| Summary: | Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1918Labor :
Five students @ $20. 00 per month for 10 months • •• •• • • •• ••• • $l, OOO.OO
Fireman and Supt . @ $80000 per month for 12 months..... . . . . 960. 00
Overtime and extra labor •••••• • •••• • • • •••• •• •.• • ••• • • • • • •• ·• · 615. 00
. $2, 575. 00
Co al am \vood :
Total ' amount of coal purchased 1916-17 ••• $4, 594. 46 ,
Of this we estimate that -2/ 3 was · ·used in Power Dept ••••••••.••••• $3, 063.00
Oil, Waste . and Repai rs •• •• ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • 400 . 00
Depreciation of -Plant. : . ' •��� ~ • • •• '. ' •••••••• • ••• • ••••• • •• ." ••••• 1, 200.00
"" .. " . Total Co st $7, 238. 00 ~ . ,
From meters Jan. 15 to' June 1, 12) ,000 K. W. hrs. was generated at the
SWitchboard. We would ,'estimate tnat 240 ,000 K.W. hrs. would be for the total
year.
$7 , 238 . 00 ~ 240 ,000 K. W. hrs ••••••••• 03016 or very cl ose to 3 cts. ·per
K. W. hr. Th~s , cost will be increased with the additional cost of coal, as
this is the biggest item i n t he. cost of operat;on.
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Returns from Power Plant
Total amount collected from MAy 15, 1916 to May 15, 1917 • •••• $6,993. 90
This does not include any sum for light ing the college buildings, Power for
Operation of Water Works, Laboratories, Shops, Farm.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) W~ w. Hili, Supt . POwer Dept;
Auburn, Ala. , ,June 3, 1918
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Inst~tute met i n regular
session at the Institute in Auburn at 10 :)0 o'ciock a.m.
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The roll was cal.l ed. Arid the *,ollowing ~embers were found present :
Supt. of Education, .Spright Dowell, and Messrs. T. D. Samford, W. ,F. Feagin,
Harry Herzfeld, P~ s. Haley, C. M., Sherrod; and W. K. Terry:" Seven, a quorwn. ----
The following members were absent:
His Excellency Gov. Chas. Hendsrson and Messrs. W. H. Oates, J . A. Rogers,
C. S. McDowell, o. R. Hood and A. W. Bell.
On motion, Mr. T. "D. Samford was elect ed tempora~ chairman, in the absence
of Gov. Henderson, and Mr. W. K. Terry, tempor~~y secretary of the Board.
The follOwing additions to the standing committees were made:
On the Finance , Mechanics Arts, Agriculture and Experiment Station, and
Anlinal Industry Committees, -
Mr . P. S. Haley.
on the Lands and Gr ounds, President ' s Annual Report, and Agriculture and Exper
iment St ation Committees, - ¥~ . Spright Dowell.
T~on motion, Miss Lucile Burton was elected recording secretar.y at a salary of
$100. 00.
- Dr. Chas. C. Thach read his report as president of the institution for the past
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collegiate year and same, including the reports on Hatch and ~dams Experimental
Work, Local Experiment "Tork, Smith-Lever Extension Service , report of the
Treasurer and the budget for the ensuing year were submitted to the Standing
Commi ttee on President's Report. Dr. Thach submitted also the reports of the
heads of all other departments of the Institute and these were referred to appropriate
committees.
It was moved and carried that Messrs. Feagin, Samford, and Herzfel~ be appointed
as a committee to ~ to locate an aviat.i on. gr.o und school at Auburn.
Upon motion,degrees as conferred by the Faculty of the Institute were confirmed.
It was moved by Mr. Feagin that Dr. Thach be authorized to employ an eff~cient .
man for teaching vocational agriculture at a salary of not less than three
thousand dollars a year and necessary .traveling expenses. Motion was carried.
Upon motion, the course of study in vocational agriculture, submitted by President
Thach, was adopted.
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It was moved an:! carried that the matter of furnishing p01fer for light and ,pUll\P- .
ing llater, etc. , by the Alabama Power Co. be referred to the Executive Committee
lti. th power to act. President Thach called the attention of the Board to the
urgent need of taking necessary steps toward providing a mo~e adequate water supply.
Upon motion, the Board adjourned to 3:30 o'clock p.m.
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Afternoon Session
The Board resumed its sitting at 3:30 o'clock p.m. Seven members were present.
A committee of citizens came before the Board upon the matter of light and water,
asking that the college try to effect a contract with the Alabama Power Co . ,
which would be more effibacious than present p'ower facilities of the college .
The committee \-las heard and told that the matter had been referred to the Executive
Committee.
Upon motion, Dr. <We A ~ Gardner's election of the chair of Botany was confirmed.
The election of Dr. E. R. Miller to the professorship of Re"s earch Chemistry in
Soils was confirmed upon motion.
The committee on the President's Annual Report recommended the adoption of same
and same was adopted.
On motion, the catalogue for the year 1917-191Bwas adopted.
On motion, the bueget for the ensuing year Was approved.
The following reports were confirmed, on motion:
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(1) Report on Hatch Experimental Work and' Report on Adams Experimental
Work.
( 2 ) Report on . loc al EJq:> erime nt \ior k.
(3) Report on Smith-Lever Extension Service.
(4) Report of the Treasurer 9f the Institute.
Mr. Hala.y offered the following re~olutiQns, which were pass~d:
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"Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
that they expres s to President Thach their sympathy on the loss of his mother.
Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
that they express to the family of ' Mr~ R. W. Burton their sympathy on the loss of
their husband and father.
Upon motion, Dr. Thach was requested to prepare resolutions on the death of Mr.
R. F. Kolb. .
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The f ollowing resolution was passed on motion: ,
IIEe it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic 'Institute
that they express to Gov. Henderson their appreciation of his .action in appointing
Dr. ·W. F. Feagin 'as a member of the Board of Trustees. n
It was moved that the matter of the continuation of tIE chairs of 'pharmacy am
Architecture be left to 'the President of the Institute and the Executive Commi
ttee wi.th power to act. Motion prevailed.
There being no further busines~ the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Pol~echnic
Institute adjourned sine die.
To the Board of Trustees.
Lucile Burton
Annual Report of PreSident Chas. C. Thach
of the
Alabama ' Polytechnic Institute
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Aupurn~ A~ . ~ Ma~ 31" 1918
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to hand you the annual report of the werle of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute for the year 1917-18.
Attendance -.
The institution has contribut1!!d in a large measure to the call of our country in
the present war emergency. The total attendance for the year including all de-
partments is 2009, - a slight decrease f rom last year, which was the high water
record of attendance for the college.
This attend~1ce was as follows:
-College fall , winter, -and spring terms ••••••••••• 803
College summer term. ' ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 545
Boys' srnmmer school at Auburn •••••••••••• ~ ••••••• 124
Farmers ' summer school ••••• -•••••••••••••••••••••• 537
In addition to' this work done at the college there , is an -::immense wonk done in
every county and neighborhood in the state by the farm demonstration work, boys'
clubs, girls' clubs, and farmers' institutes, the number this year being over
14,000 •
. By counties the attendance was as follows: Jefferson 98 , 1ee ,68, Montgomery '
25, Dallas 23, Walker 22, Houston 22, Mobile 17, Marengo 15; Tallapoosa 14,
Wilcox 13, Calhoun 13, Etowah 12, Clarke 12, st. Clair 11, Macon 11, Marion 10 ,
Elmore 10, Dale 10, Bullock 10, :t-fadison 10, Morgan 9, Limestone 9, Jackson .9,
Chamber 9, Coosa 9. Every county in the state \'laS represented. Two foreign
countries, Brazil and Mexico, and 15 states were represented as 'follows:
Georgia 52, Florida 19, lfississippi 17, Tennessee 14, South Carolina 12,
Loui$iana 9, Texas 6, and North Carolina 4 •
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The denominations were represented as follows: Methodists 341, Baptists 244,
Presbyterians 91, Episcopalians 49, Catholics 28, Christians 15, 'JeWish ll .~
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The classification by classes is as follows : - Graduate St ud-ents 9, senior Class
99 , Junior Class 95, Sophomore Class 168, Freshman Class 254, Pharmacy 20,
Veterinary Medicine 44, Pre-Medical Course, 18, Applied Electricity 14, Tw~
Year Course in Agriculture 26, Irregular 'students 45.
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College of Engineering and Mines,
Established 1872.
Number of professors and instructors 24.
Electrical Engineering +79, Mechanical Engineering 235, Civil Engineering 52,
~veying 238, Architecture 18, Mechanical Drawing 263, Des~riptive Geometry
114, Mechanic Arts 363, Mining 6, Machine Desi gn 77, Geology 74.
College of Agriculture .'
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Number of professors and instructors 25. •
Ag:ronorny 162, Animal Husbandry 181, Horticulture 128, Forestry 15, Chemistry
463, Chemical Laboratory 191, Entomology 36, Botany 137, Pharmacy 20, Zoology
80, Landscape Ga~dening 57 .
Academic Department ,
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Number of professors and instructors 18.
English 574, Political Economy 30, History 541, Mathematics 525, Physics 271,
French 44, German 17, Spanish 64, Education 128, International Law 205,
Hinera!ogy 23 , Radio Engineering 27, Civics 24 •
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Work
You will be pleased to !mow that the -work of the student body has been characterized
by steadiness and seriousness throughout the year, and by marked loyalty
to the college authorities. In fact, the war has made a profound impression upon
the student body and. has .h:caught .about a very serious view ~of the preparation
necessary for playing cme '.s .part .in .the .gr.eat .cr.isis. Aside from the large
number Who have answered .the .call .ta .ser.v.ice in various branches, there has
been a much smaller pe~cent .Q£ .stwdents .to .withdr~w from college this year
than usual. The demand for our graduates in every line of work has been great
and insistent. This is true in regard to the normal lines of work as well as for
the call of the army and navy.
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War Service
It is interesting to note the many line s of activity to which the college has contributed
in service' to the nation .in the world war.
