University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Plans of the Regents yet to be Realized Some ol the more important plans of the University of Michigan for some reason or other have not been realized. The one in which we are most interested is the one which concerns University Hall and the administration of the University. On August 26th the Board of Regents passed a resolution requesting that the University be allowed to share in the Michigan Institutional Building Program to the extent that a new Administration building be erected near the center of the campus proper. Incidentally, this program is part of the National Relief Program as in operation under President Roosevelt. The plans have been drawn up and submitted to the State Building Department for their careful consideration, thai department having complete charge of the entire state building program. These plans included the construction of a new Administration building for the University, the cost of which, fully equipped for occupancy, would have been approximately $600,000. These plans were completed and presented by ihe Buildings and Grounds Committee under the direction of Professor Lewis M. Gram, director of plant extension and Walter M. Roth, engineer of the Buildings and Grounds Committee. The plans as originally drawn up, provided for an Administration Building centrally located upon the campus of the University of Michigan. The plans were in accordance with previous plans which originated at the time the erection of Angell Hall was under consideration. As you perhaps know, the original plans call for a quadrangle of which Angell Hall is the West Wing and the proposed Administration Building the East Wing. From the North and South ends of Angell Hall were to be built wings extending east to join the proposed Administration Building and con- taining departments as does Angell Hall now. You may have noticed the blank construction of either end of Angell Hall, which allow an easy and convenient connection to extensions of the building at these points. As drawn and presented by Gram and Roth, the building would be 200 feet long and 135 feet wide, having four stories above the gound and a convenient basement for the storage of administra- tion supplies and records. The frame was to be of reinforced concrete, while the exterior was to be of brick and stone. It was planned that the building be very fireproof to safeguard the per- manency of the University records, as well as the safety of the occupants of the building. The heating and lighting was to have originated in the central heating and lighting plant located north- east of the campus proper. Their request that the University be allowed to share in the building program was not an extraordinary one in any respect. The State of Michigan anticipated the acquisition of $25,000,000 lor their share in the building program, which would have allowed them to give jobs to some 300 or 400 men. The $600,000 that was required for the building of this University project was not proportionally great. Then, too, the University is in possession of the land upon which the building would be erected. This is a point very much in favor of the request, as was the additional fact that the University could probably furnish quite a share of the materials itself. There were, however, many projects of the University which were approved and gotten under way early in 1934. These will have cost approximately $75,000 and will have furnished employment to some 260 to 280 men. An account of the extent and nature of these projects may be found on page seven of this section. We note all through any account of the activities of the Board of Regents this year, an earnest, sincere, and in most cases, successful effort for the betterment of University conditions. THE PRESIDENT ' S OFFICE THE REGENT ' S ROOM

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Ho . JUNIUS E. BEAL. HON. PAUL F. VOELKEH, State Supcrintendenl of Public Instruction. HON. RALPH STONE. HON. RICHARD K. SMITH HON. CHARLES S. HEMANS, HON. EDMUND C. SHIELDS. HON. ESTHER M. CRAM. ALEXANDER (JRAMT RUTHVEN, PreHident, HON. FRANKLIN M. COOK. BOARD OF REGENTS Through any period of heart-sinking depression it is essential that the affairs of such an institu- tion as the University of Michigan be in the hands of a competent executive body. We of the University of Michigan are fortunate, therefore, in having a Board of Regents which has so effec- tively managed the policies of the University this year. Their executive capabilities have been used to make them instrumental in preserving the University of Michigan intact from any of the disastrous effects attributed to the well-timed blows of Old Man Depression. When the Regents found that there were certain conditions existing which made the University of Michigan insecure, they remedied the situation by administering medicinal innovations and changes. Most of the changes have not been radical ones but the effect as a whole has been to lessen the fear for the safety of the University in its fight against the Depression by stabilizing its condition and making its position, among the very best of the universities, more secure. The creation of executive committees in both the Literary College and the Summer Session has been regarded as a significant innovation. These bodies are to assist in the