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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 9

A M E N D M E N T S T O BY-LAWS President Barr presented drafts of amendments to Articles IV and V of the By-Laws of the Board, to provide for a standing committee on patents, and to make the term of the President of the University indefinite in accordance with the present law of the State. These amendments were adopted later in the day (see page 590). MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT KINLEY The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University. APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY FOR 1 930-3 1 (i) I request approval of the following major appointments to the staff for 1930-31. 1. Dr. Royal Ewert Montgomery, at present a lecturer at the University of Chicago, to be Assistant Professor of Economics for one year beginning September 1, 1930, at a salary of $3,000 a year. 1. Dr. C. W . Stillwell, a graduate of Cornell University and at present doing research work at the University of Illinois, to be Associate in Chemistry for one year beginning September 1, 193c, at a salary of $2800 a year. 3. Dr. R. H. Lounsbury, at present Associate Professor of Economics at Lawrence College, to be Instructor in Economics for ten months beginning September 1, 1930, at a salary of $2400 for the period. 4. Dr. Sybil Woodruff, Assistant Professor of H o m e Economics at the University of California, to be Assistant Professor of H o m e Economics, in the College of Agriculture, and Assistant Chief in Foods, in the Agricultural Experiment Station for one year from September 1, 1930, at a salary of $3500 a year. O n motion of M r s . E v a n s , these appointments were approved.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR A. G. ANDERSON

(2) A request from Associate Professor A. G. Anderson of the Department of Business Organization and Operation, concurred in by the Head of the Department and the Dean of the College of Commerce, that he be given leave of absence during the academic year 1930-31 without pay. Professor Anderson wishes to spend the year in doing research and finishing work for his doctorate. I recommend that this leave be granted. O n motion of M r . Trees, this leave w a s granted.

APPOINTMENTS OF ACTING DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION A N D DIRECTOR OF T H E S U M M E R SESSION

(3) A report that I have asked Dr. W . S. Monroe, Professor of Education and Director of the Bureau of Educational Research, to take over the work of the Dean of the College of Education for the rest of the academic year and that I have asked Dr. Edward H. Cameron, Professor of Educational Psychology, to take over the Directorship of the Summer Session. I request approval. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this action w a s approved. APPOINTMENT OF DONALD PORT AYRES AS PLYM FELLOW (4) A recommendation from the Plym Fellowship Committee, concurred i by the n Dean of the College of Engineering, that Mr. Donald Port Ayres, who graduated in February, 1929, be appointed the seventeenth Francis J. Plym Fellow in Architecture. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . A r m s t r o n g , this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s approved.

APPROPRIATION OF PURNELL RESERVE FUND

(5) In the budget for the present year a portion of the Purnell Fund was set aside as a contingent fund and reserve subject to appropriation later. The Dean of the College of Agriculture now requests that this contingent reserve fund be appropriated as follows: