UCCSN Board of Regents' Meeting Minutes
05-10-1930
Volume 5 - Pages 64-69
REGENTS MEETING
May 10, 1930
The Board of Regents met in the Office of the President at 10:30
A.M. on May 10th. Present: Chairman Brown, Mr. Williams and Mr.
Wingfield. Absent: Messrs. Talbot and Pratt.
The minutes of the January 31st meeting were approved with under-
standing that the minor changes requested by Judge Talbot would
be embodied. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
List No. 5, Regents Checks Nos. 57 to 67 inclusive for the net
sum of $7,835.44 was approved by the following vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Upon the unanimous vote of the Board it was left to the Chairman
to prepare the word to the Secretary of the Interior, giving the
consent of the Board of Regents to this particular transfer of
public lands owned by the University to constitute part of the
national parks in southern Nevada, provided an equal area be by
the State of Nevada transferred to the public lands owned by the
University.
Upon motion of Mr. Williams, the list of graduates, as recommend-
ed by the faculty, was accepted by the Board and the Board au-
thorized the granting of the degrees and diplomas to these gradu-
ates, as here listed:
ADVANCED DEGREES
Engineer of Mines
Dudley D. Homer**, Nevada, 1910
Mechanical Engineering
Harold B. Keating, Nevada, 1925
Civil Engineer
Aston R. Codd, Nevada, 1925
Master of Science in Chemistry
Lewis E. Kehoe, Nevada, 1927
Master of Arts in Modern Languages
Frank A. Bonasi, Pennsylvania, 1926
Master of Arts in History
Erastus A. Hanson, Nevada, 1918
Mary N. Wilkinson**, Southwestern, Kansas
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Bachelor of Arts
*Albert W. Alegre** *Glenn J. Lawlor
Evelyn Marguerite Anderson *Alice A. La Maire
*Idel Anderson Genevieve Leonard**
*Margaret G. Baird Jessie Leonard**
*Beth Beemer Duane Emory Mack
Sarah Green Bell** *Helen Mann
*Aurora Fortuna Belmonte Daniel William Mc Knight
Alan Bible *Frank a. Metcalf**
George S. Blum** *Helen E. Morris
Grant L. Bowen Barbara F. Morse**
Charles A. Browne Carol Norton Newell
Edward Donald Budge Albert W. Nichols
*Bertrand Burkham Lois Nicolaides
Alpha Rulison Clark** *Richard Mitchell Oliver
Saralee Clark *Valborg Olsen
*William Kelly Collonan *Mary A. O'Neill
*Helen C. Coverston Louise A. Oppio
*Lucy E. Crescenzo Harold Frederick Overlin
Carol W. Cross Ernest F. Panelli
*Sylvia Crowell *Florence Enid Porter
Edward C. Cupit Helen Mahoney Prendiville**
Donald S. Dakin Paul Darrow Richards
*Ben J. Dieringer *Kathryn M. Robison
Helen Nevada Dunseth Colin E. Ross
Adeline Miramon Duque Mary Torney Ryan
Renee Marie Duque (7/26/29)*Clara M. Samaniego
Herman W. Easton** *Anna Lorna Sauber
Elbert B. Edwards** *Edwin Seward Semenza
Erest C. Feland Daniel H. Senseney
Harvey Fisk Flint *Lenard W. Sledge
Annie Mary Fowler Margaret Sue Lees Smith
Russell C. Garcia** *Kathleen Regina Sullivan
June M. Grantley** Arthur Theodore Sutherland
Marshall A. Guisti Leonard Sutherland
James David Hammond *Maryemma Taylor
Melville D. Hancock Thomas O. Towle**
*Gerda Marie Hexem Helen Roberta Turner**
*Inez Anna Holmstrom Marcelyn Emily Wells
Barbara Freeman Horton *Edwin Francis Whitehead
Wilfred Dole Jones Nelle E. Wilkinson**
Walden G. Kline** Thomas Cave Wilson
Bachelor of Sciences
*Alice Elizabeth Beninghoff Orville W. Moyes
Robert L. Blackmun *Precious D. P. Nash
Carl Clifford Carlson *Valborg Nelson
Edith Small Carlson *Katherine M. Priest
Verdie Lorena Fant William Augustus Regentz, Jr.
*Evelyn H. Gault *Esther Lillian Sauer
*Geraldine Green *Ione Annie Smith
*Inez Loomis Johnson Chris B. Stockton
*George W. Lang, Jr. John Barr Tompkins
*Rudolph H. Larsen Walter Wayne Webb
Mervyn O. Little *Mary E. C. Weeks
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Henry Albert Francis Fred Lohse
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Robert W. Adamson Paul Gemmill
Frank Leslie Bristol** Harold Dart Vaughan
Norman John Ericson
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Ralph T. Adamson Dale D. Lamb
Derrill Clarence Angst Neil William Lamb
Walter Ballerstein Theodore Harry Miller
Lucas T. Brockbank, Jr. John Alexander Walsh
Walter H. Jensen
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Jose Abella Gavan George Maxwell Wright
J. Brainerd Plehn
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
La Monte R. Brown, degree to be granted, however, only
after he has completed his contract with the Federal
Government to complete the work of a Summer training camp
Lincoln B. Grayson Wilfred Alan Odell
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Ted De Vinne Beach** Alfred Lee Weger**
Whiting Fisk Martin(9/13/29)Frank E. Wittenberg
Herold H. Newton**
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
*Anna Frances Frey Patricia Harding Mc Collum
*Norma Gardella Florence Ann Mitchell
*Ruth Ann Gooding
*Entitled to receive a teacher's diploma of high school
grade. In addition to these the following 4 have also
completed the work for the high teacher's diploma:
Gladys A. Cafferata, Nevada, 1929
Ainsley H. Mabson, Nevada, 1928
Janet Shirley Pardee, Nevada, 1929
Ina May Winters, Mills College, 1929
Teacher's Diploma of Grammar Grade
Roxcena M. Bonham Malba Irene Garaghty
Emma N. Boyd Frances V. Hewitt
Grace Dalby Brown Florence L. Huffman
Ethlyn E. Coverston Golamae Johnson
Ruby Danvers Eleanor P. Keema
Mary Belle Douglass** Myrtle L. Keema
Mabel Dowling Irene D. Kitch
Elaine Fairchild Maxine Roudebush
Leonora Gardner** Odetta Thornton
**December 21, 1929
Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
At the request of their several Department Heads, President Clark
recommended the following advances in rank, to be effective from
date:
Assistant Professor Williams to be Associate Professor of
Modern Languages
Instructor Claude Carson Smith to be Assistant Professor of
History
Instructor Meryl W. Deming to be Assistant Professor of
Chemistry
Mr. Wingfield moved the acceptance of the President's recommenda-
tion. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On recommendation of Dr. Sears, President Clark recommended that
Mr. Francis Oakberg be re-elected Fellow in Chemistry for the
coming University year.
Mr. Williams moved that the recommendation of the President as
concerning Mr. Oakberg as Fellow in Chemistry be accepted. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On recommendation of Dr. Frandsen, Head of the Health Committee
and of the University Hospital Association, the President recom-
mended that the monthly pay of Mrs. Ethel Shurtleff, Matron of
the Hospital, be advanced from $90 to $100, to be covered from
Hospital Association Funds the coming University year, to be paid
for each of 9 consecutive months beginning with September, 1930.
Mr. Wingfield moved that this be done. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
President Clark recommended that, because of his important and
time-taking service as Chairman of the Health Committee and in
charge of the University Hospital Association, Professor Peter
Frandsen should be paid from the Hospital Assocation Funds $300
per year, this to be an addition to his regular salary and to be
paid at the rate of $150 each semester, effective at the begin-
ning of the coming University year, as long as he continues in
this active service to the Hospital and to the Health Committee.
Mr. Williams moved that the President's recommendation in regard
to Professor Frandsen be accepted and the Comptroller be au-
thorized to make the indicated payments to Professor Frandsen.
Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On recommendation of Director Doten, President Clark recommended
that Dr. Lyman Vawter be granted a leave of absence for graduate
study at Cornell University from November 1, 1930 to July 1, 1931
and that during this period he be paid $1200 from the Station
Sales Fund, it being understood (a) That this does not inroad Dr.
