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1924]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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COLLEGE PLACE LAND (9) There remains unpaid on our purchases of College Place lots during the past two or three years the sum of $19,900. This may probably be paid off on sixty days' notice. The Comptroller recommends that an appropriation be made to discharge the entire indebtedness and I concur in the recommendation and ask that an appropriation of $19,900 be made from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose, and that the Comptroller be authorized to discharge the indebtedness. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, these recommendations were concurred in. T h e appropriation w a s m a d e b y the following vote: Aye, M r . Armstrong, M r s . Blake, M r s . Busey, M r s . Evans, M r s . Grigsby, M r s . Ickes, M r . Noble, M r . Trees, M r . Trimble; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . Small. SICK LEAVE FOR PROFESSOR VAN HORNE (10) A recommendation that Professor John Van Home be granted sick leave for September and October without reduction of salary, save for such amount as may be necessary to compensate an outside instructor. O n motion of M r s . Blake, this recommendation w a s approved. APPOINTMENT OF DR. CARROLL (11) On nomination of Dean Mumford I recommend the appointment of Mr. William E. Carroll to the position of Professor of Swine Husbandry and Chief of Swine Husbandry in the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station, at a salary rate of $4,000 a year from February 1, 1925. O n motion of M r s . Blake, this appointment w a s made. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PROFESSOR LARSON (12) A recommendation that Professor Laurence M. Larson be granted leave of absence on one-half pay for the year 1925-26, under the rules. O n motion of M r s . Evans, this leave w a s granted. ASSIGNMENT OF THE OLD LIBRARY BUILDING (13) A recommendation that, beginning September, 1925, or as near that date as possible, the College of Law be transferred to the present Library Building, the space therein to be assigned to them to be the original Library, subject to such adjustments, especially on the first floor, as meet the approval of the Supervising Architect. O n motion of M r s . Grigsby, this recommendation w a s adopted. REMODELLING OLD LIBRARY BUILDING (14) A recommendation that the sum of $90,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated from the Reserve and Contingent Fund to extend the brick portion of the present Library eastward a certain distance, to sheathe the whole i stone, and to meet the expense of other necessary changes. n O n motion of Mrs. Evans, this recommendation was approved, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Armstrong, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Grigsby, Mrs. Ickes, M r . Noble, M r . Trees, M r . Trimble; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . Small. GRADING, TILING, AND SEEDING AROUND STADIUM (15) On the land north of the Stadium and surrounding it, there is much to be done in grading, tiling, and putting into grass, in order that the land may be suitable for use. Professor White estimates that the ultimate cost will be $20,000. He advises me that about half of the work can be done this fall. I therefore recommend an appropriation of $10,000 from the Reserve and Contingent Fund for this purpose.