MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ALUMNI COUNCIL
The Council of the Alumni met in Wentworth Hall, Monday, June 21st, 1920, at 10.00 A.M.
The meeting was called to order by President Little.
Roll call showed the following men present.
New England States
Albion B. Wilson '95 Lafayette R. Chamberlin '05
Middle and Southern States
Henry P. Blair '89 Randolph McNutt '71 Edward W. Knight '87
Central States
John C. Wallace '07 Robert L. Burnap '94
Western Stales
James A. Vaughan '05 Rocky Mountain and Pacific States None
For the Faculty
Eugene F. Clark '01
Elected by Class Secretaries
William D. Parkinson '78 Morton C. Tuttle '97 Natt W. Emerson '00
Members by Virtue of Official Relation to theAlumni
Edward K. Woodworth '97 Homer E. Keyes '00 Joseph W. Gannon '99
Elected by the Council
Clarence B. Little '81 Wesley G. Carr '84
There also sat with the meeting the newly elected members, Thomas W. Streeter '04 and John P. Wadham '03.
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Announcement of ballot for Councilors was made as follows :
Chosen to represent:
The New England States To succeed Albion B. Wilson '95 Albion B. Wilson '95
The Middle and Southern States To succeed Henry P. Blair '89 Thomas W. Streeter '04
The Central States To succeed John C. Wallace '07 John C. Wallace '07
The Western States To succeed Edgar A. DeWitt '82 John P. Wadham '03
The Rocky Mountain States To succeed Selden C. Smith '97
James A. Towns end '94 Clarence C. Hills '05 was nominated to succeed Clarence B. Little '81, who concludes his second term, for a term of three years as member of the Council elected by that body.
Voted: That the Secretary cast one ballot for Clarence C. Hills as Councilor for a term of three years.
Report on the Alumni Fund was rendered by the Secretary. Following it, on recommendation of the Chairman of the Fund Committee, it was
Voted: (1) That of the income from the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation 25% be carried to the principal of the Fund in accordance with the requirement of its establishment; (2) That of the remainder $1,000 be appropriated for the maintenance of the William Jewett Tucker Fellowship for the year 1920-21, if that sum is required; (3) That $5,000 be appropriated for liquidating the indebtedness of the Alumni Gymnasium; (4) That of the remainder appropriation be made to cover the operating deficit of the College for the year closing June 30, 1920, and that any money remaining after this application is made be carried to the principal of the Fund.
On motion of Mr. Blair it was
Voted: That it be the policy of the Council to insure the awarding of the William Jewett Tucker Fellowship in every year in which such an award is, in the opinion of the President of the College, advisable for the welfare of the College; and that the setting aside of money for this purpose be made next in application to that of the fulfillment of the terms of the trust, which calls for the setting aside of a percent- age of all moneys received, to be carried to the principal of the Fund.
Secretary E. F. Clark reported on the present size of the College, the number of entrance applications for the fall of 1920, and the provision made therefor.
Considerable discussion followed, and it was finally
Voted: That it is the desire of the Alumni Council to support the Trustees and Faculty in a policy 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.
Associate Dean R. W. Husband and Mr. Eugene D. Towler rendered report on plans for the establishment of an Intercollegiate Bureau to have for its chief concern the placement of graduates of the various cooperating institutions in business positions. Documents in the case were presented by Messrs. Husband and Towler. It was
Voted: That the matter be referred to the Committee on Alumni Projects for examination and report.
It was further
Voted: That the Alumni Association be queried as to the advisability of authorizing the Council of the Alumni to issue charters in regular form for newly constituted Alumni Associations.
The question of the advisability of issuing a General Catalogue or Register on the part of the College was taken up. After considerable discussion, while no vote was taken, it was the evident sense of the meeting that such publication should not be further delayed.
The question of the publication of another Dartmouth College book was taken up. Again no vote was taken, but it was evident that there are sufficient members of the Council willing to defray the costs of publication to make this advisable as soon as may be.
The, matter of shortening the period of Commencement was given careful consideration, and it was finally
Voted: That, in the opinion of the Council, the length of the Commencement season is none too great, but that the convenience of the alumni and guests of the College would probably be better conserved if the Commencement period were to close on Tuesday, and the total exercises of the period were so rearranged as to insure a somewhat earlier beginning than is now the case.
It was
Voted: That Natt W. Emerson '00 be nominated to the Association of the Aluran: as a member of the Council on Student Organizations.
It was further
Voted: That Natt W. Emerson '00 represent the Council on the Council of the Dartmouth Outing Club for two years.
It was further
Voted: That Joseph W. Gannon '99, whose term as member of the Athletic Council expires June, 1920, be renominated to the Association of the Alumni to serve for a term of three years; and that Richard Parkhurst '16 be nominated to serve for a term of one year succeeding Harry R. Heneage '07 resigned.
The Secretary called to the attention of the Council the fact that Doctor Josiah W. Barstow '46 celebrates his birthday on this day.
It was, accordingly,
Voted: That the Secretary send to Doctor Barstow a congratulatory telegram.
This was done, as follows :
"At the meeting of the Council of the Alumni held this morning, it was unanimously voted that the Council send to Doctor Josiah Barstow in the name of the alumni of the College a message of affectionate greeting on his ninety-fifth birthday. It is a great pleasure to me to have the privilege of transmitting this message with my own warm greetings.
The time and place of the next meeting of the Council was discussed, and it was Voted: That the next meeting of the Council take place in Philadelphia, Friday and Saturday, November 11-12.
