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3. Resolved, To recommend to the Board of Trustees the payment
to Messrs. Gibb and Waltz of $5,000 on account of architects'
fees for
preliminary
sketches for the new Chemical Laboratory.
4. The following was presented :
The advisory sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Blood, Curtis and
Young, requested by the Committee on Buildings and Grounds to
report to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds a plan for the use
and routine administration of the Alumni Fields, do respectfully
report as follows :
In explanation of the suggestions or recommendations which are
appended hereto, your Committee make the following explanatory
statements :
1. It is the understanding of your sub-committee that in the setting
aside and development of the athletic area it was contemplated that
of the general area of 59.46 acres designated for athletic purposes,
that subject to the general jurisdiction of the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds, the Cornell Athletic Teams are to have the primary use
of the enclosed fields, so-called, including Kite Hill, the Schoellkopf
Field, the Schoellkopf Memorial Building, the Bacon Practice Hall
and the Baseball Field in the southwestern corner of the athletic area,
and that the open fields so-called, comprising the balance of the ath
letic area, are for the primary use of the general student body and the
various practice teams, and that other any use of either of these sec
tions should be a matter of adjustment.
2. Your committee also understand that it is the opinion of the
University Attorney that it is desirable, in order to avoid, so far as
possible liability to the University, to commit the general use and ordi
nary maintenance of the enclosed fields and their equipment, open so
often to the public on payment of an admission fee to the Cornell
University Athletic Association, and to have such Athletic Association
assume all liability arising in connection with such use and mainten
ance ; and it is also the understanding
of your committee that the
Cornell University Athletic Association is willing to assume the ex
penses of the ordinary care and maintenance of the enclosed fields, so
far as needed to keep them in condition for use by
the teams under
the jurisdiction of the Cornell University Athletic Association, and
also is willing to assume any liability for damages arising from the
use of such fields, but your committee also believe that certain econo
mies may be secured by reasonable cooperation between the Depart
ment of Buildings and Grounds of Cornell University and said Cornell
University Athletic Association in the matter of the maintenance and
up-keep of said grounds, and that certain advantages will follow if
the spirit of cooperation exists between the Department of Buildings
and Grounds and said Cornell University Athletic Association, and