UCCSN Board of Regents' Meeting Minutes
05-13-1939
Volume 5 - Pages 252-259
REGENTS MEETING
May 13, 1939
The Board of Regents met in their Office at 9:30 o'clock Saturday
morning, May 13th, all members and Dr. Hartman being present.
The minutes of the April 3-4, 1939 meeting and the actions of the
Executive Committee of April 21 were approved by the following
vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Mr. Gorman read his report, a copy of which was in the hands of
each Regent.
Under No. 1, the matter of the selection of the site of the En-
gineering building and the use of City water, rather than Orr
Ditch water, was, on motion of Mr. Ross, left to the decision of
the President and the Comptroller and the recommendation of Mr.
Gorman that the plans and specifications should conform to PWA
requirements was adopted by the following vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
No. 2 was simply informative.
On motion of Mrs. Williams, the legal aspect of No. 3 covering
the query whether the Regents may turn over to the State Depart-
ment of Health the $332.31 State Hygienic Laboratory Fee Fund now
in the University's keeping, was referred to Judge Brown with re-
quest for a report at the June meeting. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On No. 4, Judge Brown moved that the President and the Comptrol-
ler be authorized to secure a PWA project, if possible, for the
installation of heating on the upper floor of Morrill Hall at a
probable cost of some $1500 from Nevada Agricultural Experiment
Station Funds, with understanding that suitable connecting tees,
etc. be included in the risers on the first and second floors
and that this work of connecting the top floor of Morrill Hall
with the heating plant be undertaken. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Judge Brown, the Comptroller's recommendation No. 4
that fire escapes be installed on the second and third floors of
Morrill Hall was approved with understanding that the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station would bear its share of the cost. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Mrs. Wardin, the Comptroller's recommendation (No.
6) that a transformer house of brick be built between the Elec-
trical and the Mechanical Engineering buildings to house the
transformers, at a probable cost of $5000, was approved by the
following vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Judge Brown, the bill of the Reno Chamber of Com-
merce (No. 7) against the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
for $6.25 from Station Sales Funds was not approved. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Mrs. Wardin, (No. 8) the Comptroller and the Presi-
dent are (1) to check the necessity of shingling the whole roof
of Lincoln Hall, such part of this as possible to be made a PWA
project, if PWA funds are available, and (2) the Building Com-
mittee of the Board is to go into the matter of Lincoln Hall fire
escapes, the cost probably not to exceed $2000. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Nos. 9 and 10 - merely informative.
No. 11 - On motion of Mr. Williams, Judge Brown is to give his
opinion and the Executive Committee is authorized to act on his
opinion as to whether the Agricultural Extension Division may ex-
pend $1200 from State Cooperative Funds for work on the 4-H Club
Camp at Lake Tahoe, the money being available but the property
not yet owned by the State. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
No 12 covers a statement of general funds, after presenting which
the Comptroller withdrew.
Dr. Hartman recommended the granting of the following degrees and
diplomas to the individuals indicated, as approved by the general
faculty and submitted by the Registrar. Mr. Ross moved the
granting of these degrees and diplomas. Vote:
ADVANCED DEGREES
Master of Arts
Chester Walter Cheel Dwight Frederick Dilts
Harold James Curran Bruce Kneeland Moore
Master of Science
Clyde Ellsworth Arrington Harold J. Heinen
James Hawthorne Ashbaugh Warren Louis Perilstein
Engineer of Mines
Norman John Aricson
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Bachelor of Arts
Elaine Elizabeth Adams Ellen Holcomb
Julia Arobio Samuel Holliday
John W. Barrett Margaret Adele Hussman
Tom Beko *Betty Inda
Rose Boggio Herbert Newton Jacobs
Francis Richmond Breen Anita Irene Jauregui
Helen Hays Brown Elna Jepson
*Henry G. Bryant Virginia Miller Johnson
Billie Burke Cann Charles William Johnstone
*Charlotte C. Caton Malcolm P. Jones
*Doris Ellen Chesnutt Leo Bob Mc Cuddin
Harriet Jean Chism *Felicia A. Moos
