1932 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1932.The Board of Trustees, Alabama Polytechnic Institute , met in the of fice of Governor ~I iller at 10:30 a . m. February 26 , 1932 , the meeting hav ing been duly called by the chairman in a letter sent to each member of the Board on February 12...

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Summary:Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1932.The Board of Trustees, Alabama Polytechnic Institute , met in the of fice of Governor ~I iller at 10:30 a . m. February 26 , 1932 , the meeting hav ing been duly called by the chairman in a letter sent to each member of the Board on February 12 i n which he explained that the customary semi -annual meeting would not be held in uburn on February 22 , which date was celebrated as the bicentennial of the birth of George W~shi ngton . Present : Governor B. Ivl . Mi l ler, Super i ntendent A. F . Harman, Chas . Henderson , C. W. Ashcraft , H. H. Conner, Victor H. Hanson, W. H. Oates, T. D. Samford , P . S . Haley , H. D. Merrill , Harry Herzfeld, C. S . Culver. It Vias reported t o the Board that representat ives of the Press requested that they be allowed to attend the meet ing whereupon they were admitted by direction of the Board. Several alumni of the i nsti­tution also were present . The Board heard the reading of th e report 0 f the Pres ident, a copy of which is filed with the records of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees . In the report the following matters were presented and discussed : Enrollment Doctor Fred llison ' s 710rk Finances Cash in Bank Arrangement for Paying Salaries of Extension Service Employees Interest on Back Salaries Building Fund Warrants unissued but due Alabama Polyt echnic I nstitute Sewage Disposal Building Funds Alumni Athlet ic Fund An error i n the Independent udit of State Finances Ef f orts to Borrow .orey Insurance on the Life of the President Se paration of Funds in the Bank Balances due Experiment Station and Extens ion Building Warrants Maintenance Wa rrants Bconomies . Experiment Station Funds Extension ~lork Plans for Next Year Fees and Room Rent WAPI Unfair Practices by Students on Exami na tions I-I Sale of Uniontown Station Animal Husbandry Building Boiler Guarantee I nterest on Claims Bond to Cover Deposits 'Ilemporary Provision for a Hospital, Etc . page 2 1'1 Minutes of Board - .API Feb.26 ,' 32 . At one o'clock before the reading and discussion of the President's report was completed the Board took a recess for luncheon until 2:30 p . m. All trustees who were present at the morning session were in attendance in the afternoon. ~Vhen t he session was resumed Mr . Samford stated that Mr . HarrY'S . Houghton a nd his attorney, l.1r . Crum, desired to appear before the Board and present a matter connected with the ~ii . B. Houghton estate . By unanimous consent the Board heard Mr . Crum ;/ho made u request that the Board execute a deed conveying to H. S . Houghton and Olive P . Arrington any right, title, claim or in­terest wh i ch the Alabama Polyte chnic Institut e may have in and to any property under the will of M. B. Ho ughton deceased . The Board unani­mously passed a resolution referring the matter to the Executive Com­mi t tee 0 f the Board 0 f Trustees with full power to act . Resolut ion is s ho~m on a subsequent page . After the reading o f the Pres:ident's Report was completed the Board considered t he f ollowing matters {ith aC Lion as shown. The Pres ident was r equested to review the matter of the pro­posed guarantee of the Ke'.'lanee Boiler Manufacturing Company in place of a Surety Bond guaranteeing that the .boiler installed in the Animal Husbandry Building would meet specifications a nd carry 40 pounds pressure and the mat ter was referred to the Executive Committee of the Board, with full povler to act . On motion of Mr . Henderson the President was authorized to accept bonds , or State Warrants, or other approved securities, in lieu of a S urety Bond to protect the college deposits in the college depository, provided he is legally authorized to do so, the President being directed to deposit said bonds, State Wa r rants, or other ap­proved securities with t he First National Bank of Montgomery, Alabama. On re con~endation of the PreSident, Associate Professor J . W. Roe was voted leave 0 1: absence for one year VIi thout pay to complete his work for advanced degree. The Board voted an additional year' s )eave of absence wit hout pay to Professor R. P . Marple in order that he may complete the· work for his Doctor ' s degree v;hich he i s P1ll'suing while on l eave this year at Columbia University. The President was authorized to r efund to 'fl . M. Blakey , J r . , all fees paid for registration in the firs t semester, September 1931, as t~r . Blakey after three weeks resigned and transferred to the Law School of t he u niversity of Alabama to shorten the time required to earn h i s law degree . page 3 Iviinutes of Board - API Feb . 26, t 32. 'rhe :Pres ident was authorized to use h i s discret i on as t o the ,refund of f ees requested by J . P. Curry ':;ho re c istered f or the first semester 1931 but who a ttended very few classes because of ill ness and who early i n October was forced to resign from college on account of his health . '1'he re quest of the f ather of Maxwell Benton that the college pay hospital and surgical expenses amount i ng t o $539 . 99 and also award to hi s son a scholarship suffi cient t o cover his college ex­penses for f our year s , was presented t o the Board by Doctor Knapp who explained t hat this young man while r eclining on the side line of Drake E'ield during football pract ice was run over and injured by players running out of bounds, the injury necessitating a surgical operation on one of his kidneys . After full discussion , on motion of lvir . Samford, the Board directed t he Secretary to ';;rite the father expressing sympathy and regret because 0 f the serious ac c ident to his son and to say that they r egtetted the Board has no authority to authorize the payments requested. Dr . t~napp read a special report regarding the State Examiners ruling as illegal the payment of a Voucher for ~6 366 .00 f or one Year's premium on an insurance policy taken out in 1928 on the li fe of the President for the benefit of the Institution. On motion of Dr . Hanson the Board directed that this matter be ref erred to the Attorney General of the s t ate for advice as to what course to pursue l egally and that the matter wi th the attorney Genera l ' s advice be then referred to the Executive Comnrlttee of t his Board wi th power to act . Dr. Knapp submitted the f ollowing resolution regarding the sale of the Old Canebrake Experiment ~: ta tion a t Uniontown, Alabama , owned by the Exp eriment Station, the sale of wh ich had been authorized by the Le gislature . On motion of Dr . Hans on the resolution was un­animously adopted: VIHEREAS , it i s deemed advisable to sell the h ,nd on which was located t he Branch "'.gric ultural Experi ment Stat ion near Uniontown i n Perr~ Co.unty., Alabama , knovlll as the ~anebrake Agricultural,A ~:H~n~1f, to obtain funds f or im­provements on the new El ack Bel t Sub-Station loca t ed at .,.arion Junction, Alabama; and · ·rHE_RE.t~ , '7ill i rnn ° Hoy has of f e red the sum of '1hree Thousand Dollars (,3 , 000 . 00) cash far the said l and, there : ml IT RESOLVED DY 'THE BOARD OF TRUSTE:"':S OF 'TIill AJLABAMA POLYTECHNIC INS'rl'l'UTE that the President of Al abama ?ol ytechnic I ns titute , Dr. Bradford Knapp , is hereby authorized and empowered to execute a deed for and in the name 0 f Alabama Polyt echni c lnst itute , as grantor ;Lo ,. ; page 4 1~ inute s of Board of API :;Teb . 26 , '32. of the followiD,f; descl'ibed property to ' [illiam a Roy , Grantee . ;;iaid deed shall be exec uted in the presence of an d witnessed by B. L. Shi as Secretary. The proper­ty t o be conveyed is as follows , to-wit: Nor thwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section eight , township Seventeen , range s ix , in Perry County, Alabama , containi ng forty acres, more or less , t ogether with the improvements thereon. Dr . Knapp stated that the Examiners report of June 30 , 1931, on page 5 showed that the ~xperiment Station balance shoul d be $45 ,868. 63 and that the balance due the Extension Service was $90, 633. 97 . Since the Auditor's Report he stated that these funds had been r educed and that now the General College .J.~t unds owed the EXIe riment Station $35 ,272. 37 and the Extension Service $60,891 . 75 . He also stated that the Institution holds Building Fund ',1arrants amounting t o $125 ,000 . 00 and that when the I nstitut ion re ceived cash from the State Treasury due on warrants held the balances would automatically be restored from funds of the college div ision. On motion of Dr. Hanson , seconded by 1,lr . Conner , the Board voted approval of the President's expressed policy to repay the balances due the Ex~, riment Station and Extension Service as soon as r eceipt of cash for warrants o ~ the College Division makes it possible to do so . On motion of Mr. Ashcraft the Board voted to approve the plan submi tted in Dr. Knapp's report for financing the Extens ion Service for the period of ~anuary 1, 1932 to June 30 , 1932. ~~ . Herzfeld and ~~ . Conner for r easons explained to the Board asked to be recorded as not voting on th i s Motion. Dr. Knapp stated that since July 1, 1931, all funds re ceived were deposited i n a separ ate account in the bank , those f or the Experi­ment Stat ion being designated "Special Fund Federal esearch" and t hose for the Extens ion work "Spec ial Fund Federal Extens ion. It He said that in spite of our di ffi cult ies, 'Iihen funds were re ceived in January on St ate ' far r ant s due July 1931, for tae use of the Experiment Station and the Extension Service under regular State appropriatiOns , these funds were 1 ikewise depos i t ed in separat e and sp ec ial depos its in the bank. He asked approval of thi s policy , Vlhereupon: The Board voted a pproval of the policy of keeping f unds in five sepa rate accounts in the bank, as follows: Special Fund Federal Research, Special Fund State Research , Special Fund Federal Extension, Special Fund State Extension, md the General College Acccu nt , in whieh aIle depos i ted all other funds of the Institution. In connection with the discussion of" the overdraft in athletics ~/ page 5 Mi nutes of Board - API Feb . 26 , ' 32 . ment ioned i n t he Eeport of the s t ate Examiner , Dr . ICnapp presented a s tatement submi t ted by represe n tat ives of' the Alumni Assoc iation i t emizing cer tain p aym ents and services which had been during a period o f years paid by t he Department of At hl et ics for the col lege . A copy of t his s tatement is attached a n d made a par t of these minutes . On mot ion o f Dr . Oates the Board vot ed to author i ze and direct the President of t he I ns t itution to ascertain the amounts of monies paid , advanced or lo aned to the Alabama Polyt echnic Ins t i t ute by t he Depar t ­ment of Athl etics , s aid amount to be credi ted on t he books of the college ccountant to t he Departme nt o f At hlet i cs . The Pr e sident explained t o t he Board his eff orts to bor r ow money on state Warrants held by the col l e ge a nd th at so far a l l pl ans had failed except cert ain offers wh i ch required a l arger discount t han he fe l t t he Board woul d approve . Mr . Herzfel d suggested t he possibility of borrowi ng t hrough some bank which might be abl e to get f unds for the I nst itution from t he Reconstruction Fina nce Cor poration. After full discussion , on moti on of l'llr . Ha l ey, the mat t er o f bor rowing money was referred t o t he, l!:xecutive Commi ttee with power t o act . Judge Merri l l submi t ted a report for the Spe cial Commi ttee c onsisti ng o f the Governor, Judge Mer rill a nd Mr . Culver to which Vias referred at a previous mee ting the itemi ze d bi l l r e ndered by Attorney William J . Samford for l e gal s erv ices in connect ion with the s ale by the college to t he Alabama Power Comrany of the light and water dis ­tribution pl ants in t he town of Auburn . Judge Merrill stat ed that the sub- committee on this matter had g iven considerat i on to the account and had f ixed a f ee of $1 '750 for l e gal serv i ces . He also said that as t his sum f ixe d by the Corrrrnitt ee was le s s than the bill r endered the committee felt that Mr . William J . Samford should be given an opportu­nity t o appear be f or e the Boar d if he so de s ire d . ',';'hereupon, Mr . T. D. Samf ord state d t hat Mr . ','rillirun J . Samf ord would not care t o be heard in the matter a nd that i n h i s opi n ion the Board s hould f eel entirely free t o act on the :lreport i:rI1I1l3diately . The Repor t of the s ub- c onmU. ttee was t hen accepted by the full Board which tiuthorized t Ie I2yment of t;1750. 