1914 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute

1914 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1914Auburn, Alabama JW1e 8, 1914 The Board of Trustees of the Alabama. Polytechnic Instlt.ute convened in the Main Building of the Institute, in regular session , at 10 o'clock a.m. The :)ecretary called the roll and the following members were f...

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description Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1914Auburn, Alabama JW1e 8, 1914 The Board of Trustees of the Alabama. Polytechnic Instlt.ute convened in the Main Building of the Institute, in regular session , at 10 o'clock a.m. The :)ecretary called the roll and the following members were found present: Messrs . W. K. Terr.y, J. F. Feaein , R. B. Barnes, A. W. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, and c. !-" . Sherrod. 6, a quorum . It was moved that the re~ding of th~minutes be dispences with, the members of the Board having been provided with a synopsis of same. Motion prevailed. It was suggested, and agreed upon, nem. con., that President Thach discuss with tlB board some special features of hi s annual report, a copy of same being in hand of each member. At the conclusion of Doctor Thach's talk the following motion was introduced and unaninwsly adopted: That in consideration of Mrs. O. D. Smith's valuable services to the college in caring for ~ick students and takUlg a m~therly interest in the welfare of young men in College and away from home influences, as well as in recognition of the distinguished services of her husband, the late Doctor O. D. Smith, all fees or charges for water and lights due th~ college by ~~s. O. D. Smith De remitted, and that hereafter during her natural life the college shall furnish water and lights for her residence, free of charge. At 12 o 'clock the Board adjourned to 3 p.m. The Hoard r esumed its sitting at 3 O'clock p.m. The roll was called and the follcw­ing r esponded to their names: Governor Emmet 0' eal, ~-officio President W. F. Feagin, Superintendent of Education, Ex-officio v! . K. Terry, J. S. Frazer, R. B. Barnes, A. \v. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, R. F. Kolb, and C. M. Sherrod. Eight present, a quorum. His ~c ellency Governor O'Neal took the chair. The following motions were made, seconded and adopted, on matter s t reated of in Pr esiaent Thach's report, to-wit: 1. That the Board heartily commend the work of the :)enior ~lass of the year just closing, in suppressing the evil practice of hazing. 2. That Professor J. P. C. Southall be granted a leave of absence from the Institute for one year, without pay. 3. That a like leave be granted Instructor B. A • wooten. 4. That the title of Associate Professor be conferred upon J. C. C. Price. 5. That the annual catalogue presented by Doctor C. C. Thach be adopted. 6. That degrees be conferred according to the list in the catalogue as corrected by President Thach, and the same be recording in this book . 7. That one hundred dollars be added to the salary of Doctor I. S. McAdory, ot the Veterinary Department. 8 . That t he Budget opening by President Thach, with the -amendments made by the Board be adopted" 9. That the salary of Doctor C. C. Thach, President of the Institute, be increased to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum. 10 . That a degree be conferred upon W. W. Palmer, of the Senior Class, in case he makes up his deficiancy any time during the current calendar year. , I 11. That a standing Cormnittee of three members be appointed by -the Chair as a Committee on Animal Indultry, separate and distinct f rom the Committee Q'l Agriculture and the ixperiment Station. (C. M. Sherrod, Harry Herzfeld, and Kolb.) 12. That a vacation of one mODth, without reduction ' of salar,r, be granted to the Treasurer, Miss M. A. Glenn, the time to be selected by the Treasurer, the President of the Institute concurring. 13. That the communication from the Bank of Auburn be referred to the Executive Com­mittee, with power to act. 14. That honorary diplomas be conferred upon such persons now living as were soldiers in the Civil War and who, on account of that military service, were deprived of the opportunity of completing the college course begun in this ,institution, in accordance with the petition of the Alabama Division of the United Daughters of the ~onfederacy, and as recommended by President Thach; provided, in each case, the benefiCiary has lived a worthy and honorable life; and it is further provided that in case the student is not living, the Institute shall award the diploma to his living representatives. 15. That the following -appointments made during the year by President Thach, to fill vacancies, be approved and confirmed: L. S. Blake, Pr ofessor of Pharmacy; G. S.Templeton, Professor of Animal Indust~ Ernest ~ alker, Professor of Horticulture; E. S. Girton, Assistant Professor of Animal Industry. 16. That the annual report of Director J. F. Duggar, of the Experiment Station, to­gether with his budget ot estimated expenses for the ensuing year, be adopted. (Re­corded elsewhere in this book). 17. That President Thach' a report on the "Lever Bill" be adopted. (Recorded elsewha- e) The following communication, received from the College Y. M. C. A., was, on motion, referred to the Executive Committee, with power to act: Proposed Building for Student Social and Religions Life Alabama Pol ytechnic Institute An Application, approved by Doctor W. D. Weatherford, Y. M. C. A. Secretary for the South, is prepared to be presented to a proposed donor, asking for a donation of $45,000 to erect a modern building for student social activities at Auburn. Those who have the matter in charge have been assured that this donation will most probably be made, provided the following conditions are met: (1) Lot furnished for the building. (The Committee now owns a moat desirabl e lot.) • r- (2) $15,000 must be raised for the pr oject . (The Committee wil l undertake to raise this amount.) U) The college is to furnish light, water, heat , insurance for the building and equip the dormitory rooms. (4) In addition to the $500 now paid on the 3ecretary's salary, the college 1s to appropriate $750 for the maintenance of the bui+ding, when erected. The Secretary was instructed to send a copy of the following preamble and resolution expressive of the unanimous sentiment of the b Qard~ Resolved, That we regret exceedingly to part with a colleague whom we so highly est~m; that having been so long, pleasantly, and profitably associated with Judge Denson in . this capacity, we shall ever miss his genial presence, as well as his wise counsel and the ready access , in ~mergencies, to his legal knowledge an4 ac~en which SQ eminently fit him for service of this character. We gladly bear testimony to his faithfulness and efficiency in discharging his duties as a member of this Board. . . Governor O'Neal, Ex-officio President of t he Board, appoint~d the following Standing Committees of the Board: ~ecutive: The Governor and Messrs. Feagin, Herzfeld, Barne~ and Terry. Finance: Bell, Barnes, Frazer, Rogers. M.echanic Arts: ¥.art in , Kolb, Sherrod. Lands and Grounds: Frazer, Herzfeld, Sherrod. Course_Qf Stuct.y and Library: Feagin, Hood, and Terry. Agricul ture and Experiment Station: Kolb, Hartin, Bell, Rogers. President's Annual Report: feagin, Terry, Bell. Animal Industry: Sherrod, Herzfeld, a.qd Kolb. There being no other business, the Board adjourned. R. W. Burton Report of President ~. C. Thach to the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, Alabama May 30, 1914 To: Tne Hoard of Trustees Alabama Polytechnic Institute ~irs: I have the honor to submit to the Board of Trustees of the Alabama. Polytechni'c Insti­tute the report of the work of the College for the year 1913-14, the twelfth year of my administration as President of the Institution. 'l'he enrollment for the present year is 820, the largest' in the history of the insti­tuti on, and I am sure that the friends of the College are profoundly gratified at this solid increase in attendance. This development in attendance can be taken only as a token of the st eady confidence on the part of a widespread patronage throughout the state and throughout the South in the worth of the educational and technical training, as well as the moral influences, afforded by this Institution. This attendance is drawn from every county, save two, in Alabama, fifteen states of the Union, and five foreign countries, as follows: Georgia 61 Kentucky 1 Florida 25 .New Mexico 1 South Carolina 15 New York 1 hi ssissippi 11 South Dakota 1 Texas 11 West Virginia 1 Tennessee 10 Louisiana 7 'exico 3 Indi ana 1 Peru 3 Illinois 1 Cuba a China 1 Guatemala 1 Tuition is apid by all students outside of the State. By counties the largest repre­sentations are as follows: J ef ferson 86 Randolph 16 Marion 12 Macon 9 Lee 74 Walker 15 Marshall 12 Montgomery 42 Wilcox 15 Talladega 11 Tallapoosa 18 Russell 14 Hale 10 Narengo 17 Coosa, 14 Geneva 9 .!:..scambia 17 ~re 13 Choctaw 9 t'lobile 16 Chambers 12 Bullock 9 Calhoun 16 Barbour 12 Bibb 9 The extreme northern tiers of counties is well represented, as well as the extreme southern tiers, and all the counties intervening. The number of post graduates is , 19, Seniors 122, Juniors 128, Sophomores 166, Fr.eshmen 114, School of Pharmacy 45, Veterinary edicine 65, two-year course in Agriculture 35, two-year course in appl~d electricity 23, two-year course in mechanics 37. The numbers of students in the different departments are as follovls: COl lege of ingioeering ~lectrical Engineering ~echani cal ~gineering :'lining &1gr. & Geology Civil Engineering Jurveying Architecture l-lechanical Drawing Descriptive Geometry i"'.echanic Arts 396. 104 186 152 43 195 38 375 112 333 Academic College ~glish 620 Political ~conomy 110 History 394 French 54 German I.. 74 Mathematics 521 Physics 464 College of Agriculture Agriculture 269 Animal Husbanry 320 Horticulture 120 Forestry 47 Chemistry 464 Chemical Laboratory 185 l!:ntomology 49 Botany 197 Veterinary Medi cine 69 Pharmacy 68 All of the departments are full to the utmost capacity, both as to space and teach1rg force. The religious statistics for the present year of the larger denominations are as follows: l"lethodists tiaptists Presbyterians Episcopalians 338 197 112 80 Catholics tihristians Jewish 25 23 10 Out of the total enrollment there have been s~een young ladies in att andance, the requirament for admission for young women being mature age and high scholastic standing . WORK It affords me great pleasure to state with all accuracy that the spirit of work for the year 1913-14 has been the best, according to my observation, in the history of the Polytechnic Institute. The department has been especially fine and is worthy of strong commendation. There has been less dissipation and a greater prevalence of good order than i n any other year of my administration. Of course, it tollows that in so large a number there have been individual 'cases of flagrant violations of laws and of morals, but the prevailing spirit of the student body has been most praiseworthy . I note with especial pride that the student body voluntarily, through its leaders and organized sections, eliminated almost enti~~ the practice of hazing. Realizing the grave obj ections oto this practice, especially on the part of the general public, and feeling that it was an injury to the Institution, often through exaggerated re­ports, the students, as stated, have well nigh eliminated this reprehensible practice. I recommend that the Board of Trustees .take due notice of the influence of the present senior class in this particular. HONOR SYSTEM Likewise to be specially mentioned is the system in effect in examinations, known as the Honor System. 0everal years ago the Faculty saw fit to cooperate with the studen t body in regard to the conduct of examinations, en~rust~g to the properly constit~ student authorities the conduct of this important and delicate matter. Experience has been in every way satisfactory, high standards having. been upheld by the student committees and having been enforced regardless of persons, and it has been felt that a distinctly elevating influence has been cultivated in the student body by this s pontaneous and voluntary enforcement of their own laws and regUlations. During the year twenty-five students were dropped from the rolls for serious infractDn of rules, and especially for neglect of their academic work. oeveral marked honors have been bestowed upon our students this year. Among these may be mentioned a valuable . post-graduate scholarship in Animal Industry in the Univer­sity of Illinois, the principalships of several leading state high sChools in Alabama, electrical engineering scholarships with the Westinghouse Company, Pittsburgh, elec­trical engineering scholarships with the General Electric L:ompany Schenectady. The demand tor our graduates in the leading preparatory schools and high schools in the state of Georgia is remarkably high, while an almost equally notable demand for them comes from Louisiana and Texas. Professor Fullan. In my last report I called attention to the widespread interest aroused throughout the schools of the entire country by the plans developed by Professor M. T. Fullan, whereby the apparatus for schools in the department of physics could be readily manu­factured by the pupils of the schools the~elves at a nominal cost, thereby greatly promoting the practice of manual training and effecting also great economy in the expenditure for physical apparatus. I now note a new department of educational work in which Professor Fullan has achieved signal success, that is, in tbe home manufac­~ ure of complete S$ts of apparatus for the equipment of school play grounds. This work was presented to the Alabama Educational Association, _and to a full meeting of all the county superintendents of education in Alabama, and elicited the wannest prai se. Interested inquiries have been received concerning the work throughout all sections of the United States. HEALTH I t i s with great pleasure that I record the fact of the exceptionally excellent state of health prevailing in the student body t hroughout the larger portion of the year. Among the 820 students enrolled there has not been a case of serious illness during the academic year •• a truly remarkable record. With the exception of a rather long drawn out siege of mumps, there has been no widespread epidemic of the diseases ~suaLU incident to youth. Health is a great factor in good work, and we have enjoyed this benefit this year to the fullest. Among the causes conducive to .this happy end may be mentioned the excellent health condition of the location of the college, the unusually good water supply, which is well night chemically pure, and our system of official supervision of the health of the students by a College Surgeon. Under this system no excuse for absence from College work is valid unless approved by the College Physi­cian. horeover, ever,y case of indisposition is e~~ed immediately and unfavorable tendencies checked in the very inception of the disease. I beg leave, in this connection, to call attention to the long and honorable service of the faithful officer of the college who ha~ served in the capacity of Surgeon for forty-three years. Every morning at 7:45 reports of sickness are filed and a conference 9 1 held between the Surgeon and t he President concerning the health of the students. For the twelve years of my administration, the Surgeon has never been absent from a single call. IMPROVEMENTS IN COURSES For the academic year 1914-15, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will require for unconditional admission to the freshman class fourteen units of high school work. At all times every effort has been made to correlate t he Institution with prepara­tory schools of. the state. But with the fullest regard for t he arbitrary standard for admission set up by the colleges throughout the country, the policy of this Institution has always been to do the most good to the greatest number, feeling that its firs t duty is to recognize theccondition of the educational system of the state and not a theory; and, first of all, to serve all the youth of the land-­bot h t ie rural youth, who have had only meager high school facilities, as well a8 the urban youth who have enjoyed facilities somewhat better. With the gradual development of the state county high school system , it is now felt that the Insti ... tution may, without violation of its duty to t he State, move its requirements for admission.to a still higher point. It is sincerely hoped that the action will not seriously impair the fullest efficiency of the Institution. Studies, at once more difficult and mor~ technical, are now offered in t he sophomore year, and where formerly the separation of the courses occurred in the junior class, now the sepa­ratien of the courses occurrs in the beginning of the sophomore class. However, it is not always an easy mat ·l,.t.~ for immature youth to make a wise choi~e of a life t 5 vocation at this stage of their education . A new course .in .wireless telegraphy has been added in electrical engineering. PHYSICAL IMPROV ' TS During the year substantial improvements have been made in the physical equipment of the institution. (l) .In the department of Animal Industry, new pens, sheds, and compounds have been erected for the better protection and more satisfactory exhibit of the cattle, sheep, and swine. (2) In the department of Pharmacy extended improvemente have been made in the laboratory and store rooms, and the third story of the building made available for the use of the department, thus placing at its disposal the entire three story stllUcture. (3) The wireless telegraph apparatus presented to the Institution by its distinguidhed alumnus, Kr. }tiller Reece Hat chi-son, New York City, has been duly installed at considerable cost and has been put into active use. Hany students have become interested in the work at considerable cost and has been put into active use. Iv'lBllY students have become interested in the work .and consi~erable efficiency has developed in the sending and receiving of mesaa ges D1 connection with vessels on the high seas. It is with high appr eciation that I announce to the Board of Trustees that His Excel­lency the Governor of the State has been both able and willing to release for the use of the College 30,000 of the funds provisionally appropriated b7 the last legis­lature of Alabama. The total amount appropriated by that body was ~200,000 and this was for imperative needs that confronted the Institution four years ago. The lack of t hese funds has been keenly felt in the actual demands of the Insti~ution for its proper work. I am glad to state that rapid and satisfactory progress has been made in the application of the funds, thus released for the purpose as ordered by the ~oard of Trustees at its meeting on June 2, 1913, namely: (1) Improvement of the boiler house; (2) the reservoir and water works system; (3) equipment for agricultural hall and laboratories; (4) seats for auditorium; (5) equipment for mechanics, machine ery, etc.; (6) Infirma~J; (7) a residence. 1. \-Jork is rapidly progressing on a new boiler house, which will be adequate for the protection of the valuable machinery therein installed. As you know, the old shack was really a disgrace to the Institution and to the State, being a veritable firetrap and a conB~ant menace to the entire group of mechanical buildings. 2. Owing to the phenomenal deficiency in water fall throughout this section of the South since last September, the fall being only one-half of the normal precipa­tation (twenty-five inches as against over fifty inches of the previous year), it became urgently necessary to extend materially the capacity of our reservoir. This work has progr essed rapidly under the direction of Professor G. N. 1-itcham, and when completed promises to meet adequately all the demands of the situation. 7..1 3. Since the completion of the agricultural bui lding, (as has been hitherto frequently noted in my reports) all of t he departments located in that building, namely: agronomy, botany, entomology, plant diseases, . and animal industry, have been entirely unable to presecute the lines of educational and of research work that required a gas supply for the purpose of heat •. This handicap has now been removed by the installing of complete gas machine equipment with the r~quired piping and gas fixtures -- much to the satisfaction of all the heads of the departments con­cerned. 4. Adequate seats for t he auditorium have been purchased, and as soon as pOSSible, will be set up, thus disIilcing the unsightly benches which ha .. e been hitherto used. No high school auditorium in the state had such primitive equipment as the audito-rium of this great institution. 5. A gas engine, lathe and other machinery have been added to the department of machinery, which for the lack of necessary apparatus had reached a very low ebb, being entirely unsatisfactory for the purposes of instruction and the supply of power. 6.