Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture October 18, 1950

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1 Mnutes of the Meetng of the State Board of Agrculture October 18, 1950 Present: Messrs. Berkey, Brody, MeColl, McPherson, Sbcknan^.Catkns Presdent Shav/, Secretary Ealladay. Absent: Superntendent Pearce. The meetng was called to order at 9:40. _. The mnutes of the prevous meetng were approved, havng been n the hands of the Board members J APPONTMENTS, RESGNATONS, and LEAVES Appontments 1. Appontment of Mss Fern Knton, replacng Mss Dorothy Mller, half-tme clerk, Dvson V of Veternary Scence, begnnng October 1st, 50.00* per month, ; :2. Provson for 0500 for Mr. Znovy Kogan for teachng the Grls Glee Club for the year, to be pad from the reserve fund.!.3.: Appontments of Max B. Crall and Henry W. Schau as assstant freshman football coaches for \ the present season at a salary of each for the season. 4. Appontment of Mr. R.E. Pasco, half-tme assstant n the Department of Sols, effectve November 15th, to replace Mr. A.L. Grszard who has been apponted research assstant. 5. Mr. Austn_VanderSlce, half-tme assstant n Department of Socology, effectve \ September, 1950, replacng Mr. P. H. Pearson who s unable to fll the poston to whch ) he was apponted. 6.\ Transfer of Mr. Leonard Braamse from poston of County Club Agent n Sagnaw County to County Agrcultural Agent, effectve October 15th, at a salary of $3000, $1800 of ^hch s to be -Daa from Smth Lever funds. 7. Mr. John D. Martn, Extenson Specalst n Farm Marketng, perod of October loth to June- 50.,.1931 at a salary of 550Q per year, to be pad from Addtonal Cooperatve Exten- s oh funds. 8. Appontment of Mrs. Bo-uyouco,^, Theory Department, Musc, salary 500 per year. 9. Appontment of Mss Edna V. Smth, State Leader of Home Economcs at a salary of 5500 per year, effectve upon approval of State Board..'! 10. Appontment of Mrs. Murel James, Stenographer, Excusng Offce, at S200 per year, to replace Mrs. DeHaan effectve September 15th. 11. Appontment of Mr. R.L. Sprnger, Supervsor at the Central Offce, #1500, to replace - Mrs. Hlda Rchards effectve October 1st Mss Cela North, stenographer, transferred to' Dean of Lberal Arts from Entomologcal Department. Salary $1500, effectve October 1st. *.! 15. Appontment of Mss Flora Hannng, Research Assstant n Home Economcs at a salary of for ten months. 800 of her salary from Purnell funds and 1200 from fund provded by Fremont Cannng Company, (See next tem). ' ' ' : : ' f 14. Acceptance of fund of 2000 from Fremont Cannng Company for Research Grant for nvestga- Fremont una ton work on certan of ther products, under terms outlned n ther letter of September accepted 20th, and letter of Dr. Dye under date October Appontment of Mr. Reynolds Mets to the Don Burnham Fellowshp n Lfe Plannng at $800 per annum, effectve September 1, He wll be expected to reduce hs graduate work'. \ to the same number of hours that are allowed to half-tme graduate assstants Appontment of Mr. George J. Ranson, nstructor n Englsh for the present fall term, salary 600 for the three months, replacng Mrs* Roseboom durng her leave.! 17. Mr.; W.F. Allen has oeen employed on the Kellogg Chemstry Fellowshp durng the past year [Adustment at the rate of He v?as recently apponted to a half-tme graduate assstantshp n 1 ^F. Allen the Department of Chemstry at a salary of 800 for the ten months, hence hs name nosr appears on the payroll twce. The Kellogg Company has agreed to contnue hm on the felloe- : [ shp n a half-tme bass begnnng Sept. 1, at ^800 nstead of the $1500 he has been gettng for full tme. Ths wll make hs total salary 1600, whch s an ncrease.of $100 over what the Kellogg Fellowshp Company pad hm. 18. Appontment of Mss Helen Bertram, replacng Mrs. E.. Peterson, stenographer n the Farm Crops Department, effectve September 15th, at a salary of $95.00 per month, one-half Coll^e and one-half Experment Staton. 19. Classfcaton of Mdland County among those countes recevng 2400 from ths nsttuton for the comty agent 1 s salary. Ths wll ncrease the salary of Mr. Charles L. Crapser, County Agent from #2100 to $2400, effectve January 1, 1951.* 20. Mr. M. K. Brooks, Modern Language Department, one year appontment at $2000, effectve October 1st. 21. Resgnaton of Mrs. E.. Peterson, stenographer n the -farm Crops Department, effectve September 6th. nesgnaton SMrs. Peters 1

