June 7-8, 1952
06-07-1952
Volume 6 - Pages 372-381
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
REGENTS MEETING
June 7 & 9, 1952
The Board of Regents met in regular session in the President's
office on Saturday, June 7, 1952. The meeting was called to
order by the Chairman at 10:10 A.M., with the following present:
Regents Hardy, Lombardi, Arentz, Ross; Comptroller Hayden and
President Love. Regent Crumley was out of the country, and
could not attend. Reporter Bryn Armstrong came into the meeting
as it was being called to order, and remained throughout the
morning.
1. Minutes of Previous Meetings
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that the minutes of
the regular meeting of May 15, 1952, be approved, and that
the reading thereof be dispensed with.
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that the minutes of
the Executive Committee of the Regents of May 22, 1952, be
approved, and the actions taken be approved and made a part
of the permanent record of the Regents.
2. Comptroller's Claims
Motion by Mr. Hardy carried unanimously that the following
claims, approved by the Executive Committee, be approved
by the Board:
Regents Checks, Nos. 12-136 to 12-152 inclusive, for
a total of $168,596.97 for March.
State Claims, Nos. 12-96 to 12-108 inclusive, for
a total of $92,192.63 for March.
Regents Checks, Nos. 12-153 to 12-169 inclusive, for
a total of $128,949.79 for April.
State Claims, Nos. 12-109 to 12-121 inclusive, for
a total of $89,364.77 for April.
Regents Checks, Nos. 12-170 to 12-185 inclusive, for
a total of $135,416.73 for May.
State Claims, Nos. 12-122 to 12-131 inclusive, for
a total of $96,815.91 for May.
3. Comptroller's Report - Stocks and Bonds
Mr. Hayden reported that he had been working on the analysis
of University-held stocks and bonds, as requested in the
last meeting of the Board, and that also Mr. Grant Robinson,
State Auditor, is preparing a report. The results of these
studies will be turned over to the President in the near
future.
4. Portrait - President Love
Since it is the custom and the desire of the Regents of
the University of Nevada to have portraits of its Presi-
dents,
Motion by Mr. Hardy carried unanimously that $600 be al-
lotted for a portrait of President Love, and that artist
Hans Meyer-Kassal be asked to accept the assignment this
Summer.
5. Lease - Training Center
In accord with previous action of the Regents, Mr. Ross
reported that the lease by the Government for a Naval and
Marine Training Center on the Campus has been presented for
renewal and that it has been signed, as authorized in the
meeting of July 23, 1951. In accord with previous provision
of the Regents, the renewal had been submitted to the At-
torney General and had received his approval, before being
signed by the Chairman of the Board of Regents.
6. Nevada Art Gallery
Mr. Ross referred to the following letter received from the
Nevada Art Gallery, and the matter was discussed generally.
In the discussion, the Legislative Act (Chapter 8, Statutes
1943) was read which directed the University to accept deeds
to the land, for purposes of an Art Gallery.
April 19, 1952
To President Malcolm A. Love and
The Regents of the University of Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Dear President and Regents:
At their meeting on April 7, the Directors of the Nevada
Art Gallery passed the following resolution looking
toward closer and more spontaneous cooperation with the
University:
Proposal of Affiliation between Nevada Art
Gallery and University of Nevada
To unify and broaden the cultural interests of the
Nevada Art Galery and the University of Nevada, the
University has been empowered by articles of incorpo-
ration to select one representative on the Board of
Directors of the Gallery.
As a closer physical bond, land on University Terrace
deeded by a score of donors for an Art Gallery has been
transferred by the Gallery to the University as a west-
ern extension of the Campus and ultimate Art Center.
An unopened alley and portion of Nevada Street have been
preserved by the City of Reno as a park thoroughfare
leading from the Gallery Gardens. Other land has been
provisionally promised as has an art collection com-
parable or superior to the Charles F. Cutts Foundation.
