Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

JULY MEETING, 1938 603
Music, has recommended, and the committee approved the recommendation, that
the amount remaining in the salary originally allocated to Professor Pratt,
namely, $2,916.68, be used to engage guest carillonneurs until a permanent
appointment can be made.
Further, the committee appointed Mr. Frank Percival Price, Dominion
Carillonneur at the Peace Tower, Parliament Building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
for the period from September 20 to October 30, 1938, with compensation of
$1,110 for the period.
June 22, 1938
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
On recommendation of the committee consisting of Dr. Robbins, Assistant to
the President, the Librarian, and the Dean of the Horace H. Rackham School
of Graduate Studies, the Michigan Press Association was added to the list of
organizations to which the University pays dues. It is understood that the dues
of $20 a year are to be charged to the Current account of the Department of
Journalism.
June 23, 1938
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
On recommendation by Dean James B. Edmonson, the committee granted
leave of absence, without salary, for the University year 1938-1939 to Edgar
G. Johnston, Associate Professor of Secondary Education and Principal of the
University High School, to permit him to accept a position as field worker with
the Co-operative Study of Secondary Schools Standards for that period. This
action necessitates no addition to the Salary budget of the School of Education.
June 23, 1938
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
The committee, on recommendation by the President, appointed the following
to membership in the Executive Committee of the Institute of Public and Social
Administration (p. 528):
Professor Arthur B. Moehlman, July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1941
Assistant Professor Edgar M. Hoover, Jr., July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1940
Professor Arthur W. Bromage, July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939
June 24, 1938
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
On recommendation by the Executive Committee of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Professor Dwight L. Dumond was granted leave of
absence with full salary for a six-weeks period, beginning February 4, 1939, to
permit him to accept an invitation from the University College of the University
of London, to give a series of eight lectures on the history of the Civil War.
It is understood that Professor Dumond will pay from his own salary the cost
of a satisfactory substitute to carry on his work during his absence, so that no
addition to the budget will be necessitated by this action.
June 25, 1938
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
The committee, on recommendation of the Alumni Association, approved the
elections of the following officers of the Alumni Association for the terms named:
R. Spencer Bishop, '08, Flint, President, for two years, beginning June 16, 1938
Christian F. Matthews, '19, '211, Mt. Clemens, Vice-President, for one year,
beginning June 16, 1938
Marie Winsor Stebbins, '06, Marshall, Vice-President, for one year, beginning
June 16, 1938
Louis P. Jocelyn, '87, Ann Arbor, Secretary, for one year, beginning June 16,
1938
In addition, the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association was named
as follows, all for one year, beginning June 16, 1938:
Alexander G. Ruthven, President of the University, ex officio
R. Spencer Bishop, President of the Alumni Association, ex officio
Emory J. Hyde, '041, Director
Christian F. Matthews, '19, '211, Director
Shirley W. Smith, '97, A.M. '00
James B. Edmonson, '06, A.M. '10
Lewis M. Gram, 'Oie
June 30, 1938
Present, the President, Regent Shields, and Regent Beal.
The committee authorized carrying over whatever balance there may be,
presumably not over $350, from this year's traveling expense account of the