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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1912
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1911] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 155 4. A second communication from Dean Goss, suggesting a new location: URBANA, I I I . , June 20, 1911. President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois: DEAR SIR—I have already transmitted to you, under date of June 17, the objection of Dr. Carman to having the proposed kiln-house of the ceramics department occupy the site immediately north of the Physics building. In transmitting Dr. Carman's objections I have added some views of my own upon the same subject. I now propose that the kiln-house in question be given a location east of Mathews avenue, where it will be a part of the group of new engineering buildings which are to be erected there. In proposing this new location, I have in mind that the Green street front of the square east of the Physics building will ultimately be occupied by a Mining Engineering building; that there will be grouped in this building not only the mining engineering interests, but the ceramics interests, and probably also the State Geological Survey and certain phases of geology. These interests will require certain outlying buildings, as laboratories, one of which it is proposed to establish at this time. This outlying laboratory building now to be established will be sufficient in extent to take care of the kiln interests of the ceramics department and to house certain equipment of the Department of Mining Engineering. By definitely locating the mining building at this time, it Will be possible to give permanency to everything which is to be installed during the next two years, with reference to both ceramics and mining. The grouping of the transportation interests on the north of the lot and of the mining interests on the south portion is not illogical. This solution leaves the future materials testing laboratory without a location, but as there is no immediate prospect of our being able to erect such a building there is no embarrassment in this fact. . A decision to locate the ceramics kiln-house east of Mathews avenue will avoid the necessity for temporary structures. This location will be a factor in the location of the Whole mining inerest, which, in view of the fact that we have $25,000.00 to spend for equipment, is one of some importance. It embarrasses no one, and it fits in well with a general scheme of development. The location arrangement which I propose is approved by Professor Bleininger and is not objected to by the dean of the College of Science. The combination of ceramics and mining on the location proposed is satisfactory to Professor Stoek of the Department of Mining Engineering, and the decision to allow mining engineering, to have the right of way when the time shall come to occupy the Green street front of the block which the College of Engineering is now entering upon is not objected to by Professor Talbot. All interested have been consulted and approve the general plan, conditioned, of course, upon the ability of. the University to carry it out with a reasonable degree of promptness. I beg you to believe me. Very truly yours, W. F. M. Goss. President James introduced Mr. W. D. Gates, of Chicago, and Mr. D. V. Purington, of Chicago, members of the Advisory Board for the courses in ceramics,.who urged that the location suggested by Professor Bleininger be accepted by the board, and that the work be pushed along as rapidly as possible. N E W A R M O R Y — L O C A T I O N AND P L A N S . The president presented a communication from Major B. C. Morse, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, in regard to the new armory, for which the Forty-seventh General Assembly appropriated one hundred thousand dollars:
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