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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S Contract Changes

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With Whom American Dairy Association United States Army

DA-11-022-ORD-1707

8 988 00 November 4, 1958 United States Army DA-n-022-507ORD-2607 September 15, 1958 11 000 00 United States Navy Nonr-1834 (10) October 13, 1958 United States Navy Nobs-6579o(i7i8) A d j u s t m e n t s M a d e i n 1958-59 C o s t - P i u s C o n t r a c t With Whom Purpose Amount Date E. T. Drewitch Twelve items: $25 to *288 $ 1 288 00 October and (Plastering) November, 1958

Purpose Effect of milk protein to milk fat ratio on fat utilization Exploration and application of turbulence theories Effects of carbon additions on mechanical properties of low densitycontrolled porosity sintered iron Hydrodynamic phenomena involved in water-exit Propagation of fractures in metals

Amount to be Paid to the University

$ 2 500 00

Effective Date September 30, 1958 November 7, 1958

9 987 00

This report was received.for record.

CARNEGIE CORPORATION GRANT

(15) T h e C a r n e g i e C o r p o r a t i o n of N e w Y o r k h a s m a d e t w o g r a n t s of $282,600 and $307,400 t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois f o r t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e w o r k i n t h e development of n e w h i g h school m a t h e m a t i c s a n d e l e m e n t a r y school a r i t h m e t i c p r o g r a m s . I n c o n v e y i n g t o t h e officers of C a r n e g i e C o r p o r a t i o n t h e official appreciation of t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s , I p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e o u t c o m e s of t h e s e projects will b e of n a t i o n - w i d e significance a n d t h a t t h e financial s u p p o r t b e i n g given t h e s t u d i e s is t h e r e f o r e m o r e t h a n a g r a n t t o o n e i n s t i t u t i o n . I h a v e a c c e p t e d t h i s g r a n t a n d r e p o r t it f o r r e c o r d .

On motion of Mr. Johnston, the President's action was confirmed.

STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION SITE SELECTION

Mr. Johnston, for following report. the Committee on General Policy, submitted the

B y p r e v i o u s p l a n n i n g it h a d b e e n a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t h e m a t t e r of a final decision o n t h e site f o r t h e C h i c a g o U n d e r g r a d u a t e D i v i s i o n w o u l d b e p r e s e n t e d to t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s a t its J a n u a r y m e e t i n g . H o w e v e r , since t h e s e c o n d engineering r e p o r t i n v o l v i n g t h e r a i l t e r m i n a l site w i l l n o t b e a v a i l a b l e i n t i m e f o r review, t h e m a t t e r will be p o s t p o n e d . T h e C o m m i t t e e feels t h a t b e c a u s e of t h e u r g e n c y of s t a r t i n g site d e v e l o p m e n t and c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d t h e a b s o l u t e n e c e s s i t y t h a t r e q u e s t s f o r a p p r o p r i a t i o n s b e taken t o t h e 1959 s e s s i o n of t h e I l l i n o i s G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y , a final decision o n t h e site m u s t b e m a d e n o t l a t e r t h a n s i x t y d a y s a f t e r t h e J a n u a r y m e e t i n g . T h i s report w a s received for record.

SERVICES OF MR. VERNON L. NICKELL AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION A N D AS A MEMBER O F THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mrs. Doris adoption. S. H o l t presented the following resolution and moved its

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