Ohio University Board of Trustees minutes, v. 10 (1927-1954)

38 Ohio University Record, Meeting June 11,1928.

Marian Lucile Wilson......Geneva Annabelle Witham......Lancaster Floyd Roscoe Zwickel.......Logan

Industrial Education (Three Year)

Harry R. Bowman......Cutler Albert William Ormiston......Fleming Herbert Edward Rolsten..........Logan Harry Wendell Vancuren......Logan

Industrial Education (Four Year)

Mary Martha Bobenmyer......Hamilton

Bachelor of Science in Education

Anna Mae Baker.................Zanesville Mark Hiram Baker......Fredericktown John G. Barton......Adelphi Herman Bender......Sciotoville Mary Louise Biggs......Coshocton Mary Martha Bobenmyer.......Hamilton Ruth Adams Brown...........Beaver Hattie Florence Campbell......Bidwell Pearl May Casiday......Columbus Leah E. Cline......Elizabeth, W. Va. Helen Hope Cooke......Fredericktown Lola Fry Davis......Powhatan Point Carrie Doloras Dillehay......Crooksville Bertha Irene Doty......Pickerington Sarah Alma Druggan.......Toledo Helen E. Dukes.......Mt. Gilead Russell Roy Dupler......Carbonhill Simeon R.Earich.......Athens Pauline French........New Holland Dorothy Augusta Gaiser..............Elmira, N.Y. Minnie Lee Hannum......Long Bottom Nona Chilla Hasley..........Newport Orville Earl Hill.........Orient Rose Therese Holland........Sugar Grove Herbert Briley Inboden........Logan Floy Johnson.......Gallipolis Frank E. Kirk.......Sciotoville Anna Pauline Lauterbur..............................Sidney Harley Elsworth Linn.....................Zanesville May Daniels Lockhart....................Athens John Hyler Longley..................................Nelsonville Paul Revere Ludwig........Chillicothe Authorine Marilyn Miller......Hemlock Earl E. Mosher..........Wooster Leland Calvert Pinkerton...........Marietta Matilda Augusta Scharf.............Wheeling, W. Va. Forrest Warren Shrum......Hilliards Cassie Sidders.........Athens Ida Kimble Spears........Portsmouth Violet Gooch Stone..............Waterville, Maine Everett D. Stonebraker......Bethesda Harvey Dale Thomas......Cambridge Clarence Spencer Tocus.........Youngstown Monica Vierling..........Mt. Healthy Gladys Rose Warner.......Athens Florence Grace Webb......Amanda Alva Arthur White......Circleville Irene White...........Vincent Adrian Lorain Wible......Youngstown Harold Elwood Wise.......Athens Bessie Lucile Woolley.......Amesville

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Carl Lewis Denison..........Rutland

Bachelor of Secretarial Science

Mary Frances Goldsberry......Athens

Bachelor of Arts in Commerce

Harley Emerson Barnhill......Athens

Bachelor of Arts

Zitella Marie Andrews......Ironton Anna Lucille Brooks......Deerfield Raymond Lawrence Curtis......Summerfield Robert Mark Estrich......Edon Helen Gertrude Hawkins......Lima Herbert Strange McConihay......Athens Josephine Alice Marshall.......Plymouth, N.C. LaVerne Viola Matthew......Clarksburg, W. Va. Beatrice Maude Melick......Lore City Ruth Turnbull Millikan........Athens

39 Ohio University Record, Meeting June 11, 1928.

Sierra Nevada Nease......Cleveland James Moffett Norris......Woodsfield Earl Jennings Powers......Blanchester Chester Howe Sanders......Norwalk Edward Schmid......Zanesville Florence Louise Sheetz......Attice, Indiana George Hershal Turner......Allensville Robert Dean Wilson......West Carrollton

It was moved by Johnson, seconded by Shappard and the motion was duly passed that the report be adopted. President Bryan presented the name of Dr. Albert Leonard with thr recommendation that the honorary degree of Doctor of Education be conferred on Albert Leonard of New Rochelle, New York. President Bryan presented the name of John Stewart Bryan and recommended that the degree of Doctor of Laws be conferred on hum June 12th.

It was moved by Bush, seconded by McCune and the motion was duly passed that the degree of Doctor of Laws be conferred on John Stewart Bryan, of Richmond, Virginia.

A group of colored men including Dr. Rose of Dayton, Attorney James of Dayton, Rev. Isham of Columbus and Rev. Allen of Columbus, Ohio, was heard.

They urged that the resolution passed June 11,1923 to which reference was made earlier in the meeting, be rescinded. After the group of colored men had left, an extended discussion of the question followed.

It was moved by Thomas, seconded by Sheppard that a committee be appointed to deal with the question involved. A discussion followed.