The problem of obtaining a gallery building is directly
associated with the planting and development of the
Gallery Gardens as an invitation to gifts. A plan of
the building has long since been prepared and a land-
scape map of the Gardens has been drawn. A water system
has been installed as a gift and hedge planting has been
done by the City of Reno along the Orr Ditch. Any delay
in progress will entail loss.
All expense has thus far been borne by the Nevada Art
Gallery and will continue so to be borne except as the
University may desire to share. This will apply also
to the Gallery building. The raising of funds will also
rest with the Nevada Art Gallery.
However, the affiliation between the Nevada Art Gallery
and the University of Nevada should provide close con-
sultation on plans for construction and maintenance
and possible financial cooperation.
The ideal of the Gallery is to serve as a funnel of
culture from the State to the University, and is in
furtherance of the Will of Charles F. Cutts and the
Court Order of Distribution of his estate; viz, that
a Gallery and Art Museum be established "under the
joint management and direction of the Nevada Art Gal-
lery, Inc. and the Board of Regents of the University
of Nevada".
Cannot an early conference be arranged?
/s/ J. E. Church
President
Nevada Art Gallery
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that President
Love write to the Nevada Art Gallery asking for a written
report giving, in detail, operations of the Art Gallery to
date, including finances, detailed long-range plans for
the future, with possible expected sources of income. Af-
ter receiving the report, the joint responsibilities and
authority of the two Boards will be given thorough study.
Reporters John Burns and Frank Johnson came into the meeting
and remained until noon.
7. Student Union Building
Report #1, "Site Survey", was received from Ferris &
Erskine, recommending the site at the north end of Manzanita
Lake as providing "ample space for the construction of the
building without the necessity for removing trees and other
planting, as being readily available for utilities, and as
being in the center of student activities on the Campus."
Motion by Mr. Hardy carried unanimously that the recommenda-
tion of the architect be accepted and that the site be
chosen for the Student Union building.
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that a sum of money
be appropriated from surplus funds in the University Re-
volving Fund to take care of preliminary work necessary in
the planning of the Student Union building, the amount and
the work to be done to be determined by the architect and
the President of the University.
8. Sheeketski Contract
At 10:50 A.M. Mr. Dunseath, Deputy from the office of the
Attorney General, came into the meeting, representing Mr.
Mathews, who was unable to be present because of an injured
leg. The Regents had requested the conference to discuss
proposed contract submitted by Mr. Furrh for Mr. Sheeketski
(minutes of May 22, 1952) and the proposed contracts sub-
mitted by the Attorney General, at the request of the Re-
gents. Thorough discussion followed, and,
Motion by Dr. Lombardi carried unanimously that the Attorney
General be asked to draw an amended agreement which would
provide that earnings of Mr. Sheeketski from April 1, 1952
through June 30, 1953 to be deducted from the payment to
Mr. Sheeketski for the year ending June 30, 1953. The
agreement, when thus amended, is to be submitted to Mr.
Sheeketski and his Attorney, Mr. Furrh, by the Executive
Committee of the Regents. If accepted by Mr. Sheeketski,
the Chairman of the Board of Regents is hereby authorized
to sign for the Regents.
A further provision of the motion was that the amended
agreement include, if possible, a statement that the Re-
gents do not feel nor admit any legal obligation to settle
the contract. (The Attorney General, in letter of June 10,
1952, advised that this not be included.)
Mr. Ross thanked Mr. Dunseath, who left the meeting at this
point.
9. Tonopah History
Mr. Hardy presented for consideration the fact that a com-
prehensive history of the Tonopah district had been pre-
pared by Mr. Jay Carpenter, but that it had never been
printed. Since it is considered to have much merit,
Motion by Mr. Hardy carried unanimously that the Director
of the Mackay School of Mines be instructed to go ahead
with the printing of the bulletin as a publication of the
State Bureau of Mines, if there are sufficient funds in
the State Bureau of Mines' appropriation.
10. Personnel Recommendations
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that the following
personnel recommendations be approved.
(a) Transfer of Robert S. Griffin to full time teaching
duties as Professor of English (his academic rank as
of January 1, 1944), effective July 1, 1952, at a
salary of $6200 per year.