& Plans have been formulated for an infirmary and an official resiaence, acoording 7. to the resolutions of the ~oard at its last meeting. The resolutions are as follows: "It .was moved that the President of t he Institute be authorized to borrow $15,000 to build an infirmary and $12,000 to erect a President's residence, Governor O'Neal being present and giving assurance ~rally t hat t he amount should be released from the State Tr easury by January 1, 1914, to pay the debt. Motion prevailed. II (See Minutes June, 1913) CHANGES IN FACULTY During the summer Professor E. R. Miller~ head .of the Department of Pharmacy, applied fe r leave of absence to prosecute-research work in pharmacy in the University of Wis­consin. Professor L. S. Blake was selected to .fill the vacancy. Professor Blake is a graduate of the Normal School of Michigan, and also of the University of ~lichigan, with the degree of bachelor of science in the department of phaymacy. He came highly r ecommended by the heads of the department in that insti t ution, which enjoys the dis­tinction of of fering, perhaps, .the strongest course in pharmacy in the entire United ...,t ates. Professor J esse Jones, of the Department of Animal Industr,y, tendered his resignation to accept a much more lucrative position with the United States Department of Agricul­ture qpd Farm Demonstration Work. Be it said, this competition of the United States Department of Agriculture, with its large financial r esources, f or the services of trained experts in all l ines of scientific agriculture i s proving extremely emt>ar­r assing to institutions of .imi ted means. Professor G. S. Templeto., of the College of Agriculture and hechanic Arts of Texas, was chosen as his successor. Professor Templeton is a graduate of the University of Missouri, having specialized in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Hedi cine . He has had several year s experience in teaching and in res earch work in t he Texas College and 0tation , and came with the strongest t estimonials from his f ormer pr of essor in l-tl.ssouri and Collqgues in Texas. The work and training offered by t he University of l{issouri in the Department of Animal Husbandry ranks among the very best in t he Uni ted ~tates; the heads of the depart­men~ s in that institution being di stinguiShed experts. Frotes s or E. P. Sandsten of the Department of Horticulture, accepted a call to the .:>tate Agr i cultural Lollege of Colorado , the inducement being a salary beyond any­thing that could be offer4d by our Institution. The college was highly fortunate in securing as his successor Pr ofessor ~rnest Walker, head of the department of horticulture and S~ate Hort iculturist, University of Arkansas. Professor Walker is a graduate of ~ornell University and is regarded as one of t he most experienced and capable horticulturists in the South •. These professors reported duly to their duties at the beginning of the term, and it affords me gr eat pleasure to st ate t hat t hey have given satisfaction to the Insti­tution in the management of t heir departments, impressing most f avorably t he students who have come under t heir instruction. Mr . E. S. Gerton of the Iowa State College of Agriculture succeeded as Assistant l'r ofessor of Animal Industry, ~r. L. W. ~ummers, who was called to Virginia Poly­technic institute on a considerable increase of salary. For t he f i r st nine years of ~ administration, there was t he unusual record of no change in t he head of a department -- but owing to the relatively large increase in income of other institutions similar t o our own, i t is becoming each year a more difficult matter to r et ain the servi ces of some of our best men. l·..any of our prof essors,however, through interest in their long service with the Institution and the satisf actory conditions of t heir work, are now serving t he Institution at sala­ries great ly below offer s that t hey have received from other colleges. FUNDS OF THE COLLIDE 1. According t o law, t he Tr easurer of t he College has submitted her annual report, a copy of ~li ch has been forwarded to each member of t he Board of Trustees. 2 . The annual repor t of Hat ch and Adams funds has been forwarded in .printed f orm t o each member of the Board of Trustees, to the Governor .of t he State of Alabama, and to the Dnited States Department of Agricalture, Washington, D. e., Another copy is herewith enclosed. Mr . ~ . \'f. Allen, of the staff of the United St.:1 t s . J!:xperiment Stations, Department of Agriculture, visited the Institution in AP1'il and audited t he vouchers of the Adams and Hatch Funds . 3 . The report of the D'I rector of t he fucperiment Station, on l ocal experiments con­duct ed for the year 1913 under provision of t he "Boll Weevil Act" was duly for­warded to the Governor of t he .:3tate in January, 1914. The Treasurer of the ~ ollege renders to the President a monthly statement of receipts and expenditures of the college. Amounts of money expended fo r t he college pr oper in 1913-14 are as f oll ows: l. Endowment funds $ 20,280.00 2. u. S. Appropriation, l"Lorrill Fund 27,500.00 3. jtate Appropriation in lieu of fertilEer tag tax 40,000.00 4. One-foubth share illuminating oil tax 11,195.78 5. Tuiti on fe es, non-resident students 2,332.50 6 . Surgeon and Infirmary 3,857.50 7 . Incidental and other receipts 21,023.42; Total $ 126,189.20 A brief review of t he different items of revenue of the college may be given. (1 Funds from the United ~tate 8 &dowment Fund U. S. Appropriation, Morrill Fund Total (2) Funds from the State 20,280.00 27,500.00 $ 47,780.00 State Appropriation in lieu of fertilizer tag tax $ 40,000.00 One-fourth share i ~ luminating 011 tax 11,195.00 Total $ 51,195.00 NOTES ON FUNDS (1) (a) The original fund known as the Morrill Fund was derived from endowment made July 2, 1862, by the Congress of the United states. On December 31, 1868, Alabama accepted this donation. The state legislature by an act approved February 26, 1872, located the agricultural and mechanical college at Auburn. Under the provisions of Section 266 of the Constitution of 1901, "the trustees and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the nameoof Alaoama Polytechnic Institute to carry into effect the purpose and intent of the Congress of the United St ates in the grant of lands by t he Act of July 2, 1862" . (See Code of Alabama, Art. 24, Sec. 1899) (b) The fund known as the Second Eorrill Fund made in 1 90 is also solely for teaching purposes. It should be noted that in regard to this fund, the College, in comparison wit h many ot'ler sh ular institutions, ill severely handicapped, since the law requires that it should be divided between t he wh~ e and black races according t o the rat i o of school population, the r ernainder of the total of $50,000 , that is, ~22,500, going to negro agricultural and mechani­cal college at Normal, Alabama -- revenue which, i f available to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, would greatly relieve its embarrassed financial con­dition. (2) State Funds: The two funds paid to the college directly by the State, avail­able for college purposes, are derive l argely f or services rendered the State; (1) $40,000, State appropriation in lieu of fertilizer tag tax, and (2) $11,195 .78, one-fourth share illuminating oil tax. (a) 'l'he former fund is paid for the analysis of fertilizers, soils, waters, minerals, etc., under the law establishing the department of Agriculture in 1882-3 ; and the latter fund is paid for the analysis of i l luminating oils under the law of 1907 . Thus, these funds are largely a quid pro quo for technical services, which is the only legal basis for the taxes accruing to t he s t ate from these sources. I t should be borne in mind that the college of agriculture at Auburn largely originated the movement. for establishing the department of agriculture in Alabama and for making chemical analysis of fertilizers for the protection of farmers against spurious products. As a matter of fact, according to the Constitution of the State, Section 77, upheld by many supreme court decisions, no inspection of any commodity can be made by a state off icer . ~urthermore, the federal court has also held the only basis for an inspection. tax to be the actual inspection, together with the cost of the administrative machinery necessary therefor. rl'he amount of fertilizer tag tax accruing to the State of Alabama last year was $159,000.00. (b) The College also inaugurated the tax on the Qil companies of the State inci­dental to analysis of illuminating oils. 1his work, as the. analysis of fertili­zers, can be done in no. other way for the State. The Institution, for its share of $11,195.78, put into the State Treasury last year three t~ nes this amount, namely, $33,587.34, and since the enactment of the law the college has covered into the State Treasury over a quarter of a million dollars. COMPARATIVE EXPENSE . The Alabama Polytechnic Institute as a teaching body is conducted on a smaller per capita expense per student and on smaller salaries for its officers and prof essors than any leading institution in the United States. The following exhibit taken from the statistics of state universities and other institutions of higher education for the year ending June 30, 1912, issued by the . United ~t a es Department of Education, shows the relative income of similar colleges for teaching purposes, and the salaries: Institution A lab ana Polytechnic Ins~tute University of Alabama Colorado State Agricultural College University of Georgia Georgia S chool' ~ Technology Purdue(A&M Gollege) Indiana Iowa State College of Agriculture Kansas State Agricultural ~ollege lassachusetts Agricultural College ·lichi gan Agricultural l;ollege ~1aximum Salaries President Dean $4,200 6,500 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,000 5,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 $2,100 3,000 2,500 2,500 4,000 4,000 3,000. 3,000 3,000 Professor Income from State $2,400 2,700*­;, 100* 3,500* 3,300* 3,000 3,000* 2,700*- 3,30~- 4,300k $68,500 93,500 130,173 118,025 110,000 301,195 670,218 452,250 292,512 202,210 i~ Thip includes residence, estimated at $100.00 per year. FEDERAL EXP~RIMENT STATION FUNDS The amount received from the United States government on Hatch and Adams funds i s $30,000 p~r annUIJl. These funds are attached to the College and are inalien­able therefrom, having been appropriated to the I nstitution by the Hatch Fund Act of 1887 and the Adams Act of 1906; the purpose being, in the words of t he Act , lito establish agricultural experimental station in connection with colleges est ablished under the provision of the Act approved July 2, 1862~ These funds are specifically applied for agri cultural r esearch work, and no portion of the~ can be applied to the purposes of teaching. ~o far as any financial advantage to the col lege as a teaching body i s concerned, the funds might as well be five hundred milhes distant. The expenditures under the Hatch and Adams are examined by an inspector sent out annually by the United States Departnleot of Agriculture. STATE FUNDS FOR AGRICUl TURAL EXl'E?.IMENT STATION The legisl ature in 1907 appropr iated annual ly to t he Alabama kxperiment tation the sum of 27 , ~00 . As in t he case of the Hatch and Adams cts not a cent of this money is available f or teaching purposes, but it i~ spent away from the college t hroughout the state for t rIe pt.:r pose of pr omoting Boys I Corn Glubs , Girls I Canning Clubs, local experiments with f ertilizers, testing varieties of seeds , cor n, cott on, oats, alfalfa , bur clover~ cri ,son clover, soy beans; rai~ing hogs under nonn&! and economic conditim s beef raising, poultry rai sing, horticultural work , spraying, marketing, truck gardening , etc.; the dir ect study of the pr ogress of the boll we evils plant di seases, cotton wilt, corn smut, anthracnose, etc . Tt must be emphasized t hat t his money is applied largely by a staff of men already organized, whose salaries are paid from other funds, thus enabling the state to get the greatest possible good out of the appropriation for the minimum expenditure for salaries ~d adm ' istration . I regard the good accomplished by this fund to the agricultural interests of the state to be of well nigh incalculable value . OLLiJJ. WORK Faculty of Engineering and hines: Ther e a re eight ' departments in the college of l!.ngineer ing and Eines: (1) Civil Engineering, (2) Electrical ~ginee r.ing, (3) iechanical Engineering, (4) Telephone ~ngine~ring, (5 ) }uning Engineering, (6 ) Architectural Engineering, (7) Machine Design and };echanical Drawing, (8) "echanic Arts; ther e being eight full pr ofes sors and four­t een a s sistants, who give inst ruction to 296 stu ~ents. The departments of Civil ~gineering was established in 1872, one of the oldest engineering departments in the South. .,c;aclwone of the above ciepartment s of engineering is the pioneer in southem educat i on in t heir lives. Our~9ps and laboratories are crowded to the utmost capa­city • . Since 1872 over seven thousand young men have been educated in the departments of engineering and are scattered throughout the State and South . The graduates of the engineering college first gave the Institution its national reputation. High-way construction and engineering have been taught since 1812, and the improved roads of nearly every country of the State have been built by gr ',duates of this depa r tment . The l-rofessor of ivil ingineering is ex-officio member of t he State Highway Commissim • FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCI~CES This faculty includes the department of (1 ) Chemistry, (2) Agriculture, (3) Veterinary ~ c ien ce, (4) Botany, (5 ) Hortic ulture , (6) AniJ,al Industry, (7) Rl1tomology, (8) Plant athology; these being nine full professors, two associate professors, t hr ee assistant pr ofessors , and f ourt een assistant s . It must be remembered that thw ork of t his staff i s of two-fold nature : (1) imparting instruction to students, and (2) ractical work i n t he field of applied agriculture. It is g~at ifying to report the continued increase in attendance of t he classes of agr~ culture, the nwber ~ ow being 325 . The ability and capacity of the agricul tural studertB rank among the very best in the Institution . Various pr ofessional positions of val ue now offer in all l ines of agricul tural wor k, t ogether wi th the increased attractiveness and Fr ofit of far ming are dr awing our talented youngmen mor e and more into agr i culture work, together with the increased attracti veness and profit of farming are drawing our talented young men more and more into agricultural studies . The marked impr ove­ment in the conditions of agriculture is noted by the advance of Al abama in ten years from the position of t wentieth to fourteenth in the rank of agricultural pr oduction ~ t he states of· the Union . CHEJ S'IRY The department of Chemistry is the oldest in t he South, the classes are very large, and with the corresponding large percentage of students, accurate supervision is af forded in teaching and in the laboratory. The number of st udents pursuing-work in Chemistry is 464, wtile analytical work in the Ibaoratories has been t aken up by 185 students, necessarily increasing the current expenses for the department. Further accommodation for the students is imperative. VETERn~ARY DEPARThIENT The Veterinary Go l ege continues to prosper and its condition is in every way satis­factory . The students who have been educated in t his department have succeeded well and have been able, without exceptiGn, to secure r emunerative work and gain excellent livelihoods . The staff consists of seven professors and instructors, the number of students in attendance t his year being 69. The foll.o\1ine is a summary of farmers I I nstitutes conducted by the head of the depart­ment of veterinary science during the year 1913-14; "During the year 1913, Farmers' I stitutes were held in seventeen counties of labama; total number in attendance, 5, 254; number of sessions, 45; average attendance per session, 117. The Summer bchool, or Round-up Farmers' Institute was held at Auburn August 1st to 9th, 1913 . early all of the counties of the state were r epresented and s even other states. he . terest taken the men, women, boys, and girls was all that could be desired ." ~ERIMENT STATION The entire t eaching staff of the college of Agriculture is also engaged in work of experimentation in all l ines that concern agriculture . This station has been in operation now for twenty-six years, and is one of the oldest ' in the United States . The enclosed twenty-sixth annual report makes a full exhibit of the lines of work undertaken by these experts . 1 take the liberty of urging each member of the Board to read carefully the report of the Di rector and of the differ ent professors connected with t he t ation . Without a careful investigat ion it is impossible to appreciate .the tremendous amount of work accomplished by these experts in a year. This work covers every phase of agr i cultural effort . It must be painstaking and scientifi cally accurate to stand t be t est of both the scientists and practical farme rs . I may pre­sume to state that the work done in connecticn with t he cultivation and breedlllg of cotton by Director J. F. Duggar has made this station an authority throughout the entire world . The work of the department of Animal Industry is becoming more and more important with each year. The inerease in the de~and for meat, together with the decrease in its suppl y, is making the question of meat pr oduct ion of vital importance in the United States. Sxperiments conducted with our depart ment of Animal Industry, especially in raising beef, have been declared by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States epartment of Agriculture, as of national importance . The entire work of the Alabama Experiment Station is more and more appreCiated every year by the farmers of the st ate . TH ~ L ;\IE BILL The measure l ong discussed, and widely known t hr oughout t he country as the Lever Aericultural ~ensi on Bill, has now become a law, and t he of ficial as sent of the " overner of l abama has b !en given to t h;i..s Jns:t,itution as the proper benefi ciary of t he pr ovi sions of t he measure . I t is diff i cult to overstate t he possi ble value of t his great law, and it is to be profoundly hoped t hat our tat e will be able to measure up t o t he possibilities of t he situation . or nearly a t hird of a century, highly valuable results have been wrought out by the exp er~aent stat i on staf f in connection with al l problems of agriculture, but these val uable discoveries have been avail able t o r el atively a small :ler cent of t he mass of the people . Through the f inancial aid of t he Lever Bill t his knowl edge will now be carried di r ectly t o t ee man on t he l and; the experiment station car ried direct­ly to the f arm . Al rea~ valuable work had. b ~ en accomplished under our l ocal experiment staff, but t hrough the pr ovisions of this law, the work will be conducted on an infinim ly larger scale . A detailed plan will be submitted f or t he expenditure of t he funds avai l able for agr i cultural extension work under :the prpvisions of th~ Lev~ r Bill. However, in this connection, i t is necessary t o state t hat t he coll ege as a teaching body will not be benefi ted in any. degree by the measure . It is explicitly dir ected by the law t hat none of t his money shall be spent at t he college, Section 2 of the Act bei na as follows: "Co-operative agricultural extension work shall consist in t he giving of instruction and practi cal demonstration in ar riculture and home economics to persons not at t ending or r esident in said coll eges ." Indved, t he Lever Bill r at her brings, without a :.ditional ecompense , an additional burden and occasion of thoughtful sol i citude to the aruuinistrative offices and t he heads of the agricul ­t ural departments of t he Institution. U N ;:;ILDJG HI TORIC TABU T It af f or ds me pleasu_e to ~e r ecor d of notable menlorial exercis ~ s held on ~ arch 28 in Langdon Hall in connection with t he unveiling of beautiful br onze memorial tablets commemorative of i ncidents connected with the college and the late Civil War . The e~ercises were under t he auspices of the local chapter of the United Daughters of t he Confederacy and were graced by t he presence of many distinguished sons and daughters of the t ate of Alabama. I t was to a marked degree an occasion of solemnity and. seriousness never to be forgotten. Impressive addresses were delivered in Langdon Hall in t he presence of the entire faculty and. student body, the officers and stu~ents of the college also of fic i ally attending t he. unveiling of historic boulders in various sections of the communi ty. HONORARY DIPLO~lAS Act ing upon the r equest of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of the Alabama Dtvision, and after full consultation, I addressed a letter to the members of the Board recommending that the college award honorary diplomas t o those students now living who were soldiers in the : ar between the States and who, on account of that service, were denied the opportunity of completing their coll ege course, pr ovided in each case the individual has subsequently lived a worthy and honorable life and f urther, that in the case of the death of t he st udent, the college award an honorary deploma to his living representatives . This belat ed honor seems a fitting tribute t o the counge and self-sacrifice of these noble men, and I take great pleasure in r ecommending f avorable actiqn upon the suggestion, by