MIKUTES OP TEE MEETING of the STATE BOARD OF ASRXCtJI/PTJBB December 19, 1-946. I i • i Present: Mr. Berkey (Chairman); Messrs* Akers, Armstrong, Brody, Mueller; Miss Jonest President Hannah; Assistant Comptroller Pierson; Secretary McDonel* Absent: Dr. Elliott The meeting was called to order at 10:20 a.m* The minutes of the previous meeting were approved. PRESIDENT1S REPORT Resignations 1. Resignation of Mrs. Helen Earger as Assistant Hostess at.Mary Mayo Dormitory, effective Fcvember 15, 19**6» Appointments !• Appointment of Mrs. Esther H. Fryor as night hostess at Mary Mayo Dormitory at a. salary of • $85*00 per month, effective from November 16, 19^6 to June 30* 194-7 to replace Mrs. Helen Harger• 2. Appointment of Charles Edward Morris as Instructor in Landscape Architecture at a salary rate of $3000 per year, effective from December 1, 1946 to March 31, 194?. This is a new position. Travel Resignations Appointments Travel 1« lull expenses for W. 3. Libby to go to Columbus, Ohio, on November 21 and 22 to attend, a sur- plus property conference. 2. First-class railway fare for R. B. Bowersox to attend a meeting of the Council of the Argonne National'Laboratory in Chicago on'December'2. 3'. First-class railway fare for L..L. Qjiill to attend a meeting of the Council of the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago on December 2. b* Full expenses for A. C. Baltzer and George Parsons to go to Tiffin, Ohio, on December 3 and k% to confer with representatives frois other states conducting artificial "breeding programs; expenses to be paid from Extension funds* 5. Full expenses for J. ¥• Thayer to attend a meeting called by the American Seed Trade Associa- tion in Chicago or December 4 and j\ expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds*. 6m- Full expenses for Stuart Hildebrand to attend a meeting called by the American Seed Trade Association in Chicago .on. December & and 5; expenses to be paid from Michigan Crop Association funds. ?. Full expenses for Bernard J. Khittel to accompany four students to the Intercollegiate Con- ference at the University of Iowa on December 4-3; expenses to be paid from Forensic funds. 8. Full expenses for C-* F* Holland to take Dr* Atkinson to Florida on December 5 to 12 because of his health. 9* Full expenses for L. F. Zarza to attend the high school football banquet in East Chicago, Indiana, on December 7» 10. Full expenses for D. H» Stark to go to Columbus, Ohio, and vicinity on December 9~H to observe the Ohio Producers1 Association and a chain of their auction markets; expenses to be paid from Extension funds* 11. Full expenses for A. P. Kawal to visit schools in the vicinity of Chicago on December ll-13t and to attend the high school football banquet in Austin, Illinois, on December 14. 12. Full expenses for Tom King to attend a conference on employment of university graduates in business and industry at Northwestern University on December 12» 13•: Full expenses for £. H» McCristal to attend the Western Conference meetings, in.Chicago on December 13 and 1^. Ik* Full expenses for C M. Harrison to attend a meeting of the Plant Science Committee in Chicago on December 13-15; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds* 15. Full expenses for D. S* Wiant to attend the meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineering in Chicago on December 16 and 17• 16. First-class railway fare for George Amundson to attend the meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineering in Chicago on December 17 and 18; expenses to be paid from Extension funds. December 19» PBESXDSKT*5 t c o n t i n u ed Travel • c o n t i n u ed 17. Full expenses for A* W. Parrall to attend the meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Chicago on December 16-18; expenses to "be paid from Swift and Company funds. 18* Full expenses for So T» Dexter to attend the meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in Chicago on December 18-20; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds* 19- Full expenses for W. H. Sheldon to attend the National Hay Curing Conference in Chicago on December 19 and 20; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds. Accept • ?200 from R i t e- Miscellaneous Clerk- Typist Book Store Christman- drainage, walks4 e t c. Married Yets Housing Approval c er t a in changes Quonset Cafe • Resignations 1. Acceptance of a check for $200 from the Rite-Way Products Company of Chicago, Illinois* to be used to pay for two scholarships of $100 each to two freshman students in the School of Agriculture* I 2. Authorized a new Clerk-Typist position in the College Book Store. I 3» Authorized the Christman Company to proceed with the grading, drainage, walks, drives, etc. i ! for the Married Veterans1 Housing Project at a total estimated cost of $48,500 including a fixed fee of $2,?50- 4. Authorised Foster, Schermerhorn, Foster to make certain changes in the Quonset Cafeteria at a total estimated cost of $600 with a fixed fee of $50. i ! HESIG-BATIOWS 1. Cancellation of the appointment of Mrs* Harriett K. Beck as Counselor which was to have been I effective January 1, 194?. 