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l . From the body of students .and .the alumni. there have been commissioned about
500 officers in the. amy and navy. These range' from a Major General, in France to
the young subaltern appointed yesterday.
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2. About 1100 men altogether are in the service. A complete roster has
been kept in my office and in future days will be a valuable record.
j .< \iithin ~. year April 19J.T to April. 1918 over' 225 men have enlisted in
the service out of the ranks of the student body proper in attendance at college.
The diminution in students caused by the war is between 22 and 25 per cent.
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4. Of the present Senior class, 68 have entered Goverpment service, army
and navy 54~ as follows: Po at graduates '3, Seniors 48, Pharmacy students 3, '
Government Service Food Production 14. Engineering, Artillery-, Air Service, and
the Navy all are clamoring for men, who have had scientific and technical
training, and it is gratifying to !mOl'l that your institution has done its part
in a fine way to meet this demand for technical experts.
5. About 40 members of the Auburn Reserve Officers Training Corps are in
the Fourth Officers' Traini~g Camp at Camp Grant, Camp Lee, Camp Jackson, and
College Park, Maryland. Their diplomas were issued on May '26 and duly forwarded.
By order of the War Department, 156 members of the ReserVe Officers Training
Corps of the college will report for a student .military training camp at Ft.
Sheridan, Ill. , June 3. The quota of this institution for the training camp is
the largest of any college in this section. The camps in no way alter the status
of the students in regard to the army. We . feel that this privilege afforded the
stUdents will greatly increase the interest in military training in the college.
War Activities - College Faculty.
Immediately after our country entered the war, I am glad to inform you that our
Agricultural Department was called upon to cooperate with Mr. Richard M. Hobbie,
Federal Food Administrator of Alabama, in the conservation of food, and the
opportunity to serve t he country was gladly embraced. Throughout the year the
entire machinery and organiZation of t he college, ,county farm .demonstrators,
women agents, boys' and gtrls' clubs, have cooperated in every way PQssible with
the Government in a1l of its activities. Both the Federal Food Administrator,
Mr. Hoover, and the state Food Administrator , Mr . Hobbie , have been pleased to
express their appreciation of the loyal and efficient service. Director J . F.
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Duggar, has been untiring in his efforts and has been ably aided by all of his
assistants in this patriotic work. At an early date Prof. Thomas Bragg, Professor
of Analytical Chemistry and President of the Auburn Alumni Association, was '
called to be Executive Secretary of the Food Administration of Alabama. His
services were granted for the period of the '\orar and 1 take pleasure in stating
t hat his services have been of the highest grade and value. Many of our professors
have been active in various' lines of patriotic work such as Red Cross
Four~Minute Men, Thrift stamps, Liberty Bonds, etc. A notable pi ece of work
was the Educational Survey made of Camp Sheridan by th.e director of t he Department
of Education, Prof. Z. V. Judd. This survey disclos.ed the number of Soldiers
in Camp Sheridan, who could not read or write the English language , and .it was
published in general order by the corrnl1anding officer and made the basis of the.
educational work conducted for six months' in that camp. The services of Prof.
Judd and Prof . Blasingame l'lere given free to the camp for a period of three
months . A series of intere sting lectures on the origin of the war was conducted
by the head of the Hismry Department, Dr. George Petrie. As president of the
institution it has been my duty and pleasure to serve on the Thrif t stamp
Committee Advisory ~~ar Board and l ater on the Executive Co~ittee of the ' State
Council of Defense . In this capacity I have attended a number of meetings in
Birmingham and Montgomery.
Training of Mechanics and Technicians
for the Amy
"The great demand in this 'tvar for skilled men cmd educated men in all lines
has long been apparent, tI s~.id Secretary of War . Perhaps the high and· imperative
value of industrial and technical training . c6uld not have been more emphatically
emphasized t han by the demands of the war. It is not so much a war of man
power as of brain power, of science, of chemistry, of mat hema tics, 6f electricity,
of gas engines, of steam engine s, of air plane s, and every invention that
the mind of ma.n conceived in regard to natural sources and machinery for their
appl ication. It ~ally is a matter of gratif ication to chronicle that at last
the nation has aroused to the need of vocational and industrial education.
As you kn01v, for fifty years the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been tne
pioneer in this work, in season and out of season, and we are glad to know that
the thousands of young men to whom we have .given this technical training are
now r eady to serve their country immediately and effectively. In the furtherance
of this technical education, the Government has ordered to various colleges '
select men for special training and on June 15, 200 men will report to the
college where they will be eiven instruction in the various labo ratories. The
courses offered are intended for the training of (1) general mechanics, (2)
auto-mechanics, (3) radio and wireless work . They will be housed ,in the gymnasium
and meals served them ·in Smith Dining Hall. They will be ,under regular
army discipline under the ~upervision of army officers. A certain remuneration
is given by the Government to cover the cost. The college was glad to avail
itself of the opportunity to serve the nation in this way. At an earlier date
application was made for a ground school in aviation, out without success.
Secretary Newton D. Baker has said: -
"'I'he successful outcome of the war is so dependent. upqn the applications of
science that the United states can ill afford at this time to risk any diminution
01 this supply of technically trained men . '!. 'Such ~diminution' we must in
part suffer by reason of the "fact that class exemptions in the execution of the
selective service law are prejudicial to i t s gene ral success ; but I have constantly
in mind the fact that the Government service will demand more and more
scientifically trained men, and so I hope those ~mo are in charge of scientific
institutions will impress upon young men the importance and desirability of their
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continuing their studies except to the extent that they are necessarily interrupted
by a mandatory call under the provisions of the selectiv·e conscrip'tion
law. . ...
Deferred CI~ssification of Technical Students
As a measure for the ~urtherance of this idea the War Department has arranged
a plan whereby deferred classification is given to students pursuing technical
courses such as Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Architectural,
etc., Engineering, Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, etc& This is granted
not as a favor to the individual, but as a measure" for the defense of the
nation--the student being enlisted as a regular soldier--placed on the inactive
list, but subject to call in emergency. Under this provision about fif ty
student s are enrolled. .
Military. Depar t ment ' .
For fifty years military science and tactics has been a regular subject of
teaching at the Alabam.a Polyt,echnic Institute. In , season and out of season,
even when severely criticized by leading educators, this college has steadily
pursued its course and drilled its men in the fundamental pri~nciples of the
school of the soldier. , The needs of the hour also emphasize the patient
and earnest work done by the college in this line of endeavor .
The Reserve Officers Training Corps has been continued under the direction of
Major E. T. Winston, Retired, who succeeded Captain F. W. Rowell, who was
cal led to active service a year ago , and is now serving in France with rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel. The organization is that of a regiment with a roster of
134 officers. As stated in my previous report:
10 The system is elective; members of the Junior and Senior classes
ent eri ng upon obligations, which must necessarilY'be voluntary.
2 ~ Commutation for clothing is allowed those who enter the sys~em .
3. On graduation, upon r ecommendati on of the college authorities,
students may be appointed as Second Lieutenants in the Reserve Corps, U. s.
Army.
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No obligation to perform military ~ duty after graduation is incurred by the
student:
The -corps of cadets was reviewed C?n April 20 by'-Col. , L. B. Simonds, 50th
Infantry, l-rho made a very satisfactory report, -reporting the military spirit,
zeal, and appearance of tHe cadets as excellent. Mil itary Day was observed
on February 22 with reviews, parades, calisthenics, etc. Adjutant-General
Hubbard and' Governor CHas. Henderson, chief executive of the state, and other
members of the staff were very complimentary in regard to the maneuvers.
Finances
As could be expected from the untoward circumstances incident to war, high
prices, scarcity of labo.r, etc., have made ' the expenses of the college abnormal
this ' year and re t renchment 'will be necessary. Labor has been very
expensive and building materials, chemicals and .all matter of college apparatus
and supplies are almo'st prohibitive in price, and yet the work of the
institution mU'st · go on. You will be interested in lmowing that no increase
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has been made in the income of this institution or salaries in over twelve years
and yet the amount of work done for the state and for the student body has been
simply tremendous, and I am sure has been keenly appreciated by the Board of
Trustees and by the citizens of the state of Alabama, but we are facing a condition
and not a theor,y concerning the revenue of the institution~ For instance;
coal for heat, lights, and power, pumping water , etc., for the last year has
been $5. 30 a" ~ t on and was $2.80 a ton for t he previous year • . An increase of
very nearly 100%, while owing to the severity of the winter the amount of coal
consumed has been much greater.
Funds for the College
The following table exhibits the accounts of the college for the year:
1. U. S. Fund., known as Endowment or Horrill Fund (Bonds) ••••••• $20 , 280. 00
2. U. S. Appropriation, Second Morrill Fund (by Congress ) ••••••• 28, 450 . 00
3. state appropriation, in lieu of Fert ilizer Tag TaX for wo rk
done by the Department of Chemistry ••••••••••• H • •• H. ~ •••••• 40 , 000. GO
4. One- f ourth share Illuminat ing Oil- Tax for Department of
Chemis t.I"'y' • • •••••• •• •••••••••••••••••••• • •••••••• • • • •••••••••• 14, 645. 11
5. Tui tion, Non-resident Students • • ••••• • ••• •• '0 ••• '. • • • • • • • • • • • •• 2, 040 .00
6. Surgeon and Infimary. ..... . . ........... . ... . .... . ........... 3, 650 . 00
7. Miscellaneous Income, Fees, etc •••••���••••••���•• • •••••••• • ��••• ~16,686 . 16
. $125, 751. ?7
. This is a diminution of n~ar~y nine thousand dollars.
The state appropriat iJsimothing directly for educatio. na.l work a t Auburn.
Copy of the Annual Report of the Trea,surer of the College has been forwarded to
each member of the Board of Trustees.
The receipts and expenditures of the Hatch and Adams reports have been set forth
in the regular report of the Experiment Station. Printed copies ot this report
have been sent to each member of the Board of Trustees and forwarded to the
United states Department of the Treasury, and of Agriculture , in vvashington.
