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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 18

factory because of (1) fire hazard, (2) undesirable seating arrangement, resulting in poor vision in many seats, and (3) the elevations at the rear of the floor result in a series of steps at all entrances, which is contrary to building codes. T h e Physical Plant Department recommended that the present wood floor be replaced with a permanent concrete floor, that the seats be constructed to a curvature which will represent the permanent contour of the floor, and that the main floor and balcony be covered with linoleum. It was possible to do this within the appropriation made by the Board because of the very low price secured on seating due to seasonal competition and general business conditions. Consequently, after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, the Director of the Physical Plant Department was instructed to proceed with the construction of the new concrete floor and linoleum covering for the main floor and balcony. O n m o t i o n of M r . A d a m s , t h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d f o r r e c o r d a n d t h e a c t i o n of t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y w a s a p p r o v e d a n d c o n firmed. APPOINTMENTS TO 1 9 3 8 SUMMER SESSION STAFF (5) A recommendation for the approval of the following appointments to the Summer Session Staff for 1938, the positions and salaries being indicated in each case; and a request that the President be authorized to make such adjustments in the Summer Session budget and such additional appointments as may be necessary. T h e work of teaching in the Summer Session is additional service not contemplated in the appointment of members of the teaching staff for service during the regular academic year, and it therefore necessitates additional compensation as shown in each case. T h e Board of Trustees appropriated $112,000 for salaries and other expenses for the Summer Session of 1937 and a similar appropriation was made for 1938. The salaries budget submitted herewith for the 1938 Summer Session totals $107,822.07. New Appointments to 1938 Summer Session T h e Summer Session budget for 1938 includes recommendations for appointments of the following individuals who are not now members of the faculty: NEILSON CAREL DEBEVOISE, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, as Assistant Professor of History. ROBERT C. ELDERFIELD, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at Columbia University, as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. H A N S HEINRICH GERTH, Assistant to Professor Karl Mannheim, London School of Economics, as Assistant Professor of Sociology. R U T H IRENE HOOVER, Director of Physical Education for Women at University of Kansas, as Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women. H E L E N HOPKINS, Instructor in Physical Education at Iowa State College, as Instructor in Physical Education for Women. ESTHER M C G I N N I S , Professor of Family Life at the State Teachers College of Buffalo, N. Y., as Lecturer in H o m e Economics. M R S . ELSIE HOWARD P I N E , Associate Professor of Library Science at Kansas State Teachers College, as Instructor in Library Science. ALFRED RUSSELL, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of North Carolina, as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. THOMAS WOODY, Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania, as Professor of Education. MARY ELIZABETH SILVERTHORN, Assistant Professor of Library Science at Library School of Carnegie Institute of Technology, as Instructor in Library Science. MABEL CLAIRE SMITH, Public Schools of Glencoe, Illinois, as Teacher in Charge of Demonstration School. KATHERINE KIRTLEY W E E D , Librarian, Mainland H i g h School of Daytona Beach, Florida, as Assistant in Library Science. ERVIN KENNETH ZINCLER, University Fellow, University of Illinois, as Assistant in Economics.