Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture May 22, 1936

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1 { Mnutes of the Meetng of the State Board of Agrculture May 22, 1936 Present: Messrs. Brody (Charman), Berkey, Daane, Halstead, Mrs. Wlson; Presdent Shaw, Comptroll Wkns and Secretary Hannah, Absent: Mr. Downng, Superntendent Ellott. The meetng was called to order at 10:15 A.M. The mnutes of the prevous meetng were approved havng been sent to the Board members. RESIGMTIOKS, APPOIJ^/nlSPrS AM) LEAVES 1. Resgnaton of Mr. Albert L. Trowbrdge, half-tme graduate assstant n Sols, effectve May 17, Appontment of Mr. Donald B. Ebnger as Extenson Specalst and Instructor n Agrcultural Engneerng, effectve June 1, 1936 at a salary of $ per year (one-half, Smth-Lever; one-half, College funds). Mr. Ebnger replaces Mr. H. J. Gallagher (resgned). 3. Appontment of Mr. Ernest B. Harper as Professor and Head of the Department of Socology, effectve September 1, 1936 at a salary of fe$ per year. 4. Appontment of Dr. Hoy J. Burrows as Assstant Professor and Research Assstant n Economes, effectve September 1, 1S36 at a salary of ^2400 per year (one-thrd, Purnell; two-thrds, College funds). 5. Request for authorzaton to employ an addtonal Instructor n Accountng and General Economcs, wth appontment to be effectve September 1, 1935 at a salary of per year. The Graduate Councl recommends the followng replacement appontments for Botany Contnuaton of Harold L. Barnett as half-tme graduate assstant for TT - Contnuaton of Keth K. Kreag as half-tme graduate assstant for T? - Appontment of John B. Routen as half-tme graduate assstant for , replacng Buford H. Grgsby. 4. TT - Appontment of Coln W. Robertson as half-tme graduate assstant for replacng Ralph W. Lews. 5. Entomology - Appontment of Herbert E. Mllorn as half-tme graduate assstant for replacng James M. Msrrtt. 6. Home Economcs-Contnuaton of Mss Elsabeth-Tracy as half-tme graduate assstant n Home Management and Chld Development for Sols - Contnuaton of Man Mck as half-tme graduate assstant for Zoology - Contnuaton of James T. Wlknson as half-tme graduate assstant durng " - Appontment of Clare P. Pocklngton as half-tme graauate assstant for , replacng Walter E. Heston. 7. Recommendaton that leave wthout pay be granted Mss Opal Glpn, stenographer n the Department of Anmal Pathology, for a perod not to exceed sx weeks, begnnng.may 8, On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the resgnatons, appontments and leaves. TRAVEL 1. Request for an allowance of ralroad mleage only to Urbana, Illnos, and. return, so that Dr. G. N. Motts may attend the Amercan Insttute of Cooperaton, to be held June 15th to 19th. 2. Request for mleage expenses on one car to Urbana, Illnos and return, so that members of the Farm Management staff may attend Amercan Insttute of Cooperaton meetngs June 18th to 20th. o. A Request for mleage expenses on one car to Urbana, Illnos, and return, so that members of the Economcs Extenson staff may attend Amercan Insttute of Cooperaton meetngs June 15th to 18th. Request for out-of-state travel to Chcago and return for Mr. J. M. Moore and. Mr Shear, so that they may attend a meetng called, by the Bureau of Anmal Industry durng the week of May 25th. Expenses wll be pad ''oy the U. S. Department of Agrculture and the Mchgan Poultry Improvement Assocaton, respectvely. 5. Request for all expenses to Washngton and return for Mss Margaret Harrs, so that she may supervse a Chld Care and Development exhbt at the conference of the Assocated Country Women of the World, May 29th to June 8th. Expenses are to be charged to Federal Smth-Lever funds.

