Minutes of the Meeting of the S t a te Board of Agriculture April 28, 1938 I I P r e s e n t: Mr. Baistead, Chairman; Messrs* Berkey, Downing, Jakway, Mrs* Masselink; Dr. E l l i o t t; P r e s i d e nt Shaw, Comptroller Wi lie ins and Secretary Hannah. Absent: Mr. Brody The meeting was called The minutes of the previous meeting were approved* to order at 10:15 A.M. RESIGNATIONS. 1. Resignation of Mr. Henry Gleason, District Club Agent for the southwestern Michigan counties, Resignations effective April 50, 1938. 2. Resignation of ^r, James 0. Swain, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, effective August ; [ . | i 31, 19.38.: Mr, Swain was granted leave without pay for the period September 1, 1837 to August 31, 1938 so that he might act as Chairman of the Department of Romance Languages, University of Tennessee* 3. Resignation of Miss Ruth "Williamson, supervising teacher of Home Economics effective September | 1, 1938. ~ 4* Resignation of lir. H. J* Burroughs, Assistant Professor of Economics, effective August 31, I j : 1933. Mr.: Burroughs will return to his. wbrfc with the federal Housing Administration at Washington, •5*. Resignation of Mr. T. R. Cox, half-time graduate assistant: in soils, effective May 1, 1938* i j Mr* Cox has accepted a position as Assistant Agronomist with the Rhode Island Experiment j. 'Station* 6. Resignation of Mr* Bernard Homrich, graduate fellow under the W.K. Kellogg Project No-. 1 in the Chemistry Department, effective May 31, 1938. i j 7* Resignation of Mr. Soy M. Carter, half-time graduate assistant in forestry, effective as of \ j I j April 1, 1938- Further, recommendation of Professor Herbert that the remainder of Mr. Carter's salary•for the year ($180.00) be added to the departmental budget so that senior students may be employed for the remaining three months. 8. Resignation of Mrs. William Dube, clerk in the Forestry Department, effective as of June 15, j I ! 1938. Mrs. Dubefs services will end on May 31st, but two weeks in addition are granted for vacation due her* 9v Resignation of Miss'Agnes Coulson, stenographer in the Forestry Department, effective April 30, 1938. ' | ; • 10. "11, 12. i 13, I Recommendation of Dean Anthony that Miss.O.Iga .bird, Assistant State Deader of -soys' and GirlsTI Leaves Clubs, be granted leave of absence on half pay for the period September 15, 1938 to February I ; 1, 1939, so that she may complete work on her Master*s degree at Columbia. Miss Bird was : granted leave on half pay from February 1st to June 1, 1937; she has been with the College ; since.1928. Recommendation that Miss Lola Belle Green, Assistant State Leader of Boys and Girls Clubs, ! ; be granted leave on half pay for the period February 1st to June 15, 1939, so that she nay complete work on her. Master's degree at Colombia. Miss Green was granted leave on half pay i for the months of July and August, 1937; she has'been with the College since 1927* Recommendation of Dean Emmons that Mr. Paul Dressel, Instructor in Mathematics, be granted j leave of absence without pay for the period September 1, 1938 to August 31, 1939, so that he ; ; may work toward his doctorate at the University of Michigan* Further, that Mr. Dressel be \ paid £100.00 a month for the three-month period September to November, 1938, for his ser- vices in preparing Freshman Week schedules .and assisting in carrying out the Freshman j Week program* \ ; : ; : Recommendation, that Mr. George' Radimersky,. Instructor in Foreign Languages, be granted leave ; of absence without pay for the period September 1, 1938 to August 31, 1939, Mr.'Radimersky \ j will study abroad to complete his doctorate degree- Request of Mr* Orion Ulrey, Research Assistant and Assistant Professor of Economics, for leave; of absence on full pay for the fall term, 1938. -Mr. Ulrey has been with the College since j 1928 and was granted leave,,of half pay for graduate work during the period September 1, 1933 j to'March"'!, 1934. This request is not recopnended by Dean Imraons. ; RecoTnraendation of Dean Ernmons that Mr. V/. W, Johnston, Professor of English, be granted leave of absence for the academic year 1938-39 et a salary of $2000.00 for the year (present ; salary is §4000.00). Replacement will probably be made for the year at a cost not to exceed j iieoo.oo. tf P Hi LEAVES AND A^FOINTMJL^TS, continued A p r il 28, 1938 Leaves 16. Recommendation of Dean Huston that Mr* Oren L. Snow, Associate Professor of Physics, be granted one yearfs leave of absence on half-pay (present selary •'. 3460.00), beginning September 1, 1938* Professor Snow plans to take up graduate work. Appointments 17O Appointment of Miss Mary Lou Tilton as stenographer in the Forestry Department, effec- tive May 1, 1938 at a salery of £1200,00 per year. Dube, whose services end outlay 31st* f;!iss Tilton will replace Mrs. William 1 8# 19 ? 0. 21 8 2. 23 24 Appointment of Mrs. Mabel Kinzley as stenographer in the Forestry Department effective May 15, 1938 at a salary of $90.00 per month. Mrs* Kinzley replaces Miss Agnes Coulson, whose resignation becomes effective on April 30th* Appointment of Dr* .John C. Clerk as Instructor in Physics for the school year 1938-39 at a salary of -ipSlOQ.QO for the period, -U1800.00 will replace' Professor 0. L. Snow, who has requested leave. Ijr. Clark, who is at present on a• one—year' basis at Appointment of Mr. Tom Jones as Instructor in Economics for 1938-39 only at a salary of S23Q0.00, effective September 1st* Mr. Jones vail replace Assistant Professor C. S. Logs- don* who has been granted leave of absence on half pay for the coming year. Appointment of Mr. Gordon A* Dahlegren as Instructor in Physical Education and Assistant Football Coach, effective September 1, 1938 at a salary of &2Q00.00 ver year. Mr. Dahlgren 'will replace Mr. Robert Terlaak, whose resignation was accepted as' of March 12th. Recommendation of Lean Ermnons for the appointment of Mr. John S. iiaiteiaa, of the Department of Public Instruction, as special Instructor in Education for the spring term. Mr. Haitema will take care of one course at a total salary of .1275.00, to be paid in three monthly pay- ments with the f i r st on April 30th. Arrangements have been iaa.de with the Department so that there i s. no duplication of salary. .Appointment of Miss Florence Corbin as special Instructor in Vocational Education for the 1933 Summer Session, at a salary of $400.00 for the six-v/eek period (to be reimbursed from Vocational Education funds.) Appointment of ^ r. Harold E. Haun, East Lansing Chief of Police, as special Instructor for the Summer Session course in "Traffic Efficiency and Automobile Operation", at a salary of Si50.00 for the six vjseKS. Further, recommendation of Professor Crowe for the allowance of expenses not to exceed $50.00 so that Mr. Heun may attend a special one-week t r a f f ic i n s t i- tute at the University of Kentucky in May. 25. Appointment of Professor C. IL Sickle as intension Specialist in Recreation for the r>eriod August 1st to September 17, 1938, at an additional salary of ?200.00 per month (from Ex- tension funds}. This same arrangement has been made during the past three years in the i n t e r e s ts of 4-H Club summer camp programs." 26* /Recommendation of Dean Ernrno.ns that Mrs. Wilda Bolles, Instructor in Sociology, be paid, £100.00 in addition to her regular salary for the teaching of a two-credit extension course in Sociology to be given ERA workers in Ionia County, - the students will pay ¥5.00 each-.into the College treasury. Two payments are recommended, the f i r st on May 1st and the second on June 15th. 27o Recommendation for the following graduate assistantship appointments for the year 1938-39: Harm Crops TT TT IT TT M " n Botany •" ' "' Sociology tT - Alvin .Johnson as half-time graduate assistant, succeeding himself* Alvin Bell as half-time graduate assistant, succeeding himself. - Maurice G-. Frames as half-time graduate assistant, replacing S. L. McPherron - Continuance of V;. 3>J. Crawford, ana, Leroy M i l l er f or 1938-33 on t he Michigan Crop Improvement A s s o c i a t i on f e l l o w s h i ps which t h ey now h o l d, _ Appointment of £. it. Bird to one of t he Farmers' end M a n u f a c t u r e r s' Beet Sugar A s s o c i a t i on f e l l o w s h i ps r e c e n t ly a u t h o r i z ed by t he Board, at a s a l a ry of voO.OO p er month f or t he t en month p e r i od b e g i n n i ng September 1, 1938. - John B. Routien as h a l f - t i me g r a d u a te a s s i s t a n t, succeeding h i m s e l f. -JohnMerile as half-time graduate assistant, succeeding himself, - George -icKenna as half-time graduate assistsnt, succeeding. hinself.. • - Louise 5arrov;s as quarter-time graduate assistant, succeeding himself. - John H. McConnellas half-time graduate assistant, replacing Arthur L. Anderson. On motion of Mr* Berkey, seconded by Mr. Downing, it v'B.s voted to approve