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21. The Treasurer was authorized to pay the expenses of the mem
bers of the committee on Semi-centennial Celebration in attending
meetings of the committee and its sub-committees.
22. The following was presented, and on motion the recommenda
tions were adopted and appropriations and appointments made as
recommended.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE COUNCIL.
Meeting, December 18, 19 15.
Present President Schurman, Doctor Polk, Doctor Stimson and
Doctor Thompson.
Mr. Westinghouse and Mr. Ickelheimer were unable to be present.
Mr. Place was absent on account of illness.
A letter from the Secretary of the Board of Trustees advising of the
approval of all the recommendations of the Medical College Council,
October 16, 1915, and November 20, 1915, was presented and placed
on file.
1 Doctor Stimson presented a report on the question of Compensa
tion Cases in the Dispensary, which was accepted, whereupon it was
resolved that until the annual receipts exceed $1,000 they shall be
divided equitably, under the direction of the Dean, among the Dis
pensary Surgeons doing the work.
2. The report of Doctor Stimson on the Loomis Laboratory matter
was presented, accepted and placed on file. Whereupon it was re
solved that it be referred to a committee consisting of the Dean and
Doctor Rogers to consider whether any improvement could be made
in the business methods of the manufacture and sale of the animal
products.
Moved and carried that recommendations to the Board of Trustees
be made as follows :
3. That in case of an emergency Mr. Westinghouse, in conjunction
with the Dean, be given power to carry out his own recommendations
in regard to changing the elevator system heretofore referred to him
for report, at an expenditure not exceeding $5,000.
4. That Doctor Richard Weil's title be changed from that of
Assistant Professor of Experimental Pathology to Assistant Professor
of Experimental Medicine in order to conform with his work.
5. That the sum of $450 be transferred from the salary account to
the wages account, Department of Anatomy, to pay wages of an
assistant at the rate of $50 a month, beginning November 1, 1915.