| Summary: | Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1931.J
EEETllm OF Tli ii: BOARD OF TRUSTEES
of the
ALABAMA FOLY'l'ECilHIC INST ITUrn
February 23 , 1931.
The semi- annual rreeting of the Board of 'l'ru stees of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institlte was held in Auburn at the off ice of the President
of the Institution at 10:00 a .m., ,February 23 , 1931, Governor B. M. Miller
presiding:
Present : Governor f,1iller , Messers . H. D. Merrill, Harry Herzfeld , C. ~·r .
Ashcraft, John J . Flowers, Vi ctor H. Hanson, '.'1. h . Oates , T. D. Samfor d ,
P . S . Haley .
Quorum present .
President Knapp x'ead h is report, copy of :1hich is filed in Book II
of the records of the Board of 'l'rustees .
The follow ing l:18tters in the President ' s Report were co:n.mented upon
and dis cussed by the members of the Board:
1. Three divisions of serv ice
2 . Enrollment and serv ice
3 . Experiment E:tation
4 . Extens ion Service
5 . Comparative Costs of College Education in this Irn titution
with Land- Grant Colleges in other States
6 . General Finances of the I nstitution
7. ~ easons for the Financial Difficulty
8 . The Staff
9 . Budget
10 . Building Progr-am and Bu ild ing Fund
11. BuildinC Finance
12 . Buildinc rogram Cut
13 . President ' s Lnnual lleport to be Pr inted
14. s tudy of the Institution
15. Outstanding -'ork
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After full discuss ion of t he financial s t atus of t he various college
funds as presented by the president the Board by unanimous vote :
(1) Approved the steps which t he Pr es ident of the College has f ound
necessary to t ake in f inancing the college t hus far by borrowing money on
unpa id state warrants of t he Buildi ng Fund , together wit h authority t o IIi y
the interest required on these l oans .
(2) Authori zed t he Pres i dent 91' t he college, wi th t he concurrence and
approval of the Chairman of t he Board of Tr ustees , t o borrow money on existing
sta te warrants held by the college but remaining unpa.id as may be found to be
necessary to continue to operate the institution and to pay its debts, including
authority also to p~ t he i nterest which may be required on such loans .
(3) Authorized the President of the Institution, with t he approval of
the Chairman of the Board of Trustees , to borrow money to an amount not exceeding
~ 125 , OOO . 00 in case it becomes nece ssary at any time to keep the institution
running in pr oper shape and to meet t he deficit on the building f und, including
authority to pay the interest which may be required in case such money is borrowed.
In connection with a resolution passed by the Board at its annual meeting
in May, 1930, concerning the payme!It of t he salary of Professor Ross through
the last fiscal year, President Knapp made the following statement to the Board :
fiAt the meeting last Spring the Board passed a resolution
authorizing the Pre~ident to pay to ~~s . B. B. Ros~ the salary that
Dr. B. B. Ross would have received to June 30 , 1930. I want to report
to you that I have no t paid this money to I.irs. Ross because I
understand there is a law on t he statute books which forbids this
institution paying any salary t o a person-who is an employee of the
state after his death. The s entiment would move one very strongly to
pay this money which Mrs . Ross needs without the slightest doubt . It
was a f ine compliment to t he long and faithful service o~ Dr . nOss but
I could not obey the order of the Board of Trus tees without consideration
of the law affecting matters of t hat charact er. I am aski~ your further
directions . "
fter full discussion ~ members of the Board, a resolution was passed ) )
unanimous ly author i zing and directing t he pr esident to employ JI.'!rs. B. B. Ross, (
begi nning March 1 , to do such llYork for the college as the pres ident and Mrs .
Ross may agree upon with authority t o pay her reas onable remuneration for her
serv i ces.
After discussion of the dormitory needs o~ the institution as presented
by Pres ident Knapp , together with a stateroont that outside parties without conference
with college officials , had begun to erect in the tovrn of Auburn a dcr mitory
for the use of college students , the board , on recommendat~on of the
president, passed unanimously the followi ng resolution:
eso1ved that the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
Polytechnic I nstitute does hereby confer upon the President and
the council of deans of said Ins titution t:m right to approve or
disapprove of student reSlLlences or IJlaces of living in and about
Auburn and make such requirements regardinc sanitary conditions ,
safety , f i re risks , supervision, and moral surroundings as they
may deem to be f or the best interest of the student and tre ins titution.
r.1r . Haley called the attention of t he board to plans of BirminghamSouthern
College to celebrate vlith appropri ate p roe;ram its Seventy- Fifth
nniv ersary on L:arch 17 , 1931. The Board of Trustees elected Er . Haley to
represent the Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Inst i tute at the SeventyFifth
Anniversary exercises of the Bi rmingh~Southern College and t o carry
the good wishes and felicitations of the 'l'rustees of this Institut ion.
At 11: 10 a .m. , the Board voted to recess far the review of the ROW
in honor of Governor Miller and rrembers of t he Board of Trustees . ]'ollovling
the review n:embers of the Board were Guests of President Knapp at luncheon .
The session of the Board was res umed at 1 :45 p.m., at which time too
matter of leasing broadcasting station ~API was presented to too board , copy
of the President' s Report being filed in Book I I of the records of the Board \
of 'I'rustees . 'i V
After full discussion of the proposal and of the rights of the s tate
through its three higher institutions of learning in this station , as well I
as the ori ginal intention and purpose of the college in developi ng t his broad- (L
casting s t ation , the board , on motion of :Mr . Merrill , voted unanimously to
refer the proposal to lease the station to the Executive Committee of the
Board of T.;.·ustees for investigation and report at the next annual meeting
of the Board or at a prior rreetinG which may be called by the President of I
the college . DurinG thi s discussion Governor Eiller stated that he v{as very
anxious to r etain for the State its rights in the station and t he suggestion
was made tha t it may be possible for t he State to make an appropriation t.o ".:
finance the operation of the station under the ad~m ini stration of the Board
of Control consisting of the pres i denta of the State ' s t hree institut i ons 01' /
h i gher learning . It was further suggested that the three presidents confer
wit h Governor Miller about this poss i bility.
On mot ion of Mr . Samford , Governor Mill el"j . Cha irman or the Board , was /
requested t o appoint the standing commi ttees . Governor UHler r eappointed i
the cornrni ttees tiS constituted at present as follows : '
Executive : The Governor , Henderson , HerV'e l d , Hanson ,
Samfo rd , Harman.
Finance : Samford , Hanson, Rogers , Ashcraft , Merrill , Hendel'S on.
Property: Henderson, Oates , Harmon, Conner, Haley .
Agriculture :The Governor , Herzfeld , Haley .
President Knapp read - the :following statement t o the Board of
Trustees:
"In the purchase of the Thach Estate , which I thought
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we had finished completely, I find that it is necessary t o
submit a claim Mrs . Thach is maldng a gainst the instituti on,
growing out of the purchase of land , to you for further consideration.
Mo st of you are familiar wi. th it. The fa llowing
are the amounts paid incident to the purchase of this p roperty
and the clearing of the title :
Clerk of the Circuit
Clerk of the Circuit
City of Auburn
Clerk of the Circuit
Clerk of the S upre~
Probate Judge
J. W. Rann
Tax Collector
'lim . J . Samford
Town of Auburn
].J1r's . Thach, rent
It "
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Court
Court
Court
Court
*Including Smith Property .
Purchase Price
Int . on t!
Paving Assessne nt
Costs
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$35 , 000.00
1 , 108. 34
613 . 51
73 . 18
14 . 75
24 .00
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t taxes due by Tach Estate 38. 18*
Fees 2 , 250 .00
-~ taxes due by Tach Es tate 12. 77*
9/1 to 12/31/29 200.00
Jan 1-31, 1930 50. 00
Feb . 1- 28 , 1930 50. 00
$39 ,438. 73
"After the money was paid into the court some complications arose
which 1'.1r . Thach claim lost her SOIlE money. The court ordered t he money to
be invested in bonds and s he paid ~ 500 premium which had to co~ out of
the life estate in order not to disturb the principal which belongs to the
heirs . She had to pay also $85. 00 brokerage fees and C138. 00 court cost .
These amounts she thinks the institution ought in all fairness pay to her
because i t de creases the income out of which she mus.t l ive . I submit herewith
her two letters from which you will see she claims $1400 . 00 as neces sary
to make her clear and give the equivalent of the property a t a valuation of
$35 ,000. 00 in bonds under this procedure . I am submitting the matter with
. her two letters to me and will say there are letters , without doubt , in most
of the hands of the Board of Trustees t o the same effect . I am submitting
this rna tter wi thout recormnenda tion be cause of its legal phase . "
The Board voted to disallow t be claim of Wrrs . Thach. }lr . Samfcr d
asked to be recorded as not voting on this motion.
The Board voted unanimously to refund to C. K. Be ck and':I. H. Spruell
all second s emester fees because of hi s w ithdl'awal in February after registering
in the second s emester at t his in st itution a s - they had, subsequent
to registration, been accepted as students at the School of Me dicine ,
University of Tennessee , and allowed to e nter at the beg inning of the Spring
quarter.
The applicatj on for exemption o f paying non- resident f e es or Miss Tennie
Owen of Mississippi, < ~;!r . Harry C. Johnston of ~v: ississ1ppi , and W.r . C ••
S i ngletary of Hogansville, Georgia, be ca lwe the parents of these students own
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property in Alabama and pay taxes thereon , was disallowed.
President Knapp also stated to the Board that he had received the
bill for legal services of Hr. 'If! . J. Sa.m:ford who represented the institution
in its negotiations wi th the Alabama Power Company for sale of the
water and l i ght ~ lants of the campus and used for distribution of lieht and
water to citizens of Auburn and asked that the Board appoint a committee to
consider ahd approve the bill for payment by the institution. On motion of
1~ . Ashcraft the following cammit trewas appointed:
The Chairman of The Board , Governor Miller
Judge Merrill
NJr . Hood.
During the afternoon session of the BOO-I'd the followi ng students ,
Murff Hawki ns, Cleveland ~ dams , Issac Ledbetter, and Otis Spear, vlho are
bebe·flfiaries of The Birmingham News Scholarship, were presented to members
of the Board. It was exp~a lne d that these young men were giving financial
assistance to Loui s Baisden of Covington County , who ranked second in the
1930 competition far ~he Birmingham News Scholarship award. At the suggestion
of Dr . Oates each mamber of the Board present made a contribution to the expenses
of this young man. J.\. total of ~~ 5 . 00 was transmitted to NJ.l' . Baisden
thr ough the Secretary of the Board.
There be ing no further business the Board voted to re cess unt! 1 such
date as i t rmy be called to meet by the President of ~he Institution in
accordance with res olution previously recorded.
B. L . Shi ,
Secretary.
MEET TIm OF '"I'I-B BOb..<: D OF 'IR USTEES
of the
AL..'J3Al. ' POLYT=.cmUC llilS1'rrUTE
I.lay 18 , 1931.
The annual meeting of t he Board of Trustees was held in t he office of the
President , t he ses s ion beginning at 1:25 p . m. , with Governor Hiller , Chairman
of the Board , presiding.
Present : Governor B. M. Miller, A. F . Harman, H. D. Merrill , Harry Herzfeld ,
C. S . Culve r , Charles Henderson, C. 1,'! . Ashcraft , H. H. Conner , ~'! . H.
Oates, T. D. Samford , and P . S . Haley •
. President Knapp stated that copies of a portion of his report had been mailed
to the Trustees during the preceding week . He submitted his complete report
and the Board took act ion on the f ollowing matters at the suggestion of the
President.
On motion of tTr . Haley seconded by Judge Henders on the Board authorized the
P:resident of the Institution to sign a deed c onveying to the State Highway
Departmant r i ght of way for improved public road , St a te pro ject Number 344 ,
from Auburn to Tuskegee sa id right of way to be eighty feet wide am extending
short di stances through college owned property , with the pr oviso , however',
that in the deed of transfer t here shall be inserted a s t a tement that said
right of way shall revert to the insti tution if the road is ever abandoned.
The Board approved condidates for degr ees as reco~ended by the President and
f aculty and as shown on t he attached program.
Dr . Knapp explained that T. P . DeMonia, because of tubercular pnemonia , had
been required to withdraw from college on April 27 when he was wi thin a few
days of final examinations. The Board authorized that this degree be conferred
also i f it is reconuoonded by the faculty .
Pres ident Knapp called attention to the outstanding research work of Dr. Fred
Allison, Head of the Department of Physics at the Alabama .Polytechnic Irs titute ,
and su ggest ed that the Board authorize the AlabaQa Polyte chnic I nstitute to con-fer
upon Dr. Allison the honorary degree , Doctor of Science, in recognition of
his discovery of the magneto optic method of a nalyzing substances, a method
which revolutionizes man' s lmowledge C:£' minute substances in solution. On
motion of Mr . Haley, seconded by Governor Een::1erron, the Board voted unanimously
to confer t he degree as recommended by the Pres i dent.
Dr . Knapp stated that he has been asked on every side, especially by teachers,
what can be done during the eummer school respect i ng the acceptance f or the
payment of fees of warrants or other evidences of indebtedness of county or
school districts or state. On motion of Governor Henderson seconded by Dr .
Oates the Board authorized t hat, in the discretion of the P:resident, the institution
may accept the note of the teacher in question with the warrant attached
umtil s uch time as the warrant can be converted into cash and t1e fees pai d .
The Board unanimous l y approved the tentative budget of the <D lIege teaching
division of the institution as recommended bYt the President who stated that
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the budget has been made out Vii th the following principles in mind :
1 . No increase in salaries except in such cases as are absolutely impErat
ive in order to keep from l osing a val uabl e servant or where the contract
under which the per-son ca.Ttle to empl,Oyment i nvol ves a direct contract for a
higher salary the second year.
2 . In order to save money for the contingency of Debt Service we have cut
off all equipment and much work that ought to be done in repair and upkeep
of the physical property of the institution although both of these things are
sadl y needed i n uany departments .
He reported t h at the budgets of Lhe Experiment Station and Extensi on
Serv ice are prepared in ac cordance with these p rinciples .