The Examiner of the United states Department of Agriculture has audi t ed and
checked the Hat ch, Adams, and Lever accounts and reports them as entirely
satisfactory.
The receipts and expenditures of the college are set forth in a m9nthly . sta~e-ment
furnis~ed the president by the treasurer of the college. 00 : .
The report of the .Director of the Experi ment, Station on the boll weevil has
been duly filed with th~ Commissioner of Agriculture aecording to law and a copy
sent to each member of the Board of Trustees.
- . '" I hereby submit with my approval the Report. of the Director of the Experiment
Station on the Hatch and Adams Funds. .
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I hereby submit with my approval the Report of the Director of Extension Work
on the .local work done throug~out the state under what is called the Boll Weevil
Act.
I hereby submit with my approval the Report of the Director af Extension Work
under the Smith-Lever Funds.
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I hereby submit a copy of the .catalogue for the approval of the Board of Trustees.
I hereby submit a list of men recommended for ~Qeir degrees. With the approval
of the Board of Trustees, these degrees were conferr ed by the Faculty and
issued on May 26#
I hereby submit with my approval the Report of the College Treasurer.
Changes in the Facu~ty
Dr. W. J . Robbins, Professor of Botany, tendered his resignation and has entered
into the service of the Goverrunent. While connected with this institution Dr.
Robbins rendered highly satisfactory service both to the college and to the
station, having made important discoveries in regard to a certain toxic element
in soils . . It, 'tias. rr;i..t(l. regret that we saw him l eave the institution.
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Dr. W. A. Gardner, of t he University of Idaho , Was elected to fill the chair
left vacant by, Dr, . ~9Pp;Lp~ ~ . . Pr~ . ~ar~~r . ;L~ a graduate of the University of
Michigan, Ph.D. of the University of Chicago, and has performed the duties of
the chair through9~t tp~ . ye~r. ;Lp ~ n;Lgh~. ~pp~pt~p le . ~app~r both. t9 .the students
and to the . offlce r~. 9f . ~~ P9~l~g~ • . . ..
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I make t~~ . rol oWi pg . r~c9mm~p~~t;L9P~; ... . . . . .• .
That Prof. ' Wright A. Gardner be confirmed as Professor of Botany; that Prof. E. R.
T-iiller be elected as ProfesSJr of Research Chemistry and Soils; t-hat Prof. .
W. R. Taylor be elected Professor of English; that Mr. F. O. Mont ague be elected
as Assistant Professor in Animal Husbandry in place of Professor Ferguson,
resigned; that Instructor H. B. Stokes be made Assi stant Professor in Nechanical
Engineering and Mathematics; that Prof. R. L. Br own be made Acting Professor
of Civil Engineering temporarily until a head of the depar tment is secured; t hat
Prof. J. G. Stelzenrnuller be made Associate Professor of Civil 'Engineering and
Supt. of the viater Works.
Cormnunication has been held from time to time with representat ives of the generous
donors of the Herzfeld HeJ!lorial and owing to the high cost of materials
and la~or and the unfa.vorable conditions for construction it has been considered
advisable to post pone the erection of the infirmary until conditions are more
favorable .
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Smith-Hughes Act---Voc·ational Education.
On Feb . 23, 1917 , an act known as the "Smith-Hughe s ll Act W:;lS passed by the
Federal Congress •• • pr(!)viding for the promotion of Vocational Education. This
act provided for the promotion of vocational education; provided for cooperation
'tvith the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the
trades and industr ies; provided for cooperati on with the states in the preparation
of teachers of vocat ional subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate
its expenditure6 In my opinion this was one of the greatest pieces of Constitutional
Legislation enacted by the Congress. Having been educated and as sociated
with the pioneer college in the technical training in the South, the Faculty
together with myself are profoundly interested in this great movement. It was
my pleasure to have extensive corre spondence with the framers of the law, and
some of our suggestions were incorporated in the act. An auspicious beginning
has been made in some of t he common schools of the state. The state board, in <i ts
allotment of the work , assigned to this Institution the training of teachers in
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Agriculture. An extensive inquiry has been conduct ed for a suitable man .to
place in charge of Agricultural Education and the recommendations are hereby
subrnitted. I nominate for this place W. C. Blasingame . A thorough and scientific
course of study has been planned for the training of teachers in Agriculture
and is being submitted through the state Board to the Federal Board of Control
of the Smith-Hughes Fund. The total federal funds available to the college for
the purpose of t r aining teachers in agriculture in 1918- 19 is $4, 872.'00. In
order for this sum to be available it is necessary for the college to duplicate
the amount. The course of study in. Bachelor of Science in Education i~ hereby
submitted together with a budget for operating expenses.
'Needs of the College
As you will note from the Treasurer ' s report and the summary given above, the ,
income f rom the f ees this year is nearly $10, 000 less th~n l a st year, while the
expenses of the colleee have been unavoidably increased. ' The repair of the buiiding,
labor, insurance, . the care of the grounds, fuel ~ and every element that
enters into the general upkeep of the institution has advanced it! cost betw'een
seventy- five and eighty per cent over '-last year. I beg to quote · from my last
year's r eport as follows: .
Despite the immense growth of the institution in att endance and in development of
different technical courses, the college has been. unable to secure any additional
income from t he appropriations made by the Legislature of 1911. During that
session I presented a careful and modest budget to the legislature ani an
appropriation of $10 , 000 .00 per annum was readily made. Again fo u~ years ago,
with the same presentation of facts, an appropriation of $15, 000. 00 per annum
was made , but owing to the condition of the state Treasury, not a dollar of
these appropriations has been available. As before stated, the very best int~
rests of the institution, both in regard to equipment and te.aching staff,
are suffering most keenly. From the lack of salaries, we are constantly losing
some of our best men, While compared with o~her southern inst~tutions , over
'ihich our own graduates preside, our equipment in many important departments is
entirely inferior.
1. Fifteen .thousand dollars per year additional income for the me r~ upkeep
of t he institution under the present rate of commodities and high 'cost of living ~ -
2. Adequate Veterinary Building .
3. A Chemical Building.
4. A decent Barn for Herds .
5. A decent Herd for education of students .in Animal Husbandry.
6. Farm Machinery Building.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) Cpas. p. Thach ,
Pr~s ident
I hereby submit the following Report of the Director of the Experiment. Station
with my appro val.
Part I .
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. ( Sig~ed) C. C. Thach, Pres.
Coll ege Work
Hat ch Experimental Work.
Adams Experimental Work. '
(Report on the Looal Experiment' 'ork will be sp.Omitted as Part II
and Report on Ext ension Work will be submitted as Part III. )
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Sir:
Dr. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechruc Institute
Auburn, Alabama
I subm:kt f or t he next fiscal year the following estimates f or the teaching
work in t he agricultural department, including Soils or Agronomy and Farm
Hachinery. These are the same amounts as borne on the present budget.-
Appropriations needed for Teaching.
1. For teaching Crops, including Cotton Clas~ing
2. For Soils Laboratory, teaching
3. For Scholarship Man, teaching services in
Soils Laboratory and Field 1aborato~J
4. For teaching salary in Farm Machinery
5. For expense s, Farm Machiner.y Laboratory,
including freight on machinery to be borrowed.
Students
College Fund
See
Budget
of
President
The number of students receiving instruction in Soils and Crops under Professor
Funchess and student assistant Parker lias 143. The reduction is partly due to
vlar conditions but chiefly to the :fact t hat t he past is the first year in
which t here has been no agriculture in the course for Fr~shmen.
Agricultural Building
There is, of course, need for the same provision as in the past for the maintenance
·and janitorial service of the agricultural building .and for providing,
as soon as possible, for fire escapes.
Experiment Station Work
Publications: During the period between July 1, 1917 and May 31, 1918, t he
Experiment Station has published t he f ollovnng:
5 Bulletins
2 Circulars
5 Press Bulletins
I Annual Report
~Publications
This is a total of 273 pages, 316,500 copies and an aggregate of 1,745, 000
pages in all publicatjJons.
In addition, there are in press and in manuscript two bulletins giving results
of twenty- two years expe rimental work with soybeans. These 't'1ill probably
raise the above totals to about- 321 pages, 351,500 copies, and an aggregate of
2, 285,000 pages in all publications.
'.Jork of Agricultural Department: A detailed· list of the experiments in progress
on the Station farm in the agricultural department is given in the last annual
report of the station, copy of which ~s attached to this report .
The Local Experiment vlork, consisting of experiments made in countie s throughout
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t he ~tate and .no t at Auburn, is listed in Experiment Station Circular No . 38,
copy of which is attached.
(Above mentioned bulletins (2) filed herevuth)
This Station 's work on the subject of organic soil toxins has attracted
much favorable attention from scientific men. The credit for beginning this
work belongs to Prof. M. J. Funches~, who was lat~r effectively supported in it
by Dr. W. J. Robbins. Fresh discoveries, important from a scientific stand- "
point, and that can later probably be related to practice, have been made
~~ thin the last few months, especially by Dr. Gardner, in continuation of Dr .
Hobbins ' work. .
An even more important and original investigation has been conducted by
Professor Funchess during t he past year on manganese as a cause of infertility
of certain soils. The best of this l.york is that it can be applie'd immediately
in practice, since it demonstrates that the application of lime corrects this
poisonous effect of manganese on crop plants.
Dr. Pel tier has made " some discoveries in his investigation of citrus
canker t hat are of notable scientific impo rtance and t hat have very pract5.ca'l .
beari ngs on methods of eradicating t his disease of Satsuma oranges and other
citrus f r uits . .
•
Satisfactory progre~s has been made in experimental work in the feeding of
hogs , beef cattle, and dairy cattle in the Department of Animal HusbB.!"ldry •
. ' ar , condi tions haye required much work of a general nature in the Departments
of H9rticulture and Entomology.
The scarcity of available men. of wide experience and other conditions marle
it impracticable t hus far to secure a successor to Dr. J. T. Anderson for 'chemical
work in soils and crops.