*Elizabeth D'Alessandro Margaret A. Neaton
William Carlton Davis A. Loring Primeaux
Ruth Evelyn Doan Donald Adolph Purdy
Gladys Uzzell Edlind Virginia Lee Raitt
*Mary Evasovic Marilyn Rhoades
Harold A. Fletcher (5/15/12) Jean Elizabeth Rice
David Goldwater *John Erbin Robb
*Ethel Charlotte Graunke Georgene Mildred Roberts
Chester Arthur Green Mary Boczkiewicz Sanger
William Russell Grubbs Gwendolen Shearer
Nancy Julia Hall *George F. Sheats
Newell F. Hancock Helen K. Shovlin
Mary Elizabeth Handley *Claude De L. Silverwood
Berna M. Hansen Lila E. Stoddard
Kathleen Hansen *John F. Urrutia
Jack Beaumont Hanson Robert Norton Van Wagoner
*Verle Lucille Harris Marie Louise Varnon
William J. Hatton Robert Ray Waldren
Virginia Heany Kenneth E. Waymire
*Kirk Bernerd Herrick
Bachelor of Science
Wayne S. Ames William L. Goodin
Arthur Miles Andersen Arthur H. Leigh
*Eunice Beckley Dean Fishburn Nelson
John Milton Boylan William B. Newbold
*Kenneth D. Dimock Sam Walker Stark
Forrest Kelly Eccles John Leland Starratt
Kerbert L. Eikelberger *Lola Yvonne Stoddard
Chester Martin Estes *Robert Thomas Vaughn
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Frank Hickey George W. Sears, Jr.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
*Anthony R. Belmonte Harry E. Gallaway
Robert C. Campbell George F. Hardman
Theodore Demosthenes *Chester L. Jacobsen
Melvin George Dodson James G. Jensen
Leland Edward Fallon *Jed S. Oxborrow
Fred C. Gallaway *Charles R. York
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
Mary Margaret Cline *Clarethel Masterson
*Mary Loretta Collins Mary Gwendolyn Meginness
Georgia Elizabeth Cooper *Margaret Melba Pearson
*Lois Afton Downs *Gertrude M. Polander
*Teletha Louise Kirn *Mildred Anne Woodward
Elizabeth Kornmayer
*Teacher's Diploma of High School Grade
TEACHER'S DIPLOMA OF GRAMMAR GRADE
Helen Biegler Laverne Jacobsen Park
Ivy Gubler Lina Katherin Pinjuv
Eva L. Hughes Agnes Mary Schroder
Josephine Tyrrel Mason Helen Inez Strosnider
Ethel B. Mc Guire Grace Dorothy Tobener
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
John Tyler Gardiner Conrad Martin
Martin Kiernan Hannifan William Lionel Osborne
Evilio C. Hernandez Ernest Raymond Rodriguez
Modesto Louise Leonardi William Martin Smythe
H. Gordon Mac Donald
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Peter Guisti Joseph Nord Littlefield
Edward King Walter H. Lobenstein, Jr.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Clayton A. Carpenter Loren Glenn Maxwell
Frank Samuel Goodner Lewis G. Porteous
Gotfred O. Hoffman Norman Arthur Smith
Elmer Lynch Isaac
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
James A. Atkinson Edward Zareh
Mr. Ross moved that the Regents approve the retirement of Maxwell
Adams at the end of his salary year September 1, 1939, with an
annual pension of $1200 and the rank of Emeritus Professor of
Chemistry, and that H. P. Boardman be similarly retired with an
annual pension of $900 and the rank of Emeritus Professor of
Civil Engineering, these two pensions having been approved by
Governor Carville in his letter of April 27th to Dr. Hartman.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman advised the Board of the return of the Postal bonds
to the University, and told the Board that Senator Mc Carran and
Congressman Scrugham both reported there was no foundation in
fact to the rumored removal of the Rare and Precious Metals Mines
Experiment Station from our Campus.
Dr. Hartman read Dean Butler's letter of April 25th, whose clos-
ing sentence is, "I also wish to compliment you upon the improve-
ments in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering curricula that
have been made during the past two years."
Dr. Hartman announced the Ginsburg scholarship award of a watch
at the beginning of the 2nd semester to the man of the Sophomore
Class, who, having completed the work of 3 semesters has an out-
standing record among the men of his Class.
On motion of Mr. Ross, Dr. Hartman's recommendation that F. L.
Bixby be Acting Head of the School and Department of Civil Engi-
neering for a year (or two), beginning with Mr. Boardman's re-
tirement September 1, 1939, was approved. Carried unanimously.
The President was directed to ask Dean Mack to make a written
report to him concerning the Convention of Deans of Women in
Cleveland last February, to which the Regents covered her trans-
portation.
On recommendation of Dr. Hartman, Mrs. Wardin moved for granting
of a leave of absence without pay to Fred J. Collins, Assistant
Professor of Economics, Business and Sociology, for the academic
years 1939-41. Carried unanimously.