the Resignations, Leaves ana -Appointments- including Le&ji Emmons recommendation denying the request in item. 14* •Travel 1* Recommendation of Dean Anthony that Dr. K J\ Schaible be allov;ed f i r st class railway mileage to Baltimore, Maryland, for the meetings of the Federated .Societies of iLzperlmental Biologist on March 20th. Lr. Schaible was unable to go vjith t he other steff nEtabers delegated by the . • Board, f or whom mileage on one car v/as granted. continued April 28, 1338 i 1395 2. Mileage on one car and. maintenance expenses for Professor Ay A/ Applegate and Mr* R. J. Colemanj Travel •so that.they may attend the annual Institute for Education by Radio at Ohio State University, I * j Columbus, Ohio, May 2 to 4. 3. Railroad and pullman fare to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Mr. W. A. Davenport, so that he may I attend the National Convention for Superintendents of Buildings and Grounds, May 9 to 12* 4. Railroad fare (first class) to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, so that Dr. R. TV Ohl may attend meetings of the Classical Language Association, April 29th end 30th/. On motion of Mr. H a l s t e a d, seconded by Mr* Berkey, it was voted to approve t he Travel items. PR£SID!ENTfS KfaPORTS. : • 1. Acceptance of t he r e s i g n a t i on of Mr. H. E. M i l l i r o n, h a l f - t i me graduate a s s i s t a nt in Entomology! ^| e f f e c t i ve April 1, 1933. 2. Appointment of Mr. Maurice W. Lay as Superintendent of t he Lunbar Forest Experiment S t a t i on and Research A s s i s t a nt in F o r e s t r y, e f f e c t i ve April 23, 1938 at a s a l a ry of S1800 p er year (plus t he usual p e r q u i s i t es of t he position)-. Mr. Cay r e p l a c es .Mr; W. J. McCullough, 7-;ho resigned on October 3 1, 1937. 3. Employment of George R. H i ll and Paul Beaubien to teach c l a s s es in Physical Education f or Men and a s s i st with freshman: baseball- and spring f o o t b a ll p r a c t i c e, r e s p e c t i v e l y, at a salary of $50.00 per month each f or t he period A p r il 1 st to June 30th- This a d d i t i o n al a s s i s t a n ce was necessary to carry the work of Mr. Robert Terlaak, resigned. | ! 1 j.Resignation jMIlliron Appointments •4. Approval of agreement between t he College and Parke, Lavis and Company covering t he e s t a b l i s h- ment•of a h a l f - t i me graduate fellowship f or i n v e s t i g a t i o ns concerning t he a p p l i c a t i on f or p h y s i c al chemical measurements, xo.be c a r r i ed on under t he d i r e c t i on of Dr, Swing. Agreement covers ten-month period beginning April 1, 1938, renewable at option of t he Company, and i n- volves the payment of $100.00 per month by Parke, Lavis* iAgreement ^Parke-Bavis ! approved. | i further, approval of Graduate Council recommendation that Mr, J*-E* Vandenbelt, quarter-time graduate a s s i s t a nt in Chemistry, be transferred to the Parke, Davis and Company fellowship, effective April 1 st at a. s a l a ry of $60.00 (half-time basis) per month for-a ten.month period. jAppt. j: * • B. jYa.ndenb.elt :5. Approval of change . of s t a t us of C. J. Bushouse, quarter-time- graduate a s s i s t a nt in Chemistry, to a half-time basis f or the spring .term. Mr. Bushouse is carrying the work of JV Bo Vanden- L ". b e l t, transferred above. 6*. Report on information from the Commanding General, Sixth Corps Area, that Camp Vanderbilt has • been:cleared f or salvage and removal from i ts present s i t e, and equipment m il not be a v a i l- able f or 4-H Club use (as requested by the Board at i ts l a st meeting). Change of isa.at^- • c r I'"' |-ainP V.ander- Ibilt not lavailable for |4-H Club use 7. Approval of payment (from general funds) of t he #161.00 b i ll submitted by P r o f e s s or C. L. f or h is work in surveying, mapping and deeding the f i f ty a c r es to be used f or t he P o u l t ry Experimental L a b o r a t o r y/ ;8. Report on n o t i ce sent to t he Logan Papworth Company, of Howell, on the c a n c e l l a t i on of t he l i c e n se agreement dated March 16th, 1932 and covering manufacture of porous hose,- because of non-fulfillment'of contract on the psrt of the Company* 9. Approval of payment f or time l o st in the amount of £27.00 (45 hours at 60 cents) to George McMinn, Buildings and Grounds employee who was injured while at work. 10* Approval of mileage allowance on one car and maintenance expenses for Dean M i t c h e l l, Ronald Heath