Le9I'ning of the availability of Professor E. R. Hiller, formerly · head· of the
Depart.ment of Pharmacy of the Alabama Pol:y-technic Institute, the Director and the
Senior Professor of Chemistry join.in nominating him for this position on' the '
f olloiving basis: - a salary of twenty-four hundred dollars for eleven months
ivork, of which two t housand dollars is payable from experiment station funds as
compensatio~ for four-fifths of his time . It is understood that the college
will pax him four hundred dollars fo r teaching an advanced class in organic chemistry.
The .attached Experiment Station Budget devoted to chemistry the same
tqtaJ., aIpount as heretofore .
e ~
. . Th~re is urgent need that a man of Professor }uller ' s technical prof iciency
sho~d have ~ the full time of an assistant available exclusively for investiga- "
tional 'tvo:r;k and should .have a larger maintenance f und t han the "Federal revenues
of the Experiment Station permit. Therefore, I recommend that if any saving i~
Statiqn ' f'l!nds can be made "by the taking over under the Smith-Hughes funds ' of a
larger part of the salary of any instructor or professor now engaged in both
investigation and teaching, the greater part of the amount so saved be applied
< to th~ employment of an assistrult to Professor Miller for Station work and of oan
assistant for Professor. Funchess' investigations.
Your attention is respectfull~ called to the danger that threatens this .
and every other institution with limited financial support, - namel y, the danger
of losing to 't-vealthier .institutions. our stroneest investigators. I have special
reference in our case to Dr. Peltier, Hho has done most brilliant scientific
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work during the past two years; and to As so ci ate Agr iculturist E. F. Cauthen.
The latter can command a higher salary in Smith- Hughes and other agricultural
work.
The Budget
The ,budget submitted this week is on the basis of making an increase in
the salari~s of t hese men which, though small, is expected to retain their
services. The budget i s- attached herewith as page four .
Respectfully submitted ,
(Signed) J. F. Duggar,
Director
Experiment s tation of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Hatch and Adams Budgets 1918- 1919
Salaries
Positions
Veterinarian
Director of Station
Botanist
Horticulturist
Asst. Horticulturist (Price)
Entomologist (Hinds)
Chemistry of Soils and Crops
Asst . Chemist of Soils ,
Chemistry (Physiologic~l) , Hare
Agriculturist - Farm Supt. (Cauthen)
Animal Husbandman (Templeton)
Foreman, Agr. Farm
Asst . An. Husb. (Montague)
Herdsman
Plant ~athologist
Agronomist (Funchess)
Treasurer
As sist~nt Entomologist (Thoma~)
Assistant Entomologist (Warren)
Assistant Botanist
Secretary and Asst. Agr. (Sellers)
Asst. Recorder (Pearson)
Assoc. Plant Breeder (Tisdale)
Asst. Librarian
Library Helper:
Research Scholarship in Botany
Hatch Adams
600.
1600.
100. 900.
2)0.
300. College
100. 100. 1400. (Total now $3000.
Local 900-Exten. 500 . )
200. 1800 . (Besides college $400 . )
30. 220.
700.
ilOO. 500 . (Besides $200 . Local Exp. )
1000. 400.
360. 300. (Besides $180 . Farm
Products)
300. 475.
_ 200.
1250. (Besides $750. Local
and $400. Extension)
900. (Besides $300. Local
500.
and $900. College)
(Besides $350. L. E.
and $100. Exten. )
100. 500. (Besides $300. L. E.
and $900 . Exten. )
500. (Besides $1, 100 Local
and Extension)
100. 300. (Besides $1, 000. College)
300. (Besides $1,500 Local
and Extension) .
90. (Besides $1,710. Exten. )
90. I 270. (Besides ~1440 . Local,
Exten. , and U. s .)
250.
75.
500 200.
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student Asst. in Agriculture
Clerical Help
Boohl{eeper(S. J . T. Price)
Senior Prof . of Chemistry
(Instructor Entomology Bush)
Maintenance:
Publications
Animal Husbandry
Botany
ChemistFY of SOils .and Crops
Chemistry (Physiological)
Soils (Funchess)
Entomology
Agriculture and Plant Breeding
Horticulture
Library
Fuel
Travel and Administrative Expense
Repairs and Buildings
Contingent
Veterinary
Plant Pathology
Hatch
100.
100 .
120.
2.)0.
1370.
1100 .
100.
100.
100.
2.)00 •.
900.
400 .
170.
150.
75.
2.)0 .
-170 .
15, 000.
Adams
(Besides $1580 . Exten. )
100. (College $700. and
Local -$100. )
800.
800.
200 .
100.
100.
79).
.600.
100.
255.
280.
15,000 .
(
(From Farm Products)
I hereby submit the following Report of the Dir ector on Local Experiment
Hork, with my approval.
Dr. C. C. Thach, President,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Ala.
Sir:
Respectfully,
.C.S~gp~.PJ . P.. , P.-. :I'!1p.FP.J. 'pre siden t.
I hereby submit· my. report· of· the· Local· Eocper iment 1Nork of all departments
of Experiment station· receiving · partia~support· from this State fund , which is
intended mainly. for popular experimental work· of an immediateiy practical
character. . . . . .. . ., . , .. . . < • • • , • • • • • • • • •
A report of the activities of t he Local Experiment Hork is contained,
in summary form, on, pages 12 to 19 of Circular N~ . 38, copy of which is filed as
part of this report. More detailed statements of the work in each department may
be found on pages 21 to 52 of the same publication.
Nature of Local Experiment Work
The experiments supported by this fund are conducted in practically every
county in the state under t~e superv?-~ of trayelin~ representatives of the
Experiment Station. The most numerous experimen~s are those to determine the
best combinati ons of fertilizers for cotton, corn, -SV'Teet potatoes, peanuts, and
other crops on each of the principal salls of th~ state. Next in number and
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importance co~e tests of var~eties of all of the staple crops and experiments
vdth the most p~omising forage plants.
There is also experimental work in various counties in horticulture , in
drainage, in plant breeding, and with ~njurious insects and plant di seases.
o •
Feeding experiments with beef cat~le are conducted on a feeding station
at Allenville , where the sta~on has fr.ee use of all the land, buildings, livestock
and other equipment on .thE? farm of Judge B. H. Allen •
.
Likewise, a feeding station for e~eriments with ho gs is maintained on
the same terms on the fam 0.( Hr. Thos •. 111artin, near Union Springs.
o
~eriments in feeding ppultry a r~ conducted on a poultry farm at Citron- ' ,
elle year after year.
Local Experiment Fund
Financial Recommendations for the year beginning July 1, 1918.
(1) Plant Pathology or Dise ~es .t
" Posi tiol1 or
Expenditure .
Appropriation. Balance
from 1917
$1000.. $300.
Total
Available .
$1, 300.
Part Salary Dr. Peltier •• ' •• • ••• • G • • • " •�� • ••• • • • ••••• • • • • •••••• •• $750.
Travel, supplies, etc •• • • •••••..••• •••• • ••• ••.•••••• •••• .• • ••• 550 •
$1300.
( 2) Horticulture
$2000. $224. 35 $2,224.35
Part salary Prof. Starcher •••• ••••• •• • • •• ••• •.• •• • • •••••• • • ���• $300.
Part salar.y Field Agent Hawkins •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 500.
Part Salary Field Agent or Isbell.,........... . ... . .. . . . ...... 400.
Tra.veling, E.xPenses. e .e •• • •••• •• •• ••• •••• - . ' ~ ~ • • •••••• •• • • ••• • ••• ,5(>0 .
Supplie s, etc .. . . . . ...... ..... . . . . .. . . ... . .. . .. ..... . .. . .. ... 524. 35
$2 ,224. J5
(3) Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Drainage and Farm' Machine~J;
Publications and Administration
Position or Expenditure.
Annual AppropriationBalance
from 1917
Total available -
Agricultural Editor
Crops Plant
Breeding
$7000. _ $1200.
974. 82 '
$7974. 82 $1200.
Drainage Publications
and Machine~J and
$1500.
Administration
$2500.
726. 46
$3226. 46
200.
r
. <. .
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Position or Expenditure
Assoc . Pl. Breeder (Tisdale)
Field A~t. Williamson
Asst. and Sec. (Sellers)
Recorder (Cauthen)
Agronomist (Funchess)
Director
Treasurer
Stenography and Office Help
Agricultural Engineer
Drainage
Crops
1900.
200. .
300.
300.
620.
Plant
Breeding
300.
200.
80.
Drainage &
Machinery
500.
too .
Publications
& Administration
2.00 •
200 .
39) .
400.
. . , , .. , . 720000 . 50. 50. ~ Labor and Hisel. , .. . , . 50. ' , . , . , , ... , , 100 •
Postage and ' stationery ~O.
Freight and ~ress
Office Asst. ,Records , etc.
Printing, etc:.
259. . .1QQ. " .. . -. .3Q L
20Q. 100. . ... , .. ,' ...
.13, 761. 1.~6
100.
T. ravel . Fertilizers, Seeds, etc .
l~q .
1700.
Office Furniture , Repairs
and Contingent
Fuel, Li ght and i:;a ter
Total Est. E:xpenditures
154. 82'
150.
f914. 8~
. 20 .
1200.
(4) Junior and Home Economics Extension
(from Local Experiment Fund)
Position or Expenditure Girls'
Clubs
Annual Appropriation $1330.
Balance from 1917
Total available $1330.
Part Sal. Supt. Duncan 300.
Part Travel ?Upt. Duncan 250.
Part Salary (Newman)
Part Travel (Feminear)
Part Travel (Ford)
500.
stenography and Extra Labor
Labor and Miscl . Supplies 280 .
$1,330.
. . (5) Animal Husbandry and Poul try
Position or Expenditure
Annual ppropriation
Balance from 1917
Part Salary (Templeton)
Supt. Beef Cattle Experiments in
West Ala. E. Gibbens
Boys'
Clubs
$2270 .
655 .• 58
$2925. 58
300.