On recommendation of Dr. Hartman, Mrs. Wardin moved that William
H. Davidson be re-elected Instructor in Mechanical Engineering at
$1800 per year, effective August 1, 1939. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman recommended the election of the following individuals
to the indicated positions, at the salary named:
Bernard W. Hooper - Fellow in Chemistry - $600 cash and re-
mission of fees in Chemistry and tuition (B. A., Pomona,
1939)
John G. Yapuncich - Fellow in Chemistry - $600 cash and re-
mission of fees in Chemistry and tuition (B. A., Illinois,
1939)
Warren L. Perilstein - Fellow in Chemistry - $600 cash and
remission of fees in Chemistry and tuition (M. S., Nevada,
1939)
Ruth Irene Russell - Instructor in Physical Education for
Women - $1800 (B. S., Colorado, 1937; M. S., Oregon, 1939)
Leonard A. Chadwick - Instructor in Economics, Business and
Sociology - $1800 to be paid in 11 equal installments begin-
ning September 1, 1939. If 1st year proves satisfactory, to
be continued a 2nd year at $2000 for 12 months. (B. S.,
California, 1935; M. S., ibid., 1939)
Loring R. Williams - Instructor in Chemistry - $1800 (B. S.,
West Virginia Wesleyan, 1927; M. S., West Virginia, 1932;
probably Ph. D., Illinois, 1939)
Warren O. Wagner - Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering -
$2400 per year, with understandings (1) that he shall have
secured his Ph. D. no later than the opening of the Fall
semester of 1940 and (2) that no advance in rank or pay will
be given until he has secured the doctorate. He is to be
here July 1, 1939. (B. S. in C. E., with honor, State Col-
lege of Washington, 1934; M. S. in Hydraulic Engineering,
Michigan, 1936, since which time he has been at the Califor-
nia Institute of Technology, where he was admitted to can-
didacy for the Ph. D. December 15, 1938.)
Eldon C. Grafton - Assistant Professor of Structural Engi-
neering - $2400 per annum (B. S. in C. E., Washington State
College, 1926; C. E., ibid., 1931; M. S. in C. E., Illinois,
1933)
William O. Holmes - Assistant in English for 1939-40 - $500
for teaching 4 sections of Freshman English (B. A., Nevada,
1936)
Elbridge P. Vance - Instructor in Mathematics - $1700 (A. B.,
Wooster, 1936; M. A. Michigan, 1937; Ph. D., tentative, 1939)
Louis J. Titus - Associate Professor of Agronomy - $2400 (B.
S., Agr., Nevada, 1924; M. Sci. Agr., Cornell, 1931)
Mr. Ross moved the acceptance of the President's recommendations
as listed. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman, on recommendation of Director Fulton, recommended
the election of Eugene Grutt, Jr. (B. S., Nevada, 1938) to be
Assistant Geologist with the 1939 Hunt Field party at $150 per
month and living and transportation expenses May 17 to July 26,
1939. Mr. Williams made the motion. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman read the letter of Harry J. Frost, Chairman of the
Board of Athletic Control, of date May 9, in which request is
made that the Regents make an annual contribution of $1800 toward
the salary of the Graduate Manager. Judge Brown moved that the
Regents authorize the expenditure of this amount from general
University funds for this purpose. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Dr. Olmsted, Dr. Hartman's following proposed sal-
ary schedule was approved by the following vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
PROPOSED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR 1939-40 U. of N. STAFF MEMBERS
Present Proposed Incr. Decr.
Carolyn M. Beckwith $2250 $2400 $150
Geraldine Hardman 750 900 150
Jeanette C. Rhodes 1700 2000 300
Freda Metcalf 1900 2200 300
Adelaide Steiner 1200 1500 300
Alice Terry 1800 1920 120
Eldon Wittwer 3000 3200 200
Agr. Coll. Stenographer 260 800 540
E. W. Lowrance 1800 2000 200
W. D. Billings 1800 2000 200
Meryl Deming 2700 2800 100
Warren L. Perilstein 600 600
L. R. Williams, Chem. Instr. 1800 1800
Maxwell Adams 4800 1200 $3600
Art 2500 1200 1300
H. P. Boardman 3600 900 2700
Eldon Grafton 2400 2400
Warren O. Wagner 2400 2400
J. E. Church 1950 1950
Assistants to Church 500 500
E. G. Sutherland 3300 1800 1500
M. J. Webster 2100 2400 300
E. L. Inwood 2400 2600 200
A. J. Plumley, returning 2400 2400
L. E. Chadwick, Instr. EBS 1800 1800
Gordon Robertson, leaving 1500 1500
Fred J. Collins, on leave 1500 1500
Clyde D. Souter, discontinued 400 400
Fred W. Traner 3900 4200 300
J. P. Puffinbarger 2000 2100 100
Robert S. Griffin 2100 2200 100
William C. Miller 1900 2100 200
Eva Adams 1440 1600 160
W. O. Holmes, English Asst. 350 500 150
I. J. Sandorf 2400 2600 200
Harry E. Wheeler 2000 2200 200
Walter Palmer 4800 4500 300
V. P. Gianella 4500 4200 300
Anatole G. Mazour 1700 2100 400
C. R. Hicks 2700 3000 300
Alice B. Marsh 1800 2000 200
Margaret Jensen 1280 1380 100
E. P. Vance, Mathematics 1700 1700
Clark Amens 2150 2300 150
William Davidson 1650 1800 150
John R. Gottardi 2700 2800 100
Lawton Kline 1500 1650 150
Foreign Lang. Instructor 1800 1800
Samuel Batdorf (9 mos. Sp) 1440 2100 660
Ralph Irwin 2300 2400 100
Mech. Eng. Secy. 260 800 540
Mae Simas, resigning 2100 2100
Ruth Russell, P. E. Instr. 1800 1800
Louis Titus 2400 2400
Douglas Dashiell (Aug) 275 3025
Carl Horn 1800 2100 300
Bill Pohl 1380 1500 120
Charles Richabaugh 1500 1800 300
Dr. Hartman recommended that the salary of Miss Emily Ross, As-
sistant Professor of Mathematics, be advanced from $1800 to
$2000. Judge Brown moved the adoption of the recommendation.
Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross No
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On recommendation of Dr. Hartman, Mr. Williams moved that Mr.
Dashiell be given notice that his position on the staff of our
University's Department of Physical Education and Athletics for
Men be declared vacant, inasmuch as the coaching work for which
he was primarily engaged is no longer under the jurisdiction of
the Regents or Administration of the University. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
At the request of Director Doten, Dr. Hartman recommended salary
advances of $60 per year to each of the following members of the
Experiment Station staff:
Miss Marjorie Howes from $1080 to $1140
Miss Alberta Machen from $1380 to $1440
Mr. Walter Neilson from $1560 to $1620
Dr. Olmsted's motion. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
Dr. Hartman read Dean Mack's report of May 10th, 1939 concerning
the Reno Fire Chief's report on conditions in Artemisia Hall.
Dr. Hartman recommended that Dean Mack's request of May 10th for
additional toilet and shower facilities on the top 2 floors of
Artemisia Hall be laid over for further investigation by the
Building Committee of the Regents. Carried unanimously.
On motion of Mr. Williams, the Board authorized the payment of
$250 for 90 copies of the 1939 Artemisia, on assurance from Pro-
fessor Hill that it is an exceptionally fine yearbook.
On motion of Mr. Ross, the Regents voted a bonus of $200 to Mr.
Horn for additional services during the past year, understanding
however, that this bonus will not again be given Mr. Horn since
he will, after July 1, 1939, be receiving a salary increase of
$25 per month. Vote:
Judge Brown Aye
Mr. Williams Aye
Mr. Ross Aye
Dr. Olmsted Aye
Mrs. Wardin Aye
On motion of Mr. Williams, Mr. Hunt's letter to Mr. Ross of date
May 12, 1939, was unanimously referred to the Executive Committee
with power to act.
Dr. Church's proposal in his letter of April 5 that the Regents
take up his life insurance policy of $5000 in connection with
the Art Gallery and Gardens, of which Judge Brown is Director
for the University, was, on motion of Mr. Williams, by a unani-
mous aye vote, referred to Judge Brown with request that he give
the Regents his advice at their June meeting.
Dean Stewart appeared before the Board in answer to their summons
and Chairman Ross, speaking for the Regents, asked him questions
concerning the possibility of closer cooperation between the Col-
lege of Agriculture, the Experiment Station and the Extension
Division, stating that the College of Agriculture and not the
other two branches of the work in Agriculture is under criticism.
At the conclusion of the exchange between Mr. Ross and Dean Stew-
art, Dean Stewart was instructed to work with Dr. Hartman to see
if it were not possible to develop a course that might strengthen
the courses offered in the College of Agriculture, this being a
desirable thing to do, and that this be done at as early a date
as possible.
Dr. Hartman advised Regents that Walter Palmer and Dr. Gianella
had been fairly cooperative and expressed themselves as satisfied
in whatever cut in their respective salaries Dr. Hartman might
find it necessary to make.
He also reported to the Board the steps he had taken in his at-
tempt to bring about harmony within the Departmental staff of
History and Political Science.
The Regents accompanied the architect Mr. Fred J. De Longchamps
to the northwest part of the Campus and there approved the site
of the new Gymnasium as between Lincoln Hall and Hatch Station,
the west line to be 20 feet east from the sidewalk or 50 feet
from the curb.
On or about the 15th of June the Secretary was instructed to in-
quire of the respective Board members their preference for the
June month-end meeting date and advise the Chairman so that he
might fix the date of the meeting to suit the majority of those
concerned.
Silas E. Ross
Chairman
Carolyn M. Beckwith
Secretary