(b) Appointment of Burton C. Newbry as Assistant Professor
of Education for the year 1952-53 at a salary of $4200
for the year.
(c) Appointment of Dewey Francis Abell as Instructor in
Physics for the year 1952-53 at a salary of $3800 for
the year.
(d) Appointment of Robert Stuart Leonard as Graduate
Assistant in the Department of Physics for the year
1952-53, at a stipend of $1100 for the year.
(e) Reappointment of Thomas W. Kennelly as Lecturer in
Psychology for the Spring semester 1953, at a salary
of $450 for the semester.
(f) Reappointment of Gordon C. Shelley as Lecturer in
Business Administration and Sociology for the year
1952-53, with salary for the Fall semester at $400,
and for the Spring semester at $800.
(g) Reappointment of C. E. Shepherd as Lecturer in Mete-
orology in the Department of Physics for the year
1952-53 at a salary of $600 for the year.
(h) Reappointment of James R. Dickinson as Instructor in
English in the Las Vegas Branch Program for the year
1952-53, at a salary of $3800 for the year.
(i) Reappointment of Arthur J. Palmer, Jr. as part time
Instructor in Geography in the Las Vegas Branch Pro-
gram for the year 1952-53, at a salary of $1500 for
the year.
(j) Appointment of Walter Van Tilburg Clark as Lecturer
in English for the Spring semester 1953, at a salary of
$2200 for the semester.
(k) Appointment of Mrs. Mabel Brown as half time Assistant
in English for the Fall semester 1952, at a salary of
$700 for the semester.
(l) Appointment of Mrs. Patricia Gibby as half time As-
sistant in English for the Fall semester 1952, at a
salary of $600 for the semester.
(m) Acceptance of the resignation of Oliver Sigworth as
Instructor in English, effective at the end of the
current semester.
(n) Acceptance of the resignation of W. Dwight Billings as
Professor of Biology, effective July 1, 1952.
Motion by Dr. Lombardi carried unanimously that the salary
of Mr. Clarence Byrd, Director of Admissions and Registrar,
be increased from $6000 to $6200 per year, effective July
1, 1952.
The Board recessed as a Board of Regents and convened as a Board
of Control for the Agricultural Experiment Station.
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that the resigna-
tion of Mr. Grant Smith, who has been on leave of absence
without pay since 1942, be accepted.
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that the following
appointments and salaries for the staff of the Agricultural
Experiment Station, effective July 1, 1952, be approved:
Name Department 1951-52 Incr. 1952-53
C. E. Fleming Assoc. Dir. 7200 --- 7200
V. E. Spencer Soils Research 5900 100 6000
W. B. Dye Chem. Research 5800 100 5900
John Mc Cormick Farm Devel. 5300 100 *5400
Ray K. Peterson Soils Research 5200 100 5300
(1) John Wittwer Soils Research 5200 --- ----
Howard Mason Agric. Econ. 5060 140 5200
Frank S. Scott, Jr. Agric. Econ. 4800 100 4900
Lyle Mc Cartney Range Mgmt. 4800 --- *4800
William Goodale Soils Research 4700 100 4800
Mabel Hartley Agric. Econ. 3900 100 4000
Michael Galli Soils Research 3800 100 3900
Walter Neilson Range Mgmt. 3400 100 3500
Henry Johnson Range Mgmt. 3400 --- 3400
James Williams Asst. Range Mgmt. 1560 --- 1560
Oliver Smith Agronomy 600 --- 600
F. M. Johnson Janitor p/t 600 --- 600
(2) Edward Records Vet. Science 5600 400 6000
Francis Neville Assoc. Vet. Con. 6000 --- 6000
Agnes Hilden Vet. Control 3600 200 3800
E. L. Sandry Vet. Science 2600 --- 2600
(1) Retiring
(2) 1/2 Experiment Station, 1/2 Veterinary Control; addi-
tional amount from State Stock Commission
* Plus house
The Board adjourned as a Board of Control for the Agricultural
Experiment Station and reconvened as a Board of Regents.
