Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees, University of Kentucky, August 23, 1946.


     The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Universi-
ty of Kentucky met in the President's OLfice at 10:30 a.m., Friday,
August 23, 1946.   The following members were present:  Judge Richard
C. 5;o1l, Chairman; H. D. Palmore, H. S. Cleveland, R. P. Hobson,
and J. C. Everett.  President H. L. Donovan and Comptroller Frank D.
Peterson, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, were also present.


     A. Approval of Minutes.

     The minutes of the Executive Committee of June 22, 1946, were ap-
proved as published.


     B. New Construction and Expansion of the University.

     President Donovan briefly outlined future prospects for public
education in the United States, and applied these to the University
of Kentucky.  He stated that about 6100 applications for admittance
to the University had been approved, but it was probable that the
enrollment this fall would approximate5500 because it would be phys-
ically impossible for many of the applicants desiring to attend the
University of Kentucky to secure housing facilities,   He outlined
some of the needs of the University for housing space, classroom and
library facilities.   He stated that the present University plant was
designed to teach and accommodate a student body of about 4000, where-
asv we should prepare to teach and accommodate an enrollment in the
University of 7000 to 8000 students in future years.

     Some of the current needs for housing and classroom hcilities
were enumerated.   President Donovan emphasized the need for addition-
al dormitories and discussed various probable sites for new buildings.
He related that he had conferred with Dean Cooper concerning possible
sites and that Doctor Cooper had Just written him a letter expressing
his point of view, which letter President Donovan read to the Trustees.
A lengthy discussion of the University's future growth and expansion
by the Trustees followed.   The direction in which the University
should expand was thoroughly examined by members of the Board.   It
was finally decided unanimously by the Executive Committee that the
new dormitory for men should be on the east side of Rose Street as
near the other dormitories as it is possible to place it,

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             1. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried,
                the new Dormitory for Men is ordered constructed
                on the plat of ground on the east side of Rose
                Street between the Aeronautical Research Labora-
                tory and the Dairy Products Building,
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