Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 130]

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board of trustees

[December 9

2. Labor and material for extending electric power lines to the cattle feeding plant, the cost to be charged to the appropriation for Physical Plant Extensions. 3. One Studebaker two-ton truck at $ 1,115 net, ($1,330 minus allowance for 1922 Graham Brothers one-and-a-half-ton truck $215) from the Kincaid Motor Company of Champaign, the cost to be charged to the appropriation for Physical Plant Extensions. This report w a s received for record. PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR CHEMISTRY ANNEX BUILDING (10) A recommendation that the Purchasing Agent be authorized to purchase furniture for the offices, laboratories, and classrooms, and also projection equipment for the lecture room, for the Chemistry Annex building. The estimated total cost of this equipment is $5,200. The Purchasing Agent is not yet ready to place the orders, and this authorization is requested because the furniture and equipment will have to be purchased as soon as possible to have it ready for use at the beginning of the second semester. O n motion of M r s . Blake, these purchases w e r e authorized. ALUMNI FOUNDATION (11) A request for a hearing for a committee of alumni concerning the organization of an Alumni Foundation. This request was granted, and the following members of the alumni committee were heard: Mr. William J. Wardall, M r . Wensel Morava, Mr. Glenn M . Hobbs, and Mr. E. L. Scheidenhelm. M r . Wardall presented a plan of organization. O n motion of Dr. Noble, the President of the Board was requested to appoint a special committee (to include M r . Barr and M r . Fisher) to consider this matter and to report to the Board. President Barr appointed the following committee: Mr. Armstrong, Chairman, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Fisher, M r . Trees. REQUEST OF DELTA PHI FRATERNITY FOR USE OF DRIVEWAY ADJOINING SKATING RINK (12) A report from the Supervising Architect that a driveway w l be reserved west il of the proposed skating rink between that building and the Sigma Pi fraternity which fronts on Armory Avenue; and that the Delta Phi fraternity whose house fronts on Fourth Street asks permission to use this driveway for occasional access to rear of their property. H e recommends that this privilege be granted and I concur in the recommendation. O n motion of M r . Fisher, this privilege w a s granted, subject to termination b y the B o a r d at a n y time, o n thirty d a y s notice in writing. VACATION OF HARVEY STREET (13) A report that the City of Urbana has vacated that portion of Harvey Street in Urbana extending from the Illinois Traction Company's right of way south to the Boneyard, on which the University owns all of the abutting property, in accordance with the petition of the University authorized by the Board on September 20, 1928 (page 27). This report w a s received for record.