Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

836

JULY MEETING, 1917

The Secretary filed a statenent made up by Mr. Christensen, the Assistant Secretary, of the fund known as the
Military Intelligence Bureau Account created by the Regents' appropriation of $2,500 at the meeting of March 30
(see page 7Io). This report showed total expenditures
from the fund of $I,717.05, leaving a balance of $782.95,
to which it was proposed to charge the traveling expense
voucher, of Mr. Francis Bacon who has been in charge of
the work of the Bureau, in the amount of $150.37. On
motion of Regent Sawyer the whole question of the use of
the remaining sum in this appropriation, should it be deemed wise by the Committee to use it, was referred with power to a Committee consisting of the President, Regent Beal,
and the Secretary.
Regent Hubbard read the following commulication
from the Swenson Evaporator Company of Chicago:To the Regenlts of the Ulliv'rsity of Mlichigan.
GENTLIE MI1N:On or about Miay 19, 1917, 1 made a verbal proposition
to Assistant Professor W. L. Badger to furnish and install
free of- expense to the University, certain machinery and
apparatus appertaining to Chemical Engineering. This
proposition was submitted to the Regents in a communication by Dean Cooley for consideration 5May 31, I917. On
receipt of a copy of it I wrote Dean Cooley June 6th, stating
our proposition at length. This letter, I am informed, was
sent to the Regents for consideration June 22nd, being
reached and considered the evening of June 26th. Dean
Cooley informed me that the entire matter was referred to
a special committee with power.
In a conference with Regent Hubbard in Chicago, July
18, and in further conference with the President, Regent
Hubbard, Dean Cooley and Professor Badger, in Ann Arbor, July i9th, the proposition was further discussed and
the following conclusions reached, which were not covered
in my previous letter:
The University agrees to furnish suitable space and do
any and all things necessary in fitting this space for.use as
a laboratory in Chemical Engineering, and adapting it for
the reception of the machinery and apparatus furnished by
the Swenson Evaporator Company.