2 mm*..resgnaton ) 22. Resgnaton of Mr.'L. V. Benamn as County Club Agent n Cheboygan and Otsego countes,. L.V. Benamn; effectve October 10th. P3 25. Appontment of Mrs. Ethel Rathke, Modem Language Department, for one year at $1200. On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted to approve the above tems except tems #12 and #19. Lv. of Absence 24. Mrs. Koseboom. Leave of absence for Mrs. B. B. Roseboom for the fall term, on full pay. * On moton of Mr. Mcpherson, t??as voted to approve the leave of absence for Mrs. Roseboom for [' the fall term, on full pay. Status of Dean Ryder Travel Requests 25. Status of Dean E.H. Ryder. \ 0n moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted that the Presdent be authorzed to confer wth Dean Ryder relatve to a sx months leave of absence n order that he may take more tme to regan hs health,- such an arrangement to become effectve November 1st. TRAVEL REQUESTS 1. Authorzaton for Prof, G.A. Brown to attend the Seventh Conference ox Maor ndustres to '' be held under.the auspces of the Unversty of Chcago on Wednesday, October 22, 1950 'Mr. Brown wshes to vst the nsttute of Meat Packers meetng and ndustral Conference beng held n Chcago at ths tme. 2. Delegaton of a representatve ox the nsttuton to the Seventy ffth Annversary celebraton of the foundng of State College, Pennsylvana, October 23, On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted to refer tems 1 and 2 to Presdent Shaw wth power to act, 5. Appropraton of 200 for the Anmal Husbandry Department for the purpose of payng the'' mleage for two cars, and lvng expenses for two nstructors, to transport class of udgng students to Columbus, Oho; Urbana, llnos: and Purdue on the followng dates: Oho, Oct. 10 and 11th, Purdue and Unv. of llnos, October 23th to Nov. 1st. :4. Authorsaton for sx men n the udgng team to the extent of expenses each, to represent the nsttuton n the lve stock udgng contest at the Amercan Royal, wth travel and subsstence expenses for coach estmated at Ths wll total # Kansas Cty, Nov. 17th to 22nd. 15. Authorsaton for the"expenses of sx men forudgng at the nternatonal Lve Stock Exposton to the Extent of each, and coach's expenses of approxmately $60.00 for travel, meals, and lodgng. Nov. 19th to December 6th. Ths vd.ll total # n moton of Mr. McPherson, t was voted to approve tems 5, 4, and 5, the money to come from ;the Anmal Husbandry budget. ". ;6. Glen 0. Stewart to Washngton, D.C. to attend M.S.C. Alumn meetng at tme of Georgetown game. 7. Request of the Athletc Councl for delegaton of one councl member, Charman of State Board, the Secretary of the College to accompany the football team to Washngton, D. C. for the Georgetown game. Request n nterest of alumn gatherng n Washngton on the evenng of the game. On moton of Mrs. Stockman, t was voted to approve tems 6 and 7. 8# Mss Edna V. Smth, Land Grant Meetng at Washngton n November. Dr. Mare Dye, Land Grant meetng, November 17th to 19th. Parent Assocaton 15th to 18th, Vftte House Conference for Chld Health and Protecton, 20th to 22nd. Drector V. R. Gardner, Land Grant Meetng. Drector R. J. Baldwn, Land Grant Meetng. Dean J. F. Cox, Land Grant Meetng. Presdent Shaw, Land Grant Meetng. On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted that tem #8 be approved. On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted that Mrs. Stockman be delegated to represent the Board at the Land Grant Meetng. ;9. Dr. G.J. Bo^oucos and Prof. J. 0. Veatch, Amercan Sol Survey Assocaton meetng and! meetng of the Amercan Socety of Agronomy, Nov. 18th and 19th, Washngton, D.C. One man recommended wth travel only. J10. H. C. Rather, Amercan Socety of Agronomy meetng at Washngton, D. C. November 19th wth! travel only.. Mr. Lnton, Mr. Smth, Mr. B. A. Walpole, Amercan Vocatonal Assocaton meetng, Mlwaukee, December 10th/ 11th, and 12th. Recommended that Mr. Lnton and Mr. Walpole attend the meetng wth travel only. [12. Mr. E.L.. Austn Land Grant Meetng, Washngton, travel only.

