Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

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SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1936

Gifts were received as follows and accepted with thanks in accordance with their terms and conditions:From Parke, Davis and Company, Detroit, to the Thomas Henry Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research, a check for $450 to cover expenses
"for work on the standardization of antianemic preparations." The gift
came through Dr. Cyrus C. Sturgis from Dr. A. W. Lescohier, General Manager of Parke, Davis and Company.
From the Michigan Athletic Managers Club a check for $150, being a current
contribution of this Club for deposit to the credit of the Michigan Athletic
Managers Loan fund. This loan fund is administered by the University in
accordance with terms approved by the Regents (R.P. 1932-1936, page 530).
From the University Musical Society the sum of $25,000 to be added to the
University Musical Society Endowment Fund under the terms and conditions
accepted by the Regents in February, 1936 (R.P. 1932-1936, page 766)
From The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, the sum of $375, being onehalf of a grant to the Department of Surgery for continuation of the study
of surgical antiseptics (R.P. 1932-1936, page 490)
From The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, the sum of $375, being onehalf of a grant to the Department of Surgery, to be known as The Upjohn
Fund for Surgical Research, and to be expended under the supervision of
Dr. F. A. Coller
The following telegram having been received, without receipt of
the letter embodying terms and conditions therein mentioned, the
Regents referred their acceptance of the grant and procedure under its
terms and conditions, if found acceptable, to the President, Professor
L. M. Gram, Director of Plant Extension, and the Vice-President and
Secretary, subject to consultation with and approval of the Plant and
Equipment Committee. The proposed building is an addition to the
University Laundry. The telegram was as follows:This Administration has allotted to the University of Michigan docket,
Michigan Twelve Fifty-Three D, a grant of Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred
Nine Dollars for construction of a University building subject to the terms and
conditions of formal government offer and letter enclosing same to follow.
The President reported the following gifts, each of which was
accepted in accordance with its terms and with the thanks of the
Regents:From the National Committee for Mental Hygiene funds to be paid through the
period from November 15, 1936, to November 15, 1937, sufficient to continue the Dementia Praecox research project now being carried on (R.P.
1932-1936, page 807). Funds for this purpose are made available to the
National Committee by the Supreme Council 33d degree Scottish Rite Masons, Northern Jurisdiction
From Mr. William P. Harris, Jr., a check for $150 to be expended for research
work in mammals under the designation of The William P. Harris, Jr.,
Research in the Museum of Zoology
Martin J. Orbeck, C.E., was appointed Assistant Professor of
Mechanism and Engineering Drawing beginning November 1, 1936, for
the balance of the University year 1936-1937, with salary at the rate
of $2,400 for the University year. No increase in the present budget is
required.
The Board approved the present University year's budget of the
Department of Industrial Education of the School of Education, as
already approved by the State Board of Control of Vocational Educatin, as follows: