REPORT OF TRUSTEES MEETING
On the evening of May 2, the Trustees met in their room in the Parkhurst Administration Building in Hanover at 9.00 o'clock p. m. The President and Messrs. Streeter, Parkhurst, Brown, Moore, Lord and Steele were present.
Credits to Instructors in S. A. T. C.
On the recommendation of the Faculty, presented by the President, under section nine of the vote of the Trustees relating to service credit, fifteen hours credit, because they acted as instructors in the vocational branch of the Students' Army Training Corps at Dartmouth from June, 1918 to December, 1918, were granted to Harris Marshall Chadwell 1919. John Wilmarth McCrillis 1919. Harold Everett Nichols 1919. Kenneth Woodman Spaulding 1920.
Elections
A report having been received from the President concerning elections, appointments, leave of absence, and change of title for the next academic year, the following action was taken:
Malcolm Keir was elected Professor of Economics.
Charles R. Lingley was elected Professor of History.
Eugene F. Clark was elected Professor of German.
Erville B. Woods was elected Professor of Sociology.
Kenneth A. Robinson was elected Assistant Professor of English for a term of three years.
Leonard D. White was elected Assistant Professor of Political Science for a term of three years.
Re-elections
Arthur H. Basye was re-elected Assistant Professor of History for a term of three years.
Leland Griggs was re-elected Assistant Professor of Biology for a term of three years.
Lemuel S. Hastings was re-elected Willard Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory for one year.
Warren C. Shaw was re-elected Assis-Professor of Public Speaking for a term of three years.
Louis L. Silverman was re-elected Assistant Professor of Mathematics for one year.
William K. Wright was re-elected Assistant Professor of Philosophy for a term of three years.
Appointments
J. J. Sexton, Instructor in French for the third term of the academic year 1918-1919.
A. R. Gilliland, Instructor in Psychology for one year.
P. A. Fraleigh, Instructor in Mathematics for one year.
Ray V. Leffler, Instructor in Economics for one year.
Anton A. Raven, Instructor in English for one year.
Re-appointments
The' following re-appointments were made:
Harry L. Hillman, Instructor in Physical Education for three years.
Howard F. Dunham, Instructor in French for one year.
Patrick J. Kaney, Instructor in Physical Education for one year.
Fletcher Low, Instructor in Chemistry for one year.
Walter M. May, Part-time Instructor in Education for one year.
Frederick S. Page, Instructor in Biology for one year.
William B. Pierce, Instructor in Physics for one year.
Rex M. Naylor, Instructor in History for one year.
Bean of Tuck School
William R. Gray was elected Dean of the Tuck School.
Leave of Absence
Leave of absence was granted to H. T. J. French, Instructor in Anatomy, for the year 1919-1920.
Foster E. Guyer, Assistant Professor of French, for the year 1919-1920.
Curtis Hidden Page, Winkley Professor of English, leave of absence continued until he shall be released from military service.
Resignation of C. P. Clark
The resignation of Clifford P. Clark as Assistant Professor of Classical Languages was received and accepted.
Professor of Music
It was voted that the title of Leonard B. McWhood be changed from Director of Music to Professor of Music.
System, of Scholarship Awards
A system of awards of scholarships, unanimously recommended by the Faculty, to be awarded from the beginning of the next academic year to men newly entering college, was approved on the following basis:
To men securing a grade of 2.0 to 2.4 (65-75) $125.
To men securing a grade of 2.4 to 2.8 (75-80) $150.
To men securing a grade of 2.8 to 3.2 (80-85) $200. To men securing a grade of 3.2 to 3.6 (85-90) $300.
To men securing a grade of 3.6 to 4. (90 ) $400.
Resignation of F. H. Dixon
The resignation of Frank Haigh Dixon as Professor of Economics in the College was received and accepted with the request that the President express to Professor Dixon the sincere regret of the Trustees at his retirement.
Gift of Portrait of Webster by H. H.Blunt
The President announced the gift to the College by Mr. Harry H. Blunt of the class of 1897 of a large portrait of Daniel Webster, painted by Ames, and the Trustees thereupon
Voted to return to Mr. Blunt their sincere thanks for his gift of a portrait of Mr Webster, valuable in itself and especially interesting as adding to the collection of the College another memorial of its greatest son.
Gift of Portrait of Webster by MissStella O. Libby
The President also reported the gift to the College of another portrait of Daniel Webster, through Mr. Charles T. Gallagher, by Miss Stella O. Libbey of Jamaica Plain, Mass. It was thereupon
Voted that in accepting the gift the Trustees return to Miss Libbey their sincere thanks for the portrait, which though its painter is unknown has the merit of excellence, and they are happy to be able to place it among the portraits which the College already has of its foremost graduate, and they assure Miss Libbey that they hold in high esteem her generous thought toward the College as shown by this gift, which has especial significance since it comes in the year that brings the one hundredth anniversary of the great triumph which Mr. Webster won for the College.
Gift of Hovey MSS. by A. L. Livermore
Mr. Arthur L. Livermore of the class of 1888 having given to the Library of the College the holographic will of Richard Hovey, of the class of 1885, and the original MSS. of two of his works, it was
Voted that the Trustees gratefully accept the gift of Mr. Livermore and express to him their sincere thanks for his thought for the College, that has led him to secure and transmit these valuable memorials of one of its gifted sons.
Pictures Given by Henry G. Peabody
Mr. Moore presented a letter from Mr. Henry G. Peabody of the class of 1876, stating his readiness to give to the College two carbon prints, "one of the lower Falls of the Yellowstone, the other a general view of the Yosemite, with an effective cloud background," called "The Coming Storm, Yosemite."
It was then voted that the Trustees accept the gift and request Mr. Moore, to express their gratitude to Mr. Peabody.
Proposed New Curriculum
The Trustees then entered upon a discussion of the new curriculum recommended to them by the Faculty for adoption, and after a long and full interchange of views, the plan as outlined in this issue of the Magazine was adopted.
$10,000 Appropriated for the Library
The President made statements showing the needs of the Library and it was
Voted that authorization be granted for expenditures in behalf of the College Library of a sum not exceeding $10,000 above amounts previously authorized for the academic year 1918-1919,—this appropriation to be used for the purchase of periodicals, files of which have been interrupted by the war, and for the bringing up to date and supplementing of departmental libraries.
Message to Doctor Tucker
Before adjournment it was unanimously
Voted to request the President to convey to Dr. Tucker the affectionate and continued appreciation by the Trustees of his great service to the College and of the inspiration which he has been to all of them.
