8 The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees met at the Phoenix Hotel on Tuesday, May 9, 1911, at 12 o'clock. There were present Mr. Nichols, Mr. Davies, Mr. Clay and Mr. Stoll of the Committee, and President Barker and Comptroller Lafferty. Judge Lafferty read the minutes of the preceding meeting which were approved after several corrections and changes. were made. Professor Anderson, at the suggestion of President Barker, came before the Committee and requested that they allow him an instructor of Applied Mechanics at a salary of $6O00.00 a year and gave as his reason that Professor Wilson and Professor Frankel had so much to do in the way of teaching that they had no time for research work, which was very necessary. This posi- tion would be known as Instructorship of Applied Mechanics. Professor Anderson also asked for an Assistant Enigi- neer to look after thie engines in the Experimental Laboratory at a salary of 4$40.0 a month and said that he would not ask for any increase in the salary of tuiis engineer. Professor Anderson' * request for assistants was not acted upon. At t-he request of Professor Anderson, the Committee appropriated $80.00 for the construction of a concrete *walk between Mechancial Hall and the Experizaental Laboratory to re- place a board walk heretofore in use, the labor to be performed by the students as practice work. On roll-call tile vote stood: Ayes - Messrs. Davies, Clay, Nichols and Atoll. Noes - None. Motion carried. After soine discussion of the presentation of business to the Executive Conmittee, "it was pesolved that the President