Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1912 [PAGE 107]

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1911]

PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OP TRUSTEES.

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On motion of Mrs. Evans, this communication, with the four deeds, was referred to the Committee on Agriculture for examination and report, with the request t h a t they consider the general policy involved, and that they indicate at what point in a negotiation of this sort the case should be submitted to the board for approval. NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARIAN. 3. A request from Dean E. J. Townsend of the College of Science, approved by Vice President T. J. Bui-rill, that the sum of $225.00 be made available for the purpose of assisting in paying the salary of the librarian of the State Laboratory of Natural History until July 1, 1911. On motion of Mrs. Busey, this request was referred to the Committee on the Library, with power to act. SALARY OP C. M. SNOW. 4. A letter from Mr. W. B. Day, actuary of the School of Pharmacy, calling attention to the facts that, on the illness and death of Dr. C. S. N. Hallberg, professor of pharmacy, early in the school year, Mr. Clyde M. Snow, instructor in pharmacy and assistant to Dr. Hallberg, took up the work of the department, that he has done this work with success to the present time and will carry it for the remainder of the year, and that his salary as instructor, $100.00 a month, has been paid for the months of September, October, November and December; and recommending that Mr. Snow's salary be increased so that he shall receive for the year a total sum of $1,800.00. On the recommendation of President James, and on motion of Mrs. Bahrenburg, it was voted t h a t Mr. Clyde M. Snow be appointed Acting Professor of Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy, for the academic year 1910-11 (September 1, 1910-August 31, 1911), at a total salary, including that which has been paid to him, of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800). STATUES FOR PHYSICS BUILDING. 5. Communications from Mr. W. Carbys Zimmerman, State Architect, endorsed by Mr. Lorado Taft, and from Dean W. F. M. Goss of the College of Engineering, and Dr. A. P. Carman, professor of Physics, concerning the erection of symbolic statues on either side of the entrance to the Laboratory of Physics. After considerable discussion, it was voted that the three thousand dollars ($3,000) thus far reserved from the legislative appropriation for the erection and equipment of the Laboratory of Physics, for the purpose of erecting statues on either side of the entrance, be appropriated for the completion and equipment of the building, and t h a t the matter of the erection of such statues be postponed for future consideration. Messrs. Hoit and Meeker joined the board at this point. The previous absence of a quorum having been noted, the secretary read the minutes of the actions voted thus far, and, on motion of Mr. Meeker, these actions were approved and constituted actions of the board. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Bahrenburg, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Grout, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker; no, none; absent, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Blair, Mr. Deneen, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Moore.