2. Resignation of Thomas V. Waber as Operator at Radio Station WKAR, effective November 30, 1946, to accept a position at the University of Illinois* • 3* Resignation of Arthur L. Seal as Associate Professor (Research) of Agricultural Chemistry, | effective January 15.194?, to accept a position at Cornell University* I 4. Resignation of George 3. Mclntyre as Assistant Professor (Extension) of Dairy, effective Decem- ber 31, 1946, to accept a position as Dejaty Director of the State Department of Agriculture* • 5* Resignation of Richard C* Johnson as Assistant Professor of Forestry, effective December 31* 1946. Mr .Johnson has constructed a sawmill which he intends to operate * 6« Resignation of Edwin J. Hasmussen as Associate Professor of Horticulture* effective January ] 311 194?. Mr. R&smussen is resigning because of poor health. \ 7* Resignation of Lucien ?• Fay as 4-H Club Agent in Shiawassee County, effective December 31, I 1946. Mr. Fay will help operate his father's farm. 8. Resignation of George H. Wellington as Assistant County County Agricultural Agent in Eaton County, effective December 15* 1946, to accept a position at the Hew York State College of Agriculture. 9* Cancellation of the appointment of Elaine Hudson as Home Demonstration Agent at Large which \ was to have been effective ov, December 1, 1946. 10. Cancellation of the appointment of Ralph C. Hut chin son as Instructor in Mechanical Engineering which was to have been effective December 1, 1946* ;11. Resignation of Lucy R. McAlpin as Instructor in English, effective December 31, 1946. |t2. Resignation of Mrs. Adalyn Luthin as Instructor in English, effective December 31, 19b6.. 13. Resignation of Jacquelyn Sears as Assistant in Chemistry, effective December 31* 1946. J14* Resignation of Esther Brandt as Assistant in Chemistry, effective December 31, 1946. |15. Resignation of Alfred W. Jones as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, effective January 31. 1947, to accept a position at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute* 16. Resignation of the following graduate assistants, effective December 31> 1946: ; ; I Fred E. Satchell, Agricultural Engineering Herbert E. Hentschel, Agricultural Engineering Gladys Garner, Zoology Oliver 0. Lien, Chemistry j LEAVES Leaves 1. Leave of absence without psy for Kenneth M. Dunn, Instructor (Research) in Dairy, effective : from January 6 to March 21, 194?, to complete his work toward a Masterfs degree. | 2. Leave of absence without pay for Rath H. Collar, Home Demonstration Agent in Lapeer County, ! for the month of December 1946- Miss Collar has recently been ill. LEAVES, continued 3« Leave of absence without pay for Mrs• Mildred Weisinger, Instructor in English, from January 1 December 19, to March 31, 19^7* APPOnfTMEHTS Appointments i 1. Appointment of Robert D.. Angell as Assistant to the Purchasing Agent at a salary of $3600 per year, effective December 16. 19^6* This is a new position. Mr. Angell was employed by the College from 1935 until October 19^0 when he was granted military leave. 2. Appointment of Lewis B. Mayhew as Instructor on the Board of Examiners at a salary of $3000 per year, effective January 1* 19^7 • This is a new position* 3- Appointment of J« Manning Helson as Counselor with the rank of Instructor at a salary of $3000 per year, effective January .1, 19*4-7 • This is a new position* k* Seappointment of Marcus Arthur Maxon as Instructor in Short Courses and in Horticulture at a salary rate of $3000 per yearf effective from January 1, 19^7* to March 31, 194?. This position is financed by the State Board of Control for Vocational Education. 5, Appointment of Francis J. Hassler as Instructor (Research) in Agricultural Engineering at a salary of $235 per month, effective January 1, 19*4-7, for as long: as necessary- This is a new position. His salary is to be paid from Experiment Station funds. 6. Appointment of J. Martin Frissel as Instructor in Landscape Architecture at a salary of $150 per month on a half-time basis, effective ffom December 15t 19**6* to March 311 19^7••: This is a new position. ?. Transfer of Orville P.'Walker from Assistant State Club Leader for the Upper Peninsula to District ^—H Club Agent in Antrim, Ealkaska, and Crawford Counties and a reduction in salary fran $3?00 to $3600 per year, effective December 15, 1946. 8, Appointment of Anne R* Mat chefs as Home Demonstration Agent at Lar^e at a salary of $2800 v ye&r, effective January 1, 19^71 and paid from Bankhead-Flanagan funds. This is a new position 9*. Appointment of Sylvia Germanprez as Home Demonstration Agent at Large at a salary of -$2W)0 per year, effective January 1, 19^7 for one year only* This is a new posit ion. 10* Appointment of Jferie Bezold as Instructor in History of Civilization at a salary of $3000 per year, effective January 1» 19^7* This is a new position. 11. Appointment of E. Alwin Parker as Instructor in Physical Science at a salary of $3000 per year, effective January 1, 19^7* This is a new position. 12. Appointment of Joseph C* Evans as Instructor in Physical Science at a salary of $3300 per year, effective January lf 19^7 • This is a new position. 13 • Appointment of Lenore Tallmadge Jodry as Instructor in Written and Spoken English at a salary of $225 per month on a part-time basis, effective January 1, 19^7* for as long as necessary. This is a new position. 14. Appointment of Edwin F. Steffen as Lecturer in Business Administration at a salary of $200 for the first half of winter term 19^7* Mr, Steffenwill teach in the training course in Elevator and Farm Supply Business Operation and Management, 15. Appointment of Lee .A. Trumble as Lecturer in Business Administration at a salary of $200 for the last half of winter term 1947 • Mr. Trumble will teach in the training course in Elevator and Farm Supply Business Operation and Management. 16. Appointment of Robert F. Morley as Instructor in Mechanical Engineering at a salary of $3000 per year,, effective January lt 194?* This is a new position. 17• Appointment of George P, Steinbauer as Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology at a salary of $^500 per year, effective February 15t 19^7- Dr. Steinbauer will replace Hugh Gauch who has resigned. 18 Appointment of Parley ¥. Dennis as Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology at a salary of $3600 per year, effective January 1, 19^7• This is a new position. 19• Reappointment of Halph Van Hoesen as Assistant Professor of Education at the same salary of $350 per month, effective January lt 19^71 f or as long as necessary. 20e Appointment of Clyde E. Henson As Instructor in English in- the School of Science and Arts and in Literature and Fine Arts in the Basic College at a salary of $250 per month, e ffective January lf 19^7 for as long as necessary. 21. Appointment of Hofcert L. Cunningham as Assistant Professor of Speech, Dramatics, and Radio Education in the School of Science and Arts and of Written and Spoken English in the Basic College at a salary of $3300 per year, effective January 15, 19^7* This is a new position* • • 5376 Appointments December 19, 19k6 APPOIHPMESEPS, continued 22. Appointment of Richard Byerrum as Instructor in Chemistry at a salary of $3500 per year, effective January 1* 19^7» toneplace E. C» Tabor who has resigned. 23• Appointment of Mrs* Jennie P. Kat.z as Instructor in Mathematics at a salary of $90 per month on a part-time basis, effective January 1, 1947, for as long-as necessary This is a new posit ion. 2k* Heappointment of Maurice H. Pancost as part-time instructor in Mathematics at the seme salary of $45 per month, effective January 1, 1947> for as long as necessary* 25« Eeappointment of Mrs* Julia Eing Taylor as part-time Instructor in Mathematics at a salary of $140 -per month, effective January lt 194?, for as long as necessary, 26* Appointment of E. L* ?. Shelley as Instructor in Psychology at a salary of $125 per month on a part-time "basis, effective January 1, 1947» for as long as necessary* This is a new position* 27* Appointment of Walter M. Carleton as graduate fellow in Agricultural Engineering at a salary of $100 per month, effective for one year "beginning.January 1, 194-7, and paid from Farmers and Manufacturers Sugar Beet Association funds* Mr* Carleton will replace Herbert E. Eentschel. 28. Appointment of Louis W. Faville as graduate fellow in Bacteriology at a salary of $110 per month, effective for one year "beginning January 1, 1947» and paid from Fritzsche Brothers funds. This is a new position* 29* Appointment of Edward F. Vidro Jr* as half-time graduate assistant in Electrical Engineering at a salary of $88.88 per month, effective from January 1 to June 15» 1947* This is a tem- porary transfer of the assist ant ship assigned to the Department of Civil Engineering* 3.0• Appointment of John P. W. Oilman as half-time graduate assistant in Zoology at a salary of $88.88 per month, effective from January o to June 15, 1947* to replace Gladys Earner. Travel TRAVEL 1. Pull expenses for H. B. Tukey to attend a meeting of the Plant Science Technical Committee in Chicago on December 14- and 15; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds. 2* Full expenses for J. E. Muncie to attend a meeting of the Committee on Technical Farm end Horticultural Crops in Chicago on December 14 and 15; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds* 3- Full expenses for S\ W. Peikert to attend a meeting to discuss student branch organizations for the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and to attend a meeting of the Council of the Michigan area ASAE Council in Chicago on December 16-18. 4-« Full expenses for C. E. Millar to meet with Midwest Agronomists and to attend a joint meet- ing of fertilizer manufacturers and agronomists in Chicago on December 19 and 20; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds. 5« Full expenses for Y* R. Gardner to confer with workers at the Eastern Regional Laboratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 20, 1946; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds• 6* The following travel allowances are requested from staff members to attend the meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, on Decem- ber 28-30: a. Full expenses for C. A. Lawson to interview prospective staff members. b. First-class railway fare for C. L. Schloemer. c. First-class railwayfare for Peter I. Tack; paid from Experiment Station funds. d. The following requests from the Department of Horticulture: (1) First-class