MEETING OF THE STATE BGAED OF AGRICUI&URE p r e s i d e n ts Office* October 19, 1 9 2 1. 11 o ' c l o ck A. M. p r e s e n t , - p r e s i d e nt Shaw, Mrs. Stockman, Messrs. Woodman, Waterbury, Doelle and Brody . / ^ -^ The minutes of t he p r e v i o us meeting were read and approved* The special/cbiafiirtfcee a p p o i n t e d - at the l a st meeting in r e f e r e n ce to an adjustment of s a l a r i e s, e t c .* r e p o r t ed as follows: "October lht 1921, Secretary A* M. Brown, M.A.C. &y dear S ir :- The following report is submitted by the Committee appointed by the State Board of Agriculture at ita. meeting on September 21st, The Committee which included Messrs .Waterbury and Watkins and Mrs. Stockman and the Acting President report the following action, authorizing: (1) An increase of salary for Mr. Hint from #1800 to #2000. He did not receive any advance in salary last year when the increases were made. (2) An increase in salary for W. E. Newlon from #2000 to #2200 on account of added responsibilities as Acting Head of the poultry Department. (3) An increase in salary for P. E. Fo'gle from #2^00 to #2600. Investigation.showed he was being paid much less than at least a dozen others of the same rank. (½) An increase for A. L. Bibbins from #3300 to #3600. (5) "An increase for H. C. Rather from #2600 to #3100. (6) Re-establishment of the #1350 salary for Miss. Elizabeth Hare upon recommendation of professor French. These changes in salary are authorized to go into effect on the October pay roll. (7) No action was taken in the case of Kribbs, Kettunen and Hain which were also referred to the Committee. (8) The Committee a u t h o r i z ed a d i v i s i on of Hasselman,8 t i m e, 2 /3 E x t ension and 2/3, College, t he same as l a st y e ar without s a l a ry change - #2200 Extension aid #1000 C o l l e g e. i ( 9) The Committee authorized t he employment of Weil, at the same s a l a ry r a te as l a st y e a r. (10) An extension of time to January 1 s t. was granted to t he following p e r s i o ns v i z: (without change of salary ) v S. L. Bandemer P. O'Meara M. L. Grettenberger (11) The t i t le of A. H. Nelson was changed from I n s t r u c t or C.E.Newlander v H.E.Dennison Mrs. Christopher #1800 2200 1800 A s s i s t a nt Professor as agreed by the r e t i r i ng P r e s i d e n t .* #2800 3000 1500 to On motion of Mr. Doelle, Mr. E a rl Hemmenway was appointed A s s i s t a nt in Economics at a s a l a ry of #2^00 per annum beginning October 1 s t. On motion of Mr. Waterbury, t he recommendation of Prof. French r e g a r d ing t he Department of A g r i c u l t u r al Education as shown in t he following l e t t e r, 'X. was adopted: I pwaawtsj«aBEg»gs«Bc R. S. Shaw, Acting President, Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Michigan* Dear Sir:- •October 7, 1321.. At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture held in June or July, I submitted a letter making certain recommendations for the Department of Agricultural Education. Conditions have changed since that time, hence I sub mit for your approval and for the approval of the State Board of Agriculture, the following: Department of Agricultural Education. The name of the Department to remain or to be changed back to the Titles. Walter H. French, p r o f e s s or of A g r i c u l t u r al E d u c a t i o n. E. Lynn Grover, A s s o c i a te p r o f e s s or of A g r i c u l t u r al E d u c a t i o n. «**—..>-£• A. Walpole, A s s i s t a nt P r o f e s s or of A g r i c u l t u r al E d u c a t i o n. Josephine Hart, A s s i s t a nt P r o f e s s or of Home Economics, E d u c a t i o n. Emma Garrison, A s s i s t a nt P r o f e s s or of Home Economics and of Dean Mary E. Sweeny, Supervisor of Home Economics, E d u c a t i o n. Home Economics E d u c a t i o n. in j Changes iDept. of lAgrU.Edu. -^ This arrangement covers t he Teacher Training Department and the Smith-Hughes Law f or both a g r i c u l t u re and home economics and complies w i th t he r e g u l a t i o ns of t he Federal Board of V o c a t i o n al Education. R e s p e c t f u l ly s u b m i t t e d, ( S i g n e d) W. H. French.11 On motion of Mr. Waterbury, Mr. S. I. Flynn was appointed h a l f - t i me Flynn--a-pptd I Graduate A s s i s t a nt in Entomology to succeed Mr* Frank beginning October 1 s t. On motion of Mr. D o e l l e, Mr. 0» L* Snow was appointed A s s o c i a te Professor of P h y s i cs at a s a l a ry of #3200 per annum beginning January 1 s t. On motion of Mr* Doelle-, Dr. G. H. Coons was given l e a ve o f - a b s e n ce f or t he month of January w i th pay to work w i th Dr. G. R. Lyman in charge of p l a nt d i s e a se survey of the United S t a t es Department of A g r i c u l t u r e. On motion of Mr. Woodman, t he matter of the appointment of an A s s i s t a nt County Agent Leader was l a id upon t he t a b le for another month. On motion of Mr. Woodman, Mr. Broay was added to t he standing com m i t t ee on the Extension D i v i s i o n. On motion of Mr. Waterbury, request was made t h at t he P r e s i d e nt and O.L.Snow a p p t d. ACsohs - [leave of absence Brody made member of E x t . c o m. each member of t he Board, prepare in t r i p l i c a te and submit to t he committee on ' t he Extension D i v i s i o n - by November 1 s t, s u g g e s t i o ns in regard to county agent work. To make s u g g e s t i o ns H in r e. Co. Agt.wprki i H r-?HE On motion of Mr. Doelle, the salary of Mr. Cribbs was made #4-000 Cribb»s s a l ^ jl incr"easedl ary beginning November 1st. On motion of Mr. Doelle, the following fees for the Department of Music were adopted: Music f e es Private lessons upon band instruments without credit..#10 per term Instruction in violin...•.••..»•>••»».....».»*,»•«»»...« 12*50 per term On motion of Mr. D o e l le and s u b j e ct to t he approval of the F a c u l t y, t he recommendation of the committee of Deans t h at persons twenty-one y e a rs of age . - . . . .' or over d e s i r i ng to t a ke work at the C o l l e ge w i t h o ut c r e d i t, be p e r m i t t ed to; do lout c r e d it so w i th t he consent of t he head of t he department i n t e r e s t ed and t he Dean of ^HM t he D i v i s i o n, the f ee in such c a s es to be # 1 . 00 per c r e d it hour p l us such 1- •Permission i granted for; | iwork.with-.^-¾ ,i mmmmmmmmmmmmm laboratory fees as may be specified for the course, was approved* On motion of Mr. Waterbury, the following delegates were authorized to attend the meeting of the Association of Land Grant Colleges at New Orleans November 8th to 10th, with expenses paid: 516 Delegates to attend meeting of Land Grant Colleges" President elect Friday Director Shaw Dean Bissell Dean Sweeny Director Baldwin* On motion of Mr. Woodman, the request of Mr. McKibbin for the appoint In re-» Clk. for MeKibbin ment of a clerk was referred to the president for report at the next meeting of Miss Savage: letter ref»; to pres. In re. alum ni catalog*; Pres.reports •conference T i l th Burgess ! Burgess's resignation e f f e c t i ve O c t * l . st Com.to con-j fer with Gov* in r e. i Constabulary lands* Apportion ment for Dean of Ap. Science* jPres.reports on vacating of campus I houses* the Board. On motion of Mr. Waterbury, a communication from Miss Savage, Dean of Women, was referred to the presilent with power to act* On motion of Mr. Woodman, the matter of the publication of an alumni catalog was laid upon the table. President Shaw, who was authorized to confer with Prof .Burgess: re garding the business affairs of his office, reported that he had done so and that Mr• Burgess had not complied with the regulations of the institution in regard to