3 OfVS 15. Mr* H.J..Gallagher, short course n rural electrfcaton, Purdue; Unversty, October 22nd, 25rd and 24th, wth travel only. 14. Prof. Albert Nelson, Madson, Wsconsn, October 24th and 25th, Assocaton of Summer Sesson Drectors, wth travel only. 15. A. D. Hershey, Research Fellow n. Bacterology, permsson to spend perod from October 15th to December 15th at laboratory of Dr. T. B. Johnson of Yale Unversty wth travel only pad from staton allotment. 16. Mrs/Merle D. Byers, Amercan Vocatonal Assocaton, Mlwaukee, December 10th to 15th nclusve'wth travel only. On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve tems 9 to 16 wth the recommendatons made. 17. Mr. 0. B. Wnter to attend the annual meetng of the Assocaton of Offcal Agrcultural Chemsts n Washngton, D. C, October 20th, wth:travel.-only. 18. Karl Dressel, Oho Valley Secton of the Socety of Amercan Foresters at Chllzcothe, Oho, October 25rd to 25th, wth travel only. On moton of Mr. McPherson» t was voted to approve tems 17 and 18. MSCELLANEOUS TEMS 1. Recommendaton from Drector Gardner and Dean/Gltner for the acceptance of $450 from the 450. "fund odne Educatonal Bureau to conduct experments on" therapeutc value of odne compounds for accepted from the treatment of brucella nfectons/ Ths amount to be accepted wth the tnder standng that [odne Educathe work be under complete control of our Bacterology Secton and that ths nsttuton re- {tonal Bureau tan ts rght to publsh results at any tme deemed advsable. On moton of Mr. Watkns, t-was voted to approve the above tem. 2. ncrease of salary for Mss May, Botancal Department. Acton deferred. 3. ncrease of salary of Mss Kles, Mltary Department. Acton deferred. Request for ncrease for Mss May deferred. Also Mss 'Nles:' 4. Correcton of the ttle of Dean Mare Dye from Assocate Professor to full Professor. Dean Dye ad- vanced to On moton of Mr. Watkns, t was voted _to approve the above tem. full prof. Request re: 5. Request from Prof. Brown and Prof. Hudson, that mones receved as premums from the exhbt mones receve at State, natonal,, and nternatonal fars from Lve Stock, to be used n defrayng ' ed premums expenses of the Lve Stock Judgng Teams. Ths recommendaton carres the approval of Dean 1 deferred. Cox. Acton deferred. [Request from 6. Recommendaton from Dean Cox that 1500' be made avalable from premums won by lve stock at SDean Cox re: the Mchgan State Far for tranng of our Lve Stock Judgng Teams.!$1500 from [premums - Acton deferred. deferred* _..,_... Fellowshp! * ".Accf^Dt^n^e o"^*/ 7. Acceptance of agreement for the establshment of an ndustral Fellowshp by the N.V. Potash 1^ by ^^ H.T.-Potash referred " P^G^ to Export My. Laboratory of Lafayette, ndana. The agreement meets wth the approval of the Presdent Graduate Councl and Dean Cox. On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted to leave the above tem wth the Presdent wth pov?er to act.; Bll of Approval of bll of $97.00 presented by health servce for treatment admnstered by Dr. O.M. -. ^' :.* Randall, to Mr. Alfred M«Smth, senor student whose hand was nured on the emery wheel n ' ^-1 "^ ' hs shop class. to^pres/l *! Sec.'' On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted to refer the above tem to the Presdent and Secretary.! ; y : ' :.; _ : : trans. 9. Request from Dean Dye that 500. to be taken from the reserve fund of the Womans Commons, from reserve be transferred to a nevv fund for the upkeep and furnshng of Campus Dormtores* The reserve! of Commons to fund for the Womans Commons s larger than necessary, and the need for repars and replace- On moton ments of of Mr. furnture Brody, and t was curtans voted n to the approve dormtores the above s urgent. tem. 10. Requston from Farm Crops Secton of Experment Staton for fencng to be used at W.K# Kellogg farm. On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted to refer the above tem to the Fnance Commttee vrth power. H new account for uokeep of dormtores. Requston for fencng ref. to Fnance Com. 11. Blls relatve to Faculty Folk Club room furnture. On moton of Mrs. Stockman, t was voted to authorze Secretaxy Halladay to pay to the Faculty Folk Club the dfference between &75.QO and # plus 3*1& for some spoons whch were lost, money to be taken from the contngency fund. Blls to be pad for Faculty Folk [Club*

4 Plan for! 12* Presentaton of plan for student teachng n the East Lansng Hgh School as t was worked student teachj; out by a commttee of the Board of Educaton of East Lansng, the Superntendent and Dr. ng adopted.! Austn* On moton of Mr, McColl, t was voted to approve the plan as presented n tem 12. Rep- of Com* on*patents - [13. Report of Commttee apponted to consder and make recommendatons relatve to the establsh- Acton def.! ment of a polcy n connecton wth patents beng appled for by members of the College staff, \ Acton deferred. 2 peces of A 14. Release of two peces of property consstng of 22 acres more or less to W.E. Kellogg, property to be released On moton of Mrs. Stockman, t was voted to authorze the Presdent and Secretary to sgn the to Mr. Kellogg! deeds for the State Board of Agrculture. 100 granted 1^5. Request from Dean Conrad for 100 to take care of servces of house chaperone for 10 months for chaperone for new sororty. for new sor. On moton of Mrs. Stockman, t was voted to approve the above request, the amount to come from the contngency fund. Salares of! _, housemothers \^9 Request from Dean Conrad for ncrease n salares of the housemothers at the Eldon and Sunset at Eldon "and! Lodge from $825 to 900 a year. Sunset Lodge! to b^ ncr! ^n mo^on of Mrs. Stockman, t sras voted to approve the above request, the money to be taken from the contngency fund. Housng Asst. makes report 17. Report of Housng Assstant on number of grls who have been placed n East Lansng homes to work for room and board, and outlne of work to be done. t was voted that a copy of the report be maled to each member of the Board. [Eunce Naton J to attend 18 * Presentaton of request from Socal Servce Bureau of Lansng by Dean Dye to permt Eunce Hur3erv School Naton to attend Nursery School free of charge. [free of charge! 0n moton of Mr. Berkey, t was voted to grant the above request from the Socal Servce Bureau. [purchase of =19* Colonel Rodney appeared before the Board wth samples of belts whch he desred to have worn belts for new wth the new unform and asked for acton regardng advsablty of purchasng same. [unforms ref. to Pres. Sec. land Colonel \ n moton of Mrs. Stockman, t was voted that a commttee composed of the Presdent, the Secretary ;and Colonel Rodney be authorzed to select and purchase the belts for R.O.T.C., the money to be \taken from the contngency fund. Bonds on 20. Report of Presdent, Secretary and Charman of the Fnance Commttee on purchase of bonds on Women 1 s Dorm- Women's Dormtory ssue as follows: tory ssue to be purchased.^ 36 M Mchgan State College S% Dormtory Trust Cert, at Par 56,000 Less J ,910 nterest 10-1 to ,982 6M Due M due M Due M due M Due ' 6M due pn moton of Mr. Mcpherson, t was voted to purchase the bonds as lsted above. Reoort of! 0_ ^,^.-, Com. re: send4 report ox the Commttee apponted to consder sendng the College Band to Washngton, n^band to ^ D * G# fcr tle Geor g etown Football Game. Washngton ^,. - _ ^, On moton of Mr. Mcpherson, t was.voted to approve the report of the Commttee. Fnance Com. to decde \^m Queston o group of Lansng busness men underwrtng the proect of sendng the Band to queston of! Washngton,- the band later n the year to rase the money by gvng concerts. Causng men 0n mo:on underwrtng- ~ ^r* McColl, t was voted to refer the above matter to the Fnance Commttee, Mr. tro to Wash. l Bro(3 y and the Presdent wth power. [Presdent to ^ V Presdent consdered an actve mexaber of every Board Commttee. actve of every member 3d. On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted that the Presdent shall be consdered an actve member of Commttee. every Board Commttee. Queston of 24. Queston of electrcal survey of the College, electrcal survey of Collegepn moton of Mr. McPherson, t was voted that the matter of an electrcal survey of the College to ref. to Pres. be made by Mr. Sutherland of Detrot, be referred to the Presdent, Secretary and Mr. McColl. Sec. and Mr. McColl.!

