Faculty Meeting Minutes - November 18, 1850
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Faculty Meeting Minutes – November 18, 1850
Overview
The item is a digitized copy of the official minutes of a faculty meeting held on 18 November 1850 at the College Building. It is presented as a high‑resolution JPEG (≈390 kB) and a TIFF (≈49 MB) file, both containing the full handwritten record. The text is in English and has been processed with OCR, producing a searchable transcript. The file is catalogued under the institution “drexel‑production” and is part of the PINAX archival collection.Background
The minutes were produced by the Faculty of the College, a governing body that met regularly to discuss academic administration, lecture scheduling, and other institutional matters. The meeting took place in the College Building, the central administrative and instructional facility of the college at that time. The document reflects the procedural norms of mid‑19th‑century academic institutions, including motions, votes, and the recording of decisions.Contents
The minutes record several motions and resolutions:- Motion to rent rooms: Dr. Longshore moved that the Dean be authorized to rent rooms for lectures at $2 per lecture and for a course at $1.50 per night, with limits of five lectures and one night.
- Phenological Society rental: The minutes note an arrangement to rent space to the Phenological Society for one or more nights during the week for a year, at $50–$100 per night, provided it does not interfere with college lectures.
- Interviews: The Dean was requested to interview Dr. McClosey regarding his absence from lectures and Mrs. Mitchell regarding her graduation status. Both motions were carried.
Scope
The document covers a single faculty meeting on 18 November 1850. It focuses on administrative decisions about room rentals, lecture scheduling, and personnel interviews. The content is limited to the minutes of that meeting; it does not include broader institutional records, personal correspondence, or external documents. The file is a complete, unabridged record of the meeting’s proceedings, suitable for research into mid‑19th‑century college governance, lecture logistics, and the activities of the Phenological Society.Entities
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to the Phenological Society for one or more nights during the week for the space of one year at such times as will not interfere with the lectures of the College for the sum of one $50/100 dollars per night. Carried Dr. Longshore moved that the Dean be and is hereby authorized to rent the rooms or rooms in the College for from 1 to 5 lectures at $2 per lecture and for a greater number in a course for $1.50 per night. Carried on motion adjourned. Nov 18, 1850 A meeting of the Faculty was held at the College Building the minutes of the previous meetings were read and adopted. On Motion of Dr. Longshore the Dean was requested to have an interview with Dr. McClosey in regard to his absence from lectures. Carried On motion it was resolved that the Dean have an interview with Mrs. Mitchell in regard to Graduating. Carried
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