UCCSN Board of Regents' Meeting Minutes
05-09-1936
Volume 5 - Pages 172-176
REGENTS MEETING
May 9, 1936
The Board of Regents met in the Office of President Clark at 10
o'clock Saturday morning, May 9th. There were present Judge
Brown, Chairman, Dr. Olmsted and Mr. Ross. Absent: Mr. Williams
and Mr. Wingfield.
The minutes of the January 31, 1936 meeting were approved on mo-
tion of Mr. Ross by the following vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
The list of those to be graduated on May 11th was presented by
President Clark. The list has been approved by the University
faculty and contains the names of 153 bachelors, 12 normals and
8 advanced degree candidates. On motion of Dr. Olmsted the list
was approved, the candidates to receive the indicated degrees and
diplomas:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
*Ruth E. Bails Ruby Mae Hoskins
*Eleanor Emma Bateman *Neca Jones
*Eleanor Glenn Campbell Bernice C. T. Lam
Margaret Gorman *Mary Eleanor Underwood
*Colene Hollan Margaret Ellen Walker
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Samuel Morris Ackerman Joseph M. Mastroianni
John D. Franklin Forrest L. Rhodes
Howard W. Lambert Irvin Robert Wanke
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
*Robert T. Best George F. Francis
Hazura Singh Birdi Richard A. Greulich
Paul George Bohlke Florindo Nannini
Julius Broili, Jr. Hugh I. Rossolo
Ellis Alden Ceander Harold F. Westfall
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Harry R. Bonnifield Thoon Teng Gee
Orrin R. Broberg Leland Stanford Hazeltine
Robert B. Butler John Nowland Tedford, Jr.
Walter J. Fancher, Jr.
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Gerald J. Dellanoy J. D. Stephens, Jr.
*Jean Martine Horning John F. Stock, Jr.
Bernard G. Moulton .
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Delvan Watson Dean Charles Leland Hill
Murray M. English Charles Joseph Winter
Bachelor of Science
Harry L. Austin *May Elender Parman
John Fairchild Benson *Virginia Hill Plath
*Eleanora Campbell Melvin Clarence Ruedy
Lura Gamble *Alma Schlappacasse
Charles Frederick Hartman Helen Elizabeth Smithe
Frank E. Leonard *Helen Marie Antonio Spina
*Inez F. Mac Gillivray Leslie S. Tomley
Robert Henry Montgomery Margaret Carolyn Traner
Bachelor of Arts
*Ruby Cornelia Arentz Paul A. Leonard
Raymond E. Armstrong E. Frandsen Loomis
*Lucile Rae Berg *Annie Cecilia Lucas
John Mc Kenzie Blakely *Alice A. Lundberg
Alice Elizabeth Boland Robert Maher
*Walter M. Bowrin *Czerna Wesley Mc Querry
Lois E. Brooks Lois Margaret Midgley
*Roberta de Hart Browne Mary Virginia Murgotton
Frank J. Buru Mary Elizabeth Murphy
Miriam Luella Butler Robert C. Nelligan
*Eunice A. Caton Charles S. Nichols, Jr.
Verla R. Champagne Katharine Norrid
Daniel Horace Chiatovich Mary R. Pappas
Walter James Christian Dorothy E. Phillips
Barbara Clark Thomas C. Prunty
Georgia L. Cole Jack Quaid
*Mary Katherine Corecco Frank Quilici
*Margaret Jeanette Crosby Marie Lillian Richards
*Mary Reba De Armond Charlotte Edna Robinson
Eleanor Lloyd Doan *Dorothy A. Roseberry
Carl F. Dodge William Hollister Savage
*Katherine Dondero Harry W. Sawyer, Jr.
*Ellen Ernst Orva Layne Selkirk
Bertram Mortimer Goldwater *Evelyn Semenza
*Roy H. Gomm Marianne Isabelle Severn
*Frances Camilla Graf Philip Ferguson Shore
*Maurine Mary Graf Julia Pearson Sibley
Florence Ruth Gulling *Frances Patricia Slavin
Rita A. Gunter Alice Mason Stauts
Opal Elizabeth Harvey Robert L. Stoker
*Lorraine Hawkins Frank Hobert Sullivan
Richard Arno Herz Mary Harriet Tucker
William Olmstead Holmes *Geneieve Alleen Wakefield
Elwin La Follette Jeffers *Winifred A. Walsh
*Rita L. Jepson *Amelia Zorich
Florance Elizabeth Kirkley
TWO-YEAR NORMAL DIPLOMA
Grace E. Amonette Mary Evasovic
Rose E. Bachman Meda May Haskin
Wanda E. Bell Mary E. Kling
Louise I. Borsini Marion R. Quirk
Margaret Anne Clark Marie Agnes Schopper
Beulah Cline Ida Testolin
ADVANCED DEGREES
Master of Arts
Clyde E. Buchanan Charles S. Nichols, Jr.
Master of Science
Robert N. Anderson Carl Kerby Stoddard
James R. Henrichs
Civil Engineer
Hugo E. Hanser Fred A. Roemer
Mechanical Engineer
Edwin Douglas Murray
*Teacher's Diploma of High School Grade
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
President Clark read the letter from the Masonic Order thanking
the University for the gift of a blue spruce in memory of Jacob
Mischon in their cemetery.
