UCCSN Board of Regents' Meeting Minutes
05-11-1940
Volume 5 - Pages 283-290
REGENTS MEETING
May 11, 1940
The Board of Regents met at 9 A.M. Saturday, May 11, 1940, all
members being present.
The Chairman called the Board to order and, on motion of Judge
Brown, the minutes of the January 27 meeting were approved and
the acts of the Executive Committee February 24 were confirmed
by the following vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Mr. Williams, the following list of candidates for
degrees and diplomas, as approved by the faculty and read by Dr.
Hartman, was approved for the indicated degrees and diplomas:
Bachelor of Arts
June Raymond Adams Patricia Meaker
Ross W. Ashley Harry E. Mornston
Dorothy Ann Atcheson *John Elmer Naughton
Olinto Mark Barsanti William Elwood Ogle
George William Beattie *Robert Francis Paille
Betty Jane Brannin Robert S. Parker
Elizabeth Burleigh William A. Parsons
Robert E. Cameron William Eugene Pasutti
*Margery Frances Cliff *William Peccole
*Robert Comer James Wickham Peckham
*Thelma Crosby Margie Mary Pefley
Marjorie Louis Davin Walter William Powers
*Ned Royal Dickson #Mary Beatrice Prunty
Thelma Bernice Eager Clifford Flake Quilici
*Juanita Elcano Mary Catherine Read
#Dagmar L. Frederiksen *Russell Kenneth Rivers
Shirley J. Fuetsch B. Allen Rives
Sybil Furchner Nevio Rosa
Gloria Eleanor Hammond *Andrew Joseph Rosaschi
Robert D. Handley Frank Ernest Rosachi, Jr.
*Clara E. Hanson *Nellie Althea Roseberry
Ethel Hardy Marion L. Rowan
James P. Hart, Jr. *Edith Virginia Salvi
Clarence A. Heckethorn Frank Woodrow Schumacher
Janet Holcomb *Betty Marie Shidler
Margaret Louise Johnson Virginia Ballard Snow
Max Kirby Johnson Frederick James Steen
Wilma Mae Jones Cleone Stewart
Robert Joy Gordon Rufus Thompson
David Llewellyn Langberg Pauline Tobener
Beatrice Lansdon *Virginia Vuich
Louise J. Leonard *Thomas Grosvenor West
John William Locke Edith Winbourne
*Maris Emma Maule Genevieve Caroline Wines
Howard Lawrence Mc Mullen Robert William Young
Bachelor of Science in Arts and Science
Eugene John Barber Mary Dorothy Kunsch
*Evelyn Gail Bulmer *Betty Nelson
Chester Ashley Burt Clifton Merle Prusia
Cleora Dolores Campbell Maurice Francis Sheppard
Helen Ann Collins Eleanor Ballou Smith
*Martha Ann Holcomb James Hobart Sullivan
Donald Elmer Kinkel
Two-Year Normal Diploma
Margaret Ruth Di Grazia Nellie D. Lees
Vera W. Hardy Lorene Wright
And all those whose names are indicated with a pound
sign.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
*Harry Hamilton Bradley Jack Leslie Mc Kenzie
*Ferren W. Bunker Axel T. Olson
Duane F. Collins Eugene I. Peterson
George William Friedhoff, Jr. *Delbert Clair Stewart
Ezra Fund *Henry Langdon Wells
Lowell E. Hillygus Fraser Edwards West
Howard Gale Mason Loyal A. Willis
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
*William Georgia Foote *Helen Byrd Inman
*Gertrude Ann Freeman *Mary Gertrude Stott
*Reveau Hansen Luana Whipple
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Frederick William Clayton One-Hee Tye
Pio Armando Mastroianni
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Albert J. Caton, Jr. Gene Warner Mc Daniel
David K. Hartman Curtis Rutherford Thomas
Eugene Ernest Jahn
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Isaac Ralph Caraco Athanasios Theo Peratis
John Shaw Green Melvin Martin Tilley
Hermann Konnerth
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Arthur Atkins Ernest William Jorgenson
Arthur H. Frazier Samuel Greely Wilson
High School Teachers' Diploma
Mary Margaret Cline, '39 Normal E. Nichols, '38
Mary Gwendolyn Meginness, '39
And all those whose names are starred.
Master of Arts Degree
William Carlton Davis Neil P. Scott
Margaret Jensen Margaret G. Watson
Master of Science Degree
Lawrence W. Carter William Turnbull Rawles
Rodney Edward Morrin
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Mrs. Wardin the Regents accepted the gift by Emeri-
tus Professor Boardman, of "a considerable number of books to be
kept in the Civil Engineering Department", subject to consulta-
tion at will by him, and agreed to keep up a $500 insurance on
them, the policy which expired April 20, 1940, already having
been renewed by the University. The Secretary was instructed to
acknowledge this gift and to express the thanks of the Board to
Mr. Boardman. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman presented the invitation of E. B. Stevens of the
College of Education of the University of Washington that the
Regents should designate at least one of their members to attend
a Summer conference on higher education. Mrs. Wardin moved, and
all members save Mr. Ross agreed, that Chairman Ross be delegated
to go to this conference, if possible, and instructed the Secre-
tary so to advise Mr. Stevens.