and Curtis Beschurn, so that they might attend meetings of t he National Association.of Deans of Men in Madison, April 27th to 30th, and make an inspection v i s it at the University of Minnesota en route. of tO • • • ": Prof/ Allen jCancellation l i c e n se agree- pent Papworth ico* ! Accident - I CJeo. McMinn Travel Mitchell Heath & Beach- um 1 1. .Allowance of f u ll expenses to Omaha, Nebraska, f or Dean £• L. Anthony, so t h at he might a t t e nd Anthony, Omaha the fourth annual Chemurgic Conference held April 25th to 27th. Nebraska .12. • Approval'.of fixll expenses to Milwaukee f or P r o f e s s or L, R, Schoenmann, so t h at he might attend Schoennann a meeting c a l l ed by t he u* S. Forest Service on April 1 4 t h. Expenses (^22.20) were charged to Milwaukee Conservation I n s t i t u te funds. | 15. • • O u t - o f - s t a te t r a v el a u t h o r i z a t i on to Cleveland for P r o f e s s or Earl Weaver, so t h et he may a.ttencprof. Weaver a conference c a l l ed by t he American Guerneey C a t t le Club f or May 8th to 9 t h. JJo expense to the College w i ll be involved. ; Cleveland 14. F u ll expenses to Chicago f or Lean L* C. immons, who attended meetings of the North Central Association held April 6th to 9 t h. ! Bnmons/ Chicago. 15. Allowance of r a i l r o ad and pullman f a re to Rochester, New York, f or Lr. L. T. Ewing, so t h at her;mq\ Ev/ing ^Rochester, might consult t he Eastman Research L a b o r a t o r i es s t a f f. Expenses w i ll be charged to t he Chemistry Vitamin Assay revolving fund. 16.. Approval of f i r st c l a ss r a i l r o ad f a re to Chicago ana r e t u rn f or Dr. Lydia L. L i g h t r i n g, so t h at she might a t t e nd the Mid-West Physical Education Convention held April 6th to 9 t h. N.Y. JLip;htring. |Chi capo.° I • i 1 1 1396 .!• PKIOSIi)ixLiTfS REPORTS, continued April 28,,1938 Travel 17* Allowance: of mileage on one car to .Madison,- Wisconsin and return {v32.50) so that Professor A* J* Clark might interview a candidate for a Chemistry Department vacancy* 18. Authorization of o u t - o f - s t a te t r a v el to Chicago for Dr* W. L* Mallmann, who made the t r ip to I | \ complete arrangements with the United States Cold Storage Company for cooperative experimental work on the storage of eggs*- Expenses of the t r ip are to be paid from a fund to be advanced by the Dov; Chemical Company as soon as a memorandum of agreement can be drawn up* | 19. Approval of automobile mileage allowance not exceeding &50.00 so that members of the Depart- xnent of Speech and Dramatics might attend .meetings of the Central State Association of ; Teachers of Speech, held in Columbia, Missouri, April 1st and grid. I 20* Approval of an ^ expense account submitted by Professor "r\ S. Lucas, who spoke before the Midwest Creameries at South Bend, ^-arch 3rd and 4 t h. Through oversight t h is was not presented to the Board* 21* Out^of-state travel authorization for Professor 1** H* Schoenmann, so that he might spend the period April 1st to 12th conferring with TVA o f f i c i a ls at Knoxville, Tennessee, The t r ip involved no expense to the College* On motion of Mr* Berfcey, seconded by WxV. Downing, it was voted to approve the P r e s i d e n t 's Reports. i 1 College acct- MiSCiJlLAMLOUS at E . L. Bank j increased to i'100,000.00, • ; : !• Report of the condition of the Last Lansing S t a te Bank which has requested an increase in the authorized college deposit to SiOQ*QQO*QQ (now limited to ^75,000.00). : On motion of Mr. berkey, seconded by Mr, ^Ekway, it was voted to approve the above request. Graduate students ex- : e^r^t fT*oia •ce-r-fc£i n fees.1 •! 1* Recommendation of the Faculty that graduate students enrolled in the Graduate School and holding appointments as part-time a s s i s t a n t s, graduate a s s i s t a n ts and i n d u s t r i al fellows r e- ceiving §1200,00 and l e ss be exempt from term fees, o u t - o f - s t a te fees and college a c t i v i ty fees (Summer Session entertainment fee excepted) for any term including summer term, except that such exemption from summer term, fees shall apply only to those in the foregoing groups whose appointment is effective at l e a st one terra prior to the summer school and not termi- nated at the end of t h at one term. This is presented as c l a r i f i c a t i o n. of the paragraph concerning fees for graduate students holding appointments, shown under item I£ of the Decem- ber 16s. 1937 Board