bushels . The per centage excess of producti on under demonstration methods over average produc­t ion in Al abama is about 155%. This simple figure, in a Butshell, contains the stor.y of t he possibilities of our agr i cultural production under t he best inspiration and guidance . FARMERS ' I NSTITUTES This work, unde~he supervision of Doctor C. A. Cary, is conducted entirely at · the expense of the "College" fund. Full recognition to t he peoneer work of Doctor Cary 'I i n t hi s f ielc1. of Agricultural Extension is >.at all t imes due. The propaganda. of diver­sification is not a new one in Ai abama, but for about thirty years has been conducted persi stently by the College 'in its Farmers' Institutes . Thr oughout all t his time the Institution has preached, as it were, in an agr i cultural revival, the r el igi on of improved methods of farming, better seed, bet ter preparation, and fertili zation of soil, bet ter cultivation, and, above all , more and better live stock of every variety . During t he year t he . fol+owing f armers' institutes were held in places when the boll weevil has been found, or in close promimity . (1) Number of Institutes held in 1914, 34; (2) Total number of sessions, 50; (3) Total attendance, 5,785 ; . (4 ) Average attendance per session , 102; (5 ) Number of count i es visited, 24. SUlI..MER SCHOOL FOR FARMERS J:"I The UTllmer chool for Farmers was held at Auburn,August 1st ~o 8th, 1914, attendance 810, and ever.y county in l abama represented. The interest manifested in Live Stock, . Home Economics, and Agr i culture in general was better t han that of any previous year . HOG CHOLERA SERUM I t is a matter of gr eat grat ification that the Legislature recently est ablished in connection with t he College, a Hog Serum Laborator.y under t he direction of the State Veterinarian. This measure was :passed well nigh unanimously by both Houses .and duly r eceived the approval of the Governor. The title 'of the Act is , "To Establish and .faintain a Plant for making Serum for Treatment of Hog Cholera, and to Regulate the Sale of t he 3erum . " The fund is to be eJg>ended under the direction of the Trustees of the Al aQaw~ Polytechnic Institute . Appropriation of $25,000 i s made for ,building and equipping the laborat'Ory, ,and the sum ot: '3000 appropriatecli'.annually for extendirg and adding thereto. The serum is to be sol d to the farmers of Alabama at eost • . It is felt that this is a great step forward in the control of the dread 'scourge which is estimated to destroy annually at least ~l,OOO,OOO worth of hogs in Alabama . I r es~ e ctfully recommend. that the Board of Trustees accept the -said appropriation, and t hat the Treasurer of the Alabanm Polytechnic Institute be authorized to receive and di&burse all sums of money due t his Institution under the 'provisions of the Act . PUBLICATIONS, BULLETINS, ETC. It.d s impossible t o enumerate· even by titles the enormous mass of publications issued f or 1914 by the Alabama Experiment Station . They include a total of twenty- seven publications consti t uting a total of 274,000 copies and an aggregate of 4,015,600 ~ pages ; t hey are isaed to a mailing list numb e rin~ 24,000 . The treat of highly important problems as to (1) t he adaptability of fertilizers to cot t on under the most varied local conditions throughout the State; (2) insects injurious t o stored corn; (3) r ai sing and f attening beef calves in Alabama; (4) bol l weevil effect upon cot t on pr oducts; (5 ) wheat in Alabama; (6) l ocal f ertil izer exper iments with corn in North Al abama 1911-1912-1913-1914; (7 ) silos and silage; ($) local f ertilizer experiments in South Al abama 1911-1912-1913-1914; (~) citrus canker; (10) Bur Clover .. S:ai; (11) varieties of cotton; (12) boll weevil control in early swruner; (13) oat smut; etc., etc. I t can be stated with accuracy that the Experiment St ation has ful ly met the demand of the agr i cultural situation created in Alabama by the great crisis of the European War and the menace of the boll weevil. I fult believe that our St ate need not despair concerning the situation. We are not weaklings to submit to the overwhelming power of insect pest s, or the economic di saster of t he one crop system. We have t he brains and courage to meet the situation, and in a f ew years, I run confident that our agri­cultural life wil l have settled into a thoroughly normal and stable condition. COLLEGE vlORK The work of the education in the Col l ege Pr oper in all of its departments has been, thr oughout t he yea r , of a hi gh grade . There haw been an excellent spirit of appli­cation and fewer excessive fai lures under examination t han in any pr evious year. There has ' been a notable i ncrease in the maturity. of the student body , and with this i ncrease of age has come a notabl e increase in the seri ousness of purpose and appli­cation . This desirable spirit is also attributable to a degree to the technical and pr ofe ssional education pursued byfohe student body. Young ~en pursuing a definite course of st udy as a preparation for a spec i fic lif e work, realizing the direct tan­gibel value of their training, become deep+y interested in t heir work and pursue it, s eemingly, with more f ixed pur pose and determination. COLLIDE HONORS I t is a pleasure to note that the high grade work in scholarship accomplished by t he institution has been frequently recognized this year by leading universities and industrial corporat i ons. The College has been noti f ied of t he establishment by Columbia University of a Fellowship in Engineering awarded to the Alabama Poly­tec! ulic Institute on account of the high grade of work accomplished by its graduates who have pursued further courses in that Uni ver sity. Being entirely voluntary on the part of Columbia University, the establishment of this fellowship is highly gratify­ing to t he Col lege aut horities. A schol arshi p in history and politi cal economy has been awarded by Johns Hopkins University to another of our graduates. A nwnber of our graduates have been invited to important positions in t eaching, especially in t he departments of manual t raining and agricultural ~ $ciences. The General ~lectric Company, Westinghouse Company, Alabama Power Company, and other large corporations have engaged t he servi ces of a number of men of the pr esent senior class. The State Department of Education has expressed to the College its official apprecia­t i on of the very valuable services rendered by Alabama Polytechnic Institute in the gr eat work of manual training in the high schools t hroughout the State. This work makes considerable claim upon t he time and revenue of the Institution, but we do not see how inter est in industrial educati on can be bet t er subserved than by t his expendi­t ure. CLUBS Increased interest i n the various departments has manifested itself in the formation of student clubs, such as 3ngineer ing, Agricultural, Chemical, Vet erinary, debating clubs, etc., where technical matt er s of dir ect inte~ es t are full y discus s ed . --- ---- \ \. .. .... ') Highly satisfactory intercollegiate debares have also been conduct ed throughout t he year, and a general fillip given to the intell~ctual lif e of t he student Body . AGRICUl,TURAL COLLEGE The work in t he Agricultural College continues to expand and attract a large number of talented men of the Institution . Th~ courses in agronomy, animal industry, etc . have been enriched and the work in these d epartm~nts g ~nerally expanded. The Agri­cultural Hall seven years ago was a new building, with scant equi pment and r elatively not a large number of students. Today, the College of Agriculture numbers fully 350 students, and there is something like an adequate degree of equipment . The spirit of the department is alert and vigorous. The improve~ent in the Soils Laboratory, and the expansion in the Dairy and Cooperative Creamery are noteworthy features. I i nvite the attention of the Board to t he latter venture on the part of the College. The _College Creamery draws its supply f rom over an area of 150 miles radius, manufac­turing la~t _ month 3,400 pounds of butter. We sincerely hope that this form of diver­sified farmll1g can be made so complete a success that it will become a profitable f actor in the farm life of the State . COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING -- FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND MINES . There are eight Departments of the College of ingineering and Mines, as follows: (1 ) Civil Engineering; established l872J nuraber of students, ~ 52 ; (2) Electrical Engineering, established 1891, number of students, 114; (3) Mechanical Engineering established 1903, number of students ~89; (4 ) Telephone Engineering, established , 1905 , number of students , 32; (5) .Mining Engineering and Geology, established 1872 (expanded 1903), number of students, 80; (6) Architecture, established 1907, number of ~tudents 22; (7) Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design, established 1872 (ex­panded 1907), number of students, 314; (8) Mechanic Arts, established 1887, number of students, 401. As I have before stated, the Institution at Auburn is the pioneer in the South in leading and teaching both of the sciences related to Agriculture and ,of the sciences related to Engineering. For various pedagogical and economic reaSons the Department of ngineering lent itself to the mor e rapid development, and in the beginning of technological education this department gave notable distinction to the Institution. The Department has always maintained a high standard of graduation, and. the students sent out have filled most honorable. positions in the engineering pr ofes sions through­out th~ United States and several foreign cpuntries . The total number eprolled in Engineering Classes since 1887 is above 5,000; and the regular f our-year graduates have been over 1,00v . The demand for these men is much gr eater t han the supply and their record in the industrial development of Alabama makes an att ract.ive chapter in history. There are over 1,00u of these men in Jefferson County al one . Three or four leading Captains of Industry might be mentioned who have received their education and inspiration in these engineering departments and who have developed tremendous r esources in Alabama and ad.ded hundred. of thousands of dollars, indeed millions, to the tax list of the State. The most profitable investment f r om a financial standpoint that a State can make, is the i nvest ment of its revenue in brains -- in the development of the scientific and mechanical aptitudes of its people . No state policy will pay higher divi­dends . All of the engineering professors contr ibute greatly i n dolla r s ru1d cents t o the college in the free superintendence of all work undertaken by the College in the way of buildings and improvements. CHANGES IN THE FACULTY It is a pleasure t o note the permanency ofLar teaching staff. Several of our professors have had flattering of fers in other fields of educational labor, but have chosen to retain t heir connection with the Inst itution even at l ower salaries. James Grey Stelzenmuller, C. ~ ., in accordance with the provisions. of the Board, upon recorr~endation of the Head of the Department, }r ofessor G. N. Mitcham, was appointed to the position of Assistant Pr ofessor of Civil Engineering . Mr . Stelzenmuller, according to ~ his chief, has given eminent satisfaction in his work throughout the year . I regret to state that owing to ill health, Mr. Joseph Ebna Buck, Assistant P r of e ss~ of ~ntomology , was granted leave of absence, and on r ecommendation of the Head of the ~ epartment of Entomology, Doctor Frank Lincoln Thomas was appointed in his stead . Doctor Thomas has rendered highl y satisfactory service both as an instructor and i nvestigator. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The fol16wlllg Trustees have been duly appointed and ratified by the Senate of the State Legislature: For Term Expiring 19l9F Harry Herzfeld (Fifth District) Oliver R. Hood (Seventh District) Alexander City Gadsden These were interinl appointments to vacancies created by resignation or change of residence. For Term Expiring 1923: t . . C. S. McDowell, Jr. (Third Di strict) \\1 . K. Terry (Ninth District ) W~ H. Oates (First District) T. D. Samford (Third District) ) Eufaula Birmingham Mobile Opelika SUMBER SESSI N OF COLLIDE . .., I. J.I 'I The Sunrrfier Session of the College under the supervision of Pr ofessor J. R. Rutland as Director, was donducted f rom.July 24th to September 5th, 1914, and was in every way successful . In offering Summer Cour s es the College aims to increase its use­fulness by utilizing its valuable plant in vacation, and in promoting vocational education especially in agri culture, mechanic arts, and related subjects. If we desire industrial efficiency, we must begin \iith the childr~n, and, the only possible medium through which the principles of industrial education can be distributed throu@­out the .schools of Alabama, is the College at Auburn. To carry on this teacher­training education, it is absolutely necessary that the College have additional funds . .j I1G \\1 2 . DEPARThIENT OF I DUSTRIAL EDUCATION According to law enacted at t he recent sessi on of the .Legislature, the graduates of certain colleges under certain conditions are allowed to enter upon the profession of teaching without furt her examination by the State Board of Examiners. This enact­ment, I may say, seems to me of the great est value to the teaching profession of Alab8.l"'na,. but in order for the Colleges to avail.. itself of its benefits it must have funds to provide the proper 'staff 'of teachers both for the Summer Session and for t he course in education during the regular academic year. I invite the most earnest consideration of the Board to thi s point, and I am sure that it is of vital impor­tance to the College. ~ HONORARY D I PLOV~S IN ACCCRJANCE WITH Y recommendations made at the last meeting of the Board, June, . 1914, concerning the awarding of dipl@mas to these st udents who were soldiers in the War Between tne States, and therefore failed to graduate, I beg to say that due investigations have been instituted, and I wish to report progress. The col lection of these names is difficult and entails great labor, but I am sure that thi most praiseworthy undertaking can be brought to a successful issue. BUILDI NGS fu~ IMPROVEMENTS Within the last year the College has r eceived final pa~nents on the $50, 000 re18as~ by the Governor on the appropriation of $200,000 made conditionally by the Legisla-tur e in 1911. j According t o the di r ection of the Board of Trustees, this fund has been carefully and economically invested in permanent improvements. A list of these improvements is a l ong one, because it has be en necessary to distribute ~ a small fund over a very l a rge area of imperative demands. Among t he most prominent items may .be mentioned: (1) Heating of Engineering Hall, t hereby making available the bui lding for 350 students and fourteen instructors; (2) Seating the main lecture room of Engineering Hall; (3) Construction for the Power Plant of a new Boiler ouse, fireproof and up­to- date. This supplanted a building that was a firetrap and a menace to the entire group of College buildings. (4 ) The extension of the waterworks of the College by the addition of a new r eservoir and pumping station. (5 ) ¥~chin ery, Refrigeration plant, and Steam Piping for the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. (6) Seating Auditorium -- Langdon Hall, the College public assembly room. (7) Beating the main l ecture room of the Agr i cultural Hall. (8) Gas Plant in part .for laboratories of Botany , Soils, Plant Pathology, Entomology, etc . (9) Apparatus for wireless . tele­graph. (10) Enlargement and equipment of Dair~ Laboratory. (11) Equipment of laboratory of Veterinary ledicine. (12) Erection of a College Residence. These improvements have been a . boon to the various interests concerned, and represent only a portion of the pressing needs of the Institution. GYMNASIUM It is with particular pride as the Head of the College at ~uburrl th~t I call atten­~ ion to a splendid enterprise in connection with the development of our Institution . I ref er to the new Gymnas~um presented to the College by the Alumni and former stu­dents of Auburn lias a memorial to the honor and esteem which they hold for their Alma hater. For many years the College has been in sad need of this home for athletic prowess, it is interesting to note that this developnent has come with very humble material facilities . However, the l oyal sons of the Coll ege keenly felt the necessity of a building adequate for the athletic demands of the large stu­dent body, and, at the same tiFle, commensurate with the dignity of the Institution . Recognizing, as they did, that the critical condition of our State Tre ~ sury did not warrant a demand upon t he funds of the s tate for such a purpose , the Alumni Society of the College, after a full discussion of the matter and a complete canvass of their members, rallied loyally to the cause and by subscription from their own private means made possible the erection of this beautiful building . Work has begun on the edifice and will be pushed to rapid completion. I am sure that the Board of Trustees will be deeply touched by this manifestation on the part of the "Auburn" students of that splendid spirit of loyalty and independence which has always cha r acteriz ed them . In all college records, I have read of no finer monument to this high spirit . It is but proper to state t hat the chief inspiration of this movement among the Alumni has been r ofessor Thomas Bragg, Graduate l1anager of the College Athletics. NEEDS OF THE COLLEDE The Col lege is in immediate need, first, of additional funds for teaching . This is especially true in connection witr,the Department of Animal Industry and Agronomy, two full assistants being sorely needed, one f or farm machinery, and the other for Animal Husbandry. I have already dwelt upon the urgency of the nBed for instructors in Agricul tural Education and in the Summer School for Industrial Education. The r::i nimum an..Dual sum for the maintenance of these pressing demands is $18,000 . II. Buildings: I can only repeat my recommendations made in my last report to your Body concerning the matter of buildings. (1) Farm Machinery Building (2 ) Cattle Barn (3) Veterinary Building (4) Chemical Building Total $> 5,000 10,000 30,000 75,000 $110,000 (1) One of the demqnds in Southern Agriculture today is intelligent use of } achinery . Wi th such a building as indicated in several of my previous reports, costing about ~? 5,0 00, the College will be enabled~ to secure, free of cost,thousands of dollars' worth of valuable machinery from manufacturers anxious t o put on exhibit their pro­du cts . Furthermore, with this equipment, it will be possible to introduce this sub­ject-- of farm machinery as a practical teaching subject in the courses offered in agr i culture. (2) The importance of the Cattle Industry in Alabama cannot be over-stated, and cer­t ainly our Agricultural College s hould have a decent cattle barn t hat could serve as a standard, both for the students in t his Department and for the thousands of farmers that annually visit the ~periment ~t a tion. The present inadequate and antiquated affair was er ected in 1884, and f or years, I have advised t he construction of a build­i ng suitable for this important Department. (3) The Veterinary Medical College of this Institution is the only one of t he kind in the South and its hi gh grade and satisfactory work has been r eferred to in a previous section. The efficiency of t his work woul d be i mmensely advanced if the Department were properly accommodated in laboratories and lecture r oons. I again recommend the advisability of' erecting a suitable building for this i mportant department at a cost of $30, 000. - - - - ---~------- - - -- - -- - ---- - - - I t 6 (4) One of the most urgent demands of t he Inst i t ut ion i s a Chemical Building ade­quate to the work of the great department which is connected with the Institution . I t is the largest college department of Chemistry in t he entire South, with the largest attendance, both in students of general chemistry, and students in the laboratory . Moreover, for faty years an enormous amount of analytical work has been perf o r~med here for t he State. Here are made t he analyses of all t he fertilizer s, feed stuffs f or animals, and food stuffs for man; drugs illuminating oils, that are consumed by t he peopl e of the State: and it is only proper t hat facilties be supplied commensu­rate with t he enormous service rendered by the Department. APPROPRIATION OF 1911 In conclusion, I . wish to remind t he Board that the Legislature of Alabama in 1911 unai­mously passed an act appropriating to the Alabarrta Pol ytechnic lnstitute $200,000 for a specific budget including among others t he items enumerated above . There still r emains of t his appropriation an unpaid balance of $100, 000 . If t hj s act coul d r e~~in intact, the appropriation, to become available ' whe~he 8tate'- ±s . abl~:to ' me et the opligation, the needs of the College as set forth would be in a l arge degree pro ided for. Unless such a specific appropriation is made by the State for buil din gs, I ask, where is the Institution to secur e fanilities to carryon its work? How are we to house the men and women whose services we are engaging f rom time. to time on Experiment St ation work and on Extension work, and whose l abor s lie not in the College, but t hroughout the length and breadth of the s tate'? During t he four years since the enactment of t his appropriat ion, the College, for the lack of the equiprnent and facilities thereby authorized, has suffered seriously in t he efficiency of its work. Daily this need becomes more acut e . The Institution i nvites a thorough examination by the St at e at large of the nature of t he items covered by this unpaid appropriation and asks t hat in equity it be paid by the tate at the earliest date possible. By per sonal effort the Col l ege has built its own Library; by personal effort the College has built its own Gymnasirnn, all without embarrassirgthe State Tr easury. Now, is it to o much for t he College to ask for a .Chemical Building adequate for the great work of making its thousands ' of analyses for the citizens of Alabama? Is it t oo much for it to ask for ·a Veterinary Building for the only Veterinary College in the Couth? Is it too much for it to ask for a Farm ~ achinery Building and a Cattle Barn f or the use of hundr eds of thousands of farmers in Alabama? And all t his in. view of t he fact that the appropriation for these buildings has, after fullest con­sideration in committee and both Houses, been unanimously passed by the Legislature of Alabama? I submit , with appr oval, the following Report of D i~ ec tor of Experiment Station and Pr of essor of Agriculture: Auburn, Alabama Hay 29, 1915 Part 1. ,Co1.1ege Work Hatch Experimental vlork . Adams Experimental Hork . (Report on the Local Experiment Fund submitted as (Part 2, and Report on Extension Hork submitted as Part 3) Doctor C. C. Thach, President Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, Alabama Sir: I submit the following estimates for the next fiscal year and the follovTing report of the last twelve months on College work in Agriculture and on Experiment Station work under the Hatch and Adams funds. Hatch Adams College l. Farm $ 2,000 2. For teaching crops, including cotton classing 200 3 . For soils laboratory, teaching 300 4. , For plant breeding 600 5. For toxins pro j ect (Funchess) 200 6. For teaching services by Boyd (Dut of a total salary of $720) (Provided by transfer proposed on page 2.) 120 7. For salary instructor in farm machinery (Provided by propos ed transfer , page 2) 300 B. For expenses farm machinery laboratory (See page 2) 200 The last year's appropriation for teaching soils and crops is reduced by $500 so astto permit a beginning to be made in instruction by an expert in farm machinery, under items 7 and 8 on preceding page, which aggregate the exact amount of this reduction. Likewise, to provide for $150 of teaching services from the scholarship man or assist­ant in agriculture (item 6) I recoIT~end that this amount be deducted from my salary; fZ D I further recommend that another $150 be deducted from my salary and applied to an increase in the Col lege part of the salary of Associate Professor Funchess, raising his total from ~~1,750 to $1,900, t he amounts deducted being replaced by equal amounts from the Extension Fund. These proposed changes would remove the objections against the scholarhips in agri­culture's being entirely from Hatch fundS, and would permit t he beginning of instruction by an expert in farm machinery -- all without increasing the amount heretof ore investe:i by t he College in agr i cultural t eaching . ------- -- AGRICULTURAL BUILDING There is, of course, need for t he usual provision for the maintenance of the agri­cultural buil ding. Wi t h the increased number of men, additional t oilet f acilities in the Agricultural Building are urgently needed, estimated at costing $ 75.00 . LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATI ONS NEEDED Permit me to urge t he inclusion in appr opriations hereaf ter asked of the Legislature of sums for the f ollowing purposes: Fire escapes and fire pr oofing or moving present boiler r oom, estimated at least Ketal ceiling and other repairs for Agricultural Building, at least Farm Machinery Annex j qui pment of same -- at least I NSTRUCTION Enrollment in Agricultural Cl asses, session of 1914-15: Post- graduates Seniors and Senior specials Juni ors Sophomores & First Year Specials Freshmen Total 2 55 39 70 ...ill 325 $ 700 1,200 5,000 1,500 There is an i ncreasing need to divide t he classes into sections for laboratory work, and therefore for additional time of i nstructors paid by college funds. The St udents' Agricultural Club has been e specially active this year. It has pro­vided an agr i cultural library of its own and has perfected plans for the pUblication next session of an agr i cultural j ournal. FAIDrW:RS ' SHORT COURSES I would renew, my former recommendation that in the next r equest made for Legislative appropriations an item be inserted to cover t he cost of establishing an intensively pract ical course especially for farm superintendents; t hat in t his students spend most of t heir t ime in field and laboratory in the Departments of Agronomy, Farm Hachiner y , Horticulture, and Animal Husbandry. In my opi nion, at l east ~' 500 per year is needed to give this i nstruction adequately to rather mature men. Experiment Station i-lark Publications: D~ rin g the t welve months ending June 1, 1915, t he Exper iment Station has pub­lished the following: 6 Bulletins 152 pages 5 Circulars 61 11 8 Pr ess Bulletins 18 II -1 Annual Report .J±Q Total 20 fublications 271 pages The total number of pages in all i ssues a ggr egates 3,471,000 pages. :Lore than 10,000 l etters have been written irythe Director I s office alone and in addi­tion many circular letters have been sent out. Budget Recommended for Hatch and Adams Experimental Funds Jul y 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916: In accordance with instructi ons from yourself, transfers have been made between Hatch and Ad~~s Funds so that the amount spent in any department may be pr oportionate to t he relative runounts of these two funds expended. In all cases the heads of depart­ments have been consul~ ed and have given t heir assent to the transfers heretofore made. These changes, t oget her with a few lninor ones made necessary by the latest suggest ions o£ the Federal examiners, constitute t he basis for the following proposed budget for the next year as regarss Hatch and Adams funds ; HATCH AND ADAMS BUDG!!.T, 1915-1916 Name Hatch Salaries Veterinary Science Director of Station Botany Horticulture Entomology Chemistry of ,:)oils Physiological Chemi s try ) Asst. Chemist in Adams ) ExperiInents ) Faro Supt. & Recor der _ n. Husbandry (Chief) Foreman of Farm Asst . An. Husbandry Herd'sman Plant Pathology Asst. Agriculturist (F) Asst. 3ntomologist (Thomas) Asst. Entomologist (Vaughan) Asst. Botany Secly & Asst . Agr. (Sellers) Asst . Recorder Station(Tisdale) Asst . Agr. (Boyd) Asst. Library (Wilson) ? Li brary Hel per Research Scholar shi p in Botany 600 1,600 100 300 200 300 100 700 1,000 300 300 200 100 400 100 150 250 (75) 250 ~eriment Station Adams 300 900 ' 200 1,300 1,300 650 700 400 300 475 200 1,250 700 400 500 300 200 - - - ---- - ---------- ----------- - ----- - -- - I~'? f , 1_ Name Maintenance: Publications Animal Husbandry Botany Chemist ry Entomology Agriculture Fuel Horti culture Library Administrative Rxpenses Postage Contingent Vet erinary Pl ant Pathology TOTAL " Hatch 1,500 1,100 200 2,000 400 700 500 150 200 125 40Q ~n5,000 Adams 700 600 750 600 325 200 250 $15,000 It affords me pleasure t o report that the Experiment Station, in i ts various depart­ments , has accomplished during the p alit year a consider abl e volume of work . Included in its activities have been several investi gations of scientific importance and a l ar ge number of results of immediate value. This is a notable accomplishment because of the inter ruptions to investigations by the popular demand for an unprecedented amount of agricultural information, as evidenced by the large corr esponsdence, by tre appreciation of the services of the Experiment St ation experts in Diversi fication Campaign , and by the leadership of this Institution in the campaign against the citrus canker, whi ch threatens the existence of an industry representing a valuation of a number of millions of dollars. Respectfully submitted, s/J. R. Duggar, Director, Experiment Station . I submit with my approval t he following Report of Dir ector of Experiment Station (Part 2) being a report on The Local Experiment Work: Doctor C. C. Thach, Pr esident Alabama Polytechnic Insti tute Auburn , Alabama Sirs : I hereby submit my report on the Local Experiment Work of all depart m~nt s 9f the Ex­periment J t ation r eceiving partial support from this State fund for ' experimental work . PUBLICATIONS Of the t wenty publications of the Experiment Station issued during the past twelve months, and aggregating in all editions nearly three and one-half million pages , 10 were published from Local ~xp eriment Funds . The se contain 141 pages, or in all editions a t ot al of 1,740, 000 pages. -------- --- -- --- FINANCIAL RECOf.j}v:bNDATI Ol\J,s FOR THE Yl!;AR BEGINNLiG JULY 1, 1915: 1. Plant Pathol ogy Annual Appropriation Transfer from Drainage Balance Expenditures Part Salary, (Dr . Holf) Travel , Supplie ~ , etc. $ 750.00 350 .00 $1,100.00 $ 1,000 .00 100 .00 $ 1,100.00 2. Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Drainage & Farm hachinery; Also Publications and Administration •. Position or Plant lJrainage and Expenditure Crops Breeding 1>lachinery Annual Appropriation 7, 000 $ 1,200 55 1,500 Balance f rom 1914 Cr op 458 .40 Balance f rom 1914 Drainage 372 .44 (besides ~plOO transferred to Balance f rom 1914 Plant Breeding 66!±. 27 Balance TOTAL AVAILABLE $ 8 ,!±95.11 $1, 200 $ 1,500 Asst. Agr. (Boyd) 220. 00 Field Agent Salary (Fi lliamson) 1,6eO.00 sst. in gr. (Tisdale) 200.00 300.00 Asst. in Agr. & ::l ec ry (Sellers) 200.00 100.00 Recor der (Cauthen ) . 200.00 As soc. Agr. (Funche ss ) 300 .00 Director, Salary 200 . 00 100.00 Treasurer, Salary . Jtenographer, Salary (Mi ss Garden) 420 .00 (besides $300 .:!...Xtension) _er icultural Bngineer 500.00 Drainage (Cooper ation with D. S. Dept ., .) 600 .00 Labor & l·~isc. Helpers . 850.00 50.00 50.00 Postage & Stationery 200 .00 50.00 Freight & Bxpress 250.00 100 .00 50.00 Printing Tr aveling ~ens e s 1, 900 .00 200 .00 100 .00 Fertilizers, Seed, 3upplies, etc. 2,000 .00 100 .00 100 .00 Office furniture & Repairs& C ongt • 155.11 50.00 TOTAL $8,495 .11 k · .jp 1,200 .00 $1,500.00 Publications and Admi.ni3tration l. $ 2,500 Pathology) 690 .,}3 $ 3,190 .33 200.00 350.00 120 .00 100.00 200.00 1, 920 .33 100.00 100.00 $ 3,190.33 Jz..u Horticulture: Annual Appropriations $ 2,OUO.00 oalance from 1914 to credit Horti­culture 200 .00 $ 2, 200 .00 Expenditure = Salary (Professor ~lalker) Field Agent , Salary (St elzenmuller ) (Incr ease $200 besides ~150 Salary from Horti cultural I nspect ion funds) Sal ary, Assoc. (J . C. C. Pr i ce) 3upplies & traveling expenses, etc. (4J Animal Industry and PouJtry Armual Appropriation Animal Industry .)); 3,500 Balance from 1914 Animal Industry and Poultry 573 .43 $ 4,073.43 xp:anditures: Part Salary (Templeton) walary Supt . Beef & Hog Feeding in West Alabama (Gibbens ) .Supt . Hog Feeding, S. Ala. (To be ppointed) ~ule Feeding ~eriment (Douglas) Dairy Feeding rucperiment (Hall ) i"lages , Local Poultryman (Schenter-bausch) New Poultry Pro ject (to be l ocated) Poultry \'Jork (Hamilton) to be closed Hor se and Mule Feedlllg (to be located) Traveling and other expenses Total 250 .00 - 1 , 200.00 1 , 000 .00 100 .00 300 .00 400 .00 8a3 .43 $ 4,073 .43 $. JOO.OO $ 950 .00 200 .00 750 . 00 2, 200.00 Poultry $ 1, 000 $ 1 , 000 50. 00 300 .00 300 . 00 62.50 287 . 50 $ 1,CXXl.OO (5 ) Junior and Home ~c on omic s ~xt ens ion (From Local Expertment Fund) Annual Appropriation Part Salary Supt. (L. N. Duncan) Travel II 11 II , Il .B. Kerl in for Corn Clubs, Stenographers & Other Clerical .Help and expenses $ 5, 000 .00 67.0~00 530 .00 (Besides 'i?450 Lever) etc .1,000 . 00 2, 200.00 $ 5,000.00 - I (6) Ent omology: Annual Appropriation Expenditures: Part Salary (Doctor Hinds) Part Salary ( E. A. Vaughan) Part Salary (F. L. Thomas) ~ isc. Expenses & Stenography ~~ 900 500 100 800 $ 2,300 LOCAL EXPERIMENTAL -WORK OF' THE PAST YEAR Agricultural Grainage and Machinery and Plant Breeding: $ 2,300 The number of field experiments conducted by the Agricultural Departnlent in all the counties of the State aggregates 697. These bear on 46 different agricultural problems . A list of these follows: Cotton, complete fertilizer experiments Cotton, special nitrate experiments with Cotton, extensive variety tests Cotton, tests of wilt r esistant varieties Cotton, variety tests, short Cotton, breed.ing experiments Corn, complete fertilizer experiments Corn, special nitr ate experiment s with Corn, extensive variety tests Corn, variety tests, short Corn, breeding experiments t Cowpeas , extensive variety t ests v Peanuts., complete fertilizer experiments Peanuts, extensive Earity tests Sugar Cane, complete fertilizer experiments . t Japanese Sugar Cane eA-periments Sweet Potatoes, compl ete fertilizer experiments Soybean experiments vfueat experiments, tests of varieties Wheat, complete fertilizer experiments Wheat, multiplication t ests vheat, special fe r tilizer experiments Velvet bean variety tests Johnson grass, compl ete f ertilizer experiments Extensive forage crop experlinents Bur clover variety tests Crirnson Clover experiments, methods of inoculati on Vetch, variety tests Niscellaneous forage crop experiments Oats , extensive variety tests Oats, complete fertilizer experiments Oats , special fe rtilizer experiments 'Oats; treatment for smut Oats, multiplication tests Rotation experiments . Tile drainage projects - --- - - - - - - - - - - + __ 0-- __ _ Alfalfa , complete fertil izer exper iments Kudzu exper iment s Clover s , variety t ests Velvet beans vs . Cowpeas Sudan gr ass experiments Rye , multiplication experiments Barley, multiplication exp e r~ents In drainage, cooperat ive work has been continued with t he U. S . Depar tment of Agr i ­culture , so that each doll ar suppiied by this Stat ion has r esultedin the expenditur e of several dollar s by that Department . The experimental tile drainage f ields which now nmnber 34, have done much t o br ing about the gr eatly increased acr eage of the past year in the drainage throughout the Stat e, and this experimental work has had some influence in developil.g that attitude of the public toward drainage whi c~as r esulted in the reoent passa.ge by the Legislature of labama of the Drainage Law, which permits committees to undertake cooperRtive drainage work . The work with farm n~cbinery has eonsisted largely in col lecting data r egarding traction engines , machines for harvesting and threshing cowpeas , machinery for crushing limestone , and on miscellaneous farm implements . Such data has been uti­lized in correspondence, and will be helpful in future publications . EN Tm.CLOGY The ...mt omologist and his assistants have continued their a~ tivity in various questions connected with the cotton boll weevil and have made experiments with fly baits, fly traps, and with miscellaneous insects . ANH.AL ThDU.3THY AND POULTRY 0ixty grade steer~ of the beef br eeds were divided int o ten l ot s and f ed on different rations and with di fferent conditions of shelter on t he farm of B. 1 . Allen at l lens­ville . Work in mule feeding has been begun on an adjacent farm under ' r . Gibbens ' supervision, and additional mule f eeding is planned . Dairy exper iments have been continued in Bullock County . The hog f eeding work in Houst on Count y ,..,as cl osed in December and a similar l ine will soon be taken up, in a new and more ~avo rable location . E:X.TENSION The St ate Fund of $5, 000, car ried in the Local Experiment Law, is combined with a similar amount from the U. S . uepart ment of Agricultur e and the whole used for the support of the work of Boys' Corn Clubs and for a part of t he support of t he work of Girls ' Canning Clubs . These subjects are discussed in my r eport on Extension Jork, submitted as a separate paper. PLANT P THOLOGY The citrus canker and peanut diseases have received principal attention in tHs Depart­. ment , but other plant diseases ·have also received attent ion. HORTICULTURE 1. ~xp eriments with vegetables , pecans , sweet p0tatoes, satsuma oranges and other f r uits have occupi ed the field agent . The tests of varieties and fert ~lize r s r equi rements of vegetables are more numberous t his year than hereto fore . Re spectfully submitt ed, s/J . F . Duggar, Director Alabama Experiment Sta~ion I submit wit h my approval the f oll owing: Report of Director of Extension Service Doctor C. C. Thach, President Alabama Pol yteclmic Institute Auburn, Alabama Sir: I herewith submit a report on extension. work conducted since July 1, 1914. The Smit h-Lever Act of Congress, approved May 8, 1914, makes pr ovision for extension work in agricul ture and home economics as a cooperative enterpise in each State between t he Aericultural College and the United States Department of griculture . Last 0ummer the Governor of Al abama temporarily designated the AlabAma Pol yteclmic I nstitute as the beneficiary or agency f or administering the Smith-Lever Act , and subsequent action of the Legislature made this Instit ution t he permanent beneficiary. A study of t his law, as well as of the long discussi ons accompanying its pas sage through Congress, made it possible for plans to be formed promptly for carrying out t he spirit and the l etter of t his law, whi ch contemplates extension work for both t he white and negro races and for both sexes. Supervision of this work done under this law and of Federal and other appr opriations supporting extension· work, is vest ed in t he Secretary of Agriculture. His represen­tatives , namely, the Committee on States J Relations, approved the plans fo rmul ated by your self and the wri ter for e tension work under t he Lever Fund . In brief, these plans provide for the following :principal lines of work which have been successfully conducted during the past eleven months. Project 1. Plan of Organization and Cooperation for Lever Fund Work and Farm Demon­stration iJork. P ro j e ct~ . Girls' Canning Clubs and Home .i!:conomics Work. Project 3. oJ's I Corn Clubs , etc Project 4. Farm Demonstration Work . (Exclusively f rom U. S . Department of Agriculture funds.) Project 5. 110vable Schools of Agr i culture and Home ~ conomics for both the white and negro races Project 6. Providing for an Assistant Agronomist roject 7. Pr oviding for Traveling Funds of Agricultural Experts in Col lege Faculty, etc. Project 8. & tension 'v'lork in Dairying Project 9. Pig Clubs Project 10 . Admini stration and Printing --------- $ 3,490 1,800 970 700 1,000 400 1,640 Project 11. Depart ment . Extension Work through a Hog Cholera Expert attached to the Veterinar,y (U . S. Department Funds ) $10,000 . Total Lever, Funds In addition to t he above the Extension item of $5, 000 annually appro pr iated by the Le ~is lature in the Local ~xp eriment Law, has been expended, as in previous years , exclusively f or the further support of Boys' Corn Clubs and Girls' Canning Clubs , which two l ines of work have been further supported by about $5,000 per year from the Demonstration Fund of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture . This makes the total SQm from State and Federal sources expended f or Boys' Clubs and Gi rls ' Clubs about $1;,890 per year. This is in addition t o t he amount contributed for t he Girls ' work by certain of the counties of Alabama, which sums bring t he gr and total for the inve~ ­ment in Boys ' . and Girls' clubs to about ~20,000. Grils Cannin g Clubs are organized i n 19 counti es with a paid woman agent in each of t Hese counties. The total enrollment of girls in these clubs is now 2,100. During the past year the average length of empl oyment of the women county agents has been increased from four months to ei ght months. Boys' Corn Clubs are organized in 67 counties with a total enrollment in 1915 of 3,764 . The F'our-C rop-Cl ub (or Rotation Club) has been extended:;.t his year to 14 counties and has an enrolbnent of 497 members. Pi g Clubs have been organized in 26 counties and show an enrollment of 2, 58C members. The_Club ~lork just , enumerated has been in charge of Professor L. N. Duncan, as super:h­tendent of Junior and Home Zconomi c ~ Extension . In the Girls' Clubs he has been a ssisted by two experts in Home .