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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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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 :
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~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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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
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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 .
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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 •
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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 :
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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 :
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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 .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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
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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 .
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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
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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 . ..,
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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 .
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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.
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(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;
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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 .
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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
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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.
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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
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(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
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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
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$ 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 .
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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;
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(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 , ..)
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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 ~
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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 .
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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
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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
, .
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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
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Washingt~n, D. C. '
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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
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- - 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
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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
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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
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$ 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
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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
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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,.
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$ 142,680.91
$ 50,OGO.00
$ 50·zOOO.00
a/Me A. Glenn, Treasurer
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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 :
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~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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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
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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 .
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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 .
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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
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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 :
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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 .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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
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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 .
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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
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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 . ..,
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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 .
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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.
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(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 .
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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
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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.
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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
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(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
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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
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$ 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 .
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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;
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(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
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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 , ..)
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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 ~
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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 .
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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 $220 )
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$ 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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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
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J ef£er-son I 1'/ ;'. C'~,,~
Georgia "
Georgia
Mississippi
Madison
Jefferson
Jefferson
Louisiana
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
North Carolina
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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
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- - 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
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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
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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
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$ 20,280.00
$ 20,280.00
$ 27.500.00
$ 27,500.00
Total
200
200
150 '
200
600
100
250
450
700
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600
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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
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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
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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,.
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$ 50,OGO.00
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