Motion by Mr. Arentz carried unanimously that the following
appointments and salaries for the Public Service Divisions,
effective July 1, 1952, be approved.
(a) Agricultural Extension Division
Name Title 1951-52 Incr. 1952-53
(1) Paul Maloney Supervisor 5900 100 6000
Thomas E. Buckman Supervisor 5760 240 6000
Otto R. Schulz Specialist 5600 100 5700
John M. Fenley County Agent 5600 --- 5600
(1) A. J. Reed Specialist 5300 100 5400
Mark W. Menke County Agent 5200 100 5300
Louis A. Gardella County Agent 4900 100 5000
Archie Albright County Agent 4900 100 5000
(2) Gene F. Empey Editor 4500 300 4800
Charles R. York County Agent 4500 100 4600
Fred Batchelder County Agent 4500 100 4600
Lena Berry Home Dem. Agt. 4400 100 4500
M. G. Hayes Home Dem. Agt. 4400 100 4500
J. H. Zimmerman Home Dem. Agt. 4400 100 4500
J. Kirk Day County Agent 4300 100 4400
Ferren Bunker County Agent 4300 100 4400
Raymond C. Cox Asst. Co. Agt. 4300 100 4400
Frank Morrow Asst. Co. Agt. 4300 100 4400
Harry Bradley Asst. Co. Agt. 3900 100 4000
G. Roberts, Jr. Asst. Co. Agt. 3900 100 4000
James Orchard Asst. Co. Agt. 3900 100 4000
Madge Schendal Home Dem. Agt. 3800 100 3900
Francis Hailand Home Dem. Agt. 3600 100 3700
(3) Don M. Drummond Spec. 1/2 time
Agt. Es., Lander
Nye Counties ---- --- 4200
Asst. Agent
Eureka, White
Pine Counties ---- --- 3900
(1) Part time resident teaching $500 from General
University Funds
(2) $300 from General University Funds
(3) Receives $2530 from State Board of Fire Control
in addition
(b) Food and Drug Control - Weights and Measure -
Petroleum Products Inspection
Name Title 1951-52 Incr. 1952-53
Wayne B. Adams Commissioner 6700 --- 6700
Edward L. Randall Chemist 5100 300 5400
A. J. Rafael Res. Inspec. 4800 300 5100
Peter Ferretto Inspector 3600 300 3900
Carl W. Stroud Inspector 3600 300 3900
Stanley D. Johns Asst. Chemist 3600 300 3900
Robert Cole Janitor p/t 1080 120 1200
(c) Mackay School of Mines Division
Name Title 1951-52 Incr. 1952-53
(1) C. W. Hammond Asst. Prof.
Met. & Anal.
Lab. 4350 450 4800
Victor Kral Asst. Bureau
Mines 4500 300 4800
Mary F. Alvey Lib. Bureau
Mines & School 4000 --- 4000
(2) Earle V. Dempsey Lab. Asst. ---- --- 280
Anal. Lab. ---- --- 140
(1) 2/5 from Mackay School
(2) $280 per month Summer; $140 during College year
for part time
11. Candidates for Graduation
Motion by Dr. Lombardi carried unanimously that the follow-
ing candidates for graduation, having been recommended by
the general faculty at its meeting on June 5, 1952, be ap-
proved for the indicated degrees and diplomas:
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Bachelor of Arts
Arlene Jane Allen Stella Mae Mason
Bruce Wyrick Anderson Albert Matteucci
Barbara Jean Andrae Berlien L. Mc Cray
Beverly Lou Balaam Elizabeth Helen Miller
Patricia Annand Bastian Stanley Kent Miller
June Anderson Bell Marvin L. Moss
William Samuel Boyd Claude W. Nichols, Jr.
