REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES MEETING

A meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College was held at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Mass., March 6, 1919, at 9:30 o'clock in the forenoon. President Hopkins and Messrs. Streeter, Kimball, Parkhurst, Brown, Lord, Thayer and Hall were present.

War Record of the College

Voted to appropriate $500 for this year to be expended at the discretion of the Business Director in maintaining the war record of the College.

Advisory Committee

On motion of Mr. Kimball it was

Voted that an Advisory Committee of three on the plans for the physical development of the College be appointed. The President and Messrs. Kimball and Parkhurst were appointed as such committee.

Elections and Appointments

On the recommendation of the President the following action was taken:

Charles A. Proctor was elected Professor of Physics from March 1, 1919.

Leon B. Richardson was elected Professor of Chemistry from March 1, 1919.

Henry K. Norton was elected Professor of Political Science from March 1, 1919.

Henry T. Moore was elected Professor of Psychology from April 1, 1919.

Louis L. Silverman was elected Assistant Professor of Mathematics for one year, 1918-1919.

R. M. Naylor and H. U. Faulkner were appointed instructors in History for the remainder of the year 1918-1919.

Henry R. Brahana was appointed instructor in Mathematics for the remainder of the College year.

William Chisholm was appointed instructor in English for the remainder of the College year.

Leave of Absence

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Professor Edwin J. Bartlett for the second half of the college year 1919-1920.

To Professor Herbert D. Foster from January 1, 1919.

To Professor Frank M. Anderson from January 1, 1919.

To Assistant Professor E. R. Greene for the year 1919-1920.

To Assistant Professor Clifford P. Clark for the latter half of this year, 1918-1919.

Resignation of Professor E. J. Bartlett

The resignation of Professor Edwin J. Bartlett to take effect at the close of the college year 1919-1920 was received and accepted.

Robert Fletcher, Director Emeritus

Robert Fletcher was elected Director Emeritus of the Thayer School of Civil Engineering.

Change in Vote of Credit for Men in WarService

The President laid before the Trustees some recommendations of the Faculty regarding the vote of the Trustees passed November 22, 1918 concerning credit for men in war service. In accordance with the recommendations it was

Voted to substitute for section one of said vote the following:

1. Credit toward a bachelor's degree will be granted to a member of the College who has been in military or naval service at least three months, provided:

(a) He had completed one semester's work before entering service and was in standing in College at the time of leaving; and provided

"(b) He returns to college as soon as possible after receiving his discharge from the service; unless his "service-credit" fulfills the requirements for his degree.

Voted to substitute for sections five and six of said vote the following:

5. Service credit will be granted as follows:

(a) Service credit [missing text] fifteen semester hours and twenty-eight points shall be given to all men who have been in service not less than three months and not more than nine months.

(b) Service credit of thirty semester hours and fifty-five points shall be given to all men who have been in service nine months or more.

(c) A student who left College after the middle of a semester with uncompleted courses will be granted credit for these courses according to the grades of the mid-semester report. In such cases service time for which further credit will be allowed [under (a) and (b)] will not be considered as beginning until after the close of the semester.

6. (In no case will more credit be granted under the above rules than a student could have received had he remained in college for the same period.

Degrees Awarded

In accordance with a recommendation of the Faculty the degree of Bachelor of Science, as with the class of 1918, was conferred upon

George Clement McBride

Josiah Edmund Quincy and also, in accordance with the Trustees vote of March 29, 1918 regarding military service, the same degree with the same class upon

Maurice Albert Leland and also with the same class the degree, of Bachelor of Arts upon Lewis Charles Pounds.

Increase of Tuition and Scholarships

The President introduced the subject of an increase in the tuition fee of the College and of scholarship awards, and after a long discussion, in which it appeared that all the Trustees present were in agreement as to the need of an increased tuition and of a system of scholarship, awards that should encourage excellence in scholarship, on motion of Mr. Lord it was

Voted that for men entering college in the fall of 1919 and thereafter the tuition of the College shall be two hundred dollars ($200) a year inclusive of all special instruction fees, and that beginning with the academic year 1920-1921 the tuition of the whole college shall be at the same rate. Also

Voted that a system of scholarships corresponding to the change in tuition, with additional features including some larger awards than at present, be arranged so as to be applicable when the change in tuition becomes operative.

One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of theFounding of the College

The President also introduced the subject of the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth of the founding of the College, and after discussion, on motion of Mr. Lord, it was . Voted

1- To hold the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the College in October next at a date to be determined later.

2- To ask the Faculty to appoint a committee to cooperate with the committee of the Trustees in the preparation of a program for the celebration.

3- To ask the Alumni Council to appoint a committee of three to cooperate with the committees of the Trustees and the Faculty in the Preparation of a program for the celebration.

Degree to Frank IV. Cavanaugh

Voted that the degree of Bachelor of Arts, honoris causa, be granted to Frank W. Cavanaugh, with the class of 1899, to be conferred at the next Commencement. R. O. T. C.

The President made a statement concerning a proposal to establish at Dartmouth a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and after an expression of opinion by others the matter was laid upon the table.

The meeting was then adjourned.