his funds. On motion of Mr* Doeile, the previous action of the Board regarding the resignation of Mr. Burgess, was reconsidered and same was made effective October 1st. On motion of Mr* Doeile, the President was authorized to appoint a committee of three to confer with the Governor in regard to the release of the lands now used by the Constabulary* The President appointed as such committee, Messrs. Watkinsj Water bury and Doeile. On motion of Mr* Doeile, #1500 was apportioned to the office of the Dean of Anplied Science for the balance of the fiscal y«ar. Presiient Shaw, to whom was referred the matter of Faculty houses upon the campus , reported as follows: "'I have conferred with Professors Barrows, Johnston and Vedder and have expressed to them the desire of the State Board of Agriculture that their residences on the campus oe vacated by the end of the present college rear, ^ before the opening of the next college year. 3° ^1 9 2 1, S° **** **e ^ ^ i n gs may be remodeled for insti?utifnai u^ses ^ ^° ^ ,*, >,„, 2 Wf?ir*^J1™*1^ :*o leave the campus as the site now occupied by my nouse will undoubtedly be required for the location of some large insti * 1Ss&x tutional building in the not far distant future.- On motion of Mr. Doeile, the report was approved*. : (Signed) .R*"s* Shaw.» y Regarding claim for freight on exhibit• Mr. Halladay, Commissioner of Agriculture, referred to the Board a letter from Mr. Dickinson, Manager of the state Fair, regarding a claim of the College fo* freight upon its exhibit. On motion of Mc. Woodman, this matter was referred to Mr. Waterbury and Mr. Brody* i 1 i I ZRI On motion of Mr. Waterbury, the following r e s o l u t i on was adopted: RESOLVED, That the College w i ll gladly aid the State Deoarteent of Agriculture in i ts conduct of the State Fair and hereby extends i ts good o f f i c es for that purpose. • College to aid with, State "Fair i On motion of Mr. Woodman, adjourned. Secretary. MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE President's O f f i c e. November 16, 1921. 11 o»clock A. M. present, President Shaw, Mrs. Stockman, Messrs. Woodman, Waterbury, Watkins, Doelle and Brody. The minutes oX the previous meeting were read and approved. A representative of the Bell Telephone Company appeared before the Board in reference to the installation of a Bell switch-board at the College. On motion of Mr. Doelle, the question of the installation of a Bell switchboard at the College was submitted to a committee of three, of which the President is to be chairman, with power to act. a |B e ll ^witch^l |board matter! j r e f . to com. On motion of Mrs* Stockman, Mr. Roswell G. Carr, and Mr* Clinton V. Ballard were appointed Assistant State County Agent Leaders at the following salaries respectively: Mr. Carr 1^500, of which #330.0 is to be paid by the College and #1200 by the federal government; Mr. Ballard #¥200, of which #3000 is to be paid by the College and #1200 by the federal government, effective Carr & B a l- 1 l a rd apptd. J Asst.Co.Agt. Leaders. November 1st. On motion of Mr. Doelle, it was voted that an executive session of the Board be held between the hours of one and two- o»clock P.M» Adjournment was taken for lunch after which the Board reassembled in executive session. On motion of Mr. Doelle, Mr. Watkins was elected Chairman of the Board of Agriculture. Mr» Watkins then took the chair. On motion of Mr. Woodman, the resignation of Clifford McKibbin as Alumni Recorder was requested to take effect December 1st. ' I •:i fl McKibbin »8 resignation requested. Moved and supported that the resignation of Mr. A. M. Brown as Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and the Michigan Agricultural Collage be re quested, same totake effect December 31st, 1921» Carried. Secretary f •Brown1 s ,r «8-1 jignation re-j .-:1 | quested.