I n connection with the discuss ion of the budget for the next fiscal year the
i tern f or i nsurance on college bt,li: l dings and e quipment was discussed and the
suggesti on made that the cost f or fire protection can be very greatly reduced
if i t is possible to arrange to have the state car~J the insurance . It was
understood t hat the Governor and the President would confer wtth the Attorney-
General and the State Ins urance Departncnt with regard to this matter.
President Knapp then submitted to the Board a statement concerni ng the
financial status of the im tHution due to the s tate ' s inability to pay promptly
all of the warrants issued on the building fund as authorized by the Leg isl
ature of 1927 . He explained t hat offers to loan money to the colle ge had been
re ce ived i'".C'om "{ard , Sterne and Company on Ma intenance 'Narrants and that Norwood
and Company had p roposed to loan 0300 ,000 on notes to be repaid over a re riod
of e i ght years .
I t was expected that 1tlr . McCanless of Norwood and Company would be pr esent
and Give additional information part icularly with reference to giving to the
ins titut ion the right to payoff the loan at s uch time as the funds are availabl e
for this purpose and on six months notice . I,Jr. McCanless , however , was not
available and after full discussion it w~s voted to postpone action on the matter
with the understanding t hat t he Board would recess to be called to meet agmn by
the Chairman of the Board at such time as the President determines that action
of the Board is r e quired because of the financial s i tua tion.
Dr . Knapp' s statement concerning borrowing of money follows :
As shown i n the report wh ich I have submitted to you
the in$tit ut ion holds the f ollowing warrants uncashed:
Building "[arrants, October 1, 1929 - -
Buildino ' .'arrants, January 1 , 1930 -
Buildine "{arrants for the build ings
on the Branch .E.x:)eriment Station at Fairhope
- - ~; 62 , 500
62 ,500
25 , 000
This ,.:150 , 000 i s now in the F irs t lTational Bank of Ope lika, ag3.inst 1'7hich
we have borrowed and upon \'/h ich we are paying interest .
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','fe hold a l so building fund 'uarrants of April 1 , 1930, ancl July 1 , 1930,
receive6. January 16 , 1931 , each for ";02 ,500 or a total 01',;125 ,000 , ancl we
hold also re [:;u1ar rna intenance warrants for the teachine work issued Apri l 1 ,
1931 , ';;;22 ,445 . negular maintenance warrants for the s UJ1Port of t he Exre riment
Station i s sued AJ1ril1 , 1931 , ,;,29 ,050 . nee ular maintenance .;arrants for the
Ex t e ns ion ':lork in Lgricul ture and home .::,conomics i ssued , .pril 1, ~' 48 ,125 .
fr otal ;i99 , 620 of maintenance warrants . All of the above are set forth on page
twenty of our regular report .
"On April 30 , 1931 the general funds of t he i nstit ution lere overdrawn
:~ 172 , 500 . 58 ,rhile the balance which should have been on 6.eposit in favor of
Agr icultural Research work was ';;67 , 802, 25 o f which ,,?18 , 618. 82 are Federal
Funds from the hatch , Adams , and Purnell .~cts . At the same time there should
have been on deposit for credit on Extens ion work :;1135 ,558. 27 of \/hich ~:;6a , 640 . 10
are Federal Funds from the Federal Smith- Lever , Capper- Ke tcham and additional
Federal Cooperative l'uncls . The amount of }I'edcral funds Hhich should have been
i n the Treasury therefore on r.:By 1 , ViaS $87 , 258. 72. The a ctual balance in the
'I'reasury was ) 30 ,859 . 94 which is s uffic ient to carry the institution more tran
fifteen days without paying salaries . The salar ies due on I:l~ 31 vTill amount
t o ;;;i9G , 041 . 25 of wh ich .;)21 , 577 . 9a should be paid from Federal Funds .
The salaries due on Jur.e 00 will be approximately .,,;94 , 645 . 77 of which
)21 ,57? 98 are due from Federal F unds . I n addition to tl:e f oregoing the remainder
of the ::';'ede1'al funds , OItlOLUlting to ~A3 , 155 . 98 , must be expended befere
Jul~r 1 , 1931. It is readily seen that we l'1Ust convert the above vva.rrants int o
cash and that this must be done done speedi ly. At t he same time it should be
defini tely understood that any burden upon our funds eve n for the payment of
interes t involves serious consequences to the insti tuion.
I have s ought diliGently f or Funds from .. h ich to conver t these warrants
into cash so we coulu operate . I have been turne d down repeatedly by banks
of th i s state . Our own bank is carrying all it can reasonabl y be expected to
carry_ I have three Dr oposals :
1 . _:"s to the warrants iss ued A 11[' ill , 1931 , amoun t ing to :";99 , 620 , these
may pos sible be paid in Yl hol e or in Dart by the State ':'reasury wi thin the next
few days . Should the state 'l'reasury be able t o r ay these warrants our problem so
far as they are concerned is ended. Hoviever , if this should f ail us then I
propose the other two alternatives .
2 . The firm of '.lard, stern and Company has offered to discount the
.;99 ,620 i n maintenance warrants by giving us the face of these warrants less 8
per cent now . Should these vlarl'ants not be paid by the State Treasury wi t hin
twelve months t hey would expect another payment of interes t . They would make
their' conmiss ion by borrowi ng money on t heir own credit at a less I.e. rcentage
than that named and the ir pay for this service would be the dif ference between
the interest rate which they pay and the interes t rate vn ich the institution
would pay which I l1resurre vrould be in the neighborhood of two rer cent .
3 . I have a proposa l from Norwood and Company offering to loan this instituti
on up to $300,000 at six p er cent interest payable ~ 25 , 000 per year beginning
in January for eight years and the balance at the end of the period ani require
us to pledge a sufficient amount of our quarterly appropriations f or maintenance
t o retire these notes at maturit y . I ascertain from them that they do
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not require any a ct of the Legislature authorizing this loan and t hat they
are also willinc: to accept our notes for ... '125 ,000 up to the ~;300 , 000 . I am
asking your advice and counsel as to which of t hese methods of financing I
should pursue . It is an exceedingl y important matter since I have pointed
out too t we have no enCiovrrnent fund t o fall back on and are entire1¥ dependent
upon our s omewhat :fixed income . "
Dr . Knapp submitted the following statement concerning the controversy
regarding the re lationship of Extension Service Employees to Co- operative sale
of Farm Commodities ~nd purchase of farmer ' s supplies :
" In a letter mailed to you under date of April 24 I advised you
regarding some controvers t' over the authority o f the county agent
and 0 ther Extension workers respecting the cooperative sale of Farmgrovm
cormnodities and the cooperative purchase of s upplies . I desire
nov! to report to you that since that date a bi ll was introduce d in
the State Senate by Senator' Craft, copy of which is attached , attempting
to set out the duties and res ponsibilities of county agents and
other Extension workers a nd f ixing a penalty for v i::>lati_on Qf t his a ct.
I desire to report to you that I vigorously and earnestly fought this
bill and with the great help of Director Duncan and the fr i ends of this.
I nstitution over the state we defeated i t in the committee almost unanimously.
r,ly' principal ground f or fighting this bill VIas a legal ground as well
as one founded on general principles . The Smith- Lever Act was accepted
by t he Leg islat ure of th i s state and th is institut ion was des i gnated as
the institution to administer th i s Act within the state . The Smith- Lever
Act itself provides : "And this rlork shall be carried on in such manner
as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary 0 1. Ac;r icul ture and the
State Agr i c ultural College or College receiving the benefit of this Act . 1t
Clearly this is an administrative problem. To t ransfer the right to
determine what and when and hO'l1 a thi ng should be done to the Circuit
Court of the (J) unty is a clear i nvasion of the r i ghts of -che Board of
Trustees of this ins t i t uti on and the rights and obl i ~a tions of the Secretary
of AgricHlture . I verily believe that had the bill passed , the
Secretary of Agr iculture would have had the right to withhold the funds
appropr iated to this state .
Furthermore , I submit that the law as proposed was almost absurd because
i t pr ovided that any person might fi le an aff idavit and this hold up t he
the Extension activities . It was based upon the idea that t~e Extens ion
Service salaries i'lere paid by warrants from the state whi ch is not the
case and the only thing that it could have held up was the quarterly
warrants of this inst itution vlhich Vloul d have made it possible far- one
i ndividual in one county to hold up the entire Extension work of the State .
}~ d it been passed there is no question but what it would have been used
as a club by those o ~ posed to any cooperative activities among farm~s to
destroy Extension work. I run very proud to say that practical l y 10 , 000
farmers rode i nto I~ont gomery and successfully t old the members of the
Legislature what they thought .
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Howev er , this does not end our r espons i b ili t y in thi s matter . The
Bill wh i ch is proposed in the Legi s lat ure quoted only a por tion of
the regul at i ons . In order that the IDdtter may be c l early understood
and in order that we may end any controv er sy over this s ub ject , I de-s
i re to sugges t t o y ou tha t you pass a resolut ion TIhich I am submitting aId
wh i ch you may amend or r eject a s you s ee f i t but which I believe embodies
the correct pr ocedure in this inole matter. "
After f ull di s cuss ion of the matter the f ollowinc r e80lution as recommended
by t he Pr es i dent and amended by t he Board was unanimous l y a dopted:
'.1.HEREAS , the Pres i dent of th is i nst itution has s ubmitted to t he Board
of Trustees t he matter regarding t he policy of the work a uthor i zed under the
prov i s ions of the Sraith- Lever ct and Acts subsequent t hereto governing Cooperative
Extension ':lork i n Agriculture and Home Economics affe cting t Ie r elatim ship
of Extension work to cooperative or gan i zations of farmers e ngaged i n the
business of cooperative p urchase o f supplies and t he cooperative marketing of
farm product s , and
"fHEREAS , the Board believes tha t t h i s ma tter ought t o be f ully and t horoughly
understood and the policies of the institut ion in its cooperative r elation
with the Federal De partment of 1'.gri culture made clear , cnd
':~.4.S , by t he terms of the 8..rnith-lever Act it is provided as follows :
"and this wo rl~ shall be carri ed on i n s uch manner as may be mutaally a greed
upon by t he Se cretary of Agric ulture and the s tate _ gricul t ural College or
Colleges r e ce iving the benef it of this ct'· , and t h e sai d act and the agreement
between t h i s inst i tut i on and t he Feder a l Department o f Agr ic luture
clearl y contemplate conferences a nd c~ni ng to full unders tanding r egardi ng
a l l im~ ortant matters .
THEHEFORE BE IT _ t;;SOLVED:
1 . rfhat the Board of Tr ustees of the Alabama Pol yt echnic Ins ti 111 te
hereby gives not i ce t hat it i s clothed wi th the full admini str ative authority
to deal with all mat ters affec ting t he Extens ion Se r vice of t he I nstitution
all ak~ of theDiv i s ions of t he I nsti t ution ; t hat the Board i pe r fect ly
willing and ready t o r ece ive and hero' any a nd all complaints aga i nst any
division of t he i !:..stitution but that t he Board will stea dily £lnd earnestly
oppose aby action t o divest i t of any of its pre r ogatives or right of
adminis t r ati on of the aff a irs of the i nst itution.
2 . That t he Pres i dent of t he Al abana Polyt e chnic I ns ti tute , repr e s ent ing
t his institution , i s asked to c ane as pr omptly ...s possible to full agreemmt
wi th the Secretary of Agri culture in a for mal vITitten stat eme nt regarding the
policie s i n the a dmi nistration of Coopera tive gricultural Extension ','{ork under
the pr ov is i ons of the Smith- Lever Act , especial l y i ns ofar as t hey govern tIe
relat i onshi p of Extens i on workers to cooper a tive organizations of f armers eneaeed
in t he coope rat ive sale of farm products or t he cooper at ive respons i bi lit ies
and r elat ionshi ps shall have been perfe cted and accepted by both t re Department
of Agriculture and t he College , tre same shall be sent t o all Extension workers
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and shall become the policy of this institution and all Extension ':la- kers
be re quired to f ollow the policies so outlined , subject , of <D urse , to
subsequent changes of policy.
fvrr . Ashcraft made inquiry regarding what the Exper iment Station at Aubur n
can do about conducting eXIB rime nts with high analysis fertilizers. He s tat ed
that he felt it to be ve ry important to the developement of the resources of
the state tha t such experiments be conducted. He explained hi s interest in
this matter and r,J'. Herzfeld and o-ohers t old of the policies pursued in re-cent
years by the j.xperi ment Station. r1'he question Vias asked if detailed programs
of research 'Hork carrie d on by the Station are brought to tte personal
at t ention of the Pres ident and if all projects have the apPl'oval of the Pre si dent
before money i s expended . Dr . Knapp stated that he would at the earliest possibl
e date secure fr om the Dire ctor a full report with regard to research pro jects
of the Station. On Llotion of !vrr. Conner this matter vms referred to the President
and the Agr i cu1 tural Corrrai ttee of "the Board 0 f Trustees , the membership of th is
committee being as follows : The Governor , Mr. Herz feld a nd Mr . Haley.
Mr . Sam:ford called the Board' s attention to the f act that it was necessary
for the President of the institution to do a great deal of entertaining of
ofrici a1 guests of the institution, this being especially true in Auburn Where
there is no satisfactory hotel accomodation. A resolution was unanimously passed
authorizing the payment of t he expenses incident to the entertaining or offi-cial
guests by President .:.i.nd VIr's . Knapp.
'1'he redistribut ion for the next quadrennium of the teacher- training Equalizati
on Fund of $100 ,00 which by an a~ of the Legislature of 1927 is administered
by the State Board of EdUcation for the training of teachers of se rondary Schools
was discussed. During the discussion Dr. Harma.n made the statement that he had
informed the different inst itutions concerned that the original action was taken
before he had of~icial responsibility in the matter but that he is willing to
recommend to the State Board of Education that this fund be assigned to the three
institutions of higher learning on a basis (1 ) upon which the three im,titutions
themselves ~ agree or (2 ) on any basis which the Le gislature itself may determine
or (3 ) he will make no commitment with regard to his position until bri efs
from all three of the institutions have been received and considered by him when
he will make his recmrnendation to the State Board.
