UniCouncil_1940-50_136

0x h'l« 2574 - 2575 - 2576 - 2577 - 2578 - 2579 - ,\0 Minutes of the Meeting of Council \ December £* 1944 Present? Dr* Watson, “residing, Messrs. Calverley, Howard, Boktor, Conn, Smith and Cl*land. Dr* Batson opened the meeting with prayer. ihe Minutes of the mating of Kov. 18 were approved as typed. bales of Property? Uhe report of Mr. Clel&nd (attached) was read and action postponed until:the next meeting of the Council. Dr. Watson reported that Mtr© Meraby Pasha had Indicated that the Maadl contract form for sale of land laid no burdens or objections upon the seller but only on the purchaser and that the University need have no fears on this score* However this still left the seller with a continuing responsibility for seeing that the purchaser fulfilled the execution of the tense of his contract* Mr. Conn reported upon arrangements for Ms time as follows? ?,be Bursar1 s office la now badly understaffed a d is not able to keep all work up-to-date, in order to handle all the work and allow the Bursar time to supervise the preliminary work at the Suburban Property two additional employees are needed. One employee Is required to handle typing, clerical and book-keeping work, while another employee is needed to supervise the halls, oversee the servants, and attend to repa rs. Such an arrangement would relieve the Burair of a great deal of detail work and make his time available for supervision at the Suburban Ifbperty and for other administrative duties. 25th Anniversary Fund; With regard to the solicitation of gifts. It was explained that toe Alumni considered this campaign as on© lor cho Alumni alone and that members of the Faculty were under no obligation to contribute to the Fund. It was suggested that the staff would have an opportunity at a future date to make their contribution to projects on the Giza site. The Executive Committee of the Fund is requested to Invite the memhers of the sta^f to the Big Meeting of December 14 and to explain to them that it was not for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions. Personnel Needs: Dr. Watson’s memorandum of liov. 28 (copy attached) was read. University departments were asked to report on their needs for replacements of persons and programs of expansion in the near future. Echcol Colors? Regarding Mr. Howard’s memorandum (attached) Council voted as follows: he basic University color Is hereby changed from crimson to gold with which will be combined the following departmental colors: UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES A. U> C. LIBRARY (1) Faculty of Arts and Sciences, crimson; (2) Lincoln School, green; (3) Faculty of Education, purple