£conomics, Hiss Hadge J. Reese, a graduate of the Univer sity of 1:1issouri, and H ss ~ e ll ie Tappan, from Columbia University. Miss Tappan's headquarters are at the Girls' T echnic~l Institute at Montevallo, which institution pays half her ~ar,y and traveling expenses. The cooper ation beween hontevallo and uburn in t his branch of bxtensi on work has been most cordial ~d sati sfactor y, and its continuation i s planned. FARlvi OEll10NSTRATION 1t>JORK The officer immediately in charge of this branch of extension work i s J . T. Watt, who was appoi nted by the U. S. Uepartment of Agriculture before t he cooperative arrangeme~ under t he Lever Act was put into effect . Under him are thr ee di strict agents, who supervise 67 county agents . The very varied and valuable work of the county agents is t oo well known to need detailed discussion her e . HCVABLB SCHOOLS (FOR WHITZS) There wer e conducted during the past winter in 19 counties . They usual l y occupied two f ull daJrs, in whi ch instruction was given not only by lectures, but by demonstra­tions . The attendance at all sessions was 14, 065, or an aver age of 740 persons per county . OVAB1~ SC HOOLS (FOR NEGRO S) 11.uch thought has been given to the best means of car rying out t he spirit of the Smith­Lever Act and the evident desires of Congr ess to have speci al work done f or t he Negro Race . -, 130 It is evident that both as a matter of justice and to avoid possibl e reversal by Congr ess of its action at some f uture day , a reasonable shar e of extension work should be pl anned with special refer reference to the peculiar needs of the negro rac e . Hence, f r om the first year's Lever Fund of $16,000k $800 WElS set aside for conducting­Movable Schools of Agr i culture and Home Economics for t he Negro race. The cooperati0h of both the"A. & M. College for Negroes (in Madison Co\intYJ and of the Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee , was secured. Under our general direction t he l at­ter institution expended in Central Alabama counties about t wo- t hirds of the amount last mentioned, and the A. & M. College for negroes about one-third in the Tennessee Valley counties . The total attendance of negroes in all sections of these three-day schools is r eported as 8, 210, in addition to which 306 while people were reported as attending these negro schools as visitors, or an average of 34 whites to each negro school . This shows that the work for negroes was welcomed and appreciated by the white citizens of the several counties. Especial efforts have been made to make the progr ams of these Extension Schools for Negroes consist as largely as possible of demonstrations . Improvement in his direc­tion is expected as soon as f unds per.~t the purchase of some additional equipment . ASSISTANT AGRONOMIST In November, the s ervices were secured of J. D. Burleson, an agricultural graduate of this instituti on , who for several years has been in charge of the agricultural depart­ment of an important agriculturEll school in Arkansas . He has assisted the writ er in t he preparation of agricultural articles for the weekly papers of the State , in cor­respondence, taught agriculture in the Movable Schools for \fhite , and has , in part , represented this Department in the Diversification Campai gn and in a number of mis­cellaneous farmers' meetL~g s. He has also Elssisted the Director in formulating plans and suggestive constitutions looking t o the organization of rural corilllunities f or the better mar keting of agricultural pr oducta and fo r general co~unity betternlent. TRAVEL OF COLLEGE AND STATION PERTS In order that all experts in the Experiment Station employed primarily for ' coll ege and station 'work should have opportunity to take some part i n extension work, $700 was set apart to pay their traveling expenses . I t was out of this fund that we were able to 'furnish several men or women continuously during the six or more weeks of the diversification Compaign. Thus t he various departments .wene able to carry their teachings to thousands of hearers . The number of counties covered by this ,campaign was at least 55, in most of which representatives of the college took ·part . DAIRY EXTENSION The presBBt intense interest in dairying and the present success of the Colleg e Creamery, working with cream shipped in from various communities, is largely due to the employment of r. Noel Negley, an expert in this subject. His services were secured by the payment from Lever Funds of his traveling expenses and a small frac- ' tion of his salary. No agricultural .industry is more needed than dairying as a means of bringing in funds each mmnth with which to meet the expenses of the family and of the farm . ADMINI STRATION AND PRI NTING Extension publicatiohs thus far issued consist of: (1) 6 Farmers' Leaflets , dealing chiefly with suggestions on cropping systems for war-tLne conditions, organization . for better marketing of farm products, and various aspects of dairying; ,~\ (2) 32 brief articles on a wide variety of agr i cul t ural sub j ect s , publi ~d in pr ac­tical ly every weekly paper in Alabama for twelve separate issues. This latter wide distributi on of t he t eachings of our agricultural experts was effected by a systematic plan for furnishing each weekly newspaper in Alabama with metal plat~containing articles appropriate for each season, and p~bli3Bd at appro­priate dates sel ected by our experts. The weekly press has eagerly .welcomes this plate rnatter, and has recognized its sup~ rio r value to Alabama readers as compared with the· ordiaar,r agricultural plate mat t er which is largely prepared for use in the northern states and published at seasons when the farrne~ is not thinking about theee particular topics. HOG CHOLERA EXPERT The Secretar,r of Agricul ture has formulated the ,policy of having his agricultural experts in each t ate work in cooperation with and as a part of the Extension Service. In accordance with this policy, the services of Doctor H. C. ilson have been given since last August to helping to educate t he farmers of Alabama relative to the sub­j ect of hog cholera. This has been without a dollar of expense to the College. In acc ordance with a general pol i cy of linking the extension work as closely as possible with the general work of college and experiment st ation, Doctor Wilson is attached to the Veterinar,r Depar tment , in t he same way that the Dair,r Expert is attached to the Department of Animal Husbandry . It is ~el~eve d that the establishment of ~ hog cholera serum plant has been hast ened by the services of Doctor iilson. -'1 HEANS FR S · URI NG TH AND- L FED RAL INCREASE IN ITH-LEVER FUNDS The Smith-Lever Act makes provision for' an increase each year in the Extension Fund granted by Congress. But this annual lllcrease is available only to those states in which an equal amount to t his increase is pr ovided for extension work by the Legislature, t he counties, and other agencies. The amount contributed by the counties at their present r ate, suppiliemented by the i tem of $5, 000 per year pr ovided by the Local ~xpe riment Law, i s ampl y sufficient to secure from Congress the increase of 21,493, which is the increase in the Federal Fund due t o Alabama for the next f iscal year. To secure the second year's increase from Congr ess t here will be a need, in addit~on to county contri butions, f or the $25 , 000 fund now expended for demonstration work under the St ate Board of Agriculture t o 'be r egarded by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture as a legit imate offset to Smith­Lever Funds. This point has not been official ly construed, but doubtless this ar range­ment can be ,ef f ected by asking the Legislature to so designat e funds whish probably need not carr,r a change inEs manner of expenditur e under t he auspices of the Board of Agriculture . To secur e Alabama's of the third year' s increase, amounting to more than $18,000, ' and allovr.ing for a natural decrease in the county contribut ions as the knowledge spreads that a considerable Federal Fund is available for demonstration and exten­Si on, t a sk the Legislature f or $20, 000 for the fisc al year ending June 30, 1918, and for $40, o00 for t he fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, if Alabama . is to secure her full share of ext ension funds off ered by Congr ess. These seenl l ike l arge sums, but t he t ask to be accomplished i s far greater t han is at f i r st apparent. I t is ho l ess t han the education in gricul t ure and in Home co­nomics of the farmer s , thier sons, wives , and daughter s , in 67 counties , and thereby affecting a complete revolut i onizing of agricultural producation and mar ket­i ng, and t he organizat i on of t housands of communities for the improvement of countlY -, life . The economic results alone , as measured by the i ncreased amount of taxes wfuich will be paid ~ the increase in property valuat i on, will many times ~ the cost of extension work ~ when, after six or seven years , the cost will have r eached its maximum . In planning for the wi sest expenditure of the increase from Congress for the next fi~ cal year, an attempt has been made to make that year's work form part of a larger permanent plan of expansion to run through a number of years . Under the law and t he numerous and rather complicated rulings mad.e under it , each extension project has heretofore been elaborately formulated, and this must be done for each additional project or expansion of an old project; and then, in order to draw the Federal funds , each proj ect must be approved in advance in every detail , and the expenditure there­under supervi sed by t he U. S . Department of Agri culture . Hence , it i s r ecommended that authority be given the Direct or of Extension, an appr oval of the President of the College, to make any minor changes in expenditur es to bring t he pl ans , detailed below, into conformity with Federal r egulations and rulings. PROPOSED NE.; OR EXFANDED LINr.:S OF EXTENSION v-JORK FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING July 1, 1915 1. EmploJ~ent of an Agricultural Engineer: 1/3 of his time to extensi on work in farm machinery, barn plan_s , etc. (Lever Extension Funds), about 1/3 of his time to horne waterworks for f armers and their wi ves (Lever Extension Funds) , about . 1/3 of his time to teaching API students (College Fund}, ) J.' no' 2 . iJupl oyrnent of €I- Live-St ock Agent , chiefly .for beef cattle, his salary ($1, 400) and expenses being shared by the U. 3 . Depart nlent of Agriculture and the Exten­sion Ser vice of the Al abama Polytechnic Institute, according to agree ement al- • , ~ r'e~dy mad e • ' . I , ..) J • ' .. , " 3. Additional Women Agents to sup erYi ~e cann~g club work an horne economics in , )1 4. 5. addi tional counties . j " .' r 5 or 6 Additional Negr o 'I'lorkers~ most .. of them as' assist ants , ULt he ' usual ' kinds of demonstrat ion work, probably including one man fo ~ club work among the boys" and one negro WOInan f or teaching the simpler branche.s ' of Home Economics , Improved Sanitation, etc. . ~ Poultry work . It is proposed to make the f i r st efforts in this ' line of extension work by employing a part of t he tirne of some expert poultry wornanj to inst ruct the members of gir ls ' clubs , and farm women, in methods of deriving more profit f r om poultry. .J ~ I J [ 6 . Increase and Expansion in Pi g Clubs; Dairy ~xt ension ; HQvabl e. or Extension'. Schools ; Pr ess ,jervice; Publications , harketring, . Teaching by corresponden'ce , R~ral Or gani':"' zation , et cl.:, ·including the necessary office help, typewr iters , desks , etc . " .. . ~l A nl r • r \ Item No . EXTENSI ON OR S}V~1'H-LEVER FUND BUDGET July 1, 1915 - June 30, 1916 L Agricultural Engineer, Salary (R . N. Blasingame) II II Tr avel 2 . Beef Cattle Expert , Salary and Travel (U . S. Department paying remainder ) 3 . V omen Agents , including 19 now employed and 5 to 10 addition at 300 to $150 (Besides Local and-County contributions) . 4. r-iovable or ~t en S'ion Schools for \fuites 5. Movable or Ext ~nsion Schools for Negroes 6. Additional Negro Agents , salary and t ravel 1 man, club work, salary $600 (At Negro A & H Coll ege, Normal , Alabama) 1 man (same) Travel $300 $900 1 woman, Home Zconomics Salary $600 Travel ...2QQ 900 7 . 3 men , in Black Belt Counties, at $400 1 , 200 Tot al (Demonstration) 7 . Assistant Agronomist (Burleson) Salary Travel 8 . Dairy Expert (Negley) Salary & Travel 9 . Pig Club Agent (Ford) Travel 10. Woman Poultry Expert (Part time) Sala.ry & Travel 11. Director, Salary (Replacing an equal amount deducted from College Sala.ry) 12. Offi ce Assistant ( Miss Gardiner) (Replacing an equal amount of Local Experiment Fund) 13 . Part Salary State Demonpstration Agent · 14 . Part Salaries Diet. Demonstration Agts . C. M ~ Mauldin $ 300 w. L. Lett 300 A. D. Whitehead 100 15. Director's Secretary (Sellers) (Of above, $300 replaces an equal amount of Local Experiment Fund) 16 . Stenographer for Live Stock Agent (Beef man) Dair,yman-and Assistants 17. Treasurer, Salary (Begun JUly 1, 1914) 18. Assistant in Agr . (Boyd) Salary $200 Travel' 160 Besides Col lege $150 Hatch $150 )Scho1arship Local Experiment $220 ) - ---- --- - $ 1, 200 L~OO 1, 400 4, 200 1, 000 1, 000 3, 000 1,800 600 t , (Besides U.S 1,400. Dept. or Ag5 1,OOO(Salary Do) 800 400 300 300 700 500 720 200 360 ---- --- - 19. Stenographer for Agr. Engineer (Emergency Stenographer and Y~iling Clerk) 20. Travel of Agr'l Experts (of Station) 21. Administrative Expenses 22. Professor of Animal Husbandry (Replacing an equal amount of College Fund) 23. T.ypewriter, Desks, Filing cases, Dictaphone, Office furniture, etc . 24. Stationery and Postage 25. County ' Agents, equipment and expenses 26. Temporary experts in Marketing, rural organization, etc., and collection of information in other states looking to peanut factories, packing houses, etc., in Alabama. 26~. Assistant for Editorial & Rural Organization work, etc. 27. Entomologist (Hinds) increase 28. Entomologist's Office Assistant (Powell) 29. Jtm. & H. E. Expension (Duncan) increase Ditto, Travel 30. Horticulturist (Walker) replacing an equal amount of College Funds 31. Extra Student· Janitor 32. Coal, Lights, and Water 33. Contingent fund, for agricultural emergencies 34. Travel (Canning Club Agent) (Miss Reese) 35. One-half Salary Home Economics Expert (Miss Tappan) 36. Travel, Miss Tappan 37. Clerical Assistance for Corn, Canning, and Pig Clubs, supplies, etc. Total Extension Budget (Lever Fund) Available Lever Fund , ' RespectfullY submitted, s/J. F. Duggar Director of Extension Service I beg leave to recommend the following Degrees: B. S. Charles Jefferson Allen Edward Amende Allen ~ Lawrence Cary Amos Samuel Faucett Anders Austin Elser Arthur Carolus Magnus Blumenfe1dt John Robert Boyle Andrew Jackson Brooks John Willis CalJI.pbell Arvey Carnes Cha.rles vvalter Castleman Frank Gregor,y Charlton BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Graduates 720 800 640 150 . 600 300 400 , 1,050 900 300 100 300 450 200 100 200 663 I .3 ~'./ 300 (An increase of $100) 600 600 (An increase of $200) $ 31,493 . ' Lee Jefferson Conecuh Tuscaloosa Marion Mobile Jefferson Lowndes Marshall Marion Talladega St. Clair $31,493 Frederick ~ronet Cooper Clyde Augustus Donehoo Frances Alexander Duncan James Archibald Duncan Arturo E. Elizondo Charles Maynard Farrow Julius Albert Fincken Jesus Bartolo Galari David Adolphus Gammage Condie Pugh Gaston Daniel DeKalb Gibson Charles Hereford Gilmour Wilmer Eugene Hall Franklin Augustus Hart Crawford Buchanan Hawkins James Thomas High Kirk Theron Holley Walter Lucien :'Howard Robert Maull Howe Clarke Upham 'Irvine Robert Brice Johnston Lee Eugene Kimball Fabius Henry Kohlass Robert William Lawton Edmund Clark Leach Daniel Hugh McEachern Clyde Fuller McLendon Homer Hosea Ballon Mask Joel Philip Melvin Leslie Albert Miller Jay Millican Carl .Dent Montgomery Charles Fletcher Moreland Lorenzo Daniel Morgan James McCay Oliver Lex Sneed Owens Robert Jemison Owens William Ware Palmer George Allen Patterson Leonard Graham Pearce Millard Homer Pearson Jack Noble Peebles Hamilton Manoah Robertson Billy Glenn Rushing Hardy Booker Sandlin Albert Vertner Sevier Thomas Chilton Smith Philip Nicholas Sowell Ransom Davis Spann Victoria.i. Steele Thomas J .. .mes Stephenson Harry Humphrey Stirling Louis Edwin Stotlar Leonidas Pdk Sweatt Hassie Earl Terrell William Stewart Ticknor Furman Leffell Tu~ker Arthur Pearce Turner Homer Heard Turner , . 'j ; ' ... .{. 'j 11. Calhoun . Blount Lee Georgia Mexico Tallapoosa South Carolina l-!exico. Barbour Wilcox . ClaY Jefferson Morgan Montgomel'7 Mississippi Marshall Marion Marshall Lee Mobile South Carolina Lee North Carolina Florida Tallapoosa South CaTolina }Iontgomery Lee Tennessee Walker . Marion West Virginia Texas Dallas Tallapoesa Pike Hale Lee Mobile Autauga J". Iliontgomery ) \. Randolph '" Tennessee Escambia ~1arion Louisiana Jefferson Escambia . Montgomel'7 Lee Dallas Jefferson Illinois Jefferson Lee Lee South Carolina Colbert Colbert Ira Davi s Vail Albert Weaver Felix Branyon White William Lemuel White Frank Whitaker Wilmore Eugene Hewitt ~lilson Gantier Conde Yancey , .s J GRADUATES WITH HONOR William Emmett Ayres Jackson Frederick Bazemore Albert Bonds Louis Roderick Botsai Oscar Carson Bottoms Ernest Carnes Alfred Lee Harrell, Jr. Corette Woodley Harrison Wilbur Fisk Littleton Ellison S~h McKissick , Pierce R. V. Pettis Cleveland Gellispie Sharp John Asa Simms Joseph Paullyn Wilson GRADUATE WITH HIGHEST HONOR John Boyd Overstreet GRADUA'l'ES IN PHARMACY (Ph. G) Cecil Charles Bean Jesse Jared Coleman Simpson Wright Day James Sheilds Gaskell Homer Smauel Gentr.y Hoyt Greer Charles Archibald Harris Simon Matthew Jones Edwin Lee MCMillan Thomas Richard Nash Vann Lindley Spruiell Ira Junius Wiggins . r PHARMACEUTICAL CH»UST (Ph . C) Loathur Guy Webb Greene Escambia Marion Marion Lee Blount Macon Lamar Coosa Greene Jefferson Marion Marion Chambers Montgomery Lamar South Carolina Clarke Morgan Sumter Pike Kentucky Cleburne Escambia Morgan Autauga Bibb Cleburne Clarke Barbour Wilcox . Shelby Jefferson Monroe Calhoun GRADUATES IN ,tgTERINARY MEDICINE (D. V. M.) Godfrey Charles Bevan Leon J. Bonner Samford GoUi~ Carter Issachar Gra~ Gauntt Travis Branch Gissendanner Thomas Blake Howle Robert Morgan Lambert Jefferson Clay Randolph Tallapoosa Dale Calhoun Monroe I '. • 1 1 , ," " Herbert Bryan Nixon Guy ¥~ey Parrish Irby Phenel Pollard Wade Hampton Reinhardt William Simp Seibold Roy Felton South Frederick Steele Redding Stancell�� Sugg Charles Thigpen ~1arv1n William Williams Vincent Brown Wright Cleburne Ammen Basore Frank Ewell Boyd ..,.­POST GRADUATE DEGREES -Master of Science v Otto Brown '!. I James Reid C~~pbell, Jr. Charles viashington Culpepper Joe John Haralson Marvin Pipkin Frederick William Wendt Joseph Madison White Professional Degrees in Course ". Mechanical Engineering Robert Fernaud Angelo Benson Arthur Tellan Heard Ralph Waldo Riddle Arthur Trezevant Feaster John Rush Lester Eugene :Hason Lindsey John Llewellyn Prosser Otto Karthaus Seyforth ." , . . Electrical Engineering Degrees for professional work 'Electrical Engineer Holland Eugene Cox William Walton Garrett, Jr. James Weston Moore Thomas Henry Edwards Samuel Thomas Jones, Jr. Tnomas Cole Mitchell Altus Lacy ~aintance Civil Engineer f. Honorary Degree Doctor of Science Calhoun Lee Crenshaw North Carolina Marshall .: Blount " ~ Lee . North Q'ariina Lowndes Lee South Carolina Jefferson Chatnbers', Choctaw Macon ' . Randolph Lee Florida Montgomery l'iontgomery Mobile Lee Jefferson, r 1 J ef£er-son I 1'/ ;'. C'~,,~ Georgia " Georgia Mississippi Madison Jefferson Jefferson Louisiana Montgomery Tuscaloosa North Carolina " Washingt~n, D. C. ' " 1 • t ---~- - - ----- - - --------- - --- --~ - - ----- -- Original Morrill Hatch State Horti. Instr. in Woodwork Director & Prof. ' Physical Culture Prof. Composition & Rhetoric . - 750 Farm Supt. & Recorder Prof. Animal Industry Pr ofessor Education Foreman of Farm Asst. Prof. Animal Indus. Herdsman Assoc. Pr of. Horticulture Assts. Vet. Sci. (4) Plant Pathologist Asst. Prof. Ag~ic. Treasurer 1,000 House Rent: Presid~nt & 10 Professors: 1. Math 2. C :Lv:ii Engr. 3. History 4. Mech.- Engr. 5. Elec. Engr. 6. Vet. Sc. 7. Botany 8 . Ch.emistry 9. Geology 10 . Mod." Language 1,800 Inst r. ill Botany As st. Ent omology Field Agt. Ent. Asst. ~ Pharmacy 24 Scholarships 1. Condo (~) 2. Engl~sh 3. Office 4. Civi~ Engr. 5. Latin 6. Mod. :Lang. 7. Botany 8. Horticulture 9. Pharmacy 10. Mech. Arts. 11. Vet. Sci. 12. Mech. Engr. 13. Shop' 14. Forge 15. Mining 16. Arch. 17. Agr : 18. Mach. Design 19.&20. Chemistry 21. & 22. An. Ind. 23. Drawing 700 1,000 300 300 500 1,000 m,400 950 (LE 200) 350(LE 300) 3,000 - 825 400 (LE 200) 500 700 ' 4,250 (LE 750) 900(LE 700) (LE 350) 400 100 1,000 t 200 500 (LE 100) (LE 500) 500 Adams Total 1,000 1,400 1,700 700 1,400 400 1,750 3,000 300 600 475 1,600 200 600 1 ~ 200 4,250 1,250 1,250 700 1,600 1,500 2,,200 300 1,400 400 1,100 500 500 . 500 liO , I - - Original Morrill Hatch State HortL Adams Total 24. Wireless (~) Waterworks 2,475 600 3,050 6,125 Recording Clerk 250 200 ; .300 750 Librn. & Prof. Eng. 550 1,250 1,800 , . Prof. of Educ. 3,000 3,000 Registrar & Assts. 'SOO 700 1,200 Asst. Library 250 650 900 I Asst. Prof. in Math. 400 1,050 1,450 Assts. Hi~t. & Latin 1,300 1,300 Nightwatchman 360 265 625 2~ Assts. Library (Scholarships) J 425 625 Secretary; Trustees 100 100 Bulletin Clerk & Clerk to Station 400 200 (LE 600) 600 Clerk to Dean Engr. 200 200 Steno. to Presiden~ 900 900 Assts. in Office 100 100 Asst. Recorder Station - - 100 (LE 500) 200 300 As st. in Vdlitary Band 100 100 Y.M.C.A. 500 500 Inst. In Mech. Engr. & Shops Surgeon ~j§§< ~:t§§ High School Visitor 600 600 Instr. in Physics 1,400 , 1,400 Clerks for Comdt. 200 200 Asst. to Alumnu~ 600 Asst.in English 450 450 Asst. in Civ. Engr. 1,200 1,200 Asst. in Library. 72 75 Architecture 200 200 Printing 450 1,050 1,500 Publications 1,500 1,,500. Animal Industry 1,100 1,100 800 3,000 Botany 200 400 700 1,300 Chemistry 2,400 600 3,000 Civil Engineering 300 100 400 Corrunencement 300 300 600 Dormitories f,050 1,050 Elec. Engr. 500 500 . Entomology . 100 100 750 950 Expense 600 900 1,500 ' . Farmers' Inst. 500 500 Agric. (Teaching ~) 800 2,000 200 600200 3,600 ' Fuel 350 . 650 1,400100 300 2,800 Grounds & Repairs 400 1,100 1,500 Horticulture (State) 500 500 Insurance 1,000 1.,000' ' Labor (College & Agr. Hall) 400 1,000 1,400 Library 900, 500 1,400 Mechanics 1,400, 1,400 \'-\ \ Manual Arts Military l"'lining Engr. Music Pharmacy Physics Plant PathoJ,ogy Postage . Farmers' School Sunnner Session (College) . Stationery Trustees Vet. Science Original Morrill . 200 50"0 100 150 150 Hatch 150 State Horti. Adams 200 150 200 100 (LE 250) 250 150 700 900 45D 300 400 400 Respectlfully submitted, s/Chas. C. Thach, President , , Report of the , Treasurer of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute for the Year 1914-1915 To Endowment Fund By Amount Paid Salaries . To Morrill Fund By Amount Paid Salaries To State Fund To Incidental Fees To Tuition Fees To Surgeon and Infirmar,y To Laboratory Fees To Library Fees & Interest To State Horticulture To Farm Products To Horticulture To Expense To Animal Husbandry To Chemistry. To Electrical Engineering Ending JUBe 1, 1915 Endowment Fund Receipts Disbursements _ .. $ 20,280.00 Morrill Fund Receipts Disbursements $ 27,500.00 State and College Fund Recetpts (Bonds) $ 40,000.00 3,307.50 2,360.00 3,460.50 2,367.17 2,553.80 3,108.80 379.13 120,45 1,076.50 3,203.08 , 207.90 . 22. ~O --------------------------------- ----- $ 20,280.00 $ 20,280.00 $ 27.500.00 $ 27,500.00 Total 200 200 150 ' 200 600 100 250 450 700 ·900 600 300 800 t· / '-I <- To Mechanical Engineering $ 232.24 To Pharmacy 81.35 " Veterinary 478.70 " Civil Engineering 78 .80 " Botany 6'.00 t1 Feed Stuffs 800.00 " Smith Hall 2,302.41 " Power Plant and Lighting 5,783.92 " Waterworks 1,342.94 " Summer Session 1,613.97 " Athletics 4,002.00 " Creamery 1,572.42 " Laundry 670.82 " Oil Tax 11,336.58 " Amount Overdrawn 6 2z!±21.62 $ 9!±z900.91 Disbursement s By Amonnt Paid Salaries $ 40,023.55 " " " Surgeon & Infirmary 422.91 " 11 " Library 1,101. 75 " " " State Horticulture 3,601.64 II " " Dormitories 1,710.00 " " Expense 2,984.04 II " Expemse Account, Commence. 960.59 " " Printing & Advertising 4,167.60 " " Animal Industry 5,449.76 " " Chemistry 2,758.60 " " Electrical engineering 393.63 " " Mechanical Engineering 1,123.10 " " Farmers' Institute 526.45 " " " Fuel 3,216.95 " " " Grounds & Repairs 2,161. 70 " " " Military 361.45 " " " Servants & Janitors 716.80 " " " Mining Engineering 67.99 " " " Pharmacy 653.41 " " " Physics 43.97 II " "- Postage 635.80 " "- " Stationery 594.88 " " " Trustees 188.91 " " " Veterinary 1,500.84 " " " Summer School for Farmers 564.35 ' " II " Watchman 547.31 " " " Civil Engineering 194.56 " " \I Architecture 181.98 " " " Entomology 101.61 " " " Agricultural College 836.31 "- ",- " Botany 428.73 " n " Comer Hall 597.72 " " - II Music 265.65 " " "- Broun Hall 122.65 " I.,I II Feed Stuffs 800.00 " " " Smith Hall 1,269.80 " " - " " " Power Plant and Lighting 3,566.90 " " " Summer Session 2,608.90 ,', "- "- " Machine Design 674.55 " " " Waterworks 289.04 " , - " " " Athletics 4, 002 0 , 00 ~ II "- " High School 665.85 " " " Creamery 1,572.48 $ 94 z800.91 - -- -- --- . ,--- To Endowment Fund II Morrill Fund II State and College, Fund Amount of Overdraft By Endowm~nt Fund II Horri+.l Fund. . II State & College Fund To C a ~h from State Amount of Overdraft 1910-1911 II II , II 1911-1912 II II . . ~ .. II Current Expenses " Bills Payable RECAPITULATIONS Receipts $ 20,280.60 27,500.00 92,469.28 2,431.63 Disbursements $ 20,280.00 27,500.00 . 94,900.91 BUILDING FUND Receipts $ 50,000.00 Disbursements $ 3,800.40 4,919.43 32,445.37 818~~.80 Respectfully, $ 142 t 680 .91,. . $ 142,680.91 $ 50,OGO.00 $ 50·zOOO.00 a/Me A. Glenn, Treasurer r J c! . , 17'" " ,I ,'" ' .