2 1238 May 22, 1935 Travel TKAYJSL, contnued 6. Request for full expenses to Washngton and return for'drector Baldwn and Professor Musselman, so that they may confer wth Rural Electrfcaton Admnstraton'offcals* 7. Request for leaves for fve Home Economcs Extenson workers (Msses Hershey, McKnney, Res, Noyes, and Strow) so that they may attend meetngs of the Assocated Country 'Women of the World at Washngton, D. C. Expenses val be borne by the ndvduals. 8. Request for mantenance expenses for Mss Beatrce Boyle anc Mr. A* 0. Kettunen, v;ho wll be n charge of Mchgan delegates to the Natonal 4-K Club Camps at Washngton, June 15th to 26th. Transportaton wll be pad fron Mchgan State Far funas. 9. Request for full expenses to Washngton and. return for Drector Baldwn, so that he may attend a specal Land Or ant College Assocaton cornmttee meetng June 18th to 22nd. 10. Request for mleage allowance on one automoble to State College, Pennsylvana, and return, so that members of the Dary Department staff may attend meetngs of the Amercan Dary I Scence Assocaton, June 15th to 29th. 11. Request for an allowance on the expenses of Dr. I. F. Buddleson, who has been nvted to speak before the Second Internatonal Congress of Mcrobology to be held n London, England, July'25th to August 1st. Transportaton expense only s estmated at d "2^5.^0; mantenance and necessary ncdentals wll brng the cost of the trp to between ^ and ^ Request for ralroad fare at conventon rates to Whte Sulphur Sprng and return, so that Professor G-. ^. Ho bos may attend the annual meetng of the Socety of Automotve Engneers, May 31st to June 5th. 13. Request for allowance of the expenses ($91,41) ncurred by Coach lendley Collns and Walter Jacobs n attendng the U. S. Olympc Wrestlng Try-outs at Betheehe.m, Pennsylvana, Aprl 14th to 19th. On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the travel requests except those n tems 1 and 11. Pres.authorzed to make MISCELLANEOUS appontments of addtonal^ p # Request of the Presdent for Board authorzaton to make such appontments of addtonal mst. & grad- graduate assstants and of new nstructors for as t may be necessary to make before a.sssxants ^>, e j une meetng of the Board. On moton of Mr. Halstead, seconded by Mr. "Berkey, t was voted to approve the above request. Pee of 5.00 mposed on students admtted after Sept. 10th. 2. request for Board approval of the follovang Faculty acton: "For the comng year fall terra admssons to college shall close for undergraduate students, wthout specal fee, on September 10th. After that tme all new undergraduate students, ncludng transfers from other nsttutons, are to be charged an addtonal fee of 5.00 by the Regstrar's offce, the fee not to be subject to a revewng board and to be waved only by the Regstrar when she s satsfed that the delay was not- the fault of the applcant". App. of dplomas to be granted canddates fagraduaton, exc App, of Hon. Degrees. Approval of 1937 football schedule as far as completed. 1.1 r. Young & < Coach Eachraan authorzed to arrange for football games for 19¾ season wth Notre Dame, Oho State, or any other named. On moton of Mr. Halstead, seconded by Ivr. Berkey, t was voted to approve the above Faculty acton. 3. "Recommendaton that dplomas be granted to those canddates for graduaton and for advanced degrees who shall have completed the requrements at the end of the sprng terra, accordng to the "Regstrar 1 s records. 4. Re commendaton for approval of the grantng of such honorary degrees as may have the approval of the Admnstratve Group and the Faculty. On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Halstead, t was voted to approve tems 3 and Presentaton for Board approval of the 1937 football schedule, so far as completed. On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the 1937 football schedule, so far as completed. 6. Recommendaton from Drector Young that he be authorzed to arrange for football games n East Lansng durng the 1938 football season wth any of the followng teams at the guarantees specfed: Guarantee. 2.0,000 Notre Dame Unversty, Oho State, Mnnesota, Illnos or Northwestern. 15,000 Wsconsn, Iova or Purdue «r 10,000 Ino.ana or Chcago 8,000 On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted that Coach Young be authorzed to close the deal v;th any of the teams named above on the best possble.bass not to exceed the amounts of guarantees scheduled, preferably wth any of the frst two groups named.

