| Summary: | Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1916Auburn, Alabama
June 5, 1916
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute met in regular ann~al
session at the Institute in Auburn, June 5, 1916, at ten o'clock a.m. ; His Excellency
Governor Char les Henq~rson, Presiden.t- _ex-o.ffic;lo, in the chair. The roll was called
and the foll owing members answered to their names:
Governor Henderson, Superintendent of Education William F. Feagin and Messrs. Harry
Herzfeld, R. F. Kolb, C. W. Sherrod, C .. S-: ,McDowell, W~ K. Terry, W. H. Oatesr and
T. D. Samford. \ . ,
Eight present, a quorum.
According to the regular order of business, President Charles C. Thach, of the Institute,
presented his annual report, togethe.r ~th the budget for the ensuing year, the
report of the wo~k - done in the Smith-Lever Department, the Experiment Station, Local
Experimentati on, the report of the Treasurer and of the heads of all other departments.
After a brief discussion by the President of certain matters coveped in nis annual
report, the report, upon motion took the usual course, being referred to the Stand-ing
C ommi t tee 011_' th,e P..!'esident' s Report.,
Upon notification that a committee -of the -Alumni Association desired to be heard, a
motion was made that said Committee be granted audience today at 3 p.m. Motion prevailed.
The Chair proceeded with call of committees, and none having a report ready, the Board
proceeded with miscellaneous business, under which head the following motion was
adopted:
That President Thach and Professors Vdtcham, Wilmore, and Ross be appointed as a
committee to consider the waterworks situation and to work out a plan to remedy defects
or deficiencies and report said plan to the Executive Committee of this Board who
shall have power and authority to act upon the same without referring to the whole
Board.
An offer was received from Mr. Herzfeld, of this Board, to lend to the Institute a
herd of short horn cattle, for teaching purposes.
On motion, Mr. Her zfeld's offer was -r eferred to the Executive Committee, wit h President
Thach, Professor Templeton, and Mr. Harry Herzfeld, to determine the advisability of
accepting the offer, and to work out the details of the plan of using said cattle in
case of their acceptance.
On motion, the matter of supplying a new head for the Department of English was referred
to the Committee on the Resident's Annual Report.
Upon motion, Board atiourned to 3 p.m.
Aft'ernoon Session.
Pursuant to adjournment, the Board resumed its sitting at 3 o'clock p.m.
The Secretary noted the presence of eight members, the sarrle as at the morning session.
The Committee of tne Alumni were granted audience and advocated the voluntary application
for a United States military officer to be detailed to serve as Commandant for
the Institute.
After the retirement of the Alumni Committee, the Committee on the President's Annual
Report rendered their report; as follows, and upon motion the same was adopted:
Report of the Committee on the President's Annual Report
The undersigned Committee upon the President's Report submits to the Board its report
as follows:
1. That the following vacancies, which were filled by the President of the College
during the college year, be and the. same are hereby confirmed:
Z. V. Judd, head of the department of Education and Professor af Education.
W. C. Blasingame, Professor of Secondary Education and State High School
Inspector.
W., J. Robbins, Professor of Botany.
Do.cta!' George' Peltier, Professor of Plant Pathology.
N. J. White, Professor of Compostion and Rhetoric.
2. That titles be and they are conferred as follows:
Thomas Bragg, Professor of 'Analytical Chemistry
C. R. Hixon, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
H. C. Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry
M. J. :Funehess, Professor of Agr-onomy.
3. That the President's Budget for the ensuing year be and the same is hereby
adopted as amended by this report.
4. We recommend the employment of a head of the department of English at a salary
of not more than three thotlsand dollars per annum, to be selected, if· possible" between
now and Septemb~r.
5. That the salary of Miss M. A. Glenn be fixed at seventeen hundred .($1700) dolla~
per annum out of college funds and station funds, and three hundred ($300) dollars out
of Smith-Lever fund, for clerk, provided the same can be made satisfactory with the
department at Washington, that. she be allowed to receive the $300 set apart for cler~
6. That Professor B. A. Wooten be granted leave of absence to take fellowship degree
at the Unive~sity of Columbia, salary ·to ceas~ during leave of. absence.
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s/Thos. D. Samford
W. K. Terry
C. S. McDowell, Committee
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The following communication was received:
To the Board o~ ~rustees of A. P. I.,
Auburn, Alabama
wtlereas, the several congressional district agricultural schools of Alabama have
specific function to perform in the educational system of the State, and
Whereas, the schools have failed, in part at least, to perform said function so far
as it relates to the teaching of agricul ture in a practical way, and
Whereas, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, the source of agricultural information
in the State, is in position to assist these schools in fulfilling their proper
funcation, Therefore be it,
Resolved, that the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute be and
is hereby r equested to tender the services of the competent expert to act in, the
capacity of inspector of agr~ultural schools with duties as foll ows:
1. To vis i t each school at least twice a year.
2. To assist in plannll1g, and to supervise, the practical agricultural work
. of each school.
3. To inspect the school farms.
4. To give general supervision to all school work.
5. To cooperate at all times with the State Inspector' of Secondary Schools,.
who will also visit the district agricultural schools from time to time.
6. After each visit to a school to submit a report of same to the executive
committee through the St ate Superint endent of Education.
7. At the end of each school year to make recommendations to the Executive
Committee looking to the improvement of a district agricultural school
syst em.
Resolved, The cooperation required in t his re~olution in no wise contemplates
usurping t he powers of the Director of the Experiment Station as prescribed by law.
And insofar as the duties to be assigned to the inspector by thel Executive Committee
, of t hese schools encroach upon the powers of said dir~ct0r, the inspector shall aet
only after advising with him, and, '
Resolved, ,further, that the executive" committee of the several agricultural schools
appropriate the sum of $30.00 each year from the annual appropriation. to each of
the schools to compensate for services ' render ed and to meet the traveling expenses
of such ,inspector.
s/Charles Henderson, Governor
Wm. F. Feagin, Supt. of Education
Jas. S. ~'lade, Com. of Agri.
Executive Committee of District Agr~cultural Schools.
Mr. Feagin offered the following preambl~ an~ resolution, and the question being
upon its adoption, there were eight votes, i~ favor and none opposed, and the preamtie
and resolution were adopted as follows:
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Whereas, the Executive Committee of the nine district agricultural schools of Alabama
has requested the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to authorize
and direct the President of said Institution to tender the services of an expert
supervisor to serve as inspector of the several schools over which it has oversight,
and
Whereas, it has ever been the policy of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to cooperate
with any and every factor working for the education and economic progress of the
State, Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute be a.uthor:Lzed and
directed t 'o appoint, a: capable person from the corps of agricultural workers of the
Station Staff who shall serve in the capacity oT inspector of agricultunal' s'chools,
performing the duties outlined in the resolution recently passes by the Executive
Committee of agricultural schools, and which has just been read to the Board of
Trustees.
The Committee on Library and Course of Study reported as follows:
We your committee on Library and Course of Study beg leave to report that we have
examined the library and the system in use in the library, - 'also, the course of study
in the college and we approve the same. J
s/Thos. D. Samford
W. K, Terry
Wm. F. Feagin • I
On motion the catalogue for the year 1915-16 was appro¥sd and adopted.
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The Executive Committee adopts and confirms acts of President during the term in
matter of purchase of lands; extension of sewerage system; putting engine' in 'power
plant, and the heating of the main building by steam.
The follo~ing motion was adopted:
That President Thach correspond with the Graydon family in regard to the investment
of the Graydon Scholarship Fund and get their ideas, as tb 'the several different '
plans' that suggest themselves, with a view to determining which plan will bfa' best
and at the same tline commend itself to their judgment.
The Committee on Mechanic Arts report·ed as follows:
(boiler)
Your Committee respectfully recommends that an additional booster be installed in tre
power house, and that Professor J ~ J. Wilmore, with Do'ctor C. C. Thach" be appointed
a cormnitte~th full power and authority to expend the necessary amount of money to
install said boiler.
The following motiore were adopted:
sic. S. McDowell
W. H. Oates
C. M. Sherrod
Committee on l'fechanic Arts
That February 22 shall be the date of the mid-year meeting of this Board. Adopted.
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That the laundry be continued under its present management. Motion laid on the table
for future consideration.
President Thach submitted the following supplemental report:
The Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
I beg to state that there has been passed in the last few days a bill' by the United
States Congress establishing a Reserve Officers' Training Corps in Land-Grant
olleges, of which the Alabama Polytechnic Institute is a unit. I take pleasure
,in stating, 'also, that I have conducted extensive correspondence with parties
originating the measure, 'and have made suggestions from time to time concerning
the provisions, some of which are as follows:
1. The system is elective.
2. Commutation for clothing is allowed the young man who enlists.
3. Transportation and subsistence is allowed for the summer military camp.
4. The United State.s l"Iilitary officer is detailed for the purpose of giving
instruction in Military Science and Tactics.
5. On graduation and recommendation of College authorities, the student may be
appointed as second lieutenant in the, reserve corps of officers for the
United States Army.
6. The course, of study, etc., ·will be formulated by the Secretary of' War.
I recommend that the President be autlwrized to establish such a department of military
instruction as will enable the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to avail itself of
the provisions of the said law.
It was moved, that the recommendations of President Thach, in the foregoing supplemental
report be approved and adopted. Motion prevailed.
Upon representation that Lawrence M. McRae, as student of the Senior Class of the
year 1915-16 was ' compelled by failing health to ' resign from college before Commencement,
and that his record as a student had been good, it was
Moved, That the Faculty of the Institute be authorized to confer up'on the said '
Lawrence M. McRae the degree of B. S., if they see fit so to do.
There being no other bu~iness, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
adjourned sine die.
A. W. Burton,
Secretary
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ANNUAL REPORT
of
CHARLES C. THACH, PRESIDENT OF THE
ALABAMA POLYTIDHNIC \,INSTITUTE
Auburn, Alabama
20 May, 1916
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I have the honor. t o ,submit to the Board ef 'Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
the annual report of the work of the institution for the year 1915-16.
/ ATTENDANCE
Grand Total Attendance, including students in summer session, 2,104.
The enrollment for the year in the regular session, eight hundred and eighty (880),
breaks all previous r ecords, being one hundred and eighteen in excess of last year,
on an increase of fourteen per cent. Furthermore, the number of withdrawals from
college for various r easons is fifteen less than last year and sixty-five less than
the year before, making one nUJldred and thirty-five more students pre.sent :i.n college
at this date than at the corresponding date last year . In view of the financial
depression prevalent throughout our seetion, and in view of the further fact that tre
requirements for admission to regular standing now demand four years I hi gh school
preparation, this increase is very gratifying to the friends of the institution.
