MARCH MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES—EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES

A meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College was held at the Hotel Belmont in New York City, March 29, 1918, at 7.30 o'clock in the afternoon, in compliance with a notice to that effect mailed to each Trustee at his post-office address, March 11, by the Clerk at the direction of the President.

Present: All of the Trustees, except Governor Keyes and Messrs. Brown and Gile, each of whom was absent of necessity.

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.

Certain votes of the Committee on Business Administration were submitted, as follows:

Voted, that the matter of sending the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE to Dartmouth men in the military service of the United States be left to the President with power to act.

Voted, that in view of the desirability of a definite plan in regard to the future development of the College plant, including a new bridge across the Connecticut river and its approaches, a committee of three trustees be appointed by the President in addition to himself and the Business Director to formulate a plan and policy for such development and report to the Board of Trustees.

Voted, to postpone the furnishing of the College dormitories in accordance with the recommendation of the Business Director.

Voted, to request the Business Director to revise the schedule of room rents in the College dormitories, consolidating therewith the charge for lighting, and report to this committee in detail.

Voted, to continue in operation the so-called Grill Room of the College for the present.

Voted, that Doctor Gile and the Business Director be requested to consider the future policy of the College in regard to the Commons and make a special report thereon to the Board of Trustees at the February meeting.

Voted, to authorize the Business Director to expend not more than $5,200 in the purchase and equipment of a motor truck for the use of the College, the cost and operation of the same to be carried as a special account.

Voted, that whatever loss the College sustains on account of the destruction by fire of the Dewey house, approximating $700, be charged to the Associated Trusts premium account.

Voted, to adopt the plan—or a modification of. it-for operating the fraternity houses for the year beginning September, 1918, submitted by a special committee of the alumni, to be approved by a committee consisting of the President of the College, the Business Director, and the Chairman of this Committee.

The Board of Trustees voted to ratify and to adopt as its own the action thus taken by the Committee on Business Administration.

Degree of Civil Engineer

In accordance with the recommendations of the Faculty of the Thayer School, communicated by Professor Charles A. Holden, it was

Voted, to confer at the coming Commencement the degree of Civil Engineer upon the following second year men of the Thayer School:

Civil Engineers—William Henry Allison, B.S.; William Mungal Birtwell, jr., B.S.; George Ernest Hartshorn, B.S.; Harold Lawrence Ruggles, B.S.; Robert Donaldson Scott, B.S.

Gift of the Alumni Association of Merrimack County, N. H.

Mr. Parkhurst presented a communication from the Treasurer of the College announcing the receipt from the Treasurer of the Alumni Association of Merrimack County, N. H., of Liberty bonds to the par value of $850, given to the College without restriction.

The President was requested to prepare and transmit to the Association an appropriate vote of thanks.

Resolutions of the Faculty Regarding aSocial Reunion and, ChristmasDinner

The President presented a communication from Mr. Howard M. Tibbetts, Recorder of the Faculty, transmitting the resolutions passed by the Faculty at its meeting on November 26, 1917, concerning a social reunion and Christmas dinner, which are as follows :

Resolved, That the Faculty hereby record its high appreciation of the courtesy of the Trustees in 1906 in extending to all its members and their families an invitation to a social reunion and Christmas dinner at the beginning of the Holiday season, and also express its sincere thanks to the Trustees for their annual renewal during the intervening period of a like invitation to what has become a unique College festival affording them and their families much pleasure and benefit.

Resolved, That, desiring to co-operate with the Trustees in effecting a reduction of College expenses which is made necessary by the war, the Faculty hereby request the privilege, unless it shall be deemed wise to omit the observance of the festival altogether this year, of bearing the entire expense of the annual Christmas dinner or any substituted entertainment by their individual subscriptions therefor.

Resolved, That the Recorder be directed to send a copy of these resolutions to the President and to the Clerk of the Board of Trustees.

The reading of the resolutions was followed by a general and hearty expression of the pleasure of the Trustees in the sympathetic and helpful co-operation of the Faculty, as shown in their resolutions, and, in particular, the Trustees desired to convey to the Faculty their sincere appreciation of the genuine interest of the Faculty in the welfare of the College and of their cordial sympathy with the Trustees in the work of administration, and also gratefully to acknowledge the voluntary readiness of the Faculty in the interest of war economy, to give up the observance of the annual festival established by the Trustees in 1906.

Resignation of Professor Morse

The resignation of Professor Charles H. Morse, who has had leave of absence, was presented by the President and was accepted, to take effect, according to its terms, on February 1, 1918.

Leave of Absence

Upon the recommendation of the President leave of absence for war duty, on the sabbatical basis, was granted to Professor Louis H. Dow for the second semester of the current year.

The President reported that in accordance with the vote of October 20, 1917, he had arranged for leave of absence, in connection with service in the war, to members of the Faculty, as follows : To Professor Frank H. Dixon, for the second semester of the current year; to Assistant Professor Charles A. Proctor, for the war; to Professor James Walter Goldthwait, for the war; to Instructor Pulaski King Cook, for the war; to Instructor Courtney Bruerton, for the war; to Assistant Professor E. Gordon Bill, for the next year.

Election of Alumni Trustee

The Secretary of the Association of the Alumni of Dartmouth; College, Mr. Homer Eaton Keyes, having duly notified the Trustees that the Association had nominated Sanford H. Steele of the class of 1870 to serve as Trustee, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Henry B. Thayer as Trustee for life, on motion of Mr. Streeter, it was

Voted to proceed to an election.

And each member of the Trustees present having cast a ballot, it appeared that all were for Sanford H. Steele, and he was therefore declared elected as Trustee for the unexpired portion of the term of Henry B. Thayer as Alumni Trustee.

At 10.30 p. m. adjourned to 9.00 o'clock the following morning.

March 30, 1918

Met according to adjournment.

Present: All except Governor Keyes, and Messrs. Brown, Gile and Thayer.

Amendments to the Constitution; of theDartmouth Outing Club

The President reported that in order to make effective certain parts of the vote of the Trustees, passed October 19, 1917, relating to the Dartmouth Outing Club, some amendments to the constitution of the Club were necessary, and to these the consent of the Trustees was asked.

In accordance with his recommendation the amendments were ratified, as follows:

1. That article three, section 1, be revised by the addition of "Supervisor of Cabins and Trails"; so that this section will read "the officers of the club shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, and Supervisor of Cabins and Trails."

2. That the clause of article four, section 1, concerning the membership of the Council be amended so as to include the Supervisor of Cabins and Trails, and that it shall read in its revised form: "The Council shall consist of twelve members, namely the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Supervisor of Cabins and Trails, ex officio: six members chosen from the faculty and officers of the College: and one member • chosen from the past officers of the club."

3. That the clause in article five, dealing with the annual meeting be revised by the addition of the words: "or at such other times as may be determined by the Council," so that the clause as amended shall read: "There shall be an annual meeting of the club the last week of May of each year or at such other times as may be determined by the Council."

4. That the clause of article four, section 1, dealing with the election of the alumni member of the Council, the words "of every college year" be eliminated so that it shall read as amended: "The member from the alumni shall serve three years, and shall be elected by the Council at its first regular meeting after the annual meeting ..."

Committee on the Relation of theThayer School

The President introduced the subject of the relation of the Associated Schools to the College, and in particular that of the Thayer School, and a general discussion having arisen, in which it appeared that the Trustees were earnestly desirous to do everything possible to recognize the great value and importance of the Thayer School and to make it increasingly effective, and also that they were desirous to work in entire accord with its body of loyal and earnest graduates, it was

Voted, to appoint a committee to confer with the graduates of the Thayer School to consider how closer relations may be brought about.

A committee was then chosen, consisting of. the President, and Messrs. Hall and Steele.

Degrees for Members of the SeniorClass in Military Service

The President also introduced the question of the advisability of a degree which should be given to students who had entered military service and the question of what degree shall be given. After a long discussion, on motion of Mr. Parkhurst, it was

Voted, that the members of the class of 1918, who could have graduated with their class and who went from College into the military service of the country, be given with their class the degrees which they would have received on the regular completion of their course.

This action is taken without prejudice to any future action of the Trustees.