May 7-8, 1927
05-07-1927
Volume OE - Pages 488-493
Reno, Nevada
May 7, 1927
The regular Commencement meeting of the Board of Regents was
held on May 7, 1927, beginning at 9:15 A.M. All members of the
Board, President Clark and, for some of the time, Comptroller
Gorman, were present.
The minutes of the Committee meetings of February 28th and
March 31st and payroll action of April 30, 1927, were approved
by the following vote, on motion of Mr. Pratt:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
The list of the graduates, as submitted by the President, with
the recommendation of the University faculty, was, on motion
of Mr. Williams, endorsed by the Board, and degrees and diplomas
were ordered granted in accord with the list herewith spread
upon the minutes:
Engineer of Mines
Woodfred E. Romig William I. Smyth
Master of Science in Chemistry
Meredith Raines Miller
College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts
Douglas Ackerman Ernest Loeb Inwood
Helen Adelaid Adamson Robert L. Ketcham
John Agrusa Rosemond Ethel Lunsford
Vincent Alexander Eleanor Curieux Massie
Lahmi Jane Ballard Elsie May Mitchell
Norman Bell Hannah Baker Mitchell
Florence Harriette Billinghurst Ada O. Moore
Margaret D. Browning Grace Mary Muran
Owen M. Broyles Vera Josephine Muran
William Harve Buntin Edythe F. Peacocke
Robbins Ernest Cahill Nevada Hazel Pedroli
Adele Clemons Thelma Pray
James Russell Coleman George Walter Reimers
Gladys Jones Crosby Ida Mary Robinson
Jack Brodrick Cunningham Frederic J. Siebert, Jr.
Tillie G. Evansen Junius Arthur Smith, Jr.
Thomas P. Fitzgerald Thor Merritt Smith
Ray C. Frederick Wilma F. Squires
Clarence J. Gallagher William Wagner Stark
Carmelo Guarneri Robert Vincent Stewart
Fred William Hagmeyer Ellen Evalinn Stitt
George William Hennen Dorothy Clare Trimble
Erle L. Henriksen Alice Belle Twaddle
Margaret Scott Hill Annie L. Walsh
Proctor R. Hug Pauline Wren
Gertrude Francis Wyckoff
Bachelor of Science
Raymond Charles Ede Joseph Won Sik Min
Lawrence J. Fuller Frank William Samuels
Lewis E. Keheo Taylor Smith
Hans Lohse Ruth Victoria Wingfield
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Douglas Allen Castle George W. Whitehead
College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Raymond Milton Henricksen Ray Hammond Misener
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Austin Cornelius Fort Frank R. Kappler
Jack P. Hauschild Carl Robert Small
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
William C. Cheney Harry J. Frost
Dwight Woodbury Edwards Howard S. Leak
Charles Raymond Poppe
College of Agriculture
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
George Ernest Brooks Winfield C. Higgins
Cruz Venstrom
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
Lura Naomi Ayers Charlotte Iola Porter
Lyell Burke Kofoed Frances Elizabeth Wright
Teachers Diploma of High School Grade
Lura Naomi Ayres Ada O. Moore
Douglas Ackerman Grace Mary Muran
Vincent Alexander Vera Josephine Muran
Lahmi Jane Ballard Edythe F. Peacocke
Margaret D. Browning Nevada Hazel Pedroli
Raymond Charles Ede Charlotte Iola Porter
Tillie G. Evansen Thelma Pray
Lawrence J. Fuller Wilma F. Squires
Winfield C. Higgins Ellen Evalinn Stitt
Margaret Scott Hill Dorothy Clare Trimble
Proctor R. Hug Alice Belle Twaddle
Lyell Burke Kofoed Cruz Venstrom
Rosemond Ethel Lunsford Annie L. Walsh
Eleanor Curieux Massie George W. Whitehead
Elsie May Mitchell Pauline Wren
Hannah Baker Mitchell Frances Elizabeth Wright
Gertrude Francis Wyckoff
Teachers Diploma of Grammar Grade
Kathryn Irene Clark Anna Mildred Mc Coy
Grace Devlin Margaret Violet Palsgrove
Berah Ruth Glasscock Gladys Bradley Putney
Flora Jones Maurine E. Shearer
Afton Mathews Goldeen West
Lelia Williams
Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
On recommendation of Professor Young, President Clark recom-
mended that Mrs. B. F. Chappelle be reappointed 1/2 time Instruc-
tor in Psychology for the University year 1927-28 at her present
rate of pay, namely $1000, for the University year.
On recommendation of Professor Martie, President Clark recommend-
ed that Mr. L. T. Shaw, be reappointed Instructor in the Depart-
ment of Physical Education for Men and Head Coach for football,
for the University year 1927-28, at his present salary of $3000.
Mrs. Williams moved the adoption of the above two Resolutions.
Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
President Clark recommended that the following 5 persons, having
satisfactorily served their initial and probationary years, be-
come regular staff members at the indicated increases in salary:
Edwin J. Duerr, Instructor in English, from $1500 to $1600
Donald E. Anthony, Instructor in Economics, Business and
Sociology, from $2000 to $2100
Roger W. Truesdail, Instructor in Chemistry, from $1800 to
$2100
Verrel Weber, Instructor in Physical Education for Women,
from $1950 to $2100
Otis J. Mithoug, Instructor in Electrical Engineering, from
$1800 to $2000
Judge Brown moved the adoption of the President's recommendation.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams No
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt No
Judge Talbot No. I believe that some of these de-
serve an increase; but we cannot
afford to raise salaries at this
time and we should await taking
action to see whether there is
next Fall an increase in non-
resident tuition students or any
change in the State tax valua-
tions.
