OCTOBER MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES—EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES

A meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College was held in their room in the Parkhurst Administration Building in Hanover, N. H., on the 19th and 20th of October, 1917, at 7.30 o'clock in the afternoon.

Present: All of the Trustees except Governor Keyes and Messrs. Chase, Kimball.

A copy of the records of the last meeting having been sent to each Trustee by the President, and no errors being suggested in it, the record was approved without reading it.

The Committee on Business Administration, by its chairman, Mr. Parkhurst, reported its proceedings and made recommendations, which were adopted.

Mr. Parkhurst presented a bond for $lOOO, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cowdery of Winchester, Mass., to establish a memorial fund for Ralph H. Cowdery, their son, a graduate of the College in 1913, to be known as "The Ralph Herbert Cowdery Memorial Fund, representing the sum of $1000 given by Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cowdery of Winchester, Mass.," of which the income, according to the directions of the donors, "may be used to aid worthy students, or for College requirements."

The Trustees accepted the gift in accordance with the terms stated, and the President was asked to acknowledge the gift, expressing the high appreciation of the Trustees both of the gift and of the spirit which prompted it.

A letter was received from Mr. Henry L. Moore of Minneapolis, Minn., as follows :

DR. ERNEST MARTIN HOPKINS, PRESIDENT, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HANOVER, N. H.

DEAR DR. HOPKINS:

With reference to the Dartmouth Alumni Lectureships on the Guernsey Center Moore Foundation, which I have undertaken to support during my lifetime, I wish to advise you, and through you, the Trustees of the College, that to insure the permanency of the plan outlined in your announcement respecting these lectureships made last June, so long as it shall seem advantageous to the College to continue them, I have by my will so provided that, unless paid over by me during my lifetime, there ultimately will be delivered to the Trustees of Dartmouth College by my wife or daughter, or by the executors of my will out of property belonging to my estate, as a Memorial Fund, the income of which shall be used as in your plan indicated, or if the lectureships shall not be successful, then to support the educational and cultural work of the College in some other single line; from time to time selected by the Trustees, the sum of $100,000 in money or securities, producing a gross income on that sum of at least 4½ per cent.

My will also provides that until the payment of said sum, or delivery of said securities, interest on said sum at 4½ per cent per annum will be available to the Trustees for the, support of this work.

Yours very truly , (Signed) HENRY L. MOORE

After the reading of the letter the Trustees unanimously adopted the following minute, moved by Mr. Parkhurst :

Voted, that we accept with high appreciation and as a further expression of devotion to the College, the letter of our associate Trustee, Henry L. Moore, dated October 15, 1917, with reference to the Dartmouth Alumni Lectureships on the Guernsey Center Moore Foundation, and that the same be spread upon the records of this meeting.

From the Committee on Business Administration Mr. Parkhurst reported on the nature of the real estate owned by the College in Kansas City, Kan., and on his motion Mr. Moore was requested to visit the property and make a report upon its condition.

The Committee on Education reported through the President, and in accordance with its recommendations the following election and appointments were made:

William H. Wood, Phillips Professor of Biblical History and Literature.

Justin Brooks Atkinson, Instructor in English.

Captain Louis Keene and Lieutenant John S. Pickett, Instructors in Military Tactics.

Leave of absence for service in connection with the war was granted according to the terms arranged by the President to the following members of the faculties, in addition to those previously announced:

Dr. Percy Bartlett, Professor of Surgery in the Medical School.

Elden B. Hartshorn, Instructor in Chemistry.

Charles H. Hawes, Professor of Anthropology.

Richard W. Husband, Professor of Classical Languages.

Frederick W. McReynolds, Assistant Professor of Finance and Commercial Law in the Tuck School.

John W. Merritt, Instructor in Mineralogy.

Curtis Hidden Page, Winkley Professor of English.

Harlow S. Person, Director of the Tuck School.

Arrangements for leave of absence were also approved as made by the President with Charles N. Haskins, Professor of Mathematics on the Chandler Foundation, absent on account of ill health, and Arthur H. Basye, Assistant Professor of History, teaching temporarily at the University of Minnesota.

Leave of absence for the second semester was granted to Charles Darwin. Adams, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature; and for the. second semesters of 1917-1918 and 1918 1919 to Dr. Frederic Pomeroy Lord, Professor of Anatomy in the Medical School.

The resignation of Benjamin T. Marshall as Professor of Biblical History and Literature was received and accepted.