your honorable body. YGUNG 3N ' CHRISTIAi'J ASSOCIATI N I beg leave to cOIIUIlend in the hi ghest terms the work accomplished through­oub t he year through the agency of the Young 1 en • s Christian Association . This work has been under the le,dership of r . S. J . Smit , a highly educated college graduate, who has rendered valuable services for t he moral uplift of the student body . Al l students i r respective of creed are affiliated with this organization, and it is in no sense denominational. The r ooms now used for the headquarters are really t he social center for four or five hundred student s of the college, and t he manage­ment has been instrumental in bringing to the college, during the year, so, e of the most inspiring lecturers and orators. For many years a number of the leading professors have been extremely anxious to secure a building large enough and sufficiently equ' pped to serve as a central home for the social act ivities of t he entire student body. Such a building has been s ecured by the University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, A. & l> . Col lege of North Caro­l ina, Clemson Agricultural College , outh Carolina, Georgia School of Technology, f ississippi A. & . College, etc., etc. I most earnestly cOhwend the effort of the profe s s ors tothe deepest considreation of the Board, and I feel a ssured that any seeming obstacles in the way can be properly obviated . The very highest good to t he moral tone and spiritual welfare of t he student body will result from such a building . NEEDS OF TH..... COlliXZE In repetition of my recommendations at the last meeting of the Board, I beg leave to urge the immediate necessity of the following improvements: (1) Farm ~.achinery Building (2 ) 3qui pment for agricultural ball and laboratories (3) Heating plent for main building (4) hemical buil ding 5) Veterinary building (1) One of the demands in southern agriculture t oday is intelligent use of maChinery . \'lith such a building as indicated in several of my pr evious reports, costing about ~ 5 , O 0, t he college will be enabled to secure, free of eost, thousands of dollars' worth of valuable machinery from manufacturers anxious to put on exhibit their pro­ducts . Furthermore, with t his equipment , it will be possible t o introduce this sub­j ect in the courses offered in agricultur.e . (2) TIle equipment of the handsome agricultural hall is still sadly dificient. Seats are needed on the auditorium, and l aboratory desks and equi pment are specially needed f or the department of agr onomy, including soil physics, cotton grading, tc . The work of the department of animal industry will be immensely improved by the addition of suitable equpment in the basement room, for an exhibit of stolk tothe various classes . (3 ) I again cal l attention t o t he great economy t hat could be effected by the heat g of the main building with steam. At present fuel is carried up three flights of stairs in ammost primitive manner -- the negro janitor and coal scuttle being the method of elevation. (It is impossible to prevent defacement of the walls from the unsightly stove pipes and their attendant smoke and soot. ) . There is at hand an enormous amount of exhaust steam which could be reqdily uti lized at no expense whatsoever, provided t he main bu i~din g were fitted with a steam heating plant. The saving in fuel accom­pli shed would in three years pay for the entire installation . (4) One of the most urgent demands of the Institution is a chemical building ade uate to the work of the gr eat department which is connected with this Institution . It is the l argest college department of chemistry in the entire South, with t he largest att endance both in students of general chemistry and stu ents in the laborat ory . -'lOreover, for forty years an enormous amouht of analyti cal work has beM perfonned here for the State. Here are made the analysi s of all the f ertilizers, feed stuffs for animals, and f ood for men, drugs , ill uminating oil s that a re consumed by the people of the State ; and it is only proper t hat facil ities should be supplied commen­surate with the enormous services rendered by the Depar tment . (5) The veterinary medical col lege of t his Institution is the only one of the kind in the South . Its high grade and satisfactory work has been r eferred t o in a previ ous section . The effici ency of t his work has been referred to in a preViou8 section . The efficiency of t his work would be inmlensely advanced if the depart ment were pro��perly accommodated in laborat ories and lecture rooms . I again recommend to the Board the advisab~y of erecting a ui~able building for this important department at a cost of 30, 00 . BOARD F TRUSTEES I t is a matter of profound r egret t o the Instit ution that Judge N. D. Denson found it necessary to tender his resignation from the Board of Trustees . For many years he has been a wise counselor in t he deliberat i o of U is body, and by his loyalty to t he interests of the Institution contributed greatl y to t he safe direct ion of its affairs. Judge enson has b _en succeeded by Mr . Harry Herzfeld, fifth 'ongressional Di st rict, Alexander City . Honorable ,jill i F. Feagin, as ;;)tate Superintendent of Education, became ex-officio trustee, and the vacancy thus creat ed in the beventh ~ ong r essi o nal District was filled oy the appointment of Honorable Hood, Gadsden, labama . I shall submit a detailed budget for college and experiment st ation work, and, as soon as the matter i s passed upon by the Fdculty, I shall lay before the· Board a list of t he graduates of the year, with r ecommendations for degrees . I have t he honor to st ate t hat the Facul ty after due exa~ation , recommend the fol­l owing men for degrees: 1 rof essi onal degrees : L. Harwell , ~ivil gineer ~ . v . Haynie, ~ ivi l ~gin eer ~ • • '1 . ','1 e ber, ectrica.l gineer Graduate Students: J . F. Dugga r , Jr ., ·1a,ster of .::>cience lton R. ~is sendanner , ~ster of ~ cience Daniel ranklin Hixon, lechanical mgineer Cliver Lynch Howell , ~aster of dcience J . N. Liddell , ~l ectrical Engineer Jonathan Bell Lovel ace, ~~ster of ·Science James rthur Pa ~ rish, Haster of dcience . alter Honroe .:>ellers, laster of ~c ience J onn Gordon Sparkes, l_echanical mgineer Glifford I rvin ' todghi ll, Master of Science 'r Jerwood Lee 'aylor, ster of 'cience 'laud Rodo~phus ood, ~ster of ~ cience ~ e l or lass Graduates : (Bachelors of Science) ~rn e st Cli f ton Ad ins Odis Denwitt Allbritten I orLer eekley Allen . i lliam i dwin Arnold ndrew Hill Ba rnett ...,dwin Foy Barry Cleburn Ammen oasore Ja.-les ~ward ozemore ober Ferdinand Angelo benson oenjamin Paul Bl asingame Fr ank ~well doyd etto dr own John Luther bryan l' et er De l'larkus .:.urks , r . Ja ... es .:tt: i d ",ampbell , J r . Genr Gray varter v'Ji lli am Taylor l,;heney " harles Hadley -'ooper l exander citeplens ~ orgill . .ar cus (dlliams Cr enshaw v nar les vJashington v ulpepper ohn }..arvin lJavis Lartin hcC el enon Davis .Iarr-.>" ~ ri ce vixey ~en 'amin ~~l sworth i vans i obert Houston arr , i l lia'D. Hernie Farrar Art hur reserant 'easter dill a rd IJoodfin endley ~och Dortch Fly .lager J erome Franklin ~ard Lawrence Gilder fl om~r Henry assett ueustus Tompkins Graydon "ecil Stewart Gr imes -toN' t Lawrence '}r oover Gust ave Adolph Hanson J oe John Ha ralson Curtis ~ rawf o rd Harper Je..Jse J . Heard t huu 1tllars rleard illiam Uowen Henderson Rob er t ~ward H errin ~ ,',eor r e .)ashingt on nOlley vharles Levi Hollingsworth Loui s Holbrook Howard Lel:lUel Jasper Howell Andrew Hagan Jackson i'er cy Lee Jones .. arvin Henry Killingsworth James ",olellan Lee J o rill Rush Lester Lester Hickman Lewis ~ugen e lason Lindsey James Jackson Lovelace Herbert :.arshal l -!artin Robert 'orris ~~rtin Hl1gh Lester ,'.ayers laJlly Foster heador I van ilfred i·..i.iler F aul "linn i s Porter l' on ha rles David MOOD harles Benton ~oore Alexander oowin '.or row lioland Hal l Neel harles Stott hoble Reb. ~ level and O ' ~ riant John , illiam Pac , Jr . Loomis ay earson Jolill Llewellyn r osser Lawrence \~betstone Rainey LcCl ellan Ratchford John Jnoch Riley ran ~ Park damford Otto r.arthous 'eyforth Guy J"iaxwell 3pearman ' hest er A. ~tewart edding tancill uugg ' h.art~r ijoward aylor Anni e Terrel l t hur oel Thi gpen illiam Hurley Tisdale end ell Holmes isdale denry Asa Vaughan eorge Sidney 'ai ts J ames Sebastian 'Ia t t s lilton hendel l :iebb Fr ederi ck -1ill iam .Jendt James l·.adison ,ihite :jryan ',/at kins ~bit fi eld .udGar Zldred Jilliams . alter Herren Jilson Pharmaceutical Chemist : Paul l.r.olyneux Pharmacy Gr aduates: Henry ~van Benbow Car l burey .!.a1y lUr i d Caldwel l Clarence Bonner Hines J am ~ s G 1L~ton Kent ~rne st Clark ope J ~e s Daniel Ri chardson Y' alter Jackson \vatkins Loot her Guy 'deob Doctor of Vet e inary ledi cine: Daniel Cook, Jr . J ohn idney ook Lonroe ~ub l ett Esslinger Cage Head . , i l l iam Ernest Holl i ngsworth James Karl Jones Ri chard I rvin h.early . ',,'al ter Douglas hcCormack rthur :Jtorey lakin Leondous Kel ler Ogl etree Joseph Steven Powell ~ward Genearo ~ara1 \jalter Bi vins Smith James Dani el ilbanks I beg leave to submit with my approval t he following report of the Director of the ~eriment Stat ion on local experiment work . . uburn, Al abama June 2, 1914 Report of Director of Experiment Station (Part 2) Being a Report on the Local Experiment ~ ork. Doctor G. • Thach, President Alabama. PI-,l ytechnic Institute uburn, Alabama 3ir: I her ewith submit t o the Board t hrough you my report on t he Local ~eriment ~/ork of all depart ments of the ~er imen t ::it.at i on receiving partial suppor t f r om this Jtate fund f or exper imental wor k . . ublications Cf t he 21 publica L.ions of the ~i eriment ~t ation is ued duri!lg the past 12 months, and aggregating in all editions 3, 322,100 pages, 16 pu'olications , with a total of 2, 700, 000 pages , r ecorded the results of Local ~eriments . Fi nancial Hecommendations For the Year Beginning July 1, 1914 All esti.,ates have been made after consultation with t he head of the cor responding department and in accor dance with this recommendati on . (1) f lant r athol ogy Annual i\ :,pr opr i ation dal ance f rom 1913 (Plant Pathology) Total Available ;$ 1, 000.00 50.95 ~ 1,050 .95 Part balary (Doct or . olf) ~750 . 00 (desides ~1,250 Adams ) Travel, Supplies , etc . ( ~e sides ' 250 Adams) &300 .95 $ 1,050 .95 Agriculture, Plant dreeding, Drainage, and Farm '.achi nery; also P,.lblicaticns and dministration . .!.xpenditur e or Position Crops Imual Appropriation '7, 000 oal ance f r om 1913 rops ) 803 .30 dalance fro~ 1913 (Flant dr eeding) 304 .28 Dalance f rom 1913 (Drainage & ~ch ) 566 . 52 .=;alance from 1913 Pl ant Drainage & r eeding i achineEY ~1,200 $1,500 Publicat i ons & dministration ~2 ,500 (Poultry) 604 .54 alance from 1913 t • ,Printing & Admin . ) 87 .0 'fotal Av ailable~~8-,6 ~7~4-.-':"1"0="~~-':-1=-,~2-=-00~-----'$~1-,""'5-O=-O~-----"i~3--',1 ~9~1-:.~97 ~xp enditure or Position rops Pl ant .Br eeding Drainage and ~!achinery Publi cati ons and Administ r ation Salary Field Agent (Williamson) S 1, 100 ~ alary Field Agent (to be filled - ~ salary from Lever Fund) ualary, Asst . in Aer . (Tisdale - besides $300 Hatch Fund) ~ alary , Sec . As&t . in gric . ( ~ ellers ) (besiaes $200 each Goll e~e , Hat ch & Adams ) 650 400 200 'Ie porary & extra hel pers 275 ~alary ~ tenog raph er 420 ual ary Recorder ( avrthen · ~ alary, Assoc. Prof . (Fun-chess) 300 ~ alary , Treasurer ~ alary , Di r ector Traveling ~enses r ost age & ~tat ionery reight & ~ress Labor ?rinting r er tili zers, ~e eds, .:.>up- 3.00 2, 1.00 200 Z,SO Z,SO 229 .10 300 200 60 200 190 50 50 440 200 100 180 350 100 200 100 plies, etc . ~2L,;0,;;.:;:O;...;;;0 ___.. ..::5;...;;;0 __- --:;1;;..;0;...;;;0_ __ .;;;;.1L,;8' ;;...;6;.;:::1;";'.,9.!,.7j", Total $ 8, 614 .10 $1,100 (2) Horticultur e Annual Appropriation 0alance from 1913 - Horticulture Total Available .:.alary <rart ) l-rofessor \·Jalker r art Sal ary (Field Asst . ~telzenmuller) .:.>alary (Part ) 4 . C. . Price Tr aveling ~ens e s Supplies, Fertilizer s , etc . Total ~ 200 $3 , 091. 97 2, 000 232 .48 2,232 .48 800 (besi des 100, tate . ort) 200 550 382 .48 ~ 2, 232 .48 Professor tJalker recommends that the field a ::.sist ant in horticulture, G. B. Stelzen­muller, r eceive an increase of $100 in salary, this increase to come from the fees derived from t he inspection of nurser y stock . I join in the recommendation . (3) ixtension: The follo'fdng is a cppy of Prof essor Uuncan I s r econunendations re­garding the extension fund under the Local ~eriment Law; in which I concur : Annual Appropriation (Local Experiment Law) Balance from 1913 (AXtension) art Salary (L . N. Duncan) Travel (L. N. Duncan) Part Salary (J b . Hobdy) Travel • l-.rs . J:j . 1. Hobinson (Travel) Stenographer (~i ss Lane) :ialary ( U's . L".LcLendon) Jalary (1. 1:3 . Kerlin) Incidentals lJont ingent $ w 5, 000 .00 147 .85 670 .. 00 530 .GO 600 .00 1,000 .00 600 .00 520 .00 480 .00 516 .00 84 .00 147 .85 $ 5, 147 .85 .5,147.85 (4) Anir"..al Industry and Poultry Annual Appropr i ation 'Jst1mated Sales Balance from 1913 Total ava.ilable Expenditures Part ~ alary (Professor Templeton) Supt . Hog Farm (Columbia) McLeon - Salary 0upt . Beef & Hog Feeding Western Alabama. - Salary (.c,; . Gi bbens) '.ule Feeding .::.xperiments Dairy Feeding Experiments (J:jullock l,;ounty) ~upt . balary Poultry & Hog Work (Hamilton) ( • R. Gi GsendannerJ Animal Industry $ 3,500 200 161.71 $ 3, 861.71 $ 250.00 1, 000 .00 1,100.00 200 .00 300 .00 Salary Poultry !~age r at Citronell e (Schlenterbunch) .....x:penses Hog '(Jork at Hamilton 50 .60 300 .00 661 .71 Tr a.vel & Incidentals to Poultry Work Tra.vel , .:iupplies, etc . miscellaneous ~xpense s Poultry Work at Ham~lton (5) l!.ntomology Annual Appropriation Part :ialary, Dr. W. ~ . Hinds Part Salary, G. w. Wlls (Field Agent) Pa.rt ualary, Assistant J . E. buck Part Salary, Stenographer (Powell) Travel & :1iscellaneous Expenses 'fotal 3, 861. 71 $ 900 500 100 300 500 $ 2, 300 Poultry $ 1,000 $ L,OOO 50 100 300 400 150 $1,000 2,300 $ 2,300 Work of Past Year gr i cul t ure, Drainage and l'i8,chiner y, and Plant Breeding -- , he number of f ield experiments conducted by the Agricultural Depart ment in all the counties of the State aggregate 771 . There were conducted by t his Department 16 drainage experiments and a number of test s of farm machinery. These field experi­ments conducted throughout the State are intended to t hrow light on more t han 40 different agr icultural problems. The most costly of these experiments are the 106 experiments made in as many different localities to determine the mest economi cal fertilizer for cotton on each soil. ext come the 34 fertilizer experiments to determine the most e~onomical fertilizer for corn on different soils. A special campaign was made last fall to show methods of pr oducing large crops of oats The total numer of experiments with oats was 194. New strains of oats systematically bred on the st ation farm for a number of years were tested in nearly every county of the s t ate . The experiments made to show the gain by t~ting seed oats to prevent smut have been great incentives to better farming . One corresponaent writes : liThe Auburn oats are free from smut. This i s an eye opener. All oats sown in this com­munity next fall will be treated." In drainage, cooperation has been continued with the U. S. Department of Agricult ure , so t hat each ' dollar supplied by this Station has resulted in the expenditure of eever& dollars by the U. S. epartment of Agriculture. Work with farm machinery has included tests of cotton planters, a study of corn elevators, tractors, and numerous other impr oved impl ements, and a continuation of tests of cotton choppers. The following is a list of the field exper iments in progr ess in May, 1914, in the Agr icultural Uepar t ment, under the Local Experiment Law, and located away f rom Auburn : Regular fertilizer experiments with cotton bpecial nitrate experiments with cotton ~ensive cotton variety tests ~ensive cott on wilt experiments otton variety tests, short Cotton isolat~on experiments (Breeding) Cotton wilt exper iment s , short Regular fertilizer exper iments with corn Special nitrate experiments following legume Special nitrate experiment with corn Extensi be corn variety tests Corn variety tests, short, hard Corn variety t ests , short, soft Corn isolation experiments (Plant Breeding) Corn breeding experiments; ear-to- row Sweet potato variety tests Cowpea, wilt tests Peanut variety test, extensive ... I • ' Regular fertilizer experiments with peanuts Regular fe rtilizer experiments with sugar cane Regular fertilizer experiments with sweet potatoes Soybean experiments Wbeat experiments Lyon versus Velvet bean experiments LXtensive f orage crop ~xp eriments Yokohama versus Early Speckled velvet bean tests Bur clover experiments Crimson clover versus pure cultures 106 4 5 5 19 61 8 34 1 3 3 18 3 40 1 3 11 3 4 2 5 15 8 21 5 26 22 35 / Hai ry Vet c exper:iJne t s vats, va r iet t ;s i s ~ert .iL_ z,-,r xr->eL iments with al fal fa hudzu . ic e, f ertilizer exper iments Lespedeza fertilizer experiments 3u a~ grass for seed Dur cl over f er til izer e~~eriment s Rape f erti lizer experiment s Oat s treat ed with f ormalin Drainage. experiment s at breeding experiment's ;) Jf.alfa, ' i ber ian ~we et potato variety test s out hern bur cl over versus California bur c101l'er ~ arrow leaved vetch Total 13 5 4 17 3 3 3 1 2 171 16 18 4 · 3 23 ...ll 771 ddO tional details ar.e afforded in vircular o. 28, which is the Director's r eport for the year 1913 . L.:.V":::R HILL (1) In accor anee with the act of Congr ess, approved ttay a, 1914, to provide for cooper ative agricultural extension work bet ween t he agr i cul tural col leges in the se eral st ates receiving the benefits of. an act of ongress approved July 2, 1862, and the Uni t ed States epartment of Agr i culture,the Governor of Alabama having gi ven hi s certified. assent t o the Al abama olytechnic st itute to receive appro­pr i at ions accr uing from the act : 1 . (a ) The present organizati on of agr i cultural extension, as hitherto organized by t he ~ oll eg e , under an act of the legislature of Alabama, appr oved Feb~uary 9, 1911, in which pr ovision i s made f or agr i cult ural extension work, is hereby continued and confi r ,ued as being an or ganizati on satisfactory for ful filling the requi rements of t he afore said f ederal law. (2) The moneys received f r om t he United dt~t es Treasury un er the aforesaid act of vongress shal l be f aithfully used f or the pur poses designated in said act . (3) e resident of the ollege shal l present , in his annual r eport to the t rustee, such recommendations as in his opi nion will promot e the effi ci ency of t he extension department , and to him al l r eport s of the extens i on department shal l be made . (4) The executive head of t he extension depart ment shall be known as superintendent of ext ension , and he wil l be directly r esponsi ble t o the Presi dent of t he Col le e . As superintendent of Bxtension, L. r • Duncan , the Present Head, is hereby continued in that capacity . (5) Assist ants shall be appointed as needed in the dif ferent depa r tments and shall be nominated by t he President t o t he Boar d af ter full consultat ion with the head of t he depa r tment concerned . (6) All specialists in ext ension work bel ong to their respective depa r t ments and ar e r esponsible t o t he head of the corr esponding departments f or the substance of thei r extensi on teaching and f or their work whil e at the college, but al l extension wor ker s shall be sub ject to t he head of the extension department for service when needed and for t he effecti veness of t heir work when in the field . " > (7) 'l'he general progr a;n of work for submit t al and a ppr oval by t he S,~ c r eta ry of Agr i culture shall , f r om time to time , be agre ed upon by conferenc e between the Fr esident of t he College , Director of t he ~e riment Jtat i on, and t he 3u rintendent of Extension Depart ment. The head of each oepartment shal l e hel d r espons i bl e for f ormulating and executing t he pro j ect s pertaining to his par ticular depart.aent . (8) The Governor 's certi f i ed as sent is hereby submitted for record. Funds The Lever Law: bection 3, the appropriat i ng section of t he bill, provides ~lO ,OOO annual ly t o each tate ~lich gives i t s assent. This is a continuous, uncondi t ional, specific appropriation for each year. he additional sums appropriated are (1) for t he next succeeding year (1915-J6) '600,000.00, and 2) for each succeeding seven yea r s 500, 000 .00, makin a grand tot al at the expiration of nine years (1922-23) of ~4, 000 . OC . *(1be basis of allotment to the several states of these additbnal appropriations is the ratic which the r ural population of each state bears to the total rural population of the United States . According to the figues submitt ed by the ~ ommittee on gricultur e in Congress , the percentage of total rural popUlation of Alabama is 3 . 