340.
400 .
900 .
985. 58
"'2925. 58
Salary Supt. Hog Experiments in Southeast
Alabama (G. L. Burleson)
sten? graphy
1$00.
Pig Poultry .
Clubs Clubs
$1220. $180.
111. 77 94.05
$1331. 77 $274. 05
300.
720.
311. 77 274. 05
$1331. 77 $274.05
An~nal Husbandry
°3, 500.
1, 221. 36
~4,721 . 36
150.
1, 8000
1, 000.
180.
3226. 46 .
Total
$5,000.
861. 40
$5 , 861.40
CDO.
590 .
400 .
500 .
300.
1620.
1851. 40
5861. }40
oultry
$1000.
~lOOO .
i50 ~
180.
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Animal ~ usbandry and Poultry
Position or Expenditure Animal Husbandry Poultry
Traveling ' F~enses and Incidentals
TNages Local Poultry 11an (E. SchleuterbusGh)
Farm Poult ry Project (J. A. Stephens)
Experiments of Short Duration, Incidentals, etc.
Horse and Mule Feeding F~ts . (to be located)
Asst. for Special Velvet Beans Feeding
~xperimeRts (to be selected)
(6) Entomology
~391 . 36
300 . 00
900. 00
$4721 . 36
'222.
360. ~
h8.
100.
1, 000 .
Annual Appropriation: •..... . ..•• : ..•.•..• ; ••..•..••.. . .••••. ; .•...• $2300.
Position OF Expenditure
Part Salary D. C. l.rJ"arren. I • •••• • ••••••••••• $600.
Part Salary Dr. Hinds ••••.•••••••••• :. ..... 908.
Part Sala~ Fi L. Thomas •••••••• • ••••••• • •• 300.
Part Salary J . E. Buck ••• : •.••••••••• , ••••• lOG .
(Total Salary $1600.)
(Total -Salary $3000. )
(Total Sal ary ' 1808. )
(Besides $700. College and $100.
Adam~)
l1iscellaneous Expenses. ~ • • • . • . • • • • • • • . • • • •• 400.
$230G •.
.
Publieations
DUring the last calendar year the fo llowing publications were issued at
the expense of the Local Experiment Fund:
Bulletin No . 198: Part I . Velvet ;Beans compared with Cottonseed Meal
for Fattening steers.
Part II. Velvet Beans , Cottonseed Meal, and Corn as
Feeds for Dairy· Cattle.
Part III. Velvet Bean Pasture Compared with Corn and
Dried Blood; Velvet Bean Meal Compared with
Corn for Fattening Hogso
' Bulletin No . 199: Report on Fr eeze Injury to Citrus Trees for o 1916 and 1917,
with Notes on Orange Culture in South Alabama •
. Circular No . 35: Annual Report of the Directpr of the Expe~iment Station
on Work Done under the L~cal Experiment Law i n 1916.
· Circular No . 36: Preserving Eggs for Home Use .
I
Respectfull y submitted,
(Signed) J . F. Duggar, Director
I have the honor to submit the following
Report from the Director of the Smith-Lever Extensi on . Se~ic e ,
wi th my approval •
. (Signe_d) C. C. Thach, President
Dr. C. C. Thach, President ,
-Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Ala.
Sir:
I herewith submit a summary report of the ~tension Service for the
past year, including tentative estimates f or the fiscal year beginning July 1 ,
1918.
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Nature of Extension ork
Long and var ied is the list of the activities of the Extension Service during
the past year . In brief, these have centered around the f~llowing main lines :
(1) Farm Demonstration Work .
(2) Home Demonstration Work for Girls and -omen.
(3) Club ork for Bo~s
(4) Increased Production of Crops , Vegetabl es, Beef Cattle, Hogs, Dairy
Product s .
(5) C ontral or Restriction of Plant Diseases, Insect Pests, and Hog
Cholera.
(6) Every Form of Production and Conservation of Food,
(7) Demonstration Work for Negro Hen and Negro Women;" and
(8) The More Profitable Marketing of Hogs and Farm Products ~
I ncr eased Work and Personnel .
There has been a tremendous increase in the amount of work and number of
workers in t he Home Demonstration Div~sion and a considerable increase in Farm
Demonstration and Boys' Club Work, all rendered poss~ble by the passage in Congress
of the Emergency Food Productio~ Bill, under which enlarged organization was
begun last S8ptem~er . The part "of t his fund allotted t o Alabama by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture was $35000 for Home Demonstration ~ork , $)) , 000 for
Fann Demonstration, and $5, 000 for Boys ' Club 1lork .
The Ext ension Service· of the A. P. I . Was made -the administr ator of this fund
in Alabama. The cONsequent supervision entailed a tremendous increase in the
amount of administrative and clerical work in the Office of the Extension
Director and others.
By means of this fund it was possible within the year to increase the number
of women county home ~ demonstration agents from 29 to 65; of boys ' cluq agents
from 3 to 6; and -of negro men and IDm8n agents and supervisors from 2d .to 40,
in accordance with the Federal subdivision of the fund .
War Activitie s
The Goverrun nt has freely used the demonstration agent~ and hence the entire
administrative staff~f the Extension Servi ce in its every war activity whether of
food production, ·food conservation, direc:t assistance to the far Department,
to the Departmen~ of -Labor, and in the drives for liberty loans and other patriotic
ends . To these ·enlarged and varied war-time activities the Extension Service
has been fou~d adequate .
The Government has r egarded the f arm demonstration agents and similar male
employees as engaged dn the direct support of the Nation ' s military policy, and
hence , has usuall~ gLven them deferred classification when they are of draft
age or have served sufficiently l ong.
t Next Year's Work
With constan~ ca~ls for ever-widening activities t he Extension Service is
confronted , in making its plans for next year, ' by the unprecedented demand for
trained men, by their relative scarci~ , and by the higher prices now being
paid for such men-and even for clerical helpers by vTealthier institutions and
the Federal Government.
The Extension Service has not only lost a number of county agent s and
assistants but also th Agricultural Engineer , Profe s sor R. U. Blasingame and
and the Extension Agr onomi st, Prof. D. J . Burleson. Extensive search has
failed to find, at figures near the salaries formerly paid t hese strong men)
successors capable of filling the positions as satisfactorily. Th~refore , it
is proposed upon recei ving your approval to offer to these men a salary of
$2500.
. An additional reaoon for attempting to recall Mr. Burleson is our great
need for ~ man of his long experience, gpod judgment , and unusual ability as
a speaker to take charge of extension meetings, especially moyable schools,
of which latter, Prof essor Duncan has asked to be relieved in view of the increased
amount of his work for women, girls, and club boys.
Much more conser vative advances are proposed in the salary list submitted
for some of the other , experienced and indispensable members of the staff of the
Extension Service, with a view to retaining them in their present positions .
I nominate Hr . L. A. Niven, as Agricultural Editor of Stati on and Extension
Service , at $2,200 .
Extension Budget
~either the Appropr.iation Bill for th~ U. S. Department of Agricul t ure
nor . the. Emergency Food Production Bil l ha.s yet passed Congr~ss.
Therefore , ' the following ~ is submitted merely as ~ t entative budget 00
as to be conformed lat er to the pending Federal Legislation referred to and
to the regulations of the U. S. Departmel}t . o.f Agriculture governing all
cooperative agricultural work with the agricultural colleges.
Tentative Extension Service Budget .
Smith- Lever Funds (Federal and State)
Farm Demonstration 27 , 3Bo .
Girls ' Clubs 20 ,155.
Boys' Clubs 1, 200.
Pig Clubs 1,020.
Poultry Clubs (Girls) 2, 350 .
Administration 12, 225.
Publications and Printing 5, 749 . 85
gricultural Editor and his tenographer 3, 000.
Movable 3chools for ~fuites and Negroes 2, 000.
Agronomy 7,200.
Dairying 2, 480.
Beef' Cattle 3, 100.
Horticulture 2, 39] .
Entomology 2, 500.
Specialists in Othe,r Departments (Cler. ) 1, 600.
Marke ting and Farm Finances 7,300.
Hog Cholera Extension (Dr . H. C. Wilson) 750 .
Farm Demonstration for Negroes 7, 200.
Home Demonstration for Negroes 2, 2:>0.
Agricultural Engineering 5,700.
Contingent, Project to be chosen later. . 3, 961. 52
Farm Management Specialist (F. D. stevens) Boo.
Sheep Specialist 400.
Farm and Home Conveniences ' ~ 600 .
Rent , Repairs , Construct ion and Other Non-offsets 2, 000.
To tal : -$'1~2~5"",~ 22=1-.' :":37=---
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-I
- ,
Income:
From Federal Treasury, Federal Smith Lever Fund
From state ';'ppropriation (Year ending June 1919)
Total:
$ 85, 221037
. 40 , 000. 00
$I2~, 221. 37
58
The work of county farm demonstration agents, home demonstration agents,
ruld with boys ' and girls ' clubs i s further supported by direct Federal appro7
prtation for demonstration work , and on the passage of t he Emergency Food
Production Bill, by additional sums under this bill, of which the amount for .
Alabama will be determined later by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
{ . Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) J . F. Duggar,
Director Extension Service
~Publications of the Alabama Ext ension Service
Date
9-t4- 17
\.
7 -~~-17
3- 2,- 18
3-2-18
~ .
4-1918
t
for the fiscal year 1917- 1918 (From July 1, 1917 to June 1, 1918 only)
No . of Publication Title of Publication No. Issued No. Pps., -Total No.
: . Pages
Farmers ' Leaflet # 18 IIInfections Kera ti tis
and Conjunctivitis in
Cattle 11 (By Veterinarian) 2, 000 1
Farmers ' Leaflet # 19 "Marketing the Corn Crop"
(By Director 40 , 000 1
Extension Circular # 12
"Canning Fruit and
Vegetables" (By Associate
Horticulturist) 10, 000 16
Extension Circular # 13
liThe Home Orchard" (By
Hor ticulturist and Asso-ciate)
25, 000 . 24
Extension Circular # 14
"The Spring Garden"
(By ssociate Horti cul~uri st)
30, 000 . 4 .
