Danville, Ky January 11, 1913
Board of Trustees of Caldwell College met at the Citizens National Bank of Danville, Ky. Present N.K. Tunis, George W. Welsh, S.M. Harbison, John A. Quisenberry, Charles H. Rodes, J.M. Wallace, Morris J. Farris, Samuel R. Cheek, John C. Acheson, Alfred B. Nelson, Robert T. Quisenberry, J.E. Wiseman, George E. Wiseman, James H. Letcher, and John A. Cheek.
A letter from Dr. McKenzie, Secretary of the College Board, notified the Board of a gift of $50,000 in bonds by Dr. Nathaniel W. Conkling to be used in erecting a building on condition of the execution of an annuity bond and agreement to change the name to Kentucky College for Women.
On motion of George W. Welsh, second by Farris, the gift was accepted and on motion of George W. Welsh second by Charles H. Rodes, the name of the College was changed to the Kentucky College for Women.
On motion, John A. Quisenberry was elected President of the Board of Trustees and John A. Cheek was elected Secretary and Treasurer.
On motion the President and Secretary were authorized to execute the annuity bond and President Acheson authorized to take same to New York and deliver same to Dr. Conkling.
On motion the corporate seal of the College was changed to correspond to the new name and an impression of new seal adopted is affixed to this minute.
Mr. J.C. Acheson was elected President of the Kentucky College for Women and the terms of the contract between him and the Board of Trustees is the same as the last one and same to continue for the year from July 1, 1913, to July 1, 1914.
Board adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary; John A. Quisenberry, President, Board of Trustees
Following is a copy of the annuity bond executed to Dr. Nathaniel W. Conkling.
In consideration of the payment of the principal sum of fifty thousand dollars or its equivalent in bonds by Nathaniel W. Conkling to the Kentucky College for Women, a college in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, which amount shall be regarded as an executed gift; and in consideration of said gift, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said Kentucky College for Women hereby agrees to pay unto the said Nathaniel W. Conkling now residing in the city of New York, County of New York, State of New York, the sum of twenty five hundred ($2,500) per annum in semi-annual payments of twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250) beginning July 14, 1913, and continuing thereafter for the term of his natural life.
The principal sum paid unto the said the Kentucky College for Women shall become its property, and shall be applied by it for the erection of a girls dormitory to be forever know as Morgan Hall.
The said sum, annual payments to be made to the said Nathaniel W. Conkling, shall be in standard gold coin of the United States or its equivalent. Such payments shall be made at New York, or at the option of Nathaniel W. Conkling they shall be remitted to his designated agents by the college in any ordinary or usual way as instructed. Provided, however, that such payments shall terminate with, and that no amount shall be payable for, the period subsequent to the last semi annual date for payment immediately preceding the death of the said Nathaniel W. Conkling. In witness whereof dated January 13, 1913.
Attest John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, Ky January 30, 1913
Board of Trustees of Kentucky College for Women met at Citizens National Bank. Present N.K. Tunis, George W. Welsh, John A. Quisenberry, J.M. Wallace, Samuel R. Cheek, John C. Acheson, Robert T. Quisenberry, Guy E. Wiseman, James H. Letcher, S.M. Harbison, and John A. Cheek.
On motion the President of the Board of Trustees was authorized to execute to the College Board two deeds of gift, one for $5,000 and one for $1,500, under following resolutions:
Resolved that the President of the corporation is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to accept from the College Board of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America the sum of five thousand dollars and the sum of one thousand and five hundred dollars in and on behalf of the corporation.
Further resolved that the President and Secretary be and they are hereby authorized and empowered and directed to execute and deliver for and in behalf of the corporation deeds of gifts from the College Board of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to secure repayment of the said sums of five thousand dollars and one thousand five hundred dollars and to affix the corporate seal of the corporation thereto.
The fifteen hundred dollars received above is for the payment of current expenses and the five thousand dollars is to be used to extinguish the mortgage debt on the College.