The widespread recognition of the technical work offered by the institution is likewise
to be noted in the fact that tne student body represents 'sixteen 'states and
foreign countries, other than Alabama, as follows: Georgia, sixty six; Florida,
twenty-eight; South Carolina, twenty-four; Tennessee, twenty-one; _Mississippi,
eighteen; Louisiana, eight; Texas, seven; North Carolina, four; Kentucky, two;
Missouri, one; West Virginia, one; Wisconsin, one; Mexico, three; China, two; Cuba,
one; Russia, one. All of the ,couties in Alabama, with three exceptions, are represented,
the larger count y delegations being as follows: Jefferson, ' 90; Lee 92;
Montgomery, 28; Mobile, 24; Wilcox, 15; Calhoun, 14; Clay, 14; Coosa, 14; Etowah,
14; Talladega, 14; Madison, 13; Marengo, 12; Marion, 12; Pickens, 12; Pike, 12;
Tallapoosa, 12; Clark, 10; Crenshaw, 10; Elmore, 10; Limestone, 10; Shelby, 10;
Choctaw, 9; Dale, 9; Dallas, 9; Hale, 9; Jackson, 9; Marshall, 9; Morgan, 9; Barbour,
8; Escambia, 8; Macon, 8; Sumter, 8; Baldwin, 7; Lauderdale, 7; Russell, 7;
Butl er, 6; Cleburne, 6; Covington, 6; Lamar, 6; Randolph, 6; Tuscaloosa, 6; Walker,
6; DeKalb, 5; Monroe, 5, etc . The maturity of the students is quite notable, there
being three hundred ahd eighty- three over twenty-one years of age, approximately
43.1 per cent of the entire registration. The chief religious denominations represented
are as follows: Methodist, 338; Baptist, 258; Presbyterian, 105; Episcopal,
57; Catholic, 41; Christian, 20; Hebrew, 8; Universalist, 6; and Lutheran, 3.
WORK AND CONDUCT
The general behaviour of this large body of young men has been admirable throughout
the year. I am delighted to accord a hearty cooperation between the students and tre
governing bodie.s, . and a highlyJgratifying di'sposition 0n Ulle. part of the you.{jg men
collectively and inalividually, to show their loyalty to the College and it·s 'be'st
interests. Grades in the recrod' books show the high'est average work in the hlSt0ry
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of the Col~ege. Among other reasons· for this excellent spirit of werk and gentlemanly
conduct, it would appear to me that the maturity of the yoUng men might be one, but
even more than this, perhaps, it is the fact that tne large rilajority of the students .
in attendance at this college have definitely selected thetr life work, and -are preparing
themselves in a professional or vocational way. Education with the~ is largely
a matter of business, rather than a diversion, a vocation, rather than an avocation.
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DEPART¥1ENTS
As might be supposed from the foregoing statements, all of the departments of the
institution have been crowded to their utmost capacity. As a matter of fact, the
institution i s sadly in need of more recitation, rooms, and a number of additional
men on the teaching staff . The number of students in college classes are as follows:
Graduate Students, 32; Senior Class, 110; Junior Class, 86; Sophomore Class, 105;
Freshman Class, 234 (the largest Freshman Cl ass in the history of the institution).
'!'we' year course in E1ectricity, ' 28; Two year com'se in Agriculture, 52 •
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ELectrical Engineering
Mechanieal .E[tgineering
Civil Engineering
Surveying '
Krchitecture' ,
Mechanica~ Drawing
Descriptive Geometry
Mechanic Arts
COLLffiE OF; AGRIC}JLTURE
117
217
61
145
15
2:23
" 79
401
Agronomy + I • ~ 40~5
Animal Husli>andry
Horticulture .
j. Forestry
. Chemistry
Chemical Laboratory
Entomology
Botany
Veterinary Science-, .
Pharma:cy
. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS'
English.
Political Economy
History
French.
German
SpanJish·
. Mathematics
Physics
HEALTH
~ 482
172
44
472
197
. 51
165
97
48
501
. 54
466
30 .
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68
480
308
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I am delightled to state that the~ general heal,th of2the student b0dy' and the entire
community throughout the ·year has been ' extraordin~rily gOQd' ����� . In fact, throughout a
period of forty years, it can be safely stated that the health conditions of the
student body at this place have been phenorninal. Occasionally in the autumn session '
there are a few sporadic cases of s10w fever, imported from other localities, but there
has been ,no case of local origin in many years. There have been four cases of pneumonia
this year, .-all recovering without injurious results; one ca'se of .diptheria -- not
a student -- was , reported, but no second case occurred, and none at all in the student '
body. A threatened epidemic of mumps was also duly checked without. serious inteiYruptio~
of work. Among the causes producing this satisfactory state of health of the
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student body, I note the follovdng: The excellent drainage of the entire area covered
by the town, owing to the peculiar topography. and soil formation of the section, the
absence of all malari~l producing pools, etc., and chiefly,the excellent system in
effect in our institution under the supervision of the College Surgeon. . Immediate
notification and attention in the case of many threatened outbreaks means L~ediate
and thorough prevention.
NILITARY.
It is very gratifying to report that the interest in the Military Department has been
more marked this year than in many years previously. The attendance on the drills,
the interest and efficiency of the drills, have been marked by signal i mprovements.
By petition of the commissioned officers, and with the approval of . the C0mmandant,
the Military. Day , of t he College has been removed from Commencement to February 22nd.
This has resvlte¢ in gr eat diminution of expenses that have grown up from various
causes connected with the competitive drill, and a distinct i mpr ovement in the military
spirit ~d morale of the companies, and, as stated above, in the military @rill
itself. Major McFarlan, of the General Staff, U. S. Army, inspected the Corps 0f
Cadets in April,and expressed himself as highly pleased with the bearing of the
men, the congition of the arms and equipments and the maneuvers in the field. Major
Moses, t he i~spector for . the prev.~ ods year, made a s~nilar report~ As I have stated
before, in iostitutions of the most eleborate facilities for athletic and gymnasium
work, a large percentage of the students fail t o take advantage of the opportunities
for exercise, while under our military organization, all students have advant~ge of
this enforced physical training, which, while not irksome or tresspassing updn the
time f or technical work (an important consideration), is invigorating, strengthening
and of valuable educational training. For many years it has been a personal pleasure
to me to witness the r egi rrlental parade on Saturday morning. I take pleasure in r eporting
that the present Senior Class donated to the institution a metal steel flag staff,
wl1ich is displayed daily in regular military manner. 'The flag staff is ninety 'feet in
height, together with a very handsome regulation United States flag which was also
donated. The Commandant has manifested the keenest interest in his Department.
fUNDS OF COLLIDE, TREASURER'S REPORT, E'IC.
Copy of the Annual Report 'of the Treasurer of the College has been forwarded to each
me~ber of the Board of Trustees.
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Tee reyeipts and expenditures of the Hatch and Adams reports have been set forth in
the regular report of the Experirilent Station. Printed copies of this report have
been sent to each member of the Board of Trustees and forwarded to the United St ates
Department of the Treasury and of Agriculture in Washington.
The Examiner of the United States Department of Agriculture has audited and checked
the Hatch, Adams, and Lever Accounts, and reports them as entirely satisfactory.
The receipts and expenditures of the College are set forth in a monthly statement
forwarded to the President by the Treasurer of the College.
Pursuant to the direction of the Board of Trustees, at the earliest date that it was
possible for me to secure an assistant in the Treasurer's office for the amount
appropriated, Mr. R. L. Adams was employed for the purpose specified. Mr. Adams
is a rr~ture young man of excellent training, ·a student in the college, with highest
recommendations, and has proved very .satisfactoryin the capacity for which he 'was
engaged. Further, in continuation of the directbn of the Board, the service of Mr.
Edward Wilson, of Bessemer, Treasurer of the Woodward Iron Company, was secured as
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an expert accountant for a survey of ,the methods of accounting used by this institution
• . Mr. Wilson made a thorough report, and many of his' valuable suggestions have
been put into q:>eration. As an old student of the college, he donated his services
free of charge •. An expression of cordial ap~reciation ~f his generosity was tendered
him .
The report of the Director of tee Experiment Station, on the boll weevil, has been
duly filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture, according to law, and a copy sent
to each member of the Board of Trustees .
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The f ollowing table exhibits the accounts of the College for the year:
1. U '. S. Fund, known as Endowment, or Morrill', Fund
2. U. S. Appropriation, second Morrill Fund
3. State Appropriation in lieu of fertiliz er tag tax
4. One-fourth share of illuminat ing oil ·tax
'5. ~uition fees, non-resident students
6. Surgeon and Infirmary
7. Miscellaneous Income, fees, etc.
. Total
State Horticulture, for inspection .of nurseries, etc.
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$ 20,280.00
27,900.00
40,000.00
12,601.30
. 2, 290.00
4,082.50
21,343.04
$ 128,496.84
1,500.00
$ 129,996.84
An Act · passed by the recent legisl ature removes this Horticulture fund from the
Administration of the Board of Trustees and places it in the hands of the Board of
Horticulture·.
THE APPROPRIATION OF 1911
I beg to state t hat the Legislative Committee,Messrs. McDowell, Herzfeld, and Terr,y,
were most diligent and effective in the efforts toward securing a continuation of the
appropriation· enacted .in 1911, but the condition of the treasury did not seem to warrant
the final approval. On this appropriation there is still due the institution
$60 ,000.00 for the purpose of .building 'and equipment, and $10,000.eO annually for
isx years , for maintenance, making another $60,000.00, or a total of $120,000 .00. I
regret to st ate that the very best interests of the institution, both in regard to
equipment and teaching staff, are suffering most keenly for the lack of these funds.
For the lack of adequate salaries, we have lost some of our leading men, while,
compared· with ot~er southern institutions, over which our own graduates preside, our
equip~ment in many important departments is entirely inadequate. I am sure' that when
conditions will permit, the justice and the urgency of these needs of the institution
will be r ecognized and the ,payments made to the College that have been made to other
state institutions in previous years.
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I am g:Lad to report that the funds of the memorial scholarship donated by the family
of the late A. T. Graydon have been duly~id in, and are in the custody of the College.
I hereby submit the · official copy of the conditions of the funds and its acceptance
by the College.
THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MINES
The College of Engineering and Mines is composed of the following departments: . (1)
Civil Engineering; (2) Electrical Engineering; (3) Mechanical Engineering; (4) Mining
Engineering; )(5) Architecture; (6) Machine Design; (7) Mechanical Drawing; (8) Manual
Training.
The work ,in these several departments, throughout the year, has been' satisfactory in
every .way, and up to the traditional high standards of the College. In all, there
have been five hundred fifty-six students in the Engineering Departments or College
of Engineering and Mines. The demand for men trained in these departments greatly
exceeds the supply. In view of the wholesale destruction of the highly trained men of
the European countires, we can readily comprehend the increasing demand iri America
and in foreign lands for the young men of America endowed with ability ~nd character
and skilled in scientific and technical ,subjects. It is 'highly gratifyirig to make '
record of the fact that, in ,the organization by the United States national services
of the various cdmmittees on preparedness, four Auburn graduates in different states
:were selected, the selection being made by the national engineering and chemical . .
societies. These men were: Alabama Professor B. B. Ross, '81, State .Chemist and · ·
Professor of Chemistry at Alabama Polytechnic Institute; Ntiw Jersey, Miller Reese
Hutchison, '97, Chief Engineer ' and Personal Representative of Thomas A. Edison;
South Carolina, Walter M. Riggs, '93, President of the A. & M. College; and Louisiana,
M. S. Sloan, '01, General Manager of the New Orleans Light and Power Company.
The development of the natural nesources of Alabama is a field of einexha,1.:l.stible possibilities
for our young men.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
The work of the College includes the, following departments: (1) Agronomy (Field
Crops, Cotton, Corn, etc. ) ; (2) Animal Husbandry; (3) Horticulture; (4) Veterinary
Science; (5) Botany; (6t Entomology; (7) Chemistry; and (8) Plant Pathology.
