| Summary: | Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1919ubun , labama, Ju~e 2, 1919.
The Board of Trus t ees of t he Alabama Polytechnic Institute me in regular
ses sion at t he college at Auburn at 10 :30 a.m., Governor homa E. lilby presiding.
All members of the Board were present, as follows : Governor Thomas E.
Kilby, Spright Dowell" H. D. Merrill, Harr Herzfel d , O. R. Hood, ~ . F. eagin,
J . A. Rogers, C. M. herrod , C. S. McDowell, W. K. Terry, W. H. Oate s, T. D.
Samford and P. S. Haley.
Upon motion the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed
with. All standing committees were reappointed as at present constitute~ :
Executive: The Governor, Feagin, Herzfeld , Terry , McDow. ell and Samford •
Finance : Rogers, Samford, Oates, Hood, Haley and Merrill.
Mechanic Arts : McDowell, ~herrod , Oates and Haley.
Lands and Grounds : Oates, Herzfeld, S?errod , Rogers , and Dowell.
P~esident ' s Annual Report: Feagin, Samford, Terry, McDowell, and Dowell.
Course of Study' and Library: Samford, Fe~gin , Hood and Terry.
Agricultural and Experiment Station: Haley, Rogers, McDowell, :Herrill and
Dowell.
~nimal Husbandry: She rro,d , Hood, Herzf eld, Haley and Merrill.
Extension: The Governor, Haley and Herz!eld.
Upon motion the degrees recommended by the Faculty lvere approved. See list
on following pages.
Passed resolution of Hr. Feagin that the Board meet at 10ntgomery at the
Governor s Office , 9 a.m., July 3rd. The Board recessed until after lunch for
the purpose of attending the Comrnencement exercises in a body.
Afternoon Session:
The Board resumed its sitting at 3:00 o ' clock p.m., all members being in
attendance.
B. L. Shi Was elected Secretary of the Board. • .. .
Pres. Thach discussed oral~y his annual report, and called special attention
to the needs of the college as set forth in the statement prepared for and submitted
to the state Budget Commission.
The Committee on the President 's report reported and recommended that the
board approve said report as a whole and recommended that the budget for salaries
of professors and inst ructors for the ensuing year be specifically approved,
and the appropriations be and are hereby made therefore . On motion the Board
approved the report of this Committee .
Hotion of Mr . Rogers was pas sed that the President's budget for the next
quadrennitun, which Was submitted to the state Budget Commission, be referred to
the Executive Committee for careful study , and that said Committee report their
recomniendation at the meeting of the Board called for July 3rd.
The following resolution of Hr. Samford, amended by Mr. Herzfel d was unanimously
passed by the Board :
Resolved: That a separate page<ofi. the minut es of t his Board of Trust ees be
set<aside in honor of t he noble, brave and self- sacrificing women of Auburn; who
ministered to And assis t ed in the nursing of the s tudents' of' this institution,
in comoattine the inflnenza epid~mic dnring the war"period, and-that the name ' of'
each of these noble women be written or printed thereon, that a permanent record
of t hose heroic services may be thus made . This simple t estimonial not to take
the place of any permanent tablet or memorial which shoul d subsequently be provided
for.
Amendment by Mr. Herzfeld, adbpt ed as fellows : .
One hundred dol lars is hereby appropriated for t the· purpo'se of placing a
memorial tablet commemorating the work of these noble women and that the same
be dedicated on Februa~r 22nd, 1920 , Milit~ry Day.
The Boa~d passed the motion~ of Mr. Terry that a head of the English Department
be selected by the President for the ensuing session at a salar,y of $3, 000
t per annum.
The following resolution by Mr. Her zfeld was adopted unanimously by the Board:
Be it resolved by th~ Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
that they hereby express their appreciation of the long service of Prof. J . E.
Wiatt, the serious loss to the Institution in his death, and that the Secretary
be directed to convey their deep sympathy to his family in t heir bereavement.
The Board approved motion of Mr. Samfor d that a' committee of thr ee be appointed
to confer liith the President and Faculty with regard to a pract icable program
for securing" the attendance on Commencement exer cise s of all of the student s.
Comraittee appointed: Samford, Hood and Feagin.
A communication from the Bank of Auburn making appl ication to ~e des~gnated
by the Board as depositary of the funds of t he ' Alabama Polyt echnic Ins titute was
considered by the Bo ~rd and the Secretary directed to answer t he c ommunicat i on,
advising that the Board saw no reason to change the depositary of the Institution.
Motion was passed to continue the First National Bank of Opel ika as deposit ary for
the college.
There being no further business the Board adjourned to meet in the' Gover nor ' s
Office, 9 a .m. , July 3rd, 1919.
'.
B. L. Shi
Secretary
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Annual Report of t he Pr esident, C. C. Thach
Alabama Polytechnic Inst i tute
Auburn, Alabama, Hay 26, -1919.
To The Board of Trustees.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor -to hand you herewith report of the work of the Alabama Polyt
echnic Institute for the year 1918-1919.
Attendance
The attendance has been record- breaking. This institution takes pride in
stating that of all colleges in the S.outh it had the largest college unit , i . e . ,
largest number of young men in full college standi ng in the Student ' s Army Training
Corps in the Great War. It also -takes pride in the fact that after the armistice
was signed, at the close of the holidays , it had Amongst the very l argest
percentage of students in any institution in the nation to resume regular courses
they had relinquished. Of course , there was dislocation of work, interruption
of textbook instruction, and general excitement incident to the war; but altogether
t he work of the year, while streDDus, has been interesting and in the main
successful. As stated, there has been in the student world , a certain amount of
restle ssness as there has been in the world of politics, business and society at
large , but on the whole, there has been good training and sat isfa cta~ results.
The attendance for the year for all departments was 3, 090.
This attendance was as follpws :
.
College, Fall, Winter and Spring Terms
College , Summer Term ~
Boy ' s Summer School !
(not held owing t o war)
Farmer ' s Summer School
Vocational Courses for Soldiers
Total
1, 280
282
o
326
1, 202
3, 090
In addition to this great mass of work it is well to repeat that the work
of t he Agricultural Extension Depart ment continues throughout the State for boys,
girls, men, and women. The administration of this ork i s over and a bove the
work incident to any ordinary college (See detailed report following herein) and
is attended with mat~ers of great importance and delicacy. There is no extra
compensation to the President for superintending this work.
By countie s t he attendance 1-vas as folIo s : Jefferson, 170; Lee, 92; Montgomery
60; Chambers 35; Tallapoosa 33; Dallas 30 j Houston 29; Barbour 26; Mobile
26; Walker 25; Wilcox 25; Calhoun 24; Bullock 22; Macon 21; Etowah 21; MonToe
19; Marengo 18; Colbert 17; Limestone 16; Elmore 16; Margan 16; Escambia 15;
Madison 14; Dale 14; Crenshaw 14; Randolph 14; Geneva 13; Sum~er 13; Talladega
13; Coo sa 12.
In addition t o the above eighteen states and two foreign countries were
represented as follows: Georgia 92; Florida 28; M~ssissippi 15; South Carol ina
14; Louisiana 10; Tennessee 7; Kentucky 7LArkansas 5; North Carol ina 4; Connecticut4;
New Jersey 2;' Ohio 2; Virginia 2; Washington, D. C. 2; Cuba and Mexico 2;
Texas 1; Kansas 1; Ne'tv Mexico 1; Indiana 1.
The classification by classes was as follows : ost Graduates 12; Seniors
87; Juniors 113; Sophomore 220 ; Freshmen 676; Pharmacy 25; veterinary 43;
Pre-Medical 51; rAuto-Mechanics 6; Irregulars 47; Soldiers' Rehabilitation
Courses 2.
College of Engineering and Hines
Number of Professors and Instructors, 24.
Elect rical Engineering 170; Mechanical Engineering 192; Civil Engineering
55; Surveying 318, Architecture 2L,; I1echanical Drawing 580; Descriptive Geome try
160; Mechanic Arts 311; Hining Engineering 6; Machine Design 77 ; Geology 67.
College of Agriculture
t • .Number of Professors and Instructors 25.
Agronomy 107; Animal Husbandry 207; Horticulture 117; Forestry 20; Chemistry
~ 7 6; Chemical Laboratory 249; Entomology 161; Botany 173; Pharmacy 33; Zoology
22; Landscape Gardening, 18,.
Academic Departm~nt
Number of Professors and Instruc~orsi 18.
English 495; Political Economy 61; Histo~ 815; Mathem~tics 664; Physics
405; French 60 ; German 70;. Spanish 117; Education 128; International Law 183;
Minsrology 31; Radio 120; Civi cs 12.
The following table exhibits the accounts of the college for the year :
Federal Endowment Fund
Federal Horrill Fund
State Fund (In lieu of Fer t i lizer
Tax) .
I1aintenance
Feed Stuffs
College Fees, Sales, etc .
,
$20 , 280. 00
28 , 450. 00
40 , 000. 00
40 , 000. 00 '
800 .00 (
60 ,025.36
The State appropri?tes nothing directly for educational work at Auburn.
Copy of the Annual Report of the Treasurer of the College has been forwarded to
each member of the Board o£ Trustees.
The recei pt s and expenditures of the Hat ch and Adams reports have been set
forth i n the r egular report of the Experiment Station. Printed copies of 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 Washington •
. The EXamarter pf -th~ United States Department of Agriculture has audited and
checked the Hatch, Adams, and Le~r accounts and r eported t hem as entir ely satisfactory.
The receipts and expenditures of t he college are set forth in a monthly statement
furnished the President by t he Treasurer of t he college.
The report of the Director of the Experiment Station on the boll weevil has been
duly filed with the Commissioner of Agr i culture, according to law and a copy sent
~o each member of t he Board of Trustees.
I herewit h submi t with my approval. t he Report of t he Director of the Experi-
-,
ment Station-on t he· Hatch and Adams. Punds.
I heret..nth submit with my approval the Report of the Director of Extension
Work o~the local vrork done throughoutt the state under what is called the Boll
Weevil Act.
I herewith submit with my approval the Report of the Director-of Extension
Work under the Smith-Lever Funds.
I herewith submit a copy of the catalogue for the approval of the Board of
Trustees.
I here1.uth submit a list of men recommended for their degrees. With the
approval of the Board of Trustees, these degrees were conferred by the Faculty
and issued on June 2nd.
I herewith submit with my approval the Report of the College Treasurer.
Incident to the call of the tvorld 'V'lar there have been several changes in
the personnel of the Faculty during the session.. A number of the Prof essors
contributed important service to the Government throughou~ this period. I am.
glad to say that most of them have returned and have taken up t heir regular .
college work during the latter part of the session. Among those vrho entered
directly into Service. for the Government are the following:
Director J . F. Duggar, state Council of Defense; Captain Thomas Bragg, .
Food Administration; Prof. W. C. Blasingame, Work on Illiteracy among enlisted
men, and Public Health; Prof. z. V.. Judd, Jar "7ducational Work; Dr. George
Petrie, ~var Educational ~ilork; Prof . F. C. Biggin, Archi tectural ~vork, Department-
of Construction, Washington, D. C. ; -Prof. Thomas P. Atkinson, Educational
ivork in Europe, being still abroad; Prof . M. T. Fullan, now in service with the
Government, as Director of Trades and Indust.ries, Soldier ' s Rehabilitation \rIork,
New Orleans, La. In this connection I call attentioThespecially to the ~election
of Prof. Fullan - on account of his 8uccessful and distinguished service for
vocational education.
It is with extreme regret that I notify you of the. death of Prof. J . E.
~viatt, Professor of Nodern Languages; this sad event occurring during the
mlmmer vacation. The end came to him most suddenly in the midst of his preparation
for giYing instruction in modern languages in one of the cantonments.
For seventeen years' Professor i~iatt had been connected with the. Alabama Poly ..
technic Insti tute and his death was a distinct loss to the Institution. He
was a· thorough scholar and a cultured gentleman in thB fullest s€nse of the ~rd,
and enjoyed the fullest conf idence and esteem of al l t he students who had come
under his instruction.
As a successor to the chair in modern language, afte~ the fullest inquiry,
Prof. "T. P. Atkinson was selected. Prof. A tkanson is a Haster of Arts from the
University of Georgia, and came highly recommended by the heatis of that Institution,
where he had rendered highly successful service in the department of modern -
language. As statedt above, - Prof . Atkinson is now on leave, being engaged.in
I taly in Educational work for the United S~ates Government.
In April 1918, Prof . G. H. Mitcham, head .of the Department of Civil Engineering,
tendered his resignation in order to enter commercial work in Engine ering.
It was with great reluctance t hat, the college authorities saw Prof. l1itcham leave,
as he had been long identified with the institution as t he head of one of the
most important department s . Temporary provisi on was made until the encl of the
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session. The chair was finally filled by Prof. John • Callan. Prof. Callan is
a g ~aduate of t he University of Illinois and at the time of his selection held
a r esponsible position with Union College and. was engaged by the United States
Government in very important \Vork in the Department of Const r uctio n. Prof .
Callan i..;as highly recommended by the l eading engineering authorities in . . the United
States and has had a thorough and wide training in engineer ine. In hi s year ' s "tolork
he has fully l ived up to his reconmendations. .
Professor Frank C. Hulse, Ph. B. , was engaged as the Associate Professor in
Vocational Section of the Army for '~he sections of surveying, and topographical
drawing . Prof . Hulse is a graduate of Brown University and has proved h~s elf
a most excellent scholar and inspiring teacher.
The college authorities are pleased to annopnce the return to the Institution
of Prof . Emerson R. Hiller, Ph. D. For several years Dr. HiJ.-ler has been engaged
in Research Work in the Universities of Hinnesota and ~lli sconsin, and now returns
to take charge of the department of Research Chemistry in Soils, etc.