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spelling 1915 [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 1915uburn, labama June 7, 1915 The Board of rustees of the Alabama .0 ytechnic Inst itute met in regular annual ses­sion at the Institute in Auburn, at 10 ol clock a .m. The roll was called and the follovrlng embers answered to their names: . is Exc llency Charles enderso , Jovc:mor and J. r esi nt of the Joar &C- Officio Ho orable 1 • F. Feagin , Superintendent of ~ ucation, Ex-Officio A. W. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, R. g . Kolb , v . S. McDowell, Jr., ~ . ~ . Terry, v. H. Oates T. D. ~amford . Absent: llessrs . Olli ver R. Hoo , J . A. Rogers , C. M. herrod . uorum r~sent. The minutes of the last preceding min~s were read and approved . 1 r . Samford moved that the order of business be suspended to allow the President of the Board to reorganize the Standing Committees. Ii.otion prevailed and the President of the Board announced the manes of the dtanoing Committees as follows : b ' ~ecutive -ommittee: The Governor Samford . Herzfeld, err.y, lC owell and Fin ~ce ommittee: easrs . Bell , ogers , amiord, ates, and food. l~lechanic rts : ~essrs. cowell, iColb, S errod, and ates . Lands and Gr ounds: }..essrs. Oates, .Herzfeld, 0 b, herrod, and Rogers . ourse 0 Study and Li rary : essrs . amford, eagin, HOOQ, and Terry . President IS Annual Report: hessrs . Feagin, 0amiord , Terry, ~d l'lcDowell . gric ulture and Experiment Station : Messrs. Kolb, Bell, Rogers, McDowell . Animal Industry: Messrs. Sherrod, Hood , Herzfeld, and Bell. Pr esident Thach presented t e f ollowing reports: The Annual Report of the President of the I nstitute A Detailed eport of the uirectar of the ~periment 'tation Report of Local ~ . eriments Report of Lever Extension Report of Farm emonetration Report of Tr easurer of Institute The Budget for the Ye",r 1915-1916,. fter a short discussion of certain points in his report by ~ re sident Thach, the fore­g010g repor t s wer e referred to appropriate committees and t Ile oard adjourned to 'l'uesday morning, June 8, at 8 :30 olcJ.ock, members of cormnittees, in the meanwhile, to mee6 to make inspections and prepare their reports . - - ----- -- - - - 1)1 Tuanay June 8, 1915 The Board resumed its sitting at 8:30 o'clock a.m. The secretary noted the presence of n~members, the same as were prese t the previous day. Upon call of committees, the ~ecutive ommittee reported as fol lows: The Executive ommittee r ecommend that the First ational clank of pelika, Alabama, be continued as depositary of the Treasure of the la aIDa olytechnic Institute . Report ado ted . s/H . Herzfeld W. K. Terry • F • .Feagin . The 'ommittee on Finance reported, r ecommending that the Treasurer's annual report be approved . Report adopt ed. ' he vommit tee on Mechani c rts made the follo~g report: Your Committee 0 Iv_echanic Arts begs leave to submit the f ollowing report and recom­mendations : he pO\ver plant of the whole institution is inadequate and the monace of two concur­rent break- downs constantly bef ore us . This condition of affai rs is deplorabel and should be immediately remedied by the installation of an adequate boiler , a new engine, a new generator, switch board, etc ., so as to have two plant units inde­pendent and each .of ample ca city t o carry the load . Report was re ce i~ed and referred f or further considerat ion to the Executive ·ommittee . The ommittee on ~ uilding and Grounds made the following report: Your Committee on Lands and Grounds respectfully summits t he f ollowing report: 'l'he main building is heated by stoves , and should be steam-heated . The foundry building is inadequate, and the need of a new building is imperat ive . \'e resp~ctully concur in the President's opinion in his annual report as to the need of a chemical building and a veterinary building. ,Ie recommend that the front steps be repaired, t he stair treads in the main building need to be r eplaced with new ones . 'l'he main buil ding needs a new floor, t he present floor, having been in use a number of years, is worn out . At the ~eriment 'tation: The barn should be r emoved and a odern model barn built . i vidence of need of paint can be seen on every .5i e . ·e f urther r ecommend that a shed be built for farm machinery . L _ Your attention is further called to t he septic tank f or sewerage disposal. This tank necessarily discharges objectionable odors, and is, in consequence, a nuisance; hence, we think it should be moved at least a half-mile f r om i t s pr esent location . Appreciat­ing the fact that live bacteria are necessary for the successful operation of this tank, we r ecommend that the sink in the veterinary operating room" int o which germi­cides are thrown, be disconnected f rom the sewer. Report received and referred ~to Executive Gonunittee for further consideration. The Gommittee on Course of Study and the Library made the following report: We, your COllunittee on Course of Study and the Library, beg leave to report: Ve approve the course of study adopted by the Facul ty of the Institution, as now, in use; and recommend that the same be approved and aqopted by this Soard. ~J e further report, that I'e have inspected the Library and report that same is well kept and in excellent condition, and that the management and administration of same be approved by this Board . s/Thos . D. Samford, Chairman) Wm . F. Feagin ) ommittee ~V . K. Ter ry ) H.eport Adopted . The Committee on Agriculture and the ~eriment Station reported as , follows: We, your Committ ee on Agricultur e and the ~periment Station respectfu+ly submit the following report: .Ie rec onwend the purchase of forty acres of land adj acent to the property now being used as an experiment station . Report received and referred to Executive Committee for further considerat ion . On motion, the President ' s Aonual Report , which appears elsewhere in t hese minutes, was adopted . The onunittee on Animal Industry made the following· report: The Cornmittee on Animal Industry recommends t hat , if funds are available , $7,500 .00 be expended for equipment and expansion of this department, especi ally. for dairy bar~ additional pasturage, fencing, and replacing barren cows with breeding animals. s/H. Herzfeld ~. W. Bell Report . received and referred for furth~r consideration to the Executive Committee The fol lowing ream le and r es lution S intT uced: \ ereas, f the appropriations heret ofor e made to t he l ab ~ olytechnic I nsti tute, t he oll ege has not recei ved its war rant f or one hundr ed t ousand doll ars, of w ' ch it ' 5 sorely in need, and vlliereas, it i s t he s ense of this Board t hat i t i s of the ut most importance t hat the ollege hpve for ediate use the remain er of its said a propri ation, to-wit : The said one hundred t housand dollars; therefore, Be it resolved, er e y , that the over nor of t he tate be, and he is hereby , respect­fully, but urgently, requested t o cause to be i ssued to t he Alabama Polytechnic Inst i­tute the war rant of the state f or one hundred t housand dollars . Be ' t f urther resolved, That resident Thach be r equest ed to communicate to t he Goernor the particulars . of t he needs of t he institution . Report adopt ed. Pr esi dent Thach announced .to t he Board the donati on to t he college of a memori al scho­larstlip of three t housand doll ars , by t he f amily f the lat e A. T. Graydon , a brilliant graduate of t he class of 1914, whose sudden death occurr ed at ~ hapel Hi l l , N. C., May 1915 . The Board, by r esoluti on, accepted the donation under the terms set for t , and directed t he President t o co un ' cate to the family of Mr . raydon their deep appr eci ation of the donation. It was fu rther resolved t J at the scholarship shall be named the Gus Graydon Scholarship . l esolved further , that t he Execut i ve Commit t ee be authorized and empowered to invest t he fund d nated t o the college . The f ol lowing preambl e and r esolutions were adopt ed : ereas , through t he eff orts of th4 alumni and fo er st udents of t he labama ol y­technic nstitute the foundations have been lai for a gymnasium on the campus ; and ~~ er ea s , t i s gymnasium will be an orn ent to the col lege, a l ong f el t need at uburn, and a monument to the pride and interest which t he alumni and f ormer stud en s of the col lege ,e in their alma mater; Be it so resolved by the oard of Trustees of the Al abama olJ~ echnic nstitute , that t he t hanks of t he oard be extended to the lumni and f ormer t udents hose combined ef fort and energy have made possibl e t he er ection of t his handsome bui l ing on the campus at Aubur n . Be it r esolved, further, that this Board commends the spirit t hat prompt ed the ove­ment and t he persi tence ~mich has car ried it t o succes s , and congr at ulat es the col­lege upon its possession of such splendi d-a ssets . ~e it r solved, further, t hat especial t hanks be, and are he eby, extended to r . Thomas ~ ragg for his untir ing work and efforts in s ecuring t his magni f icent addi­tion to t he inst ituti on . -- I /0'-/ T e lo\~g r esoluti n wa ado ted: Resol e , That the Chair e r queste to appoint a co ittee of t hree to be known as the Legislati ve Co ittee, whose duty it shall be to look after. the interests of the College before the legislature . Resolved , That the G air e requested to a.ppoint a committee of t hree t o"be known as t he Legiiative ot ittee, whose duty i t shall be to look after t he interests f the college efore the legislature . The Chair appointed the fol101'1ing as such committee: M.essrs. l'lc owell, erzfeld , an Terry. he vo ittee on the resident ' s ual Report made the f ]owing report: T e undersigned ommittee on the President's Report respectfully submit t heir report as f ollows . First . That the Board as a whole, do and it does hereby, accept the Lever Bund and that the Treasurer of the ol l ege be, and the reasurer is hereby, authorized to r eceive and disburse all of said fund so received under the provisions of the ·th­Lever Act . ( decond . Thaj:. t he board as a w: ole do , and it does hereby, formally accept t he Hog 'erum Fund a appr opriated by t he legislature, and that t he Tr easurer by , and the Tr easurer is hereby, authorized to receive and dis' urse t his fund. un er t he pr ovisions of said law. Thir d . 1bat A. L. Thomas be, and he is hereby made, and given the title of, Assistant r ofessor of ·J.8.chine esign, and that owell be and is here y made, and iven the title of , Assistant rofessor of hemistry. Fourth . That the ~ecutive ommittee of t he Board be in t ructed to ey~e and ascer­tain the status of the il Tax law and other inspection laws, and to take such steps as they may deem advisable and for the best i nterest of the col lege \~th reference t o t he same, and that said ~e cutive uommittee be , and i t is hereby. i nvested. with the f ul l power and authority of the Boar d t that end . Fifth . That the catalogue for 1915 e, and the same is her eby adopted. Sixth . That a department of Educati n e, and the same is hereby, cr eated, and to thut end that the resident 0 the ~ ollege . be , and he is hereby, authorized and . structed to i nstall the same . ueventh . That the Board do, and it does hezby, ado pt the detailed report of the Pre ~ dent, cn the Lever Fund . ighth . That the r eco endati ons of tbe resident on the 011 weevil or Local 3xperi­ment work, be, and the same are hereby, accepted and adopted . inth . That the Executive Committee of the coard be, and they are hereby, authorized to consider, with power to act, the purchase of land for the use of t he cholera serum plant, and other lands for other purposes. Tenth . That the President of the ollege, be and he is hereby, authorized to furnish properly the official residence of the President , and to that end, that he be, and he is here y, aut orized to expend of the appropr iate £unds an amount for that pur pose not to exceed 3 ,50 • ~leventh . That the President of the ~ olleg e be, and he is , hereby, instructed to empby an expert accountant to beview the system of book- keeping and accounts of the college, and to report to the ~xecutive Gommittee of the Board r ecommendations of impr ovements in the way of econo~ and ef f iciency in the elerical work of t he insti­tution . Twelfth . That the President of the College be, and he is , hereby, instructed to obtain for the entertainment of the Board of Trustees du ing their offici al visi~ s to t he college, as an entire boar d, the entire upper floor of the KcElhanez Hotel, if practicable, or other suiable quarters, in order that members of the board may be r elieved of em arra~sment of soci al entertainment by attaches of the col lege . Thirteenth . That the Budget for the ensuing college year, as presented by the Presi­dent of the 'ollege, be, and the same is hereby adopted, except as to Treasurer' s office as hereinafter provided . 'ourtaenth . adopted . at the resident'S Report, as a whole be, and t he same is, hereby, Fifteenth . That J. C. choulant be , and he is , hereby, elected a ssistant in the hog serum laborat ory, at a salary of f i f teen hundred $1500 dollars per annum • .::>ixteenth . at • Hlasingame be, and e is, hereby, elected as A r i cultural ~gineer at a salary of two thousand ( ~2000) dollars per annum, to be paid out of the Lever Fund • .:3eenteenth . That the salary of the reasurer be, and the same is hereby, f ixed, in the aggrecat e, at fift een hundred ($1500). dollars per annum, and that a clerk be furnished to the Treasurer at a salary of five hundred and fifty ($550) dollars per annum, sai clerk to be onded, t he premium to be paid out of college funds, said clerk to e ap oint ed by the r esident of t he ollege . Big teenth. That B. L. ~hi is hereby recognized as the official assistant to the Presi dent in the administration of the oil tax law. Report dopted. On motion the board adjourned sine die . s/ wm. F. eagin, t.: hai man W. K. Terry Thos . • Samford (; . a. IlcDowell . sl . W. tsurton ;;,ecretary ,- Pr asident's nnual Board of Trustees l abama olytechnic for eport t o the of the Institute. 1914 1915 . I have the honor to submit t o the oard of Tr ustees of t he Al abama olytechnic Instiillte t he r eport of the 'ollege for the year 1914-15; and t he authorities and f riends of t he 01 ege , am sure, ar e pr ofoundly grat ified at t e r ecord of the insti tution for the present year . ~ - 10 ~ - The average atte dance for the entire year as excelled any other in t he histor,y of t he s i tut e, and i t is a re arkable fa t t hat despite the fin cial depr ession throughout t he countr,y during the pr esnet year , t here have been f ifty fewer- students to discontinue their col lege career t Han last year . This r egulari ty and per severance :in pursuing t hei r education is attr ibuted by t he r'aculty to t he impr oved academic prepa­ra~ ion of the st udent body • . Total at t endance f or year, including ~ummer ~ahool and armers' w er chools, 1928 . 'l'he coll ege cl asses are t he largest t he "' ollege as ever had, an t he spi rit of • deportment and moral conduct t he general standard has r eac ed t he hi h-water mar k . Of course , t here are occasi onal exceptions to this higb standard, but the gentleman­l y deport ment and f ine spirit of l oyalty on t he part of . st udents t o t he col lege autho­rit i es are eminently noteworthy, especi ally to an educator familiar with the condi tions t hi r y years ago . The g ographical distribut ion of the student body repr esent s .narly ever,y s ection of t he United t ates . 0 rteen s t ates other t an la ama ar4 as ·f olloWi: . Deor gi a 55; outh ar lina 23; l or i da 21 ; li ssissi ppi 13; ennessee 11; 'l'exas 9",~; Louisiana 8; North varolina 5; entucky 3; 'ssouri 2; est Vi r ginia 2; Illinois 1; Tisconsin 1; 'out h Dakota 1; i ve f or eign countries are r epresented : ' exico 4, vhina 2, uba 1 , Greece 1 and u~si a 1 . ~very county in abama, with one exception, i s r epresented, the l argest county elega i ons being as f ol lows: efferso 85, Lee 73 , 'ontgomery 35, obil e 19, alhoun 18, l lapoosa 17, l-i8.rion 14, Clay 12, Dallas 12, ~ sc amb ia 12, l~r-shal l 12, ~Jilc ox 12, adison 11, Tall adega 11, Coosa 10, I rengo 10, Russell 10, Iilinore 9, Baldwin 8, 'hoct aw 8, lark 8, Etowah 8, Hale 8, dolph 8, hrunbers 7, olbe t 7, mcon 7, Pike 7, scaloosa 7, alker, 7, ut auga 6, leburne 6, Jackson 6, Lowndes 6, umter 6, Barbour 5. 'l'he r eligious st atist i cs of the colleg are as follows ~ l let odists 284, aptists 231, Pr es yter ian 110, .c.piscopal 74, Catholic 30, Jewish 6, none 13, hr i stian 18, Lut e an 5, Uni ver salist 2, Total 773. D ART,J1NTS 11 of the college epa tments haye b en full t o t heir capaci ty, as to space and teach­i ng fo rce, and the e has prevailed thr ughout each oS the eneral di visions of t he college a spirit of generous elation . The number of st uaents in the col le e classes is av follows : Graduate tudents 26, ~enio r ~ la ss 157, Junior lass Ill, Sophomore ' l ass 102, Fr eshman lass 132, Two yea Course in ~ ect rical Engineering 25, Two Year Nourse III gr i cult ure 48 . The number of students in the college departments is as f ollows : \01 Col ege of gineering ~e ct ri cal Engineering 114, ' echani cal .E.rlgineering 189, ivil . gineering 52, urvey':' ing 145 , Architecture 22, 'iechanical Dr awing 223, escripti ve Geometry 79, iechanic rts 401 . ollege of gr i cultur e Agrifultur~ 316, . al usbandry 358, Horticulture 117, orestry 43, hemistry 370, vhemical Laborat ory 132, hltomology 54, Botany 187, Veterinary Sci ence 125.1 Pharmacy 6 . Academic Department inglish 540, olitical Economy 95, History 368, French 36, German 59, 4athernatics 440, Physic 37 • Health The ollege has enjoyed throughout the session a remarkable record of good health . threat ene outbreak of mumps was prevented by the timely notice and prompt action ~ t he ~~al Director . A few cases of pneumonia devel oped, but were brought t o a suc­cess f~ convalescence. Among the cont ri uting factors to this good record may be mentioned our excellent water supply and the thorough screening of all the col lege cottages and dormitory property. I must also mention again t he system of 'iedi cal ~upervisi on, which pre ails in t s Institution . The college requir es all of the students when sick to report immedi ate­ly for medi cal attention from the ol lege vurgeon . No absence from college duties is excused except when approved by t his offic er. This genera syst em of medical super­VlS10n insures' edi ate att ention to y incipient serious diseases and ther eby often . avoids fatal results . The college surgeon confer s with the President f the ollege daily 7:45 a .m., and it i s an interesting fact that thr oughout, the thinteen years of my administra~ion he has not been absent on a single occasion. As Q I.tl8.tter of fact , the health record of the 11,00 studentsjn .this institution since 1872 has been in many respects a phenomenal record, and I beg to co end most highly the fai~hful services of the College urgeon, who, throughout this entire period, has discharged the delicate and re ponsible duties of this office . liILI Y r THe work of t he ·ulibary Department throughout the year, I beg to say, haS been very sati sfactory . }d1itary organization serves as an excellent system of control and t raining in neatness, promptness f and obedience . The annual vi sit of inspect'on was made by ~j o r ioses , U. ., ashington, D. G. , who congratulated the corps on its many appearance and good work. he Commandant has manifested a ,sincere interest in his department . FU S F THE 1- ccording to l aw, the Treasurer of the College has submitted t he annual report of the 0 lege Fund, a copy of whi ch report has been duly forwarded to each member of t he oard of rustees . ' HER UNDS - 2. A printed report of the Hatch and Adams Funds f or fucperirnent Station work has also been sent f orward to each member of t he oard, and to the United States Department of -I Agriculture, ashington, D. ' . The examiner of the U. has audited and checked these accounts for the present annually, and is rigorous . • Department of r i culture ear. This examination is made 3 . The report of t he Director of the Experiment tation on t he Boll Weevil Fund has been duly filed , according to la , with the ~ommis sioner of griculture, and a copy sent to each member of the Board of Trustees . 