00 t o Mr . Will iam J . Samford fo r services rendered as l egal re­presenta t ive 0 f Alabama Polytechni c I nsti tute in all matters pe rtaining to the above mentioned t r ansaction wit h the Alabama. Power Company. Dr . Vi ctor H. Hanson then read to t he Board a prepared state­ment concerning reports Wh ich had come t o him concerning the affairs of the college . In hi s s tateme nt t h ere was a s uggest i on t ha t an inves t i ­gating c arrmittee he appo i nted . Mr . Culver mov ed t hat such a committee be appointed but after f ull discussion , by unanimous consent , the paper presented by !vIr . Hanson was wi thcitrawn. On motion of Dr . Oates t he Board went on record as requesting Dr . lierman, State Superinte ndent of Education, t o use his influence to correc t t he error in the I ndepe ndent Audit 0 f State Affairs which charges to Alabama Polytechni c lns t i t ute State expenditures in 1929 , 1930 , and 1931 f ar Demonst ration ~ arms at t he State Secondary Agr ~ cult ural Schools page 6 Minutes of Board- API Fe b • 26 , ' 32 . whi ch error had been cal led to the atte nt ion of the Board in the President ' s Report . Dr . harmon stated that he woul d do everything in his power to correct the error and ~event i ts recurrence . The President called attention to the difficulty at the present time to f i gure accura tel y the income f or the new year as a basis for making the budget, saying , "at the present time the Legislature has made no change i n our app:,::opriation and yet we are not unmindful 0 f the general situation. r can only say to the Board now that in making the budget which will be submitted to you in May we shall plan as carefully as we can t o reduce every item of expenditure . -:"Ih enever we can be told definitely what the income for next year will be we expect to stand absolutely ready to keep the expenditures of the institution within that income . " On motion of I',ir . Haley, after discussion of t he matter , the Board r eferred to the President and to a committee consisting of the Governor and ~/O trustees a ppointed by him t o f ix the estimat ed amount of imcome for the next f iscal year as a bas is for preparing the budget . On motion of r::r. Ashcraft t he BO:Hd voted to recess to meet again on call of the chairman. B. L. Shi , Secretary. RESOLUT ION PASSED C ONCERNI HG HOUGHTON BEQ,UEST. ,'!BEREAS under t he l ast will and t estarJ.ent of Vi . B. Houghton, de ce ase d , l ately a r esident of the City of Montgomery, Alabama, which sai d will was probated in the ?robate Office 0 f Mont gomery Co unty, Al a bama, certain real a nd pers ona l property ~as devised and beQueathed to the houghton ~du cat io nal Society, f~ r certain educational and ex­perime ntal p UI']!oses , in which will, it was prov i ded that i n the event the Houghton Educati onal Society f ailed to func t ion in the manner there in provided, that then, in t hat event , certain rights and privi­leges were grant ed t o the ~":omans College of Alabama, and in the event the said Womans Colle ge of Alabama shot4d not act or function as there-in provided, certain of said property should go to "The state of Alabama's A. P. I . College, at Auburn, llabama, p rovided its Trustees in good faith accept the terms o ffered t he ','/omans College tt ; and WHEREAS a bill was filed in the Circuit Court of MontE;) ::lery County, Alabama, in EQuity, by one of the heirs of M. B. Houghton, deceased, against the Houghton Educat ional Society and rohers, seeking to declare null and void the p rovisions of said will devising and beQueathing said properties to the Houghton Educational Society , as in violation of the rule a gainst p erpetuities, etc; and VITrnREAS in December, 1927, a f i nal decree was made and entered i n said cause entitled '~~ s. L. D. Brooks vs Houghton Edu­cational Soc iety, et al" , granting the prayer of" aaid bill, and decreeing that the items and provisions of the last will and testa­ment of said I ;] . B. Houghton, deceased, p urporting to create a trust in favor of the said noughton Educational Society, were void and of no e f f ect, and t hat as to such property, the s aid ~!1 . B. Houghton died entes tate , and that his he irs at law were ent itled t o said property, which said decree remains in f ull fo r ce and effect; and "NHEREAS t he said property so involved in saia will has been divided an ong the heirs 0 f the said 11'1. B. Houghton, and is now owned by .d . S . Houghton and Olive P . Arrington , of the City of Montgomery, he irs of t!le s aid 1V:. B. Houghton, deceased, and that the said h . S . Houghton and Olive P . Arrineton have made application to the Trustees of the a labama Polytechnic Institute , 8Ild its Execu­tive Committee , for a deed releasing ~d relinQuishing to t hem all of the right , titl e , claim and interest of this institution in and to the said r eal property because of the f act tha t the contingent or possible interest of "this i nstitution creates a cloud upon their title: NO'.V, THEREFORE , IN CONS IDERATION OF THE PREMISES, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute that it be and hereby i s referred to the Execut ive Committee of this Bo ard, with full power and authority, pursuant to the statute of the State of Alabama i n such cases p rovided, approved .L" ebruary 15 , 1927 , to c onsider the matter, and to act therein, and upon such terms, and f or such consideration as it may deem proper, to execute, or authorize and p rovide for the execution of a deed releasing , relinquishing and conveying to the said H.S . Houghton and Olive P. Arrington , aDlf right, titl~ c la~ or interest which the Alabama Polytechnic I nstitute may have in and to apy property under the will of t he said Ii . B. Houghton , deceased, and do all suell other things as to t he said Executi~e Committee n~y seem meet , jus t and proper i n the premises . Annual Meeting - r,lay 16, 1932 _ I The Board of Trustees met in the Office of the President at 2 P. M., Governor Miller pres iding. Present: Governor Miller, Superintendent Harman, I'v1r. Henderson, NIl'. Asc.:!raft, l,it'. Conner, Mr. Samford, Mr. Haley, Mr. Culver. Telegrams were received from Dr. Oates and Judge Merrill and letter from Dr. Hansen expressing regret that they were unable to be present. Mr. H. S. Houghton, IvIr. Arrington and Judge B. P. Crum, of Montgomery, appeared before the Bo ard and r equested the Bo erd to adopt a resolution authorizing the officials of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti-tute to execute a q:lit claim deed to H. S. Houghton and Olive P. arrington of the City of Montgo.11lery, he irs of Ivi. B. Houghton, deceased, ~o any clah~ and int eres t the Alabama Polytechnic Institute may have to arw and all property lll1der the las t will am testament of said M. B. HOl~ton, deceased. This matter had been referred to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at the meeting of the Beard held in th e Governor's Office in Montgcmery on February 26. After full dis-cussion 0 f the matter the Executive Committee approved the execution of a de ed , the resol ution being shown in full on s ubsequent pages of this record. The Board of Trustees also passed a resolution confinning t he action of the Executive ComIlli ttee whi ch resolut ion is also shown on a subsequent page . President Knapp presented the tent ative budget ;or the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1932, wi th the sugg estion that the Board adopt the following resolution ' concerning the matter: page 2 Minutes- Board of Trustees meeting Hesolved that tho budget for the year 1932-33 for the three divisions of the Alabama Polytechni c Insti tute­College , Experiment Station and Agric ultural Extension Work, be approved conditionally as follows: 1. The allotment of funds to the several Departments and divisions of work i s approved only subject to such changes as rilay be made necessary on account of changes in' the appropriations made by the State . 2. Tha",; the Pres ident be instructed to notify all employees of the i nstit ution that their employment and rate of salary for the fiscal year is sub ject to cmnge when-ever the State changes the appropriations to the institution for the several purIX>ses now covered by the laws applying to the '\'lork of the Institution and that they may exp ect and must accept such cuts as are made necessary at ar..y time during the fi scal year, that every effort will be made to deal as fairly and equitably in mru{ing such cuts as i s possible under the circwnstances; that al+ salaries are subject to p~ents received by the College from the stat e and other sources .• Zl . That t hj,s Board agree t o meet with Boards of Trustees of other State Institutions for the PUI'Ilose of rrorki~; out a uniform proe,Tam for meeting t he s ituation at t he call 0; the Governor of t he state • . After di scussion of the financial co ndit ion 0 1' the Institution and prospective receipts for the next :liecal year the Board postponed action in regard to the budget and adopted the following resolution offer ed by Mr. Hal ey. RESOLVED, that this Board at the conclusion of the session today recess to meet again on call of the chairman and with the Boards of Tr ustees of the University of Alabama e.nd Alabama College and with the State Board of Education, and that action on t he budge t for the next fiscal year be taken after the joint mee tine wi th the three other boards. page 3 Minutes - Board of Trustees Meeting. In tho discussion the President was requested to furnish additional information showing the total salary of each employee, the teaching load of each teacher in every department, and full infor-mation concerning the work of each JBrson employed in each department. The difficulties under which members of the teaching staff are placed because of the inability of the college to pay salaries due until t he state can pay cash for warrants held by the institution wero discussed an c~ it was the general sentiment that the situation may be improved by the issuance to the employees 0 f certificates of in-debtedness numbered and issued in series against a particular warrant. On motion of Mr. Samford the Board appointed President Knapp, Dr. Harman and :rvTr. C. C. Brooks, Accountant, as a COlllil1ittee to work out a plan for the issuance of such certificates of indebtedness and to submit the same for approval at the next meeting of the Board. On motion of Mr. Samford the Board voted that degrees be conferred on Commencement Day in accordance r:ith the recommendations of the faculty as shown 0 1: t he program attached hereto and made a part of these minutes. On mot ion of President Knapp the Boord voted to confer Honorary Degrees on tho following: Eduard A. O'Neal, Doctor of Agriculture. Clarence Ousley, Doctor of Agriculture. Theodore Swann, Doctor of Science. Ci tations arc shown on subsequent pages of this 1"e:ColJ'd. In connection with the discussion 0 f honorary degrees the suggestion was made that hereafter p.