Mr. Williams expressed himself as willing to go into the matter
again next Fall after the non-resident, tuition-paying enroll-
ment was known. After general discussion, and the making and
withdrawal of a motion, Judge Brown moved that the above 5 per-
sons shall be re-elected for the coming University year at their
present salaries and that, if the registration of non-resident,
tuition-paying students is 250 or more at the close of regis-
tration in the Fall of 1927, the increases recommended by the
President for these 5 persons shall take effect as from the
first of August, 1927. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On the recommendation of Director Fulton of the Mackay School
of Mines, President Clark recommended that William I. Smyth
become a regular member of the staff of the Mackay School of
Mines and assistant in the State Mining Laboratory at an advance
from $2000 to $2500 from the Mackay Funds, effective from August
1, 1927. Mr. Williams moved the adoption of the President's
recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended that William R. Blackler, Instructor
in Economics, Business and Sociology, and, during the absence
of Mr. Sutherland, Acting Head of that Department, be advanced
from $2200 to $2500, effective August 1, 1927. Judge Brown
made the motion. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended that Rollin H. Mc Carthy, Assistant
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, be advanced from $2500 to
$2700, effective from August 1, 1927. Judge Brown moved that
Mr. Mc Carthy's raise be contingent upon the Fall enrollment of
250 or more non-resident, tuition-paying students. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On the recommendation of Director Fulton of the Mackay School of
Mines, President Clark recommended the temporary employment of
Mr. Oliver, at $175 per month, to be paid from the Mackay Funds,
to rehabilitate the Museum in the Mackay School of Mines, the
appointment to be for a period not to exceed 4 months and to be
effective from and after April 20, 1927. Mrs. Williams moved
the adoption of the President's recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On the recommendation of Dr. H. W. Hill, President Clark recom-
mended Paul Atkins Harwood to be Instructor in English for the
next University year at a salary of $1800, effective August 1,
1927. Judge Brown moved the adoption of the President's recom-
mendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the election of Mrs. Marienne Elsie
Shaver to be 1/2 time Instructor in the Department of Classics
for the next University year at a stipend of $800 for 7 or 8
periods per week, with understanding that she shall teach either
first-year English or first-year Spanish if the Latin enrollment
in either course to be given during the absence of Dr. Church is
too small to warrant offering the course. Mr. Pratt moved the
adoption of the President's recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
President Clark recommended the extension of Dr. Albert's leave
of absence for an indefinite period approximating two years,
since Dr. Albert had made this request. Judge Talbot moved
the adoption of the President's recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
On the recommendation of Miss Dorothy E. Foster, President Clark
recommended the election of Miss Vera Lautenschlager to be Acting
Director during Dr. Albert's leave of absence at a salary of $175
effective from the date of her arrival probably in late June,
1927. Judge Talbot moved the adoption of the President's recom-
mendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
Recessed until 4 P.M.
Session reconvened at 4 P.M.
On the recommendation of Dean Hall, President Clark recommended
that Ruth A. Talboy have the academic rank of Lecturer in the
Teaching of Vocational Home Economics. Mr. Pratt moved the
adoption of the President's recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot Aye
At the request of Mr. J. L. Hash, Judge Talbot moved that the
arrangement asked for by Mr. Hash in re-irrigating water for his
lands through University Farm pipe line be granted for another
year. Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
President Clark read the acceptance of Chester Brennen as project
leader in Range Economics of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Mr. Williams moved that the bill of Professor Boardman for Civil
Engineering services for the period October 1, 1926 to April 30,
1927 for $63, as presented by the President, be allowed. Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
President Clark read a letter from the General Federation of
Women's Clubs asking what inducements this University would
offer as Pan-American scholarships.
Mr. Williams moved that this University accept a total of 10
students from Mexico, Central and South America without tuition,
but that fees would need to be paid, and that not to exceed 3
such students from any one country would be admissible. Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Judge Talbot moved that the Chairman of the Board and the Presi-
dent of the University be authorized to pave the street in front
of Lincoln Hall from the main roadway running through the Campus
and put in new sidewalks, sidewalks to be at least 10 feet wider
than now and to put in gutters provided that the Attorney General
gives opinion that this work can be paid for out of the Univer-
sity Permanent Building Fund. Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
It is understood that the President is to get the word to Mr.
Wagner to make the proper heating pipe connection with the
sewer at the east side of the new Library and then to have
Professor Boardman give Mr. Lynch's men the proper lines for
the staightening of the road from the roadway to the north of
the new Library to the bridge over the Orr Ditch. This im-
provement is to come from general University funds.
Mr. Pratt suggested that two supports to the balcony in the
Mining building be painted at once and that the removable posts
bearing the chain handrail on the stairs leading to the basement
should be made solid, since as a safety device movable posts
were negligible factors.
Judge Talbot moved that the Student Affairs Committee make
investigation into the facts regarding the alleged offense of
Loran Pease and Julius Molina as reported in the Nevada State
Journal of April 13, 1927, and report the facts to this Board
at its next meeting and make recommendations at their discre-
tion to the Board as to the course which the Board should pursue.
Vote:
Judge Talbot Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mrs. Williams Aye
Mr. Pratt Aye
Adjourned.
Walter E. Pratt
Chairman
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