Centre College Special Collections - Board of Trustees Minutes (1838)

Centre College Board of Trustees Minutes (Vol. 2 - 1838)

July 26, 1838

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

The Board resolved to raise Prof. Nichols' salary to $900 per annum - the resolution to take effect from the beginning of the present session.

Messrs. Hopkins & Jacobs were appointed a committee to examine the Treasurer's account with the Asylum & to report to the Board.

John C. Young, Secretary

September 28, 1838

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

The degree of A. B. was, on recommendation of the Faculty, conferred on the following young gentlemen of the present Senior class, viz., Andrew Allison, Thomas H. Clelland, William J. Morton, David M. Irwin, James L. Irwin, Robert A. Johnstone, John L. Williamson, Thomas D. Lee, Samuel H. Stevenson, Ambrose Barbour, John C. Breckinridge, Eugene Underwood, Samuel R. Bullock, & John C. Richardson - and on Cary A. Wylie of a former Senior class.

The Board directed the Secretary to give L. D. Burchard an order on the Treasurer for $600 as part of the salary allowed him by the Board.

John C. Young, Secretary

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The Clerk of the Synod reported the following persons as elected Trustees, viz., Daniel B. Price for the term of two years, & George T. Wood, William L. Breckinridge, John Tod, & Charles Cunningham for the term of three years.

Also visitors to the Trustees examinations: Messrs. Humphrey, N. L. Rice, C. L. Todd, Mark Hardin, Davidson, J. Bullock, J. L. Berryman, J. Stonestreet, Grundy, Hendricks, R. Thornton, Brown, Robertson, D. Reynolds, Barnett, McAfee, Letty, J. Marshall, William Morrison.

November 6, 1838

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

Daniel Price appeared & exhibited his certificate of qualification as a Trustee.

The Committee appointed to settle with Henderson reported that they had purchased the property formerly owned by Dr. Blackburn at the price of $1200.00.

The Secretary was directed, unless N. H. Hall should pay to the Treasurer the money received by him from William L. Breckinridge for Centre College with the interest before the next meeting of his Presbytery, to lay a statement of the facts of the case before the Presbytery & request them to take some action upon it.

McDowell, Bell & Barbour were appointed a financial committee, with directions to have the notes in the Treasurer's hands renewed by the 1st of January & made negotiable at the Bank in Danville, at such times as they may deem proper, with addition-

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al security in all cases where they may deem it desirable. The Committee of Finance are directed to report the state of the funds at the meeting of the Board in March.

The salary of each of the following officers was fixed during the vacancy of the Professorship of Belles Lettres & Rhetoric & Professor of Economics at the rates respectively of $600.00 per annum to Mr. Graham, Principal of the Grammar School, $150.00 per annum to Mr. Johnstone, assistant, $700.00 to Mr. Beatty, Professor of Chemistry & Natural Philosophy, & $1550 to the President.

Mr. John Montgomery was appointed agent with a salary of $600.00 per annum, to collect the subscriptions due to the College, & to raise funds for building wings to the College & procuring the endowment of an additional professorship.

Messrs. Cunningham & Bell were appointed a committee, in conformity with a request of the Synod, to apply to the Legislature for such a change in the charter as would enable the Synod to appoint 19 Trustees, of whom seven might constitute a quorum.

The Board resolved that it was expedient to separate the Treasureships of the College & the Asylum, & thereupon which the present Treasurer was continued as Treasurer of the Asylum, David A. Russell was appointed Treasurer for the College. The former Treasurer was directed to hand over to his successor in office the funds, etc. of the College which

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were in his hand.

Mr. Kerr's salary was raised to $800.00 per annum.

Mr. Young was commissioned to purchase for the College that portion of ground lying between the College property & street in the rear, now owned by R. Russell.

John C. Young, Secretary