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          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