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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. LAND

697

1. Disbursements 2. Obligations authorized Total, land

$341,156 33 33,000 00 $374,156 33

EXPENDITURES ON ACpOUNT OF BALANCE AT END OF 1912-13.

1. Buildings \ 2. Operations Total, expenditures on account of balance Grand total expense budget. $142,551 98 104,314 59 $246,866 57 $3,211,767 54

On motion of Dr. Montgomery, it was voted to approve the budget as presented. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Trevett; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Moore, Miss Watson.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BUILDING: PLANS APPROVED.

Prof. J. M. White, the Supervising Architect, presented the plans for a building for the School of Education, to he erected on the property recently purchased east of Trinity Church, at an estimated cost of one hundred twenty thousand dollars '($120,000); with the statement that these plans were approved by Dr. W. C. Bagley, Director of the School of Education, and by his colleagues in the Department of Education. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mr. Meeker, it was voted to refer these plans to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with power to act, and with authority to transmit the plans when approved to the State Architect with the request that he present for the consideration of the board at as early a date as possible the working plans and specifications necessary for the letting of the contract. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Trevett; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Moore, Miss Watson.

ADDITION TO T H E COMMERCE BUILDING: PLANS APPROVED.

Professor White presented also plans for the addition to the Commerce Building, to be erected on Wright Street, in a location parallel to that of the present Commerce Building, at an estimated cost of one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000), and to be used in the beginning as an administration building. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Dr. Montgomery, it was voted that these plans be approved, and that the Supervising Architect be directed to transmit them to the State Architect with the request that he present for the consideration of the board, at as early a date as possible, the working plans and specifications necessary for the letting of the contract. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Meeker, Mr, Montgomery, Mr. Trevett; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Moore, Miss Watson.

CERAMICS AND ENGINEERING BUILDING: REPORT OF PROGRESS.

Professor White made a report of progress on the plans for a building to be erected as a part of the new engineering group to house the Department of Ceramics and also for the present certain departments of the College of Engineering, with the expectation that these engineering departments will .be moved into buildings of their own as the Department of Ceramics grows and needs the remainder of the building.

WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALL: SITE DISCUSSED.

President James called attention to the fact that the board had as yet taken no action on the recommendation which the Finance Committee presented at the meeting of October 4, 1913, that lots 23, 24 and 25 on the south