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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 29

4. Professor and Mrs. Jerry Farnsworth, a portrait, "Henka," to the Department of Art. 5. Pleiades, an organization of girls in the University High School, a flag together with a standard and base, to the University High School. 6. Mr. H . J. Beckemeyer, a former student, and now Superintendent of the Hillsboro City Schools, a four-volume set of the fourth edition of "A Systematic Arrangement of British P l a n t s " by William Wethering, published about 1800. 7. Harnischfeger Corporation, an electric welding machine, to the Department of Electrical Engineering. 8. Mr. Norman C. Flagg, of Moro, Illinois, old reports of the Department of Agriculture, to the Library of the College of Agriculture. Grants for Research 1. Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation, New York City, $3,500 for research work on the effect of vitamins of the B group on the resistance to anoxia and the role of the adrenal cortex under these conditions, to be carried on at the College of Medicine under the supervision of Dr. Ernst Gellhorn of the Department of Physiology, covering the period of one year ending September 30, 1943. 2. Koppers Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $2,500 for research in the Department of Entomology on an exploratory survey of the insecticidal properties of coal tar chemicals, to be carried on during the academic year 1942-1943. 3. T h e J. T. Baker Chemical Company, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, $1,000 for the support of a special research assistant in the Department of Chemistry for the academic year 1942-1943. 4. Aeration Processes, Inc., $750 for the renewal of a fellowship in Chemistry for the academic year 1942-1943. 5. Rohm & H a a s Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $650 for the renewal of a research assistantship under Dr. R. C. Fuson of the Department of Chemistry for the academic year 1942-1943. 6. Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, $650 for the continuation of the Abbott Fellowship in Organic Chemistry during the academic year 1942-1943. 7. National Lime Association, Washington, D.C., $630 for the continuation of a research assistantship in the Department of Chemistry for the academic year 1942-1943. 8. Honegger Brothers, Forrest, Illinois, $300 in appreciation of the work in nutrition being done by the Swine Division of the Department of Animal Husbandry.

On motion of Mr. McKelvey, this report was received for record.

CHARLES H. BOOTH ESTATE (21) T h e late Mr. Charles H . Booth, of Galesburg, bequeathed the residue of his property, after making certain specific bequests, to the University of Illinois College of Agriculture. T h e property, consisting of real estate in Illinois and Texas (including a farm of 240 acres in K n o x County, Illinois) and personal property, may be used by the University for any purpose whatsoever. Mr. Booth, in his lifetime, discussed with representatives of the College of Agriculture certain purposes he had in mind in connection with the use of the property that he might leave to the University. On March 11, 1941 (Minutes, page 229), the Board was informed of his intended bequest for scholarships and other forms of financial aid to students, and authorized acceptance of the gift under certain specified conditions. However, Mr. Booth's death occurred before he accomplished his plan and the short, simple will he left is without conditions and restrictions of any kind as to the bequest to the University. T h e Board may be called on soon to decide whether to sell the land in this estate or keep and operate it. Either may be done under the will. T h e Dean of the College of Agriculture is of the opinion the land should be sold within the next year, as land prices are now near the peak of what long-term capitalization of income would warrant anyone paying for land. I recommend that this be referred to the Committee on Agriculture with power to act.