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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1922
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22 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [AugUSt 1 On motion of Mr. Trmble, this recommendation was approved. COMPTROLLER'S R E P O R T (25) The Comptroller's report for the quarter ending June 30, 1921; to which is attached a statement of the securities held by the Treasurer on June 30,1921 on account of various trust and special funds. (See page 73). This report was received for record. NEW AGRICULTURE B U I L D I N G (26) The following letter: President David Kinley, 855 Administration Building DEAR PRESIDENT KINLEY: At the last meeting of the Campus Plan Commission, the general character and location of the proposed first unit of an Agricultural group was discussed. I think it has been the general consensus of opinion that the location south of the Forestry and east of the cemetery is the best location for the future central agricultural building. It does not seem feasible to consider starting a building on that location at the present time because, until we have secured at least the unplatted portion of the cemetery, the future of that section of the campus will not be assured; and secondly, because what we need now is not administrative space, but general classroom and laboratory space. The Horticultural Field Laboratory will not give any relief because it is for work which has been developed in connection with the 320-acre horticultural tract. Agriculture, in addition to crowding its present building, occupies the second floor of the Horticultural building, three good rooms and an office in University Hall, and the house at 1210 Springfield Avenue. It would cost more than $500,000 to reproduce the space in the present Agricultural building, so that there is no use talking about moving Agriculture until a very much larger building appropriation is available. A $500,000 building would relieve the present Agricultural building of its congestion and house the departments above referred to, which are now located elsewhere, and might give some additional space, but not a great deal. There are some departments in the Agricultural college which can be easily moved, and therefore it seems to me that the new building should be of a general classroom type and that its location should be determined with that in view. I am studying the grouping of the buildings for the central portion of our new South Campus and shall be glad to recommend to the Board, or to the Campus Plan Commission, a location for the Agricultural building which will be in line with the above suggestions for its use. I believe that the plans for this building should be prepared in my office, but I am still in sympathy with the idea of having consulting architects who will help us with certain phases of design. I think it is very desirable to have the preliminary studies for the proposed Library building completed because the design of the Library will influence the design of any other buildings which we place on the South Campus. Even though it will not be possible to accept a design for, the Library building at this time, a suggested design will be very helpful to us in determining the wishes of the Board with reference to the adoption of a definite style of architecture for the South Campus buildings. Yours very truly, JAMES M. WHITE, Supervising Architect
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