ABSTRACT OF MEETING OF TRUSTEES, JUNE 21, 1920
A meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College was held in their room in the Parkhurst Administration Building in Hanover, New Hampshire on June 21, at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Present the President and Messrs. Streeter, Parkhurst, Thayer, Brown, Hall, Moore, Gile, Lord and Steele.
Election of Henry L. Moore as Trustee.
The Clerk presented a letter from Mr. Homer Eaton Keyes, Secretary of the Association of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, stating that Mr. Henry L. Moore had been nominated by the alumni to succeed himself as a trustee of the College in the position made vacant by his own resignation. It was then voted to proceed at once to an election, and a ballot having been taken and all the trustees present having voted, it appeared that Mr. Moore was unanimously chosen to succeed himself as trustee according to the nomination of the alumni.
Action on a Memorial Field.
A report was received from the "Secretary of the Field Committee", Mr. Homer Eaton Keyes, announcing the progress of the movement for the construction of a new athletic field, and in accordance with the suggestion of the report it was
Voted 1. That the Trustees approve the project of erecting at Dartmouth College a Memorial Field in memory of the men of the College who gave their lives in the World War: this field and its equipment to supersede the present athletic field and equipment.
21. That the Trustees further approve the plan of raising money for financing the Field among the alumni and friends of the College.
3. That the Trustees delegate to a committee, of which the Honorable Frank S. Streeter of the Board shall be Chairman and of which the members shall be Frank S. Streeter '74, Chairman, William N. Cohen '79, Clarence B. Little '81, Homer E. Keyes '00, Secretary, or such successors as they may appoint, authority to act in behalf of the Trustees in the collecting of money from the alumni and friends of the College in behalf of the Field, and in its expenditure for construction, provided, however, that such expenditure shall at no time exceed the moneys in hand for the specific purpose of Field Construction, and provided, further, that the Trustees shall in no wise be responsible for meeting any financial obligations which the Committee may assume.
The President brought forward various matters on which action was taken as follows :
Removal of the Moody House.
Voted to confirm the ballot by letter approving the removal of the Moody house to a lot south of the lot on which the President's house stands, and the putting it in condition for occupancy upon that site.
Voted to authorize the moving of the ell of the Moody House and developing it as an instructor's dormitory in connection with the Graduate Club.
Heating Plant Enlargement.
Voted that the Business Director be given authority immediately to authorize Mr. Alfred S. Kellogg to prepare the necessary plans and specifications, and to put them into effect for enlargement of the heating plant in accordance with procedure outlined in report to the Trustees of the College under date of June 1, 1920.
Wall Paper of Proctor House.
Voted that the Business Director be authorized to offer, without charge, the wall paper panels from the so-called Proctor house to such Museum of Art as he shall determine.
Gift of Dr. M. K. Smith of Right of Way.
Voted that the President express to Dr. Morris K. Smith the grateful appreciation of the Trustees of his gift to the College of a right of way across his land from West Wheelock Street to Sanborn Lane, together with the right to grade the same, but subject to the condition that if it be found desirable to use any of the land on which buildings now stand, the College will either move the buildings or pay fair value for any damage done.
Honorary Degrees Granted.
Voted to confirm the action of the Committee on Honorary Degrees and to award honorary degrees on Commencement Day as follows:
Doctor of Laws:
George Washington Goethals Herbert Clark Hoover
Doctor of Letters:
Justin Harvey Smith Stephen Butler Leacock
Doctor of Divinity:
James Levi Barton
Master of Arts:
Burton True Scales Lucius Teter George Brigham Young
Bachelor of Arts:
Joseph Taylor Gilman
Degrees Awarded.
On the recommendation of the Faculty degrees were also awarded to members of the graduating cass of 1920 as printed on the Commencement program.
Fellowship Appointments.
Fellowships for 1920-1921 were awarded as follows:
Charles Frederick Echterbecker to the Chamberlin Fellowship, Richard Metcalf Pearson to the Campbell Fellowship, Lyndon Frederick Small to the Parker Fellowship.
Department of Public Speaking.
On the recommendation of the committee of the Faculty on Educational Policy it was Voted that the Department of Public Speaking be a separate department and a member of the Division of Modern Languages.
Morrill Allen Gallagher Scholarships Givenby Mrs. Kate M. Morse.
The President announced the gift of twenty-five thousand dollars by Mrs. Kate M. Morse of Boston, Mass. for establishing two scholarships of $12,500, each as a memorial to Morrill Allen Gallagher, the scholarships to bear his name and the "annual income of each to be used for the benefit of and in furtherance of the education of needy students, preferably those coming from Boston and its immediate vicinity."
