Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

OCTOBER MEETING, 1914

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provide for the purchase of new equipment made necessary
by the increase in the number of students.
On motion of Regent Sawyer, the sum of $800 was
added to the budget of the Dental Department to provide
for an additional instructor.
On motion of Regent Sawyer, the request of the Michigan State Normal College was granted for the admission
of its students to the University Hospital without certificate
of inability to pay usual minimum professional fees.
Regent Sawyer presented the following communication
from Dean V. C. Vaughan, addressed to the President:Dear Sir:Dr. Wim. E. Upjohn, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has
offered to provide a fellowship, for research in my own
special work for the present year, of one thousand dollars.
I recommend that this offer be accepted on the following
basis:I. Dr. Upjohn will pay to the Treasurer of the University of Michigan sometime during the month of October,
I914, three hundred ($300.o0) dollars; sometime during the
month of January, 1915, three hundred ($300.00) dollars;
sometime during the month of April, 1915, four hundred
($400.oo) dollars.
2. That Roy Webster Pryer, M.S., be appointed Upjohn
Fellow in Research at $Iooo.oo for the college year to begin
October i, I914.
3. That I be allowed to select one or two assistants
as I may find feasible to fill the place now occupied by
Mr. Pryer, and to dispose of the salary w'hich now goes to
Mr. Pryer, $750.00.
Respectfully submitted,
V. C. VAUGHAN,
Dean of the Medical Faculty.
October I2, I914.
On motion of Regent Sawyer, the gift by Dr. Upjohn
of $Iooo for the Upjohn Fellowship in Research was accepted, with thanks. On motion of Regent Sawyer, Roy
Webster Pryer was appointed Upjohn Fellow in Research
at $Iooo for the year, beginning October I, 1914.
On motion of Regent Sawyer, Dean Vaughan was
authorized to select successors to Mr. Pryer, in accordance
with request in the communication.