It was moved by Bush, seconded by Lash that the motion be amended so as to re-afirm the resolution adopted 5 years ago. A very general discussion of the question followed.

Dr. Bryan stated that he had requested Dr. Rose. to make a written presentation of hisarguments. The amendment offered by Mr. Bush was lost.

It was moved by McVay to amend the motion to request a written statement of the group. This amendment was lost for want of a second.

Judge Thomas then withdrew his motion.

No action was taken.

An option to purchase for $17,000 the Jennings property adjacent to the President's residence was presented.

It was moved by Jones, seconded by McVay and the motion was duly passed that the option be referred to the Finance and Building Committees to investogate and to extend the option but without power to act. Mr. Bush presented the question of purchasing an annuity for Miss Nellie Van Vorhes in lieu of the annual payment of $600 to be paid her for the remainder of her life, for her property which she had deeded to the University.

He stated that the annuity would cost something over $7,000.

It was moved by Thomas, seconded by Johnson and the motion was duly passed that the question be referred to the Finance Committee with power to act.

Dr. Bryan addressed the Board relative to the purchase of two tracts of land adjacent to the present athletic field with are owned by Joseph Higgins and Dr. Arthur Carr of Washington,D.C. respectively.

Dr. Bryan recommended to the Board that the development of proper facilities for staging intercollegiate contests be given consideration.

It was moved by Johnson, seconded by Sheppard and the motion was duly and unanimously passed, that the Building Committee and the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees be given power to act in the purchase of land, Developing the plans for a Stadium and to make such financial arrangements as in their judgment are necessary.

The meeting was dajourned.

EB Bryan President

George Parks Secretary

40 Ohion University Record, Meeting August 10,1928.

Athens, Ohio, Ewing Hall, Ohio University

The Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of Ohio University met at the President's office pursuant to a call by Dr. Bryan. The following members were present: Wood, Hopkins, Bush and Bryan.

The question of purchasing an annuity for Nellis Van Vorhes in place of the annual payment which has been made to her for several years as consideration for the deeding of her residence on University Terrace to the University, was discussed.

It was moved by Hopkins, seconded by Wood and unanimously passed that an annual annuity in the amount of $600 to be purchased from the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, through the local agent, E.C. Kreiger, be paid to the annuitant Miss Nellis Van Vorhes in twelve equal monthly payments.

This action was pursuant to the authority given this Committee by the Board of Trustees at the meeting June 11,1928.

EB Bryan President

George Parks Secretary

Athens, Ohio, November 7,1928. Ewing Hall.

The Finance and Building Committees of the Board of Trustees of Ohio University met in the office of Dr. E.B. Bryan, pursuant to a call by the president.

The following members were present: Wood, Bush, Biddle, Hopkins, Jones and Bryan.

President Bryan presented to the two committees, the plans which he had developed for the purchase of ground and the construction of a concrete stadium as the two committees had been authorized to do at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 11,1928.

He stated that an option on a tract of land, lying south of the present athletic field, containing about 28 acres had been secured from Joseph Higgins and Alice Higgins, the purchase price to be $16,383, to be paid to Joseph and Alice Higgins and 2% of that sum, or $327.66 to be paid to the holders of the option, Messers Wells and Keenan for securing the option, preparations of proper deeds and abstracts of title. Also that a similar option to purchase a 4 acre tract of land lying adjacent to the Higgins tarct,had been secured from Dr. Arthur Carr of Washington, D.C., the purchase price to be $4,000 to be paid to Dr. Arthur Carr and 2% of that sum, or $80 to be paid to Messers Wells and Keenan for securing the option, preparation of deed and abstracting the title to the property and $200 to be paid to Fred C. Cabeen, Athens, Ohio for the surrender of a lease on said 4 acre tract, which he holds.

Dr. Bryan stated that the Athens banks proposed to enter into an agreement with the University, whereby the Bank of Athens, N.B.A. would be made Trustee and the Athens National Bank, registrar, for and in behalf of the holders of a proposed issue of $150,000 par value of land trust certificates, to bear interest at the rate of 6%.

The banks further propose that the Bank of Athen N.B.A. as Trustee, take over the tracts of land optioned at the prices named and under the direction of the Ohio University officials enter into such contracts as are necessary to construct such a stadium as as may be built with the balance of the fund of $150,000 after payment for the land has been made. They further propose that the Board of Trustees pay the trustee, an annual rental of $12,000 plus a sum sufficient to pay trustees expenses and taxes on the property, and that of the $12,000 annual payment made to the trustee, $9,000 be applies as interest on the certificate and $3,000 toward retiring the principal sum of Land Trust Certificates outstanding at the close of the first year of the life of the certificates, and that in the same amount that interest payments decrease each year, the payments on the principal sum, be increased in an equivalent amount.