Board adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary; John A. Quisenberry, President, Board of Trustees
List of contributors to the $100,000 Fund
| 1912 | ||
| Brought forward from page 49 | $39,049.00 | |
| October 5 | John A. Simpson, Covington | $500.00 |
| November 8 | J.C. Parker, Louisville, Ky | $500.00 |
| November 11 | George W. Welsh, Danville, Ky | $500.00 |
| November 16 | N.K. Tunis, Danville, Ky | $25.00 |
| November 18 | S.R. Cheek, Danville, Ky | $200.00 |
| November 18 | George E. Wiseman & Family, Danville, Ky | $1,000.00 |
| November 25 | S.K. Veach, Carlisle, Ky | $100.00 |
| November 25 | W.R. Belknap, Louisville, Ky | $100.00 |
| December 2 | Alumnae Association, Danville, Ky | $886.26 |
| December 7 | Danville Lumber & Mfg. Co., Danville, Ky | $200.00 |
| December 14 | L.H. Severance, New York | $5,000.00 |
| December 31 | Lucy Belknap, Louisville, Ky | $1,000.00 |
| December 31 | J.H. Letcher, Danville, Ky | $25.00 |
| 1913 | ||
| January 1 | C.H. Montgomery, Danville, Ky | $50.00 |
| January 1 | Samuel R. Cheek, Danville, Ky | $300.00 |
| January 1 | H & S. Lyons,Danville, Ky | $125.00 |
| January 3 | J.A. Quisenberry, Danville, Ky | $4,000.00 |
| January 3 | Robert T. Quisenberry, Danville, Ky | $4,000.00 |
| January 3 | John A. Cheek, Danville, Ky | $4,000.00 |
| January 3 | Morris J. Farris, Danville, Ky | $500.00 |
| January 4 | John A. Quisenberry, Danville, Ky | $5,000.00 |
| January 4 | J.A. Cheek,Danville, Ky | $500.00 |
| January 4 | Alumnae Association, Danville, Ky | $1,885.20 |
| January 14 | Julian VanWinkle | $100.00 |
| January 17 | J.R. Cowan, Danville, Ky | $100.00 |
| January 17 | James B. Welsh & wife, Kansas City | $500.00 |
| January 18 | Alumnae Association, Danville, Ky | $541.40 |
| February 27 | College Board N.Y. Presbyterian Church U.S.A. | $5,000.00 |
| March 4 | J.M. Wallace, Danville, Ky | $100.00 |
| March 19 | Alumnae Association, Danville, Ky | $248.60 |
| $76,035.46 | ||
Danville, Ky June 3, 1913
Annual meeting of the Trustees of Kentucky College for Women was held at the Second Presbyterian Church, Danville, Ky. Present John A. Quisenberry, John C. Acheson, Robert T. Quisenberry, Alfred B. Nelson, Charles H. Rodes, Morris J. Farris, N.K. Tunis, James H. Letcher, George W. Welsh, S.K. Veach, J.M. Wallace, J.E. Wiseman, Samuel R. Cheek, Guy E. Wiseman, and John A. Cheek.
An agreement providing for the consolidation of the Trustees of Princeton Collegiate Institute, a corporation under laws of Kentucky, and Kentucky College for Women, under the name of The Kentucky College for Women, was presented and read, which agreement had the approval of the Trustees of Collegiate Institute properly executed and certified.
On motion the same was approved on behalf of Kentucky College for Women and John A. Quisenberry, President of the Trustees, and John A. Cheek, Secretary, were authorized and directed to sign and acknowledge same, and the Secretary authorized to affix the corporate seal. Each and every one of the members of the Board present signed said agreement and acknowledged same. The agreement having been signed by both corporations and by a majority of the trustees of both corporations, the Secretary was directed to file same with the Clerk of the Boyle County Court and the Secretary of State of Kentucky as required by law.
Danville, Ky June 3, 1913
The articles of agreement between the Trustees of Princeton Collegiate Institute and Kentucky College for Women having been duly signed and executed as required by law, and filed for record in the office of the Clerk of Boyle County Kentucky, the following members of the Board of Trustees named in said articles of agreement met in Second Presbyterian Church, Danville Kentucky and organized the board by the elections of President and Secretary. The members present were John A. Quisenberry, Alfred B. Nelson, Charles H. Rodes, Morris J. Farris, N.K. Tunis, James H. Letcher, George W. Welsh, S.K. Veach, J.M. Wallace, and John A. Cheek.
Reasons for absence on part of Logan C. Murray and D.H. Gardner were read to the Board and on motion sustained.
On motion of John C. Acheson duly seconded, Mr. John A. Quisenberry was elected President of the Board of Trustees, and John A. Cheek, Secretary and Treasurer.
On motion of John C. Acheson duly seconded, the Executive Committee provided for in the articles of agreement was duly constituted with the full powers of the Board of Trustees as fully set forth in the articles of agreement by the election of John A. Quisenberry, George W. Welsh, Robert T. Quisenberry, Guy E. Wiseman, and John A. Cheek as said Executive Committee.