Vawter's right to one month's vacation, which, this year, he had
arranged to take in October and (b) That he obligates himself to
return to our Station at the conclusion of his leave for two full
years; (c) That he contracts that if he does not so return he
will repay such part of the $1200 paid to him during his leave of
absence as he may have received before notifying the University
that he is not to return.
Mr. Williams moved the granting of the leave to Dr. Lyman Vawter
under the conditions named by the President. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On the recommendation of Dean Hall, President Clark recommended
the election of Harold H. Brown to be Assistant Professor of
Education for the year beginning August 1, 1930, at an annual
salary rate of $2700 for his first 2 years, with understanding
that he is not to be retained for a 2nd year unless his work is
entirely satisfactory to Dean Hall.
Mr. Wingfield moved the adoption of the President's recommenda-
tion. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On the recommendation of Professor Sutherland, President Clark
recommended the election of Ernest Inwood as Instructor in Eco-
nomics, Business and Sociology at a salary of $1800 for the year
beginning August 1, 1930, with understanding that he will be ad-
vanced to $2000 on August 1, 1931 if his work during his initial
and probationary year is entirely satisfactory.
Mr. Wingfield moved the acceptance of this recommendation. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On recommendation of Dean Silbey, President Clark recommended
that Wayne W. Buerer be elected Instructor in Mechanical Engi-
neering for the year beginning August 1, 1930 at a salary of
$1500 per annum.
Mr. Wingfield moved the adoption of this recommendation. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
On recommendation of Professor Hill, President Clark recommended:
1. That Miss Harriet Wilson be re-elected Fellow in English for
the coming University year at the same rate of pay as for the
past year, $870, for conducting 3 classes during the Univer-
sity year.
2. That William Kelly Collonan be elected Fellow in English at
a stipend of $850 for conducting 3 classes in English and
directing the dramatic activities for the University year
1930-31.
3. That Barbara Schmitt be elected Fellow in English for the
University year 1930-31 at a stipend of $540 for conducting
2 classes in English.
Mr. Williams moved that the President's recommendation be ap-
proved in the matter of the re-election of Miss Wilson and the
appointment of the 2 additional Fellows to care for the work
carried by Mr. Duerr. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
President Clark presented with his approval, the request of the
Associated Students that they be permitted to assess a student
fee of $10 per semester in place of the present $6.60 for the
first semester and $10.60 for the seconded semester.
Mr. Wingfield moved the granting of this request. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams moved that the Board authorize the payment of the
1930 Artemisia bill for $300 for the 85 copies of the 1930 Arte-
misia, these copies containing, as they do, a full-page adver-
tisement of the University and Professor Hill having sent word
to the President that he believes the book will in no wise dis-
credit the University. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
President Clark presented the bill of Professor Boardman for
surveying services on the Campus from July 1 to December 31, 1929
in the sum of $78.00.
Mr. Wingfield moved that payment of the bill be authorized.
Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Chairman Brown read the following letter from the heirs of Mrs.
C. O. Herz:
Reno, Nevada
May 10, 1930
To the Board of Regents of the
University of Nevada
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned, heirs of Mrs. C. O. Herz, deceased,
hand you herewith temporary debenture No. T M. 63441 of the
American Telephone and Telegraph Company of the denomination
of One Thousand Dollars, bearing interest at the rate of 5%
per annum and due February 1, 1965. This bond is to be ac-
cepted and held by your Board as an endowment fund perpetu-
ally to maintain the $50 annual scholarship of Mrs. C. O.
Herz. We desire that the proceeds of said bond, when paid,
be reinvested in safe interest or dividend bearing securities
for the purpose of maintaining said scholarship.
Yours respecfully,
/s/ C. O. Herz
Hildegard S. Herz
Frederick O. Herz
Walter J. Herz
The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada accepts the
above described property upon the terms and conditions above
specified.
The Board of Regents of the
University of Nevada
by George S. Brown, Chairman
Mr. Williams moved that the Board accept this endowment to per-
petuate the Mrs. C. O. Herz $50 annual scholarship in Electrical
Engineering and that the Secretary of the Board send to them a
letter of appreciation. Vote:
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Wingfield Aye
Judge Brown Aye
Adjourned.
George S. Brown
Chairman
Carolyn M. Beckwith
Secretary