Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

J4NU,4RY MEETING, 1916

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of the Women's Department, with the understanding that
there should be certain rearrangement of the janitor service for the Barbour Gymnasium and that there should be
a woman attendant in the Barbour Gymnasium responsible
directly to the Dean of Women and not to the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds.
On motion of Regent Beal, Dr. Carl 0. Sauer was appointed Instructor in Geography for the second semester
of the present University year, at the salary of $700 for
the semester, as provided in the budget.
On motion of Regent Bulkley, Regoent Beal was appointed to make formal acceptance by the Regents of the
portrait of Dean Victor C. Vaughan painted by Gari Melchers, which portrait is to be presented to the University
at the exercises celebrating Founders' Day, February 22.
On motion of Regent Leland, the following resolution
was adopted:Resolved, That the Auditor General be requested to
set aside the unexpended balance in the mill tax of I914,
amounting to $57,ooo, into the Accumulation of Savings
Fund.
The Board considered the application of Mr. W. L,.
Peach to be registered as a resident of Michigan. While
recognizing the force of the arguments presented, the Regents found themselves unable to grant this request.
On motion of Regent Clements, leave of absence for
study was granted to Mr. F. L. D. Goodrich, of the General
Library, for the second semester of the present University
year. This leave is with salary, conditioned upon Mr. Goodrich's meeting the expense of satisfactorily caring for his
work during his absence.
On motion of Regent Beal, leave of absence, without
salary, was granted to Dr. Lee HI. Cone, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, for the second semester, in
order that Dr. Cone might do commercial work in the development of organic chemistry industries in this State. On
motion of Regent Beal, Dr. Oliver Kamm, on leave from
the University of Illinois, was appointed Instructor in Organic Chemistry for the second semester of the present
University year, at the salary of $750 for the semester, and