Judge Tvlerrill , a member of the s pecial corrnni ttee appointed by the Board
to cons ider the statement of Mr . '.'lm . J. Samford for l egal serv ices in connectlion
wi th the matter of sale of' water a nd light distribution plants to the labama
Power Company , stated that he and the other members of tre committee had not
had an opportunity to Give consideration t o the ma t ter . t h i s request the com-mi
tt6e was mntinued vlith the understanding that they would make report when
the session of the Board is resu:rred . Governor Miller a ppointed Mr QuJ.:v..§lr:.pn J)
this c amni ttee to take the place of I.1r . Hood.
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By vote o f the Board President Knapp was authorized to revise an d publish
his annulial report for 1930- 31 for distribution t o members of the Le g islature
and otters.
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As there was no further pre s sing business at this time the Board by formal
vote re cessed to meet again at the ca 11 of th e Governor a "(; s u eh time as the
President of ~he Institution may re quest. B~i. Secretary.
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TO :MEMBERS OF THE :oo.ARD ({]IF TRrrSTEES
o:f the
ALABAIvIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE:
BUDGET 1931-32
l:ay l8, 1931
The task of preparing a budget for the next fiscal
year you will recognize as a very difficult one at this time
with the legislature in session,and the uncerta inty regarding
fixed income of the institution. Likewise there is a certain"
amount of uncertainty regarding student fees, enrollment, etc~
If the laws of the state remain unchanged we will have a con��tinuation
of' ,tho present appropriation for the wOrk of the
institution but without a continuance, of course, of the buildin~
fund. '
We have proceeded to try to make out a tentative
budgGt with the following principles in mind:
1. ~o increase in salaries except in such cases as
are absolutely imperative in order to keep from losing a valuable
servant or where the contract under which the person came to employment
involves a ,direct contract for a higher salary the second
year.
2. in order to save money for the contingency of a
Debt Service we will have to cut off all equipment and much
work that ought to be done in repair and upkeep of the physical
propert~T of the insti tution although both of these things are
sadly needed in many departments. '
As I have explained in my report to the Board, cutting
salaries seems to me unthinkable because our men are not up to the
point yet where there are not many temptations for them to leave
the service of this institution to go elsewhere because of the
higher salary paid at other institutions.
Futther.more, we will economize in eve~J way regarding
supplies, serVice, and severely cutting all travel except such
travel as is incident to the employment of the person in question;
for example~ the travel of teachers engaged in Extension Teaching ,
travel of Extension workers, travel of Experiment Station workers,
and administrative officers of the institution engaged in transacting
the business of the institution and in mooting the demands
made upon them by the employment of the institution.
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We have also temporarily abandoned our step of last
yecr in cror;.ting tho Dep..'1rtment of Public Speech and Drmnntics
and o.re putting tha t work bnck und or the Depi~rtlilent of English
as a mnttor o:f tem:por;;.ry economy. The depOortment is·needed.
This year is t he first year it hns been in operation. I should
li~e to continue it but we can save several thous~~d dollars by
<.ebandoning the department for the present and placing its work
under the Department of English where it 17G.S before.
I must Submit a tentative budget based upon no mnteria1
chnnge in salc.ries in Clny division except those which are new
like Textile Engineering where one additional teacher and a
mechanic nre nbsolutely necessary. So much of my own personal
time and tho time of the financial officer hns beon taken up in
the last two months with the problem of keeping the institution
going and its finances in shape to pc.y its obligations thc.t we
have not had the time to devote to n pc.tiont, dot;,.iled budget,
I l7ill, therefore, c.sk you to approve of a t ent ative budget on
tho following general principles:
The Board hereby approves of a tentntive budget for the
year 1931-32 based substantially upon the expenditures in the
various divisions of its Hork in 1930-31 and hereby clothes tho
president of the Inst i tut ion 17i th nuthori t~r to mnke changes in
snid budget in the int erest of econo~ or in the interest of
keeping the expendi turos of tho institution rli thin its availabl
appropriations as nearlY. ns may be nnd likei7ise the n~t'Y to
tra fer funds from one group or department t o anot~ I
s~eh transfer bocoms nocessary in or or 0 save the property of
the institution or to promote the i7elfc..re nnd gen8ral good. of tho
work phich the institution is undcrtnking to do.
BK/d
Rospectfully submitted,
Bradford Knnpp,
President
.AI.ABllN~ POL1'TECHHIC INS'I'ITurE
BUDGET
RECEIPTS
1930-31 - 1931-32
COLLEGE FUNDS
State appropriations:
Endownent - Interst on Fed. Lana-Grarrt
In Lieu Old Fertilizer Tax
Iv1aintenacne
.Animal Industry
Maintenam e Supplement
In Lieu of Oil Tax
Summer School
Federal APpropriation:
Morrill
Matrie ulation Fees:
Regular Session
SumrJer Session
Extension Teaching
Smith-Hughes Vocational ~sriculture
State Board ~eacher-Training
JiliscelJa neous:
Sundry 1:iscel1aneous Receipts
Balances
Totals
Totals
Totals
TOT.i;L COLLEGE 1,:"'JITI'Eia..l1CE
1930-31
$ 20,280.00
33,000.00
':105,000.00
12, 500.00
26 5, 907.46
24, 000.00
5,000.00
$ 405,627.46
~t; 3l, 140.00
~; 114,000.00
21,000.00
8 j400~00
~:; 14 3, 400.00
~~ 38, 000.00
022,400.00
17,1500.00
~~ 39, 900. 00
~; 679, 2g2~04
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1931-32
$ 20,280.00
33,000.00
45,000.00
12,500.00
266,516.84
24,000. 00
5,000.00
~406,296. 84
$31,405.00
~.; 120 ,-000.00
22,000"00
• 8,400.00
~;; 150 ,400 , 00
:;~ 2l, 164. 58
$34,000.00
~i~ 15, 000.00
11,000.00
;::; 26,,000.00
::\>669,266.42
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ButGET
.ALAJ3lJ/IA POLYTllXmNIC INSl'ITmE
SUMMARY BY DEl? AR'IMEN'IS
1930-31 and 1931-32
1930-31 1931-32
DEP ARTIilENT SALARIES MAD~. 'rOl'AL SALARIEs MAUlT. TOTAL
AIMINISTRATION DIVISION
President's Office 18,500 4.430 22~930 18,430 2,430 20,860
Accountant's Office 4,000 1,775 5,775 4,000 1,225 5,225
Treasurer's Office 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,800
Business Office 2,000 850 2,850 2,000 450 2,450
Registrar's Office 12,405 1,575 13,980 12,405 1,000 13,405
Alumni Records and
Student Placement 4~eOO - ... ... 4,800 4}800 4,800
Dean 0 f Women :2iqoo . 1 111 220 3z~20 31.000 1:10 I :?,zl1.o I I •
Totals 46,505 8,850 55,355 46,435 5,215 51,650
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE
School of Agriculture
Dean and Director 950 950 950 950
Agr. Economics 2,334 270 2,604 2,334 135 2,469
Agr. Engineering 6,950 925 7,875 6,500 500 7,000
Agronomy and Soils 4,938.84 1,080 6,018.84 4,938.84 550 5,488 .. 84
Animal Husbandry 6,000 7,615 13,615 6,000 2,000 8,000
Dairying 11,380 11,380 10,500 2,000 12,500
Botany and Pl. Path. 6,210 450 6,660 5,560 500 6,060
Entomology and Zoo. 8,700 980 9,680 8,900 700 9,600
Hort. and Forestry 7,240 2,700 9,940 7,240 1,800 9,040
Poultry Husbandry 4 2300 935 52235 4 2300 600 4,900
Totals 59,002 .. 84 14,955 73,957.84 57,222.84 8,785 66,007.84
DIVISION OF ENGINEERlNG
School of Engineering
Dean's Office 3,600 200 3,800 3,600 85 3,685
Civil and Highway Engr.20,765 900 21,665 16,200 220 16,420
Electrical Engr~ 13,875 2,872 16,747 14,100 1,300 15,400
Mech. and Aero. Engr. 19,475 1,840 21,315 17,500 775 18,275
Machine Design 10,775 335 11,110 10,775 60 10,835
Ind. Arts and Shops 8 2480 21295 1°2 775 112030 1z250 12~280
Totals 76,970 8,442 85,412 73.205 3,690 76,895
School of .Archi tecture and Allied Arts
Dean's Offi ce 2,850 125 2,975
Architecture 25,225 700 25,925 15,'700 110 15,810
Applied Art 6,900 140 7,040
Total.s 25,450 375 25,825
School of Textile Engr. 12,100 2,250 14,350 17,800 5,000 22,800
Engr. Exp. Station 7,000 3,600 10,600 5,000 3,000 8,000
Total Engr. Division 121,295 14,992 136,287 121,455 12,065 133: rs~r'
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DEPAR'IMENT SALARIES MAIl~. TOTAL
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AL"'ID LITERATURE
Dean's Office 3,080
Economics and Bus.Adm. 23,450
English 29,750
Foreign Language 8,300
History 12,780
Music 6,500
Mathematics 27,550
Physics 11,120
Physical Educat i C:l 3,800
Public Speech ar.. ,~ ..~" ':cc:.n~ .. 4,800
To t::..:1 :.] 1;:,1, 130
GRADUA':rn: SCHOOL - Dean
SCHOOL OF CHEr,rtSTRY .AND PH.ARMACY
Chemistry and Dean 32,534.66
Phannaey 8,500
Totals 41,034.66
SCHOOL OF EbUCATION
Educatibn and Dean
High School Pro Teach.
Agr. Education
St. Bd. T.T.(Pre-Serv)
St. Bd. T.T.(In~Serv.)
Totals
HOME ECONOlIITCS
SCHOOL OF Mll... SCI. &. T.
SCHOOL OF VET. MEDIClliE
SUHMER SCHOOL
DEPT. EXT. TE.t.CHING
G~-:ERAL SERVICE
12,666
2,000
15,725
25,140
3,900
59,431
10,000
2,000
17,000
25,000
9.250
Plant Service 10,000
Catalog and Advertising - - -
Commencement - - -
Health 6j 156
Ins. and Bonds
Library
Pubiliic Information
Trustees
8,200
9,780
Contingen t and Debt Service
(Int. and Prin.)
Totals 34,136
425
530
70
360
1,330
270
2,170
315
270
5,740
5,850
2,100
7,950
3,505
23,450
30,280
8,370
13,140
7,830
27,820
13,290
4,115
_._5. ~070
.:;..; ... x: ,870
2,400
38,384.66
10,600
48,984.66
134 12,800
2,000
5,43~8 21,164.58
7,860 33,000
1,100 5,000
14,533.58 73,964.56
1,000 11,000
975 2,975
1,800 18,800
3,500 28,500
4,150 13,400
26,700 36;700
5,304.02 5,304.02
360 360
1,420 7,576
3,827.94 3,827.94
3,085 11,285
1.605 11,385
360 360
42,661.96 76,797.96
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1931-32
SALAlUES MAINT. TOT.A.L
3,080
23,420
33,350
8,300
13,180
6,400
28,200.
11,320
3,800
131,050
2,400
33,878
8,480
42,358
12,666
2,000
15,725
27,105
3,900
61,396
10,135
2,000
17,500
25,000
9,780
6j156
8,200
9,300
30,956
200
1,460
400
25
180
845
130
1,085 .
150
3,280
24,880
33,750
8,325
13,360
7,245
28,330
12,405
3,950
4,475 135,525 .
3,700
1,400
5,100
2,400
37,578
9,880
47,458
12,666
2,000
5,439.58 21,164058'
2,160 . 29,265
1,100 5,000
8,699.58-;70,Og5.5l
500 10,635
975 2,975
2,550 20,050
3,000 28,000
3,440 13,220
26,400
5,000
360
1,320
12,500
3,085
1,425
360
50,450
33,700
5,000
360
7,476
12;500
11,285
10,725
360
GRAND TOTAL 558,184.50 121,107.54 679,292.04 557,687.84 105,254.58 669,256,
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PROC33:J"!:~ T(' S OF THE BOAHD OF TRU;:,TSE3 OF rl'l IE AL\BPJ·'lA POLymCmrrC
I HSTI Tt?I'E , STATE OF .ALABJ.,}{lA, T.AIaN .A 'I' A SP?'C IAL K;:i.6TIN8- HELD IN
r.C01'lTC-OtlErtY, ALABALLt\ , Oll FRIDAY , TEE T 7ELTH D-c',-y 0:;.<' JUNE , 1931 .
The BotHd of Trustees of t he Alabama Polyte chnic I nstitute met
in special session at i t s reGtll o.r meetinG pl ace in the City of
Mont gomery , state of Al abama , on Friday , the t welth day of June ,
1931 , pursuant to the proVl slons of t he lee;al not ice given to
each and every member thereof .
There were pr esent : His Excellency , Governor , B. ].~ . !.'iller, Chairman
of the Board ; Doctor Bradford Knapp , President of the Alabama
Polytechnic I nst i tute; and members , Dr . A. F. Harman , Messrs .,
C. W • .Il..shcraft , H. H. Conner, V. H. Hanson , W. H. oates , T. D.
Samford , H. D. Herrill , Harry Herzfeld and C. Sf Culver .
There were absent : Charles Henderson , J. A. Rogers and P . s . Haley .
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute , State of
Alabama VTaS dul y convened by his Excellency , Governor B. 11. Miller ,
Governor of the State of Alabama , nnd Chairman of t he Board , who
announced that t he Board was ready for t he transaction of business ,
the session havine been called in accordance with t he a ct ion of
the Board of Tr ustees on May 18 , 1931 , which rece ssed t o meet
again on call of the Chairman.
Mr . Ashcraft spoke of the gr eat increase in food and feed crops
already ha rvested and no\,;, being produced tlhich he has noted in the
various sections of the state . He stated that t hese crops are being
produced at less cost to the farmer than in recent years and that
this excellent condition , in his opinion , has been brought about
because of t he progr am laid out l ast summer in a conference held
a t Auburn under the auspices of the Extension Service . He felt
that president Knapp and the aut horities of the Agricultural Divi
s ions of the Institution should be c orrnnended for the wonderful
manner in i7hich this progr nn of "iO rk he.s been ca rried through .
