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1905] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 283 The following assignments are made for the purpose of equipment or material for the prosecution of, or preparation for, investigations: Assigned Assigned Assigned Assigned Assigned Assigned Assigned to to to to to to to department department department department department department department of of of of of of of mechanical engineering electrical engineering theoretical and applied mechanics . civil engineering physics architecture railway engineering $2,500 00 1,000 00 2,000 X ) X 500 00 1,000 00| 300 00 700 001 $8,000 00 2,000 00 2,000 00 $20,000 00 Total For bulletins and printing F o r general and office expense Total. S A L A R I E S AND L A B O R . R. W. Rutt, assistant to the director and secretary of the station staff, July 1, 1905 to July 1, 1906 H. B. Dirks, assistant in mechanical technology, September 1, 1905 to July 1, 1906, at $90.00 D. A. Abrams, assistant in laboratory of applied mechanics, September 1, 1905 to July 1, 1906, at $75.00 M. L. Carr, assistant in physics, September 1, 1905 to July 1, 1906, at $70.00 Elizabeth A. Swift, station clerk and stenographer, September 1, 1905 to July X, 1906, at $75.00 • C. H. Hurd, assistant in laboratory of applied mechanics, September 1, 1905 to July 1, 1906, at $40.00 (part pay) Total. $1,500 00 900 00 750 00 700 00 750 00| 400 00 $5,000 00 P U R C H A S E OF A H O U S E FOR T H E DIRECTOR OF T H E AGRICULTURAL PERIMENT STATION. EX- i M r . Kerrick called up the report of the joint committee concerning the purchase of Professor Davenport's house as a residence for the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and moved its adoption. While the discussion of the report was going on, it was voted to hold a special meeting of the Board in Springfield soon, next week if practicable. F u r t h e r consideration of the report was thereupon, at the suggestion of President James and upon motion of M r . Kerrick, postponed until such special meeting. THE AUDITORIUM. T h e architect of the Auditorium, Mr. Blackall* made the following report: , UBBANA, Oct. 20, 1905. To the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: I would respectfully report that I have received from Jobst & Sons, Builders, of Peoria, Illinois, preliminary estimates for constructing your Auditorium at a probable total expense not exceeding $100,000. This would include the structure as shown by my plans as far back as the line of the proscenium opening but not including the stage or the rear wings. The building would be finished substantially as shown by my drawings, but would not include decorative paintings or sculpture or any landscape work or any piping,
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