4. The Treasurer of the Col lege furnishes the President a financial statement of the 10 ollege mont hly or more f requently, if desired . All Funds of t he College are expended un er an accurate u get approved by your bo4y. encl ose a copy f some of the regu-lations. A bill for payment by t he Treasurer must be signed by the head of the depart­ment ~oncerned and countersigned by. t he Pres' ent . The r evenue of the ollege proper is as follows : 1 . U. . or "Morrill un 11 : 2 . nt r upplementary appropriati on by .00 In lieu of Fertilize Tag Tax) 11,336,58 (ne-fourth share IllUminating Oil Tqx) (These amounts are paid to the Col lege for Chemical work performed for the state. Total r evenue accruing ther efrom, 232,032.13.) 3 . "College Fees" 2,360. 0 (Tuition of l on-Resident Students.) 3,460 .00 (Surgeon and Infirmar,y Fees) 21,782.5; (Incidental and Other Fees) $ 127,719.11 Total $5,820.00 The need of the college proper for increa~ed revenue is immediate and imperative: .(1) f or maintenance of the college, .and (2) for the erection of buildings for the ever increasing activities of the Institution. For it must be borne in mind that while these activities offer the College a splendid and highly appreciated opportunity for service to the gr eat agricultural interests of the tate; at the same time they add L~ense17 to t he responsibility and labor of the . College Officials, and, instead of increasing the revenue of the teaching factor--the college-- they serve as an additional charge upon its revenues. In considering the financial needs of the college proper, t he separate and distinct nature of the various features of the great work must he clearly defined and kept steadily in view, that none of the several funds are interchangeable -- being each separately appropriated b~ the State of Alabama and by t he United States epartment, for specific ends. And that they are legally expended for these specific ends is guaranteed, not only by .:thag.o.od. ..f.ai.th. .0£. ;the. AXeCUt.a..V.e. Ithorities of the College, but also by the searching, and sometimes captions, annual examinations of these funds made ,by the several authorities concerned. Briefly, the College at Auburn, it must be understood, consists of three distinct, and well night separate, organizat i ons, di ff ering in this respect from the ordinary organi- zat ions called "the ol l ege :" namely, (1) The ollege, (2) 'The Experiment tation, (.3) Agr i cultural fu.,,, ension ' ervice. (1) The ollege is an educati onal insti t ution in the ordinari l y accepted meaning of that t erm -- preparing young men in fundamental educat i onal training, plus "industrial" training . (2) The Experiment Station makes sci entifi c investigat i on concerning the manifol d interests of agr i culture . (.3) The gr i cultural .c.xtension Service,. by law, is done "away" f rom the College, ani consists in carrying t he pratical results secured by the eriment Statbn direct to the man and woman, the girl and boy, on the farm. N TES ON COLLEGE FUNDS e shall consider t he revenue of t hese t hree factors in t he order named : Two broad st atements co cerning t he revenue of t he ollege can be made: (1 t range as it may sound, t he st ate of Alabama makes no direct appr opriation out of its Olin funds for strictly educational work at t he .Co1lege. (2) The operating expenses of the College are among t he l owest of any u lsti tution of higher education of equal rank in the U. • (a) The salar ies of t he President, Deans, Professors, being among the l owest ; and (b) the cost per st udent t o t he st ate, and t he actual cost to each individual . st udent, being among t he most economical in the land . UNITED STATES FUNDS TO COLLID.i!i FOR T CHING As noted in the table g iv~n &bove,the Q. S. Funds amount to 47,780 .00 . These are f unds gener ously gr ant ed by the Federal Government to each state in t he Uni on, according to the or i ginal law, f or lithe maintenance of a college where the leading object shall be, wit hout excluding ot her s ci entific and clasci cal studies, and incl uding mil itary t actiCS, to each such branches of learn.ing as are related to agr i culture and mechanic arts, i order to promote liberal and practical education •• " This i s a broad charter, and thereby the Federal Government has established one of the most remarkable syst ems of Technol ogical Institutions in the history of t he world . These Federal unds, according to law, must be expended entirely for teach­ing purposes . ot a cent can be expended for buildings. ,says t he law, "no portion of said fund Qr int erest thereon shall be applied directly or indirectly and under no pretense whatever forte. p rpose of erection, preservation, or repair of any buil ding or buildings. Unfortunately, for the white Land Grant- olleges in the ~ outh ern tates, the fund appr opr i ated by t he Federal Government is divi ded b ~tween the white and black races, t he COl l ege for Negroes at ormal, Alabama, recei ving about $22, 500 per annum, which amount, in all the tates of t he Union exempt fro the egro roblem, goes to the one A. • College of that tate . I mention t his to show how, relatively lath other states, our allege is handica ped e ith t his amount of additional income the College would be free from embar rassment for years to come . (2) tate unds to College ••••• • • • ••••••••••• • ••••• • • • ••••••••• • • 51,336 .58. This sum is apid to t he College by the State, :be it r emembered, not for educational pur poses , but f or commerci al services rendered by t he vollege in making analyses of t he following staple commodities in order to protect purchasers from fraud : '------- -------------- ------ --- -I 1 . Anal ysis of all fertili zer s sold in t he State . 2. Analysis of all i l luminating oil sold in the St ate . 3. Analysis of all foods sold in the St at~. 4. Analysis of all feedstuffs sold in the State . 5. Analysis of all cotton ,seed meal sold in the State . ~~ 6. Fr equent analysis of liquors sent by excise Conunissioners. 7 . Analysis of all samples of soils" minerals, water, etc . , sent to the State Laboratory by citizens of the State . ( Now, this chemical analysis can be made i n no other manner than that in which it is done at present at the Chemical Laboratory at. Auburn . The Constitution so limits, and the Supremem Court has so decided (See Constitution of, Alabama, Sec.77 ) . Therefore, the ~bsolute legal basis of all the revenues accruing to the State f rom t he taxes on ' t he various commodities mentioned above is t he ,Chemical Service rendered to the State by the Professor of Chemistry at the "College at Auburn . As a result of this chemical work at, the college, there ~s covere into the State Treasury the following r~venues (See Tr easurer's Report, Page ): Income f r om Pure Foods and Drugs (Total cost to State f or analYSis, in part payment of analysts salary, State Chemical Laboratory, Auburn) Tag Tax on f ertilizers Analysis of I l luminating Oils , t Total Income based on the Chemical 'v'lork done by· the ~ollege at Auburn . " $ 26, 006.68 " 800.00 ,: Salary 172,434.45 33,591.00 232, 032 .15 In South Carolina the entire revenue derived from these i sources is given to the Agricultural and Chemical College, Clew.son, amounting. last year to $276,000.00 revenue. Therefore, Cl assfying this item for IITeaching and Maintenance" is a grave error and cannot be charged only in the slightest degree as a source of "Teaohing and Maintenancell . ' s before stated, the State appropriated out of its mm funds nothing for teaching in the College ~t Auburn. C0 1PARATIVE EXPENSES The following exhibit taken from the statistics of the State Universities and othe~ higher instit utions of learIling for the year ending 1913, issued by the United States Bureau of Education, shows the relative income of" Colleges for teaching pur poses, and the $alaries: ¥laXimum Salary of Income President Dean Professor from State Alaban~ Polytechnic Institute $5,000 , $2, 600 $2,400 $ 51,336 .68 University of Alabama 6,000 3,000 2,500 (?) CQlorado State Agric. College 5,000 2,500 3,100 130,173 .00 University of Georgia 5,000 3,200 118,025 .00 ~eorgia School of Technology 6,000 2,500 3,300 110,000 .00 Purdue (A&M) Indiana 6,000 4,000 3,000 301,195 .00 Iowa State College of Agr. 5,000 4, 000 2,700 670,218.00 Kansas t~te Agr . Col~ege " __ _ 6,000 3,000 3, 000 452,250 .00 Massachusetts Agr. College "I 5, 000 3,800 3,600 292, 512 .00 , lichigan Agr . College 5,000 3,000 4,300 202,210 .00 ---- -~~--~~- I/O I ' , \ STAT~ FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPER]}mNT STATION "(Boll l,-Teevil Act) II The Legisl ature of 1907 appropriated annually to the Alabama Experiment Station the sum of $27,500. As in t he case of the Hatch and Adams Acts, not a cent of this money. i s available for teaching purposes, but it is spent away from the College, throughout. the State, f or , the purpose ot promoting the Boys' Corn Clubs, Girls' Canning C'lubs, Pig Clubs, local exper iments with fertilizers, t esting varieties of seeds, corn, cotton, oats , alfalfa , burr clover , crimson clover, soy beans; rai sing ho~s under normal and economic conditions, beef raising, poultry raising, horticultural work, spraying, marl\eting, truck gardening, etc.; the direct st udy of the progress of the boll weevil, pl~t ~isea s e s, cotton wilt, corn smut, anthracnose, etc. It must be emphasized t hat this money is applied largely by a staff of men already organized whose salaries are paid from other funds, t hus enabling the State to get the greatest possible good out of the appropriation for the minimum expenditures for salaries and administ ration. I regard t he good a,ccomj)lished by this fund to the agricultural interests of the State to be of well ni gh incalculable value. " j SHITH LEVER FUND The measure long discussed and widely known throughout the country as the Smith-Lever Agr i cultural Extension Bill became a law May 8, 1914. ' The of ficial assent of the Governor of Alabama as duly given to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute as the pr oper benef iciary of t he provisions of this measure, and this action was confirmed by Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama approved January 29, 1915. The title of t he Act. reads as follows: An Act to Provide for Cooperative Agricultural Ext ension ork Between Agricultural Colleges in. the t everal 'tates Receiving the Benefits .of the Act of Con ress approved July 8th, 1872, and of Acts Supplementary Thereto, and to the United States Depart­ment of Agr i culture. " The speci fic purpose of this work is set forth in section II of the act as follows: Cooperative Agricultural Ext en~ion Work shall consist in the giving of instruction and practical demonstration in Agriculture and Home ~conomi cs to persons not attend-ing or r esident in said col leges . 1I -- The fund is administered by the United St ates Department of Agriculture, acting through the organizations of the Colleges. , I rec ommend t hat t he College Treasurer be authorized to r eceive and disburse all funds paid to the Board of Trustees of the Al abama Polytechnic Institute under the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act. The plans adopted by the Board of Trustees of the ' College .include.: (1) (a) Ext .ension of the Boys' Corn Clubs, (b) Gir ls ' Canning Clubs, (c) lc;:ovable Schools, (d) Field work in agriculture, (f) ark t hroughout the tate in promoting Pig Clubs, (g) Work t hroughout the State in promoting the raising of beef, (h) Cooperative work with the Farmers' ,Cooperative Demonostration ;vork as now conducted by the BQard of Agr i culture . In this connection, it is necessary t o note (1) that t he College as a teaching institu­tion is not benefitted in any, way by the measure. Under ection II j;t is explicitly 'irected .by the law that this money shall be spent "away" f rom the College . Indeed, the admiIJ.istration of t he Smith-Lever Act brings additional expense to the college fund, an4 additional labors t o t he offi cers and professors of the Agricultural Depart­ment of the Institute. (2) Under t he plans by the Board of Trustees ample prOVision is made for the teachi ng of the women and girls under t he head specified' as "Home Economics"; t he college having appr opr i ated to woman's. work perhaps a larger share of the f irst year's income t han any other state in the Union. (J ) Provisions have bee~made in t pese plans for separ ate negro schools, and f or separate movabl e schools r I £.- i n extension work . No similar separate provis i on is made f or t he Negro Race i n exten­sion work III ?nY other Sput hern state, including North arolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, t'li s sissippi, Loui siana, Texas, and Tennessee . It i s diff icult to over-state t he possible value of t his great measure, the mith­Lever Act, one of t he Inost far-reaching pieces of constructive legislation r ecently enacted in the Uni t ed Stat es, and it is pr ofoundly hoped t hat our St ate Legislation will be able t o measure up to the possibilities of the situation . In a word, the pur pose of the gr eat scheme is to carry the knowledge secured by t he Agr i cultural Colleges and ~periment St ations of the "nited St ates di~ectly to the man and woman on t he farm. For nearly half a cent ury hi ghly. valuable discoveries .have b~en made by t hese st ations in all the lines of Agriculture; but these. valuable discoveries have not been lodged with sufficient . directness and efficiency in the masses' of the working people. Much valuable work has been accompl ishe~ under our own state laws, but by' the pr ovisions of t his act the .work ~dll be conducted on an infini tely larger scale. lJ!,vER FUNDS T . , S' CTION III, the appropriating state which gives its assent. t ion f or each year"and calls s ection of the Act, provides $10,000 .00 annually to eam This is ra continuous unconditional . specific appropria­for no addit i onal appropriation, from the State. The basi s of the allotment to the several states of t hese additional appropriations is t he r atio which the rural population of each state bears t o the t otal rural population of the United States. According to the fi gures subnutted by the Committee on gricul ture .in Congress, the percentage of total rural population of Alabama is 3 .58 - ra.nldng in this respect ninth ·in the 48 st ates of the Union. In order for a st~te t o secure these additional appropriations, it will be necessary for the Legis­lature of the State t o make appropriations annual ly of an amount equal t o the Federal appr opr i ation t hat would fall t o t he State. STATI STICS ON EXTEN'ION WORK The following statistics show the tremendous significance of the ~tensi on . Movement: Girls' Canning Cl ubs organizad in 19 counties, enrollment, 2100; Boys' Corn Clubs, 67 counties, enrollment 3,764; Four Crop Club (or Rotation Club ) , 14 counties, enroll­ment 497; Pi g Cl ubs , 26 counties, enrollment 2,580 . -This work is superintended by Professor L. uncan, Sup~rintendent of Junior and Home Economic uxtension. He has two expert assistants in Home ~conomics, }liss Madge J. Reese and Vd ss Nellie Tappan • . iss Tappan is located at the Girls' TechnicaL Institute at . • ontevallo, and t he cooperation with that excellent institution has been most cordial and satisfactory. Movable schoQls for whites have been organized in 19 counties , enrollment 14,565 . The work under I he Smith-Lever Act for the negro race has been conducted in coopera­tion with the A. & M. Coll'ege f or Negroes at Norm.a.l and the Industrial institute at Tu sk eg e~. The attendance of negr.oes at the movable schools thus conducted was 8, 210 . F,AFJvI DEMONSTRATION llORK This work has been under t he immediate supervision of r. J. T. att , who was in c har~ of t his hi ghly important department when merged with the College Extension Department under t he t8lmls of the Smith-Lever Act. Every county in the State organized under the most effici ent demonstrator av.ailable . - - -'--- \~ Cotton : Tot al number of demonstrations 1,896; t ot al number of acres i n demonstrati on 15,151.2; average per acre 1,311.66 pounds • . Corn: Total demonstrations 2, 087; acreage 14,739 .7; acreage per acre 34.1 bushels . ( Oats: 714 demonstrations, acreage 12, 068, average per acre 41.33 bushels . The per centage excess of producti on under demonstration methods over average produc­t ion in Al abama is about 155%. This simple figure, in a Butshell, contains the stor.y of t he possibilities of our agr i cultural production under t he best inspiration and guidance . FARMERS ' I NSTITUTES This work, unde~he supervision of Doctor C. A. Cary, is conducted entirely at · the expense of the "College" fund. Full recognition to t he peoneer work of Doctor Cary 'I i n t hi s f ielc1. of Agricultural Extension is >.at all t imes due. The propaganda. of diver­sification is not a new one in Ai abama, but for about thirty years has been conducted persi stently by the College 'in its Farmers' Institutes . Thr oughout all t his time the Institution has preached, as it were, in an agr i cultural revival, the r el igi on of improved methods of farming, better seed, bet ter preparation, and fertili zation of soil, bet ter cultivation, and, above all , more and better live stock of every variety . During t he year t he . fol+owing f armers' institutes were held in places when the boll weevil has been found, or in close promimity . (1) Number of Institutes held in 1914, 34; (2) Total number of sessions, 50; (3) Total attendance, 5,785 ; . (4 ) Average attendance per session , 102; (5 ) Number of count i es visited, 24. SUlI..MER SCHOOL FOR FARMERS J:"I The UTllmer chool for Farmers was held at Auburn,August 1st ~o 8th, 1914, attendance 810, and ever.y county in l abama represented. The interest manifested in Live Stock, . Home Economics, and Agr i culture in general was better t han that of any previous year . HOG CHOLERA SERUM I t is a matter of gr eat grat ification that the Legislature recently est ablished in connection with t he College, a Hog Serum Laborator.y under t he direction of the State Veterinarian. This measure was :passed well nigh unanimously by both Houses .and duly r eceived the approval of the Governor. The title 'of the Act is , "To Establish and .faintain a Plant for making Serum for Treatment of Hog Cholera, and to Regulate the Sale of t he 3erum . " The fund is to be eJg>ended under the direction of the Trustees of the Al aQaw~ Polytechnic Institute . Appropriation of $25,000 i s made for ,building and equipping the laborat'Ory, ,and the sum ot: '3000 appropriatecli'.annually for extendirg and adding thereto. The serum is to be sol d to the farmers of Alabama at eost • . It is felt that this is a great step forward in the control of the dread 'scourge which is estimated to destroy annually at least ~l,OOO,OOO worth of hogs in Alabama . I r es~ e ctfully recommend. that the Board of Trustees accept the -said appropriation, and t hat the Treasurer of the Alabanm Polytechnic Institute be authorized to receive and di&burse all sums of money due t his Institution under the 'provisions of the Act . PUBLICATIONS, BULLETINS, ETC. It.d s impossible t o enumerate· even by titles the enormous mass of publications issued f or 1914 by the Alabama Experiment Station . They include a total of twenty- seven publications consti t uting a total of 274,000 copies and an aggregate of 4,015,600 ~ pages ; t hey are isaed to a mailing list numb e rin~ 24,000 . The treat of highly important problems as to (1) t he adaptability of fertilizers to cot t on under the most varied local conditions throughout the State; (2) insects injurious t o stored corn; (3) r ai sing and f attening beef calves in Alabama; (4) bol l weevil effect upon cot t on pr oducts; (5 ) wheat