Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1914
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1914] PROCEEDINGS OE THE BOARD OE TRUSTEES. 729 On motion of Superintendent Blair, the sum of $33,150 was appropriated for the purchase of equipment for the boiler-house by the following vote: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moore, Mr. Trevett, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Meeker. On motion of Mr. Trevett, the purchase of the above equipment was referred to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, with power to act. OTHER BUILDINGS. 4. Storehouse.—Nothing has yet been done in preparing these plans. 5. Observatory.—The specifications are almost ready to call for bids for the erection of the Observatory. 6. Administration Building.—Plans have been in the hands of the State Architect for nearly three weeks. 7. School of Education Building.—The plans were sent to the State Architect on Saturday, March 7. 8. Addition to the Chemical Laboratory.—Plans have been returned from the State Architect to the office of the Supervising Architect for final checking up, before calling for bids. During the presentation of the statement by the supervising architect, President Abbott was absent from the room for a short time, and Superintendent Blair took the chair. STORAGE OF COAL. The supervising architect reported also that the plan for the storage of coal on the land purchased for the College of Engineering had been found infeasible, because of the impossibility of obtaining the steel-work for the switch, and that the coal had been stored on the Conkle lots. CERAMICS BUILDING. The supervising architect presented plans for a building to be located on Goodwin Avenue and to be used ultimately by the Department of Ceramics. This building, to cost about $120,000 furnished, would be about as large as the completed Transportation Building. For the present, it would house parts of the work in ceramics, mining, municipal and sanitary engineering, and the State Geological Survey. The building cannot be completed during the present biennium, but construction can be put under way and considerable progress made. On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Dr. Montgomery, the plans for the Ceramics Building were approved and the State Architect was authorized to proceed with the preparation of complete detailed plans. WOMEN'S RESIDENCE HALL. President James called the attention of the board to the matter of the site for the Women's Residence Hall, and Mrs. Evans, Chairman of the Committee on Students' Welfare, made an informal report. After some discussion, the Finance Committee was instructed to bring in recommendations concerning a site at the next meeting of the board. SUIT OF MISS MARIE SEEBACH. The secretary reported that he had been served with a summons addressed to the board in the suit of Miss Marie Seebach, a former student of the University, who was dropped for poor scholarship. This suit is an action for trespass asking damages in the amount of $10,000. The matter was ordered referred to Judge O. A. Harker, Legal Counsel of the University, for consideration and report.
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