On recommendation of the Faculty of the College, the Degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on following
Mary Elizabeth Offutt
Mary L. Marrs
Frances Ford Bradley
Anne Overstreet
Diplomas in Literary Course on following
Theresa Worthington Bethel
Adaline Caldwell
Myrtle Cole
Elizabeth Allison Hunter
Moiselle Truxell Johnson
Stella Collins Lee
Elizabeth Metcalf
Sara Taylor Robinson
Diploma in Music
Katherine Letcher
On motion President John C. Acheson was authorized to solicit additional funds, to be invested in buildings, equipment, furniture & library, to amount of fifty thousand dollars, which amount added to the $100,000 authorized to be raised at the meeting of the Board of Caldwell College held on July 16, 1907, and the building fund given by Dr. Nathaniel W. Conkling for Morgan Hall amounting to $50,000, making a grand total of $200,000, which this Board and the Board of Caldwell College have been and are now trying to secure for a plant suited to the development of a womans college of high order; and President Acheson was authorized to call any members of the Board to assist him in his efforts to secure this additional fifty thousand dollars.
On motion, Messrs. Brown Brothers & Co. of New York are requested and authorized to deliver to the National City Bank of New York, the fifty two thousand dollars of bonds per value together with proper coupons attached, which they now hold for account of the Kentucky College for Women as per their receipt dated January 21, 1913.
Which bonds are as follows
$10,000 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co.
St. Johns River 5s Nos. 892/4, 865/71
$5,000 Public Service Corporation
5s Nos. 20247/50, 20257
$5,000 Kirby Lumber Company
6s of 1914 series 6. Nos. 134, 463/6
$15,000-American Ice Company
6% Nos. 2265/79
$10,000 Lehigh & Hudson
General 5s Nos. 1856/65
$7,000 Lehigh Valley Transit Co.
5s Nos. 2180/81, 1774/8
and John A. Cheek Treasurer of Kentucky College for Women is authorized to execute and receipt for same which may be required by Brown Brothers & Co.
Board adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, Ky. September 19, 1913
The Executive Committee of The Kentucky College for Women met at the College Building. Present John A. Quisenberry, George W. Welsh, George E. Wiseman, and John A. Cheek.
On motion John A. Quisenberry was elected chairman of the Executive Committee and John A. Cheek, Secretary.
On motion the offer of C.F. Lester of Princeton, Kentucky of $19,000 for the campus and buildings thereon of the former Princeton Collegiate Institute situated in Princeton, Ky., was accepted, and John A. Quisenberry as President of the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky College for Women was authorized to sign a bond for a deed to said Lester and on payment of $5,000 each and the execution of deferred notes for balance bearing 6% interest secured by him on the property to execute a deed for the same, and John A. Cheek, Secretary, was authorized to attest same and affix the corporate seal.
Committee adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
The bond for the deed above referred to was executed to C.F. Lester and by him assigned to Edward Garrett of Princeton, Ky., who paid the cash payment $5,000, and a deed dated October 1, 1913, was made to said Edward Garrett to said property in Princeton, Ky., dated October 1, 1913. Said deed retained a lein on the property conveyed for two notes of $7,000, each bearing 6% from date.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, Ky November 3, 1913
The Executive Committee of the Kentucky College for Women met at Citizens National Bank. Present John A. Quisenberry, George W. Welsh, John A. Cheek.
A contract with Marvin S. Peirce of Chicago, Ill., agreeing to build a dormitory containing dining room and kitchen on the commission basis, the compensation of said Peirce being 8% of the total cost of said building exclusive of architects fees, and in case erection of Morgan Hall should be decided upon and building thereon begun on or before June 6, 1914, said Peirce agrees to accept in full compensation for his service for the erection of both buildings 5% of the total cost of both buildings exclusive of architects fees was presented and on motion approved; and John A. Quisenberry, President of the Board of Trustees authorized to sign same.
The committee adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, Ky. December 13, 1913
The Executive committee of the Kentucky College for Women met at Citizens National Bank. Present John A. Quisenberry, George W. Welsh, Robert T. Quisenberry, and John A. Cheek.
On motion the following resolutions were adopted. Resolved that the President of the corporation be and he hereby is authorized, empowered, and directed to accept from the College Board of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America the sum of one thousand one hundred twenty five dollars for and in behalf of the corporation for endowment. Further resolved that the President and Secretary be and they are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to execute and deliver for and in behalf of the corporation a deed of gift from the College Board of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to secure the repayment of the said sum of one thousand one hundred twenty five dollars and to affix the corporate seal of the corporation thereto.
Committee adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary