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MINUTES OF TIE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,J1u-4, 1907 Page 135



     Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the A. and M.
College of Kentucky held at the President's room, Gymnasium
Building, State College Grounds, Lexington, Ky. June 4th 1907.


     Judge Kinkead moved that Judge Stout take the chair tem-
porarily, in the absence of Mr. D. F. Frazee. Said motion
being seconded and put upon its passage was carried.


     Thereupon Judge Stout took the chair, and Mr. Hillenmeyer,
a student appeared before the Board, and made a statement about
the appropriation which had been made by the Board at its De-
cember meeting, to assist in the publication of the State Col-
lege Annual, known as the Kentuckian.


     Mr. Hillenmeyer retired, and after considerable informal
discussion action thereon was deferred to give Mr. Hillenmeyer
an opportunity to obtain certain statements of accounts desired.


     Mr. D. F. Frazee having come in, Judge Stout resigned the
Chair, and placed Mr. Frazee in nomination for Chairman at this
meeting, and said motion being duly seconded, put upon its pass-
age was carried.


     Thereupon Mr. Frazee took the Chair.


     The roll-call showed the following:-


     Present - Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Clay, Kinkead, Lafferty,
Metcalfe, McChord , Nicholas, Patterson, Smith and Stout, Fra-
zee.   12


     Absent - Gov. Beckham, Judges Barker, and Bell, Messrs.
Hopkins and Terrell.


     There being a quorum present business was proceeded with.


     Thereupon the Chairman submits statement of bid of Combs
Lumber Co., for the erection o. the Agricultural Building in
which they propose to erect said building for the sum of $22,069.0o




 







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     Thereupon Judge Stout made the following motion:-
     Resolved that this Boara accept the bid made by the Combs
Lumber Company for the erection of the Agricultural Building,
and that there be appropriated for the purpose of paying for
same the amount necessary therefore, over and above the
$15,000 heretofore appropriated for said purpose; and that
the Chairman of the Board of Trustees be authorized and direct-
ed to borrow the money necessary therefor.


     Said motion was seconded by Mr. Metcalfe, and upon roll
call on same the vote stood as follows:

     Ayes:- Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Frazee, Kinkead, Lafferty,
Metcalfe, McChord, Nicholas, Patterson, Smith and Stout.     12

     Noes - Clay

     The resolution was unanimously carried.


     President Patterson stated he voted for the resolution but
reserved his belief that under the Acts of Congress appropriat-
ing money for the use of the Agricultural, and Mechanical Col-
.leges and the Act of the Kentucky Legislature levying the half
cent tax for its support, the use of such money for building
purposes is forbidden.






     At this point the Secretary read the minutes of the Execu-
tive Committee since the last meeting of the Board, and upon
the conclusion thereof, President Patterson moved the minutes
as read stand approved.. Said motion was seconded by Mr. Brooks,
and being put upon its passage upon the roll-call the vote
stood as follows:

     Ayes - Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Clay, Frazee, Kinkead,
Lafferty, Metcalfe, McChord, Nicholas, Patterson, Smith and
Stout. - 12

     Noes - None


     At this point the Secretary read the minutes of the last
meeting of the Board, which stood approved as read.




 





MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,Jun-4, 1907 Page 137(contid)



     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 Re-
port, which committee was at this noint appointed by the
Chairman as follows:


     Committee on President's Report: Messrs. Clay, McChord,
Lafferty.


     President Patterson stated that he desired to append to
his Re-oort; for action in connection therewith two resolutions,
which he read to the Board at this point.


     Thereupon upon motion duly seconded and carried, it was

     Resolved: that a committee of five, consisting of Messrs.
Frazee, Kinkead, Nicholas, Clay and Patterson be appointedto
confer with the authorities of the Kentucky University upon the
subject of the change of the name of the State College to
"University".





      Upon motion of Judge Stout duly seconded and carried Mr.
Frazee was appointed a committee of one to notify the authorities
of Kentucky University of the proposed conference and to ascer-
tain if it is agreeable to them to have such a conference.




     Upon motion of Col. Clay, duly seconded, and carried it was
resolved to take up and act on at this time the two resolutions
appended by President Patterson to his Report. The first of
said resolutions is as follows:


     Resolved that a reasonable and moderate sum be charges each
society, club, fraternity, class organization or other body to
cover the p~pense of light, heat and janitor's services in con-
nection with the use of the gymnasium or chapel;




 






M,.IINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,Jun-4,1907 Page 138(cOnt'd)



     Resolved that the number of dances or balls allowed during
the year be limited to five, and. that such dances or be.11s
suspend not later than one o'clock A. Ml.


     Upon motion of Col. Clay, seconded by Judge Kinkead and
put upon its Dassage said resolution was unanimously adopted.





     The second resolution so offered by President Patterson is
as follows:


     Resolved that hereafter and until further instructed the
faculty is directed to embrace the following studies in the
course of instruction in the Academy. Two years in Algebra,
Plane and Solid Geometry, three years of Latin, two years of
Greek, one year French and one year in German. Physical Geography,
three years of English, 1 year general History, and one year
in Physics.


     Upon motion of Judge Stout, seconded by Mr. Brooks, said
motion was placed upon its passage, carried.






     Mr. Nicholas offered the following resolution:-
     Resolved that the Board are satisfied with the bond that
has been furnished by Mr. Hillenmeyer in the matter of the issual
of the college annual, and th.t the sum of $300 be paid to
the students for said purpose, which was appropriated by the
resolution of December, 1906.


     Said motion was duly seconded., and placed upon its passage,
and upon the roll call the vote stood as follows:

    Ayes - Messrs. Brooks, Carpenter, Clay, Frazee, Kinkead,
Lafferty, Metcalfe, McChord, Nicholas, Smith aid Stout. -

    Noes - None



President Patterson not voting.




 






MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,Jun-4,1907 Page 139(cont'd)



     Mr. Nicholas moved that a committee be appointed to go
and examine the office of the Business Agent, and consult with
the Business Agent, and see what he would suggest in the way
of giving him better quarters, and report as to what they would
advise in the way of repairs.


     Said motion was seconded by Mr. Smith, and being put upon
its passage was carried unanimously.


     The Chairman appointed on said committee Capt. Nicholas,
Mr. Carpenter and Judge Lafferty.





     At this point the Chairman announced his Standing Committee
as follows:


     Committee on President's Report:
        Messrs. Clay, MIcChord,and Lafferty.
     Committee on Finance:-
        Messrs. Nicholas, Stout and Smith.
     Committee on Appropriation:-
        Messrs. Stout, Kinkead and Carpenter.
     Committee on Building and Grounds:-
        Messrs. Metcalte, McChord and Brooks.
     Committee on Experiment Station:-
        Messrs. Kinkead, McChord, and Carpenter.
     Committee on Salaries:-
        Messrs. Lafferty, Clay and Nicholas.
     Committee on Internal Expansion:-                  Page 140
        Messrs. MoChord, Clay and Smith.
     Committee on Military Instruction:-
        Messrs. Brooks, Kinkead and Clay.
     Committee on Minutes of Faculty:-
        Messrs. Carpenter, Smith and Brooks.
     Committee on Athletics:-
        Messrs. Lafferty, Stout and Nicholas.






    At this point-upon motion duly made, seconded and carried,
the Board adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine o'clock A.M.,
June 5th, 1907, at the same place.