Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 197]

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1931]

U N I V E R S I T Y O F ILLINOIS

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I therefore recommend that an additional appropriation of $5000 be made, with the anticipation that this will cover the completion of the house to the point where it will be taken over by the decorator and furnisher, and I a m leaving the lightingfixturesto be included in the decorating and furnishing item. I wish very much that members of the Board might find time to look over in some detail the extras involved so that they will not be entirely dependent upon m y recommendation in the matter. Very truly yours, James M. White Supervising Architect President Chase stated that he did not feel that such elaboration of detail was necessary, and that as few extras as possible should be authorized. O n motion of M r . Williams, the appropriation of £5000 from the Reserve and Contingent Fund was made as recommended, by the following vote: Aye, M r . Armstrong, M r . Barr, M r . Barrett, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Grigsby, Mrs. Hopkins, Dr. Noble, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, M r . Blair, M r . Emmerson, M r . Williams, M r . Trees. C O M M I T T E E S O N PATENTS A N D LANDSCAPING President Barr announced the appointment of the standing Committee on Patents and of the sub-committee on Landscaping the Campus as follows: Patents—Mr. Barrett, Chairman, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Williams. Landscaping—Mrs. Hopkins, Chairman, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Trees standing committees In accordance with the By-Laws, the standing committees for 193131, appointed by President Barr on March 18, 1931, are printed here: Buildings and Grounds—James W. Armstrong, Chairman, Merle J. Trees, Mrs. Laura B. Evans, Walter W. Williams, Mrs. Marjorie Robbins Hopkins. Sub-commiUee on Landscaping—Mrs. Marjorie Robbins Hopkins, Chairman, James W. Armstrong, Merle J. Trees. Finance—Merle J. Trees, Chairman, Edward E. Barrett, Mrs. Helen M. Grigsby. Patents—Edward E. Barrett, Chairman, James W. Armstrong, Walter W. Williams. Chicago Departments—William L. Noble, Chairman, Edward E. Barrett, Mrs. Marjorie Robbins Hopkins. Student Welfare—Mrs. Laura B. Evans, Chairman, Walter W. Williams, Mrs. Marjorie Robbins Hopkins. A f l a e Student Activities—Merle J. Trees, Chairman, Mrs. Helen M. Grigsby, fiitd William L. Noble. Alumni—James W. Armstrong, Chairman, Mrs. Laura B. Evans, Edward E. Barrett. Agriculture—Walter W. Williams, Chairman, Mrs. Helen M. Grigsby, Mrs. Laura B. Evans. T I M E O F APRIL. M E E T I N G On motion of Mr. Armstrong, it was voted to hold the April meeting at the Blackstone Hotel, in Chicago, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 1931.