-oposal of such degrees should be submitted to the Board and lie over a short time before final action page 4 Minutes - Board of Trustees Meeting. shell be taken. The Board authorized leave of absence n ithout pay during 1932-33 for the follwVling staff members: Mr. Geol'ge Scarseth IUs s Lula Palmer TI£r. C. G. Gorman. At the suggestion 0 f the President the Board voted authority to f ix dormitory room rent as follovlS: Alumni Hall ~ 32 .50 first semester; ~:; 28.00 Second semester ; SEith Hall ~~ 30·.00 firs't semester; ~~ 25.00 second semester. Dr. Knapp called the attentioll of the Board to a proposal of certain students that the Activities Fee be increased ~:a.oo to pay for picturos of students to be used in the Glomerata. Action on this matter \las postponed until the next meeting of tl.~e Board. Dr. Knapp reported that the WAPI contract leasing the statio~ V ( had provcn impracticable of fulfillmc nt by the Birmingham Group. ) ~ After discussion action ill the mattor ':ras postponed to a subsequent 1 meeting. Superintendent liarman called atte ntion to an error on the bottom of page 5 in the President' s Confidential Report to the members of the Board of Trustees v,here ?lState Department of Education!? was used through error. The statement was corredted by substituting the word ''Boaxd'' for "Departmen til • There be ing no further bus mess motion was passed to recess until t he session be resumed on call of the Chairman. B. L. Shi~ Secretary. i1J.HERE.AS, by the will of M. B. Houghton, deceased, late of the Ci ty of Montgomery, Alabama, certain real and personal property was devised and bequeathed to the Houghton Educational SOCiety, a corporation under the laws of Alabama" upon the con-ditions therein r ecited, for too promOtion of the cause of education, of improved methods of scientific agriculture, horticulture and floriculture, and of the domestic and indus-trial sciences, at Morningview, L.labama; and am 1NHEREAS, Item 10 of said will provides as follows: "Item ten: In the event the Houghton Educational Soc iety heretofore namod and its officers, trustees and their legal successors fail to rraintain its corporate existence or partnership form of some other public or co-operative form or fail to carry out its Educational objects in some legal or partnership form for a period not exceeding ten years then and in the. t event said real estate togctrer wi th its endowment shall go to and b aCOIne the property of the 1\Tomans College 0 f Alabarna as an adjunct and endovnnent to be held in trust as the Morningview M. B. Houghton EndoviIllent of Wan.ens College of Alabama, provided the Trustees of said college shall in good faith agree to maintain the same i n I£ rpetuity and carry out its objects at Morningvierr and shall give an instrument of uriting to that effect which shall go on record on their minutes and on tho records in the Probate office 0 f Montgomery County. Should tho 0 fficers ~d trustees of tho ~lomans College of i~ labama fail or r e fuse to a ccept the Morningview property and its elldmnnent after not more than t uelve months considerat ion then and. in that c.vont s"gid Morning­view property and endowment shall go to <ind become the property of t he State of Alabama's A.P.l. College at Luburn, Ala., provided its Trustees in Good faith accept the terms offer ed the ~:Jomans College. It; WHEREAS, on to-wit: the 2nd day 0 f December, 1926, one Brs. L. D. Brooks filed her bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Montganery County, sitting in Equity, against Harry S. Houghton, i ndividually and as the Executor of the v; ill of -........ , I 2. M. B. Houghton, deceased, and other heirs and beneficiaries under said vrill, and the Y!omans College of i;.lGb aIDa and its several Trustees, a nd the ll.labama Polyt oohnic Inst i tu te and its sev eral 'l'rustees, seeking to have the provis ions of the vrill of M. B. HO Lt{Sht on, deceased, devis ing and bequeathing the prop-artics to the Houghton Educational Society, and conditionally to the said i/lomans College of Alab ana , and then conditionally to the i;.labmna Poly-t:.:; chnic Institute, declared null and void and 0 f no effect, as in violation 0 f thE: rule a gainst perpe-tuities; and VlHEP.E.&S, by a final decree of snid Circuit Court, :rendered and filed on the 2nd day of December, 1927, the prayer of the said bill of complaint was granted, and said provisions of said last will and testament 0 f M. B. Houghton , deceased , held void and of no effect, and , further, that the complainant and H. S. Houghton and Mrs . Miriam 1~. Pierce were entitled to said real and lXl:rsonal property, and directing t he ,Register to sell said real property for div is ion and distribution amone; them, and no appeal has been taken from said de crees; and ViEEREAS, E . S. Houghton and Olive P • .Arrington, claiming to be th0 present owners of the property so devised and be-qucathed t o the said Houghton Educati onal Society, have re-quested a conveyance or release to t hem by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, pursus.:nt t ot he provisions of t he .ilct of the Lec; is-lature hereinafter mentioned, of any probable or possible interest have said I p..s t i tute might/t herein; and WEEi.&S , at a moeting of the Boord of 'I'rustoes of the -----~--- 3D -• I Alabama Polytechnic Institutef held on the 26th day of February; 1932, in the office of the Governor, at the State Capitol in the Ci ty of NJOntgomery, a resolution nas adopted referring it to the Executive Coownttee of said Board, with authority to act upon the request of the said H. S. Houghton and Olive P. Arrington, and for such consideration as the said Corru~ittee might deem proper, to execute or authorize and provide for the execution of a deed releas ing, relinquishtng and cOlIveying to the said H. S. Houghton and Olive P. ~rringt on any right, title, c1alin and interest which tho l~labrnna Polytechnic Institute may havo in i..Uld to any property under the w ill of said M. B. Houghton, deceased, and to do all such other things in connection therewith as to said Executive Committee mi@lt seem just and proper in the l)remises; and 'VHERiZAS, tho Executive Cormli ttee of t he Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute I does not consider the.t the i nterests of L.1e.bama Polytech.'l.ic Inst i tute in said will are of am' material value and does not deem it wise or expedient to accept the trust offered by the provisions of the said will of M. B. Houghton, decoased, or to func-tion under the terms and conditions of said nill, e.nd the said Executive Committee and the managing head o f the Alabama Poly tech-nic Institute deem it fair and just, in consideration of the premises and the sum of oD.e. {$l.OO} Dollar to be paid by the said H. S~ 'r Houghton and Olive P. 1..rrington, and pursuant to the provisions of an .hct of the Logislature of L.labama, entitled: ~~~~~--~- ---------~~------ ----- -- \--""""\ 4 "AN ACT" To authorize and empower any state I nst itution, including schools, colleges, and other educational institutions, to dispose of and convey any CD ntingent interest whi ch such ililltitution or institutions may have in any property, whether the same be derived through a v/ill or otherwise, and to authorize such institution to execute the necessary conveyance or c.onveyances for such purpose." ~pprovGd February 15, 1927, that said l~abama Polyt echnic Institute remise, release, quitclaim and convey to them, the said H. S .• Houghton and Olive P. brrir~ton any arr1 all right, title, claim and interest which said Institute has or may have, presently or canting-ently, in and to any property, or interest i n any :property vrherever situated, devised or bequeathed, or which purports to have been devised or bequeathed to it by the previs iOn,s 0 f the last Viill and testament of the said M. B. Houghton, deceased: NOW, T:t-lli'REFORE, BE IT' RESODrED by the Executive Comrl1ittee of the Board of Trusteos 0 f ';~labama Polytechnic Insti tu te I in meoting duly assembled at Samford Hall, i n the City of Auburn, on this the 1 6th clay of I\~G.y , 1932, that in consideration of the premises, and of t he SUlll of One Wl.OO) Dollar to be paid by said H. S. Eoughton and Olive P. J~rringt on, and pursuant to the provisions of the l:"ct of the legislature aforc::;aid, the Governor, B. M. Miller, as t he Pres i ding Officer of the Board 0 f Trustees of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, be anc1 hereby is authorized and emporrered to execute and de liver, in the na11)3 and on behalf of tre Alabama Polytechnic Institute t a deed or conveyance releas ing', re ... linguishing , quitclaiming and conveying to them, the said H. S. Houghton and Olive P. Arrington, aJ~ and all right, title, claim 5. and iutcrest, present. or conti~ent, of tho ~abamn Polytechnic I nstitute, in and to any property, r eal, ~crs onal or mixed, con­veyecl, devised or bequeathed, or which purports to hav.e been con­veyed. , C!_ov isod or bequeathed to the said .b.labruila Polytechnic Insti­tute, under emU. by tl:e provisions of· the aaid fast 'v1ill and testarmnt of thu late H. B. Houghton, deceased, whi eh \Jas admitted to probate 1n th~ ProbatE: Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, said deed to tIg attestcd by the Secret ary of the Board of l'rustees of said Institute. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trus tees of Alabama l I Polytechnic Institute, in meeting duly assembled at Samford Hall, i n too Oi ty of l.uburn, on this the 16th day of May, 1932, that this Boa r d does not deem it desirable or expedient to J ... ccept the trust and property offered to it, conditionally,- under the provisions of the last uill and testament of M. B. Houghton, doceased, late of Montgomery, Alabama, which Voill has been pn: bated in the office of the judge of Probate 01' Man t gomery Co u.nty, ';;'1[, bmna, or to funct ion under t re terms and cond itions o f s aid TTillj an(~ t his Board does hereby decline to accept said trust, or to fun ction under the t erms and conditions of s ai c1 '. .' ill. and does non di scl a im any inte r es t i n any prope rty under the terms a ni pr O\Tis ions ther eof, a.'1 cJ. any obligat ions or duties th ereunder ~ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that t he action of the Exec utive Committee of this Boar c~., as evidenced by a resolution adopted by it at a meeting this day hele., a uthorizing the execution by and on behalf of t he alabama Poly technic Institute of a deed or con-veyance , releasing, r e linquishing; quitclaiming an d conveying to H. S. Houghton and Olive P. Arrington any right, title , claim and i nterest, present or contingent of t he ~labama Polytechnic Institute, i n ane: to any propert y, real, personal or mixed, co nveyed, devised or bequeathe d, or ~ hich purports to have been conveyed , devised or bequeathed to it under the provisions of the last will and t ostamert of M. B. Ho ughton, deceased, admitte ct to probate in the Probate i I ) Court 0 f Montganery County, il.la"OOma, be and the same IE reby is in all things f ully ratified, approved and confirmed. .-, I i CIT 1>. T ION. Upon Theodore Swann, native of Tennesseo , former student of Carson and Nel}Iuan College , eloctric::'an and cheDD.s'~t mannger 01' aJ.ectriccl cO~'Panies at various t:imcs~ Presidtnt Southern 1iauga'1c so Company, Federal Phosphorus Company ~, Grganizer of t h~ Swann Corporatton and malW other chemical ana electrcchemical companies, Lieutenant Colonel Ordinance Reserve Corps, member Arnerican Iron and Steel Institute, iunericanChemical SOCiety, 1 • .rnerican Electro-chemical Society, j, .. merican Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engine ers, Ass oc inte Member limer ican Institute of Electrical Engineers, Member .A.labama Ind.ustrial Develop-ment Board, outstanding leader in the Electrochemical Industry the Alaboom Polytechnic Institute dOGS hereby confer the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Scieme • -- CIT .b. T ION. Upon Clarence Ousley, nnt h re of G-eor gia, graduate of t h8 i~labmna Polyte chni c I ns titute in t be Clas s of 1881 Yl ith the degr ee of Bachelor of L.rts, at one time e c1i tor of Farm an{, ·'1 e.n ch~ ecU t or ane:. edi t orial iiITi t er on the Go.lv eston HOFS) Galve sto n Tribune an d HOL1s toJl Post in Toxas, founder and c cli tor of th e Ft. Worth Recor d , Dil'ector of Lgricul tural Extension Work i n t he Toxas J..gr icul tural 0. 