Extension Circular # 15
"How 'to Construct a Fiue
Heated Hot Bed 11 (By
Associate Horticulturist) 30 , 000
Extension Circular # 16
"Farm l'1anagement Record Book"
t
4
(By Agriculturist U. S.D.A.} 500 76
· . 2,.00Q
40 ,:00Q
1CO , 000
· . 624, 000
120, 000
120,·0 00
· . 38, POO.
Home and Farm Conveniences: (Prepared by M. Thos . F~llan) •
Total : 137 , 500 126 1, 104,900.
(In. addition there Was issued 5 plate service.sets of articles, consisting oi 6~'
articles, issued in August, October 1917 Bnd J anuary, Harch and May 19J..8 . )
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List of Salaries of Employees of Experiment Stat.i on and Ext ensi on Service
(Based on Budgets for Fiscal Year beginni ng July 1, 1918)
Name ~ -L. E. Hatch Adams
Animal Husbandry:
G. So. Templeton 300 . 1000
E. Gibbens 1800
G. L. Burleson 1000
H. Schleuterbusch 300
F. o. Hon tague 300
E. A. Phill ips (Herdsman)
Beef Cattle & Dairying :
Beef Cattle Expert (Vacant)
Dairy Expert (Quinerly)
Asst. Dairy Expert (Eaton)
stenographer Beef
Cattle & Dairying (Gilmore)
-Director t's .Offi-ce --
Agriculture, etc . :
J . F. Duggar
H. B. Tisdale
J . T. vlilliam son
O. H.t 'Sellers
E. F. Cauthen
M. J .t Funchess
Agr. Engineer
Mrs. Peacock
Miss Hassengale
500
300
1900
400.
200
300.
500
300
I'1iss cVict oria Steele
Miss Inez Cotten 600
~~ . Johnson (Agr. Foreman)
f1. H. Pearson
Scho1.arship in Agr. ~
Agr. Editor (Niven) 200
1600
90
300
1300
360
90
100
M. A. Glenn 350 500
Miss Nary Martin (Asst. Lib. )250
Student Asst. Lib. ". 75
Exten. Agronomist (Vacant)
s. J . T. Price , Bookkeeper 120
400
475
200
270
900
300
Smit h College Gov . st. Hort. Total
Lever or State
200
580
6&J
300
900
1400
540
, 1300
600
1700
900
900
840
480
1710
150
2000
100
650
500'
725
520
1000
300
1620
1440
1500
300
600
60 (Creamery)
180 (Sales)
2,400
1, 800
1,000
300
1, 500
720
2, 200
2, 100
1, 800
900
3, 800H
-1 ,8 00
1, 900
2, 00.0
"2;100H
2, 2)0
(Hax) . -"2, 500
1,200
900
840
'1,140
840
1, 800
250
Z, 200
M. • Fullan,(specia1ist Home Improvement)
2500
1580
300
900
75
(Max. ) 7,500
1, 700
300
Marketing:
J . J . ' atson
L. T . ~ Wells ( .
Stenography (incl. Agr. Engin. Vacant)
Chemistry:
C. L. Hare ~ 700
B. B. Ross 200
Dr. E. R. Miller 3)0 1800
Asst. to Dr. 30 220
H. C. ~ ilson (Hog Cholera Expert)
F. D. stevens (Farm Ivlanagement E.,"'q)ert)
Sheep Specialists (Vacant)
2200
1800
900
600
400
400
1500
400
1800
1700
2000
2,200
1, 800
900
2, 200
2, 400
2, 400
2,100
(Max. ) 2,400
-,
2<00
List Sal. Employees ~t. Station & Exten. Service
Name L.E. Hatch Adams Smith College Gov. st. Hort. Total
Lever or State
Boys' , and 0 Girls' Clubs :
L. N. Duncan 600 320 2080 3000
C. E. Newman 400 500 900 1800
Miss ~ etzel 240 360 360 . • 960
Mis s Julia He nry · 900 900
Miss Julia Perdue 720 180 900
Miss Crenshaw 720 720
Miss Kate Lane 282 564 846
Hiss Feminear 2000 2000
J. C. Ford 320 1680 2000
Miss Keown 1800 1800
P. O. Davis ) . 180.0 1800
Gladys Tappan 1140 360 1500
Louise Thomas 1500 1500
Helen Johnson 720 600 1320
A. G. T. I.
Entomology:
H. E. Hinds 900 100 1400 500 100 3000
D. C. Harren 600 500 500 1600
F. L. Thomas 300 100 500 90b 1800
J. E. Buck 100 100 . . ' 700 SOO
Mr. Posey 300 540 840
Hor ticulture :
G. C. Starcher 300 200 ~ 150 450 1100 2200H
J . C. C. Price 300 200 600 500 1600H
L. A. Hawkins 500 600 ~ 500 1600
C. L. Isbell 400 1000' { 400 1800
or I sbell, C. L. 1800 1800
Hr s . Goggins 300 600 900
Farm Demonstration:
J . T. Wat t 500 2200 2700
w. L. Lett 500 tsoo 2000
C. 11. Mauldin 500 · l SbO 2000
A. D. Whitehead 240 1760 2000
E. S. Pace 2000 2000
Miss Caldwell 600 300 900
Plant Pathology :
Dr. G. L. Peltier .750 1250 400 2400
Veterinary: ') ,
C. A. Cary 600
Botany:
"vl. A. Gardner 100 900 - ' 1000 2000
Asst. Botan;i.st .! I 100 300 1000 1400 :.. Scholarship in Botany 50 200 250
Fuel, Light, Water, etc. 150 170 255 .. 425 1000
Janitors 500 280 . 780
-_.- --~- -~- ------ - ----
2w(
DegI'ee.~
The Board of Trustees confi r med the following Degrees, <as- conferred by the Pre sident
and Faculty of the Inst itut e:
Bachelor of Science
Graduates
B. S. Roger William Allen Jefferson
William Wallace Allen Florida
Jerome Cochran Ard Dale
Jame s Oliver Avery Marion
Harion Russell Avery Franklin
Berta Leon Balch Macon
Costa Boone Barker Lee
Forest Reynol s Birchfield Jefferson
Hadiso n Leroy Bonner Clay
Charles Jacob Brock~vay Sumter
Ollie Clifton Bryan Coffee
Gurley Everett Burgin Jefferson
George Larkin Burleson Marion
. Raiph Akin Carroll Lee
Elwyn Allen Cary Lee
William Edmond Conger Louisiana
John Stephen Neal Davis, Jr. Georgia
Charles Edwin Doughtie , Jr. Georgia
Richard Joseph Ducote 110bile
Elmer Odell Duffey Jerrerson
Llewellyn Goode Duggar Lee
Yndalecio Andres Elizondo Hexico
McKendree Heard Floyd Lee
James Thomas Fowler, Jr. . Houston
William Edward Frawley, Jr. Jefferson
En1est Vossie Frederick Florida
James Tolbert French Pike
William Arnold Guess Mississippi
John Henry Hamilton Jefferson
B. H. Haynes, Jr. Clay
Lewis Harris Heyman Tennessee
S~nuel ~Vh ite Hill North Carolina
John Thomas Hudson, Jr .
Samuel Robert"Huey
David Charles Jimmerson
Elizabeth McT,yeire Johnson
Lucius Wiley Johnson
Robert Dawson Jordan
Robert Thomas Kernachan
Albert Johnson Kirby
Benj amin Terrell Kirby
Augustus Theodore Levie
George Ernest Lumpkin
Richard Rose McAdory
v illiam Cook HcKay
Oscar Lafayette Martin
Oliver Norfleet Massengale
James Belser Mayes, Jr.
John Herbert Murray
James Rembert Nesbitt
Frank Wilson Parker
Tennessee
Jefferson
Lee
Lee
Tuscaloosa
Crenshaw
Colbert
Jackson
Georgia
Coosa
Marshall
Jefferson
Montgomery
South Carolina
Elmore
Georgia
Escambia
J efferson
Kentucky
Chemical Engineering
Elflctrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
Agriculture
General
General
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
Agriculture
Agriculture
Architecture
Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Hechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engine eri~g
Mechanical Engineering
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
General
Agriculture
Civil Engineering
Agriculture
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Agriculture
Agricul ture
- Electrical Engineering
General
Chemical Enginee~ing
Civil Engineering
Agriculture
Agriculture
Agricul ture
��� I •
Ph. G.
Julius Albert Peterson
Elison Avery Phillips
Henry Leland Reynolds
Joe Possey Robertson
1-Jilliam Johnson Ross
otto Henry Schulty, Jr .
Albert Sidney Scott
John McElroy Selman
John Andrew Shealy
William Clem Sills
Ro.bert Paul Simmons
Thomas Andrews Sims
John Marion Sparrow
John Alan Strozier
William Woodward Sullivan
Esther Thompson
1Villiam Rufus Turnipseed
Charles Spencer 1r-Tarren
John Harrison Watson
Laura \'V'att
Ulon Victor '''ellons
tvilliam Benj amin 've st
James Hen~ Witherington
William Herm~l Withington
John Fletcher Yarbrough
Coosa
Clay
South Carolina
Fayette
Calhou_n
Jefferson
1, a,lker
Coosa
Louisiana
1-1ilcox
Dale
Walker
Lee
Georgia
South Care> lina
Randolph
Bullock
Montgomery
Lee
Lee
Georgia
Cherokee
ConecuhJefferson
Houston
'Gradua te 0 f Pharmacy
Robert Turpee Ashurst; Jr. Tall apoosa ;.
Henr~y Grady Buchanan Tennessee
John Rufus Evans Georgia t
Ford Benson Patterson Baldwin
Thomas Simes Harshall ~
Milton LeGrand Wood, Jr. lVIont gomery
General
Agricul ture
Agriculture
}fechanical Engineering
Hechanical Engineering
l'''lechanical Engineering
General
Mechanical Engineering
Agriculture
Agricul ture
Electrical Engineering
Agricul ture
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemistr-.f & Metallurgy
Agricult ure
Hining Engineering
Elect rical Engineering
General
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
Electrical Engineering
Agriculture
~ .
