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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 30

On motion of Mr. Fornof, seconded by Mrs. Grigsby, this retirement was approved as recommended, and the Secretary of the Board was directed to send to Dean Leonard an expression of the appreciation of the Board for her long and valued service.

APPOINTMENT OF MRS. LEAH F U L L E N W I D E R TRELEASE AS ACTING DEAN OF W O M E N (12) T o succeed Miss Maria Leonard, Dean of Women, who is retiring at the end of the current academic year, Dr. Fred H . Turner, Dean of Students, recommends the appointment of Mrs. Leah Fullenwider Trelease as Acting Dean of Women and Assistant Professor of English for one year from September 1, 1945, at a salary of $5,000. Under this appointment Mrs. Trelease will teach one two-hour course in the Department of English and her salary will be divided proportionately between the Office of the Dean of Students and the Department of English. This appointment is concurred in by Dean M. T. McClure of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor Henning Larsen, Acting Head of the Department of English, with the understanding that if at the end of the year M r s . Trelease desires to be relieved or is not continued in the Office of the Dean of Women, she will be appointed Assistant Professor of English at $3,300 and Counselor in the Personnel Bureau at $350 a year, the position originally recommended for her in the budget for the acadamic year 1945-1946. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . M c L a u g h l i n , t h i s a p p o i n t m e n t w a s m a d e u n d e r

the conditions recommended.

APPROPRIATION TO LIBRARY FOR PURCHASE OF RARE BOOKS (13) At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on October 24, 1944 (Minutes, page 271), I presented a recommendation from the Director of the Library that an appropriation of $75,000 be made for the purchase of rare and unusual books for the Library. T h e Library had an opportunity to purchase some unusual items of early English works at low prices. In view of other possible demands on the University's General Reserve which could not be predicted at that time, I recommended that an assignment of only $25,000 be made and that action on the balance be deferred for later consideration. T h e Library still has an opportunity to purchase some of these books at low prices, but they will not be available very long, nor is it likely that they can be purchased later on. I therefore recommend that an appropriation of $40,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund for the purchase of rare books and that the Director of the Library be authorized to make this selection from items still available and within the appropriation; this appropriation to be available until January 1, 1946.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this appropriation was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Davis, Mr. Fornof, Mrs. Grigsby, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McKelvey, Mr. McLaughlin, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Green, Dr. Luken.

PATENTABLE DISCOVERIES (14) T h e following recommendations from the Faculty Committee on Patents relating to patentable discoveries by members of the University staff. 1. A ceramic paint which may be applied to metals subjected to high temperatures for the purpose of suppressing glow, by D. G. Bennett, Special Research Professor, and C. M. Andrews, Special Research Associate Professor in the Department of Ceramic Engineering; T o some degree this paint may also suppress emission of heat and may retard corrosion. T h e primary use of this paint is for military purposes, but it may also have definite commercial uses. The Committee recommends that the Board of Trustees authorize application for a patent if in t h e judgment of patent counsel the discovery has sufficient novelty to be patentable. 2. A new method for preparing acetonitrile, by Sherlock Swann, Research Professor of Chemical Engineering, and R. S. Hanmer, a graduate student in Chemistry. In the judgment of experts in the Department of Chemistry the de-