A kind Providence had kindly dealt with the lives and health of the officers and students of the University during the year. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army and served his country through most of the War of the Rebellion. Clawson, who had just been elected the Charles Potter Professor of History and Political Science at Alfred, to stay a year longer in Salem in order to have more time for the election of a new president for Salem College.
Kenyon professorship of Latin language and literature and the professorship of English at Alfred. Professor Kenyon has acted as Registrar for many years, and has combined in connection with his office most of the work usually done by the Dean of the College. He has also served as acting or assistant president, in the president's absence.
The President will therefore recommend that the Trustees create the office of Dean of the College, and that Professor A.
The president's duties are expanding more and more, and he is forced to be absent much of his time from the university office. Chipman, architect, the executive committee purchased materials and work is underway to restore the building for university use. A plan is being drawn up which hopes to complete the restoration without increasing the university's current liabilities.
Last fall Judge McLennan, with prominent members of the legislature, visited Alfred and held a conference in reference to the establishment of a State School of Agriculture at Alfred.
SECTION II. Alfred University is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase lands, constrnct the buildings and let
Pursuant to his recommendation, the bill was drafted, submitted, and passed through both houses of the legislature without a vote against it. For the purpose of purchasing suitable lands in Alfred, New York, and erecting the necessary buildings thereon and providing appurtenances, and for the purchase of agricultural implements and livestock and all other equipment and supplies necessary for said agricultural school, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or such amount as may be necessary , is hereby appropriated out of the money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be the treasurer of the treasurer of Alfred University by order of the comptroller upon vouchers presented by the treasurer of said university to be expended by the latter as agent of the state in accordance with this act. All buildings constructed under this Act and all land purchased and other property acquired with money acquired under this Act and all buildings and property acquired subsequently with money acquired by the State shall be and remain the property of the State.
The object of the New York State School of Agriculture at Alfred University, will be to provide elementary school.
SECTION III. The objects of the New York State School of Agriculture at Alfred University, shall be to give elementary
The sufficiency of this title and the form of the transfer shall be confirmed by the State Prosecutor. The facilities of the said Agricultural College include a main building housing laboratories, lecture halls and administrative rooms, which are to be furnished and equipped with necessary facilities; barn, dairy, and such other buildings and appurtenances as may be required. The money which may be appropriated by the State to Alfred University for said State College of Agriculture shall be paid to the Treasurer of Alfred University upon vouchers submitted to the Comptroller.
Bona fide residents of New York State for one year prior to their date of admission will be eligible for free tuition.
And to provide for the unity and harmony of agricultural education in the State of New York, the State Commissioner of Agriculture, the Director of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, and such person as shall be annually elected or appointed by the State Grange, shall be ex-officio members of a Board of Trustees, to be annually appointed by the Trustees of Alfred University, to direct the management of said State College of Agriculture. Alfred University shall receive no income, profit or compensation therefor, but all moneys received from the appropriations for said Agricultural College shall be deposited by said University in a separate fund and shall be used exclusively for said New York State Agricultural College. . The said University shall expend such money and use such property of the State in the management of the said College of Agriculture as aforesaid, and shall report to the Commissioner of Agriculture annually, on or before the first day of December, a detailed account of such expenditures and general business.
Any other fees and charges of said School of Agriculture and any moneys received from tuition paid by students not residents of the State of New York and from the sale of produce shall be reported and remitted monthly to the State Treasurer as required. of the State Finance Act and can be reused for the maintenance of the said agricultural school.
SECTION V. This act shall take effect immediately
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 17 It now remains for the trustees of Alfred to determine whether they will accept this trust which the state requires them to take and administer the same in the interest of better agricultural training for the patrons of this University. It may not be out of place to speak, in this connection, of the fact that this action of the Legislature is a practical and pleasing compliment to the University for the able and satisfactory manner in which the State School of Pottery Work has been conducted for the last eight years; and is strong evidence of the high esteem in which the University is held by the state authorities. I may also add that a large part of Alfred's patronage comes from the agricultural communities, and that the acceptance of this trust, which has been voluntarily given us, will greatly extend the range of usefulness to our beloved University, and bring it closer to the hearts of a much larger circle of customers.