in Alabama; (6) l ocal f ertil izer exper iments with corn in North Al abama 1911-1912-1913-1914; (7 ) silos and silage; ($) local f ertilizer experiments in South Al abama 1911-1912-1913-1914; (~) citrus canker; (10) Bur Clover .. S:ai; (11) varieties of cotton; (12) boll weevil control in early swruner; (13) oat smut; etc., etc. I t can be stated with accuracy that the Experiment St ation has ful ly met the demand of the agr i cultural situation created in Alabama by the great crisis of the European War and the menace of the boll weevil. I fult believe that our St ate need not despair concerning the situation. We are not weaklings to submit to the overwhelming power of insect pest s, or the economic di saster of t he one crop system. We have t he brains and courage to meet the situation, and in a f ew years, I run confident that our agri­cultural life wil l have settled into a thoroughly normal and stable condition. COLLEGE vlORK The work of the education in the Col l ege Pr oper in all of its departments has been, thr oughout t he yea r , of a hi gh grade . There haw been an excellent spirit of appli­cation and fewer excessive fai lures under examination t han in any pr evious year. There has ' been a notable i ncrease in the maturity. of the student body , and with this i ncrease of age has come a notabl e increase in the seri ousness of purpose and appli­cation . This desirable spirit is also attributable to a degree to the technical and pr ofe ssional education pursued byfohe student body. Young ~en pursuing a definite course of st udy as a preparation for a spec i fic lif e work, realizing the direct tan­gibel value of their training, become deep+y interested in t heir work and pursue it, s eemingly, with more f ixed pur pose and determination. COLLIDE HONORS I t is a pleasure to note that the high grade work in scholarship accomplished by t he institution has been frequently recognized this year by leading universities and industrial corporat i ons. The College has been noti f ied of t he establishment by Columbia University of a Fellowship in Engineering awarded to the Alabama Poly­tec! ulic Institute on account of the high grade of work accomplished by its graduates who have pursued further courses in that Uni ver sity. Being entirely voluntary on the part of Columbia University, the establishment of this fellowship is highly gratify­ing to t he Col lege aut horities. A schol arshi p in history and politi cal economy has been awarded by Johns Hopkins University to another of our graduates. A nwnber of our graduates have been invited to important positions in t eaching, especially in t he departments of manual t raining and agricultural ~ $ciences. The General ~lectric Company, Westinghouse Company, Alabama Power Company, and other large corporations have engaged t he servi ces of a number of men of the pr esent senior class. The State Department of Education has expressed to the College its official apprecia­t i on of the very valuable services rendered by Alabama Polytechnic Institute in the gr eat work of manual training in the high schools t hroughout the State. This work makes considerable claim upon t he time and revenue of the Institution, but we do not see how inter est in industrial educati on can be bet t er subserved than by t his expendi­t ure. CLUBS Increased interest i n the various departments has manifested itself in the formation of student clubs, such as 3ngineer ing, Agricultural, Chemical, Vet erinary, debating clubs, etc., where technical matt er s of dir ect inte~ es t are full y discus s ed . --- ---- \ \. .. .... ') Highly satisfactory intercollegiate debares have also been conduct ed throughout t he year, and a general fillip given to the intell~ctual lif e of t he student Body . AGRICUl,TURAL COLLEGE The work in t he Agricultural College continues to expand and attract a large number of talented men of the Institution . Th~ courses in agronomy, animal industry, etc . have been enriched and the work in these d epartm~nts g ~nerally expanded. The Agri­cultural Hall seven years ago was a new building, with scant equi pment and r elatively not a large number of students. Today, the College of Agriculture numbers fully 350 students, and there is something like an adequate degree of equipment . The spirit of the department is alert and vigorous. The improve~ent in the Soils Laboratory, and the expansion in the Dairy and Cooperative Creamery are noteworthy features. I i nvite the attention of the Board to t he latter venture on the part of the College. The _College Creamery draws its supply f rom over an area of 150 miles radius, manufac­turing la~t _ month 3,400 pounds of butter. We sincerely hope that this form of diver­sified farmll1g can be made so complete a success that it will become a profitable f actor in the farm life of the State . COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING -- FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND MINES . There are eight Departments of the College of ingineering and Mines, as follows: (1 ) Civil Engineering; established l872J nuraber of students, ~ 52 ; (2) Electrical Engineering, established 1891, number of students, 114; (3) Mechanical Engineering established 1903, number of students ~89; (4 ) Telephone Engineering, established , 1905 , number of students , 32; (5) .Mining Engineering and Geology, established 1872 (expanded 1903), number of students, 80; (6) Architecture, established 1907, number of ~tudents 22; (7) Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design, established 1872 (ex­panded 1907), number of students, 314; (8) Mechanic Arts, established 1887, number of students, 401. As I have before stated, the Institution at Auburn is the pioneer in the South in leading and teaching both of the sciences related to Agriculture and ,of the sciences related to Engineering. For various pedagogical and economic reaSons the Department of ngineering lent itself to the mor e rapid development, and in the beginning of technological education this department gave notable distinction to the Institution. The Department has always maintained a high standard of graduation, and. the students sent out have filled most honorable. positions in the engineering pr ofes sions through­out th~ United States and several foreign cpuntries . The total number eprolled in Engineering Classes since 1887 is above 5,000; and the regular f our-year graduates have been over 1,00v . The demand for these men is much gr eater t han the supply and their record in the industrial development of Alabama makes an att ract.ive chapter in history. There are over 1,00u of these men in Jefferson County al one . Three or four leading Captains of Industry might be mentioned who have received their education and inspiration in these engineering departments and who have developed tremendous r esources in Alabama and ad.ded hundred. of thousands of dollars, indeed millions, to the tax list of the State. The most profitable investment f r om a financial standpoint that a State can make, is the i nvest ment of its revenue in brains -- in the development of the scientific and mechanical aptitudes of its people . No state policy will pay higher divi­dends . All of the engineering professors contr ibute greatly i n dolla r s ru1d cents t o the college in the free superintendence of all work undertaken by the College in the way of buildings and improvements. CHANGES IN THE FACULTY It is a pleasure t o note the permanency ofLar teaching staff. Several of our professors have had flattering of fers in other fields of educational labor, but have chosen to retain t heir connection with the Inst itution even at l ower salaries. James Grey Stelzenmuller, C. ~ ., in accordance with the provisions. of the Board, upon recorr~endation of the Head of the Department, }r ofessor G. N. Mitcham, was appointed to the position of Assistant Pr ofessor of Civil Engineering . Mr . Stelzenmuller, according to ~ his chief, has given eminent satisfaction in his work throughout the year . I regret to state that owing to ill health, Mr. Joseph Ebna Buck, Assistant P r of e ss~ of ~ntomology , was granted leave of absence, and on r ecommendation of the Head of the ~ epartment of Entomology, Doctor Frank Lincoln Thomas was appointed in his stead . Doctor Thomas has rendered highl y satisfactory service both as an instructor and i nvestigator. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The fol16wlllg Trustees have been duly appointed and ratified by the Senate of the State Legislature: For Term Expiring 19l9F Harry Herzfeld (Fifth District) Oliver R. Hood (Seventh District) Alexander City Gadsden These were interinl appointments to vacancies created by resignation or change of residence. For Term Expiring 1923: t . . C. S. McDowell, Jr. (Third Di strict) \\1 . K. Terry (Ninth District ) W~ H. Oates (First District) T. D. Samford (Third District) ) Eufaula Birmingham Mobile Opelika SUMBER SESSI N OF COLLIDE . .., I. J.I 'I The Sunrrfier Session of the College under the supervision of Pr ofessor J. R. Rutland as Director, was donducted f rom.July 24th to September 5th, 1914, and was in every way successful . In offering Summer Cour s es the College aims to increase its use­fulness by utilizing its valuable plant in vacation, and in promoting vocational education especially in agri culture, mechanic arts, and related subjects. If we desire industrial efficiency, we must begin \iith the childr~n, and, the only possible medium through which the principles of industrial education can be distributed throu@­out the .schools of Alabama, is the College at Auburn. To carry on this teacher­training education, it is absolutely necessary that the College have additional funds . .j I1G \\1 2 . DEPARThIENT OF I DUSTRIAL EDUCATION According to law enacted at t he recent sessi on of the .Legislature, the graduates of certain colleges under certain conditions are allowed to enter upon the profession of teaching without furt her examination by the State Board of Examiners. This enact­ment, I may say, seems to me of the great est value to the teaching profession of Alab8.l"'na,. but in order for the Colleges to avail.. itself of its benefits it must have funds to provide the proper 'staff 'of teachers both for the Summer Session and for t he course in education during the regular academic year. I invite the most earnest consideration of the Board to thi s point, and I am sure that it is of vital impor­tance to the College. ~ HONORARY D I PLOV~S IN ACCCRJANCE WITH Y recommendations made at the last meeting of the Board, June, . 1914, concerning the awarding of dipl@mas to these st udents who were soldiers in the War Between tne States, and therefore failed to graduate, I beg to say that due investigations have been instituted, and I wish to report progress. The col lection of these names is difficult and entails great labor, but I am sure that thi most praiseworthy undertaking can be brought to a successful issue. BUILDI NGS fu~ IMPROVEMENTS Within the last year the College has r eceived final pa~nents on the $50, 000 re18as~ by the Governor on the appropriation of $200,000 made conditionally by the Legisla-tur e in 1911. j According t o the di r ection of the Board of Trustees, this fund has been carefully and economically invested in permanent improvements. A list of these improvements is a l ong one, because it has be en necessary to distribute ~ a small fund over a very l a rge area of imperative demands. Among t he most prominent items may .be mentioned: (1) Heating of Engineering Hall, t hereby making available the bui lding for 350 students and fourteen instructors; (2) Seating the main lecture room of Engineering Hall; (3) Construction for the Power Plant of a new Boiler ouse, fireproof and up­to- date. This supplanted a building that was a firetrap and a menace to the entire group of College buildings. (4 ) The extension of the waterworks of the College by the addition of a new r eservoir and pumping station. (5 ) ¥~chin ery, Refrigeration plant, and Steam Piping for the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. (6) Seating Auditorium -- Langdon Hall, the College public assembly room. (7) Beating the main l ecture room of the Agr i cultural Hall. (8) Gas Plant in part .for laboratories of Botany , Soils, Plant Pathology, Entomology, etc . (9) Apparatus for wireless . tele­graph. (10) Enlargement and equipment of Dair~ Laboratory. (11) Equipment of laboratory of Veterinary ledicine. (12) Erection of a College Residence. These improvements have been a . boon to the various interests concerned, and represent only a portion of the pressing needs of the Institution. GYMNASIUM It is with particular pride as the Head of the College at ~uburrl th~t I call atten­~ ion to a splendid enterprise in connection with the development of our Institution . I ref er to the new Gymnas~um presented to the College by the Alumni and former stu­dents of Auburn lias a memorial to the honor and esteem which they hold for their Alma hater. For many years the College has been in sad need of this home for athletic prowess, it is interesting to note that this developnent has come with very humble material facilities . However, the l oyal sons of the Coll ege keenly felt the necessity of a building adequate for the athletic demands of the large stu­dent body, and, at the same tiFle, commensurate with the dignity of the Institution . Recognizing, as they did, that the critical condition of our State Tre ~ sury did not warrant a demand upon t he funds of the s tate for such a purpose , the Alumni Society of the College, after a full discussion of the matter and a complete canvass of their members, rallied loyally to the cause and by subscription from their own private means made possible the erection of this beautiful building . Work has begun on the edifice and will be pushed to rapid completion. I am sure that the Board of Trustees will be deeply touched by this manifestation on the part of the "Auburn" students of that splendid spirit of loyalty and independence which has always cha r acteriz ed them . In all college records, I have read of no finer monument to this high spirit . It is but proper to state t hat the chief inspiration of this movement among the Alumni has been r ofessor Thomas Bragg, Graduate l1anager of the College Athletics. NEEDS OF THE COLLEDE The Col lege is in immediate need, first, of additional funds for teaching . This is especially true in connection witr,the Department of Animal Industry and Agronomy, two full assistants being sorely needed, one f or farm machinery, and the other for Animal Husbandry. I have already dwelt upon the urgency of the nBed for instructors in Agricul tural Education and in the Summer School for Industrial Education. The r::i nimum an..Dual sum for the maintenance of these pressing demands is $18,000 . II. Buildings: I can only repeat my recommendations made in my last report to your Body concerning the matter of buildings. (1) Farm Machinery Building (2 ) Cattle Barn (3) Veterinary Building (4) Chemical Building Total $> 5,000 10,000 30,000 75,000 $110,000 (1) One of the demqnds in Southern Agriculture today is intelligent use of } achinery . Wi th such a building as indicated in several of my previous reports, costing about ~? 5,0 00, the College will be enabled~ to secure, free of cost,thousands of dollars' worth of valuable machinery from manufacturers anxious t o put on exhibit their pro­du cts . Furthermore, with this equipment, it will be possible to introduce this sub­ject-- of farm machinery as a practical teaching subject in the courses offered in agr i culture. (2) The importance of the Cattle Industry in Alabama cannot be over-stated, and cer­t ainly our Agricultural College s hould have a decent cattle barn t hat could serve as a standard, both for the students in t his Department and for the thousands of farmers that annually visit the ~periment ~t a tion. The present inadequate and antiquated affair was er ected in 1884, and f or years, I have advised t he construction of a build­i ng suitable for this important Department. (3) The Veterinary Medical College of this Institution is the only one of t he kind in the South and its hi gh grade and satisfactory work has been r eferred to in a previous section. The efficiency of t his work woul d be i mmensely advanced if the Department were properly accommodated in laboratories and lecture r oons. I again recommend the advisability of' erecting a suitable building for this i mportant department at a cost of $30, 000. - - - - ---~------- - - -- - -- - ---- - - - I t 6 (4) One of the most urgent demands of t he Inst i t ut ion i s a Chemical Building ade­quate to the work of the great department which is connected with the Institution . I t is the largest college department of Chemistry in t he entire South, with the largest attendance, both in students of general chemistry, and students in the laboratory . Moreover, for faty years an enormous amount of analytical work has been perf o r~med here for t he State. Here are made t he analyses of all t he fertilizer s, feed stuffs f or animals, and food stuffs for man; drugs illuminating oils, that are consumed by t he peopl e of the State: and it is only proper t hat facilties be supplied commensu­rate with t he enormous service rendered by the Department. APPROPRIATION OF 1911 In conclusion, I . wish to remind t he Board that the Legislature of Alabama in 1911 unai­mously passed an act appropriating to the Alabarrta Pol ytechnic lnstitute $200,000 for a specific budget including among others t he items enumerated above . There still r emains of t his appropriation an unpaid balance of $100, 000 . If t hj s act coul d r e~~in intact, the appropriation, to become available ' whe~he 8tate'- ±s . abl~:to ' me et the opligation, the needs of the College as set forth would be in a l arge degree pro ided for. Unless such a specific appropriation is made by the State for buil din gs, I ask, where is the Institution to secur e fanilities to carryon its work? How are we to house the men and women whose services we are engaging f rom time. to time on Experiment St ation work and on Extension work, and whose l abor s lie not in the College, but t hroughout the length and breadth of the s tate'? During t he four years since the enactment of t his appropriat ion, the College, for the lack of the equiprnent and facilities thereby authorized, has suffered seriously in t he efficiency of its work. Daily this need becomes more acut e . The Institution i nvites a thorough examination by the St at e at large of the nature of t he items covered by this unpaid appropriation and asks t hat in equity it be paid by the tate at the earliest date possible. By per sonal effort the Col l ege has built its own Library; by personal effort the College has built its own Gymnasirnn, all without embarrassirgthe State Tr easury. Now, is it to o much for t he College to ask for a .Chemical Building adequate for the great work of making its thousands ' of analyses for the citizens of Alabama? Is it t oo much for it to ask for ·a Veterinary Building for the only Veterinary College in the Couth? Is it too much for it to ask for a Farm ~ achinery Building and a Cattle Barn f or the use of hundr eds of thousands of farmers in Alabama? And all t his in. view of t he fact that the appropriation for these buildings has, after fullest con­sideration in committee and both Houses, been unanimously passed by the Legislature of Alabama? I submit , with appr oval, the following Report of D i~ ec tor of Experiment Station and Pr of essor of Agriculture: Auburn, Alabama Hay 29, 1915 Part 1. ,Co1.1ege Work Hatch Experimental vlork . Adams Experimental Hork . (Report on the Local Experiment Fund submitted as (Part 2, and Report on Extension Hork submitted as Part 3) Doctor C. C. Thach, President Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, Alabama Sir: I submit the following estimates for the next fiscal year and the follovTing report of the last twelve months on College work in Agriculture and on Experiment Station work under the Hatch and Adams funds. Hatch Adams College l. Farm $ 2,000 2. For teaching crops, including cotton classing 200 3 . For soils laboratory, teaching 300 4. , For plant breeding 600 5. For toxins pro j ect (Funchess) 200 6. For teaching services by Boyd (Dut of a total salary of $720) (Provided by transfer proposed on page 2.) 