3 May 22, v'iiscelllmous, contnued! LaVerne Noyes 7. Report on nformaton from the Estate of LaVerne Ifcyes that the sum of ^ s agan to be j scholarshps, made avalable for LaVerne No yes scholarshps (avalable to the chldren of VJorld War \ approved/ veterans) durng ] On moton of Mr* Broay, seconded by Mr. Daane, t was voted to approve the above tem. \ Compt. authorj ; to trans.at 8. Request of the Comptroller for authorzaton to transfer at least 50f of any balance left after least 50% of operaton charges for the present year have been made to a rehabltaton fund (not provded j an Y bal. left for n tentatve budget). after opera. : charges have On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr* Brody, t was voted to approve the above request. been made to 9. Recommendaton that debts owed by the Wells Hall Boardng Club amountng to approxmately ^ , ncurred n prevous years, be pad by the College. rehab, fund. Wells Hall Boardng Club debt of $3000 On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded.by Mr. Berkey, t was voted to approve the above recommendaton. pd. by colleg^ 10. Presentaton of grant of by the Tobacco By-Products and Chemcal Corporaton of Grant ofs350 Lousvlle for expermental work to be carred on by the Entomology Secton, Experment Staton oj Tobacco (per understandng on fle). By-rroducts accented. 11. Presentaton of grant of ^ by the Amercan Cyanamd and Chemcal Corporaton of New York for specal research work by the Entomology Secton, Experment Staton (per agreement on fle)". On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve- tems 10 and Request of the Comptroller for authorzaton to obtan a total of # deposted n the East Lansng State Bank to the credt of the Unon Memoral Buldng and not turned over when the College took control of the Buldng. On moton of Mr. Brody, seconded by Mr. Halstead, t was voted to approve the above request. 13. Recommendaton of the Dormtory Commttee that the salary of Mrs. Ledah Thompson, Unon Dormtory chaperon, be ncreased by ylo.oo per month, effectve May 1st and contnung untl the close of the summer sesson. Mrs. Thompson has taken on added responsblty wuh the termnaton of Mr. Rggs 1 connecton wth the Unon. by Am. Cyanamd accepted. Compt. author, to obtan U of Unon funds n.ft. L. St. Salary of Mrs J Thompson advanced per month. I On moton of Mr. Brody, seconded by Mrs. Wlson, t was voted to approve the above recommendaton. 14". Request of the Comptroller for an addton of to hs offce budget, coverng expendtures for the balance of the rjresent year. On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the above request, funds to be drawn from the reserve fund. 15. Request for an addton of $ to the budget of the Department of Physcal Educaton for Men to cover expenses for the rest of the current year. (Funds to be taken from the reserve fund). 16. Request for the transfer of an unexpended amount of Purnell salares of approxmately $3000 to the Purnell Staton Drector's Offce budget. 17. Request for the transfer of from the Short Course budget to the budget for Farmers 1 Week and Exhbts (needed because of unusual expenses durng the 1936 Farmers 7 fteek). 18. Request for the transfer of the followng amounts from the budgets for State Interscholastc Swmmng and State Interscholastc Track, whch have unexpended balances of and respectvely: Tractor (Athl. Assoc.) Offce On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve tems lo, 16, 17 and Request of the Assocated Women Students for the restoraton of A.W.S. aues -co twenty cents per woman student per term. (Lues are ten cents per term now). On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Kalstead, t was voted to approve the above request. 20. Purchase of new unforms for Band. On raoton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Berkey, t was voted to authorze the Comptroller to get bds on band unforms and submt seme at the next Board meetng. 21. Polcy relatve to leaves of absence. 1. Staff members who have gven several years of satsfactory servce to the college may apply to the Presdent and the State Board of Agrculture, through ther department "heads and deans, for leaves of absence for study or other self-mprovement added to Comptroller budget. v750 added to budget, of Dept. of Phys«ld. for Men V3000 trans, from Purnell salares to Purnell Sta. Dr. Offce. 50 to Farmer 1 s Week. Trans, from budgets for St. Inter. Swm & Track Dues of A.W.S. restored to '' 20< per woman I student per" ;.j term. Compt. to get ; bds on band unforms. Polcy relatve to leaved of absence.

