Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1934
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470 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 13 tenant on the North Carter-Pennell farm, in the amount of $940, upon which payments have been made from receipts from the sale of livestock and poultry and inventory adjustments until the unpaid balance now stands at $593-32, be released. These recommendations are made in recognition of the general practice of farm owners in making concessions to their tenants because of serious chinch bug infestation and severe drought._ I concur in these recommendations. O n motion of M r . Barrett, these recommendations w e r e adopted. APPROPRIATION OF RECEIPTS FROM COOK COUNTY EXPERIMENT STATION (4) A recommendation that the unused surplus receipts of the Cook County Experiment Station, amounting to $1,935.86, be appropriated to the Department of Horticulture for the publication of manuscripts on the researches of the Agricultural Experiment Station. O n motion of M r . Blair, the President of the Board, the President of the University, and the University Counsel were requested to study this matter further and report to the Board. GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY (5) The following report of gifts received by the University since the last report: Eli Lilly and Company, $1,100 to the College of Medicine for Dr. W. H. Welker's serum proteins work. (This is a continuation of the work he has been doing for several years.) The Monsanto Chemical Company of St. Louis, $1,000 for the establishment of a two-year research assistantship for the study of aerogels. University of Illinois Library School Association, $300 for the Katherine L. Sharp Graduate School Scholarship fund. (Original gift accepted by the Board of Trustees, December 21, 1932—Minutes, page 161.) The DuPont Rayon Company, $150 in support of research work in chemistry involving methods of determining humidity in colloidal materials. (This gift is a continuation of grants previously accepted; original gift accepted by the Board of Trustees, November 10, 1933—Minutes, page 412.) Mrs. Angie G. Weston, 350 volumes, pamphlets, and periodicals from the library of the late Professor N. A. Weston. This report was received for record. COMPTROLLER'S REPORT OF CONTRACTS (6) The following report from the Comptroller of contracts executed since the last report: CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY T H E COMPTROLLER FEBRUARY 19, 1934, TO MARCH 7, Amount to be Paid by the University $15-75 per month 1934 Contract authorized by the Board of Trustees in meeting February 24, 1934: Name City of Champaign Date February ai, 1934 Purpose Emergency fire phone service beginning March 1, 1934 Tenure One year from January 1, 1934 Lease renewal executed under general regulations of the Board of Trustees: Leased to Property IllmoisBell 114 pairs of Telephone Company underground cables Rental $307.80 peryear Date February 13, 1934 This report was received for record.
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