Spring Trustee Meeting

Matters of routine business and the reports of committees largely occupied the trustees of the College at their meeting in Parkhurst Hall, April 20. A number of faculty promotions were made by the trustees, leaves of absence were granted to 14 members of the faculty, reports of the committees on honorary degrees and the physical development and maintenance of the plant were given and discussed, and business submitted by the treasurer, H. ('. Edgerton 06, was considered. The retirement of Prof. William Patten from active service on .the faculty was also announced by the trustees.

The following trustees were in attendance at the meetings: President Hopkins, A. O. Brown '78, Lewis Parkhurst '78, 11. B. Thayer '79, C. 15. Little '81, F. A. Rowland 87, M. C. Tuttle 97, E. AN . Knight '87, and John R. McLane 07. C. G. Dubois '91, Gov. J. G. Winant, and Dean W. R. Gray '04, who is on leave of absence this semester, were absent.

Promotions

Favorable action was taken in the following recommendations of the committee advisory to the President for the promotion of: John B. Stearns from assistant professor to professor of Greek and Latin; Merle C. Cowden from instructor to assistant professor of German; Joseph B. Folger, Jr. from instructor to assistant professor of Spanish; Alvin L. Pianca from instructor to assistant professor of Spanish.

The leaves of absence granted by the trustees for the full academic year 1931-32 follow: William A. Carter, instructor in Economics; Earl K. Carter, instructor in French; Arthur Dewing, instructor in English; and Arthur D. Wright, professor of Education. Leaves of absence for the first semester of 1931-32 are announced as: Herman Feldman, professor of Industrial Relations in the Tuck School; Charles J. Lyon, assistant professor of Botany; and Louis L. Silverman, professor of Mathematics.

Leaves of absence granted for the second semester of 1931-32 are: Edwin M. Bailor, professor of Psychology; Arthur H. Basye, professor of History; A. Hey wood Knowlton, assistant professor of Romance Languages; David Lattimore, professor of Far Eastern Civilizations; Kenneth A. Robinson, professor of English; Charles L. Stone, professor of Psychology; and Wayne E. Stevens, professor of History.

Retirement of Dr. Patten

The retirement of Prof. William Patten of the department of Zoology and director of the course in Evolution was also announced. Dr. Patten submitted his resignation to the board to take effect at the end of the present college year. He reaches the retirement age of 70 this year. Dr. Patten has taught at Dartmouth since 1893 when he came here as professor of Biology. With the exception of Prof. G. D. Lord his term of service on the faculty is longer than that of any other teacher.

The resignation of Prof. H. D. Jordan as assistant professor of History was also accepted and announced by the trustees. The gift of $500 from Senator George H. Moses, as recently announced by President Hopkins, was formally accepted by the trustees. The gift provides for the establishment of the James Fairbanks Colby Prize in honor of Professor Colby, emeritus professor of Political Science.

Building Program

Plans for the completion of the renovation of Reed Hall were brought before the meeting by the chairman of the committee on the plant, H. B. Thayer '79. This work will be carried on during the spring and summer to provide additional recitation and faculty office space. No further development of the Dartmouth building program, which has been extensive during the past five years, is contemplated for the immediate future. No announcement was made at this time concerning the honorary degrees to be awarded at Commencement. This action is not made public until the degree recipients appear in person at the graduating exercises in Webster Hall June 16.

The next regular meeting of the board of trustees will be held just previous to Commencement, which will this year begin June 12.