Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 652]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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For changes in construction as follows: radiator grills and enclosures in Rooms 233, 412, and 444 made of steel and baked-on enamel finish (color to be selected by the Architect); nickel silver drop on stair newels in cast iron with Udylite finish; railing in Room 444 to be stock nickel silver handrail in place of Monel metal, interlocking joints to be of standard construction; nickel silver ornament for railing, Room 412, to be steel to match railing (handrail to remain nickel silver)—a credit allowance of.. $ 500 00 Net additional cost $ 532 00 On motion of M r . Barrett, the action of the President in approving Change Order No. 6 was confirmed and the resolution was adopted, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue. At this point, Judge Johnson presented an informal report on the status of the negotiations with the Federal Government to complete the formal requirements to secure the full payment of the loan and grant.

HEATING PLANT FOR CHICAGO DEPARTMENTS

(5) The capacity of the heating plant for the research and educational hospitals and the adjoining State and University buildings must be increased, in order to carry the additional load when the second unit of the Medical and Dental College Laboratories Building is put into operation. The Director of the Department of Public Welfare had previously agreed to the enlargement of the plant for this purpose. His attention has been called to the importance of doing the work within the next few months, so that the change-over can be made without interrupting the service during cold weather. This is especially important on account of the hospital. This report was received for record.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

(6) The Committee on Special Appropriations and Non-Recurring Expenditures, which advises the President on recommendations involving assignments from the General Reserve Fund, has been considering the equipment needs of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Special appropriations for equipment have been made in the past two years to the Colleges of Engineering and Agriculture, but no such appropriation has been made to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, except for the provisions in the operating budgets of the various departments in that college. The Dean of the College has submitted departmental equipment requests totalling $35,879. The Committee has made no attempt to judge the relative merits of the individual requests, but is of the opinion that an appropriation for equipment should be made to the College at the earliest possible date. It therefore recommends that an appropriation of $5,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for special equipment, the amount to be apportioned to the various departments by the Dean. I concur in this recommendation. On motion of Mr. Barr, this appropriation was made, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Barr, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Williams; no, none; absent, Mr. Horner, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue.

APPROPRIATION FOR LIBRARY PARTITIONS

(7) In the budget for the current year are items of $6,200 for the purchase of binding equipment for the Library and $3,000 for partitions on the fourth