After a long and searching inquiry i n the field of Vocational Agriculture,
t he position was tended to ~~of . E~ D. Stivers, a g r aduate of the state Agricultural
College of Iowa, and head of the Department of Agricultural Education of
the A. and M. Colle ge of South Dakota. I .beg leave to call your attentio~ to
the fact that this field of edu~ation is an entirely neli one and that the matter
of finding men fit for this new field is extremely difficult. Prof. Stivers
has proven himself a man of ability and accurate training, familiar with the
det ails of his department. Tt is a pleasure to state that he hilS :the largest
section of Vocational Education in any. institution. i ~ t h~ South, and that his
work has been highly acceptable to his students~ . .
The following addi tiopal change.s have .talqm place in the staff of the In-stitution:
-.
Prof . J . M. Robinson, M.S. , Ohip state University, Assistant professo r of
Entomology and Zoology, succeeding Prof . J . E. Buck, who withdrew. on accoupt of
illness.
Prof . Robert. Stratton, H.A. , Assistant Professor of Botany, succeeding Prof.
A. B. Massey,who was called to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute •
.
I nstructor Frank W. Burns, B. S. , Instructor in Animal Husbandry, succeeding
F. O. Montague.
Captain U. W. v[ebb, Instructor in Veterinary Hedicine, succeeding Dr. W.
~1. vlilliams.
.
The militar,y staff f or t he Rese rve Officers' Training Corps is as f ollows :
Haj or Isaac Spalding, F. A. Cormnandant and Professor of Mi litary Science and
Tactics; Captain Louis J . Fortier ; F. A . , . Assis~nt Commandant and Adjutant; .
Captain Vincent L. O' Connor, F.A. , Supply Officer; Captain Robert H. Crosby, F. ! . ,
Senior Instructor of Fi~ld Artillery; Captain Albert E. Barrs, Inf., Senior
Instructor of Infantry;. Captain Stanley E. Borles}ce , C. of E. , Senior Instructor
of Sngineers; Captain James L. Or r , F.A. , Instructor of PhYSical Training; 1st
Lt. James C. Gurren, Assistant Instr uctor of Infantry; 2nd Lt. Henry C. Floyd,
Assistant Instructor of Field Artil1er.1.
students ' Army Training Corps
College and Vocational Section
The unique nature of t he wo rk done for the fitting of men' for service
in the army deserves a line of special record. ~n this institution military
and academi c instruction was given to 8m3 young men who had finished the high
school course. Practically, the colleges of the nation were reservoirs of
of ficer material, and, as suggested before, I feel that the purpose of the
Government was largely fulfilled. The vocational courses were offered throughout
the summer and fall to enlisted men who came into the army under t he first
call, being between 21 and 31. Of these there was a total of 1202. The course
offered were for t r aining of (1) general mechanics; (2) auto-mechanics;
(3) radio and 1dreless work; (4) carpentry; (5) blacksmith; (9) ' Plumbing;
(7) gas welding; (8) machi nists; (9) motorcycles; (10) surveying; (11) topographical
draftsmen; (12) electrical power linemen. They were housed in the
Gymnasium and meals served them in Smith Dining Hall . They were under regular
army discipline under t he supervision of army officers.
Our Institution did not escape t he effects of the world-wide scourge of
influenza , but I am glad. to say that the effects with us were not nearly so
severe as in many other institutions. The total number of cases was about
700 and 80 of these were pneumonia cases, the fatalities being 13, or about
sixteen per cent . I wish' to call attentiori to the heroic service of about
forty women of t he community, who at the peril of their lives, nursed the
young soldiers day and night and by their spirit of self-sacrifice, in my
opinion, constituted the chief agency in the preservation of the .lives of these .
young men, and bringing about the highly gratifying low death rate . I should
like to see some permanent memorial to record the names '·of these patri ot ic
and self-sacrificing Christian women. .
Mili tary Day
According to the resolution of the Board of Trustees, February 22nd was
regularly observed as Hilitary Day, and in "the opinion of all proved a most succe s sful
and auspicious occasion. It was indeea a most historic event. Among the
prominent public officials present were Lt. Goveornor Nathan L. Hiller;
Adjutant General Hartley A. Moon; Hon. Henry P. Merritt, Speaker of the House
of Representatives. The orator of the occasion was Dr . R. H. McCaslin, of
110ntgomery, who delivered a most eloquent address, being follow'ed by interest-ing
,speeches from Adj . Gen. Moon and Hon. Henry P. Merritt.
The mid-winter college exercises proved to be the most interesting and
enjoyable in the history of t he Institution, a striking feature being t he review
of the Corps of Cadets.
Physical Improvements
It is a pleasure to note the marked and satisfactory improvement in the
matter of water supply and power supply for the Institution. At the called
meet ing of the Executive Committee in September the improvements needed on
power and water supply were presented by the President, and in response the
Governor released funds for this highly necessary demand. The electric power
for laboratories, pumping"purposes, etc . , is now suppl ied by the Alabama Power
Company. The transmission line ~bo u t four and a half miles in length connecting
with the Alabama Power Co. line, Was built by Superintendent J. tfo.Hill,
with the aid of soldiers in the vocational work. The District Inspector
of vocational training in the South, Mr. Selvidge, pronounced it as the most
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satisfactory piece of 1vork that he had observed in the vocational work of his
district. The supply of water has been regularly increased, and temporarily
the supply meets the emergency, being calculated that 160 , 000 gallons daily
flow into the well.
In connection with the work' of" t he Students ' Army Training Corps permanent
and valuable improvements were secured in the way of drainage on the campus
and adjacent grounds. In connection vli th the settlement of the contract with
the United s tates Government, according to the regulations of the 1'Jar Department,
the college has come into possession of valuable property and equipment,
including t he barracks erec ted for the vocational soldiers, and the apparatus
used in the vatious depart ments of t he vTOrk in auto":mechanics, radio work,
machine shop work, etc . The buildings occupied by the student-soldiers have
been duly repaired and put into excellent condition.
Stat"e ment Submitted To
The State Budget Commission
Exhibit "A"
The College
Budget for inst ruction, maintenance and improvement of the ~olle g e proper
as an educational organization:
I beg to call attention to the fact that the Alabama Polytechnic Insti tu te
performs three distinct f unctions: (1) teaching as a college organization;
(2) agricultur~l research , work at the Experiment Station; (3) Agricultural
Station. The two latter functions are entirely separate and distinct fr~m
the first function, and, as a matter of fact; as has frequently been pointed
out, an increase in re search and extension work entails increased re sponsi bili
ty and work upon the administrative staff of the college proper without
any additional financial assistance . No funds for r esearch or extension
work may be used for teaching purposes. An annual audit to enforce this provision
is made by a Federal accountant. The eA~ension work is done entirely
away from the seat of the colle ge.
College'Vo'rk
. The primary aim of the college, of course, is to teach the young men entrust
ed to its care in 'the fundamental p tinciples of the scfences of ene;ineering,
agriculture, chemistry, veterinary science and related subjects . This work is
. performed by a group of men arranged under the title of "faculty" as herein
set for th .
It will be of interest to you to know that -rlithin the period of 18 years of
my service to the college as President, that t he attendance in the college
proper has more than doubled, whereas, the increase of appropriations for the
Institution from the state has been well nigh negligible. Not that t here has
not been a most sympathetic treatment of the needs of the college by the
Legislature , for no appropriation that has been asked for from that body that
has not been generously granted, but unfortunately owing to the financial condition
of the state, these have not always been realized. This was :..ootibly
the case 1vith the appropriations of 1911 and 1915.
In this ' connection you will permit me to call attention to the fact that
funds available from the state for · teachi ng purposes are almost entirely in
the nature of payments to the institution for services rendered the state by
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the Chemical Department of the institution in the analysis of fertilizers, food
stuffs, drues, illuminating oils, etc.
An inve stigation as to the total receipts of t he State f rom inspection
taxes on fe rtilizers; feedstfiffs; and illuminating oils, said t axes "being
based upon analysis ma.de in the E!hemical Laboratory of this instituti6n, shows
that since t he enactment of the s~ve ral laws refe rred to, and up to the close
of t he last fiscal year, September 30, 1918, the following gross amounts have
been re ceived ~
From"Fertilizer Tag Tax; 1884-1919
From"Feed stuff Tag Tax' t
From" IllUminating Oil Tag Tax
.. Total : ~
_ . "
$2,624,866. 22 .
195,367. 59
463,029.48
-n-:3~ "--, -=">82. -:"3; 26 3. 29
From othe above sources t he coll ege has received the f ollOwing sUms:
v
From"Fertilizer Tax and ·by reason of service
renderea in analysis of fertilizers , 1884-1918
From"Feed Stuff Tax ~
From Oil Tax
Total:
755,977 . 99
6,000 .00
115, 367. 59
$ 877 , 735. 36
Amount turned in to the state Treasury after deducting amounts paid to
the college... 2, 406, 527 . 36
As above s t ated, t hese revenues of the state are .absolut ~y based upon
the analytical work perfor,ed by the Chemical Depa tment of this I nsti utiQn,
and the Fe eral Courts and various State Court s have ruled that sucn laws Gan
only be sustained and revenues therefrom collected by reason of the analytical
and inspection work perform. ed in connection with t he operation of those laws •
Of course , we are not desirous of .making invidious comparisons, but we are ·
sure your honorable body will be interested i n knowing t he appropriations made
in other states for land grant colleges similar to our 6~ . The per capita expense
of stud~nts in our inst itution, bo t h as far as ·the State ·is concerned and
t he student's personal ac60unt is concerned, is apprqximate1y one-third of the
per capita "expense of the students of many other institutions of the countrY .
The following tables show the appropriations for administration and feaching, .
together with new buildings for the sess~on 1917-18:
'. Appropriatio s For
lnsti tution Xeachil1g and
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
(From State in lieu of Fertilizer Tag
(Illuminating Oil T~x •••
104;175. 00
Tax ••• 140 , 000 . 00)
(Federal Funds, l'-lorrill Act s, 1862-90 •••
Clemson College, s. C.
14,645. 11)
48 , 730.00)
165, 000.00 t
Colorado State Agr . Colle ge 265,)66. 00
Delaware s tate Agr. College
Buildi gs
None
75, 000 . 00
117 , 970 .00
Georgia Univer sity (Agr . College) 1)2, 0000 00 Special appr~priations
made by Legi slature from
time to time
Kansas A. &~. College
Massachusetts A. & M. College
600 ,000.00
270 , 000 000
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50 ,000. 00
Appropriations For
Institution Teaching & Administrati on Buildings '
Michigan A. & M. College
Hississippi A. & M. College'
Montana A. & 1'1. College
Nelv Hampshire A. & M. College
New York State A. & M. College
North Carolina A. & M. College
North Dakota A. & M• . College "
Oklahoma A. & M. College "
Pennsylvania A. & M • . College
Purdue University
Rhode Island A. & 11. College
South Dakota A. & M. College
Texas A. & M. College
utah A. & N. College
Washington A. & M. College
.. . . . ~ -
( Cornell)
r
763, 929 . 00
125; 000 .00
- ~ 191, 671. 00
168, 000.00
917,559. 38
163, 500. 00
240, 000.00
303, 348. 00
410, Ooq . 00
600 ,000.00
150, 000.00
248 , 870 . 34
548,, 865. 57
255, 000 .00
520 , 000 . 00
• Estimate of Salaries, Naintenance and
Building for Quadrennium 1919- 24.
Salaries
11 2, 369. 86
20 , 000 .00
(Not fixed)
50, 000.00
100 , 000. 00
29 ;625. 59
50 , 000 . 00
60 , 000 . 00
100, 000.00
20 , 000coOO
100, 000 . 00
15, 000.00
218 , 000. 00
73 , 346. 32,
40 , 000. 00 -
20 , 000.00
(Normally 100, 000. 00)
I recommend an adequate increase in the salaries of the Teaching Staff of
the Institution, not including the President's salary. Many of these Professors
are receiving virtually the identical sums per annum that they have received
for the past ten years. The average salaries paid professors in this institution
are lO't~er t han those of any I nstitutions of similar grade. DIving to the high
cost of living today , it is impos:;>ible for these men to live in a manner in keeping
with their position and duties. Owing to this deficiency in salar,y weare, constantly
losing some of our best men, while a number of our men are held to the institution
largely by the bond of lOyalty. The situation, I am sure, will pull at your heartstrings
as it does mine. The increase will amount to $11, 575. 00 per annmrr, or
'46, 300. 00 for the quadrennium; making a total salary budget of $108, 120. 29 per
annum, ·or $432, 481.16 for the quadrennium.
Additional Instructors
Additional instructors are needed immediately for instruction in agriculture ,
animal qusbandr,y, botany, horticulture , entomology, chemistry, architecture ,
engineering , mathematics, Engl ish, and hist o~- . The increase will amount to
$39,250. 00 per annum, or $157 , 000.00 for the quadrennium.
Maintenart~S and Equipment .. .
r
As you will know, all kirtds df appar~ttls , -material and supplies, together with
labor, ~insurance and ever,1 item included in t he upkeep of an ~stablishment has
increased very nearly 100% in ·the last few years. Owing to this 'increase in cost
of operation and lack of funds , the equipment of many departments is woefully
lacking. ".
The grounds and many of the buildings are sadly in need of repairs. Owing
to ' the growth in the student body and the increased public service rendered the
State by a dozen of our Scientific departments, our laboratories and housing
facilities are greatly overtaxed. Additional space and equipment is absolutely
necessary. The increase will amount to $22 , 403. 75 per annum, or $89 , 615 .00
for the quadrennium, making a total for maintenance and equipment of $72, 403. 75
per year or $289 , 615.00 for the quadrennium.
Addit ional Buildings
For many years the Board of Trustees has endorsed the applic~tion of the
various departments for new buildings. This demand becomes more imperative
every day. I enumerate as of primary importance the following buildings:
(1) Veterinary Building and Equipment
(2) Chemistry Building
(3) Barn for Anirnal Husbandry ,
(4) Farm Machinery Building
(5) Practical Me~hanics Building and Hydraulics
and Roads Materials Laboratories and equipment
for shops
(6) Buildings and Drill Grounds for the Military
Department, Arsenal and Armory in which
t o store $350, 000 .00 worth of equipment
issued by the War Nepartment
(7) Extension Building
(8) Heating Buil ding, Repairs, Grounds , etc.
Tot al for Buildings for Quadrennium:
$ 50 , 000. 00
100, 000. 00
10 ,000. 00
5,000.00
(,
97 , 350.00
15, 000. 00
40, 000 . 00
14, 245. 00
$ 331, 595. 00
(1) The Veterinary Medical College of t his Institution was the first of
the kind in the South, and its high grade and satisfactory work has national
recogniti on. The efficiency of the work would be immensely advanced in the department
were it properly accommodated in laboratories and lecture rooms. · I
recommend the advisability of erecting a suitable building with proper equipment
for this important department at a cost of $50 , 000. 00. (See Dean Cary's Report)
(2) One of the most urgent needs of the Institution is a Chemical
Building adequate to the work of the great depart ment which is connected with the
Institut ion. It is the largest college department of Chemistry in the entire
South, with the largest attendance both in student s in general chemistry and
students in the laboratory. However, for forty years an enormous amount of
analytical work has been performed here for the state. Here are made the analyses
of all the fertilize r s , feed stuffs for anim~ls , food stuff for men, dr~gs ,
illuminating oi ls, that are consumed by . the people of t he state ; and it is only
proper that fq.cilities should be supplied commensur at e wi-th the enormous ser-vice
rendered by the department. (See Dean Ross ' s Report) __
(3) The importance of tne cattle industry in Alabama cannot be overstated,
and certainly our Agricultural College should have a decent cattle barn that could
serve as a guide , both for the students in this department and for the thousands
of farmers that annually visit the Experiment Station. The present inadequate
and antiquated affair was erected in 1884, and for years I have advised the construction
of a building suitable for this important department.
(4) One of the demands in Southern Agriculture today is intelligent use of
machinery. "'lith such a building as indicated in several of my previous reports,
costing about $5, 000. 00 the college will be able to secure, free of cost,
thousands of doll ars worth of valuable machinery from manufacturers anxious to
put on exhibit their product. Furthermore , with this equipment i t will be
possible to introduce t his s~bject of farm machinery as a practical teaching
subject in the courses offered in agriculture .
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(5) This building and equip~ent will serve f or training in raGtical 1 echanics
practically ~he entire student bod! of, 900 men. "(See Dean Wilmore s Rep?rt)
°( 6 ) ' The service rendered by the college to the cQuntry ana. nation in the
war is a source of great pride to the "institution and the stat,e • . Over two
thousand men were enlisted for service in the army and navy and over seven hundred
held commissions from the grade of lieutenant general on dOWll. In recognition
of the high grade of scienti fic work in engineering, sig:q.al corps, and
artillery performed by graduates of this institution, t he War Depar tment has
established here technical sections for militar,y instruction:
I
(1) Engineers
(2) Signal Corps
(3) Field Artillery, etc.
Over $350 , 000. 00 worth of military stores have been issued to this institution
for the purposes of instructi_(~>n . For the safekeeping of-this lp.rge amount of
property the college has given bond. I t is, therefore , imperative that ade-quate
housing facili~ies be had for this proper~ . Additional space is also
needed for maneuvering . The appropriation necessary is $15, 000 . 00.
(7) The entire administration of the Agric ultura~ Extension Work, Farm Demonstration,
Home Economics, etc . , is centered at the college, and the offices of
the executive staff are situated in college buildings. Owing to the enormous
increase in this ' work , w-hich is so h~ghly profitable to the , state , the offices
and other buildings occupied by this department are highl y i nadequate , being in
ve~ cramped quarters in t wo small rented cottages. No Federal funds are available
for building purpose,s. In nearly every state there i s an appropriation f or
this increased staff. I recommend an appropriation of ~40 , ooo . oO for this department.
(8) I recommend an additional appropriation of ~14, 24 5 . o0 for the
following highly desirable improvem~nts :
(a) The improvement of the grounds of the college campus . New walks are
sadly needed, and the fence enclosing t he campus, erected some twenty years ago ,
should be replaced by a permanent enclosure in keeping with the dignity of the
Institution. .
(b) By a small expendi'Eure of funds a heating sy tern can be installed in
the Chemical Labo r?tory, Pharmaceutical Laboratory, and nece.ssary repairs made
to the heating plant of t.he Engineering Buil ding. At present the former two ,
bUildings are heated by stoves, expensive and dangerous, a serious fire having
originated from this source this year. .
(c) The important department of Vocation~l Agricultural Education is in
need of enlarged space and equipment.
(d) Repairs and ext enslons are necessary in the Agric.ultural Building to
relieve congestions and increase efficiency.
Vocational Agricultural Education
The college is deeply interested in the question of Vocational Education,
as its entire 'career has the record of t he work 'i n ,the' sciences relating to
a.griculture and engineering, which are t he basic subjects of vocational -training.
For over twenty years the Institut ion was the orily representative of this
type of education in the state and a~ the expense of its own funds has conducted
-I
a campai gn of agriculture and mechanic s as teaching subjects in the schools.
Th~ t~o Federal funds , Smith-Lever and Smith- Hughes, have now made it possible
for the Institution to organize t~is great work and scatter vocational training
broadca\3t through the elementary and secondary schools. By thus educating the
children in the lOirler grades in industri al arts, we can secure the fullest results
from 1vide-spread mechanical and agricultural knouledge and skill. I
Gommend to your honorable body the fullest consideration of this important subject.
About $70~000 . 00 is recommended by the head of the department as necessa~J
for installation and development of this highly important work . (See Director
Judd's report) ~
Summer Session
.
For many years the institution has conducted out of its own limited funds,
without special appropriations, a summer session of the colle ge , highly successful
from an educational standpoint, hO'tvever, this drain upon the revenues of the
institution has caused serious deficit and the matter calls for immediate remedy.
As you doubtless know, nearly all colleges of any rank continue their session in
the . s~ner months. It is P¥rely an ,economic proposition to the state as to whether
an-enormous educational plant should be idle for three months . The 'rlide popu-lar
demand for. summer work i~ attested by the large attendance of serious stUdents.
The_ students include teachers and colle ge men and women . Unfortunately, although
the limit of fees has been reached, they are entirely inadequate to defray the
expenses of the surmner session of the college.
Summary of Budget
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Quadrenni~ 1914- 24. '
(Based on the attached department estimates submit t ea
by t he heads of t he Departments. )
1.
2.
3.
4.
Salaries
Additional Instructors
Maintenance & Equipment
Bui ldings & Equipment (not annual)
Total for quadrennium 1919- 24:
Annual
$108 , 120. 29
39 , 250. 00
72,403 . 75
An estimate of the probabl e' revenues from all sources
based on the i ncome of the last four years, is for the
next quadrennium, 1919- 24:
Total new ~unds applied for quadrerr~ ium, 1919-1924:
Exhibit "B"
Report of Sxperimen~ Station and
4 { Work Done Under the Local Exoeriment
Law in 1918. . ~
Quadrennium
$432,481.16
157,000. 00
289 , 615.00
331, 595.00
$1,210, 691.16
608,000. 00
T W2, D91.lb
• J
I have the honor to hand you herein, with my approval, the report of
Director J . F. Duggar, and an estimate of the State funds needed for:
(1) County Local: Experiment 1iork, (2) The EX'})eriment Statio;' by the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute for the next four · years .
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Local Experiment or County vJork
The amount appropriated by the state each year for this -work is $27,000 .00.
During t he quadrennium this amounted to $108, 000 . 00, all of which has been duly
expended according to the p rovisions of an act approved February 9th, 1911.
These purposes are as follows:
- Local Experiments in the several counties. In 1918 three hundred and eightyeight
field experiments were conducted on UfO hendred and seventy- four fanns .
located in every county in Alabama.
other experiments were conducted throughout the state in combating the
boll weevil, and drainage and irrigation, farm machinery, horticultural investigations
, livestock investigations , and poultry industry.
Experiment Station a t Auburn
The Experiment Station at Auburn was established in 1884 under funds derived
from the state of Alabama, which were supplemented by funds from the Federal
Government derived from 1vhat is known as the ·Hatch Act, approved ·Harch 2, 18870
The results of this station and other Stations throughout the union have revolu-
' tionized the agricultural methods of the entire world. A supplementary act
known as the Adams Act was· passed by Congress in 1906. "The funds are specifically
applied for agricultural research work and no portion of them c an be applied
for the purpose of t eaching. " The expenditures under the Hatch and Adams Acts
are examined by an inspector sent out annually by the United States Department
of Agriculture . The work of the Experiment Station proper is conducted at Auburn
in t he fields , garden, orchard, and laboratories for Chemistry, Horticulture,
Plant Breeding, Insect Pests, BotanY' ana Soils . This division of the work is
especially cramped by. r eason of limited funds and the increased cost of labor
and materials.
statement
January 1, 1915 to December 31, 1918.
Showing the amounts received and expended, by the calendar year, from
Local Experiment Fund, by the Experiment Station of the Alabama Polytechnic In- •
stitute, Auburn, Alabama.
'.
Period Covered
Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1915
Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1916
Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1917
Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1918
An estimate of t he probable
based on the income of the
next quadrennium 1919- 24:
LoC31 Rxperiment Fund:
Received
$27,108.24
27,000000
27,000.00
27 ,000. 00 '
revenues from" all sources,
last four years is for the
Exhibit "c"
Expended
$ 25, 891. 00
28 , 006. 91
25, 960 . 80
26,592.70
108,000. 00
Report of the Agricultural F.xtension Service. Work Done Under t he Smith-Lever
Act at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
I have the honor to hand you herein, with my approval, the report, of
Director J . F. Duggar, and an estima.te of state funds needed in Agrlcuiturai
Extension ir10r1<: in the state of Alabama for the next four years.
Smith- Lever Fund ~
The specific purpose of this work as set forth in Section II of the Act
is as follows: tlCooperative Agricultural Extension Hork shall consist in
giving ,of instruGtion and practical demonstration in Agriculture and Home
Economics to persons -not a'ttending or resident in said college. II The' fund is
administered by the United States Department of Agriculture , acting t hrClugh the
organizations of the colle. ge. , . .'
statistics of Extension 'Hork
- . ,~.
It is difficult to over-state t he possible value of this great measure, the
Smith-Lever Act, one of the most far-reaching pieces of constructive legislature
enacted. The following statistics &~ow the tremendous significance of Extension
N6vements.
Boys I Club "Jork in Alabama 1918
The work was organized in 67 counties of the state and an effort made to
reach every community. The members enrolled in the ' different activities were as
folloiis : Pig Club 6924; Corn Club 3315; Peanut Club 1482; Calf Club 689; total
regul~~ members, 12,350; emergency members 10 ,979r grand total 23 , 329. The
average profit on pigs for marketing purposes Was $16. 68, for breeding purposes
$29 . 11. This work cannot be too highly recommended.
Home Demonstration ~'rork
Some phase of Home Demonstration work has been carried on in 67 counties in
the State under the supervision of 63 agents. l~ve thousand and one hundred
girls in 67 counties were enrolled as members of the Girls ' Canning Clubs. The
total value of all club products from tenth acre gardens 'Was ~p65, 709. 07 .
Extension Specialists
The 'above statements mention briefly the agencies in t he field or the final
channels -of information to the people-on the -farms . A corps of speCialists at
. Auburn is constantly engaged in assisting in their technical lines, both county
agents and farmers. Among these extension experts at Auburn may be mentioned
the f0110wing: < o. ~
An agricultural engineer, who devoted ' his ~ timE to teaching farmers the
best methods of building silos, barns or other farm structures, installing
home water worKs, labor saving devices, etc. An agronomist or crop expert,
with an assistant who with the Dll~ector of Extension Work , the State Demonstration
Agent, and three district demonstration agents, give their ~ime to
showing what crops are best adapted to each particular section of the State,
the best methods of cultivating and fertilizing each, and to 'answering thousands of
letters along these lines • . In the Director's office alone last year the number
of letters answered was more . than 10,000.
An entomologist and as~ist~t give out from 'time to time the results of
their investigations on the best means of combating noxious insect pests, such
as the new green plant bug, the old enemy -- cotton boll weevil, potato bugs,
Fruit insects, etc.
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A dairy expert visits all parts of the State, advising the best methods of
feeding and rearing dai ry cattle and of handling t he products •
.
The hort iculturist of the Experiment Station has an extensive correspondence
in answer to inquiries about the best methods of g rowing every kind of vegetable
and fruit.
Farm Demonstration,Work
Ever.y county in the State is organized under the most efficient demonstrator
available. .
Cotton - Total number of demonstrations 563; total number of acres in
demonstration 12, 036; aver age per acre 1,093 pounds.
",
Corn - Total demonstrations 909; acreage_20 , 055; average per acre 295
bus.
Oats - 378 Demons t rati ons, ac r eage 4, 133; average per acre 31 :4 bus.
o
The percentage of excess of production under demGmstvation me t hods over
average production i n Al abama is about 155 %. This simple figur e, i n a nutshell,
contains the story of the possibilit ie s of our agr icultural production under the
best i nspiration and guidance .
statewent of Recei pts & Expenditures
July ~ , 1924 to June 30, 1918.
Showing amounts (1) received and ( 2) expended by funds , and the fiscal
year by the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute , Auburn,
Alabama.
.
