Centre College Special Collections - Board of Trustees Minutes (1837)

Centre College Board of Trustees Minutes (Vol. 2 - 1837)

February 13, 1837

The Board met. Present Hopkins, Green, Barbour, Bell, McDowell, Tod.

Letters were received from Messrs. Kerr & Jacobs, requesting on the part of Mr. Kerr an increase of salary, & on the part of Mr. Jacobs an increase of salary & also of the price of board paid by the pupils in the Asylum. Messrs. McDowell, Tod, & Hopkins were appointed a committee to confer with the applicants.

John C. Young, Secretary

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February 17, 1837

Board met. Present Hopkins, Green, Barbour, Bell, McDowell, Tod

Mr. Burchard handed in his report of his agency for the Trustees, also a report of an agency he performed in soliciting funds for the College, accompanied with a list of the subscriptions & donations received by him for the College. The Board resolved to allow Mr. Burchard for his duties as agent for the College six hundred & fifty dollars, payable on the receipt of the money deposited by him in the hands of Mr. Dymond of New York, in two equal payments, the first payment to be made on the 1st of September 1837, & the second on the lst of September 1838.

By Mr. Burchard's report there was subscribed or donated to Centre College, in the East through his agency [amount not shown]. Of this sum Mr. Burchard collected twenty three hundred & seventy eight dollars. Mr. Burchard paid over to the Treasurer of Centre College $1200.00 in a note on Mr. Dymond of New York, $200.00 in an order on David A. Sayre of Lexington, $900.00 in a note of Youce & Russel of Danville, $20.00 in a note on D. M. Barnett. The balance of $58.00 had been expended in traveling, etc. The report was filed among the papers of the Board, with the subscription list.

The committee appointed at the last meeting reported in part that Mr. Kerr's salary ought to be raised to $700.00 per annum, that Mr. Jacobs' to $900.00, the increase to take effect from 1st January 1837.

John C. Young, Secretary

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March 29, 1837

Present Bell, McDowell, Hopkins, Barbour, Green, Tod.

Revd. William L. Breckinridge having been appointed by Synod at its last meeting as a Trustee, took his seat in the Board on presenting a certificate of his having duly qualified before a magistrate.

William B. Rice received the degree of A.M.

Mr. Breckinridge was appointed a committee to settle the notes of Revd. Nathan H. Hall.

Mr. Green appointed to investigate the debt of Judge Bridges & the subscription of Joel Williams.

Secretary presented the case of Rev. D. Whitney, & received instructions to urge him to a settlement.

The Committee appointed to confer with Kerr & Jacobs further reported in favor of increasing the price of board at the Asylum to [amount not shown] per week, which the Board agreed to do. The report was filed.

John C. Young, Secretary

July 8, 1837

At a meeting of the Board, held this day, James Harlan's report of his visit to Florida on the business of the Asylum was laid before the Board. The report & the accompanying papers were referred to a committee, consisting of Joshua Bell, John Green, & Joseph McDowell for examination & comparison with the accounts of the Treasurer.

John C. Young, Secretary

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September 27, 1837

The Board met. Present Barbour, Rice, Hopkins, Cunningham, Bell, McDowell.

The following young gentlemen, members of the senior class, received on the recommendation of the Faculty the degree of A.B., Ezekiel Forman, James Barbour, Samuel D. Burchard, Aaron A. Hogue, James Baldwin, William Alexander, Robert McKeown, R. T. Johnstone, Lewis Thompson, William Robards, together with James Graham, teacher of the Grammar School

John C. Young, Secretary

November 15, 1837

Present Bell, Barbour, Rice, Hopkins, McDowell, Tod.

Messrs. Hopkins & McDowell were appointed a committee to repairs & of the buildings on the College lot.

Resolved that the secretary be allowed fifty dollars per annum for his duties - half to be paid by the funds of the Asylum & half by those of the College.

Bell, Hopkins, & Tod were appointed a committee to settle with Mr. Henderson the note of $1,000, given by Henderson, McDowell, Green, & others to the Board, & they are authorized, if they deem it expedient, to vest such portion of the note as may be necessary in

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the lands purchased by Henderson & others of Dr. Blackburn.

John C. Young, Secretary