Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

JANUARY MEETING, 1938

433

Actions of the Operating Committee were approved and ratified in
accordance with the minutes of the committee as follows (p. 409):
December 6, 1937
The committee appropriated the sum of $25 as an addition to the Administration account "State University Association," making the total available $50
instead of $25 as originally appropriated by the Regents when the budget was
fixed. The dues of the National Association of State Universities have been increased from $25 to $50 a year, necessitating this increase (p. 432).
December 14, 1937
The committee approved an addition to the Current account of the Bureau of
Coiperation with Educational Institutions in the amount of $125 to provide funds
for the publication in permanent form of a list of reference books and magazines
for use in the small high-school libraries of the State where a trained librarian
is usually not available. This material was first mimeographed and distributed in
the fall of 1936, and has proved to be so useful that Miss Edith Thomas in
charge of Library Extension Service and her staff have rearranged the material
and brought it up to date so that it will be useful for several years in the future.
The standing committees of the Board were recast as follows
(R.P. 1932-1936, p. 751):
I. EXECUTIVE IV. EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
The President, Chairman The President, Chairman
Regent Beal Regent Cram
Regent Shields Regent Stone
II. FINANCE V. PUBLIC RELATIONS
Regent Stone, Chairman Regent Hemans, Chairman
Regent Beal Regent Crowley
Regent Cook Regent Lynch
III. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT VI. STUDENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS
Regent Cook, Chairman Regent Cram, Chairman
Regent Crowley Regent Hemans
Regent Lynch Regent Shields
The following report of audit was accepted and placed on file by
the Regents (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 579):
Gentlemen:
At the request of Mr. S. W. Smith, Vice-President and Secretary, I have
made an examination of the receipts and disbursements of the Publication Fund
established by the late Regent William L. Clements. Mr. Smith acted as trustee
of this fund.
A certificate was obtained from the Ann Arbor Savings and Commercial Bank,
successor to the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, the depository, stating that the
deposits totaling $13,506.02 as recorded in the pass book were in agreement
with their records.
The total disbursements including returned receipt items of $27.75 were
$13,506.02. Of this sum $113.28 was turned over to the Board of Regents on
June 4, 1935, and represented the balance in the account at that time. All disbursements were adequately supported by vendors' invoices and other data.
Very truly yours,
December 17, 1937 R. P. BRIGGS, C.P.A.
The Secretary filed a tabulation of names on the payroll of the
University for the month of November, 1937, showing 4,843 names
as compared with 4,643 names in November, 1936 (p. 161).
The following contracts, supplemental contracts, and purchase
orders made or accepted by the Department of Engineering Research
were placed on record (p. 411):
Contracts
With the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, for study of theory of evaporator
design; at an estimated cost of $500
With the Michigan Alkali Company, Wyandotte, for studies of calcium carbonate
as a coating material; at an estimated cost of $5,000