It was thereupon
Voted that the Trustees gratefully accept the gift of Mrs. Kate M. Morse for the foundation of two scholarships of $12,500 each, in memory of Morrill Allen Gallagher, on the conditions named, and that the final arrangements for their use be left to the President, and, further, that the Clerk acknowledge the gift.
Adjourned at 6:45 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Special Session on the College Grant.
A special session of the Trustees was held at 7:30 P.M. to consider the question of the treatment of the timber on the College Grant. At this session there were present the members of the Board who were present in the afternoon and the Hon. Frank N. Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and the Hon. Charles W. Tobey, Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, both being ex officio members of the Board in relation to funds given by the State, and attending the meeting in accordance with a notice sent to each of such Trustees by the Clerk at the direction of the President.
After a report upon the condition of the timber upon the Grant by Dr. Gile, Chairman of the Committee on the Grant, and after discussion of the report, it was
Voted that the Trustees hereby authorize the sale of timber on the Second College Grant, and
2nd That the Committee on the Grant be authorized to make the sale to such an extent and on such terms and conditions as they shall think most for the advantage of the College.
Adjourned at 7:55 P.M.
Met according to adjournment at 8:00 P.M. Present as before.
Delay in General Catalogue: Register.
Resuming the consideration of business presented by the President, on motion of Mr. Streeter, it was
Voted that the publication of the general catalogue be deferred for the time being and that there be published a register of the alumni as soon as practicable.
Vote on retirement of Professor Bartlett.
On motion of Mr. Streeter it was unanimously
Voted that at this time of the retirement of Professor Edwin J. Bartlett, after forty-two years of active service as. an officer of instruction in Dartmouth College, formal expression be made by the Trustees of their high appreciation of the value of the fine service rendered by Professor Bartlett and of the added strength inherent in the College because of the interweaving of his strength and scholarship with that of the advancing College to which he has so heartily devoted his solicitous thought and love.
Gift of Rev. John E. Johnson.
The President laid before the Trustees the following letter from Rev. John E. Johnson:
Philadelphia, June IS, '20.
To President Ernest M. Hopkins, My dear Mr. President,
On this the 55th Anniversary of my first graduation from Dartmouth College in the old Chandler Scientific Department in the Class of "1865", of which, I have reason to believe, I am now the sole survivor, I wish to express my gratitude to Almighty God for having thus signally prolonged my life.
I. And I now do so by giving one thousand dollars to the Ledyard Canoe Club which has recently been organized by the undergraduates of our College.
II. I also wish to add to the fund which I have already given to endow the Good Fellowship Fund for the more seemly observance of Thanksgiving Day in the camps of The Dartmouth Outing Club the sum of two thousand dollars to endow the promotion of the spirit of good cheer in all the camps of the Outing Club at all seasons of the year.
And I hereby stipulate that these funds shall conform to a condition upon which all the Harrison Memorial Fund has been given, namely, that the entire income of these funds shall be turned over on the first day of January in every year by the Treasurer of the College to the Treasurer of the Outing Club for its free and unhindered use and behoof under the provisions of the Club Constitution as well as of those of the epistolary agreement between the Trustees of Dartmouth College and myself.
Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) JOHN E. JOHNSON
" '65"—'"66"—'"16"
It was thereupon
Voted that the Trustees accept with continued appreciation and on the terms named this renewed evidence of the love of Mr. Johnson for his Alma Mater.
Title of Professor Bolser.
Voted that Professor Charles E. Bolser be given the title of Professor of Physiological Chemistry for his work in connection with the Medical School.
Leave of Absence to Mr. Keyes.
Voted that Homer Eaton Keyes, Business Director of the College, be given leave of absence from July Ist for the succeeding year.
Assistant Business Director.
Voted that Halsey C. Edgerton be Assistant Business Director for the ensuing college year.
Mr. Larmon Secretary to President.
Russell Raymond Larmon was appointed Secretary to the President.
Appointments.
The following appointments were made: Thomas B. Brown to be Instructor in English for one year.
Frank L. Hewitt to be Instructor in English for one year.
Percy Marks to be Instructor in English for one year.
William J. Cahill to be Instructor in Physics for one year.
Edward C. Kirkland to be Instructor in Citizenship for one year.
Ben E. Perry to be Instructor in Latin for one year.
Thomas Fitzgerald Carroll to be Instructor in Political Science for three years.