railway fare for Iraia Felber; paid from Experiment Station funds* (2) First-class railway fare for H. A* Cardinell; paid from Experiment Station funds. (3) First-class railway fare for C* H. Hamner; paid from Dow Chemical Company Grant 255-2E (4-) First-class railway fare for R. L. Carolus; paid from Experiment Station funds. (5) First-class railway fare for S. H. Wittwer; paid from Experiment Station funds • (6) First-class railway fare for Stanley Johnston; paid from ExperimentStation funds. (7) Pirst-class railway fare for C. El Sherwood. I The President recommends that four people from the Department of Horticulture be authorised with first-class railway fare to be determined 'by Professor Tukey and Dean Anthony. ?. First-class railway fare for J. E. Towne to attend the meetings of the Association of College and Reference Libraries, the Conference of Librarians of Midwest Research Libraries* and the American Library Association in Chicago on December 27-30• 8. The following travel allowances are requested by staff members to attend the meetings of the American Sociological Society in Chicago on December 28-30: a. Mileage on one car for C. ?_• Hoffer s,n& four members of the Department of Sociology and Anth« b. Mileage on one car for D. L. G-ibson and four other members of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. • • December 19, TRAVEL, continued 9. The following travel allowances are requested by staff mernbers to attend the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in Princeton* Hew Jersey, on December 28 and 29• Travel a* First-class railway fare for J» Murray Serbour • This involves a round trip from Chambers- burg, Pennsylvania> where' Mr • Barbour will be during the holidays* b* First-class railway fare for Hans Nathan• 10. First-class railway fare for C* M. Hardin, H.. E, Larzelere, and H. J. Wyngarden to attend the annual meeting of the American Farm Economic Association in Philadelphia .on; December 27 and 28, 11 o The following travel allowances are requested by staff members to attend the meetings of the Modern Language Association in Washington, D* C, on December 27 to 30s a. First-class railway fare for Jacob Hieble and L. C. Stevens, b* Mileage on two cars for members of the English Department. 12. The .following travel allowances are requested by staff members to attend the annual meetings of the American Phytopathological Society in Cincinnati, 0hio» on December 27-29; a. First-class railway fare for L. C, Knorr; paid from Extension funds• b. Full expenses for J. H. Muncie; paid from Chemical Fund Ko. 51^-R« c. Full expenses for Ray Nelson; paid from Todd 484-B fund 13.• Fall expenses for Wt. E. Combs to attend the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 2?-29* 14. First-class railway fare for D. T. Ewing to attend a symposium of the Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society at Northwestern University on December 30 and "3.1. 15* Full expenses for C. E. Millar to meet with a committee of Agronomists, State Chemists, and Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, in Washington, D. C«, on January 7-9; expenses paid from Extension funds. 16. Full expenses for Glen Stewart and H. C. Rather to attend a meeting of alumni at South Bend, Indiana, on January 9, 19^7* • 17* Full expenses for A-.A. Applegate to attend the- national convention of American Association of Teachers of Journalism in Lexington, Kentucky, on January 9-11 • 18. Full expenses for Dean Anthony to take part in a conference being called in connection with vocational advice necessary for high school students and particularly in the fields of agricul- ture and forestry in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 15• 19* Full expenses for 0. E. Shear to assist the Poultry Department at Purdue University in a two- day turkey school at Turkey Run Inn, Indiana, on January 16 and 17; expenses to be paid from Extension funds. 20. Full expenses for Glen Stewart to meet with alumni in Minneapolis snd St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18. 21. Full expenses for R. E. Marshall to attend a meeting of the ./Bat .local Canners Association in Atlantic City, JTew Jersey, on January 19-21; and to attend a meeting of collaborators of Regional Research Laboratories in Philadelphia on January 22 and 23; expenses to be paid from Experiment Station funds. 22. One round-trip railway coach fare for H. J. Segal and J. P» Henderson to attend the meeting of the American Economic Association in Atlantic City, lew Jersey, on January 23-26* 23. First-class railway fare for C. E. Pesterfield to attend the annual meeting1 of the American Society of Heating: and Ventilating Engineers and the Heating and Air Conditioning Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 27-30. 24-. First-class railway fare for 1. G. Miller to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers and the Heating and Air Conditioning Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 2?