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     Minutes of the Meeting of the BZxecutive Committee for
         May 271Z.-_____




     The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Uni.-
versity of Kentucky met in regular monthly session on Tuesday,
May 22, 1923, in the Presidentts office at the University at 11:30
a. m.   The following persons were present: Judge R. C. Stoll,
Senator H. M. Froman, Judge Rainey T. Wells, and Judge Robert G.
Gordon.  Frank L. McVey, President of the University, and Welling-
ton Patrick, Secretary of the Board, were also present.

     1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting.   The minutes of the
previous meeting were approved as published.

     2. Report of the Business Agent.   The report of the Buii-
ness Agent was received and filed.

     3. Plans for Chemistry Building.   A communication was read
from Coolidge and Shattuck of Boston indicating that in their
judgment the amount allowed for the Chemistry Building is not
sufficient to cover the cost.   The matter was discussed and it
was the judgment of the Executive Committee that they should be
asked to prepare plans and that these plans would be presented
to the Board at a later meeting for consideration and bids should
be received so that the University will know just where it will
stan.d in the matter.  The Committee considered that at any rate
we should go ahead with plans for the building and decide the
question of cost later.

     4. The Will of Mr. Ernest B. Ellis.   President McVey pre-
sented to the Committee a letter from Mr. C. N. Manning, Presi-
dent of the Security Trust Company, transmitting a copy of the
will of the late Mr. E'. B. Ellis of Lexington, Kentucky.   The
letter and the will were authorized incorporated in the minutes
as follows:

                                      Lexington, Kentucky
                                           May 19, 1923

   Dr. 1'. L. MoVey
        University of Kentucky
             Lexington  Kentucky

   My dear Doctor MoVey:

        Under the terms of the will of Mr. Ernest B. Ellis,




 







the University of Kentucky is made a beneficiary after
the death of his widow.   By reason of the interest of
the University in the will, I have the pleasure of en-
closing you herewith a carbon copy thereof.   The Secur-
ity Trust Company has qualified as Executor and Trustee
under the will.

                                  Sincerely yours

                                      C. N. Manning
                                         President

          Last Will and. Testament of E. B. Ellis

     I, Ernest B. Ellis, being of sound mind and dispos-
ing memory, do hereby make and publish. this my last will
and testament, hereby revoking all other wills or testa-
ments heretofore at any time made by me.

     Item 1.   I direct that all of my just debts and
funeral expenses be paid.

     Item 2.   All the remainder of my property owned by
me at the time of my death., whether real, personal or
mixed, I will, devise and bequeath to my Trustee, who is
hereinafter named, who shall hold the same in trust for
the uses and purposes hereinafter in this Item 2 set out.
Said Trustee shall hold, manage, control, invest and re-
invest all the said property, and he shall pay the entire
net income, issues and profits arising therefrom to my
beloved wife, Mary L. Ellis, for and during her natural
life.   The said payments shall be made as often as my
Trustee shall determine upon, but in no event shall pay-
ments be made at greater intervals than six months.

     The Trustee, shall have full power during the existence
of the trust herein provided for in this clause of my wills.
to sell and dispose of all or any part of my property,
whether real, personal or mixed,at public or 'private sale,'&..pass
a perfect title thereto to the purchaser or purchasers there-
of, and the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall not be re-
quired to look to the application of the purchase money.

     Item 3.   Upon the death of my wife the trust provided
for in Item 2 of this will shall cease and terminate, and
the remainder of my estate shall be disposed of as is pro-
vided hereafter in the subsequent items of this will.
Tlile the estate so devised and such subsequent items shall
immediately vest, yet no payment shall be made thereon until
after the death of my wife.



Item 4.   I hereby authorize rmy wife, Mary L. Ellis,




 





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in any event and without regard to any other bequests made
in this will, to dispose of by will such portion of my es-
tate as does not exceed in value Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000) and no more.

     If myTwife, Mary L. Ellis, should dispose of such
portion of my estate by will, I direct my Trustee herein
to pay all inheritance and estate taxes which may be due
on account of the bequests and devises made by her in her
will so that the beneficiaries of her will will not be re-
quired to pay such inheritance and estate taxes.

     Item 5.   I hereby will, bequeath and devise to my
friend, John G. Stoll, the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000)
Dollars.   The said bequest shall be paid in cash, or the
said Johnion Stoll shall have the right, at his option to
select such securities from my estate as he may desire of
the then market value of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars.
In the event of the death of John G. Stoll before my wife
shall die, then the bequest provided for in this item shall
descend to his heirs-at-law with like power of selection.

