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Show (:1 igj+ purpose! of the Association and by reading the -rocoedin s I fiflrfihv you I111 be able to get a clear idea as to thi topics govered. This letterhead shows the membership as of November last. the '1;_ whoops-for a university having an enrollment between two and three thousgfang‘nonid be-835.00 a year. Places of meeting are determined by an ayllfiuflhtvo committee, the policy having been to meet at institutions of ‘tjleanning who were members of the Association so that there would not richly be the program to enjoy but the delegates would nave the oppor- -g;tnnity of studying the plant of different institutions each year. W3 "it"9 met in the universities of Michigan, of Wisconsin, Ohio and .figflisoouri.u Twice we met in Chicago, once in order to have a Joint ainueetina with the university presidents and the other was really the fittrganization meeting. next year we are to meet at Iowa holding the "jilhnrsdny meeting at the Agricultural College and the_Friday and Satur- -]idny meetings at the university; In one of your letters you ask as to that has been accomplished. iyxhat, or course, is always hard to determine. Some institutions have- fifnit gotten a thing out of it any more than some members of governing interns Know what it is all about. 'Dne member told me that the meeting {hold at Columbus gave him enough ideas from the examination of the splant which when put into effect in some readjustments which they "wore making in their plant, he was confident had saved the institution #61033 to $lOO0,0CO. Another'member from another institution indicated wthnt he had gotten enough ideas out of the Wisconsin meeting by checkVina up on_some of their plans to represent a saving of probably get,000t00.a year and so it goes. ' f There are four types or members of governing boards. One fioocopts membership because of the honor which it confers upon him. who attends all functions when he can hit on the front row, look wise lfiand get free advertising. Another group includes those who believe gmthnt governing boards are necessary evils and that all that is neces- Etaany for one to do is to attend the meeting end vote "yes" on each fiflnroposition presented. The third group represents those who take the y Job too seriously and who feel that it is absolutely essential for E that to be conversant with every detail and who want to pass on de- .5 $3113 of management rather than transmit authority to do things to flytfl08$ in control. The fourth class, and in my opinion the most valu~ @ able, are those who consider service on a governing board in oome~ ‘t that the some light as they would look upon service on a jury. It ‘3"13 their job to connider carefully and weigh thoughtfully matters i‘that are presented with the responsibility adore to the ordinary JuryJanan which is possessed by the juoge who site as a one men jury, in Euthat he feels the necessity for raising the Question mark at various I'stages of the proceedings if the material presented to him by the {hattornoys does not seen to cover the whole ground. a: ‘ We shall certainly be pleased to welcome the Boaro of the 1}flhiVereity to membership.in the Association. . Yours truly (signed: D. E. Springer Secretary. i" *. 3; » Er. wolfe presented the report without recommendation and on notion of hegent Robinson, it was ordered riled |
