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1933)

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On motion of Dr. Meyer, these fees were authorized.

AGREEMENT W I T H NATIONAL. A L U M INATE CORPORATION FOR "SCALE STUDIES" (4) The National Aluminate Corporation of Chicago has offered the University the sum of $5,000 to cover the expenses of a cooperative research project to be called "Scale Studies." It is estimated that the work will cover approximately twelve months and will be exploratory in character to determine whether the project warrants further investigation. Until then the Company does not wish to enter into a formal agreement as is used in such cases. I recommend acceptance of this offer subject to the assent of the Company in a "memorandum of agreement" prepared by the University Counsel outlining the conditions under which the University will conduct this investigation, including also the provisions of its policy governing such work.

On motion of Mr. Blair, it was voted t h a t such cooperative projects should be subject to the requirement that authorization of publication by the donor of funds should be given only by the Board on recommendation of the Executive Staff of the Engineering Experiment Station. It was the opinion of the Board that copies of all reports of progress of cooperative projects should be sent to the Board committee on patents at the same time they were sent to the donors. On motion of Mrs. Hopkins, the gift of the National Aluminate Corporation was accepted.

COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATION OF METHODS OF CLEANING COAL (5) A recommendation that an agreement with the Franklin County Coal Company, Inc., of Chicago, for a cooperative investigation of methods of cleaning coal, to be carried out by the mining division of the Engineering Experiment Station, be approved. This agreement is drawn for a period of one year, beginning April 1, 1933, with a provision that it may be extended for additional periods by mutual agreement under the same terms or other terms. The Company agrees to pay $500 for the expenses of this investigation.

On motion of Mr. Armstrong, this agreement was authorized. At this point, Mr. Karraker took his place with the Board.

CONTRACT WITH ILLINOIS CANNING COMPANY TERMINATED (6) On October I, 1932, the University entered into an agreement with the Illinois Canning Company of Hoopeston, Illinois, for a cooperative investigation of sweet corn and other vegetable crops (Minutes, October 21, 1932, page 131). The agreement was for one year. The Company now requests that the contract be cancelled. The Company proposes to take over the services of the man who was employed as research assistant on this investigation. The Dean of the College of Agriculture recommends approval. I concur in the recommendation.

On motion of Mrs. Hopkins, the termination of this contract was ordered.

USE OF U N I V E R S I T Y L A N D BY C H A M P A I G N C O U N T Y EMERGENCY RELIEF COMMITTEE (7) The Champaign County Emergency Relief Committee has requested the use of twenty acres of the tract lying between the Stadium and the Illinois Central Railway for quantity production of garden vegetables to care for the unemployed of the community. After conference with the President of the Board and with the Dean of the College of Agriculture, this request was granted for the growing season of 1933.

On motion of Mr. Blair, the action of the President of the University in granting this request was approved.