Alfred Anuual Report 1913 1914

Alfred University has suffered a loss in the deaths of three well-respected and beloved members of the board of trustees, including a former board member who served as board president for several years. GREEN, a vice-president of the board of trustees, died at the Steuben Sanitarium, June 3, 1913, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. His death occurred on the day of the trustees' annual meeting the year before, shortly after adjournment, but he had just been re-elected vice-chairman of the board.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 11 ELWOOD EUGENE HAMILTON was born at Alfred,

In 1888, he was elected to the Assembly in the New York State Legislature and re-elected in 1889. Reimann of Gloversville, New York, sophomore in the Agricultural School, who died March 13, 1914, of pneumonia; also Mr. Charles Lytle of Angelica, a member of the senior class in the Agricultural School, who died April 7, 1914, of cancer.

The annual grant to the State's Clay Working and Ceramics School was increased from the previous year. A grant of DKK 17,600 has been set aside for the maintenance of the school in the coming year. Participation in the Statens Landbrugsskole in the past year has fallen slightly from the previous year al-.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 15 though the present attendance is very gratifying, aggregating

After the dedication of the Carnegie Library, which took place at the commencement of last year, the books of the University were transferred to the new building. The village also voted to approve $100 for library maintenance for. Minor improvements and repairs were made to a number of campus buildings during the year, but no major repairs were made to any building.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 17 cost price was charged off the endowment books and this

This consists of a green block valued at $7,000, a grant of one thousand dollars for the maintenance of the block, and one thousand dollars each for the Orson C. Rich Foundation, with two thousand dollars for the endowment of two scholarships of one thousand dollars each, bearing the names of Mary E. Brown, and makes for the largest benefactors in the history of the University in the field of establishing scholarships.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 19

The president has repeatedly drawn the attention of the trustees to the need for better gymnasium facilities. Burdick, has generously given a very reasonable option on the property for the use of the University. However, ten or twelve thousand dollars would quite well meet the requirements for the purchase and improvement of the building.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 21 cipal of the Academy, the Director of the State School of

BOOTHE C. DAVIS,

REGISTRAR'S REPORT 23

REPORT OF DEAN AND REGISTRAR

REGISTRAR'S REPORT 2 5

Conclusion

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY REPORT To the President of Alfred University: —

Clarke of Minnesota, and Miss Little, of the College faculty, have also addressed the seminary

REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN

LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 29 regular hours the library has been open on the afternoons of

R. CLAWSON, Librarian

MUSEUM REPORT 31

REPORT OF CURATOR OF ALLEN STEINHEIM MUSEUM

JAMES D. BENNEHOFF

ALFRED ACADEMY

ACADEMY REPORT 33 The senior class consists of thirteen members, of whom

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

COMMITTEE'S REPORT 35

Lua Babcock Fund

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ALFRED ACADEMY CONTRACT WITH DISTRICT NO. 3

From the total attendance of 89 students for this year, 11 are members of the training class, for whom the state teaches. So the Academy's current attendance is slightly more than would be expected in a high school. The committee also finds that the attendance of the training class is slightly more than the minimum required by the state and that it is always a problem to maintain the required minimum of ten members in the class.

COMMITTEE'S REPORT 37 The State of New York requires that "a high school shall

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GIFTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OP GIFTS 39

In addition to the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars given by me in the fourth and fifth terms of my said will to Alfred University, The Theological Seminary of said Alfred University, I give a further sum of Fifty ($50) ) dollars to each of the said legatees, making the total to. 34;Should my estate exceed six thousand dollars, I give, thirdly, the sum of one thousand dollars, or whatever sum may be over six thousand dollars, but not over one thousand dollars, to the Trustees of Alfred University, by Alfred , N. Bullock Scholarship, the same to be invested by the said Trustees of said University in good mortgage on real estate and the interest to be used only by said Trustees in paying the tuition of a needy young man or woman of said University forever."

TREASURER'S REPORT—ENDOWMENT 41 TREASURER'S REPORT

ENDOWMENT AND PROPERTY

TREASURER'S REPORT—ENDOWMENT 43

ENDOWMENT REPORT

ALFRED YEAR BOOK, 1913-14

Group V I

TREASURER'S REPORT—ENDOWMENT 55

TREASURER'S REPORT—INCOME 61

INCOME REPORT

Revenue

TREASURER'S REPORT—INCOME 63

Revenue

TREASURER'S REPORT—INCOME 65

Revenue

TREASURER'S REPORT—INCOME 69

TREASURER'S REPORT—ALFRED ACADEMY 73

ALFRED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

TREASURER'S REPORT—SEMINARY 75

BETTERMENT FUND REPORT

TREASURER'S REPORT—BETTERMENT FUND 77

AUDITOR'S REPORT 79

AUDITOR'S REPORT

NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF CLAY-WORKING AND CERAMICS AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY

TREASURER'S REPORT—STATE SCHOOL 81

NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY

PROPOSED BUDGET

PROPOSED BUDGET 83

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT

That an Investment Committee of five be appointed by this Board to be one of the permanent Committees of the

That a Finance Committee of at least nine members be appointed to undertake at once the raising of additional

That a Trustee-Auditor be appointed who shall audit all principal accounts and securities as well as revenue and

BY-LAWS

BY-LAWS 85 The endowment may be invested in such other forms of

The trophy offered by the Twentieth Century Club to one of the two junior classes with the highest school average was won this year by the Sophomore class.

