556 *1 move that the President, with the approval of the Budget _ Commit tee, shall review the salary r o ll for the purpose of eliminating at least"" $15,000 of stenographic help from the payroll for the year 1922-23; for the purpose of re- ducing the personnel of departments whose expenditures are disproportionate to the results which are being obtained; and for the purpose of effecting a re- duction of approximately ten per cent in the salary schedule of the Michigan Ag- ricultural College** On motion of Mr* McPheraon, the meeting adjourned* ary* [F###fr7nr7fffW7fit MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE president's Office June 3, 1922. 10 o1 clock A* H» Present, President Friday, Mrs. stockman, Messrs* Brody, Mcpherson, McColl and Haliaday* The minutes of the previous meeting were approved without reading* On motion of Mr* Brody, the recommendations contained in the follow- ing communication from Director Baldwin, were approved: May 15, 1922» pres# David Friday East Lansing, Mi cap.* Dear pres* Friday: Extension Requests approved* mission to the Board: The items l i s t ed below are submitted for your consideration and sub- Mr* A* L* Strang, County Club Agent for Saginaw, has presented his resignation to be effective May 15* Appointments: effective May l# . Mr* w* S* Wood to be County Club Agent for Jackson at a salary of #600, Mr* Joseph Turner to be County Agricultural Agent for Delta at a salary of #1200, effective April 15* Mr* Vern Freeman to be Extension Specialist in Animal Husbandry at a salary of 13000, effective July 1* • , Mr* Donald Williams, who has been Extension Specialist in Sheep Hus- bandry, is at present in charge of the Wool Pool for the Michigan State Farm Bureau* He 1B now acting on informal leave, and I should appreciate having his leave of absence-extended formally u n t il Jan* 1, 1923* On May. if, the chairman of the Committee of twenty-one on Fruit Marketing * of the American Farm Bureau Federation, made urgent request for Mr* Tennant to assist them in conference in New York on May. $• Inasmuch as the action of t3ie aoti>cn of tho conaaittee was v i t al to progress in cooperative f r u it marketing in Michigan, I asked Mr* Tennant to attend the conference* I should appreciate ap- proval of the expense of t h is t r i p* Yours very t r u l y, (Signed) R* J * Baldwin, Extension Director* ;Re employing a successor to R*T*Iay- Ilor,English On motion of Mr* McPherson, the matter relative to employing an instructor in English to succeed Mr# R* T* Taylor, resigned, was referred to the president with power to act* On motion of Mrs* Stockman, Miss Josephine Hart was granted leave of absence with pay* until September !• Miss Swenny-was authorized to employ, Mrs* Florence Stoll England to take care of work due to Miss Hart*s absence, Mrs* England to be paid #200 at the end of the spring terra for teaching work carried since May .15, same to be charged to the Smith-Hughes funds* On motion of Mr» McColls the matter of employing an extra man for ex- perimental work in Entomology* was referred to the president with power to act* Josephine- Hart graritai leave- of; absence to Sept* !• - Florence England to substitute* Re Exp.*Sta» Ent.5>. man* • On motion of 2£r* McColl,. the following recoEmendations made by the j- • -. . / Committee on Advanced Degrees, were approved: ! . : " • - • . ' ! • ' •• •• ' That the Quart er-t ime graduate assistant ship now allotted to the Depart- I Bacty.Dept* ment of Bacteriology, but not filled t h is term, be changed to a half-time graduate ' Graduate assist ant ship, and that t h is position be filled the next college year by the appointment of R. H* leaver, a graduate of Allegheny College* •#t at u s .©hanged • Assistants in Soils. Also that C C. Dethloff and D. R* Yoder be appointed half-time Graduate f Dethloff & j Yoder .apptd On motion of Mr* McColl, Prof* Cox»s request thru the Secretary of tjje I F*Crops Committee on Graduate Stud5% for two half-time Graduate Assistants and two quarter-! ed lf*Grad*- time Graduate Assistants in Paris Crops, was granted* On motion of. Mr* McColl, the following recommendation of the faculty dated December 16, 1919* and laid uponthe table at that time, was taken from the table and approved: •. < A s s t s* : ; ; ; . - "The committee appointed to consider the question of permitting members | of the teaching force and of the staff of the experiment station to take for credit \ Faculty courses offered by the various departments of the Michigan Agricultural College, beg leave to report as follows: members to: take work; for credit*; The committee heartily approve the principle of permitting our-teachers and the members of the experiment station staff to-earn College credits* in the belief o,f the committee t h is action w i l l, if taken, be a progressive step and will r e a i it in the betterment of conditions in the i n s t i t u t i on and in a general improvement of our standard of teaching* the faculty approve the principle and refer it to the Board of Agriculture for approval together with the following rules under which it may be carried out; The committee recommend, therefore, that one year exclusive of summer school shall be t e n, 1* The maximiia. number of credits which a member of the staff may'earn in 2* In each instance permission to undertake work and approval of work undertaken shall b e granted'by. a committee consisting of the president of the col- lege, the dean of the applicant's division, and the head of his department* • On motion of Mrs* Stockman, the resignation of Miss Helen Reid Goodrich from the department of Home Economics, was accepted to take effect August 31* Helen Good^i rich r e- signs* On motion of Mr* Brody, the building of a piggery was authorized and the .!Hew piggeryi d e t a i ls of the matter were referred to t he Building Committee* . . - . ' . " • • • • • .• • ; authori^dii • i , • .*v . was referred to the Secretary with power to act* On motion of Mr* Brody, the Secretary was authorized to employ Mr* Clarence W* Hubbell of. Detroit to make a survey of the water s i t u a t i on at the College, and make recoicssendations for improvement* The following motion by Mr* Brody, was carried: wIt is moved that the Board- authorizes the granting of the degrees of Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and the various grad- uate degrees> to such candidates as have f u l f i l l ed the requirements for such degrees and who w i ll be recommended by the Faculty for graduation*" On motion of Mr* Kspherson, the action of the Board concerning s a l a r i es passed at the May meeting, was rescinded and the following resolution substituted: "I move that the President, with the approval of the Budget Committee, shall review the salary r o ll for the purpose of eliminating at l e a st f15,000 of stenographic help from the payroll for the year 1922-1923? and for the pur- pose of reducing the personnel of departments whose expenditures are dispropor- t i o n a te to' the r e s u l ts which are being obtained*" On motion of Mr* McColl* the plan for advertising for bids for the construction of the Hone Economics building, as presented by the Secretary, was approved* The Secretary was further directed to secure a guaranteed estimate of the cost of the Library building to be presented to the Adminis- t r a t i ve Board* On motion of Mr* McColl, the Secretary was diiected to move the Farm Mechanics building at the e a r l i e st possible time* On motion adjourned* 1 1 1 / Secretary*