The location of the proposed Carnegie Library, which was referred to the Executive Committee a year ago, has been carefully considered by the Committee from many points of view.
18 ALFRED YEAR BOOK,
CLERICAL ASSISTANCE
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
Emma Katherine Cartwright in Philosophy and Education, and in History and Political Science Allie Belle Dealing in Philosophy and Education.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Allen, Larkin, and others of the older generation have left a work only begun, and it can only be completed by generous gifts and · careful and laborious work.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY REPORT
The grant of the Department of Public Speaking from the Trustees helps to value this branch of education.
STUDENTS Full Course
REPORT
TREASURER'S REPORT
INCOME REPORT
SUMMARY OF INCOME
REVENUE
- Schedule 3 REVENUE
- IIS 28- 864 64 576 4'1
- Schedule 5 REVENUE
- Schedule 6 REVENUE
From an endowment held in trust by certain other corporations for Alfred University, to be used for the maintenance and support of the College of Liberal Arts and the Acatlemy.
EXPENDITURES
Schedule 8
Schedule 9
SPECIAL INCOME BALANCES
ALFRED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INCOME ACCOUNT
DEBT STATEMENT COMMON INCOME
ENDOWMENT REPORT
THE UNIVERSITY FUND
THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
GROUP IX
THE INCOME GIFT FUND
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
ADDITIONS TO ENDOWMENT FUND
The Shiloh Seventh-day Baptist Church and Society The First Seventh-day Baptist Church of New York City.
INVESTMENTS
Schedule 20
THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Real Estate Mortgages
BUDGET 55
BUDGET, 1908~-9 (College and Academy)
DEGREES CONFERRED
HONORARY DEGREES
PARDON C. WILLIAMS
LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY
Sir, I am pleased to admit you as a Doctor of Laws in this University and confer upon you all the rights and privileges belonging to a Hayet. Alfred University; and I am pleased to admit you to the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in this University, and to confer upon you all the rights and privileges attached thereto.
ALFRED ACADEMY
COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
E. LUA BABCOCK FUND
BUILDINGS, REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS
SUMMARY
SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY
OFFICERS J908-9
INCOME Reve,nue
CHANGES IN INVESTMENTS Colleot;ed
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SEVENTH-DA Y BAPTIST MEMORIAL FUND
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIA TION OF ALFRED UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1908-9
ALUMNI ASSOGIA TION TREASURER'S REPORT
NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF CLAY- WORKING AND CERAMICS
BOARD OF MANAGERS, 1908-9 (University Trustees)
DIRECTOR'S REPORT To THE PRESIDENT OF' ALF'RED UNIVERSITY;
The majority of students are residents of New York State, which justifies your principal's assertion that one of the primary functions of the school is to provide a profitable field of livelihood for the young men and women of New York. Alfred University's Department of Education uses clay modeling classes to give future teachers some practice in this important subject. Some were found to be of no economic value, but in other cases reports were submitted of the possible uses of the clay, along with fired samples of the products produced.
The owners of real estate in other parts of the country are using the school in increasing numbers, and some of the railroad companies have sent samples for examination. As an illustration of the growth of the clay-working industry in this State, the following figures will be of interest. In the production of common bricks, New York stands first among the States, and in the general manufacture of earthenware, fourth.
Several important pieces of equipment have been added to the school during the year, the most important of which are a Fery radiation pyrometer and an Ie Chatelier thermoelectric pyrometer, a jaw-type laboratory crusher, and a telescoping scale for reading fine measurements. The work has grown to a point where it becomes impossible for your director to do justice to the demands of the students on his own. The State Legislature has supported the school sufficiently up to now, but with the constant growth a larger endowment has become a necessity.
Mikar glass industry in Corning along with several clay product manufacturers and clay land owners. Haydock, who took over the leadership of the Art Department and the indispensable help Alfred University faculty provide in their departments.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
No work along this line is being done in the country and your Director has several designs for new furnaces which he cannot execute. The school was visited by many interested persons during the year, among whom may be mentioned Senators Armstrong and Tully, Assemblymen Phillips, Dr.
William C. Kenyon
A brief explanation of the reasons for a change, and also to acknowledge your favors, prompted me to communicate a few lines.
B. Stillman
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