58 -- ranking in t his respect ninth in the forty- eight states of t he Union. ) In order tor a state to secure these additional appropriations, it will be neces­sary f or t he l egi slature of t he State to make appropriations annual ly of an amount equal to t he f ederal appropriat i on that would fal l to t he State . The f ollowing f i gtres show the sums both f ederal and state f or Alaba.lla during t his period : ALAB ',A Funds available f or agr icultural e~ ension work, pr ovided t he pr ovisions of the Lever Bill are compl ied with . (2) (1) Fe eral (3 ) (4) (5) Fiscal Year Unconditional Federal Stat e Total Available 1914-15 $10,000 1915-16 10, GOO $21,480 . 00 ..,21 , 480 .00 : 52, 983 .64 1916- 17 10, 000 39, 380 .00 39, )80 .00 88, 803 .34 1917-18 10, 000 59, 666 .00 59, 666 .00 124, 623 . 04 1918-19 10, 000 75 , 221 , 37 75 , 221.37 160, 442 .74 1919- 20 10, 000 ';I) , 131.22 7) ,1)1.22 196, 262 .44 1')20- 21 10, 000 111, 041 .07 111, 041 .07 232, 082 .14 1921- 22 10, 000 128, 950 . 92 128 . 950 . 92 267 , 901 .84 1922- 23 10, 000 146, 860 .77 146, 860 .77 303 , 721.54 ...ach year thereafter 10, 000 146, 860 .77 146, 860 .77 ) 0) , 721 . 54 The figures in column 5 are obtained by aoding the f i gures' Golumns 2, J , and 4 . .c:.xecuti ve Department Lontgomery, Alaba.Il18: C 0 1-' Y Bmmett O'Neal Governor Assent of the Governor of the State of Alabama in givlllg dtate' s assent to the Act of ~ongr ess of Hay 8, 1914 • . ihereas, the Congr e of the United .::>tates as passed an ct approved by the Presi­dent , 'i8:Y 8, 19]4 , entitled "An ct to Pr:ovide f or Cooperat ive gricultural \~ ork oetween the Agr i cultural ~olleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the Act of ongress approved July 2, l8~2 , ,and of acts supplementary thereto, and tile United States Jepartment of g riculture~ and "llereas, it is pr ovided in bection 3 of the ct aforesaid, t hat the grant s of money authorized by this Act shall e paid annual.lY lito each state which shall by action of its l egi l &.ture assent to the provisions of this ct ," provided tlThat payment of such instal lments of t he appropriations hereinbefore made as shall become due to any state before adjournment of the regular session of the legislative meeting next after the passage of this Act may, in the absence of prior l egislative as sent , be rr~d e upon the assent of the governor thereof, dul y cer tified to the Secretary of the Treasury, II and ,.her eas, the legislature of the State of Alabama is not in session at this time; there­fore I , Emmet O' Keal, Governor of the State of Alabama, do he reby give the assent of the ..:ltat.e of Alabana to the provisions and requirement s of said ct , and authorize and empower the trustees of The labama Polytechnic Institute of the State of Alabama , oeing the .:.itate gr icultural and ".ecnanical vollege of Alabama which receives the benefits of an ct of vongr ess , approved July 2 , 1862, to recei ve such installments of the appropriati ons made in the ct of , ~y 8, 1914 , as shall become due to the dtate of Alabamaoefore t he adj ournment of the next r egular session of the Legislature, ~ to organize and conduct agricul tural extension work which shall be car ried on in connection with t he college of agriculture of said coTlege in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in the Act of Congr ess aforesaid . ;.ont gomery, Alabama v,ay 22 , 1914 , . (Si gned ~et O'Neal Q-overnor )R JLC T& 'FAXTd .3 La ~~ RK L~.:V..c'1. LA fter a full conference with the (:l.ir~ctor of the ecperiment station and head of the depart Ilent of agricultural extension work, I submit th ~ f ollowing pro jects f or t his de:r:artTtlent for the year beginning July 1, 1914 . AccordiJ1g to th ~rovision s of the Lever Act , it will be necessary for t hese pr ojects to be r eviewed and confirmed by t he ~ e cretary of t he united vtates Department of Agr i culture: Therefore , I r ecommend t hat they be approved t entatively both in r <;;ga L"d to the details of t he projects and the appropr iati ons suggested, and t hat the Pr esi dent of t he college be authorized to conclude the negot i at i ons with the United ~t ates lJepartmant of gr l culture and other parties concerned. 1'he program herewith submitted conforms, wit h SOLle variations , to t he plans as now fol l cwed by the departllient of col lege agr O cultur al extension wor k . The plans include (a ) projects for women's work, which are an extension of t he present Girls ' ~ anning Club work in t he several counties, and include cooperation with the Alabama Girls ' Techni cal $nstitute at Montevallo in home economics; (b) pro j ects in animal husBandry, dai ry work, silo building, swine and pi g clubs, (c ) novable schools, and (d) dep&rtmen~al extension work . A. Projects for {omen's Work 1. lub Leader : This is t he posit i on now held by Hrs . • 1. Robinson . This lady ~g ent is to continue to have t he leadership in the organization of the Girls ' lub (lork in the s everal counties , as heretofor e . Her work is mainly securing funds, selecting and appointing county agents , and l ooking after the general inst r uction and effioiency of the county agent s . 2 . ert in Home onomics: This is to be a lady tra ined and experiBBced in teaching and demonstrating the several phases of Home EConomics . Her duties are largely to help inst ruct county agents along special lines of home economics , hold demonstrat~ons _in cooking, etc . ~he is to be em.l oy~d jQintly by the Alaoama Polytechnic Institute and the Alabama Girls ' Technical Institute at hontevallo . 3. County Agents: A coman agent is to be employed in the several Bounties indi­cated and is to be paid on the suggested plan of cooperation . ') '1 1/ A. Projects for Women ' s 'rlork Co. Co . u. S. Board Board Lever A. P. 1. ontevallo Funds Revenue &iucation Total Club Leader Sal ary $1,200 '1 r avel $ 600 Expert in Home l!Jconomics $ 750 $ 750 J alary Travel 400 400 County Agents: Aut auga 150 150 300 300 900 JJaldwin 150 150 300 300 900 Calhoun 150 150 300 300 900 ~ hilton 150 150 300 300 900 L.onecuh 150 150 300 300 900 :JeKal b 150 150 300 300 900 .t!.towah 150 150 300 300 900 Fr anklin 150 150 300 300 900 Jeffe r son 150 150 300 300 900 J' arshall 150 150 300 300 900 . Larengo 150 150 300 300 ' 900 Lacon 150 150 30 300 , 9~ lobile 150 150 3 0 300 900 J.',onroe 150 150 300 300 900 l-ike 150 150 300 300 900 .alker 150 150 300 300 900 . 'fu scaloosa . 150 150 300 300 900 . tit . l air 150 150 ~oo 300 900 J'leeting of ounty' Agents ~OO Totals $3, 850 600 $1,150 $4, 200$4,400 ~4,400 $16,200 Note: ~ontevallo is also to furnish office space, equipment , and cler i cal help for the expert in home economics . B. r-r ojects in Animal HusBandry 1 . uairy Work: The diary work which we have been carrying on in cooperation with the U. ~ . Dairy Division is to be continued and enlarged . This work include~uilding silos , dairy barns, testing herds, and keeping records of herds so as to determine t ne pr of itable cows and get rid of the unprofitable ones , encour gaing and helping dai r,ymen get improved stock, helping and advising dairymen as to f eed pr oblems , pas­t ures , etc . 2 . ~ ilo jjuilding (Students ) : It is planned to cooperate with the U. S. Bureau of nimal Husbandry in extending the silo building by employing a number of seniors in the agr icultural course of t he college, instructing them how to build silos, so that t hey way be sent to different parts of the state dur ing the sw ,~ er months and help farmers const ruct silos. 3 . Swine ~ert a d Pi g Clubs : e I i g " l ub .. /ork will be continued in cooper ation wi th the U. ~ . oureau of Animal Husbru1dry, as heretofore , and in connection with this, sODie general problems in pork pr oduction will be undertaken . H. r oj ects in Animal Husbandry : 1. Uairy .'or k: ~ alary Travel 2 . 'ilo building (0tudents) ~alary Travel 3. bwine !!Depert & Pig Clubs : ::'alary Travel ~l e rical ork & ctditional travel 'I'UTALS C. ·ovable chools 1 . For ~l lite People (a total of 20) Lever $ 400 200 1 ,000 <ill 1,600 2 . For Color ed eople (a total of 10) u. S. airY U. S. Beef & Swine .$ 1, 200 1,200 t 2, 400 200 1 , 200 1 ,000 $ 2, 400 $ 1, 000 800 The white schools will be held in about twenty counties t he first year, one school to a county, and will last for a period of f r om thr ee to f i ve days . I t lfill usual ly be best to old these in coope t'ation with sOlUe local institution , as the ounty High School or an gr i cultural 'chool . 'uch schools can usually f urnish so e equi pment and inst ruc­tors , per aps , f or some subjec s. ' The local schoo;l can al so assume t he r esponsibil i t y of doing the adverti sing, furnish a hall for holding .the meetings, make arrangements f or entertaining people who at tend the school, and perh~p s help in other ways . '1'hes9- schools will be or gani zed with a regular corps of expe t i nst ructors in several lines of agriculture and home economi cs . The work will be as l argely as possible of a demonstrati ve order . 'l'he work for the colored schools will be ver.y similar to t hat for t he white people. I t will be the plru t o hold these acho ls l argely in t hose counti e's where t he ~tat e D epar~ ment of Lducation now has colored supervisors . In such cases t he Stat e Depa r t nent of ~ucation and t he colored supervi sors in t he several counties wil l be asked t o cooperate in hol ding the schools . D. De artmental .Ext ension or k : gronomy : .:mtomol ogy: Sal ary (2 new man) Travel 'fr avel Horticulture: Travel $ 650 320 300 200 Veterinary ci ence: Travel $ 100 Botany: . Travel 100 Pathology: Travel 100 hemistry: Travel 100 Agronomy: Travel 100 . The several departments referred to above will not have t ime to do a great deal of extension work, but will be call ed upon· frequently to make special trips, help in special meetings, and conduct a number of demonstrations in different parts of the tate . E. Miscellaneous: 1 . &ctra clerical work in handling Boys t and Girls' lubs 2 . Contingent, printing and supplies . $ 380 .r 400 Suggested lan of ooperat ion in Extension Work for Women between the tate oll ege of Agriculture, Auburn , Alabama, and The Alabama Girls' Technical Institute, Monte­vallo, Alabama . B. ot.ber state worker shall be appoin ed, who. sha.ll work in conjl.ll'lction with the above state leader. This worker shall be ap 0 t ed as a trained and experienced teacher and demonstrator in Hame ~onomics • . The salary and travel ing expenses of this worker shall be borne jointly and equally by the Alabrona olytechnic Institute, Auburn, AlabWTh~ and the Alabama Girls' Tech­nical Institute, at ont evallo, Alabama, and her appotntment shall be agreeable to both institutions. This woman is to t ravel out from {ontevallo, and her office space, cleri cal help and equipment are to be furnished by the Alabama Girls' TeChnical Institute. The duties of this worker shall be largely to teach by public lectures, lantern slides and especially by demonstration , the various phases of Home ~c onamics, Home Sanita­tion, Home }iaking, and the like . She is to aid teachers at institutes and in school centers, help hold movable schools in different parts of the tate, kelp in short courses for girls and farmers ' wives, and is especially to help conduct conning da onstrations , cooking demonotrations, etc. for the canning club girls, and help to train the several COl.ll'lty agents, who are the club leaders. he may $180 be called upon for the preparation of simple leaflets for general distribution, and courses of study for rural and high schools . The largest part of this woman's time and effort will be devoted to, and her most effective r esults will be accomplished by, working with the several county agents and the club girls. Her efforts will be very largely multiplied by working through this organization . The full t ime of this woman shall be given to extension work . - . A. The Girls' Canning Club Work, which has been developed through the Alabama Poly­technic Institute at Auburn, Alabama, shall continue as heretofore under the super­vision of the state l eader '. pcated at uburn, with salary, traveling expenses, and clerical help paid thro~gh t he college ~f Agriculture . The duties of thi s state leader will continue as in the part to be largely the general organization of the work, securing funds from local boards in the counties , ap oint ­ing and ~ooking after the general efficiency of agents, securing pr izes "and arranging exhibits for fairs. This stat e l eader is appointed for her ability ~s an or.ganizer and l eader, rather than for her skill and t raining in any special line of Home cone­mics . • The work for women and girls is to be concentrated largely in those counties where the gi rls' ' anning lubs are regul arly organized with a paid county leader in charge • . The policy shall be to increase the fund in each county from all sources until it is . sufficient to pay a full time w man wo..rker . 'I'hese county workers shall be trained in Home ~conomi c s as far as practicable, or shall be developed along this line as rapidly as possible. All the county workers shall be called together at least once e~c h year for at least a ten daY;i or two weeks training school . The expenses of t he county workers in at.tend­ing this ~eeting shall be borne through the college of agriculture, uburn, A2ab~. vounty le ~ders will be appointed in all the counties of the state as rapi dly as funds are available. c D. 11 general policies of work and new lines of work shall be agreed upon by a conference of representatives of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at Auburn, Alabama, and the Alabama Girls ' Technical Institute, at l'1onteval lo, Alabama. No policy or line of work shall be ~ntered upon by one institution that is not agreeable to both institutions . The two general state women workers "a" and lib" shall work in ~ erfect. harmony, each f. one stretlgthening and helping the other. It will be very important for them to have frequent conferences and to exchange copies of field reports at the end of each week . - -.- ---------------- riginal dowment $20.230 President & rof . 01 . ' . :.athematics i vi1 gr . (H' st . & Latin (Ch . , ixarn . ' om . hysio10gy, Vet . SCience & State Veteri arian ·,ech . ... gr . & upt . f Grounds 3,0 0 1,000 1,000 1,800 Pharmacy 1,800 Agric . & irector of Station 1 c . mgr . 01 . & !lin . gr. 300 hoeL. Lang. & g .l, 800 Botany Physics Horticulture & 't at e Horticulturi st Pr of. 'lath rchitect ure mt ology Co .anandant , Post djutant Inst. ',at ematics 950 rpf . 'hemistry 1,000 St udent Asst . lk. Chemistry hemist of Soils rof . Phy . hem. 600 Asst . Prof. hem . sst. Prof . hem. st . in hem. sst . Chem in Adams ..c.xpts . 2 \ssts . in ' hem. 1 Asst . Chern. Reed Stuffs Fr of . echo Draw.& ·"ach . Dasign 950 Prof . Elec . & Tel . gr . & upt . ower Plant 700 Inst . in ·lech . hngr. & lvlat nematlcs The Budget f or the ~ear 1914-1915 orrill Hatch tate Appr o- Horti- Adams und Fund priations cul ture Fund $24 ,88S $15 ,000 .$40,000 1,500 400 800 800 400 1,800 1,600 1,000 1,0 J.. , OOO 850 300 650 750 600 200 200 800 1,300 700 200 1,400 400 (LE $300) 200 200 1,000 800 100. 600 400 100 800 900 1,000 100(LE . 100 17eD 100 500 700 1 ,200 1, 200 1,300 1, 000 . 500 800 (400) (Lll: $3 0) 1, 300 800 700 750 300 (Feedstuff s, $800) 400 1 ,300 650 Totals 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,200 . 2,100 . 2,200 2,000 2,300 2,000 1,90 2,000 1,800 I 1,000 1, 900 1,900 2,000 1,800 1,~ 2,700 200 2,100 2,000 1,500 1,200 1,300 750 1,000 300 2,000 2, 000 1,400 -i rigina1 'lOrri11 Hatch State Appro- Horti- dams Endowment Fund Fund priations culture Fund Totals Asst. In Drawing & Bandmaster 1,500 1, 500 l nstr . in Wood-work 1,000 1,0 0 Uirector & rof. Phys . 'ulture 1,400 1,400 Prof . omp . & Rhetoric 750 850 1,600 Farm upt . & R ~corder 400 1,0 0 1,400 . rof . An . Indus- (LE 200) try 700 500 (LE 300) 700 . 1,1]00. Prof. Eng . Lit . 2,000 2, 000 Foreman of Farm 300 300 600 As st . Pr of . Hort. 500 700(LE 200) 1, 200 Asst . rof. An. Industry 300 700 400 1, 400 Herdsman 400 400 As st s. Vet • Sc . (4) ·.cAdory ($1,450) 4,250 4, 250. 1ant Pathologist (LE 750) 1 , 250 1, 250. kBt . Prof . Agric . 750 (LE 300) 700 1,450 . Tr easur er 1,000 500 (LE 350) 1, 500 . House Rent: President & 10 Pr ofe ssors: 1 . hathematics 2 . ivi1 . gr . 3 . History 4 . l·.ech . . gr . 5. 'lee. Mgr . 6 . Vet ~ c ience 7. Botany 8 . hemistry 9. Geology 10 . _od . Language 1,800 400 2, 200 l nst . in Botany 850 400 1,250 Asst . ~ngomology 100 (LE 100) 800 1,100 ield Agent (LE 100) 500 500 sst . in Pharmacy 241 Scholarships 500 500 l. ond . 2 . mglish 3 • Of fice . 4&5. Civil (350) 6 . Latin 7. lOd. Lang. 8 . Botany , 9 . Hortiqulture 10 . Pharmacy 11. Hech . rts 12 . Vet . Science 13 . echo Engr . 14. hops 15. Forge 9) rigina1 lorr ill Hat ch State Horticulture dams Totals l-6. }frining 17 . Architecture 18 . gr i culture 19. lo-lach . Des. 20 .&21 . ~h emi5t ry 22 • -23 . Animal Industry 24 . Drawing . vlaterworks 2,500 "600 3, 050 6,150. Recording c1k . 250 200 300 . 750 . Li In & rof . Eng . 550 1, 250 1,800 Registr ar & Asst .s 500 700 1.,200 sst . 1i rary 900 0 Asst . Prof . in hath 400 1, 050 1,450 . ~ sts . Hist .& Latin 1,300 1, 300 ight atchma.n 360 265 • 625 . 22 ssts . Library ( cho1arships) 625 . 625 . ~e cre . Trustees 10 100 .. Bulletin lk . & C1k . to Station 200 200 (LE 600) 200 600 1k .to Dean , bngr . 200 200 'ten to Pres . 900 900 Aset • . Re c order · ~ ta . 300 (LE 500) 300 ssts . in Office 100 100 sst . in il .Band 100 . 100 . Y. 1 . C. A. 500 .. ! 500 Instr . Lach . gr . vt. ~ ops 1, 200 I 1 ::;tr . • ~ec . gr . 900 Jurgeon , 400 2,4 High 3choo1 Visitor 600 6 0 lnstr . in Physics 1,000 1 ,000 "l ks . for Comdt . 200 200 t . in English 450 450 sst. in Civil Mgr . 650 650 rchit ecture 200 200 dv . & Prtg . 450 2, 550 3,000 Publications 1 ,400 1,400 . 18;1 Industry 1 ,400 800 80 3, 000 Botany 400 70~ 400 1, 500 Chemistry 3,400 600 4,000 C'vil Engr . 300 200 500 Co encement 300 500 800 Dorn.itories 1,050 1, 05 L!.lec . Bngr . 700 700 Entomology 100 850 950 Lxpense 600 (Teaching) 1, 600 2,200 griculture 800 1 , 800 200 800 3,600 Farmers Inst . 600 600 Fuel 350 400 2, 150 100 3,0 0 Grounds & Repairs 400 1, 600 2, 000 Horticulture 500 100 400 1,000 I Horticulture (state) (500) 500 Labor( ollege) 400 1, 000 1,400 (Comer Hall) Or i ginal orril 1 Hat ch t ate Hor t i culture dams Totals Library 900 1,400 ,- . 'lechanics 1,400 1,400 lanua1 Arts & li<8.chine Design 200 200 "ilitary 200 200 t-1ining Engr . 150 150 Music 300 300 harmacy 500 100 600 hysics 250 250 Plant Pathology (LE 250) 250 250 Postage 150 150 150 450 Farmers' ummer chool 700 700 ummer Session 900 900 ' tationery 150 450 600 Trustees 300 300 Vet . Science 200 ~oo 100 1 1300 25, 610 $21,300 14,250 $70,890 $ 2, 000 </i>15,600 ~149 , 650 1 eport of t he rea surer of The 1abama olytechnic Instit ute For the Year 1913-1914 Ulding June 1, 1914 ENDO T FUND Receipts To ..tilldo'NlI1ent Fund Disbursements By amount paid a1aries 20,280.00 MORRILL FUND Receipts To orr i;L1 und Disbursements By amount paid Salaries $ 27 ,500 .00 STATE AND COLLffi FUND Receipts To State Fund 40,000 .00 II St2 t ~ Horticulture Fund 3, 819 .60 II Incidental Fees 3, 660 .00 II 'fuition Fees 2,332 .50 II urgeon and Infirmaty 3,857 .50 II Laboratory Fees 2,357 .80 II Library Fees & Interest (bonds) 2,651.50 " Farm Products 995 .48 II Analysis 48 .25 II Horticulture 128.55 " fucpense 978 .91 II Animal Industry 3, 397 .16 " hemistry 264 .75 " Iechanica1 gineering 150.16 II Pharmacy 158.00 II Veterinary 833 .35 II Civil Engineering 27 .90 II Feed .}tuffs 800.00 II mith Hall 1,829.85 1/ faterworks & Sewerage 1, 475 .90 " Summer ession 1, 214 .90 " Plant Pathology 19 .43 " Athletics 4, 461 .00 " Laundry 800 .17 II Oil Tax 11, 195 .78 1/ Amount Overdrawn ~18 . 66 $ 20., 280 .00 ~ 20,280 .00 $ 27, 500 .00 $ 27,500.00 $ 92. z767 .71 j - (. Di sburement s By Amount aid Salaries $ 37, 298 .80 II 11 " ~tate Horti culture 2, 766 .86 II 11 " Infirmary 321.88 " " 11 Library 1, 314. 51 " " " Dormitories J . 1, 360 .60 " " ". Expense 2, 347 .47 II " tl Commencement Expense 1, 069. 99 11 11 " rinting & Adverti sing 4, 38 .41 11 II " Animal Industry 7, 201.83 II " II Chemistry . 2, 106 . 58 II " " ~le c tri ca1 ~gineering 634 .69 II 11 " echanical Engineering 1,266.33 " " " Farmers ' Institute 456 .45 11 11 II Horti culture 192 .35 j " II II Fuel 3, 938. 91 " " 11 Grounds & Repairs 2, 973 .12 " " " Insurance 2,552 .21 II II II 'ervpnts & anitors 674 . 55 " II II ':i 1itary 329 .67 II 11 " ining bngineerilg 227 .83 " " II Pharmacy 't 693 .20 II " " hysics 290 .08 II " 11 Post age 757 .79 " II " 'tationery 7r?:2 .10 II II II Trustees 196 .55 " 11 " Veterinary 1,474 . 53 II II II Summer ~ choo1 731.03 II II \ atchman 549 .00 " " ivi1 ~gineering 100.38 II II Architecture 205 .73 " " Entomology 99. 95 " " Agricultural ollege 517.08 II " otany 683 .01 " II omer Hall 751.91 II II Jusic 498.80 " II II r oun Hall 121.62 " " II Feed Stuffs 1,100 .00 II " " Smith Hall 828 .46 " II II POl-Ter & Light 3, 250 .05 " II " aterworks & Sewerage 174 .10 II " II Extensi on 469 .ge " " " Summer Session 1, 980 . 99 " II " P ant Pathology 5.18 II II II th1etics ~ 1 ~~~ · 1~ $ 93 ,767 .71 k --- -------- o l!.ndowment Fund To v!orri11 Fund To State and 'ollege Fund To Amount of Over draft By .i:!Jldowment Fund By }10rri11 Fund By State and College Fund To " otmt of Overdraft 1910-1911 " 11 " 1911-1912 l TULA'l'IO S eceipts $ 20, 280 .00 27, 500 .00 93 ,249.0, 518.66 r . Disbursements $ 20, 280 .00 27,500 .00 93 1767 .71 Building Fund 3, 800 .40 4, 919.43 " 141,547 .71 Respectfully submitted, a/M. A. Glenn Treasurer II 11
title 1914 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