5 REPORT OF ACTON ON- TRAVEL REQUESTS AUTHORZES 3,PRESDETT ATO" ADVSORY "3D APJD The followng travel authorzatons have been granted snce the September meetng of the Board. Approval of one-member of the Advsory Commttee was secured on these authorzatons* 1. C.S. Dunford,Great Lakes Regonal Advsoy Board at Toledo on September 24th wth mleage. expenses. 2. Professor Anthony, Mr, Baltzer and one County Agent, to Wsconsn usng automoble durng week of October 6th to nvestgate mal order type of covf testng developed n Wsconsn. Expenses for one automoble at sx cents mleage and board and lodgng for the above named. 3. R.J. Baldwn, Madson, Wsconsn, October.7 to 10, 1930 Country Lfe Conference. All expenses.!travel (authorzed by Presdent and Adv. Board. 4. H. J. Gallagher, Madson, Wsconsn, October 8th, present dscusson at the Country Lfe Assocaton meetng. All expenses. 5. Mr. Russell Hor^ard, Natonal Dary Sho^ at St. Lous, Mssour, October 11 to 13th/wth expenses for meals and lodgng. Ho charges for transportaton wll:be presented. 6. Professor Anthony, Natonal Dary Show at St. Lous, Mssour, October 11th to 18th, all expenses. 7. G.E. Taylor, to accompany the Dary Cattle Judgng Team, as coach, wth ralroad mleage and lvng expenses from September 29th to October each for four members of the team. 8.. G.E. Trout to accompany the Dary Products Judgng Team to the Dary ndustres Exposton, Cleveland, Oho, October 20th to 25th. $25.00 each for the members of the Dary Products Judgng Team consstng of Henry C. Cleason, H.D. Parsh, and Leonard R. Dowd. 9. P.S. Lucas, Mr. Wm. Clnk, Dary ndustres Exposton, Cleveland, Oho, October 20th, nspectng Dary Equpment. Mleage expenses for one car and lvng expenses for the two men. 10. N. Pearson, C. A. Rood, and A. C. Baltzer, to Natonal Dary Shon at St. Lous, Mssour, begnnng October 11th. All expenses. 11. J. G. Wells, Natonal Dary Show y St. Lous, Mssour^ week of October 13th, ralroad and pullman fare from Marquette to St. Lous to be pad from Extenson travel account. 12. L P. Gaston, Chcago, Fort Wayne, ndanapols and other nearby ponts/ to nvestgate the marketng of Mchgan 1 s pear crop. All expenses. 15. Mr. James Nelson, Cedar Rapds, owa, Anual meetng of northern nut growers assocaton, ralroad and pullman fare from Kellogg Nut Fund. 14. Mr. Htchcock, Washngton, D. C. Hghway Congress. Expenses to be pad by Hghway Board. Mrs. Htchcock to accompany hm at College expenses, October 6th to 11th. 15. Mr. Cade to French Lck Sprngs, ndana, travel expenses pad by the nsttuton. Meetng of the Natonal Electrc Lght Assocaton. Sept. 25 to Drector V. R. Gardner to New Brmswck, New "Jersey, representng Mchgan State College at the ffteth annversary of the foudng of the Ne?r Jersey State Agrcultural Experment Staton on October 8th and 9th. All expenses. 17. One representatve of the Entomologcal Dept., one from Agrcultural Dvson and one from Corn Borer Staton to attend annual corn borer conference n Toledo on September 25th and 26th. Equvalent of mleage expenses n each case together wth lvng expenses. On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the above report. REPORT ON APPONTMENTS AUTHORZED B PRESDENT AMD ADVSORY COMMTTEE SNCE LAST MEETNG OF BOARD The followng matters were referred to the Presdent wth power and hs acton s hereby recorded. 1. The appontment of Mr. Robert Pennell to the half-tme graduate assstantshp n Chemstry, formerly occuped by Mss Helen Ferguson, to be pad from College funds. Mr. Pennell T s name should be placed on the payroll begnnng wth September, Appontment of Mr. A. B. Love as Extenson Specalst n Farm Marketng for the perod of October 1 to June 30, at the rate of 300 per month rader the specal Extenson appropraton act of Congress. 3. Transfer of Mr. Don Hootman from Hortcultural Department to poston of Extenson Specalst n Frut and Vegetable Marketng at present rate of salary, no change, durng the perod endng June 50> Salary to be pad from the specal congressonal appropraton fund. 4. Report on appontment of Mss Rena M. Andrews as Hstory nstructor for fall term, 1950 at rate of $250. per month. On moton of Mr* Brody, t was voted to approve the report n the case of the frst three tems and to approve tem #4.. Appt. Robert Pennell (Appt. A.B. Love {Transfer of llr. Hootman lappt. Rena M. Andrews

6 MATTERS FROM SECRETARY'S.OFFCE. :....Col. Geo, B.!!', Request from.'dean: Conrad regardng Col. George B. Sanford and Louse Kng Sanford Memoral Jsqnford and.!; Fund for grls.. Louse Kng fund to be 0 n moton of Mr* Brody, t was, voted- to grant Dean Conrad's request as presented n her letter msed. [on fle. Letter rom ^m Letter from Mr. Roost, Audtor, regardng unform account beng overdrawn and suggestng Mr. ftoost re: that the State Board of Agrculture make an appropraton to cover ths defct of $3, unform acct. beng overdrawq n mo to of Mr. McColl, t was voted to leave the above tem wth, the Presdent and the Secretary ; wth power* Ray* Brennan ;g t Letter from Mr. Trout, recommendng appontment of Mr. Ray Brennan, as clerk-of-the works* n apponted connecton t?th the nevv Dormtory. clerk-of-the works for 1 On moton of Mr. Brody, t was voted to approve the appontment of Mr. Brennan. Dormtory, 1 4. Approval of resolutons from the Detrot and Securty Trust Company. Resolutons from Det. & Q n moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted that the Presdent and Secretary be authorsed to sgn the : Sec. Trust.Co ^resolutons. approved.. 5 Acton,def. 5. Letter from Dean Cox relatve to : the abstract of ttle for property n the name of J. Belle and Evelne L. Hutchnson, on Hut dams on 1 abstract. Acton deferred. r Report of 13 Bldg. & Cd. \ Commttee meetng held Sept Electrcal Dstrbuton lne south of "f rver - bds creceved. v L a 6. Report of Mr. McColl on Meetng of the Buldngs and Grounds Commttee held n hs offce n! Detrot, Tuesday. September-16th, Present: Messrs. McColl, Watkns, HaUaday, Hanes and Davenport of the Mchgan State College and Messrs. McLean and Sutherland of Mr. McCol T s Offce. - PROPOSED ELECTRCAL DSTRBUTON LDJE SOUTH OF RVER Followng bds receved: Hayes Electrc Company 325, Barker-Fowler Company 28, Unon Electrc Co^. (Hall) 28, Hatzel & Buehler 30, Electra ncorp. 54, Completon Date Dec. loth» "" Oct. Slst.» «Jan. 1st.» " Nov. 15 th. T! n Dec. 15th. The two low bds were compared and dscussed durng whch tme Mr. McColl talked wth Mr. Hayes and Mr. Barker relatve to tme of completon, materals used, type of workmanshp and possblty of a penalty clause for non-completon of rork on date scheduled. Mr. McColl and Mr. Watkns sgned the contracts ready for closng wth one of r the two' companes as soon as mnor detals and materal lsts were checked over and the penalty clause added to the contract. \ Water Dstr-; \ buton l±e South of rver bds receved! n the orgnal program of allotments for general campus servce, ths proect was estmated by the Buldngs & Grounds Dept. on June 5th, 1950, to cost approxmately $54, PROPOSED V/ATER DSTRBUTON LES SOUTH OF R7EE. Followng bds receved: E. J # foyee VanKuken Bros. Lansng Excavatng Co, Central Mch. Const. Co. Kan Bros* M. P. Saxton $5, , , , , , Com* Date - 20 workng days» " - Nov* 1st. n " - 20 workng days 11 T? - 20 workng days. n n - Oct. 20th 11 TT - 40 workng days Mr. E. J. Noyce, the lowest bdder and knovrn to be a relable contractor, was gven the contract. Contract forms were sgned by Mr. McColl and Mr. Watkns. \ As an addton to ths work, t was agreeable to the Board members that a 4 1T water lne be run from Demonstraton Hall area to the Stadum n order to supply that area wth fresh v - water. The present supply at the Stadum beng rver water except durng the football season, J.at'whch tme a temporary lne has been layed and removed late n the fal at an.annual cost of approxmately $125*00- Ths addtonal lne s approxmately 1000 ft. long and wll.be an '.