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1 Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees of.fibn:nnE;:5iurn A. & M. fin
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1 Colle e, he a at the President a room, Alumntfi Hall Building, MW
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State College Ground, Lexington, Sign, on June 4th, 1907. ' 1
Judge Kinkead moved that Judge Stout take the chair temporarily, l
' in the absence of Mr. D. F. Frazee. Said motion being seconded and 1
put upon its passage was carried. l
Thereupon Judge Stout took the chair, and Mr. Hillenmyer, ‘
«giigtudent a peared before the Board, and made a statement about
' the appropriation'which had been made by the Board at its DeCGMP ‘l
her meeting, to assist in the. publication of the State College 1
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. ? Mr. Hillenbyer retired, and after considerable informal 11
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~ discussion action thereon was deferred to give Mr. Hillenmyer , 1 1
i an opportunity to obtain certain statements of accounts desired. 1
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Mr. D. F. Irazee, having come in, Judge Stout resigns the chair, 1
,1 and placed Mr.Frazee in nomination for Chairman at this meeting, l
r and said motion being duly second, and put on its passage was carried. ‘
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1 Thcrcupon hr. Frazee took the chair.
l Egan The roll-call Showed the following: h
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" Present: Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Clay, Francs, Kinkead, I
1 Lafferty, Metcalfe, McChord, Nichols,Patterson,
h - Smith, and Stout, 12 1 .
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' Absent: Nnxxxxx Gov. Beckham, Judges Barker and Bell and Mr. 1 1
1? Hopkins, 3 4. 1 1
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1f There being a quorum present business was proceeded with. 1
4 Thercupon Chairman submits statement of bid of Combs Lumber V
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(Mr. Frazee, here insert said statement.)
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Thereupon Judge Stout made the following motion; ‘ l
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Resolved that this Board accept the bid made by Combs Lumbar '
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appropriated for said purpose; and that the Chairman of the Board 1E
l of Trustees be authorized and directed to borrow the money E
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I Said motion was seconded by Mr. Metcalfe, and upon the roll E
, call on same the vote stood as follows:
E Ayes: Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Clay, Frazee, Kinkead, ,
Laffery, netcalfe, McChord, Nichols, Patterson, E
E Smith and Stout, 12 E
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L The resolution.was carried unanimously. E;
} President lattorson stated that he voted for the resolution t:
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E but reserved his belief that under the acts of Congress appropri-. j:
5 sting money for the use of the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges f
j and the Act of the Kentucky Legislature levying the half cent E
E tax for its support, the Lee of such money for building punahasel/Q¢L7%;393
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E5 ,* At this point the Secretary read the Minutes of the last meeting/E “
,5 figf the Board, which stood approved as read. '
E At this point the Secretary read the minutes of the Executive V
E Committee since the last meeting of the Board, and upon the E: g
f conclusion thereof, President Patterson moved that the Minutes EE~E
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g, as read stand approved. Said motion was seconded by Mr, Brooks, E
E and being put upon its passage upon the roll-call the V038 StOOd ‘ 4
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’§ Ayes: Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Clay, Frazee, Kinkead,
v Lagferty, Metcalfe, McChord,Nichols,Patterson,
’ Smith and Stout, 12
Noes: None. ' E
The motion was carried unanimously. ‘ ;
At this point President Patterson read his Report to the ‘”.
Board, Which was referred to the Committee on President's Report, 1 E}
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p which Committee was at this p01n «by the Chairman as follows: V
d Committee on President's Report: Messrs. Messrs. Clay, Ne» w
‘ Chord and Lafferty. h
President Patterson stated that he desired to append to his !
{ Report, for action in connection therewith two resolutions, which i
T he read to the board at this point. '
Thercupon upon motion IX finngaxfitnkaxfi¥ duly seconded and i
3 carried, it was 7 3
{5 Resolved that a Cemmittee of five, consisting of Messrs. i
; Frazee, Kinkead, Nichols, Clay and Patterson be appointed to cons ;
J fer with the authorities of the Kentucky University upon the F:
g I subject of the change of the name of the State College to I [l
5 "University”. ‘%
" Upon motion of Judge Stout duly searnded and carried Mr. 1
I Frazee was appointed a committee of one to notify the Authorities i
g of Kentucky University of the proposed conference, and to ascertain ?
E if it is agreeable to them to have such a conference. 3
i Upon motion of Col. Clay Duly second and carried it was 9
3‘ resolved to take up and act on at this time the two resolutions .
g; appended hr President Patterson to his Report. The first of ;
§f said resolutions is as follows:
E Resolved that a reasonable and moderate sum he charged each ii‘i
j society, club, 5 fraternity, or class organization or other body if?
f to cover the expenses of light, heat and Janitefls servi co in l
1 connection with the use of the gymnasium or ohappel; 5
? Resolved that the number of dances or balls allowed during the l
p“ year he limited to five, and that such dances or halls suspend
‘ not later than one o'clock A.M. r A
Upon motion of Col. Clay, seconded by Judge Kinkead and put upon p 3
Y its passage said resolution was unanimously adopbd. ‘ f
%\R The second resolution so offered by President Patterson is as ‘2;
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‘ motion was placed upon its passage and unanimously adopted. '1
; Mr. Nichols offered the following resolution: ‘
} Resolved that the Board are satisfied with the bond that has
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, the college annual, and that the sum of $300 be paid to the students ‘
for said purpose, which was appropriated by the resolution of f
December, 1906. ‘
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I Said motion was duly seconded, and placed upon its passage, '5
“1 and upon the roll oqll the vote stood as follows: '
‘( Ayes: hunks? Messrs. B rooks ,Car‘penter,Clay,Frazer-:,Kinkead, ~.
I Laffer y,Metoalfe,McChord,Nichols,Smith and Stout, 11 § a
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3: Mr. Nichols moved that a. Committee he appointed to go and §§
examine the office of the Business Agent, and consult with the Bus“ }
iness Agent, and see what he would suggest in the "way of giv inf; him
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g better suturtrzr‘s, and to report as to What they would advise in \
the way of repairs. Said motion was secondedrhy Mr. Smith, and " "" 1 ‘
being put upon its passage was earrir'ed unanimously. .-
The Chairlmn appointed on said Committee, Capt. Nichols, I 5f
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At this Point the Chairman announced his Standing Committees E
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Committee On President's Report: Messrs. Clay,McChord and Lafferty} é
Committee on Finance: Measra.Nichols,Stout and Smith; j
g Com. On Appropriations: Messrs.Stout,Kinkead and Carpenter; 3
Com. on Building & Grounds: Measrs.Metcalfe,McChord and Brooks. ‘
Com.on Exporimentn-Station; Messrs.Kinkead,McChord and Carpenter. !
Com.0n Salaries: Messrs. Lafferty,Clay and Nichols.
Com.0n Internal Expansion: Messrs.McChord,Clay and Smith. I
Com.0n Military Instruction: Messrs. Brooks-,Kinkead 8c Clay.
Com.on Minutes of Faculty: Messrs.Carpenter,Smith and Brooks. g
Athletic Committee: Messrs.Lafferty,Stout and Nichols. 5
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‘ 5 At this point upon motion duly made, second and carried, the L
% Board adjourned unfiil to-morrow morning at nine o'clock A.M. i
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A Met pursuant to adjournment at nine o'clock A.M.,June 5th, E
J 1907, at the same place. i
A Mr. E. F. Frazee in x the chair. i
q Present: Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter,Clay,Frazee,Kinkead,Lafferty, V
,5 Metcalfe, McChord,Nichols,Patterson and Smith.
H Absent: Messrs. Bcckhum,Barkor,Boll,Hopkins and Stout. I
5 There being a quorum present, business was proceeded with. i h
H At this point the Committee on President's Report, through i k
g: its Chairman, Mr. Clay} makes its Report. The President’s Report, 1i
g? on which said Cammintee reported in as follows: fl
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3 The State college of Kentunky grows apaoe. The year i
; just closed has been the mast prosperous in the history of ths f
‘ institution. The matriculation for the vear is, including the
fig summer Schools, 936, survasaing that of all preceding years. The J
:; camuonwealth of Kentucky has shared in the general propseritv 0f i
’1 the country. People Of all classes have consequently been able to .
' provide a larger number of their sons and daughters with the means 4
{i of education. There has been a very remarkable and a very generpl K
J awakening of interest in educational matters all over the south.
1 This has taken shape in a simultaneous movement for better echoOIS ;
;, and better systems of education. Each State has applied 11361: to Z
T5 the problems connscted with immrovemont, more thorough cauraes of ;
g; study, better teachers, better salaries, better scho01~housan and 3
§ equipments¢and perhapa most immortant Of all, subjects of insiruaw .
} tiOn designad to fit the pupil for special pursuits, professions s
f; and avacationa in life. They go farther and address themselves to ,
,L; the problems connected with high school education, college educa~ E
”g? tion and university education. There has been a general uplift F
an along the line.
‘i The impulse has been felt. in Kentucky, but has fallen 1
;1 far short of the intensity which nan characterized the movement in f
‘5," - every State south of us. We have ten its influence in the State f:
;* manage. It has added appreciably to our matriculation list. As _
1,; it deepens and widens, we will feel its beneficial reaults still “
,. more. J
.; ‘ The principal cause, however, in the eniargement of our 1
Kg? attendance is the growing interest and pride fblt thraughnut the m
'fim State in tha State 0011939 and its work. The thoroughness of ita ;
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ff and contribute to swell our numbers far beyond what could have ;
5 been expected a few years ago. All Gapoeitiou, especially from

,i denominational sources, has practically ceased. Whatever of oppo« j
l: sition may exist, exists not ebtrueively. Animositiee ani nntago~ }
,i nisns, it is true, are not extinguished in one generation, but I

3 when one remembers the fierce opposition of twenty-five years ago i
. and the active hostility which the College encountered at each ;
gt session of the General Assembly for years thereafter, the surprise l
E? is that from surface indications it has almost wholl? disagpenred.

A This is illustrated by the genera; feeling that the tire j
’j has now come when the State should by appropriate Legislation can i
jl tablish a state University and that the State college of Kentucky j
5 provides a basis for such an institution. Expression is given to I
it this idea in public unetinga, Teeohare’ Associatione'and Agricule t
1] ture}. Institutes. Many prominent members or the General Assembly,
ii, present and prospeotave, are ready to give their support to the T
ti movement and to translate Opinion into accomplished feet. ij
j: These three causes sufficiently account for the increased j
d?‘ attendance, viz.: The general prosperity of the country, affording' '1
ii: increased means Whereby increased facilities may be obtained, and. Q
the general advance in education in the southern states in which -
,‘ Kentucky has participated, though in a less degree, and 3rd, the j
i, grcwing interest and pride in the state college as an institution (
i} of high character and efficiency. It 15 than matter for congratur l
i ‘ lation that through these concurring causes the college has grown 5
,?l in all its departments, and that public Opinion concurs in the
j; conviction that it has not only earned its right to live, but to ,
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l take on the higher rank and dignity to which it in entitled, viz-..: f
l that of the "University of the State of Kentucky.“ Since its row i
l organization in 1880, it has passed a probation or twenty-“seven 5
l years... Its minority wool disciplined in the school of adversity. It 1
g had to fight for an it got and had. to fight to retain what. it 3
had gotten. It has grown from a meagre mecca of $10,000. to an g
assured income of $100,000,, from rented quarters in which to carry '
on its operations to the possession of reality wanting in value l
"be $700,000. or $800,000., and of buildings and equipments for ex»«
l oecdtng in value those of any other institution in the comncnwaalthn ,
I it has stretched cut its hands to the high 30110013 and aeminarics of l
3 learning, :11de than to a higher plane, inspired. them with a new
! life and. made them feeders and auxiliaries for itself. Directly ,l
g in itself and indirectly through the high schools, 11. has been a
potent leverage for lifting the comm schools to a higher level i i
l through the intimate relations established by the Legislature bow
l tween it and. the common $011001 system in the selection of county '
l, beneficiaries for admission into its classes. Moreover, through T
l the recent. decision of the amt of Appeals, the prior existence or g
its Normal School has made peaaible the constitutional recognition
of the Auxiliary Normal schools established by the last General
ll Assembly, The court. 11010.8 that the prior 9815313118th Normal School ‘
I in the State college and its prior renowned constitMDnaliw b? l
lg tne Cot-:s'bituizion as an integral part of the state conege, makes l
fig; the recently established normal schools constitutional because they 3‘
i owe their mitts-hence to the division of the State Normal School into l
g three parts of which they each are one part.
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3 l ms.» ifftr'ctildfimg of the common schools through a P91993111“ 3“?pr °f I
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L] ' ccmmetent teachers by the Normal School or the state college and ;
s! its auxiliaries. : V' é
ii The increase in numbers requires a corresponding expen- i
:; sion in bulldlnge, equipment and instruction. This year there are I
:§ three Buildings under construction, besides the enlargement of the ‘
V: Engineering Bulldlng during the early part of the year. It is 63* J
tremely dcubtful whether any part of the existing inceme can be

1; legitimately applied in this direction. The Executive committee, .
éi however, took the responsibility of the preliminary appropriations i
and the Beard ratified their action. The consequence is that a '.
it building for the use of the Department of Education is well forward ;
3/ and will be completed in time fer the opening of the Autumn term i
5 in September. A building intended as a part of a larger_one for f ‘
g! the use of the Department of Agriculture will also be ready for k
ii occupancy at the beginning of the next collegiate year. Emcee 3
1%; were much needed, indeed lndiepeneeble, and the reocgniticn.cf '
3% this necessity induced the Executive committee and the Board to ‘
:31 act. There was no available fund in the Treasury to meet this j
?: eKDendlture. The Chairman of the Board was directed to borrow. .
*2, ; While the money was obtained without difficulty, the OOllege is .
fil responsible for a debt at $60,000., involving an annual additional 9
‘ Outlay or 03,000. until the obligation is cancelled. }
am fine bther building under process of conetrhctlon is the t
'g: Carnegie Library. I reported to the Board in June 1906 that I had 3
:' obtained frcm Mr. Garnegie a gift of $20,000. for the erection of ‘
‘ a Library. The conditions nmwe or less onerous Which he usually
t3. attlches to his gifts were rattunately waived by him in this 1n~ y
:l stance, the only condition being a pledge by the Board that the? i.
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Would provide outside of sources of income then existing $32,000. ,
per annum for the upkeep of the Library. This obligation was exe~
3 outed by the Board and accepted. After the plane and epocifioou 3
3 3 tions were prepared and bids invited thereon, we found it nmoe—
' new to erect and ego-m such a building we the dignity of the 1n~ 3
3 stitution required for the amount of money at our dietoeal. I ee— 3
‘ oordingly went to New York in January and after consultation with 3
the architect, asked. Mr. Carnegie f0:- $6500. in addition to his .
‘3 previous gift, on condition that the pledge for the upkeep be in-~
creased from $2000. to $2650. With the owoperatioh of friends, 3'
my application was successful. The Building is now under my and.
will be oomaleted in 180 working days dating from April let. I
3 3. may call the attention 01‘ the Board. to the difficulties in the _
3 way of getting the original as well as the sopplemntary gift. :3 3
lete Mr. Carnegie had given the City $60,000. for a library and he
5:3 did not care to duplicate his gift to the same place for a Wed 5
i f purpose. one. rue policy 1:3 to aid. institutions which haVe no
‘J‘ E connection with the State, assuming that the respective states should 3
‘3 provide for State Colleges and universities. are. Having once
3 made a gift, he regards that as a closed incident and does not 3
3. care to remopen it. I therefore congratulate the State cellege .