Extension
Peri od Covered Fund
Smith- Lever other
July 1, 191L~ to
June 30 J 1915
July 1, 1915 to
June 30, 1916
July 1, 1916 to
June 30 , 1917
July 1, 1 17 to
June 30 , 1918
Federal state
11, 000. 00 '
Coll ege
825.
State
47, 967.
County Sources Total
2658. 79 bI4)f . 46
31, 491. 82 21 , 491. 82
, 49, 401. 67 39, 401. 67
67 , 311. 52 57 , 311. 52
845. 22 22, 109. 51 2708. 75 5631. 23 a1278. 35
,. 2512. 40 5192048 119008 . 35 ...
24785. 24 149408. 2~ ,;
An estimate of t he ' probable revenues from all sources for the 'next quadrenniwn
1919- 1924:
~l .
Fiscal Year Beginni ng t
" " . " July '1,
July 1,
'1
j
July 1,
July 1,
1919
1920
1921
1922 '
Stat e Appropriations. ~e eded
$68, 000 .00 .
86,000.00
114, 000 . 00
122,0000'00
J Respectf ully submitt ed,
[ (Signed) Chas. C. Thach
President . :>
I hand you, with my approval, the following repor t of the Experiment Station
by J. F. Duggar, Director . •
Part I . College Work
Hatch Experimental iilork,
Adams Experimental ~fork
(Report on the Local TI'xperiment Hork 1-Till be submitted as
Part II)
Dr. C. C. Thach, Pre sident
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Sir:
~ submit for the next fiscal year the following estimates for the teaching
work in the departments of Soils and Crops (or Agronomy) and Farm JvIachinery,
in addItion to the usual sal aries. These are the same amounts as borne on the
present budge t .
Appropriations Needed for Teac ~in~ : Col le ~e Fund
1. For teaching Crops, including Cotton Classing •••••••• $ 200. 00
2. For Soils Laboratory; teaching • • •• . •. •.•.••.. .• . •. ••• 200. 00
To the above item should be added, .in case of additional needed funds from
the Legislature , the items for the teaching work of the Department of Agronomy
set out in my l etter to you dated March 29 , 1919. The most urgent of these , as
the first step in the improvement of agricultural teaching, is the need for an
assistant professor of agronomy to give his entire time to work with students
in l ong and short courses, at a salary of about $1800. 00.
St udents
The number of students receiving instruction in Soils and Crops under
Professor Funchess during the present session Was 171. By classes there 1vere
25 receiving instr uction in senior subjects, 25 in junior subjects, and 118
in sophomore subjects. 1Var conditions reduced the seniors and juniors to about
half the usual number . Host of t hese students had mo re than one course of
instruction, so that the teaching 1rlOrk was larger than is suggested by t he
number of s t udents.
Agricultural Building
I would again place as the foremost need of the Agricultural Building,
, when funds permit, t he installation of fire escapes, as requi~d by l aw.
The present provision should be continued f or the janitori al service of
the Agr i cultural Building, and a maintenance fund provlded for both the Building
and the grounds surrounding it as soon as college funds permit.
Experj~ent Station Work
at Auburn
Publications -: For the first eleven months of the pr esent fiscal year the
Experiment Station has issued t he follovling pUblications:
4 bulletins, 2 circulars, 4 press bulletins,
1 annual report .
2 9
This makes a total of 228 pa rres, and all issues t aken to gether make an
aegregate of 195, 9)0 copies, and 2,164,000 pages.
Detailed Lines of Experimental Work
The Thirty- first Annual Report, copy of which is attached, contains a detailed
list of the Experi ments conducted on the station farm, at Auburn, and
in the laboratorie s of the various departments.
Likewise, a detailed report of the experiments or popular tests made on
farms in practically every county throughout the st ate , under the ' supervisiOn '
of traveling representati ves of the Station, is contained i n Experiment Station
Circular No . 40 , a copy of which is attached, and on page s: five to ten of 'tv-hich
may be found a summary of these local experimental activi ties conducted in
most of the counties of the state.
The increasing popularity and wider scope of Extension work are resulting
in increased demands for a larger amount and greater variety of experimental
or investigational work.
It is hoped that the Budget Commission and the le gislature, at its
summer session, may provide means for widening and intensi fying Exper iment -
Station work at Auburn, and protect the Experiment Station against the danger
of losing some of its "most ' successful investigators. ~
Experiment Station Budget
on the Basis of Present Funds
T?e budget her e'tdth submitted is on the basis of the usual or present
annual income of the EXperiment Station, and is practically a repetition of
last yearl s budget.
Hatch and dams Budgets
Salaries
Positions
Veterinarian
Director of Station
Botanist
Horticulturist
Asst. Horticulturist (Price)
Entomologist (Hinds)
Research Chemist (Miller)
Assistance for s~ne
Chemist Physiological (Hare)
Agriculturist (Ca'tvthen)
Animal 'Husbandman
Foreman (Agr . Farm)
Asst. Animal Husbandry (Burns)
Herdsman
Plant Pat hologist .
Agronomist (Funchess)
Treasurer
Asst. Entomologist (Thomas )
" It (Robinson)
II Botanist
Secretary (Sellers)
Associate Plant Breeder (Tisdale)
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Hatch
600
1600
100
200
300
100
200
30
1470
1000
480
300
500
100
100
JOO
90
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Adams
1000
. 1400
1800
220
700
430
400
400 Besides 140
475 Farm Sales
200
1250
900
400
300
joo
270
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Hatch and Adruns Bud gets, Continued
Salaries
Asst. Librarian
Library Helper
Research Scholarship in Botany
Student Asst. in Agriculture
Bookkeeper (S. J . T. Price)
Senior Prof. of Chemistry
Secretary, Entomology (Posey)
Clerical Help
Maintenance:
Publications
Animal Hustlandry
Total Salari es
Botany .
Chemistry, research (Miller ' s Dept. )
" ·Physiological
Soils (Funchess)
Entomology
Agriculture and Plant Breeding
Horticultur'e
Library
Heat, Light and 'f ater
Travel and Administrative Expense
Repairs and Buildings
Contingent
Veterinary •
Plant Pathology
Total Maintenance
Total Salaries and Maintenance
Hatch
250
75
50
100
120
200
90
$8355
1250
1100
100
100
100
2000
1000
400
170
150
75
200
6645
15000
Increased Financial Needs
of the
Experiment Station
Adams
200
300 .
100
$11045
800
700
200
100
200
550
600
100
255
From Farm Sales
450
3955
1$000
I trust that, in addition to approving the above budget on the basis of
the funds now available, authority may be given for any modifications made possible
by any appropriation that the legislature may make for the Experiment Station.
The need for a State fund to supplement the Hatch and Adams funds, totaling together
Ij 30 , 000 . per year, and drawn entirely from the Federal Treasury, is most
urgent. .
There has been no increase in funds for the support of the Experiment
Station for more than a decade , during which time labor and materials have more
than doubled ,in cost, thus making it impossible on former funds to conduct even
as much work as when prices were lower. Meantime public demands for additional
information, th~t can be obtaiIl~d only by Experiment Station work, have greatly
increased.
. .
Alabama makes no appropriation whatever for the support of experimental
work at Auburn, In this it differs from other agricultural states , practically
all of which provide from one to twelve times as much revenue for its experiment
station as does the Federal Government . Alabama's one contribution to experimental
work is contained in the Act approved February 9, 1911, (the Local Experiment
Lavl) , lihich provides for test of a popular and lo cal nature , to be made on farms
throughout the state. This has proved a profitable ilvestment, but it does not take
t he place of fundamental investigations that should be conducted on a l ar ger
scale and in greater variety under the continuous supervision of t he scientists
at Auburn.
Amount Ne eded
There is needed for maintaining and extending the investigations of the
Experiment station at Auburn a minimum state appropriation of 2b,Uao.oo
annually. This minimum amount is urgently needed for the more efficient work of
the several departments somewnat as indicated for the immediate .future of the
following :
Tentative Classification of Annual Increasea
Needs of the Experiment Station at Auburn .
Soil investigations
Plant disease investigations
Investigations of pasture and hay
plants, field crops, fertilizers ,
Horticul ture investigations,
Assistant to research chemist (for
analyses regarding crop plants and
d 2200. 00
2200. 00
1800 . 00
1000. 00
animal feeding , 1800 . 00
Annual maintenance for last mentioned research work, 800 . 00
Fencing, repairs and other bettennent of property, annually, 1000 . 00
Investigations of means of destroying
nut grass, wild onion, other weeds and insect pests,
Administrative expenses (including coal, lights, water,
janitor, teams and other a&ninistrative expenses)
Computer and s tenography,
Printing , stationery, other office expense ,
Feedi ng apq dairy. experiments,
Hiscellaneous and unforeseen expenses,
Total:
600. 00
2200. 00
1800. 00
1700. 00
2200. 00
700. 00
20000 . 00
The above estimates were submitted to the President unLier date of
March 29 for the consideration of the Alabruna Budget Commission. If the
appropriation is made the hi ghest efficiency 1vould r e suI t from considerable
elasticity allowed in the division among departments, based on the changing
agricultural needs of the state from year to year .
-Moreover, a part of this fund, for at least one year, should be available
for the purchase a - land that is urgently needed by the _depantments of
horticulture, agr onomy, and animal husbandry, curl for t he fen cing and <other
equipment of any land bought for the department of horticulture or agriculture .
It is hoped that the need for increased support of t he Experiment Station
will be urged upon the attention of the state Budget Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) J . F. Duggar,
Director Experiment Station
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I hand you h re -ith, l...J'ith my approval , the Report of the Local EA'1)eriment
'lork , by Director J . F. Duggar .
Dr . C. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
I hereby ubmi t my rep~r t of the Local Experiment 1vork for the ast year,
an recommendations for the ensuing year. The experiments made under the provisions
of tle Local Experiment Law (Act approved Februar.y 9, 191~} are conducted
on f arms in parctically every county in the state.
Character 0 Local Experiment i ork
,
In 1918 , 388 of these field experiments were made on 274 different farms .
Farmers making such experiments do so without compensation. F~rtil izers and
seeds f or such experiments are shipped from Auburn . The f ertilizer for e ach
se r ies. i s weighed at Auburn into a separate bag for each plot, and e ach bag i s
disti nctly labeled • .
A t rave l ing r epr esentative of the Experimen'u Station supervises the prepa-ration
of seeds and fertilizers and by visiting as many of the experiments as
possible supervises the fiel d work com1ecte with the testing of fora , e and field
crops. Similarly a representative of the Depart ment of orticul ture of the
~xperiment Station supervises the tests of veget ables and fruits made in a number
of different counties.
A superintendent is supported ' by this fund ' or su €ri)'ising two feeding stations ,
one at Allenvi Ie , l..rhere experiments in feeding beef cattle are 11.ade, and one .
near Union Spri ngs, where the experimental work is with ~he feeding of hogs.
Experimonts in feeding and managing poultry are c,onducted on trfO poul}ry
farras a t Citronelle .
A full report of all local or county experiments has been published as
Circular No . 40 of this Experiment Station. A summary of the experimental
activities under t he Local SA~eriment l aw is pri nted on pages five to ten of the
publication mentioned.
<
As an example of the usefulness of ouch a 1;-J'Ork I quote in SUbstance a statE;-
ment, made to me recently, of Hr. I~ E . Sarher, Slmore, labama , uho moved to
Alab ama from the 'ivest a out tivelve days ago : "As a :result of fertiliz~r tests
made on my fanp , under the supervision of the Experi ment Station, I have changed
my fertilizing policy completely. The course of farming on which I had entered
before making these tests would have resulted in my f i nanci9-1 f ailure anQ. the
loss of my lanQ.. The value of this Hork has been incalculable to me. " .
The udget submitted herewith for the next year is alon the same lines as
heretofore , and utilizes for the several departments or purposes mentioned in
the Act the sums appropriated therefor.
L cal & )er " ent Fund
Financial Recommendations for t1.1e IJext "fear
(1) Plant Pathol ogy, or Diseases.
Position or
Expenditure Appropriation Balance
from 1918
Total
vailable
Part Salary Dr Peltier
Travel , supplie s, etc . ,
(2) ]orticulture
art Sal ary Prof Starcher
1 ,000
2,000
Part Salary Field Agt. or Isbell
Traveline expenses
Sup lie s, etc ,
217 . JO
"1, 198. 23
$750
448 . 23
11198. 23
2, 217. 30
JO o.
900.
500 .
517. 30
, 2217 . 30
3 A riculture , Plant Breedi n , r ai l1age an' Fann JvTachinery; Publications and
Administration.
Po sition 0 r
Expendi ture
Crops Plant
Annual ppro).
ale from 1918
$7 ,000
1, 121. 93
$8, 121. 93
Asso . Plant reeder (Tisdale)
Field Agt . (~lillialljson) 2000
sst. & Sec. (Sellers ) 200
_.ccorder (Cauthern)
~ronomist (Funchess 300
Director 300
Tl"easurer -
~gri . Edi t o r
stenogra)hy & Office help
A sri Engine er
Drainage t
Labor e, Hisel.
ostage and Stationery
?reit;ht & Zx;?ress
Oflice As st. Record, etc .
Printil1~ , etc . •
Travel
Fertili zers, seeds, etc .
OfJ. ice fUrl1i tUX'e, repairs
and c ontin "':C!1 t
..... u-el , l~- 0"" h- .LLo '-..-. , T..-.T a.LlJ er
Total -::3t. :3A.i.JenJi ture s
700.
200
250
200
1300
1700
;"1, 400
400
200
80
50
)0
100
300
100
20
Drainage &
Hachinery
~1 , 500
500
• . -~ 6Q O
50
~o
"1500
Publ ications &. Administration
~2 , 500
641. (>8
• • 200
200
350
200
400
100
215. 22
200
137~ . 46
100
.----------- ---------------"-
J'l..ilLlO.t.' and :iOT118 ZconOl ll(;s 3xten ion
'Frol,l Loca~ ':;xperi lC.lt Yand
~) Position or
!0J,)el Ji ture
A 111Ual Al Jprop.2i,
share of -
:;::;al rOJ.1 1918 (.Cal.. yr 8 )
Total .',. vailable
Duncan
II
J?art 3a~ . Asst. Clll) .t'\.~t .