Howard Edgar Browne, Jr. Rocco V. Nobile
La Vonne Browning Ann Parrish
Guenther William Brueckner Wayne Pearson
Donna Jeanne Burton Mona La Nore Perry
Barbara Carruth Joan Elizabeth Petermann
Dyle M. Carter Vivian Parry Peterson
Jean Adeline Cozzalio Donald Victor Petroni
Joyce Elaine Cranor Robert Joseph Pico
Jerome E. Etchegoyhen, Jr. Gretchen Louise Reuter
Jack Fenkell Joanne Priscilla Rich
William Newkom Forman Alice Shelly Schafter
Elaine Powell Gallagher Frances Naomi Schmaling
Dean Francis Gloster Margaret Theresa Schulz
Nancy Patricia Haggerty Donald Floyd Smith
Harrie Fox Hess William Freeman Smith
Marilyn Humphreys Paul M. Sprague
Clayton Riley Hurst Donald Bruce Taylor
John A. Iacovelli Lorraine Goni Taylor
Willis John Ireland James Lawrence Walsh
Wilbur Bradshaw Jager Norma Anne Walsh
Verlita Lee Johnson Patricia T. Welty
Mardelle Louise Kornmayer Thomas Richard Whalen
Thomasine Tubman Kurtis Richard Earl Williams
William Joseph Lanahan Clara B. Willis
Burt Justin Larkins Joanne Adele Wilson
Jeanne Norine Lartey Suzanne Winer
Anna Thorp Martin Gerald Bruce Wyness
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
Edward B. Covington, III James Warren Hulse
Marjorie Lynette Friend Mryon E. Leavitt
Horace Rodlin Goff Edward W. Scripps, II
Edna Mae Gregory
Bachelor of Science
Walter Reed Averett Clarence Lowell Miller
Edwin Knight Beachamp Chris Nolan, Jr.
Robert Coughlin Eric U. Nummela
Willis Lee Davis Juanita Jane Rector
Samuel Franklin Eccles Rachel Rand Rowe
Emi Kito George Weston Waltenspiel
Maureen Elizabeth Magee
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Robert Rapha Allen Constance Louise Malcolm
Ervin Lewis Billman Edith Gertrude Mc Donald
Lide Dearing Norman A. Minola
Ivan Louis Eisenberg Mary Schwindel Murray
James Milton Godbey Dawn Fae Pershall
Muray Edwin Harper Bethel S. Roggenkamp
Evan La Mar Harris Frank Joseph Sala, Jr.
Catherine H. Lancaster
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Robert C. Baird Michael Mc Kay Rauhut
Donald Lee Peterson
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
John M. Eder Lloyd B. Osborne
Elizabeth Bassett Knight Laura May Sauer
Richard Goodwin Knight Edgar J. Stratton
Cornelius W. Lingenfelter Donald J. Vandervelden
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
Margaret Mary Bassett Alice Joyce Ko
Mary Carolina Getto Joan Lundy
Hazel Inman Hardy Anna Bee Wallace
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
George Gust Assuras Alton Robert Kay
Edward Joseph Boyle Harlan Ernest Moyer
Howard Marvin Byars David Miller Naylor
Charles V. Capell John Charles Peterson
David Abel Collings Robert Thorpe Ramsey
Hughes O. Davis Raymond Alfred Winson
Carlton E. Forbes
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Alfred Wayne Ashley Weldon Lee Hedges
Bruce Earl Belnap Rufus Ogilvie, Jr.
Donald Ray Dawson George L. Shontz
Hassell De Pree Floyd Meredith Yates, Jr.