A on the outcome of this sonnet-that difficult negotiation. I may add.
3 that I am not without hope that I may be able to induce MI. Carnegie 3
33 to do something more for the State College in the no distant file- 3
3 3 tureo To this Prince of benefactors our most grateful thanks are l
(me.- a: hope that the Board before it adjourns will take aphro— i
, priate action in reference thereto. 3
3 I am gratified by the encouraging pI'OBDGOW baffle the 3.3
3 payer'tments of Agriculture and Mining Engineering. The former has 33
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J now a locus etandi which it hop never had before. The latter has :
;! been grow1ng, notwithstanding that it is still practically out of i
7; doors. who same may be said of the Department of Civil Engineer» f
5; ing. With a matriculation of over one hundred and much the largest !
3! percentage of graduates in the class of 1907, it also is practi— !
5% cally out Of doors, with the exception of a small room in the En~
i3 gineerlng Building and an improvised drawing~r00m in the old dorm1~
toryéclgohas absolutely no quarters. The neglect of which the I
“ Normalyand the course in Agriculture complained have been in ‘
2‘ great measure redreseed. But the evil plight in which these
?5 found themselves was 38 nothing compared with the absolute dee~ t
:5 titution of the ocureee in Mining Engineering and civil Enginaer— i
E! . 1mg. Other courses more oonspiououe and ahowy but doing he better g
{I work and no more deserving have appealed to and elicited the sup— 1
{3 port of the Board, to the neglect of these equally usefulaand f
{g equally deserving objects of your care and of your dutiful support. {
E I therefore urgently call the attention of the Board to the impera~ ‘
f 1 five necessity 0f provmng buildings mad equipment for the use 3
if of these two courses of study. You cannot longer ignore the claims i
{3? of these and justify your seeming neglect. A concerted propaganda @
{i for obtaining the money should be set on root at once. Public
£3} Opinion among prospective members of the General Assembly should be ;
w taken 3.x: hand. and 1.: possible favorably detemned imediately a£~
} ter nominations are known to have been made and before the Legis- '
5%; lature meets in Prankrort in January 1908. E
3 1 am gratified to be able to 1mm you officially of ;
I what you have in all probability learned through the public press,
j} that before the adjournment of the last congress an annual appro-
fg: riatlon was made supnlementary to the income derived from the I
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Federal Government under the acts of 1862 and 1890. The measure ‘ 5
'- passed as an amendment to the general appropriation bill. Earl? 1‘!
4 in January a letter from senator Nelson of tunneeote, the author 4
of the bill, informed me of its introduction and requested my aid. 4
in shaping congreeeionel Opinion in its behalf. I Wdiatelv went 4
:If' to I.'.Iaehingt an and had interviews with our Renatore and most of ma- 4.
representatives, all of whom promised to support the meamn'e. The ,
54 bill gives $5,000. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908 and 4
4 96000. additional each year thereafter till the maximnn $25,000. 4
is reached. This fund, however, under the ruling of the weretary I 4
A of the Interior, must be divided with the calored population in _
1, ihereame proportion ea the income accruing under the former acts,
vim, in the ratio of 14.5 to 35.5. than the maxim is: reached. .‘
that is, in June 1902, the additional income to the college will
‘4 be $31,375. yearly. This, you will note, represents the income at i.
4 4 five percent on a capitalized endowment or $427,500. The mean .4 4
4 bill for the endowment of schools of mines and mining engineering . I
4, 4 was not acted upon by the last congress. I have already eon—- '
‘ 4 carted measures for having it most and re-intrOducerl by one of 4
4 the most prominent members or the next. 4
'4 This increase in revenue is gratifying. I beg you, how—
4 ever, to reflect that while your revenue is increasing, Your 91--
pendituree are increasing still more rapidly: Qow’ch in attendance 4-
I4 requires beyond a certain limit enh-division of classes, addition~ I
III o1 class-room, additional (equipment and additional instructors. ' :I
4“ 4 Expenditures for water, lights, heating and service grew mwortitw 4
I ately. I have endeavored to curtail expendittu'ee, but they grow I,
beyond income. This year the budget shows that the expenditures
4 for the next collegiate you Will emeea income by ten or fifteen.