The chief matter to engage t he attention of t he Board was that of
negotie.t ing a loan of $300, 000 . 00 or/ Lesser amount to ca r e for the
pressi ng financial oblige.tions of the institution brought about
by t he state ts i nability to pay cash on $275 , 000 . 00 in warrants
from t he Building Fund . The imper ative need for financial relief
was discussed by President Knapp and various members of the board .
Mr . Norwood and Mr . McCanless , representing Norwood and Company
money brokers with headquarters in New Orleans , were present and
submitted a proposal and gave deta iled information as requested
by t he president and different truste es . (See proposals on subsequent
pages . ) Mr. Marx of Marx and Company , Birminf,ham , also
VIas invited t o come before the board . He was told t hat t he i nstitution
wished to borrow money and would like to have the right
to repay on six months ' notice . Mr . Marx stated tha t re vlOuld
invest iga te promptly and would next Tuesday , June 16 , report to
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Pr es ident Knapp the r esul t of his inqui r i es . He could not indicate
t he rate of inter est whi ch i t would b8 necessary to pay until
f urt'er investigation . He seeI.1ed to be interested in t he proposal
and expressed his desire to be of assistance if possible .
A resolution , suggest ed by Norwood and Company , was off e r eo.,
duly seconded and was adopted by t he Board of Trustees . The
r esolut ion follows :
A Resolution authorizil1f, the borro w;~7 of the sum of
Three Hundred Thousand ($300 ,000 .00 ) Dollars , or
any lesser umount AS may be decreed ne cessary , for the
Alabama polytechni9 Institute, state of Alabama ,
providing for the i ssuance of evidences of said loan ,
and pledging and dedicating so much thereof as may
be necessary of the appropri ations and revenues of the
said I nstitute for t he payment of obligat ions issued
as evidence of said l oan .
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVE'D by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
polytechnic Institute , state of Alabama , a corporate body , acting
as t he governing authorHy of said I nstitute , under and by virtue
of t he aut hority conferred by the Constitut ion and Laws of the
state of Al abama , that there be .and there is hereby authorized the
bor rowing of the sum of not exceeding Three Thousand (. 300 , 000 . 00 )
Dol lars , or any l esser amount as may' be deemed ne cessary , for , on
behalf of , and in the name of the Alabama polytechnic I nstitute ,
s tate of Alabruaa j the funds to be deri~ed from said loan to be
expended for t he specific purposes for which appropriat ions have
been made by the Legislature of the state of Alabama , to the
Alabama polyte.chnic Institute , state of Alabama , and for the purposes
authorized for vmi ch other revenues of the said I nstitute
are to be eXl)ended .
SECTION 2 . BE IT FURTBER RJ~SOLVJID , et c ., that the president of t he
Alabama PolytechniC Institute and the Chairman of t he Board of
Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute , state of Alabam~ , be
and they are hereby authori zed , empowered and directed t o effect
negotiations for said loan , and ar e hereby authorized , empowered
and directed to issue , execute and deliver , as evidence of said
loan for , on behalf of , and in t he name of the Al abama Polytechnic
Insti t ute , state of Al abama , certifi cate of indebtedness , or such
other forms of obli =.ation as nay be ~ut ho rized by law, countersigned
by t le Secretary of thi s Board and bearing interest at a
r ate not to exceed six per cen t um per annum , said int erest being
payable semi- annually , such certif ica t ed or other evidence of ·the
s aid obligation to be in the denomination of One Thousand (1.;>1 , 000 . 00 )
Dollars each , and to mature serially in such amount as may be
determined upon by the said President and the said Chairman over
a peroid not exceeding r ine ( 9 ) years from date of their issuance , and
to be payabl e , i nterest and principal , at such Bank in the City of
New York or elsewhere as may be des i gnated by the sa id President
and Chairman ; provi ded , however , t ha t any and all certificates of
indebtedness and other f orms of obligations issued under the aut hori
t y of this resolution shall contain provision for the retirement
of the debt evidenced thereby on sir month ' s notice of the intention
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of the _l abarna Polytechnic Insti t ute to pay the sarne given in
writing to t he fiscal agent to be de signated as above pr ovided
and by publication for three successive weeks in the Wall street
Journal or othe r financial newspaper published in t he City of New
York.
SECTION 3 . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , etc . , t hat upon payment to the
Alabama polytechnic Institute of the funds heretofore appropri ated
by the State of Alab~a for Buildings , Lands and Equipment and for
which state war rants have been i ssued to the amount of $275 , 000 . 00 ,
su ch funds shall be placed in a separate a ccount and held in trust
for the payment of the obligations created under t hi s r esolution .
SECTION 4 . BE IT FURTlrER RESOLVED , etc ., that the Board of Trustees
of t he Alaba~a Polyte chnic I nst i tute , state of Alabama , acting a s the
governing authority t hereof , does hereby pl edge , appropria te , and
dedicate for the payment , in principal and interest , of t he negotiable
certifica t es of indebtedness , or such other f orms of obligation , issued
as evidend ng said loan , an amount sufficient each year from t he
respect i ve annual a'ppropriations made by the Legislature of the state
of Alabama t o t he said Alabama Polytechnic In st itute , and from such
other revenues of said Insti tute , to pay the principal and interest
maturing in sa i d years ; and that such pledge , appropriation and
dedicat:ion herein made is irrevocable and irrepealable by this
Board of Trustees or any succeeding governing authority of t he said
p~abamn Polytechnic Instit ute .
SECTION 5 . BH: IT FURTI:li:R RESOLVED, etc., t hat the Board of Trustees
of the ..U abama Polytechnic, Institut e obligates itself , and i s bound
under t he terms and conditions of l aw to do all things necessary with
respec t to collecting the approproations made by the Legisl ature of
the St ate of Al abama to the said Alabama polytechnic Insti tute , and
other revenues of the soid Institute .
SECTION 6 . B3 IT FUR1'9~R RESOLVED , etc . , that the funds derived from
said loan shall be pai d. into the Treasury of the Al abama Polytechnic
I nstitute , and shall be credited to the respective a ccounts for which
t he money was se borrowed .
SECTION 7 . BE I T FURTEER RESOLVED , etc., that t his resolution is
hereby declared to vest in the President and the Cha irman full
power and authority to do any and all things necessary to effect said
loan , to collect the proceeds the r eof , to i s sue , execute a nd deliver
such forms of obligation evidencing said loan as may be l egal ,
binding and valid obli gations of t he Al abama polytechnic I r..sti t ute ,
and to extend said loan at t heir discretion over any periciL not
exceeding Nine (9 ) years subject to the prOVision in Section 2
of this resolution concerninS retirement on six month ' s notice , and
wi th the prOVision that obligations so issued shall be serial
obligations .
SECTION 8 . BE I 'l:' FURTI-:-~R R:£SOLB..:.:D , ete ., that this Board of Trustees
is advised by abl e Counsel tha t i las full power and authority
l egal l y to borrow money with whic': to operate this Instit ution and
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to negoti a t e and consummate thi s loan ; but it do es no now, as
in al l its a ct s , wi thout imposing on the i ndivi dual member s of t he
Board, present or absent , any personal l i ability .
This r esol ut t on having been submitted t o a vot e , t he vote the r eon
was as follows :
Y£,.AS : Ni ne
NAYS : None
Present : Ten , No t vot i ng - one
And t he Re solution was decla r ed adopted on t h i s , t he
12 day of June , 1931 .
Mr . Her zfeld a sked if the matter of redistribution of the TeacherTraining
Eaual ization Fund of $100 , 000 .00 among the t hree i nst i t ut ions
of hi gher l e8rnine; which , under the r egul a tions , must be redi stributed
a t the close of the cur rent f i s cal yea r , had been di spos ed
of . Mr. Culver asked Dr . Harman what steps had been t aken by him.
Dr. Harman r epl ied t hat he had made a full statement a t t he meeting
of t he boaro on May 18 . He resta t ed hi s pos i tion in almost t he i dentical
wor ds ca rri ed in t he mi nut es of t he May 18 ne eting. Dr . Knapp
expl a ined t hat he had not desired t o discuss t his 'mat t er a t t he
pres ent time . He wished to say tha t ot her t hings were i nvolved in
t his ma t t er . For instance he stated t ha t he fel t that some portion
of the Voca ti onal Educo.t i on Fund f or Trades and I ndustri es , all of
whi ch under a etion of the State Boa rd of Educa t ion , i s at pr esent
a ssigned to t he 11ni versi t:i of Al abama , should be a lloca t ed to Auburn
especial l y for vocational trai ning of t extile fo remen or any other
workers in cotton t extile indus t r i e s . ~lere w~ s considerable discus s
ion by va rious menbers of t he board but no fi nal act ion vms t a ken .
There being no fur ther business on moti on of Dr . oa t es t he Boa r d
vot ed to re cess t o meet again on c811 of the cha irman at such
time ns t he president of the Ins t 'i tut i on may advi se .
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Montgomery, Alabama
June 12, 1931
Dr. Bradford Knapp, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Sir:
In regard to your proposed loan of $300,000.00.
We understand;
1st. You wish to borrow $300,000. 00
2nd. You wish to repay this loan in eight annual
installments of $25,000.00 and ninth installment of
$100,000.00
3rd. The loan will be secured by pledging sufficient
of your yearly state appropriation to pay principle
and interest.
4th. That you will furnish notes or certificates of
endebtedness in $1000.00 denominations with interest
coupons payable semi-annual at Chase National Bank,
New York.
5th. That you will have them approved by some recognized
bond attorneys, or if you prefer we can have
this done for you.
6th. That you are now paying 6% in advance on your
present loan.
We will handle thi ~ loan for you at a less annual
cost to you than you are now paying, and will give
you the money as soon as notes are approved.
Very truly yours,
NORWOOD & COMPANY
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Governor B. M. Miller
Montgomery, .Alabama
Dear Governor Miller:
July 1, 1931
The final arrangEments for the borrowing of the
$300,000. 00 which this institution needs to extinguish its
outstanding indebtedness have oame up for final determination.
In the proposition submitted to us was the clause that
we would have these notes, or evidences of indebtedness, approved
by some recognized bond attorney. The only way to do this is to
have the Bond Company negotiating the loan select the attorney and
we pay. Their request is that we pay $700 in oash. now as retainer
fee and if the loan is approved by the attorney there will be a
subsequent amount bringing the total fee to not less than ~500
nor more than $2000.
This will be a loan of $300,000.00 at ~ interest on the
aotual faoe of the notes. The oommission will be .35 of l~, making
the interest actually 5.85%. .35 commission would make the commission,
as we figure it, 6300 whioh is arrived at in the following manner:
The loan will have an average life of six years and six years at .35
of 1% would make $1050 per year or for six years a total of $6300.
This amount, therefore, would be deducted and the amount of aotual
cash the oollege would receive would be the $300.000.00 less this
oommission and whatever amount we pay on the attorney's fee .
Considering the whole Situation, I hope this proposition can
be accepted. If you approve I will immediately hand over the check for
$750 retainer fee to Norwood and Company and proceed as rapidly as possible
to close the deal .
Approved: _ ~~~~~ ____ ~ ____________ C~'4"""
Approved:,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_
Preside eohnic Institute
Dr. Bradford Knapp, President,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute ,
Auburn, Alabama .
Dear Sir:
May 14,
As reques t ed we wish to submit you an offer to handle
$300,000 . of 6% notes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute for
one quarter of one percent per annum. The notes to be of one
thousand dollar denomination with interest bearing coupons attached,
and are to mature $25,000 . annually for eight years
beginning January 1932 and $100, 000 . maturing January 1940.
. You are to pledge as secur1ty a sufficient amount of
your quarterly appropriations for maintenance as will be required
to retire the notes at maturity .
We agree to bear all expenses pertaining to the issuance
and sale of the notes, which includes the drafting of t he text,
printing etc and the legality of the i ssue on which we have
expended a considerable amount of both time and money . I f we are
succesful in serving you our profit will be scarcely anything
on account of the heavy expense we have already incurred, and if
we are not it will mean quite a loss to us .
We consider it very fortunate for you as well as ourselves
in securing a market for the notes due to the length of
time being over the quadrenium, and the existing conditions of
both the Legislature and the money market . We have agreed to sell
the notes at a littl~ plus par as the writer assured you that we
would handle the notes/ and to regain the expense we have already
incurred .
As we feel sure your Trustees will heartily approve of
of the sale as it is eleven p6ints less than you are paying for 6%
money today, and weare bearing all expenses, we are taking the
liberty of contracting for the money as we feel that this
opportunity should not be allowed to pass .
Trusting we will have the pleasure of serving you,
we a r e
Very truly yours
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BULLETIN
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Vol. XXVI. June 1931 No.6
~port Of the PresidenD
to the
~oard of 'Trustees
~labama Polytechnic Institute...;
Publication authorized by the Board of Trustees in Annual
Session at Auburn, May 18, 1931
ISSUED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR
JANUARY TO JULY
I . Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Auburn
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TRUSTEES
His Excellency, B. M. MILLER, President ____________________________ Ex Officio
A. F. HARMAN, Superintendent of Education ____________________ Ex Officio
Term Expires 1935
CHARLES HENDERSON (Second District) ______________________________________ Troy
J. A. ROGERS (Sixth District) _____________________________________________ Gainesville
C. W. ASHCRAFT (Eighth District) ______________________________________ Florence
Term Expires 1939
H. H. CONNER (Third District) ______________________________________________ Eufaula
VICTOR H. HANSON (Ninth District) ______________________________ Birmingham
W. H. OATES (Fir.~t District) ______________________________________________________ Mobile
T. D. SAMFORD (Third District) _____________________________________________ Opelika
P. S. HALEY (Tenth District) _________________________________________________ Oakman
Term Expires 1943
H. D. MERRILL (Fourth District) ________________________________________ Anniston
HARRY HERZFELD (Fifth District) ____ __________________________ Alexander City 'I
C. S. CULVER (Seventh District) _______ __________________________________ Gadsden
B. L. SHI, Secretary
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Report of the President of The Alabama Polytechnic
Institute to the Board of Trustees
May 18, 1931
INTROD UCT ION
THE YEAR 1930-31 has been the greatest year in the history
of the institution in spite of the many difficulties involved in
the administration of its affairs during this year. With an
enrollment much larger than any previous year, with classes full
to overflowing, with teachers carrying a full load of work and
laboratories, class rooms and equipment overtaxed in all divisions,
with the possible exception of chemistry, animal husbandry, and·
dairying, where new buildings and equipment are adequate, the
institution finds itself in the last year of a quadrennial period at
the highest mark of efficiency in all divisions of work, and in all
elements of its service to the State of Alabama.