-3CU 25* First-class railway fare for T. H. Osgood and another member of the Department of Physics and Astronomy to attend the meetings of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers in New York City on January 30 ^nd. 31, and February 1. MISCSLLAH50US 1. Approval of granting the appropriate decrees to those students who according to the records of the Registrar have completed the requirements for graduation at the end of the fall term 19^6* (Complete list on file in Registrar's Office and in Secretary^ Office). 2. Report of the deaths of the following former students in World War IIt Philip Louis Bekt Class of 19^2, a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces* was reported missing: in action in the Pacific area on June 13> 19^3 • He was later reported a prisoner of the Japanese, "but no further information "became available and he was presumed dead, on December 17, 19^5 • Se held the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with cluster. He was enrolled in Engineering during 1938-19^*0, having entered from Lansings • • Degrees granted. Deaths of students in War HXSOSILAlfEEOUS 2. Report of deaths of former students in World War Us December 19» Robert Henry Bower, Class of 19^2, Lieutenant (jg) in the Favy, ie believed to have been killed on July 18/ 19^5* when his training plane failed to return fro™ a flight over the Bahamas. He graduated in Agriculture on Jun- 13, 19*4-2, having entered from Adrian, Michigan. Arthur MeIvin Jones* Class of 1943, a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, was shot down over Germany on January 11, 191*4, and was presumed dead on September 17, 19^5 • He was enrolled in Forestry during 1939-W, having entered from Buffalo, Hew York* (Jale Leland Loomis, Class of 1945, a Captain in the Army Air Forces, was killed in action in the Pacific area on June i, 1945 • He was enrolled in Liberal Arts during the fall term of 19^-1* having entered from Weidaan, Michigan. Robert D> Mackey, Class of 1943, a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, was reported missing on December 22, 1944, in a plane accident while en route home after two years of service in the South Pacific and has been declared dead as of that date* He was enrolled in Hotel Administration during 1939-19^1* having entered from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I Donald DeLano Payne> Class of 19311 & Private First Class in the Army/ was killed in the Philippine Islands on January 14, 19^5* He had been awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart medals• He was enrolled in Applied Science during 1927-28 and 1929-30, having entered from Plainwell, Michigan- Oeorge Ryraan Shube, Class of 1941, a Captain in the Army Air Forces, was killed in action in Italy on tfcvember 28, 1943 • He was enrolled in Physical Education during: 1937-1940, having entered from Marbleheadf Massachusetts. Robert Elmer Sterling, Class of 1939* a lieutenant (jg) in the Naval Air Corps, was reported missing in action in the Pacific area on June 20, 1944, and has been declared dead as of that date. He had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart with cluster. He graduated in Engineering on June 12, 1939» having entered from Pontiact Michigan. Albert DeForrest Wickett, Class of 1941T a Captain in the Army Air Forces and pilot of a plane which failed to return from a combat mission over China on March 11, 1945t was pre- sumed dead on March 12» 19**6. He was enrolled in Applied Science During 1937-192K)t having entered from Ann Arbor, Michigan. 3. Acceptance of a check for $2000 from C. E. Erickson with the understanding that the Board may use the money on any project which it desires. Mr* Erickson requests that no publicity be given to this gift • Deaths of students in war Check S200Q ! C.R. Sricksoii Jacob Saker Memorial Scholarship set up.. Acceptance of a check for $100 from Mrs. Jacob Baker of Lansing as the first payment of an annual $100 scholarship to be known as the Jacob Baker Memorial Scholarship* This scholar- ship is to be awarded to a junior or senior Jewish male student to be selected by the Faculty Committee on Scholarships after consultation with Habbi in charge of Hill el* The award is to be made to a different student each year, one-third of the award to be paid at the beginning of each quarter. Should the holder 1 eave college during the year, any remain- ing portion should be awarded to another student. A check for 5100 is to be presented each July 1 to the College Treasurer to be credited to the Jacob Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund. Approval of a memorandumof understanding and acceptance of a grant of $3000 from the Beech- ITut Packing Company of •Canajoharie, Hew York, to be used in a study of the requirements.-, of peppermint and spearmint. The work is to be conducted under the direction of Dr. Harder of the Soil Science Department* Approval of a memorandum of understanding \*ith the Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association of Sagin&w covering a grant of $2400 to be used for the continuation of a project to study the mechanise/tion of sugar beet production and harvesting-. The work is to be con- ducted by the Department of Agricultural Engineering. Approval of a memorandum of understanding with the Ex-Cell-0 Corporation of Detroit covering a grant of $3000 to be used in a study of adaptability and efficiency of high-temperature short-time pasteurisation to small quantities of milk* The work is to be conducted under the direction of C-. M. Trout in the Dairy Department • Approval of a memorandum of understanding with the Society of American Florists and Orna- mental Horticulturists of Chicago covering a grant of $1000 to be used for a research pro- ject on the vacuum treatment and packaging of flowers. The worfc is to be conducted by the Horticulture Department. Increase insalary for Harding Ferris, Patrolman on the Campus Police Force, from $2^00 to $2500 per year, effective January 1, 19^7 • Change in title of Rolla F. Hoonan from Foreman of the Electrical Division to Electrical Engineer Buildings and Utilities f effective December lt 19^6. Increase in salary for L* A* Wolf anger, Professor in the Conservation Institute, from $5000 to'$5600 per year, effective December 1, 19^6. Change in title of Ann J. Moore from Clerk II to Administrative Survey Technician I, and a salary increase from $20W to $2100 per year, effective January 1, 19^7• The salary range for this classification is from $2100-$2400. 1 Memo of under standing with Beechnut Packing Co - j. Memo of under standing Far- mers and • Manuf ac tur er s Beet Sugar \ Memo under- standing Ex-Cell-Q Corp* ] 6. 7. Memo under- I standing Soc* ! Am. Florists t 8. Inc. salary I Harding Ferris Title Eolla < Noonan to be \ Electrical . Engr. S. & U : Inc•salary L-A. WoIfanger Change in title Ann Moore. 10 11. 12. December 19, 19k6 MISCELLA3EE0US, continued 13 • Change in title of Paul &•• Gray from Instructor to Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering effective December 1, • i •1^. Change in title of Esther Everett from Instructor to Assistant Professor, effective January lt 19^7* Miss Everett is assigned half-time to the Department of Effective Living in the Basic College and half-time to the Department of Home Management and Child Development in the School of Home Economics* 15* Amy Jean Holmblade was appointed in August as an Instructor in Education at a salary of $2800 per year, effective September 1, 19^6* Hiss. Holmblade1s salary is paid entirely by the Lansing Board of Education, and through a contract with them the College pays them at the end of the year one-half of her salary which is reimbursed in its entirety by the State Board of Control for Vocational Education. 16. Change in the effective date of the appointment of Cornelius Groenwoud as Instructor in Mathe- matics from January 1 to December 1, 17* Increase in salary for Roger Saur, quarter-time graduate assistant in Chemistry from $4^.44 to $55«55 per month, effective November lt 19^6* Mr. Saur is working toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 18. Change in status of Henry R, Courtney from half-time to quarter-time graduate assistant in Chemistry at a salary of $ ^ # 44 per month, effective from January 1 to June 15» 19. The following recommendations are made by Dean Emmons and the Committee on the Institute of foreign Studies: a. That the "Institute of Foreign Studies" be changed to flThe International Institute". b. That there be created a Department of Foreign Studies in the Division of Social Science in the School of Science and Arts. S. C. Lee will be Director of the International Institute and Professor and Head of the Department of Foreign Studies. Carlos Teran's title is to be Associate Professor of Foreign Studies. 20. Payment of the following amounts to salaried employees during the month of Novembers 1 Auditorium Jtugene Barnes Charles Branz Warren Burtt Leon Buysse L« S. Chapman John Emery Helen Evans Orville Everett $10 4? 53 44 41 44 4? 28 Miscellaneous 5 Betty Hendricks 5 Nancy Karpinsky 5 Catherine King Josephine Lucian 5 Margaret Luker 105 Miscellaneous Barbara Pugsley E.. C. Wintermute Eugene Barnes Louise Fountain Helen Greene Betty Hendricks Mildred Jeffers Nancy Karpinski Gerald Khapp Morris McElmurray Floyd Macklem lloel Miller Forma Olson Elmer Peterson £ 5 i+0 8 9 3 39 5 14 35 m 20 5 15 Miscellaneous Paul Bumpsa $2? George Savdy 1? Lawrence Searl 50 Horma Taschner 10 Robert Troxell 47 4? Wayne YanKiper Clella Weissinger 24 4? TIeal Whitehead 21 Say Yerkie 18 Charles Eranz 12 Morris McElaurry 12 Elmer Peterson 12 Seal Whitehead 21. The following amounts were paid salaried employees for services during the football seasons R. P. Adams Sugene Barnes L.&.. Blakeslee Alfred Bortree Charles Branz John Brotzman &• J. Bush Chapman B. p A. Clark L* Cook A. Cudworth F. Davis R» J. Davis Ray Ely John Emery Orville Everett W.L. Fleischauer C.&• Fulkerson S.A.- Gallacher S24 4- 24 24 9 33 9 29 28 34 25 20 89 28 28 30 16 28 28 C. S. G-erlach C. G. Hamilton C D. Hause R. C. Heydrick J. M. Jensen G-. ?. Knapp - 1. P. Lawrence Kirk Lawton ?. E. Leichty C M. McCarty B. F. Millar Sari Patterson B. B. Pettit E. C. Prophet J. A. Ramsey K. C. Randall L» S. Robertson C A. Rosenbrook $24- 28 28 2k- 28 40 28 8 28 33 k 21 35 2k 31 Zh 20 30 ?aul RuT&psa $51 Lawrence Searl kO Vern Severance 35 D.F. Sheehan 28 Joseph Slater. 21 Woodrow Snyder 24 •H. W.Starring 28 Max Strother 35 !