Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

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FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1936

With Campbell, Wyant, and Cannon Foundry Company, Muskegon, for study of
improved spectrographic analysis procedure for SI, MN, NI, MO, CU, and
CR, in cast iron; at an estimated cost of $850
With the Crossett Chemical Company, Crossett, Arkansas; for study of byproducts from wood distillation; at an estimated cost of $1,800
With the City of Detroit, Department of Public Works, Detroit, for investigation
of soil properties in connection with sewage disposal plant; at an estimated
cost of $3,000
With the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, for bodying linseed oil with Dowtherm heat; at an estimated cost of $1,500
With Julius D. Madaras, Detroit, for study of ore reduction; at an estimated
cost of $750
With the Michigan Alkali Company, Wyandotte, for utilization of carbonate
waste products; at an estimated cost of $1,200
With the Murray Corporation of America, Detroit, for study of special materials
for automobile body panels; at an estimated cost of $1,500
With the Murray Corporation of America, Detroit, for study of cushion springs;
at an estimated cost of $6,000
With the Murray Corporation of America, Detroit, for investigation of adhesives;
at an estimated cost of $1,500
With the Pan American Refining Company, New York City, for investigation
of heat-resisting alloy steel casting; at an estimated cost of $300
With the Philadelphia and Western Railway Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for fatigue tests to determine effect of built-up, welded car-wheel
flanges; at an estimated cost of $900
With Claude B. Schneible Company, Chicago, Illinois, for tests on the Schneible
multiwash dust collector; at an estimated cost of $600
With The Timken Steel and Tube Company, Canton, Ohio, for study of steels
for high-temperature purposes; at an estimated cost of $10,000
With Welsh and Green, Chicago, Illinois, for development of soybean products;
at an estimated cost of $1,000
With the Michigan State Highway Department, for study of stabilization of soils
and aggregates by addition of chemicals; at an estimated cost of $1,800
Extension of contract with the Calorizing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
in connection with high-temperature investigation of calite alloys; from
estimate of $3,000 to estimate of $5,000 (page 799)
Increase 4n allowance from Lyon, Incorporated, Detroit, on earlier contract for
study of control of quality of plating furnished; from $100 a month to
an average of $200 a month (page 701)
The Secretary reported the circumstances under which it had
proved impossible to carry out the direction of the Board with regard
to the housing of foreign students, under the terms and conditions laid
down (page 35), and under these circumstances the refusal of the
University administration to sign a lease with the owners of the property even though expenditures to a total of approximately $125 had
been made by the University for repair and reconditioning of the
house. The Board directed that no further expenditures of this sort
should be made though they had been requested by the fraternity
owning the house.
A letter of appreciation from Mr. Tom Baker, Supervisor of Munro
Township, Cheboygan County, was placed on file, expressing the satisfaction of his constituents with the action taken by the Board relative
to certain lands at Douglas Lake (R.P. 1932-1936, page 855).
The following resolution by the American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists, which held its Nineteenth Annual Meeting at this
University on August 31 and September 1, was placed on file:WHEREAS, The present meeting has been the most successful in the history
of this Society; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
expresses its deep gratitude to the Regents of the University of Michigan, to