Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1936-1939)

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JULY MEETING, 1938

Bureau of Co-operation with Educational Institutions, into the year 1938-1939.
This was done because of need for additional traveling expenses now foreseen.
July 6, 1938
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
On recommendation by Librarian Bishop, the committee granted leave of
absence, without salary, to Mirs. Nellie T. Thornton, in Charge of Graduate
Reading Room No. 3, General Library, for the period from September 19, 1938,
to June 30, 1939. This leave of absence will enable Mrs. Thornton to accompany
Professor J. E. Thornton of the Department of Engineering English when he
is on his sabbatical leave, request for which will be acted upon by the Regents
at the meeting to be held on July 29, 1938. The necessity for action at this
time arose from the fact that Dr. Bishop will have to make arrangements to
take care of Mrs. Thornton's work and to adjust the vacation periods of others
on the staff.
July 6, 1938
Present, the President, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
The committee approved, without precedent, the payment of a 5% contribution toward the premium on Dr. William Harris Wynne's old-age annuity during
the year 1938-1939. Dr. Wynne was appointed Associate Professor of Economics
for one year in place of Professor Remer, on leave without salary, at the June 17,
1938, meeting of the Board (p. 568). Consideration of payment of the 5%
on Dr. Wynne's annuity was inadvertently not given attention at the June
meeting.
July 9, 1938
Present, the President, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
Under circumstances growing out of a resurvey and correction of error
thereby, with consequent change in the description from that appearing in the
original contract of sale, the committee approved warranty deed to Frances
Saley conveying the following property (R.P. 1932-1936, p. 495, R. E. 80-A):
Parts of lots number fifty-seven and fifty-eight of White's Addition to the
City of Ann Arbor, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning on the east line of South State Street two hundred thirty and
fifty-four one hundredths (230.54) feet north of the northeast corner of South
State Street and Dewey Avenue; thence continuing northerly along the east
line of South State Street, forty-eight (48) feet; thence easterly at right angles to
State Street, a distance of one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet; thence southerly parallel to State Street forty-eight (48) feet; thence westerly one hundred
thirty-two (132) feet to the place of beginning; being parts of lots number
fifty-seven (57) and fifty-eight (58) of White's Addition to the City of
Ann Arbor.
July 11, 1938
Present, the President, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
The committee appropriated not to exceed $2,000 to cover the cost of certain
alterations as requested by Dean E. H. Kraus, as follows:
The north room on the first floor of Mason Hall, formerly used by the
Editorial Office, is to be converted into a large general office and six private
offices for the use of the student counselors of the Literary College. This will
involve moving the present postal carrier's quarters to a new location, namely,
the space in University Hall now occupied by the office of Dr. Carl Rufus. The
total estimated cost of these changes will be $1,065.
The Dictaphone Station in the basement of James B. Angell Hall will be
moved into space vacated by the Sorting and Tabulating Station, making available
one large classroom. Also the office formerly occupied by Mrs. Church, Director
of the Horace H. Rackham Fund, will be converted into a classroom. These
changes will be made within an estimated cost of $859.
July 12, 1938
Present, the President, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
The committee authorized transfer of $900 from the Woodward Avenue Lease
fund to the Centennial Celebration fund to provide salary for Mrs. Anne M.
Withrow for the period from July 1, 1938, to December 31, 1938 only, in her
work on the University of Michigan Encyclopedia.
Tuly 15, 1938
Present, the President, Regent Beal, and Regent Shields.
The committee gave authority to the Vice-President and Secretary to sign
a receipt for a final settlement with the representatives of the estate of the late
Joseph A. Bartholomew of Naples, New York, who died in 1912 and whose wife,
until her death in January 1938, had the income from his property. The settle