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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 18,

of Hampton's house, but it has fairly good drainage both on the north and south and is ideal in that it presents a rather uniform slope to the south for several hundred feet east and west. There is also a knoll where the walnut trees are located, which would make an ideal site for a swine herdsman's cottage. Poultry Plant: The Poultry Plant should be located on the Tooke forty. This plant will consist of two or three main buildings and several minor buildings. T h e main buildings should be located on a slight elevation near the north end of the forty, but minor buildings will be scattered pretty well over the entire tract, provided this location is approved. Horse Barn and Implement Storage: This will be located at the present South Farm headquarters, immediately north of the old scale house and approximately midway east and west between the present stables and the small shingle shack. The Implement Storage provided for in the appropriation can be secured most economically by remodeling the present stables. The Tractor Laboratory: This should be either south or west of the present Farm Mechanics building. It would probably be desirable to have it far enough away from the present laboratory so that it would not interfere with the lighting of the present building. The Purebred Dairy Cattle Barn: O n the site of the present Poultry Plant on the South Farm. The Dairy Manufactures Laboratory: East of the Stock Pavilion on the south campus. May ii, 1 2 93 Very truly yours, President David Kinley, 355 Administration Building H. \V. Mumford M y D e a r President Kinley: I have Dean Mumford's recommendations with reference to the location of the proposed Agricultural Buildings, and I agree in all points except for the Poultry Buildings. The location suggested by him would be a very desirable one, but before that is assigned for any Agricultural purpose the University should settle the question of whether or not they are going to continue to maintain a golf course. The present one is entirely inadequate,—even dangerous. If w e are to maintain a golf course we should extend it east to Lincoln Avenue. It is a little difficult to justify our need for more agricultural lands, if the acquisition of such land is merely to release present agricultural lands, for golf purposes. The proposal to expand the golf course should not be argued on that basis but rather on the basis that the University campus is going to need the land south of the Cemetery at some time in the future, and that the best way to hold it for those uses is to put it into recreational area at the present time. I believe that the animal interests should all be located south of the east and west road one-quarter mile south of the Cemetery. Some day, the entire area between that area and that road will be the University's front campus; and I believe that the far-sighted thing to do, tho the need for it seems at present very indefinite, is to provide for that now. Twenty years from now transportation facilities will permit our student body going a considerable distance to play golf; and they will also permit our students living at considerable distances from the campus. I believe that all our plans for the future should be such as to avoid the possibility of congestion of either athletic or military areas or residential ones. I understand that the Golf Association will present this matter directly to you within the next few days. Very truly yours,

J. M. White

Supervising Architect