THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY J. SPENCER DICKERSON, Secretary APPOINTMENTS In addition to reappointments the following appointments to the faculties have been made by the Board of Trustees: J. Fred Rippy, Instructor in the Department of History, from October 1, 1920. Mildred Hart, Instructor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, from October 1, 1920. Mary King MacDonald, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. Mrs. Zoe Fiske Flanagan, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. Mrs. Myrtle C. Geyer, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. Marion F. Lanphier, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. James Henry Roberts, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. Edward Ayers Taylor, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. Anna P. Cooper, Associate in the Department of English, from October 1, 1920. Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler, Associate in the Department of Mathematics, from October 1, 1902. Mrs. Mayme I. Logsdon, Associate in the Department of Mathematics, from October 1, 1920. Paul MacClintock, Instructor in the Department of Geology, from October 1, 1920. J. M. Retinger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiological Chemistry, from April 1, 1920. Edward A. Duddy, Instructor in the School of Commerce and Administration, from July 1, 1920. Albert S. Keister, Lecturer in the School of Commerce and Administration, from October 1, 1920. Jay F. Christ, Instructor in the School of Commerce and Administration, from October 1, 1920. Curtis N. Hitchcock, Instructor in the School of Commerce and Administration, from October 1, 1920. Florence Richardson, Assistant Professor in the School of Commerce and Administration, from October 1, 1920. Robert E. Taylor, Instructor in the School of Commerce and Administration, from October 1, 1920. Carl Frederick Taeusch, Instructor in the Department of Philosophy, from October 1, 1920. Dr. Ralph B. Seem, of Johns Hopkins University, Director-elect of the Albert Merritt Billings Hospital, begins his service with the University July 1, 1920. RESIGNATIONS The Board of Trustees has accepted the resignations of the following members of the faculties: James Rowland Angell, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, to take effect June 30, 1920. He becomes President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Thomas A. Knott, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, to take effect September 30, 1920. He accepts a professorship in Iowa State University. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Leaves of absence have been granted to: Frederick D. Bramhall, of the Department of Political Science, for the current year to June 30, 1920, on account of illness. Professor Ernest D. Burton, of the Department of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, for five months from September 1, 1920, to act as chairman of a commission on Christian Education in China. Professor James H. Tufts, of the Department of Philosophy, from January 1, 1921, to June 30, 1921, in order that he may accept an invitation temporarily to teach in Columbia University. GIFTS The President of the University announced to the Board a gift of an additional $25,000 from Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., provided an equal amount is secured from other donors, for the purposes of the Oriental Institute and the purchase of material in the Near East by Professor J. H. Breasted, now in Mesopotamia. He further reported that he confidently expected to secure other gifts for this purpose amounting to $25,000. Mrs. Helen Swift Neilson, of Chicago, has contributed $25,000 to the University's American Book Purchase Fund. From the estate of Harriet E. Morse the University has received the sum of $3,000, to create the Herbert A. and Harriet E. Morse Fund, "to be applied to the education of worthy and needy persons desiring to attend or attending said University." INSURANCE OF EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING STAFF At the meeting of the Board of Trustees held March 9, 1920, authority was given to the Business Manager to effect the insurance of employees of the University and certain members of the teaching staff not eligible to the benefits of the retiring allowance now in force. This insurance is effective after one year of continuous service, the minimum amount of insurance being $600, and increasing at the rate of $100 per annum up to the amount of the annual salary of the individual, but not to exceed a maximum of $3,000. It is hoped that the interest of the University thus manifested will not only afford protection to the families of its employees, but will also arouse a spirit of loyalty and co-operation. MR. ROCKEFELLER'S FINAL GIFT The University has received the tenth and last instalment of Mr. John D. Rockefeller's "final gift" made in December, 1910, and payable in annual instalments of $1,000,000. In