titleStr 1914 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
author Auburn University Board of Trustees
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spelling 1914 [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 1914Auburn, Alabama JW1e 8, 1914 The Board of Trustees of the Alabama. Polytechnic Instlt.ute convened in the Main Building of the Institute, in regular session , at 10 o'clock a.m. The :)ecretary called the roll and the following members were found present: Messrs . W. K. Terr.y, J. F. Feaein , R. B. Barnes, A. W. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, and c. !-" . Sherrod. 6, a quorum . It was moved that the re~ding of th~minutes be dispences with, the members of the Board having been provided with a synopsis of same. Motion prevailed. It was suggested, and agreed upon, nem. con., that President Thach discuss with tlB board some special features of hi s annual report, a copy of same being in hand of each member. At the conclusion of Doctor Thach's talk the following motion was introduced and unaninwsly adopted: That in consideration of Mrs. O. D. Smith's valuable services to the college in caring for ~ick students and takUlg a m~therly interest in the welfare of young men in College and away from home influences, as well as in recognition of the distinguished services of her husband, the late Doctor O. D. Smith, all fees or charges for water and lights due th~ college by ~~s. O. D. Smith De remitted, and that hereafter during her natural life the college shall furnish water and lights for her residence, free of charge. At 12 o 'clock the Board adjourned to 3 p.m. The Hoard r esumed its sitting at 3 O'clock p.m. The roll was called and the follcw­ing r esponded to their names: Governor Emmet 0' eal, ~-officio President W. F. Feagin, Superintendent of Education, Ex-officio v! . K. Terry, J. S. Frazer, R. B. Barnes, A. \v. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, R. F. Kolb, and C. M. Sherrod. Eight present, a quorum. His ~c ellency Governor O'Neal took the chair. The following motions were made, seconded and adopted, on matter s t reated of in Pr esiaent Thach's report, to-wit: 1. That the Board heartily commend the work of the :)enior ~lass of the year just closing, in suppressing the evil practice of hazing. 2. That Professor J. P. C. Southall be granted a leave of absence from the Institute for one year, without pay. 3. That a like leave be granted Instructor B. A • wooten. 4. That the title of Associate Professor be conferred upon J. C. C. Price. 5. That the annual catalogue presented by Doctor C. C. Thach be adopted. 6. That degrees be conferred according to the list in the catalogue as corrected by President Thach, and the same be recording in this book . 7. That one hundred dollars be added to the salary of Doctor I. S. McAdory, ot the Veterinary Department. 8 . That t he Budget opening by President Thach, with the -amendments made by the Board be adopted" 9. That the salary of Doctor C. C. Thach, President of the Institute, be increased to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum. 10 . That a degree be conferred upon W. W. Palmer, of the Senior Class, in case he makes up his deficiancy any time during the current calendar year. , I 11. That a standing Cormnittee of three members be appointed by -the Chair as a Committee on Animal Indultry, separate and distinct f rom the Committee Q'l Agriculture and the ixperiment Station. (C. M. Sherrod, Harry Herzfeld, and Kolb.) 12. That a vacation of one mODth, without reduction ' of salar,r, be granted to the Treasurer, Miss M. A. Glenn, the time to be selected by the Treasurer, the President of the Institute concurring. 13. That the communication from the Bank of Auburn be referred to the Executive Com­mittee, with power to act. 14. That honorary diplomas be conferred upon such persons now living as were soldiers in the Civil War and who, on account of that military service, were deprived of the opportunity of completing the college course begun in this ,institution, in accordance with the petition of the Alabama Division of the United Daughters of the ~onfederacy, and as recommended by President Thach; provided, in each case, the benefiCiary has lived a worthy and honorable life; and it is further provided that in case the student is not living, the Institute shall award the diploma to his living representatives. 15. That the following -appointments made during the year by President Thach, to fill vacancies, be approved and confirmed: L. S. Blake, Pr ofessor of Pharmacy; G. S.Templeton, Professor of Animal Indust~ Ernest ~ alker, Professor of Horticulture; E. S. Girton, Assistant Professor of Animal Industry. 16. That the annual report of Director J. F. Duggar, of the Experiment Station, to­gether with his budget ot estimated expenses for the ensuing year, be adopted. (Re­corded elsewhere in this book). 17. That President Thach' a report on the "Lever Bill" be adopted. (Recorded elsewha- e) The following communication, received from the College Y. M. C. A., was, on motion, referred to the Executive Committee, with power to act: Proposed Building for Student Social and Religions Life Alabama Pol ytechnic Institute An Application, approved by Doctor W. D. Weatherford, Y. M. C. A. Secretary for the South, is prepared to be presented to a proposed donor, asking for a donation of $45,000 to erect a modern building for student social activities at Auburn. Those who have the matter in charge have been assured that this donation will most probably be made, provided the following conditions are met: (1) Lot furnished for the building. (The Committee now owns a moat desirabl e lot.) • r- (2) $15,000 must be raised for the pr oject . (The Committee wil l undertake to raise this amount.) U) The college is to furnish light, water, heat , insurance for the building and equip the dormitory rooms. (4) In addition to the $500 now paid on the 3ecretary's salary, the college 1s to appropriate $750 for the maintenance of the bui+ding, when erected. The Secretary was instructed to send a copy of the following preamble and resolution expressive of the unanimous sentiment of the b Qard~ Resolved, That we regret exceedingly to part with a colleague whom we so highly est~m; that having been so long, pleasantly, and profitably associated with Judge Denson in . this capacity, we shall ever miss his genial presence, as well as his wise counsel and the ready access , in ~mergencies, to his legal knowledge an4 ac~en which SQ eminently fit him for service of this character. We gladly bear testimony to his faithfulness and efficiency in discharging his duties as a member of this Board. . . Governor O'Neal, Ex-officio President of t he Board, appoint~d the following Standing Committees of the Board: ~ecutive: The Governor and Messrs. Feagin, Herzfeld, Barne~ and Terry. Finance: Bell, Barnes, Frazer, Rogers. M.echanic Arts: ¥.art in , Kolb, Sherrod. Lands and Grounds: Frazer, Herzfeld, Sherrod. Course_Qf Stuct.y and Library: Feagin, Hood, and Terry. Agricul ture and Experiment Station: Kolb, Hartin, Bell, Rogers. President's Annual Report: feagin, Terry, Bell. Animal Industry: Sherrod, Herzfeld, a.qd Kolb. There being no other business, the Board adjourned. R. W. Burton Report of President ~. C. Thach to the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, Alabama May 30, 1914 To: Tne Hoard of Trustees Alabama Polytechnic Institute ~irs: I have the honor to submit to the Board of Trustees of the Alabama. Polytechni'c Insti­tute the report of the work of the College for the year 1913-14, the twelfth year of my administration as President of the Institution. 'l'he enrollment for the present year is 820, the largest' in the history of the insti­tuti on, and I am sure that the friends of the College are profoundly gratified at this solid increase in attendance. This development in attendance can be taken only as a token of the st eady confidence on the part of a widespread patronage throughout the state and throughout the South in the worth of the educational and technical training, as well as the moral influences, afforded by this Institution. This attendance is drawn from every county, save two, in Alabama, fifteen states of the Union, and five foreign countries, as follows: Georgia 61 Kentucky 1 Florida 25 .New Mexico 1 South Carolina 15 New York 1 hi ssissippi 11 South Dakota 1 Texas 11 West Virginia 1 Tennessee 10 Louisiana 7 'exico 3 Indi ana 1 Peru 3 Illinois 1 Cuba a China 1 Guatemala 1 Tuition is apid by all students outside of the State. By counties the largest repre­sentations are as follows: J ef ferson 86 Randolph 16 Marion 12 Macon 9 Lee 74 Walker 15 Marshall 12 Montgomery 42 Wilcox 15 Talladega 11 Tallapoosa 18 Russell 14 Hale 10 Narengo 17 Coosa, 14 Geneva 9 .!:..scambia 17 ~re 13 Choctaw 9 t'lobile 16 Chambers 12 Bullock 9 Calhoun 16 Barbour 12 Bibb 9 The extreme northern tiers of counties is well represented, as well as the extreme southern tiers, and all the counties intervening. The number of post graduates is , 19, Seniors 122, Juniors 128, Sophomores 166, Fr.eshmen 114, School of Pharmacy 45, Veterinary edicine 65, two-year course in Agriculture 35, two-year course in appl~d electricity 23, two-year course in mechanics 37. The numbers of students in the different departments are as follovls: COl lege of ingioeering ~lectrical Engineering ~echani cal ~gineering :'lining &1gr. & Geology Civil Engineering Jurveying Architecture l-lechanical Drawing Descriptive Geometry i"'.echanic Arts 396. 104 186 152 43 195 38 375 112 333 Academic College ~glish 620 Political ~conomy 110 History 394 French 54 German I.. 74 Mathematics 521 Physics 464 College of Agriculture Agriculture 269 Animal Husbanry 320 Horticulture 120 Forestry 47 Chemistry 464 Chemical Laboratory 185 l!:ntomology 49 Botany 197 Veterinary Medi cine 69 Pharmacy 68 All of the departments are full to the utmost capacity, both as to space and teach1rg force. The religious statistics for the present year of the larger denominations are as follows: l"lethodists tiaptists Presbyterians Episcopalians 338 197 112 80 Catholics tihristians Jewish 25 23 10 Out of the total enrollment there have been s~een young ladies in att andance, the requirament for admission for young women being mature age and high scholastic standing . WORK It affords me great pleasure to state with all accuracy that the spirit of work for the year 1913-14 has been the best, according to my observation, in the history of the Polytechnic Institute. The department has been especially fine and is worthy of strong commendation. There has been less dissipation and a greater prevalence of good order than i n any other year of my administration. Of course, it tollows that in so large a number there have been individual 'cases of flagrant violations of laws and of morals, but the prevailing spirit of the student body has been most praiseworthy . I note with especial pride that the student body voluntarily, through its leaders and organized sections, eliminated almost enti~~ the practice of hazing. Realizing the grave obj ections oto this practice, especially on the part of the general public, and feeling that it was an injury to the Institution, often through exaggerated re­ports, the students, as stated, have well nigh eliminated this reprehensible practice. I recommend that the Board of Trustees .take due notice of the influence of the present senior class in this particular. HONOR SYSTEM Likewise to be specially mentioned is the system in effect in examinations, known as the Honor System. 0everal years ago the Faculty saw fit to cooperate with the studen t body in regard to the conduct of examinations, en~rust~g to the properly constit~ student authorities the conduct of this important and delicate matter. Experience has been in every way satisfactory, high standards having. been upheld by the student committees and having been enforced regardless of persons, and it has been felt that a distinctly elevating influence has been cultivated in the student body by this s pontaneous and voluntary enforcement of their own laws and regUlations. During the year twenty-five students were dropped from the rolls for serious infractDn of rules, and especially for neglect of their academic work. oeveral marked honors have been bestowed upon our students this year. Among these may be mentioned a valuable . post-graduate scholarship in Animal Industry in the Univer­sity of Illinois, the principalships of several leading state high sChools in Alabama, electrical engineering scholarships with the Westinghouse Company, Pittsburgh, elec­trical engineering scholarships with the General Electric L:ompany Schenectady. The demand tor our graduates in the leading preparatory schools and high schools in the state of Georgia is remarkably high, while an almost equally notable demand for them comes from Louisiana and Texas. Professor Fullan. In my last report I called attention to the widespread interest aroused throughout the schools of the entire country by the plans developed by Professor M. T. Fullan, whereby the apparatus for schools in the department of physics could be readily manu­factured by the pupils of the schools the~elves at a nominal cost, thereby greatly promoting the practice of manual training and effecting also great economy in the expenditure for physical apparatus. I now note a new department of educational work in which Professor Fullan has achieved signal success, that is, in tbe home manufac­~ ure of complete S$ts of apparatus for the equipment of school play grounds. This work was presented to the Alabama Educational Association, _and to a full meeting of all the county superintendents of education in Alabama, and elicited the wannest prai se. Interested inquiries have been received concerning the work throughout all sections of the United States. HEALTH I t i s with great pleasure that I record the fact of the exceptionally excellent state of health prevailing in the student body t hroughout the larger portion of the year. Among the 820 students enrolled there has not been a case of serious illness during the academic year •• a truly remarkable record. With the exception of a rather long drawn out siege of mumps, there has been no widespread epidemic of the diseases ~suaLU incident to youth. Health is a great factor in good work, and we have enjoyed this benefit this year to the fullest. Among the causes conducive to .this happy end may be mentioned the excellent health condition of the location of the college, the unusually good water supply, which is well night chemically pure, and our system of official supervision of the health of the students by a College Surgeon. Under this system no excuse for absence from College work is valid unless approved by the College Physi­cian. horeover, ever,y case of indisposition is e~~ed immediately and unfavorable tendencies checked in the very inception of the disease. I beg leave, in this connection, to call attention to the long and honorable service of the faithful officer of the college who ha~ served in the capacity of Surgeon for forty-three years. Every morning at 7:45 reports of sickness are filed and a conference 9 1 held between the Surgeon and t he President concerning the health of the students. For the twelve years of my administration, the Surgeon has never been absent from a single call. IMPROVEMENTS IN COURSES For the academic year 1914-15, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will require for unconditional admission to the freshman class fourteen units of high school work. At all times every effort has been made to correlate t he Institution with prepara­tory schools of. the state. But with the fullest regard for t he arbitrary standard for admission set up by the colleges throughout the country, the policy of this Institution has always been to do the most good to the greatest number, feeling that its firs t duty is to recognize theccondition of the educational system of the state and not a theory; and, first of all, to serve all the youth of the land-­bot h t ie rural youth, who have had only meager high school facilities, as well a8 the urban youth who have enjoyed facilities somewhat better. With the gradual development of the state county high school system , it is now felt that the Insti ... tution may, without violation of its duty to t he State, move its requirements for admission.to a still higher point. It is sincerely hoped that the action will not seriously impair the fullest efficiency of the Institution. Studies, at once more difficult and mor~ technical, are now offered in t he sophomore year, and where formerly the separation of the courses occurred in the junior class, now the sepa­ratien of the courses occurrs in the beginning of the sophomore class. However, it is not always an easy mat ·l,.t.~ for immature youth to make a wise choi~e of a life t 5 vocation at this stage of their education . A new course .in .wireless telegraphy has been added in electrical engineering. PHYSICAL IMPROV ' TS During the year substantial improvements have been made in the physical equipment of the institution. (l) .In the department of Animal Industry, new pens, sheds, and compounds have been erected for the better protection and more satisfactory exhibit of the cattle, sheep, and swine. (2) In the department of Pharmacy extended improvemente have been made in the laboratory and store rooms, and the third story of the building made available for the use of the department, thus placing at its disposal the entire three story stllUcture. (3) The wireless telegraph apparatus presented to the Institution by its distinguidhed alumnus, Kr. }tiller Reece Hat chi-son, New York City, has been duly installed at considerable cost and has been put into active use. Hany students have become interested in the work at considerable cost and has been put into active use. Iv'lBllY students have become interested in the work .and consi~erable efficiency has developed in the sending and receiving of mesaa ges D1 connection with vessels on the high seas. It is with high appr eciation that I announce to the Board of Trustees that His Excel­lency the Governor of the State has been both able and willing to release for the use of the College 30,000 of the funds provisionally appropriated b7 the last legis­lature of Alabama. The total amount appropriated by that body was ~200,000 and this was for imperative needs that confronted the Institution four years ago. The lack of t hese funds has been keenly felt in the actual demands of the Insti~ution for its proper work. I am glad to state that rapid and satisfactory progress has been made in the application of the funds, thus released for the purpose as ordered by the ~oard of Trustees at its meeting on June 2, 1913, namely: (1) Improvement of the boiler house; (2) the reservoir and water works system; (3) equipment for agricultural hall and laboratories; (4) seats for auditorium; (5) equipment for mechanics, machine ery, etc.; (6) Infirma~J; (7) a residence. 1. \-Jork is rapidly progressing on a new boiler house, which will be adequate for the protection of the valuable machinery therein installed. As you know, the old shack was really a disgrace to the Institution and to the State, being a veritable firetrap and a conB~ant menace to the entire group of mechanical buildings. 2. Owing to the phenomenal deficiency in water fall throughout this section of the South since last September, the fall being only one-half of the normal precipa­tation (twenty-five inches as against over fifty inches of the previous year), it became urgently necessary to extend materially the capacity of our reservoir. This work has progr essed rapidly under the direction of Professor G. N. 1-itcham, and when completed promises to meet adequately all the demands of the situation. 7..1 3. Since the completion of the agricultural bui lding, (as has been hitherto frequently noted in my reports) all of t he departments located in that building, namely: agronomy, botany, entomology, plant diseases, . and animal industry, have been entirely unable to presecute the lines of educational and of research work that required a gas supply for the purpose of heat •. This handicap has now been removed by the installing of complete gas machine equipment with the r~quired piping and gas fixtures -- much to the satisfaction of all the heads of the departments con­cerned. 4. Adequate seats for t he auditorium have been purchased, and as soon as pOSSible, will be set up, thus disIilcing the unsightly benches which ha .. e been hitherto used. No high school auditorium in the state had such primitive equipment as the audito-rium of this great institution. 5. A gas engine, lathe and other machinery have been added to the department of machinery, which for the lack of necessary apparatus had reached a very low ebb, being entirely unsatisfactory for the purposes of instruction and the supply of power. 6.