Danville, Ky. May 26, 1925
Executive Committee of Kentucky College for Women met at residence of John A. Cheek, and was opened with prayer by Dr. Crooks.
Present Guy E. Wiseman, Charles G. Crooks, Harry Giovannoli, John A. Cheek, members of committee, and S.H. Nichols a Trustee and Prof. Paul B. Boyd.
After an informed statement and discussion of conditions in the college and consideration of letters received from the President of Radcliffe College for Women connected with Harvard University, and also a plan which is under consideration for affiliation of Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., with the Synodical College for Women, on motion a committee consisting of Dr. Crooks, Harry Giovannoli & Nichols were appointed to confer with and secure a joint meeting of the Executive Committees of Centre College and Kentucky College for women to consider desirability of some such plan of corporation for Centre and K.C.W.
On motion same committee were authorized to secure services of Mess Humphrey Robinson & Co. of Louisville as expert accountants to audit the books and accounts of the Treasurer and President Paul B. Boyd for the current year ending July 1, 1925.
Committee adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville Ky. June 1, 1925
Board of Trustees of Kentucky College for Women met in Morgan Hall. Owing to failure of a quorum of the Board of Trustees it was agreed to hold a meeting of the Executive Committee.
Pursuant to call of the Chairman Guy E. Wiseman, the Executive Committee of Kentucky College for Women met in Morgan Hall.
Present Guy E. Wiseman, Charles G. Crooks, and John A. Cheek. On motion the following members of the Board of Trustees being present were invited to sit with Executive Committee, namely Miss Amelia Yerkes, Mr. Samuel M. Harbison, James H. Letcher, John E. Wiseman, and S.H. Nichols.
President Paul B. Boyd made a report to the committee, and also the recommendations for diplomas & degrees to be granted to members of graduating class.
On motion the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on the following
Marian Anita Currey, Omaha, Neb.
Margaret Rodman Hays, Bloomfield, Ky.
Anne Bradshaw Murray, Paducah Ky.
Josephine Proctor, Danville, Ky.
Frances Mason Talbot, Louisville, Ky.
Eloise Tritt, Paducah, Ky.
On motion it was ordered that the High School Department be discontinued with close of this school year.
On motion the Treasurer was ordered to pay to Paul B. Boyd the sum of $4,540.00 to be used by him in paying salaries due to members of the Faculty.
On motion the committee adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, Ky. June 8, 1925
A called meeting of the Trustees of the Kentucky College for Women was held in the Second Presbyterian Church. Members present were Guy E. Wiseman, Charles G. Crooks, Rev. S.B. Lander, John E. Wiseman, James H. Letcher, Charles H. Rodes, Mrs. John Jewell, Miss Amelia Yerkes, Mrs. John E. Brown, H.S. McElroy, Harry Giovannoli, John A. Cheek, and S.H. Nichols, Trustees, and Paul B. Boyd, President of Faculty.
The minutes of the Executive Committee held on May 26th 1925 and of the Executive Committee held on June 1st 1925, with certain members of the Trustees sitting with the committee, were read & approved.
John A. Cheek, Treasurer, made a showing the condition of his account as of May 26th, 1925, which was approved and is as follows.
The committee heretofore appointed made a report through Dr. Charles G. Crooks, Chairman, of a plan looking to the consolidation of Centre College and Kentucky College for Women under which Kentucky College for Women would become the Woman's Department of Centre College.
On motion the plan was approved and the committee consisting of Charles G. Crooks, Samuel H. Nichols, and Harry Giovannoli were instructed to present same to the meeting of the Trustees of Centre College to be held in Danville, Ky., on June 9th 1925.
This committee was further authorized and empowered to continue negotiations with the Trustees of Centre College until an agreement is reached satisfactory to the Trustees of Centre College, whereby the Kentucky College can be so operated under the guidance and control of Centre College that diplomas granted to graduates of Kentucky College (preferably by Centre College), shall be recognized by leading Universities and Colleges of the country as of equal value with the diploma of Centre College to its graduates.
Board adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, [Ky.] August 5, 1925
Executive Committee met at office of Welsh and Wiseman Co. in Danville, Ky., on call of chairman Guy E. Wiseman.
