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     ,.M1inutes of the Regular 111eeting of the Board of Trustees, Uni-
versity of Kentucky for Deceiriber, 1939.


     The regular December meeting of theBoard of Trustees, Uni-
versity of Kentucky, was called to order Deceimber 12, 1939, by
Judge Richard C. Stoll, Chairman of the Executive Committee, at
10:30 a.m. A quorum of the membership not being present, the
Chairman adjourned the meeting to 10:30 a. m. December 15, 1939.

     At 10:30 Friday, December 15, 1939, the meeting was called
to order in President 1.McVey's office, University of Kentucky, the
following members being present: Governor Keen Johnson, Chairman;
Judge Richard C. Stoll; Louis Hillenmeyer; Robert P. Hobson; James
Park; Lee Kirkpatrick; Mrs. Georgia L&. Blazer; Harper Gatton;
Judge John S. Cooper; H. S. Cleveland and D. D. Stewart.    The fol-
lowing members were absent: Harry Peters; Garth Ferguson; John C.
New'comb; and Marshall Barnes.  The m'embers named constitute all
the members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky.
President F. L. MicVey and Secretary D. H. Peqk were present,

     The Governor was given an enthusiastic and cordial rece-ption
by the members of the Board, this being his first attendance at a
Board meeting.


     1. Approval of Minutes.

     The minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of
September 19, 1939, and the minutes of the meeting of the Executive
Committee of October 19, 1939, were approved as published.


     2, Alumni Election for IMIembers of the Board.

     The Secretary of the Board reported that, according to order
made at the September 1939 meeting of the Board of Trustees (see
Sec. 6, minutes of that meeting), ballots were mailed to each
alumnus of the University of Kentucky.    The ballots returned to
the Secretary of the Board to December 12, 1939 numbered 1691.
The envelopes containing the ballots were opened, and the votes were
counted and tabulated in the office of the Alumni Secretary of the
University of Kentucky by Ethel Rix, representative of the Alumni
Association, and by Virginia Earnest, representative of the Secre-
tary of the Board of Trustees, on the morning of December 15, 1939,
the Board meeting having been continued to that date.     The tab-
ulated report of the vote certified by the representative of the
Alumni Association and by the representative of the Secretary of
the Board of Trustees was -resented to the Board of Trustees of
the University of Kentucky in open meeting on December 15, 1939.

     The tabulation showed that the six n-mes on the ballots re-
celved votes as follows: James Park, Lexington, 1319; John E,
Bro%.n, Shelbyville, 936;  Is i'nnie A. Swinford, Cynthicana, 3 9;