4 1 : 2'40 May 22, 1936 MISCILLAflLOUS (contnued}. Polcy rela- j 21, tve to leaves of absence apdroved. Polcy relatve to leaves of absence, contnued, 2. In case of requests for one year T s leave, properly recommended, th^ 'Board wll consder leave wth remuneraton of half the annual salary. 3. In case of request for recommended leave of half a year or less, the Board wll consder leave wth full salary contnued. On moton of Mr* tfrody, seconded by Mr. Berkey, t was voted to approve the above polcy relatve to leaves of absence whch has been followed, for the past several years. Attenance Offce to be attached to Regstrar's Offce. PKl^l-Uj^T ' b xtj^roxtj.o 1. Report for Board record (letter to Professor J. W. Steward on fle) that n future the Attendance Offce s to be attached to the Offce of the Regstrar, n whom fnal responsblty for attendance supervson work s to rest. Prof* Stexvard to contnue on half tme as Sup. of Attendance. Trans, of ^ 75 from St. Interschol. Track to Fr. Track budget. Lmploy. of Mrs. Rathke Sprng terra. LmmOIIS to 4. attend Korth Central Assoc. Meetng. C. WS Chamberlan travel to Washngton - auto mleage approved for Dean of V-'OTnen T s bud. Granvlle,. Wr. Austn few York Cty Mrs. Lynde to Chcago. Llrec. Young & Coach Baolman to Columbus, 0. Further, request for Board acton on settng of salary for Professor Steward, who on May 1st dscontnued hs work n the Department of Drawng and Desgn and s contnung on half-tne only as Supervsor of Attendance. On moton of Mr. Baane, seconded by Mr. Brocy y t was voted that Professor Steward be placed on retrement salary at 1500 per year, effectve July 1, Approval of the transfer of ^75.00 from the State Interscholastc Track, budget to the Freshmen Track budget, to cover expenses of holdng the Sagnaw Hgh School rleet n Sagnaw rather than n Past Lansng as planned. 7, o. Authorzaton of the employment of Mrs. Ethel Rathke as Instructor n Modern Languages durng the sprng term, at the rate of S for the term (labor payroll bass)* Delegaton of Dean L. C. Pmmons to attend?7th expenses pad, the Rorth Central Assocaton annual meetng n Chcago, Aprl 2-rd to 5th. Authorzaton of ralroad and pullman fare to Washngton, L. C. and return (S42.58) for Professor C. W. Chamberlan, who ve.s asked to speak before the Amercan Physcal Socety and Amercan Optcal Socety Meetngs Aprl SOth to May 2nd. Approval of payment of one-half automoble mleage expense from East Lansng to Granvlle, Oho, and return from the Dean of Women*s budget, snce Mss Peterson of that offce chaperoned student representatves who attended the annual meetng of the Women's Student U-overnng croups, Aprl Ibth to 18th. Approval of ralroad and pullman fare to New York Cty and return for Dr* Austn, so that he mght attend the annual meetng of the Amercan Assocaton of Adult Educaton, held May 18th to 21st. Approval of out-of-state travel to Chcago for Mrs* Lyda Ann Lynde, so that she mght pttftnr a conference on Chld Care and Parent educaton called for May 14th and 15th. Expenses were defrayed by the Natonal Councl of Parent Educaton. 9. Approval of travel wth full expenses to Columbus, Oho, and return for Drector Young and Coach Bachman, so that they may attend the annual football schedule meet ns: of the Western meetng- of the Western Conference to be hela May 22 nd. and 23rd. On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the Presdent's Reports. BUIL33IM3- CQWaTT&E ITLMS Purchasng Agent author- 1. It s recommended that the Purchasng Agent be advsed to make coal contracts for the year zed to make as follows: coal contracts for 5000 tons v;th a dfferental of 10¾ more of less of 1%" x 2 V Logan-Chlton nut from mne #3 - Amherst Fuel Company at $1.60 per ton. (Shpments - 10 cars the 1st week of each month startng August 3rd) tons wth a dfferental of 10% more or less of 2" \LP.S. Blue Damond - Sunnybrook Coal Company at SI.50 per ton. (Shpments - 20 cars the 2nd. veek of each month startng August 10} tons v-jh a dfferental of 1QS more or less of 2 :r N.P.G. ;lue Jacket - natfela Campbell Creek Coal Company at v-1.60 per ton. (Shpments - 20 cars the 3rd week of each month startng August 17). On moton of Mrs., Wlson, seconded by Mr. Daane, t v;as voted, to approve the purchase ot coal as recommended n tem 1. Screens for doors <k wn- j 2. The Dormtory Commttee recommends the mmedate purchase of screens for doors and wndows dows to be n Wells Kal. purchased for Wells Hall. On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Brody, t Has voted to approve the above recommendaton funds to come from the reserve fund.!