minutes* under Miscellaneous* ; : I !; Contracts to be signed for -vl«SoC. Concert Course. Report on arrangements for services £c fees at Univ* HOSD« Payment of bills for Thomas Cox. Approval of agreement with Tobacco .By-Products Co. I On motion of Mr* Downing, seconded by Mr, Berkey., it was voted to approve the recommendation above, 8. Recommendation of the Faculty that the Music Department be authorized to sign contracts for the following numbers for the 1938-1939 M. S. C* Concert Course: ., panist (December 8th) • Raya Garbousove, c e l l i st (appear with M.S.C. Symphony Orchestra in January) Efrem Zimbalist, v i o l i n i st (to' appear with orchestra) Engel Lund, folk-song r e c i t a l i st Marjorie Lawrence, soprano £2175.00 400.00 650.00 400.00 750*00 Further, that beginning with 1938-39 there w i ll be but one faculty season t i c k et for musical events, covering both concert and orchestra events, to be sold at $4.00. This year two t i c k e ts have been sold, one for the concert course at $3.00 and enother for orchestra concerts at $2*00. On motion of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr* Halstead, it was voted to approve the above recommenda- t i o n. 3. Report from Dr* Olin on c l a r i f i c a t i on of arrangements for services and fees at the Universi- ty Hospital, and recommendation that the following professional fees be paid Dr* Carl Badgley: Services for Thomas Cox, #500.00; reduced by Dr* Badgley to $300.00 100*00 Operation on Samuel Aldrich, student 150.00 Operation on Arthur Sprehe, student i fT: 4. P r e s e n t a t i on for-payment- of hospital b i l ls t o t a l l i ng S707.40 for 'Thomas Cox5 freshman student, for the period January 30th to April 1 s t, B i l ls in the amount of 02044,15 for hospital ser- vice have already beer, approved by the Board. Dr. Olin appeared in person before the Board to explain these items* On motion of Mr. Berkey? seconded by Mr. Halstead, it was voted to approve the above item* 5. P r e s e n t a t i on for approval of a memorandum of agreement between the Tobacco By-Products and Chemical Corporation of Louisville and the Entomology Section of the Agricultural Experi- ment Station,, covering c e r t a in t e s ts of nicotine compounds for codling moth control over £ five-year period* This agreement is s i m i l ar to that approved by the Board and in force for the next three y e a r s. April 28, 1938 1397 continued i- I I 6. Presentation for one-year renewal on the- same terms of a memorandum of agreement between the Kellogg Company and the departments of Chemistry and Surgery and Medicine of the College^ covering research investigations on the nutritive value of dog rations/ This was originally approved by the Board for the one-year period beginning March 15, 1937, with renewal at the Company's option. [Further, recommendation for the appointment of Mr. John Heed Lewis to the fellowship on a one-year basis, effective as of April 1st at a salary of $50*00 per month. Mr* Lewis replaces Bernard Homrich, whose resignation has been offered as of March 31st. On motion of Mr. Jakway, seconded by Mr* Berkey, it was voted to approve items 5 and •&• 7. Request of the Michigan Surety Company for payment of annual premiums of $'40,00 and §200.00 on the bonds of Mr* John A, Hannah (110,000*00) and Mr, C. A.. Rosenbrook (|200,000.00) respectively. On motion of Mr, Halstead, seconded by Mr. Downing, it was voted to approve the above item. 8* Recommendation that Mr* Keith Stein, Instructor in Music who has conducted rehearsals of the Band during Mr. Falcone's leave of absence, be paid &250.0G for his services (in addition to his present salary of $22OOeOO) on June 1st, Approval of Memo of Agree- ment Kellogg Company Appointment of John Reea Lewis to fellowship.. Payment of premiums on Hannah and Rosenbrook. jrayrnent of $250 to Keith Stein for conducting BancT. On motion of Mr. Halstead, seconded by Mr* B'erkeyy it was voted to approve the above recommendation •9> Accident and first aid report on H. !F. Koonan, student employed by Buildings and Grounds dur- ing vacation, who dislocated his shoulder while at work• Time lost, llj hours at 60 cents per hour - $6*90. 