}'. addtonal cost of about 900,00, whch s to be added to the orgnal contract. ^heatng tunnel; n 'for supply _ PROPOSED HEATNG TUNNELS FOR SUPPLY TO THE NE^ DORMTORY. :to new dorm. Prelmnary pans and specfcatons were checked over by Mr. McColl and Mr* McLean. Locaton, type of structure, materals and equpment ^ere dscussed. Due to the shallow elevaton of the present tunnel tfhch termnates at the Gymnasum, t s causng complcated problems as to grades and locaton for the nesr work; therefore, t was decded that the Buldngs and Grounds Dept. would stake out a lne suggested by Mr. McColl and see f t wovld be possble to shorten the length of the proposed nev; tunnel and not be detrmental to the

7 large trees or any of the present buldngs on the campus* As soon as ths work s completed Mr, McColl wll come to'east Lansng, and f necessary/ brng Mr, Phllps. Possbltes are that ths prelmnary layout "wll be completed about the 23rd of ths month. Due to the fact that 'the'new" Dormtory wll need temporary heat by January, t srll be necessary that the tunnel proect be pushed thru as rapdly as possble n order that constructon work can be started as soon as the locaton s agreed upon* V BOTMY BULDNG Requests from.dr. TEM A. Dr. Bessey requests that a partton between two laboratory rooms on the Bessey of frst floor be removed n order that one large laboratory class be used nstead of splttng nto botany- Dept, two small groups. Ths (v;ll do away wth one. nstructor and make the control of the students much easer* The work ncludes movng snks, thermostats, lghtng swtches, ppng and patchng floor and celng. Also movng two laboratory tables nto the area to ncrease laboratory facltes* The total work s estmated to cost Ths was approved by Mr. McColl and! the Bldgs. & Gds. Dept. hsnre ssued a servce request to start the work mmedately, chargeable to Alteraton and-new Constructon Account. ~ TEM B. Recommendatons were made by Mr. McColl that the alteratons n ths 1 buldng for mprovng tolet facltes be done. Ths ncludes buldng a tolet for women, estmated at $ and remodellng the present general tolet for men estmated at 70»00. The Bldgs. & Gds. Dept. have ssued a servce request for ths work and t wll be started n the near future. V; - OLDS HALL The followng requests were made by Actng Dean Drks: Requests J from Olds! Hall. Addtonal ventlaton n Readng Room,^estmated at Louvers n vent openngs nlecture Room -^70.00 Vent n elevator shaft - $ Ths srork was dscussed and t was decded that the Bldgs. & Gds; Dept. should ssue request for servce for completon ths fall. vr DEMONSTRATON HALL The'matter of enclosng the. star landngs leadng to the balcony and whch opens drectly nto the upper part of the classroom, was dscussed oy Mr. McColl, Mr. Halladay and Mr. Davenport. No fnal decson was made and the matter s to be referred to the Board for consderaton at ther next meetng. The estmated cost was On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted that the recommendatons contaned n the above report be authorzed. REPORT OF THE MEETNG OF THE BULDNG COMMTTEE HELD OCTOBER 17, 1950 Present: Messrs. Brody, McColl; Presdent Shaw, Mr. Davenport, Hr. Halladay. Request from Demonstraton Hall. Report of Bldg. Com. Meetng held Oct Request for the purchase of a nev? clock n the swmmng pool of the gymnasum. Recommended, Hew clock for the money to be taken from the contngency fund. Gymnasum» Request that parttons be bult n the Demonstraton Hall at a cost not to exceed $350. Partltons to Recommended,- the money to be taken from the contngency fund. be bult Dem. Hall.' ';. 