& Plans have been formulated for an infirmary and an official resiaence, acoording 7. to the resolutions of the ~oard at its last meeting. The resolutions are as follows: "It .was moved that the President of t he Institute be authorized to borrow $15,000 to build an infirmary and $12,000 to erect a President's residence, Governor O'Neal being present and giving assurance ~rally t hat t he amount should be released from the State Tr easury by January 1, 1914, to pay the debt. Motion prevailed. II (See Minutes June, 1913) CHANGES IN FACULTY During the summer Professor E. R. Miller~ head .of the Department of Pharmacy, applied fe r leave of absence to prosecute-research work in pharmacy in the University of Wis­consin. Professor L. S. Blake was selected to .fill the vacancy. Professor Blake is a graduate of the Normal School of Michigan, and also of the University of ~lichigan, with the degree of bachelor of science in the department of phaymacy. He came highly r ecommended by the heads of the department in that insti t ution, which enjoys the dis­tinction of of fering, perhaps, .the strongest course in pharmacy in the entire United ...,t ates. Professor J esse Jones, of the Department of Animal Industr,y, tendered his resignation to accept a much more lucrative position with the United States Department of Agricul­ture qpd Farm Demonstration Work. Be it said, this competition of the United States Department of Agriculture, with its large financial r esources, f or the services of trained experts in all l ines of scientific agriculture i s proving extremely emt>ar­r assing to institutions of .imi ted means. Professor G. S. Templeto., of the College of Agriculture and hechanic Arts of Texas, was chosen as his successor. Professor Templeton is a graduate of the University of Missouri, having specialized in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Hedi cine . He has had several year s experience in teaching and in res earch work in t he Texas College and 0tation , and came with the strongest t estimonials from his f ormer pr of essor in l-tl.ssouri and Collqgues in Texas. The work and training offered by t he University of l{issouri in the Department of Animal Husbandry ranks among the very best in t he Uni ted ~tates; the heads of the depart­men~ s in that institution being di stinguiShed experts. Frotes s or E. P. Sandsten of the Department of Horticulture, accepted a call to the .:>tate Agr i cultural Lollege of Colorado , the inducement being a salary beyond any­thing that could be offer4d by our Institution. The college was highly fortunate in securing as his successor Pr ofessor ~rnest Walker, head of the department of horticulture and S~ate Hort iculturist, University of Arkansas. Professor Walker is a graduate of ~ornell University and is regarded as one of t he most experienced and capable horticulturists in the South •. These professors reported duly to their duties at the beginning of the term, and it affords me gr eat pleasure to st ate t hat t hey have given satisfaction to the Insti­tution in the management of t heir departments, impressing most f avorably t he students who have come under t heir instruction. Mr . E. S. Gerton of the Iowa State College of Agriculture succeeded as Assistant l'r ofessor of Animal Industry, ~r. L. W. ~ummers, who was called to Virginia Poly­technic institute on a considerable increase of salary. For t he f i r st nine years of ~ administration, there was t he unusual record of no change in t he head of a department -- but owing to the relatively large increase in income of other institutions similar t o our own, i t is becoming each year a more difficult matter to r et ain the servi ces of some of our best men. l·..any of our prof essors,however, through interest in their long service with the Institution and the satisf actory conditions of t heir work, are now serving t he Institution at sala­ries great ly below offer s that t hey have received from other colleges. FUNDS OF THE COLLIDE 1. According t o law, t he Tr easurer of t he College has submitted her annual report, a copy of ~li ch has been forwarded to each member of t he Board of Trustees. 2 . The annual repor t of Hat ch and Adams funds has been forwarded in .printed f orm t o each member of the Board of Trustees, to the Governor .of t he State of Alabama, and to the Dnited States Department of Agricalture, Washington, D. e., Another copy is herewith enclosed. Mr . ~ . \'f. Allen, of the staff of the United St.:1 t s . J!:xperiment Stations, Department of Agriculture, visited the Institution in AP1'il and audited t he vouchers of the Adams and Hatch Funds . 3 . The report of the D'I rector of t he fucperiment Station, on l ocal experiments con­duct ed for the year 1913 under provision of t he "Boll Weevil Act" was duly for­warded to the Governor of t he .:3tate in January, 1914. The Treasurer of the ~ ollege renders to the President a monthly statement of receipts and expenditures of the college. Amounts of money expended fo r t he college pr oper in 1913-14 are as f oll ows: l. Endowment funds $ 20,280.00 2. u. S. Appropriation, l"Lorrill Fund 27,500.00 3. jtate Appropriation in lieu of fertilEer tag tax 40,000.00 4. One-foubth share illuminating oil tax 11,195.78 5. Tuiti on fe es, non-resident students 2,332.50 6 . Surgeon and Infirmary 3,857.50 7 . Incidental and other receipts 21,023.42; Total $ 126,189.20 A brief review of t he different items of revenue of the college may be given. (1 Funds from the United ~tate 8 &dowment Fund U. S. Appropriation, Morrill Fund Total (2) Funds from the State 20,280.00 27,500.00 $ 47,780.00 State Appropriation in lieu of fertilizer tag tax $ 40,000.00 One-fourth share i ~ luminating 011 tax 11,195.00 Total $ 51,195.00 NOTES ON FUNDS (1) (a) The original fund known as the Morrill Fund was derived from endowment made July 2, 1862, by the Congress of the United states. On December 31, 1868, Alabama accepted this donation. The state legislature by an act approved February 26, 1872, located the agricultural and mechanical college at Auburn. Under the provisions of Section 266 of the Constitution of 1901, "the trustees and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the nameoof Alaoama Polytechnic Institute to carry into effect the purpose and intent of the Congress of the United St ates in the grant of lands by t he Act of July 2, 1862" . (See Code of Alabama, Art. 24, Sec. 1899) (b) The fund known as the Second Eorrill Fund made in 1 90 is also solely for teaching purposes. It should be noted that in regard to this fund, the College, in comparison wit h many ot'ler sh ular institutions, ill severely handicapped, since the law requires that it should be divided between t he wh~ e and black races according t o the rat i o of school population, the r ernainder of the total of $50,000 , that is, ~22,500, going to negro agricultural and mechani­cal college at Normal, Alabama -- revenue which, i f available to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, would greatly relieve its embarrassed financial con­dition. (2) State Funds: The two funds paid to the college directly by the State, avail­able for college purposes, are derive l argely f or services rendered the State; (1) $40,000, State appropriation in lieu of fertilizer tag tax, and (2) $11,195 .78, one-fourth share illuminating oil tax. (a) 'l'he former fund is paid for the analysis of fertilizers, soils, waters, minerals, etc., under the law establishing the department of Agriculture in 1882-3 ; and the latter fund is paid for the analysis of i l luminating oils under the law of 1907 . Thus, these funds are largely a quid pro quo for technical services, which is the only legal basis for the taxes accruing to t he s t ate from these sources. I t should be borne in mind that the college of agriculture at Auburn largely originated the movement. for establishing the department of agriculture in Alabama and for making chemical analysis of fertilizers for the protection of farmers against spurious products. As a matter of fact, according to the Constitution of the State, Section 77, upheld by many supreme court decisions, no inspection of any commodity can be made by a state off icer . ~urthermore, the federal court has also held the only basis for an inspection. tax to be the actual inspection, together with the cost of the administrative machinery necessary therefor. rl'he amount of fertilizer tag tax accruing to the State of Alabama last year was $159,000.00. (b) The College also inaugurated the tax on the Qil companies of the State inci­dental to analysis of illuminating oils. 1his work, as the. analysis of fertili­zers, can be done in no. other way for the State. The Institution, for its share of $11,195.78, put into the State Treasury last year three t~ nes this amount, namely, $33,587.34, and since the enactment of the law the college has covered into the State Treasury over a quarter of a million dollars. COMPARATIVE EXPENSE . The Alabama Polytechnic Institute as a teaching body is conducted on a smaller per capita expense per student and on smaller salaries for its officers and prof essors than any leading institution in the United States. The following exhibit taken from the statistics of state universities and other institutions of higher education for the year ending June 30, 1912, issued by the . United ~t a es Department of Education, shows the relative income of similar colleges for teaching purposes, and the salaries: Institution A lab ana Polytechnic Ins~tute University of Alabama Colorado State Agricultural College University of Georgia Georgia S chool' ~ Technology Purdue(A&M Gollege) Indiana Iowa State College of Agriculture Kansas State Agricultural ~ollege lassachusetts Agricultural College ·lichi gan Agricultural l;ollege ~1aximum Salaries President Dean $4,200 6,500 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,000 5,000 6,000 5,000 5,000 $2,100 3,000 2,500 2,500 4,000 4,000 3,000. 3,000 3,000 Professor Income from State $2,400 2,700*­;, 100* 3,500* 3,300* 3,000 3,000* 2,700*- 3,30~- 4,300k $68,500 93,500 130,173 118,025 110,000 301,195 670,218 452,250 292,512 202,210 i~ Thip includes residence, estimated at $100.00 per year. FEDERAL EXP~RIMENT STATION FUNDS The amount received from the United States government on Hatch and Adams funds i s $30,000 p~r annUIJl. These funds are attached to the College and are inalien­able therefrom, having been appropriated to the I nstitution by the Hatch Fund Act of 1887 and the Adams Act of 1906; the purpose being, in the words of t he Act , lito establish agricultural experimental station in connection with colleges est ablished under the provision of the Act approved July 2, 1862~ These funds are specifically applied for agri cultural r esearch work, and no portion of the~ can be applied to the purposes of teaching. ~o far as any financial advantage to the col lege as a teaching body i s concerned, the funds might as well be five hundred milhes distant. The expenditures under the Hatch and Adams are examined by an inspector sent out annually by the United States Departnleot of Agriculture. STATE FUNDS FOR AGRICUl TURAL EXl'E?.IMENT STATION The legisl ature in 1907 appropr iated annual ly to t he Alabama kxperiment tation the sum of 27 , ~00 . As in t he case of the Hatch and Adams cts not a cent of this money is available f or teaching purposes, but it i~ spent away from the college t hroughout the state for t rIe pt.:r pose of pr omoting Boys I Corn Glubs , Girls I Canning Clubs, local experiments with f ertilizers, testing varieties of seeds , cor n, cott on, oats, alfalfa , bur clover~ cri ,son clover, soy beans; rai~ing hogs under nonn&! and economic conditim s beef raising, poultry rai sing, horticultural work , spraying, marketing, truck gardening , etc.; the dir ect study of the pr ogress of the boll we evils plant di seases, cotton wilt, corn smut, anthracnose, etc . Tt must be emphasized t hat t his money is applied largely by a staff of men already organized, whose salaries are paid from other funds, thus enabling the state to get the greatest possible good out of the appropriation for the minimum expenditure for salaries ~d adm ' istration . I regard the good accomplished by this fund to the agricultural interests of the state to be of well nigh incalculable value . OLLiJJ. WORK Faculty of Engineering and hines: Ther e a re eight ' departments in the college of l!.ngineer ing and Eines: (1) Civil Engineering, (2) Electrical ~ginee r.ing, (3) iechanical Engineering, (4) Telephone ~ngine~ring, (5 ) }uning Engineering, (6 ) Architectural Engineering, (7) Machine Design and };echanical Drawing, (8) "echanic Arts; ther e being eight full pr ofes sors and four­t een a s sistants, who give inst ruction to 296 stu ~ents. The departments of Civil ~gineering was established in 1872, one of the oldest engineering departments in the South. .,c;aclwone of the above ciepartment s of engineering is the pioneer in southem educat i on in t heir lives. Our~9ps and laboratories are crowded to the utmost capa­city • . Since 1872 over seven thousand young men have been educated in the departments of engineering and are scattered throughout the State and South . The graduates of the engineering college first gave the Institution its national reputation. High-way construction and engineering have been taught since 1812, and the improved roads of nearly every country of the State have been built by gr ',duates of this depa r tment . The l-rofessor of ivil ingineering is ex-officio member of t he State Highway Commissim • FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCI~CES This faculty includes the department of (1 ) Chemistry, (2) Agriculture, (3) Veterinary ~ c ien ce, (4) Botany, (5 ) Hortic ulture , (6) AniJ,al Industry, (7) Rl1tomology, (8) Plant athology; these being nine full professors, two associate professors, t hr ee assistant pr ofessors , and f ourt een assistant s . It must be remembered that thw ork of t his staff i s of two-fold nature : (1) imparting instruction to students, and (2) ractical work i n t he field of applied agriculture. It is g~at ifying to report the continued increase in attendance of t he classes of agr~ culture, the nwber ~ ow being 325 . The ability and capacity of the agricul tural studertB rank among the very best in the Institution . Various pr ofessional positions of val ue now offer in all l ines of agricul tural wor k, t ogether wi th the increased attractiveness and Fr ofit of far ming are dr awing our talented youngmen mor e and more into agr i culture work, together with the increased attracti veness and profit of farming are drawing our talented young men more and more into agricultural studies . The marked impr ove­ment in the conditions of agriculture is noted by the advance of Al abama in ten years from the position of t wentieth to fourteenth in the rank of agricultural pr oduction ~ t he states of· the Union . CHEJ S'IRY The department of Chemistry is the oldest in t he South, the classes are very large, and with the corresponding large percentage of students, accurate supervision is af forded in teaching and in the laboratory. The number of st udents pursuing-work in Chemistry is 464, wtile analytical work in the Ibaoratories has been t aken up by 185 students, necessarily increasing the current expenses for the department. Further accommodation for the students is imperative. VETERn~ARY DEPARThIENT The Veterinary Go l ege continues to prosper and its condition is in every way satis­factory . The students who have been educated in t his department have succeeded well and have been able, without exceptiGn, to secure r emunerative work and gain excellent livelihoods . The staff consists of seven professors and instructors, the number of students in attendance t his year being 69. The foll.o\1ine is a summary of farmers I I nstitutes conducted by the head of the depart­ment of veterinary science during the year 1913-14; "During the year 1913, Farmers' I stitutes were held in seventeen counties of labama; total number in attendance, 5, 254; number of sessions, 45; average attendance per session, 117. The Summer bchool, or Round-up Farmers' Institute was held at Auburn August 1st to 9th, 1913 . early all of the counties of the state were r epresented and s even other states. he . terest taken the men, women, boys, and girls was all that could be desired ." ~ERIMENT STATION The entire t eaching staff of the college of Agriculture is also engaged in work of experimentation in all l ines that concern agriculture . This station has been in operation now for twenty-six years, and is one of the oldest ' in the United States . The enclosed twenty-sixth annual report makes a full exhibit of the lines of work undertaken by these experts . 1 take the liberty of urging each member of the Board to read carefully the report of the Di rector and of the differ ent professors connected with t he t ation . Without a careful investigat ion it is impossible to appreciate .the tremendous amount of work accomplished by these experts in a year. This work covers every phase of agr i cultural effort . It must be painstaking and scientifi cally accurate to stand t be t est of both the scientists and practical farme rs . I may pre­sume to state that the work done in connecticn with t he cultivation and breedlllg of cotton by Director J. F. Duggar has made this station an authority throughout the entire world . The work of the department of Animal Industry is becoming more and more important with each year. The inerease in the de~and for meat, together with the decrease in its suppl y, is making the question of meat pr oduct ion of vital importance in the United States. Sxperiments conducted with our depart ment of Animal Industry, especially in raising beef, have been declared by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States epartment of Agriculture, as of national importance . The entire work of the Alabama Experiment Station is more and more appreCiated every year by the farmers of the st ate . TH ~ L ;\IE BILL The measure l ong discussed, and widely known t hr oughout t he country as the Lever Aericultural ~ensi on Bill, has now become a law, and t he of ficial as sent of the " overner of l abama has b !en given to t h;i..s Jns:t,itution as the proper benefi ciary of t he pr ovi sions of t he measure . I t is diff i cult to overstate t he possi ble value of t his great law, and it is to be profoundly hoped t hat our tat e will be able to measure up t o t he possibilities of t he situation . or nearly a t hird of a century, highly valuable results have been wrought out by the exp er~aent stat i on staf f in connection with al l problems of agriculture, but these val uable discoveries have been avail able t o r el atively a small :ler cent of t he mass of the people . Through the f inancial aid of t he Lever Bill t his knowl edge will now be carried di r ectly t o t ee man on t he l and; the experiment station car ried direct­ly to the f arm . Al rea~ valuable work had. b ~ en accomplished under our l ocal experiment staff, but t hrough the pr ovisions of this law, the work will be conducted on an infinim ly larger scale . A detailed plan will be submitted f or t he expenditure of t he funds avai l able for agr i cultural extension work under :the prpvisions of th~ Lev~ r Bill. However, in this connection, i t is necessary t o state t hat t he coll ege as a teaching body will not be benefi ted in any. degree by the measure . It is explicitly dir ected by the law t hat none of t his money shall be spent at t he college, Section 2 of the Act bei na as follows: "Co-operative agricultural extension work shall consist in t he giving of instruction and practi cal demonstration in ar riculture and home economics to persons not at t ending or r esident in said coll eges ." Indved, t he Lever Bill r at her brings, without a :.ditional ecompense , an additional burden and occasion of thoughtful sol i citude to the aruuinistrative offices and t he heads of the agricul ­t ural departments of t he Institution. U N ;:;ILDJG HI TORIC TABU T It af f or ds me pleasu_e to ~e r ecor d of notable menlorial exercis ~ s held on ~ arch 28 in Langdon Hall in connection with t he unveiling of beautiful br onze memorial tablets commemorative of i ncidents connected with the college and the late Civil War . The e~ercises were under t he auspices of the local chapter of the United Daughters of t he Confederacy and were graced by t he presence of many distinguished sons and daughters of the t ate of Alabama. I t was to a marked degree an occasion of solemnity and. seriousness never to be forgotten. Impressive addresses were delivered in Langdon Hall in t he presence of the entire faculty and. student body, the officers and stu~ents of the college also of fic i ally attending t he. unveiling of historic boulders in various sections of the communi ty. HONORARY DIPLO~lAS Act ing upon the r equest of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of the Alabama Dtvision, and after full consultation, I addressed a letter to the members of the Board recommending that the college award honorary diplomas t o those students now living who were soldiers in the : ar between the States and who, on account of that service, were denied the opportunity of completing their coll ege course, pr ovided in each case the individual has subsequently lived a worthy and honorable life and f urther, that in the case of the death of t he st udent, the college award an honorary deploma to his living representatives . This belat ed honor seems a fitting tribute t o the counge and self-sacrifice of these noble men, and I take great pleasure in r ecommending f avorable actiqn upon the suggestion, by your honorable body. YGUNG 3N ' CHRISTIAi'J ASSOCIATI N I beg leave to cOIIUIlend in the hi ghest terms the work accomplished through­oub t he year through the agency of the Young 1 en • s Christian Association . This work has been under the le,dership of r . S. J . Smit , a highly