noting the receipt of the last portion of this notable contribution to the funds of the University, the Board of Trustees instructed the President and the Secretary to address to Mr. Rockefeller a communication on behalf of the Board of Trustees expressing the deep feeling of gratitude and the hearty thanks of the University for his crowning munificent gift and its sense of appreciation of the beneficent ends secured by means of its use. INCREASE IN TUITION FEES AND ROOM RENTS The Board of Trustees has voted to increase tuition fees from and after the Summer Quarter, 1920, as follows: In the School of Education tuition fees have been increased: in the Kindergarten from $75 to $100 for the year; in the Elementary School from $135 in the first four grades and $150 in the remaining grades to $200 in all grades for the year; in the High School from $200 to $275 for the year. There are, however, to be no additional fees in these schools except for breakage in the laboratories and material for construction in the shops. Provision is made for free textbooks for pupils in the schools; for continuance of tuition fees of members of the University faculty at the present rates, namely, at one-half the present tuition fee plus the additional fees taken over for pupils by the increase in tuition, it being understood that all of the changes herein named are to become effective beginning with the year July 1, 1920-June 30, 1921. The fees in University College, on and after October 1, 1920, are to be placed on the same basis as the fees in the Colleges of Arts, Literature, and Science. The charges for room rents in the student residence halls have been increased with the beginning of the Summer Quarter, sufficiently to meet the increased cost of maintenance and operation. SALES FROM UNIVERSITY COMMONS STOREHOUSE The University Commons will issue to members of the faculties, officers, and employees of the University, identification tickets giving the holders the privilege of purchasing from the Commons Store Room, on conditions named below, the following goods on a strictly cash and carry basis: (1) dry groceries-flour, sugar, coffee, cocoa; (2) butter; (3) eggs; (4) bottled olives; (5) canned goods-vegetables, fruit, fish. Beginning July 1, Room 14, Lexington Hall, will be open daily, except Saturday, from three to five o'clock. Identification tickets will be issued to those entitled to make purchases. These tickets will be taken up and canceled if used by or for anyone other than the person whose name is written thereon. The Commons may discontinue these sales at any time and may change the list of goods obtainable. "HISTORY OF BELGIUM" A morocco-bound copy of the second edition of Professor Léon Van der Essen's History of Belgium, published by the University of Chicago Press, was forwarded through the American Ambassador to Belgium to King Albert. The receipt of the volume was acknowledged by Mr. Whitlock in the following letter: MY DEAR PRESIDENT JUDSON: AMERICAN EMBASSY, BRUSSELS I received on April 13th last your letter dated March 26, and immediately sent the copy of Professor Van der Essen's History of Belgium to the Secretary of the King. I have now received an acknowledgment from Colonel Menschaert in which he asks me to forward to you the sincere thanks of His Majesty for your thoughtfulness in sending the work to him. Thinking that it may be of interest to you, I am enclosing a copy of Colonel Menschaert's letter. Believe me, my dear President Judson, Very sincerely yours, Monsieur l'Ambassadeur: (SIGNED) BRAND WHITLOCK PALAIS DE BRUXELLES En l'absence de M.le Chef du Cabinet du Roi, j'ai eu l'honneur de remettre à Sa Majesté le volume Histoire de Belgique par le Professeur Van der Essen que le President de l'Université de Chicago, M. Harry Pratt Judson, avait prié Votre ExcelJence d'offrir à mon Auguste Souverain. J'ai été chargé d'avoir l'honneur de recourir à la grande et habituelle obligeance de Votre Excellence en la priant de vouloir bien faire parvenir à M. Pratt Judson les sincères remerciements du Roi pour la gracieuse pensée qu'il a eue de cette œuvre. Veuillez agréer, Monsieur l'Ambassadeur, les assurances de ma plus haute considération. Le Colonel Secrétaire du Cabinet du Roi. (S) A. MENSCHAERT A SON EXCELLENCE MONSIEUR BRAND WHITLOCK AMBASSADEUR EXTRAORDINAIRE ET PLENIPOTENTIAIRE MISCELLANEOUS The Board of Trustees has authorized the employment of a visiting nurse to be under the direction of the University Health Department. Marshall & Fox have been appointed architects of the Rawson Laboratory of the Medical School. It is to be erected on the West Side. The architect's plans for the Albert Merritt Billings Hospital and Max Epstein Dispensary have been accepted. Repairs and alterations in the Divinity dormitories together with their refurnishing have been authorized at an expense of $54,009. During the month of February, 1920, (twenty-nine days) the power plant burned 2,497 tons of coal, an average of 86.3 tons per day. |