Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1939-1942)

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SEPTEMIBER MEETING, 1940

July 22, 1940
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Cook, and Regent Shields.
The committee approved increase in the salary of Donald K. Anderson, Assistant to the Director, University News Service, from $1,800 to $2,000, twelve-month
basis, beginning July 1, 1940. The required sum of $200 was appropriated by the
committee from general funds.
August 5, 1940
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Cook, and Regent Shields.
The committee accepted with thanks to the donor the sum of $500 for the
"Arthur Andersen Fellowship in Accounting" for the University year 1940-1941
under the terms and conditions shown below. The Arthur Andersen Educational
and Research fund, the donor, has been established by Arthur Andersen and
Company, a well-known firm of public accountants with headquarters in Chicago,
Illinois.
1. Eligibility. Any male student in the School of Business Administration
who has completed a minimum of two years' residence at the University of
Michigan at the time of the award, and who will have completed, at the time
the degree of Master of Business Administration is awarded, courses constituting
a major in accounting in accordance with University requirements, shall be eligible
for consideration.
2. Awarding of Fellowship. The fellowship shall be awarded by a faculty
committee of the School of Business Administration, this committee to consist of
the Dean of the School, two accounting instructors, and two other members of the
School faculty to be selected by the Dean.
3. Basis of Award. In making the award the faculty committee shall consider the qualities of scholarship, leadership, and promise of future usefulness.
Scholarship shall be based on grades obtained in accounting and other subjects
for the period of residence previous to the granting of the award.
August 5, 1940
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Cook, and Regent Shields.
The committee approved the budget of the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater for
the fiscal year 1940-1941, as follows (p. 42):
Salaries:
H. A. Kenyon, Director, for the fiscal year..................... $1,000
E. G. Pascoe, Stage Manager, for the fiscal year................ 1,680
F. C. Otto, Assistant Janitor, for the fiscal year................. 720
Coat-room attendants, hourly basis............................ 200
Extra labor, hourly basis..................................... 165
$3,765
Current Expense and Equipment............................... 1,820
$5,585
This budget is in all respects the same as that for 1939-1940 except that
the item for current expense and equipment is greater by $48.
August 5, 1940
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Cook, and Regent Shields.
The committee approved the transfer of $1,800 from the Woodward Avenue
Lease fund to the Centennial Celebration fund as salary for Anne MAacLeod
Withrow, who appears on the budget of the Office of the Registrar as Editorial
Assistant, for the period from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941 (p. 42).
August 6, 1940
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Cook, and Regent Shields.
On recommendation by the Executive Faculty of the Medical School, the
committee approved the appointment of Dr. Malcolm H. Soule to membership in
the Executive Committee of the Medical School for the period from September 1,
1940, to August 31, 1943, vice Dr. Howard B. Lewis, whose term has expired
(R.P. 1936-1939, p. 346).
August 6, 1940
Present, President Ruthven, Regent Cook, and Regent Shields.
On recommendation by the Executive Committee of the College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts and by Dr. Robert C. Angell, Chairman of the Department
of Sociology, the committee appointed Luther Lee Bernard, Ph.D., Professor of
Sociology for the second semester of the University year 1940-1941 only, with