120 7. For salary instructor in farm machinery (Provided by propos ed transfer , page 2) 300 B. For expenses farm machinery laboratory (See page 2) 200 The last year's appropriation for teaching soils and crops is reduced by $500 so astto permit a beginning to be made in instruction by an expert in farm machinery, under items 7 and 8 on preceding page, which aggregate the exact amount of this reduction. Likewise, to provide for $150 of teaching services from the scholarship man or assist­ant in agriculture (item 6) I recoIT~end that this amount be deducted from my salary; fZ D I further recommend that another $150 be deducted from my salary and applied to an increase in the Col lege part of the salary of Associate Professor Funchess, raising his total from ~~1,750 to $1,900, t he amounts deducted being replaced by equal amounts from the Extension Fund. These proposed changes would remove the objections against the scholarhips in agri­culture's being entirely from Hatch fundS, and would permit t he beginning of instruction by an expert in farm machinery -- all without increasing the amount heretof ore investe:i by t he College in agr i cultural t eaching . ------- -- AGRICULTURAL BUILDING There is, of course, need for t he usual provision for the maintenance of the agri­cultural buil ding. Wi t h the increased number of men, additional t oilet f acilities in the Agricultural Building are urgently needed, estimated at costing $ 75.00 . LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATI ONS NEEDED Permit me to urge t he inclusion in appr opriations hereaf ter asked of the Legislature of sums for the f ollowing purposes: Fire escapes and fire pr oofing or moving present boiler r oom, estimated at least Ketal ceiling and other repairs for Agricultural Building, at least Farm Machinery Annex j qui pment of same -- at least I NSTRUCTION Enrollment in Agricultural Cl asses, session of 1914-15: Post- graduates Seniors and Senior specials Juni ors Sophomores & First Year Specials Freshmen Total 2 55 39 70 ...ill 325 $ 700 1,200 5,000 1,500 There is an i ncreasing need to divide t he classes into sections for laboratory work, and therefore for additional time of i nstructors paid by college funds. The St udents' Agricultural Club has been e specially active this year. It has pro­vided an agr i cultural library of its own and has perfected plans for the pUblication next session of an agr i cultural j ournal. FAIDrW:RS ' SHORT COURSES I would renew, my former recommendation that in the next r equest made for Legislative appropriations an item be inserted to cover t he cost of establishing an intensively pract ical course especially for farm superintendents; t hat in t his students spend most of t heir t ime in field and laboratory in the Departments of Agronomy, Farm Hachiner y , Horticulture, and Animal Husbandry. In my opi nion, at l east ~' 500 per year is needed to give this i nstruction adequately to rather mature men. Experiment Station i-lark Publications: D~ rin g the t welve months ending June 1, 1915, t he Exper iment Station has pub­lished the following: 6 Bulletins 152 pages 5 Circulars 61 11 8 Pr ess Bulletins 18 II -1 Annual Report .J±Q Total 20 fublications 271 pages The total number of pages in all i ssues a ggr egates 3,471,000 pages. :Lore than 10,000 l etters have been written irythe Director I s office alone and in addi­tion many circular letters have been sent out. Budget Recommended for Hatch and Adams Experimental Funds Jul y 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916: In accordance with instructi ons from yourself, transfers have been made between Hatch and Ad~~s Funds so that the amount spent in any department may be pr oportionate to t he relative runounts of these two funds expended. In all cases the heads of depart­ments have been consul~ ed and have given t heir assent to the transfers heretofore made. These changes, t oget her with a few lninor ones made necessary by the latest suggest ions o£ the Federal examiners, constitute t he basis for the following proposed budget for the next year as regarss Hatch and Adams funds ; HATCH AND ADAMS BUDG!!.T, 1915-1916 Name Hatch Salaries Veterinary Science Director of Station Botany Horticulture Entomology Chemistry of ,:)oils Physiological Chemi s try ) Asst. Chemist in Adams ) ExperiInents ) Faro Supt. & Recor der _ n. Husbandry (Chief) Foreman of Farm Asst . An. Husbandry Herd'sman Plant Pathology Asst. Agriculturist (F) Asst. 3ntomologist (Thomas) Asst. Entomologist (Vaughan) Asst. Botany Secly & Asst . Agr. (Sellers) Asst . Recorder Station(Tisdale) Asst . Agr. (Boyd) Asst. Library (Wilson) ? Li brary Hel per Research Scholar shi p in Botany 600 1,600 100 300 200 300 100 700 1,000 300 300 200 100 400 100 150 250 (75) 250 ~eriment Station Adams 300 900 ' 200 1,300 1,300 650 700 400 300 475 200 1,250 700 400 500 300 200 - - - ---- - ---------- ----------- - ----- - -- - I~'? f , 1_ Name Maintenance: Publications Animal Husbandry Botany Chemist ry Entomology Agriculture Fuel Horti culture Library Administrative Rxpenses Postage Contingent Vet erinary Pl ant Pathology TOTAL " Hatch 1,500 1,100 200 2,000 400 700 500 150 200 125 40Q ~n5,000 Adams 700 600 750 600 325 200 250 $15,000 It affords me pleasure t o report that the Experiment Station, in i ts various depart­ments , has accomplished during the p alit year a consider abl e volume of work . Included in its activities have been several investi gations of scientific importance and a l ar ge number of results of immediate value. This is a notable accomplishment because of the inter ruptions to investigations by the popular demand for an unprecedented amount of agricultural information, as evidenced by the large corr esponsdence, by tre appreciation of the services of the Experiment St ation experts in Diversi fication Campaign , and by the leadership of this Institution in the campaign against the citrus canker, whi ch threatens the existence of an industry representing a valuation of a number of millions of dollars. Respectfully submitted, s/J. R. Duggar, Director, Experiment Station . I submit with my approval t he following Report of Dir ector of Experiment Station (Part 2) being a report on The Local Experiment Work: Doctor C. C. Thach, Pr esident Alabama Polytechnic Insti tute Auburn , Alabama Sirs : I hereby submit my report on the Local Experiment Work of all depart m~nt s 9f the Ex­periment J t ation r eceiving partial support from this State fund for ' experimental work . PUBLICATIONS Of the t wenty publications of the Experiment Station issued during the past twelve months, and aggregating in all editions nearly three and one-half million pages , 10 were published from Local ~xp eriment Funds . The se contain 141 pages, or in all editions a t ot al of 1,740, 000 pages. -------- --- -- --- FINANCIAL RECOf.j}v:bNDATI Ol\J,s FOR THE Yl!;AR BEGINNLiG JULY 1, 1915: 1. Plant Pathol ogy Annual Appropriation Transfer from Drainage Balance Expenditures Part Salary, (Dr . Holf) Travel , Supplie ~ , etc. $ 750.00 350 .00 $1,100.00 $ 1,000 .00 100 .00 $ 1,100.00 2. Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Drainage & Farm hachinery; Also Publications and Administration •. Position or Plant lJrainage and Expenditure Crops Breeding 1>lachinery Annual Appropriation 7, 000 $ 1,200 55 1,500 Balance f rom 1914 Cr op 458 .40 Balance f rom 1914 Drainage 372 .44 (besides ~plOO transferred to Balance f rom 1914 Plant Breeding 66!±. 27 Balance TOTAL AVAILABLE $ 8 ,!±95.11 $1, 200 $ 1,500 Asst. Agr. (Boyd) 220. 00 Field Agent Salary (Fi lliamson) 1,6eO.00 sst. in gr. (Tisdale) 200.00 300.00 Asst. in Agr. & ::l ec ry (Sellers) 200.00 100.00 Recor der (Cauthen ) . 200.00 As soc. Agr. (Funche ss ) 300 .00 Director, Salary 200 . 00 100.00 Treasurer, Salary . Jtenographer, Salary (Mi ss Garden) 420 .00 (besides $300 .:!...Xtension) _er icultural Bngineer 500.00 Drainage (Cooper ation with D. S. Dept ., .) 600 .00 Labor & l·~isc. Helpers . 850.00 50.00 50.00 Postage & Stationery 200 .00 50.00 Freight & Bxpress 250.00 100 .00 50.00 Printing Tr aveling ~ens e s 1, 900 .00 200 .00 100 .00 Fertilizers, Seed, 3upplies, etc. 2,000 .00 100 .00 100 .00 Office furniture & Repairs& C ongt • 155.11 50.00 TOTAL $8,495 .11 k · .jp 1,200 .00 $1,500.00 Publications and Admi.ni3tration l. $ 2,500 Pathology) 690 .,}3 $ 3,190 .33 200.00 350.00 120 .00 100.00 200.00 1, 920 .33 100.00 100.00 $ 3,190.33 Jz..u Horticulture: Annual Appropriations $ 2,OUO.00 oalance from 1914 to credit Horti­culture 200 .00 $ 2, 200 .00 Expenditure = Salary (Professor ~lalker) Field Agent , Salary (St elzenmuller ) (Incr ease $200 besides ~150 Salary from Horti cultural I nspect ion funds) Sal ary, Assoc. (J . C. C. Pr i ce) 3upplies & traveling expenses, etc. (4J Animal Industry and PouJtry Armual Appropriation Animal Industry .)); 3,500 Balance from 1914 Animal Industry and Poultry 573 .43 $ 4,073.43 xp:anditures: Part Salary (Templeton) walary Supt . Beef & Hog Feeding in West Alabama (Gibbens ) .Supt . Hog Feeding, S. Ala. (To be ppointed) ~ule Feeding ~eriment (Douglas) Dairy Feeding rucperiment (Hall ) i"lages , Local Poultryman (Schenter-bausch) New Poultry Pro ject (to be l ocated) Poultry \'Jork (Hamilton) to be closed Hor se and Mule Feedlllg (to be located) Traveling and other expenses Total 250 .00 - 1 , 200.00 1 , 000 .00 100 .00 300 .00 400 .00 8a3 .43 $ 4,073 .43 $. JOO.OO $ 950 .00 200 .00 750 . 00 2, 200.00 Poultry $ 1, 000 $ 1 , 000 50. 00 300 .00 300 . 00 62.50 287 . 50 $ 1,CXXl.OO (5 ) Junior and Home ~c on omic s ~xt ens ion (From Local Expertment Fund) Annual Appropriation Part Salary Supt. (L. N. Duncan) Travel II 11 II , Il .B. Kerl in for Corn Clubs, Stenographers & Other Clerical .Help and expenses $ 5, 000 .00 67.0~00 530 .00 (Besides 'i?450 Lever) etc .1,000 . 00 2, 200.00 $ 5,000.00 - I (6) Ent omology: Annual Appropriation Expenditures: Part Salary (Doctor Hinds) Part Salary ( E. A. Vaughan) Part Salary (F. L. Thomas) ~ isc. Expenses & Stenography ~~ 900 500 100 800 $ 2,300 LOCAL EXPERIMENTAL -WORK OF' THE PAST YEAR Agricultural Grainage and Machinery and Plant Breeding: $ 2,300 The number of field experiments conducted by the Agricultural Departnlent in all the counties of the State aggregates 697. These bear on 46 different agricultural problems . A list of these follows: Cotton, complete fertilizer experiments Cotton, special nitrate experiments with Cotton, extensive variety tests Cotton, tests of wilt r esistant varieties Cotton, variety tests, short Cotton, breed.ing experiments Corn, complete fertilizer experiments Corn, special nitr ate experiment s with Corn, extensive variety tests Corn, variety tests, short Corn, breeding experiments t Cowpeas , extensive variety t ests v Peanuts., complete fertilizer experiments Peanuts, extensive Earity tests Sugar Cane, complete fertilizer experiments . t Japanese Sugar Cane eA-periments Sweet Potatoes, compl ete fertilizer experiments Soybean experiments vfueat experiments, tests of varieties Wheat, complete fertilizer experiments Wheat, multiplication t ests vheat, special fe r tilizer experiments Velvet bean variety tests Johnson grass, compl ete f ertilizer experiments Extensive forage crop experlinents Bur clover variety tests Crirnson Clover experiments, methods of inoculati on Vetch, variety tests Niscellaneous forage crop experiments Oats , extensive variety tests Oats, complete fertilizer experiments Oats , special fe rtilizer experiments 'Oats; treatment for smut Oats, multiplication tests Rotation experiments . Tile drainage projects - --- - - - - - - - - - - + __ 0-- __ _ Alfalfa , complete fertil izer exper iments Kudzu exper iment s Clover s , variety t ests Velvet beans vs . Cowpeas Sudan gr ass experiments Rye , multiplication experiments Barley, multiplication exp e r~ents In drainage, cooperat ive work has been continued with t he U. S . Depar tment of Agr i ­culture , so that each doll ar suppiied by this Stat ion has r esultedin the expenditur e of several dollar s by that Department . The experimental tile drainage f ields which now nmnber 34, have done much t o br ing about the gr eatly increased acr eage of the past year in the drainage throughout the Stat e, and this experimental work has had some influence in developil.g that attitude of the public toward drainage whi c~as r esulted in the reoent passa.ge by the Legislature of labama of the Drainage Law, which permits committees to undertake cooperRtive drainage work . The work with farm n~cbinery has eonsisted largely in col lecting data r egarding traction engines , machines for harvesting and threshing cowpeas , machinery for crushing limestone , and on miscellaneous farm implements . Such data has been uti­lized in correspondence, and will be helpful in future publications . EN Tm.CLOGY The ...mt omologist and his assistants have continued their a~ tivity in various questions connected with the cotton boll weevil and have made experiments with fly baits, fly traps, and with miscellaneous insects . ANH.AL ThDU.3THY AND POULTRY 0ixty grade steer~ of the beef br eeds were divided int o ten l ot s and f ed on different rations and with di fferent conditions of shelter on t he farm of B. 1 . Allen at l lens­ville . Work in mule feeding has been begun on an adjacent farm under ' r . Gibbens ' supervision, and additional mule f eeding is planned . Dairy exper iments have been continued in Bullock County . The hog f eeding work in Houst on Count y ,..,as cl osed in December and a similar l ine will soon be taken up, in a new and more ~avo rable location . E:X.TENSION The St ate Fund of $5, 000, car ried in the Local Experiment Law, is combined with a similar amount from the U. S . uepart ment of Agricultur e and the whole used for the support of the work of Boys' Corn Clubs and for a part of t he support of t he work of Girls ' Canning Clubs . These subjects are discussed in my r eport on Extension Jork, submitted as a separate paper. PLANT P THOLOGY The citrus canker and peanut diseases have received principal attention in tHs Depart­. ment , but other plant diseases ·have also received attent ion. HORTICULTURE 1. ~xp eriments with vegetables , pecans , sweet p0tatoes, satsuma oranges and other f r uits have occupi ed the field agent . The tests of varieties and fert ~lize r s r equi rements of vegetables are more numberous t his year than hereto fore . Re spectfully submitt ed, s/J . F . Duggar, Director Alabama Experiment Sta~ion I submit wit h my approval the f oll owing: Report of Director of Extension Service Doctor C. C. Thach, President Alabama Pol yteclmic Institute Auburn, Alabama Sir: I herewith submit a report on extension. work conducted since July 1, 1914. The Smit h-Lever Act of Congress, approved May 8, 1914, makes pr ovision for extension work in agricul ture and home economics as a cooperative enterpise in each State between t he Aericultural College and the United States Department of griculture . Last 0ummer the Governor of Al abama temporarily designated the AlabAma Pol yteclmic I nstitute as the beneficiary or agency f or administering the Smith-Lever Act , and subsequent action of the Legislature made this Instit ution t he permanent beneficiary. A study of t his law, as well as of the long discussi ons accompanying its pas sage through Congress, made it possible for plans to be formed promptly for carrying out t he spirit and the l etter of t his law, whi ch contemplates extension work for both t he white and negro races and for both sexes. Supervision of this work done under this law and of Federal and other appr opriations supporting extension· work, is vest ed in t he Secretary of Agriculture. His represen­tatives , namely, the Committee on States J Relations, approved the plans fo rmul ated by your self and the wri ter for e tension work under t he Lever Fund . In brief, these plans provide for the following :principal lines of work which have been successfully conducted during the past eleven months. Project 1. Plan of Organization and Cooperation for Lever Fund Work and Farm Demon­stration iJork. P ro j e ct~ . Girls' Canning Clubs and Home .i!:conomics Work. Project 3. oJ's I Corn Clubs , etc Project 4. Farm Demonstration Work . (Exclusively f rom U. S . Department of Agriculture funds.) Project 5. 110vable Schools of Agr i culture and Home ~ conomics for both the white and negro races Project 6. Providing for an Assistant Agronomist roject 7. Pr oviding for Traveling Funds of Agricultural Experts in Col lege Faculty, etc. Project 8. & tension 'v'lork in Dairying Project 9. Pig Clubs Project 10 . Admini stration and Printing --------- $ 3,490 1,800 970 700 1,000 400 1,640 Project 11. Depart ment . Extension Work through a Hog Cholera Expert attached to the Veterinar,y (U . S. Department Funds ) $10,000 . Total Lever, Funds In addition to t he above the Extension item of $5, 000 annually appro pr iated by the Le ~is lature in the Local ~xp eriment Law, has been expended, as in previous years , exclusively f or the further support of Boys' Corn Clubs and Girls' Canning Clubs , which two l ines of work have been further supported by about $5,000 per year from the Demonstration Fund of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture . This makes the total SQm from State and Federal sources expended f or Boys' Clubs and Gi rls ' Clubs about $1;,890 per year. This is in addition t o t he amount contributed for t he Girls ' work by certain of the counties of Alabama, which sums bring t he gr and total for the inve~ ­ment in Boys ' . and Girls' clubs to about ~20,000. Grils Cannin g Clubs are organized i n 19 counti es with a paid woman agent in each of t Hese counties. The total enrollment of girls in these clubs is now 2,100. During the past year the average length of empl oyment of the women county agents has been increased from four months to ei ght months. Boys' Corn Clubs are organized in 67 counties with a total enrollment in 1915 of 3,764 . The F'our-C rop-Cl ub (or Rotation Club) has been extended:;.t his year to 14 counties and has an enrolbnent of 497 members. Pi g Clubs have been organized in 26 counties and show an enrollment of 2, 58C members. The_Club ~lork just , enumerated has been in charge of Professor L. N. Duncan, as super:h­tendent of Junior and Home Zconomi c ~ Extension . In the Girls' Clubs he has been a ssisted by two experts in Home .£conomics, Hiss Hadge J. Reese, a graduate of the Univer sity of 1:1issouri, and H ss ~ e ll ie Tappan, from Columbia University. Miss Tappan's headquarters are at the Girls' T echnic~l Institute at Montevallo, which institution pays half her ~ar,y and traveling expenses. The cooper ation beween hontevallo and uburn in t his branch of bxtensi on work has been most cordial ~d sati sfactor y, and its continuation i s planned. FARlvi OEll10NSTRATION 1t>JORK The officer immediately in charge of this branch of extension work i s J . T. Watt, who was appoi nted by the U. S. Uepartment of Agriculture before t he cooperative arrangeme~ under t he Lever Act was put into effect . Under him are thr ee di strict agents, who supervise 67 county agents . The very varied and valuable work of the county agents is t oo well known to need detailed discussion her e . HCVABLB SCHOOLS (FOR WHITZS) There wer e conducted during the past winter in 19 counties . They usual l y occupied two f ull daJrs, in whi ch instruction was given not only by lectures, but by demonstra­tions . The attendance at all sessions was 14, 065, or an aver age of 740 persons per county . OVAB1~ SC HOOLS (FOR NEGRO S) 11.uch thought has been given to the best means of car rying out t he spirit of the Smith­Lever Act and the evident desires of Congr ess to have speci al work done f or t he Negro Race . -, 130 It is evident that both as a matter of justice and to avoid possibl e reversal by Congr ess of its action at some f uture day , a reasonable shar e of extension work should be pl anned with special refer reference to the peculiar needs of the negro rac e . Hence, f r om the first year's Lever Fund of $16,000k $800 WElS set aside for conducting­Movable Schools of Agr i culture and Home Economics for t he Negro race. The cooperati0h of both the"A. & M. College for Negroes (in Madison Co\intYJ and of the Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee , was secured. Under our general direction t he l at­ter institution expended in Central Alabama counties about t wo- t hirds of the amount last mentioned, and the A. & M. College for negroes about one-third in the Tennessee Valley counties . The total attendance of negroes in all sections of these three-day schools is r eported as 8, 210, in addition to which 306 while people were reported as attending these negro schools as visitors, or an average of 34 whites to each negro school . This shows that the work for negroes was welcomed and appreciated by the white citizens of the several counties. Especial efforts have been made to make the progr ams of these Extension Schools for Negroes consist as largely as possible of demonstrations . Improvement in his direc­tion is expected as soon as f unds per.