administration of the different units. In the Literary College the step was just a continuance of the then temporary machinery set up upon the death of Dean Effinger, to handle the affairs of the college until a per- manent dean could be appointed to the position which Dean Kffinger had so capably filled. At the time that Dean Kraus was appointed the permanent dean, the Regents decided that the new Ifead of the Summer Session should be called its Director instead of its Dean, while the Head of the Pharmacy Department should be called its Head instead of its Dean. The duties of the so-called executive committee are few but extensive. The committee is to investigate and formulate the policies of instruction in the Literary College. They are to act in behalf of the college in all budg- etary or financial matters. Lastly, they are to make all appointments and promotions. These powers or du ties are important and represent a shifting of administrative responsibility which promises to secure an increased interest in matters of administration. One of the most important of the Regents ' meetings was that of July 17th last, at which time the Board considered University expenditures and money matters. The Regents at this time saw fit to drop a number of teachers and clerks from the University payroll in an effort to adequately control the budget. Four professors, four associates, seven assistants, forty-five instructors, and six others were among those receiving notices. Some hundred others were put on a part-time basis. The salary cuts that were made at this time were not unusually severe. In fact, salaries of less than $1500 received no cut at all. Those salaries ranging between $1500 and $2000 were cut eight per cent, while those ranging from $2000 to $4000 were dropped twelve per cent. Those professors receiving between $4000 and $7500 were forced to take a fifteen percent cut in wages, while those with salaries higher than $7500 received a cut of twenty per cent. These cuts are considered light in view of the monthly appropriations afforded by the State of Michigan this ear. The difference between the Regents ' budget of $5,088,831 and the State of Michigan ' s appropria- tions of $3,200,000 will be made up through tuition and other sources. The least that can be said of the Board of Regents this year is that they have accomplished things which have greatl influenced University conditions toward the better. Their efforts have been directed not to stabilization alone, but to advancement in the face of adverse conditions which seemed insurmountable.

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UNIVERSITY The most obvious and distinguishing features of the administration of the various units of the University of Michigan this year seem to be the important and far- reaching changes that have been affected. These changes for the most part have been innovations which will affect to no small degree the policies and characteristics of the University administration. On June 16th of last year, a temporary committee was appointed to handle the affairs of the Literary College. This move was made necessary by the death by heart attack of Dean John R. Effinger, well-known and well-liked Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and Arts. The affairs of the college were temporarily in the hands of this executive committee appointed by the Regents. The committee consisted of Professors Moses Gomberg, J. R. Hayden, L. C. Karpinski, D. H. Parker, and E. H. Kraus, Chairman. On August 30th the Chairman, former Dean of the Summer Session and the College of Pharmacy, was appointed Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to be assisted in the running of the University ' s largest unit by an executive committee of six members appointed by the Regents through the President of the recommendation of the faculty for three year terms. Their appointments are staggered so that there will be two new members each year, and no one can hold a position for two terms without a year having elapsed between them. Dean Kraus has been in charge of the Summer Session continuously since 1915, and the College of Pharmacy since 1920. When Dr. Kraus was named Dean of the Literary College. Professor Louis A. Hopkins was named Director of the Summer Session to succeed Kraus, and Professor Howard B. Lewis was appointed Head of the College of Pharmacy, filling another of the posi- tions formerly held by Dean Kraus. Thus, the University had three new University administra- tors for important units at the beginning of the fall term this last year. Other departments of the University have remained almost unchanged as to actual administra- tion. Dr. Frederick G. Novy, chairman of the executive committee of the Medical School and a member of the University since 1886, was named Dean of the Medical School by the Board of Regents at their first fall meeting. He will continue in his position as chairman of the executive committee. Dr. Novy has been long on this campus and has won the respect and friendship of all who know him. Dean J.B.Edmondson of the School of Education is prom- inent in educational circles. From time to time he has issued statements which are both interesting and valuable. One zm m Above EIWARI H. KHAUS College of Literature. Srienre anil The Arts h ' ar l.ejt DEAN JOSEPH E. BURSLKY. Men Near Left DKAN ALICE C. LLOVD Women