On recommendation of President Clark and at the request of Dr.
Hartman, the title of Gilbert Bruce Blair was changed from As-
sociate Professor of Physics to Associate Professor of Physics
and Astronomy in the Department of Physics. Mr. Ross made the
motion. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
On recommendation of President Clark and at the request of Dr.
Frandsen, Charles Le Roy Brown was advanced in rank from Assist-
ant Professor to Associate Professor of Biology.
Mr. Ross moved the adoption of this recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
On recommendation of President Clark, E. Otis Vaughn was elected
to succeed B. D. Billinghurst as Lecturer in School Law in the
School of Education at a stipend of $250 per year. The compensa-
tion is the same as that given to Mr. Billinghurst. Mr. Vaughn's
service and salary is to begin with the University year 1936-37.
Mr. Ross moved the adoption of this recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
On recommendation of President Clark, Mr. Alden J. Plumley, As-
sistant Professor of Economics, Business and Sociology, was
granted a leave of absence without pay for the University year
1936-37 and, if he so desires, for the year 1937-38, to enable
him to pursue graduate work at an eastern University.
Judge Brown moved the adoption of this recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
On recommendation of President Clark the salary of Miss Emily
Ross, who served without compensation during the University
year 1935-36 as Instructor in Mathematics, was set at $1600 for
the University year beginning August 1, 1936. Dr. Olmsted made
the motion. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Not voting
On recommendation of President Clark, Kenneth S. Karsten was
elected to be half-time Teaching Fellow in Chemistry for the year
1936-37 at a stipend of $600 for the year, to be paid in 10 equal
consecutive monthly installments beginning with that for August,
1936.
Mr. Ross moved adoption of this recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
President Clark presnted the recommendations of Dean Mack that
the salary of Miss Anita Becaas, Matron of Artemisia Hall, be
advanced from $50 to $75 per semester and that of Miss Claire
Bemis, Matron of Manzanita Hall and Supervisor of the Dining
Hall, be advanced from $700 to $800, both these advances to be
in effect for the University year 1936-37.
Mr. Ross moved the adoption of these recommendations. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
On recommendation of Professor Sameth, President Clark recommend-
ed the election of Alice Elaine Peterson to be Teaching Fellow in
Physical Education for Women for the University year 1936-37 at a
stipend of $500 to be paid in 10 equal consecutive monthly in-
stallments beginning with that for August, 1936. Miss Peterson
will receive her A. B. degree from the College of the Pacific
this Spring and comes highly recommended.
Mr. Ross moved the adoption of the above recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
President Clark stated that Milan J. Webster, Ph. D., who has
been on leave for the past school ear, would return to our Campus
for the year 1936-37 and take up his duties as Associate Profes-
sor for the Department of Economics, Business and Sociology.
President Clark recommended to the Board that Mr. William R.
Blackler, Assistant Professor of Economics, Business and Soci-
ology, should return to service at a salary of $3000 and the
rank of an Associate Professor, his return to service to be, at
his option, either August 1, 1936 or January 1, 1937.
Mr. Ross moved the adoption of the above recommendation. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
President Clark presented the following recommendations of Di-
rector Doten of the Agricultural Experiment Station and recom-
mended their adoption by the Board:
a. Marjorie Howes, Clerk in Soil Fertility Department, to be
advanced from $900 to $960 per year.
b. Golamae Johnson, Librarian and Station Secretary, to be ad-
vanced from $1500 to $1620.
c. M. R. Miller, Chemist, to be advanced from $3450 to $3600.
d. V. E. Spencer, Chemist, to be advanced from $3450 to $3600.
e. S. A. Lough, Chemist, to be advanced from $800 to $1200 on
Station funds.
f. Elmer Bogart to be elected to have charge of livestock ex-
periments at Fallon at a salary of $1800 per year to succeed
Milton Miller, resigned, service and salary to be effective
from June 1, 1936. Mr. Bogart will receive his B. S. in
Animal Husbandry from the University of California this
month.
President Clark recommended that Dr. S. A. Lough should receive
also $1800 per year from General University funds, beginning
July 1, 1936, making his total salary from July 1, 1936, $3000
per year.
Mr. Ross moved the adoption of the above 7 recommendations.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Judge Brown moved that President Clark be commissioned to arrange
with Miss Lewis that she secure an Assistant in the School of
Home Economics for the University year 1936-37 at not to exceed
$1000 for the year. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted moved that the Board of Regents suspend the collec-
tion of "Registration and Incidentals" fees for the University
year 1936-37. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
On motion of Mr. Ross the next meeting of the Board was set for
September 19th unless the Chairman calls a special meeting be-
tween now and then. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Judge Brown moved that the Agreement entered into April 21, 1936
between J. N. Evans, Inc. and the University of Nevada and ex-
ecuted in the name of the University by the Chairman of the Board
of Regents and attested by the Secretary of the Board, be rati-
fied and approved except that the date of the deferred payments
be December 1, 1936 and December 1, 1937 and that a copy of this
Agreement be attached to the Secretary's copy of the minutes of
this meeting. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Adjourned.
George S. Brown
Chairman
Carolyn M. Beckwith
Secretary