Dr. Hartman read the summary of recommendations of the Blue Key
service fraternity for Campus improvements. Practically all of
these suggestions have already been given consideration by the
Regents and will be developed as rapidly as funds are available
and the time ripe for these improvements, each of which must be
considered in its relation to the entire Campus improvement
program of the Regents. Mr. Ross, with the unanimous agreement
of the other members, instructed the Secretary to advise the
Blue Key to this effect and in so doing to express to the
fraternity the very real appreciation of the Regents for this
evidence of their interest in the University.
Dr. Hartman made the following recommendations, which were dis-
cussed individually. In reference to "g", the petitions in re.
Miss Wier were ordered received and made part of the Regents'
records:
a. The titles of Messrs. Martie, Scranton and Coleman and the
Department in which they teach, be amended by the omission
of the words, "and Athletics".
b. Dr. Sigmund Leifson be Acting Head of the Department of
Physics at a salary of $3300 effective July 1, 1940.
c. William Smyth's title be enlarged to include "and Mining",
i. e., Associate Professor of Metallurgy and Mining.
d. The position of Sueprintendent of Buildings and Grounds
be temporarily delegated to the Controller.
e. The salary of Carl Horn be advanced to $200 per month from
July 1, 1940.
f. On recommendation of Dr. Sears:
(1) Mr. Bernard Ward Hooper and Mr. John Yapuncich be re-
appointed as Fellows in Chemistry for the academic year
1940-41.
(2) Mr. Charles Jennings, who will be graduated this year
from the University of Toledo, be elected Fellow in
Chemistry for 1940-41, at a stipend of $600 for the
school year with freedom from tuition and Chemistry
fees.
(3) Drs. Williams and Mac Kenzie, who have given good ac-
counts of themselves during their probational year, be
continued for the coming academic year and their sal-
aries be advanced from $1800 to $2000, effective July
1, 1940.
g. Jeanne E. Wier be retired as from this date, but be kept on
full salary until the end of her salary year September 1,
1940, at which time she be placed on the pension roll at
$900 per year. The Governor has given his approval to Miss
Wier's retirement at the above salary of $900.
h. Charles R. Hicks be advanced to the Acting Headship of the
Department of History and Political Science.
i. The resignation of Miss Emily Ross as Assistant Professor
of Mathematics, effective August 1, 1940, be accepted.
j. Edward Maurice Beesley (A. B., Lafayette, 1936; M. Sc., Brown
1938; expects Ph. D., Brown, Summer 1940) be elected Instruc-
tor in Mathematics for the year 1940-41 at a salary of $1700
if, at the time of coming to us, he has his Ph. D. degree;
otherwise, he shall receive $1600 for the year, salary pay-
able in 11 equal monthly installments beginning with that
on September 1, 1940.
k. C. Worth Hodgson (B. S., Idaho, 1934; M. S., Arizona, 1936;
Ph. D., Michigan State College expected Summer 1940) be
elected Instructor in Agronomy to teach Forage Crops Range
Management and Pasture Management in the College of Agri-
culture at a salary of $2000 payable from teaching funds
and that, during two of the Summer months, he shall serve
as Extension Specialist in Agronomy and Animal Husbandry
at a stipend of $00 payable from Extension funds.
l. James Mullen and Frank Hubbler, Heating Plant operators,
who give special grounds service during the Summer, be
advanced from $4 to $4.50 per day for Heating Plant serv-
ice and that Hubbler be paid $5 per day as power lawnmover
operator. They work 7 days per week during the school
year.
m. That Robert S. Griffin, Assistant Professor of English, be
granted a year's leave of absence, effective August 1, 1940,
at a stipend of $500 to be paid in 10 equal monthly install-
ments beginning September 1, 1940 and that, during his ab-
sence, Edwin Semenza, who has been serving in English this
year during Mr. Miller's absence, be retained at $900 for
the year, payable in 10 equal monthly payments beginning
September 1 and Robert Joy, who is being graduated Monday
next and is the winner of the Pacific Coast championship
this year, be elected Fellow in English at $750 for the
year, likewise payable in 10 equal monthly installments
beginning September 1, 1940.
n. That Professor Martie be removed from the onus of "strict
probation" placed on him last year because of the athletic
situation and commended for the good faith he has kept with
the Regents during the past year.
