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1915]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES.

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President Abbott announced the appointment of Mr. Small as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and member of the Finance Committee, in place of Mr. Hopkins.

STATE TREASURER ASKED TO CREDIT INTEREST.

President James brought up the question of the propriety of asking the State Treasurer to credit interest at two per cent on the average daily balances of the mill-tax fund in his hands. On motion of Mr. Hoit, the Legal Counsel was instructed to request the State Treasurer to credit to the mill-tax fund the interest derived from the fund.

APPOINTMENTS MADE BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY.

The Secretary presented for record the following list of appointments made by President James:

Callen, A. C , Assistant in the Department of Mining Engineering for a period not to exceed six weeks, with a remuneration a t the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) a month and an allowance for expenses not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) a month, beginning July 1, 1915. (July 6, 1915.)* Gaffney, Carl, Technician in the Department of Experimental Medicine, beginning July 1, 1915, and continuing until October 1, 1915, with a salary a t the rate of seventy dollars ($70) a month. (June 24, 1915.) Glimstedt, O. H., a member of the Staff of the Summer Session, in the Department of Physical Training for Men, with a remuneration of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for the session. (July 12, 1915.) Hursch, Ralph K., Special Investigator of Problems connected with Gypsum Products, in the Department of Ceramics, for the month of July, 1915, a t a salary of one hundred dollars ($100) for the month. (June 29, 1915.) Kirkpatrick, Prank A., Research Fellow in the Engineering Experiment Station, for two years beginning September 1, 1915, with a stipendium of five hundred dollars ($500) a year. (June 19, 1915.) Krejci, E. J., Instructor in Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry, for one year beginning July 1, 1915, or as soon thereafter as he may report for duty, at a salary of one hundred dollars ($100) a month. (Jully 6, 1915.) McComis, S. J., Stipendiary in Education for the academic year 1915-16, with a stipendium of one hundred dollars ($100) for the year. (July 7, 1915.) Sarton, George A. L., Lecturer on the History of Science in the Summer Session, beginning June 28, 1915, and continuing until August 13, 1915, with a remuneration of four hundred dollars ($400) for the period. (June 29, 1915.) Schute, T. H., Stipendiary in Education for the academic year 1915-16, with a stipendium of one hundred dollars ($100) for the year. (July 7, 1915.) Smith, Constance B., Dean of Women for the Summer Session of 1915, with a remuneration of one hundred dollars ($100) for the service.„ (July 6, 1915.) Spindler, George W., Teaching Fellow in the Department of Germanic Languages, for the academic year 1915-16, with a stipendium of five hundred dollars ($500) for the year. (July 7, 1915.) Tanabe, Stetfan F., Research Fellow in the Engineering Experiment Station, for two years beginning September 1, 1915, with a stipendium of five hundred dollars ($500) a year. (June 19, 1915.) True, Leighton J., Assistant in Dairy Manufactures in the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station, for one year beginning September 1, 1915, at a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) a year. (July 1, 1915.) Whitson, Anna V., University Secretary in the Office of the President, a t a salary of seventy-five dollars ($75) a month, beginning July 1, 1915, and continuing until further notice, subject to the rules of the Civil Service Commission. (June 29, 1915.) Williams, Arthur E., Special Investigator of Problems connected with Glass, in the Department of Ceramics, for the months of July and August, 1915, at a salary of one hundred dollars ($100) a month. (June 29, 1915.) Young, E. G., Research Fellow in the Engineering Experiment Station to conduct special scientific work in the Department of Railway Engineering during the months of July and August, 1915, a t a salary of sixty-five dollars ($65) a month. (July 1, 1915.)

On motion of Mrs. Henrotin, the board adjourned.

W. L. ABBOTT, President. H. E. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary. * The date in parenthesis is the date on which the appointment was made by the President of the University.