Davis)
fare-travel 11
7l" u"\rul _133 L It 2: Llb
C~GLTO ~ )
S'I"!)olie G ... L
?art S8.1. ='oul tr- .;'gt ..
Travel " II
Boys '
Club
400:-
• "' ..J-'\0 •
1500 .
900 .
901 . ""/(" ()4 c.u~ . 'J I
PoultYi
Clubs
1140
7')1.
'i'0tal
5000
1420. ah
'7T"- -rrr.
VL.j.a) . 1.)4
}~379 . m-l. - 20Lil . no 0Li'20."D4 ================--====================================---======:-:::::=
5) Animal Husband!" and
?osition or
1 oul tI'i •
0xpen itur3
Lnnual d~ :.:cc lJrid til)}l
:Jnlance ...... L·')U.u:r:, for-;mrd
l'rOI:1 ~,'"'J ar cllUin ~ J <J.;."1 .. 1 ,
1?19.
~xpend i tare:
Animal
Husba dry
03 , 500 . 00
669. 21
Fart of 3alal'l ( rof . Templeton) :"150.00
Salar 311 t . Beef Cattle ,
:Sxpe "ments in Hest Ala.
':::. l:Iibbens ) 1 , 800 . 00
3a12.ry Jupte :loZ ::::xperiJilent s , 1 , 500 .00
Union 0 ... H"-lne;s, Ala. (G . L. Burle S011
3al~IY st0~0 ~rapher 300 .00
Travelins expenses and
incident als 419 . 21
~alal~ , Poultry Project
t 6)
&
Cr. Sc 'lIeu t e'rbu sch)
'Sntono l or:;y
Position OI' ·Zxpenditure
Annual A)prop.ciation
Exy)enditure :.
Part Salary Dr. hinds
11 II F. L. Thomas
II " J . H. Robinson
ruse. expenses ..
(7) Publications.
';'900 .. 00
300 .00
100. 00
1000. 00
'( 2300. 00
1 , 000 . 00
~ l .:b . OO
300. 00
250 . 00
300. 00
J2, 300.00
~2 , 300 . 00
"!Juring the last calendar ~ear the follm-ling publications lJero issued :
ItReport on Freeze Injur'J to Citrus Trees for 1916 and 1917 , ,vi th :Totes on
Orange Culture in South Alabama (By O. F. E. "'.linberg, Horticulturist 0.nd i'ield gel t)lt ,
"Gra zing ~Ioe3 ~.Ji th Peanuts, versus "arketing a Crop of l~cu.nuts . I B::r An.Ll1al
!{usbandman) 1I ;
lI t 'ertilizer Tests vith:::;otton in SOl th labama lf ;
"S'.Jeet Potatoe Root:. Borer, (By Sntomolo:.;ist) ";
"Armual Report of the Directo r of the ExperiI?-ent Station on Hork Done Under
t he Local 5xpcri nent LClvJ in 917";
"The reentine Ant and ]mv- to .control Its (By
"Com Insect Control Through Seed 8election an
molosis (, .fI.
ssistant :Sn t.01110 10 ci st) fl .
1'1:'ap CLanting . B- Znto-
Respectfully s bmitted,
(SigneOd) J . F. Dug ir,
Director , E~)eriment S~atio~
I hand you herew'"ith, "tvith my approval, the Hepo:rt of the Co- operative Extension
1:Jork of Director J . F. Duggar.
Dr. C. C. Thach , President
labama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn , Alabama
uir : -
I hermn th submit a sumnary report of the :Extension Service for the past eleven
RtR -ef-es:s41Rat s-fsp-tfie-.f3=sea± months of the present fiscal year, incl ding
tentat ' ve esti.mates for t he fi cal yea beo' nning July 1 , 1919 .
Nature of Extension ilork
B the pronslons 0" the Smi t -Lever Act of- Congre ss , Ext ension wor k in .
agriculture and home economics is conducted cooperativel in eaC1 state by the
state l<::ric Itur.al Colle,:;e ani the U. 3. De rtment of gricuLture , ~ihich l atter
is cha::'ged, under tl1e law, ~n th the supervision of expendi.tures. A 10 list
of Rxt ensiol1 activi tie s centers chiefly around the f ollo-vune ain subdiv.i.sions:
(1) .).., arm Demonstration ;Jork,
(2) Home Demonstration ;Jork, for Girls and ~lomen ;
(3) Club :'Tor~ for Boys
(4) I ncreased Production of Crops, Vesetables, Fruits, Beef Cattl e , Hogs,
Dairy Products ,
(5) Control or Restriction of Plant Diseases, Insect Pests, and Hog Chol er a .
6 3very Form of Production an "ons8'rvat.ion of Food.
(7) emonstration ~ ork for I egro r en and Jomen
(8) The 110re Profitable l1arketing of Hogs and Farm Produc t s .
~
Every line of activity is required to be reduced to the form of a irITi t ten
pro 'ec t conforming to the la~'lTs and r e"gulations e;overning Coo erative Ext.ension
1 or • .
° Progress of ~lo rk ill: the Past Year. . . .
Duri ng the past year 23 projects or lines of work were in active operat ion. --
li'ann Demonstration lior
Farm demonstration agents, in spite oo~ ~nfluenza and bad roads, rendered
notable service to crop p roduction, livestock development, and eupecially to the
better marketing of hogs , peanuts , and ot.1er farn prouucts . A Great for~fard step
for incr8ascd efficiency Has made by beginning 'last October, out of emergency funds,
to pay a part of the traveling expenses of all farm and home demonstration agents.
The value of their services depends largeJ.: upon their activity in reachinG all
parts of thei r r~spective counties, preferably by automobile .
At times t!lere 1-1ere ·more counties vlithout agents than desirable , ue chiefly
to the follo't-rinC causes:
1 . Scarcity of trained men, resul tine f Fom the employment of so many a" ricultural
graduates in the army and nav.! ;
2. Restrictions ' n reGard to the use of emer enc funds , especially in t e
case of agents of d aft age .
1 arketing ct:ivi-tie s
Plans for marketing hogs, peanuts, and other farm products, 1-lere formul ated
by the two Harketing Specialists of or the Extension Service , having headquarters
at Auburn, 't-;ho 'tvorked 'tVi th the County agents in the execution of the se plans. As
a re S1)lt t here was a tremendous increase in the shipment of hogs in carload lots.
Statistics for t_le year are not yet compl ete, but it is probably safe to estimate
that between 3500 and 4000 oarloads of hogs 'tVere snipped during the p~st
tuelve 1,onths from Alabama farms . The Narketing Special ists or A )ents, as a rul e ,
took a promi nent part in organizing the Slipping associations, usuall ra e
the hogs , and were active in securing buyers . °In repeated instances the prices
thus obtained Herl: from t'ivO to four cents higher than those previousl offered
by local buyers of small lots of hogs .
Realiz':'ng the need for the introduction of SOl, e sys Gem into the mark eting
of peanuts, t e Director of ii"xtension Service last June appointed a committee
from the sta f of the Extension Service to 'fonnulate commercial grades and
standards for this important crop . Aft er several months of intermittent nark,
exan i ning of great numbers of sampl es of peanuts, and conSUltations 1dth great
numbers of oil mill managers, repre sentatives of the confectio11ery trade farmers,
and others, a standaru. 't as proposed. This standar of commercial grades 'tJ'as
accepted by a meeting of all these interests called by the Food Administrator last
October. ~Jh ile at first there 'tvas occasional criticism from individu.als whose
crop did not come 'tvit hin the higher rades, there has de eloped general satisfaction,
as SlO1·m among othe r 'tva;rs , by the re cent re- adopti on of these standards
by the S<;,uthern Cot ton Oil Crusher's Associa tion, - thus making t he Alabama grades
the stan ards throughout the South. Farmer s were thus in a position to receive
the highest prices that the marl et woul d j ustify without actual inspection by the
buyer , the grading being done b the Larke t ing Special ists of the 19ctension.
Servige. Under thi s plan t he greater part of the marketabl e crop Has sol d.
It is proposed to eXtend the marketing activitie s during the "' ecu" to ot.her
farm products, especially corn.
Home Demonstration Work
Home Demonst ration wo k 'tvas on a iarger scale during the
before ,- t anks to t.he emergency fund 0 .... C011.-;ress , 'from which
age ts and practically all of t he Negro ho. e economic s Cl 'ents
ast ~ar than ever
most of t .le v-mi te
Here paid .
The enrollment in girls ' clubs (for whites) was reported as 5, 100, and in
women ' s cl ubs as 1.j., 798 •
•
An importal t line of work is that done throus]l poul tr-y cl-J.bs .
Boys' _C2.1ub Jorl(
Bo S f club \1ork rna e a p enomenal enrollment of moi"'e tlan 12,000 regular
meMber s , and more than 20 , 000 food producers of all kinL s.
Farm Demonstration -Tork .lor IJegroes
Through the ' emer gency nd the number of _,egro farm demonstration agel~us
\:Tas increased t o thirty-one , irTho 1..rere stationed in tle counties havin£, the largest
Negro population. These agents, besides doin:::: for t:le Ie ro race the sarne lvOl1C
as is done or the wliite race by 'IT i te agents, ' ut into execution a plan fo
increasing the avei"age number of a s of \lork of Negro olaborers on farms . This
\-las done by the formulation of the V. S. Saturd~y Service League , the enru Ilment
of \lhich was more than 7, 000 and l.fuich plan, late i t he summer, vIas copied by
rna ' other Southern States.
nimal Industry, Extension
E...xtension specialists , froro. .. uburn, in dairyi ng and beef cattle v18re especia
ly imluential in helping Alabama farmers to buy beef cattle from the
drought- stricken part of Texas , an in the promotion of the d~iry industry
by selecting cows for shipment to Alabama by organization of bull clubs , CQi,'ITtestine
associa tions; and otherwise .
he ""'xt ension ' Service has conducted a Livestock .:Jxchange. This consists
of the collection of lists of ''For Sale II or 'ivJanted" , and the ma ilin~ out of
circular lists twice a month to a l arge list of stock len and other buyers or
sellers. One purpose is to save from s l aughter many f emal es suitab l ~ for breeding,
that would other ~se be sacrificed.
'Pi g clu s constitute one 0
in Slnne production. not_leI' is
' ~lction \Tit:i tho count - agents.
:106S , . ut ba e instructed a large
cholera serUln.
the several me s that 1[ork for t he i ncrease
t e work of the hoO' cho era specialists in conhese
have not on {treated a Great number of
num er of f mers in the m thad of using hog
Horticulture , EntomolGgy, and Plant Di seases
Goo work has been 'done in the n . est projects, namely, Horticultur ,
irlher t he emphasis has been on home gardens, ho e orchards, and spray-' ng ; in
~ ntomology , whel-e ' t he aim has been largely the reduction of injury from vleovils
attacking corn;, and in Plant Diseases, t hrough which latter pro ·ect i nformat-i on
has boe 1 given y personal risits, corr s ondence , lecture:::;, and brief pub i c~
tions re~ardi!g a wid range .of destr ctive plant pests.
Financial Outlook
The emergency fund carried by the emerg cy f ood production act of Con ~e ss
. ha been disbursed directly from V- as lil1~ton , but practicall ~ as a part of the
.wxtension Servi ce in each S ate. The approximate amount of this fun spent in
l a ama ur ' ne the present fi scal year, almost entirely for the sal ries aft
traveling x enses of farn an home demonst ation agent s of ot races, 1vlll be
by June 30 abo ut "';112 , 000 . 00 . t the da to lvhen thi sis ·tn~i t ten there i s do J..b 1,
as to ilOv mUG 1 {noney 'lill be IJrovide y the a..:,rricultura bill, nOil pending .
in ~;as" _inzton , for t he parti;tl replace ,lent 0 the above ite , . he probability
_______ __ _____ ~ ____ ~ __________________________________________________________________________ ~ __ ~J
.is t~lat t~!e Sli.ustitute ~t,ell' Zor _il.1Ll[··.D. \,ill be nearly ~j4 , ooo . 00 , r,mich is '
apl)rox~lrla'Loly °the Cln0unt ..L'avL>r'allly 1'C'1)orted b r thE:. .. ~ricu ltural Committee of the
House . • . ..
Tl1e attac"hed tentative budget .i..~; cOllStr- cted on this baois .. T 18 d:Lfi'erence
or decrease , ~; 5C , oOO . OO , increased to ~~66 , 000 . 00 by changes in anotller fund paid
uirectly f rom '":/ashington , is )artly off set by the increae in Federal and State
SMit11-Lever l.unc.s of ~46 , ooo . 00 . This loaves a proba I e net decrease lor next
year f s total su )POI't of alJou t ~20 , 000. 00. To ta e t .. 1G .I:)lace of as much of tllis as
possible it has een the po Ii c.:', of the Extension management durin,:: recent month ,
~vi t~ the approval of the U. S. Depart ment of Ar;ricul ture , to charge tp teed ral
emer~ency f l"'.nds as large a proportion as practicabl e and leb:" tim::.~te of the ex",,:
penses of t he far1ll and lOI'le de110nstration.
It is estimated that by June 30 a bal ance of about "';16, 000. 00 can be thus
accumula ted for use in the fiscal year beginnil1[; July 1 , 1919 . If so , it i s
recorrnnenced that this balance e applied chiefly t o t l e .t:arm and hOMe denonstration
a;~ents salari es and traveling e::\.lJenses, and to providi u for rent of
offices , repairs; alteratinc the offices, vaults for records , and cO:1struction of
a stor age house for autoMobiles, sup lies, etc.
In brief , it will be necessary , i the pendi n..;; House bill pa~ es without
tlendment , to dispense with the service of SOIae of t he .field ae;ents employed by
reason of t }le ehergency fund, bo th .for the 1-fhi te and colored race s. Every
effort i s beineo Made to retain a.s large a proportion of the se as p"os s·ible , and it
is 10ped that, by u til izin~ the bal ance In8ntioned above it may e }> sib).eTD
retain abo1Jt 38' to 41 of the 41 home der,lOnstration agents wb.o are on t he rolls
in :Iay- 1919 , ana at least 57 to 60 of t he pre sent roll of 66 farm demonstration
aeents.
'11e loss of the emergenc.:y fund also makes it neces sary to fore go t he deGired
employment of an additional spe cialist in marketing, a nd of an assic·tap.t agricultural
engineer.
'l'le ollOiJine; fiGures arc su_ ni tted as a tent ative buJget f or the rezul&r
Federal Snith- Lever fund and 3ta Ge appropriation matchim....: ill.
Tentative ::::;{tension Service Budc:et, 3mith- Lever Fund (Federal and state)
Farm Der;1onstration (\'111i te)
Gi r ls ' Clubs
Eoys Clubs
rig Club
Poul tr- C' ub - ci .....
A ]r,linis -Lra tion
Pu lications
J gricul tu~~ 1 3 it1n~
,L. ovab le ,r,:.: >c 11 00 1 G -'",>J1111' l t e ann' "lJ8 GrO \)
Ac:;ronor,p
Dairying
Beef Cat t l e
Eorticul tUI'e
~11t Jdoloo"Y
'..>.;.18cialists in ot' er departments
H&l' (8 "t:"ns
r:o;:; Cholera
li'arm Denonstration
Home Demon s t:.1" ation
(Hegro )
Negro)
410 80 . L~5
23760 .00
656J . oo
2400. 00
2040 . 00
14980. 00
3300.00
2800. 00
1000. 00
766J . OO
2620 . 00
3000 . 00
5890 . 00
3790.00
6~o . OO
7000. 00
750 . 00
28730 . 00
7850. 00
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Lgricu_tural 3n~ }nee r.ing
Plant Pat.lology
Farm Hanae em en t
C ontin~ent (Pro j ec t t.o e chosen l ater)
Tot al
l1ents, Repair s , Construct ion and ot her "Non- off s e t s ,
Grand Total " ,
32JO. 00
1700.00
100 .00
3020 . 77
176131. 22
3 00. CXJ
$179131. 22
The approval of the above ten tative Budge t by !t he College authorities i s
r eq ested sub j ect to suc. changes as may e recommended by the o t. er cooperative
par t y , t he "U .. S. Department of A-.,riculture , al. t el" t he as age of pending l egisl
ation.
, " l ollm.Jine; "are shmm tne ",SOU ces of support of Ext ension worl fo r t 1e fis cal
year beginning J t1y 1 , 1919, toget er Hi th propo,sed total expenditures for each
line of 11Or k , including di sbursements made d i rectly f r or,l 1Jas 1lngton.
: s t imated I ncome from : -
Federal Smi th- Lever Fund
state Smith Lever Appropriat i on
Original U. S·. Demonstr a t ion Fund
state Board of Agricul ture
Counties , etc., (estimated)"
Congressional I t em in Pendi ng Bill
Total ~stirnat ed I ncome
Tentative Zstimate s of Expenditures , by Projects :
103131. 22
73000. 00
35000. 00
24000. 00
48000 .00
53729 . 55
odJ>F 33 • 77
Including , besi de s Federal and state Smith Lever Funds , (as bef or e) , also
funds paid directl y from the U. S. Department of Agricultur e , s t a t e" Board of
Agriculture and Counties; and from p ending Concressional Fund:
Pig Clubs
Farm Demons t ration
Poult ry Clubs
BO;Ts ' Clubs
'1irls ' Clubs
Dairyi nw
Horticulture
Adminis t ration
Negro Hen . gents
'Jegro :-Iome Economi ~ s
Aarke ting
D ep ar~ ental Speci alist s
lIor; Cholera
r::xt ension Schools .
AgI'o no ray
"Sntomology
Publications
Agricultural Editi Rg
Agricul t ural Encin ering
~i' arm ~ =anag eme nt
Beef Cat t l e
l ant Pat hology
Contingent
Total Estimated Expenditure
2400. 00 ,.
lL~3610 . 0 0
2400 . 00
8600. 00
76260. 00
2620 '!\ OO
5890 .. 00
16000 . 00
30580. 00
9330. 00
7000.00
650. 00
750 . 00
1000.00
7668 . 00
3790 . 00
3800. 00
2800 . 00
3200.00
1000.00
3000. 00
1700. 00
3820 . 77
U36860. 77 ,
Detailed f nnua1 :r.eport .
Under ate of December 28 ; 1910, there was mailed to. GOl.Zer or Chas. Henderson,
by the President of the College, the detailed annual re~ort of Extermion worl , as
r equired by law. It contains a f uller statelllent of extension activities and detailed
s tatelJlents of expenditure s,. Copies of said report are also Ol;1 lile in the
of ice of the President 0 the Col lege , the Director of the :extension Servic e , and
the Secretary of Agriculture .
state Support Needed for the ~nsuing ~uadrennial Period
Gov. Thomas E. Kilby recommended as an emergency 1:1easure the passage of an
act makinz provision or the state offset to the Federal Emergency fund, and accordingly
the l.egislature passed an act appropriating .iP68 , 000 for the year endine June
30, 1920 T1e Federal Smith- Lever fund increases by apprQ).r . imately ~~18000 . 00 each
year. Hence the amounts desired for the ....:Jxtension Service , and subnitteu to the
Svate ~udget Commission, are as ollows:
For the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1921,
For the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1922,
For the fi sc al year end ing June 30 , 1923,
$86, 000. 00
104, 000 . 00
122, 000. 00
It should be noted in connection -vrith these desired appropria~ions that there
is no certaint y about the continuation by Congress beyond the ensuing fiscal year
of any fund Hhatsoever in partial &'Ubstitution or the em~rgenc fund t hat has
een available during the past tHO years.
rtespectfully submitted ,
(Signed) J . F. Duggar
Director, Extension Ser v i ce
I hand you the fo l lolJin£ names of candidates for the degrees att ached witl1 the
recommemation of t he Faculty that the degrees be conferred.
Bachelor of Science ..zradua tes
Name
C 1arles Harris Adams
Richalu Courtland Bradford,
Europe lexander Cal d1Vell
... orner Carder
Col on Eri c Carl ovitz
Benj ar.1in Jacobs Coplan
Frederic( Earder Cutts
Lmvis Schue s sler DOlldell
Philip Frederic (
Eduin "-lil s :2re man
J arne s I =:i.c hael Fu1lan
Euel :IoHard Gentry
Clen_1 H i_tower Grisham
~Jalter Elbert Harrell
',Iilliarn Louis Holme s
John .Jelvlard T~ow'e ll
'S. C. Jol ns n
} enr"J Thomas KillingsvlOrtl , 'Jr.
~iilliam Li thC;011 Liddell
·.Jilliam l'1ena Little
~-- - - - - - - --- ----------
County
Dale
Cherokee
Jackson
Jefferson
Hississippi
Jefferson
GeorGia
Chambers
Georgia
Flor ida
Lee
Bibb
Limestone
L01'mdes
Houston
Dale
Georgia
Georgia
~Jilcox
Georgia
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Course
General
Aoriculture
Civil Engineering
Chem. &. Hetallur -;y
C 1em. G: IIetallurgy
Chemical Engineer
lec. anical En::.;ineerine;
General
Clem. D: Eetallur
CheM. &.. 'Ietallurgy
Electrical 3ncineerinGeneral
Chemical Engineering
General
riculture
31Gctrical En~r .
Chern. &. lletallurgy
::::acctric2.1 .J1ginee inG
_ '·'ricul ture
Electrical Ent;ineering
30
Forest ~ _ i tlock 1:c':82.11s
George . ugustus lIat t i son, Jr.
Wil liam ~ enr-f Phil p6t, J r .
Elisha Frederick Pollard
Jefferson William Pruett
Leroy LaFayette Self
Henry Cl ay Snellgrove
..Joman Jantzler Spann
Co_en El bert 3tapp
~Ji ll iam = enry Tucker
F'eli.."'{ Au.=-;ustus 11alker
J ohn Bonard ~Jilson
- George : erhert -Tright
,Jcrror .30r:
Cl -Laco
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Coosa
'Blount
Farshal l
Ho"u.ston
Pickens
Chambers
Russell
Lee
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Gradila tEE 'Hi th Eonor
AJrian Fuller lsobrook
James 'Tuell. Little Anderson
Danie_ ~arland :arnes
11elen Louise Elasingame ~
~Jilli 2m Coo<:, Jr.
"Suzene BenSO.l1 Crcnvi'ord
George ~Jebs te r Duncan
~;il iarn Carrell Edlvards
:;dmond l""'eter Garre tt, Jr.
Josep~l ::cConuick Gondron
ndre1'J ltTon :Tall
lOiI-ell ayno Hine s
Arthur LaFayet t e Jones
T,Jillard Hi tford I10bley ~
Solomon Joseph ~adler
Earl Cochron i{iehol's
Philip ~Jilliam Pelts
Ca ers J ones Perryman
jharle Scudder Pet r
~Jilbur rnol d Pi kin
Alrm Sl'li t 1
LansinG Tev-lor Slili t Il , J r .
W iiI iam rtiehmond ste he n8
:0arkle- ugustus 3torey
o'~n Patrick.3 livan
Emrle tt Echv-in ~eJ'ry
John 1homas
J atrle s ~Ja lla ce Tidmore
Liorcl ~ ar e Tisdale
Lmds Cem, ler Vaughn
ChambeTS
Calhoun
.Dale
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':acon
Lee
Chilton
Limestone
, Louisiana
DeI~alb
Jeka11
Calhoun
Jerferso.l
:-.;tolvah
C 8.l'lce
llssissi ",}i
Jefferson
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Florida
Lee
Calhoun
109
Talladega
30 . Carolina
Eadison
~·Iarengo
~Iale
!,lorida
8eorgia
Graduates with : .... iehest Honor
Thomas 3ro mins Chambers
George lions ~Jri 11 t
Convay John ·usLice
GeorD'e Hark , tiood
GraUllates in
Limestone
Loe
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Autau~a
:'lonteouo ~ \
Chern. Ensine er l 11g
ElectrIcal Enuineering
... har acy
Chemical Engineering
Electrical ~ngineering '
gricul ture, '
griculture
'Chem. &. Hetallu.r
griculture
General
Agriculture
Agri'ulture
Agriculture
_ gricultUi.~e
Zlectrical : ngineering
General
General
Civil :=ngineer inG
gric .l ture
Elect r ical Enginceri u
Electrical Engine ring
_ griculture
Civil Eneineeri g
griculture
gri cul t".ll~ e
Vechanical Zngr.
Chemical wngineerin
:TIectrical ~.gineeri
Civil ~l~ ine ring
Electrical Engr.
Electrical Engl".
Civil Engineering
ChE:nical :ng:ineering
8eneral
E ~ c ~r leal EngIneering"
Chemical Eneineering
gricult '€
General
E1B ctrical En insering
Electrical Ep-Ginecring
Agricu:'-:'ure
griculture
~le ct, ical Enei.eering
Civil Eng:':loe "ing
Electrical .w:i~ineering
-I
John Howard .uec chaw.
George 3arncy Jradslla1J
.. iilliam :?'osc:- Claubhton
Ui li8.l11 Lipsconb :Jo"'.1Zlass
RobeY't ~Tarper Hamner
Everett l.e,e Harper
l=cI~e:1zie ~reath
~Tal tel' Hudson Hines
Jobn Bryant Jordan
Dor-ranco D-.. Haj or
J ames Daniel Ratchford
:;::ayr,10ncl Renoug Sally
HobG:i. ... t 0 ' neal Suddath
Cl eveland Qille sp ie S _ Dl'pe
Ync:aloc.i..o An res Blizondo
'. Tilliatl1 0111]0 Nard
Eal e
::d.SS:L ssippi
Chil ton
l'larengo
?ic~(ens
Pickens
Coffee
=~O:UDe
Pickens
~'Iis sis sippi
Chambe .. s
SOUt~l Carolina
Georgia
Post Gr aduate Degrees
(ilast er or" '~cience )
~:orb n
"")1'of sS_~'Jnal Degrees in Cou se
Eec :1 an f c al En~' .i..ne er
Ilexlco
~lectrica :3nsin8er 1
Zont~6mery
{ D' .).''''01' I egrees rof essional W rk
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Shen1an Guy Forbes India
I hand you the BudGet of the Alabam.a PolJrteclmic Institute for t Ile ye r
July 1, 1919 to July 1, 1920:
Months
At·dnson, T. ..
Ilodern Lane;uaee s 9
Biggin, • C.
Architecture 9
:Glake , L. S.
Phacmacy 9
Bragg, Thomas
Prof. Analytical Chem •
..,...,,1' S ..,.., 11
.!..Ju. 11 , 1' . ' .
Inst ~ • .A limal lIusbandry 12
Collan, J .A. C.
Civil Sngi eering 9
C fU:ry , C • .A •
?hysiolob".Y, Vet .. Ned •. J2
CrenshaiiT, B. I .
I1athematics
...
- - - - --- - -------- --- - - -
to 8-ral rC.
Other Fmlds
2000
2000
I
2000
1500
725 77~
2600
'.
10001 (600
(600 Serum
2500
(
t
Total -
2000
2 00
2000
'15 0
,
1500 ~
27 a f 3C10
2200 f 300
3 0 3
. . . .o .. H?~ths Col l otJ8 :::unds
Do - na.,l 1ue , . 'J1f . J •
Director, Prof. ~hysical
Culture, Instr . Latin &
·:at 1 .
~rake , J . -I.
Surgeon
Dug rar, J. F.
Agriculture ~ Director
of Station
Dunstan , • S.
1 t '" T ) d ' l:.J ec .. .~ngr .. , li.a lO
.c..lizondo , Y.
Instr .. ~raVJing , Spanish,
Ha thematic s
Ferguson, C. H.
Instr. Vet- liIedici ne
Full an, E. T ..
I1ach. Je sit)"ll C: :;:)ravnng
Funchess , E. J .
AGronom f 600 college
Gardner, W. A.
Botany f 100 Hatch
Glenn, M. A.
Treasurer
Hare, C. L.
Physical Chemi stry
Hill, W. vI.
E1ec. & Telephone
9
9
12
9
9
12
12
12
12
12
Engr., Supt. Power Plant l2
Hinds, W. E.
Entomology
Hixon, C. R.
Asst. Prof. Mech. Engr.
Director Shops
Hulse, F. C.
Prof. Surveying
Jackson, J . B.
Analyst Cham.
Judd, z. V.
Education, Director
of SUnnner School
Lane, Miss K. H.
Asst. HiswIj'"
Lewallen, G. W.
12
9
9
12
12
lnstr. Vet. Medicine 9
Martin, H. M.
lnstr. Chemistr.y 12
Martin, Miss Mary E.
Librarian 12
McAdoIj7", T. s.
Asst. Prof. Vet. Science 9
HcDonne-11, E. P.
lnstr. Machine Shop 9
Messick, J. F.
11athematics 9
3000
3000
1200
1250
25 0
· 1000
1000
750
1700
2000
100
1800
2100
1800
3500
2:)0
1250
1600
950
1500
650
2lJ)0
3800
450
- 1200
1100
1250
700
Total
1550
27501 250
3800f.R e.3.
3000
1200
1250
27 0f-300
2200
2100
1700f 300
2200f 200
1000 (Power & 3000
Water)
2900 3000
17001 100
2100
1500,l 300
3500
200
1250
14.0 0. f. 200
250 1200
200 (Serdm) c 1700
"650
1900;' 500
-I
.,/
Federal and
Name of Dept. No. Months · College Funds Other Funds Total
Miller, E. R. . ,
Chem. Research Soils, etc . 12 400 2000 2400 '
Night Watchman 816 . 8~6
Petrie, George
History, Latin, Chairman
of Examining Committee 9 .3000 29oo/- 100
Clerk Examining Committee 9 250 '250~
Powell, P. P.
Asst. Professor Chemistry 12 1600 1600
Price, J. C. C.
Asst. Prof. Horticulture &
Asst. State Horticulturist 12 600 1000 o l600f Res.
Reed, C. C.
Herdsman 12 1.300 200 , 1500
Pitts, J. E.
Mathematics 9 700 700
Reynolds, A. W.
Instr • . History, Latin 9, 1150 1150
Robinson, J. M • .
Asst. Entomologist &
Zoology 9 12:>0 400 1600
Ross, B. B.
Chemistry 12 3400 200 3000/- coo
Clerk Chemistry 12 100 100
Chemistry . Assts. . 9 1900 1900
Rutland, J. R.
Prof. English 9 2400 2400
Scholarships - 16. 17 4250 4250
(1) Architecture (2) Botany
(.3) Chemistry (4) Civil Engr.
(5) English II (6) Drawing
(7) History (8) Library (9)
Mili tary (10) Pharmacy (ll)
Physics (12) Radio (13) Shops,IV
(14) E1ec. Engr.
Agronomy Research Scholarship 100 100 .
Botany Research Scholarship 250 250
Shi, B. L.
Registrar 12 3000 .3000
Registrar Assts. 1250 .. 1250 .
Spaldin g, I.
Commandant 9 400 400
Starcher, G. C.
Horticulture & State
Hort. 12 450 17$0 2400f, Res.
Stivers, E. D.
Prof. Agriculture Educ . 12 1500 1500 3000
Stokes, W. B.
Asst. Prof. Mechanical
Engr ., & Mathematics 9 1650 1650
stratton, R.
Asst. Prof . Botany 9 1000 400 • 1400
Taylor, W. R.
Prof. English 9 1800 1800
./ '3U ....
Federal and
Narne 0 f Dept. No. l10nths College Funds 6the'*r 'Funds Total
- · f r - • -t
Templeton, G. S.
Prof. Animal Hu sbandry 12 1000 2000 3000
Thach, C. C.
President 12 5000 5000;' Res.
President Office Assts.
StenoErapher and Clene 12 1250 t · 1250
Thomas, A. L.
Assts. Prof. Drawing 9 1700 500 2200
and Band }1aster (Picture Show) .
Student Asst. l1ilitary Band 100 100 -
\iebb, W. 'tl.
Instr. Vet. Medicine 9 1250 12'50
Wilmor-e, J . J .
Mechanical Engr. ,
Supt. Grounds 9 .3000 2000;' 400
Dean of Engr. CIe ri< 125 . . . 3:25
Wooten, B. A.
Physics 9 2000 2000
Totals $101$16.00 $~462$. OO $1Z6141.00
ApproEriations for Maintenance
College Funds Hatch Adams Local Expt. Lever Tot al
Agr. (Teaching) &
Experiment 400
Architecture 100
Prin ting and
Advertising 2000 1250
Animal Husbandry
(including s~le s ) 4000 1lO0 800 / .
Botany 500 100 700
Chem. (Research) 3000 100 200
Chem. & Pnysiological 100
Civil Engineering 400
Commencement )JO
Comer Hall 500
Education (Vocational) 750
Elec. Engineering 1000
Entomology 100 100 550 .r Expense 3000 t
Farmers' Inst. 300
Fuel 3000 170 255 150 425 .
Groun...d s and Repairs. 3000
lIorticult ure 400 900
Feed Stuffs 800
Fam (Sales) 364
Dormitories 2000
Insurance 4000
Infirmary 400 ..
Labor (ColI. & Agr. Hall) 1200
Library 1000 (400 )
Machine ( 75 helper) ~
Design 200 100
Colle~e ~d~ 'Hatch Adams Local E;Pt.
1200
Lever Total
Mechanical Engr.
Military
Mining Engr.
Music
Pharmacy ,, ' ,
Powe-r Plant
Physics
Plant Pathol ogy
Postage
Publications
Soils
Smith Hall
Summer School for
,,800 .
100
300
~o
3500
400
600
o
800
450
1500
Farmers 100
Summer School for College
Stationery
Trustees
Vet. Science
Water Works
Total
Grand Total
Estimated I ncome
Estimated Balance
3500
650
400
1100 (including sales)
2000
$49864.00
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$151380. 00
$152687.54
Report of Treasurer
.Alabama Polyt.echnic Insti tute
~ 1918-1919
" !. .... Endowment, Morrill, state and College Funds
To Endowment fund
To Morrill fund
To State & College fund~
By Endowment fund
By Morrill furid •
By State & College fund .
By Balm cs Water Works ~
To cash from state
~
By amount paid Salaries .
Receipts
Disbursement s
20,280 . 00
28,4~ . oo
140, 025. 36
ro,280.00
28,450.00
138,638.84
1,386. 52
Endowment Fund
Receipts
2), 280 . QO
Disbursements
,"- -
, $188,755.36
$20 , 280. 00 "
:, j )
'J, J7 J
Morrill Fund
Receipts
To cash from state 28,49J . oo
By amount paid Sal aries Disbursements
-
state and College Funds
Receipts
To State fund
To Incidental fees
To Tuition fees
To Laboratory fees
To Surgeon fe es
To Librar,y fees & interest on Bonds
To Mat riculation fees
To Fann Products
To Horticulture
Jo Dormitories
To Expense
To Animal Indus tr.y
To Chemistry
To Insurance
To Hi li tClry
To Pharmacy
To Veteri nary
To 11usic
To Feed stuff s
To Smith Hall
To Power Pl ant & Lighting
To Summer Session
To 1vaterworks & Sewerage
To Athletics
To Oi l Tax
/ ' .
. I 4 • 1
$ 80,000.00
1,152.50
900. 00
850. 00
1,152. 50
1,650. 80
1l,592. 00
705.13
859. 36
520 . 66
682-~ 68 . ~ .
4,435. 57
285. JJ
,6.14
1;627. 61'
76. 35
837 . 20
12. 00
800.00
858 . ~
'- 6,880. 73
2,624.85
800. 00
3,054. 77
17 , 6l0 ~ 7l
state and College Funds
~ Disbursements
By aInOUD:t p.aid .. Sa.~aries _
By amount paid Surgeon & InfirmaIY
By amount apid Library
By amount paid Laundry
By amount paid Fann Produc ts
By amount paid Horticulture
By amount paid Dormitories
By amo~t paid ", Expe nse ,
By amount pai d Com. Expense
By amount paid Printing & Adv.
By amount pai d Animal Industry
By amount paid Chemistry
By amount paid Electrical Engr . ~
By amount paid Mechanics
By amo~t paid ~ F~ers~ I~stitute
By amount paid Fuel
$ 29,916. 33
262. 56
1,801. 81
249.15
705. 13
1,471. 93
2,060 . 50
3,048. 33
125.00
2,839. 71
10,680. 76
4,634. 22
16. 61
387. 00
103.03
12,134. 81
28,450 . 00
$140, 025. 36 _
By amount paid Grounds & Repair
r By amount paid Insurance
By amount paid Servants & Janitors
By amount paid Military
By amount paid Pharmacy
By amount paid Physics
By amount paid Po stage
By amount paid Stationery
By amount paid Trustees
By amount paid Veterinary
By amount paid Fanners' -Swnmer School
By amount paid Watclunan
By amount paid Qivil Eng:ineering
By amount paid Architecture
By amount paid Agricultural College
By amount paid Botany
By amount paid Comer Hall
By amount paid Music
By amount paid Feed stuffs
By amount paid ~th Hall
By amount paid Power Plant & Lighting
By amount paid Summer Session
By amount paid Machine De.sign
By amount paid \-J'ater & Sewerage
By 8.t'1lount paid Athletics
By amount paid Education
By aIOOunt paid &ni th-Hughe s
By anount paid Entomology
By Balance Water Works
( , I Montgomery, Ala., ~uly 3, 1919. )
/
$ 8, 822.19
4, 515. 27
1,086. 35
-3, 812.04
584.05
22. 66
~ 607 . 20
971.02
207 . 55
1,118. 28
686.07
469. 50
201. 61
29. 57
311.42
605. 89
994. 49
137. 00
800.00
672.54
27,520. 36
8,402. 04
127. 29
1,546. 68
3,054. 77
257 .99
f£J5. 06
32. 97
_ 4
Very respectfullY,
Treasurer
$138,638 . 84
1,386. 52
$140,025 .3b
The Board of Trustees met in the office of the Gave"mor,. 10:30 A. M., the
following members being present: Governor Thos. E. Kilby', Spright -Dowell, W. F ..
Feagin, C. S. McDowell, W. It. Terry, W. H. Oates, T. D. Samford, P. S. Haley,
Harry Herzfeld, Oliver R. Hood.
,The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. - President Thach
read his Report to the Board upon the following points: (1) The Report of the
Survey Committee of Experts, Washington, D. - C. , (2) hearings before. the Alabama
Educational Commission and the State Budget Commission, and (3) final report on
the Students' A~ Training Corps.
The following motion by Mr. Hood Was passed by- the Board; Mr. Samford dissenting,
and excused from voting: , Resolved, That this Board ratify the agreement
made by the Presidents of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of Alabama,
and the Alabama Girls Technical Institute, in so far as that agreement relates
to the modificatioh and adjustment of the courses of study in the -three
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institutions; ratifi cation however, being conditioned upon like action of the
Boards of Trustees of the University of Alabama and the Girls Technical Institute.
On motion, the Board passed a resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint
one additional member of the Eoard to serve with the two members named at the
last meeting as a Standing Committee on Agricultural Extension Work; ' a committee
of three being required by Act No. (fJ of the Legislature of 1919, approved
February 14, 1919. AppointmeRt to be made later. .
On motion of 111'. Hood th& following resolution was passed: In view of the
prospective increased appropriation for maintenance becoming effective on the
first of October, 1919, the Go.vernor is hereby directed to appoint a 'committee'
of five members of this Board, . .including the Governor. as Chairman, to cooperate
with the President of the Institution with regard to re-adjustments of administrative
and teaching loads of thaExtension Service, College and Experiment station;
paid committee to report at the meeting of the Board February 22, 1920. The
Governor stated that he would make his appointments at a later date. '
On nomination of President Thach the Board elected Gordon Worley as Professor
of Practice Teaching in the school of Agricultural Educat'ion, salary $2400 a
year .
There being no further bu.siness the Board adjourned. "',
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r
President's Report, July 3, 1919
Board of Trustees
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Gentlemen:
sl B. L. Shi '
Secre-tary
Pursuant to the action of the Board of Trustees at its last regular meeting
June 2nd I beg leave to make the following report:
(1) I beg to say that, as yet, I have not in my pos:S9ssion a. copy: of the
Report of the Survey by the Federal Experts from the Bureau of Education at
Washington,. • However" , at 'intervals I have secured for a 'few hours' examination
personal.. typewritten copies of .the. Report on higher education, 'in the possession of
various members. of. the Alab.:lma. Educational Conwdssion. Some of" the s.ect.ions of
the Report, however, I have not yet seen. Therefore, I daeply regret to say that
I am not in a position to advise the Board fully in regard to all the provisions
of the report, which is voluminous and, also highly important in its bearings. . '
On Sunday, June 8th, on invita~o~from Dr. Capen, I was enabled to make 'a
hurried review ' o~ the Report before it was formally presented on Monday' 9th to
the Alabama Educational Commission by the Surve.y. Committee. ' On June 16th after
another brief inspection of the Report on Higher Education the executives of
- the three institutions of higher education, on invitation of the Chairman, appeared
before the 'Alabama Educational Commission to discuss, - '
l~ Any recommendations affecting the future policy of their respective
institution in the light of the report of the Survey Connnittee.
