Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1932 [PAGE 518]

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board of trustees

[February 6

Projects to be curtailed i. Stretching of lead sheaths, Case No. 23 1 800 00 2. Solubility of boiler waters. Case No. 31 5 0oo ot 3. Investigation of stack ^ases. Case No. 34 7 000 00 4. Refrigeration at low brine temperatures, Case No. 41 (to be terminated on June 30, 1932) 4 000 00 Total budget for 1031 $20 600 00 None of the projects to be continued will involve any new type of workbut will deal with the present program of research. The Utilities Research Commission has been obliged to reduce its total budget for research work to one-third of the amount spent in each of the preceding two years, thus necessitating a reduction in the total funds to be made available for research work in the University of Illinois during 1932 to $20,600. This report w a s received for record. STATUS OF VARIOUS COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (8) The Dean of the College of Engineering submits the following report of the status of various cooperative research investigations: 1. Investigation of concrete columns:—Investigation completed and contract which expires on February 12, 1932, will not be extended. z. Investigation of clay sewer pipe:—Funds supplied for this investigation were expended on December 1, 1931, and the work on this project had been concluded on that date. 3. Investigation of cast iron pipe:—Contract expired November 1, 1931. The Sectional Committee on Specifications for Cast Iron Pipe of the American Society for Testing Materials requests that the agreement be extended for one year under the terms of the original contract to continue the investigation, and the Society has turned over to the University an additional six hundred dollars for continuing this work. I recommend the extension of this agreement. O n motion of M r . Trees, this report w a s received for record and the agreement for the investigation of cast iron pipe w a s extended. CANCELLATION OF CONTRACT FOR INVESTIGATION OF CANNING CROPS (9) A request from the Gibson Canning Company, of Gibson City, that it be released from the agreement made with the Board of Trustees on January 9, 1931 (Minutes, page 143), for a study by the Agricultural Experiment Station of the factors which determine the best development of certain types of vegetables. The Company agreed to pay $5,000 a year for three years for this work. Of the $5,000 paid in during 1931, there is a balance of $1,200.51 in this fund which can be used to complete the records of the work done so far. The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends approval of this request, and I concur. O n motion of Dr. Noble, this recommendation w a s adopted. REPORT OF GIFTS (10) The following report of gifts received by the University since the last report: From the Western Electric Company, of Chicago, through Mr. E. V. Reigle. electrical condensers, coils, and resistances valued at $50 for the use of the Department of Electrical Engineering. From Dr. David Kinley a Chinese painting on silk brought by him from Peiping and presented to the College of Fine and Applied Arts. From the International Cellucotton Products Company the sum of $3,600 for research work during 1932 on the hygienic care of the skin. O n motion of D r . Noble, the acceptance of these gifts w a s approved.