ABSTRACT OF RECORD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING NOVEMBER 13,1920
An adjourned meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth College was held at the Parker House in Boston, Mass., on November 13, at 9.15 A.M., agreeably to a notice mailed by the Clerk to each member of the Board at his usual post office address at the direction of the President.
Present the President and Messrs. Streeter, Parkhurst, Thayer, Brown, Gile, Hall, Lord and Steele.
Mr. Parkhurst introduced a resolution commemorative of the late Honorable Benjamin A. Kimball, whose death occurred in July last, and after brief but earnest remarks by Mr. Parkhurst, exhibiting his intimate business relations with Mr. Kimball and Mr. Kimball's devotion to the College, the resolution was unanimously passed:
Resolved That by the death of Honorable Benjamin A. Kimball of the Class of 1854, after twenty-five years of constant and intensive service on her Board of Trustees, the College loses a forceful and progressive administrator, a wise and conservative counselor, and a most loyal and devoted official. His rugged and unique personality, his unfailing courtesy to his associates, his marvelous devotion to the College to the very close of his life, and his generous remembrance of the College in his last will and testament place him among the most conspicuous of her many loyal sons. To all who have been associated with him during these many years his memory will ever be a source of inspiration and a call to service.
The President then placed before the Trustees various matters of business, on which action was taken as follows:
Elections
The following elections were made by ballot: Archie Marcus Peisch to be Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Tuck School.
Fred Foster Parker to be Assistant Professor in Graphics for one year.
Roger A. Dunlap to be Assistant Professor in Biblical History and Literature for one year.
Reappointments
George Raffalovich to be Lecturer in French for one year.
Edmund H. Booth to be Instructor in English for one year.
Appointments
John B. Baldwin to be Instructor in English for one year.
Gordon Nilsson to be Instructor in English for one year.
William E. Utterback to be Instructor in Public Speakings for one year.
Herbert A. Wichelns to be Instructor in Public Speaking for one year.
George C. Wood to be Instructor in Romance Languages for one year.
James G. Stevens to be Instructor in Education (part time) for one year.
Wesley R. Jones to be Instructor in French for one year.
J. Ronald Meiklejohn to be Instructor in Economics from February, 1921 to June, 1921.
Professor Emeritus
Voted that Edwin Julius Bartlett, formerly New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry in the College, be Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, the title to date from the time when his resignation took effect.
Degrees
On the recommendation of the Faculty the following degrees were granted, as of the date of June 23, 1920:
Masters of Arts, Thoma,s Edward Gay, A.8., Bowdoin 1908
Master of Science, Robert Fish, 8.5., 1918 William Bolster Pierce, 8.5., 1913
Bachelor of Arts, Francis Albert Grady, as of the Class of 1917
Fellowship
Voted to grant the equivalent of a fellowship of $1000 to Charles Wallace McKenzie of the Class of 1920 for graduate work in Political Science, on the same terms as the established fellowships with reference to the claims of the College for later services in instruction.
Leave of Absence
Voted to grant leave of absence to Fred P. Emery, Professor of English, for the second semester of 1920-1921.
Electric incubator for the Department ofBiology
Voted to authorize the construction of an electric incubator for the Department of Biology.
Appropriations
Voted to make a special appropriation of $10,000 for the Library according to a memorandum to be presented by the President.
Voted to authorize improvement of the plant of the Outing Club at Moose Mountain, to be undertaken under the approval of the President.
Time of Commencement
Voted that hereafter Commencement Day shall be the last Tuesday but one in June.
Fraternity houses
Voted that the plans and location of proposed new fraternity houses shall require the approval of the Trustees.
Approval of gift to Outing Club
Voted that the Trustees endorse the acceptance on the part of 'the Outing Club of the gift by Messrs. E. K. Woodworth '97 and C. P. Woodworth 'O7 of the Tip-Top House on Moosilauke, and that they hereby express their hearty appreciation of the value to the College of this gift and their recognition of the terms specified in it.
Gift of Mr. Henry H. Hilton
Voted that the Clerk be authorized to write to Mr. Henry H. Hilton '90 of Chicago, expressing the interest and appreciation of the Trustees in his added gift, recently proffered, of $15,000, to enable the College to enlarge the golf course by nine additional holes and to build, a bridge across the Vale of Tempe.
Gift of Rev. John E. Johnson
Voted that the Clerk be authorized to express the keen interest and appreciation of the Trustees in the recent gift of the Reverend John E. Johnson of $4000 to the Ledyard Canoe Club.
Thanks to ProfeSsor Page
Voted that the Clerk be authorized to express to Professor Curtis Hidden Page of the Faculty the sense of the Trustees of their indebtedness to him for his contribution of time and work abroad last year for the benefit of the College Library.
Appreciation of gift of Mr. Parkhurst
Voted that the Trustees express their appreciation of the thoughtfulness of Mr. Lewis Parkhurst in the gift of the DeCamp portrait of Professor John K. Lord and make record of the gratification felt by all Dartmouth men at the possession by the College of this portrait.
Change in organisation of committees
Voted, first, that the Board establish a standing executive committee of five, of which the President shall be a member, which between the meetings of the Board shall have all the powers and authority of the Board of Trustees. The committee shall be elected by the Board and three members shall constitute a quorum.
Voted, second, that the committees on Education and on Business Administration, established as standing committees of the Board by vote of the Board on December 10, 1910, be and they hereby are discontinued.
Election of a trustee in place of Benjamin A.Kimball
The election of a life member of the Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin A. Kimball was brought up tor consideration, and the name of Albert O. Brown was put in nomination by Dr. J. M. Gile.
A ballot being taken, it appeared that eight ballots were cast and, all of them being for Albert O. Brown, he was declared elected.
Appointment of the Executive Committee
On the nomination of the President the following were appointed to form with him the Executive Committee of the Trustees: Messrs. Parkhurst, Streeter, Gile and Thayer.
Assistant Treasurer
Voted that Roy Brackett be appointed Assistant Treasurer of Dartmouth College.
The meeting then adjourned.