10... Presentation by Shields, Ballard, Jennings and Taber of $357.45 bill covering services for the period January 6th to March 25th, On motion of Mr. -Halstead, seconded by Mr. Downing» 11 was voted to approve items 9 and 10, 11/ He quest of the Comptroller for authorization to dispose of the Farmington, Redford and Livonia Township bonds held in connection with the Rackham Irund at bid amount of $51*00 (|15,000*00 per value) • Further, recommendation that certain other bonds (..as shown in list on file) be given to the Central Trust Company for disposal at the appraised value. On motion of Mr. Downing/ seconded by Mr. Halstead, it was voted to approve the sale of the Farm- ington, Redford end. Livonia Township bonds and invest the money i n M, S. C. Dormitory bonds if they can be obtained. On motion of Mr/ Berkey, seconded by Mrs. Masselink, it was further voted to authorize the Compt- roller to' look around for buyers for the list of bonds submitted by him and try to dispose of them at the appraised value or more, 12. Recommendation for the transfer of $680.00 from dynamometer receipts (|1695*00 for this year) to the budget of Farmersf Week.. This covers the cost of the dynamometer it was necessary to purchase. 13* Recommendation for the transfer of the following Extension funds, in the interest of the use of federal funds by the end of the fiscal year: $-200*00 from Extension State Administration to State Offset Administration 30.0• 00 from Extension State Reserve to State Offset Animal Husbandry 450.00 from Extension State Reserve to Extension State Clothing 200.00 from Extension State Reserve to Extension State Dairy 500*00 from State Offset Farm Crops to Extension State Farm Crops 100.00 from Extension state Reserve to Extension State Home Management 50.00 from Extension State Reserve to Extension State Plant Pathology 300.00 from Extension State Reserve to Extension State Publications lOOOoOO from State Offset County Agr. Agents to State Offset Soils Further, request of the Comptroller for Board authorization /uo make such other similar :;-adjustments in funds as may be necessary before the end of the fiscal, year. 14. : Recommendation-for the transfer of the following Experiment Station funds, to take care of current or expected deficits during the rest of the fiscal year: $200,00 from Zoology Section to Central Stenographic Office 200.00 from Sociology Section (Purnell funds) to Eome Economics Section 300*00 1000*00 " Entomology Section (State funds) to Home Economics Section t? Station Director's Office (Barikhead-Jones funds) to Section of 400.00 t? Station Director's Office (State funds) to South Haven Station Entomology On motion of Mr* Berkey, seconded by Mr. Downing, it was voted to approve items 1£? 13, and '14» I I i Accident re- port E.F. No 6 nan Payment of #357.45 b i ll to Shields, Ballard & Jennings. Faraiington, Redford & Livonia bonds to be sold. Compto to look for buyersibr : bonds : Trans, of $680 from dynamometer receipts to Farmers' Wk. budget. Approval of* transfer of Extension funds* Approval of transfer of Expc Station funds. 1398 :i Approval of football game r i th Syracuse Uni ' C Approval of financial arrangement with Santa Clara April 28, 1938 MI SClXiLAiSijiO UB, c o n t i n u ed 15. Recommendation of the Athletic Council for approval of a football game with Syracuse Uni- : versity at;Syracuse on November 2, 1940, for a guarantee of .#10,000.00 with 50# option of gross gate receipts (with the privilege of a return game under the same conditions at East Lansing in 1941 or 1942. 15c Presentation by Athletic Council of recommended financial arrangement for 1933 end 1939 games with Santa Clara University, calling for a guarantee of §8000#00 end option of 50% of net receipts. Original arrangement approved by the Board callec for 50yl of the gross gate receipts. On motion of M ro Downing, seconded by Mrs. Masselink, it was voted to approve items 15 and 16. Request for addition to Speech Dept. ref. to Sec. 17. Recommendation of Dean Snmons that v7S.OO be added to the budget of the Speech Department, to cover costs of supplies incidental to a new WPA study of speech activities in high schools of the state, instituted, at the request of the Department of Public Instruction and the National Association of Teachers:of Speech and to be carried out under Dr. Hayworth's direction. The federal government is appropriating 4:£0,000,00 for workers on the project and will place a specialist in educational statistics in charge of coordinating the .work.' - [ On motion of Mr. Downing, seconded by Mr. 3erkey,- it was voted to refer the above item to the Secretary with power to act. &30O from ^ i Col sal. budget at "trans* to j i nc main, budget: ,.1C of Farm Mgt. j 18, Recommendation of Professor "Lm B. Kill that the ^300.00 set up on his departmental salary budget to pay the usual spring term special lecturer in Farm Management be transferred to the'maintenance budget for the employment of extra assistance during the remainder of the year. It has oeen impossible to replace Mr. Irvin Holmes, who resigned as lecturer on September 1st, 1937. Add- of $750 to budget of Or ^ le c* ingr. On motion of Mr. Eerkey, seconded by Mrs. Masselink, it was voted to approve the above recommenda- tion. 19- Request for an addition of ^750.00 to the budget of the Department of Electrical Engineering, to cover unexpected costs of equipment'purchases. added: go. Request for an addition of vl3,000*00 to the budget of the Buildings and Grounds Department as a whole, to cover costs of operation during the rest of the fiscal year, 21. Request for an addition of ^350.00 to the maintenance budget of the Art Department to cover operating costs for the balance of the fiscal year. em to B. 6c G. budget* $'350 to Art* $'400 added to: Swimming and S225 to Box- .• ing budget, j 22.• Recommendation for additions of ^400.00 and £225.00 to the Athletic Association Swimming and Boxing Budgets, respectively, to be taken from balances remaining in the general fund of the Association. On motion of Mr* Downing,' seconded by Mr. Hal stead, it was voted to approve items 19,. 20, 21 and 22, : Retirement of E, H# Ry- :; der approved. 23. Recommendation of the Retirement Committee that 'Professor E. H. Pyder be retired st en annual service pension of ^1500.00 per year, effective September 1, 1938. (Action .on this item was deferred at the March meeting.) On motion of Mr.. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Halstead, it was voted to approve the recommendation of the Retirement Committee. Mr. Downing voted "No" on the above item. Report of fire at Dun- bar Station* Report of fire outside -^ Eot. Green- it house Shed. Purchase of \ equipment for ' Wells Hall j approved, SECRETARY* S ITiiAS !• Report of the fire at the Lunbar Station on January 29. Total cost of repairs, approximately 4;!25.00j has been allowed by the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Michigan with which Company the building was insured. 2. Report of the fire in the outside of the Eot any Greenhouse shed. Monetary loss of approxi- mately ^43.00 has been approved by the insurance company * 3. The Dormitory Committee recommends that the following material be purchased from the Michi- gan State Industries and included in the same order with the furnishings for Mason Hall: 50 double deck: iron beds 100 mattresses 100 mattress covers 100 mattress pads 60 double study desks 200 straight back chairs The total cost is S3,326.50, to be charged to Wells Hall and to be included in the budget for the next fiscal year - payment to be made at the time of delivery, -September 1. ; ; = \ On motion of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Kalstead, it was votea xo approve the above item, ** 1 of -' puthor in^s Neb re. porous hose. : ConEiiittee recommends the approval of a license agreement authorizing the Hastings ^e ^^^^ Canvas Company of Hastings, uebras&a to manufscture and sell porous hose under the patent owned by the State Board of Agriculture. The license is granted an exclusive license *nd P&ys the licensor one and one-half per cent of net invoices. The agreement has been pre~ parec oy Shields, Ballara, Jennings ana .isber. On motion of Mr. Hslstead, seconded by Mr, 3erkey? it v;as voted to approve the above item. - -j i i i i April 28, 1938 continued 5/ In order that we may have adequate heat for the new dormitory during the coming fall term, it is necessary to rebuild boiler #5* The cost of the necessary changes will be not less than $4,500.00, - .work to be done by the 1/vickes Company of Bay City, manufacturers of the boiler. These changes will increase the output of the boiler by about 700 horse power. The work should be started at once so as.to insure completion for the opening of the fall term* The item can be charged to next year's budget since it rill not be paid until after July 1. On motion of Mr. Eerkey, seconded by Mr, Lovming, it was voted to approve the above item• 6* Bids on the 4-H Club Buildings at Chatham were received." April 19 as follows: A. H. Proksch Irwin Lawson Fred Trier Harry Eriksen 2200.00 !F.S. Wester Reniger Const* Company 2000.00 Check £2250.00 2500.00 47,740*00 2500.00 (less wire) 1,100.00 46,640.00 9,440.00 "• " Amount ^41,787.00 43,746.00 45,270.00 46,640*00 40,046.50 38,964.00 1399 Boiler #o to be re- built. Contract for Chatham bldgs given Reniger | Const. Go. After conference with the architects, Dean Anthony ana Mr. Kettunen,.. it was recommended that the contract be given to the Reniger Construction Company of Lansing with certain changes to reduce the cost. The net amount of the contract to be $36,-725.00. On motion of Mrs. Masselink,' seconded "by Mr. B.erkeyy it was voted to approve letting the contract to the Reniger Construction Company. 