Instruction has been given in these various divisions to ov,er 'five hundred stUdents.
It is only nine years ndw since this group of sciences was able to boast of.. a ouilding
at all adequate to the demands 0f the great work, and I am sure that never was money
more wisely invested for the growth of technical education and .the benefit of agriculture.
The departments have continued to attract the tinterest of many of the most
serious and capable young men 'of the ,,'coiLlege; a spirit of fine enthusiasm has permeated
the work, and the outlook for the development of this phase, of technical education is
highly promising. There is an ever-increasing demand for properly trained young men
in this line, as teachers in agricultural high schools, leaders in farm demonstrations,
scientific experts in ,various departments of research, and for the management of farms,
dairies, etc. " in a scientific mann~r. The greater the menane of the boll weevil and
the necessity of diversification, the greater the need for higher intelligence and
training ••• another name for science. Under the pr(esent emer.g'encies confronting the
farming int'erests olthe state, a more 'widespread appreciation of the value of this
accurat;e training in the study of plant and animal l~e is daily evidenced.
EXPERI~lliNT STATION
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Entirely distinct from the work of training young men in the college department is
work undertaken by this institution in the way of investigating the various problems
and interests of the great class of our popUlation enga'ged in farming. It should be
di stinctly understood that mo st of this work is performed by men who are also ,engaged
in teaching, and thus is imposed upon them a double' and very onerous duty. The services
rendered by t hese men are reviewed rigidly by the Department at Washington , and
it is thus often a delicate and difficult task to administer this highly sci'entific
work. The standards set by the United States authorities are high and definite, and
the experiments undertaken unde~he F~deral Funds are confined very closely to certain
very strict grades of scientific work.. The varied nature of this work ,is indicated
by the mere enumeration of the different departments engaged in this reaearch: (1)
ChemistryL (2) Veterinary Science; (3) Botany; (4) Horticulture; (5) Entomology'; (6)
Plant Disease; (7) Animal Husbandry. One readily c0ncerves the direct pratical bearing
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of all of , this work upon the agricultural work of the State. Beyond question, much
has been done for tbe increase of production of cotton, corn, and other prod~cts,
while efforts are now being made in every way to aid the farmer in marketing these
products. Among some of the tangible results of this campaign of education conducted
in the last forty years may be mentioned the more , profitable use of . commercial fertilizers,
the improvement in the percentage of lint and the length of the improvement
in the pereentage ~of lint and the length of staple in cotton; the breeding 'of wiltresisting
varieties of cotton; the development of new and more profitable varieties
of corn and oats; the gradual eradication of the cattle tick; the immense increase in
the production of cattle and of hogs in the State; the deve1pment of the citrus indu~
try; the growing of alfalfa, crimson clover, bur clover, and legumes of all varieti~ ;
etc., etc. Much, indeed, has been .accomplished f or the benefit of our people, whi ~ e
much remains yet to be done.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
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During the year 1915, nineteen farmers' institutes were conducted.
Number of counties visited
Number of Institutes
Number of Sessions
Average att endance
Total attendance '
15
19
31
60
1,835
The regular summer school for farmers was held at Auburn July 31 to August 7, 1915.
Neqrly all the counties in the State were represented, the attendance being nine hundred
thirty-five. The interest in ~the lectures and demonstrations was greater than
usual, and all farmers in attendance were given profitable instruction in live stock
and diversified farming. This was the thirteenth session of the Farmers' Summer
School, a movement that has done much to quicken the mind and enlf,st the interest .of
- the farmers of the State for better methods and better living.
WORK DONE UNDER THE LOCAL EXPERIMENT LAW
This work is more popular and local in its nature than is permitted under the funds
appropriated to the Experiment. Station by Congress. Most of the 'experiments under
this fund have had as their ultimate aim to point the May to a diversified but entirely
safe system of agricul'ture. In 1915, the experiment work done under this la.w .was
conducted in every county in' the State. This work included (1) Plant breeding on the
Experiment qtation Farm at Auburn, and by farmers selected throughout the State; (2) ','
work in drainage and farm machinery; (3) livestock and poultry investigations at
Aliceville, Faunsdale, and Mobile Connty; (4) local work in horticulture; (5) Work with
plant diseases. I invite a careful reading of the Director ' s report on these points .
It is thoroughly interesting and very encouraging.
BOYS' Al~D GIRLS' CLUBS
The reports oJ the Chiefs of this work is as follows:
Boy's Corn Clubs
Boys' Four-Crop Clubs
Boys' Pig C'lubs
Girls' Canning Clubs
3,782
490
2,480
1·,490
The Boys·' Corn Club School of Practical Agriculture met at Auburn July 26-31; attendf!l.
by two hundred twenty-one Corn' Club Boys. Instruction was given them in' a number of
agricultural subjects. June 21-26, 1915, a school of instruction for the Girls' Can-
ning Clubs was held at the College. During 1915, twenty-six counties had organized
Pig Club work. The report of the Pig Club shows that the average profit per hog
owned, by the Boy's Pig Club was, $7.21 • .
THE S~ITH-LEVER BILL
The provisional acceptance by the Governor of Alabama for the Polytechnic Institute
I.e, I/J
of the Smith-Lever Fund was duly ratified by the recent Leg~ature, and the Institution
was made the permanent custodian of this Federal Fund. Due provision was also made
by the Federal ~overnment. 1he work performed under the provisions of this Bill has
proved eminently satisfactory. It is of a highly and helpful nature to the vast masses
or the farming people, and is producing most notable results in the general improvement
of our family interest s. You will be pleased to know that the Federal authQrities
also regard highly this work as conducted under the supervision of the college. There
has been complete harmony between the three great cooperating agencies, namely: The
U. S. Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Agriculture, and the Alabama
. Polytechnic Institute; The statement must be reiterated, however, that these funds
for extension purposes in no way sustain the finaRcial burden of the college proper
as an educational lllstitution. A splendid opportunity for service indeed is presented
to the' College, 'but as a matter of fact, in many respects, the administration of this
fund brings only .additional labors and expenses to the college organization. All of
these departments of extension are sadly in need of additional room and increased accommodations
in every way.
EDUCATION
Pupsuant to the instructions of the Board of Trustees, the Department of Education has
been organized in the Institutiori, and it has proved to be a.n eminent Success in every
particular, unde:h the ,direction of ,the two eminent educators, Professor Zebulon Vance
Judd, formerly of the University of North Carolina, and Professor ,W'. C. Blasingame,
foremerly Head .of the Second District Agricultural School at Evergreen. ·'The attendance
on the classes in ~ducation has .reached a total of bne hundred eighty-two students,
being composed 'largely of 'young men in the Junior and Senior classes who are intending
to go into educational work. The Germam have a proverb that whatever we wish ·to int~oduce
into the State must first be introduced inm the schools; and so it is felt that
if any adequate results are to be derived by the masses of the people from industrial
education, our teachers shoul~ecome acquainted with the rural sciences and indust ries
as taught in high-grade technical institutions. In ext ension of this movement, a
Summer Session of the College has been organized, and this, too, has demonstrated each
year the increasing demand in the state of Alabama for professionally-trained teachers.
The announcement of the third Annual Summer Session for June 8th to July 19th offers a
most· attractive programme of ~cademi c and technical courses, embracing a wide range o~
interests. It is very gratifying that the large plant of the institution, professors,
labor.ator.ies ,_ and equipment 'can thus be utilized for a longer ped.od of the year. The
additional .expenses for this work, however, have been heavy.
GTI~ASIUM - ATHLETICS
The dedication of the Alumni Gymnasium on February 22nd- was a great day for A·uburn.
"Perhaps no college has ever received at the hands of its sons a finer pl-edge and
earnest of affection than that tendered to Auburn by her sons." There was present a
notable company of distinguished guests and alumni, and altogether, the affair was
one of keenest interest and pleasure. The' occasion was graced by His Excellency
Governor Charles Henderson, and Mrs. Henderson, Captain Sheehan, Editor of the Montgomery
Advertiser, and such eminent represertatives of the leading colleges of the
South as Pr of essor S. V. Sanford, University of Georgia; Professor William W. Randle,
Georgia School of Technolog;Y; -President Walter Riggs, Clemson College; Doctor Charles
Barnwell, University of Alabama; President Edward Holmes, Secretary of the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Association. As you knQw, . our College enjoys what I regard
as a very just reputation for its high standard of sportsmanship, and in its multifarious
athletic contests it has won the af fection and esteem of all the leading
colleges of the South. The gracious gr eetings of the Southern Colleges on this
happy 0ccasion were a source of deep gratification to all friends of Auburn. As you
also "know, the athletics of the College cover every phase of physical sports, and on
many days in pleasant weather, I .have counted over four hundred men engaged at one
t ime in out-door sports -- tennis, basketball, baseball, football, etc. I wish to
speak in the highest terms ,of the elevating influence exerted not only over athletic~
but over the entire student body, by ,the Director and Professor .of Physical Culture,
Mr. ·M. J. Donahue.
CHANGES · IN FACULTY
Since your, last meettng, the College has b~ en fortunate in securing the services of
the following professors: Zebulon V. Judd, Pr0iessQr 0f Education and Head of the
Department of Education; Professor Judd is a regular graduate of the University of
North Carolina of 1903; instr.-uctor in French at the University of Florida;' Superint
endent of ,Public Inst:r.uction, Wake County, N. 6. for ten years; M. A. of Columbia
_. _U,niversity, and Professor 0f 'Rural Education of the University of North Carolina;
W. C. Blasingame, Professor of Secondary Education and State Hi gh School Inspector;
A. B. Uni versity of Tennessee, Student University of Chicago, Superintendent of varirus
city schools; Principal, Marengo County Hi gh School, President, Second District High
School, Evergreen; William J. Robbins, Professor of Botany; A. B. Lehigh University;
Ph. D. Cornell University, Assis~ant Professor Plant Physiology, Cornell Uni¥ersity;
Geage 1. Peltier, Plant Physiologist, Experiment Station. The former occupants of
t hese chairs, ,Professor Caldwell and .~rofessor Wolf , were 'called to positions offering
muc~ higher salqri~s, the former to ,the Experiment Station of the Agricultural College
"of \iashington, qnd the latt'er to tbe Department of B0tany in the A. & M. College of
Nort~ Carolina. N. I. White, Instructor in English; A. M. Trinity College, N. C.;
A. 11. Harvard University; C .• C. Certain, Professor of Rhetoric and Public Speaking;
Jl. So', ,E. E., Alabama Polytechnic Institute., Head of the D ~partment of English of
Birmingham Central High School; I re.gr .et to have to state that Mr. Certain ha s. been
offered and has accepted a position commanding a greatly increased salary as Head of
the Department of ooglish of the Central High School at Detroit" Michigan.
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,IMPERATIVE NEE:QS OF THE. COLLEX}E .1
~' ith the greatly increased growth in the attendance' of the co'llege, there comes the
,attendant increased deman~ for improvement and expansion. (1) The man buil ding, in .
its floors, surrounding area, roof, etc., is in urgent need of immediate repairs. These
n'eeds are, evident, to the most casual observer. Estimated cost of: repairs ,. $3,200.00.
(2) With the rapid expans~o~ of the institution and g po~~h of laboratories, the
demand of a large supply of water has become most insistent. The number of boarding
houses to accommodate the gr owing number of students increases yearly, and a large
additional supply is needed for sanitary sewerage and the ordinary necessities of eve~
day, life., This need is urgent, and something must be ,done immediately to relieve
the situa~ion. A partial survey' has been made of the possible supplies that may be
utilized, and additional Junds from the unpaid, appropriations made by the Legislature
could be applied at onc.e to this pressing demand. (3) I wish to repeat my previous
r ecommendations for a suitable veterinary building. for the accommodation of this
f l ourishing department pf the Institution. This College was the .)~ioneer in developing
veterinary education in the South, but it will not profit us much to have taken tITS
initiative and to have hlazed out the way if we cannot make suitable provisions in
building and equipment to meet the growing demands in the highly important science.
Estimated cost, $30,000.
(4) It must be stated again also that the important department of Chemistry is greatly
in need of more room and greater facilities. The Department performs a vast mass of
work in the way of inspecting all of the fertilizers, illuminating oils, feedstuffs, etc.
purchased by the citizens of the entire State, thereby preventing adulteration and the
dumping of fradulent brands upon the consumer. The salaries paid 'for this work are
entirely inadequate, and the laws governing this work make provision for increase in
recompence commensurate with the increase in work. Estimated cost of chemical building,
$75 ,000.
(5) The Department of Farm Machinery is still in urgent need of a suitable building.
As I have explained to the Board on several former occasions, the estimated cost of an
adequate structure for the purpose under consideration is about $5,000, and with the
investment of this small amount, fully $10,000 worth of i mproved machinery could be
secured for exhibition free of cost from the leading manufacturers of agricultural
implements. Every So.u ·ther.n agricultural college is equipped with such a building.
(6) The Department of Animal Husbandry is likewise urgently in need of additional
types of catt le for the use of the students for educational purposes.
HOG CHOLERA SERUM
In accordance with an act passed by the recent Legislature, the Hog Cholera Serum
Plant for the State of Alabama has been established in connection with the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, and is now in successful operation. A satisfactory tract of
land adjoining the College property was purchased, suitable buildings have been erected,
and the manufacture of the serum has been entered upon. I am informed that since the
erection of the plant the cost of serum has been greatly reduced throughout the State.
The raising of swine throughout Alabama promises to be an ind~stry of ever.-increasing
importance and remuneration, and the Serum Plant is rendering most valuable service
in the protection of this industry against its greatest enemy, cholera.
REPORTS OF DEPARTIlliNTS
I am submitting herewith the reports of the Heads of the various' Departments of the
Institution. Included in these reports (1) the Annual Report of the Director of the
Experiment Station; (2) the Report of the Director of the local experiment work; (3)
Report of the Smith-Lever Extension work. I beg leave to express IDJr high appreciation
of the fine spirit of work manifested by the heads of the Departments, and their very
cordial and loyal cooperation in everything pertaining to the up-building and welfare
of the Institution. The 'Final ~inations for the academic year are just concluding,
and after a review 'of the report.s of the Senior Class, re'commendations for degrees
will be submitted by the Faculty to the Board.
Respectfully submitted,
s/Charles C. Thach,
President
I submit with approval the following Report of Director of Experiment Station and
P r of~ssor of Agriculture
s/Chas. C. Thach, President
. Part I. College W<ilrk
-Hatch Experimental Work
Adams Experimental Work • ~
Doctor C. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
AUQurn, Alabama "
Sir:
I submit for the next fiscal year the -following estimates for the teaching work in 'fue
AgriGultural Department (including soils and farm rr~chiner,y) •.
Appropriations recommended for the Agricultural Department,
1. For teaching crops, including cotton classing
2. For soils laborat ory, teaching
3. For schol ar ship man to do teaching work (an
increase :of $100 abov.e the amount now paid to Boyd
from College Funds), so that teaching may be
uninterrupted by trav~ling, ' as is necessa~J when
a teaching assistant is paid partly from other
funds.
4. For teaching salary in Farm Hachinery
(R. U. Blasingame)
5. For expenses Farm Hac-hinery Laboratory,
including freLght on machinery to be
borrowed.
Teaching:
College Fund
$ 200.00
300.00
250.00
300.00
200.00
As previously reported, the net number of students receiving instruction in soils and
crops- during the past session has been 405.
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
There is, of course, need for the usual provision for the maintenance and janitorial
service of the Agricultural Building. In view -of the crowded condition of the building
a.n,d the prohibition against the use of other funds for building, I wQuld urgently
recommend the three following items, from Col lege funds, for this building:
1. Change of par,t~tions to add one extra
office room, estimated
2. Additional toilet facilit~es for staff
3. For strengthening stairway and landings, at least
College Fund
$ 96.00
75.00
50.00
I must call your attention, as in all my pr~ous reports of recent years, to the danger
from lack of fire escapes in the Agricultural Building, and to the need of strengthening
and reinforcing the main stairway, as previously pointed out to you in person.
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EXPERL~NT STATION WORK
Publications:
During the twelve months ending May 15, 1916, the Experiment Station has
published the following:
6 Bulletins . 172 pages
3 Circulars . . . . . . 52 pages
8 Press Bulletins 16 pages
1 Annual Report . 4lJ. pages
Total, 20 Publications. . . . . • 282 pages
The total number of pages in all issues aggregates 4,886,000 pages.
l.J
In accordance with a well considered line of policy recommended by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, some progress has been made during the past year in concentrating a
larger proportion of the Adams fund work in the laboratory departments; and a few
additi onal changes, with this end in view, are incorporated in the budget herewith
submitted. Such interchanges bet ween Hatch and Adams Funds have not affected the
total amount avallilable for each department.
ALABAY~ EXPERIMENT STATION
Hatch and Adams Budget 1916-1917
Name
Salaries:
Veterinarian _
Director of Station
Botanist ,
Ho rticulturist
Entomologist
Cluemistry of Soils (Anderson.)
Physiological Chemistry
Assistant Chemist (Basore)
Farm Supt. & Recorder
Animal Husbandry (Templeton)
Foreman (Agr • Farm)
Assistant 'Animal Husbandry
Herdsman ) .
Plant Pathology
Assoc. Agricul±urist ~ (Funchess) '
Treasurer
Assistant Entomologist (Thomas)
Asst. Entomologist (Vaughan)
Assistant Botanist
Sec. & Asst. Agr. (Sellers)
Asst. Recorder , (Howell)
Asst. Library
Library Helper '
Research Scholarship, Botany
Scholarship in Agriculture,
besides $150 College, as now
Hatch
600
1,600
100
500
100
200
100
1,100
1,000
350
300
500
100
100
400
250
250
75
50
100
Adams '
.
, : JOO '
900 ";
1,400
1,400
700
650
500
400
300
475 b 1..
200 '.
1,250
700
500
500
300
200
200
- ----- ~-- -- ----~ - - - -- - .-~- - -- ~--
Maintenance:
Publications
Animal Husbandry
Botany
Chemistry (Anderson)
Chemistry (PhYSiological)
Soils
Entomology
Agriculture
Horticulture
Library
Fuel ' (or Engine)
AdmiriStration Expenses & travel
Postage
Contingent
VeteriBary c'
Plant Pathology
Total
Hatch
1,500
1,100
200
. 100
2,000
900
500
300
150
150
75
250
$ 15,000
Adams
800
700
150
150
100
850
600 :
.325
450
$ 15,000
~(If Funchess's increase ,of $100 is borne b; College; otherwise apply on Funchess'
salary and leave only $150 (College) For teaching scholarship.)
I recommend that the salary of the Associate Agric~lturist and RecQr.aer, E. F. Cauthen,
be increased $200 from Station funds; this item is covered ·in the budget.
In view of Professor Funchess' excellent work, both in teach~g and experimentiNg
and of two recent definite offers ' made him from South Carolina and Arkansas at a
considerable increase of salary, I recommend that his salary be increased bY '$lQO
that is, to a total of $2,000. Of the salary ($1,900) now paid him, $1,000 is from
Experiment Station funds. Hence, this incr.ease should be borne from College fund, .
since at least half of his time is occupied in teaching and in p~arati on of I
material for teaching. .1
But if Station, instead of College funds must be so used, it will be necessary to cut
off the $100 Hatch fund p+aced in the budget to increase the pay of the scholarship
man in teaching agriculture, which will result in securing a teaching post-graduate
with less experience and ability, since his. only support would be $150, alL College
Funds.
By the middle .of February the position im)Botany was filled by Doctor William J.
Robbins . After .a long search for an experienced plant pathologist, this institution
i s fortunate in f;inding Doctor George L. Peltier, of the University and Experiment
Station of Illinois, who is ready to enter on his duties- June J15, 1916.
Respectfully submitted,
s/J. F. Duggar
Professor of Ag-riculture. 'and
Director of Experiment Station . I
I submit, with approval, the following Report of Director of Experiment Station (Part
2) being a report on The Local Experiment Work .
s/Chas. C. Thach, President
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Doctor C. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Sir:
I hereby submit my report on the Local Experiment work of alL departments of the
Experiment Station receiving parti~l suppo~t frqm this _state fund for experimental
work.
PUBLICATIONS
Of the eighteen publications of the Experiment Station issued during the past twelve
months, and aggregating in al l edLt ion~ 4,886,000 pages, 11 were published from Local
Experiment Funds. These contain 148 pages, or in all editions a total of 2,400,000
pages .
FINANCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ,YEAR BEGINNING
July 1,1916
1. Plant Pathology "
Annual Appropriations $ 1,000.00
Part Salary (besides $1,250 from Adams
Peltier)
Travel, supplies, etc.
Fund, G. L.
$ 750.00
250.00
$ 1,000.00
2 . Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Drainage and Farm Machinery; also Publications and
Administration.
Position or Expenditure
Annual Appropriation
Balance from Agr. & Drainage
and Farm. Machinery
Balance from Plant Breeding
Balance from Publications
Total available
Asst. Agric. (Boyd)
Field Agent (Williamson)
Asst. & Sec. ~S ellers )
Recorder (Cauthen)
Assoc. Agric •. '(Funchess)
Director
Treasurer .
Stenographer {I) ~ (G)
Agricultural Engr~ (Blas.)
Drainage (Coop. with USDA)
Labor & Miscellaneous
Postage & Stationery
Freight & Express
Office Asst., Records, etc.
Crops Plant Drainage &
Breeding Machinery
7,000.00 1,200.00 1,500.00
':146.74
86.47
. (
7,746.74 1,286.47 1,500.00
200.00
1,800'.00
200.00
300.00
300 .00
":~ (' . '~()
320.00
700.00
200.00
250.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
200.00 J
180.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
200.00
120.00 (I)
500.00
600.00
50.00
30.00
Publicattons-&
l Administration
2,500.00
. 883.36
3,383.36
. 200 0 00
200.00
350.00
300'.00 (G)'
100.00
300.00
--- ---- - --
Position and Expenditure Crops
Printing, etc.
Travel 1,500.00
Fertilizers, Seeds , Supplies
Office Furniture, Repa±rs, &
1,600 .00
Contingent ' 276.74
Total Est . Expenditures 7,746 .74
3. Horticulture:
Annual Appropriation .~
.l
Expenditures :
Salary (Prof. Walker)
Salary (Field Agent P. O. Davis)
Salary J . C. C. Price
Traveling expenses & supplies
Total estimated expenditures
. ,
4 . Animal Industry and Poultry:
Annual Appropriation
Balance from 1915 Animal Industry
. and Poultry
Total
Expenditures:
Part Salary (Templeton)
Salary in vi. Alabama (Gibbens)
Beef Cattle Expts .
Salary, Supt . Hog Expts . in
W. Alabama (Hayes)
Salary, pupt. Hog expt. in
S. Alaba~ (Wendt)
Horse & ~ule . Feeding expt.
Sheep Experiments (to be
l ocated)
Traveling expenses, etc .
Stenographer, $15 per month
Wages local man (Schlenterburch)
Incidentals for Schlenterburch)
Plant Drainage &
Breeding Machinery
200.00 150.00
100.00 50.00
6.47
1 , 286 .47 1,500.00
$ 2,000.00
Animal Industrl
$ 3, 500.00
1,216.35 .
$ 4,716.35
150.00
1,300.00
1,f)OO.00
- 1,100.00 - 300.00
366.35
500.00
New Poul~ ry Project (to be located)
Incident?ls, expts. of short duration
Traveling expenses and tncidental~
Total Expenditures $ 4,716.35
Publications &
Administration
. I
. '
L
1,833.36
100 .00
1,383.36
$ 300 .00
900 .00
200.00
600 .00
$ 2,000.00
Poult:r,;r
$ 1,000.00
4~5 .2t±
$ 1,435.'24
50.00
180.00
300.00
150 0 00
300.00
100 .00
355.23
$1~ 435.24
5. Junior and Home Economics Extension
(From Local Experiment Fund)
Annual Appropriation
Expenditures:
, " • 1"1
1.
$ 5,000 .00
Girls Clubs Boys Clubs Pig ClubS PoultrY Total
Part Salary Supt. (Duncan)
Part Travel (Duncan)
Part Salary (Kerlin)
Part Travel (Miss Reese)
'l'ravel (Kerlin)
Stenographer & Extra steno.
310;00
315.00
500.00
: .~ j{ . : !.J
Labor & Misc. Supplies
TOTAL
200 .00
$ 1,325.00
6. Entomology:
Annual Appropriation
Expenditu~es: . .
Part Salary(Vaughan)
Part 'Salary (Dr . Hinds)
Part Balary (S. L. 'Thomas)
Misc • .Expenses & Stenography !'
'Total Expenditures
310 .00 '
215.00
100 .00
1,000 .00
450 .00
400.00
$2,475.00
$ 500;00
900 .00
300.00
600 .00
$2,300.00 '
720.00
300 .00
$1,020 .00
LOCAL EXPERIMENTAL WORK OE THE PAST YEAR
AGRICULTURE, DRAINAGE & MACHINERY, AND PLANT BREEDING
620 .00
530.00
,J n 100 .00
500.00
1,000.00
1,170 .00
180.0Q 1,,080.00
$180.00$5 , 000 .00
$ 2, 300.00
The number ,of f~e1d experiments conducted by ·the Agricultural ' Departmerit in all the
counties ' of the State in 1915 aggregated 656. These · bear on f0rty dif'lferent Cl,gri· ... ~'[
cult ural pr oblems. A list of these follows: .s
Alfalfa experiments
Bur clover, variety tests
... 'Clover, Ladino ver.sus white ,
Crimson clover experim.ent,s, methods of inoculation
Cott on, complet e fer tilizer experiments
Cotton, time of applying nitrate of soda
Cotton, extensive variety tests
Cotton, ·tests of wilt resistant varieties
Cotton, variety test ,s'," short
Cot ton, breeding
Corn, complete fertilizer experiments
Corn, time of applying nitrate of soda '
Corn, variety tests, extensive
Corn, variety tests, short
Corn, breeding
Cowpeas, variety tests
Forage crop test s, extensive
Japanese sugar cane, experiments
J ohnson grass, fertilizer experiments
Kudzu experiments
Lespedeza, f ert ilizer experiments
, .
I '
')
---- - - ---- - - - --
f
Oats, fer til izer experiments
Oats , vari ety tests
Oats , breeding experiments
Oats , t ime .f or applying nitrate of soda
Oats , t reatment f or smut
Peanut s, complete fertilizer experiments
Peanuts, variety tests
R~ta~i2n experiment
Rice experiments
· Sugar cane , complete fertilizer experiments .
· Sweet potatoes, complete fe rtilizer experiments
SFbean tests
Sudan grass experiments
Vel vet beans, variety tests
Vel vet beans , ver sus cowpeas .
Vetch, variety t ests _
· liheat, complet e £ertil i zer experiments
Wheat, variety tests
Wheat breeding .
DRAINAGE AND MACHINERY
',' d
In drainage, cooperative work has been continued with the U. S. Department of Agriculture
under Mr . Lewis A. Jones, Drainage Engineer . In 1915 , he made surveys and
plans for tile drain systems on 11 f aoms, and did much miscellaneous work i n giving
advice regarding drainage . The large at enterprise was a drainag~ survey of about
18,000 acres of swamp and overflowed lands, in Fayette and Lamar counties • . Xnis was
without expense to the Local Experiffient Fund and was done unde~ ·the new District Drainage
Law, the enactment of which was largely due to the experimental and propaganda
work of this Station during the past f our years .
,
In farm machinery, progress has been made by the employment of Prof es sor R. U. Bl a singame
, who has given informat i on and collected .dat a on ' oat clipping macni nes, ' hydraul
i c Frons, traction engines , pea threshing .o,utfits, machinery for crushing l imestone, '
and on miscellaneous farm implements .
ENTOMOLOGY
The entomologist and his assistants have been engaged, as usual, in various activities
connected with the boll weevil and with miscel laneous insects.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND POULTRY
During t he past winter 100 grade st eers of the beef breeds were fed, experiment ally
on the f arm of B. M. Allen , at Allenville . Among the nwmerous ,questions under exper i ment
, one of the most important was the relative value of ground velvet beans. This
was found t o be a sati sfactory substitute for cott on seed meal up t o a limit .of about
12 pounds per day . The r esults of thi s work wil l be ext,ensive1y utilized by farmer s
in f eeding operati ons next winter throughout south Alabama. It is planned t o take up
hog f eeding and breeding on the samw farm in June , 1916 .
At Ozark, on the farm of L. Sessions, hog f eeding and breeding work has been in progr ess .
A feeding experiment with mules was conduct ed on Cottonwood Plantat ion, Marengo
County.
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JUNIOR AND HOME ECONOMICS EXTENSION
The State fund of $5 ,000 appropriated by the Local Experiment Law is being used as
usual, in combination with large amounts from the U. S. Department of Agriculture
and from the Smith-Lever Extension Fund, hto support the Corn Clubs, Girls I Canning· Clubs
, Pig Clubs, etc.
A full rep9rt Qn this work is printed on pages-20 to 29 of Circular No. 34~ Alabama
Experiment Station .
PLANT PATHOLOGY
Publications have been issued on citrus cancer and peanut diseases, which are still the
principal lines of invest i gation of this department , which, however, has given attention
to a number of other plant diseases.
HORTICULTURE
Horticultural work has been in the same lines as heretofore, especially, the testin~ of
varieties of vegetables and of fertilizers needed by sweet , potatoes, strawberries,
satsuma oranges, etc .
Respectfully submitted,
I
J . F. Duggar, Director
I submit, with a pproval, the following Report of Director of Extension Service .
Doctor C. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institut e
Auburn, Alabama
Sir:
s/C has. C. Thach, ,President
I herewith .submit a report on extension work conducted since July 1, 1915.
The Smith-Leve ~ Act of Congress, approved 'May 8, 1914, makes provision for extension
work in agriculture and home economics as a cooperative enterprise in each state between
the A.gricultural-College and ,-the United States' Department of Agriculture.
Supervision of work done under this law and of Federal and other appopriations suP""'
porting extension work, is vested in the Secretary of Agriculture. The plans for the
coming year have been formulated as 20 separate projects of lines of work,. as listed
below.
Of these, the first 19 are in continuation of similar work -in the previous year, already
approved .
These projects, as required by the Smith-Lever Act of Congress and official rulings,
thereunder, have recently been submitted to the U. D. Department of Agriculture, where
they are now being considered. Hence , the budget below for the fiscal year, July 1,
1916, to June 30, 1917, is Bubmitted, subject to such changes in detail as may be
made necessary by the Federal supervision just mentioned.
Plan for the Expenditure of $49,401 . 67 Lever Fund in t he stat e of Alabama for the
Fiscal Year ending June 30 , 1917 .
Proj ect No. >
1 . General Organi zat i on Pr oject ~ f or Cooperat i ve Extensi on Work in Agr i cult ure
and Home Economics in Alabamao
2 ~ Girls! Cl\lb Work and Home Ec onomics Extension Work w $ 11, 205 .00'
3. The Organizat ion of Boys' Clubs and Administration of Junior
and Home Economics Extension Work
4. Farm Demon s tr~t ion Work through Count y Agents
,
5. Movable Schools of Agriculture and Home. Economics
6. Extension v>lork in Agronomy
7. Depar tmental Work of Specialists Connected wit h t he Alabama
Polytechnic +nstitute, and not primary in Extension Work
8 . Community Programmes , Alabama
t 9. Or ganizing Boys ' Pig Clubs in Alabama
. .
10 . Administration of Ext ension Service
11 . Educational and Demonstrational Work with Hog Cholera
. .
12 . Cooperative Demonstrational to combat the ravages of the Mexican
Cotton Boll Weevil
13 . Dairy Farming Extension Work
14 . Negro Agents for Men and Boys ' Work
15 . Home Eqonomics Work for 'Negro Women and Gir1s
16 . To pr ovi de for 'an Agr icultural Engineer
17 . L~vestock extensi on work i n areas f reed of ticks in Al abama
550 .00
7,480 .00
2,000 .00
4 ,100 .00
1, 750 .00
700 .00
700 .00
7, 466 .67
1 ,(,OO~OO
4, 200 .00
1 ,700.00
1,750 000
900 .00
18.. To pr ovi de f or t he employment and travel of a poul try expert
f or a part of ~he year 1 , 850 .00
19 . Extension Work in Marketing
20 • . C.onveniences f or Home and Farm 400 .00
t ,
r '1 "
The following facts illustrate a part of the extens,ion work for the calendar year 1915 :
FARl'1 D:EMONISTRA.TI (!)N:. '
_County agents reported, as among their -activities , the following:
1,481 Cotton demorrstrations with total acreage of 13 , 319 acres • . ~
2, 062, Corn demonstrations with total acreage of 20 , 574 ac'res .