The following letter of resignation of the Honorable William M. Chase as Trustee was presented by the President:

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, August 13, 1917

To THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,

GENTLEMEN:

I hereby tender to you the resignation of the position that I have held as one of your number for the past twenty-seven years, together with the subordinate positions incidental thereto, namely: membership of the Committee on Business Administration and secretaryship thereof and the position of General Counsel of the Corporation,—all to take effect when the resignation of the principal position is accepted by you, which I trust, may be at your earliest convenience.

The severance of a relation of such long duration with men of such distinguished prominence in the educational, business and political affairs of the times, specially engaged in caring for and advancing the interests of such an institution as Dartmouth College, dur- a period noted for its growth in material and educational capacity to fulfill the objects for which it was founded and in usefulness to the State and Nation, necessarily produces many regrets of a personal nature to one who has enjoyed the inspiration resulting from such association and employment and has been uniformly conscious of the respect and confidence of his associates. My service is the expression of Jin earnest effort on my part to faithfully perform the duties of the positions and to merit such respect and confidence.

With great esteem, I am very sincerely, (Signed) WM. M. CHASE

On motion of Mr. Parkhurst the resignation was accepted and the following resolution, offered by him, was unanimously passed:

Resolved that, by the retirement of Judge Wm. M. Chase of the class of 1858 after twenty-seven years of constant and faithful service, the College loses from its Board of Trustees a careful administrator, a wise and conservative counselor and most loyal and devoted official.

His associates on the Board of Trustees lose a most charming companion, whose constant attendance at their meetings was with him almost a religious duty. His rare qualifications as a recording officer and the thoroughness with which he exercised those qualifications were a constant inspiration to us all.

It is the earnest hope of every member of the Board that his declining years be filled with that joy and satisfaction that are the reward of a long and useful life.

It was then voted to proceed to the election of a Trustee to succeed William M. Chase as a life member of the Board.

A ballot being taken, it appeared that eight votes were cast and all of them being for Henry B. Thayer he was declared elected.

On motion of Mr. Moore it was voted to inform the Alumni Council of a vacancy in the list of Alumni Trustees, caused by the election of Henry B. Thayer as a life member of the Board.

In accordance with the recommendation of the Faculty, conveyed through the Dean, the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science were conferred upon members of the class of 1917 whose names follow:

Bachelor of Arts

Barber, Payson Tucker Gile, Archie Benjamin Kiser, Palmer Ellsworth McEwen, Harvey Alger McReynolds, Frederick Wilson Merrill, Howard Emerson Morton, Elbert Searls Murray, Samuel Clifford Robie, Everett Edwin Sharpe, Richard Wickham Torrey, Bo wen Ward, Emerson Cole Wethey, Francis Van Vechten Wyeth, Willard Hiram Young, John Spear

Bachelor of Science

Buxton, Robert Burns Cone, Leon James Cowles, Eugene Robert Currier, George Crandall Dodge, James Herbert Engelhorn, Elmer Henry Husk, Frederick Robert Ollis, Luke Sullivan Page, George Keyes Scott, Robert Donaldson Sperry, Irving Liston Steele, Howard Lawrence Steenrod, Alexander Hewetson Stockwell, Howard Aubrey Switzer, Malcolm Wheeler, Afton Eugene

The President read a letter from the Treasurer accompanying a revision of the budget. On motion of Mr. Parkhurst it was voted that the revised budget, as reported by the Treasurer, be approved and adopted.

A communication from the Rev. John E. Johnson, of which the following is a copy, was laid before the Trustees by the President:

HANOVER, N. H., Aug. 18, 1917 To THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE:

MY DEAR SIRS:

In the last written agreement between us anent "The Harrison Memorial Fund" it is provided that the first charge against the income of the said Fund shall be for the "upkeep" of the physical properties of the Dartmouth Outing Club. It had been stipulated in a previous agreement that the income from a special donation of $10,000 might be applied each year toward the cost of the Mid-winter Carnival of the Club. At the same time it was inadvertently provided that the Treasurer of the College should pay over to the Treasurer of the Club on the first day of every January the entire income of the Fund.

My attention is now called to the fact that the Trustees of the College are deprived by this last requirement of the means to fulfill their obligations as described under the first stipulation. I therefore hereby consent to the cancellation of so much of our last contract as applies to the annual payment of the income of the Harrison Fund to the Treasurer of the Outing Club. This, as I now understand it, places the income of the Fund at the disposal of the Trustees of the College for such purposes as have been specified in the several agreements between them and me.

