Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

156 FEBRUARY MEETING, 1937
Actions of the Executive Committee were approved and ratified in
accordance with the minutes of the committee as follows (p. 138):
January 27, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
On recommendation by the Executive Committee of the Medical School, the
committee transferred the sum of $1,000 from the Salary budget of the Department of Psychiatry to the Current Expense account of Medical Administration.
Further, permission was given to use $600 from the remainder of the salary in
the Department of Surgery originally allocated to Dr. Eugene Potter, resigned,
for salary of Mrs. Ruth Champion, appointed stenographer for the period from
January 4, 1937, to June 30, 1937, at the rate of $100 a month. The committee
also approved the transfer of the sum of $250 from the Salary account of the
Department of Surgery to the Current Expense account for the purchase of
certain, equipment necessitated by the appointment of this additional stenographer.
January 29, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
The committee approved the use of the sum of $1,207 from the Woodward
Avenue Lease fund to cover the expense for furnishing the Carilloneur's study in
the Burton Memorial Tower.
January 29, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
At the request of Dr. Frank E. Robbins, the committee approved the use of
the balance remaining in the Michigan Studies Humanistic Series fund amounting
to $2,768.64, with the understanding that $496.41 can be had from the Scholarly
Publications fund, to complete payments of the publishing cost of The Karanis
Tax Rolls, edited by Mr. Herbert C. Youtie, Instructor in Greek and Research
Associate in Papyrology. The total bill amounted to $7,282.61, of which
$4,017.56 has already been paid from the Advanced Humanities fund.
January 29, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
The committee set aside the sum of $1,500 from the Baird Endowment fund,
for incidental expenses in connection with the celebration of the University's first
hundred years in Ann Arbor to be held in June, 1937, with the understanding that
requisitions for expenditures from this fund will be honored only if approved by
the President.
January 30, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
The committee accepted with sincere thanks to the donor the sum of $1,400
from Mr. James Inglis as an addition to the James and Elizabeth Inglis Fund
for Thoracic Surgery, with the understanding that the full amount be used for
the purchase of 200 copies of Dr. John Alexander's book, The Collapse Therapy
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, for distribution to certain libraries unable to buy it.
February 2, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
With the approval of the Executive Committee of the College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts, the committee placed Harry C. Carver, Professor of
Mathematics and Insurance in the Department of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, on a half-time basis for the second semester of the
University year 1936-1937, to permit him to engage in research for the Great
Island Holding Corporation. Under this arrangement Professor Carver will receive $1,050 for the second semester.
February 2, 1937
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Stone.
The committee appropriated the sum of $1,250 as an addition to the Salary
account of the University Museums to meet the immediate needs for the remainder
of the present University year only, for certain necessary services recommended
by Dr. Carl E. Guthe, Director of the University Museums.