• C. Taber A- James Tyson 30 28 Wayne YanRiper Herbert Weissin^er 2^ 8 j» A. Tunck 18 Middleton Lyons 50 Raymond Yerkie 20 Gerard Bush 5 Clella Weissinger 16 L.C.' Stephens Recommendation from Dean Smmons for .an additional appropriation of $20,000 for the budget of the Chemistry Department • • 1 22, 23. He commendation from Dean Crowe for an additional appropriation of $15»000 for the budget of the Department of Counseling and Board of Examiners• 237! Change in title Paul Gray. Change in title Esther Everett Holmblade1 salary reim- bursed "by State '33d.' Yoc.' Edu. Iff. date appt. Cornel- ius Groenwoud Dec- 1, 19^= Inc. Roger Saur - Q-rad. Asst .;'• Chem. Henry R. Courtney to be \ time Institute of foreign Studies changed to International Institute• Additional amount s paid salaried people. Add- $20,000 approved for Chemistry •Sept.. Add. $15t000 Dept ••• Courts. & 3 d. Exam. 238C Clerk I posi- tion approved Stores Deptc Approval of changes in Music fees.. Statement from C. R. Erickson approved. Statement Ralph Cai&er Investment Harriet liin- ball Fee assets. December 19* 19k6 'MISOEIIABEOPS. continued 24* Request for an additional Clerk I position in the Stores Department. 25• The Administrative Group recommends the following changes in music fees; :a. That special fees for applied music and public school music be discontinued and that there be one fixed fee for all such students of $50 per quarter for piano rental, practice room, and private lessons* b. That students in the music curricula be charged $35 Ver quarter for private lessons which will include practice room and piano rental*• c. The music scholarships will be $50 per quarter- $25 for six weeks• 26# Statement from Claud S# Erickson in the amount of $17,373 for services rendered during the present year. Mr* Erickson does not wish to have this fee paid until after January 1» 19^7* 27• Statement from Ralph R. Calder in the amount of $30,000 for services revAerei or the Physics Building* 28." Communication from V .C Pratcher of the Detroit Trust Company relative to Investment of assets in the Harriet Kimball Pee trusteeship• On motion of Mr. Brody, seconded by Miss Jones, it was voted to approve the President *s Report, Resignations, Appointments, Leaves, Travel and Miscellaneous Items on which action does not already appear. I ADDITIONAL ITEMS •: Resignations Resignations 1.. Resignation of Margaret Parmelee as Manager of JTorth Hall, effective December 31V 19^+6 • 2« Resignation of Mrs* Hilda Petersen as Instructor in Written and Spoken English, effective December 31 > 3* Hesign&tion of William D. Baten as Professor of Mathematics, effective December 31, 19^6, It is recommended previous actions of to accept an appointment with the War Department, the Board increasing his salary to §5000 per year and granting travel expenses to Boston on December 27-29 be rescinded. k* Resignation of Charles ¥• Bachman as Football Coach and Professor of Physical Education, Health and Recreation for Ken, effective June 30, On motion of Mr. Mueller, seconded by Mr. Berkey, it was voted to accept the resignation of Mr. Bachman. Leaves 1. Continuation of leave with half pay for 19^-6* I a* Eino Siemala, Superintendent o f the Poultry Plant, from $2?60 to $3000 per year. b. Ed Smiley> Superintendent of the Dairy Herd, from $2760 to $3000 per year* c. Jo B. Cawood, Draftsman in Agricultural Engineering, from $2500 to $2750 per year* Change in the effective date of the appointment o: and Plant Pathology from January 1 to March lt ;. J. Alexopoulos as Professor of Botany 8. Re commendations from Dean Anthony for salary adjustments to be effective January 1 for the field workers in the Extension Service. After considerable discussion, on motion of Mr. Akers, seconded by Mr. Berkey, it \?as voted to approve in principle the salary schedule listed as Schedule D in the recommendations but with the understanding that the salary adjustments granted at this time to be effective January lt 19^7 are not to exceed the formula for salary adjustments granted to resident employees'at the December meeting of the Board. It is understood that the salary adjustments granted by this action are to be reviewed by the President who is authorized to make variations from this formula and schedule where deemed necessary with the understanding that such variations are to be reported to the Board at its next meeting. 9. George M. Brown, who was then a teacher of mathematics at Harrow, England, was appointed at the Board meeting of May 1? as Assistant Professor of Mathematics at a salary of $3600 per yeart effective September 1, 19^6« He made all of his plans to come but was unable to get passage for his family and arrived October !