Very respectfully yours, (Signed) JOHN E. JOHNSON

After discussion, in which the great value of Mr. Johnson's gifts and of the service to the College of the Outing Club was fully recognized, upon motion of Mr. Brown it was voted:

1. That the communication be spread upon the records.

2. That the Trustees approve the modifications proposed by Mr. Johnson in the plan for the administration of the Harrison Memorial Fund, as voted at the meeting of June 19, 1916, and consent to them.

3. That, in order to put into operation the suggestions of Mr. Johnson, the President be authorized to confer with the proper officials of the Dartmouth Outing Club and make such changes as may be desirable in the existing arrangements between the Trustees and the Dartmouth Outing Club.

4. That the Trustees formally approve and establish the arrangement already tentatively made between Mr. Johnson and the President, under which there shall be appointed annually by the President a Supervisor of Camps and Trails in connection with the properties of the Dartmouth Outing Club.

Voted, that when we adjourn it be to meet at 8.15 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Adjourned at 10.35 p. m.

OCTOBER 20, 1917

The Trustees met according to adjournment.

Present all except Governor Keyes, and Messrs. Kimball and Gile. The President read a letter from Mr. J. W. Newton of the class of 1886 concerning a stand of colors presented by him to the College:

ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 16, 1917

To THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HANOVER, N. H.

GENTLEMEN :

In completion of my offer of last June to present a stand of colors to the College, it is with much pleasure that I now send the College flag: the Great Seal (designed in 1773) in Gold, centered on a field of Dartmouth Green with its motto, Vox Clamantis in Deserto, visualizing the Dartmouth Spirit of Service, which from the very inception of our beloved College has been the secret of its sturdy growth and its recognized usefulness to the world.

May this Stand of Colors, displayed at all times, be a constant incentive to greater love for Country and College on the part of the student body, as well as an inspiration to the alumni as they return to pledge anew their devotion and loyalty to their Alma Mater.

Very truly yours, (Signed) J. W. NEWTON

(Class of 1886)

Thereupon it was voted, that the Trustees express to Mr. Newton their grateful appreciation of his gift of a College flag, and that they accept the design of the College seal upon a field of Dartmouth Green as appropriate for the College.

The President presented a communication of the Council of the Alumni by its Secretary, Homer Eaton Keyes, conveying a vote of the Council in relation to an increase of the tuition of the College, as follows:

"The following vote was passed by the Council of the Alumni of Dartmouth College at its meeting held in Wentworth Hall, Hanover, N. H., Monday, June 18th, 1917:

"Voted to recommend to the Trustees that the charge for tuition in the College be substantially .increased as early as practicable; the increase, however, to be accompanied by proportionate increases in scholarship allowances.

"HOMER EATON KEYES, Secretary"

Thereupon it was voted, that the communication of the Council be acknowledged with the assurance that the Trustees will give it the most careful attention.

Mr. Moore called the attention of the Trustees to "A Book of Information for the Guidance of Prospective Students and Others," entitled "Dartmouth College," recently issued by the Council of the Alumni, and after a consideration of its character and appearance, on motion of Mr. Moore, it was

Voted that the Trustees express their pleasure in, and appreciation of, a booklet, entitled "Dartmouth College," which was authorized by the Alumni Council, published through the generosity of Messrs. C. B. Little '81, Fred A. Howland '87, Edward W. Knight '87, and M. C. Tuttle '97, and prepared with literary and artistic skill by Homer Eaton Keyes, Secretary of the Council.

The President presented a communication from the Class of 1907 through Professor J. M. O'Neill of the University of Michigan, concerning the proposed continuous course of the College.

The communication was referred to the committee having the subject in charge, and it was voted to acknowledge the receipt of the communication, with the assurance that it shall receive careful consideration.

After discussion of the compensation of members of the Faculty who have entered the service of their country, it was voted, that arrangements for leave of absence in connection with service in the war already made by the President with members of the Faculty be ratified and approved, and that authority be granted for such future arrangements as may prove to be desirable.

The President having announced that Mr. H. W. Cannon of New York had presented the College with a Lewis machine gun and with ammunition for it, it was voted that the Trustees gratefully accept this .gift, so valuable in the military training of the students.

On motion of Mr. Parkhurst it was voted, that the proceedings of the Committee on Business Administration be ratified and confirmed.

The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the College coming under consideration, it was moved by Mr. Streeter and voted, that in view of the changes in the personnel of the committee already appointed on the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the College, the President be requested to reorganize the committee.

The question of military training having come up for discussion, there was a full and careful expression of opinion by all present and on motion of Mr. Lord it was unanimously voted, that the Trustees cordially approve the action of the Faculty requiring military training of all freshmen, except of those who are physically disabled, and assure the Faculty of their support in making the requisition effective. Adjourned.