5 May:-22., BUILDING COMMITTEE ITJMS, contnued (Beds, mattress jes,' dressers, 3-. The Dormtory Commttee recommends the purchase of 69 mattresses, 50 sngle beds, reparng of :ete. to be 15 double beds, purchase of sx chars, 12 dressers, sx tables and the reparng of other :purchased for furnture n Wells Hall, 'Wells Kal* On moton of Mr. Brody, seconded by Mr. Daane, t was voted to approve the above recommendaton. lurchase of 4. Mr. Bredland owns 1-1/10 acres of land bounded on two sdes by college property, on the west :1-10 acres by Harrson Road, on the north by the Pere Marquette Ralroad. Mr. Fredland contemplates ;of land owned buldng a junk: yard on ths property. Mr. Eudson and Dean Anthony recommend ts mmedate pur--y ^r* : 'redchase. Mr. Fredland s not anxous to sell. There s no assurance that he wll accept #1600, ^anc authorthe prce mentoned n dscusson between Mr. Fredland. and Mr. Hudson. ;zed, On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Kalstead, t was voted to authorze the purchase of ths strp of land up to an amount of #1500.!&o acton on request of 5. Wllamston Homecomng Assocaton s requestng the Board for the loan of bleacher seats for pvllamston the VJllamston Home Comng on August 5, 7, and 8- They agree to take care of transportaton jlomecomng for and repars. use - blea-. cher seats. Wo acton. 6. The sklled labor stuaton n the Unon wpa project. Sklled labor crews on ths project have been reduced to almost nothng. There are practcally no sklled laborers on relef n ths Pres. Sec. & dstrct. WPA are unable to furnsh the necessary sklled labor for completng the parts of the Com P^«authorbuldng requrng t but have agreed to furnsh the carpenters f we wll provde the brck zed to nre masons and tle masons. The present crew wll do as much as they can. If they were to do sklled labornothng the total labor cost for all brck mason work mght amount to It s probable ^ completethat ths crew wll be able to complete 1/3 or more of ths work whch wll requre an expend- ^^ project ture that may reach $5000. ; n unon. summer. On moton of Mr. Daane, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to authorze the Presdent, Secretary and Comptroller to hre the sklled, labor requred to complete the WPA project at a cost not to exceed 5000, money to he drawn from the reserve fund. ; Onon -Blag, to ;be closed 7. In order to expedte the completon of the Unon Buldng t s recommended that the Unon ;from June 27 on s11 Buldng be closed on June 27th for the summer perod to be reopened after September 1st. Ths : ncludes the closng of the food servce and the dormtory. On moton of Mr. Brody, seconded by Mrs. Wlson, t was voted to approve the above request. Structural S. The necessary structural changes on the fourth floor of the Engneerng Buldng to accomodate cnanges on Chemcal Engneerng wll cost approxmately S53QG. The necessary addtonal equpment wll 4th^floor of cost an addtonal $4000. It s desrable that work be started so that facltes wll be engneer.jl dg. completed before the begnnng of the next school year. approved. On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the above tem. Hall of Admn 9. The Secretary requests authorzaton to clean up and redecorate, patch plaster, and repar star- s^ra ^on - c S* case n the hall of the admnstraton buldng to be. pad, for from Secretary's Offce funds. ^ oe c±eanea redecorated, On moton of Mrs. Wlson, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the above tem. etc. Insurance 10. It s recommended that an nsurance premum amountng to $15.44 on bolers be authorzed. Ths premum, of s necessary due to boler changes. S15.44 on bolers On moton of Mr. Brody, seconded by Mr. Berkey, t was voted to approve the above tems. authorzed. 11. It s recommended that addtonal fre nsurance coverng the new farm buldngs be authorzed Addtonal frs amountng to 7500 on the Dary Expermental Barn ^7500 on Blacksmth ana Sales Barn and j'looq Insurance on on the Horse Breedng Barn. ; nev '' farm bldgs authorzed. On moton of Mr. Berkey, seconded by Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the above tem. The meetng adjourned at 3:00 P.M.