ENROLLMENT
The increase in enrollment in the regular term, as shown in this
report, has been practically twenty per cent in the last four years
and more than 100 per cent since the year 1917-18. As I have
mentioned to the Board in a previous supplementary report this
year, the outstanding growth in these four years has been in the
following divisions: In regular Agricultural courses, 75 per cent;
in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, 75 per cent; in the
School of Architecture and Allied Arts, 33% per cent; in Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, 100 per cent; in General Education, not
including Agricultural Education, 50 per cent; and Veterinary
Medicine, 150 per cent.
Figures for other types of enrollment will be shown in another
section of this report. At the same time the total funds, available
and expended from State appropriations in the operation of the
college as a teaching division, have increased only a trifle over four
per cent. The number of teachers has increased fifteen per cent.
Of the enrollment only 216 come from outside of Alabama. This
is about eleven per cent and the majority of these are from near-by
states.
SPIRIT AND WORK
The fine spirit and earnest work of students, faculty, Experiment
Station staff, and Extension Service workers are a source of
great satisfaction, and I feel that any report to the Board of
Trustees at this time would be inadequate, should we fail to recognize
this spirit. We have been torn by no dissensions. We have
had no upheavals, we have had an infinite amount of fine understanding,
good cooperation and hard work.
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FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
This institution did not receive its funds regularly from the
State after July 1, 1930. A small proportion of the old
maintenance fund was paid on October 1 but outside this small
amount the institution received no funds for the operation of the
college in its regular education work here at Auburn from July 1
until February, 1931, except student fees. This involved delay in
payment of salaries at times and delayed at times the payment of
sums due for the general maintenance of the institution, purchase
of supplies, etc. It is my very great pleasure to report the finest
cooperation on the part of all concerned and many expressions of
good will even in days of difficult financing. .
As I have pointed out later in this report the budget of this
institution was so balanced that, had we received regularly the
State funds, there would have been no difficulty whatever, as the
expenditures would have come clearly within the estimated income
of the institution. Nevertheless the institution has endeavored
to cooperate with the State government in doing everything it
could to come on through this situation in a helpful spirit of
cooperation with the administration of the State's affairs.
NEXT YEAR'S PROSPECTS
I cannot submit this report without saying just a word about
prospects for next year. The year we are facing is going to be a
difficult one. There will be an increased student body. The burdens
of the institution will be increased. Our salary scale today is
below that of the average institution of this character. Four years
ago the institution was so far below the normal of other institutions
in salary scale that it was losing members of its staff and losing
prestige. While some improvement has been made in the past few
years, I desire to impress upon your minds the fact that our salary
scale is still below that of other institutions of similar character
with whom we compete for the services of highly trained men fit
for service in this type of institution.
With these difficulties facing us I desire to say emphatically
that any reduction in the income of this institution during the next
fiscal year would offer us the serious alternative of sacrificing
standards, or letting the physical upkeep of the institution go into
further disrepair or the losing of some of the important personnel
whom we could not replace subsequently. Either or all of these
alternatives would mean the loss of much ground that we have
gained during the past quadrennium. At a time when agriculture
is in such dire need and particularly when the agriculture of the
Southeast faces a crisis greater than it has ever faced in its
history, due to competition from without and the development of
new areas for the production of its principal staple crop, it seems
to me it would be a folly unspeakable for the people of the State of
Alabama to hamper the work of this institution. The rapid expansion
of scientific knowledge and discovery is a challenge to this
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institution. Alabama cannot afford, for a single moment, to put
her sons and daughters out to meet this challenge of the rest of the
world inadequately prepared in agriculture, engineering, chemistry,
the sciences or any other line of work. Any curtailment of the
present income of the institution must inevitably bring serious
difficulties.
To decrease the funds below what they are at the present time
would seriously impair the quality of the work being done and
would subject the institution to cr-iticism and would threaten its
standing in every rating agency in the United States.
INTERESTING ADVANCEMENT AND CHANGES
New trustees were appointed and approved by the Senate in
February of this year. Hon. H. H. Conner of Eufaula was appointed
in the place of the Hon. J. J. Flowers, who had served since
the resignation of the Hon. Chas. McDowell.
Hon. C. S. Culver of Gadsden was appointed to succeed Hon.
Oliver R. Hood and Hon. Harry Herzfeld of Alexander City was
appointed to succeed himself.
The institution is very happy to announce the issuance of a
Memorial Bulletin giving the life and services of the late Bennett
Battle Ross, which makes a permanent record of the services of
this distinguished and faithful servant of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Through the friendly cooperation of members of the U. S.
Senate from Alabama and the member of Congress from this
District, Auburn is to have a new Government post office building
,;. which will add greatly to the beauty of the city and to the service
which the post office renders to the students and to the institution.
A few very devoted souls who believed that Auburn needed an
airport have succeeded in getting the finest kind of cooperation
with the people of Opelika, resulting in the purchase of more than
two hundred acres of land mid-way between Opelika and Auburn
and the organization of a stock company to make purchase and to
deal with this problem. The airport is located on the old road
mid-way between Opelika and Auburn and is officially known as
the Auburn-Opelika Airport. It has two runways, each practically
one-half mile long and from 300 to 600 feet wide. It has been
leased to the Federal Government which will make some improvements
on the airport and operate it as a part of the AtlantaMontgomery
mail route with a revolving light and other facilities
for emergency landing. It is hoped that before long arrangements
will be made for actual operation of the air mail by establishing
this as a regular stopping point for the mail planes.
Many important meetings have been held at Auburn during
the last year, such as the meeting of the Alabama Press Institute
in August, the Farmers' Week and meeting of the Alabama Farm
Bureau, the annual convention of Alabama Ice Cream Manufacturers
Association in February, and the meeting of the Southeast-
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ern Section of the American Mathematical Association, of which
Prof. C. D. Killebrew has been elected president.
The Student Undergraduate Association has for the first time
published a bulletin which gives the financial report of each student
organization of the institution. This is a remarkable step in advance,
indicating a better business handling of student affairs and
the student association is greatly to be complimented on this step.
The athletic situation is improving and is infinitely more hopeful.
The football team made a good showing; the baseball team
won a championship, the basketball team was a vigorous contender
for first place and the track team has won recognition in every
contest. With a little patience and perseverance this situation will
work itself out nicely. The coaching staff has been approved and
accepted by everyone as measuring up to the best standards of this
or any other institution.
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Among the distinct advancements of the last two years is the
growth of the graduate work. More and more young men and
women are coming to this institution to take graduate work in engineering,
in agriculture, in chemistry, in education, and in other
subjects. The work outlined in the graduate school is of good
character and the requirements are high. Every student is required
to do a certain amount of actual personal research in some
approved field connected with his major subject. This is stimulating
both to the student and to the faculty. If we had a more adequate
way of publishing some of the theses some of them would
be very worthy of distribution.
OUTSTANDING WORK
I desire to point out a number of outstanding things which
ought to be recorded in the progress of the last year:
1. Discovery by the School of Chemis'try of a method of manufacturing
commercial chemical carbon from cotton seed hulls.
2. Good progress in the study of the manufacture of starch
from sweet potatoes which has now progressed to the point
where the starch is ready for testing in the textile mill.
3. Dr. Allison's discovery of a Magneto-Optic Method of Chemical
Analysis and his proof of the existence and some of the
properties of elements number 85 and 87, heretofore recognized
as unknown elements in the chemical field. Important
publication of his results has been made through scientific
papers of national standing.
4. Continuation of the important work of discovering causes
of pitting of metals due to the action of liquids in pumps, in
water turbines used in hydro-electric power plants, and in
other places.
5. The very great progress made by the Institute of Economic
Research of this institution and the publication of the "Ala-
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bama Economic Review" for the purpose of supplying the
State with reliable information regarding agricultural, industrial,
commercial and economic conditions. Repeated
editorial comments and hundreds of letters indicate the acceptance
of this important service as a real contribution to
the work of this State.
6. The gradual organization of the work for the improvement
of the quality and length of staple of cotton lint participated
in by the entire institution including the Experiment Station,
Extension staff, Textile Engineering staff in cooperation
with the various forces in the State. More than 100,000
bushels of superior seed will be available for farmers through
the organizing ability and activities of the Extension staff,
the vast majority of which was grown in the State. As we
progress, the spinning qualities of the varieties will be tested
by the new School of Textile Engineering.
7. The installation of the equipment in the new Textile School
and its gradual relation to the study of cotton in all of its
phases. Fifty-six students are already registered in this new
school, which has not yet had the use of adequate equipment
for a full semester. The opening of this School will be celebrated
this fall in a formal manner.
8. Outstanding work of Dr. Salmon of the Experiment Station
in the study of vitamins in their relation to nutrition. The
development of the work of the Department of Agronomy
and Soils in the study of plant nutrition, the tremendous
task of developing the new branch experiment stations and
the reshaping of the program of agricultural research in
relation to these new stations. The important work in Horticulture
and Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Poultry
Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural
Economics, Entomology and Plant Pathology in new lines
of research.
9. Establishing of the work in Aeronautical Engineering under
the supervision of Lt. V. C. Finch, one of the highest
trained and best qualified men in his profession in the South.
Lt. Finch has recently published a textbook on Aeronautical
Engineering. .
10. The development of the Department of Dairying and the
Department of Animal Husbandry by the addition of a new
building and new equipment, which has enabled them to
take an important step in the leadership in these lines of
work in the State.
AUBURN'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE STATE'S
l"INANCIAL EXPENDITURES
Taking the State Auditor's report for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1930, we have ascertained what percentages of the
total expenditures of the State go for different purposes. Submitting
this in a rather unique way, let us suppose the State Treas-
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urer paid out $1.00 and divided that dollar to every purpose authorized
by the Legislature to which money was paid by the Treasury.
How much of that dollar would come to Auburn? The
amount which would be paid to the college for college maintenance
would be eight and four-tenths mills. The amount which would
be paid for agricultural research is three and three-tenths mills
and for agricultural extension, four and nine-tenths mills.
Thus for the maintenance of the three divisions of this institution,
namely, its educational work here at Auburn, its work in
agricultural research including the main station, the branch stations
and the fields, and the work in agricultural extension out in
every county of the State, the total amount out of that dollar would
be approximately one and two-thirds cents. The total amount of
that dollar paid to higher institutions of learning including the
amount paid in that year to their building funds would be only four
and eighteen-hundredths cents. For other educational purposes
there would come from the State Treasury out of that dollar twenty
and ninety-two-hundredths cents. The amount paid out of the
dollar for highways and bridges would be almost ten times as much
as for . higher institutions of learning and almost twice as much
as for all other educational purposes. The amount for highways
and bridges does not include the gas tax collected and paid over
to the counties which is approximately seven and one-third cents
out of the dollar.
FINANCIAL STATUS AND LINES OF WORK
FUNDS appropriated by the state to the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute at Auburn have often been reported in a lump sum
indicating that Auburn received more than any other institution
in the state. When we thoroughly understand the purposes and
objectives of the various appropriations and the fact that only ,
slightly more than half of the state appropriations can be spent
for the support of the institution for the instruction of students
of college or graduate grade, the facts become clear.
It is the purpose of this statement to clarify these misunderstandings
and to give to those who may desire to know the facts,
the exact truth regarding funds appropriated to this institution.
Funds appropriated to Auburn may be classified into four (4)
divisions:
1. For the maintenance of the college at Auburn as an educational
institution, giving instruction of college and graduate
grade.
2. For the maintenance of Agricultural Research through the
central Experiment Station at Auburn, and maintenance
and buildings of the branch experiment stations and local
field experiments.
3. For Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics
under provisions of the Smith-Lever Act out over the state.
4. For buildings, land and equipment at Auburn.
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Of the above appropr iations, it should be remembered that the
building funds, under paragraphs 4 and 2, are not continuing appropriations.
THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute has duties and responsibilities
required of it by the law of this state which are not required
of any other institution in the state. We must keep in mind
these various responsibilites of the institution in order to see
clearly the reasons for the appropriations to it. At least two dif-
,. ferent types of appropriations, pointed out above, are not for the
institution as such, but for the benefit of the agriculture of the
state. These are the appropriations for Agricultural Research
and for Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Work.
The three great functions of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
are:
1. Resident Teaching at the institution of college and graduate
grade, including short courses along special lines and all other
activities at Auburn which might be classified as resident teaching
work. This division of the institution's work is comparable to
that of other institutions of the state in its objectives. However,
as a part of this activity we do extension work of the same character
as the University and the Teachers Colleges by teaching
classes for college credit at points away from Auburn and carrying
on correspondence study courses along all lines taught by the institution
in its regular courses of study. This is greatly to be distinguished
from the Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture
(" and Home Economics discussed below, as it is organized on a dif-
L ferent basis and the college receives no direct and separate appro-
/ priation for this purpose from the state.
2. Agricultural Research work or State Experiment Station
work is required by Acts of the Federal Government, accepted and
reenacted by the State of Alabama under which this institution
must pursue lines of research work in agriculture in all of its
phases for the purpose of solving the problems of farmers. We
are required under one of these acts to pursue research in home
economics, in human nutrition, rural economics and sociology, in
agricultural engineering and in such other lines of agricultural
work as relate to the utilization of agricultural products. This
division of work is conducted for the same purpose the industries
of this country conduct their large subsidized research activities.
It is not to be compared with such lines of general scientific research
as are conducted in the usual university for the stimulation
of the teaching work and for general mental and scientific improvement.