00 Mechanical College, ";.lSsis tan t Secre tary o f";;..gricL,lture in the United Sta t e s Dopartment of ~:..gric ul tur o from 1917 to 1919, able student of oconomic a nd ag:i:Jicul turo.l nffair s , great cmd wise advocate of sound ngricultural doctrines, loyal and distinguis hed s on of .l:'uburn, -,ve do nO\7 confer the Honorary De gree of Doctor of ~Gricul t ure. -- CIT A T ION. Upon Edward Asbury OtNeal, III, native Alabamian, Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, fal~r, farm leader, f01!nerly a-.varded the honor of Master of Farm Leadership oythis institution, former President of the Alabama Faxm Bureau, ani other farm organizations in Alabama, active pn)moter of cooperation and education among farm people, prominently oonnected with the American Farm Bureau Association, nOll Nat iona1 Pres ident of the ilmerican :J'arm Bureau Asro ciation and an active and viril leader among the organized farmers of illnerica, loyal friend of fue Alabama Polytechnic Institute, most prominent Alabamian in National affairs relating to Agriculture, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute does now confer the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Agriculture. r 1872 ~ixtidlr QImumeu.ceunmf 'lJixer.cises of tlp~ J\uhurn. ~lahanm May the Seventeenth, 1932 10:00 A. M. ORDER OF EXERCISES 1932 Marche et Cortege __________________________________________________________________________ Gounod Auburn Band, P . R. Bidez, Director INVOCATION Two chorales: "To God on High" _________________________________________________________________________ Decius "Morning Hymn" ____________________________________________________________________ Henschel Auburn Glee Club, J. W. Brigham, Director BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS Henry Nelson Snyder, A.B., A.M., LL.D. President, Wofford College Spartanburg, South Carolina CONFERRING OF DEGREES AWARD OF PRIZES GRADUATES elass of I932 HONORS Seniors who attain 90 per cent of the maximum number of quality points possible are graduates with highest honor. Seniors who attain 75 per cent of the maximum number of points possible are graduates with honor. Seniors who meet the graduation requirements, but do not attain honor, are published as graduates. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering J ames Denniston Bush, Jr . ........ ........... ........................ .............. ._ Mobile John Lyle Carr .......................................................................... Redan, Georgia Arthur Henry Feagin .................................... _ ............... " ...... Union Springs Elton Zack Huff ............................................................ _ .................. Brundidge William Bibb Irby ................... ......................................... Lower Peach Tree Thomas George J ohnson ............................................ ........... Alexander City Charles Grady McNaron ........................................................... . Birmingham Benjamin Baldwin Mabson, Jr . ....................................................... Greenville Langston Hiram Norris, Jr . ................................................................ Ensley Thomas Irby Pope, Jr . ............ ............................................................ Marion J ames Lucian Sayer .............................................................................. Ensley Clarence Henry W est .......... _ .......... ...................... ................ ... Louisville Daniel Mitchell Winston ...... . ....... _.. ..................................................... Geiger Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering George Neal Anderson ........................ ............................................ Carbon Hill Henry Lucien Beck, Jr. (with honor) ....................... ..... Charleston, S. C. =- George Richard Carter ............................ _ ......................................... Vincent Kenneth Robinson Clark (with honor) ........................................ Fairfield Alonzo Clifford Cohen, Jr. (with honor) ........................ Brookhaven, Miss. Thomas Linwood Crew ............................................. ........................... Marion Lemuel Bill Crouch (with honor) ........................................................ Lanett Woodrow Darling .................................................................... Natchez, Miss. Thomas Kidd Davis, Jr . .... ......... _ ............................... ........ .......... Opelika James Cobbs Dawson ................................. __ ................................ Birmingham Chalmus Buford Dollins (with honor) .................. ............................. Athens Charles Barton Elledge, Jr. (with honor) .................. _ .... .......... Red Bay Walter Milton Floyd ............................................................................ Auburn William Eliot Free (with honor) ..................... ................. Bamberg, S. C. Oscar Manigault Gordon (with honor) ._ ........................... ........... Brewton Benjamin Bolton Gregory .............................................................. Demopolis Clarence Bruce Gregory ......................................... ...... ... .. Savannah, Ga. Howard Capps Gunter ...................................................................... Talladega John Wightman Gwin, Jr. .... _.. ....................................................... Maplesville William Bradley Hardin .................................................................... Opelika Albert James Ivey ................................... ................................ EI Paso, Texas Charles Rattray Jager ... _. ................................................ _.. ............. Bessemer Raymond J. Kooiman .............................. .............................................. Mobile Arthur Hamilton Long ............................................................ Savannah, Ga. 36-5 r Carl Mason McConaghy (with honor) __________________________________________ Satsuma Leo Howard McKinnon ___________________________________________________ Talladega Springs John Henry Meagher ________________________________________________________________ Birmingham William Henry Mims __________________________________________________________________________ Beatrice George Lee Morton, Jr. ________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Antonio Nieto __________________________________________________________________________ Celaya, Mexico Raul Nieto __________________________________________________________________________________ Celaya, Mexico Cecil Clarence N oel __________________________________________________________________________________ Boaz . George M. Panhorst, Jr. (with honor) _______________________________________________ Troy Cornelius Nicholas Paycopoulos (T. N. pyke) (with honor) __ Montgomery Richard Walden Payne _______________________________________________________________ Phenix City Angel Perez ___________________________________________________________________________________ Tampa, Fla. Charles Stockner Perry (with honor) ____________________ Lake Providence, La. John Robert Relfe _________________________________________________________________________ M t. Meigs LeRoy Robertson ______________________________________________________________________________ Waverly William Wilburn Timbes __________________________________________________________________ Red Bay Frank Norton Williams, Jr. ________________________________________________________________ Mobile John W al ter W illiams __________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Robert Eubanks Williams, Jr. (with honor) ____________________ Little Rock, Ark. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Jesse Varnel Boyles ________________________________________________________________________ Tuskegee Henry Elbert Breedlove (with honor) ________________________________ Gantt's Quarry Jack Frederic Childs (with honor) ___________________________________________________ Mobile Samuel Mathias Cutler _________________________________________________________________________ Ensley Clarence Lacey Dykes (with honor) _______________________________________ Birmingham Charles Alto Hearn _________________________________________________________________________ Opelika George Park, Jr. ____________________________________________________________________________ Pratt City William John Rogers (with honor) __________________________________________________ Marion Milton Davis Stone ____________________________________________________________________________ Anniston DuPont Douglas Stroud ______________________________________________________________ Bleecker Alto Lee Teague, Jr. _________________________________________________________________________ Ashville George Eugene Tucker, Jr. _____________________________________________________________ Talladega Ignacio Villasenor (with honor) _________________________________ Guanajuato, Mexico Allen Charles Weissenger __.. ______________________________________________ Worcester, Mass. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautics) Philip Appleby (with honor) ____________________________________________________ Birmingham Joseph Comer Barrett, Jr. (with honor) ________________________________ Birmingham Alexander Tennille Burton __________________________________________________________________ Mobile George Kenneth Crain _________________________________________________________________ Birmingham Harry Maxwell Davis _________________________________________ :_____________________________ Gadsden Thomas Joseph Peddy ________________________________________________________________ Loachapoka Victor William Randecker ____________________________________________________ Stoughton, Wis. William Alan Trou p _____________________________________________________________________________ Mobile Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering John Costley Barrow ______________________________________________________________________________ Lanett William Barrington Yarbrough ________________________________________________________ Auburn SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS Bachelor of Architecture Eugene Lovejoy Bothwell ____________________________________________________________ Decatur, Ga. Virgil Oxford Callaham, Jr. __________________________________________________________ Vinemont Edison Hewitt Dimmitt _______________________________________________________________________ Auburn Hugh Wesley Ellis _____________________________________________________________________ Birmingham Thomas Abner Glanton __________________________________________________________ Grantville, Ga. James Richard Rutland, Jr. ________________________________________________________________ Auburn James Clyde Seale ______________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Guy Windfield Swaim ________________________________________________________ Little Rock, Ark. Henry Leonard Wailes (with honor) ____________________________________ Birmingham Bachelor of Architectural Engineering Charles Francis Davis, Jr. (with honor) ______________________________________ Hartford Harry William Dearing, Jr. ______________________________________________________ Birmingham B. A. England, Jr. _____________________________________________________________________________ Florence Eugene Rogers Enslen _______________________________________________________________ Birmingham Eugene Houghton Gray ____________________________________ ______________________________________ Mobile Bachelor of Applied Art Thomas Eugene Kipp _____________________________________________________________________________ Leeds Betty Buchanan Ward __________________________________________________________________________ Opelika SCHOOL OF TEXTILE ENGINEERING Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering Cleveland Lloyd Adams _______________________________________________________________________ Eufaula Jack Andrews Cumbee _________________________________________________________________ Five Points Jesse M. Jones, Jr. _____________________________________________________________________________ Roanoke Robert Alexander McMillan __________________________________________________________ Talladega Certificate in Textile Engineering Stuart Grant McRae ____________________________________________________________________________ Auburn SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE Bachelor of Science Harry Duncan Barnes ______________________________________________________________________ Prattville Robert Platt Boyd, Jr. _______________________________________________________________ Montgomery Gerald Edward Breitling ______________________________________________________________ Demopolia Alfred Franklin Campbell _____________________________________________________________ Greenville Jefferson Albert Carnley, Jr. ________________________________________________________ Enterprise Colvin Earl Ca udell ____________________________________________________________________________ Falkville Frances Cauthen ________________________________________________ .