Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 218]

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aside out of Residence Hall income and in accordance with action of the Board (Minutes, June 15, 1934, page 586). Book paper (500 reams, 6 o # ; 350 reams, 7 0 # ; 125 reams, 4 5 # — a l l "A" grade English Finish) from the Dwight Brothers Paper Company, the lowest of nine bidders, at a price of $3,637.63 f.o.b. Urbana. T h e paper is for publications of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and funds are available in its budget to cover the cost. Eleven automobiles (8 coupes and 3 sedans)—the annual replacement of Federal Extension cars—from the E. V. Kirby Motor Company, at a cost of $2,704.64.

The action of the President of the University authorizing these purchases was confirmed.

ENDOWMENT OF EDMUND JAMES LECTURES ON GOVERNMENT (22) Mrs. George E. Frazer, of Winnetka, Illinois, daughter of the late President Edmund Janes James, offers the amount of $5,000 as a permanent endowment of an annual public lecture in the field of government as a memorial to her father, under the following conditions: 1. This fund shall be known as "Edmund James Lectures on Government" and the lecturer shall be designated as " T h e Edmund James Lecturer on Government." 2. T h e income of the fund is to be used to pay the fee and travel expenses of the lecturer, and no part of the principal is to be used. 3. T h e University will provide a suitable place for the lectures, open to all students and faculty of the University. 4. T h e University will have the sole right to print and publish the lectures. 5. T h e lectureship shall be administered by a committee of the faculty including professors of political science and economics. This committee will make nominations of lecturers, will determine the amount of the fee to be paid, and will have charge of any other details of administration of the lectureship. 6. Should any lecturer waive the fee, or should any part of the income be unused in any year, it may be used to supplement the income of future years or added to the principal of the fund, according to the discretion of the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Frazer is prepared to turn over to the University Government Bonds in the amount of $5,000 par value in a permanent trust fund as an endowment of this lectureship. I recommend acceptance of this offer. Announcement was made of it at the Commencement exercises on June 10, and I have already written Mrs. Frazer expressing the appreciation of the Board of Trustees for her generous offer. On m o t i o n of M r . W i e l a n d , this gift w a s accepted. GRANT FROM THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION (23) A report that the Rockefeller Foundation has made a grant of $5,000 to the University for the researches of Professor W. C. Rose of the Department of Chemistry on amino acids during the academic year 1935-1936. I recommend acceptance of this offer. On motion of M r . Barr, this grant w a s accepted. At this point, M r . W i e l a n d withdrew. GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEYS BUILDING (24) T h e following statement from the Building Committee of the State Board of Natural Resources and Conservation concerning the preparation of plans for the proposed new State Geological and Natural History Surveys Building, its financing, construction, and maintenance. STATE