Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1914
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1914] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. RESOLUTIONS, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. 723 (5) Resolutions from the State Highway Commission thanking the University for establishing the short course in highway engineering. These resolutions were received and ordered to be placed on file. A P P O I N T M E N T TO B O A R D OF EXAMINERS IN ACCOUNTANCY. (6) A letter from Professor M. H. Robinson, Secretary of the University Committee on Accountancy, stating that Mr. Arthur Young had declined the appointment, tendered him by the board at the last meeting, as a member of the Board of Examiners of Public Accountants, and recommending that Mr. Peter White, the Chicago manager of Haskins and Sells, be appointed in Mr. Youngs' stead. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Evans, this appointment was made. L E A S E OF P H A R M A C Y BUILDING. (7) A letter from Professor George E. Frazer, Comptroller, concerning the lease for the building occupied by the School of Pharmacy. a March 3, 1914. President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR' SIR: Acting under the authority granted by the Board of Trustees at their meeting on January 21, 1914 (page 698, minutes of the Board of Trustees, January 21, 1914), I have obtained a lease on the present quarters occupied by the School of Pharmacy for one year, from May 1, 1914, to May 1, 1915. The owners of the building at Twelfth Street and Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Messrs. Ruddock and Rhodes, have refused to give the University an option for a further renewal of this lease for one year from May 1, 1915. I understand that the refusal to give the option is based on the present intention of the owners to tear down the present building some time in the year 1915. A copy of the lease has been filed with the secretary of the Board of Trustees. The form of the lease has been approved by the Legal Counsel of the University. Very truly yours, GEORGE E. FRAZER. This letter was received to be printed in the minutes. E X T R A V A C A T I O N FOR T H E BURSAR. (8) A request from the comptroller that Mr. O. E. Staples, Bursar, be given leave of absence for two months during the coming summer. It appears that Mr. Staples has been in the continuous employ of the University for fourteen years. He has had two weeks vacation each year. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Mrs. Evans, the President of the University was given authority to grant this leave of absence. O R D I N A N C E V A C A T I N G A N A L L E Y ON S I T E OF E D U C A T I O N BUILDING. (9) A letter from the Supervising Architect and a copy of the ordinance of the city of Urbana vacating that part of the alley that runs through the land on which it is proposed to erect the School of Education Building. URBANA, I I I . , March 7, 1914. President Edmund J. James^ University of Illinois. DEAR SIR: We are enclosing a copy of an ordinance that was accepted by the council of the city of Urbana at their monthly meeting on March 2. You will note that in section 3 it is stated that cast iron bell and spigot pipe should be installed whenever ordered so to^ do by the city engineer of the city of Urbana. It will be necessary to use this class of pipe only under the building and it may be so interpreted by the city engineer. A blue print of the plat shows that portion of the alley which is vacated and that portion for which the Board of Trustees will have to make a deed to the city. Yours truly, JAMES M. W H I T E , Supervising By H. D. OBERDORFER. Architect A N ORDINANCE TO V A C A T E A P A R T O F A N A L L E Y E X T E N D I N G T H R O U G H B L O C K FIFTY-FIVE, SEMINARY ADDITION TO T H E CITY O F U R B A N A , ILL, A N D A L T E R T H E COURSE O F SAID ALLEY. WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the owner in fee of lots five, six, seven, eight, and nine, in block fifty-five, Seminary Addition to the city of Urbana, desires to construct a building for its School of Education
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