thousand dollars. ~ I
4 The demand. on every hand is for educated men. The Alumni . j.
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g of our College must, in order to maintain their reDUtotion, be as g
: thoroughly educated ac those of the beat colleges and univereitieo :
‘ in the country. But the indispensable condition for this is money, 1
3 money for instruction, none? for laboratories, money for buildings, f
j; money for original research. We require double the income which 1
fl we now possess. Great colleges and universities require hundreds I
5 of thoueande in order to keep in the first rank and do effective '
1 work. Our Trustees have a double duty to perform, via}. to exaeno
judiciously and economically what they have and to devise the means I
for getting more. All the great universities in the country fo‘und‘v- ' _
L ed uvon the land grant of 1862 have trebled and quadrupled their .
g incomes within the last ten years. They expend from $450,000. to c
.‘ $1,500,000. annually. We must make corresponding advances in in“ . g
,} come it we keep pace with those institutions which are leading the y
I! intellectual, moral, industrial, economic and commercial develop~
j; ment or the country.
if With our meagre reeourcce we have achieved marvellous ro~ ;
_; cults. With greater we could achieVe greater still. 3
’; I approve of all rational means for physical training, 5
%‘ both in the development and conservation of ehergy. Indoor inetruow }
fij' tion and outdoor practice are both good and should be encouraged. g
f: But in doing this there is danger that they be coerdone, that they I
if be carried to excess and usurp time Which belonge to the serious :
g ; ‘bueineee of liberal and technical education. The instruction given t
; 7 in the Gymnasium by the Physical Director is all that the college ‘
f, curriculum requires. This metruction in scientific and systematic. :.
§ Foot.ball and base bell,ocoupv additional time and here cameo in the i
~‘ excess and the waste. 1 do not propose or suggest that these ’
sporte should be forbidden, but I do insist that they should be
‘3 limited within the bounds of expediency and economy. Very few of i
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those who become the leaders ana‘the devotees of these games ao— ,
f complieh.mnoh in study or make respectable attainments. Their ‘
f} minds become absorbed in sports instead of college work. This ,
,' board ought to limit the time which may be allotted to field
i sports, to dances and to other Kinds of amusements which dissipate :
:4 energy, create habits of idleness and wreck the serious business ,
and purposes 0f life. i
» In company with the Director of the Experiment Station ”
f and five or six members of the Board of Trustees, I visited during
5 the second week in May the State Universities of Indiana, illinole :
i and Wisconsin. I had visited these institutions before and knew i
i . conewhat of their resources, their equipments and their work. They f
i' are growing rapidly. They have already became institutions of i
i . more than national reputation, and. are destined to'ettain yet . 1‘,
g greater distinction. Their success has been made possible by the i
large annual appropriation made by their respective states for ,
i their maintenance. Purdue university has an income of $260,000. i
, yearly, Illinois University over $1,000,000” and the University
‘i of Wisconsin over $1,000,000. They each receive special appropri— i
i, atlons for buildings 0f large amount. These amounts are exclusive
,l of the funds which accrue from congressional legislation. With such .
l5 4 large resources at their command, they are able to extend their
i operations as the exigencies of liberal arid technical education
i require. They command thousands where we command hundreds. Unicr~ i
- tunately our people are slow to comprehend the advantages and necw
ll eeeitiea of Institutions doing advanced work. The chill 0f parei~ '
2 many paralyzes our educational activities. The signs, however, of A
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' awakerng aativi‘ty are manifest. Them aré indications of a grown- ‘
, . ing 111363:th on the part as the Oomonmalth. It may be years '
' before the awakening is translated into enthusiasm, before Kentucky E
3 ; realizes herself and her duty to her citizens. But that it 11111
come I feel assured. Lei. us than take courage. The clay is amended
5 ing, the clouds are Ming. Tm state College Of Kentuuky will E.