On motion of Dr. Olmsted, recommendations a to n inclusive were
approved by the following vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
President Hartman read the following letter from Miss Emily Ross,
and recommended the acceptance of her proffer:
April 22, 1940
Dear President Hartman:
It is my intention to establish a student loan fund, the
principal sum of which shall be $500 to be known as the
"Charles Haseman Memorial Loan Fund". If this offer is
accepted by you and the Board of Regents, I will send you
my check for the above amount on or before September 1,
1940. The fund is to be established under the following
conditions:
The loans are to be made only to students who have finished
calculus and who have attained an average scholastic grade
of at least "C" or its equivalent.
No loan shall be made except to one who, in the opinion of
the Head of the Department of Mathematics, needs the loan,
and it shall not in any event exceed the sum of $100.
During the academic year 1940-41 no more than $250 may be
loaned from this fund. Thereafter the entire fund may be
loaned.
No individual loan for more than $100 shall be made from
such fund in any academic year. However, to any needy
student a 2nd loan of not to exceed this amount may be
made during his 4th academic year.
Each student to whom a loan shall be made shall give a
personal note, payable on or before the end of 4 years
from its date, with interest payable at the rate of 1 1/2%
per annum, and each note shall have a co-signer.
The interest and payments which are returned by borrowers
shall become a part of this fund and, so far as may be
feasible, the unexpended portion of the fund shall be kept
invested as are other endowments of the University of Nevada.
Loans under this fund shall be made only on the recommenda-
tion of the Head of the Department of Mathematics of the
University of Nevada.
Most cordially yours,
/s/ Emily Ross
On motion of Mr. Williams, the Regents accepted the gift of Miss
Ross and the Secretary was instructed to express to Miss Ross
the very real appreciation of the Board of Regents and the Pres-
ident of the University for her generosity and fine spirit and
to send a formal notification of the establishment of the Charles
Haseman Memorial Loan Fund to Mrs. Haseman. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Dr. Olmsted, the Chairman of the Board was authoriz-
ed to sign the letter of transmittal which is to accompany the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company (Mackay) bonds to New York.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Judge Brown, the Comptroller was authorized to place
for sale with some reputable broker the University's Mountain
City Copper Company stock, with the request that the broker sell
this stock in lots of not more than 1000 shares at a time, so as
not adversely to affect the market, and at not less than $4 per
share unless world markets should make it seem wise to sell for
something less, but no lesser sale price is to be accepted with-
out authority from the Executive Committee of the Board. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman advised the Board that Dean Mack with regret has
accepted the resignation of Miss Echo Loder, who has been House
Mother at Artemisia and Manzanita Halls for the past 4 years,
without other compensation than the coverage of her board and
room.
On motion of Mrs. Wardin, the Secretary was instructed to convey
to Miss Loder the Board's genuine appreciation of the fine
service she has so generously given the University during this
period and to convey to Miss Loder their best wishes for many
rich years ahead. Unanimously carried.
On recommendation of Dean Mack and in accord with the understand-
ing had with Miss Garrison at the time she was elected, President
Hartman recommended that, in addition to her room for the year
and board at the Dining Hall while the Dining Hall is open, she
should be advanced from $700 to $800 for the academic year 1940-
41.
Mr. Williams moved the adoption of the above recommendation.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman read the following letter of May 10, 1940 to him from
Director Jay C. Carpenter of the Mackay School of Mines:
Dear President:
Last year under a WPA grant, a room was excavated in our
basement the size of the museum above, and it was completed
for use as a future mining museum and laboratory. Material
of this nature was moved down from the main museum above.
At the time I extended an invitation to certain parties to
donate $10,000 to equip this new museum, but no one has as
yet responded. I had in mind at that time securing good
material from Treasure Mountain, the mining exhibit at the
San Francisco Exposition if the Exposition did not reopen,
and I made an inquiry for the same.
On April 20 I received the surprising news that Treasure
Mountain was being wrecked and the Exposition was saving
out "mining murals, replicas of all U. S. coins, and il-
luminated maps of the United States showing location and
production of the main metals and minerals."
As you recall, I asked your permission to inspect this
material on April 28 at my own expense. I found the ma-
terial to consist of the following items:
16 glass maps of the United States illuminated by
push bottons leading to complicated wiring and
lighting in the rear of the 2 1/2' x 3 1/2' gal-
vanized iron boxes. The original bill for these
from Rand Mc Nally was $1785.
About 180' of mining and '49 scenes painted on heavy
5' linoleum being murals from Treasure Mountain.
The original cost was over $2000.
20 plaster cast models 1' in diameter of all the
United States coins of gold, silver, copper and
nickel. The original cost was several hundred
dollars.
As the murals were just right to cover the 5' concrete re-
taining walls on the sides of the new museum, and the il-
luminating maps will go on the shelf above, I immediately
made a bid for this material as required by law. The bid
was ridiculously low but I explained that I wished to donate
the material to the Mackay School of Mines.
