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    Minutes of the Regular Mleetirnf of the Executive Comrmit-tee of
the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky, January 17,
1941.


     The Executive Commnittee of the Board of Trustees, University
of Kentucky, met in the President's Office at the University Friday,
January 17, 1941, at 9:30 a.m.   The members of the Committee pres-
ent were Judge Richard C. Stoll, Chairman; II. S. Cleveland, .obert
P. Hobson, and Lee Kirkpatrick.   President Thomas Cooper and D. H.
Peak, Secretary of the Board, were present.


     1, Approval of Mlinutes.

     The minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee of Novem-
ber 22, 1941 were approved as Published.

     2. Financial- Report.

     The Business Agent submitted financial irport for December,
1940.   The report was ordered filed, and the summary thereof,
ordered published in the minutes, reads as follows:


       FINANCIAL REPORT FROMZ JULY 1, 1940 TO DECELIf3ER 31, 1940.

                          GENERAL FUND

                      Operating Accounts



Budgeted Income-
Salaries and Other Commitments  - - - - - -
Available for Expense, Supplies & Equipment
Expended to December 31, 1940-
Unencumbered balance  - - - - - - - - - - -

                     Patterson Hall

Budgeted Income
Salaries and Otlher Commitments  - - - - - -
Available for Expense, Supplies & Equipment
Expended to Decemiber 31, 1940  - - - - - -
Unencuwibered balance  -



                 Experiment Station Fund

Bud.,eted Income  - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Salaries and Other Commitments - - -  
Available for Expense, Supplies & Equipment - -
Expended to Dece.mber 31, 1940   - 
Unencumbered balance      



- -  ,1495S673.74
- - 1,113 r260.19
-      53820413.55
_ _   211,760.22
- -   170,63,33.



99t930.00
19, 550.00
80,430.00
34.172,71
46 ,'7.29



470,078,22
5310,784.00
159#294*22
964,930.76
94, 363,46




 








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             Agricultural Extension Fund

Budgeted Income - - - - - -                     758,720.00
Salaries and Other Commitmonts - - - - - - - - 634,196.00
Available for Expense, Supplies & Equipment -  124,52'-4.00
Expended to December 31, 1940 - - - - - - - - - 54,3241.06
Unencumbered Balance-                  - - - -- 70,199.94


                  Special Apnropriations



Library Equipment -  
Expended to December 31, 1940
Unencumbered balance - - - _ -

Scientific Equipment - - - - -
Expended to Dece-mber 31,1940  -
Unencumbered balance  - - -

Home Economics Equipment  - - -
Expended to December 31, 1940
Unencumbered balance -

Engineering Equipment -. - - - -
Expended to December 31, 1940
Unencumbered balance - - - - -



- - - 10,000.00
- - -_  3820.56
- - -   6,170,44

- - - 20,000,00
- - - 17 .851,,49
- - -   2,148. 51

- - -  15,000.00
- - - 14,344.41
- - -     655.59

- - - 25,000.00
- - - 22,996.81
- - -   2t003.19



     3, Recui-sition Committee Report.

     The Requisition Committee filed written report of its action
each week fromn November 14, 1940, to January 8, 1941, inclusive,
The report shows that orders were Lade by the Business Office on
authority of the Requisition Committee in the manner prescribed by
the Board of Trustees and state laws, running from No. 4262 to No.
5766.   The report was examined, and on motion and second the or-
ders and budget additions named therein were ratified and approved,
and payments on said orders were authorized and approved.


     4. Allotments of State Apj)ropriation.

     The Business Agent pre;ented the following summary of allotment
of State appropriations for third quairter by the State finance De-
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    5. Auditor's ReDort of Univ(rsitiy s Construction Progr  ..

    The President presented a copy of report of D. A. Logan, Auditm:-
of Public Accounts, of examination madie by J. I. Dempsey under super-
vision of the Auditor, of the Construction Program of the University
of Kentucky as of June 30, 1940.  The report vras received, and or-
dered acknowledged and filed.


    6, Payment of Accounts of Swets & Zeritiner, The         Nether-
lands.

    The Business Agent presented correspondence with The Niiethorland
Shipping and Trading Committee, 25 Broadway, New York,relat've to
payment of checks issued to N. V. Swots & Zoitlingor, .Amsterdam, for
certain purchases of books made and received from said N. V. Swets
& Zeitlin&:er by the University o0' Kentucky.  With the correspondence
is filed copy of a let-ter from "the Fed.oral Reserve Bank of I'Niow York
to banking institutions in its territory and a pamphlet containing
information on the following:


          Netherlands Royal Decree of Mlay 24, 1940, and
              Power of Attorney issued thereunder
              to the Minister of the Metherlands,
                        Washington, D. C.


           (Copy of letter dated June 2'7 ],p, from the
           Secretary of State to the SecrewTdf tile Treasury
           setting forth he exchange of notes between the State
           Department and the Minister of the Netherlands
           relative to such Decree and. Power of Attorney;
           and copy of English translation of such Decree,
           certified by the MIinister of the Netherlands.)


     The Nethe:l7and Shipping and Trading Committee asked that the
checks, sixs ssued by tChe State Treasurer, and three issued by the
University of Kentucky be reissued, payable to The Netherland
Shipping' and Trading,. Committee.  The question regarding the State
Treasurer checks was submitted to the Treasurer, Mr. E. E. Shannon,
whose answer was as follows:




 




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                    COMMLIONIEALTH OF KENTUCKY
                    OFFICE OF STATE T.REASUREFR
                             Frankfort


                                       December 9, 1940


    I&*.D. H. Peak,
    Business Agent,
    University of Kentucky,
    Louisville, Ky.

    Dear Sir:

    We hl.ve your letter of Nov. 29 in repard to checks issued
    to thie Netherland Shipping, and Trading Committee.

    It is the Attorney &cneral's opinion that we should not
    hold to the thirty dcay time limit for payment of check at
    the bank but that we should recuest their representative
    hero in America to endorse the original check and present
    same for payment at their pleasure.   Of course that ap-
    plies to all foreign companies that do business in America,

    I am enclosing your correspondence with this letter.

                                       Yours very truly,

                                         E. E. SHANNON, TREASURER

                                    (Signed)  M.!. D. Ball


    B.B.                                BY CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
    EinC


    The Netherland  Shipping and Trading Committee was given a copy
of the above statement made by the State Treasurer, and the follovw-
ing correspondence ensued:

             NETHERLAND SHIPPING AN1D TRADING COMMITTZE
                            25 BROADWAY
                            NEW YORK


    #27-CG                               January 3, 1941

    rI. D'. H, Peak, pusiness Agent,
    University of Kentucky,
    Lexington, Kentucky

    Dear Sir:
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               *.. . . . . .. . . . .We are naturally entirely
     at your disposal to si4gn , recelit for such checks which
     would Ghovw that the amount has been received by us for




 






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account of Swets & Zeitlingrer and that the amounts re-
ceived are to be held by us in their favor until such time
as the amounts can be turned over to the actual beneficiary,
now in territory occupied by the enemy.


                           Yours very truly,

                      NETHRLAND SHIPPING AND TRADING C0111:ETTEE
                            Sub-Comrmittee for Finance






 January
 Six
 1 9 4 1

 Netherland. Shipping and Trading Coinxittee
 25 Broadway
 New York

 Gentlemen:

 I have your letter of January 3.   The chocks you hold
 that were signed by the State Treasurer are without ray
 Jurisdiction.   It will be necessary for you to take up
 the matter of change in these checks with the Treasurer
 of the State of Kentucky.

 The checks that you hold that were signed by the President
 and Business Agent" of the Universlity may be returned to
 rae and I will refer your request for chant e of the checks
 to the Executive Comm.ittee of t-he Board of Trustees at a
 meeting which will be held in a short time.   Please return
 these checks at once.

 Yours very truly,

(Signed) D. H. Peak
     Business Agent

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        3ETHLERLAID SHIPPING AlID TRADING COMMITTEE
                       25 BRO.ADWAY
                       NEW YORK


                                January 9, 1941

                    REGISTERED '..AIL


Er. D. H. Peak, Business Agent,
University of Kentuchy
Lexington, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

          We have just received your kind letter of January
6 and in accordance with the second naragraph, we beg to
return to you under registered cover, the following three
checks:

     #U 4880, dated June 29, 1940          t26.l9
     #v  1595,   t   Nov. 1-5, 19410          0.74
     #V 2075,   "   Dec. 13, 1940          g29.50     $256.43

These checks are all drawn on the First National BankL=; & Trust
Co., Lexington, Kentucky, to the order of Swets & Zeitlinger.

