Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1908
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424 UNIVEKSITY OF ILLINOIS. [Mar. 10 SIDEWALKS. Additional walks are needed on the south campus and around our shops and laboratories. A reputable firm ofs contractors has agreed to lay walks in exchange for cinders on the basis of 75 cents a load for cinders and 10 cents a square foot for the walks, if we furnish the foundation. I recommend the acceptance" of their proposition and the appointment of a committee on walks with the power to act, said committee to include the Chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, the Vice President of the University, the State Architect, the Supervising Architect, and others. It may be possible to complete the approach to the Auditorium out of concrete including a terrace wall and steps. Eeferred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds with power to act. LIGHTNING RODS. V I believe all our buildings should be protected by lightning rods. The shops and laboratories are well guarded by the rod on the Power Plant chimneyThe Chemical Laboratory, Agricultural Building, Woman's Hall, and the Auditorium are not protected. We had two fires from lightning before any rods were put on the buildings and we have had none since. One of the platinum points on University Hall has been melted ofi2, showing that it must have received a heavy charge. I advise the placing of rods on the Auditorium, because if fire should start in the roof it would be impossible to save the building because the steel trusses are unprotected. I recommend rodding on all the buildings if funds are available but I feel it unwise to delay in the case of the Auditorium. The cost will probably be $140.00. Eeferred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds with power to act. A WAREHOUSE. There is need of a place to store inflamable material • which we no longer allow in our buildings. A building 22x50 feet can be built for about $500.00 but I am at a loss to know where to advise locating it. Eeferred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds with power to act. HORTICULTURAL GREENHOUSES. Plans for the experimental greenhouses are ready to be submitted to the contractors. The location should be settled and authority given the Buildings and Grounds Committee to award contracts. Eeferred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds for investigation and report. THE 1908 MEMORIAL. The senior class is having a bronze tablet modeled typifying the tribe of the Illini. It is 29x40 inches, which is the same as the MacDowell tablet. They ask that a location be assigned it in the auditorium. Mr. Blackall suggests that all tablets be located in the walls of the circular corriders.
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