Auburn has to conduct that kind of research work
under the funds furnished for Resident Teaching as discussed in the
paragraph above. This special research work is closely scrutinized
and closely directed to the improvement of agriculture. It
has no relation whatever to the number of students in college and
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not a single penny can be used directly 01' indirectly for the teaching
of students in collegf;
~. Agricultural and Home Economics Extension work under
the provisions of the Smith Lever Act which has been accepted by
the legislature of this state is an important activity of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. This institution acts as the administrator
of this work in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture.
None of the funds appropriated for Agricultural and Home Economics
Extension work can be spent for teaching in a class for
college credit or for paying the salaries of any individuals to teach
any college courses or in any way to promote college teaching of
Agriculture or Home Economics. The headquarters are at Auburn,
but the work is out over the state. Its object is to assist rural
people, individually and collectively, in the solving of their present
pressing problems. It utilizes for this purpose the information
obtained from the Federal Department of Agriculture, the State
Experiment Stations and the field of agricultural information
generally.
UNIFIED EDUCATION ACT OF 1927
When the Unified Education Bill was passed by the Legislature
in 1927, twenty-five per cent of the additional funds provided by
this bill was required to be spent for "Agricultural Research and
Agricultural Extension" while twenty-fiv0 per cent of the funds
appropriated to the University of Alabama was to be used for
"Medicine, Extension and Research." I point this out because the
type of University extension work usually conducted by other institutions
Auburn is required to support out of the remaining
seventy-five per cent of the funds appropriated by the last legislature,
and the type of research in general science usually developed
in a general science department Auburn is required to support out
of its remaining seventy-five per cent. This statement is not made
in any criticism but in order that facts may be understood.
BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT FUND
The Legislature of 1927, in House Bill 318, appropriated to
this institution for additions to grounds, buildings and equipment
the sum of $250,000 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1928;
$250,000 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1929, and $250,000
for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1930. The same amount
was appropriated to the University of Alabama and various
amounts for the same three fiscal years to the other educational
institutions of Alabama.
The Act appropriating money to the state institutions for building
purposes contains the following language:
"Provided that when any such sums are approved for payment
by the governor the same shall be prorated among the
several purposes or institutions and be made payable to each
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purpose or institution for which appropriation is made in said
sections in proportion to the amount appropriated to each such
purpose or institution in said sections."
Under the terms of the appropriation this institution received
warrants and promptly received cash on them, as follows:
October 1, 1928 ____________________________ $ 62,500.00
January 1, 1929 ____________________________ 62,500.00
April 1, 1929 _______________________________ 62,500.00
July 1, 1929 _______ ________________________ 62,500.00
Total Building Warrants paid __________ $250,000.00
Beginning October 1, 1929, warrants were issued but not paid
and the institution now holds the following warrants:
October 1, 1929 ____________________________ $ 62,500.00
January 1, 1930 ____________________________ 62,500.00
April 1, 1930 (Rec. January 16, 1931) __________ 62,500.00
July 1, 1930 (Rec. January 16, 1931) __________ 62,500.00
Total General Building Fund warrants on
hand ________ _ ____________ ______ ____ $250,000.00
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute has not received any warrants
or cash on its building appropriation for the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1930, in spite of the fact that the records in
the Auditor's office show that the Troy State Teachers College received
on January 17, 1931, two warrants for $37,500 each, making
a total of $75,000 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1930;
that the Livingston State Teachers College also received two warrants
on January 17, 1931, for the sum of $25,000 each, making a
total of $50,000 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1930, and
that the Normal School for negroes at Montgomery received on
/ January 17, 1931, two warrants for $18,750 each, making a total of
.' $37,500 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1930. Such issuance
of warrants to these three institutions entitles the Alabama
Polytechnic Intsitute and other educational institutions of the state
to at least two additional quarterly payments for the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1930.
CONVERSION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute had for many years been
engaged in the business of selling electric current at retail to the
citizens of Auburn and had been engaged in the business of selling
water from its water plant to the town of Auburn. It owned poles
and a distributing system in the town in which it had invested
funds from time to time, approximating in amount a total of
$50,000. It bought electric current from the Alabama Power Company
and resold it to the local patrons. The pole system was in
bad condition and the wires were old and the insulation almost
entirely worn off. The system was in serious need of rehabilitation
at large expense and would soon demand a large expenditure of
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funds not for college work but only for a retail business. The
rate charged by the college was above the rate charged by the
Alabama Power Company to customers in other towns similarly
situated.
The college had constructed a water plant some years ago at
a distance of between three and four miles from the institution. It
owned the plant, wells, small lake, right-of-way, and some mains
in all of which it had invested approximately $75,000. Here again
there was serious need of investing further sums in additional improvements
which seemed imperative. The relation between the
town and the college on these matters, while entirely friendly, was
not satisfactory to either party.
The Board of Trustees authorized the sale of that part of the
electric distributing system lying outside the campus and that
part of the water plant lying outside the campus. Publication was
made of this decision and bids or proposals were invited. The
first offer made was $200,000 for both the water plant and the
electric system. Finally after considerable spirited bidding an
offer was made of $300,000 to the college for its property, and
$100,000 to the town of Auburn for two thirty-year franchises.
The offer was accepted and $300,000 in cash paid over to the institution
which the institution has reinvested in capital improvements.
The city of Auburn has invested its $100,000 in a much needed, upto-
date public school building thus saving the state from making
such investments as have been made at other institutions in the
state for the purpose of providing a school where practice teaching
could be conducted.
Building Fund receipts, therefore, stand as follows:
Cash on warrants ____________ .. ______________ $250,000.00
Cash from the sale of franchises ____________ ___ 300,000.00
Total cash ___________________________ $550,000.00
Warrants as yet uncashed ____________________ 250,000.00
Total available funds provided state war-rants
are paid in due time ______________ $800,000.00
Let me again mention the fact that this institution is entitled
to $125,000 out of the fiscal year 1930-31, for which it has never
received cash or warrants. This claim is made in view of the fact
that the Act appropriating money to State Institutions for building
purposes provides that such funds when released shall be prorated
among the several institutions in proportion to the amount appropriated
to each institution and that three State Institutions
have been issued two warrants each for building purposes from
the appropriation for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1930.
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EXPENDITURES ON BUILDING FUND
Expenditures for buildings, grounds, and equipment as shown
up to April 24, 1931, are as follows:
AMOUNTS EXPENDED OR CONTRACTED
Land & Expend. Expend. Unpaid Unpaid
Campus for for obI. f or obI. f or
Total Impts. Bldg •. Equip. Bldg •. Equip.
Ros s Chern. Lab. . ... $289,512.56 $---... _-------_ .. - $247,036.60 $42,4 76.96 $ .... ---_._ .. --- $ .. - - ---------
A. H . & Dairy Bldg. 189,4 83.95 ----------------- 17 0,99 3.80 18,20 2.13 146.77 141.26
T extile Bldg . --------- 21 9,88 9.54 ------.---------- 172,48 7. 52 13,306.78 6,273.98 2 7,822.26
Shops Bldg. -------- - 48,225 .28 ------------------ 46,02 4.95 1,99 7.85 4.00 198.48
Dairy Barn 32,741.43 -------------------- 32,2 55.37 486.06 .00 .00
Cattle & Work Stock
Barn -------------------- 4,4 55 .84 -------------------- 4,4 56. 84 .00 .00 .00
Ani. Hus b. Cottage __ 2,676.86 ---------------- 2,676.85 .00 .00 .09
Architects ' f ees-bldg
•. n ot yet
constructed 16,300.00 ------------------- 15,300.00 .00 .00 .00
Dairy F eed Barn - 1,862.93 _.----_.------------ 1,8 62 .93 .00 .00 .00
L and ---------------------- 90, 87 6.00 9 0,876.00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Grounds, Paving &
Improvements 1,996.92 1,996 .92 .00 .00 .00 .00
Camp. Improvement 6,1 79.67 6,17 9.67 .00 .00 .00 .00
Landscaping ---------- 6, 600.39 6,600.39 .00 . 00 .00 . .00
Total _ ________ $909,701.36 $105,652.98 $693,09 3.86 $76,467.78 $ 6,424 .76 $28, 161.99
DEFICIT on Building and Improvement Fund ______________ $109,701.36
BALANCE in case two quarters ($125,000) of Building
Fund for year beginning October 1, 1930 are re-cei
ved ________________________________________________________________,_ ____________ $15,298.64
BALANCE in case entire amount appropriated for year
beginning October 1, 1930 is received ______________________ $140,298.64
These balances are badly needed for reasons pointed out in this
report.
BUILDING PROGRAM CURTAILED
Under "Architects' fees for buildings not yet constructed", it
should be reported that the Board of Trustees had approved the
construction of the two additional buildings-an Auditorium and
Classroom building costing slightly more than $300,000 and an
Administration building costing $200,000. Bids for these buildings
had been invited and the lowest bid was regarded as an advantageous
one. However, in March, 1930, the institution decided not to
accept the bids because of the uncertainty regarding payment of
state warrants and the rapidly approaching financial difficulties
of the state. This decision was made in spite of the fact that the
institution at Auburn knew that certain other institutions in the
state had anticipated their building fund appropriations to the
end of the quadrennial period.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
For fear that the people of the state may get the impression
that Auburn has built all the buildings it needs, but with no thought
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of asking for increased appropriations now, I want to remind the
reader of a few important matters. The following is a partial list
of our very pressing building needs:
1. We have no auditorium on the campus which will hold more
than one-third of the student body.
2. The precious records of this institution involving those of thousands
of students and all the financial accounts and vouchers
of the institution for many years past are housed in the old
administration building, which is a fire-trap. This old building
makes a fair classroom building of the old type, but it is the most
dangerous building in which are stored precious records to be
be found at any institution in the state.
3. The institution has no hospital or any place whatever in which
to keep a sick student. There are no facilities in the hands of
the administration at Auburn for stopping epidemics which
might break out among the student body.
4. The town of Auburn does not seem to be able to provide an adequate
sewerage system. There is pressing need of funds to carry
sewage further away and provide some means of modern disposal.
In this, without doubt, the college must aid.
5. The Agricultural Engineering Department is housed in an old
wooden hangar purchased during the war. In it we have between
$25,000 and $30,000 worth of valuable machinery and
equipment consigned to the college by manufacturers or owned
by the college. It is almost impossible to heat it in winter and
almost impossible for students to stay in its miserable classrooms
on rainy days. There is no other place to put this department.
6. The need of funds for paving and for laying sidewalks is exceedingly
great.
7. The Library facilities of the institution are entirely inadequate
and are fit for an institution of about 500 students. We have
in regular session nearly 2000 students.
8. Dormitory space takes care of less than 10 per cent of the student
body, and there is great need of additional dormitories
which could be built out of room rent without an appropriation
by the State if the Legislature saw fit to authorize such procedure.
INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF ALABAMA
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE
TEACHING
The institution in its teaching division receives funds from the
State of Alabama, a small amount from the federal appropriation,
money from matriculation fees of students, an amount from the
State Board of Education for teacher training work and from the
Smith-Hughes Fund for Teacher-Training in Agriculture, and a
small amount of miscellaneous cash receipts. A statement of these
receipts follows:
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INCOME
July 1, 1930 to June 30, 1931
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
FOR COLLEGE TEACHING
From the State:
Interest on Federal Land-Grant ______ ____ _ $
In Lieu of Old Fertilizer Tax ___________ _
Old Maintenance _____ __________________ _
For Animal Industry ___________________ _
In Lieu of Oil Tax _____________________ _
Maintenance Supplement of 1927 ________ _
Summer School ________________________ _
20,280.00
33,000.00
45,000.00
12,500.00
24,000.00
265,907.46*
5,000.00
$405,687.46 $405,687.46
From the Federal Government:
Morrill Fund ___________________________ $ 31,140.00 31,140.00
Matriculation Fees (estimated) :
Regular Session ________________________ $114,000.00
Summer Session ________________________ 21,000.00
Extension Teaching _____________________ 8,400.00
$143,400.00 143,400.00
State Board of Education:
Teacher Training Equalization Fund _______ $ 25,000.00
Smith-Hughes Fund for Teacher Training in
Agriculture _ ___ ____ ___ ___ ______ _ _____ 21,164.58
$46,164.58 46,164.58
Miscellaneous:
Sundry cash Receipts (estimated) _________ $ 22,400.00
Balance from last fiscal year ______________ 30,500.00
$52,900.00 52,900.00
Total for regular support of the College in its teaching division $679,292.04
• Twen ty~fi ve per cent of the total appropriate d is required to be expended for Agricultura
l Research and Agricultura l Extension. The sum g iven is that part left after
deducting this twenty-five per cent which is shown in the proper place under these other
di visions of work.
