Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920 [PAGE 192]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 23,

3. More important than the above is the undesirability of unsettling the minds of the young women of the University again with reference to where they are to live. As you are aware, there was a good deal of agitation among the young women at the beginning of the year about getting settled in their rooms. I think it would be unfortunate to have this repeated after the young women have regarded themselves as settled for the year. 4. Finally, I think it would hardly be fair to the landladies of the community to break in on their arrangements in the middle of the year. Such action would tend to break up our local arrangements by making them more reluctant to provide accomodations in the future, if the University were likely to upset their arrangements. These reasons make me think that the use of the residence hall for the girls during the rest of this University year is inadvisable, and the best other use that we can put it to is probably that of a hospital. The building already has equipment for steritization^ i^olajtiqn, and preparation of food. Yours very truly,

DAVID KINLEY

On motion of Mr. Blair, after thoro discission, the President of the University was instructed to proceed as sqori as possible to niaKe the Wdhtati's Residence iSalf available for use by the women by July 1,1919. ^ .- ^ The sentjnient of the Board appeared to be that there was no objection to using the Woman's Residence Hall temporarily as a hospital in case of necessity, provided it should not interfere with the use of it as a Residence Hall next

PURCHASE OF WOODLAND TRACT (10) A recommendation of the Executive Committee to the Board of Trustees that the North Half of: the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section One, Township Nineteen North, Range Nine East^ Third Pi M;, be purchased by the University and added to the Forest Reserve already begun. This plat embraces about twenty acresj and the price asked by the owner, MrsV E. U. Ellrbd, is three hundred dollars an aerei The purchase of this lot was recommended very strbngly by the Committee in charge of the University Forest Reserve. It lies immediately next i6, and* really constitutes a part of, the forest plat how bwned by the University. If the University does not take it Within a short time, it will; probably be cleared off, milch td theirijtiry of the forest land already owned. (See page 100.)

CJii motion of Mr. Trimble, the Comptroller >vas authorized t o purchase this property. The vote was as fbljp^s: Ayes, Mr. AhKott^ Mr. B l a ^ Mrs. Eyaris, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Tagga^t, Mr. THmEje, Mr. W^rdj Mis^ Watson; no,^ none; absent, Mr. Carr, Mr. Lowd^n, Mr v Trevett. • :

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR K S. GRIFFITH (ll-) 1 - A-recommendation that Professor Ira S:': Griffith bkappointed Professor of Industrial Education at a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars a year^'beginning September 1, 1919.

Oil tflotiori of Mr. Blair, this recommendation was adopted*