• He was not paid his September salary. His travel costs, rent, etc. are higher here than he anticipated, and since his failtire to arrive was due to no fault of his own and since his teaching load was carried by his colleagues, it is recommended he ^e id h is BeT)tenrt)er s aia r y. ~ 1 ton approved. :lcu Tile Retirement Committee recommends the retirement of Mrs. Carrie Thurston, employee in the £39,000 addedi i dormitories, at an annual retirement salary of $i|S0.00f effective December 31» 19^6* to.budget of ^ He?is. Off. : Request from the Registrar for an increase in the budget of the Registrar's Office in the amount of $39,000 "for this*'fiscal year. $5000 set up 12 for De*ot * of • Psychology. \ S3000 to re- vamp ec[uip~ 13, ment 2 Civil [ Engr. rooms ll S20,00Qadded to budget of I Library• j &sy punCii op . \ 5 Tab* Devi. " When the Depax-t&ent of Psychology was separated from Philosophy, there was no budget provided for the Department of Psychology. Dean Snnnons recommends that the budget for this department''be set up at 35000 for this fiscal year. Request from Dean Dirks for an additional $3000 to revamp the equipment in two of the Civil Engineering rooms. from the Library for an additional budget allowance of $20,000 for books and periodicals made necessary because of the increased enrollment in accordance with an itemized statement submitted by the Librarian. i. Request for an additional Key Punch Operator position in the Tabulating Department* This posi- tion will be in the Clerk I classification. Action def. ; on add. and 16. Request from Dea3 Anthony and Professor Tukey for changes and additions to the equipments of the equip. Hort. 1 Dept*. The Board appreciates the desirability of these changes for the Department of Horticulture, but in view of the present financial situation defers action. Horticulture Department. Statement £.H. Erickson app.17. Statement from C R. Erickson in the amount of $22t100 for engineering services during this year. Mr. Erickson requests that the bill be not paid until after January 1, 1947- I 5-day week 18. Recommendation that effective January 1 all clerical employees be put on a 5-day work week with, approved for] clerical I employees. the understanding that a skeleton force will be maintained to function Saturday morning, end. those persons who work on Saturday morning will have Monday morning off and insofar as possible will be rotated so that all employees receive similar treatment. This recommendation will not aimly to the Deans1 secretaries and other employees who are not included in the clerical group under the supervision of the Personnel Office. I On motion of Mr * Brody, seconded by Mr* 3erkey» it was voted to approve item 18. I I December 19, ADDITIONAL ITEMS, continued Miscellaneous, continued 19* Heport from the Ann Arbor Trust Company covering construction costs and funds.for Dormi- tories, Union Addition and Food Storage Building* On motion, of Mr*-Mueller,, seconded by Mr. Brody, it was voted to approve the Additional Items except those on which action appears. 20 Secretary McDonel reports that the horse barn that was moved to make way for Agricultural Engineering has cost more than was anticipated due to the fact that it was necessary to extend heat lines, water lines,, and sewer lines to the new location and a complete class- room has been fitted up in the building. The entire building has been equipped in a manner that will make it permanently useful for many purposes not originally contemplated/ The total estimated additional costs are $23,% Report from A .A.. Trust re s const, costs Overdraft in moving of horse barn to be taken from certain revolving funds. On motion of Mr.. Mueller, seconded by Mr* Brody, it was voted to approve the item with the under- standing that one-half of the amount be taken from revolving funds in Agriculture, either the "iorse Fund or any funds or budgets to be determined by the Dean of Agriculture and the Compt- roller. 21. The President discussed with the Board the recent directive of the Veterans Administration canceling their previous contracts with state-supported educational institutions in which they agreed to pay for all veterans under Act 3k6 at the regular out-of-state rate. After considerable discussion, on the motion of Mr, Mueller, seconded by Mr* Armstrong, it was voted to instruct the financial officers to continue to bill the Veterans Administration:in accordance with the regulations approved by the Board previously and at the out-of-state rate for all veteran students. The Board further expressed its displeasure at the apparent lack of understanding of the Veterans Administration .of.the problems faced by Michigan State College and all other publicly financed educational institutions and authorized the President and other officers of the institution to act in cooperation withother educational institutions in obtain- ing the rescinding of Order 268. 2. The President discussed with the Board some of the problems that arise in connection with the retirement .of Deans and Departments Heads and other administrative officials and suggested to the Board that they consider the advisability of granting such administrative employees the final year of active service as a leave with pay to perform such service as may be called for by the Institution/ On motion of Miss Jones, seconded by Mr. Brody, it was voted to approve the above recommendation. Mr. Brody moved that, this being the last meeting of the calendar year, the Board expresses its pleasure and appreciation to the President, Secretary, Comptroller and all other officers for their effective work during the last year. Seconded by Mr. Akers. Voted unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 2:;4-5 p.m* Secretary Veterans Adm« to be billed on basis of old agreement rather than new direc- tive. Final year of active service of deans, depart- ment heads, etc. to be on leave with) pay*