5. Request to mprove tolet facltes and remove parttons n the Botany Buldng. mprove tolet Recommended,- money to be taken from the contngency fund. facltes & remove Part. [Botany. / 4. Request for several changes n the Botany Buldng amountng to $870. One change amountng to $155. s recommended,- the money to be taken from the contngency fund. 5. Request for nstallaton of soap dspensers n the Gymnasum at a cost of $ Recommended,- the money to be taken from the contngency fund. Requests from 6. Several requests have been made by the Dary Department for addtonal funds to nstall Dary Dept. equpment, buldng road, yards 'and ltter carrer,- total amount #575. nasmuch as there!allowed. s '$177 left over from the appropraton, t s recommended to alo?/ S400 to be used out of the Creamery "fund. \ 7. Request from Mr. Anthony for movng parttons, re-decoratng Dary Buldng. Not recommended! Soap Dspensers for.gym. 8. Request from Dean J. F. Cox for fencng, etc. amountng to $3860. t s recommended that a. f'arm fencng suffcent amount be allowed to do the necessary farm fencng,- the money to be taken from to be allowed.: the contngency fund. 9. Request was made for $5, for tle dranage. t s recommended that ths be deferred for the present. 10. t s recommended that the Superntendent of Buldngs and Grounds be authorsed to put on a sheet metal rdge on the roof of the blacksmth shop at a cost of $19.80,- the money to be taken from the contngency fund* 11. Request from Dr. Mumford for buldng certan parttons; Not recommended. 12. Request from Dr. Hallman and Dr. Chamberlan for certan new equpment for the research [Tle dranage request def. Sheet metal rdge on roof of "Sacksmth shop authorz. Dr. Mumford 1 s reo. not allow

8 Requests from Hallman & Chamberlan left wth Bldg.Com* Storeroom n Dav. Barn to be bult. Bd let to Chrstman o r roof of root cellar* laboratory amountng to $3864 and $2954 respectvely, t was recommended to leave ths matter n the hands of the Buldng Commttee for further nvestgaton* 15. Request from Colonel Rodney that the College Buld a storeroom n the Cavalry Barn for storng equpment, estmated cost 115. Recommended,- the money to be taken from the contngency fund. 14. Estmates were receved from the Chrstman Company and the Renger Constructon Company for placng concrete roof on the root cellar. The lowest bd was 575'. t s recommended that the contract be let to Chrstman Company, the money to be taken from the contngency fund. Com. recom.! On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted to approve the recommendatons n tems 1 to ,000set up 15, The Commttee recommends that a sum of $10,000 set up n the budget of the Athletc Departn oudget of ment be released for baseball stands and that the sum of 9,050 set up for tenns courts and r^p^sel^fo^6' ^ lghts for nght football, whch were not used, be released for buldng tenns courts,- baseball stand detals to be worked out later. 9,050 for 1 +orv - 0 _ 1r. Q... On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted that the recommendaton n tem 15 be approved or conm enever Fn. structon whenever the Fnance Commttee and Mr. Wlkns consder the money avalable. Commttee, con sders money! 16. Request from Chemstry Department for addtonal blackboard space. (avalable.. S On moton of Mr. McColl, t was voted that the request for addtonal slate blackboard space Add blackboard for the Chemstry Department be allowed, not to exceed an amount of $174, to be taken from the space for.chem contngency fund. JDept. \ 17. Botancal Greenhouses. Greenhouse bd let to Sng Const, Comoany A report was made that the lowest bd on the Botancal Greenhouse was made by the Kng Constructon Company of North Tonawanda, Nev, r York whch s as follows: General (ncludng plumbng - no water $265.00) $ C*3 2D Wrng Greenhouse Constructon (ncludng 5507, and wrng 9 $155.00) Bond Cost of servces Total Steam and sevrer Water Electrcty Total Cost $ f Company bond s furnshed nstead of Surety Bond as called for, deduct Contracts have been sgned and let. The meetng adourned at 1:00 (L&J& Presdent ^^A/JLs^J* Secretary