________________________________ Auburn Thomas Sanderson Coleman ______________________________________________________ Fort Deposit Milton Taylor Culver ____________________________________________________________________________ Gadsden Samuel Burwell Fort, Jr. (with honor) ____________________________________________ Ensley Christopher Lewis Gholston, Jr. ____________________________________________ Union Springs Frank Welborn Hardie (with honor) ______________________________________ Birmingham Cary Solomon Hooks ____________________________________________________________________________ Dothan William McMurray Keller (with honor) ________________________________ Birmingham Leland Chalmers McCallum ________________________________________________________________ Dothan Charles Elijah Mathews ________________________________________________________________ Grove Hill Tennie Owen (with honor) _________________________________________________ Columbus, Miss. Jones Taft Phillips _______________________________________________________________________ Birmingham Harvey Curtis Pitts ______________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Charles Winston Sheehan __________________________________________________________ Montgomery Harvey Lyndon Simms ________________________________________________________________________ Moulton Ted Tartt _________________________________________________________________________________________ Livingston r I Wyeth Stephens Wallace ________________________________________________________ New Brockton Victor Rush White,J r. _____________________________________________________________________ Hamilton J ames Roy W ilder ____________________________________________________________________________ Dadeville Frances Eugenia Young ________________________________________________________________________ Auburn SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Albert Binkley Allen __________________________________________________________________________ Auburn William Hurt Baskervill (with honor) __________________________________ Birmingham Orbie Bostick ____________________ ~ _______________________________________________________________ Brundidge John Milford Fletcher ________________________________________________________________________ Opelika Render Patrick Gross, Jr. ______________________________________________________ Alexander City Lawrence Brabson Haley ____________________________________________________________________ Oakman Max Randolph Hollis ______________________________________________________________________________ Banks Winford Blair Johnson ______________________________________________________________________ Lineville Elmer Bolton Kennedy ___________________________________________________ Washington, D. C. James Beniah N ix ______________________________________________________________________________ Lockhart Fred Dorset Noble, Jr. ____________________________________________________________________ Rome, Ga. Hamilton Riddle Smith, Jr. ____________________________________________________ Louisville, Ky. Jack Fleming Turner, Jr. __________________________________________________________ St. Stephens Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Lela Irwin Legare ____________________________________________________________________________ Demopolis William Gray Li ttle ________________________________________________________________________________ Linden Joseph Carubba Toscano ______________________________________________________________ Birmingham Pharmaceutical Chemist Ferrel Marvel Burgess _________________________________________________________________________ Florala Willie Ehrmon Rogers ______________________________________________________________________ Speigener Stell Blake Yates (with honor) ________________________________________________________ Lineville SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Thomas Brice Chesnutt _______________________________________________________________________ Auburn Karl Page Conradi _______________________________________________________________ Manchester, Ga. William Houston Cowan ________________________________________________________________________ Tanner Foy Helms ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Andalusia William Herbert Johnson ____________________________________________________________ Sweet Water John A. Locker ______________________________________________________________________________________ Florence J ames Lester Pate ________________________________________________________________________________ Auburn William Stark Pollard ____________________________________________________________________ Syl aca uga George Samuel Sanford ____________________________________________________________________ Crichton Charles Edward Sellers __________________________________________________________________________ Ramer John Paul Watts __________________________________________________________________________________ Oakman SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education Edwin Espy Boles ____________________________________________________________________________ Notasulga Robert Christopher Brown __ ~_ _______________________________ _ _______________________ Centerville Howard Lamar Burleson ________________________________________________________________ Hamilton Hubert Russell Culver ____________________________________________________ ________________ Deatsville Martin Luther Curvin ____________________________________________________________________ Wellington 6-7 Jeff Duke ______________________________________ ...... ______________________________________________________ Cullman Odell Vel pea u Hill ________________________________________________________________________________ Fairfax Rance Manton Lawson _______________________________________________________________ Rogersville Tom Watson Lumpkin ____________________________________________________________________ Millerville James Williams Mathews ____________________________________________________________________ Carson Robert Wallace Montgomery (with honor) ____________________________________ Moulton Ellwood Franklin Oakley, Jr. __________________________________________________________ Pine Hill Euell Calhoun Richardson _______________________________________________________________ Cullman David Thomas Rogers ________________________________________________________________________ Marbury Vester Taylor _______________________________________________________________________________________ Cullman John Frank Turner ________________________________________________________________________________ Pisgah J esse Wyatt W alton ________________________________________________________________________________ Ward SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Education Vera Madge Draper _________________________________________________________________________ Langdale Frederic Fernando Edwards ________________________________________________________ Enterprise Carolyn Hocker Enloe __________________________________________________________________________ Roanoke Margaret Agnes Graves ________________________________________________________ Alexander City Charles Dunnam Harkins ________________________________________________________________ Bessemer Lindley Lucius Hatfield ___________________________________________________________ Montgomery George Holdcroft __________________________________________________________________________________ Wylam Eva Britt Holstun __________________________________________________________________________ Loachapoka Robert M. Howard ____________________________________________________________________________ Rockford Julia Tutwiler J ester ______________________________________________________________________ Camp Hill Rena J unkins _______________________________________________________________________________________ Falkville Harbin Bailey Lawson ___________________________________________________________________ Nelson, Ga. Anne Epperson McKinnon ________________________________________________ Talladega Springs Mae Lunceford Mathews _______________________________________________________________________ Lanett Mary Emma McPhail Newman (with honor) ____________________________ Goodwater George Virgil Nunn _____________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Samuel Hamilton O'Hara ______________________________________________________________ Hurtsboro Roy Harvard Staples ___________________________________________________________________________ Auburn J esse Harrison Wheeler __________________________________________________________________ Scottsboro Richard Andrew Wible ________________________________________________________________ Montgomery Sarah Wilks ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Opelika Johann Frederick W ullenbucher ________________________________________________ Birmingham SCHOOLS OF HOME ECONOMICS AND EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education Louise Lewis _________________________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Sue Parsons ________________________________________________________________________________________ McCalla Edna Earle Pennington ________________________________________________________________________ Auburn Elizabeth C. Smith __________________ _________________________________________________________ Auburn SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Jane Y arbrough ___________________________________________________________________________________ Auburn SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Robert Lee Durr ______________________________________________________________ Brookhaven, Miss. Howard Hayes (with honor) ________________________________________________________________ Calera J J Charles Eric Kennedy ________________________________________________________________ Castleberry Lee Roy Mims _____________________________________________________________________________________ Clanton Harold Wilson Sawyer (with honor) ____________________________________________ Auburn Kermit Orrville Smith ______________________________________________________________ Bear Creek