educated college graduate, who has rendered valuable services for t he moral uplift of the student body . Al l students i r respective of creed are affiliated with this organization, and it is in no sense denominational. The r ooms now used for the headquarters are really t he social center for four or five hundred student s of the college, and t he manage­ment has been instrumental in bringing to the college, during the year, so, e of the most inspiring lecturers and orators. For many years a number of the leading professors have been extremely anxious to secure a building large enough and sufficiently equ' pped to serve as a central home for the social act ivities of t he entire student body. Such a building has been s ecured by the University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, A. & l> . Col lege of North Caro­l ina, Clemson Agricultural College , outh Carolina, Georgia School of Technology, f ississippi A. & . College, etc., etc. I most earnestly cOhwend the effort of the profe s s ors tothe deepest considreation of the Board, and I feel a ssured that any seeming obstacles in the way can be properly obviated . The very highest good to t he moral tone and spiritual welfare of t he student body will result from such a building . NEEDS OF TH..... COlliXZE In repetition of my recommendations at the last meeting of the Board, I beg leave to urge the immediate necessity of the following improvements: (1) Farm ~.achinery Building (2 ) 3qui pment for agricultural ball and laboratories (3) Heating plent for main building (4) hemical buil ding 5) Veterinary building (1) One of the demands in southern agriculture t oday is intelligent use of maChinery . \'lith such a building as indicated in several of my pr evious reports, costing about ~ 5 , O 0, t he college will be enabled to secure, free of eost, thousands of dollars' worth of valuable machinery from manufacturers anxious to put on exhibit their pro­ducts . Furthermore, with t his equipment , it will be possible t o introduce this sub­j ect in the courses offered in agricultur.e . (2) TIle equipment of the handsome agricultural hall is still sadly dificient. Seats are needed on the auditorium, and l aboratory desks and equi pment are specially needed f or the department of agr onomy, including soil physics, cotton grading, tc . The work of the department of animal industry will be immensely improved by the addition of suitable equpment in the basement room, for an exhibit of stolk tothe various classes . (3 ) I again cal l attention t o t he great economy t hat could be effected by the heat g of the main building with steam. At present fuel is carried up three flights of stairs in ammost primitive manner -- the negro janitor and coal scuttle being the method of elevation. (It is impossible to prevent defacement of the walls from the unsightly stove pipes and their attendant smoke and soot. ) . There is at hand an enormous amount of exhaust steam which could be reqdily uti lized at no expense whatsoever, provided t he main bu i~din g were fitted with a steam heating plant. The saving in fuel accom­pli shed would in three years pay for the entire installation . (4) One of the most urgent demands of the Institution is a chemical building ade uate to the work of the gr eat department which is connected with this Institution . It is the l argest college department of chemistry in the entire South, with t he largest att endance both in students of general chemistry and stu ents in the laborat ory . -'lOreover, for forty years an enormous amouht of analyti cal work has beM perfonned here for the State. Here are made the analysi s of all the f ertilizers, feed stuffs for animals, and f ood for men, drugs , ill uminating oil s that a re consumed by the people of the State ; and it is only proper t hat facil ities should be supplied commen­surate with the enormous services rendered by the Depar tment . (5) The veterinary medical col lege of t his Institution is the only one of the kind in the South . Its high grade and satisfactory work has been r eferred t o in a previ ous section . The effici ency of t his work has been referred to in a preViou8 section . The efficiency of t his work would be inmlensely advanced if the depart ment were pro��perly accommodated in laborat ories and lecture rooms . I again recommend to the Board the advisab~y of erecting a ui~able building for this important department at a cost of 30, 00 . BOARD F TRUSTEES I t is a matter of profound r egret t o the Instit ution that Judge N. D. Denson found it necessary to tender his resignation from the Board of Trustees . For many years he has been a wise counselor in t he deliberat i o of U is body, and by his loyalty to t he interests of the Institution contributed greatl y to t he safe direct ion of its affairs. Judge enson has b _en succeeded by Mr . Harry Herzfeld, fifth 'ongressional Di st rict, Alexander City . Honorable ,jill i F. Feagin, as ;;)tate Superintendent of Education, became ex-officio trustee, and the vacancy thus creat ed in the beventh ~ ong r essi o nal District was filled oy the appointment of Honorable Hood, Gadsden, labama . I shall submit a detailed budget for college and experiment st ation work, and, as soon as the matter i s passed upon by the Fdculty, I shall lay before the· Board a list of t he graduates of the year, with r ecommendations for degrees . I have t he honor to st ate t hat the Facul ty after due exa~ation , recommend the fol­l owing men for degrees: 1 rof essi onal degrees : L. Harwell , ~ivil gineer ~ . v . Haynie, ~ ivi l ~gin eer ~ • • '1 . ','1 e ber, ectrica.l gineer Graduate Students: J . F. Dugga r , Jr ., ·1a,ster of .::>cience lton R. ~is sendanner , ~ster of ~ cience Daniel ranklin Hixon, lechanical mgineer Cliver Lynch Howell , ~aster of dcience J . N. Liddell , ~l ectrical Engineer Jonathan Bell Lovel ace, ~~ster of ·Science James rthur Pa ~ rish, Haster of dcience . alter Honroe .:>ellers, laster of ~c ience J onn Gordon Sparkes, l_echanical mgineer Glifford I rvin ' todghi ll, Master of Science 'r Jerwood Lee 'aylor, ster of 'cience 'laud Rodo~phus ood, ~ster of ~ cience ~ e l or lass Graduates : (Bachelors of Science) ~rn e st Cli f ton Ad ins Odis Denwitt Allbritten I orLer eekley Allen . i lliam i dwin Arnold ndrew Hill Ba rnett ...,dwin Foy Barry Cleburn Ammen oasore Ja.-les ~ward ozemore ober Ferdinand Angelo benson oenjamin Paul Bl asingame Fr ank ~well doyd etto dr own John Luther bryan l' et er De l'larkus .:.urks , r . Ja ... es .:tt: i d ",ampbell , J r . Genr Gray varter v'Ji lli am Taylor l,;heney " harles Hadley -'ooper l exander citeplens ~ orgill . .ar cus (dlliams Cr enshaw v nar les vJashington v ulpepper ohn }..arvin lJavis Lartin hcC el enon Davis .Iarr-.>" ~ ri ce vixey ~en 'amin ~~l sworth i vans i obert Houston arr , i l lia'D. Hernie Farrar Art hur reserant 'easter dill a rd IJoodfin endley ~och Dortch Fly .lager J erome Franklin ~ard Lawrence Gilder fl om~r Henry assett ueustus Tompkins Graydon "ecil Stewart Gr imes -toN' t Lawrence '}r oover Gust ave Adolph Hanson J oe John Ha ralson Curtis ~ rawf o rd Harper Je..Jse J . Heard t huu 1tllars rleard illiam Uowen Henderson Rob er t ~ward H errin ~ ,',eor r e .)ashingt on nOlley vharles Levi Hollingsworth Loui s Holbrook Howard Lel:lUel Jasper Howell Andrew Hagan Jackson i'er cy Lee Jones .. arvin Henry Killingsworth James ",olellan Lee J o rill Rush Lester Lester Hickman Lewis ~ugen e lason Lindsey James Jackson Lovelace Herbert :.arshal l -!artin Robert 'orris ~~rtin Hl1gh Lester ,'.ayers laJlly Foster heador I van ilfred i·..i.iler F aul "linn i s Porter l' on ha rles David MOOD harles Benton ~oore Alexander oowin '.or row lioland Hal l Neel harles Stott hoble Reb. ~ level and O ' ~ riant John , illiam Pac , Jr . Loomis ay earson Jolill Llewellyn r osser Lawrence \~betstone Rainey LcCl ellan Ratchford John Jnoch Riley ran ~ Park damford Otto r.arthous 'eyforth Guy J"iaxwell 3pearman ' hest er A. ~tewart edding tancill uugg ' h.art~r ijoward aylor Anni e Terrel l t hur oel Thi gpen illiam Hurley Tisdale end ell Holmes isdale denry Asa Vaughan eorge Sidney 'ai ts J ames Sebastian 'Ia t t s lilton hendel l :iebb Fr ederi ck -1ill iam .Jendt James l·.adison ,ihite :jryan ',/at kins ~bit fi eld .udGar Zldred Jilliams . alter Herren Jilson Pharmaceutical Chemist : Paul l.r.olyneux Pharmacy Gr aduates: Henry ~van Benbow Car l burey .!.a1y lUr i d Caldwel l Clarence Bonner Hines J am ~ s G 1L~ton Kent ~rne st Clark ope J ~e s Daniel Ri chardson Y' alter Jackson \vatkins Loot her Guy 'deob Doctor of Vet e inary ledi cine: Daniel Cook, Jr . J ohn idney ook Lonroe ~ub l ett Esslinger Cage Head . , i l l iam Ernest Holl i ngsworth James Karl Jones Ri chard I rvin h.early . ',,'al ter Douglas hcCormack rthur :Jtorey lakin Leondous Kel ler Ogl etree Joseph Steven Powell ~ward Genearo ~ara1 \jalter Bi vins Smith James Dani el ilbanks I beg leave to submit with my approval t he following report of the Director of the ~eriment Stat ion on local experiment work . . uburn, Al abama June 2, 1914 Report of Director of Experiment Station (Part 2) Being a Report on the Local Experiment ~ ork. Doctor G. • Thach, President Alabama. PI-,l ytechnic Institute uburn, Alabama 3ir: I her ewith submit t o the Board t hrough you my report on t he Local ~eriment ~/ork of all depart ments of the ~er imen t ::it.at i on receiving partial suppor t f r om this Jtate fund f or exper imental wor k . . ublications Cf t he 21 publica L.ions of the ~i eriment ~t ation is ued duri!lg the past 12 months, and aggregating in all editions 3, 322,100 pages, 16 pu'olications , with a total of 2, 700, 000 pages , r ecorded the results of Local ~eriments . Fi nancial Hecommendations For the Year Beginning July 1, 1914 All esti.,ates have been made after consultation with t he head of the cor responding department and in accor dance with this recommendati on . (1) f lant r athol ogy Annual i\ :,pr opr i ation dal ance f rom 1913 (Plant Pathology) Total Available ;$ 1, 000.00 50.95 ~ 1,050 .95 Part balary (Doct or . olf) ~750 . 00 (desides ~1,250 Adams ) Travel, Supplies , etc . ( ~e sides ' 250 Adams) &300 .95 $ 1,050 .95 Agriculture, Plant dreeding, Drainage, and Farm '.achi nery; also P,.lblicaticns and dministration . .!.xpenditur e or Position Crops Imual Appropriation '7, 000 oal ance f r om 1913 rops ) 803 .30 dalance fro~ 1913 (Flant dr eeding) 304 .28 Dalance f rom 1913 (Drainage & ~ch ) 566 . 52 .=;alance from 1913 Pl ant Drainage & r eeding i achineEY ~1,200 $1,500 Publicat i ons & dministration ~2 ,500 (Poultry) 604 .54 alance from 1913 t • ,Printing & Admin . ) 87 .0 'fotal Av ailable~~8-,6 ~7~4-.-':"1"0="~~-':-1=-,~2-=-00~-----'$~1-,""'5-O=-O~-----"i~3--',1 ~9~1-:.~97 ~xp enditure or Position rops Pl ant .Br eeding Drainage and ~!achinery Publi cati ons and Administ r ation Salary Field Agent (Williamson) S 1, 100 ~ alary Field Agent (to be filled - ~ salary from Lever Fund) ualary, Asst . in Aer . (Tisdale - besides $300 Hatch Fund) ~ alary , Sec . As&t . in gric . ( ~ ellers ) (besiaes $200 each Goll e~e , Hat ch & Adams ) 650 400 200 'Ie porary & extra hel pers 275 ~alary ~ tenog raph er 420 ual ary Recorder ( avrthen · ~ alary, Assoc. Prof . (Fun-chess) 300 ~ alary , Treasurer ~ alary , Di r ector Traveling ~enses r ost age & ~tat ionery reight & ~ress Labor ?rinting r er tili zers, ~e eds, .:.>up- 3.00 2, 1.00 200 Z,SO Z,SO 229 .10 300 200 60 200 190 50 50 440 200 100 180 350 100 200 100 plies, etc . ~2L,;0,;;.:;:O;...;;;0 ___.. ..::5;...;;;0 __- --:;1;;..;0;...;;;0_ __ .;;;;.1L,;8' ;;...;6;.;:::1;";'.,9.!,.7j", Total $ 8, 614 .10 $1,100 (2) Horticultur e Annual Appropriation 0alance from 1913 - Horticulture Total Available .:.alary <rart ) l-rofessor \·Jalker r art Sal ary (Field Asst . ~telzenmuller) .:.>alary (Part ) 4 . C. . Price Tr aveling ~ens e s Supplies, Fertilizer s , etc . Total ~ 200 $3 , 091. 97 2, 000 232 .48 2,232 .48 800 (besi des 100, tate . ort) 200 550 382 .48 ~ 2, 232 .48 Professor tJalker recommends that the field a ::.sist ant in horticulture, G. B. Stelzen­muller, r eceive an increase of $100 in salary, this increase to come from the fees derived from t he inspection of nurser y stock . I join in the recommendation . (3) ixtension: The follo'fdng is a cppy of Prof essor Uuncan I s r econunendations re­garding the extension fund under the Local ~eriment Law; in which I concur : Annual Appropriation (Local Experiment Law) Balance from 1913 (AXtension) art Salary (L . N. Duncan) Travel (L. N. Duncan) Part Salary (J b . Hobdy) Travel • l-.rs . J:j . 1. Hobinson (Travel) Stenographer (~i ss Lane) :ialary ( U's . L".LcLendon) Jalary (1. 1:3 . Kerlin) Incidentals lJont ingent $ w 5, 000 .00 147 .85 670 .. 00 530 .GO 600 .00 1,000 .00 600 .00 520 .00 480 .00 516 .00 84 .00 147 .85 $ 5, 147 .85 .5,147.85 (4) Anir"..al Industry and Poultry Annual Appropr i ation 'Jst1mated Sales Balance from 1913 Total ava.ilable Expenditures Part ~ alary (Professor Templeton) Supt . Hog Farm (Columbia) McLeon - Salary 0upt . Beef & Hog Feeding Western Alabama. - Salary (.c,; . Gi bbens) '.ule Feeding .::.xperiments Dairy Feeding Experiments (J:jullock l,;ounty) ~upt . balary Poultry & Hog Work (Hamilton) ( • R. Gi GsendannerJ Animal Industry $ 3,500 200 161.71 $ 3, 861.71 $ 250.00 1, 000 .00 1,100.00 200 .00 300 .00 Salary Poultry !~age r at Citronell e (Schlenterbunch) .....x:penses Hog '(Jork at Hamilton 50 .60 300 .00 661 .71 Tr a.vel & Incidentals to Poultry Work Tra.vel , .:iupplies, etc . miscellaneous ~xpense s Poultry Work at Ham~lton (5) l!.ntomology Annual Appropriation Part :ialary, Dr. W. ~ . Hinds Part Salary, G. w. Wlls (Field Agent) Pa.rt ualary, Assistant J . E. buck Part Salary, Stenographer (Powell) Travel & :1iscellaneous Expenses 'fotal 3, 861. 71 $ 900 500 100 300 500 $ 2, 300 Poultry $ 1,000 $ L,OOO 50 100 300 400 150 $1,000 2,300 $ 2,300 Work of Past Year gr i cul t ure, Drainage and l'i8,chiner y, and Plant Breeding -- , he number of f ield experiments conducted by the Agricultural Depart ment in all the counties of the State aggregate 771 . There were conducted by t his Department 16 drainage experiments and a number of test s of farm machinery. These field experi­ments conducted throughout the State are intended to t hrow light on more t han 40 different agr icultural problems. The most costly of these experiments are the 106 experiments made in as many different localities to determine the mest economi cal fertilizer for cotton on each soil. ext come the 34 fertilizer experiments to determine the most e~onomical fertilizer for corn on different soils. A special campaign was made last fall to show methods of pr oducing large crops of oats The total numer of experiments with oats was 194. New strains of oats systematically bred on the st ation farm for a number of years were tested in nearly every county of the s t ate . The experiments made to show the gain by t~ting seed oats to prevent smut have been great incentives to better farming . One corresponaent writes : liThe Auburn oats are free from smut. This i s an eye opener. All oats sown in this com­munity next fall will be treated." In drainage, cooperation has been continued with the U. S. Department of Agricult ure , so t hat each ' dollar supplied by this Station has resulted in the expenditure of eever& dollars by the U. S. epartment of Agriculture. Work with farm machinery has included tests of cotton planters, a study of corn elevators, tractors, and numerous other impr oved impl ements, and a continuation of tests of cotton choppers. The following is a list of the field exper iments in progr ess in May, 1914, in the Agr icultural Uepar t ment, under the Local Experiment Law, and located away f rom Auburn : Regular fertilizer experiments with cotton bpecial nitrate experiments with cotton ~ensive cotton variety tests ~ensive cott on wilt experiments otton variety tests, short Cotton isolat~on experiments (Breeding) Cotton wilt exper iment s , short Regular fertilizer exper iments with corn Special nitrate experiments following legume Special nitrate experiment with corn Extensi be corn variety tests Corn variety tests, short, hard Corn variety t ests , short, soft Corn isolation experiments (Plant Breeding) Corn breeding experiments; ear-to- row Sweet potato variety tests Cowpea, wilt tests Peanut variety test, extensive ... I • ' Regular fertilizer experiments with peanuts Regular fe rtilizer experiments with sugar cane Regular fertilizer experiments with sweet potatoes Soybean experiments Wbeat experiments Lyon versus Velvet bean experiments LXtensive f orage crop ~xp eriments Yokohama versus Early Speckled velvet bean tests Bur clover experiments Crimson clover versus pure cultures 106 4 5 5 19 61 8 34 1 3 3 18 3 40 1 3 11 3 4 2 5 15 8 21 5 26 22 35 / Hai ry Vet c exper:iJne t s vats, va r iet t ;s i s ~ert .iL_ z,-,r xr->eL iments with al fal fa hudzu . ic e, f ertilizer exper iments Lespedeza fertilizer experiments 3u a~ grass for seed Dur cl over f er til izer e~~eriment s Rape f erti lizer experiment s Oat s treat ed with f ormalin Drainage. experiment s at breeding experiment's ;) Jf.alfa, ' i ber ian ~we et potato variety test s out hern bur cl over versus California bur c101l'er ~ arrow leaved vetch Total 13 5 4 17 3 3 3 1 2 171 16 18 4 · 3 23 ...ll 771 ddO tional details ar.e afforded in vircular o. 28, which is the Director's r eport for the year 1913 . L.:.V":::R HILL (1) In accor anee with the act of Congr ess, approved ttay a, 1914, to provide for cooper ative agricultural extension work bet ween t he agr i cul tural col leges in the se eral st ates receiving the benefits of. an act of ongress approved July 2, 1862, and the Uni t ed States epartment of Agr i culture,the Governor of Alabama having gi ven hi s certified. assent t o the Al abama olytechnic st itute to receive appro­pr i at ions accr uing from the act : 1 . (a ) The present organizati on of agr i cultural extension, as hitherto organized by t he ~ oll eg e , under an act of the legislature of Alabama, appr oved Feb~uary 9, 1911, in which pr ovision i s made f or agr i cult ural extension work, is hereby continued and confi r ,ued as being an or ganizati on satisfactory for ful filling the requi rements of t he afore said f ederal law. (2) The moneys received f r om t he United dt~t es Treasury un er the aforesaid act of vongress shal l be f aithfully used f or the pur poses designated in said act . (3) e resident of the ollege shal l present , in his annual r eport to the t rustee, such recommendations as in his opi nion will promot e the effi ci ency of t he extension department , and to him al l r eport s of the extens i on department shal l be made . (4) The executive head of t he extension depart ment shall be known as superintendent of ext ension , and he wil l be directly r esponsi ble t o the Presi dent of t he Col le e . As superintendent of Bxtension, L. r • Duncan , the Present Head, is hereby continued in that capacity . (5) Assist ants shall be appointed as needed in the dif ferent depa r tments and shall be nominated by t he President t o t he Boar d af ter full consultat ion with the head of t he depa r tment concerned . (6) All specialists in ext ension work bel ong to their respective depa r t ments and ar e r esponsible t o t he head of the corr esponding departments f or the substance of thei r extensi on teaching and f or their work whil e at the college, but al l extension wor ker s shall be sub ject to t he head of the extension department for service when needed and for t he effecti veness of t heir work when in the field . " > (7) 'l'he general progr a;n of work for submit t al and a ppr oval by t he S,~ c r eta ry of Agr i culture shall , f r om time to time , be agre ed upon by conferenc e between the Fr esident of t he College , Director of t he ~e riment Jtat i on, and t he 3u rintendent of Extension Depart ment. The head of each oepartment shal l e hel d r espons i bl e for f ormulating and executing t he pro j ect s pertaining to his par ticular depart.aent . (8) The Governor 's certi f i ed as sent is hereby submitted for record. Funds The Lever Law: bection 3, the appropriat i ng section of t he bill, provides ~lO ,OOO annual ly t o each tate ~lich gives i t s assent. This is a continuous, uncondi t ional, specific appropriation for each year. he additional sums appropriated are (1) for t he next succeeding year (1915-J6) '600,000.00, and 2) for each succeeding seven yea r s 500, 000 .00, makin a grand tot al at the expiration of nine years (1922-23) of ~4, 000 . OC . *(1be basis of allotment to the several states of these additbnal appropriations is the ratic which the r ural population of each state bears to the total rural population of the United States . According to the figues submitt ed by the ~ ommittee on gricultur e in Congress , the percentage of total rural popUlation of Alabama is 3 . 58 -- ranking in t his respect ninth in the forty- eight states of t he Union. ) In order tor a state to secure these additional appropriations, it will be neces­sary f or t he l egi slature of t he State to make appropriations annual ly of an amount equal to t he f ederal appropriat i on that would fal l to t he State . The f ollowing f i gtres show the sums both f ederal and state f or Alaba.lla during t his period : ALAB ',A Funds available f or agr icultural e~ ension work, pr ovided t he pr ovisions of the Lever Bill are compl ied with . (2) (1) Fe eral (3 ) (4) (5) Fiscal Year Unconditional Federal Stat e Total Available 1914-15 $10,000 1915-16 10, GOO $21,480 . 