' campm’oe its half century of work in 1916. Let m endeavor to '
make it the 31112116: not of a State college, but of a State Univer— »
any, with an insane four times as large as that of the present, ‘
i _ with a matriculation roll of 2000 students, ample btuldings and
equipments, the glory of the comomalth and. the pride of its
.i ‘ citizens.
i' In conclusim. I beg to thank you for your continued ‘
51 confidence and support.
,1 Your obedient servant, 1
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. thort of the Cemmitteo on the President ’8 Report is as follows: f
Your Committee on President's Report respectfully report as j
followsz- j
lst. That a resolutiOn of thanks he paepared and adopted by w
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the Board to Mr; Andrew Carnegie for his liberal donation of a i
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- sum sufficient to construct a library building for the college; j
2nd. That Prof. Norwood he invited to address the Board on ‘
the subject of the necessities of the department of Mining Engineer- f
ing, and that proper steps be taken to proVide quarters for the ‘3
Civil and Mining Engeering departments, and for the department of '
~ Physics; §
5rd. That a Committee be appointed to take proper steps to 5
j; obtain from the next legislature of Keqtncky necessary appropriati- a
f one for the needs of the College; L‘
L 4th. We approve and adopt the spirit of push and progress %
manifested in the report of the President, and heartily endorse gt
a the tone and spirit of his address.
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(Signed) o.1»1.o1a;r,w.T.Lafferty,John McChord. ;
‘ Theroupon upon motion of President Patterson, duly second i
ii and carried the Report of the Committee on President's Report was :!
1: received and adopted. fl
L Upon motion of President Patterson, secondei bN'Mr. Metcnlfe, i
{g and duly carried, Messrs. Carpenter, Lefferty, and Terrell were i
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2% appointed a Legislation Committee to look after the legislation “
,? desired by the College at the hands of the next Legislature. 'i
1: Judge Lafferty of the Committee apointed at this meetirg to k
‘i investigate the condition of the office of the Busire as agent, {i
J‘ and make suggestions as to necessary repairs and additions, reported ;
LE for said Committee that it had examined the office of the Business ;
;@ .agent, and found some to be entirely inadequate for the proper con- 3
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i; duct of the business of said oggice, and suggested that the A‘
i;' partitition between the Business Agent's office and the an room 5
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next to it, now occupied by Prof. Milford White, be removed, and b
I nine feet thereof, be included in the Business Agents Office, with ,
necessary inner partiticne therein, and proper arrangements, and :;
upon said report being made, Judge Lafferty H
Moved the Board that there be appropriated the sum of $150 or i
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so much thereof as may be necessary, for carrying out the suggestions Q
made in the report, and putting the office of the Business Agent 5
in proper coudition; that the Business Agent be authorized and dinect- ;
ed to have such changes and repairs made according to his best jaudg— i
ment; that he he further authorized to file away such old papers howinkhd%r i
= as in his Xxxxfi judgment should be filed away, in order to properly 5
, clear up his office; and further moved that the room now occupied i
i by Mrs. Blacknurn as quarters for‘the girls, when vacated by her h
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Q! be turned over to President Patterson for a private office, he h
7 retaining his present office for an auteuroom, or waiting room. y
, Said motion was duly seconded, and being put upon its pas~ l
j sage, upo n the roll call the vote stood as follows:
i Ayes: Messrs. Bucks, Carpenter, Clay, Frazee,Kinkead,Lafferty,
f Metcalfe, McChord,Nichols,PatterSOn and Smith, 11
; Hoes: None. ,
; The resolution was unanimously carried. b
i _ Upon motion of Mr. Smith, duly seconded and carried, all ,
I absenteea of this Board, both at the present meeting and at the i
E former meeting were 3153“: excused for such absences. H
3! Mr. mcChord at this point made the Report of the majority of i,
j the Athletic COmmittee, Mr. Metcalfe declinim; uiiudte therein, l
, which majority report is as follows: W
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