James Eliades
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Fred M. Bratmon Charles Edward Lambrcht
Thomas Michael Carlson Robert Sheldon Pringle
Arthur Jule Johnson Gerard H. Schaefer
MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES
Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering
Charles W. Ford, Jr. Roscoe Kay Vassar
Mark S. Lyons
Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering
James Wayne Cole
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Theodore E. Emidy Gordon Edward Pflug
ADVANCED DEGREES
Master of Arts
Robert Mc Kee Boal John Randall Miller
Monty Francis Boland Claude Leon Wall
Master of Science
Frederick R. Jensen
12. Honorary Degrees
Motion by Mr. Hardy carried unanimously that the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws be conferred upon Mr. Herbert
Hoover and Mr. Bernard M. Baruch, and adopted the following
resolutions, copies of which the President was authorized
to include in letter notifying each of them of the action
of the Board of Regents: (Note - not awarded; unable to
come to Reno for presentation)
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Mr. Herbert Hoover, former President of the
United States, renowned mining engineer, expert in human
needs, has throughout his lifetime been deeply interest-
ed in the State of Nevada, its people and its mining
industry, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hoover has many times visited in this State
and has made many friends among its citizens, and has
contributed generously of his experience and knowledge
to its engineering and mining problems, fostered legis-
lation valuable to the State's industry, and
WHEREAS, his service as Chairman of the Colorado River
Commission was of inestimable value to the West and to
the State of Nevada, and
WHEREAS, his scope of interest and activity is not
bounded by any particular area of this great country,
as proved in his outstanding administration as Presi-
dent of the United States, and by his service as Head
of various committees and commissions, such as U. S.
Food Administrator, President Wilson's Second Industrial
Conference, President's Conference on Unemployment, and
many others, and
WHEREAS, his deep insight into human needs and his
understanding of world affairs in relation to human
needs has caused his opinion and advice to be sought
in numerous instances and has led to his appointment
on International Committees, such as the American
Relief Commission, Commission for Relief in Belgium
European Coal Council, American Relief Administration,
and a long list of others, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Herbert Hoover is, himself, a man of high
integrity, unselfish motives, capable and willing of
great contributions to mankind,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity of Nevada confer upon Mr. Herbert Hoover the degree
of Doctor of Laws in recognition of these great works,
and that this degree be conferred at any time Mr. Hoover
can be on the Campus to receive it.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Bernard M. Baruch, outstanding citizen of the
United States and of the World, has used his great gifts
for the benefit of all peoples, and has exhibited splen-
did leadership in affairs pertaining to the national and
international good, and
WHEREAS, he has shown a real interest in the State of
Nevada and in Nevada people, among whom he was many
personal friends, and
WHEREAS, his interest in all phases of Nevada industry,
but especially mining, has endeared him to the citizens
of the State, who have welcomed his visits here and his
participation in activities of the State pertaining to
its economic and industrial development, and
WHEREAS, his contributions to the country's war efforts
and its peace efforts have won the admiration of our
citizens as he served on President Wilson's Advisory
Commission of the National Council of Defense, as Chair-
man of the Commission on Raw Materials and Metals, as
Chairman of the War Industries Board, and like commis-
sions, and
WHEREAS, his desire to establish a permanent peace led
to his appointment as economic adviser for the American
Peace Commission, and inspired him to write articles
and books dealing with Peace and Peace Treaties, which
have caused our people to think seriously on these
things, and
WHEREAS, his service as United State Representative to
the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission holds tre-
mendous responsibility for the future of peoples of the
world, in which activity the citizens of this State
have great confidence in him,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity of Nevada confer upon Mr. Bernard M. Baruch
the degree of Doctor of Laws in recognition and appre-
ciation of his great services, and that this degree
be conferred at any time Mr. Baruch can visit this
Campus to receive it.
The meeting recessed at 12:10 noon.
The recessed meeting of the Board of Regents was called to order
at 2 P.M. by the Chairman. Present were Regents Lombardi, Hardy,
Arentz, Ross; and President Love.
Dr. Minard W. Stout, applicant for the President of the Univer-
sity of Nevada, had, at the request of the Regents, visited the
Campus and had been interviewed by the members of the Board of
Regents on Saturday evening, June 7, and on Sunday, June 8. The
Regents discussed his candidacy and his qualifications for the
position, and after careful consideration,
It was unanimously agreed that Dr. Minard W. Stout be offered
the position of President of the University of Nevada, at a
salary of $10,800 per year, including use of house on the Campus
and University car, and $1800 per year allowance for entertain-
ment expenses.
Dr. Stout accepted the Presidency on those terms, effective
August 1, 1952.
The meeting adjourned at 2:30 P.M.
The next meeting will be at the call of the Chairman.