Doctor of Veterinary 1edicine
M. S. John Parker Shaffer
John Heriwether 'Vard
Lawrence Marvin HcRae
Alan Benjamin Pimm
John Andrew Douglas
Walter Hugh Roberts
Thomas Morris Francis
Tallapoosa
Greene
Chambers
Professional Degrees in COL~se
Civil Engineer
Florida
Electrical Engineer
Mobile
11echanical Engineer
Pittsburgh
" , ,."
Degrees for Professional Work
Mechanical Engineer
Montgomery
The Budget
for the Term 1918-1919 .
Ge eral
General
Agriculture
Endowment 2nd Morrill state Funds Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
20 , 280
resident
Thach , C. C. 12 mos . 3, 000
Mathematics
Crenshaw, B. H. 9 mos. l , OOO
Civil Engineer
History &. Latin-Chmn.
Ex. Committee
Petrie , Geo . 9 mo s. 2, 000
l1echan. Engineer
Supt. Gr ounds
Hilmo re , J. J . 9 mo s .
Physiol., Vet. Sci. &
state Vet.
Cary, C. A. 12 mos.
Pharmacy
Blake , L. S. 9 mos. 1, 800
Ag . & Director of sta.
Duggar, J . F. 12 mos.
Elec . Engineer
Dunstan, A. St. C. 9 mos.
Geol. & Mining Engineer
Brown, R. L. 9 mos. 300
Mod. Languages 9 mos. 1800
Botany
Gardner, U.A. 12 mo s.
Physics
Dunstan, A. st. C. 9 mos. l000
Hor t . & s t at e Hort .
starcher, G. C. 12 mos.
28 , 550
1, 400
1, 000
600
1,700
2,000
1,800
1,100
State Hort.
Fees, etc . Exp~~.
40, 000
WO
200
300
900
1, 400
200
200
400
1, 000
450
15,.000 15, 000
5, 000
2, 200
2., 9.0 0.
2, 600
600 ( st. Vet • .500) 2,400f
1, 600
200 900
200
Serum Pl. 300
2, 000
500 1, 400 3, 800
f 300 f Res.
2,200
300
2, 100
2,200
2, 100
1 ,00q
2,. 200 t Res.
T:18 Budbet
1913- 1919.
Endowment 2nd Horr i l 1 state Funds Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
2nd Prof. Math.
Messick, J . F. 9 mos.
Archi tecture
Biggin, F. C. 9 mos.
Entomology
HI· nd s , I J • ...;.!.,. . 12 mos.
Chemistry
(1) Ross , B. B. 12 mos .
Clerk Chern.
( 2) Chern. of Soils
Miller, E.R. 11 nos.
(31_Prof. Phys. Chern.
Hare, C. L. 12 mos. _
(4) Asst . Prof. Chern.
Powell, P. P. 12 mos .
(5) Anal . Chemist
Jackson, J . B. 12 mos .
(6) Asst . Chemist
1<Jhi te
Asst . in Chem.
in Adams F'.JCp. 12 mos.
(7) Asst. in Chern.
Martin, H. }fi. 12 mos.
(S) Asst . in Chern.
Feedstuffs
Gent ry, H. S.
Prof. Hech. Dratv.
& Machine Design
Fu1lan, M. T. 12 mos.
Prof. F.lec. & Tel. Engr.
Hill , 1'1. 1\[. 12 mos.
Inst. Hech . Eng .
&. Hath.
Stokes, 1~ . B.
Asst. in Drawing
& Bandmaster
A. L. Thomas
Dir. & Prof. hys. CuI.
Instr. in Latin & Ma th.
Donahue , H. J .
Pro:f. Animal Husbandry
Templeton, G. S. 12 mos.
Proi'. Education
20 , 280
1, 000
600
950
700
(Dir. & Prof. Summer Session)
Judd, z. V. 12 mos .
Asst. Prof. Animal
Husbandry
Hont ague , F. O.
Herdsman
Ford Horris , 12 mos .
Asst. Prof. Hort.
state Hort.
Price, J . C. 12 mos.
- - - ---- - - - ------
28, 550
1, 000
1, 000
650
750
<.
State Hort.
(500)
(700)
Fee s, et c . Exp .
40 , 000
900
1, 000
300
~
1, 800
100
400
900
1, 400
1, 500
1, 300
1, 200
400
( 100)
(1 400)500
1, 309
750
1, 500
1, 400
500
3, 250
725
400
(WO
(500
15, 000 15, 000
;.
1, 900
2, 000
100 1, 400 900 · 300 3, 000
200 · 3, 000
100
(
200 1, 800 · 2, 400
700 · 2, 200
1, 400
1, 500
1, 300
1, 200
(Feedstuffs 800) -1, 200
(Power
1, 000
300
300
Plant 500)
400 '300 ·200
t -
475
· 2,100
plus 300
Ex~;8B~ on
· 500
· 1, 500
1, 500
1, 400
> 2, 400
3, 250
1, 500
200 (Dept . An. 720
Husbandry 120 )
200 1, 600
f Res.
'--- -
The Budget
1918- 1919
Endowment -2nd Morrill~ State. Funds Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
Fees, etc, Exp.
~ 20 ; 280 28 , 550 40 ~ 000 15; 000 15, 000
A§sts. i n Vet . Sci .
McAdory, I . s. (1,500f200 Serum)
Llewellyn, G. W. (lOOO)
Ferguson, C. " . (1000)
Williams, M. W. (1000)
Pro f . Agro nomy
Funche ss, 11. J . 12 mos.
Treasurer
Glenn, M. A. 12 mos. 650
Asst. to Treasurer
Inst . in Botany
Asst. Ento mol .
BUck, J . E.
(l)Cond. ~5~Engl .
(3)History ~4) Botany
(5) Mech. Arts.
(6)Shop (7) Forge
(8)Hach. Des. (9)Chem.
(1.0) \ aterwor ks
(11) (a) Botany(b)Agriculture
Recording Clerks
Registrar &
Asst. in Hath.
Shi, B. L.
Stenog.
to Pre sident
Asst. Prof. Math .
Sfii, B. L. 12 mos. 4.0.0
Libr arian, Prof. Eng.
Ru.tland, J . R. 9 mo·s. 55.0
Prof. Education &
Prof . Summer Session
Blasingame , W. C. 12 mos.
Asst. Librarian
Miss Hartin 12 mos.
A~st . Hist. & Latin
Reynolds & Fellow'
Surgeon
Di. Drake, J. H.
Instr. Mech. Eng. & Shop
Hixon, C. R. 9 mos.
Assoc . Prof. English
Taylor, W. R.
A~st . in C. E.
Stelzenmu11er, J. G. 9 mos.
Night Watchman
Asst. Library
Scholar shfps .
Secy. Trustees
Miss Burton 10.0
4, 500
45.0
50.0
1,55.0
1, 200
36.0
1, .000
10.0
1, .0.0.0
500
500
1.00
10.0
•
3.0.0
500
(a )Bot. 50 (c)
2, 500(b)Ag. I.O.O (20P )
30.0
7.00
1, .000
1, .05.0
2, 4.0.0
65.0 25.0
115.0 Reynolds
15.0 Fello.,T
2, 5.0.0
1, 4.0.0
1, 8.00
3.0.0
265
250
4, 50.0
300 • 2, 2.0.0
35.0 °1.0.0 1, 700
Treas. Dept.
no. t3f0~0 exceld 2000 t .0.0
, • 1, .0.0
3.0.0 .' "1, 400
J •
' 2, 85.0
· 75.0
1, 2.0.0
"1, .0.0.0
· 1, 45.0
.2, 10.0
,2, 4.0.0
~oo
.
c 1 , 3.0.0
.2, 5.0.0
.1, 4.0.0
· 1, 8.0.0
· 1, 5.0.0
625
�� 25.0
1.0.0
The Budge t 1918-1919
Endowment 2nd Horrill state Funds Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
Fees, etc. _ Exp.
20,280 28 , 550 40 ,000 - -15,000 15,000
Asst. in
Hilitary Band
Totals
Balance
100
Appropriations for Maintenance
Ag. (Teaching
& Experiment)
Arch.
Advertising &
Printing
Animal Husbandry
Botany
Chemistry
Chem. of Soils
& Phys.
C. Eng.
Commencement
Comer Hall
Education
Elec . Engr.
Entomology
Expense
Farmers ' Inst.
Fuel
Ground s & Repair s
Hi gh School
Horticult.
Insurance
650
1, 100
300
. -
600
400
400
-
400
- '
200 200 (t for Farm too
Management)
50
350 1, 370
1,100 800
400 100 700
. . . . , , . . 3',600' . . . . . . . . 1.0 o· .. '200
.. . ~ • c. • ., • .. .. • • • • • s • ... • • c • 100
•• • . ..... .. ...... . "- •• ~ 1;1 100
50
200
.. c ..... " • " .. 250- ...... " .... c .... 0 •
200" •• . •••.• r- •• IJ .. " " ... ~ .. .. .. II • eo ,"
.... Go .0 ��
300
. ... 100 . . CI .. ~ " "
300
2, 600
200
250
100
170
800
400
750
255
Infirmary
Labor (CoIl.
Library
Mechanics
&'-- Ag •. Hall) 400' ..........•. , ..... .. . . ... .. 600
Military
luning Engr .
Music
200
800 400
1, 200 r '-.
500
.. # • • Cr .... ioo ~ ... 0 0 ~ ... . ...... c e
200
Pharmacy c
Physics
o q .: • • ... • .. • .. .., • • • • 300. ~ to , , q 0 " • .. • OJ. • .. .. .. • • ~ "" •
Plant Pathology
Postage
Publica tions
Soils
150
Summer School for Farmers
Summer School of College 5
Stationery & Contingent 250 •
Contingent
Travel for Exp. Sta.