~t the purchase of some additional equipment . ASSISTANT AGRONOMIST In November, the s ervices were secured of J. D. Burleson, an agricultural graduate of this instituti on , who for several years has been in charge of the agricultural depart­ment of an important agriculturEll school in Arkansas . He has assisted the writ er in t he preparation of agricultural articles for the weekly papers of the State , in cor­respondence, taught agriculture in the Movable Schools for \fhite , and has , in part , represented this Department in the Diversification Campai gn and in a number of mis­cellaneous farmers' meetL~g s. He has also Elssisted the Director in formulating plans and suggestive constitutions looking t o the organization of rural corilllunities f or the better mar keting of agricultural pr oducta and fo r general co~unity betternlent. TRAVEL OF COLLEGE AND STATION PERTS In order that all experts in the Experiment Station employed primarily for ' coll ege and station 'work should have opportunity to take some part i n extension work, $700 was set apart to pay their traveling expenses . I t was out of this fund that we were able to 'furnish several men or women continuously during the six or more weeks of the diversification Compaign. Thus t he various departments .wene able to carry their teachings to thousands of hearers . The number of counties covered by this ,campaign was at least 55, in most of which representatives of the college took ·part . DAIRY EXTENSION The presBBt intense interest in dairying and the present success of the Colleg e Creamery, working with cream shipped in from various communities, is largely due to the employment of r. Noel Negley, an expert in this subject. His services were secured by the payment from Lever Funds of his traveling expenses and a small frac- ' tion of his salary. No agricultural .industry is more needed than dairying as a means of bringing in funds each mmnth with which to meet the expenses of the family and of the farm . ADMINI STRATION AND PRI NTING Extension publicatiohs thus far issued consist of: (1) 6 Farmers' Leaflets , dealing chiefly with suggestions on cropping systems for war-tLne conditions, organization . for better marketing of farm products, and various aspects of dairying; ,~\ (2) 32 brief articles on a wide variety of agr i cul t ural sub j ect s , publi ~d in pr ac­tical ly every weekly paper in Alabama for twelve separate issues. This latter wide distributi on of t he t eachings of our agricultural experts was effected by a systematic plan for furnishing each weekly newspaper in Alabama with metal plat~containing articles appropriate for each season, and p~bli3Bd at appro­priate dates sel ected by our experts. The weekly press has eagerly .welcomes this plate rnatter, and has recognized its sup~ rio r value to Alabama readers as compared with the· ordiaar,r agricultural plate mat t er which is largely prepared for use in the northern states and published at seasons when the farrne~ is not thinking about theee particular topics. HOG CHOLERA EXPERT The Secretar,r of Agricul ture has formulated the ,policy of having his agricultural experts in each t ate work in cooperation with and as a part of the Extension Service. In accordance with this policy, the services of Doctor H. C. ilson have been given since last August to helping to educate t he farmers of Alabama relative to the sub­j ect of hog cholera. This has been without a dollar of expense to the College. In acc ordance with a general pol i cy of linking the extension work as closely as possible with the general work of college and experiment st ation, Doctor Wilson is attached to the Veterinar,r Depar tment , in t he same way that the Dair,r Expert is attached to the Department of Animal Husbandry . It is ~el~eve d that the establishment of ~ hog cholera serum plant has been hast ened by the services of Doctor iilson. -'1 HEANS FR S · URI NG TH AND- L FED RAL INCREASE IN ITH-LEVER FUNDS The Smith-Lever Act makes provision for' an increase each year in the Extension Fund granted by Congress. But this annual lllcrease is available only to those states in which an equal amount to t his increase is pr ovided for extension work by the Legislature, t he counties, and other agencies. The amount contributed by the counties at their present r ate, suppiliemented by the i tem of $5, 000 per year pr ovided by the Local ~xpe riment Law, i s ampl y sufficient to secure from Congress the increase of 21,493, which is the increase in the Federal Fund due t o Alabama for the next f iscal year. To secure the second year's increase from Congr ess t here will be a need, in addit~on to county contri butions, f or the $25 , 000 fund now expended for demonstration work under the St ate Board of Agriculture t o 'be r egarded by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture as a legit imate offset to Smith­Lever Funds. This point has not been official ly construed, but doubtless this ar range­ment can be ,ef f ected by asking the Legislature to so designat e funds whish probably need not carr,r a change inEs manner of expenditur e under t he auspices of the Board of Agriculture . To secur e Alabama's of the third year' s increase, amounting to more than $18,000, ' and allovr.ing for a natural decrease in the county contribut ions as the knowledge spreads that a considerable Federal Fund is available for demonstration and exten­Si on, t a sk the Legislature f or $20, 000 for the fisc al year ending June 30, 1918, and for $40, o00 for t he fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, if Alabama . is to secure her full share of ext ension funds off ered by Congr ess. These seenl l ike l arge sums, but t he t ask to be accomplished i s far greater t han is at f i r st apparent. I t is ho l ess t han the education in gricul t ure and in Home co­nomics of the farmer s , thier sons, wives , and daughter s , in 67 counties , and thereby affecting a complete revolut i onizing of agricultural producation and mar ket­i ng, and t he organizat i on of t housands of communities for the improvement of countlY -, life . The economic results alone , as measured by the i ncreased amount of taxes wfuich will be paid ~ the increase in property valuat i on, will many times ~ the cost of extension work ~ when, after six or seven years , the cost will have r eached its maximum . In planning for the wi sest expenditure of the increase from Congress for the next fi~ cal year, an attempt has been made to make that year's work form part of a larger permanent plan of expansion to run through a number of years . Under the law and t he numerous and rather complicated rulings mad.e under it , each extension project has heretofore been elaborately formulated, and this must be done for each additional project or expansion of an old project; and then, in order to draw the Federal funds , each proj ect must be approved in advance in every detail , and the expenditure there­under supervi sed by t he U. S . Department of Agri culture . Hence , it i s r ecommended that authority be given the Direct or of Extension, an appr oval of the President of the College, to make any minor changes in expenditur es to bring t he pl ans , detailed below, into conformity with Federal r egulations and rulings. PROPOSED NE.; OR EXFANDED LINr.:S OF EXTENSION v-JORK FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING July 1, 1915 1. EmploJ~ent of an Agricultural Engineer: 1/3 of his time to extensi on work in farm machinery, barn plan_s , etc. (Lever Extension Funds), about 1/3 of his time to horne waterworks for f armers and their wi ves (Lever Extension Funds) , about . 1/3 of his time to teaching API students (College Fund}, ) J.' no' 2 . iJupl oyrnent of €I- Live-St ock Agent , chiefly .for beef cattle, his salary ($1, 400) and expenses being shared by the U. 3 . Depart nlent of Agriculture and the Exten­sion Ser vice of the Al abama Polytechnic Institute, according to agree ement al- • , ~ r'e~dy mad e • ' . I , ..) J • ' .. , " 3. Additional Women Agents to sup erYi ~e cann~g club work an horne economics in , )1 4. 5. addi tional counties . j " .' r 5 or 6 Additional Negr o 'I'lorkers~ most .. of them as' assist ants , ULt he ' usual ' kinds of demonstrat ion work, probably including one man fo ~ club work among the boys" and one negro WOInan f or teaching the simpler branche.s ' of Home Economics , Improved Sanitation, etc. . ~ Poultry work . It is proposed to make the f i r st efforts in this ' line of extension work by employing a part of t he tirne of some expert poultry wornanj to inst ruct the members of gir ls ' clubs , and farm women, in methods of deriving more profit f r om poultry. .J ~ I J [ 6 . Increase and Expansion in Pi g Clubs; Dairy ~xt ension ; HQvabl e. or Extension'. Schools ; Pr ess ,jervice; Publications , harketring, . Teaching by corresponden'ce , R~ral Or gani':"' zation , et cl.:, ·including the necessary office help, typewr iters , desks , etc . " .. . ~l A nl r • r \ Item No . EXTENSI ON OR S}V~1'H-LEVER FUND BUDGET July 1, 1915 - June 30, 1916 L Agricultural Engineer, Salary (R . N. Blasingame) II II Tr avel 2 . Beef Cattle Expert , Salary and Travel (U . S. Department paying remainder ) 3 . V omen Agents , including 19 now employed and 5 to 10 addition at 300 to $150 (Besides Local and-County contributions) . 4. r-iovable or ~t en S'ion Schools for \fuites 5. Movable or Ext ~nsion Schools for Negroes 6. Additional Negro Agents , salary and t ravel 1 man, club work, salary $600 (At Negro A & H Coll ege, Normal , Alabama) 1 man (same) Travel $300 $900 1 woman, Home Zconomics Salary $600 Travel ...2QQ 900 7 . 3 men , in Black Belt Counties, at $400 1 , 200 Tot al (Demonstration) 7 . Assistant Agronomist (Burleson) Salary Travel 8 . Dairy Expert (Negley) Salary & Travel 9 . Pig Club Agent (Ford) Travel 10. Woman Poultry Expert (Part time) Sala.ry & Travel 11. Director, Salary (Replacing an equal amount deducted from College Sala.ry) 12. Offi ce Assistant ( Miss Gardiner) (Replacing an equal amount of Local Experiment Fund) 13 . Part Salary State Demonpstration Agent · 14 . Part Salaries Diet. Demonstration Agts . C. M ~ Mauldin $ 300 w. L. Lett 300 A. D. Whitehead 100 15. Director's Secretary (Sellers) (Of above, $300 replaces an equal amount of Local Experiment Fund) 16 . Stenographer for Live Stock Agent (Beef man) Dair,yman-and Assistants 17. Treasurer, Salary (Begun JUly 1, 1914) 18. Assistant in Agr . (Boyd) Salary $200 Travel' 160 Besides Col lege $150 Hatch $150 )Scho1arship Local Experiment $220 ) - ---- --- - $ 1, 200 L~OO 1, 400 4, 200 1, 000 1, 000 3, 000 1,800 600 t , (Besides U.S 1,400. Dept. or Ag5 1,OOO(Salary Do) 800 400 300 300 700 500 720 200 360 ---- --- - 19. Stenographer for Agr. Engineer (Emergency Stenographer and Y~iling Clerk) 20. Travel of Agr'l Experts (of Station) 21. Administrative Expenses 22. Professor of Animal Husbandry (Replacing an equal amount of College Fund) 23. T.ypewriter, Desks, Filing cases, Dictaphone, Office furniture, etc . 24. Stationery and Postage 25. County ' Agents, equipment and expenses 26. Temporary experts in Marketing, rural organization, etc., and collection of information in other states looking to peanut factories, packing houses, etc., in Alabama. 26~. Assistant for Editorial & Rural Organization work, etc. 27. Entomologist (Hinds) increase 28. Entomologist's Office Assistant (Powell) 29. Jtm. & H. E. Expension (Duncan) increase Ditto, Travel 30. Horticulturist (Walker) replacing an equal amount of College Funds 31. Extra Student· Janitor 32. Coal, Lights, and Water 33. Contingent fund, for agricultural emergencies 34. Travel (Canning Club Agent) (Miss Reese) 35. One-half Salary Home Economics Expert (Miss Tappan) 36. Travel, Miss Tappan 37. Clerical Assistance for Corn, Canning, and Pig Clubs, supplies, etc. Total Extension Budget (Lever Fund) Available Lever Fund , ' RespectfullY submitted, s/J. F. Duggar Director of Extension Service I beg leave to recommend the following Degrees: B. S. Charles Jefferson Allen Edward Amende Allen ~ Lawrence Cary Amos Samuel Faucett Anders Austin Elser Arthur Carolus Magnus Blumenfe1dt John Robert Boyle Andrew Jackson Brooks John Willis CalJI.pbell Arvey Carnes Cha.rles vvalter Castleman Frank Gregor,y Charlton BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Graduates 720 800 640 150 . 600 300 400 , 1,050 900 300 100 300 450 200 100 200 663 I .3 ~'./ 300 (An increase of $100) 600 600 (An increase of $200) $ 31,493 . ' Lee Jefferson Conecuh Tuscaloosa Marion Mobile Jefferson Lowndes Marshall Marion Talladega St. Clair $31,493 Frederick ~ronet Cooper Clyde Augustus Donehoo Frances Alexander Duncan James Archibald Duncan Arturo E. Elizondo Charles Maynard Farrow Julius Albert Fincken Jesus Bartolo Galari David Adolphus Gammage Condie Pugh Gaston Daniel DeKalb Gibson Charles Hereford Gilmour Wilmer Eugene Hall Franklin Augustus Hart Crawford Buchanan Hawkins James Thomas High Kirk Theron Holley Walter Lucien :'Howard Robert Maull Howe Clarke Upham 'Irvine Robert Brice Johnston Lee Eugene Kimball Fabius Henry Kohlass Robert William Lawton Edmund Clark Leach Daniel Hugh McEachern Clyde Fuller McLendon Homer Hosea Ballon Mask Joel Philip Melvin Leslie Albert Miller Jay Millican Carl .Dent Montgomery Charles Fletcher Moreland Lorenzo Daniel Morgan James McCay Oliver Lex Sneed Owens Robert Jemison Owens William Ware Palmer George Allen Patterson Leonard Graham Pearce Millard Homer Pearson Jack Noble Peebles Hamilton Manoah Robertson Billy Glenn Rushing Hardy Booker Sandlin Albert Vertner Sevier Thomas Chilton Smith Philip Nicholas Sowell Ransom Davis Spann Victoria.i. Steele Thomas J .. .mes Stephenson Harry Humphrey Stirling Louis Edwin Stotlar Leonidas Pdk Sweatt Hassie Earl Terrell William Stewart Ticknor Furman Leffell Tu~ker Arthur Pearce Turner Homer Heard Turner , . 'j ; ' ... .{. 'j 11. Calhoun . Blount Lee Georgia Mexico Tallapoosa South Carolina l-!exico. Barbour Wilcox . ClaY Jefferson Morgan Montgomel'7 Mississippi Marshall Marion Marshall Lee Mobile South Carolina Lee North Carolina Florida Tallapoosa South CaTolina }Iontgomery Lee Tennessee Walker . Marion West Virginia Texas Dallas Tallapoesa Pike Hale Lee Mobile Autauga J". Iliontgomery ) \. Randolph '" Tennessee Escambia ~1arion Louisiana Jefferson Escambia . Montgomel'7 Lee Dallas Jefferson Illinois Jefferson Lee Lee South Carolina Colbert Colbert Ira Davi s Vail Albert Weaver Felix Branyon White William Lemuel White Frank Whitaker Wilmore Eugene Hewitt ~lilson Gantier Conde Yancey , .s J GRADUATES WITH HONOR William Emmett Ayres Jackson Frederick Bazemore Albert Bonds Louis Roderick Botsai Oscar Carson Bottoms Ernest Carnes Alfred Lee Harrell, Jr. Corette Woodley Harrison Wilbur Fisk Littleton Ellison S~h McKissick , Pierce R. V. Pettis Cleveland Gellispie Sharp John Asa Simms Joseph Paullyn Wilson GRADUATE WITH HIGHEST HONOR John Boyd Overstreet GRADUA'l'ES IN PHARMACY (Ph. G) Cecil Charles Bean Jesse Jared Coleman Simpson Wright Day James Sheilds Gaskell Homer Smauel Gentr.y Hoyt Greer Charles Archibald Harris Simon Matthew Jones Edwin Lee MCMillan Thomas Richard Nash Vann Lindley Spruiell Ira Junius Wiggins . r PHARMACEUTICAL CH»UST (Ph . C) Loathur Guy Webb Greene Escambia Marion Marion Lee Blount Macon Lamar Coosa Greene Jefferson Marion Marion Chambers Montgomery Lamar South Carolina Clarke Morgan Sumter Pike Kentucky Cleburne Escambia Morgan Autauga Bibb Cleburne Clarke Barbour Wilcox . Shelby Jefferson Monroe Calhoun GRADUATES IN ,tgTERINARY MEDICINE (D. V. M.) Godfrey Charles Bevan Leon J. Bonner Samford GoUi~ Carter Issachar Gra~ Gauntt Travis Branch Gissendanner Thomas Blake Howle Robert Morgan Lambert Jefferson Clay Randolph Tallapoosa Dale Calhoun Monroe I '. • 1 1 , ," " Herbert Bryan Nixon Guy ¥~ey Parrish Irby Phenel Pollard Wade Hampton Reinhardt William Simp Seibold Roy Felton South Frederick Steele Redding Stancell�� Sugg Charles Thigpen ~1arv1n William Williams Vincent Brown Wright Cleburne Ammen Basore Frank Ewell Boyd ..,.­POST GRADUATE DEGREES -Master of Science v Otto Brown '!. I James Reid C~~pbell, Jr. Charles viashington Culpepper Joe John Haralson Marvin Pipkin Frederick William Wendt Joseph Madison White Professional Degrees in Course ". Mechanical Engineering Robert Fernaud Angelo Benson Arthur Tellan Heard Ralph Waldo Riddle Arthur Trezevant Feaster John Rush Lester Eugene :Hason Lindsey John Llewellyn Prosser Otto Karthaus Seyforth ." , . . Electrical Engineering Degrees for professional work 'Electrical Engineer Holland Eugene Cox William Walton Garrett, Jr. James Weston Moore Thomas Henry Edwards Samuel Thomas Jones, Jr. Tnomas Cole Mitchell Altus Lacy ~aintance Civil Engineer f. Honorary Degree Doctor of Science Calhoun Lee Crenshaw North Carolina Marshall .: Blount " ~ Lee . North Q'ariina Lowndes Lee South Carolina Jefferson Chatnbers', Choctaw Macon ' . Randolph Lee Florida Montgomery l'iontgomery Mobile Lee Jefferson, r 1 J ef£er-son I 1'/ ;'. C'~,,~ Georgia " Georgia Mississippi Madison Jefferson Jefferson Louisiana Montgomery Tuscaloosa North Carolina " Washingt~n, D. C. ' " 1 • t ---~- - - ----- - - --------- - --- --~ - - ----- -- Original Morrill Hatch State Horti. Instr. in Woodwork Director & Prof. ' Physical Culture Prof. Composition & Rhetoric . - 750 Farm Supt. & Recorder Prof. Animal Industry Pr ofessor Education Foreman of Farm Asst. Prof. Animal Indus. Herdsman Assoc. Pr of. Horticulture Assts. Vet. Sci. (4) Plant Pathologist Asst. Prof. Ag~ic. Treasurer 1,000 House Rent: Presid~nt & 10 Professors: 1. Math 2. C :Lv:ii Engr. 3. History 4. Mech.- Engr. 5. Elec. Engr. 6. Vet. Sc. 7. Botany 8 . Ch.emistry 9. Geology 10 . Mod." Language 1,800 Inst r. ill Botany As st. Ent omology Field Agt. Ent. Asst. ~ Pharmacy 24 Scholarships 1. Condo (~) 2. Engl~sh 3. Office 4. Civi~ Engr. 5. Latin 6. Mod. :Lang. 7. Botany 8. Horticulture 9. Pharmacy 10. Mech. Arts. 11. Vet. Sci. 12. Mech. Engr. 13. Shop' 14. Forge 15. Mining 16. Arch. 17. Agr : 18. Mach. Design 19.&20. Chemistry 21. & 22. An. Ind. 23. Drawing 700 1,000 300 300 500 1,000 m,400 950 (LE 200) 350(LE 300) 3,000 - 825 400 (LE 200) 500 700 ' 4,250 (LE 750) 900(LE 700) (LE 350) 400 100 1,000 t 200 500 (LE 100) (LE 500) 500 Adams Total 1,000 1,400 1,700 700 1,400 400 1,750 3,000 300 600 475 1,600 200 600 1 ~ 200 4,250 1,250 1,250 700 1,600 1,500 2,,200 300 1,400 400 1,100 500 500 . 500 liO , I - - Original Morrill Hatch State HortL Adams Total 24. Wireless (~) Waterworks 2,475 600 3,050 6,125 Recording Clerk 250 200 ; .300 750 Librn. & Prof. Eng. 550 1,250 1,800 , . Prof. of Educ. 3,000 3,000 Registrar & Assts. 'SOO 700 1,200 Asst. Library 250 650 900 I Asst. Prof. in Math. 400 1,050 1,450 Assts. Hi~t. & Latin 1,300 1,300 Nightwatchman 360 265 625 2~ Assts. Library (Scholarships) J 425 625 Secretary; Trustees 100 100 Bulletin Clerk & Clerk to Station 400 200 (LE 600) 600 Clerk to Dean Engr. 200 200 Steno. to Presiden~ 900 900 Assts. in Office 100 100 Asst. Recorder Station - - 100 (LE 500) 200 300 As st. in Vdlitary Band 100 100 Y.M.C.A. 500 500 Inst. In Mech. Engr. & Shops Surgeon ~j§§< ~:t§§ High School Visitor 600 600 Instr. in Physics 1,400 , 1,400 Clerks for Comdt. 200 200 Asst. to Alumnu~ 600 Asst.in English 450 450 Asst. in Civ. Engr. 1,200 1,200 Asst. in Library. 72 75 Architecture 200 200 Printing 450 1,050 1,500 Publications 1,500 1,,500. Animal Industry 1,100 1,100 800 3,000 Botany 200 400 700 1,300 Chemistry 2,400 600 3,000 Civil Engineering 300 100 400 Corrunencement 300 300 600 Dormitories f,050 1,050 Elec. Engr. 500 500 . Entomology . 100 100 750 950 Expense 600 900 1,500 ' . Farmers' Inst. 500 500 Agric. (Teaching ~) 800 2,000 200 600200 3,600 ' Fuel 350 . 650 1,400100 300 2,800 Grounds & Repairs 400 1,100 1,500 Horticulture (State) 500 500 Insurance 1,000 1.,000' ' Labor (College & Agr. Hall) 400 1,000 1,400 Library 900, 500 1,400 Mechanics 1,400, 1,400 \'-\ \ Manual Arts Military l"'lining Engr. Music Pharmacy Physics Plant PathoJ,ogy Postage . Farmers' School Sunnner Session (College) . Stationery Trustees Vet. Science Original Morrill . 200 50"0 100 150 150 Hatch 150 State Horti. Adams 200 150 200 100 (LE 250) 250 150 700 900 45D 300 400 400 Respectlfully submitted, s/Chas. C. Thach, President , , Report of the , Treasurer of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute for the Year 1914-1915 To Endowment Fund By Amount Paid Salaries . To Morrill Fund By Amount Paid Salaries To State Fund To Incidental Fees To Tuition Fees To Surgeon and Infirmar,y To Laboratory Fees To Library Fees & Interest To State Horticulture To Farm Products To Horticulture To Expense To Animal Husbandry To Chemistry. To Electrical Engineering Ending JUBe 1, 1915 Endowment Fund Receipts Disbursements _ .. $ 20,280.00 Morrill Fund Receipts Disbursements $ 27,500.00 State and College Fund Recetpts (Bonds) $ 40,000.00 3,307.50 2,360.00 3,460.50 2,367.17 2,553.80 3,108.80 379.13 120,45 1,076.50 3,203.08 , 207.90 . 22. ~O --------------------------------- ----- $ 20,280.00 $ 20,280.00 $ 27.500.00 $ 27,500.00 Total 200 200 150 ' 200 600 100 250 450 700 ·900 600 300 800 t· / '-I <- To Mechanical Engineering $ 232.24 To Pharmacy 81.35 " Veterinary 478.70 " Civil Engineering 78 .80 " Botany 6'.00 t1 Feed Stuffs 800.00 " Smith Hall 2,302.41 " Power Plant and Lighting 5,783.92 " Waterworks 1,342.94 " Summer Session 1,613.97 " Athletics 4,002.00 " Creamery 1,572.42 " Laundry 670.82 " Oil Tax 11,336.58 " Amount Overdrawn 6 2z!±21.62 $ 9!±z900.91 Disbursement s By Amonnt Paid Salaries $ 40,023.55 " " " Surgeon & Infirmary 422.91 " 11 " Library 1,101. 75 " " " State Horticulture 3,601.64 II " " Dormitories 1,710.00 " " Expense 2,984.04 II " Expemse Account, Commence. 960.59 " " Printing & Advertising 4,167.60 " " Animal Industry 5,449.76 " " Chemistry 2,758.60 " " Electrical engineering 393.63 " " Mechanical Engineering 1,123.10 " " Farmers' Institute 526.45 " " " Fuel 3,216.95 " " " Grounds & Repairs 2,161. 70 " " " Military 361.45 " " " Servants & Janitors 716.80 " " " Mining Engineering 67.99 " " " Pharmacy 653.41 " " " Physics 43.97 II " "- Postage 635.80 " "- " Stationery 594.88 " " " Trustees 188.91 " " " Veterinary 1,500.84 " " " Summer School for Farmers 564.35 ' " II " Watchman 547.31 " " " Civil Engineering 194.56 " " \I Architecture 181.98 " " " Entomology 101.61 " " " Agricultural College 836.31 "- ",- " Botany 428.73 " n " Comer Hall 597.72 " " - II Music 265.65 " " "- Broun Hall 122.65 " I.,I II Feed Stuffs 800.00 " " " Smith Hall 1,269.80 " " - " " " Power Plant and Lighting 3,566.90 " " " Summer Session 2,608.90 ,', "- "- " Machine Design 674.55 " " " Waterworks 289.04 " , - " " " Athletics 4, 002 0 , 00 ~ II "- " High School 665.85 " " " Creamery 1,572.48 $ 94 z800.91 - -- -- --- . ,--- To Endowment Fund II Morrill Fund II State and College, Fund Amount of Overdraft By Endowm~nt Fund II Horri+.l Fund. . II State & College Fund To C a ~h from State Amount of Overdraft 1910-1911 II II , II 1911-1912 II II . . ~ .. II Current Expenses " Bills Payable RECAPITULATIONS Receipts $ 20,280.60 27,500.00 92,469.28 2,431.63 Disbursements $ 20,280.00 27,500.00 . 94,900.91 BUILDING FUND Receipts $ 50,000.00 Disbursements $ 3,800.40 4,919.43 32,445.37 818~~.80 Respectfully, $ 142 t 680 .91,. . $ 142,680.91 $ 50,OGO.00 $ 50·zOOO.00 a/Me A. Glenn, Treasurer r J c! . , 17'" " ,I ,'" ' .Auburn University Board of Trustees19151910sAuburn University LibrariesEducation -- Higher Education; History -- 1875-1929: The New South EratextpdfBOT_1915.pdfAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archiveseng1915This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. 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