00 ..,21 , 480 .00 : 52, 983 .64 1916- 17 10, 000 39, 380 .00 39, )80 .00 88, 803 .34 1917-18 10, 000 59, 666 .00 59, 666 .00 124, 623 . 04 1918-19 10, 000 75 , 221 , 37 75 , 221.37 160, 442 .74 1919- 20 10, 000 ';I) , 131.22 7) ,1)1.22 196, 262 .44 1')20- 21 10, 000 111, 041 .07 111, 041 .07 232, 082 .14 1921- 22 10, 000 128, 950 . 92 128 . 950 . 92 267 , 901 .84 1922- 23 10, 000 146, 860 .77 146, 860 .77 303 , 721.54 ...ach year thereafter 10, 000 146, 860 .77 146, 860 .77 ) 0) , 721 . 54 The figures in column 5 are obtained by aoding the f i gures' Golumns 2, J , and 4 . .c:.xecuti ve Department Lontgomery, Alaba.Il18: C 0 1-' Y Bmmett O'Neal Governor Assent of the Governor of the State of Alabama in givlllg dtate' s assent to the Act of ~ongr ess of Hay 8, 1914 • . ihereas, the Congr e of the United .::>tates as passed an ct approved by the Presi­dent , 'i8:Y 8, 19]4 , entitled "An ct to Pr:ovide f or Cooperat ive gricultural \~ ork oetween the Agr i cultural ~olleges in the several states receiving the benefits of the Act of ongress approved July 2, l8~2 , ,and of acts supplementary thereto, and tile United States Jepartment of g riculture~ and "llereas, it is pr ovided in bection 3 of the ct aforesaid, t hat the grant s of money authorized by this Act shall e paid annual.lY lito each state which shall by action of its l egi l &.ture assent to the provisions of this ct ," provided tlThat payment of such instal lments of t he appropriations hereinbefore made as shall become due to any state before adjournment of the regular session of the legislative meeting next after the passage of this Act may, in the absence of prior l egislative as sent , be rr~d e upon the assent of the governor thereof, dul y cer tified to the Secretary of the Treasury, II and ,.her eas, the legislature of the State of Alabama is not in session at this time; there­fore I , Emmet O' Keal, Governor of the State of Alabama, do he reby give the assent of the ..:ltat.e of Alabana to the provisions and requirement s of said ct , and authorize and empower the trustees of The labama Polytechnic Institute of the State of Alabama , oeing the .:.itate gr icultural and ".ecnanical vollege of Alabama which receives the benefits of an ct of vongr ess , approved July 2 , 1862, to recei ve such installments of the appropriati ons made in the ct of , ~y 8, 1914 , as shall become due to the dtate of Alabamaoefore t he adj ournment of the next r egular session of the Legislature, ~ to organize and conduct agricul tural extension work which shall be car ried on in connection with t he college of agriculture of said coTlege in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in the Act of Congr ess aforesaid . ;.ont gomery, Alabama v,ay 22 , 1914 , . (Si gned ~et O'Neal Q-overnor )R JLC T& 'FAXTd .3 La ~~ RK L~.:V..c'1. LA fter a full conference with the (:l.ir~ctor of the ecperiment station and head of the depart Ilent of agricultural extension work, I submit th ~ f ollowing pro jects f or t his de:r:artTtlent for the year beginning July 1, 1914 . AccordiJ1g to th ~rovision s of the Lever Act , it will be necessary for t hese pr ojects to be r eviewed and confirmed by t he ~ e cretary of t he united vtates Department of Agr i culture: Therefore , I r ecommend t hat they be approved t entatively both in r <;;ga L"d to the details of t he projects and the appropr iati ons suggested, and t hat the Pr esi dent of t he college be authorized to conclude the negot i at i ons with the United ~t ates lJepartmant of gr l culture and other parties concerned. 1'he program herewith submitted conforms, wit h SOLle variations , to t he plans as now fol l cwed by the departllient of col lege agr O cultur al extension wor k . The plans include (a ) projects for women's work, which are an extension of t he present Girls ' ~ anning Club work in t he several counties, and include cooperation with the Alabama Girls ' Techni cal $nstitute at Montevallo in home economics; (b) pro j ects in animal husBandry, dai ry work, silo building, swine and pi g clubs, (c ) novable schools, and (d) dep&rtmen~al extension work . A. Projects for {omen's Work 1. lub Leader : This is t he posit i on now held by Hrs . • 1. Robinson . This lady ~g ent is to continue to have t he leadership in the organization of the Girls ' lub (lork in the s everal counties , as heretofor e . Her work is mainly securing funds, selecting and appointing county agents , and l ooking after the general inst r uction and effioiency of the county agent s . 2 . ert in Home onomics: This is to be a lady tra ined and experiBBced in teaching and demonstrating the several phases of Home EConomics . Her duties are largely to help inst ruct county agents along special lines of home economics , hold demonstrat~ons _in cooking, etc . ~he is to be em.l oy~d jQintly by the Alaoama Polytechnic Institute and the Alabama Girls ' Technical Institute at hontevallo . 3. County Agents: A coman agent is to be employed in the several Bounties indi­cated and is to be paid on the suggested plan of cooperation . ') '1 1/ A. Projects for Women ' s 'rlork Co. Co . u. S. Board Board Lever A. P. 1. ontevallo Funds Revenue &iucation Total Club Leader Sal ary $1,200 '1 r avel $ 600 Expert in Home l!Jconomics $ 750 $ 750 J alary Travel 400 400 County Agents: Aut auga 150 150 300 300 900 JJaldwin 150 150 300 300 900 Calhoun 150 150 300 300 900 ~ hilton 150 150 300 300 900 L.onecuh 150 150 300 300 900 :JeKal b 150 150 300 300 900 .t!.towah 150 150 300 300 900 Fr anklin 150 150 300 300 900 Jeffe r son 150 150 300 300 900 J' arshall 150 150 300 300 900 . Larengo 150 150 300 300 ' 900 Lacon 150 150 30 300 , 9~ lobile 150 150 3 0 300 900 J.',onroe 150 150 300 300 900 l-ike 150 150 300 300 900 .alker 150 150 300 300 900 . 'fu scaloosa . 150 150 300 300 900 . tit . l air 150 150 ~oo 300 900 J'leeting of ounty' Agents ~OO Totals $3, 850 600 $1,150 $4, 200$4,400 ~4,400 $16,200 Note: ~ontevallo is also to furnish office space, equipment , and cler i cal help for the expert in home economics . B. r-r ojects in Animal HusBandry 1 . uairy Work: The diary work which we have been carrying on in cooperation with the U. ~ . Dairy Division is to be continued and enlarged . This work include~uilding silos , dairy barns, testing herds, and keeping records of herds so as to determine t ne pr of itable cows and get rid of the unprofitable ones , encour gaing and helping dai r,ymen get improved stock, helping and advising dairymen as to f eed pr oblems , pas­t ures , etc . 2 . ~ ilo jjuilding (Students ) : It is planned to cooperate with the U. S. Bureau of nimal Husbandry in extending the silo building by employing a number of seniors in the agr icultural course of t he college, instructing them how to build silos, so that t hey way be sent to different parts of the state dur ing the sw ,~ er months and help farmers const ruct silos. 3 . Swine ~ert a d Pi g Clubs : e I i g " l ub .. /ork will be continued in cooper ation wi th the U. ~ . oureau of Animal Husbru1dry, as heretofore , and in connection with this, sODie general problems in pork pr oduction will be undertaken . H. r oj ects in Animal Husbandry : 1. Uairy .'or k: ~ alary Travel 2 . 'ilo building (0tudents) ~alary Travel 3. bwine !!Depert & Pig Clubs : ::'alary Travel ~l e rical ork & ctditional travel 'I'UTALS C. ·ovable chools 1 . For ~l lite People (a total of 20) Lever $ 400 200 1 ,000 <ill 1,600 2 . For Color ed eople (a total of 10) u. S. airY U. S. Beef & Swine .$ 1, 200 1,200 t 2, 400 200 1 , 200 1 ,000 $ 2, 400 $ 1, 000 800 The white schools will be held in about twenty counties t he first year, one school to a county, and will last for a period of f r om thr ee to f i ve days . I t lfill usual ly be best to old these in coope t'ation with sOlUe local institution , as the ounty High School or an gr i cultural 'chool . 'uch schools can usually f urnish so e equi pment and inst ruc­tors , per aps , f or some subjec s. ' The local schoo;l can al so assume t he r esponsibil i t y of doing the adverti sing, furnish a hall for holding .the meetings, make arrangements f or entertaining people who at tend the school, and perh~p s help in other ways . '1'hes9- schools will be or gani zed with a regular corps of expe t i nst ructors in several lines of agriculture and home economi cs . The work will be as l argely as possible of a demonstrati ve order . 'l'he work for the colored schools will be ver.y similar to t hat for t he white people. I t will be the plru t o hold these acho ls l argely in t hose counti e's where t he ~tat e D epar~ ment of Lducation now has colored supervisors . In such cases t he Stat e Depa r t nent of ~ucation and t he colored supervi sors in t he several counties wil l be asked t o cooperate in hol ding the schools . D. De artmental .Ext ension or k : gronomy : .:mtomol ogy: Sal ary (2 new man) Travel 'fr avel Horticulture: Travel $ 650 320 300 200 Veterinary ci ence: Travel $ 100 Botany: . Travel 100 Pathology: Travel 100 hemistry: Travel 100 Agronomy: Travel 100 . The several departments referred to above will not have t ime to do a great deal of extension work, but will be call ed upon· frequently to make special trips, help in special meetings, and conduct a number of demonstrations in different parts of the tate . E. Miscellaneous: 1 . &ctra clerical work in handling Boys t and Girls' lubs 2 . Contingent, printing and supplies . $ 380 .r 400 Suggested lan of ooperat ion in Extension Work for Women between the tate oll ege of Agriculture, Auburn , Alabama, and The Alabama Girls' Technical Institute, Monte­vallo, Alabama . B. ot.ber state worker shall be appoin ed, who. sha.ll work in conjl.ll'lction with the above state leader. This worker shall be ap 0 t ed as a trained and experienced teacher and demonstrator in Hame ~onomics • . The salary and travel ing expenses of this worker shall be borne jointly and equally by the Alabrona olytechnic Institute, Auburn, AlabWTh~ and the Alabama Girls' Tech­nical Institute, at ont evallo, Alabama, and her appotntment shall be agreeable to both institutions. This woman is to t ravel out from {ontevallo, and her office space, cleri cal help and equipment are to be furnished by the Alabama Girls' TeChnical Institute. The duties of this worker shall be largely to teach by public lectures, lantern slides and especially by demonstration , the various phases of Home ~c onamics, Home Sanita­tion, Home }iaking, and the like . She is to aid teachers at institutes and in school centers, help hold movable schools in different parts of the tate, kelp in short courses for girls and farmers ' wives, and is especially to help conduct conning da onstrations , cooking demonotrations, etc. for the canning club girls, and help to train the several COl.ll'lty agents, who are the club leaders. he may $180 be called upon for the preparation of simple leaflets for general distribution, and courses of study for rural and high schools . The largest part of this woman's time and effort will be devoted to, and her most effective r esults will be accomplished by, working with the several county agents and the club girls. Her efforts will be very largely multiplied by working through this organization . The full t ime of this woman shall be given to extension work . - . A. The Girls' Canning Club Work, which has been developed through the Alabama Poly­technic Institute at Auburn, Alabama, shall continue as heretofore under the super­vision of the state l eader '. pcated at uburn, with salary, traveling expenses, and clerical help paid thro~gh t he college ~f Agriculture . The duties of thi s state leader will continue as in the part to be largely the general organization of the work, securing funds from local boards in the counties , ap oint ­ing and ~ooking after the general efficiency of agents, securing pr izes "and arranging exhibits for fairs. This stat e l eader is appointed for her ability ~s an or.ganizer and l eader, rather than for her skill and t raining in any special line of Home cone­mics . • The work for women and girls is to be concentrated largely in those counties where the gi rls' ' anning lubs are regul arly organized with a paid county leader in charge • . The policy shall be to increase the fund in each county from all sources until it is . sufficient to pay a full time w man wo..rker . 'I'hese county workers shall be trained in Home ~conomi c s as far as practicable, or shall be developed along this line as rapidly as possible. All the county workers shall be called together at least once e~c h year for at least a ten daY;i or two weeks training school . The expenses of t he county workers in at.tend­ing this ~eeting shall be borne through the college of agriculture, uburn, A2ab~. vounty le ~ders will be appointed in all the counties of the state as rapi dly as funds are available. c D. 11 general policies of work and new lines of work shall be agreed upon by a conference of representatives of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at Auburn, Alabama, and the Alabama Girls ' Technical Institute, at l'1onteval lo, Alabama. No policy or line of work shall be ~ntered upon by one institution that is not agreeable to both institutions . The two general state women workers "a" and lib" shall work in ~ erfect. harmony, each f. one stretlgthening and helping the other. It will be very important for them to have frequent conferences and to exchange copies of field reports at the end of each week . - -.- ---------------- riginal dowment $20.230 President & rof . 01 . ' . :.athematics i vi1 gr . (H' st . & Latin (Ch . , ixarn . ' om . hysio10gy, Vet . SCience & State Veteri arian ·,ech . ... gr . & upt . f Grounds 3,0 0 1,000 1,000 1,800 Pharmacy 1,800 Agric . & irector of Station 1 c . mgr . 01 . & !lin . gr. 300 hoeL. Lang. & g .l, 800 Botany Physics Horticulture & 't at e Horticulturi st Pr of. 'lath rchitect ure mt ology Co .anandant , Post djutant Inst. ',at ematics 950 rpf . 'hemistry 1,000 St udent Asst . lk. Chemistry hemist of Soils rof . Phy . hem. 600 Asst . Prof. hem . sst. Prof . hem. st . in hem. sst . Chem in Adams ..c.xpts . 2 \ssts . in ' hem. 1 Asst . Chern. Reed Stuffs Fr of . echo Draw.& ·"ach . Dasign 950 Prof . Elec . & Tel . gr . & upt . ower Plant 700 Inst . in ·lech . hngr. & lvlat nematlcs The Budget f or the ~ear 1914-1915 orrill Hatch tate Appr o- Horti- Adams und Fund priations cul ture Fund $24 ,88S $15 ,000 .$40,000 1,500 400 800 800 400 1,800 1,600 1,000 1,0 J.. , OOO 850 300 650 750 600 200 200 800 1,300 700 200 1,400 400 (LE $300) 200 200 1,000 800 100. 600 400 100 800 900 1,000 100(LE . 100 17eD 100 500 700 1 ,200 1, 200 1,300 1, 000 . 500 800 (400) (Lll: $3 0) 1, 300 800 700 750 300 (Feedstuff s, $800) 400 1 ,300 650 Totals 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,200 . 2,100 . 2,200 2,000 2,300 2,000 1,90 2,000 1,800 I 1,000 1, 900 1,900 2,000 1,800 1,~ 2,700 200 2,100 2,000 1,500 1,200 1,300 750 1,000 300 2,000 2, 000 1,400 -i rigina1 'lOrri11 Hatch State Appro- Horti- dams Endowment Fund Fund priations culture Fund Totals Asst. In Drawing & Bandmaster 1,500 1, 500 l nstr . in Wood-work 1,000 1,0 0 Uirector & rof. Phys . 'ulture 1,400 1,400 Prof . omp . & Rhetoric 750 850 1,600 Farm upt . & R ~corder 400 1,0 0 1,400 . rof . An . Indus- (LE 200) try 700 500 (LE 300) 700 . 1,1]00. Prof. Eng . Lit . 2,000 2, 000 Foreman of Farm 300 300 600 As st . Pr of . Hort. 500 700(LE 200) 1, 200 Asst . rof. An. Industry 300 700 400 1, 400 Herdsman 400 400 As st s. Vet • Sc . (4) ·.cAdory ($1,450) 4,250 4, 250. 1ant Pathologist (LE 750) 1 , 250 1, 250. kBt . Prof . Agric . 750 (LE 300) 700 1,450 . Tr easur er 1,000 500 (LE 350) 1, 500 . House Rent: President & 10 Pr ofe ssors: 1 . hathematics 2 . ivi1 . gr . 3 . History 4 . l·.ech . . gr . 5. 'lee. Mgr . 6 . Vet ~ c ience 7. Botany 8 . hemistry 9. Geology 10 . _od . Language 1,800 400 2, 200 l nst . in Botany 850 400 1,250 Asst . ~ngomology 100 (LE 100) 800 1,100 ield Agent (LE 100) 500 500 sst . in Pharmacy 241 Scholarships 500 500 l. ond . 2 . mglish 3 • Of fice . 4&5. Civil (350) 6 . Latin 7. lOd. Lang. 8 . Botany , 9 . Hortiqulture 10 . Pharmacy 11. Hech . rts 12 . Vet . Science 13 . echo Engr . 14. hops 15. Forge 9) rigina1 lorr ill Hat ch State Horticulture dams Totals l-6. }frining 17 . Architecture 18 . gr i culture 19. lo-lach . Des. 20 .&21 . ~h emi5t ry 22 • -23 . Animal Industry 24 . Drawing . vlaterworks 2,500 "600 3, 050 6,150. Recording c1k . 250 200 300 . 750 . Li In & rof . Eng . 550 1, 250 1,800 Registr ar & Asst .s 500 700 1.,200 sst . 1i rary 900 0 Asst . Prof . in hath 400 1, 050 1,450 . ~ sts . Hist .& Latin 1,300 1, 300 ight atchma.n 360 265 • 625 . 22 ssts . Library ( cho1arships) 625 . 625 . ~e cre . Trustees 10 100 .. Bulletin lk . & C1k . to Station 200 200 (LE 600) 200 600 1k .to Dean , bngr . 200 200 'ten to Pres . 900 900 Aset • . Re c order · ~ ta . 300 (LE 500) 300 ssts . in Office 100 100 sst . in il .Band 100 . 100 . Y. 1 . C. A. 500 .. ! 500 Instr . Lach . gr . vt. ~ ops 1, 200 I 1 ::;tr . • ~ec . gr . 900 Jurgeon , 400 2,4 High 3choo1 Visitor 600 6 0 lnstr . in Physics 1,000 1 ,000 "l ks . for Comdt . 200 200 t . in English 450 450 sst. in Civil Mgr . 650 650 rchit ecture 200 200 dv . & Prtg . 450 2, 550 3,000 Publications 1 ,400 1,400 . 18;1 Industry 1 ,400 800 80 3, 000 Botany 400 70~ 400 1, 500 Chemistry 3,400 600 4,000 C'vil Engr . 300 200 500 Co encement 300 500 800 Dorn.itories 1,050 1, 05 L!.lec . Bngr . 700 700 Entomology 100 850 950 Lxpense 600 (Teaching) 1, 600 2,200 griculture 800 1 , 800 200 800 3,600 Farmers Inst . 600 600 Fuel 350 400 2, 150 100 3,0 0 Grounds & Repairs 400 1, 600 2, 000 Horticulture 500 100 400 1,000 I Horticulture (state) (500) 500 Labor( ollege) 400 1, 000 1,400 (Comer Hall) Or i ginal orril 1 Hat ch t ate Hor t i culture dams Totals Library 900 1,400 ,- . 'lechanics 1,400 1,400 lanua1 Arts & li<8.chine Design 200 200 "ilitary 200 200 t-1ining Engr . 150 150 Music 300 300 harmacy 500 100 600 hysics 250 250 Plant Pathology (LE 250) 250 250 Postage 150 150 150 450 Farmers' ummer chool 700 700 ummer Session 900 900 ' tationery 150 450 600 Trustees 300 300 Vet . Science 200 ~oo 100 1 1300 25, 610 $21,300 14,250 $70,890 $ 2, 000 </i>15,600 ~149 , 650 1 eport of t he rea surer of The 1abama olytechnic Instit ute For the Year 1913-1914 Ulding June 1, 1914 ENDO T FUND Receipts To ..tilldo'NlI1ent Fund Disbursements By amount paid a1aries 20,280.00 MORRILL FUND Receipts To orr i;L1 und Disbursements By amount paid Salaries $ 27 ,500 .00 STATE AND COLLffi FUND Receipts To State Fund 40,000 .00 II St2 t ~ Horticulture Fund 3, 819 .60 II Incidental Fees 3, 660 .00 II 'fuition Fees 2,332 .50 II urgeon and Infirmaty 3,857 .50 II Laboratory Fees 2,357 .80 II Library Fees & Interest (bonds) 2,651.50 " Farm Products 995 .48 II Analysis 48 .25 II Horticulture 128.55 " fucpense 978 .91 II Animal Industry 3, 397 .16 " hemistry 264 .75 " Iechanica1 gineering 150.16 II Pharmacy 158.00 II Veterinary 833 .35 II Civil Engineering 27 .90 II Feed .}tuffs 800.00 II mith Hall 1,829.85 1/ faterworks & Sewerage 1, 475 .90 " Summer ession 1, 214 .90 " Plant Pathology 19 .43 " Athletics 4, 461 .00 " Laundry 800 .17 II Oil Tax 11, 195 .78 1/ Amount Overdrawn ~18 . 66 $ 20., 280 .00 ~ 20,280 .00 $ 27, 500 .00 $ 27,500.00 $ 92. z767 .71 j - (. Di sburement s By Amount aid Salaries $ 37, 298 .80 II 11 " ~tate Horti culture 2, 766 .86 II 11 " Infirmary 321.88 " " 11 Library 1, 314. 51 " " " Dormitories J . 1, 360 .60 " " ". Expense 2, 347 .47 II " tl Commencement Expense 1, 069. 99 11 11 " rinting & Adverti sing 4, 38 .41 11 II " Animal Industry 7, 201.83 II " II Chemistry . 2, 106 . 58 II " " ~le c tri ca1 ~gineering 634 .69 II 11 " echanical Engineering 1,266.33 " " " Farmers ' Institute 456 .45 11 11 II Horti culture 192 .35 j " II II Fuel 3, 938. 91 " " 11 Grounds & Repairs 2, 973 .12 " " " Insurance 2,552 .21 II II II 'ervpnts & anitors 674 . 55 " II II ':i 1itary 329 .67 II 11 " ining bngineerilg 227 .83 " " II Pharmacy 't 693 .20 II " " hysics 290 .08 II " 11 Post age 757 .79 " II " 'tationery 7r?:2 .10 II II II Trustees 196 .55 " 11 " Veterinary 1,474 . 53 II II II Summer ~ choo1 731.03 II II \ atchman 549 .00 " " ivi1 ~gineering 100.38 II II Architecture 205 .73 " " Entomology 99. 95 " " Agricultural ollege 517.08 II " otany 683 .01 " II omer Hall 751.91 II II Jusic 498.80 " II II r oun Hall 121.62 " " II Feed Stuffs 1,100 .00 II " " Smith Hall 828 .46 " II II POl-Ter & Light 3, 250 .05 " II " aterworks & Sewerage 174 .10 II " II Extensi on 469 .ge " " " Summer Session 1, 980 . 99 " II " P ant Pathology 5.18 II II II th1etics ~ 1 ~~~ · 1~ $ 93 ,767 .71 k --- -------- o l!.ndowment Fund To v!orri11 Fund To State and 'ollege Fund To Amount of Over draft By .i:!Jldowment Fund By }10rri11 Fund By State and College Fund To " otmt of Overdraft 1910-1911 " 11 " 1911-1912 l TULA'l'IO S eceipts $ 20, 280 .00 27, 500 .00 93 ,249.0, 518.66 r . Disbursements $ 20, 280 .00 27,500 .00 93 1767 .71 Building Fund 3, 800 .40 4, 919.43 " 141,547 .71 Respectfully submitted, a/M. A. Glenn Treasurer II 11Auburn University Board of Trustees19141910sAuburn University LibrariesEducation -- Higher Education; History -- 1875-1929: The New South EratextpdfBOT_1914.pdfAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archiveseng1914This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bot/id/7387

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