     If after my beloved wife should dispose of the portion
of my estate as provided in Item 4 hereof, there be not
enough remaining to pay the said sum of Fifty Thousand
($50,000) Dollars in full to John G. Stoll, then the re-
mainder of my estate shall be paid to him, provided, how-
ever, that the bequest to him in this item of this will
shall not exceed the said sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000)
Dollars.

     In addition to the bequest herein made to John G.
Stoll, I direct my Trustee herein to pay all inheritance
and estate taxes which may be due on account df the be-
auest herein made to John G. Stoll so that the said John
&. Stoll will not be required to pay any inheritance or
estate taxes on account of this becuest, but that the sum
of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars shall be net to him.

     Item 6.   All of the rest and remainder of my property,
including any portion of the Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dol-
lars of my estate which my wife shall not dispose of by
will, I direct shall be divided into two equal parts.    One
of such parts I hereby will, bequeath and devise to my
friend, John G. Stoll, to be his absolutely and in fee sim-
ple.   In the event of the death of John G. Stoll before
my wife shall die, then the bequest and devise herein re-
ferred to shall descend to his descendents in accordanoe
with the Statute of Descent and Distribution now in force
in the State of Kentucky.



The other half of the residue of my estate I will,




 




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bequeath and devise to my Trustee, hereinaf ter named, who
shall hold the same in trust for the uses and purposes
hereinafter set out.   The said Trustee shall hold, manage,
control, invest and re-invest all of said property, and he
shall pay the entire net income, issues and profits arising
therefrom to the Business Agent of the University of Ken-
tuclky, as hereinafter set out in this item, for the fol-
lowing purposes:

     I hereby establish a Foundation at the University of
Kentucky, to be Imovmn as the Ernest B. Ellis Foundation,
for the purpose of educating and defraying the expenses of
educating worthy young men during a four years I course in
the School of Engineering of the University of Kentucky.
The income arising from the fund provided in this item of
my will shall be used to defray the expenses of educating
such young men, and my Trustee shall, in his discretion,
determine how much shall be paid to each man during each
year, and when my Trustee shall, in his discretion so de-
termine how much is to be paid by each man, he shall notify
the Business Agent of the University, and shall pay over
the amounts to the Business Agent to be by him applied in
proper installments for the education and support of such
young men*   Any man a resident of Fayette County who is
unable financially to support himself either in whole or
in part during his four years at the University of Kentucky,
and who is qualified to enter the freshman class in the
School of Engineering at the University, shall be eligible
*to the benefits of said fund, but such men shall pursue a
course of engineering at the University.    The beneficiaries
of t his fund shall be selected by a Committee of three, com-
posed of the Circuit Judge of Fayette County, the Superin-
tendent of the City Schools of the City of Lexington, and
the Dean of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, which
said committee shall, after making the selection notify my
Trustee who has so been selected and these selections shall
be made during the summer of each year.    My Trustee shall
notify the said committee how many persons each year who
shall be entitled to the benefits of the Foundation.    All
beneficiaries of the fund shall be graduates of any high
school in the City of Lexington, or in Fayette County, and
shall be residents of the City of Lexington, or Fayette
County, and all beneficiaries under this fund shall dur-
ing their entire college course maintain a class standing
which shall be satisfactory to the Dean of Engineering.
My Trustee shall advertise in at least two newspapers in
the City of Lexington for four weeks prior to the time the
beneficiaries of the fund are to be selected, giving notice
of the existence of this Foundation and of its terms and
conditions.

     All beneficiaries of this Poundation in each case shall
be pledged to regard the amount of money furnished him as a




 




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debt of honor without note or interest to be repaid by
him to my Trustee whenever he is able to repay it, wholly
or in part, and all funds so received by my Trustee shall
be added to the Principal of the Foundation from time to
time, and the income therefrom shall be expended in like
manner as the income upon the principal fund herein pro-
vided is expended.

     The said Ernest B. Ellis Foundation shall continue
perpetually.

     I create this Lund because of my friendship and high
regard for Professor Fred Paul Anderson as an appreciation
of the wonderful work he has done in building up the
school of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, and
with the full confidence that the beneficiaries of this
fund will receive at the school of Engineering of the Uni-
versity of Kentucky an education which will fit them to
succeed in life.

     Item 7.   I hereby authorize my Trustee to sell and
dispose of any and all property held by him in trust under
any clause of this will. at public or private sale, and to
pass a perfect title thereto, and the purchaser or pur-
chasers thereof shall not be required to look to the ap-
plication of the nurchase money.

     Item 8.   I hereby authorize my Executor hereinafter
named, to sell all or any portion of my estate, either at
public or private sale, for the purpose of paying any in-
debtedness against my estate, and to pass a perfect title
thereto, and no purchaser shall be required to look to the
application of the purchase money.

     Item 9.   I hereby appoint John G. Stoll Trustee under
this will, and direct that no bond or bonds be required of
him by any court or courts.    In the event of the failure
of John G. Stoll to act as Trustee under this will for any
cause, or in event of his death or resignation, then, and
in that event, it is my will that the Security Trust Com-
pany of Lexington, Kentucky act as Trustee hereunder with
all the powers conferred in this will upon my Trustee.

      Item 10.   I hereby appoint John G. Stoll Executor
of this my will, and direct that no bond be required of him,
and that he file no inventory of my estate.    In the event
of John G. Stoll for any reason shall fail to act as Ex-
ecutor of this my will, then in that event it is my will
that the Security Trust Company of Lexington, Kentucky
shall act as Executor of this will.

      Witness my hand at Lexington, Kentucky, this 6th day




 





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     of November, 1920.

                                   (Signed) E.. B. Ellis-

          Sgbscribed in our presence by Ernest B. Ellis, anmd
     by him declared to be his last will and testament, and
     at his request we have hereunto subscribed our names as
     witnesses to this rTill in his presence and in the pres-
     ence of each other at Lexington, Kentucky this 6th day of
     November, 1920.

                                            J. E. McFarland
                                            Jas. A. Hulett

     The following resolution was offered, seconded, and adopted:

          The Executive Committee of the University of Ken-
     tucky appreciates the public spirited attitude of Mr.
     E. B. Ellis in providing in his will a fund for the edu-
     cation of young men in the field of engineering at the
     University of Kentucky.   The Executive Committee re-
     ceives the gift with the feeling that the funds so pro-
     vided will serve a useful purpose to the youth of Payette
     County.  Mr. Elliis was a man of fine public spirit who
     has sought by this method to use the funds which he has
     accumulated for the education of the youth of his com-
     munity, and has set a splendid example to others who may
     follow him.

     5. Gift of Maxwelton Park by Professor Miller.    The following
corammnication from Professor A. M. Miller was read and ordered in-
corporated in the minutes:

                                        April 23, 1923

    Dr. Frank Lo MeVey
          President, University of KXEtucky
               Lexington, Kentucky

    My dear Doctor McVey:

         Replying to yours of the 20th asking if it be true
    that I am willing to transfer a portion of Maxwelton to
    the University on an annuity basis, I confirm the report.

          The part offered to the University is that portion
    known as the "Park," containing about one and one quarter
    acres with a frontage on Limestone Street of about 212
    feet and on Maxwelton Avenue of 204 feet.

         My proposition is to deed to the 'University at once
    this Park on condition that the University pay to me for




 





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   the remainder of my life 6fo annually in two semi-annual
   payments based on a fair present cash valuation of the
   property.   The only way I have of estimating this v-alua-
   tion is by what the property would bring if subdivided
   in lots and put upon the market.   The real estate agent
   who is at present in charge of the sale of the lots in
   the iMaxw6lton Court Subdivision for the Foreman and Hunter
   syndicate estimates on the basis of what lots are now
   bringing in that subdivision the value of the lots in the
   Park at $12,950.   He arrives at this by counting the lot
   frontage on Limestone Street (212 feet) at $40 per front
   foot, and the frontage on Maxwelton Avenue, after depth of
   lots from Limestone is subtracted, at 149 feet at $30 per
   front foot.   All this frontage is now available for sub-
   division by reason of its having all improvements (street,
   sidewalk, sewer, gas and water) down and paid for.   There
   still would remain after cutting off of these lots about
   forty hundredths of an acre which is mostly a sink.   Of
   course in conveying to the University-this property I
   would expect the insertion in the deed a guarantee that
   the property was never to be commercialized by such lot
   subdivision, but should be used only for an extension of
   the campus of the University with the privilege of placing
   upon it University buildings such as now are on the campus.
   I will also be willing to transfer to the University the
   strip of land now on the north side of the park which at
   present contains a driveway, the agreement being that so
   long as I continue to reside where I now do that its use
   as a driveway shall not be interf erred with. I am will-
   ing to let the property go in the way above indicated at a
   valuation of $12,000, or if thought fairest, will let it
   .6o in at a valuation to be placed upon it by a committee
   of appraisement be it more or less than the above estimate;
   the committee to be chosen by the University appointing one
   person, I another, and they two selecting a third.

                                     Very respectfully

                                         Arthur M. Miller

     On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted it was agreed
that the gift of Maxwelton Park should be accepted and that the
details should be referred to the President with power to act.

     6. Bill of Coolidge and Shattuck for University Dormitory.
The bill from Coolidge and Shattuck for12,537.53 for architects'
fees on the IIen's Dormitory was presented and ordered paid.

     7. Lease of Pettit Farm.   A communication was read from
Dean Thomas P. Cooper asking permission to lease from Miss Cath-
erine Pettit one hundred acres of pasture land adjoining the Ex-
periment Station Farm for the sum of $650 a year.    On motion




 








duly seconded permission was granted to Dean Cooper to lease
the land in question.

     8. Purchase of Coal.   A communication was read from the
committee on the purchase of coal submitting bid-e. from two con-
cerns in Lexington for coal for.next year.   After discussion,
a motion was made, seconded directing that new bius be obtained
and that the matter be held open for further cons:ideratiofl.

     9. Hcnorary Degrees.   President McVey presented a state-
ment from the University Senate recommending that "he degr3e of
Doctor of Laws be conferred on General Coleman du Pont of Ilew
York City and Honorable William Boyce Thompson of Gsneva, New
York.   On motion duly seconded the degrees recommended were
authorized to be conferred.

     10. Request of Y. M. C. A. for University Suppov .    A com-
munication was read from User. Bart Peak, Y. M. C. -A. Secretary,
asking the privilege of soliciting the student body tO pay one
dollar a semester to the support of the Y. M. C. A.    After dis-
cussion, it was ordered that the matter be referred to the Board
of Trustees at its June meeting.

     11. Sabbatical Leave of Absence of Dr. R. U. Maxson.    A
communication was read from Dr. R. N. Maxson asking for leave of
absence for the first semester of the year 1924"25 on fill pay.
On motion duly seconded the request was granted.

     12. Establishment of a College of Education and Appvintment
of a Dean.   President M;IcVey called the attention of the Executive
Committee to the fact that at a previous meeting of the Bo'ard of
Trustees provision had been made for the establishment of a Col-
lege of Education.   He also stated that the Survey Commission
in its report on the schools of Kentucky two years ago had recom-
mended the establishment of a College of Education.    He, 1 here-
fore, recommended that the action be put into operation and that
a 'Dean be appointed to take charge of the work.  He also recom-
mended that the Department of Vocational Teacher Training be
transferred to the College of Educa tion.

     President McVey recommended to the Board the appointment of
Dr. William S. Taylor of New York City as Dean of the College of
Education.   Doctor Taylor will receive the degree of Ph. D.
from Columbia University this springs   He is a. graduate of the
University of Kentucky and has served on the staff of the Uni-
versity of Texas and the State College of Pennsylvania.    He has
been head of a Bureau in the Department of Education in Pennsyl-
vania and is wall recommended by those with whom he is associated.
His educational record is as follows: Attended the rural schools
of Kentucky, 1891-1899; high school, KEintucky, 1899-1903; was
graduated from normal school, Kentucky, 1910; received the degree




 









of B. S. A. in Agriculture, University of Kentucky, 1912; re-
ceived the M. S. degree from the University of Wisconsir. in 1913;
and will receive the degree of Ph. D. from Columbia University
in June of this year.

     On motion duly seconded the recommendation of the President
was unanimously approved.

     13. Appointments.   The following appointments were recom-
mended by President McVey and on motion unanimously approved:

     Continuation of employment of Paul R. Record as county
agent, Morgan County from April 16, 1923 to April 15, 1924, at a
salary of $133 1/3 a month.

     Continuation of employment of Fred B. Wilson as county agent,
Laurel County, from May 1, 1923 to April 30, 1924, at a salary
of $1,800 a year.
     Continuation of employment of H. D. Triplett as county agent,
Caldwell County, from April 6, 1923 to December 31, 1923, at a
salary of $1,800 a year.

     Continuation of employment of Homer J. ZIine as county agent,
Warren County, from March 16, 1923 to March 15, 1924, at a salary
of $i1,800 a year.
     Continuation of employment of Frank Leslie as county agent,
Hopkins County from March 17, 1923 to March 16, 1924, at a salary
of $1,800 a year.

     Continuation of employment of Mrs. Geneve Edwardcs as home
demonstration agent, Logan County from January 1, 1923 to June
30, 1923 at a salary of $150 a month.

     Continuation of employment of H. J. Hayes as county agent,
Wayne County from February 7, 1923 to February 6, 1924, at a
salary of $2,200 a year.

     Continuation of employment of 0. L. Cora as county agent,
Whitley County from April 5, 1923 to April 4, 1924, at a salary
of $1,600 a year.

     Continuation of employment of L. M. Amburgey as county
agent, Boyd County from April 1, 1923 to March 31, 1924, at a
salary of $2,400 a year.

     AppointmGxnt of F. D. Wharton (colored) as county agent,
Shelby County (Ext. Colored people) from May 2, 1923 to May 1,
1924, at a salary of $100 a month.




 





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     Appointment of J. A. Wesson as county agent, Meade County,
from May 1, 1923 to December 31, 1923, at a salary of $166 2/3
a month.

     Appointment of R. E. Sleppy as assistant county agent Marion
-County, from May 1, 1923 to June 30, 1923, at a salary of g100
a month.

     Appointment of Miss Ruth Wesson, Mrs. Joseph Ererage, Mrs.
Rose B. Craft, and Mr. T. B. Sutton, as part time community club
leaders for Knott County.   Each is to hold twenty-five meetings,
a meeting to be held once a week, and they are to be paid at the
rate of $4 each per meeting.

     Continuation of employment of H. Pi Fling as principal of
Model High School at a salary of $2,100.

     Appointment of Hugh Stelson as assistant in the Department
of Mathematics-for 1923-1924 at a salary of $600.

     Transfer of Mr. S. C. Jones, Superintendent of Experiment
Fields, Experiment Station, to the Extension Division as Field
Agent in Agronomy, at a salary of $3,,000 a year, elfective
August 1, 1923.

     Appointment of Miss Nannette Arkle as clerk in the Depart-
ment of Farm Economics, at a salary of $70 a month, effective
May 1, 1923.

     Appointment of Miss Margaret Jake as stenographer to Mr.
Nel!on, district agent, Hopkinsville, at a salary of $25 a month
for the time devoted to Mr. Nelson's work, effective April, 1, 1923.

     Appointment of Miss Elizabeth Guyn as clerk in the Depart-
ment of Animal Husbandry, to serve during the absence of Miss
Virginia Singleton from May 1, to September 30, at a salary of
$60 a month.   Miss Virginia Singleton is granted leave of ab-
sence without pay during this period on account of ill health.

     Appointment of E. M. Joanson as assistant in Agronomy at a
salary of $o1,500 a year, effective August 1, 1923.

     Appointment of J. P. Freeman as Superintendent of Experiment
Fields to succeed Mr, Jones, at a salary of $1,500 a year, ef-
fective July 1, 1923.

     Appointment of Floyd IL. McCollurn as instructor in Zoology
for 1923-1924 at a Salary of $1,600 a year.

     Appointment of P . P. Cooper as instructor in Economics for
the year 1923-1924 at a salary of $1,500 a year.




 






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     Appointment of o Keil as instructor in %erman for the year
1923-1924 at a salary of 41,200.

     Appointment of M. 14. Windsor as instructor in Chemistry at
a salary of "1,500 a year.

     14.Resiznations.   The following list of resignatioL's was
presented by President MoVey and on motion duly seconded ac-
cepted by the Committee:

     Resignation of George A. Suebert as instructor in Mathematics,
effective at the close of the present school year.

     Resignation of Miss Margaret Whittemore, state home demon-
stration agent, effective June 15, 1923.

     Resignation of Dr. R. 1. Stephenson, extension field agent
in soils, effective April 1, 1923.

     Resignation of Miss Fay Campbell, stenographer to Mr. Nelson,
district agent, Hopkinsville, effective April 1, 1923.

                                   Respectfully submitted

                                      Wellington Patrick

                                   Secretary of the Board




 



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