8, 1945 THE IICHIGAN DAILY PROVOST DUTIES EXPLAINED: Adams Is Second Highest 'U' Official W, By ARTHUR KRAFT Dr. JamesP. Adams, recently ap- pointed Provost of the University, is a tall and affable man who brings to his alma mater, Michigan, an im- pressive record as an educator and citizen. As chief executive officer of the University next to the president, Dr. Adams' responsibilities relate to the educational programs of the Univer- sity-including teaching and research -and the subdivisions by which they are conducted, colleges, schools, li- braries, museums and other agencies. "It is my job," Dr. Adams said, "to be of every possible assistance to the ad- ministrative officers and to the gov- erning faculties of the colleges and schools in the carrying on of the im- portant educational work upon which they are engaged as a part of the University." According to the by-laws of the University, the Provost exercises "ex- ecutive responsibility, under the pres- ident and the Board of Regents, for the review of recommendations, with- in available appropriations, of the deans, directors, or other heads of schools, colleges, and other educa- tional units with respect to appoint- ments, promotions, leaves of absence, and salaries of members of the fac- ulty and of special service personnel whose appointment or other disposi- tion has not been specifically dele- gated to another University author- ity." Dr. Adams is also responsible for "the conduct of special studies relat- ed to educational programs of the University" and serves as adviser to the President and the Board of Re- gents in regard to educational mat- ters. As Provost, Dr. Adams is also, authorized to assume the duties and powers of the President when Dr. Ruthven is absent from the Univer- sity. Dr. Adams is a member and chair- man of the Committee on Budget Administration whose chief func- tions are to present the annual bud- get to the Board of Regents and to review requests to amend the budget before it is presented to the Board. A native of Carson City, Dr. Adams began his teaching career in 1919, when studying for his Master of Arts degree, he taught economics at this University. After two years he left to teach in the economics de- partment at Brown University as an assistant professor. Promotion came rapidly and within six years he was elevated to the rank of full professor and a year later he assumed the chairmanship of the department. In 1931, at the age of 36, Dr. Adams was appointed Vice-President of Brown, one of the nation's oldest universi- ties. Dr. Adams was acting Presi- dent of Brown for the fall term of 1937, the same year in which he re- ceived his L.L.D. Britons Say That Shooting Is Too Good For Hitler LONDON, April 7-(/P)-Britons generally agree that "shooting is too good" for Hitler, according to a sur- vey by the London Evening Stand- ard, and more than one third want him exhibited in zoos and in devas- tated countries, with receipts going to charity. Prof. Taylor To Speak On Renaissance "Renaissance Scholars and Their Books" will be the topic of a lecture by Prof. Archer Taylor, chairman of the German department at the Uni- versity of California, at 4:15 p.m. EWT (3:15 p.m. CWT) Tuesday in the Rackham Amphitheatre. His lecture sponsored by the Ger- man department, Prof. Taylor spe- cializes in folklore and medieval lit- erature, in which field he has pub- lished several books and articles. Since 1940 he has been editor of the Journal of American Folklore. He received his doctor's degree from Harvard University in 1915, and was called in 1939 to Berkeley, Cali- fornia. 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