William Goodman Sullivan ______________________________________________________ Columbus, Ga. Marvin Thorwald Thome ________________________________________________________ Laurens, S. C. GRADUATE SCHOOL Master of Science Percival Morris Beard __________________________________________________________________ Greensboro B.S., 1929 Thesis: The Elastic Energy Theory of Stress Analysis. Hugh Wilbur Bennett ____________________________________________________________________ Ft. Payne B.S., 1929 Thesis: Histological Studies on the Cotton Fiber and Seed. William Lee Cochran ________________________________________________________________ Union Springs B.S., 1931 Thesis: The Construction and Operation of a Model Transmission Line f01· Laboratory Use. William Allen Hamilton ___________________________________________________________ Birmingham B.S., 1931 Thesis: The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Autogenous Welded Joints. William Welch Hill, Jr. _______________________________________________________________________ Auburn B.S., 1931 Thesis: The Construction and Operation of a Model Transmission Line for Laboratory Use. William Joseph Horsley, Jr. ____________________________________________________ Birmingham B.S., 1928 Thesis: The Physical Properties of Cast Iron as Re­lated to Heat Treatment and Crystalline Structure. Edgar Warren McElwee ____________________________________________________________ Osyka, Miss. B.S., 1930, Mississippi A. & M. Thesis : Nitrate Levels of the Soil as Influenced by Different Amounts of Nitrate and Energy-Form­ing Materials. Shackelford Baxter Matthews ____________________________________________________________ Sellers B.S., 1931 Thesis: Isolation and Chemical Studies of An Oil Found in the Mexican Magu_ey Plant, (Monso Fino, Atrovirens, Karw). Mary Emma Moore ______________________________________________________________________________ Marion B.S., 1931, George Peabody College. Thesis: General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Mildred Moore ____________________________________________________________________________________ Opelika B.S., 1931 Thesis: The Bacteriostatic Effect of CM·tain Dyes on the Species of the Genus Brucella. Miriam Moore _______________________________________________________________________________________ Opelika B.S., 1931 Thesis: The Bacteriostatic Effect of Certain Dyes on Escherichia Coli, Salmonella Pullorum, and Eberthella Typhi. Omar Clarence Moore _____________________________________________________________________ Andalusia B.S., 1930 Thesis: A Study of the Colloidal Nature of Sweet Potato Starch. 3 - Harold Guy Scott _________________________________________________________________________ Camp Hill B.S., 1931 Thesis: Some Aspects of the Social Life of a Cotton Community in Alabama. Earle Russell Smith _________________________________________________________________________ Auburn B.S.,1931 Thesis: The History of the East Alabama Male College. Martin Luther Van Winkle, Jr. ______________________________________ Alexander City Ph.B., 1928, Piedmont College. Thesis: A Surve,y of the New Site School System. John Virgil Waits ______________________________________________________________________ Newnan, Ga. B.S., 1931 Thesis: The Differential Predictive Value of the Psy­chological Examination of the American Council on Education. Preston Lawrence Wright ____________________________________________________________________ Auburn B.S., 1929 Thesis: A Study of the Relationship Between Avail­able Soil Phosphorus, Soluble Plant Phosphorus and Growth of Dif­ferent Vegetable Crops on Different Soil Types. Master in Architecture Harry Hubert Hillman _____________________________________________________________________ Selma B. Arch. 1931 Thesis: The Economical Ratio of the Height of an Office Building to the Plot Area. DEGREES FOR PROFESSIONAL WORK Civil Engineer Bascom Anquest Bates _______________________________________________________________ Montgomery B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1924 Thesis: Railroad Engineering and Maintenance. Talbot Shelton Huff ________________________________________________________________________ Brundidge B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1927 Thesis: The Use of Graphical Charts in Engineering Des'ign with Special Reference to Reinforced Concrete St?'Uctures. Electrical Engineer John William Jepson _____________________________________________________ : ______ Tangerine, Fla. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1900 Thesis: Development of a System of Electric Car Lighting for Steam Railroads. William Francis Russell __________________________________________________________________________ Selma B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1925 Thesis: The Distribution System of the Birmingham Electric Com­pany. Engineer of Mines William Morris Lacy __________________________________________________________________________ Empire B.S. in Mining Engineering, 1907 Thesis: Mechanical Min'ing at the Sipsey Mine of the DeBardeleben Coal Corporation. KEY LETTER B CS G SA SEA RD S SAL C SH A GOB D T P E w. L R S U Mr:: ARY I T E M S Bleachers for Drake Field and Parade ~round Shrubery , Hedges, etc . for Campus Expense of Building Gymnasi~l Sharing expense 0 f School amendment (state) Sharing ex~enses Hi gh School Organization (State) Sharing expenses for college - . la. boys in rtainbow division Building Swimming Pool in Gymnasium Expenses Physical Education salary Purchase Freshman Chemistry Lab Buil ding Shari ng Smith Hall Operation Expense Al~i Semi - Centenial Fund Sharing expense publishing Or ange and Blue and Glomerat a Construction ",'ork, Grading Lower and Upper Drake Field Purchase and Furnis hi ng Tents fae use of s tudents after ':'!orld Vlar Gradi ng , Oonstr uct ion work Parade Ground (Space in front of Chemistry Buil ding) Purchase ~rmanent equipment f ar Gymnasium Aubum' s First Water Supply Purchase Hof fman Lot (Ravine back of ~ym ) Sharing Expenses of Building Ramsay Hal l (Greater Auburn Campaign l!'und ) TOTAL $ 6154 . 05 881.79 24985 . 29 100 .00 25 .00 375 .00 7040 . 70 511 . 90 730 .00 749 . 00 4550. 00 997 .43 9929 . 90 667 . 31 1458. 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Bank 0 f Auburn, eXIXI'ess on shrubery Tom Bragg, trip to B' ham, i ncident Gym. plans Bank o f Aubum,Tom Bragg , t rip t".a> Mtgy . It Bank o f' uburn , stamps, adv . , f or Gym Plans Bank 0 f Auburn, Postal Cards, Adv . for Gym. Bank 0 f Auburn , Stamps for Gym letter M. J . Donahue, t rip to Mtgy. conf . a bout gym. Post Publishing Co . ,printing letters" " Bank of Auburn ,starnps f ar rna iling gym l etters Shrubery for Campus, Chase Nursery Co. Locblood, archi tect, trip to Mtgy. conference Gym. Tom Bragg , t r ip to l.itgy . conferring about Gym. " " II " II " " Lockwood, ' trip to Auburn from Mtgy" It Bank 0 f Aubur~ , S tam:ps f 0 1> alumni letter about Gym. Gym Fund (Actual Building of Gym) Bk . of .Iluburn,stamps fo r comme ncem.ent letters Bk . of huburn , stamps for Gym letter Gymnasium Fund - bulding expense Bank oi' Auburn , sta:c'Ps for gym le tter Gymna s ium Fund - buildinG expense .! . F . Feagi n ,A.'uendment for Schools ' [. J .P ittman , State niGh Sthl etic. ss tn Gymnasium .:.-'und, Bu ilding Expe nse Buildi ng 3wL . i ug Pool in Gym 'r • • Abbott, pictures for gymnas ium, Alumni Tress1ar StudioJ, pictures f or" Gynmasium i."und,Bu ildiIl6 expense " Gymnasium Fund , building expense Gymnasium l·'und , building expense Gymnasium Fund, Building expense " " Clifford Lanier , expendi tures to ~,.lab ama boys ,167th Infantr y , "RainboViDivision" C . ~ . Little , fertil izer for shrubery Ala.:.:ach.& Sup . Co. , Plbg~Sup . for Swim. Pool Bank of i.uburn, Gymnasium Fund Hosemont Carden , Etgy . ,Loading ":r'ert i1izer for campus shrubery I\~ . B . Eendri cks ,Freight on ~e rtilizer, S rub . G.P . Edwards , hauling fertilizer t o co ,lpUS John Reynolds , hauling fertilizer to campus ddress6graph 80 ., machine for handling letters to Alumni a out buildin:., gymnasium (Cont t d Page 2) lllvIOUNT $ 525 . 00 443 . 31 47 .00 11. 60 38.00 25 . 50 3. 30 35.00 7. 16 38. 00 30.00 10. 00 10. 00 12 . 81 10 .00 25. 50 6. 00 8 . 90 8 . 90 5 . 00 10 . 00 1000. 00 15.00 5 . 00 400.00 5 . 00 4000 .00 100 .00 25. 00 4000.00 7000. 00 8 . 00 12 .00 2500 .00 1000. 00 1000. 00 500 . 00 250. 00 18 . 00 40 . 70 2575 . 00 15 . 00 44 . 92 18 . 20 12.45 66 . 60 Ie E Y B CS G G G CS CS G G G G G G G G CS G G G G G G G G G G G SA SEA G S G G G G G G RD CS S G CS CS CS CS G DA'l"'E CEECK Au.r.HORITY WAS DRA'.IJN REFERENCE I T EM S --------~-~~~~~~-------------------- 8 /2A/18 12/21/18 9/14/18 12/2A/18 3/13/18 2/13/18 11/10/19 12/18 /19 12/23/19 1/6/20 3 . 8 . 20 5/2A/20 6/4/20 6/12/20 6/14/20 7/16/20 11/8/20 11/5/20 11/29/20 12/1/20 12/1/20 12/4/20 12/18/20 12/22/20 12/1'7/20 1914- 1921 1914- 1921 check check check check check check check check check check check check check ch eck check c heck check check check check check check check check check checks checks Gymnasium Fund , buldinC expense Albert :E . Barris , Capt . Inf . U.S .A. , purchase Post Exchange Building to be used as Chem. Lab. Lieut .E .T. Canpbe11, p romoting camp activities ROsemont Gardens , f ertilizer for shrubery l;,i .B.Hendrick , Freight on fe rtilizer E.B.Hendrick, Freight on fertilizer ;{.S .Ws bber, plumbing for gymnasium in part Tress1ars studio f or pict ure frames (Alumni) Bank of AubUl~,for Gymnasium Fund J . T. Hudson , settlement Smith Eall Account Wm.H. Kess1ar, Arc hi tect, college plans for future deve10pme nt II:. B. Hendrick, freight on fertilizer for campus Ge orge liioxham , hauling fertilizer for campus I,i. B. Hendrick freight O!l fertili zer for campus George ;\;oxham, hauling fert ilizer for campus K. 1!!. Caton, salary as Uins tructor Swim. Pool E . Sizemore , salary as" Phys . Ed . F. S . Stubbs , Salary As" "" P.S . s tubbs, s alary as" "" Tresslars Studio , for p icture frames ,(Alumni ) Union Stock Yards, Mont y. for f ert ilizer E . S izemore , salary as i nstruc t or Phys . Ed . N. l'l . Caton, tl II It "It E. S izemore, II "" "" 'rhompson 1. fg . Co . , Line pump for gym. heating. Share Operation expense i n publishing Glomerata and Orange a ni Blue Lanor , painting , building fences, hauling dirt, grading , etc . drake fie l d Plumbing S upplies and heating Apparatus f or Gym Labor, moving tents by Screws .JIOUNT 27 . 50 730. 00 125 . 00 30 .00 49 . 62 3(,).18 112. 03 3 . 70 2500 . 00 385 . 00 200 . 00 32 .45 75 . 90 87 . 1 50. 00 37.50 50 . 00 50. 00 60 . 00 12. 50 212. 90 30 . 00 30. 00 42.40 305. 00 ' 997 .43 1395 . 75 894. 67 18 7 .51 1/17/21 1 /27/21 1/29/21 L- 121 L-150 c heck Departmen t of Horticulture , work on pl anting hedges 2/10/21 2/10/21 2/19/21 2/28/21 2/15/21 2/7/21 2/15/21 3/1/21 2/5/21 3/4/21 3/4/21 4/10/21 3/10/21 check check check check check check che ck check check L-120 L-120 c heck check etc . athletic field a nd campus C. J .Young Lumber Company, Lumber f or bl eachers Summers, Crossley and Co., Dynamite f or campus Dept . of ~i or ticulture, \'lork on campus E. A. Screws, building bleachers Underwood Typewriter Co., Of fice Equipment E. Sizemore, i nstructor physical Ed . salary E . Sizemo 1'e, inst ructor phsyical ed . salary E. S izemore, i nstructor ~hysical Ed . salary B. W. Caton , " " II It Furni ture for tent s Stove i'or tents E. Sizemore , i nstr uctor phys ical Ed . Salary N. Y. Caton" II II II (Cont 'd page 3) 62 . 50 304. 04 10. 00 39 . 05 758 .80 72:25 30.00 30 .00 30. 00 30 .00 100. 00 62 . 00 32.00 30. 00 K E Y G C RD CS CS as G G G SH A CS CS CS CS SAL SAL SAL SAL G CS SAL SAL SAL G GOB D G T CS B D CS B E SAL SAL SAL SAL T T SAL SAL ~ I i ...-.. I DATE CHECK AU'l'HOR ITY WAS DBA m REFERENCE I T EM S ----~~----------~~~~~~--~----------------------- AlvIOUNT 4/4/21 4/2/ 21 4/29/21 5 /19/21 7/11/21 7/ 5/21 7/8/ 21 7/19/21 7/19/21 10/28 /21 12/18 / 21 1 / 5/ 22 1/9/22 1/11/22 1 / 5 / 22 1/29/22 to 2/12/ 22 1 /24/ 22 t o 2/19/22 3/1/22 4 /9/22 4 / 20/22 4/28/22 4 / 28/22 4 / 28/22 9 /22/22 9/22/22 9/22/22 10/4/22 12121/22 1/8 / 23' 1/25/23 2/7/23 2/10/ 21 t o check check 1-121 creek 1.