7. Recommendation from Dean Anthony that |3,000 be returned to the Horse Revolving j?und that was borrowed forr farm payments and dormitory uses. This recommendation is approved by Mr. Wilkins $3,000 re- turned to iHqrse Rev* On motion of Mr. Halstead, seconded by Mr. Berkey, it was voted to approve the above recommendation fund. .8. Recommendation of Dean.Anthony and Professor Weaver that they be authorized to construct two temporary silos in connection with the dairy experimental barn at an approximate cost of $125*00 each3 to be paid for from experimental monies and allocated to the Dairy Department, Construction of 2 silos authorized. On motion of Mr. Downing, seconded by M r; Halstead, it was voted to approve the above . recoinmendatiodi 9.- Recommendation from the Athletic Council that $2,000 worth of bleacher seats be purchased of the same type as were purchased last winter by the Buildings and Grounds Department to be charged to the Athletic Association funds. 10* It is necessary to install some ventilation in the attic of the Bacteriology Building that was made into a laboratory last summer. The cost of this will be $160.00. 11. It is necessary to install some form of ventilation in the basement of the Foreign Language Building that is used by the Multigraph and Mimeograph Department. The minimum cost of ventilation will be §330.00. 12. • It is necessary to install screens in Morrill Hall. There are no window screens at the present time. Installing screens in the offices and in the classrooms m il cost $500e00. 82,000 worth of bleacher seats to be purchased., Vent, for attic of Bacty bldgr Vent, for basement of JTOreign Lang. Screens for Morrill Hall. On motion of• Mr. -Berkley, seconded by Mrs, Masselitik, it was voted to approve items 9, 10, 11 and 12« 13. Mason Hall Items Certain necessary changes in the construction of Mason Hall and in the services to it were re- ported by the Secretary. The t o t al cost of a ll changes reported to date is 26,047 which -is to be taken from the Contingent Fund of $11,691> provided for when construction was authorized. Additional extras are likely to use up most of this fund before the building is completed* 14. Report on a l e t t er from Miss Clemens thanking the Board for her retirement pension. 1.5. Report on the correspondence between the Furniture Manufacturers7 Association relative to the purchase of furniture from the Michigan State Industries* 16* Keport on the negotiations m th the State Administrative .board relative to the construction of Approval of changes in Mason Kail services Letter from Furn* Mfgrs. Bdv requests an addition to the Veterinary Clinic Building. The Board adjourned at 1:30 P':.M. for an hour to confer with the Governor and the Augmented Ad- mini s t r a ti ve Board to request S473500 for a sponsors contribution for a V£?A project to pro- vide for the construction of a major addition to the Veterinary Clinic Building. Later in the day the Administrative Board granted the request and appropriated $47,500 for this purposec : -sponsor .s con- for addition Vet Clinic 17.. Lean Conrad wishes to establish two additional cooperative houses for g i r l s. These houses should be rented within the next few weeks. On motion of Mr. Downing/ seconded by Mr. Berkey, it was voted to authorize the establishment of two additional cooperative houses for g i r l s/ '. ' • : 2 additional Coop* houses | approves/ j :j I £*V EePPa 18. Consideration of contract granting Dr. TAT. P. Deppa the privilege of operating a canoe landing oiji ; ; p gp the Red Cedar River at an annual privilege fee of $50.00 r>ev year, '-.contract subject to can- cellation at the end of any year. On motion of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Halstead, it was voted to approve the above item. ^ \ of oterstins- I c a r oe landing President Q Mr Secretary