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2. The proposed annual budget of these sever al institutions for the next
quadrennium.
Owing to the limited amount of time available and the urgency of presenting
the Report to the Alabama Educational Commission, it was impossible for me to
have the President of the Board assemble the Executive Committee. However, I beg
to say t hat I had a full conference with all of the Deans and senior Professors
of the College, especially the members of the Faculty of the Engineeri ng College
who were profoundly interested in the recommendation of the Report of the Survey
Committee.
The Alabama Educational Commission gave a most patient and sympathetic hearing
to the Executives -of the various colleges, and I submitted to t he Commission
the accompanying paper which I present f or record in your minutes.
(2) On the suggestion of the Alabama Educational Cormnissio'n the 'Presidents
of the three institut ions of higher learning in Alabama, namely - University of
Alabama, Alab~~ Polytechnic Institute, Alabama Girl's Technical Institute, had a
full conference concerning:
1. The recommendations as to course of sfudy, and
2. Recommendation as to the budget necessary for the support of these
Insti tutions.
I beg leave to submit-the accompanying report which resulted from this .
Conference, with the recommendation that it be approved by your Body.
On June 23rd, the representatives of the Colleges, Normal 'Schools, High
Schools, and elementary school~ appeared before the Budget Committee, the
Alabama Educational Commission being present. The revised budgets agreed upon by
the various institutions concerned with the endorsement of the Alabama Educational
Commission 'Were submitted to the Budget Committee. A copy of this revised budget
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute is herewith submitted and its approval is ,
recommended.
(3) In continuation of my report to you on May 26th c9ncerning the S.A.T.C.,
college and vocational sections, I · am pleased to say that this account -has now
been closed, and I herewith submit the report of the special accountant, who had
this 'WOrk in charge, to gether with copies of contracts with the , War Department.
This accountant, Mr. E. ' L. Deasy, is an expert bookkeeper, being for several,years
an Examiner of Accounts for the Federal Reserve Banks, and for many years an employee
of the People I s Eank of Mobile. His full system of books, vouch~rs, ano.
cancelled checks are on file. His accounts were audited by th~ ' Federal S.A.T.C.
District accountant of the War Department, and the report ~pproved ijy the District
Manager of this district. ' This checking of the account~ by the Federal authorities
and compilation of the final -reports were made in conjunction with the representative
of the President, B. L. Shi, the Registrar.
The lolOrk of the S.A. T. C. consisted of two entirely separate and dist inct
s ections,
1.. enlisted men, roldiers from 21 to 31 who were sent here by the Government
for technical training.. This work began in June and continued throughout the
summer and £all. .Of th.ese t ,here was a total of 1202 soldiers. The number of roon
engaged in this vocational instruction was 48. These were organized into a regular
Faculty, which had its -regular me etings. They gave t his instruction over ru1d above
oand in addition to the "regular college work .
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2. In addition to t his vocational training 878 young men with a high school
education, were enrolled in the regular college section during the f ir st tenn,
making the Institution a reservoir of officer material.
r Respectfully, r
Chas. C. Thach
Presi dent
From Presidents of Higher Institutions.
. }
Alabama Educational Commission,
Hontgomery, Alabama .
Gentlemen: " ,
June 17, 1919.
, . ...
"
We, the undersigned, representing the University of Alabama, the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, and Tl~e G~rls' Technical Institute, hereby agree on behali'
of these institutions as follows :
J
1. We approve the proposed Council of Education. 1
2. We accept the announced program of the SUrvey Commission with the . following
modifications :
(a) . The Alabama Gir).s I Technical Institute agrees to reIRain permanently
a Junior College, i . e . , to maintain a combination two-year high school and ' ~
two-year college course, ,with the privi;Lege of offering a four-year co-llege course
in Home Economics alone .
, (b) The Alabama Girls t Technical Insti tut,e is to c,ontinue to be the
recipient of the Smith-Hughes fund for teacher-training in Home Economicp.
(
c) The degree course in mining eI'\gineering is to be discontinu~d at the
\ Alabaina" Polytechnic' Institute, effective July 1st, 1920, ' and a one ' ye·ar service
\. course in mines will be offered instead •.
Cd} The Universi:tY of Alabama agrees to exchange, effective July 1,
1920." highw.a.y engineering for sanitary ~ngineering . ~ The University will not·
offer after that date ·a degreet course in highw~ engineering. The Alaba~n1a Polytechnic
· Instf tute, will not 'establish a degree course in, sanitary engineering.
'\ ' lIf ~ - ~,
(e) Both the Universit.y of Alabama and the Alabam~ Polytechnic. Institute
will offer degree CUITicula in· chemistry and metal~urgy. ,
• .
Respectfully submitted,
, ,
:.. . . . . ..
George H. Denny
President Uni. Ala..
c ' J,
Chas .... C. Thach
Pres. Ala. Eoly. Inst.
T. W. Palmer
Pres. Ala. Girls Tech. Inst.
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Alabama Eaucational Commission,
Montgome ry, Ala..
Gentlemen:
June 17, 1919
vIe the undersigned, have at your suggestion this day conferred regarding
.. - 1
the possibility of presenting through you to the Budget Commission a joint statement
setting. forth the irreducible amounts .of revenue essential to the operation
of the three institutions repre sented by us.
In reducing by sub stantially 50% the original estimates submitted by us,
we desire to say that those estimates represented our candid- and fall~ judgement
of the present imperative needs of our respective institutions. : We have made
the revisions herein set forth in a sincere effort to adjust our budgets to
the financial condition of the State Treasury, and keeping in view the other
imperative needs of the state, especially tl1e great common school system of the
state. ~
We do earnestly reque~t that, having pAred Qur estimates to the quick, the
Budget Conuuission will grant without reduct1-o.n the ·amounts herein asked. 1ie
call your attention to the critical situation of these institutions due to the
higher cost of living and materials, and to the recent repeal of the conditional
appl~priations of 1911.
The revised Budgets nmV' submitted are as follol.JS:
University of Alabama:
For maintenance,
For extension service,
For buildings,
Alabama Polytechnic Insti tute :
For maintenance,
For buildings,
For experiment station;
Alabama Girls' Technical Institute:
For maintenance,
For buildings,
Summer School
Uni versi ty of Alabama,
:,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ala. Girls' Technical Institute;
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$ 55,000 per anntun
10,000 per annum
150,000 for the quadrennium. "
$ 55,000 per annum
. 165,000 for quadrennium
, " 10,000 per annum
$ 27,500 per annum
75,000 for the quadrennium
$ 12,000
10,000
4,000
It is understood that the foregoing represent increases in addition to tm
fixed amounts nOli provided 1:1y statute.
The:3e estiJnates do not incJ;ude the
Schoo~ or Medicine at Moblle
Respectfully Submitte~,
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: George H. Denny
Pres. , University of Ala.
Chas. C. Thach, Pres. Ala. Poly. Inst.
T. W. Palmer, Pres. Girls' Tech. Inst.
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Report of S.A. T. e . Audi tor
Auburn, Ala. , June 7, 1919.
Dr. Chas. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Inst.
Auburn, Alabarna
Dear Sir:
I herew.i. th submi t my report as auditor of the Student r s Army Training Corp s I
accounts as taken from books kept by me:
Receipts:
From United states, for ; Section "Alt.
1918
Nov. 22
Dec. 9
Dec. 30
Feb. 4
May 7
$ 14,730. 80
33,912. 20
29,973. 90
120. 40
2,505. 80
From United sta~s, for Section "B".
July 29 4,515. 88
Aug. 19 , .; 8,773.14
Oct. 7 23,929. 75
sept. 7 3,545.08
Nov. 22 21,395. 69
Nov. 22 252025
Dec. 18 17,302. 34
Jan. 8 12,059.19
Dec. ~ 19 t 218. 50
Feb. 4 53. 20
Feb. 4 142. 50
Feb. 4 126.15
Jan. 20 179. 40
May 7 . 34,416. 28
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Disbursements:
Section "A"
Auto Mechanics $
Barracks Constr.
General Mchs.
General Expense 1,930.11
Board ~ 21,670. 33
Heat, Light & Water ~ 3,012. 35
I nsurance 176. 80 .
Instruction .
Housing " . . ..;1,. 'l , "
Janitor 633.09 ·
Mess Hall Constr. 9,179. 29
" " Equ1pmeBt ... .lJ 710.00
11 " Labor 1,567.11
Ordinary Repairs 1,.771. 80
$ 81,243. 10
126~908 . 35
$268,151.16
Section "Bn
$ 4,850.45
9,877. 79
3,674.18
2,721. 36
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4,744. 65
"195. 20
.. 4,085. 77
6,421.15
712.15
4,840. 59
6,317. 76
3,683. 58
972. 50
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Power Line Constr .
Radio
Rehabilitation of Quarters
Rent
Salaries
Subsistence
Plumbing in Rented Houses
Sect ion fiAtt
$
2 ,~J7 . 91
5,090. 16
10,013. 36
14, 409 . 88
7, 81Q. OO
Sect ion "B"
$ 1, 020. 53
1, 584.,74
2, 085. 95
16, 693. 03
52,809. 61
Travel rations
Freight credits
War aims
80,182.19 1:27,490 .99 $ 207,473. 18
72. 85
. 426.02
179. 40
$ 208,151.45
Respectfu1~ submitted,
E. L. Deasy'
Auditor, S.A. T.C.
Buildings and materials purchased from United States Government, on ,hani:
Laboratory & Garage Auto Mechs., four shops;
- & Warehouse 'for Artiller,y, 6 batteries
Desks, chairs & typewriter
Radio Apparatus ,
Electric material, pump & motor
Appara tus & material on hand in dept. of
mech. engr. and auto mechanics
Hateria1 in wood & machine shops (tools)
Permanent sewerage, re~r Smith Hall
Toilet in same building
,$ 13, 803'. 81
698 . 75
1,091.00
2,31J. 73
2, 912. 00
247. 85
2:>0 .00
~ . OO
Permanent sewerage in auto mech. building 255. 00
Building material, plumbing supplies, & meat
Due bill of General. Electri c Co. , 0
slicer 809. 50
'transfonners credit ' 543. 76
Toilet in Cottage # 1 40. 00
Respectful~ submitted,
E. 1. Deasy
Meeting of Executive Committee
Board of Trustees
Office of 9overn,or, Montgomery
Thurs~~, Dec. 4th, 1919.
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The members present were Governor Kilby, Mr. Samford, Mr. Terry and
Mr. Herzfeld.
1-1r. Samford introduced a resolution and moved its adoption, which was
duly seconded and adopted in words and figures, as follows:
Whereas, Dr. Charles C. Th~ch, President of the Ala~ama Polytechnic
Institute, has been connected with said institution continuously for more
than fo r ty years -- first, as an associate professor, then as a full professor
and later as its honored and highly efficient president; and
'lt1hereas, all during t he se years Dr. Thach has devoted himself and his
best efforts unsel fishly to the welfare and upbuilding of the college; and
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has counted no personal sacrifice too great Whenever and wherever the interest
of the college was at stake, arid has r epeatedly refused to accept any increase
in his own salary, preferring to devote the funds 1-There he consideredi t more
needed; and , , " ~
Whereas, during all these 'years wmie he has administered the affairs of
t he institution Dr. Thach nas never taken a p~otracted vacation, but has remained
at his post in season and out of season without thought of himself; and ('" • ... ~ r ~
Whe"reas , during the administration of Dr. Thach the college has progressed ,
and pro~ered far beyond the hopes of its closest friends, and its prestige and
standard as- the pioneer institution of the kind in the South has been maintained,
even, at t~es, under severe financial difficulties ; and
tihereas, this ~cutive Committee of the Board of Trustees feels that
Dr. Thach has abun~tJ;v .ear.nedarld meds a rest for an indeterminate period
to enable him to regain his health and wonted vigor, to the end that he may again
soon remune the duties of his office with his health perfectly restored;
Therefore, in appreciation o£ Dr. Thach',s. services to the college during
all the years of his manhood and his unsparing devotion to duty, and in recogni
tion of our duty and obligation to the coilege, '
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BE IT RESOLvED, that he be granted a leave of absence for a period of three
months, and that during said time he continue to receive hfs full salary as
President. .. 4
}~. Terry moved, and the same was carried, that Dr. B. B. Ross be elected
as acting president during the absence of Dr. Thach with full authority as
president during s.a. id time •
A motion was made and caITied that Dr. Ros s ,be authori~ed to employ such
assistants as he may deem necessary to carry" 'on the Department of Chemistry,
while Dr. Ross is acting president.
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Moved and carried that the employment of extra teachers, which have been
employed on account of increased number of students, be confirmed; and that such
additional teachers; as the Acting President may deem necessary, be employed, -
provided that the funds are available for that purpose under present appropriations,
and that such readjustment in the disposition of teachers be made as the
Acting President m~ deem necessary.
Hoved and caITied that the college accepts with thanks all appropriations
granted by the recent ~egisl~ture~ in~luding the appropriations f or Animal
Husbandry, and that the Acting President be authorized to use said funds for
the purposes authorized in the said acts granting said appropriations. /) ~ r ·
Hoved and carried that the Act ing President take up with the proper
au thorities the ma.tter of taking as vocational students 100 discharged soldiers;
and t hat the Acting President take such steps for providing a storage'place for
the U. S. Government equipment-' as he thinks proper.
There being no further business the committee adjourned:
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H. Herzfeld
by B. L. Shi, Secretary.
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