Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

JUNE MEETING, 1915

189

On motion of Regent Clements and on his estimate that
the expenditures could be made within the amount originally
allowed for the new Science Building, the Board authorized
the following expenditures for that building:Elevator.................................$......$,800
Vacuum cleaner system............................,000
Library stacks..................................... 3,000
On motion of Regent Bulkley, the following resolution
was adopted:Resolved, That a committee consisting of Regent Sawyer, Regent Clements, and Regent Hanchett be authorized
to incur an expense of $I,000 or less to secure a preliminary
survey or ground plan of hospital construction adapted to
the needs of this University.
On motion of Regent Hanchett, leave of absence for the
University year 1915-I916 for the purpose of study and
research was granted to Assistant Professor R. R. Mellon
of the Homoeopathic Medical School on condition that Dr.
Mellon should, at his own expense, make provision, adequate
and satisfactory to the Dean and the President, for the care
and conduct of his work during his period of absence.
On motion of Regent Hanchett, Mr. Alfred H. Povah
was appointed to the Emma J. Cole Fellowship in Botany
for the year I915-I916, with a stipend of $500.
A communication was received from Professor Alfred
H. White, with another communication on the same subject
from Dean Guthe, relative to the payment of fees by holders
of the Gas Engineering Fellowship and other commercial
fellowships. On motion of Regent Bulkley, this communication was referred to a committee consisting of the President
and two members of the Board to be appointed by the
President, with the request that they report thereon at the
July meeting. The President named Regent Bulkley and
Regent Beal as the other members of the committee.
On motion of Regent Beal, the salary of Assistant Professor W. F. Hunt was increased to $I,800 for the year
I915-I916. The sum allowed for Assistants in the Department of Mineralogy was decreased by $Ioo.
At this point the Board adjourned for lunch.