Centre College Special Collections - Board of Trustees Minutes (1833)

Centre College Board of Trustees Minutes (Vol. 2 - 1833)

May 25, 1833

Board met. Present Messrs. Burch, Barbour, Cunningham, Hopkins, Rice, Cowan.

Took up the report of Faculty recommending the dismissal from College of Messrs. John H. Wilson & Alex H. Brown; upon the request of Messrs. Brown & Wilson, they were heard at length before the Board (The President & Professor of Languages being also present & heard). Whereupon after due consideration, the Board resolved that the decision of the Faculty be confirmed.

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Ordered that the Secretary notify the Faculty of this decision and that the Treasurer refund the balance of tuition fees in proportion to the time.

Adjourned

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Danville August 8, 1833

The Board of Trustees of Centre College convened at the house of Mrs. Cocke. Present Rev. James K. Burch, Chairman, James Barbour, Charles M. Cunningham, James S. Hopkins, Phineas G. Rice, John Green.

Mr. David G. Cowan, a member of this Board, & Secretary hereof, having departed this life since the last meeting of the Board, John Green was appointed Secretary pro tem to the Board, & the Rev. John C. Young was appointed a Trustee of this Board in the place of Mr. Cowan; whereupon Mr. Young had the oath of office administered to him, & took his seat as a Trustee. The seat of the Honorable George Robertson being vacated by his failure to take the oath required by law, he was re-appointed, & being present he had the oath of office administered to him, & thereupon took his seat as a Trustee.

The Board took under consideration the appointment of a Superintendent & Matron of the Asylum of the Deaf & Dumb, rendered necessary by the death of Mr. & Mrs. Kerr, the late Superintendent & matron of the institution. Whereupon Doctor Luke Munsell & his wife were appointed Superintendent & Matron of the Institution.

The Board took into consideration the salary of Mr. William Kerr, teacher in the Asylum, & it was ordered that his salary be raised to & fixed at five hundred dollars per annum from the first of September next. It was further ordered that Messrs. Burch & Green be a committee to settle with Mr. Kerr, & also with the administrator of Mr. John Kerr, with authority to draw on the Treasury for what may be due to either of them.

Resolved that the Professor of Chemistry & Natural Philosophy be required to perform the duties of his Department for only two months in each session; and that $200 be allowed as his compensation, of which sum $150 is allowed for salary, & $50 for repairs of apparatus & contingent expenses.

Mr. Young was appointed a member of the Committee

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of Finance in place of David G. Cowan, deceased.

James Harlan is appointed Secretary of this Board in place of David G. Cowan, deceased.

The Board then adjourned.

John Green, Secretary pro tem

In September 1833

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees appears to be no record by the Secretary.

John Lyle, John Houston, John Stonestreet, Louis Mason, George Fishback, John Price, W. McElroy, Francis Taylor, William Preston received the degree of A.B.

Danville December 3, 1833

The Board met. Present Green, Barbour, Rice, Hopkins.

John Tod & James G. Birney, having been appointed by the Synod at its late meeting & duly qualified took their seats.

Resolved that Messrs. Comming & Bullock be appointed teachers in the Preparatory at a salary of $125 per annum, for each.

John C. Young, Secretary