-121 L- 120 L- 130 1..- 120 1.-120 1-121 check L- 121 1-121 L- 121 1-238 :1-250 L- 250 L-]31 L- 150 1-173 L- 1 t32 1-121 1-121 L- 122 L- 122 L- 140 1-122 L- 122 1-163 L- 173 L- 122 N. W. Caton, ins tructor physical Ed . saJary G.P .Edwards, ha uling dirt i nr f ield Eeating Apparatus f or gymnasium C. J . Yo ung Lbr . Co., Lumber for fence , Drake F. Lattresses for Tents (Crane Company ) Blueprints for h", a ting system (gym) by S . \'le11born Dan '1' . Jones , P1umbirng & Carpentry f or Gym. Grill wor k i'or gym windows (Moore-Handley ) J . J . Will:J.Ore, :Engi neer for heating plant , gym Furnace for Gymnasium ank o ,~' Auburn , payment of note due by Smith Hall Steam trap for heating plant (Scarco Compa ny) Hea ter f or Pool (Gris coe Russe11,Co . ) Dr esser for tent ( J .T. Freder ick 00 . ) blumni Semi- Centenia1 Fund G. P. Edwards, gradi ng parade ground La bo 1', ha ul i ug dirt parade gr ound Painting tents, plumbins and carpentry C. J . Young Lbr . Co . , bleachers for parade Asst . Semi- C e nte ni al -~rive ground Cots and Equip . for tents , ~'1e ste I'Il R. R. Mat . Co . 100 Cot mattresses (West Point '.'lholesa1e Gro . Co . ) 800 Steel Oots (West ':.fho1esa1e Gro . Co. ) .lashing Iachine for gymnasium (Carter Elec . Co. ) Pool Cleaning Tool (United Ele c . Co.) Bleachers for Drake Field Erecting Bleachers for Drake Field Fr eight on cots and bedding Office Furniture Architect for Greater Auburn Campus Piping 7.a:ber to Gymnas i um 6/7/23 1-140 La'bJr ,;rading corntruct i on work Drake Field 3 / 6/23 1-268H&F- Purchase Hoffhlan lot, (Ravine back of Gym) 5 /9/23 L- 131 £lectrica1 Equipment for gymnasium 1924 College ck. Greater Auburn Campaign for Hamsay Hall 9/12/25Co11ege ck. Bleachers for rake Field 5 /19/ 24 t o 6/19/25 college ck. Gr ading , Draina.ge , Construction work on Drake :!'ie Id (Lower Field) 5 '.Tater .Tells , Auburn' s ' :i:'irst l.1at er Supply $ 30. 00 172 . 90 234 .46 12. 00 30 . 68 14. 50 72 . 40 75 .42 100. 00 3000. 00 364 . 00 20 .14 238. 00 1 7 .50 4000 .00 1175 . 00 101. 50 54 .53 182. 22 250 . 00 64 . 61 44. 80 80 .00 115. 50 137 . 00 2309 . 04 28. 75 25.68 249,.80 100 . 00 363. 03 1128. 96 500 . 99- 217 .48 5000 . 00 2228 .40 7210 . 29 2200 . 00 To'rAL ~;IOUlJT ~680 11 . 13 Note : "Check" indicates At hletic Association check on f ile . tiL" plus a number indicates Le dger and Pa ge no . ''IE~F" i ndicates Profs. Flare snd :;ful1an who were o fficers ot' the Athletic Ass ' n when the above investments were made . K E Y SAL D G D T G G G G G SH G G T P P T P A T T T E E B B T E A W D L · E R B D W MEETING BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC HlSTrrurE .June 24, 1932. The Board of Trustees met in Montgomery in the Office of Governor Miller, 4 P. M., Friday, .June 24,1932, on call of the Chairman. Present: Governor Mill er, Messers. Henderson, Ashcraft, Conner, Haley, Merrill, Herzfeld, Culver. Messages from NIT. Samford and Dr. Hanson were read as follows: t~egret exceedingly Unpossible make connection time for Board meeting. Respectfully insist that Board take affirmative action notifying Professors and all employees of College of tr1!lle con­dition fli..nances and that all employments or retentions are ten­tative and subj ect to such conditions. Please spread this on minutes. Best wishes. (Signed) T. D. Samford. "I have just received your wire : "Board meeting called by Governor in his office tomorrow afternoon, four O'clock. Hope you can attend". As I wired you yesterday, I am leaving Saturday by way of Chicago for California. I have a very urgent ~nd important bUsiness con­ference on there next ~1 ednesday and am compelled to leave here Saturday in order to get there in time to fill the appoin~ent. This California trip came up unexpectedly but I have no choice but to go, and I will re~uire every minute of my time between now and Saturday in getting my own affairs here in shape to be away for ten days or two weeks . Please present my compliments to Governor Miller and the other members of the Board and express my sincere regret at my inability to attend the meeting. In this morning's mail I have your -l etter of the 22nd, addressed to members of the Bo a r~of Trustees, which I have read with a great deal of care. Please record me as favoring and voting for t he issuance of certificates of indebtedness as outlined in that letter. I also approve your plan of budgeting the operating expenses of the institu­tion. If, of course, the same sum of money is hereafter available tha t you have heretofore received, them you can continue that budget. On the other hand, if a substancial reduction is made in the State's appropriation to Auburn, then there is no chdlce but to cut each item in the budget in the same proportion th§t the State's appropriation to Auburn is cut. t, (Signed) V.H. Hanson. ;{ I page 2 Board Minutes June 24, 1932 Dr. Oates telegraphed his regrets that he was unable to att end. Dr. Harman wired that he preferred the meeting on Monday but that he would make effort to attend the meeting if scheduled on Friday. After conference concerning the matters presented by President Knapp, the Board met formally and took of ficial action as follows: 1. Passed the following resolution with regard to the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1932: RESOLVED THAT THE BUDGETS FOR THE YEAR 1932 covering the work of the ,College, Experiment Stations, and the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, as p~sented to the Board, be approved as a working basis for the operation of the various parts of the institution subject to the following limitations and conditions: I. The Allotment of funds to the several departments and di­visions is approved as the laws 0 f the State now atands condi­tionally and subject to changes as hereinafter indicated. II . The Board of Trustees stands ready to make changes in said budgets and r eadjust them at any time whenever the Leg~s­lature of the s tate changes the laws of the s tate making appro­priations to this institution, or whenever , through any action which is recognized as having authority, there shall be a voluntary accept~nce of uniform agr eed cuts in appropriations fa the various functions, services and i nstit utions of the State. III . That the President he instructed to inform each member of the staft in each and every division of the work of the insti­tution in writing that the continuance of his employment and his rate of pay for the f iscal year beginning July 1, 1932, will be subject to change upon notice and ~etroactive to July 1, 1932 : th at the cdntinuance of the position is subject t o change upon notice; that the institution cannot promise to p~y salaries in cash until the state can readjust its financial a f fairs and pay cash to the 'institution; th at the institution will do its utmost to maintain itself on a cash basis; that in case of severe cuts of the budget these will be applied as fairly and as justly as is possible under the circumst ances . 2. On motion of Mr . Conner, which w~s seconded by Messers . Haley and Culver, the Board voted that the Chairman appoint a committee of three members to go to Aubum and study the tentative budget with the President, the Deans and Heads of Departments, with the view of recommend- page 3 Board !,linut es June 24 , 1932 ing to the full Board of Trustees what changes and eltminations may be made in order that the institution may be administered in the present financial emergency with as great economy as possible. The Committee appointed by the Governor: Messera . Conner, Culver, Haley. 3. The Board of Trustees then adopted on motion of Mr. Henderson the following resolution with regard to the issuance of certificates of inde btedness : RFSOLVED: 1. That the President of the Institution is hereby authorized to issue Certificates of Indebtedness upon the fo1lwoing approved form against specific s tate War rants in the hands of the institution. 2. That each group of certificates be issued against each different state Warrant and that the series number of such group of certificates be not more than the unpaid state Warrant, the proceeds of which will be used when received to pay such certificates of indebtedness. The total of each seri~s is to be the exact total of t he warrant aga inst whi ch they are issued. 3. That when the Warrant in question is paid to the institution by the s tate, the proceeds are to be placed in a separate account in the Institution's depository and the certifi­cates issued against such warrant w ill be called in by notice in writing being given to t he holders of the certificates to preant such cert i ficated for payment . 4 . Claims against any particular fund or division of the institution will of course, be covered by the cer tificate against the particular warrant issued in payment of the appropriation to such fund or division, and, so far as practicable, certificates will be issued in the order of the date of the obligation incurred against such warrant . 5 . That certificates of indebtedness may be issued in amounts or denominations suitable to meet too needs of the persons to whom the indebtedness is due . 6. That certificates as before provided shall be issued for indebtedness incurred to and including June 30, 1932, and not th ereafter. 4 . On motion of N~ . Herzfeld, the Board authorized the President to refund to P. M. Benton all fees paid by tne student's father for the first semester of t he sess ion because it was necessary for this student to drop out of college in October on account of a serious injur,r which n J f page 4 Board Minutes June 24, 1932 he received while a spectator on the football f ield during pract ice. It was understood that this re£und would be applied by this student to cover his fees fbr the second semester of the last session. 5. With regard to the letter from Mr. S. G. Parsons of Birmingham who requested that the institution consider the t ransfer of certain lands which he owns in Wilcox County, the title of which will be taken over by the institution, and the institution furnish to his son an education, the Board voted that the President be requested to express the sympathy of the Board for the circumstances which he describes and their approCiation of his proposal but tb say t hat there is no law existing which authorizes the institution to consider t he transfer of property as proposed. 6. The Board postponed action on t he request of the Gl omerata staff that t he college assess all students $1.00 in addition to the amount now paid in the Activity Fee, this additional one dollar to go to the Glomerata and to be applied on the cost of making pictures of the individual students for use in the glomerata. President Knapp reported to the Board tha t- 1. The Personal Data Report had been prepared and mailed to each member of t he Board in accordance with the action taken at its meet i ng i n Auburn in May. 2. That Station WAPI has been leased by the Committee authorized to lease the same to 1~ . Bill Pape for a period of five (5) years and for a monthly rental of $775. 