Yesterday I received a wire that my bid was accepted, and
this material should arrive the first of next week.
This material will only cost me about (deleted at the request
of the donor) delivered to the new museum. This is a small
gift for me to make to the School from which I have received
so many benefits, but the real value of this exhibit is much
greater, along with whatever credit is due for the initative
to know of and grasp the opportunity when available.
I would like the Regents to accept this gift and provide a
fund if possible of at least $150 to install the same in
the museum during this coming vacation. This cost may be
kept much lower than this if the installation can be desig-
nated as a WPA project with the School furnishing the ma-
terials only.
As a friend of Major Max C. Fleischmann recommended this
purchase at such a low figure, I believe it advisable not
to mention its original cost or the cost of the material
to me lest it might prove embarrassing to all concerned.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ J. A. Carpenter
Director
The President recommended the acceptance of this gift, under
the terms stated.
Mrs. Wardin moved that the Regents accept the gift and provide
the $150 necessary for its installation, and that the Secretary
be instructed to convey to Director Carpenter the appreciation
of the Board for having brought to our Campus these fine maps
and murals and replicas from Treasure Mountain as exhibited on
Treasure Island in 1939. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman recommended the following increases in salary for the
academic year 1940-41:
Effective July 1, 1940:
Mary T. Delannoy, from $120 to $130 per month
Mrs. Helen Joslin, from $120 to $135 per month
Carl M. Horn, from $175 to $200 per month
John M Rosasco, from $100 to $125 per month
Loring R. Williams, from $1800 to $2000 per year
Charles A. Mac Kenzie, from $1800 to $2000 per year
C. R. Hicks, from $3000 to $3300 per year and Acting Head
of the Department of History and Political Science
S. W. Leifson, from $3000 to $3300 per year and Acting Head
of the Department of Physics
S. W. Batdorf, from $2100 to $2400 per year
Clare L. Johnson, from $1650 to $1800 per year
E. P. Vance, from $1700 to $1900 per year
Ralph A. Brenninger, from $1600 to $1700 per year
Effective August 1, 1940:
Eldon Wittwer, from $3200 to $3400
E. W. Lowrance, from $2000 to $2200
W. D. Billings, from $2000 to $2200
Leonard Chadwick, from $1800 to $2000
Harold N. Brown, from $2700 to $2800 and full Professor
Anatole G. Mazour, from $2100 to $2400
W. H. Davidson, from $1800 to $1900
Clark Ames, from $1900 to $2000
Effective September 1, 1940:
Ernest L. Inwood, from $2600 to $2800
Clara Garrison, from $700 to $800 for academic year
James Mullen, from $4 to $4.50 per day while on Heating Plant
work
Frank Hubbler, from $4 to $4.50 per day while on Heating
Plant work
Frank Hubbler, from $4 to $5 per day when operating power
mower
Dr. Olmsted moved the adoption of these increases in salary and
the 3 advances in rank as recommended by the President. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
The President has received too late this morning to permit him
to read the recommendations of Miss Margaret Watson whom Librar-
ian Thompson recommended for a position in the Library. This
matter was put over until the June meeting of the Board.
The President read the letter of May 7, 1940 from the Alumni
Association, signed by Angelo Urrutia, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, with regard to the location of the new Gymnasium.
The Board is not prepared to consider this now. The Secretary
was instructed to thank Mr. Urrutia for the many helpful sug-
gestions of his group and to say the Board would give the matter
full consideration, probably also asking Mr. Frost of the Board
of Athletic Control, who had requested an audience with the
Board when the Gymnasium location was to be decided, to meet
with them, probably at a meeting in late June.
Comptroller Gorman reported progress on the WPA ditch projects
and asked the Board to look at stakes set on the east side of
the main driveway with a view to widening it, which would neces-
sitate changing east sidewalk.
Dr. Hartman told the Board that the Class of 1940 had made a
gift of electroliers for the bridge at the Campus approach to
the Lake Street steps at a cost of just under $200.
Dr. Hartman asked to leave the room and, on motion of Mr. Wil-
liams, the Comptroller was authorized to draw a check of $500
in favor of President Hartman to be applied on his entertainment
costs of the past year and, beginning July 1, 1940, he is to
receive an annual allotment of $750 as entertainment expense.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Mr. Frederick Kramer, appeared before the Board in behalf of a
proposed School of Aeronautics which he would like to found in
Reno provided the Regents will grant him a room in which to
conduct his classes without rental or operating costs, for the
sake of having his courses available to University students.
On motion of Judge Brown, the President and Comptroller were
authorized to go into this matter with Mr. Kramer with power
to act. Unanimously carried.
The next meeting of the Regents is to be held on or before June
27, subject to the call of the Chairman.
Silas E. Ross
Chairman
Carolyn M. Beckwith
Secretary