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committee was originally appointed, of four additional members and
that such committee have power to appoint in their discretion sub
committees, membership in which need not be confined to trustees or
alumni of the University.
28. Resolved,
That the President be authorized and directed to
communicate to the Faculty of the College of Agriculture the resolu
tion heretofore adopted, accepting the resignation of Dean Galloway,
and also to outline the relation which in its opinion ought to exist
between the Board of Trustees, the President and the Dean and
Faculty
of the College of Agriculture.
29. The matter of the selection of a temporary Acting Dean for the
College of Agriculture was referred to the President with power.
30. The minutes of the meeting of the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds of June 19, 1916, were read and it was resolved that the form
of the contract between Cornell University and the Cornell University
Athletic Association be such as may be approved by the University
be safeguarded as far as
Attorney to the end that the University may
possible from any liability.
31. Subject to the above resolution, the minutes of the Committee
on Buildings and Grounds were approved and the action therein con
tained ratified and confirmed and appointments and appropriations
made as recommended.
32. Resolved, That the various committees authorized to solicit
funds for Cornell University be requested to confer with one another
from time to time with reference to harmonious action.
33. A communication in regard to a letter from a member of the
faculty to a party in Germany was presented and referred to the Com
mittee on General Administration.
34. Resolved, That this Board convey to Mrs. Gertrude S. Martin, on
her retirement from the office of Adviser of Women an expression of
their gen nine appreciation of the services rendered by
her to the Uni
versity. An excellent business woman she successfully put into exe
cution the new plan adopted for the conduct of the Women's Dining
Halls, which is now universally regarded as an improvement on the
preceding system. As social head of the Women's Halls and Houses,
she has striven to secure for those under her charge comfortable and
attractive homes,
she has encouraged proper and moderate social
activities and, by precept and practice, she has claimed a just place
for and scholarship the life of the intellect. Interesting herself in
the subject of women's vocations, shehas rendered valuable assistance
to the women students in advising them in regard to their future life-
work. Altogether it may be said that under Mrs. Martin the office
of Adviser of Women has assumed a new importance a development
which makes it at once both easier and harder for her successor.
With grateful acknowledgment of all that Mrs. Martin has accoiu-