3. That the will of Miss Unity Dancy has been probated; that the attorneys for t he estate, Eyster and Eyster, had been asked to notify h~ if there was contest of the will: that apparently there has been no contest and the will has been probated; that it does not seem, a t this time, to be necessary to employ legal counsel in the matter. There being no further business the Board voted t o t ake a r ecess until called to meet again by the Cha~n of t he Board. B. L. Shi, Secretary. Certificate No. u1.labama Polytechnic Institute...; {)Lj Lf -2, ...Auburn, ...Alabama-> Series No. CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS $_---- The ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, by authority of the Board of Trustees, acknowledges itself indebted to ________________________________________________________________________________________ " _________________________________________________________ _ in the sum of______________________________________________________________________ _______ ___ ~ _________________________________________________ Dolla~ payable as hereinafter provided, without interest. of Alab:: ~::~::o~_~n~::~edne_s:_i:_:::_:f _-I '. ~~e: for the sum of $ ___________________________ h INSTITUTE and is due and unpai , endorsement will be paid the am u when the State Warrant above n Alabama. Accountant. Pres'ident. If this Certificate be transferred, the holder thereof ould promptly file his name and address with the <Accountant of the ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Auburn, la a, and -transf er ee will be notified when the same becomes payable . ........ ___ .... __ ______ ______ ______ ............... .. ..... _ ............... _ ..... ___ ... ____ 0 ______________ _ This Certificate of Indebtedness is issued to cover the items listed below: The Board of Trustees of the Al abama Polyt echnic I nstit ute met pursuant to the call of the Governor at the Governor ' s Office at the Capitol, T.1ont eomery, Alabama, at 9 :30 A. M., July 28 , 1932. Presen t : His Excellency, Governor B. M. ~:l iller, ex of ficio Chairman Hon . A. F. Harman, ~ tate Superint endent of Education , ex of ficio member . Members: C. W. Ashcraft H. H. Conner Victor H. Hanson ';{ . H. Oates T. D. Samford P. S. Haley H. D. Merrill Harry Herzfe l d C. S. Culver In the absence of Prof . B. L. Shi, Secretary , C. C. Brooks was directed to act as Secretary. Presi dent Knapp presented his f inal r eport and on motion of Mr . Culver the same was approved and f iled with records of the Secretary. On motion of Iifll' . Herzfeld , s econded by Mr . Ranson , the President was directed to obtain such assistance as mi ght be necessary and ma ke ap.­plication to the Reco ns t r uction Finance Corporation for a loan on the $300 , 000 . 00 bonds heretof ore a uthorized to be issued und Which are now in the vault of the First National Bank of Ope l ika , and in the event such appl i cation is unsuccessful the Pres ident , 11r. Samford and the ~ ccountant were directed t o destroy such bonds . President Knapp reported t o t he Board that in order to meet an old water system note of ~ 5 ,000 . OO and $600 . 00 int eres t due July 15, 1932 he had borrowed the sum, of ~5,000 . 00 f rom the lexander City Bank on a note due October 1, 1932 signed by the Governor and t he President , and to meet necessary current labor bills , etc., he had in like manner borrowed ~ 5 , 000 . 00 f ran the First National Bank of Opelika and had pro­mised in each i nstance tha t such loans would be repaid from matriculation fe es collected i n September, 1932, or other cash f unds in t he General Funds of the institution. On motion duly seconded, t he Beard vote ap­proved t he pledges so made by t he President . fir . ·~erz fe l d r equested to be recorded as not voting . On motion of ~f1r . Herzfeld , seconded by Mr • .nshcraft, the Governor as Chairman was author ized t o appoint a committee of three , i ncludi ng him­self as Chai rman, to draft a r esolution expressing t he Board's appreciation of the services rendered the institution by Pr esident Knapp and its re­gret at his decis ion t o resign. The Governor then appOinted Mr, Hanson and Mr . Herzfeld on t h e qrnmittee to pr epare such resolution. page 2 Minutes of Board Mee t ing- API J ul y 28 , 1932 . _ motion by lIlr . hanson was unanimously adopted as f ollows : Resolved that the action of the Pre s ident i n hol ding a portion of t he unpaid building warrants to cover and secure the repayment 0 f the cash bal ances owi ng to t he Experiment St at ion and Extens ion Service funds be and the same is ap­proved and the Pr esident is authorized and directed to issue certificates of i ndebtedness therefor against such unpaid warrants . On explanat ion by the President that he had been working under a very severe strain for many months and was greatly in need of rest , the Board , on motion by Mr . Haley , gave Pres i dent Knapp a leave of absence for the _ onth of ;'.u/;;ust, 1932 . The Pres ident expl ained that he vo uld remi an on duty until the Board had sel ected his successor or an acting President . l'"r . Ashcraft inquired of the Governor con-cerning the possibility of the s tate payi ng the i nstitution an amount s ufficient to pay the salary due President Knapp before his departure . President Knapp then stated that he could not accept such preferential treatment - t hat he VD uld t ake h i s pay only as and when the regular staff and f aculty were paid. After c ons iderable discuss ion I,Ir . Ashcra f t intr oduced a resol ution , which was sec:mded by several different members of the Board, and adopt ed by the Board as follows : Resolved by the Board of Trustees , that the Governor as Chairman be and he i s hereby authorized to appoint a committee of s ix , including himself as Chairman, to make a thorough survey of the fie l d and r ecommend a man for election as permanent President . That said cammittee be given such tbne as it may deem necessary to complete its work and t hat the Chairman notify the Board when t he committee is ready to make its report . The Board then adopted a resol ution by Mr . Merri ll , empowering and di­recting the committee on the s election of a man for permanent President to rec anmend a man for appointment as Acting Pres ident , their r eport thereon to be subIDitted to the Bo ard at a meet i ng to be hel d in the Governor ' s Office at the Capitol at 11 :00 A. 1.1., Friday , August 5 ,1932 . 'l'he Chairman appointed the following as member s of the rommi ttee so authorized : Dr . Hanson , Mr . Ashcraft, Dr . Harman, Col. Sa.:rnford , Judge Merrill . The Board recessed to meet at the Governor ' s Office at the Capitol at 11 a , m., Fri day, j~ugust 5 , 1932. ~~t;- (Act i ng 3ecretary.) I­I The Board of Tr ustees 0 f the Alabarm Polytechni c Insti t ute met pur ­suant to the call of t he Governor at the Governor' s Office at the Capitol, Mont g:>mery, Alabama, at 11 a . m., August 5 , 1932 . Present: His Excellency, Governor B. M. I.liller , Ex officio Chairman Hon. A. F . Harman, s tate Superintendent of Education , Ex off icio member I.'lembers : C • vr. Ashcraft E. H. Conner Victor H. Hanson ',T . H. Oates T. D. Samf ord P . S . Ealey H • D. IIJJ:err ill Harry Herzfeld C. S . Culver In the absence of Prof . B. L. Shi , C.C . Br ooks was dire cted to act as Secretary. Governor Ivliller submitted the r e port of the Committee on nomination of a man for acting President , appointed at the l ast me eting , recommendi ng that instead of the selection of an individual as Acti ng Pres ident a committee of three men be selected to discharge the duties of the office until a permanent President shall have been selected and placed in charge of the institution, that such Committee be composed of Dr . J . J . Wilmore , Dr ~ George Petrie am Dr. L. N. Duncan , and th3.t such committee should select from among its r,1embers one to act as Chairman and innnedia tely take over the administration of the Executive Office . On motion t he re port was adopted by a vote of ten to one , 1r . Halew voting No. Governor Mill er was directed to notify the members of the Committee 0 f t h eir ap­pOintment . On motion of Dr . Oat e s , duly seconded , it was order ed that the Committee above named be known as the "Administra tive CO:T'irnittee of th e Alabama Polytechnic ' Institute" . N.r . Hill iTergerson was permitted to address the Board with re f erence to the possibility of constructing buildings on the carapus at Auburn under the provision of the Reconstruction Finance Corporat ion Act recentl y pass­ed by Congress . After discussion of the subject the f ollow ing resolut ion was adopted by the Eo ard: "lhereas , the Congress of the United States recently passed an act known as t he ,rEmerge ncy Relief and Construction ct of 1932" , under the terms o f which the Reconstruct ion Finance Corp or~t io n is authorized to make loans to corpor ations farmed wholly for the purpose o f providing housing page 2 Mi nutes- Board ~v~ee ting August 5 , 1932 for famil ies of l ow income ,which are regul ated by s tate or Municipal l aw as to rents, charges, capital structure , rate of return and areas and Ire,thods of oper ation , to aid in financing projects undertaken by such corporation which are self- liquidating in characterlt • And t hereas, the suggestion has been made that such additional housing is JP,uch needed at Auburn to take care of faculty members, parents of studants i n the Alabama Polyte chnic Institute, and others , And, ':'lhereas, it is thought that a private corporation, or corporations t can be formed to build such housing by means of l oans from the Reconst­ruction Finance Corporation. Ther efore , Be It Resolved , that the Executive Committee of the Board is her eby authorized to investigate this matter , and to negotiate for the organization of such a ,corporation, or corporations, make necessary con- , tracts with said corporation, or corporations, and c,o- operate in securing the necessary financing from the Reconstruction Finance Cor por ation, provided, however, that no financial liability shall be incurred thereby by the State of Alabama or the Alabama Polytechnic Institute . Provided further that said Executive Committee be authorized to grant to said building corporation , or corporations, a l ong time ground lease on a site or sites owned by the Institute , which will be an appropriate lo­cation for such housing , and at a nominal rental charge . It is under­stood that the building company, or companies , lnay pledge this leasehold interest in securing the necessary financing , but with no further obli­gations on the part of the Institute . The Executive Committee is authorized to pass such necessary rules and reg ulations regarding said housing as may be necessary to make it con­form to government requirements, and to secure the necessary cooperation from the Town 0 f Auburn. Mr . Salll'f:or:d reported to the Board that the Sub- Commi ttee on the budget had given Prof. Shi a leave of absence until September 1 , 1932. On motim the action of the SUb- Committee was approved by the Board. President Knapp requested the Board to determine whether or not certifi­cates of indebtedness issued by tile college against state funds should be accepted by "the college in payment of matriculation fees . On motion of Lx . Culver , the matter was referred t o the Administrative Committee for investigation and report . The Board then recessed subject t o the call by the Chairman. C. C. Br ooks , Accountant . (Acting Secretary) 000 H. HERZFELD, PRESIDENT DR. A. HA R LAN, V,CE PRESIDENT L . M . W I LLI S, VICE PRESIDENT ..J.B.FORD! CAS HIER J. C.COLVI N , ASST . CASHIER ) , ( , , THE ALE~~DER CITY BANK CAPI TAL $ 55,000.00 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS $ 135,000.00 A LLYANDER CITY,A J .. A . .... ';, June 17, 1932. Mr . B. L. Shi, ~xe cutive Sec . , Alabama Polytechnic I nstitute , AilLburn, Ala. Dear ;3hi:- Your favor 7th inst . , enclosing copy of proceedings of the Board of ,Trustees held in l uburn May 16th, is received on my return here from treatments and I thank you for s ame. I am gl ad to note that you are able to be a t your post again and hope you are fully recovered and will rema i n well. ":"I1hile in my opini on a Trustee shoul d a ttend every Board meeting pOSSible, when he cannot amxx» he should so a d­vise and the record show why he is unable to a t t end. I notifi ed Dr. Knapp that I could not be there a t the me ting n amed , owing to having just l ef t the ho s pital after a s ev ere operation and h ad. to remGi n i n Birmingham f or f urther tre a t ment . However it is not ne cess ary to ' embody this in the minutes now. Wi th kindest regar ds a.."1.d corclialx good wi shes , I am Sinc erely yours, /v7~~ H. H ~Z;~I Trus tee .