The Council submit the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 109), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 18 November 2005.
1. That certain funds to support the University Library be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:1
The income of the Fund derived from the bequest of Professor Anthony Ashley Bevan, M.A., Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic, 1893-1933, and Fellow of Trinity College, accepted by the University in 1933 by Grace 2 of 26 January 1934 and now known as the Bevan Fund, shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate for the benefit of the University Library.
The income of the J. P. T. Bury Fund shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate to purchase rare French books published between 1814 and 1914. A book plate shall be affixed to each book so purchased recording that it was purchased through the Fund.
The income of the Fund derived from the bequest of Mr J. G. de Fraine, accepted by the University in 1965 and announced in the Reporter on 27 October 1965, shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate to purchase books and manuscripts in the field of music.
The income of the Fund derived from the benefaction by Dr William Fingland, accepted by the University in 1958 and now known as the Fingland Fund, shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate to support the University Archives.
The income of the Library Endowment Fund shall be expended for the general purposes of the University Library at the discretion of the Library Syndicate.
The income of the Fund derived from the bequest of Arthur Darby Nock, M.A., Fellow of Clare College, 1923-30, University Lecturer in Classics, 1926-30, and Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion at Harvard University from 1930 until his death on 11 January 1963, accepted by the University in 1963 and announced in the Reporter on 24 July 1963, now known as the A. D. Nock Fund, shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate for the purpose of buying new or recent foreign books for the University Library.
The income of the Fund derived from the bequest of £10,000 by Walter William Rouse Ball, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, accepted by the University in 1927 by Grace 1 of 14 July 1927 and now known as the Rouse Ball Library Fund, shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate for the benefit of, or towards the expenses of maintaining, the University Library.
The income of the Fund derived from the bequest of Arthur Bromby Wilson-Barkworth, B.A., LL.D., of Jesus College, accepted by the University in 1929 by Grace 1 of 11 May 1929 and now known as the Wilson-Barkworth Fund, shall be applied at the discretion of the Library Syndicate for 'the purchase of original manuscripts or copies thereof or any other documents or books which it may be desirable to acquire for the University Library and particularly any manuscripts, documents, or books illustrating or bearing upon the local history of England and more especially of the East Riding of Yorkshire'.
2. That the regulations for the Sports Syndicate be amended, with effect from 1 October 2005, as follows:2
Regulation 10.
By amending this regulation so as to read:
10. There shall be the University offices of Director of Physical Education and Assistant Director of Physical Education and such number of University offices of Physical Education Officer as the Council shall from time to time determine.
Regulation 12.
By inserting at the end of the first line the words ', to the University office of Assistant Director of Physical Education,'; and by inserting in sub-paragraph (e) after the words 'to be made to' the words 'the office of Assistant Director of Physical Education or to'.
1 The Funds referred to in this Grace have hitherto been administered informally by the Library Syndicate. It is proposed to establish them on a formal basis. The regulations reflect the conditions attaching to the original bequests or donations.
2 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 137. The Sports Syndicate have proposed a restructuring of the staffing of the Department of Physical Education by establishing a new position of Assistant Director with a stipend of step 20 (and discretionary step 20A). The Syndicate propose that the office is initially filled by appropriate internal appointment. The costs of the proposal will be covered within existing resources.