John Page Amsden to be Instructor in Chemistry for one year.
Ralph A. Loring to be Instructor in Mathematics for one year.
Albert Wesley Frey to be Instructor in Economics for one year.
John Edward McDonough to be Instructor in Economics for one year.
Samuel Chester May to be Instructor in Political Science for one year.
Elden B. Hartshorn to be Instructor in Chemistry for one year.
Reappointments.
The following reappointments were made:
Howard Conway Shaub to be Instructor in Mathematics for one year.
Harwood Lawrence Childs to be Instructor in Economics for one year.
Change in Rank.
The following elections, marking change in rank, were made by ballot:
Adam R. Gilliland to be Assistant Professor of Psychology for three years.
Charles L. Stone to be Assistant Professor of Psychology for three years.
Courtney Bruerton to be Assistant Professor of French for three years.
Ray V. Leffler to be Assistant Professor of Economics for three years.
Hewette Elwell Joyce to be Assistant Professor of English for three years.
Joseph William Tanch to be Assistant Professor of Physics for three years.
Arthur Houston Chivers to be Professor of Biology.
Leland Griggs to be Professor of Biology.
Francis Lane Childs to be Professor of English.
David Lambuth to be Professor of English.
Earl Gordon Bill to be Professor of Mathematics.
George Breed Zug to be Professor of Modern Art.
Elections.
The following elections were made by ballot :
Lloyd Preston Rice to be Assistant Professor of Economics for two years.
Frank D. Graham to be Assistant Professor of Economics for three years.
Ellsworth D. Elston to be Assistant Professor of Geology.
Wilbur Marshall Urban to be Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy.
Herbert Greenleaf Coar to be Assistant Director of the course in Evolution, with the rank of Assistant Professor.
Reelections.
The following reelections were made by ballot:
Ralph D. Beetle to be Assistant Professor of Mathematics for three years.
Frank M. Morgan to be Assistant Professor of Mathematics for three years.
Francis J. Neef to be Assistant Professor of German for three years.
Roy Brackett to be Assistant Professor of Commercial Law for one year.
Oscar B. Gilbert to be Assistant Professor of Pharmacology for one year.
Harry Tapley Johnson French to be Assistant Professor of Anatomy for three years.
Reappointments,
The following reappointments were made:
J. Claude Roule to be Instructor in French.
Patrick J. Kaney to be Instructor in Physical Education.
Frederick S. Page to be Instructor in Biology.
Howard F. Dunham to be Instructor in French.
Harold E. Washburn to be Instructor in French.
Fletcher Low to be Instructor in Chemistry.
Warren E. Montsie to be Instructor in German.
William D. Maynard to be instructor in Romance Languages.
Robert C. Conant to be Instructor in Romance Languages.
Leslie F. Murch to be Instructor in Physics.
William B. Pressey to be Instructor in English.
Jacob G. N. Mitchell to be Instructor in English.
Anton A. Raven to be Instructor in English.
The above reappointments were in each case for one year.
Resignations.
The following resignations were accepted:
Professor Wilmon Henry Sheldon from Stone Professorship of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy.
Warren C. Shaw from Assistant Professorship of Public Speaking.
Leonard D. White from Assistant Professorship of Political Science.
Thomas E. Steward from Instructorship in English.
Budget.
The President presented the budget for the next academic year, which was approved.
Communications from the Alumni Council.
The Clerk presented two communications from the Council of the Alumni of Dartmouth College. The first notified the Trustees that the Council had assigned 25% of the income of the Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation to the principal of the Fund, that $1000 had been apropriated for the maintenance of the William Jewett Tucker fellowship, that $5000 had been appropriated for liquidating the indebtedness of the Alumni Gymnasium, and that the remainder had been appropriated to cover the operating deficit of the College for the year closing June 30, 1920 and that if there should be still a remainder it would be added to the principal of the Fund.
The second communication expressed the desire of the Alumni Council to support the Trustees and Faculty in a policy of restricting the growth of the undergraduate body of the College until the material and educational equipment of the institution is sufficient adequately to care for such growth.
Message to Mr. Kimball.
Mr. Kimball of the Board being detained from the meeting by illness, on motion of Mr. Streeter it was
Voted that the President in behalf of every member of the Board of Trustees here meeting be asked to convey to our associate, Honorable Benjamin A. Kimball, a message expressing our regrets that he is unable to meet with us to-day, our warm personal sympathy for him in his illness and our hope that he may soon recover his accustomed health and strength.
The meeting then adjourned.