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EXPENDITURES
QUADRENNIAL PERIOD
July 1, 1927 to June 30, 1931
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
FOR COLLEGE TEACHING
Distribution Distribution Distribution
1927-28 1928-29 1929-30
Administration _________ $ 34,161.10 $ 45,054.43 $ 58,813.40
School of Agriculture ___ 58,512.67 75,529.28 72,511.99
School of Engineering ___ 52,017.93 81,680.98 94,558.77
School of Architecture and
Allied Arts __________ 12,225.34 18,018.27 22,405.50
School of Textile Engi-neering
(new) ------ - 5,684.91
School of Science and
Literature ___________ 74,541.30 103,529.47 130,588.96
Graduate School ------ - 2,400.00
School of Chemistry and
Pharmacy ----------- 37,467.53 40,323.70 39,625.83
School of Education --- 22,541.38 62,315.25 56,199.16
School of Home Economics 10,253.93 10,226.63 10,636.79
School of Military Sci-ence
and Tactics 2,420.21 2,884.93 2,898.93
School of Veterinary
Medicine ------------ 14,111.76 20,300.00 19,706.75
Summer School ------- 24,119.16 26,606.20 21,812.56
Extension Teaching
(College) ----------- 15,005.05 11,031.26 13,636.49
General Service Work -- 68,417.32 112,623.45 87,241.58
Physical Plant Improve-ment
--------------- 119,839.77 44,419.59
Distribution
1930-31
$ 54,830.94
72,756.13
89,936.59
25,945.00
13,782.36
137,577.19
2,400.00
49,670.08
73,930.58
10,964.85
2,734.00
19,635.00
28,500.00
13,258.80
83,370.52
Totals _____________ $545,634.45 $654,543.44 $638,721.62 $679,292.04
COST PER STUDENT
We have examined the cost per student on the basis of State
appropriations to each institution in a large number of states and
we have endeavored to give these costs to the state per student on
the following basis: Taking the enrollment of the regular terms
of 1930-31, plus one-sixth of the enrollment in Summer School for
1930, and dividing that sum into the income of the institution for
its resident teaching work, not including Agricultural Research,
Agricultural Experiment Station Work, and Agricultural and
Home Economics Extension Work, we find only three Land-Grant
Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering similar to Auburn in
the whole United States with a less cost per student than this institution;
and these are only slightly less. Many institutions o~
similar organization in other states have a per student cost on this
basis twice as great as the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
RELATIVE COST
It is important to realize that the cost of education varies greatly
with the subject to be taught. It is much less expensive to teach
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general subjects such as English, Literature, Foreign Languages,
Philosophy, Mathematics, History, etc., than it is to teach applied
sciences, such as Dairying and Animal Husbandry, Agricultural
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, etc. To teach subjects
like English, Mathematics, Foreign Language, etc., requires a
teacher with an office, a classroom, and a library. To teach practical
scientific subjects, especially in the applied field, requires a
laboratory and, in many subjects, expensive scientific instruments
and equipment, shops, small factories, a farm, livestock, barns, etc.
It is true in practically all cases that the cost per student in two
institutions one of which deals with general subjects requiring but
little laboratory work or expensive equipment is always lower than
the cost per student in institutions where the applied sciences constitute
an important part of the work and therefore the expenses
are greatly increased. Engineering and Agriculture cannot be adequately
taught except by the use of equipment and facilities which
make the expense somewhat greater than the average Bachelor of
Arts course.
SALARY
Prior to the present quadrennial period the salary scale of the
institution was among the lowest of all similar institutions. The
salary scale today is below the average of other similar institutions.
Especially is this true in the lower grades of service. This institution,
like others, is in competition with every institution of similar
character in the United States for the service of men who have
received special training and are willing to devote their lives to a
particular type of work.
SERVICE COURSES
Every school of the institution has something to do with the
teaching of students who are registered in other schools. In other
words in every school of the institution are courses of study which
fit into the curricula of other schools on the campus. The cost of
education in each school of the institution is to be read with this
point in mind.
For example, in the School of Agriculture students in Science
and Literature, in Home Economics and in Education take courses
in Zoology, Entomology, Micro-Technique, Botany, Genetics, etc.
Students in Pharmacy take courses in Botany and Zoology. Students
in Architecture take Landscape Architecture in the Department
of Horticulture. Students in Veterinary Medicine take
courses in Botany and Poisonous Plants. Special courses are offered
in the Agricultural division regarding plant materials, history
of landscape architecture and landscape architecture for the benefit
of students in the School of Architecture.
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In the School of Engineering courses offered in the Department
of Industrial Arts are given to students in Education and Agriculture.
In the School of Architecture and Allied Arts courses are
given in Interior Design and other subjects for the benefit of Home
Economics students. These courses include drawing, water color,
and elementary design. Students in Education studying to be
teachers of art also take courses in the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts. Students in Textile Engineering receive instruction
in color theory, water color and textile design in the School of
Architecture and Allied Arts.
The School of Science and Literature is a general service school
for the whole institution and students in every division of the institution
take courses in English, History, Modern Languages,
Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Business Administration, Physical
Education, etc.
The School of Chemistry takes care of the fundamental courses
in Chemistry for all divisions of the institution. Eight hundred
eleven students from other divisions of the institution were taking
Chemistry during the past year in the School of Chemistry. The
total in terms of semester clock hours shows that students from
other divisions than Chemistry take practically 70 per cent of the
time of instructors in the School of Chemistry.
The School of Veterinary Medicine teaches Bacteriology to Agricultural
students, Engineering students and Home Economics
students, Physiology to students in Home Economics and to PreMedical
students from the School of Science and Literature.
Thus it will be seen that each division of the institution offers
courses which are acceptable in other divisions. Duplication is
thus avoided and courses of instruction taken care of at the lowest
possible cost.
ENROLLMENT BY COURSES AND DIVISIONS
The following table shows the enrollment in regular session for
several years past:
SCHOOL 1923- 1924- 1925- 1926- 1927- 1928- 1929- 1930-
1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
School of Agriculture
Agriculture ______ 175 132 95 72 71 71 115 124
Agr. Education ___ 106 112 119 141 172 226 174 126
Total ________ 281 244 214 213 243 297 289 250
DIVISION OF ENGINEERING
School of Engineering
Civil and Highway _ 126 157 173 179 149 148 119 94
Electrical ________ 331 380 353 347 335 309 276 315
Mechanical _ _ _ _ _ _ 114 119 114 110 120 141 139 205
Total ________ 571 656 640 636 604 598 534 614
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School of Architecture
and Allied Arts
Architecture 38
Arch. Engineering _ 24
Commercial Art __ _
Landscape Arch. __
Total ________ 62
School of Textile
Engineering
Textile _________ _
37
27
64
19
62
36
98
76
37
113
76
29
105
Total Engr. Div. __ 633 720 738 749 709
School of Science
and Literature
Science & Literature 274 259 252 291 271
Business Administration *
Pre-Medical ______ 27 39 33 29 37
Pre-Law ________ _
Total ________ 301 298 285 310 308
School of Chemistry
and Pharmacy
Chemical Engr. ___ 59
Pharmacy ________ 72
Total ________ 131
School of Education
General Education _ 38
Agr. Education ___ 106
Home Ec. Ed.** __
Total ________ 144
School of Home
Economics
Home Economics** 68
Home Ec. Ed.** __ _
Total ________ 68
School of Veterinary
Medicine
Veterinary Med. _ _ 17
54
69
123
68
112
170
64
64
21
54
64
118
129
119
248
51
51
15
67
46
113
159
141
300
63
63
16
77
39
116
163
172
335
59
59
17
68
30
14
112
710
77
207
42
326
81
46
127
182
226
408
56
56
26
74
45
18
137
44
74
32
24
8
138
56
715 813
77 __ 78
196 167
43 43
15 19
331 307
125
40
165
207
174
18
399
38
18
56
34
150
30
180
253
126
33
412
47
33
80
43
Grand Total __ 1,575 1,650 1,669 1,774 1,787 1,950 1,989 2,086
Less Duplicates 106 112 119 141 172 226 192 159
Net Total _____ 1,469 1,538 1,550 1,633 1,615 1,724 1,797 1,927
Our student body is composed of 90 per cent Alabama students.
The majority of out-of-state students representing approximately
only 200 students in the whole student body are ~rom southern
states nearby Alabama. These come here on account of Auburn's
reputation in Engineering and Agriculture, and pay the extra fee
required of out-of-state students. As an indication of the standing
of the institution, I quote the following from a competent industrial
executive, Mr. G. Edwin Michael, President of the Virginia Bridge
and Iron Company:
*Until 1928-29 included in Science and Literature.
**Home -Economics Education included in Home Economic. until 1928-29.
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"A striking thing about our company," said Mr. Michael, "is the
work being done by our young employees who have come from
Southern Polytechnic Schools, especially from Auburn, Georgia
Tech, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. They have certain characteristics
that set them somewhat apart from the men who come
from other sections and from schools which may be even more
famous.
"The salient characteristics of them as a class are their ingenuity,
their initiative and their self-reliance.
"Our Southern boys stand out although we permit no sectional
bias in our dealings or in our judgments. But in checking results
against our personnel records we find so steadily that our best
technicians are boys from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Georgia
Tech, and Virginia Tech, that we have come to accept it as an
established fact."
If we add the enrollment in Summer School and the enrollment
in Agriculture, Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, and other types
of short courses held at Auburn, the total amount of resident instruction
is as follows:
1930-31
Regular Session ______________________________ 1,927
Summer Session _____________________________ 1,191
Extension Courses ____________________________ 1,109
Farmers' Summer School ______________________ 818
Short Course, Club Girls and Women _____________ 147
Veterinary Short Course __ _ ___ ___ __ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ __ 33
Meter School ____ _ ______ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ ___ ___ _ _ _ 63
Dairy Short Course ___________________________ 20
Total ______________________________ 5,308
ENDOWMENT
It should be pointed out that Auburn has no endowment fund.
The old Land-Grant brings in an appropriation from the legislature
of $20,280 per year for interest on Endowment. But the college
does not have the handling of the funds from which the state
pays this amount. It has no $2,000,000 of endowment and has not
been able to add to its endowment either through gift or accumulation
from its properties, and hence in an emergency it has no
available sources from which to borrow money, either for building
purposes or for tiding the running expenses of the institution
through a crisis. It is entirely dependent upon its state appropriations
and its fixed income from other sources.
OUTSTANDING WARRANTS UNPAID
The institution holds in its possession at the present time the
following amount of warrants unpaid:
Building and Improvement Warrants as shown
above ___________________________________ $250,000.00
Warrants for the buildings at the Branch Experi-ment
Station at Fairhope in Baldwin County ___ 25,000.00
Total ______________________________ $275,000.00
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RESEARCH WORK IN AGRICULTURE
Research work in Agriculture is provided for under Federal
and State appropriations and includes work at Auburn plus the
work out over the state. The work in Agricultural Research at
Auburn and at other points in the state is financed as shown below:
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH RECEIPTS
July 1, 1930-June 30, 1931
MAINTENANCE
Experiment Station:
State Appropriations
Local Experiments-1911 ________________ _
Investigations at Auburn-1919 ___________ _
Agr. Research Supplement-1927 __________ _
FeHdeartaclh AFpupnrodp r_i_at_i_o_n_s_ _____________________ _
Adams Fund ___________________________ _
Purnell Fund ___________________________ _
Farm Sales and Donations-Estimated _______ _
Total
$ 27,000.00
7,500.00
*44,317.91
15,000.00
15,000.00
60,000.00
15,000.00
Total Experiment Station ________________________ $183,817.91
Substations:
Balance on hand, July 1 ____________________ $12,481.02
Income from Sales-Estimated ______________ 9,338.85
State Appropriations:
Sand Mountain Substation ________________ 12,500.00
Tennessee Valley Substation _______________ 12,500.00
Wiregrass Substation ____________________ 12,500.00
Black Belt Substation ____________________ 12,500.00
Gulf Coast Substation ____________________ 12,500.00
(, ;;- Total _______________________________ $84,319.87 84,319.87
'" Experiment Fields:
Balance on hand, July 1 ____________________ $ 7,941.74
State Appropriations _______________________ 24,000.00
Total _______________________________ $31,941. 7 4 31,941.74
Grand total for Experiment Stations, Maintenance ____ $300,079.52
Sub-Station Buildings:
Balance on hand, July 1 _____________________ $ 1,441.31
State Appropriations ________________________ 25,000.00
Miscellaneous Receipts __ ____ _ _ _ _ __ _ ___ _ _____ 322.75
Total _______________________________ $26,764.06 26,764.06
Total Agricultural Research, Maintenance and Buildings $326,843.58
*This is the one-half of the 25 per cent required to be spent for Agricultural Research
and Agricultural Extension work by the Act of 1927.
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DISBURSEMENTS
July 1, 1930-June 30, 1931
Administration _________________________________________ $
Agronomy and Soils ____________________________________ _
Agricultural Economics _________________________________ _
Agricultural Engineering ____ ___________________________ _
Agricultural Editor _________________________ ____________ _
Animal Husbandry _____________________________________ _
Botany and Plant Pathology _____________________________ _
Dairy Husbandry ______________________________________ _
Entomology and Zoology ________________________________ _
Farm Management _____________________________________ _
Horticulture and Forestry _______________________________ _
Home Economics Research ______________________________ _
Library ___________________________ ____________________ _
Publications ___________________________________________ _
Poultry _______________________________________________ _
Veterinary ____________________________________________ _
Contingent ____________________________________________ _
Total
17,950.00
40,627.83
19,194.00
9,560.00
900.00
22,500.00
7,350.00
300.00
13,570.00
4,860.00
14,638.00
4,400.00
2,855.00
2,000.00
6,450.00
925.00
14,096.34
Tota~ _____________________________ $182,176.17
Sub-Stations:
Black Belt ___________________________________________ $
Gulf Coast __________________________________ ________ _
Sand Mountain ______________________________________ _
Tennessee Valley ____________________________________ _
VViregrass __________________________________________ _ _
16,479.96
19,041.33
17,338.57
14,971.24
14,801.93
Totals _______________________________ $82,633.03
Experimental Fields:
Administration _______________________________________ $
Agronomy and Soils _________________________________ _
Horticulture and Forestry ______ ___________________ ____ _
Contingent __________________________________________ _
600.00
21,000.00
2,200.00
8,141.74
Totals _______________________________ $31,9.41. 7 4
Sub-Station Buildings:
Black Belt ___________________________________________ $ 18,332.20
Gulf Coast ________________________________ $25,000.00
Less O. D. previous year __________________ 17,069.68 7,930.32
Sand Mountain ______________________________________ _
Tennessee Valley ____________________________________ _
VViregrass ___________________________________________ _
413.71
27.40
60.43
Totals __________________________________________ $26,764.06
Total Agricultural Research ______________________ $323,515.00
BRANCH STATIONS
The last legislature provided for five Experiment Stations for
the study of agricultural problems of the principal soil types of
the state. These stations are established as follows:
1. Tennessee Valley Branch Station, near Belle Mina __ 280 acres
2. Sand Mountain Branch Station, near Crossville _ _ _ _ 240 acres
3. VViregrass Branch Station, Headland _____________ 240 acres
4. Black Belt Branch Station, near Marion Junction __ 1,119 acres
5. Gulf Coast Branch Station, near Fairhope ________ 718 acres
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The lands for these branch stations were donated to the college
by the counties in question. They cost the counties $152,800, but
were presented to the state free of charge.