1,154 Oat dem0nstratiQns with total 'ac'reage of 22,122 acres . : (
;Ll,494 bushel§.: of' oats treated for smllt .• , vi .J
39, 630 acres of land terraced .
533 dipping vats constructed .
254 silos built in state.
4,029 head of pure bred livestock brought into stqt e .
14, 399 hogs successful inooulated for chol.era .•
205 farmers ' and corrununi ty organizations formed.
1,623 schools were visited where county agents made t alks .
791 field meetings held, with total attendance of 13,934 .
64,932 farmers visited and given instruction
1,693 meetings held, with total attendance of 27 , 291
CLUB ,WORK FOB. BOYS , GIRLS, AND WOMEN
Number of counties having Corn Clubs
II II II II Pig Clubs
II II II "Girls' Canning Clubs
' Enrollment ' in Corn Clubs for 1915
" " Pig ,Clubs for 1915
" " Girls' Canning Clubs for 1915 '
67
26
27 (to date)
3',782
2,482
l,~490
MOVABLE OR EXTENSION SCHOOLS ~
THese have been continued on the same scale as in former years, and consist of 2-day
or 3-clay meetings for the white race and separate schools for the negro race. The
_attendance on the negro schools has been especially large .
AGRONOMY
Instruction in problems involving crops, soils, and fertilizers , has been given by
numerous addresses at meetings of farmers and others; by thousands of letters and
57 published articles supplied to all tqe weekly newspapers of Alabama; and also by
6 extension publica~ions issued from Auburn . 'Plans have been formulated to furnish
to the daily papers of the st at e a class of agricultural and home economics articles
in the shape that will best serve the needs of their readers. Messrs. Burleson, Boyd,
and the writer have .furnished the instruct ion in agronomy .
SPECIALISTS
Heads of other departments having but ' little tim¢,or work away from Auburn, have assisted
in farmers' meetings by correspondence and otherwise . This is especially true of the
departments of Entomology, Animal Husbandry, and Horticulture .
DAIRY EXTENSION
This has been continued as heretofore . This work is largely r esponsible for the starting
of creameries at Auburn, Selma, and Talledega , which made up a total of 250,000
pounds of butter per year; providing a market for farmers; butting off some of the mon~
previously sent north for butter, and promoting diversification and soil improvement .
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BEEF CATTLE
The extension expert for beef cattle, Mr . Filler, emp] oyed j ointly by the Extension
Service and the U. S . Bureau of Animal Industry, has supervised the feeding of 385
head of cattle in seven fe eding demonstrations; supervised win~ering on thirteen additional
farms, with 1, 212 additional cat tle; has had a part in buying i nto the state
many head of pure br.ed cattle; had carried on regul ar demonstration work in nine 'counties
; worked irregular~y in 23 counties ; installed scales for weighing cattle; helped
in c onstructing silos; .addressed .37 meetings; j udged livestock at three fairs; helped
establish community breeding in two counties, and helped in establishing county l~stock
associations .
HOG CHOLERA EXPERT
Doctor H. C. Wilson, detailed by the u'. S. Department for Extension Work in Hog Cholera,
has worked in cooperation with the Extension Service and the Serum Laboratory, and has
been the means of saving .thousands of dollars ' wort h of hogs.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
t
Professor Blasingame, the Agricultural Engineer, has been active in planning barns , plan-ning
systems of waterwor ks, for house and farm , supervising the erection of silos, givjg
instructions relative to labor-saving farm machinery, etc .
SPEC IAL WORK FOR NEGROES
There has been general appreciation on the part of both negroes and their white neighbors
of all work done for negr oes, both through men agents and through one woman
economics worker, and a considerable demand for enlarging the work. Enlargement is
planned for the ensuing year to the extent of three additional negro men agents and
for one additional negro woman agent.
MARKETING
Numerous meetings have been attended and instruction given on better methods of preparing
farm products for market and means by which farmers may cooperate in marketing
their products .
C01~ENIm~CES FOR HOME AND FARM
The only new project pr oposed for the ensuing year is one to provide instruction by
Professor M. T. Fullan for the con struct io~ of various simple artties of household
and farm conveniences .
Respectfully submitted,
J . F. Duggar
Director of Extension Service
Tentative Detailed Budget for Federql Smith-Lever Funds, Fiscal Year July 1, 1916, to
June 30, 1917.
Proj.ect' No .
2. Girls' -Citibs :
Part Sal ary, Superintendent
Part Travel, Superintendent
Part S~lary, State Agent
Part T~avel, State Agent
Stenographer (M) , State Agent
Stenographer (L) Supt . (Part Salary)
and Eptra stenography
Labor ?lld Supplies for State Agent
SalarY, Asst. State Agent
Travel. Asst . State Agent
Women County agents
3: Boys' 91ubs :
Part Salary, Superintendent
Part Salary , Corn Club Agent
Travel and Expenses
4 . Farm Demonstration :
Par t S~la ry , State Agent
Part S~lary" three district agents
S alari~s, County Agents
Misce,lJ;aneous Expenses
StenogI;'apher
5 • Hovable Schools:
White Schools
Negro ~choqls
Salary, Agr onomist
Travel, Agronomist
Salary; As;t. Agronomist (B)
, Travel; Asst . Agronomist (B)
Salary, Asst. Agronomist (A)
Travel , Asst. Agronomist (A)
7'. Departrn:ental Specialists:
Salary, Chief, Entomology
Salary,. As s~ . Entomology
Salary, Stenographer, Entomology
Salary, Chief, Animal Husbandry
Salary, Stenographer, Horticulture
Salary, Chief Horticulture
Travel
t r
$ 150 .00
225~00
700 .00
400.00
780.00
200000
300 .00
800.00
7 , 200 .00 $ 11, 205 .00
$ 150.00
400.00 .$.: :-_~5....;;..5_0. ,,0- 0
$ 700 .00
J $ 300.00
900.00
5,280 .00
400 .00
600.00 $ 7 , 480 .00
, .
$ 1 , 000 .00
1,000 .00 $ 2 ,000 .00
$ 1,800 000
600 .00
300 •. 00
400 .00
. 800 .00
200 .00 $ 4,100 .00
-$ 300 .00
100.00
300 .00
100 .00
100 .00
150 .00
600 .00 $ 1 , 750 .00
11 \
$3. Community Programs: .6
Salary, Asst . $ 300 .00
Travel l~OO .00 $: 700;00
, ;
l Q. Admini:;tration:
/ ,
Part Sp.lary, Director i~'1 $ 400 .00
Part Salary, Auditor 600 .00 .
Part Salary, Asst. Treasurer 300 .00
Typewriters and Misc . Office Supplies 400 .00
Stationery, etc . 400 .00
Travel 500.00 '
Fuel, Lights, etc. 200 .00
Janitor ,J 100.00
Publications l,700 .• 00
~ Salaries, 3 stenographers (Director, Beef Cattle,
Engineering, and Labor) 2,550.00
Contingent . 316.67 $ 7;466 . 67
ll. Hog Cholera { .
12 . Boll Vle~il Experts
13. Dairying:
Travel and Expenses $ 1,GOO.00
Part Salary 600.00 $ lz600 .00
14. Negro Men Agents:
Salary, Club Agent $ 600 .00
Travel, Club Agent 300.00
Salary, 6 men agents '1 2,400 .00 ;
Meetings Lever Agents ' 200 .00
Stationery, Equipment , etc . 300 .00
Office . Suppli~s, etc . , for Negro Dist . Agent 200~00
Stenographers , Salary, Negro Dist. Dem . Agent 200 .00 $ 4, 200 .00
15 . Negro Home Economics:
~ Salary,. 2 Negro Agents $ 1;100 .00 l
Travel, etc ., 2 Negro Agents 600 .00 '$ 1 2700 .00
16 . Agricultural Engineer:
Part Salary $ 1,200 .00
Travel,. expense s , and labor 550.-00 $ 1 2750 .00
17 . Beef Ca.ttle:
'"
Travel and expenses $ 900 .00 $ 900.00
19. Marketing:
Salary., travel, and Misc. Expenses $ ·1 ,050 .00 $ lz050 .00
1 •
I .
18 . Poultry: f
Salary $' 900 .00
Travel 800 .00
Stenography 150 .00 $ 1,850 .00
20 . Farm and Home Conveniences : ')
Draftsman and dtenography $ 350 .00
Material 50 .00 $ , 4;00(.00
TOTAL $49,401.67
HONORS
The Board of Trustees conferred the following Honors and Degrees, as recommended by the
President and Faculty of the Institute :
DEDREES
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
GRADUATES
John Dunklin Ashcraft
J ohn Tonice Belve
Wyly McGehee Billing
Herman vest Bi ngham
James Rosby Brown
Joseph Davenport Browne, Jr .
Walter Fr ederic Bul la
James William Burgin
Robert Elnmett Cammack
John Hosmer Campbell
Robert Ezekiel Campbell
Kenneth Gladstone Caughman
Thomas William Clift
George Roy Corcoran
William Davis Crawf ord
Samuel Neil Crosby
Richard Henry Cunningham
Berrien ·vvalker Davis
Wi l liam Reese Di l lard
Vernon James Douglass
David Merrick Dowdell
Perry Jackson Edwards
Harry Gordon Farris
John Wilbur Freeman, Jr .
Roland Macon Fricke
Edward ~ amuel Gatchell
Wester Shipp Hackworth
Fr ederick Hollis Haynie
Mont gomery Lamar Howe
Andrew Orestes Jackson
Glen David Liddell
Robert Forney Middleton
George Augustus Hiller
vfilliam Thomas Hills, Jr .
James Caldwell Mohns
Lauderdale
Lauderdale
hontgomery
I>1adis'on .
Florida
Tennessee
Geor gia
Jef ferson
Clarke
Clay
Sumter
South Carolina
~1adison
Russell
Macon
Baldwin
Choctaw
Georgia
Georgia
Jefferson
Lee
Horgan
Etowah
Georgia
Marshall
Lee
Jackson
Lee
Lee
Pike
Wilcox
Etowah
Florida
Jefferson
Jefferson
--~----' ----_._. --
")
Il ~
John Daniel Hoor e
Sarah Evelyn Hoor e
Laurie Artemus ~cC ranie
Alva Pinkston ~cC rary
Cl~f ford B ra sw~ll McManus
Lucius River Owsley
Woodie James Pace
William Charles Payne, Jr .
Joseph Bancroft, Perry
Wi l ,t o.n Burt on P.e rsons
George Arthur Pfaffman
Frapk Poole
Myrt Wa r r en Pouncey
Osie Clyde Prather
Thomas Christopher River
James Thomas Roberts ,
Otto Meinhardt Schomburg
Ernest Slager
Percy Reynolds Smith
George Henry Stewart
Francis lf~rion Taylor
John Ewing Taylor
Junie Marcus Thomason
Edward LeRoy Tuttle
.t
Edwin Adolphus Wagner
Russell Fleming Walthour, Jr .
George Lawrence ~ vashington
James Davjs Williford
William Wadsworth Wood
John Garland Woodall
Oliver Eubert Young
GRADUATES WITH HONOR
James W~rren Andrews
Hayne Coker Appleton
Richmond YOVng Bailey
William Alexander Burns, Jr .