100
c
. 400
2,500
_ t 400
300
300
1, 500
225
400
450
100
100
- - ---- ---- - - --- - - - ---
The Budget 1918-1919
Appropriations for Maintenance
Endovnnent 2nd Morrill state Funds, Hatch Adams Local Lever Total
'- - Fees, etc. (. ~
Trustees
Vet. Sci.
Waterworks
Total
Grand Total
Estimated Income
Estimated Balance
,
400
200
200
Report of the Treasurer
of
Alabama Polytechnic Institut e
for the year 1917-1918
Endowment, }10rrill , state, and College Fub.ds
Receipts
To Endowment Fund •••••••• • • • •••••••••• • •• • •••• $20 , 280 . 00
To Morrill Fund •••••••••• •• •••••••• : . • • • • • • • •• 28 , 450 . 00
To state and College Funds •••••• • •••••••• .• ••• 103, 344. 27
To Amount of Overdraft •���•••••••••••••••••••••• 21, 112. 34
Di sbur sement s
By Endowment Funds ••••••••.•••••••• l> •••••••••• $20 , 280 . 00
By Morrill Fund ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 28 , 450. 00
By state and College Funds •••••••••••••••••••• 124, 456. 6l
Endowment Fund
Receipts
To Cash from State •••••••••• • .••••••••••••••• $20 , 280. 00
Disbursements
$173, 186. 61
$173, 186. 61
By Amount paid Salarie s •••••• • • •• •••••••••••••••• • ••��• .••.• ": •• i20, 289. 00
Morrill Fund
Receipt s
To Cash from State •••••••••••••••••••••••••• $28, 450.00
Disbursements
By Amount paid Salaries ••••�� • ••••••• •••��•••••••••••••••••••••• $28 , 45b . 00
state and College Funds
Receipts
To state Fund $40 , 000 .00
To Incidental Fund
,
3, 560000
To Tuition Fees 2, 040. 00
To Laboratory Fees 2}520. 30
To Surgeon Fees 3~ 650 . 00
To Library Fees & Interest (Bonds) 2, 6)1045
To Farm Products 364. 70
To Expense 2, 000. 58
•
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I
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I
state and College Funds , Receipts , Continued
To Animal Industry
To Chemistry
To Electrical Engineering
To Military
To Pharmacy
To Veterinary
To Civil Bngineering
To Feed Stuffs
To Smith Hall
To Power ana Llghting
To Summer Session
To Water and Sewerage
To Athletic s
To LaundI"J
To Oil Tax
To Overdraft
By Amount paid
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II
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Disbursements
Salaries
Infirmary
Library
Farm Products
Ho rticul ture
Dormi torie s
Expense
Commencement Expense
Printing & Advertising
Animal Industry
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Farmers Institute
Fuel
Grounds & Repairs
Insurance
Servant s & Janitors
IvIilitary
Mining Engineering
Pharmacy
Physics
Postage
stationery
Trustees
Veterinary
Farmers Summer School
~ atchman
Civil Engineering
Architecture
Entomology
Agriculture College
Botany
Comer Hall
Husic
Broun Hall
Feedstuffs
$3, 203. 70
65?00
9. 00
8 ,.904. 00
139 . 20
605. 48
. 80
800.00
1, 433.10
5, 694.11
3, 273. 17
1,672.95
4,365.00
1,172 . 62
14, 645.11
21, 112. 34
$37 ,994. 76
359. 47
1, 317. 92
364. 70
139.82
2, 080. 50
4,154. 11
310. 82
3, 397 . 68
6, 536. 96
3, 378. 90
176. 11
576. 34
100. 58
12, 486. 60
7, 958. 90
2, 716. 31
896.05
10, 003. 55
1. 53
792. 66
83. 39
578. 38
737 . 19
217 .95
1, 355. 70
703. 89
563. 75
61. 06
53. 67
21. 56
630 . 70
588.14
533. 45
309. 03
14. 85
800. 00
$124, 456. 61
i\
Report of Treas.
1917-1918
Disbur sements, Continued
By Amount paid Smith Rall ~ 880. 82
" " 4,026.06 " "
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11 11
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Power and Lighting
Summer"Sessio 9, 297 . 07
l1achine Design 165. 68
llater "and Sewerage 2, 061. 77
Athletics 4,365.00
High School 474 .03
Educatlon 189. 20
'.
Respectfully,
(Signed) H. A. Glenn,
Treas.
Appendix. A
Requirements for the Degree
of
Bachelor of Science i n Education
(Copy filed herewith)
. Appendix B
Course of study for Students preparing
to' teath Agriculture
• (Copy filed herewith)
'.
$124,456. 61
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Office of the President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
September 21 , 1918
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute met this day in the office .of the President of the Institute
pursuant to the call of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of
said committee. The, following named members answered to their names and were
present during the entire session of the committee : His Excellency, Governor
Charles Henderson, Thomas D. Samford, Charles S. McDowell and Harry Hertzfeld.
The committee was called to order by the chairman, Governor Charles Henderson.
On motion of Mr. Samford Mr. Harry Hertzfeld was elected secretary.
By invitation of the committee Dr. Chas. C. Thach, Dr. B. B. Ross , Prof .
J . J . \'filmore , Prof. A. St. C. Dunstan and Prof . Hill, all members of the faculty
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, were present.
Dr. Thach made a full .report and statement of the condition of the water
works plant of the institution and the dangerously meager supply of water,
which at times, he stated, was nothing . He emphasized not only the gravity
of· the situation, but explained why and' how at times the situation was perilous,
threatening the existence of the institution. Dr. Thach explained that there
were in actual attendance upon the institution, including the detail from the
army, approximately 1600 young men, the very pick of the young manhood .from
Alabama and other sections of the South; that these young men had been sent
here and had come here to be trained for service in our country ,at this
particular tDne; that the War Department knew of the situation with reference
to the lack of water supply, and impressed upon the committee that something had
to be one immediately to relieve the situation, that was growing more tense
and perilous each day.
Dr. Thach, also, explained fully the absolute necessity for relief as to
the power plant of the institution and electric lights.
A general discussion followed and it was unanimous judgment of those
present that addition water supply and addition source of power for lights and
other purposes had to be had with as little delay as possible.
A detailed estimate of cost of constructing addition to water plant to
extend three miles further to the "Mitchell Spring" and the purchase of the
Mitchell Spring and the installation of necessary pumping stations and machinery;
and- the erection and construction of an electric power line from the Institute,
about four and a half miles, to the line of . the Alabama POl-Ter Company was
submitted by Professors Wilmore, Dunstan and Hill. It was estimated that the
entire installation and improvement for the water and electric supply would
cost approximately 60,000 . 00. It Was shown that much saving could be accomplished
by using the electric power from the Alabama Power Company, not only 'in
money but in the conservation of) fuel.
On motion of Hr. Samford, which was seconded by Hr. l1cDowell, a committee
consisting of Dr. C. C. Thach, Dr. B. B. Ross, Prof. J . J . ilmore, Prof. A.
st. C •. Dunstan and Prof. Hill, members of the faculty of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute Was appointed and authorized and directed to .proceed at once to
the erection, extension and construction of the necessary lines and equipment
for obtaining an adequate and bountiful supply of pure and wholesome water for
the college, its students, and all enterprises dependent thereon or contributing
thereto; and, also , for the erection and construction of an electric
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power line from the Institution to some junction place with the line of the
Alabama Power Company in order t hat the necessary electric power might be
obtained from the :Alabama Power Company, for lights, power and other purposes
connected with the Institution.
Valuable suggestions in regard to these i mprovements were made by Governor
Henderso n. He having had practical experience in such matters was able
to offer many helpful sugge stions.
Governor Henderson was appealed to by Mr. Samford and otheJ;;' members of
the committee to release sufficient of the appropriation already made by the
1egislature for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to enable the Institute to
Gomplete t he pot.ver line and water plant as suggested. Governor Henderson
explained that he fully appreciated the gravity of ,the situation; and t hat
while he had been, during all of his administration, as cautious and economical
in the expendi ture of the public fu~ds as it was possible for him to be,
ye t he felt that the situation ,at this i nstitution now d~nqnded ~he improye-.
ments suggested; that the demand was an imperative one and t hat he would
undertake to see that the college obtained sufficient funds to pay for the
nece ssary improvements called for in t he resolution.
Governor Hender son was warmly thanked for his timely and generous assurance
of assistance . His assurances were the ·more appreciated because everyone
knew under what t rying circum tances he h~d been struggling during his
entire t erm of of fice , to provide financial means to meet the state ' s expenditures.
l~ . T. D. amford offered the followi ng resolut ion; which was seconded by
11r. Charle s S. l-1cDowell:
Whereas, The Alabama Polytechnic Institute is t he owner of $30,000. 00
par va~ue , of Alabama Bonds, known as Funding Fours, which ·bear only four per
cent interest per annum; and
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\iJhereas, These bon~s were purchased in compliance with an act of the
legislature which pr ovided that an appropriation for the maintenance of the
Library at said Institution should be invested in some income bearing securities;
and,
wbereas, It is desired to invest said f unds in some securi tie s which
will bear a greater i ncome than four per cent per annum;
herefor e , Be i t resolved, that t he Treasurer of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute be and is hereby authorized and directed to sell all of said Alabama
Bonds hereinabove referred to, in the. open ma .ket, f or the highest price
obtainable at the time of su h sale, and conver t the proceeds of the sale of
such bonds into the treasury of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute , for t he
iHvestment in such income bearing securi ties for . the maintenance of said
Library , at ~ a higher rate of interest than four per cent per annum, and the
Board of Trustees of t his Institute or toe Executive Committee of such Board
of Trustees mqy direct. Unanimously carried.
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After ' nspecting the Earra c~ s and. Shops .and reviewing . the Students
Army Training CO~)s , the President eA~lained to the Committee the organi ~
zation of t he S.A. T. C. , and t he contracts made with the Government.
Secretary .
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