The Legislature provided $25,000 for the buildings and equipment
of each of these five stations. This money has also been expended
and has been received from the state except the warrant
for the buildings at Fairhope indicated above. The state provides
also $12,500 for maintenance of each of these stations which is being
expended in the employment of skilled help, purchase of seed,
fertilizer and other equipment and operating expenses necessary
in conducting these experiment stations.
EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS
The Legislature provided also for the maintenance of ten outlying
fields at different places in the state, appropriating $2400
for each field or a total of $24,000 per annum. All of this is being
used in the discovery and development of new facts in production,
management, marketing and the economic phases of agriculture in
the various sections of the state.
N one of this money can be spent for payment of salaries of
teachers or for conducting of courses of study or for any other
purpose incident to the operation of the institution as a college
for the teaching of subjects of college or graduate grade. The
projects in this line of work involve studies of soil fertility and
management, crops and crop production, plant breeding, use of
fertilizers, cost of production, animal breeding, livestock, dairying
and poultry production, management and cost, agricultural economics
involving relation of landlord and tenant, land utilization,
farm management, utilization of products, marketing methods,
costs, etc. Each of these is being studied in its relation to the type
of agriculture in the various parts of the state.
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE
AND HOME ECONOMICS
The Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics is
not to be compared with or classed as "University Extension work."
College or University Extension work carried on in the usual way
is merely a carrying of class work to the people in courses of study
taught at the institution and, generally, also certain miscellaneous
lectures. We do that kind of work, not under this division but
under our general education Extension Teaching Division. The
Extension work in Agriculture and Home Economics is a part of a
great national system of agricultural service. Through it at the
present time this institution is reaching approximately 28,000 to
30,000 boys and girls enrolled in 4-H Clubs. There are more than
9,000 farmers' wives enrolled in Home Demonstration Clubs for
the purpose of improving their own homes, feeding and clothing
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their own families, and such economic enterprises as naturally fall
within the sphere of the woman's work on the farm. Beyond that
we are reaching in organized clubs and as individuals many thousands.
The best estimate I can make of separate individuals reached
would be something over 30,000 farmers, who are reached regularly
through demonstrations and otherwise, and many thousands of
other farmers are reached through radio, farmers' meetings, and
through other services difficult to record briefly. I think it is safe
to say that our Extension Work is reaching two-thirds of all the
farms in the state with some sort of service helpful to their condition.
The income from the State and Federal sources for this work is
as follows:
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK RECEIPTS
July 1, 1930-June 30, 1931
State Appropriations: Total
Smith Lever Offset ________________________ $162,500.00
County Agents Salaries ____________________ 30,000.00
Extension Supplement _____________________ 44,317.91* $236,817.91
Federal Appropriations:
Smith-Lever ______________________________ $156,690.28
Smith-Lever Supplement ___________________ 56,351.63
Capper-Ketcham ____ __ __ _______ _ ________ _ _ 37,832.79
Federal Additional Cooperative _____________ 29,000.00 279,874.70
Other Receipts:
Balance on hand, July 1 ____________________ $28,297.60
Radio Station WAPI _______________________ 60,000.00 88,297.60
Total Agricultural Extension ____________________ $604,990.21
"This is the one-half of the 25 per cent required to he spent for Agricultural R esearch
and Agricultural Extension work by the Act of 1927.
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK DISBURSEMENTS
July 1, 1930-June 30, 1931
Administration __________________________________________ $
County Agents ________________________________________ _
County Agents E2S ____________________________________ _
County Agents EIS ____________________________________ _
County Agents State Salaries _____________________________ _
Home Demonstration __________________________ - - _______ _
Home Demonstration E2S _______________________________ _
Home Demonstration EIS _______________________________ _
Publications ___________________________________________ _
Boy's Club Work ______________________________________ _
Agricultural Editor ____________________________________ _
Agricultural Engineering _______________________________ _
Animal Industry _______________________________________ _
Entomology ___________________________________________ _
Horticulture __________________________________________ _
Marketing ____________________________________________ _
Clothing and Handicraft ________________________________ _
Home Management _____________________________________ _
Agronomy ____________________________________________ _
Landscape and Gardening _______________________________ _
Forestry ______________________________________________ _
Foods, Nutrition and Preservation ________________________ _
Movable Schools _______________________________________ _
Negro Boys ___________________________________________ _
Negro Women ________________________________________ _
Negro Men ___________________________________________ _
Girl's Club Work ______________________________________ _
Duncan Hall Maintenance _______________________________ _
Dairying ______________________________________________ _
Poultry _______________________________________________ _
Demonstration School Farms _____________________________ _
WAPI ________________________________________________ _
Radio Plant ___________________________________________ _
Radio Auburn _________________________________________ _
Demonstration Exhibits _________________________________ _
Total
18,360.00
76,741.03
37,550.47
22,359.17
30,000.00
63,551.57
18,801.16
33,992.46
12,165.00
5,620.00
7,850.00
11,189.00
20,506.36
4,900.00
5,197.72
15,250.00
5,300.00
4,850.00
5,300.00
5,100.00
4,500.00
4,800.00
4,480.00
2,220.00
23,900.00
38,340.00
5,020.00
2,000.00
3,350.00
1,294.00
1,200.00
80,244.47
10,000.00
7,000.00
4,100.00
Totals ______________________________ $597,032.41
The county furnishes additional funds to enable farmers of the
county to have either a county agent or a home demonstration
agent, or both, and in many of the counties where negro population
is numerous there is an additional line of work for negro
farmers and their families.
N one of this fund can be spent for Agricultural Research nor
can it be spent in College Teaching. A brief summary of the
results is as follows:
Dairy improvement work with 102 dairymen in 19 counties increased
production above the average by nearly 1,500 pounds of
milk and 80 pounds of butter fat per cow. Demonstrations were
held with 1,795 farmers in hog production involving 24,185 hogs,
resulting in an increased income on these alone of over $26,000.
County agents assisted farmers in putting in 338 improved dairy
bulls, 242 improved beef bulls, 323 improved boars, and 31 rams in
sheep improvement.
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County agents assisted farmers in securing and planting over
1,250,000 pounds of vetch and Austrian pea seed. This was planted
on 50,000 acres of land.
One of the outstanding projects of the year was an effort to
improve the quality and length of staple of cotton. Pure seed of
standard variety with 718 inch or better were saved by farmers in
Alabama and handled through direction of the county agents, so
that 125,000 bushels of better seed are available for planting the
crops of 1931.
In Boys' and Girls' 4-H Club Work in sixty-five counties there
were 1,111 clubs organized with a total membership of 31,731.
Each of these received instructions on some definite piece of agricultural
work. Six hundred and sixty-two club members purchased
and owned Jersey cows. The work of these clubs included
better varieties of seed, proper fertilization, soil building, feeding
and management of livestock, poultry, etc.
Poultry demonstrations were conducted with 2,260 farmers
owning practically a quarter of a million birds under the instructions
of county agents for better methods of housing, feeding, and
caring for same. They made 1,345 homemade brick brooders and
constructed 854 modern poultry houses from plans and blue prints
furnished from Auburn.
Six thousand nine hundred and ten acres of land were drained
under instructions of county agents. One hundred and seventynine
acres were developed for special irrigation and 124,659 acres
were terraced under the instructions of Extension representatives.
Eighty-four dwellings were constructed, twenty-eight dwelling
houses remodeled, hundreds of acres cleared of stumps, one hundred
thirty-four barns constructed, nine hundred and sixty-five improved
cultivators were purchased by farmers and many other matters
of improvements undertaken.
Hundreds of demonstrations in home gardens were conducted.
Spraying, care of orchards, etc., were undertaken under the instructions
of the agents. Demonstrations were conducted in boll
weevil control, raising and management of bees, and in the control
of rats which might otherwise damage crops and stored grains.
In Home Demonstration Work over 900,000 quarts of fruits
and vegetables were canned under instructions of home demonstration
agents. Five hundred farm wives purchased steam pressure
canning outfits and 11,551 farm women were enrolled in
the clubs receiving regular instruction. Work in planning the
feeding of the family, serving balanced meals, the better feeding
of school children were conducted in thousands of homes. Home
improvement work was conducted in every county where there
was a home demonstration agent and the home demonstration
agents helped farm women in the conduct of curb markets in
twenty-seven different points in the state where farm women sold
more than $400,000 worth of farm products. This is a brief summary
of the work undertaken in this division.
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OTHER SERVICES
There are in addition to these lines of work many services rendered
by the institution such as the identification of specimens,
wild plants, weeds, grasses, etc., and examinations of plants poisonous
to animals. The staff of the institution answers thousands of
questions regarding the agriculture of the state, not only to peopl€
within the state but from other states and nations. It performs
all of the services performed in other states by what is known as
the Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering.
This summary of the work in which the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute is engaged is presented for the purpose of enabling people
of the state to understand the different lines of work conducted
by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Respectfully submitted,
BRADFORD KNAPP,
President.
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ENROLLMENT BY CLASSES, COURSES AND DIVISIONS ~
Regular Session 1930-31 ~
SCHOOL AND COURSE Fr. So. Jr. Sr. 5th Grad. Sp. Total
School of Agriculture
Agriculture -------------- 27 36 26 20 14 1 124
Agr. Education ----------- 39 21 33 31 2 126
Total ---------------- 66 57 59 51 16 1 250
DIVISION OF ENGINERING
School of Engineering
Civil and Highway -------- 21 16 21 30 4 2 94
Electrical ________________ 124 75 59 54 3 315
Mechanical --------------- 75 62 32 37 3 1 210
Total ________________ 220 153 112 121 10 3 619
School of Architecture and
Allied Arts
Architecture _____________ 19 21 9 13 11 0 1 74
Arch. Engineering -------- 6 9 7 5 5 32
Commercial Arts --------- 10 5 6 6 0 1 2 24
Landscape Arch. ---------- 2 3 1 1 1 8
Total ---------------- 37 38 23 19 16 1 4 138
School of Textile Engineering
Textile ------------------ 22 23 7 3 1 56
Total Engineering Div. __ 279 214 142 143 16 11 8 813
School of Science and Literature
Science and Literature ---- 14 12 26 15 0 10 1 78
Business Administration --- 67 37 33 29 1 167
Pre-Medical -------------- 22 12 5 4 43
Pre-Law ----------------- 4 12 3 19
Total ________________ 107 73 67 48 0 10 2 307
School of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chemical Eng. ------------ 50 39 32 18 0 11 150 '.
Pharmacy ---------------- 9 11 6 1 0 1 2 30
Total ---------------- 59 50 38 19 · 0 12 2 180
School of Education
General Education -------- 52 50 65 50 0 36 0 253
Agr. Education ----------- 39 21 33 31 0 2 0 126
Home Ec. Educ. ---------- 10 6 7 10 33
Total ________________ 101 77 105 91 0 38 0 412
School of Home Economics
Home Economics --------- 21 5 6 11 3 1 47
Home Ec. Educ. ---------- 10 6 7 10 33
Total ______________ 31 11 13 21 3 1 80
School of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine ------- 18 10 10 3 2 43
Total by Schools ______ 662 492 434 376 16 90 16 2,086
Less duplicates ________ 49 27 40 41 0 2 0 159
Grand Total __________ 613 465 394 335 16 88 16 1,927
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ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS BY COUNTIES AND STATES
Decade 1921-22 to 1930-31
County '21- '22- '23- '24- '25- '26- '27- '28- '29- '30-
'22 '23 '24 '25 '26 '27 '28 '29 '30 '31
Autauga --------- 12 17 11 10 7 8 8 11 13 11
Baldwin --------- 6 5 8 7 5 11 11 23 23 17
Barbour --------- 28 25 26 26 20 22 14 12 26 19
Bibb ------------ 7 10 7 13 11 12 13 9 13 8
Blount ---------- 13 11 4 7 11 12 13 10 5 5
Bullock ---------- 10 15 6 9 14 9 10 12 12 13
Butler ----------- 13 20 21 14 18 13 12 18 12 15
Calhoun --------- 22 25 29 29 25 24 22 32 29 27
Chambers -------- 17 16 26 24 20 21 17 35 44 54
Cherokee -------- 6 10 8 8 11 4 3 3 4 5
Chilton ----- - ---- 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 14 9 10
Choctaw --------- 10 10 11 6 7 7 6 6 7 11
Clarke ---------- 5 14 14 10 3 7 10 15 15 19
Clay ------------ 18 30 11 13 8 13 13 20 23 22
Cleburne -------- 1 4 4 2 0 3 5 3 3 5
Coffee ----------- 9 9 14 15 12 11 7 10 8 10
Colbert ---------- 11 20 18 22 20 17 14 15 17 22
Conecuh --------- 11 10 8 10 8 9 8 8 10 14
Coosa ___________ 14 10 9 8 4 6 8 9 13 11
Covington ------- 24 21 14 20 24 27 27 27 20 22
Crenshaw -------- 12 15 8 9 11 9 12 16 12 8
Cullman --------- 10 9 8 6 8 13 11 22 19 12
Dale ------------ 18 15 14 17 12 14 16 20 15 8
Dallas ----------- 19 31 36 31 26 23 26 25 29 25
DeKalb ---------- 11 17 12 16 21 23 22 19 15 16
Elmore ---------- 15 20 24 16 17 19 21 15 28 27
Escambia -------- 12 10 10 9 11 14 13 10 17 16
Etowah ---------- 12 14 22 20 21 45 33 39 43 35
Fayette ---------- 2 2 2 7 9 11 12 12 11 11
Franklin --------- 6 9 9 16 12 13 13 12 11 6
~ Geneva ---------- 13 12 12 8 8 15 10 11 5 12
Greene ---------- 5 5 2 5 3 3 2 3 6 4
HHaelner y -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 8 9 9 6 8 5 4 6 9 14 9 9 5 4 4 6 8 6 5 3
Houston --------- 24 29 23 17 25 18 16 18 21 20
Jackson --------- 11 6 16 11 12 13 13 14 17 21
Jefferson ________ 157 178 188 209 221 239 237 246 247 295
Lamar ___________ 3 2 4 5 10 11 10 5 6 2
Lauderdale ------- 15 19 20 21 26 22 20 18 21 17
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