PRIZES AND MEDALS 87 PRIZES AND MEDALS

Open to Sophomores and Juniors (both sexes)

Oration not over fifteen minutes, better twelve, upon some subject related to the promotion and furtherance of

First Test—leaving only six contestants

Three judges, one from another town, one shall be a woman

These six contestants are pledged to have their papers published in some paper or magazine. As many more

The Tomlinson Gold Medal

President: I have the honor to nominate for an honorary degree an alumnus of Alfred University of the class of 1892, who since his graduation has devoted his services to the cause of education. Through research work and also as a speaker and author, this alumnus of Alfred has advanced his chosen field of work. In recognition of his services to the cause of education, I have the pleasure, Mr. Alexander David Miller, Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Education, Doctor of Philosophy, Principal of Mahanoy City High School, Pennsylvania.

Professor Miller, son of Alfred, teacher, educator, Alfred welcomes you back after these years of successful service in the field of education and is pleased to admit you to the honorary degree of Doctor of Education with all the rights and privileges that go with it. The gentleman whose name I have the honor to present was educated in the English school connected with London University, from which he received the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Divinity. I have the honor to present to you, sir, for the degree of Doctor of Literature, Rev.

Minifie, your second visit to this college has added to the love you won for yourself in your first, and we now gladly welcome you into the company of the honorary graduates of Alfred University. Son of Great Britain, Pellow of the Royal Society of Letters in England, esteemed preacher and orator, I gladly accept the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in this University with all the rights and privileges that belong to it. But the distinguished career you have achieved in science and scholarship, and as an author and editor, makes it all the more gratifying for us to welcome you to the company of our honorary graduates, and therefore, with the authority of trustees, I am pleased to admit you to the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in this University, with all the rights and privileges that belong to it.

He received his doctorate in medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in St.

DEGREES CONFERRED 93 ADELBERT MOOT, Presented by Professor Clawson

SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY

APPENDIX A 95

APPENDIX B 97

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST MEMORIAL FUND

APPENDIX C 101

NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF CLAY- WORKING AND CERAMICS

Miss Stevens has served with efficiency and ability, having general charge of the office and technical library. The art department of the school has been enlarged and developed, and excellent work is being done under responsible instructors-. It is noteworthy that a member of the class of 1913 has entered into a partnership in Olean and is erecting a factory for the manufacture of floor tiles, a new industry in this state.

Another plans to engage in paving brick manufacturing in Richburg, having tested the material for the company at the school. A third graduate has secured employment with the National Fire Roofing Company, and a fourth has secured a position as instructor in the ceramics department at Rutgers College, N. The State Board of Claims has called upon your director as an expert to determine the nature of certain clays appropriated at construction of the barge canal.

Samples are secured and tests performed to determine the commercial value of real estate. An important departure in the lesson plan was made possible by the increased equipment. Short courses are also available to meet the practical needs of students who, due to lack of time or preparation, cannot join one of the full courses.

The faculty at Alfred University have, as in previous years, provided the most effective assistance for teaching in their several departments.*.

NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

APPENDIX E 105

APPENDIX E 107

This was made necessary by a landslide that significantly changed the course of the stream so that it threatened the buildings. In addition to the improvements mentioned above, a small fruit plantation has been planted with various types of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, currants and gooseberries and a long-term fertilization experiment has been started with a four-year rotation. The dairy herd has gradually improved by eliminating the less desirable animals and replacing them with other, more desirable ones.

The completion of the pig and poultry house mentioned above will allow for the proper housing of the major breeds of farm livestock required for classroom and demonstration purposes. In the future, the school year will consist of thirty-six weeks instead of twenty-four weeks. However, a major change in the course of study means that students can take the course either twenty-four weeks a year or thirty-six weeks and still complete the course.

This change enables students who find it necessary to stay at home during the busy season of the year to attend only during the winter months, while offering a full year's work to those who can afford it.

APPENDIX E 109

The following is a list of fairs where educational exhibits have been made: State Fair, Syracuse; Wellsville Fair Association, Wellsville; Allegany County Agricultural Society, Angelica; Cuba Fair and Racing Association, Cuba; Hornell Fair Association, Hornell; the Steuben County Agricultural Society, Bath. It is earnestly hoped that some arrangement can be made to take care of the many requests for extension work that come to us, and to do so without overlapping the work of other State extension agencies. A feature of the new course that deserves special mention is the greater emphasis placed by each student in the Agricultural Course on actual farm practice and actual home practice by students in the Department of Home Economics.

Under the present arrangement, each student in the Agricultural course, in addition to regular school laboratory work, must devote one afternoon each week during his first term at school to actual farm work under practical farm conditions. He must have worked not less than three months during the growing season on any farm approved by the faculty of the school before a diploma is awarded. First: A new three-story building, not less than 50x80 feet, to be used by the Departments of Farm Mechanics, Chemistry and Physics, with one floor arranged so that it can be used both as a gymnasium and as an assembly hall. . farmers' meetings, institutes, poultry, fruit and potato shows and other meetings designed to promote the agricultural interests of southwestern New York may be held.

At the moment we do not have large enough rooms for this purpose and chemistry, woodwork, drawing and.

J. WRIGHT, Director