Lee Irwin Davis
Posey Oliver Davis
Robert Dennis
Ambrose Camp Duggar
Arnold Edmund Hayes
George Lampros
Edmund tn tchell Manning
Claude Mortimer McCall
Emile Nelson
Cyrus Edson Newman
James Goggins Peterson
Frederick Gordon Sholes
~dward Ward Smith
Samuel Andrew Wingard
Bullock
Lee
Florida
Georgia
Geo rgia
Elmore
Calhoun
Tennessee
Jefferson
Montgomery
Lee
Butler
E.s.cambia
Lee
Montgomery
Marshall
Georgi a
Tennessee
Jefferson
Coosa
Lee
Butl er
Lamar
Houston
Texas
Lee
Cuba
Lee
Jefferson
Jackson
Choctaw
Montgomery
DeKalb
Chambers
Talladega
Mobile
Limestone
Pike
Lee
Jefferson
Montgomery
Chilton
Escambia
'lobile
Coosa
Coosa
Jefferson
Lee
Montgomery
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Herbert Lee ~vans
Henry Lord Page King
Louis Truitt 1,1ells
Jesse Jay Williams
Osie Columbus LaGrove
John Robert Argo
Pr eston Hol comb Cannady
Troy Lawler Carter
GRADUATES \VITH HIGHEST HONOR
GRADUA TES IN PHARMACY, Ph . G.
Graduate with Honor
Graduates
Hale
Georgia
Pickens
Clarke
Dallas
Coosa
Clarke
Perry
Jeffries Nathaniel Dubberly
Merritt Kni ght
Lee
Wilcox
St . Clair
Lowndes
Albert Young Masters
John Elijah Norman
Homer Samuel Gentry
Thomas Richard Nash
Pharmaceutical Chemist (Ph . C. )
Bibb
Shelby
GRADUATES IN VETERINARY NEDICINE
D. V. M.
Charles Ray Adams
Roy Avant
Roe Ballow
James Wyatt Boyleston
George L. Breeden, Jr .
Ernest Will Bryan
Forrest Eugene Butler
Irwin Roland Cooper
Archie Lee Faulk
Legrand Jones Hargett
George Douglas Ingram
Bursell :tvi . Johnson
Alto Lee Johnston
Benjamin Franklin Jones
Joseph Ernest Kendrick
Edwin Doc Ki ng, Jr.
Samuel Jones Rayfield
Richard Kingon Roberson
Walter Stancel Robertson
Willis Charles Roycroft
Geo rge Ellis Taylor
Thomas Mitchell wbite
~gar El dred Williams
Clarke
Coosa
Iv1arengo
Sout h Carolina
Dallas
Lee
Crenshaw
l'vlarengo
Geneva
Lee
Lee
Harengo
Pike
Wilcox
Dallas
Wilcox
Coosa
St. Clair
Tenne ssee
Nobile
Jefferson
Fayette
Elmore
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Samuel Faucett Anders
Wi lliam Emmet Ayres
Jackson Frederick Bozemore
Frances Alexander Duncan
Arturo Enrique ~lizondo
Benjarnin Ellsworth .r:,vans
James Baxter Jackson
Rober t Brice Johnston
Lee ugene Kimball
Edmund Clark Leach
Herbert l'1arshall Hartin
Carl Dent Hontgomery
Emery Taylor hotley
Pierce R. V. Pettis
Frances Victoria Steele
Hassie Earl Terrell
Homer Bernard Tisdale
vhlton VJendell Webb
Felix Branyon White
Clyde Augustus Donehoo
Joel Philip Melvin
Julius Albert Fincken
David Adolphus Gammage
Coulte Woodley Harrison
William Ware Palmer
Ransom Davis Spann
Albert Weaver
POST GRADUATE DFDREES
Master of Science
Professional Degr ees in Cour se
Civil Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Tuscaloosa
Lamar
Coosa
Lee
Mexico
Lee
Lee
South Car olina
Lee
Tallapoosa
Florida
West Virginia
Randolph
Clarke
Lee
Lee
Conecuh
Lee
{arion
Blount
Tennessee
South Carolina
Barbour
j\lIontgomery
Lee
Montgomery
Escambia
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The I Budget f or the Year 1916- 1917, Opened_ by __ t he Presi dent of the Alabama Polytechni .c _
Institute, and amended and adopted by the Board of Trustees :
Endowment Qnd State Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
Morrill Funds Expt .
_ ..-.:.-_______ -:..:2-"-0 ..,.. . 2;..:..8::...,:0,--_2=7"-,, 900 40-,_0.90 ~ OO~lj-,..QOO __
President Thach 3,000
(1:2 months )
Mathematicx, B. H.
Crenshaw, 9 mos . 1 ,000
Civil Engr . , G. N.
Mitcham, 9 mos . 1, 000
History & Latin, ChIn
Exam . Com . , Geo .
Petrie , 9 mos . 2,000
ech o Engr . & Supt .
~r ounds , J . J . Wil-more
, 9 mos .
Phys . , Vet . Sci . , &
State Vet . , C. A.
Cary
Pharmacy, L. S.
Blake, 9 mos . 1 , 800
Agr . & Di r . of Expt .
Station, J . F. Duggar,
12 mos .
A. St . O. Dunstan, EE,
9 months
Geol.& Mining Engr .
R. L. Brown, 9 mos . 300
Mod . Languages, J . E.
Wiatt , 9 mos . 1,800
Botany, W. J . Rob-bins
, 12 mos .
Physics , A. St . C.
Dunstan
Hor:t . & State Hart .
Ernest alker, 12
mos . (St . Hort .800) 800
2nd Pr of . Math ., J .F.
Merrick (9 mas)
Architecture, J . Hudnut
, 9 mos .
Entomology, W. E.
Hinds, 12 mOI.
Comdt ., Post Adjt . &
Instr . lVlath, B. S .
Patrick 950
Clerks for Comdt .,
A~ C. Jackson & Self
Pr of . Chern., B. B. Ross
(Rm . 1) . 1, 000
Clk . Chern, Pudkin
- . - ~~~-~- - - -
1, L~00 600
1 , 000 200
1 , 000 200
600 300
1, 700 900
(St . Vet)
L~OO 1 , 400 600 500
200
2,000 200
1, 800
400
1, 000
600
400
1, 000 900
1, 000 1 ,000
300
850 100
200
2, 000
200
1, 600 300 500 .400
100 900
500 300 .200
100 1, 400 900- 300
5, 00(;)
2, 200
125 · Supt.
2, 200 Work
Clerk 100
2, 900 Exam.
2, 600.
2,400
2,000
2, 800 (:phs
Res . )
2, 200
2, 100 .
2, 200
2, 000
.600
1 , 400
1, 900
2, 000
3, 000
1, 900
200
3, 000
200
III
Endowment 2nd Morrill State Hatch- Adams Local Lever Tot al
Chern. of Soils, J . T.
Anderson
Prof . Phys . Chern . , C. L#
hare
Prof . Anal . Chern . ,
Thos . Bragg
Asst . Prof . Chern.,
P. P. Powell
~nal . Chern . , J . B.
Jackson
Asst . in Chern. in
Adams Expt ., 12 mos .,
. H. 111 . Martin &
Pipkin
2 Assts . in Chern.
Asst . in .Chem . Feedstuffs
, G. R. Marsh,
12 mos .
Prof . Mech . Draw . &
Mach . D~ sign, M. T.
Fullan , 9 mos .
Prof . Elec . & Tel . Engr .
W. W. Hill (12 mas)
Instr . Hech . Engr . &
Hath ., \1{. B. Stokes
9 mos .
Asst . in ~Drawing &
Bandmaster , A. L.
'Ihomas, 9 mos .
Instr . in woodwork,
M. A. Askew, 9 mos .
Di r . & Prof . Phys . Cult .
& Instr . in Latin , M. J .
Donahue (Math)
Prof . Compo & Rhet . ,
N. I . White , 9 mos .
Farm Supt . & Recorder
E. F. Cquthen, 12 mos .
Prof . Animal Husbandry,
G. S. T~mp1e t on, 12mos .
Prof . Educ . Dir . & Prof .
Surrmler Session of College
, Z. V. Judd, 12 mos .
Foreman of Farm, vi. C.
McGee, 12 mos .
Asst . Prof . An . Husbandry,
H. C. Ferguson, 12 mos .
Herdsman , J . 'M. vJestbrook,
],2 mos .
600 ,
950
700
500
900
300 1 , 200
1 , 200
1 , 300
1, 000
200 1,400
700
(Ath . Dir .700)
100 650
2,100
2, 200
1, 500
Ath .700
1,200
1,300
750
1,000
300 (Feedstuffs $800) . 300
plus 800
650 400 2,000
1 ,300 (Power plant $500) 2,000
plus 500
750 650
1, 500
900
850 950
1,100
. 500 1, 000
3, 250
350
625 300
. 400
.. .
.1,400
1 ,500
900
.1,400
(p1llS res) .1,800
500 200 1,800
400 300 .200 2,400
. '
3 , 250
300 (plus res) 650
475 .
200 (Dept . Ath . 120) 720
fig
Endowment 2nd Morrill State Hatch Adams ' Local Lever 'I'otal
As so . Pr of . Hort . ,
J .C.C .Price ( st .
horti. $700) 500 200 1, 400
Assts . Vet . Sc . (4) . plus res.
(l~dory $1,500,
W. W. Webb, Fer-gW;
lOn, Pritchett ) 4,250 ( M~Ado~ $1, 500) 4, 2;;0
Plant Pathologist,
G. L. Peltier, 12
months 1 , 250 750 2, 000
Pr o f ~ Agronomy,
M. J . Funchess,
12 months 1, 000 700 300 2, 000
'I'reasurer, M. A. ) Tr$.
Glenn, 12 mos . 650 100 500 100 .350 1 ,700)Dept .
Asst . to Treas ., )not to
R. L. Adams 300 300)e:xceed
)$2, 000
Instr. . in Botany,
A. B. Massey, 12
months <1 , 000 100 300 1 , 400
Asst . Entomo1.,
.l." .L. 'I'homas, 12
months 500 100 500 100 1,200
Field Agt . Ent . ,
E.A. Vaughan, 12
months 500 500 1 ,000
As st . in Pharmany,
E. 'I' .)"iosley, 9 mos . 500 500
24 Scholarships :
1. Cond .
2 . English
3 . Office
4 . Civil £ngr .
5 . Lat in
6 . Mod . Language
7 .• Botany
8 . ! Hort .
9 . Pharmacy
10 . l'1ech . Arts
11. Vet . Sc .
12 . Hech . Engr .
13 . Shop
14 . Forge
15 . lUning
16 . Architecture
17 . 2 Agric .
18 . Machine Draw .
19 . Chemistry
20- 22 . An . Husb . - _. - 23; Wireless
24 . Waterworks'
\..
25 . Botany 2, 475 3, 150 50 200 5, 875
Recording Clks .,
Dougl a ss , Reid, Burbage 450 300 750
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\l
-Endowment 2nd l'1orrill State Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
Registrar & Asst .
