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9. The were elected following in the New York State College of
Agriculture (as recommended by the Agricultural College Council)
for the year beginning July 1, 1916, unless otherwise stated :
C. B. Hutchinson to be Professor of Plant Breeding at a salary of
$3,000 per annum, effective October 1, 1916 ; he to be allowed an
immediate leave of absence for six months, without salary.
Ralph W. Rees to be Professor of Pomology at a salary of
$2,500 per annum.
G. H. Collingwood to be Assistant Professor (Extension) in
Forestry at a salary of $2,000 per annum.
The following are promotions :
Lewis Knudson to be Professor of without Botany, change of salary.
R. W. Curtis to be Professor of Landscape Art at a salary of $2,200
per annum.
E. G. Davis to be Professor of Landscape Art,
salary.
C. A. Boutelle to be Assistant Professor (Extension)
without change of
of Animal
Husbandry at a of salary $2,000 per annum.
C. H. Royce to be Assistant Professor of (Extension) Animal Hus
bandry at a salary of $2,500 per annum.
10. Resolved, That the title of W. H. Chandler,
now Professor of
Research in Pomology at a salary of $2,750 per annum, be made
Professor of Pomology and Head of the Department of Pomology and
that his salary be fixed at $3,000 per annum, effective July 1, 19 16.
11. The President presented a communication from Mr. Morris S.
Halliday on behalf of his brother Norman, his sister Helen and him
self offering to the University an oil portrait of their father, the late
Samuel D. Halliday, and on motion the proposed gift was accepted
with the sincere thanks of the Trustees.
12. The report upon the special committee on instruction in First
Aid was received as follows :
With regard to the matter of instruction to women in first aid to
the injured, we have already planned to give a series of lectures on
that subject in a course in Physical Education. Those lectures can
be broadened to include practice work in treating wounds, injuries,
etc., handling patients, in such manner as would more particularly
meet military requirements, and special mention could be made of
the fact at the time the lectures are given, so that any students de
siring to do so could enroll for that period, without, of course, re
credit ceiving toward graduation although that matter could be de_
termined by future developments.
13. The report of the Committee on the School of Commerce was
presented and its recommendations adopted as follows :