          We have written you in the past that title to all
claims due to natural or legal persons domiciled in the Hether-
lands is now vested in the Netherlands Government.  Whe under-
stand that you will submit the matter of these checks to your
Board of Trustees at their next rm.eeting:.  For this purpose
we thought we might as well send you the circular issued on
July 2nd by the Federal Reserve Bank containing the Netherlands
Royal Decree of' May 24th, and the power of attorney issued
therein to the M.1inister of the Netherlands at Vashingtonj
D.C.   This circular also sets forth the exchange of notes
between the Secretar',r of State of the United States and
the Secretary of the Treasury, from whdoh it will appear
that official cognizance has been taken by the Administra-
tion of this Decree.   The Netherlands Shipping- and Trading
Committee is acting for and on behalf of the Government
of the Netherlands represented by Dr. A. Loudon, Nether-
lands Minister in Washington, zud on the strength thereof
we therefon request you to issue to us one ',r more checks
in the aggregate of 0256.43, instead of the enclosed vouch-
ers*

           Kindly requcstilng you to acknowledge receipt oi'
these enclosures and hoping to receive the newly issued
checks :t ycour earliest convenience, we remain

                      Yours very truly,

                      UTETHEiAND SHIPPING A.MD TRADINTG COiEI'TEE
                           Sub-Comrnittee for Finance.




 






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     On motion and second it was ordered that the Business Agent
reissue the f ollowing checks in the name of The Netherland
Shipping and Trading Committee:

     Name of payee on the following checks to be changed
     from Swets & Zeitlinger to Netherland Shipping and
     Tradin-Cx.riittee,25 Broadway, New York:

     Check 48&0 for $26.19, date June 29, 1940, Voucher 8381
     Check 1595 for $0 .74, date November 13, 1940, Voucher 2371
     Check 2075, for $229.50, date December 13, 1940, Voucher 3212;

 a receipt to be signed by said company and attached to the reissued
 checks,   The receipt is to be worded as follows:


           Received from the University of Kentucky $26.19,
    amount of invoice of N.V. Swets & Zeitlinger, dated January
    29, 1940, to be held by the undersi;ned in favor of N. V.
    Swets & Zeitlinger until such time as the amount can be
    turned over tolte actual beneficiary now in territory occu-
    piad by the enemy.

           This January         1941.





     7. Haggin Trust Account--Bank Statement.

     The President presented statement of the Bank of New York of
the Trust Account of the Haggin Estate, from July 13, 1940, to
January 14, 1941.   The statement was received, and ordered acknowl-
edged and filed,


     8. Educational Buyers Association.

     The Business Agent reported that the University is a member of
the Educational Buyers Association, and pays dues to that Associa-
tion in amount of 830.00 per year.   As such member, the University
is entitled to mike purchases of equipment and supplies through the
"Educational and Institutional. Cooperative Service, Inc."   On goods
purch-Ised through that organization a "patronage iividend" is den
clared serai-annucally.  For the six months ending Decemaber 31, 1940,
the University of Kentucky received from such dividend the sum of
864. 25.



The report was ordered noted in the minutes.




 






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    9. Settlemient with College Caterinr, Company.

    The President presented the report of the Committee of the Board
of Trustees relative to settlement for cafeteria equipment with the
College Catering Company;

    Report of Committee:

          On December 19, 1940, Lee Kirkpatrick and R. P. Kobson,
    a committee authorized by the Board of Trustees to settle
    the indebtedness of the University of Kentucky tote Col'e
    Catering Company under the lease dated sMarch 1, 1938, met
    with President Cooper and E.B. Farris to consider this settle-
    ment,   The Board had approved an item of $25,343.15 for
    equipment and furnishings up to September 30, 1938, and the
    College Catering Company had presented to the Board its
    statements for additional equipm-ent and furnishings since
    that time amounting to $6,577.24.   This statement was care-
    fully analyzed and checked by Mwr. Farris and there is attached
    hereto a letter from him, showing that the proper amount of
    such additional equipment and furnishings is $5,107,50.
    There is also attached an itemized statement, showing every
    item of equipment and furnishings properly allowable since
    September 30, 1938, which statement has been approved for
    settlement and payment by the committee.

          In accordance with the order of the Board of Trustees,
     the committee now authorizes the President to make the
     settlement with the Coll-_ere Daterin- Comeoany on the basis
     of the payment of $23,680.21, whilch represents the proper
     amount of capital account for equipment and furnishing-);s at
     $30t450.65 less depreciation of 87,120.44, making a net
     amount due the College Caterint-g Company of 823,330.2*.


          , Source of Funds

             It is recommended that funds rec uired under the cone
     tract of lease with the College Catering Company be secured
     from the following resources of the University of Kentucky:

          From sundry balances developed in con-
             nection with the General Fund, various
             accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 330,21

          Advances from the University of Kentucky
             Student Union account . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00

          Advances from the Uni versity of Kentucky
             Kernel account .... . . . . . . . . . .     . 5,000.00.




 









         It is recommended in connection with the advances from
    the Student Union account and the Kentucky Kernel account
    thats as a policy, they be regarded as advances from funds
    which were Dreviously allocated for specific purposes by
    the University of Kentucky.

         The unallocated balances remaining at the close of the
    fiscal year will be devoted to the restoration of the funds
    in the accounts above stated, with the exception of the
    General Fund resources.

          It is further recommended that in the operation of the
    University Commons there will be set up an item for refund-
    ing advances if needed.   This amount shall be based upon
    the business volume, and monthly there shall be an alloca-
    tion of the amount thus provided to the retirement of such
    part of the funds as may nmain unrestored.


          b. Committee in Charge

     The committee acting for the Board of Trustees approved the ap-
pointment of Dean Sarah G. Blanding, Dr. Statie Erikson and Mr. James
W. Martin as a committee on the University Commons.    This committee
has authority to direct, to advise, to provide for the necessary set-
up in the conduct of the University Commons and to recommend a man-
ager for such and such other duties as properly belong to said com-
mittee,


          c, Appointment of Manager

     The committee of the Board of Trustees approved the transfer of
Miss Alberta Limbach to the managership of the University Commons to
be effective January 1, 1941.


          d. Accounting

     The Business Agent shall set up an account, designated "Student
Union Commons."   All monies received by the Commons including the
Grill shall be deposited to that account by the manager of the Com-
mons.   Deposits shall be made daily, subject to change by orders
of the Commons Committee approved by the President of the University.
The Business Agent shall honor requisitions on that account approved
by the Commons Committee or the Manager of the Commons.

     On motion, seconded and carried, the recommendations and reports
were ordered copied in the minutes, and each of them Was approved and
concurred in by the Executive Committee.             I




 





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     10. Report on Union Commons Operation.

     President Cooper stated that the Union Commons began operation
on the sixth day of January, 1940.  He said that favorable comment
has been made by students and faculty as to the plan of management,
the method of running the Cafeteria and the character of the service
and the food.  He slid further that the price of food has been re-
duced; that patronage has increased over the last report made by
the College Catering Company, and that a financial statement rendered
to him by the manager shows income in excess of expense.


     11. Out-of-State Travel Expense.

     Reference is made to Section 7, Minutes of the Board of Trus-
tees, of the December 1940 meeting relative to the question raised
by State Officials regarding out-of-state travel expense.   The
President reported that he had received from Mr. Peterson, Director
of Accounts and Control, a statement of items of travel expense of
members of the University staff, contested in a suit filed by the
State against officials of the Finance Department of the State.
Mr. Peterson requested that a statement be made by each person justi-
fying the necessity of each trip and establishing the fact that it
was made on official business.   The President stated that he is
taking steps to get the information to Mir. Peterson as soon as pOs-
sible.

     Attendance by members of the University of Kentucky staff at
meetings of conventions or associations and attendance at functions
held at other educational institutions whlether within or without
the State was discussed.   It was the consensus of opinion that
attendance at such meetings when recomraended by the President of the
University of Kentucky may be looked upon by the Board of Trustees
or its Executive Committee as a necessary part af the business and
operation of the University of Kentucky.


     12. Judgment, Sour Mash Magazine Company vs Bill Costel et al.

     Reference is made to Sec. 9, minutes of the Board of Trustees,
December 10, 1940, for statement of claim of James Shropshire. Mr.
James Park not being present at this meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee, it was ordered that the claira be referred to hira for r eport
at the next meeting of the Executive Committee.


     13. Buell Armory Additions.

     President Cooper presented following statement by Dean Grahan:




 





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          Un;.er dante of Dco'ur 9, 1940, I addressed you
     concernin,; SOmiC 1improvoni.ints and addCi tlons to the oros-
     ant Arriory and gave you three blu-prints sho~vini, these.

          In accord with yqur subseCquent reciunuet, ' have
     investirMated this matter and find that final unToroval
     i; vested in the Coormirnder of this Corp)s area cira that
     the institution is exTpected to pay 25; of tVle costs. I
     ilair add that under these condition;- (the Urirverity oayin:;
     one-ofourth of the coLt) t'his -)roject trill be aiLD;1roVed by
     the 7War Department and executed under W7.P.,L. re-ul;ations
     and I-v ith W.P.,-. labor.

                            CSi!-ned) Jwles H. Graharm
                                     Dean


     The President st.L.toci h.d t no funds .-!ill be available for such
construction thlis fiscul year, anC That it noxi appears that the i n-
cor.i2 for next fiscal yea:.r ,:ill no* be 'or  than 0ull'icie t to meet
actual noecd; of theo Univr;Ji'y,.  Chairm-lan Stoll stated that the
building is badly needed for tralnint, studonts in ifilitary tactics
under oresaEnt needs for scuchl t-ra.ining, aLnd th.at the funds si: lht be
obtainod by  akino a. loan.  Pre:;idont Cooper queotioned increasing
the indebtedneo.s, of the University.  The ou-cstion ;a.-s continued for
further study, of the President.


     14, Wenner-Gren Laboratory.   Report of Progress.

     Report of progress on the Wenner-Gren Aeronautical Research
Laboratory was presented by President Cooper, as follows:


                                  January 16, 1941

     President Thomas P. Cooper
     University of Kentucky

     My dear President Cooper:

          I am writing this letter, as agent of the Viking Founda-
     tion for the construction and equipping of the Wenner-Gren
     Aeronautical Research Laboratory, requesting your desires
     in respect to the following situation:

          Last June, during the early discussions of this gift
     to the University and the site for it, the University under.
     took to furnish the necessary heating facilities to the
     building proper.   We estimated the cost of the steam and
     condensate return lines to the site opposite the Central
     Heating Plant at $600 and a similar purpose cost to the site
     back of the Fire Station on Limestone Street at $7,000.
     Later the prevent site onRose Street was aporoved.




 






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         During the progress of constructior. and in order
     to anticipate rainy and cold weather, to furnish heat to
     the building during the installation of the equipment and
     to make a well coordinated heating system, I instructed
     the heating contractor to install the necessary under-
     ground pipe lines, etc., using the same rmaterial and con-
     struction specifications standard throuWhout the campus
     underground heating system and thus saved a delay of ap-
     proximately two months in the use of the Laboratory.

          The actual cost of labor and materials, eliminating
    any contractor's or other profit, is :12,537.97, which sum
    has been paid to the contractor from the Viking, fund,
    along with the payments for the heating and plumbing work
    within the building proper.   I may add here that the
    aforementioned sum is only lO5 of the total payments for
    this character of work vwithin the Laboratory.

          I can report also that I have received and have allo-
    cated or expended the sun of Z150,000 as agent for the
    Viking Foundation and that the Mlawen MD;otor Corporation has
    expended an additional $15,000 to date upon the Wenner-
    Gren Laboratory.   I b elieve that I cm say with full as-
    surance that the Wenner-Gren Laboratory will be in opera-
    tion by February 1 and will be engaged on at least two
    research problems by the Air Corps, U.S.A., during the
    month of February.   Also that senior mechanical engineer-
    ing students will receive instructions therein on the
    "aviation power unit" during the condng semester.
                                 (Signed) James H. Graham,Dec n

     15. M. Y.A. Building Pro.oect--Robinson Station.

     A National Youth Administration project at Robinson Station
was approved as recommended by President Cooper at the December
1940 neeting of the Board of Trustees, Article 22, minutes of said
meeting,   President Cooper stated that the project had been
changed in the following manner:

     1. To provide for the contribution on the part of the
        University for timber for lumber and shingles.

     2. Reserve the use of the building by the IIYA as long as
        it or its successor desires for NYA purposes.

     3. Have the University certify as follows:

             "This is to certify that the University of
         Kentucky is financially unable to make any further
         contribution from the funds allotted the University
         by the State of Kentucky than shown in the project
         application submitted herewith for the construction
         of the resident project by the NYA at Cler.ients Ford,
         Breathitt County."




 





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He specifically requested instructions by the Executive Committee
as to Item No. 2,

     On motion, seconded and carried, the President leas authorized
to execute the contract provided Iterm No. 2 is char.,;ed to read:
"Reserve the use of the building by NYA as long as it or its suc-
cessor desires for NYA purposes."


     16, Pardee-Howe Claim - Robinson Station.