It was moved by Bush and seconded by Jones and the motion was duly passed that the President of the University be directed and authorized to enter into such agreements with the Bank of Athens N.B.A Trustee as are necessary to give full force and effect to the plan as outlined by Dr.Bryan, and that the president be further authorized and directed to pay over annually to the Bank of Athens, N.B.A.Trustee, out of the amount collected in the A.LE.Fund, the sum of $12,000 plus an additional sum sufficient to pay such taxes as are levied on the property and such expenses for the trustees services as are agreed upon.

41 Ohio University Record, Meeting November 7,1928.

It was moved by Hopkins, seconded by Biddle and the motion was duly passed that the executive officers of the University acting through the Bank of Athens, N.B.A. Trustee, be authorized and directed to purchase the Carr tract of land and the Higgins tract of land to pay other obligations incurred and to proceed with the construction of a new stadium.

EB Bryan President

George Parks Secretary

42 Ohio University Record, Meeting June 10,1929.

Athens, Ohio, Ewing Hall, Ohio University, 8:30 A.M.

The Board of Trustees of Ohio University met in the President's Office in Ewing Hall pursuant to notice by the Secretary as directed by President Bryan. The following members were present: Hamblin, Jones, Biddle, Crow, Lash, Eikenberry, Hopkins, McVey, Johnson, Sheppard, McCune, McKee, Leete, Bush, Holzer and Bryan.

It was moved by Crow, seconded by Hamblin, and the motion was duly passed that the absences of the four members not present, be excused.

The minutes of the meeting held June 10,1928, the minutes of the meeting of the Finance Committee held August 9,1928 and the minutes of the joint meeting of the Finance and Building Committees held November 7, 1928 were read and approved.

Dr. Bryan spoke at some length to the Board concerning the activities of a certain group of men in their efforts to have rescinded a resolution of the Board passed June 11,1923, which resolution excluded certain students from other states because of their exclusion from their own state Universities.

The report of President Bryan dealing at length with the activities of the University for the past year was read by the Secretary. The report follows:

Athens, Ohio, June 10,1929.

TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF OHIO UNIVERSITY

Gentlemen:

I have the honor to submit the following report of the activities of Ohio University since our last meeting on June 11,1928.

The University this year has had the largest attendance in the history of the university. Of the 5,627 students pursuing regular university sourses during the academic year 1928-1929, the resident students numbered 3454 and the non-resident students, 2173. Of the 3454 resident students, 2361 were enrolled in degree courses; 842 in two-year courses; 20 graduate students; 162 unclassified; 63 music specials; and 6 auditors. The non-resident students numbered 1450 in group extension courses and 723 in correspondence study courses. Eighty-four of the wighty-eight counties in Ohio were represented; twenty states; and two foreign countries.

The University received, by appropriation, at the hands of the Legislature in the 88th. General Assembly the following:

For the biennium beginning January 1,1929, and ending December 31,1930, $1,169,360.00 were appropriated for PERSONAL SERVICE. In addition to this amount, receipts from term registration fees accrue to the credit of this account. For purposes of MAINTENANCE, the sum of $315,600.00 was appropriated and all Endowment Monies due Ohio University on account of rents and taxes in Athens and Alexander townships and all monies received from the Athens School Board for the use of the Library. For ADDITIONS AND BETTERMENTS, $350,000.00 were appropriated to be used for a Library Building and Equipment. Our appropriation, therefore, as received is $1,834,960.00, which will with an approximate income of $420,000.00 from term regiatration fees, rents, taxes, etc., give us a total amount for PERSONAL SERVICE, MAINTENANCE, and ADDITIONS AND BETTERMENTS of approximately $2,254,960.00.

A number of changes have been made in minor positions on our staff, and a few additions which will be calculated to add strength to our staff. Among these are the appointments of Dr. Frank S. Salisbury, Bellingham State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington, to succeed Dr. Alonzo F. Myers, resigned, as Director of Teacher Training.

The spirit of the University has been wholesome. The relationship among the students and the various organizations of the student body is conductive to good fellowship; and the relationship between the student body and the faculty has been delightful. Within the faculty there has been a fine spirit of cooperation.

Since our meeting last June, no changes have occurred in the personnel of the Board of Trustees. The following committees of the Board will serve during the ensuing year;

Finance: Hopkins, Davis,Biddle,Wood Teachers and Salaries: Johnson, Eikenberry, Hamblin Buildings and Grounds: Biddle, Jones, Bush Publicity: Johnson, Sheppard, Bush, McCune University Conference: Bush, Thomas, Crow, McCune Library: Wood, Jones, McVay, Holzer, Kinnison Auditing: Lash, Leete, McKee