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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

P U R C H A S E OF G I L B E R T P R O P E R T Y .

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(3) A letter from the Supervising Architect concerning the purchase of lots 1, 2, and 3, in block 6 of the Urbana Railroad Company's Addition to Urbana: President E. J. James, University of Illinois. DEAR S I R : I recommend that lots 1, 2 and 3 [in block 6] in the Urbana Railroad Company's Addition [to Urbana], each lot being 66 feet by 132 feet, be purchased from Mr. J. P. Gilbert at a cost of $10,000 plus three paving assessments which amount to $146.58. There is a $2,000 mortgage on the property which the University should assume, so that the present payment would be $8,000. This property has a frontage of 132 feet on Goodwin Avenue and 198 feet along the Illinois Traction right of way. There are two houses located on the property. The value of the property may be estimated as follows : 132 feet on Goodwin Avenue at $30 a foot $3,960 00 66 feet north frontage at $15 a foot «.. . . 990 00 The house on the corner lot 1,500 00 The house on the south lot 3,700 00 Total $10,150 00 In 1912 the University acquired the block across the street west of this property extending from Goodwin to Mathews Avenue. The frontage on Mathews and Goodwin Avenues was at that time figured at $34 (see report of W. P. M. Goss in board minutes of July 5, 1912). It therefore seems reasonable at this time to figure the frontage at $30. The entire block purchased in 1912 contains practically the .same area that we will own between Goodwin and Harvey, providing we acquire the Gilbert corner. The 1912 purchase included six houses and the purchases between Goodwin and Harvey include •eight houses. The gross cost per square foot of the 1912 purchase was thirty-two cents. The gross cost for the block between Goodwin and Harvey, including the Gilbert property, will be thirty-three and four-tenths cents, but the eight houses represent a greater value than the six houses purchased with the block between Mathews and Goodwin Avenues. There still remains a small vacant lot on the west side of Harvey Street which we have not acquired and the area of which has not been ^included in the above figures. We now own the entire frontage on the east side of Harvey Street between the street car track and the Boneyard, with the exception of the Behrens property, on which we have an option of $2,400. The lot is 60 feet by 132 feet with a fairly good cottage on it. The gross price per square foot for this property on this basis would be twenty-eight cents and I hope we may also acquire it. Yours truly,

JAMES M. W H I T E , Supervising Architect. URBANA, 111.., July 1.2, 1015.

On the recommendation of President James and on motion of Miss Watson, the Comptroller was authorized to purchase lots 1, 2, and 3 of block 6 in the Urbana Railroad Company's Addition to Urbana. The appropriation involved was made by the following vote: Ayes, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Carr, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Henrotin, Mr. Hoit, Mr. Small, Miss Watson; noes, none; absent, Mr; Blair, Mrs. Busey, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Trevett, Mr. Ward.

O R G A N I Z A T I O N OF PRACTISE SCHO-OU

(4) A recommendation from Dr. William C. Bagley, Director of the School; approved by Professors L. D. Coffman, H. A. Hollister, Charles H. Johnston, Dean David Kinley, and Dean Kendric C. Babcock: President E. J. James, Natural History Building. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT : In view of the fact that the organization of the training school staff will come up for discussion and decision during the coming academic year, and inasmuch as certain questions regarding the administration of the school should be definitely settled before any appointments are considered, I beg to make the following recommendations : (1) The primary purpose of the school should be definitely understood by all connected with it to be the provision of facilities for observation and practise teaching. While it is desirable to utilize the school for certain other purposes (for example, the testing of new methods and devices of teaching and administration), these should always be looked upon as subordinate to the primary purpose and should at no time and in no way interfere unduly with the fulfillment of this primarjr purpose. (2) The nature and purpose of the training school consequently necessitate a thoroughgoing centralization of responsibility and of authority. The Director of the School of Education, as responsible to the administration of the University for the efficiency of the training-school, and as directly and individually responsible for the primary work of the school (the observation and practise teaching), should be the center of its administration. (3) Associated with the Director of the School of Education and constituting an Advisory Administrative Committee should be the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the High School Visitor, the Professor of Education in charge of school administration, the Professor of Secondary Education, and the principal of the training school. Policies related to the internal administration and government of the training school should be determined by the Director of the School of Education after discussion and conference in this committee. Any member or members of the Advisory Committee, however, should have the right to appeal from the decision of the Director of the School of Education, either to

URBANA, I I I . , May 29, 1915.