On motion the resignation of Paul B. Boyd as President of the Faculty was accepted to take effect at once.
On motion John A. Cheek was authorized to sell the lot in Princeton, Ky., and the unimproved lot in Chicago, Ill., both of which came from the consolidation with the Princeton Collegiate Institute, and Guy E. Wiseman as President of the Board of Trustees was authorized to sign and acknowledge any deed made and affix the seal of Kentucky College for Women, and Guy E. Wiseman as President was also authorized to sign the corporate name of the College to said deed as President of the Board of Trustees.
Committee adjourned.
John A. Cheek, Secretary
Danville, Ky. August 18, 1925
Meeting of Board of Trustees of Kentucky College for Women was held in Morgan Hall. President John A. Cheek, Morris J. Farris, Charles H. Rodes, James H. Letcher, Miss Amelia Yerkes, Bethel B. Veech, Samuel H. Nichols, John E. Wiseman, H.S. McElroy, Samuel M. Harbison, Charles G. Crooks, James Denton & Mrs. J.E. Brown.
Samuel H. Nichols was chosen chairman pro tem and Charles G. Crooks assistant Secretary. Minutes of two meetings of the Board of Trustees were read & approved.
Harry Giovannoli & H.S. McElroy were elected Trustees in class of 1929.
Harry Giovannoli and Charles G. Crooks were elected members of the Executive Committee. Morris J. Farris, John E. Wiseman, James H. Letcher, and Mrs. John Jewell were elected Trustees in class of 1929.
John A. Cheek, Guy E. Wiseman, and Miss Amelia Yerkes were elected members of the Executive Committee.
On motion of Mr. John A. Cheek, the following Resolutions were adopted.
Resolutions
Whereas the two Synods of Kentucky acting through a Joint Commission put on a most successful campaign for one million dollars for Christian Education, and
Whereas in the plans of this campaign Kentucky College for Women, which was then an accredited Junior College, was assigned to the place of a college which was to provide a four year course as required by the standardising agencies of Kentucky, and
Whereas it is impossible at this time to meet the requirements of the standardising agencies without raising a large additional sum of money, and
Whereas Centre College of Kentucky has identical relations with the two Synods of Kentucky as Kentucky College for Women, and has a charter, which in the opinion of legal counsel, permits it to open a Department of Centre College for women on such terms as may be advisable, and
Whereas the success of the Million Dollar Campaign has enabled Centre College to secure practically all of the conditional gifts of the Rockefeller Board in New York, and in this way its present endowment exceeds the minimum requirements of all standardizing agencies, and
Whereas at the June meeting of the Trustees of Centre College an appeal was made by the Trustees of Kentucky College for Women to the Trustees of Centre College to create a department in Centre College for women, and make use of the plant of Kentucky College for Women in Danville, Kentucky, on such terms as should be approved by Centre College, and
Whereas the Trustees of Centre College did appoint a committee to consider this request, and at its recent meeting included this committee and recommitted the whole matter for further consideration and report to the Trustees of Centre College, now therefore
Be it resolved that the special committee of Kentucky College consisting of Charles G. Crooks, Chairman, Harry Giovannoli, and Samuel H. Nichols be enlarged by the addition of Hon. H.S. McElroy, Miss Amelia Yerkes, and Bethel B. Veech, and that the enlarged committee be instructed to present this whole matter to the meeting of the joint commission of the two Synods to be held in the near future and also to the annual meeting of the Synod of Kentucky U.S. to be held at Morganfield, Ky., in September next, and the meeting of the Synod U.S.A. to be held in Bowling Green, Ky., on September 29th.
Be it resolved further that this committee be fully empowered to make any and all changes in propositions heretofore made to Centre College in order to secure favorable action of Centre College as soon as possible.
Be it resolved further that Mr. J.C. Norton, Financial Secretary of the Kentucky Presbyterian Educational Movement, be requested to cooperate with this committee in presenting the importance of this matter in its bearing on the uncollected subscriptions of the Million Dollar Campaign. Voted that K.C.W. be not opened for the year 1925-26.
John A. Cheek, Secretary