     Upon his request, permission was given Hubert T. Willis of the
law firm of Crawford, Middleton, Milner and Seelbach, Louisville,
Ky., attorneys representing those purporting to have claims in the
Pardee-Howe controversy over approximately 80 acres in Robinson Sta-
tion forest  to appear before the Executive Committee and present
his clients  side of the controversy.   assistant Attorney General
J. W. Jones appeared as le-al counsel for the University.   A state-
ment of law and facts was presented by each attorney and the matter
was discussed at length.

     No action was taken, -eneral. Jones and Robert P. Hobson being
authorized to confer with Attorney Willis as to legal steps to settle
the controversy,



     17, Appointments and Cther Staff Changres.

     President Cooper Presented staff appointments and other changes
requested by deans and heads of departments, and, on his recommenda-
tion, by motion and second, the following were approved and record
ordered made in the minutes:

Appointments

     Miss Eugenia Johnson, statistician, Department of Farm Economicr
Experiment Station, at the rate of $95 a month, effective as soon
as she can report for duty,   Salary payable from grant of General
Education Board,

     Private Jesse L. Wofford, DE I  (ROTC), Infantry, assigned to
duty with the ROTC here, beginning Januar'y 4, 1941, at $100 annually,
the amount allowed other enlisted. men.  He will be appointed a
Sergeant upon Sergeant Short's retirement about February 1, 1941.

     Temporary appointment of Henrietta Moore as departmental secre-
tary in the Department of Political Science, effective January 9,
1941; salary $59 for the remainder of Jmuary, 1941, and $30.00
a month for the succeeding five months.




 






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Reappointment s

     Lawrence Oliver, student assistant for second semester 1940-
1941, at $40 a month for five months, in the Department of Zoology.

     W. L. Smith, student assistant for second semester, 1940-41,
at $20 a month for five months, in the Department of Zoology.


Leaves of Absence

     Professor W. A. Tolman, College of Commerce, granted sabbatical
leave on half pay for the academic year 1941-42, from September 1,
1941, to August 31, 1942.   He will do work at University of Chicago
toward the doctor's degree.

     Associate Professor J.D.Williams of the University School, to
study the teacher education program in Florida for the American
Council on Education, from January 6, 1941, to February 21, 1941,
The Cormission is to pay Professor Williams' salary while he is
away.

     Associate Professor Frances Seeds, Department of Home Economics,
for the period January 1, 1941, through June 30, 1941, for treatment
at the Julius Marks Sanitorium.



   POn recommendation of President Cooper, Wayland Rhoads, holding
the position of Field Agent in Animal Husbandry, who has been called
to military duty beginning December 30, 1940, he being a member of
the Officersl Reserve Corps, was granted a leave of absence in ac-
cordance with the action of the Board of Trustees at its meeting of
September 17, 1940.   The Resolution passed at that meeting appears
in the Minutes of the meeting on page 28, section 24, which is re-
ferred to as a part of this Resolution.


Change

     President Cooper referred to the action of the Board of Trusteec
at the December 1940 meeting in passing a resolution to increase his
salary for second half of the fiscal year to the amount set up in
the budget for 1940-41,   He said he appreciated very much the spirit
of the Board members in regard to increase in his salary, but that
he believes the financial status of the University of Kentucky such
as to make it undesirable on his part to accept the increase in
salary. He requested that the action of the Board of Trustees be
rescinded,   The members of the Executive Committee expressed appre-
ciation of his feelings in the matter and consented to his request.
Thereupon, on motion seconded and carried, the resolution passed by
the Board of Trustees at its December rmeeting, 1940, which reads
as follows:




 






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          "The Acting President of the University shall receive
     the salary set up in he budget for the President be-inning
     January 1, 1941, and continuing as long as he Is acting
     President."

was rescinded and annulled,


Transfer

     County Agent Wilmot Carter of Whitley County to the position
of County agent of 'NVoodford County, effective J;a.nuary 1 1941, at
the following salary: Extension Funds `1500.00, County h9oo.000
total '2400.00.


Resignations

     Assistant County Agent 17. Howvard Hardin of Mason County,7 effec-
tive Decemiber 15, 1940.

     County agent Reubon Morgan of Leslie County, effective February
15, 1941.

     M.Iiss Carolyn Si-;lcr, departmental secretary, Department of Polit-
ical Science, effective December 31, 1940.

     M1rs. Edna Earl Cobb, clerk in the 4-H Club Office, Extension
Division, terminated at the close of business December 31, 1940.

     Dr, Henry H. Hill, Lecturer in Education, effective Decermiber
31, 1940O


     18., Alumni Day,