B. L. Shi 500 700 ·1}2GO
Steno . to Presi.,
Kilpatrick, Hollo-way,
Bur 1 , 000 1,000
Asst . Prof . Math .,
B. L. >::>hi 400 1,.050 1, 450
Lib 'n & Pr of . Eng . ,
9 months , J . R. Rut-land
550 1 , 450 2,000
Pr of . Education &
Prof . in Summer Ses-sion,
~"I . C. Blasingame
12 months . , -\_, 2,400 2, 400
Asst . Lib ' n, Hiss M.E.
lv'lartin, 12 months .' J 650 250 ·900
Assts . Hist & Latin,
.Reynolds $700, Whi te
$600 1,300 1 , 300
Surgeon, Dr . J . H.
Drake 2, 500 2, 500
lnstr . Physics & E.E. ,
Spann, 9 months 750 ·750
lnstr . in Mech . Engr.
& Shops, C. R. Hixon 1 , 300 1, 300
1st As st . in English 950 ·950
2nd Asst . in English 750 750
Asst . in C. C., J . G.
Stelzenmuller, 9 mos . 1 , 200 1,200
As st . to Alumnus, J . B.
Lovelace, 9 mos . 600 600
Night watchman 360 265 625
Cammack, Deal, 12 mos . t'
2~Asst. LiBrary Scholar -
ships Iv1cCranic, Nettles 625 625
Sec ' y Trustees, R. I,v .
Burton 100 100
Bul letin Clk . for Sta .
etc . , O. H. Sellers,
12 months 400 500 500 1 ,400
Asst . Recorder to
Station 250 200 500 950
Sec . Social Service,
S. J . Smi th 500 500
Clerk to Dean Engr .
Turner 200 200
Asst. Mil . Band, Bidez 100 100
Asst . Library 75 7·5
SCholarship in Agri-culture
125 • 125
18,800 22,535 56 , 765 7, 800 10, 8:15 5, /+00 1, 900
Endowment 2nd Morrill State Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE
(~ Col. app ln
Ag . (Teaching & Expt . . 800 , 200 2, 000 600 for Farm Mach) 3,600
Archi t ectlUre . 200 200
Advt. & Prtg . 450 2,650 3,100
An Husbandry 1 ,100 1,100 800 3,000
(plus sales)
Botany 400 200 700 1,300
Chemistry 3,000 3 , 000
Chem. of Soils &
Physics 300 300
c. Eng . 300 100 400
Commencement 300 500 800
Dormitories 2,000 2, 000
Elec. Engr. 500 500
Entomology 100 100 850 1,050
Expense 600 2,400 3,000
Farmers ' Inst . 500 500
Fuel . 350 2,600 650 300 200 200 4,300
Grounds & Repairs 400 1,600 (Including sale ~ 2,000
Horticulture 250 900 tax) 1,150
In surance 2,000 2,000
Infirmary 500 500
Labor (Col. & Ag .
Hall) . 400 1,000 1,400
Library 900 500 1,400
Nanual Arts Extn. 200 200
Nechanics 1,400 1,400
Iv ilitary 300 300
Nining Engr. 150 150
Music 400 400
Pharmacy 500 100 600
Physics 100 100
Plant Path. 450 250 700
Postage 150 .I 150 150 450
Publicat ions 1,500 1,500
Soils 100 100
Smmner School for
Farmers 700 700
Summer Session of
College 1,200 •• I 1,200
Stati onery & Conto 150 550 700
Travel for Exp . Sta. 225 ') ~ 225
Trustees 250 250
Vet . Scienc e ' 400 250 650
3,100 5,800 23 , 900 7,575 4, 100 450 200 $166,920
16 z800 22 2535 56 z765 72800 102875 5z400 1 2800
$19,900 ,$28, 335 $80, 665 $15,375$14, 975$5, 85.0 2,000
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State and . Fees
Hatch and Adams
Local Exp. (itemized above)
Smith-Lever
GRAPHIC EXHIBIT
Income
$ 128,496.84
30,000.00
5, 850.00
2,100.00
Total Income on College Budget $ 166,446 .84
Expenditures
As on College Budget $ 166,920.00
(Cppy)
THE GUY GRAYDON ,SCHOLARSHIP
Stat e of Alabama.
The Al abama Polytechnic I nstitute hereby acknowledges receipt of the sum of three
thousand dollars ($;,000.00) from the mother, brothers, and sist ers of Guy Graydon,
to be used f or the purpose of establishing a scholarship in said i nstitution to be
kno~ as "Gus Graydon Scholarship," the gift being sub ject to and accepted on the
following trust and conditions:
The fund to be invested by the trustees of the i nstitute and the annual income therefrom
used in defraying t he tuition and expenses of some poor worthy white boy while
attending as a student the Alabama Polyt echnic Institute, to be selected by Doctor
Charles C. Thach and his wife during their lifetime, or the lifetime of the survivor
of them; and on the death of the survivor, t hen the selection to be made by the
trustees of the i nstitute.
In witness whereof, the said Alabama Polytechnic Institute has caused these presents
to be signed by its President and its corporate seal hereunto affixed this eighth day
of lvIay, 1916.
(Signed) Alabama Polytechnic Institute
By Charles C. Thach
Pr esident
SEAL
This is to certify that the following is an exact transcript from the Hinutes of the
Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at its regular annual session,
Auburn, Alabawa, June 7th, 1915: Record, Page 128.
"Pr esident Thach announced to the Board the donation to the College .of a .memorial
scholarship of three thousand dollars, by the family of the late A. T. Gradon, a
brilliant grad~ate of the Class of_1914, who~e sudden death occurred at Chapel Hill,
N. C., May ,1915.
,
"The Board, by resolution, accepted the donation under the tem.s set forth, and directed
t he Pr esident to communicate to the familty of Mr. Graydon their deep appreciation of
the donation. It was further resolved that the scholarship shall be named the Gus
Graydon Scholarship.
Resolved, further, that the Executive Committee be authorized and empowered t o invest
t he fund donated to the College.
SEAL
(Signed) B. L. Shi,
Notary Public
REPORT. OF THE TREASURER
OF
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC I NSTITUTE
FOR
THE YEAR 1915 - 1916
,h'
Endowment, Horrill, State Hortiduiture and College Funds.
, Rec~ipts
To fudowment Fund
11 Horrill Fund , .
11 State Horticulture Fund
" State & College Fund
Amount of Overdraft
Disbursements
By Endowm~_~ t_ F_~q
11 horrill Fund
11 State Horticulture Fund
II State And College Fund
To Cash from State
ENDOWMENT FUND
Receipts
Disbursements
By Amount Paid Salaries of Protess6rs and
Assistants
To Cash from State
MORRILL FUND
Receipts
Di~bursements
By Amount Paid Salaries P rofes~ors '
$ 20,280.00
27, 900.00
3,858.12
92,633.29
2,112.68
$ 20,280.00
27,900.00
3,8£)8 .12
8!±z745.07
$ 20 ,280.00
$ 27,900.00
STATE flORTICULTURE FUND
, .Receipts
To: Cash from State
11 II II II Horticulturist
II II II II II
11 11 II II 11
Disbursements
By Amount Paid Current Expenses
STATE AND COLLEGE FUND
Reteipts
To State Fund
" Incidental Fees
II Tuition Fees
II Laboratory Fees
II Surgeon Fees
" Library Fees & Interest (Bonds)
" Farm Products
II Horticulture
" Dormitories
- . - -- -- - -----
$ 1,500.00
915.55
385.00
lz057.57
$ 40, 000 .00
4,027.50
2,420.00 ,
2, 556.05
4,082.55
2,818 .55
613.51
119.87
132.50
$ l46,78400fJ
'I
$ 1462784.09
$. 20,280.00
. $. 27,900.00
$ 3z858.l2 .
$ 3.,858.12
;,
I '
. </'2..
\1>..)
To Expense
" Animal Industry
" Chemistry
" Hechanical Engineering
" Pharmacy
" Veterina:rJ
" Civil Engineering
" State Feedstuff Fund
Smith Hall
Power Plant & Lights
Summer Session
Waterworks
Athletics
Analysi~ , .
Laundry -
Oil Tail(
Amount Overdrawn
-- - -----
.'-
$ 1,489.31
2,140 .19
171.55
20.36
124~40
559.67
73.50
800.00
1,854.42
6,752.34
2,174.97
1,450.24
4,737.00
52.00
. 861.56
12,601.30
2,112.68
STATE AND COLLEGE FUND
By amount
" "
" 11
II "
II II
II II
II II
II II
11 II
" " II 11
" "
" II
II II
" II
II II
" " 11 II
II II
" II
II II
II 11
" II
" "
II "
II "
" II
II II
" "
II "
II "
" "
" "
" "
Di·sbursement s
paid Professors and Assts.
" Surgeon and Infirmary
II Library
" Horticulture
II Dormitories
" Expense
II Commencement Expense-- :.II
Printing and Advertising
II Animal Industry
" .' Cpemistry
It Electrical Engineering
" Mechanical Engineering
II Farmers' Institute
" Fuel
" Grounds and Repairs
" Insurance
II _ 'Servants and Janitors
II Military
II Mining Engineering
"- -Pharmacy
II Physics
II Postage
" Stationery
II Trustees
" II
II
II
" II
II
"
"
"
veterinary
Summer School (Farmers}
Watchman
Civil Engineering
Architecture
Entomology
Agriculture College
Botany
Comer Hall
Music
$ 42,194.17
484;,43
1,241088
227072
2,231..00
3,390.59
888.86
3,472.45
3,321.69
3,649~02
635 ~oo .
1,008.8$
-398.46
3,090.85
2,2:27 :90
1,7980 41
620080
388.56
59~84
532:13
284061
'704.80
856:73
234.00
1,309052
578060
561.50
124.84
190~75
38.79
241.26
583.49
600~06
457.15
$94,745.97
By amount paid Broun Hall ' $ , 37028
" II II Feed Stuffs 800.00
" II II Smith Hall 1,050.31
II II " Power Platn and Lights 3,892.82
" II II Suimner ~Sessidn :3,878.86
II " II Machine Design 556.84
II II II Waterworks and Sewerage 274.34
II II II Athletics 4,737.00
" II II High School Inspector 520.50
" " " Education 369.27
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT
Building FUnd
Receipts
To cash' from state 1914-15
" ' II loan on state warrant"
" amount of overdra.ft
$ 50,GOO -~OO
25,000 0 00 . r.i
12,313.77
Disbursements
By amount ov'erdraft' 1910-11
"II II 1911-12
II " buillling and equipment
3,800~40
4,919 ~4J
78z 593.94
t 1
Serum Plant Fund
t " • Receiptst
To cash from state $ 25,000000
Bisbursements
By amount paid building $ 25,000.00
J' •
Serum Plant Maintenance '
To cash from state
II " II railroad (Refund)
Receipts
$ 1~000~00
1-3.35
Di,sbursements
By amount paid current expenses
" balance
(Signed)
$ 933.29
80.06'
Respectfully
$ 94 z745097
, ,',
$ 87 z313 .. 77
< l ~ !
$ lz013035
$ 1,013035
Mo A. Glenn,
Treas.
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