Minutes of the Regula.: Quarte-ly Meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the University of Kentucky for Tuesday, December 15,
1931.

     The Boar6 of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in
2egular quarterly session in the President's office at the Ur'i-
ve:rsity of Kentucky, Tuesday, December 15, 1931, at 10:30 a. m.
The following maembers were present:  Mr. W. C. Bell, Judge
Stoll, Mr. Joe B. Andirews, Mr. James Park, Mr. Louis Hillenmeyer,
Mr. Robert G. Gordon Mr. E. B. Webb, Mr. James Turner, Dr. W.
W. Wash, and Mr. K. i. Cuamins., Meeting with the Board were
Frank L. McVey, President of the University, and Wellington Pat-
rick, Secretary to the Board.

     I.  Approval of the Minutes.   The following resolution re-
specting the minutes of the Board of Trustees for September 22,
1931, was offered, seconded, and unanimously adopted.

     WHEREAS a meeting of the  Board of Trustees of the University
of Kentucky was held on Sopteraber 22, 1931, to which there was
not a quorum present,

     THEREFORE BT IT RESOLVED that the action of the Board at
that meeting be approved by the Board of Trustees of the Universi-
ty of Kentucky, and the Minutes of said meeting are adopted as
a part of the Minutes of this meeting.

     The minutes of the Executive Committee for the month of
October and November were approved as published.

     2. Quarterly Report of President.    President M1cVey submitted
the following report to the Board of Trustees:


                       A Brief History

     For nearly seventy years the people of Kentucky have been
giving thought and money to the creation of a state university.
As early as 1790 the legislature of Virginia made a grant of
land for the establishment of a free seminary in Kentucky.   Later
on the legislature of Kentucky added to this grant and made some
provision for the support of the seminary and the purchase of
books.   This start toward the creation of a public institution
of higher education a hundred years ago was given up because of
the failure to see the importance of the act of the Virginia As-
se-mbly.

     When the Morrell Act was passed the State of Kentucky en-
deavored to make a combination with Kentucky University for the,
purpose of establishing a great institution of higher education
under the direction of state and church.    For fifteen years
this plan was followed with increasing dissatisfaction on the